17.
"Eh, Megumi?"
Hearing this name, Qishenyin was obviously stunned.
It's not that Megumi's name is weird...well, she admits it's a little weird.
The pronunciation of the word "Hui" should generally be a girl's name, right? But the little sea urchin head in front of me is clearly a boy.
Favor, favor...favor.
Seeing the little sea urchin nervously grabbing the corner of his clothes and reluctant to say his name, Qishenyin seemed to understand something.
Perhaps, this name has nothing to do with gender, but is just a blessing given by parents to their children.
Qishenyin stretched out her hand and rubbed the little sea urchin's head vigorously. Before the other party was about to make a sound to stop her, she took her hand back.
"The name Hui is very nice!" She said with a smile, explaining to the little sea urchin who didn't know why, "Hui's name means favor, which means blessing. It is a very meaningful name. It seems that your name Your parents love you very much!”
Hearing Qishenyin say this, the expression on Hui's face was not as happy or shy as expected. He paused, his eyelids drooped, and his dark blue eyes were covered by thick and beautiful eyelashes.
"Maybe..." His tone was a little low, "My mother passed away not long after I was born. As for my father... I haven't seen him for a long time and have no impression of him. ”
"..."
Qishenyin, who just mentioned Hui’s parents: Madhu, I really deserve to die!
"Ha, ha, ha, what is that, little Hui Hui..."
"Please call my name seriously."
"That, that is to say, you actually came to the supermarket by yourself... Bah, no, that's not what I want to say,"
When Qishenyin mentioned the sadness of other children, he was so incoherent that he didn't know what to say.
To be honest, she had never been so embarrassed. She really wanted to find a hole in the ground and crawl into it! ! !
Qishenyin rubbed his hands, and finally held back a sentence for a long time: "Um, Hui., do you need any help?"
Seeing Qishenyin's embarrassment, Hui was considerate and didn't mean to blame her.
"I want to buy that." He pointed to the cup noodles on the shelf behind the Seven Gods' invisibility and said, "There's nothing to eat at home, so I came to the supermarket to buy some, but I couldn't reach it..."
Hui looked down at his short legs with some embarrassment. He stretched out his hand and pulled Qishen Yin's sleeves, wanting to ask Qishen Yin to help him get a few boxes.
As a result, before he could open his mouth, Qishenyin had already swept an entire row of cup noodles on the shelf into the shopping cart with a wave of his hand.
"Buy, buy, buy, I'll buy them all for you." Qishamiyin gave Megumi a thumbs up and said, "Leave it all to me, Megumin, besides these, is there anything else you want to eat? Milk? Candy? Or something? Biscuits? Don’t worry, sister is very rich now, you can buy as many as you want!”
Ever since she started going out on a mission, money would be transferred into Qishenyin's account every once in a while, which was her reward for completing the mission.
Based on the difficulty of tasks and the number of completed tasks in the recent period, Qishen Yin's current savings can completely pack up all the goods in the supermarket and take them away.
However, Hui rejected her kindness: "...Um, um, no need, I have money myself."
After Hui finished speaking, he stood on tiptoe and picked out a few boxes of his favorite flavors from Qishenyin's shopping cart, then turned around and prepared to go to the checkout counter to pay. He didn't forget to say thank you before leaving.
Then, after Hui thanked her, she looked up and saw a face that was about to cry.
"Megumin..."
Big tears rolled in Qishenyin's eyes, and Hui had a bad premonition.
"What, what?"
"Let my sister buy it for you, okay? Okay? Huh? Huh? If you don't let me buy it for you, I will definitely feel guilty for the rest of my life..."
Looking at the strange, oh no, very strange gray-haired elder sister in front of her, an idea suddenly popped into Hui's mind: He is really, really incapable of dealing with this type of person! ! !
***
"So, why buy so many snacks? I don't need..."
Outside the mall, the little sea urchin head was forced to stay where he was and look after the big and small bags on the ground.
Not far away, JK with a gray single ponytail had lined up to buy a cone and was walking towards him.
"Megumin, do you want matcha flavor or strawberry flavor?"
Qishenyin asked, and then when the little sea urchin head responded "whatever", she handed out the strawberry-flavored cone.
"I heard from Gojo-san that the matcha-flavored cones and strawberry-flavored cones here are pretty good." She tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said, "Children will definitely prefer strawberry-flavored cones."
Hui took the cone, and his eyes widened immediately when he saw this delicacy, which was much larger than both of his hands and covered with beautiful strawberry jam.
Cone...? He hasn't eaten it yet. It looks delicious. Is it expensive?
Looking at the elder sister next to him who was inexplicably kind to him, Hui was still a little at a loss, but for some reason, his intuition told her that the elder sister was a trustworthy and good person.
"Eat, eat, my sister invited you, feel free to eat."
After seeing Hui's concerns, Nanamigakure said, she patted the sea urchin-headed child's head, then picked up the shopping bag and prepared to escort him home.
"Huihui, where do you live? I'll take you back. It's getting late now."
Qishenyin stretched out a hand towards Hui, who hesitated for a moment, but finally took it.
"I remember the way back." The tips of Hui's ears felt a little hot, and he whispered.
Then, under Hui's guidance, Qishen walked in a detour for more than ten minutes, and came with him to the downstairs of a rental building that looked no different from a dangerous building.
Qishenyin: "No, Huihui, do you live here?"
"Yeah." Hui pointed to the rental building, "I live on the third floor with Tsumeki. After a while, she and I will be a family."
Ah, this, is this going to...reorganize the family? !
Qishenyin glanced at Hui with a complicated expression, and suddenly felt that this child's childhood experience was really not easy.
Saying goodbye to Qishenyin, Hui hugged the shopping bag and prepared to go upstairs. Suddenly, he remembered something——
"By the way, big sister, what's your name?" At the corner of the corridor, Hui stuck her head out to look at Qishenyin.
Qishenyin paused for a moment, then reacted: "Eh? Me? Did I forget to introduce myself?!"
She scratched her head in embarrassment and said, "My name is Qishen Yin. You can call me Sister Qishen or Sister Xiaoyin!"
Seeing Hui nodded obediently, Qishenyin waved to him and said, "Well, little friend Hui Hui, we'll see you next time!"
After saying that, Qishenyin turned and left.
"It's Hui, not Huihui." The little sea urchin frowned and muttered twice, a little bit unable to stand others calling him such a disgusting name.
Although on the surface he had a little dislike for Qishen Yin, the little guy still waved at Qishen Yin's back when he left.
He said: "See you next time!"
