Chapter 61 Chapter 61 What happened after leaving Lupin Tavern...

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Along the way, Li Xiaoqi looked at Dazai Osamu, seeming to be hesitant to speak.

Dazai turned to look at her. Seeing her troubled expression, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Don't worry, I haven't been used for human experiments. They just took a fancy to me and wanted to kidnap me."

That’s it…

Li Xiaoqi blinked slowly, a helpless look between his brows.

"You make it sound like you just bought something."

Dazai Osamu shrugged and turned to look at the boy. "For people like us who grew up in darkness, it's really just 'nothing', a common occurrence."

Li Xiaoqi was stunned, lowered his eyes and said nothing.

She felt that no matter what she said at this moment, it would seem extremely pale.

Dazai Osamu freed one hand, placed it on Li Xiaoqi's head and rubbed it, a gentle laugh spilling from his lips.

"Okay, let's go back."

"Um."

In the dim night, the lights on the roadside enveloped the two of them, and the car lights passing through the street behind them formed mottled spots of light.

The elongated shadow kept moving. Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at the boy sleeping soundly on Dazai Osamu's back, a smile flashing in his eyes.

Although I cannot always give him a warm embrace, fate may allow me to do so for a short night or two.

The night wind was mixed with warmth. The boy opened his eyes a little and felt strong arms dragging him. All he saw was the gentle smile on Li Xiaoqi's face in the dim light.

The boy's eyes were moved, but he soon lowered his eyes in disappointment.

He closed his eyes and listened to the conversation between the two.

Perhaps it was a side effect of the antidote, the boy's eyelids drooped again and he fell into a deep sleep uncontrollably.

He felt that the voice of the man carrying him was somewhat familiar.

And so, the three of them returned to the Jujutsu High School apartment together.

After washing up, Li Xiaoqi carefully carried the boy who was placed on the sofa by Dazai Osamu back to his room.

Dazai Osamu came out of the bathroom and looked at Li Xiaoqi's struggling movements, but did not go forward to help.

His eyes were wide open, and he stared at Li Xiaoqi's profile with a blank expression.

Suddenly, Dazai Osamu silently curled up the corners of his lips and looked at the distant lights of the tall buildings outside the living room window, which were as faint as stars.

As Li Xiaoqi stepped into the room, the boy grabbed his collar unconsciously.

She lowered her eyes and saw that the boy was still sleeping with his eyes closed.

Dazai Osamu's voice came from behind.

"Xiao Qi, I like you."

Li Xiaoqi opened his eyes wide and looked back in surprise.

Dazai Osamu stood at the door of his room. There was no light on in the room, only the occasional light from the window illuminated his face.

The light that flashed by in an instant made the tenderness in his eyes shine brightly.

With just one glance, Li Xiaoqi couldn't believe what she saw. She felt that her eyes were deceived by the warm color of the light.

Well, it must be.

"Just kidding, it's not that kind of love, it's love as a partner."

Dazai Osamu said with a smile.

He turned around, entered the room and quickly closed the door, as if the boy in Li Xiaoqi's arms had nothing to do with him.

Li Xiaoqi blinked, stared at the door in confusion and tilted his head.

The boy opened his eyes in a daze. Like Li Xiaoqi, he also looked at Dazai Osamu's door, but he did not see the man's appearance.

But somehow, he always felt that the man had some connection with him.

Li Xiaoqi put the boy on the bed and found the medicine box to bandage his wounds.

The boy watched her hand movements quietly, without crying, making a fuss, or shouting in pain.

Li Xiaoqi grabbed the candy on the table and handed it to his mouth, "Eat it, it won't hurt anymore."

The boy was stunned, took the candy, opened the wrapper and started eating.

The sweetness spread in his mouth, and he stared blankly at Li Xiaoqi's gentle face, mesmerized.

Li Xiaoqi was busy for a while, and after covering him with the quilt, she prepared to take out a quilt from the closet and go to sleep in the living room.

Unexpectedly, the boy reached out and held her.

"Sleep together."

Tears welled up in the boy's eyes and he looked at her aggrievedly.

Li Xiaoqi softened his heart and agreed without thinking too much.

She went to the bathroom to change into her pajamas, then tiptoed back to her room and climbed into bed.

The boy's breathing was even and he looked like he had fallen asleep again.

Suddenly, he snuggled into Li Xiaoqi's arms, hugged her waist and rubbed her comfortably.

Li Xiaoqi raised her hand and gently patted the boy's back like a mother, humming a ballad softly.

Before she knew it, she fell asleep.

The boy opened his eyes, no trace of sleep in them, and a triumphant smile slowly formed on his lips.

He stretched out his hand, a curious look on his face, and carefully touched Li Xiaoqi's cheek.

The boy lowered his eyes, calmly lifted the quilt and got out of bed, then turned around and looked at Li Xiaoqi deeply.

After a moment, he opened the door and walked out quietly.

On the other side, in the room, Dazai Osamu sat on the edge of the bed, looking up at the dim ceiling, and heard the slight sound of the door closing.

He pursed his lips and slowly gripped the quilt.

Dazai Osamu scoffed, covering his face with his hands and laughing softly.

"Ha ha ha ha--."

"The you I saw when I was a child, was it you and Dazai Osamu who were also chosen by the system in the parallel world and forced to travel through time and space, or... the you and me of today?"

His words echoed through the room, and Dazai Osamu lay down on the bed, remembering the woman he had seen when he was eleven years old.

In the Lupin Bar, she wore a green flower bud skirt, her hair was tied up, and she wore white pearl earrings in her ears.

The pair of pearl earrings swayed in the light, setting off her fair cheeks and smiling eyes.

That memory was originally vague. He only remembered that when he was eleven years old, he was chased by the underground organization and fled all the way from the warehouse street to the streets of Yokohama. When he was almost starving, he ran into the alley. He smelled the fragrance of food and opened the door and walked in.

The store I accidentally walked into was Lupin.

He remembered that there was a woman sitting at the bar, and she looked at him in surprise.

Later, the drug in his body took effect, and he cuddled up to the woman in pain, nestling in her warm arms.

Just like tonight, the tavern owner fed him the antidote, and he couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell into a deep sleep.

He woke up several times in a daze along the way, and it seemed that there was a man carrying him on his back.

As the door opened, he woke up again.

The woman smiled at him, took him back to her room, covered him with a blanket, bandaged his wounds, and gave him some sweet candy.

He squeezed out tears deliberately and acted pitiful to gain sympathy.

Unexpectedly, the woman was deceived at once, and lay in bed with him, and finally sang a little song to herself to put her to sleep.

The quilt was so warm that the two people's body temperatures almost made them sweat.

For the first time, he felt a strange feeling that he had never felt in the underground world.

Although he had never felt it, he knew it innately; it was a kind of warm kindness.

At that time, he didn't know what the meaning of his life was, and he felt unwilling to die like this, so he wandered around like a stray dog.

Many people are very simple in his eyes. Their purpose, their ideas, and subsequent actions are as simple and clear as a blank sheet of paper in his eyes.

After watching too much, I feel that it must be boring.

Whether alive or dead, there is no meaning at all.

He remembered that on the third day after he left the woman, he could no longer remember what she looked like or what she was wearing, but he only remembered the feeling of being hugged by her.

Just tonight, when Dazai Osamu was hiding at the Lupin bar, the forgotten face and all the details of the incident came back to his mind.

"Ah... Xiao Qi, is the one in my memory you, or another you?"

Dazai Osamu sat up, took out a pen and paper, and wrote a line on the paper.

The handwriting was a little sloppy, just like a child's handwriting.

He curled the corners of his lips, opened the door silently, walked quietly into Li Xiaoqi's room and placed it on her bedside.

Li Xiaoqi was sleeping on his side, with an empty space next to him.

Dazai Osamu raised his hand and touched her forehead, his fingertips stroking her eyebrows, along the tip of her nose and landing on her lips.

He stared at his lips for a long time, then finally withdrew his hand and walked out the door.

"Next, we have to prepare for tomorrow's interrogation."

In June, in the eyes of Dazai Osamu in this world, am I still wearing a bandit mask?

yes.

...Well, it's a very convenient but somewhat perverted blocking method.

Dazai Osamu came to the parking lot and drove out. After a while, he saw the boy staggering on the path.

He held his breath, quietly slipped behind the boy, knocked him unconscious by surprise, and stuffed him into the back seat.

*

The sunlight outside the door shone on his face, and Li Xiaoqi came back to his senses from his memories. Looking at Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru with curious eyes in front of him, he quickly turned around to look at the bed.

"And the child?"

She said in surprise.

Dazai Osamu yawned and said nonchalantly, "Didn't you carry me back to the room?"

Li Xiaoqi was stunned for two seconds and hurried into the room to look for him.

Dazai Osamu closed her door and said to Geto Suguru and Gojo Satoru, "Excuse me, could you two wait a moment?"

Xia Yujie realized that his behavior was wrong. Thinking of Li Xiaoqi's appearance when he just got up, the tips of his ears turned slightly red.

He apologized and pulled Gojo Satoru outside to wait.

"What's wrong with the child?"

Gojo Satoru looked inside the door and asked.

Dazai Osamu laughed and said, "Last night, when my sister and I went to the bar, we met a lost child. It seemed that he had been bullied by other naughty children and was injured. We took pity on him, so we brought him back and notified the police."

"Then in the middle of the night, the police and worried parents came to pick up the children,"

Gojo Satoru groaned and sighed, "Is that so..."

He looked at Dazai Osamu suspiciously, doubting his words.

"But the Jujutsu High School is very remote and protected by a barrier. Can the police find it?"

Dazai Osamu waved his hand, his expression unchanged, and said with a smile: "Of course we agreed on a meeting place, and I'll return it to her parents when I get out."

Xia Youjie didn't doubt it, "So this happened last night."

Seeing that Geto Suguru had complete trust in him, Gojo Satoru gave up. There was indeed nothing wrong with what Dazai Osamu said.

When we came here, Teacher Ye Mo also said that their car was driven out last night.

After what happened yesterday, the top management was worried about Mr. Dazai and Ms. Nana, so they used tracking techniques on the vehicles they used for travel.

Their car stopped at the police station and then drove back.

There were two people, one adult and one child, in the car, and when they came back, only the driver was there.

The higher-ups noticed the commotion and ordered Mr. Ye Moth to investigate, so they were sent in for questioning.

Dazai Osamu crossed his arms and curled the corners of his lips indifferently.

Li Xiaoqi stood behind the door with the note in his hand and listened to what Dazai Osamu said.

She lowered her eyes and looked at the note again, sighing silently.

It says: Thank you sister for your care. I’m leaving now. See you again if we have the chance.

She was originally worried about how a child would get out of the Jujutsu High School, but unexpectedly, Dazai Osamu drove the boy out.

After changing his clothes, Li Xiaoqi tidied up his messy hair, walked out with the note and put it into Dazai Osamu's hand.

"I'll wash up."

She politely greeted Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, deciding to forget the embarrassment she had just felt when she got up.

Geto Suguru lowered his eyes and stared at the ground, the brilliant smile that appeared in his mind couldn't be shaken off.

Gojo Satoru hooked his arm around Dazai Osamu's shoulders and pulled him out like a good friend.

"I know a delicious dessert shop. Let's go there together!"

"Eh—no, why would two men go to a dessert shop?"

"Why not?"

"Well, you'll be considered gay..."

"It's okay, it's okay, let's go!"

Dazai Osamu was dragged away by Gojo Satoru, but Gojo Satoru was too strong and it was difficult for Dazai Osamu to break free.

Osamu Dazai: "..."

He looked at the apartment door vaguely. Geto Suguru was leaning against the door, looking like he was waiting.

"As a brother, it's not good to interfere too much in your sister's feelings. Ah! Mr. Dazai, are you a sister-lover?"

Gojo Satoru said in surprise.

Dazai Osamu looked into his eyes, a sharp look flashed across his eyes, and then he quickly smiled.

"How is that possible?"

Gojo Satoru frowned slightly, his eyes serious, and then suddenly he smiled.

"That's right, that's right. Otherwise, I would doubt the authenticity of your identities."

Dazai Osamu widened his smile, "We are originally from another world."

The two looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Xia Yujie watched them walk away, hearing the foolish laughter, and was speechless.

"What on earth are they doing..."