Fake 10

Fake 10

"Getting used to waiting doesn't mean you like it, right?"

"Yes?" Ran Mouri, who was swaying on the swing, raised her head and looked at the popsicle in front of her in confusion. Before the melted water dripped onto the man's hand, she reacted, "Thank you..." She licked it and it tasted like sea salt and lemon. "Um... Officer Ishii?"

"You can just call me Ikki-nii like Shinichi does," Ishii Ikki shamelessly sat on a nearby swing, holding the same popsicle in his mouth. The adult weight made the amusement facility squeak. "Girls and boys are really completely different. No, they are simply two different species..."

Mao Lilan smiled and licked the popsicle in small bites, "Ishii... No, Ikki-brother, I can be alone." Ishii Ikki's behavior of looking at the children who were being led away by their parents was obvious to him, "I am already in elementary school age, I can go home by myself after school, there is really nothing to wait for..."

"Mom is not at home now, I have to be independent and learn to take care of Dad. Men are useless in housework," Mao Lilan clenched her fists as if to give herself courage, and her voice became much louder. "I'm always drunk, I don't know how to wash clothes separately, I buy discounted bento boxes from convenience stores, and I often leave things in a mess..."

"I have to cheer up, otherwise when my mother comes home and sees the state of our house, she will definitely..."

"Wait! Wait! Stop!" Ishii Kazuki, speaking standard Japanese English, made a stop gesture and forcibly interrupted Mao Lilan's speech in front of her wide eyes. "These things should be done by Mao Lisenpai, Xiaolan."

"But..." Mao Lilan answered a little blankly. Her emotions were interrupted and she didn't react for a while. "Dad is not good at this. He can only make a mess."

"Then let him do it."

For a moment, Mao Lilan felt that the expression of Ishii Kazuki in front of her was frighteningly serious, unlike the cynical expression in the past. "It's okay even if you do badly," she felt the warmth of the top of her head, and the broad palm covered her head and rubbed it twice. "No matter how talented you are, no one is born to do one thing perfectly," the thief police officer solemnly warned the girl in front of him, "Mauri-senpai is your father, Xiaolan, and it is his responsibility to take care of you. He is not so old that he can't move."

"If you don't know how to do housework, you can learn. If you can't remember, just write it down in a notebook and look it up when you need it. At the beginning, it doesn't matter if the food is bad or the clothes are stained. We are all family. Just say "I still don't know how to do it. I will pay attention next time" with embarrassment. It's good to have a sense of responsibility, but don't think about taking on everything. Family members should cause trouble to each other and understand each other. One-sided demands and contributions are too abnormal."

"But Dad is also very..." Mao Lilan defended her father anxiously, "He was very sad when Mom left home. I want to try my best to make him not worry so much..."

"But you are sad too, Xiaolan," Ishii Ikki sighed, took out a tissue and handed it to the stunned Mao Lilan, motioning her to wipe her arm that was stained by the melted popsicle, and said in a gentle tone, like a sigh, "You are important too."

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