·81｜Exclusive to Jinjiang·81
Someone extended a tentative hand.
The black Mazda came to a stop in the parking lot. Matsuda Jinpei sat in the driver's seat for a while before unfastening his seatbelt and getting out of the car.
His face didn't show much expression, but for no apparent reason, he gave off a feeling of displeasure.
Despite having top-notch looks and figure, and a much more composed temperament than when he first joined the Metropolitan Police Department, few female officers have dared to show affection to Matsuda Jinpei.
Rather, it's more accurate to say that during his three and a half years in the Metropolitan Police Department, every time the female officers made a bold attempt to test the waters, Matsuda Jinpei always managed to thwart it with a straight shot.
The working hours of each department in the Metropolitan Police Department are roughly the same. When Matsuda Jinpei turned out of the parking lot carrying a bag, police officers from each department had already flocked to the Metropolitan Police Department from all directions.
Amidst the uniforms of suits and police uniforms, a splash of crimson standing at the foot of the steps stood out conspicuously.
Yomi Laichuan, dressed in a strapless red dress, stood with her hands behind her back, constantly looking around. Noticing Jinpei Matsuda slowly approaching from afar, her eyes lit up, and she gave an excited smile.
Matsuda Jinpei paused slightly in his steps, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Yomi Laichuan came rushing over from afar, her little leather shoes clicking on the floor. Her eyes shone brightly as she looked at Jinpei Matsuda, her gaze sparkling like the brightest stars in the night sky.
Matsuda Jinpei softened his gaze. Was this idiot so happy to see him?
He laughed and said, "Oh, Huang Quan, you..."
Before she could finish speaking, the woman who had rushed to Matsuda Jinpei jumped and kicked him in the thigh, leaving a complete footprint on his clean and tidy suit trousers.
Not only did Yomi Laichuan step on and dirty Matsuda Jinpei's suit pants, but she also made a "Heave-ho!" sound when she jumped.
Matsuda Jinpei: ?
Lai Chuan Huang Quan clenched his fists, tilted his head back and puffed out his cheeks at Matsuda Jinpei: "You damn officer, you'd only do something like stealing beef jerky from a puppy!"
Matsuda Jinpei glanced down at the footprints on his thigh, then at the aggressive woman in front of him, and almost laughed in exasperation: "So you admit you're a dog now?"
Lai Chuan Huang Quan kicked Matsuda Jinpei in the shin again, yelling, "You're the dog!"
Matsuda Jinpei raised his hand and pressed down on Raikawa Yomi's head, ruffling her soft bangs: "Want to go out for barbecue tonight? My treat."
Yomi Lai grabbed Matsuda Jinpei's wrists with both hands and pulled his wicked claws down from above his head: "You already owe me barbecue."
Matsuda Jinpei raised an eyebrow: "One word: are you going or not?"
Lai Chuan Huang Quan pursed his lips, looking hesitant.
Having been cooped up at the Time and Space Administration for almost half a month, only able to eat unpalatable snacks, Lai Chuan Huang Quan missed the taste of barbecue every day. Having finally arrived here, she hadn't even had a chance to feast before turning into a puppy; she was now so hungry she could eat a whole cow. But if she just agreed, wouldn't she seem incredibly pathetic?
Matsuda Jinpei, with one hand in his pocket, said casually, "I'm going back to Kanagawa next week. Want to come?"
Lai Chuan Huang Quan crossed his arms and turned his head to the side: "I'm not going!"
"There is the largest Chinatown in all of Asia."
"..."
Damn, I'm smitten.
Yomi Laichuan kept her head turned away, but her bright, glassy eyes secretly glanced at Jinpei Matsuda. Crispy-skinned, fragrant roast duck, soup dumplings, and sizzling chicken... the delicious dishes she'd eaten in Chinatown last time were already swirling before her eyes. Yomi Laichuan swallowed, making a gurgling sound.
Seeing that Yomi Yorikawa hadn't answered, Matsuda Jinpei shrugged with a sour face and said, "Fine, I won't go then." With that, he turned and walked towards the Metropolitan Police Department.
"Wait a minute!" Yomi Lai grabbed Matsuda Jinpei's arm, pulling him back two steps. "I want to go! I want to go!"
Matsuda Jinpei had already stepped onto the stairs when Raikawa Yomi grabbed his arm and pulled him back down. He frowned at Raikawa Yomi: "I know, I know, I'll come pick you up then. Honestly, let go."
Matsuda Jinpei straightened his wrinkled coat and handed the bag he was carrying to Raikawa Yomi.
Lai Chuan Huang Quan took the bag, opened it, and saw that it was full of beef jerky.
Matsuda Jinpei: "Here you go."
Lai Chuan Huang Quan tilted his head, and a question mark slowly appeared above his head.
Matsuda Jinpei coughed, his Adam's apple bobbing, and calmly said, "Beef jerky, consider it an apology."
He looked away: "I shouldn't have bullied you yesterday."
Lai Chuan Huang Quan's almond-shaped eyes swept back and forth between Matsuda Jinpei and the beef jerky, then he revealed a bright smile: "Then I will be magnanimous and forgive you."
Matsuda Jinpei smiled and was about to reach out and ruffle Yomi's hair.
"Wait a minute, Jinpei, are you trying to steal my girlfriend?" Kenji Hagiwara interrupted their conversation, holding two boxes of oden.
Last night we made love for a long time, and we did it again after I left the bathroom. Kenji Hagiwara originally planned to let Yomi Kurikawa sleep a little longer and go to the Metropolitan Police Department for his shift alone. But as soon as he finished washing up and came out of the bathroom, Yomi Kurikawa rubbed her eyes and sat up in bed, looking dazed and asking him for a kiss.
Kenji Hagiwara hugged his girlfriend in bed and gave her a big kiss: "Want to sleep a little longer?"
Lai Chuan Huang Quan put his arm around Hagiwara Kenji's waist, leaned against his chest, and looked sleepy: "Kenji, why are you up so early?"
"There's no way around it, I have to work today too."
"Is Jinpei on duty today too?"
Kenji Hagiwara briefly recalled, "I should be on duty too, what's wrong?"
Hearing that Matsuda Jinpei was also on duty, Raikawa Yomi nestled in Hagiwara Kenji's arms and looked at him expectantly: "Take me with you."
Kenji Hagiwara raised an eyebrow: "Why?"
After hesitating for a moment, Yomi Laichuan whispered, "I want to go beat up Jinpei Matsuda." She thought for a moment, then looked at Kenji Hagiwara expectantly and added, "Kenji, you'll help me, right? What if I can't beat that super-strong gorilla?"
Kenji Hagiwara chuckled: "Beating up Jinpei and stuff..."
He couldn't refuse Yomi Yorikawa, so he smiled and agreed. He drove her to the Metropolitan Police Department, where he kissed Yomi Yorikawa on the forehead before unbuckling his seatbelt to buy breakfast. When he returned, he saw Yomi Yorikawa grabbing Matsuda Jinpei's arm and repeatedly shouting lines like "I want to go, I want to go."
Hagihara Kenji:?
He was half jealous, half joking, and his tone was full of helplessness: "Jinpei, are you trying to steal my girlfriend?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Lai Chuan Huang Quan turned to look at Hagiwara Kenji, then excitedly ran over with the beef jerky in her hand.
She threw herself into Kenji Hagiwara's arms in front of everyone, hugged his waist, and gave him a silly smile: "What delicious food did you buy for me?"
"Oden, I specially ordered two servings of your favorite meatballs and crispy sausages."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lai Chuan Huang Quan's almond-shaped eyes lit up, and it seemed that there was a small tail wagging wildly behind him.
Kenji Hagiwara smiled and softened his gaze, thinking to himself that his little girlfriend was indeed an adorable puppy.
"What did you and Xiaozhenping talk about just now?"
"Jinpei compensated me with a big bag of beef jerky, enough for me to eat for a while!"
"I see," Kenji Hagiwara said with a smile, handing the oden to Yomi Raikawa. "But I have to go to work now, so I won't be able to spend the next half day with you. Have fun on your own."
Lai Chuan Huang Quan bit into a dumpling: "I understand."
Kenji Hagiwara rubbed Yomi's hair a couple of times, then turned and went into the Metropolitan Police Department with Jinpei Matsuda, who was waiting nearby.
In the small office of the explosives department, which is about ten square meters in size, sunlight streams into the room through the half-open curtains. The solid wood tabletop is half bright and half dark, divided in two by light and shadow, just like the two people's unspoken thoughts.
Although the Metropolitan Police Department has a designated smoking area, the SM unit is full of men and doesn't have much interaction with departments like the Traffic Division, which has female officers. Therefore, SM officers almost always smoke directly at their workstations.
It's not just the SWAT team; classrooms in departments like the Investigation Division and the Ministry of Public Security, where the work is stressful, overtime is common, and all officers are male, are usually filled with smoke. Only the Investigation Division 1, Section 3, where elite female officer Sato works, is somewhat more restrained.
Kenji Hagiwara slowly exhaled a smoke ring: "I happen to have saved up a lot of time off, so I'll take Soft Bread home with me when I take her to Kanagawa next week."
Matsuda Jinpei rested his chin on his hand: "We haven't been back for a long time indeed."
Kenji Hagiwara shrugged with a smile: "There's nothing I can do. There are more and more cases of hostage-taking and kidnapping lately, and the number of bombs is also increasing. I simply don't have time to go home." In addition to defusing bombs, suppressing violent incidents and maintaining public order are also part of the SWAT team's work.
Matsuda Jinpei glanced sideways at Hagiwara Kenji: "Are you planning to take Yomi home to meet your parents? Is it a formal meeting or just a casual one?"
Kenji Hagiwara exhaled another puff of smoke: "Let's just meet for now. Given her soft-spoken nature, being too formal now might scare her away."
Matsuda Jinpei also bit down on a cigarette, squeezing out a single, unintelligible syllable from his throat.
"Knock knock".
There was a knock on the office door from the outside.
The two people in the office turned their gaze toward the door: "Please come in."
The door was pushed open a crack, and one of Kenji Hagiwara's subordinates stood in the doorway, giving his two superiors a simple, honest smile, but did not go in.
?
Before Kenji Hagiwara could even ask a question, the rustling sound of plastic bags dragging on the floor caught their attention. The two officers from the Explosives Division, who were smoking cigarettes, lowered their heads and looked down at the floor.
Then, the familiar white, chubby little thing happily shuffled in through the crack in the door at a speed of a few centimeters per second.
Lai Chuan Huang Quan wagged its tail and took tiny, bouncy steps, leaving afterimages as it walked, though its pace was still quite slow. A plastic bag full of beef jerky hung around the little dumpling's neck, dragging along the ground with a soft, rustling sound.
...?
Kenji Hagiwara was taken aback, quickly extinguished his cigarette, and got up to pick up Yomi Laichuan, who had turned into a little dumpling again.
Seeing that the mission was complete, the members of the explosives unit at the door closed the door and turned to leave. They had been gathered in the large office, either organizing documents or huddled together in groups of four or five, studying the new type of bomb that Matsuda Jinpei had thrown at them, which he had thoroughly researched in three hours. Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the entrance of the mobile unit.
They all turned their heads in unison and saw the little dumpling, nicknamed "Little Witch," appearing from the gate with a bag of beef jerky hanging from her arm.
The little white dog held its head high and strode confidently toward the office. But because its legs were too short, it took it about ten seconds to barely get past the riot police officers sitting on the floor studying the bomb. No one knew how long it took this little bundle of fur to walk from the Metropolitan Police Department entrance to the riot police station.
The officers of the SWAT team exchanged subtle glances, and then, with great tact, sent out an experienced officer to carry the little girl to Kenji Hagiwara's office and knock on the door for her.
As Yomi Laichuan was carried onto the table, Jinpei Matsuda stubbed out his cigarette, which he had just lit, in the ashtray. But a faint smell of smoke still lingered in the room, causing Yomi Laichuan to sneeze repeatedly.
Kenji Hagiwara took the plastic bag off Yomi Laichuan's neck: "Soft bread, what brings you here?"
Yomi Lai didn't answer, but climbed up Kenji Hagiwara's arm, then perched on Kenji Hagiwara's shoulder, wagging her tail and closing her eyes.
Kenji Hagiwara raised an eyebrow and pinched Yomi Raikawa's face twice with his fingers: "Sleepy?"
"Aww~"
Two sounds indicate denial.
Kenji Hagiwara smiled and said nothing more. He moved gently, letting Yomi Rikawa rest her head on his shoulder.
The May sun was warm but not scorching. Lai Chuan Huang Quan nestled on Hagiwara Kenji's shoulder, enjoying the sunshine, the summer breeze, and the faint scent of eucalyptus trees around her beloved's neck.
Rather than wandering aimlessly through Beika Street with cookies in her arms, all she wanted was to stay close to Kenji Hagiwara, even if it meant becoming a restricted little puppy – after all, Kenji Hagiwara was now in a mid-level position in the Mobile Unit, and if she wanted to stick close to him, she would have to voluntarily become a puppy.
With its fluffy tail swaying gently, Yomi Laichuan stretched out its paws, thoroughly enjoying Kenji Hagiwara's caresses.
"Soft bread, I'll go to Kanagawa next week too, okay?"
"Aww~"
"Good girl."
[Author's Note]
Yokohama Chinatown, the largest Chinatown in Asia, is located in Kanagawa Prefecture.
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