Chapter 41
"Well..." Lan Tang seemed a little hesitant. He asked me, "Xiao Rong, have you ever been betrayed?"
I shook my head and nodded again. "Mr. Lan Tang, I don't really understand the meaning of the word 'betrayal'. To me, betrayal could be sharing among children without me, but it could also be that someone stabbed me in the heart, and I didn't feel that he betrayed me."
"Oh?" He raised his eyebrows with interest.
"To me, betrayal is about whether the other person is on my side in their heart. If my brother stabbed me, I would probably think about whether I had done something wrong, and I would never think of the word 'betrayal'."
"Mr. Mori is the same, because in front of them, I feel that what people call 'betrayal' is very reasonable."
As for Mr. Larsen, I think his betrayal was a long-planned one, which means that there may not have been any premise for betrayal from the beginning - standing on the same side.
My brother was the same, but since I knew we were on the same side, I could only wonder if I had made a mistake or if I had some special ability.
"Well, that's why."
Lan Tang may have thought of this as well, so he asked me another question: "I was betrayed by my partner before..."
"Wait wait wait! Mr. Lantang, isn't it okay to tell me something like this!?"
He chuckled. "What's the big deal? Even if I don't tell her, she will tell me her special ability sooner or later, right? I might as well tell her now, so that she won't know the secret and be worried all her life."
"...Oh." With tears in her eyes, she accepted the information given by Mr. Lan Tang as a friendly gift.
"My partner betrayed me and left me alone in a foreign country. From the moment he became conscious, I should be considered his guardian."
"I don't know what to say. He always seems to be stubbornly thinking that his personality is flawed... He is so gentle."
He said this in an exclamatory tone.
"Because of my powerful abilities, I am not only his guardian, but also his 'lock' to prevent him from losing control. Later, the motherland asked us to come to this land to investigate the 'Arabato' incident."
"But a case similar to his was discovered - a cloned product of a supernatural experiment, a little boy with orange hair."
"My partner is very smart. He knows that my presence is actually to restrain him. Maybe that's why I can't get close to him?"
"He wanted to take the child to live in seclusion in the countryside, but I subconsciously stopped him, thinking that the child should be handed over to the organization, otherwise it would be easy to get into trouble."
“That’s how our dispute came about.”
…
"Is this how the big explosion happened a few years ago?" Because of my special abilities, I subconsciously analyze every piece of information I get.
But I regretted it the moment I said it. Mr. Lantang was clearly trying to have a heart-to-heart talk with me! According to the principles of human conduct, I should have expressed comfort.
"Well, well... I'm deeply sorry about this!"
"Haha..." He forgave my rude behavior happily and generously.
"It's okay. Now that I think about it, I didn't understand my partner's feelings at all, so I didn't let him misunderstand me, right?"
His hand precisely stroked the aggrieved little red snake coiled on his shoulder.
I've become numb to it. After all, he can tell where the thing is just by looking at my line of sight. It's a good way to cheat.
He stood up and stretched.
Since I no longer needed thick clothes, I was finally able to see Mr. Lan Tang's waist...
Good waist!
He felt my gaze and a smile appeared on his face.
"I haven't talked to anyone about my child's education for a long time. Although you probably can't give me any practical advice, I'm still glad that you've listened to me for so long."
He opened the door, very gracefully.
Then, he was soaked in water because of his brother's mischief.
“Hahahaha…” Dazai Osamu laughed so hard in the corner that his stomach hurt.
"Ah... Is it really okay for Dazai-kun to always be like this?" Lan Tang shook his head, sighed, and went downstairs to change his clothes.
*
Dazai jumped onto my desk, took the fruit and started eating it. "Where did you get this from?"
"It was sent by my subordinates out of worry... Really, they are actually worried that I don't eat well." I wailed in pain. What kind of boss would be worried about his subordinates not eating well?
"Yoshi, I didn't expect that Velvet would be so popular. Now I can rest assured!"
"Don't be so relieved! I don't want my subordinates to worry about me like this!
Wow... I'm so awesome, why do people treat me like a kid... Brother, you're not treated like a kid by everyone, do you have any secret? Tell me now!"
Dazai Osamu blinked his eyes, thinking back to the way he interacted with his subordinates. "Forget it, it's better for Rong not to learn from me."
"Why?"
"Why, why... This method is not suitable for Rong."
"Tsk." I curled my lips. "Just sit there for a while. I'll be there soon." Then I lowered my head and continued to process the documents.
Dazai Osamu jumped off the table and lay directly on the dark red sofa.
So when I looked up, I saw that he was asleep.
After closing the pen cap, I simply dragged Dazai Osamu to the bed in the lounge attached to the office.
*
"Hmm..." He opened his eyes tiredly and found me processing documents under the dim light next to him.
I felt someone put his arms around my waist, and then put his head on my shoulder. He leaned against me with the warmth that had just come out of the quilt. "…Why are you working so hard? Take a good rest."
I had long been accustomed to the fact that he was older than me and inexplicably liked to act like a spoiled child, so I calmly pushed his head away and said, "That's the last word."
"You just said 'it will be ready soon'."
"Okay, now it's done." I glanced down and saw that he was barefoot. "...Aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"
"What's the big deal? The floor is carpeted, so it's impossible for you to catch a cold."
I stood up and dragged him towards the bed. "Because of you, I have to come here to work." He is a very insecure person and it is not easy for him to fall asleep in an unfamiliar environment.
"I haven't used this bed yet, so I'll let you pick it up first." I usually make do with the container, the sofa, or my chair.
"Hmm... No wonder Rong's subordinates are worried about Rong. They don't take good care of themselves."
"What time is it now? Has Velvet eaten yet?"
I nodded in despair. "At 11pm... they asked Ango to bring me food when he came up to report the situation, just before Mr. Randou arrived."
I fell on the bed with Dazai Osamu on my body. "My bed is so comfortable——"
We covered ourselves with the quilt and talked about my keen sense of smell. "I have smelled the scent of Sister Momiji before, and the scent of Mr. Randou (Dazai Osamu: Tsk)... What do you mean by 'tsk'?"
"Nothing, you have a very good nose."
"Yeah, it's okay normally, but it's a bit uncomfortable when I'm around sweaty Mafia guys and people who usually like to wear perfume... If the perfume smells better, it would be much more tolerable."
"Your smell is... not bad. You never wear perfume, do you?"
...There is no concept of using perfume.
He didn't say anything, and I snuggled into his arms again. "I'm asleep."
The warm and familiar embrace is home, a harbor, and the existence of a "brother". "I like my brother the most. Today, I listened to my words carefully and did not commit suicide."
How can "home" run around and leave me at will?
He held my head with his hands, his expression gloomy where I couldn't see.
I didn't notice anything, but because of his movement, I leaned on his chest, listening to his steady heartbeat, I felt incomparably safe.
He is still alive, he still exists. That is the message the heartbeat gives me.
...I want to record this sound. This thought flashed through my mind before I fell asleep.
*
Dazai Osamu was assigned to the Iron Street to investigate the "resurrection of the former leader", while Rong remained in the office to handle work.
“Ah, ah, ah… Ango, I hate going to work…” I heard these words before I left.
So, how could I not be taken care of if I learned the bad habit of crying to my subordinates from Mr. Mori and added with my face and age? !
…
Dazai Osamu was knocked down by a ball of red* "Hahahaha, this is really good, there's actually a little devil here..."
Nakahara Chuuya bent down and looked at Dazai Osamu's face carefully. After a moment, he said with certainty, "You are the guy who abandoned the child."
"What?! No way! My little girl loves me, her brother, the most! How could I abandon her?"
Would it hurt if the word "abandon" was heard by Xun? It would definitely hurt!
"Then tell me why Rong was alone at that time!"
He stammered again and couldn't say anything.
* "...Forget it, I'll give you two choices: die now or die after you reveal the information."
* "I choose to die now. If you can let me die quickly, I would be more than happy."
*"You little brat are a suicidal maniac, no wonder Rong said something like that... Tsk." He increased the force on his foot.
*"Aren't you a brat too?" You didn't help at all with the previous incident, right? It was Mr. Mori who found the person.
* "Unlike you, I'm not an ordinary kid." At least I can still avenge Rong. "Tell me all the information you have about Huangbatu."
* "Oh, it's 'Arabato'... I see, it's 'Arabato'."
*“It seems you know this.” It turns out that you not only know this but have also investigated it.
* “No, it’s the first time I’ve heard of it.”
The expression he put on was completely different from Velvet's, so different in fact that it seemed as if he was saying - I don't think that's wrong.
Seeing the anger on Nakahara Chuuya's face, Dazai Osamu suddenly thought of the rumor on the Iron Street: "Anyone who invades the sheep's territory will be violently counterattacked... You are the sheep king, right?"
*“It’s not a king. I just have a good card to show off.”
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