Number One Dad
"Not twenty?" In the end, it was Dazai Osamu who, in order to satisfy his own thirst for knowledge, came to Edogawa Ranpo's rescue.
Edogawa Ranpo, annoyed, replied, "Of course not!"
"Yes!" Xiaolu raised her hand unhappily, blocking Dazai Osamu and Edogawa Ranpo's line of sight. After attracting everyone's attention, she put her hands on her hips and said loudly, "Xiaolu is not lying. My brother said it himself. He is twenty years old!"
Edogawa Ranpo looked at the determined little girl and said with exasperation, "You're so stupid, your brother is lying to you."
"Nonsense, my brother would never lie to me!" The brother-obsessed Xiao Luo retorted unhappily, but after realizing what she had said, she immediately changed her tune, "Even if he lied to Xiao Luo, it would be for Xiao Luo's own good."
Everyone: ...
Good grief, you actually knew you were going to get scammed, didn't you?
Edogawa Ranpo said smugly, "Lord Ranpo is the world's number one detective, he wouldn't be mistaken."
"How annoying!" The little boy angrily counted on his fingers, muttering, "When Xiao Luo was four years old, her brother was ten. When Xiao Luo was eight years old, her brother was fourteen. So now Xiao Luo is still eight years old, and her brother is still... fourteen."
The child turned completely pale. Had he really been deceived?
Upon hearing the child's words, Edogawa Ranpo's eyes suddenly opened, and he stared intently at his daughter who had suddenly appeared.
There are many things about the other person that I don't understand, but I can confirm that the child genuinely believes he is his father.
His mother died early, and he was raised by his younger brother, which means that his family was wealthy enough or that he had many relatives and friends who could support him. If that's the case, why would the other party look for him?
Now he understands, although there are still many things that are unclear, but at least one thing is certain: he will be relied upon by the kids from now on.
Edogawa Ranpo slowly closed his eyes and said lazily, "What a hassle! Lord Ranpo has no desire to raise a daughter."
"Ranpo!" Fukuzawa Yukichi shook his head disapprovingly; he shouldn't speak to his daughter like that.
Edogawa Ranpo: ...Ranpo-sama knew this would happen.
He said reluctantly, "Okay, actually, according to what you said, you could say your brother is twenty, so he's not lying to you."
The child, who was on the verge of breaking, suddenly perked up. "You're not lying?"
"That's right."
"When Xiao Luo was eight years old, her brother was fourteen. Now Xiao Luo is still eight years old, and her brother is still..."
"Twenty!" Edogawa Ranpo said firmly.
The little girl cheered, and Edogawa Ranpo looked at Fukuzawa Yukichi.
Ranpo-sama is amazing, isn't he!
Everyone: ...
Edogawa Ranpo crossed his arms, tilted his head back, and said uninterestedly, "Lord Ranpo wasn't wrong. His brother is indeed twenty."
Fukuzawa Yukichi sighed, looking at Edogawa Ranpo with some questions in his eyes: "This child, her family..."
“They’re all dead. At least her family is no longer in this world,” Edogawa Ranpo said calmly. “That’s why she came here.”
“Nonsense, your whole family is dead!” Xiao Luo retorted, unconvinced. She had just seen her brother a few days ago, and he said that if she could recognize all seven of their fathers, she could go home.
Edogawa Ranpo narrowed his eyes, about to say something, when he was interrupted by Fukuzawa Yukichi, "Ranpo, come to my office."
Edogawa Ranpo muttered unhappily. He wasn't wrong. Even Koro herself... If it weren't for that, the kids wouldn't have been thrown over here.
What Xiao Luo said is correct; Xiao Luo is eight years old and her brother is fourteen. Conversely, if her brother is twenty, why is Xiao Luo still eight years old?
It's easy to guess the truth; at least Dazai Osamu figured it out.
Edogawa Ranpo pouted unhappily, poked the little girl's cheek, and muttered, "It's hot."
"Uncle Fukuzawa, Dad is bullying me!" The clever little boy had already discovered Edogawa Ranpo's weakness and quickly went up to complain.
Edogawa Ranpo, who was still feeling down, suddenly looked down at the little girl's voice, staring at her in disbelief, and raised his voice: "What did you call the president?! I'm the one who calls Fukuzawa-san, you're not allowed to call him that!"
"I don't want to," the little boy said, sticking out his tongue and putting his hands on his hips. "Dad is a thing of the past now, I am the present."
“Nonsense,” Edogawa Ranpo retorted angrily, “The president would never abandon me; he just bought me Ramune soda today.”
"Uncle just bought me two small cakes!" Little Luo said confidently. "Since ancient times, we only see the new love smiling and never see the old love crying. Dad, you are old and faded, you should obediently give up your place."
Seeing that he couldn't win the argument, Edogawa Ranpo jumped up in anger, turned around, and cried out in a wronged tone, "President!"
The child's voice was even shriller than his: "Uncle!!"
Fukuzawa Yukichi: ...
He calmly told Xiao Luo, "According to your father's seniority, you should no longer call me uncle."
Little Luo pondered, her little mind racing. Her father's mother was called Grandma, and her father's father was called Grandpa.
The father's uncle is called...
"Grandpa Fukuzawa!"
With his unique title still intact, Edogawa Ranpo was satisfied. He sat up smugly, hands on his hips, and said, "You've got good taste."
"Of course! Little Luo is unparalleled in her intelligence!" The child proudly pouted.
Looking at the two detectives, one big and one small, in the center, both with their noses up and looking extremely smug.
The girls in the club all let out silent screams. So cute! Kawaii!
In the end, Edogawa Ranpo was called away by the club president, and the children were immediately surrounded.
"Um, are you really Mr. Ranpo's daughter?" the shy little tiger stammered.
"That's right!" Xiao Luo answered without hesitation.
The next second, the little tiger, who was about to continue interacting with the children, was suddenly pushed aside by a group of girls. A girl in a kimono with a cowlick on her head calmly handed over a small white flower.
Xiao Luo, who was curiously observing the people around her, suddenly widened her eyes and covered her mouth in disbelief.
This...this is a marriage proposal!!!
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