Second Dad
Sen Ou's deep red eyes narrowed slightly as he looked calm on the outside.
He deliberately added the sensitive word "your father" to his words, but the little girl did not react at all.
If the little girl really came to find her father, then why was she indifferent to this?
Alice, who was drawing nearby, suddenly dropped her crayons and ran over. "Little Luo! My name is Alice!"
The blonde, blue-eyed little girl in the red dress twirled around happily, puffing out her chest adorably as she introduced herself.
The spoon that Xiaoluo was about to feed was disapprovingly grabbed by Verlaine. He didn't care whether his niece had ulterior motives or wanted to do something to the mafia.
He only cares about one thing.
The spoon must have gotten saliva on it after it went into Yumeno Kyusaku's mouth.
Silently, she changed the little girl's clothes into new ones, and Xiao Luo obediently took the new spoon and scooped out a big piece of cake.
Hearing the girl running over introduce the cake, Xiao Luo, who hadn't even had a bite yet, calmly ignored her and prepared to take a big bite.
Alice, who had been ignored, paused for a few seconds, then casually moved closer, smiling brightly as she took Xiao Luo's hand.
"You look just like Chuuya-nii! Are you his daughter?"
Stopped again, Xiao Luo turned her head in annoyance, looking at the person who came in with some displeasure. She then asked the pretty young lady with good temper, "Sister, who are you? Can you please not stop Xiao Luo from eating cake? If Xiao Luo doesn't get the next bite, I'm going to bite you!"
The good-tempered child patiently negotiated.
Alice, who had just introduced herself and talked to herself for ages: ...
The girl in the red dress couldn't maintain her smile any longer; her expression instantly turned sad, her pretty face filled with grievance.
She said pitifully, "I just want to make friends with Xiao Luo. Alice has always lived here alone, and there are no other children to play with."
Xiao Luo struggled to lower her head and take a bite of cake from Alice's hand before looking up contentedly. "Mmm, sister, be good, let's let go first, okay?"
The girl, who hadn't been listening to what the other person was saying, gave a perfunctory reply.
Verlaine and Mori Ogai watched this scene calmly, their expressions somewhat unpleasant and strange.
The adults present were all sharp-minded and insightful figures. Mori Ougai deliberately used Alice to test Xiaoluo's attitude towards her father.
However, they unexpectedly discovered a little problem with the girl: she sometimes ignores the presence of people around her, especially when she is fully focused on something.
Verlaine recalled how the little girl had ignored him when he was in the basement, and how she only corrected her way of addressing him after he had to repeat himself many times.
He had thought the other party was unwilling, so he tried to persuade them patiently, but it turned out they didn't hear him.
They exchanged a glance and almost simultaneously thought of a symptom: autism.
A murderous glint flashed in Verlaine's eyes. Autism doesn't develop naturally overnight; it must be the work of someone who created her. How dare they treat her like this!
One of the essential skills of academic underachievers is that they can automatically listen to what they don't want to hear (in class) without thinking, as if they didn't hear it at all.
Completely unaware of the adults' thoughts, the little girl finished her perfunctory response to Alice, then stared longingly at the cake, waiting for Alice to let go.
Alice was speechless for a moment, then obediently let go at Mori Ougai's prompting.
After overcoming numerous hardships, Xiao Luo finally got to eat the cake she had been longing for.
To avoid being disturbed again, the little girl shoved the whole thing into her mouth in one gulp.
Verlaine felt a pang of heartache seeing this. He naturally took Alice's cake from the table and handed it to Xiao Luo. He said gently, "Xiao Luo, don't rush, eat slowly, we have more."
With her mouth puffed out, the little girl's eyes instantly brightened, and she hesitated before glancing at the two children beside her.
Remembering that there were three children present, Xiao Luo hesitated for a moment. It seemed that none of them had eaten cake. Should she share some?
Her little head spun around. Not greedy at all, Little Luo took the cake and handed it to Alice.
He mumbled through his mouth, "Miss, I'll give you the guts! We're all going to share the tuition fees, and this is what Xiao Luo is sharing with you."
Alice took the cake with a confused look on her face. If she remembered correctly, this was her cake, wasn't it?
Seeing the other person accept it, the little girl happily pulled out Yumeno Kyusaku from behind her, pointed at him, and stared intently at Alice. The little girl stared straight at her with her cobalt blue eyes, and said softly, "Big sister, share."
Holding the cake, Alice instantly understood what the little girl was up to.
Xiao Luo said they wanted to share. The little girl "shared" a piece of cake with herself, so she also needed to "share" a piece with Yumeno Kyusaku.
Following this order, Yumeno Kyusaku should also share.
Who will Yumeno Kyusaku share this with among those present?
That's so hard to guess!
Alice withdrew her hand expressionlessly, then arrogantly raised her head: "No way! He hurt a lot of people, Alice doesn't like him."
The little girl blinked and happily snatched back the cake: "That's great! Kyusaku is Xiaoluo's good friend. If you don't like Kyusaku, then you don't like Xiaoluo, so Xiaoluo won't give you the cake."
The little girl hugged the cake happily, saying it was for her good friend, but the smile on her face was impossible to hide. The adults present knew exactly what she was thinking.
A hint of suspicion flashed in Mori Ōgai's eyes. Could this child have autism?
This child's personality is too eccentric. Although he seems innocent, he's quite cunning. He doesn't seem like someone raised in a laboratory.
Mori Ougai pondered for a moment, then casually ruffled the little girl's hair.
As he withdrew his hand, a wisp of orange-red hair flashed past his fingertips.
The middle-aged man bent down with a smile, his face full of flattery: "Luo-chan, how do you know who your father is? Have you met him?"
Want to come to Uncle Sen's place? Uncle has lots of stuff here!
“…Rintaro, you’re like a pervert.” Alice said with utter disgust.
"Dad is Dad. I wonder if Xiao Luo has ever met Dad before. Who is Uncle Sen? Has Xiao Luo met him?"
After finishing her cake, the little girl finally had time to talk to Mori Ougai. The child, who didn't even know his name, obediently answered all the questions.
It seemed like she answered everything, but actually she didn't answer a single question. It was practically rambling nonsense. Then, when answering the last question, she paused for a moment and shyly asked, "Uncle Sen has so many things. Can he write a will to give all the good things to Xiao Luo?"
The seemingly well-behaved little girl's true colors were revealed in the last sentence. Her eyes sparkled as she looked at Mori Ougai, and she asked expectantly, "Uncle Boss, where is Uncle Mori? When is he going to write his will and die?"
Mori Ōgai: ...
Should he reveal himself as Uncle Sen at this point?
*
The top leader's office was exchanging pleasantries, and Nakahara Chuuya rushed back immediately after finishing his work.
After Dazai Osamu defected, he left behind a mess. Nakahara Chuuya was busy with everything. Just when he finally had a moment to rest, he heard the leader's summons.
The young man stepped out of the elevator, walked across the dark red carpet, and walked alone down the dimly lit corridor.
Chuuya Nakahara was a little puzzled, wondering why the leader had summoned him and instructed him to make sure he was properly organized.
The heavy doors slowly opened, and Chuuya Nakahara, trying to ignore the strange and eerie gazes of the guards on both sides, strode inside.
There seemed to be quite a few people in the room. Nakahara Chuuya consciously didn't look around. After entering the room, he took off his hat with one hand and respectfully bowed to Mori Ougai.
"leader!"
"Chuuya, you're here. Come and see Alice's new friend." Mori Ougai pushed the little girl forward without any hesitation. "Little girl, didn't you want to see our Mafia's Gravity User?"
The middle-aged man stood behind the light and shadow, smiling as he spoke.
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