Chapter 034
The temporary blindness in his left eye made it difficult for Harada Shinnosuke to see the surrounding scenery. Especially when doing those subtle things, his eyes and hands were completely out of coordination, so Qingxi would see that every time he scooped porridge with a spoon, his body would stiffen slightly.
Qingxi, who had nothing to do at the moment, was considering whether to go outside to see if Jiro had come at this time or stay here and wait for Harada Shinnosuke to finish breakfast so that she could take away the empty bowl. At this time, the other party spoke first.
“This time, the ghost I encountered had the ability to allow people to go back in time.
To be precise, it should be a dream.
"It digs out a person's deepest regrets, then pulls their spirit into it, making them repeat that loss, regret, and sadness over and over again." Harada Shinnosuke stretched out his right hand, his right eye darkening.
"It gives people the hope that 'I already know what's going to happen to the people around me, so I can definitely prevent the tragedy from happening.' But at the last moment, that hope is shattered, and the most real, bloody consequences are placed before your eyes... Over and over again, what kind of despair is this?"
He turned his head to look at Qingxi: "I don't think I've told Ah Xi that I once had a child, a girl like Ah Xi. When she was eaten by the ghost, she was about the same age as Ah Xi is now. If she could live to this day, she would have been a grown-up girl."
"dad."
The girl's soft voice rang out, but it frightened the man on the hospital bed who was in a heavy mood.
"Huh? Huh!!!" The man, who had completely forgotten what tone was, opened his mouth but could only make some vague sounds.
On the contrary, Qingxi, who dropped such a bomb, was able to stand there without changing his expression.
"You are so beautiful." The soft and sticky voice disappeared, and Qingxi said solemnly: "Mr. Harada, it is allowed to borrow someone's memory, but if you want to find a substitute, then I think your daughter will cry."
"Ah, no, that's it. Actually, Aki, you don't look like my little Sakurako at all." Harada Shinnosuke reacted, and he explained incoherently and stammeringly.
His little Sakurako always speaks in a soft tone from beginning to end. Even when she is angry, she looks like a little dough. She is nothing like Aki. When she is easy to talk to, she is really easy to talk to, but when she gets angry, she is a fighter among girls!
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Qingxi also breathed a sigh of relief, but before she could say anything, a young, somewhat stiff voice rang out from the side, "You look a lot like my sister."
Qingxi's throat trembled and she turned around. She wanted to see who was trying to ruin her plan at this time.
Qingxi was not surprised to see the face of Tomioka Giyu in the bed next to her, but when she saw his face, her knees began to ache.
Her knees are still bruised from that kneeling before.
"Mr. Tomioka, I'm younger than you." She emphasized the last word in the hope that the other party could face reality more.
Finally, she wanted to reiterate that this was not a family reunion meeting, and even if it was just a blood test for paternity testing, it would have absolutely nothing to do with the relationship.
It was just a coincidence that two people who looked alike met each other.
Tomioka Giyu nodded, "I know."
At this time, unexpectedly, the thinking pattern in Tomioka Giyu's mind overlapped with that of Harada Shinnosuke.
Even when his sister was angry, even when she was lecturing him, she would never be so cruel.
If Qingxi knew that the difference between the two patients in front of her and their respective relatives was the strange angle of her gentleness, she might roll up her sleeves and let them see what real "ferocity" was.
Suddenly, the sound of birds flapping their wings came from outside the window, attracting the attention of the three people in the ward.
"Um... is it, Crow?"
Looking at the large mass of black that fell among the hydrangeas outside the window, Harada Shinnosuke asked the two people beside him in an uncertain tone.
He was also shocked by Giyu Tomioka, whose thoughts were more simple than his.
Tomioka Giyu: "A big goose with black feathers?"
"It's Jiro." Qingxi walked to the window and opened it manually. The next moment, a huge crow spread its wings like a bright cattail fan and flew to the windowsill.
"It might be secondary development, so it has grown this big." She explained to them.
"Second, secondary development?" Harada Shinnosuke, who didn't quite understand what Qingxi meant, followed her words like a parrot.
"Just think of it as a person who stops growing taller when he reaches the age of 20, but suddenly one day, his body starts to grow taller again." Qingxi gave them a simple example in words they could understand.
"I see." Harada Shinnosuke looked enlightened.
After understanding the situation, he looked at the incredibly large crow on the windowsill with a look of inquiry in his intact right eye.
"But even if it's a second growth, isn't it already too big?" he asked. "Could it be like a goose, with wings but too heavy to fly? Or is it only able to fly short distances now?"
"No." Qingxi shook her head. She gave him a look that asked, "What misunderstanding do you have about the term 'secondary development'?" "Wild geese can still fly. The geese that can't fly are domesticated by humans because they can find food on the ground without flying. Over time, they lost the ability to fly.
"As for Jiro, it flies from its nest at headquarters to my place every day to eat, and then flies back. Although it's been domesticated by humans, it hasn't lost its flying ability. So, the possibility that it's eating too much and becoming too fat, as you said, isn't possible."
Qingxi approached Jiro and, seeing Jiro's displeasure but no further rejection, spread one of its wings. "Finally, don't be fooled by Jiro's dark, fat appearance; those are merely feathers. One of its wings, when spread out, is as long as its body, and both wings combined are more than enough to carry it into flight. Furthermore, it can also help carry light objects to distant locations, and its speed is more than twice that of other crows."
Qingxi released the hand that was pinching the wings, and the next moment it was quickly taken back by Jiro.
Harada Shinnosuke was greatly shocked. He began to enjoy himself, "This way, the news about ghosts coming back from it will be faster than from other crows. We ghost hunters will also be able to send personnel to the place where ghost traces are found in a shorter time. If there are indeed ghosts in that place, we can directly eliminate them."
"Probably not." Qingxi dispelled the middle-aged man's rosy notion of being able to kill more demons in the future. She stretched out her finger to poke Jiro, but the next moment, it was swatted aside by its palm-leaf-fan-like wings. She didn't care and continued, "Jiro is a jay that has had five former partners. So now, it refuses to choose a partner. Although it currently lives in the crow shed, it is already a retired jay."
Even if Qingxi didn't say it, she believed that these two people would understand.
In fact, both Harada Shinnosuke and Tomioka Giyu really understood it.
Because his five former partners all died in the process of ghost hunting, he was too sad to choose a partner again, and then watched him die in front of his eyes again.
For a moment, the atmosphere between the three people and the crow became silent.
However, this atmosphere did not last long before Jiro himself broke it.
After waiting for Qingxi's portion of food for a long time, it spread its wings and used its feathers to brush Qingxi's face, "My breakfast."
Qingxi slapped away the crow wings that were sticking to her face. With crow feathers in her mouth, she spat out the small fluff stuck to her lips. She waved at the two of them and walked out. "I know, I know. Can you please not use this trick every time you rush people?"
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On the corridor under the eaves in the backyard.
Qingxi placed a large bowl full of food in front of Jiro.
Ever since she realized that she had overestimated Beimingyu Xingming's appetite, this extra-large food bowl that she had specially bought became useless.
In the past half month, as Jiro's appetite gradually increased from one or two kilograms in one meal to five or six kilograms in one meal, she took it out again.
Seeing Jiro, who had once again transformed into a ruthless pile driver and was frantically munching on food from the food bowl, Qingxi sighed, "Although I don't want to disturb you while you're eating at this time, Jiro, there's one thing I think it's better to tell you in advance.
Because your appetite has increased too much in the past half month, the original meal expenses for you staying with me for half a year are not enough. Based on your current appetite, I estimate that you can still eat with me for less than three months.
Of course, I'm not a stingy person, so I'll give you an integer, just three months. If you still want to come to my place for dinner after three months, please prepare the meal money yourself in advance.
Oh, by the way, one last thing, if your appetite continues to increase, you'll have to reduce the time you spend eating with me."
"Gah!"
Ruthless Pile Driver was stunned. Ruthless Pile Driver wanted to pretend not to know, but it seemed that he had missed the opportunity.
"So, Jiro, you have to work hard to earn some money, otherwise you'll have to go back to eating the food your crow keeper feeds you." Kiyoshi touched Jiro's head, then stood up cheerfully, humming a little tune as she walked into the clinic. Finally, she added, "Actually, the food the Crow House provides for you is very good. We have a complete range of nuts, seeds, meat, eggs, milk, and more. If you don't have the money to pay for food, you can go back and eat for free."
Watching the black-haired girl skipping into the door and disappearing, Jiro came back to his senses. When he lowered his head to eat again, he suddenly realized that even with the delicious food in front of him, he no longer thought it was delicious...
Jiro was in a very depressed mood. Should he be a little more careful about his food expenses?
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