Chapter 24 Chapter two

Although Kurita has a cold personality, he is actually a very affectionate person.He still feels ashamed in front of the people he cared for as a child. Sumino Koharu—his surname before Guanfu was "Kira"—used to teach Kurita how to write homework. For Kurita, Koharu is like a big sister next door. Koharu, who was six years older than Kurita, was still a middle school student at the time, and he loved Kurita, who was still a junior in elementary school, in every way. Haru knows how to take care of others, and her grades are quite good, so when her family asks her to come to Kurimaru Hall to buy things, she often helps Kurita with her homework.

When Kurita wants to go out to play, Xiaochun will show a fearless expression and stand in front of Kurita and say: "Hehe, don't go out..." "Oh! Xiaochun, you are here again!" "Call me 'Sister Xiaochun'. Come on, I will help you with your Chinese and math homework today. Your father also told me that you are not allowed to go out to play until you finish your homework. If you love your child, let him Do your homework—you've heard that proverb?" "I've never heard of it!" However, thanks to Xiaochun, Kurita was saved several times from being called to stand in the corridor as punishment.

Under Koharu's Spartan education, it is an indisputable fact that Kurita's basic academic ability has more or less improved. In junior high school, although Kurita was quite rebellious, he was able to get promoted smoothly without being repeated. Perhaps it was also influenced by Koharu's Spartan education. When Kurita thought about it this way, he couldn't help feeling that Xiaoharu was indeed his benefactor, so he couldn't refuse Xiaoharu's strong request. "Xiao Lili, can you? It's rare to meet in the neighborhood, come to my house to play. I also want to find someone to chat with occasionally."

"...It can be done." "I knew Xiao Lili was the most caring. As expected of Xiao Lili, she would applaud girls on the road where people come and go." "You're annoying! That's just a natural movement. Also, don't call me 'Xiao Lili'." "why?" "I'm not a child anymore. If you call me that again, I'll turn around and leave immediately." Being held in the arms of a child with faint dreams, now an adult wife is called by the old nickname, even if it is not in front of Aoi, it will make Kurita feel uncomfortable.

After the applause on the side of the road, Kurita and Aoi prepared to go to Xiaoharu's house under Xiaoharu's lead. Kurita thought: "It seems that today's lunch break will be very long. However, the wagashi to be sold today has been prepared in the morning. If it is not enough, Nakanojo can handle it by himself." I heard that Xiaochun's son, Cong, just turned two years old, and he walked hand in hand with Xiaochun while eating cotton candy bought from a street vendor.Kurita and Aoi followed Satoshi's pace and walked slowly in the alley. "Hmm... this kid is so cute... he's only two years old, and he can walk so well..."

Aoi said with a look of admiration, and Xiaochun glanced at Aoi and replied, "A one-year-old child can also walk very well, but he will lose his temper when he is tired." "Aren't you used to using a stroller?" "Now that I can walk, let the child walk as much as possible. I heard that it is better for the child. Our family's education policy is 'Even if the child walks slowly, let the child walk by himself'." "Excellent words!" Xiaochun's husband's house, also known as Sumino's house, is a single-family house behind the Yoshihara Shrine, and it takes about ten minutes to walk there.

In Kurita's memory, Sumino's house has a unique shape of lattice windows and a red mailbox, and it is cleaned very cleanly. It is a house that gives people a fresh feeling. When Koharu first got married, Kurita went to congratulate him once, but he never visited after that, so today is his second visit to Sumino's house. Kurita walked forward while moving his eyes randomly to observe the narrow alley in front of him. Soon after, the Sumino family appeared in front of them. At this time, Kurita suddenly saw a strange scene and stiffened. ——Who is that...? A man appeared next to the concrete brick wall near the door of Sumino's house, and he was lying on the wall.

He had his black beanie pulled down, and he was wearing a dirty black jacket. Although the man is small, he has a strong physique and looks very strong.Looking at the past from the back, the man's age is about fifty years old. From time to time, the man stretched his neck cautiously, peeking at Sumino's house from the window on the first floor. This person behaved strangely and was obviously suspicious. ——Do you want to break through the empty door? In this era, no one would want to break through the empty door, right?Although Kurita thought so, he also felt that it was because of this era that such a thing was possible.Bad things come back, too, and come back into fashion long forgotten.

The next second Kurita made this judgment, he ran out and shouted: "Old guy! What are you doing!" The suspicious person noticed Kurita rushing over, bounced off the wall, put on his hat again and turned around hastily. Kurita suddenly felt weird, as if he had seen this person somewhere—— However, Kurita had only glimpsed part of the other person's face, so he wasn't sure.He thought to himself: "Anyway, let's arrest this person first." Kurita pursued the fleeing man with full firepower. "How? What happened?" Xiaochun raised his voice and shouted from behind, and Kurita also shouted: "This guy is spying on your house! He must be trying to break into the empty door! I'll catch him!"

However, the suspicious person's footsteps are faster than Kurita imagined. Even Kurita, who has excellent motor skills, couldn't catch up, so it can be seen that the opponent's footsteps are quite fast.The other party didn't look like an amateur thief, and he might be younger, not an old man. "No!" Aoi shouted urgently behind her back. "Mr. Kurita, please stop! I'm serious! What if the other party has a knife or something!" Aoi said in a voice that sounded like a wailing.What's even more surprising is that she was still chasing after Kurita.

Kurita thought: "What are knives!" Kurita has also fought against someone with a knife many times in the past.At that time, Kurita was not afraid of anything, so the moment the opponent took out the knife, Kurita rushed over and threw the knife far away. "I beg you to stop! That stuff is really dangerous!" However, someone is now worried about his safety and speaks out to stop him. Thinking of this, Kurita's feet became sluggish, and his speed of catching up slowed down. The distance between Kurita and the opponent grew further and further. Not long after, when Kurita turned the corner, the suspicious figure had disappeared without a trace.