Chapter 74
Chapter 74
Minegishi received a somewhat strange call.
In fact, it is not a call from a stranger, because the words of the apartment manager are written on the phone.Although he didn't know the phone number, since it was written like this on the phone, it's better for him not to ignore it as a sales call.
Thinking of this, Minegishi temporarily left his station, walked to the rest area, and answered the phone.
"Hello, is this Mr. Minegishi from Room 1201, Building B?" The first time the phone was connected, a middle-aged man's voice came from the other end of the phone, and his tone could not stop being strange to him.
Minegishi sensed a strange atmosphere inexplicably: "Ah...it's me."
"That's it, is it convenient for you to rush back to the apartment now?" The administrator didn't say anything, the first sentence was a question sentence, which made Minegishi even more confused.
"I'm working in the company now, and I can't go back for the time being." He briefly explained, "What's the matter? Do I need to rush back now?"
"It would be the best if you could come back." The administrator still said vaguely.He paused, and what he said in the next second made Minegishi's eyes widen in disbelief, "Your brother almost set the kitchen in the apartment on fire."
"Fortunately, the siren was triggered, and the people on our side dealt with the situation in time, otherwise something serious would happen. But although nothing actually happened, we still need to keep some records here. It is best that the head of the household can also Come here, so you can see..."
"Wait." Minegishi finally reacted, "Brother? When did I have a younger brother?"
"Eh?" The administrator on the other end of the phone was also stunned, "Aren't you the head of the household living in room 1201?"
"...I am."
"Then don't you have a younger brother at home now? Black hair, around the age, name is..." The administrator paused, and then Minegishi heard him talking to other people over there, "Brother, you what is it call?"
After a while, a rather familiar voice came into Minegishi's ears along the microphone, "Xiaobaicai..."
"He said his name is Xiaobaicai, huh?...Is this a nickname?"
The administrator's follow-up chanting of Nagisa Minegishi could no longer be heard, and his whole body's attention had been fixed on the familiar voice from the other end of the phone just now.
The voice was so familiar that it was impossible for him to admit his mistake.
This is clearly... Dazai's voice!
A conjecture that he couldn't believe himself suddenly surfaced in his heart.
*
Minegishi and his boss took half a day off. In view of the good image of the original owner in the company, the boss quickly approved the vacation, and even kindly asked if half a day was enough for him to deal with the matter, and if he needed an extra day holiday.
Minegishi thought about it, but still refused.
Although he really wanted to be thick-skinned, he agreed directly.
Because he was eager to verify the conjecture in his heart, Minegishi took an expensive taxi for an unprecedented time, just to go home quickly and meet what the apartment manager said earlier, his "brother".
It usually takes half an hour, but under the urging voice of Minegishi, the taxi driver arrived in less than 10 minutes.He dropped a large bill that was enough to pay for a taxi, hurriedly got out of the car, and ran into the apartment building.
The administrator who called him was in the office on the first floor, and even the boy who was said to be his "brother" was there, and Nagisa Minegishi quickly found him.
He stood at the door, panting slightly.
After he put his hand on the doorknob and paused for a few seconds, he hesitated to unscrew it, and the voice inside suddenly came out.
The apartment manager who had called Minegishi before seemed to be trying to teach something, "I said you are not young, how can you not know the importance of the matter?"
"Since you don't know how to cook, don't insist on going into the kitchen! This time we discovered such a dangerous situation in time, what about next time? Next time if we don't find out and there is a fire accident, At that time..."
The administrator is a middle-aged man who usually likes to fight injustices and be helpful.Today, seeing that the person who almost caused the catastrophe was still a young man in his teens, about the same age as his own children, he couldn't help himself even more to preach.
When it came to getting up, the middle-aged man felt a little parched, and was about to take a few sips of water from the water glass at hand.
It was at this time that Minegishi Nagisa walked into the house.
He glanced at this small office, and there were two people sitting face to face in the room.One was a middle-aged apartment manager, and the other was a teenager in a baseball cap and nondescript pajamas.
Minegishi recognized at a glance that it was his pajamas.
I just snatched it in the supermarket not long ago. The special price is discounted, and the second set is half price.
The teenager didn't seem very interested, and could even be said to be a little depressed.Although he couldn't see his appearance clearly, it could be seen from the atmosphere surrounding him.
The baseball cap on top of his head seemed to be put on in a hurry, but he didn't put it on properly, and there were a few strands of standing hair messily exposed beside him.
Minegishi's attention was all attracted by the boy who bowed his head.
"You are the head of household of 1201, Mr. Minegishi?" The administrator stood up from his seat, "Thank you for coming here so quickly, shall I briefly tell you what happened just now?"
"... Mr. Minegishi?"
Minegishi came back to his senses, turned to look at the administrator, "Ah, good."
He was still paying attention to the boy from the corner of his eye, as if he heard his familiar name appear from the administrator's mouth, the boy raised his head all of a sudden.When he saw Minegishi not far in front of him, his eyes were about to light up.
"Little Nagisa...!" He anxiously wanted to go over, but was pinned in place by Minegishi's soothing gesture.
The boy didn't know why he wanted to stop himself, but he stopped obediently, but his expression seemed more aggrieved than before.
Minegishi's eyes were soft.
His eyes flicked across the boy's face, without missing a single corner.
Unexpectedly...it really is Dazai.
Although he was still comforting the system this morning, saying that it was possible that he and Dazai would meet in advance, he himself would not believe it.
However, what Ling Minegishi did not expect was that he really did not need to rely on the system's reminder, or even rely on any external force, to meet Dazai.
"Mr. Minegishi, the thing is like this..."
The apartment manager explained the cause, process and result of the incident from beginning to end.Including how they found out about the situation.Including how Dazai caused the fire phenomenon.
Only then did Minegishi know that Dazai used the kitchen stove at home, but because of improper use, he almost burned the whole kitchen.He understood the reasons in general, but there was one thing Minegishi still couldn't figure out, and that was...
How did Dazai show up at his house?
Asking the apartment manager about this is definitely not the way to get the right answer.
So Minegishi took Dazai together to make a guarantee with the administrator, signed several guarantee letters in a row, and after leaving the administrator's office, he was going to find an opportunity to ask Dazai about it alone.
"Thank you so much." Minegishi held Dazai's hand.To be precise, when he was about to leave just now, Dazai took the initiative to come over. The one who was afraid of him leaving looked very much like the little wild cat he picked up at home.
Minegishi and the administrator suddenly stopped thanking him. He thought of what Dazai said when he answered his name in the previous phone call.
He remembered that at that time, the name Dazai said seemed to be..."Little Cabbage"? !
*
Minegishi led the people all the way back home.The scene in the kitchen is still preserved, and some places on the floor and walls have been burned black. He probably will have to find someone to redecorate it next.
Fortunately, there is nothing serious about the furniture, and it doesn't take too much money to just resurface the kitchen floor and refresh the walls.
Of course, the issue that Minegishi is most concerned about now is naturally not how much it will cost to repair the kitchen.
"you……"
Before he could ask the words circling in his mind, Nagisa Minegishi saw the boy in front of him stretch out his arms and take off the crooked baseball cap on his head.A pair of fluffy and soft cat ears tremblingly appeared in front of Nagisa.
I don't know if it is due to the addition of a personal filter, Minegishi even felt that he heard a special effect sound, which was very elastic.
For a moment, he squeezed his fingertips, wanting to touch them a little bit.
"Xiao Zhu?" The owner of the cat's ears was still a little unaware, and tilted his head to look at the excrement shovel officer who suddenly stopped talking, a little puzzled, "What's wrong with you?"
Minegishi took several steps back abruptly, his back touching the cold door.He subconsciously covered the position of his nose, and cried out inwardly.
The system never told him that this world is like this!
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