【Taizhong】Ash

Chapter 10

10.

Two children, Atsushi Nakajima and Ryunosuke Akutagawa, were notified to work overtime during the date of the big weekend. Not only did they not have any dissatisfaction, but they also worked hard and perfectly completed the work. They really can be included in the company's annual best employee candidates in advance list.

Probably God couldn't bear to see them continue wasting time on such unemotional things like this, so the weather that was originally sunny in the morning suddenly turned gloomy in the afternoon, and dark clouds floated over from nowhere. The sky was tightly covered, and the air was filled with the moisture of a heavy rain that was about to come.

The sudden bad weather forced the members of the company's operations department and intelligence department to speed up, so as not to be left to hang out in the downpour of course-of course, it's not a big deal for them to be rained, the important thing is to be able to check the murder scene. There is only so much time they can win from the police. Not to mention that the heavy rain may destroy some details that have not been discovered yet, the police will quickly circle this area, and then "unrelated persons are prohibited from entering".

They really don't want to know what the expressions of the bosses will be like at that time.

So driven by this kind of unity, they finally finished work smoothly at 05:30 in the afternoon.Akutagawa led another team to track down the assailant. He lost all clues in front of the busy main road, so he only got this far. After meeting with Atsushi Nakajima with the information collected so far, the two went to find it together. The respective superiors report on their work.

The address given on the phone was the home address of the bosses in Fuhao Community. Akutagawa and Atsushi Nakajima have been here for various things, so they are familiar with finding the gate.It's just that they thought that after knocking on the door of the villa, they would face a living room full of serious atmosphere. Mr. Dazai and Mr. Nakahara were each sitting on the sofa dealing with the incident that happened today, or waiting for the calls from their subordinates to report. At worst, there should be a table full of all kinds of information - after all, if there are strange colleagues who wantonly act in their own territory, this kind of hidden danger, which is equivalent to an uncertain future crisis, will never be ignored by the company. ——and this should never be the case now.

Nakahara stood at the door with a glass salad bowl that had been stirred halfway in his hand, and nodded slightly to the two young men whose eyes were indescribable: "Come in. The slippers are in the shoe cabinet next to them, find them yourself."

Then he turned around and walked into the room, flipped the butter knife he picked up casually to stir the fruit salad into a beautiful silver flower, and continued to stir skillfully. "Hey, Dazai." He lazily called out to the kitchen, "Akutagawa and the others are here."

Akutagawa and Atsushi Nakajima changed into their slippers with an indescribable mood, walked to the living room and looked into the dining room, and saw some washed and plated dishes on the dining room table, surrounded by stars The hot pot placed in the middle of the table - when they were working hard, these unscrupulous bosses were actually preparing to eat hot pot! !

what happened!Didn't they agree to evaluate their work? !

In this situation, which pair needs to be "evaluated" more! !

In the kitchen on the other side, Osamu Dazai was wearing an apron, looking like a good-natured man, placing those fresh arctic shellfish slices on the ice cubes.The phone in his trouser pocket buzzed twice, he stopped, paused, took out the phone and took a quick look.

【Mr. Dazai, regarding the background of the dead man, we have checked customs records and his credit card records, but there is no useful information yet. 】

He casually lowered his eyes, quickly tapped his fingers a few times and replied with a "continue to investigate", then he put away the phone, arranged the last piece of arctic shellfish, and grabbed two pieces of green leafy vegetables from the side of the wash. After coming to decorate, Osamu Dazai walked out of the kitchen with a plate: "Atsu-kun is here? It's pretty fast—is there no traffic jam on the road?"

He put the plate on the table, put it together with the fungi platter of Flammulina velutipes and shiitake mushrooms, and then asked the two children with a smile, "Do you want to stay and eat together?"

He didn't ask anything about work, it was as natural as if the two of them just came to visit.

Akutagawa was expressionless (maybe he didn’t know what expression to put on his face), Atsushi Nakajima hesitated for a long time, and finally asked the question that had been in his heart for a long time: "Mr. Dazai... why is it hot pot?"

"Huh?" Osamu Dazai blinked, "Because it's going to rain~ Don't you think it's best to eat hot pot in this cold rainy day?"

...No, that's not the question.Atsushi Nakajima thought helplessly.

Seeing that the kid was also blocked by him and didn't know what to say, Dazai Osamu was satisfied with the mood of molesting the young man, raised his eyebrows and knocked on the table: "Well, if you are asking about the evaluation of the work of the two of you if--"

Half a sentence successfully caught the attention of the two, and both pairs of eyes were locked on Dazai for a moment.

"——If I hadn't observed half of it, and was completely assured of the ability of the two of you to work, could I and Zhongya buy vegetables and come back and prepare to eat hot pot lightly?"

Although the tone of the second half of the sentence was a bit off-putting, the meaning in the words made Atsushi Nakajima and Akutagawa silently heaved a sigh of relief at the same time.

And Zhongyuan Zhong also sneered, tearing down the stage mercilessly. "Listen to him talking nonsense here and pretending to be a good guy. If he wasn't aroused by the smell of the hot pot restaurant, this guy would be able to secretly poke and watch you work until the end." Zhong Yuanzhong also put the mixed salad bowl on the table On the table, he inserted a piece from the inside with a fork and put it in his mouth, while smiling at Atsushi Nakajima, "Usually, three out of ten sentences that Osamu Dazai utters are credible. Treat yourself, young man."

"Honey, can't you always tear me down in front of the younger generation, save me some face?" Osamu Dazai pretended to complain, "I want to eat salad too."

Zhong Yuanzhong also turned a deaf ear to the first half of the sentence, and he would never do any overly intimate behaviors such as feeding casually in front of the children (to some extent, it would damage the tall image he usually established in the company), he just pushed the glass with his fingertips. The bowl was accurately pushed to Dazai's side, and then extended his hand to Atsushi Nakajima: "Just give me the things, and I will trouble you this time."

Atsushi Nakajima, who was shown his face, numbly handed over the two document bags in his hand: "No trouble, this is what we should do..."

Seeing that the task of this trip was completed, Akutagawa, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke to Atsushi Nakajima, "Let's go."

"Don't be so anxious, it's okay to stay here and eat together." Dazai Osamu said with a smile, "Huh? Akutagawa-kun."

Akutagawa stared fixedly at his former boss for a few seconds, then turned his gaze away coldly, and said in a cold voice: "Although you said that, what you really thought was 'Hurry up and leave the two brats'? I You are no longer a child, Dazai-san."

"Oh!" Dazai Osamu was quite surprised, "It seems that you have grown a lot in the past two years."

Akutagawa simply ignored him, turned around and grabbed Atsushi Nakajima's wrist at the same time: "Let's go. How many times do you want me to say it?"

It's rare for Akutagawa to take the initiative to hold hands and want to do something (this shows how strong the aura of love between the couple is, and can push the always indifferent Akutagawa to this point), Atsushi Nakajima is simply flattered, the complexity just now is unspeakable The mood disappeared without a trace in an instant.He hastily turned his head and showed a big smile to Osamu Dazai and Nakahara: "Then let's go first, Mr. Dazai! Mr. Nakahara!"

"Hey, wait, Atsu-kun." Dazai followed up without hurrying, "I have a question to ask you."

Seeing several people walking out of the restaurant one after another, Nakahara Chuya, who had been standing by the table, took out his mobile phone and opened the text message he had just sent.

[Mr. Zhongyuan, we have noticed that an unknown force is investigating this man.What should be the next step? 】

Another force?

He pondered for two seconds, and then quickly typed a line of reply on the screen with his fingers.

[Call them into the bait.Be careful not to expose. 】

At the door, Atsushi Nakajima, who was deliberately left by Dazai for a minute, opened his innocent eyes and asked, "What's the matter, Mr. Dazai?"

"Well, that's how it is." Osamu Dazai smiled innocently, "I just want to ask you, is the toothpaste Akutagawa used today orange-flavored?"

"Akutagawa's toothpaste tastes like today? It's not orange, it's mint—"

Atsushi Nakajima suddenly stopped speaking when he realized what he was talking about in the middle of his speech. He was silent for two seconds, then blushed suddenly, and then he didn't explain how he knew that the taste was not orange but mint. Something happened, the whole person quickly took a few steps back, and quickly left the villa where the big bad wolf lived.

"I-I-I-I left first—"

Behind him was Osamu Dazai who was bending over with a smile.

"Zhongye, did you see Dunjun's reaction just now?" He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and turned around, "How could they be so innocent? I haven't asked any more private questions—"

Zhong Yuan, who had just walked over, nodded as expected: "So I win the bet, do you have any objection?"

Osamu Dazai's insane laughter when he laughed at the children stopped abruptly.

And Zhong Yuanzhong also smiled at him with an almost gentle attitude, and then said kindly: "Come on, dear, come and eat."

"After dinner, let's discuss how to play tonight."

TBC.