One day, I mentioned to Xie Ye: "Is it time for year-end benefits?"

Every year at the end of the year, the detective agency will give out benefits. The bonuses issued directly last year were public-funded travel last year.

"I don't know if it will be a tour this time," I murmured after taking a bite of the dried pineapple. "If so, where is the tour location... Well, no matter where it is, as long as everyone gets together."

Hearing this, Yosano glanced at me.

"Why, why are you looking at me like this?"

"You're too embarrassed to say that," she sorted out the newspapers on the table. "Who was the first to leave the team at Christmas a few days ago?"

I was at a loss: "Who is this shameless."

Yosano raised his eyebrows, then stretched out his hand to hook my neck and raised his right fingers: "Come on, I'll help you recall your memories."

five days ago.

"Everyone!" Kenji announced excitedly, "This Christmas, the president will invite everyone to a turkey dinner tonight!"

The voice fell, and the sound of "Long live" resounded through the office.

"I haven't had a turkey dinner yet," Tun was very happy, turning to look at Dazai, "Mr. Dazai, you will go too, right?"

Dazai folded his hands and rested his elbows on the desk: "No way."

"Eh, why?!"

"Because Ito and Ito have already made an appointment to go to the two-person world." After that, he raised his arm and waved at me. I smiled and said that I heard it.

And Yosano took our interaction seriously: "As for it, it's not Valentine's Day."

"No, you're wrong," I said earnestly as I took her shoulder, "As long as I'm happy, every day is Valentine's Day."

Yosano, who was forcibly stuffed with a handful of dog food: "..."

In fact, Christmas is also a kind of Valentine's Day in Japan. If you don't want to be crowned with the honorary title of "Christmas Single Dog", you will find someone to go on a date that day. The previous Christmas detective agency was based on colleagues having dinner together. But now times have changed, more and more colleagues have found their other half, and agreeing to go to dinner is tacitly accepting that they are single.

So Dazai and I left the team early that day, leaving only two dashing backs for everyone.

Memories are over.

I was silent for a few seconds, then quibble: "Isn't there Kenji and the others? That dinner party should be very lively, right?"

"Well said," Yosano's mouth twitched into a smile, looking very dangerous, "Thanks to you taking the lead, Adon and Kyoka also left the team, and Tanizaki and Naomi are next, you know in the end we have the rest How many people?"

"This... This shows that our company's distribution work is well done!"

It's not my blow, many colleagues' single problems are solved within the company!

"Come on, no matter what the benefits are this time, you have to stay here obediently for me."

Sometimes things turn out unexpectedly.

This year's perk is hot springs.

Everyone was very happy when we heard that we were going to take a hot spring, but not long after the news came out, fate gave us another big drift - the owner and president of the hot spring hotel are close friends. This year-end benefit is Accepting the kindness of the other party, he said that if you only live in one room, you can live for free.

Then there is a problem. There are both male and female members, but there is only one room. Girls can't go when boys go, and boys can't go when girls go.

The final result of the lottery is that the boys go.

"Ah—" I was a little disappointed, "I can only choose one of the two hot spring benefits this time."

"It's okay," Dazai came up with an idea. "On the day of departure, we can knock Kunikida-kun unconscious, and Ichito can go together in his form."

"It turns out that this trick works!"

"It's better to tie Kunikida-kun so that he can prevent him from chasing us."

Kunikida hurried forward, grabbed Dazai's collar and dangled it: "At least say this while I'm away, **** Dazai!!!"

The latter smiled happily: "Ahaha..."

It is impossible to transform into Kunikida. After all, we have to take a hot spring together and live in the same room. There are differences between men and women, so on the day of departure, the female compatriots only have to be jealous.

"It's a pity, I can't go with my elder brother..." Naomi puffed out her cheeks and complained a lot about it.

In the huge office, there were only me, Yosano, Naomi, and Kyoka. Haruno went home to work as a shovel officer. For her, cats were much more important than year-end welfare.

I was lying on the table, playing with the computer lazily, and the words "unhappy" were written on my face.

Suddenly, the mailbox pops up to receive a new message.

I rubbed it off, and the moment I saw the sender, I was instantly refreshed—

【Jiro: Ito Ito, Atobe and I came to play in Yokohama, where are you><]

My first reaction was, I won't be lonely at the end of the year, yay!

The second reaction was, wait, how did he know I was in Yokohama.

I quickly dialed Jiro's number and asked this question, but the other party said that Ryo Higashishima told him.

Since the last time I met Liangmei in Kitakyushu, I have been keeping in touch with her, and occasionally I hear her whine, complaining that the boy she likes is not easy to chase or something, and she also knows that I am in Yokohama.

A few days ago, the Tennis Club and the Tea Ceremony Club had dinner together. Everyone went there except me and Chiharu, who was abroad. It was during the dinner that Jiro heard Liangmei mention that I was working in Yokohama.

"Is that so..." I felt that I had been in Yokohama for so long, and I had to do my best as a host, "Tell me your address and I'll pick you up."

[No need, we came here by car, we will pick you up later to go to the hot springs, the hot spring resort of C's family]

...

I held the phone, and it took me a while to react: "Are you an angel?"

"what?"

After obtaining the permission of the Ministry of Traces, I took Kyoka and the others with me.

"It feels amazing," Naomi exclaimed as she looked at the hot spring resort in front of her after getting off the car, "Can we really live here, for free?"

I nodded, then said hello to Ajibu: "Ajibe, you look very handsome today!"

The latter couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "You only feel that way now, don't you?"

"Ichito!!!" At this moment, Jiro, who was sitting in another car, got down.

I was ecstatic: "Jiro!!!"

"Ito!"

"Jiro!"

"Ito!"

"Jiro!"

Forbearance couldn't stand it any longer: "Enough is enough for you."

Jirou and I ran towards each other at the same time, and the latter hugged me suddenly, rubbing and rubbing like before: "I miss you so much."

A smile bloomed on my face: "Me too!"

Yoyoseno's gaze shifted back and forth between me and him, as if to say that it would be fun if Dazai was here.

It was suggested by Jiro to come to Yokohama. It happened that Ajibu had his own resort here, so he brought a few free former tennis club members here. The environment is good, the scenery is beautiful, and the area is large. This time There are not many people traveling with you, so you don't have to be restricted by which room you want to live in.

Before soaking in the hot springs, we gathered together to play hanabata.

"By the way, where is Ito working now?" Yueren asked me.

As I drew cards, I replied, "Detective Agency."

"Sounds great," Ninja took over, "but..."

He looked at Jinghua, who was kneeling on the side: "Are you still recruiting child labor?"

"Ahaha, Jinghua is not a child laborer," Naomi hurriedly explained, "She is my school girl. I just came to see me at the company today, and Ito brought her along."

"So it is."

It's not just us who came here today, but also a most special "guest".

"Wow, son, the longer you get, the more beautiful you are!"

The little fluffy dog ​​in the past has grown into a large dog, and its limbs are very strong and powerful, but in the eyes of my mother, it is still so tender and cute.

"Wang, wang!" Long Xiaojie ran around me, shouting cheerfully, I sat down on my knees, and it rushed into my arms immediately.

I scratched its chin and it was comfortable like an airplane ear.

Speaking of which, most of the members of our detective agency are cat pie, and this is what puzzles me the most.

While soaking in the hot springs, Yusano said to me, "That purple-gray-haired man is the young master of the Atobe chaebol. I saw his picture in the newspaper before."

"Well." I stretched out my feet and slowly entered the soup pool, and the warm water gradually spread to my chest.

"Ito actually knows such a powerful person," Naomi said, leaning against the stone wall, looking at the tray floating on the hot spring water, "I also prepared red wine for us, it's expensive..."

"High consumption is his living habit. Apart from this, he is usually very down-to-earth."

At first, I thought Ajibe was the kind of dandy boy who is high and mighty, but since we got along for a while, I saw him go to school in a helicopter, and it turned out that it was a day off, and he shaved his hair and bought a top. After putting the wig on his head, his image in my mind has been completely subverted.

Oh and also, I used to mistake Bingdi as a school where everyone was aristocratic, but I later learned that it was all due to the Ministry of Traces. When he entered the school, he replaced the facilities and equipment for the school and remodeled the cafeteria. He drove it by himself. Ice Emperor's GDP per capita.

He acts in a high-profile way, but he also has an ordinary side, so we have no sense of distance in getting along with each other over the years.

"Hey, Jinghua, why are you so far away?" Naomi asked, looking at Jinghua in the corner.

Jinghua shrank back again: "It's okay."

When I noticed this, I couldn't help but look to the other side. Next to the hot spring pool, Long Xiaojie was lying there lazily and dozing off.

"Are you afraid of dogs?"

"I'm not afraid." Jinghua replied quickly.

By the way, I remember that she was sent by a rabbit, and she is not very fond of dogs, and looking at the reaction... she seems to be a little scared.

"Long Xiaojie," I called as I walked over, "Go to see your father in the male soup next door."

Long Xiaojie was still so human, he stood up immediately, rubbed my head, and left.

Jing Hua's face looked much better.

"Wait a minute," Yu Xeno said suddenly, "What do you call it?"

"Long Xiaojie."

"Who named it?"

I smiled and pointed to myself.

"..." Yosano and Yosano thought for a moment, "Does Akutagawa in Port Mafia know about this?"

I'm still well aware of the consequences: "For the sake of my son's life, he'll never know."

After soaking in the hot springs, we went back to our room to rest.

At this time, it was still a while before I fell asleep, and Yosano proposed to bring the boys over to play games. I glanced at the wall clock, and it was indeed too early to play together for a while.

So I left the room and went outside.

On the way to look for Ajibe and the others, I found a person standing in the courtyard, and Long Xiaojie was also there.

"Ciro," I greeted him, "just in time, I was looking for you."

"Me too."

"Um?"

"I'm taking Long Xiaosuke for a walk," Jiro's smile was always bright, "Ichito also come with me!"

I pondered for a while, and that's fine. It's still early anyway, so after walking Long Xiaojie, it's okay to go to the Department of Traces.

During the walk, we talked a little about our current life, but we mostly reminisced about the past. After all, we were classmates during those two years in high school, and we had endless topics to talk about every day.

Suddenly, Long Xiaojie stopped, bared his teeth in a certain direction in the woods, his eyes became a lot more vicious.

"Wow, **** wang!"

Without giving us a chance to return to our senses, it suddenly broke away from the rope and ran into the woods. Jiro and I hurriedly chased after it.

Cilang is here, I can't use the instant body, and I can't jump up the tree. I can only speed up and run forward. I don't know that the other party sees that the sky is dark and the mountain road is rough. fall!"

--what? ?

I subconsciously said that I would not fall, but Jiro only wanted to catch up with Long Xiaojie, but he didn’t hear it at all. When we came to the place where Long Xiaojie stopped, he picked up the dog leash with one hand and returned to the other hand. pull me.

"It's fortunate that the distance is not far," Shirou is an athlete who runs so fast without breathing at all, "but why is his reaction so big?"

Kishu Inu is good at housekeeping, and when this happens, it usually smells the scent of a stranger.

"There should be residents around here," I analyzed, "or a passerby who happened to pass by. Long Xiaojie smelled him and thought it was a thief who rushed in..."

Before he finished speaking, Long Xiaojie called again, this time the direction was behind us.

I turned around and was shocked when I saw the person coming: "Dazai, Adon, why are you here?!"

"I'm also surprised that I can meet Ichito here, but..." The black-haired young man put his gaze on the hands I held with Shirou, then tilted his head, smiling harmlessly, "Ichito What is this doing?"

The author has something to say: This time the special episode integrates the special story.

[The owner and the president of the hot spring hotel are close friends. The end-of-year benefits this time are due to the good intentions of the other party. They said that if you only live in one room, you can stay for free.] It was modified from the original lines of the plot