Chapter 828 Extra - The Old Man
After finishing their meal, Yuya and Miyano Shiho went out for a walk to help digest their food, and took a walk with Dango at the same time.
The two of them and their pet walked and finally arrived at the Rice Flower Park.
At this time, there was no one in the park except a few couples taking a walk.
Yuya and Miyano Shiho sat on the bench, watching Tuanzi chasing butterflies by the pool.
The butterfly seemed to be deliberately teasing Tuanzi, flying high and low, as if it could be caught in an instant, but the butterfly dodged nimbly, and Tuanzi tried to flutter for a long time but couldn't even touch the butterfly's wings.
Miyano Shiho couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why does Tuanzi look so stupid? How can he catch a butterfly flying in the sky when he's running on the ground?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Tuanzi bent his body, then jumped high and swooped down. With his two little paws, he caught the butterfly in the blink of an eye.
Miyano Shiho: “…”
Yuya burst out laughing: "Tuanzi must have heard you say it, so..."
"Eh?!"
Before he could finish his words, he heard a splash as someone fell into the water.
The two of them stood up quickly and ran towards the pool. They looked over and saw Tuanzi floating on the water with his two paws raised high. When he saw Yuya and Miyano Shiho, he raised his paws as if to ask for credit, and motioned for them to look at the butterfly he had caught.
Miyano Shiho was a little speechless and waved: "Tuanzi, come here quickly."
Tuanzi cried out, and using his tail and hind paws at the same time, he swam to the edge of the pool in a backstroke.
Yuya reached out and scooped up the dumpling, and couldn't help but sigh: "As expected of a snow ferret, this swimming posture may be better than many swimming athletes."
Putting Tuanzi on the ground, it clenched its front paws, then shook its body vigorously, easily and neatly shaking off all the water on its body.
Then it ran to Miyano Shiho and tried to climb up, but it was obviously unable to do it with its hind paws alone as it had both paws raised.
Miyano Shiho didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She grabbed Tuanzi by the scruff of the neck and put him on her shoulder. She poked his little head and said, "Tuanzi, why are you reluctant to part with this butterfly?"
Tuanzi looked at Miyano Shiho, then looked at his own paws, and finally let go reluctantly.
The butterfly, having gained freedom, no longer dared to play with the dumpling and flew away with its wings flapping.
Tuanzi looked at it eagerly, his eyes full of reluctance - this was the prey he had caught with great difficulty!
Yuya glanced at the time, stepped forward, held Miyano Shiho's soft little hand, and whispered, "Let's go, it's time to go home."
Miyano Shiho nodded, leaned on Yuya's shoulder, and the two of them walked towards home together.
Just as the two were crossing the park, suddenly an old man with a panicked look on his face walked towards them, his right hand clenched tightly as if holding something.
As he walked, he kept muttering, "Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, where are you?"
Miyano Shiho poked Yuya with her arm and nodded at the old man.
You also understood, walked up and asked: "Grandma, who are you looking for?"
The old man grabbed Youya's hand and shouted anxiously: "Xiaoyu! I'm looking for Xiaoyu, have you seen Xiaoyu?"
Yuya's expression became a little serious - Xiaoyu? From the name, she seemed to be the old man's granddaughter. Could she have been separated from the child?
Yuya quickly comforted her softly, "Don't worry, mother-in-law. I'm a detective. Tell me the details of what happened and I will help you find the child."
The two men helped the old man to sit down on a nearby bench.
After brief questioning, the old woman's name was Reiko Tanaka and she was 60 years old.
The child named Xiaoyu who got separated from her was not a child at all, but a white cat with black dots on its belly like raindrops, so she was named Xiaoyu.
Yuya asked patiently, "Grandma Tanaka, when and where did you find out that Xiaoyu was missing?"
Tanaka Reiko's lips trembled slightly as she recalled, "I found Xiaoyu missing when I woke up from my nap. Usually, it would come to wake me up for afternoon tea, but it didn't today. I looked for it for a long time but couldn't find it."
"Do you think it might have been kidnapped by bad guys?"
"No." Youya comforted, "Maybe he ran out to play?"
"No," Tanaka Reiko shook her head vigorously, "Xiaoyu is very well behaved. She always stays by my side and won't run around."
At this time, Miyano Shiho leaned close to Yuya's ear and whispered, "I heard that there seems to be a criminal who likes to torture animals in Beika Town recently, but he has not been caught. Could it be..."
"Shh!" Youye made a gesture to keep quiet, frowning slightly.
You know, it's not just humans, animals are the same, once they form a habit, they won't change it easily.
Xiaoyu didn't call the old man to get up today, so it's likely that something unexpected happened.
"That's right!" The old man suddenly stretched out his hand in front of Youye and opened it with a slight tremor. "This is what I found in the entrance. Can you see if it is Xiaoyu's tooth?"
Yuya looked down and saw a pointed tooth, which was definitely a cat's.
"Let me take a look." Youya held it up with his teeth and observed it for a while. His pupils shrank slightly. This is...
Miyano Shiho noticed the change in Yuya's expression and showed a slightly puzzled expression, but she didn't say anything.
Yuya let out a long breath, clenched his fists and said to Tanaka Reiko: "Grandma, leave the matter of finding Xiaoyu to me. Now let me take you home first? Do you remember where your home is?"
Tanaka Reiko nodded, held Yuya's hand and said in a trembling voice: "Young man, you must help me find Xiaoyu!"
Youye nodded, helped the old man to stand up, and said softly: "Please show me the way, I will take you home."
About half an hour later, following the old man's directions, we arrived in front of a villa.
Miyano Shiho went up and pressed the doorbell, and someone soon responded: "Hello, who is this?"
Miyano Shiho said: "Hello, is this Grandma Tanaka Reiko's house? We have sent the old lady back."
"Master, Madam, the old lady is back!" There was a commotion on the intercom, and soon a man and two women rushed out.
The middle-aged woman stepped forward to support the old woman, and said with a worried look on her face: "Mom, where have you been? I was so worried!"
The man bowed slightly to Youya and said, "Thank you for sending my mother back."
Yuya nodded slightly, watching Mrs. Tanaka and the maid take the old man back to the house, and then said, "Mr. Tanaka?"
Tanaka Kenbu said: "I am."
Youye whispered: "Can you tell me about Xiaoyu? If my guess is correct..."
"It must have been dead for a long time, right?"
As he spoke, he spread out his palm, revealing his pointed teeth.
Tanaka Kentake looked at the tooth and sighed deeply: "Please come in, we will talk while drinking tea."