Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 133: Ambiguous Christmas Gift

"Please page Senior Kazama," Fushimi Shika turned to Watanabe Shun and said, "Just tell them we are at the Chinese restaurant and invite them to have dinner together."

"Can I go?" asked Shun Watanabe.

"No." said Fushimi Shika.

"Then I won't send it. You can call Senior Kazama yourself." Watanabe Shun felt sorry for the operating expenses.

"I suddenly remembered that when I was looking through the files some time ago, I seemed to see someone receiving a compensation of one million..."

Before Fushimi Shika finished speaking, Watanabe Shun hurriedly covered his mouth and said with an apologetic smile: "I'll send it, isn't it okay for me to send it? You should say less."

After that, he sent a pager to Kazama Takusai. The two sides agreed on a location, the time was set at around 7 pm, and Fushimi Shika was responsible for booking the restaurant.

He originally didn't plan to take Yuan Yuzi with him. After all, some things were not convenient to say in front of Yuan Yuzi.

But Yuan Yuzi is now a patrol officer who is helping to investigate the case. She no longer needs to patrol the area, and I heard that the director helped her transfer from night shift to day shift. Not letting her go to investigate the case is even more painful than killing her... Even Fushimi Shika used the evil chanting version 2.0, but he couldn't stop Yuan Yuzi's heart from seeking the truth.

It's time to update to version 3.0. Yuzimon's magic resistance is getting higher and higher, so he has to speed up the update frequency.

"It's only noon, and there are still seven hours. Where should we go to investigate the case next?" Yuan Yuzi is always ready to go.

When she and Fushimi Shika were moving, she bought a bento on the way and ate a quick bite. Now that they were full and satisfied, it was time to get back to work!
Fushimi Lu had nothing to do at home, so he went out shopping and bought a pager and a cell phone under the pretext of investigating a case. In order to facilitate communication, he asked the merchant to install a landline when he bought the cell phone... After all, he was used to the convenient way of communication, so even if the fee was a bit expensive, he could only hold his nose and be the scapegoat for the time being.

"Hey, is this for me?"

Yuan Yuzi fiddled with the pink flip phone in her little hands, feeling guilty for accepting such an expensive gift.

"Yes, save the contact information so that you can contact me if something happens." Fushimi Shika didn't want to ask Watanabe Shun for help every time.

"It's too expensive, let's not buy it." Yuan Yuzi reluctantly put the phone back on the counter.

Her mother taught her that, as the saying goes, 'No reward without merit', one should not casually accept valuable gifts from others, lest one owes others a favor that one cannot repay, and one must learn to say no at such times.

"Isn't Christmas coming soon? Just consider this as an early Christmas present for you." Fushimi Shika said, without even turning his head, he leaned over the counter and started choosing phone numbers.

"Eh? Hey! Wait—"

Gen Yuzi widened her eyes, faced the Fushimi deer, and took three steps back as if she had seen some ferocious beast.

Japan in the Meiji era almost completely accepted Western culture, from changing the national system, enlightening liberal thoughts, establishing social systems to drastically changing people's living habits, which naturally included Christmas. In 1925, Japan issued Christmas stamps to create a festive atmosphere.

90 was the year when the Christmas sales war just started. All major businesses launched advertisements everywhere, including magazines, newspapers, television, radio stations and other common media.

At this time, capitalists had already begun to associate Christmas with love. In the following ten years, Christmas gradually evolved into a special holiday similar to Valentine's Day.

When the first snow fell in Tokyo, Fushimi Shika noticed that the streets were decorated with red banners and batches of Christmas trees were shipped to large shopping malls. When he was on duty at the sentry post, he could also hear young couples discussing where to go for Christmas... probably going to a hotel to play Santa Claus and reindeer.

In short, sending Christmas gifts between men and women carries an extremely ambiguous meaning. However, when Fushimi Shika said this, he did not think much about it. He just wanted to make up a random excuse to let Yuan Yuzi take the phone. When Yuan Yuzi exclaimed, he realized that he seemed to have said something extraordinary.

"What's wrong?" Fushimi Lu chose to play dumb: "Aren't gifts given to good friends during the holidays?"

"Ah... uh, well, you are right..."

Yuan Yuzi felt her face starting to get hot. She remembered the advertisement she saw in the street window while patrolling a few days ago - 'If you love her, give her Snow Kisses, Snow Kisses chocolate, and the sweetness will melt into your heart'... and other miscellaneous jewelry, dolls, and little skirts, all with similar advertising slogans.

Recently, the radio station also said that Christmas is a good opportunity for men and women to promote their love relationship. Everyone can boldly express their feelings to their loved ones in the name of Santa Claus, and put a confession letter in the socks of their loved ones...

In Yuan Yuzi's impression, Christmas should be a time for parents to secretly give gifts to their children; after coming to Tokyo, she discovered that Tokyo couples would give gifts to their loved ones on Christmas.

But Fushimi-kun said that this was a gift for a "good friend". Maybe she was overthinking it, after all, they were good partners.

The purity of the reasoning team is beyond doubt! Good friends should take care of each other, and it is normal to send gifts during festivals... Haha... Well, although it is sent in advance, it should be normal, right?
She hadn't forgotten Fushimi's attitude towards Kazama Chihime last night. Today, as soon as Fushimi entered Kazama-senpai's house, he asked if Chihime was there... Of course, she wasn't jealous! She was just citing evidence to prove that there was no special relationship between good partners other than friendship.

But then again, Sister Qianji was just helping to put in eye drops, could it be that she was overthinking? Ahhh! So strange, what on earth was I thinking?

Yuan Yuzi's CPU was a bit overwhelmed. If her brain was a computer, the fan would be humming at turbocharger speed. She twisted her toes nervously, fiddling with her hands behind her back, and said, "I'd better not give it up. I can't afford such an expensive return gift..."

"That's your business. If you don't accept it, you're not giving me face." Fushimi Lu didn't take it seriously and lowered his head to insert the SIM card.

Giving gifts is also a technical job. He has given gifts to many people. People like Yuan Yuzi who are reluctant to accept but are willing to give in are the easiest to deal with.

“This… but… is too expensive…” Yuan Yuzi lowered her head and stammered.

"If you don't accept it, it means you don't consider me a good friend." After saying this, Fushimi Lu turned around and motioned to the clerk to help him wrap up the phone.

"That's not what I meant. Good friends should give and take, but I can't afford such an expensive gift in return... so you can give me something else. Even a small gift is worth a lot of thought..."

Gen Yuzi felt that she had made a huge concession.

Unexpectedly, Fushimi Shika squinted and said, "That's your problem."

"Ah?" Yuan Yuzi was stunned.

"How can a poor person be friends with a rich person? They are in different circles, so you can't force yourself to fit in!"

Fushimi Shika shook his head and sighed: "Do I have to take your self-esteem into consideration every time I give you a gift in the future? Do I have to be limited by your spending power when choosing a gift? Sigh... It seems that there is already a sad gap between us."

"..."

Yuan Yuzi was so angry that she couldn't speak.

This guy made a little money from stock trading, but he still looks down on others... It's just money! When Christmas comes, she will give him an extremely expensive gift to slap Fushimi-kun in the face!

(End of this chapter)