I suddenly became a yakuza boss.

Xingzi secretly watched the young man. Suddenly, the young man turned his head and glanced at her again, which startled her.

Why don't you go back to your organization?

Li Xuan suddenly asked.

organization?

Ryuji Goda looked at the little girl with a puzzled expression.

Kyoko clung tightly to Ryuji Goda's clothes and shouted, "I...I'm not going back! They must be looking for me everywhere right now. The adults' mission was basically to send me to my death, and now they'll definitely treat me like a defective product! I have a place to stay here, and I can make a living on my own. I've decided to stay here!"

Ryuji Goda always felt there were some very serious inside stories.

Li Xuan was skeptical and asked, "Is it true or false? How can you prove what you're saying?"

Kyoko thought about it carefully for a long time, but couldn't come up with any way to prove it. Feeling guilty, she said, "I don't have that kind of thing right now..."

Ryuji Goda released Li Xuan's hand. The man, a head taller than Li Xuan, stood nearby with a garbage truck parked nearby. He earnestly assured Li Xuan, "How about this? Can I take care of this girl? I can guarantee she won't pose any further threat to you. I'll stake my life on it. Is that alright, War Demon?"

At the cold alley entrance, Li Xuan remained silent for a while. This girl, Kyoko, who was supposed to come to capture Xiaochu, was indeed likely evading the organization's capture and pursuit. Despite his suspicions, Li Xuan wouldn't do anything to such a young girl. He turned around and left directly, saying to Ryuji Gota as he left, "Just keep her in check, and this matter has nothing to do with you."

Ryuji Goda watched the young man leave quietly.

Was it his imagination? After two months apart, he noticed the War Demon had become even stronger...

He could sense the difference even after just a brief stalemate.

After Kyoko was unintentionally saved by him, she started living with him and his master. His master was a fifty-year-old chef who, after Kyoko's setbacks and facing expulsion from the Omi-kai and pursuit by various enemies, gave him a completely new way to make a living. He felt that making takoyaki was much more stable and ideal than being the chairman. Just as his life was taking a new turn, Kyoko appeared in his life. For some unknown reason, she seemed to admire him and the profoundness of takoyaki.

Kyoko and his master are his family; they are everything to him now.

"Alright, Xingzi, it's time to get to work."

Ryuji Goda turned to Kyoko and said.

Kyoko seemed a little guilty, and thought that Ryuji Goda should ask about her background, but she found that he didn't care at all. She asked in confusion, "Uncle Ryuji, don't you... don't you have anything you want to ask?"

Ryuji Goda pushed the cart toward the garbage collection point. His large frame spoke, "You can't pry into my past, and I won't investigate yours either. Right now, you and I are just ordinary people living here. The shop is always busy, so there's no time to dawdle. After you've taken out the garbage, hurry up and help the boss with his work, got it?"

As Kyoko watched Ryuji's retreating figure, she felt that this uncle was truly exceptional and different from others; he was cool, composed, and like a father.

"it is good!!"

Kyoko put aside her worries, smiled, and followed behind Ryuji Gouda, like a girl and a beast.

"..."

Standing not far away, secretly observing this scene, Li Xuan was filled with emotion.

All he was certain of was whether this person would continue making takoyaki.

The answer is obvious, and even somewhat enviable.

At that very moment, a few drops of water fell from the sky onto Li Xuan's face.

It seems like the weather has been alternating between rain and sunshine these past few days...

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The following afternoon, Li Xuan had tidied up the house so that it was comfortable and clean.

[Zhizi] seems to really like the new environment here. After all, it's no longer confined to the balcony and living room. It can jump out of the window or run around in the yard.

"Little girl, you'd better wipe your feet when you come back."

Li Xuan held the cat, sat in the backyard, and wiped its paws.

He sat on the wooden frame in the backyard, looked up at the sky, and had a feeling that it was about to rain.

As a result, Xiaochu came out of the living room, handed him his phone, and said, "Ah Xuan, I have a message for you."

"Thank you." Li Xuan took the phone, thanked Xiao Chu, and then checked the screen.

Surprisingly, the message that popped up was from the second young lady, who rarely sends messages unless asked to do so more than a few times a year.

Li Xuan opened the message, wondering what Yukino wanted to talk to him about.

As a result, Yukinori's message was clear: she hadn't touched a cat in a long time and wanted to find Tomoko.

Li Xuan sat barefoot on the ground, holding Zhi Zi, wondering who had passed on the Second Miss's cat-loving genes.

However, it looked like it was going to rain soon, so he sent a message to Yukino, advising her to bring the cat to her another day.

Yukino replied that it was taking too long and asked if Hina was at home.

"??"

Li Xuan didn't understand what the second young lady meant, but he replied truthfully to her.

Then, there was no further news of Yukino Yukinoshita.

Half an hour after news of Yukino Yukino stopped, the doorbell suddenly rang.

Li Xuan went to open the door and saw Yukino Yukinoshita holding an umbrella in the drizzle, her hair still wet with water droplets, wearing a mask, standing at the door of his new house.

“I heard from your sister that you have moved to a new house.”

Before Li Xuan's bewildered expression at the door, the girl explained why she had been able to find his house.

Yukino took off her shoes, covered her head with a clean towel, and sat in the living room. Finally, she saw Tomoko, whom she had been missing, and happily hugged the cat in her arms.

"Ok?"

As soon as Yukino picked her up, she noticed something and said, "She seems to have gotten a lot heavier."

Li Xuan was still making her hot coffee when he turned around and said, "You haven't touched it for a month. The kitten will grow up very quickly."

"...Yes, it's been a month since I last touched it, Tomoko."

Yukino removed her mask, revealing her delicate and beautiful face, and said with a smile.

However, Yukino felt the temperature had dropped and asked curiously, "Did you turn on the air conditioner now?"

"No, it's probably because it rained; the temperature has indeed dropped a bit."

Li Xuan replied.

After the living room quieted down, Yukino glanced at Li Xuan as he made coffee.

After about several tens of seconds, she turned her head and took a look at his new home.

It's a very ordinary detached house, but it looks quite new. It has a small yard, and the potted plants look like they were just planted. The house isn't big, much smaller than her current apartment where she lives alone. But sitting there in the yard, holding her cat and watching the misty rain, she exudes an indescribable sense of life...

"The new house is very close to the subway station, so I came here."

Yukino Yukinoshita said to Li Xuan.

As if remembering something, she emphasized, "I came here this time because of your sister. Your sister and I have always been in contact..."

Upon hearing Yukino's reason, Li Xuan narrowed his eyes and looked at the girl. He felt that she was too sensitive. As expected of the daughter of a wealthy family, she was particularly particular in this regard. He placed the coffee on the table in front of Yukino and said, "I understand."

"Uh...yes." Yukino Yukinoshita was speechless and could only nod.

Yukino took a sip of coffee and was surprised to find it tasted pretty good; it seemed to be a relatively expensive coffee.

She held her beloved cat, Zhizi, in her hands after a long time, as if holding a child. Looking at her face to face, she saw that this kitten had a very rare and well-behaved personality. Whether you were playing with its paws or hadn't seen it for a long time, it was not afraid of strangers, and its fur was becoming more and more beautiful and cute.

Every day after school, when Yukino sees cats, she is reminded that she also has a cat and pays for its food properly.

In the quaint Japanese house, all worries seemed to vanish. Li Xuan sat in the living room, while Yukino and Kohina played with the kitten. The scene was especially peaceful and beautiful in the afternoon rain.

After playing with the cat and feeding it some cat food, more than half an hour had passed, and Yukino seemed quite satisfied.

"It's five o'clock, I should go back."

Yukino glanced at the clock briefly and said to them.

Are we going back?

Li Xuan glanced at Yukino and asked.

Yukino nodded, and Hina next to her asked, "Aren't you going to stay and have a meal with us?"

"No, thank you for the coffee."

Yukino Yukinoshita smiled gently and thanked her.

"I feel like Ah Xuan will be very sad."

When Kohinata saw Yukino Yukinoshita about to leave, she casually remarked.

Li Xuan grabbed her smooth cheek with one hand and asked angrily, "Why are you suddenly saying all this?"

Xiao Chu looked confused, but was pulled and replied, "That's what my classmates say: if a boy likes a girl, he'll always find an excuse to keep her with him when they're playing together. Don't you do that, Ah Xuan?"

Li Xuan was getting a headache. This girl was probably an emotional idiot, even more so than him.

Just as Yukino was about to stand up, she suddenly felt dizzy and sat back down on the cushion.

"?" Li Xuan and Xiao Chu, who were still arguing, were stunned when they saw this scene.

Li Xuan asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

Yukino's breathing rate noticeably increased, her chest rising and falling repeatedly. She stared blankly at the wooden board, her forehead breaking out in a cold sweat, and sat there motionless.

"...No, it's nothing, I just feel a little dizzy."

Yukino felt really unwell. Had her cold gotten worse just from getting a little wet on the way here? But she still shook her head and said to Li Xuan.

When Li Xuan heard "dizzy," he wondered if she was cold, and seeing that the second young lady's face was also a little red, he volunteered, "How about this, I'll just take you back."

"no need."

Yukino shook her head, politely declining.

"If you're feeling unwell, let Gen take you home. Gen has a car."

"Hina is still playing with the cat," she said to Yukino.

Yukino was taken aback.

"But it's secondhand."

Li Xuan explained.