Chapter 639 Like an Ordinary Child

The Seven-Five-Three Shiki, or the Seven-Five-Three Festival, is a traditional Japanese festival held on November 15th every year.

On this day, three-year-old boys and girls, five-year-old boys, and seven-year-old girls will put on traditional Japanese clothes and go to the shrine with their parents to worship. To pray for good health and smooth growth.

If it weren't for this couple, Nobuhiro would have almost forgotten the July 53rd Festival.

He felt that as Asano Haibara Ai's guardian, he had the responsibility to give Haibara Ai a perfect Seven-Five-Three.

So in addition to visiting the party, Nobushige also bought a set of Shichi5san kimono there.

The height of a kimono is usually plus or minus ten centimeters, so the shop owner once asked Nobushige about the height of his female partner, but he got the answer that he could just follow him. It was also from that time on that the shopkeeper looked at Nobuhiro in a strange way.

It was during the evening rush hour when he returned home, and Nobuhiro was stuck in traffic for half an hour before he finally parked his car in his garage.

Before he even got out of the car, he smelled the aroma of food coming from the house.

"Xiao Ai?" Xinfan stepped into the door and called softly and uncertainly.

"You're back." Haiyuan Ai stood on a stool in front of the gas stove and was stirring something in the pot with a shovel. "Get ready to eat. I simply made some spaghetti bolognese. There are some on the table. Cream of mushroom soup, if you’re hungry, you can drink some first.”

Xinfan shook his head helplessly and said, "I ask you to prepare dinner. I am really incompetent as a brother."

"Why do you think so?" Haiyuan Ai looked at him strangely, "The meaning of family is companionship, not blind unilateral contribution. What's more..."

As she said this, she poured the fried meat sauce over the pasta and brought it over.

"Besides what?" Nobuhiro asked as he sat down at the dining table.

Hui Yuan Ai sat opposite him, her expression a little hesitant, but in the end she said her true thoughts: "I remember you once said that you have a brother, right? I think you must also have wanted to do something for him. When he does something, it’s like I am now.”

Nobushige paused slightly while stirring the pasta.

Of course, there were many things he wanted to do but hadn't had time to do yet, such as saying good morning to Zhu Fu Gaoming again and telling him that he was fine and there was no need to worry, such as cooking him a simple dinner. Unfortunately, such an ordinary wish is beyond his reach.

Haibara Ai had been watching Asano Nobushige seriously, so she didn't miss the confusion and pain that flashed in Nobushige's eyes when her brother was mentioned.

The last time they talked about the important people in their lives, as Miyano Shiho who was forced to stay in the organization, she could not see her closest sister, and he described his brother in an indifferent tone as "dead" It's an existence that he doesn't care about whether he lives or not."

After only a month, she now knows her sister and can see her from time to time. But he still couldn't see his brother.

Haibara Ai suddenly realized that after these days of getting along, she knew a lot more about Asano Nobushige. This time she succeeded in capturing Asano Nobushige's truest emotions. He was definitely not as cold as he showed. On the contrary, he had a soft heart.

"I can probably guess the reason why you made this choice." Haihara Ai said softly, "Just like before, in order to protect me, my sister didn't tell me that she made a deal with Gin. But when I knew all this, How I wish she could tell me earlier and let me bear it with her. Even if the result will be terrible, at least I will not lose her."

Nobuhiro didn't speak, but his left hand on his knee slowly clenched into a fist, then slowly loosened it, returning to normal.

Hui Yuan Ai's voice was like the whisper of God, reverberating in his ears: "Why let the people we care about regret when things are irreversible? Give them a chance, why not give us a chance? ?”

Are you willing?

A voice sounded in Nobuhiro's mind.

Nobuhiro didn't know the answer.

Haibara Ai rarely said so many words at once, but after she spoke for a long time, she saw that Nobuhara just showed a thoughtful expression and had no intention of expressing his opinion at all.

She suddenly felt helpless as if she had punched cotton.

Seeing Haiyuan Ai's confusion, Xinfan smiled and comforted her: "My situation is more complicated and I can't explain it in a few words. You can understand that even if I stand in front of him now, he will not admit that I am his family member." .”

"Is it because you joined the organization?" Haiyuan asked.

She knew that some members of the organization had family members, but they usually cut off contact with their families early because they were too rebellious. Although Asano Nobushige was an undercover police officer, he might have joined the organization first and then been instigated by the police to rebel.

"Not entirely." Nobuhiro spooned a spoonful of cream of mushroom soup for himself and praised, "It's great, more authentic than what I had in the restaurant."

Hui Yuan Ai sighed silently in his heart and gave up persuading someone. At the same time, her belief became even stronger. She wanted to develop an antidote to APTX-4869 as soon as possible and assist the public security in destroying the organization. As long as the organization disappears and Asano Nobuhige's psychological obstacles disappear, he should be willing to go home. Go back to his real home, although by then she might no longer be able to call herself Asano Nobushige's sister.

After dinner, Nobushige took out the 753-style kimono he bought, handed it to Haibara Ai, and encouraged her to try it now.

Haihara Ai opened the paper bag of the kimono, still a little confused: "Why did you give me the kimono?"

"Because it will be the Seven-Five-Three Festival soon." Nobushige smiled, "I will take you to the shrine then."

It's July 53rd...

Hui Yuan Ai was in a daze.

She has almost no memory of her childhood. The only things she can remember are probably various books that are taller than her, and endless questions that she can never finish. As a researcher who was vigorously trained by the organization with high hopes, Miyano Shiho did not have a childhood. She must work ten times harder than her peers to improve her professional abilities. So even though she still lived in Japan when she was a child, she never participated in the Seven-Five-Three Festival, which belongs to every Japanese child.

But now, her brother in name, the brother she recognized in her heart, wanted her to celebrate the 753 celebrations like an ordinary child.

"That..." Haiyuan Ai noticed with sharp eyes the other kimono in Xinfan's hand.

However, before she could ask, Nobuhiro put the clothes into the bag, obviously not wanting her to see it.

Haihara Ai was very considerate, so she didn't ask.

But if she read it correctly, it seemed to be a women's kimono? ?

Oh, it turns out that my brother also likes a girl.

Nobuhiro didn't notice Haihara Ai's increasingly weird look in his eyes. He told him: "I have a lot of work tomorrow. You can go directly to Dr. Ali's house after school. I have already said hello to him in advance."

Haiyuan Ai knew what he meant by "work". Her heart suddenly tightened and she blurted out: "Isn't there any danger?"