cat blues

Chapter 176

On the morning of Christmas Eve, the big cat Yuji was cleaning at home. Tonight everyone will come to Fuze Zhai for dinner. After the meal, everyone will exchange gifts with each other amidst laughter.This is not the house close to the Armed Detective Agency, but Fukuzawa Yukichi Masako's home, where everyone lived in the first place.

Although I moved to the vicinity of Motomachi for the convenience of transportation, the house here is still being cleaned frequently, and I will return to the old house every Christmas and New Year.

Yujimao decides to decorate the small fir that was sent by Earl D yesterday after cleaning up. Every year on Christmas Eve, Yuji the big cat will send Earl D a special Christmas cake. For this reason, Earl D will give it back It has various gifts, and this year's gift is a fir tree that is not too big or small. According to Earl D, this is a specially bred species. No matter how it grows, it will only grow to two or three meters at most. Decided to wait until after Christmas and planted the fir tree in the garden.

Taking out the decorations for Christmas and New Year from the storage room, Yuji the big cat began to wind the ornaments on the fir tree familiarly, and at the same time turned on the TV, waiting for the idol program, today's special idol But UMYM-色a, Yuji’s favorite favorite, when seeing this news on the Internet, Yuji almost jumped up in excitement, especially on the Internet, it was said that UMYM-色a will announce a new program today. The album thing.

new album!

Yuji Big Cat has already decided, and when the program officially announces the release date of the new album, it will definitely rush to buy it as soon as possible!

Yuji Maomao has already prepared the press conference, and immediately went to the nearest and most frequently visited video store to order!

"Everyone, tomorrow is Christmas. Happy Christmas Eve everyone!" As always, the UMYM-色a group appeared on the stage in very cute and slightly sexy outfits. Wave happily to all the audience and greet everyone with a sweet smile.

Big cat Yuji felt like his heart was hit by Cupid's arrow, why do they feel cuter and cuter!Mingming is actually not too young (hey, this is a forbidden sentence!).

Yuji the big cat put down the half-decorated Christmas tree, ran to the sofa and sat down. The video recorder had already started working earlier, recording the entire program on time.

The host who was born in Kansai is a very capable host. When hosting an event, he can talk easily, guide the topic smoothly, and make jokes from time to time to make the event atmosphere more joyful.

UMYM-色a also cooperated very well, and everyone happily spent these [-] minutes together. At the end, UMYM-色a announced the release of their new album.

"Humph, this is super surprising news. In fact, our new album will be released tomorrow." One of the four girls from UMYM-色a said the first half of the sentence pretending to be mysterious , and then happily said the second half of the sentence to them, which was even more surprising.

"That's right, to be precise, after twelve o'clock tonight, the electronic version will be on the shelves of various music platforms." The other two young ladies beside her poked their heads and continued, "Everyone? Surprised? Why is the album released this time in such a hurry? Actually, it’s because the musician who wrote the lyrics for our new album intends to give it to his important person.”

"So we felt that such an important gift should not be delayed until after the New Year, so everyone worked hard and made it before Christmas." Miss Sesame Velvet stood up, "This song is for To all of you watching the show!"

"Undersea, Undersea..." With the sound of music and singing, the name of the song and the corresponding basic information also appeared on the TV screen, "Winter Ocean Miracle", lyrics: Taiichi Hasegawa, composer: Hasegawa Taiyi, singing: UMYM-色a.

The big cat Yukichi was stunned when he saw the familiar name. It naturally knew Chuya Nakahara's stage name, and he even bought a lot of albums by Taiichi Hasegawa. Hid it well, and didn't let Zhong Yuan Zhong Ye find out, otherwise Zhong Ye would definitely want to escape because he was too shy and excited?

But at this moment, Big Cat Yuji suddenly had a strong urge to express something.

"I'm back." Nakahara Zhongya pushed open the door, and heard the sound of music coming from the living room, "Oops, have you heard it?"

Nakahara Zhong also hurried in, he forgot, although UMYM-色a helped him very morally, allowing him to successfully release this album as a gift before the New Year, but the release of the album itself is also a A kind of business behavior, business behavior naturally needs to be rewarded.For idol stars, the promotion of the new album should have started six months to one month before the release, but this time it was so rushed that the promotion was not even started more than ten hours before the release, and it was replaced by general affairs It is absolutely impossible to pass.

It was a crazy move that only those who absolutely believed in the strength of their artists, like Shining Saotome and Takada Raleigh, could do it.

Up to now, the promotion of UMYM-色a will be carried out no matter what, and it is also his own problem, he did not come back sooner.

Zhongyuanzhong also came to the living room with some hesitation, and saw Yuji the big cat dancing with the UMYM-色a on TV, and after hearing the sound of him walking in, he immediately turned around and rushed towards him come over.

"Wow..." Zhongyuan Zhong also quickly hugged the big cat that jumped up, saying that hugging is actually not accurate. It is more accurate to say that he was hugged by the big cat, and his whole body was trapped in the big cat's warm body , Even through the apron, you can feel the soft fur of the big cat.

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow."

"Ahaha, you got it." Zhongyuan Zhong also slightly pushed away some big cats, and then said with a smile, "Then I will give you this gift now."

"Mr. Yukichi, Merry Christmas." Nakahara Nakaya said, and took out an exquisite gift box from behind him.

"Meow, ow, ow, ow." Big cat Yuji took the gift box, so excited that he didn't know what he was talking about.

"Well, don't get too excited, open it and have a look." Zhong Yuanzhong also said with a smile.

Yuji the big cat flashed its claws, and the shiny cat claws scratched the outer packaging of the gift box with a single pull, but it was obviously scratching very carefully, and only scratched the sticking part of the packaging , but did not damage the packaging.

Big Cat Yuji carefully took out the contents and put them on the coffee table aside.

Sure enough, it was a plastic-packed luxury hardcover CD collection. In addition to an album, there was also an album of pure music in the CD collection.Then came a set of postcards with UMYM-color a, a signature board and a super-large poster. The thing that made Yuji the cat most excited to the point that the fur on his body exploded was that the signature board clearly said , "A gift for Mr. Yukichi, I wish you a Merry Christmas and all the best in the new year—" This rare TO sign is also signed by all members of UMYM-色a.

The big cat Yuji is holding this signature board and the whole cat is spinning and is about to fly!

Yuji Maomao grabbed Nakahara Chuya's hand, and his two huge cat eyes were shining, and he even felt that he could see the stars from inside.

"We're back." At this moment, Edogawa's Luanbu's voice came from outside, "Ah, Zhong Ye is so cunning, he was the first to send out the gift!"

"Well, after all, it's a special gift for Mr. Yukichi." Hearing the hurried footsteps, Zhong Yuan couldn't help laughing, "Don't worry, Mr. Ranpo, I've prepared a gift for exchanging gifts tonight. "

"That's good!" Edogawa akimbo proudly, "Mr. Yukichi, Mr. Yukichi, do you want me to help put up this big poster?"

The big cat Yukichi just nodded his head, suddenly thinking of the extent of Edogawa Ranpo's handicap, it decisively changed the nod to a shake, and surrendered its eyes to Chuya by the way.

"Let me help you." Zhong also decisively got the big cat's idea, and then said comfortingly, "Don't worry, Mr. Yuji will definitely cook a lot of delicious food later."

The big cat Yuji nodded desperately with flowers floating behind his back.

"Okay, Ranpo-sama decided to forgive you." Edogawa Ranpo nodded vigorously, "Hey, Mr. Yukichi, I want to eat super delicious food!"

At this time, the Yuji big cat, who was in such a good mood that he could almost escape from gravity, was at the level that anyone would unconditionally satisfy any request to it, let alone a request of only this level.

"Let's go, let's go..." Zhongya Nakahara first pushed the big cat Yuji to the cat's room. Zhongye used his supernatural ability to easily paste a large poster on the wall, and the cat Yuji was very happy at this time. Carefully put the signature plate in his hand on the display shelf beside him, then carefully opened his treasure chest, and put the CD case inside.

Although this is the cat's room, it is more accurate to say it is the cat's storage room. After all, the big cat usually sleeps with Fukuzawa Yukichi more often.

The treasure box of the Yukichi big cat is well preserved by it. In addition to the CD box, you can also see a carefully protected recipe. It was Fukuzawa Yukichi who pulled his face and queued up to help him ask for it many years ago. sign.

The big cat Yuji looked at the recipe in his hand, with a nostalgic look on the cat's face.

"It's done, Mr. Yukichi?" Nakahara Chuya turned around, and saw the big cat sitting on the chair with a strange expression.

Nakahara Chuya's voice brought the big cat Yuji back to his senses. He hurriedly put away the box in his hand, and Zhongyuan Zhong also raised his eyebrows knowingly, "Don't take out the CD and play it for a while. Is it?"

Yuji Big Cat immediately showed him the CD case. What was put in was really just an empty box. The CD had already been taken out by it. Take this "for collection" to listen to, but you will definitely not listen to too much!

"Mr. Yuji..." Zhong Yuanzhong also said helplessly, "Your practice of asking for three copies of the same thing really makes people wonder what to say."

Yuji Big Cat didn't think there was anything wrong with his idol otaku's behavior at all, and just gave him a thumbs up.

"Okay, okay, let's go out, and leave the work of decorating the Christmas tree to me. If you are Mr. Yukichi, please cook a table of food and reward everyone." Zhong also smiled and pushed the cat away , "Mr. Luanbu may be waiting impatiently."

Big Cat Yuji immediately pricked up his ears, as if he was going to do something big.

"We're here too." Coming to the living room, Yosano Akiko and Kunikida Doppo waved at them, and when they saw them coming, they raised the bags in their hands, "Mr. Yukichi, I bought a few bottles of red wine, can you Do you want to make red wine stew?"

Yukichi the big cat nodded decisively, and everyone except it knew that this was just a tactful expression that Yosano Akiko wanted to drink, and Fukuzawa Yukichi didn't say anything, she was already an adult, not for many years. The girl in the wheelchair before, even because of a trip to hell, even the knots in the past have been opened, so Fukuzawa Yukichi will not interfere with her private life, as long as she doesn't drink too much.

But Yuji the big cat seriously thought about the types of red wine stews he could make, and then he gave up quickly. After all, there are so many types, it would be a bit nerve-wracking for him to recall them one by one.

The big cat Yuji decided to cook the most classic red wine dish for Yosano Akiko, Burgundy red wine stewed beef, and it started to take the red wine handed by Yosano Akiko without hesitation, and then began to chop vegetables to prepare this dish. The first half of the dish, the preparation process and cooking process of this part were completed very quickly, and then came the last and most important step. Yuji Big Cat took out a bottle of red wine with a serious expression, and after opening the corkscrew, everyone The cat did something that almost made Akiko Yosano scream.

Big Mao Yuji put the whole bottle of wine into the pot where the aroma was just fried.

"Wow, Mr. Yukichi, this is..." Akiko Yosano, who was still discussing TV dramas with Nakahara Nakaya while decorating the Christmas tree, smelled the smell of alcohol, looked up and saw this scene, Instantly wanted to exclaim.

"What's the matter?" Zhongyuan Zhong also turned around and saw this scene, and his heartbeat accelerated for a moment. Although he said he would not drink, he was still very greedy for red wine as an alcoholic by nature. The scene where the cat relentlessly put down the whole bottle was something Zhong Yuanzhong couldn't bear.

"It smells so good..." Edogawa Ranpo was biting a delicious bar in his mouth, and looked at this side curiously, "Mr. Yukichi, you are going to make some kind of beef stew, right? It's that kind of French dish of."

Yuji the big cat nodded repeatedly.

"Yosano, you really need to pour a whole bottle of red wine into that dish, it's super delicious after making it." Edogawa Ranpo said to Yosano Akiko, "Your wine will never be wasted."

Yosano Akiko couldn't help but look forward to it again. After all, the bottles of red wine she bought were all bought from the general wine cabinet in the supermarket, not from any special winery or the like. I just bought it because I drank it before and thought it was okay.Even if you can't drink it at this time, it's good to cook, especially if Edogawa Ranpo said so, it must be extremely delicious that is worth looking forward to.

On the other side, Kunikida Doppo is earnestly cutting snowflakes as decorations. They bought not only wine but also a lot of props for celebration in the supermarket, but they didn't expect that these Christmas snowflakes would be cut by themselves open.

The three little ones arrived not long after. Ryunosuke Akutagawa had planned to make a red velvet cake for Christmas later, but in the morning he found that there were no strawberries in the refrigerator, so he brought his younger sister with Atsushi Nakajima Go out and buy strawberries.Now when I come back, I will start making cakes. By the way, I will teach my sister and Atsushi Nakajima.

When Dazai Osamu and Oda Sakunosuke came back with big bags and small bags, what they saw was such a warm and warm scene. The two looked at each other and couldn't help smiling together.

"Mr. Yukichi, we are back!" When Dazai Osamu spoke, he put the big and small bags he brought back into the refrigerator.

"Well, Mr. Dazai, did you buy too much? Mr. Yukichi has prepared a lot of ingredients." Atsushi Nakajima, who was carefully whisking the cream, looked at him in surprise.

"No, no, I don't buy much." Osamu Dazai said, with his hands on his hips triumphantly, "Mr. Yukichi, let me cook today's dinner!"

With a bang, the cream bowl in Atsushi Nakajima's hand fell down. Fortunately, it was not high from the countertop of the countertop, so it quickly stabilized and the cream did not spill out, but the sound of the falling thing was As if some switch was pressed, the people in the room, which were already in full swing, fell silent.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke shook his hand, and dropped the whole egg into the bowl. On the other hand, Yukichi the big cat almost forgot to watch the fire, and the hair on the back of the whole cat exploded obviously.

The big cat received a total of two shocks today. If the first time was a surprise, the second time was definitely a shock.

The decoration team over there looked over in horror. Even Edogawa Ranpo, who had been sitting on the sofa idly eating dim sum, stopped eating dim sum, and opened his eyes wide. Looking at it, even if he guessed it before, but guessing it and actually hearing him say that he wants to cook are two different things!

"Everyone's expressions are very rude." Osamu Dazai said rather unhappily, "Is that why you can't trust me?"

"Isn't this nonsense!?" Kunikida Doppo and Nakahara Nakaya yelled in unison. As brothers and sisters, they had been poisoned by Osamu Dazai's dark cooking before. Compared with Oda Sakunosuke's amnesia for three days, the two of them The biggest attack effect received is not this, but simply unpalatable, but it can make them feel unpalatable to the extent that they lose their sense of taste for three days. This unpalatable level has exceeded the limit of human imagination, right?

"Don't worry, I can definitely make safe and safe dishes this time." Osamu Dazai waved his hand, "You say so, Odasaku!"

It was hard for Oda Sakunosuke to say such words against his will, but he thought of the strange hard tofu he ate at Dazai Osamu's place last night-it was so hard that it could be used to hammer a nail, but it was surprisingly delicious after being cut open.

"Although it is indeed a bit strange, the taste is really good." Oda Sakunosuke hesitated for a while, but he stood up to explain their confusion, "Well, everyone, please trust Dazai once."

Hearing this, Big Cat Yukichi keenly noticed that there seemed to be more bandages on Osamu Dazai's hands than usual, especially on the fingers and palms. These positions... Big Cat Yukichi suddenly clicked before everyone could speak. nodded.

"Huh? Yukichi-san?" Chuya and Kunikida both looked at Big Cat in surprise.

Yuji Maomao nodded very calmly, saying that it should be done like this.

"Well, Mr. Yukichi has already said that, so it shouldn't be a problem, right?" Edogawa Ranpo thought about it carefully, and felt that with the cat around, Dazai would not make anything strange, so he simply let it go Heart came, shaking the body waiting to be fed.

"Damn it, since dinner belongs to Dazai..." Yosano Akiko slapped her thigh, "Then our gift exchange will be at noon!"

"Okay!" This proposal was approved by all the staff. Everyone obviously didn't think that after eating Dazai Osamu's dark cuisine, they would still have the strength to carry out gift exchange activities. Throw it away, so let's exchange the gifts before losing the memory, at least when you see the gift in your hand, you will know that it must have been exchanged.

"Damn it!" Osamu Dazai bit his handkerchief aggrievedly (?).

Oda Sakunosuke stretched out his hand and gently rubbed his head to comfort him.

When Fukuzawa Yukichi came from the dojo, he happened to see the weird looks of all the staff, and when he was about to go up to ask what was going on, Akutagawa Yin grabbed him by the corner of his clothes and carefully told him to sit down. down.

"Why did you start exchanging gifts at noon this year?" Fukuzawa Yukichi saw the gifts Xiao Shan piled up next to the table in the restaurant, and before he finished asking, Edogawa Ranpo, who was sitting beside him, said quickly , "Because the chef tonight has become Osamu Dazai, so in order not to let the corpses litter the fields after we finished eating, we decided to advance the evening gift exchange to noon."

Fukuzawa Yukichi was also taken aback when he heard this, and almost got up from his chair.

"Don't worry, since Oda Sakunosuke has given a guarantee to Osamu Dazai, there should be no problem." Yosano Akiko said with a kind expression, "If something goes wrong at that time, the two of you will beat it together!"

"Well, violence is not good." Osamu Dazai said weakly.

"Shut up!" The others said in unison.

"Anyway, the lunch is definitely beyond the specifications. Everyone first..." Edogawa Ranpo said with a smile, and he was the first to raise the glass in his hand. The orange-yellow orange drink reflected in the glass The sun shines with extremely beautiful colors.

"Cheers!" Everyone's cups were raised up, and even Big Cat Yuji poured a glass of milk into his cup.

When the glasses collided, there was a crisp and beautiful sound.