Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 82 Resign yourself to fate
"Hey! There's a reaction!" Yuan Yuzi whispered, "Should we call a doctor?"

Fushimi Shika stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Ping Yingzi's eyes. Seeing her eyes follow his finger and then look at him, he immediately understood: "That makes sense. You should go now."

Yuan Yuzi didn't suspect anything and ran to call a doctor.

Fushimi Shika waited for her to walk away and closed the door of the ward. He turned to look at Sakurako Hira, took out a piece of copy paper from his pocket, and spread it in front of her. She glanced down and saw that the paper was printed with the confession of Seiji Yasukawa.

"This is good for everyone." Fushimi Shika said softly.

Ping Yingzi did not respond. She clenched her fists and her body was tense, obviously very nervous. Fushimi Shika saw her reaction and knew that she must have heard something last night.

Time is limited, and Yuan Yuzi will return with the doctor at any time. Fushimi Shika also used all his skills, using all the negotiation skills he had accumulated in his previous life.

He knelt on one knee beside Ping Yingzi's bed, looking at her levelly and speaking in a gentle tone. He first revealed his identity and lied that it was Xuecun Kuika who asked him to save someone, in order to bring the two closer together;

Then he started to play the emotional card, saying that he didn't want to do those things, but he couldn't bear to refuse. He had nightmares after returning home, and he might be traumatized.

Finally, he explained the pros and cons. If he was caught, Xuecun Kuihua would be the mastermind. He hoped to leave a clean name for the deceased, not to exonerate himself...

There were footsteps outside the door. Fushimi Lu put away his confession and added: "Let me make it clear in advance that the person you heard last night was not me. He was a friend of mine... Do you understand what I mean? I was just helping to clean up the mess."

In fact, there was no need for Fushimi Shika to ask Hira Sakurako to collude with others in her testimony. Even if she overturned Seiji Yasukawa's confession, the police had no new direction for investigation, and the testimony of a mentally ill person had no legal effect. In the end, the case would most likely be closed as suicide.

He was just worried that after hearing the testimony, Yuan Yuzi would have an idea and discover some new clues, or would pester him to help track down the real culprit of "Heavenly Punishment".

That guy is simply a trouble maker. Once he has helped solve three murder cases and reached the threshold for transfer, he will immediately terminate the so-called "partnership" with Yuan Yuzi - he can consider the master-servant relationship, as he is in need of a servant to take care of his daily life.

If Ping Yingzi also confessed this conversation, Fushimi Shika would also be able to prove that she was talking nonsense... However, he didn't think things would develop to that point. At least from Ping Yingzi's reaction, she should have been convinced.

The footsteps stopped, Yuan Yuzi pushed open the door of the ward, and the attending physician signaled the two to step aside for the time being as she wanted to examine the patient alone.

The two sat in the hospital corridor, and Yuan Yuzi waited anxiously. She couldn't help biting her thumb nail, and after a moment she suddenly asked, "Do you think... adoption is a good idea?"

"Why, do you regret it?" Fushimi Shika asked.

Gen Tamako felt a little unhappy when she heard the tone, as if Fushimi was mocking her for backing down.

She is not the kind of person who goes back on her word!
But after she had some free time just now, she did some calculations in her mind: a girl's monthly food expenses are about 30,000 to 50,000 yen. If Ping Yingzi likes desserts as much as she does, it may cost 70,000 to 80,000 yen a month; clothing and daily necessities may cost 10,000 to 20,000 yen a month, and this does not include some durable consumer goods for special occasions, such as school uniforms, pens, winter clothes, etc.

If she adopted Sakurako Hira, she would have to rent an apartment. She couldn't let Sakurako live in a small dormitory with her, right? To rent a decent two-bedroom apartment in Tokyo, it would cost at least 100,000 to 150,000 yen a month. If it was in a busy area, it might cost twice as much.

Medical care is also a considerable expense. Children's insurance medical expenses are two to three thousand yen a month. Regular physical examinations, vaccinations, plus occasional fevers and colds cost about thirty to fifty thousand yen a year.

In addition, there are the costs of education. The tuition fees for public elementary and junior high schools are about 50,000 to 100,000 yen per year. If a child is admitted to a girls' high school, the tuition fee alone is 280,000 yen. The tuition fee varies according to the course. The special entrance course costs 450,000 yen a year, not to mention the cram school for further studies... and her base salary is 150,000 yen.

If I work overtime like Kazama-senpai, my allowance and overtime pay can go up to 400,000 yen. After deducting 250,000 yen for living expenses, the remaining 150,000 yen has to be saved for Hira Sakurako's tuition... If there is a natural disaster or man-made disaster, won't I be bankrupt?

After Yuan Yuzi finished the calculation, she realized how hard it was to raise a child.

Her mother raised her all by herself, and the pain was beyond words. She even quarreled with her mother, which was really wrong...

She was not afraid of hard work, but she was afraid that she didn't have enough ability and would be a burden to the child. She didn't mind eating steamed bread in the dormitory, but if she let a child eat steamed bread with her, she would look down on herself.

If you insist on raising a child when you can't afford it, aren't you harming others?
Besides, raising a child is a heavy task. She has to be responsible for the child's future. Once she starts, there is no turning back. Can she really shoulder this responsibility?

Gen Tamako was worried and told her everything she was thinking. She was about to ask Fushimi Shika what he thought, but when she turned around, she saw that he was playing the red and white game console again and was not listening to her at all. She was immediately furious.

"Are you listening to me?" Yuan Yuzi asked.

"I heard it, I heard it with both ears." Fushimi Lu was used to doing something to kill time during his spare time, even if it was just making instant noodles, otherwise he would feel very uncomfortable. He pressed the pause button and said impatiently: "Instead of thinking about it here, why not ask other people's opinions first."

"Aren't I asking you?" said Yuan Yuzi.

"Why are you asking me? Are you going to adopt me?" Fushimi Lu thought to himself that this guy was really stupid and had no idea. "Why not ask her in person? What if she doesn't like you and doesn't want to be adopted by you?"

This was no less than a blow to Yuan Yuzi, and she realized that she seemed to be helping one-sidedly. It was just that she was too immersed in the previous profiling, and she inexplicably felt that she was very familiar with the other party...

It’s over. Wouldn’t the child find her annoying?
Yuan Yuzi held her head in her hands, her pupils trembling.

Just when she was doubting her life and herself, a man in a jacket came over and was about to enter the ward, but was stopped by Yuan Yuzi. He took out his work ID and claimed that he was a commissioner of the Child Welfare Department and came to pick her up after receiving a notice from the police.

"Originally, there should be a psychological counselor accompanying him, but the counselor resigned recently, so I am taking on the role part-time... Well, I won't say more. I'll finish this as soon as possible."

The Welfare Department Specialist opened his briefcase and took out his notebook: "Is the child's file complete? Does he have other relatives? If not, he will be temporarily placed in a child care center... What? Autism? That would be troublesome..."

"What kind of trouble are you talking about?" Yuan Yuzi asked nervously.

"According to regulations, if orphans have serious psychological problems, they need to contact professional psychological institutions for treatment," the Welfare Department Commissioner sighed, "but as you know, the economy is bad now, and it's hard for children's welfare institutions to maintain operations. It's hard for autistic children to get proper care, and no family is willing to adopt them."

"So what?" Yuan Yuzi got to the bottom of the matter.

"Well... let's leave it to fate." He said tactfully.

(End of this chapter)