A supporting character in a romance anime? I became a god using a rat talisman.

"And you know what? When the police investigated later, they found out that the thief was actually the same deranged serial killer who committed the dismemberment crime in the alley! He had several lives on his hands!"

Hearing this, Qianyu paused for half a second. "Is this related to you?"

Another older woman was also curious.

"Oh, really? I heard that the police still haven't found the killer in that dismemberment case? Could it be that the thief confessed to it himself?"

"No way, that guy kept protesting his innocence, but the police later found the victim's wallet in his house, and that solved the case."

The older women shook their heads, and another wave of sighs followed.

"It's so pitiful for this child. I heard that he's been sent to some kind of welfare home, right? But he's so stubborn. He always sneaks back and says he wants to wait for his parents to come back. It makes me want to cry."

“What are you waiting for... She’s been burned to ashes. Last time a kind person advised her, and she said something like... Mom and Dad said her singing voice was the best, and if she sang here, they would come looking for her if they heard her... Sigh, what a silly child.”

The green light is on.

Two middle-aged women, carrying shopping baskets, lamented the unpredictability of life while leisurely exchanging firsthand information, and crossed the road with satisfaction.

Kazama Chiba stood still, her expression completely unchanged.

Suddenly, I felt a wet sensation on my shoulder.

"Waaah..."

Little Ke had somehow climbed onto his shoulder. Her big mouth, usually only used for eating cookies, was now pursed, and her two beady black eyes were brimming with tears.

"Qianyu...she's so pitiful..."

This doll is all wobbly and looks like a water pump.

"That day, she was smiling so happily... how could she have turned out like this?"

Xiao Ke sniffled, her voice clearly trembling with tears.

"Qianyu, let's help her, okay? Look how pitiful she is, all alone there..."

Qianyu glanced at it.

"Should I use the illusion cards to create the illusion that her parents are still alive, so she can live her whole life in that illusion? Or should I go and kidnap that thief who's already in jail and kill him all to vent your anger?"

"No...not that kind of thing..."

Xiao Ke grabbed his hair, her words somewhat incoherent.

"What I mean is, even adopting her would be good. It's not like we can't afford to feed another mouth. Anyway, your house is so big, and you must be bored living alone. I can help take care of her and play with her."

Qianyu said, "Have you been reading too many fairy tales?"

"Do you think you can change someone's life with just a few words? Don't take yourself too seriously, Lord Sealed Beast."

"Besides, we're here to find cards, not to play the saint... Let's go."

Xiao Ke was so choked up that she couldn't say a word.

Chiyu didn't want to continue this pointless topic.

However, the girl, who had been immersed in her own world, seemed to sense something and suddenly looked up.

"what……"

"Big brother?"

She recognized him.

Even if it was just a brief encounter, even if Qianyu barely spoke to her that day.

But the child's amazing memory allowed her to instantly recognize the person who had appeared in her happy memories.

The girl happily rushed over, clutching the dirty rabbit doll, and grabbed Qianyu's clothes.

Qianyu lowered her head, looking at the small hand clutching the hem of her clothes, pretending not to know anything.

"Oh, it's you. What are you doing in a place like this? Aren't you cold?"

Koji Ichie looked up at Chiba and gave her a bright smile.

"Because I'm waiting for my mom and dad."

Koji blinked and then asked...

"Big brother, did you see that?"

“Dad and Mom said we’re going to play hide-and-seek. If I sing here and sing well enough, they’ll hear me and come back to find Yihui.”

She pointed to the empty park entrance behind her, the place that used to be her whole world.

"But... I've been singing for a very, very long time."

My throat hurts.

I'm hungry too.

"But they haven't come back yet."

She looked at Qianyu, and her big eyes finally filled with a thin layer of mist.

"Big brother, you were here before... Did you see where they went?"

Chapter 58 The mysterious girl behind Xiaolu Yiwei

Faced with Kazue Koji's hopeful question, Chiba Kazama answered quickly.

"No."

Koji asked again.

"Are Mom and Dad lost? Big brother, have you really not seen them before?"

I didn't see your parents.

Qianyu paused.

"Don't wait anymore, those two people will never come back."

Kazue Koji's smile froze.

She seemed not to understand the meaning of those words, or perhaps she simply didn't want to understand them.

"That's a lie."

“Mom and Dad said that as long as I behave well and sing loud enough, they will hear me. They just went to buy hamburgers... I know there are long lines there... They never lie. Big brother, you're a liar.”

"Waaah... Chiba..."

From the side came Xiao Ke's suppressed sobs. It buried its head in the fluffy yellow fur, unable to bear watching the scene.

Kazama Chiba ignored the sentimental doll.

"Think what you want."

He reached into his pocket, casually pulled out five or six of the largest denomination bills, without even counting how many there were, and handed them directly to the girl.

"Take it."

Seeing so much money, Kazue Koji instinctively refused.

"No, Mom said we shouldn't take money from strangers. Yi Hui isn't a beggar."

Despite the dramatic changes she experienced, her ingrained upbringing made her instinctively resist this kind of unsolicited gift.

"Goo-"

But then her stomach made a dry, rumbling sound, causing Kazue Koji to blush slightly.

Qianyu showed no intention of retracting the hand holding the money; instead, she pushed it forward, almost touching the tip of Qianyu's nose.

"Consider it a loan. When you grow up and earn money, you can pay me back with interest. The interest is quite high, so remember that."

"Go get a proper meal now, buy some warm clothes, even if you're waiting for someone, don't starve on the street and cause trouble for others."

Yi Hui bit her lip, staring blankly at the astronomical sum of money that was a huge amount of money for her, and then touched her still protesting belly.

Finally, the girl sniffed, holding the few banknotes still warm from her body, and nodded heavily.

"Okay! I'll remember! I'll definitely return it to my big brother!"

"Big brother, where do you live? When I'm not hungry anymore, when my parents come back... when I have money, I'll pay you back."

"We'll see when the time comes."

Qianyu waved her hand, turned around and left, not even giving her a second glance.

For him now, money is barely enough to clean up his mess.

If he wanted, he could have the Shadow Legion empty a vault at any time.

"This area hasn't been very safe lately, so don't go to secluded places even during the day. If you get kidnapped by human traffickers, I'll have to consider it a bad debt."

After saying all that, Qianyu felt she had done enough.

For a complete stranger, this is more than enough kindness and consideration.

Xiao Ke remained silent throughout the journey.

Like a frostbitten eggplant, it has no energy or spirit at all.

With her hands in her pockets, holding the Illusion Card and Mirror Card, Qianyu felt a pang of pity and considered using magic to create a fake pair of parents to coax the girl back to the orphanage.

But after much hesitation, he finally let go.

What's fake will always be fake.

No matter how magical the illusion, no matter how realistic or beautiful it may seem, it is ultimately just a false shell.

That was poison, poison coated in sugar. Once you wake up, the contrast will only make you more desperate.

Moreover, Qianyu is not so arrogant as to think that she has the right to interfere with and dictate other people's life scripts, even if it is out of good intentions.

However, Xiao Ke, who was lying on his shoulder, belatedly realized after crying that something was vaguely off.

It turned its head and looked at the pink dot that was getting farther and farther away behind it.

I don't know if it's just my imagination.

Just now, besides the feeling of familiarity, there seemed to be a familiar scent on Yi Hui?