Christmas is over, followed by the Japanese New Year.
The tall Christmas trees in the mall were removed, the banners in the stores were replaced, and there were many more New Year decorations and lucky bags in the stores.
Jing Baiye had celebrated Christmas quite frequently in the past few years, and his biggest impression of the New Year was that Spiatus and Belmode would give him lucky money.
In the villa, light snow is falling outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the floor heating inside the house is turned on, and the wood color scheme makes the atmosphere more warm.
Jing Baiye held Qian Duoduo in his arms and sat on the sofa watching TV.
Scotland came over and put a cup of heated milk on the coffee table in front of him. Jing Baiye picked up the cup and took a sip, carefully licking the white foam on his upper lip, and his peripheral vision glanced at Scotland's cleaning apron.
The members of the information team have already taken a vacation. Considering that it was their efforts that allowed the Dark Night Baron to be completed several months ahead of schedule, Jing Baiye each received two weeks of paid vacation and gave them a generous year-end bonus.
After giving them a holiday, Jing Baiye also thought about whether to give them a holiday in Scotland.
Although the organization currently does not have many tasks, it does not mean that they do not have other things to do.
Scotland had to keep an eye on the Internet cafe and bar he had given him from time to time, which was the organization's meeting point in Rice Flower Town;
Bourbon's detective office in Cupido Town has been renovated. Bourbon has been going to Cupido Town for several days to prepare for opening at any time.
Zhu Xingda is the most idle. He has no official job, and he refused Jing Baiye's proposal to send him to study. Apart from going out for training at night and occasionally helping to collect rent, other times... he seems to stay at home every day.
Jing Baiye plans to arrange an open job for Zhuxingda after he gets his code name.
But that's for next month, it's time to think about new holiday arrangements.
However, after an evening training session at Jingbaiye, when he asked if he wanted to give them a holiday during the Chinese New Year, they all refused without exception.
"Scotland, you really don't have to go back to celebrate the New Year?"
Seeing that one of the parties who rejected him was standing in front of him, Jing Baiye asked again hesitantly.
Scotland shook his head: "No, I don't have much family or friends to contact outside."
Bourbon, the other client who refused, walked around the sofa. Seeing him coming, Dora the bear quickly took off from the sofa with flapping wings and jumped into the hood of her Scottish coat.
Bourbon sat down on the sofa next to Jing Baiye and placed a platter of peeled or cut fruits on the table.
"...It's the same for me, my parents are gone a long time ago." He said helplessly, "I haven't celebrated the New Year in the past few years."
"That's it..."
Jing Baiye frowned. Unless necessary for a mission, he would not pry into other people's experiences and personal privacy. So this was the first time he knew that they had no other relatives or friends.
… By asking them this, is it poking at their sore spot?
"Sorry, I shouldn't have asked." Jing Baiye apologized sincerely.
Scotland was stunned by his apology, and then a gentle smile broke out on his face. He looked at Jing Baiye: "Will Miss Belmode come to spend the holidays with you?"
"No, she doesn't have time."
Originally, Jing Baiye thought about inviting Belmod to come to Japan or fly to the United States, but Belmod has been busy recently. When he sent her an email, she said that she was in Canada handling work.
As for whether she is dealing with the work of being a celebrity or the work of an organization, she did not disclose it in the email.
"Then we will spend time with you."
Bourbon sat up straight, with the corgi doll that had been with him in the hospital for several months circled in his arms. He and the dog looked at him with smiling faces at the same time.
Jing Baiye felt the warmth in the air, which made him smile uncontrollably.
He was very happy, just like every time he completed a task and got paid, he felt a great joy from the bottom of his heart.
If they really went on vacation for the holidays, he would definitely not stop them, but during this period he could only stay alone in such a large villa, holding a cat and chatting with the system, or holding a mobile phone and looking for people to talk to...
But it's different now, they said they could stay with him.
"Now we're going to start cleaning. After cleaning, we'll start decorating. We also have to go out and buy some food for tonight and tomorrow."
Scotland poured the bear out of his hat and handed it to Jing Baiye. He looked up at the quartz clock not far away to confirm the time.
"Just let the little white bee clean it." Jing Baiye reminded.
"No, this is a rare New Year. It's better to clean it manually... Bourbon, come and help me." Scotland refused the kindness and patted Bourbon on the shoulder.
Bourbon put down Corgi and stood up. Jing Baiye hesitated for a moment and wanted to follow him, but he gently pushed him back.
"Just let's clean it." He raised his hand to trim his hair. "Today is the 'Great Dark Day'. In the evening, Scotland and I will prepare pufferfish dishes and soba noodles for you. Do you like the dipping sauce in the noodles to be thicker or lighter?"
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"I like thicker ones." Jing Baiye paused and added: "By the way, remember to prepare more, I will invite Zhuxing over."
Morohoshi didn't live with him, but he didn't forget that he was also staying in Yoneka Town, so of course he would invite him to the villa in the evening to have the last dinner of the year.
Bourbon's smile suddenly froze. Scotland saw his reaction clearly and pulled him over to start cleaning together.
Jing Baiye watched the two of them leave and touched Qian Duoduo happily.
The organization's power is spread across several countries. Spiatus will not assign tasks around major festivals in different countries - unless there is an emergency - most people in Japan, even the busiest Gin
, you can also spend the holidays in peace and contentment these days.
Of course, there are a few exceptions, namely the undercover agents sent out.
The organization gives them holidays, but the places where they work undercover may not give them rest.
Jing Baiye took out his mobile phone. He told the message group that he had distributed the year-end bonuses the day before their holiday. He planned to distribute them today to Scotland, Bourbon and Zhuxingda who did not go back to their hometown for the holidays.
He logged into his account and each transferred a sum of money based on the efforts of the three of them this year.
Then he called up the system to check the status of each of the three bottles of brandy. After confirming that they were fine, he also gave them the year-end bonus.
...Although they have not sent back any useful information so far, the undercover mission is very dangerous, and he will treat these three hard-working men well.
After sending the message, Jing Baiye felt his phone vibrate suddenly. It was not a deposit change reminder from the bank, but an email from Kaito Kuroba.
【Thank you for the gift and card!——Kaito】
When Kyoubaiya sent the New Year's greetings, he also sent the magical auxiliary tools that Kuroba Kaito had entrusted to him.
Magic card pistol, wall-walking skateboard, special roller skates...and a pair of triangle hang gliders.
For the rest, it can be said that for the hang glider props, Jing Baiye himself went through many repeated experiments and confirmed that the concealment, stability and safety were all correct before sending it to Kaito.
[You are really nice to Kaito, even though in social interactions he is only in the acquaintance group...] The system said.
【...Strictly speaking, he is a relative and friend of the original owner.】
That family has a very special meaning to Jing Baiye.
Unlike Belmode, Spiatus, and Shirley, he got to know them after getting their bodies, and the feelings they aroused were for him personally.
The Kuroba family are actually the original owner’s friends and saviors.
They didn't know that the body named [Ji Baiye] had already had its soul replaced. From Kuroba Chikage to Kuroba Kaito, they still treated him as the child who had already given up his soul for revenge.
This makes Jing Baiye always feel uncomfortable when facing Kaito, which is completely different from his natural calmness when facing Shirley.
——This friendship was stolen by him.
...If the original owner hadn't asked him to help the Black Feather family, Jing Baiye might have severed this stolen friendship early.