"Go play with the nice lady over there, Ichika Kaneki." Huiqi looked down at the child in his arms with a headache.
"No, no... I want you to play with me!"
"Akira Mado, come take care of the kid."
"Take care of a kid? I wouldn't know how." Akira Mado walked past Huiqi as though nothing were happening.
"Eto Yoshimura!"
"You're fine."
"Mr. Manager."
"I'm making coffee."
"Kurona Yasuhisa, Nashiro Yasuhisa!"
"..."
The enormous house was silent except for Ichika Kaneki's giggles as she grabbed Huiqi's cheeks and squished them.
"Ken Kaneki, Touka, you had a kid and dumped her on me... If you can't look after her, don't have one!!"
"Uncle, can you give me a little brother too? Pretty please?"
Huiqi's face darkened at her words, and he gave the child in his arms a long, penetrating look. "Uncle can't do that. You should ask your daddy to have another one."
"Okay, okay!"
Far away, Ken Kaneki let out a mysterious sneeze while honeymooning with Touka.
"What's wrong, Ken? Are you feeling sick?"
"N-no, it's just that I suddenly felt a chill down my back."
Meanwhile, Huiqi held Ichika Kaneki in one arm and used a twig to draw an abstract portrait of Ken Kaneki with his other hand, viciously cursing him under his breath.
Little Ichika Kaneki kept playing, never tiring of it.
Feeling her hands on his face, Huiqi looked toward Eto Yoshimura, who was working on her manuscript in the distance. A sinister smile crept across his face.
"Up to his tricks again." Akira Mado shook her head helplessly, her voice tinged with pity for the victim.
"Ichika, that lady over there has lots of fun things to play with. Go help her out. She can't play with all of them by herself."
"Really?" Ichika