金髮青年手上拿著黑髮男孩交給他的租賃契約,金褐雙瞳仔細打量了這扇不太美觀的大門一番,沒有找著任何像是對內連結的通訊魔法之類的裝置──很多家庭會裝設那種裝置,讓陌生人進門前自己可以在家看影像決定要不要放人進來,有分雙方都能看見彼此、裡面的人單方面看見外面的人、裡面的人能決定要不要讓來者看見自己三種類型──最後,他還是抬起手來敲門。303Please respect copyright.PENANAMC4RJb2El7
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半點回應也沒有,凱帝只好再敲一次,但當他敲了十幾次都無效後,他忍不住懷疑是不是根本沒有人在家?只是音樂沒關而已?他又不死心地再敲了幾回,最後力道根本可說是在搥門了,一邊喊著「有人在嗎?」可依舊半點被屋內人聽見的跡象也沒有。303Please respect copyright.PENANAYg5vGviwt6
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「漢賽爾,」凱帝揉著敲門敲到發紅的手回到小兄妹的房裡,「你確定房東在家嗎?」303Please respect copyright.PENANAWOsg99pLEG
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「在啦在啦,」漢賽爾揮了揮手,「房間裡的音樂開著就是有人在啊,沒在房間裡的機率不會超過百分之五啦!」也不知道怎麼算的,男孩隨口瞎掰了一個數據敷衍,「而且那傢伙根本聽音樂聽到中聽,你力氣那麼小,敲門八成也沒用,連我平常都直接踹門了,你就用踢的唄。」303Please respect copyright.PENANAtAbJHVdW4n
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「……這樣不太好吧?」303Please respect copyright.PENANAFhjU7GkJ4R
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「才不會,森克早就習慣一天到晚有房客踹門了啦,誰教他自己音樂要放那麼大聲的,他還會跟著唱咧。」303Please respect copyright.PENANARvf0kVETWz
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漢賽爾再繼續慫恿了幾句便把凱帝推到外頭,自己躲回房裡,又站回房東家門前的凱帝則是試探性地再輕輕敲了幾下房門……完全無人回應是怎麼回事?這房東這副模樣,平常時房客有要事找他該怎麼辦啊?難道真得逼他用踹的嗎?303Please respect copyright.PENANAvO1XptRSgJ
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就在凱帝糾結萬分,最後半是敲門敲到惱怒、半是不耐煩不願再繼續浪費時間下去,終於下定決心要抬起腿來踹門時,忽然被人從背後點了下肩膀,他不由得頓了一頓,甫一回首,就見一名頭上長著羊角、整顆頭都綁成獅鬃般的小辮子、還染成七彩的髮色,蓄著山羊鬚,身穿花襯衫和牛仔褲,戴著圓眼鏡的中年男子站在自己身後。雖說外表看起來像是中年人,但這個世界是不能以貌取人的,實際年齡跟外表年齡不一定會成正比。303Please respect copyright.PENANApwT8wsFXeU
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「這位先生,你在我家門口幹什麼?」303Please respect copyright.PENANAtHzJatluAc
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山羊鬚男問,想踹門竟被屋主抓個正著的凱帝愣了一下,才有些尷尬地回應:303Please respect copyright.PENANA9zu32x1oAV
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「呃、我……不好意思,請問你是這棟大樓的房東,森克先生嗎?」303Please respect copyright.PENANAVtnXU3s5Lw
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「我就是。」303Please respect copyright.PENANAvVKtZDlafn
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「我是來幫你隔壁房的漢賽爾與葛麗特兄妹交房租的,還有替他們辦理退宿。」303Please respect copyright.PENANACjUmkmrcBC
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森克扶著眼鏡、把對面的人從頭瞧到尾,才冷冷地說:「你是那對兄妹的什麼人?」303Please respect copyright.PENANAHGmB1tiAS0
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「我是漢賽爾的新上司。」想了想,凱帝還是給了這個答案。303Please respect copyright.PENANASvrBCtoyu2
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「那小鬼又換工作?竟然還叫上司來幫自己交房租,真是個沒大沒小的小鬼。」森克一面說,一面奪過凱帝手裡的租賃文件,從上衣口袋裡拿出筆來在上面龍飛鳳舞地寫著,「你真的是那小鬼的新上司?不是什麼被他揍了一頓只好被迫幫他交錢跟處理瑣事的可憐蟲吧?還是被他打到送醫院結果徹底懾服成為他小弟的笨蛋?如果你是被威嚇的,記得去報警啊。」303Please respect copyright.PENANApLufdEzwIz
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「……我真的是他的新上司。」凱帝汗顏著接過已經處理好的租賃契約,漢賽爾在這個人心目中究竟是什麼形象啊!303Please respect copyright.PENANA7M119X9fYo
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在交完租金之後,這次的搬家之行總算是告一段落。303Please respect copyright.PENANAQejjig7RDx
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揹著購物袋的漢賽爾與凱帝一同離開大樓,臨走前他還對這棟樓吐了個舌頭,才心甘情願地離去。303Please respect copyright.PENANAvJxjqTdXgM
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此時已是中午十一點,差不多能吃午餐了。凱帝在等紅燈時便對漢賽爾提議道:「要不要先在水酉市吃個午餐再回去?我請客。」303Please respect copyright.PENANAmJucqHcp9w
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「好啊,那我們走這條路。」漢賽爾同意,雖然基於自己煮比較便宜的理由他一直都不是外食派,但反正他也餓了,最重要的是現在是凱帝付錢。303Please respect copyright.PENANAnl3ZR0QKRC
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過馬路後,男孩又領著青年走向一條巷道裡。303Please respect copyright.PENANAfUHh9iroaK
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這條巷子不是上午那般的狹窄小巷,而是有攤販推著手推車和隨地擺攤的市集巷弄,一踏進裡頭就能聽見各攤販的叫賣聲,各式各樣的食物香氣混雜在空氣中飄散開來,誘使徒人忍不住想一步步深入巷弄之中,將它的一切都摸個透徹。303Please respect copyright.PENANAzdoZFlhdWX
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「那邊那個『噗哩哩小圓餅』不錯吃喔,葛麗特很喜歡。」303Please respect copyright.PENANAETZjinlfaU
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漢賽爾指著離他們最近的一台餐車說道,一名年邁的老婆婆站在餐車的煎台後方,只要把又圓又扁的餅皮放到煎台上,一道紅光包覆住餅皮,它便啪滋啪滋地熟了,接著再依客人點選的口味放上各種配料,最後放上第二層餅皮,再一道紅光包住,便可鏟起來裝袋賣出。303Please respect copyright.PENANAj35y4vbUA5
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不熟悉水酉市的凱帝對要去哪裡吃飯也沒多少意見,便與漢賽爾一道走到餐車前,瀏覽招牌上標示的菜單,很快地決定好了自己要的口味,再交由漢賽爾結帳。303Please respect copyright.PENANAL6eyzqKX69
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「奶油口味兩份。」303Please respect copyright.PENANArZu2I6lVDg
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「大的還是小的?」303Please respect copyright.PENANAovROsUsnhG
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「大的。兩個都大的。分開裝。」303Please respect copyright.PENANAocMSYUasv3
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不用五分鐘的時間,兩人份的「奶油口味噗哩哩小圓餅」便出爐了,漢賽爾接過老婆婆遞來的塑膠袋,還沒分給凱帝就搶先吃了起來,皮薄的圓餅一咬下去便發出「噗哩噗哩」的餅皮撕裂聲、包在裡頭的內餡同時噴出,咬了一口之後他才想到有什麼不對,喊了聲「喂」勾勾手指要凱帝蹲下來,在糖果屋店主彎腰後,一把將自己咬過的餅塞進對方嘴裡。303Please respect copyright.PENANAo64fZrEXVY
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「唔!痛!燙燙燙燙死了!你做什麼啦!」凱帝摀著嘴巴慘叫,滾燙的乳白液體自嘴角溢出,不願浪費食物的他硬是將熱騰騰的奶油餅給吞了下去,痛得他都快掉出眼淚了。303Please respect copyright.PENANAThr5DT5OD3
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漢賽爾將另一個完好的圓餅遞過去,自己又不嫌燙地吃起剛才咬過的那份,一臉完全不覺得有何錯誤的模樣:「看在你幫我應付森克那傢伙的份上,好心給你吃一口啊。這可是謝禮欸。」303Please respect copyright.PENANAGorIPAEwt8
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「我們不是點一樣的口味嗎、我等等吃我自己的就能吃到了啊?!而且錢還不是我付的!」303Please respect copyright.PENANArUUROKnkgh
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「這是吃心意!心意!懂不懂啊你?」303Please respect copyright.PENANAkF7HdsN1ee
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