Chapter 323 Wedding Celebration

Chapter 329 Wedding Celebration
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"Your handwriting is still so ugly." Arriving at the entrance of the banquet hall on the 15th floor, my father wrote his name in the autograph book. However, he was mocked by a mature female voice. Needless to say, this voice must come from my mother.

"Mom~" Xiaolan looked at the person who came happily. Since she had seen her mother last time when she was knitting a sweater, Xiaolan had only had a few phone calls with her mother. After all, her mother was a lawyer and was very busy at work every day, so she had no time to take care of Xiaolan. Now that she could meet her here, Xiaolan was naturally very happy.

"Ahem... you're here." Dad looked at Mom's outfit. The lavender OL professional outfit framed Mom's figure perfectly, and the makeup on her face also covered up the traces of time. It complemented Dad's blue and purple suit. Although they didn't say hello, the couple tacitly dressed like a couple.

"Well, I've been here for a while." After saying that, my mother picked up a pen and signed her name in the signature book. Compared with my father's crooked handwriting, my mother's signature can be said to be sonorous and powerful, full of the flavor of a strong woman. The reason why she came early but didn't sign was that she was waiting for my father to come and sign her name next to him. This is a kind of etiquette between husband and wife. The wife should always be behind her husband.

"Wow, Auntie, your handwriting is so beautiful." Yuanzi leaned over to look at it and then praised it.

"Because of my work, I am always asked to sign, and I have improved my handwriting without realizing it." My mother has no room for stage fright in front of the younger generation.

"It would be nice if we could sign in the same column." Xiaolan sighed softly, but it just happened to fall into my ears. I looked up at Xiaolan who looked a little aggrieved and my father who looked completely indifferent. The corners of my mouth curled up with a hint of helplessness.

The doctor and the children also started to sign. During this time, Xiaolan and Sonoko were still discussing the bride and groom. Dad was looking around, as if looking for someone, and Mom walked towards me and Shiho. Seeing Mom coming, Shiho began to be shy and even hid behind me. Conan also smiled faintly, put his hands in his pockets, left silently, and walked towards the children who were signing in front, leaving this rare little space for us.

"Xiaoxun..." Mom put her hand on my head. Come to think of it, it seems like we haven't seen each other for a long time.

"Mom." I replied in a clear voice. The voice was not loud, so only the three of us could hear it. "I'm sorry, son, I haven't visited you for a long time."

"It's okay, Mom knows you still have a lot of things to do." Although her son is only seventeen years old, the brightness and maturity in his eyes are definitely not what he should have at his age. The reason for this may be found in the little girl next to her son.

"This is Ai, right?" Mom looked at Shiho. "Or, can I call you Shiho-chan?" Although it was Shizuru who I first mentioned to Mom, now Shiho met Mom first. Yesterday, I called Mom and told her about Shiho. Although she was a little surprised by the sudden appearance of the second daughter-in-law, Mom still breathed a sigh of relief, jokingly warned me to be careful of the harem, and then hung up the phone.

"Yes, it's okay, auntie." Shiho's cheeks turned red, and her hands kept stirring in front of her.

"Well, if it's not convenient, I'll call you Xiao Ai first." The mother smiled happily when she called her aunt, but she saw Shiho's dilemma and said softly, "Now is not the time to talk. I'll come to you later." After that, the mother nodded slightly to Shiho, then stood up and followed her father and Xiaolan into the venue.

"Hu..." Shiho let out a long breath.

"Are you really that nervous?" I couldn't help but laugh at Shiho's expression, and when no one was watching, Shiho twisted my waist hard.

"I wonder what my aunt is going to talk to me about later." Shiho's heart was still beating wildly.

"Probably something about you and me in the organization." I thought about it. "Let me put it together. I rarely tell my mother about my mission, especially about murder and the FBI. So..."

"Yeah, I understand." Shiho nodded. "I'll try to tell you about me...our business." Shiho's cheeks became hot again.

"Yes. Please."

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

After leaving their backpacks at the counter, the group brought their children to the banquet hall. As soon as they entered, they found that the hall was already full of guests, and the huge table was filled with delicious food. People were also gathered in small groups with drinks in their hands, laughing and chatting about something. Of course, there were also three or five big men gathered together, looking around fiercely.

"Wow, it's delicious! I wonder if there is eel rice!" Yuantai, who rarely wears formal clothes, did not look formal at all. He looked at the classic ingredients on the table and pounced on them.

"Genta, be polite." Mitsuhiko reminded him from behind. But he also walked towards the table. Compared with the banquet, these delicacies can attract more attention from children. Ayumi wanted to take Shiho with her, but when she saw Shiho talking to me, she showed envy in her eyes, and then she seemed to muster up the courage to go to the side and pull Conan to the dining table.

"Ah, as expected, Officer Megure is here too." After entering the room, my father looked around and found an old acquaintance. At this time, Officer Megure was talking to a few fierce-looking people with a serious face. It seemed that the police were discussing something.

"Haha, you can really tell who's a police officer at a glance." Mom looked around the room and saw many serious faces. "Everyone has sharp eyes and serious expressions."

"Alas... there's nothing we can do about it, after all, something like that happened." Dad also looked serious. "They have no time to have fun right now because they are investigating the case. There are so many police officers gathered here, and there might be danger. It would be strange if they weren't nervous."

"But there are some cheerful ones." Xiaolan pointed at the female police officer who was hugging a little boy with pale blond hair. "Officer Sato is very relaxed, isn't he?"

"Haha~that child is really popular." Mom chuckled with her hands covering her mouth.

"Hmph, brat." Dad's mouth twitched.

"Wuwuwuwu. Fukaiwu..." I struggled in Sato's arms, trying to get out. Please, this woman should have a limit, right? This is a party.

"Hehe, little one, long time no see," Sato freed me from her majesty. "How is it, am I beautiful today?"

"Yeah, it's beautiful. It just highlights your fierceness... wuwuwuwu..."

"You little brat, can't you just say hello to your sister?" Sato pretended to be angry and stretched out his hand to rub my cheek. "But forget it, sister has something else to do today, you have to have fun."

"Hi~~~" I broke free from Sato's arms and watched her and Takagi slowly walk towards the crowd.

"You got the upper hand again, Mr. SL?" Shiho walked towards me with a playful smile. "This woman is hard to handle." I rubbed my face to relax. Then I turned back to look at Shiho. "What's wrong? Looking for me?" Seeing that Shiho's eyes were not full of dissatisfaction as usual, but a serious look, I realized that she might have something to say to me.

"Look over there." Shiho raised her chin slightly and winked at me. Following Shiho's gaze, I saw my father greeting me with a serious face like a man. It looked like a greeting between a superior and a subordinate.

"That man... Odagiri Toshiro?" Looking at the man with hawk-like eyebrows and flawless behavior, I subconsciously began to restrain my breath.

"I remember one of your government missions was to kill him, right?" Shiho leaned close to me and whispered. "Now is your chance, do you want to do it? Maybe you can get away with it this time."

"... Forget it, let's spare his life." Looking at Odagiri Toshiro shaking hands with my father, I shrugged and rejected the action plan. "He seems to be very familiar with my father, and now the children and my family are here, it's not the right time to do it. I don't want to leave such a bad memory for Xiaolan and the children. Not to mention it's during a wedding celebration. It's immoral."

"Oh?" Shiho's lips curled up slightly. "Kaoru, you're starting to become gentle."

"Huh? What do you say?"

"If it was you in the organization, you might have taken action if I hadn't said anything."

"Because the bond between us back then is different from now." I gave Shiho a smile. "At that time, he was restrained by the organization. Now that I have a rare chance of freedom, I will let him go as a way to make up for the past."

"Be careful not to blow your own trumpet." Shiho joked with me with a smile. "But...what about your mission?"

"Let's talk to Skinny Wolf about putting it on hold first, or we can talk about it later." I thought for a moment and said, "I don't like being led by the government all the time. It's a bit annoying. When our economy and power are stable, we won't have to worry about the government's gaze anymore."

"Well, after the pharmaceutical factory is established, I will put it into operation as soon as possible."

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Shiho." I reached out to her ears and lifted the hair that was blocking her face, and said teasingly. "But before that, think about how you are going to face my mother later."

"Eh?" It would have been better if she hadn't said that. As soon as she said that, Shiho's slightly faded cheeks turned red again.

Perhaps my words really had a prophetic effect. Within two minutes, the lights of the banquet fell down, and then a beam of light focused on the host. At this moment, my mother began to walk towards us.

"Xiaoxun, do you mind if I talk to Xiaoai alone?" Mom said gently, touching my head.

"Of course, respected mother." I made an elegant gesture of invitation, "I hope you enjoy your conversation." After saying that, I gave Shiho an encouraging wink and, with a naughty smile, left space for the future mother and daughter.

"Ai, no, it's better to call you Shiho-chan at this time." Mom squatted down and said to Shiho.

"It's all right, auntie." The aura that Shiho once had that dominated most people suddenly disappeared. She was like a child who had made a mistake, waiting for her mother's words.

"Well, Shiho-chan, first of all, I want to thank you." Mom put her hand on Shiho's shoulder. "Thank you for helping me take care of Xiaoxun for the past ten years."

"No, no..." Shiho didn't dare to look directly at her mother. If the light wasn't dim, I might have seen her cheeks flushed like apples. "Actually, it's Kaoru who's been taking care of me."

"Hehe~ Don't be nervous." Mom saw Shiho's shyness. "If possible, I want to know more about you. Can you tell me?"

"Of course." Shiho nodded vigorously. After thinking for a while, she spoke. "Then, let me tell you, starting from the day we met..."

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Without interrupting the conversation between Michishiho and his mother, I walked to the front of the table and poured out a glass of ice water. I looked at the MC leisurely, listened to him chanting his blessings to the bride and groom, and watched them walk to the stage.

"First it was my sister and sister-in-law, and now it's the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law?" Conan said in my ear, his eyes fixed on Shiho and my mother. "Kaoru, I envy you."

"What's there to envy?" I took a sip of the water in the cup. "If possible, I hope to be like you and Xiaolan, knowing each other since school and going all the way to now. That way, Xiaoai wouldn't have so many painful memories in the organization."

"Alas...some things we are destined to be unable to change." Conan patted my shoulder. "But now you are free, aren't you? As long as we can tell the world about the organization, there will be nothing to restrict your future."

"Well, I hope so." My eyes flashed, but in the dark environment, this action was not captured by Conan.

"By the way, I just saw a young man." Conan said in my ear. "He just saw the bride and groom appear, and then left. I think he is a bit suspicious."

"If you ask me, you shouldn't be so suspicious about these things." I handed Conan a glass of juice. "There are at least thirty police officers here today. Unless the criminal uses a bomb, if anyone dares to do something inappropriate in this venue, there will be dozens of guns pointed at his forehead at the same time."

"Well... you have a point." Conan took the juice. "Well, at least let's relax a little and enjoy the wedding banquet." Conan raised his glass to me. "This is for you. I hope we can defeat the organization soon, and I also hope you and Haibara can be a couple soon."

"Heh..." I was stunned by Conan's serious words. Then I raised my cup and it bumped against the quilt in Conan's hand. There was a crisp sound. "I also hope you can call me brother soon."

"Hey, hey! Kaoru, that's enough!"

(End of this chapter)