Chapter 413 Valentine’s Day

Chapter 413 Valentine's Day
"Shiho, I'm here." Dad took Conan and Xiaolan to Fukito Villa, and I also staggered to Dr. Agasa's house.

"Well, sit down. There are hot chocolates on the table." Shiho said lightly in front of the computer desk not far away, and continued to type on the keyboard in front of her.

"Shiho, you're almost turning into a stay-at-home girl like this..." I grinned and joked with Shiho who had her back to me, while picking up the hot chocolate on the table.

"What else? Do you want to go to some villa with your sister and the others to make chocolate?" Shiho's tone didn't fluctuate much. The simple joke was enough to ease the atmosphere for us.

"Haha, that's not necessary." I sat down on the sofa, enjoying the warmth brought by the hot chocolate. "It's Valentine's Day... Shiho, how are you going to spend it?"

"Just like usual." Shiho wasn't in a very good mood. She didn't feel much about this kind of festival because of her long-term habit in the organization. "But you seem to be a little absent-minded recently. Did something happen?"

"Hmm..." I looked at the ceiling and said vaguely. "Conan asked me about someone today."

"Oh? Who is it?"

"Akai Shuichi."

"..." The sound of Shiho's keyboard suddenly stopped. Even in the quiet room at that moment, I could hear Shiho's heart beating violently.

"I have to say that boy is very perceptive. After only a few meetings, he has already begun to doubt this person."

"Have they met many times?" After a brief silence, the familiar sound of keyboard tapping rang out again, but the rhythm became a little messy.

"Since the last bus ride, that's three times." Holding the cup of hot chocolate, my expression has become a little serious. "Shiho, I have a feeling that something is going to happen next."

"What do you want me to do?" Shiho turned her head and looked at me, but because of her height, she could only see the little pale blond head sitting on the sofa with his back to her.

"Let's go back to Elcatraz." I turned around and looked at Shiho. "Let's go back to Elcatraz and calm down Sister Akemi."

"Eh?" Shiho was slightly surprised. "How did my sister know..."

"It's hard to say about this kind of thing." I said slowly, taking a sip of the hot drink in the cup. "I have a feeling that our first clash with the organization and the FBI is coming soon, and it will be a fierce clash."

"... Ling's side."

"According to Mary, Ling is still in the recovery stage, and her next mission is very clear, to seek revenge on Spider, so I don't think she will have any contact with us in the short term. Instead..."

"Belmod?"

"..Um."

Shiho is so smart. There are not many people in the organization who can approach us without making any noise. Excluding Ling, the most likely one is Vermouth. Combined with the previous bus incident and zoo incident, Shiho herself has some guesses. It should be Vermouth who has found some clues and is going to start investigating us.

"Hu..." Shiho exhaled lightly. "Is there any way to deal with it?"

"No." I leaned against the sofa and shook my head weakly like a bobblehead. "But, it's precisely because it's Vermouth that I want to take a gamble."

"How to say?"

"I bet... Hey~ I won't tell you~"

"..." Shiho stared at me blankly for a few seconds, and finally said with a frown, "Boring."

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

That afternoon, I forced Shiho out of the room, and we walked on the street in warm winter clothes, crunching on the snow. Valentine's Day was still a day or two away, but no one knew what would happen on that day, so I took Shiho to celebrate the holiday in advance. After all, we were two little kids now, and if we did something on Valentine's Day, it would be considered strange by others.

"ha..."

Walking on the street, snowflakes are falling around me. Although there is a haze above my head, when the streets are covered with a silver coat, they appear brighter and cleaner than a sunny day.

He gently sprayed his breath on Shiho's reddened hands, driving away the winter chill and adding a touch of warmth to this early Valentine's Day.

"Shiho, it's been a long time since we last went shopping, right?"

"If we don't count going to the supermarket to buy ingredients for dinner, it has indeed been a long time." Shiho, who was wearing a red knitted jacket and a hat of the same wool on her head, and a pair of red snow boots, made a crisp squeaking sound as she walked on the snow. She seemed to have never been so relaxed without her disguise. At this moment, Shiho was like a cute elf in the snow, jumping and stepping on the accumulated snow on the ground.

"Let's go shopping?" I held Shiho's hand and walked with her in the snow. "We still need to buy winter clothes."

"With the clothes made of high-heat materials provided by Sister Shizuka, we don't need to buy clothes that affect our movements in winter because of the temperature." Shiho's eyes were fixed on the snow on the ground. "But it's also good to prepare some winter goods." She raised her head, her quiet profile with a bright smile. Suddenly, she took my hand and ran. The squeaking sound of the snow on the ground also became rhythmic.

"Green onions, lettuce, teriyaki sauce. Ah, the beef is over here." In front of the shopping shelf of the Mika Department Store, Shiho looked at the dazzling array of goods on the shelf and began to count the ingredients she would make recently. And what I have to do is to put all these things into the shopping cart. Follow Shiho and push forward. "Hi~~" I took the ingredients that Shiho ordered and followed her. "Let me see, the beef is over here... Hmm? What is this? Chocolate powder? When did you put it in?"

"No, don't rummage around!" Shiho hurriedly snatched the reddish-brown bag from my hand and hid it behind her.

"Oh~~" I raised my eyebrows, looking triumphant.

"This, this is the dessert after Sukiyaki!" Shiho blushed and stuffed the bag into the bottom of the pile of ingredients.

"Oh~ ok~" I got the upper hand, so I just acted nice. "But Shiho, Sukiyaki, should we go eat with mom?"

"Eh?" Shiho was stunned by what I said. The blush that had just disappeared from her cheeks appeared again. "Why did you suddenly..."

"My mom and dad had a lawsuit some time ago, and Conan solved the case using my dad's voice, which helped ease the relationship between my parents. I thought they could get back together, but my dad got screwed and went out to have dinner with a beautiful aunt in front of my mom. If Conan hadn't stopped him, I think Xiaolan would have kicked him."

"Pfft..." Shiho chuckled. "It's really hard for you, auntie."

"Yes, I was away that day, so my mom sent me a long message complaining about my dad after she got home. I was also thinking about whether I should find time to spend with her."

"Hmm... That makes sense." After thinking about it, Shiho nodded. "Okay, then let's prepare more ingredients. But we have to go back and prepare Dr. Agasa's portion first."

"Today is not a special day, and Dr. Agasa doesn't seem to need to celebrate Valentine's Day in the next few days." I scratched my head and said, "How about I send Dr. Agasa a meal card and ask him to go to Skinny Wolf's restaurant for a meal... Emmmm okay, I'll tell the restaurant to prepare low-calorie food for Dr. Agasa." Looking at Shiho's slightly angry eyes, I couldn't help but shrink my neck. If I let the doctor eat as much as he wanted, I guess Shiho's restricted diet plan for the doctor these days would be ruined again.

After arranging a very healthy high-end restaurant menu for Dr. Agasa, Shiho and I continued to sweep the market. In between, I called my mother and told her that we would go over to eat together in the evening. My mother, who had complained about my father, gladly accepted my proposal and gave her secretary Kuriyama Midori a day off in advance, and went home early to prepare for our arrival.

About an hour later, Shiho and I arrived at the apartment where my mother lived.

"Mom, we are here."

"Hello, Auntie~"

Since there were no outsiders around, I wasn't afraid of being heard by others when I called my mom.

"Welcome back, Xiaoxun, Ai-chan~" Mom, who had changed out of her work suit, put on a white coral fleece nightgown, with her hair down, looking relaxed and comfortable. In order to create a warm atmosphere for us on Valentine's Day, she turned off the main light in the living room, turned on the side light, and lit a candle in front of the dining table. As the candlelight flickered, it seemed as if the temperature of the whole room was rising.

Dinner was not complicated. After setting up the pot, the family of three began to gradually put the ingredients into the pot. With the comfortable smiles of the family, the ingredients were slowly eaten after being boiled in boiling water. The snow outside the window was still flying, but the atmosphere in the house was constantly heating up in the boiling hot pot.

As expected, Sukiyaki is only delicious when the whole family eats it together.

. . . . . .

At the same time, in a room in an apartment in Mihua City, a mature woman with wavy blonde hair was smoking alone in a dark room. She was wearing a black dress, leaning against the window, and after smoking out the cigarette in her hand, she picked up a glass of golden wine alone. Under the moonlight, beauty and wine were a beautiful picture, but such a woman with a variety of postures seemed to be unsatisfied at this moment, as if she was a fox staring at her prey, and as long as the other party made a slight move, she would pounce on it and bite the prey's throat tightly.

Didi, beep, beep.

The ringing of the phone interrupted the woman's comfort.

"What?" The woman asked softly, with a hint of indifference in her voice, but more of amusement. The voice on the other end of the line was very clear, but even more chilling than the woman's.

"Mission accomplished."

"Oh? So fast?"

"The information Mary provided was very accurate."

On the other end of the phone, a girl in black and white was dialing a phone in a luxurious apartment. Under the dim floor lamp, a strand of purple hair was floating behind her owner. At the end of the beam, a blond man fell to the ground, and his body was covered with scarlet blood. There was also a strange-shaped helmet next to the man. Unfortunately, the strange red light on the helmet had dimmed at this time.

"Oh? I didn't expect that girl actually had such first-hand intelligence capabilities." The voice on the other end of the phone was even more playful.

"Is there any problem?" The voice on the other end of the phone sounded somewhat dissatisfied.

"Of course not." The blonde woman chuckled. "There are still a few days until the mission ends. You can relax over there."

"No, I'll be back tomorrow." On the other end of the line, a blood-red moon blade flashed by. Her master turned and left, leaving cleanly and decisively.

"Haha, that's good." The blonde woman said with a smile on her face. "Perhaps, you can catch up with an interesting show?"

"Oh? What does this mean?"

"No, nothing." The blonde woman said nothing more, just sipped the golden wine in the glass and said lightly. "Anyway, welcome back, Ling."

(End of this chapter)