The apartment has been uninhabited for a long time. Although a housekeeping company was hired to help clean it, there is no food or ingredients at all.

The refrigerator was as empty as Yoruichi Toyama's mind when she was in love.

So Yoruichi and Akemi went out to buy groceries, leaving the two little ones to watch the house.

Gao Yuan seemed to want to be polite, but Toyama Yoruichi stopped him directly.

"You don't even have a thick coat, how are you going to go out?" Yoruichi Toyama said with disdain, like a real older brother. "I really don't know how Kazami managed to get you guys here."

Thinking about it now, it seems I didn't realize it was winter before I went to the Metropolitan Police Department?

This season in the world of Detective Conan is changing inexplicably! ...

"The lab has air conditioning," Ai retorted, seemingly trying to defuse the situation.

But her older sister immediately rubbed her head.

"So you two should just stay home," Akemi said gently. "Mr. Takato's health hasn't fully recovered yet, has it?"

Gao Yuan coughed awkwardly.

"Miss Mingmei, you can just call me Gao Yuan."

"Then you shouldn't call me Miss Akemi."

Akemi glanced at her younger sister, who was already on guard, and smiled mischievously.

"How about... calling me 'older sister'?"

Before the two little ones in front of her could get their fur pricked, she took Yoruichi Toyama's arm, and the two of them ran away in a flash.

...

Time is meaningless to people in love.

So those two must have been so engrossed in shopping that they didn't return until it was getting dark.

Moreover, with so many bags in their hands, it looked like they had bought the entire department store.

While Yoruichi Toyama rolled up her sleeves and went into the kitchen, Akemi took a red children's coat out of her shopping bag, unfolded it, and held it up to Ai.

"Sis...this color..."

Perhaps because someone glanced at her, Ai's face turned as red as her coat.

Mingmei happily gave her a push, urging her to go into the room and try it on.

"Girls look better when they wear bright colors!"

Taking advantage of the fact that only the two sisters were in the room, Mingmei leaned close to her ear and said with a grin.

"Look how expectant Mr. Gao Yuan looks!"

"sister!……"

It should be said that the usually calm and composed female PhD student only makes such a charming and innocent sound in front of her older sister.

The female PhD student, who had changed into her coat and had her slightly longer hair tied into two small buns by her older sister, felt a watchful gaze as soon as she stepped out of her room.

But when she looked back, Gao Yuan lowered his head again, seemingly quite interested in the copy of "On Protracted War" in his hand.

Mingmei pretended not to see it, and pulled her younger sister in front of the large dressing mirror, looking her over and making satisfied noises.

"My little sister is the most beautiful little girl in the world!"

"Tell the truth, how many arrogant guys pursued you when you were studying in the US?"

"Oh dear, sis!..."

In a moment of carelessness, Ai once again acted coquettishly.

She even stomped her feet and twisted her little body, looking quite disgruntled.

In the corner of the mirror, someone's barely suppressed smile was reflected.

Xiao Ai suddenly turned around and found that the person was sitting on the sofa with a serious expression, engrossed in reading Mao Zedong's book.

Really, really good at pretending...

With mixed feelings, the female PhD student spoke in a cool tone.

"Sister, you need to know that no man would bother pursuing your sister, a female STEM student who only knows how to do scientific research."

“That means they have no vision!” Mingmei quickly understood and answered loudly.

"Look how beautiful my sister looks in red!"

"Ai, red is your favorite color, isn't it?"

The female PhD student had just nodded in agreement out of a sense of the facts when her sister changed her mind.

"And Mr. Gao Yuan? What's his favorite color?"

"red……"

The person whose name was mentioned blurted it out, then realized it was wrong.

The little girl in the red coat stood in front of him, and no matter how he looked around, she remained the focus of his attention.

In the blink of an eye, the little girl transformed back into Shiho Miyano, whom she had spent several days with, dressed in red and standing gracefully.

It really is beautiful...

Like an angel...

And angels, of course, aren't in hell...

Gao Yuan closed his eyes briefly to calm himself down.

"I mean, red suits Miss Ai very well."

He had reverted to his usual indifferent tone.

A fleeting look of disappointment crossed Ai's brow.

But Akemi showed no sign of giving up and turned around to grab another shopping bag.

"I see?... But we were thinking, could the boys wear more conservative colors?"

As a magician, Gao Yuan watched as she conjured up another navy blue coat, the size and style of which were clearly meant for the little boy.

That's incredible.

Why did she and Yuanshan buy clothes for themselves?

Gao Yuan couldn't understand it.

Even after being pulled to stand in front of the dressing mirror and put on the coat, she still didn't understand.

“You look good in anything!” Mingmei said sincerely beside him, like a real older sister.

I can only be thankful that she didn't call him "Mr. Gao Yuan" this time.

"But... maybe I bought the wrong size? It's a bit too wide here."

Mingmei was still rambling on, tugging at the shoulder of her coat.

"That's normal, isn't it?" Gao Yuan thought.

I've always been thinner than people my age, but I'm also quite tall.

So the clothes I buy are either too big or too short.

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