Ikenami Shizuka's lips curled up slightly, revealing a sarcastic smile: "Driving a police car to pick up your friends, ordering the best police officers in Osaka to be your drivers, isn't that impressive?"

Her voice was clearly sarcastic, as if Hattori Heiji had done something extremely foolish.

Hattori Heiji's eyes widened in disbelief that his mother knew about this.

"Mom, how did you know?" he asked anxiously, a sense of foreboding rising in his heart.

"You can't even let others know what you've done?" Ikeba Shizuka's face instantly darkened, a flash of anger crossing her beautiful eyes. Her voice was low and stern. "Do you know how much trouble this will cause your father?"

Hattori Heiji replied dismissively, "Is it that serious?" He muttered to himself, thinking that it was nothing compared to his father's abuse of power to change the murderer's identity.

"Smack!"

A crisp sound echoed in the room. Ikenami Shizuka glared at Hattori Heiji, and mercilessly slammed her folding fan down on his shoulder.

"Ah!" Hattori Heiji let out a scream, his body trembled violently, and a look of pain appeared on his face.

Shizuka Ikenami looked coldly at Heiji Hattori and said in an icy tone, "You'll stay kneeling here and wait until you figure out where you went wrong before you stand up." With that, she turned and left without looking back, leaving Heiji Hattori kneeling alone on the spot.

Back in her bedroom, Shizuka Ikeba kept replaying in her mind the "good deeds" her son, whom she had always considered a source of pride, had done on the phone that day, and her heart was filled with disappointment and heartache.

She couldn't understand why her son, whom she had painstakingly raised and who had chosen to give up the outside world and become a devoted housewife, had turned out to be so arrogant.

After thinking for a long time, Ikeba Shizuka sighed softly and then walked out of the bedroom.

Seeing Hattori Heiji kneeling on the ground, head bowed and silent, Ikenami Shizuka slowly walked to the futon in front of her and knelt down on it.

Regardless, Heiji is her only son, and it's her fault for not raising him well.

She was prepared to kneel here with her son until Heiji realized what he had done wrong.

In other words, Shizuka Ikemura is unaware of what happened between her eldest son and Kazuha tonight.

Otherwise, instead of kneeling down together, they would have been hung up and beaten.

...

The next morning.

Unlike Hattori Heiji, who knelt at home with his mother all night but still refused to admit his mistake.

Yu Sheng Nan had just woken up from his sleep, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a world of white before him.

Xiao Lan was holding him tightly to her chest, fast asleep.

No wonder he always felt a little breathless when he slept.

With a hint of amusement, Yuzuru carefully and slowly withdrew from Ran's embrace, then suddenly realized that something seemed a little off.

Gently lifting the blanket, they saw Ai curled up between the two of them, still fast asleep.

Looking at the two people sleeping in such an unseemly posture, Yuzuru shook his head helplessly.

The three of us fooled around a bit before bed last night.

Because Ai was there, nothing happened between her and the shy Ran that people wouldn't want to see.

Although Ai Haibara said she could pretend that he didn't exist.

Stretching, Yuzuru quietly got out of bed, careful not to wake Ran and Ai who were still asleep.

I walked to the window and gently pulled back the curtains. The morning sunlight streamed in instantly, bringing a touch of brightness and warmth to the room.

Yuzuru took a deep breath of fresh air, raised his hand, looked at the orange headband wrapped around his hand, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

I wonder if Kazuha has completely figured things out after spending the night with him.

After a while, Xiaolan woke up slowly, rubbed her eyes, and saw Yusheng Nan standing by the window with a gentle smile on her face.

"Nan, good morning," Xiaolan said softly.

Yuzuru turned around and smiled as he replied, "Good morning, Ran."

Ai, who had been huddled in bed, was also awakened by the sunlight streaming in. She looked around sleepily, still a little dazed.

"Is it dawn yet?" Ai murmured to herself.

Seeing Ai's adorable expression, Yuzuru and Ran exchanged a smile.

After a quick wash and breakfast, the three of them eagerly got into the car and drove to the He Ye family's house.

This was arranged yesterday; Kazuha was going to take them to continue exploring the beautiful scenery of Osaka.

It also helps Kazuha emerge from the shadow cast by Heiji Hattori.

......

Before long, they arrived at the front of the Kazuha family's house, where Kazuha was already standing at the door with a smile, waiting for their arrival.

Judging from her appearance alone, she seemed to have completely shaken off her sadness.

As Yuzuru watched Kazuha smile and greet everyone, he was filled with mixed emotions.

"As expected of that brave Osaka girl who once dared to enter the men's restroom without any hesitation!"

After exchanging warm greetings, Yuzuru let Kazuha get into the car first, while he stayed behind and chatted for a few words with Ginjiro Toyama, who was seeing them off.

Normally, as the head of the Criminal Investigation Department, Ginjiro Toyama should have already gone to work by now.

However, because Kazuha had cried all night last night, Ginjiro Toyama was really worried about his daughter, so he took half a day off.

"I'll have to trouble you to take care of Kazuha again, Yuzuru."

Ginjiro Toyama looked at Kazuha in the car, his eyes filled with worry.

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