After seeing off the serious-looking Shuichi Akai, Aoi Hoshino sat in the living room for a while, and only knocked on Judy's bedroom door when the takeaway arrived.

Judy might have really fallen asleep, or she might have been trying to pretend to be asleep. In any case, after Hoshino Aoi tried knocking again, she slowly opened the door.

"Has the takeaway arrived?"

She rubbed her eyes, looking like she had just woken up.

"Yeah, just arrived."

Hoshino Aoi followed behind her and said with a well-behaved look.

"Eh? Xiu's gone already?"

Judy had already noticed that there was one less person in the living room. She stopped yawning mid-sentence, tilted her head, and said with some regret:

"I originally wanted to invite him to have dinner with us. He'll have to order takeout or grab a bite at a convenience store when he gets home anyway, so he might as well eat with us."

"Maybe he suddenly remembered something. Anyway, he was talking just now when he suddenly ran away with a cold look on his face. He didn't even show any intention of waiting for you."

Hoshino Aoi said calmly, and from the look on her face, it was impossible to tell that Akai Shuichi was driven away by her words.

"Eh? Is that so?"

Judy was also a little surprised when she heard this.

After all, she was pretty sure they hadn't encountered anything unresolved today that required overtime work, but perhaps she didn't have enough authority? Was she unable to know about this?

Judy was a little confused, but she didn't feel anything particularly bad.

"Forget it then. Let's talk about it next time we have a chance."

Hoshino Aoi naturally nodded in agreement, but in her heart she was muttering, "How could that guy Akai Shuichi be worthy of eating the takeout she ordered? Humph! Let him eat air!"

"That's right."

After the two of them sat down, Judy opened the takeout bag and asked casually:

"Xiu, is there something he wants to talk to you about? He even has to tell you behind my back."

At this point, she couldn't help but smile:

"As if there's some secret between you two that I can't know."

Hearing this, Hoshino Aoi's heart instantly lifted, but on the surface, she only glanced at her casually, and then said nonchalantly:

"What secrets could there be between the two of us? You know we don't get along very well, so even if I do have a secret, I can't tell him."

"Too."

Judy seemed to have just said it casually. After hearing Hoshino Aoi's answer, she immediately skipped the topic and asked curiously about what the two of them had just talked about.

"Nothing much. It's just that the organization hiding behind Officer Qiao Sen has been taking action recently, and I just happened to discover it, so I told Akai about it. He said he would investigate, so he just came to tell me the results of the investigation."

Judy suddenly realized.

but……

"It's just a small matter. Is there anything you can't let me hear?"

She complained.

In response to this, Hoshino Aoi just shrugged her shoulders and said that she didn't understand why, but since Akai Shuichi asked so, then she would do it.

This attitude made Judy couldn't help but complain again:

"You're being well behaved at this time."

Why haven’t I seen you so well behaved before?

So there's still a problem, right?

Judy pondered this in her heart, but she also knew that since Solana had said so, it would be impossible for her to get any different answer from her, so she could only bury the doubt in her heart and wait for the answer to be revealed bit by bit as time went by.

And Hoshino Aoi naturally also felt her concession, so naturally, she responded with a sentence.

"What? I've always been a good boy, okay? Tell me, who else would make you some ginger cola when you're not feeling well?"

The most important thing is, can Akai Shuichi do it?!

These words were engraved in Hoshino Aoi's eyes, so Judy didn't even bother to refute anything. She felt very proud that she could hold back her laughter.

"Yes, yes, you are the best. No one can compare to you."

"Isn't that guy Akai Shuichi even as good as him?"

"Yes, yes, yes, even Xiu can't compare to that."

"Then why do you call him Show!"

"...Then I'll follow you and call him Mr. Akai?"

Judy called him "Mr. Akai" in a rather affectionate way, causing Aoi Hoshino, who was about to nod, to shake her head instantly.

"Forget it, just call your show..."

Hearing this, Judy couldn't help but laugh.

"How can you be so cute, Solana?"

Whose little girl is this? How can she be so cute?

Judy's eyebrows curved into two crescents, hiding the complex emotions in her eyes.

And Hoshino Aoi also had a vague feeling about this.

She knew that Judy really suspected her this time.

But she didn't dare to bring up the matter, and she was also worried that if she told it now, it would have a negative impact on her future plans.

So let's leave it at that...

Aoi Hoshino rarely felt the urge to escape.

She didn't even want to think about what to do if Judy found out about this.

Let's take it one step at a time. At worst, everything will return to the way it was before, so there's no need to be afraid.

Judy didn't know whether she sensed her avoidance or noticed something from her attitude. After a moment of silence, she whispered to Hoshino Aoi:

"By the way, I might go to Japan soon."

Hoshino Aoi paused while eating, turned around and asked:

"Is this an FBI mission?"

"No, it's just that I haven't had a New Year's holiday before. Now that I have some free time, I plan to go there for a few days to relax."

Having said that, Judy also knew that Solana would not believe her reason.

And Hoshino Aoi also knew that Judy would definitely know that she would not believe this reason.

So even though it seemed like Judy didn't say anything, both of them actually knew that she was going to carry out an FBI mission. However, due to the confidentiality agreement, they couldn't tell anyone no matter who asked.