Compared to the quiet living room, Mingmei's bedroom was much more lively.

The room lights were off; the only source of light was the laptop playing a movie.

While watching the movie, Akemi wasn't thinking about the plot, but rather about her younger sister's first love letter:

"Shiho, a lot of the lines in this movie would be perfect for writing in a love letter."

Ai, however, shook her head and offered a different perspective:

"I don't think it's very suitable."

She admitted that the lines in the movie were very good.

But none of them fit her personality.

She prefers a more subtle way of expressing herself.

Although Ai didn't say it, Akemi, who knew her younger sister's personality, immediately understood why she felt it wasn't suitable.

She watched the movie intently and said:

"These expressions are all quite direct."

"It's normal for you to feel it's inappropriate, Shiho."

I didn't discuss this issue with Mingmei much.

After gesturing to the movie, Ai Haibara quickly ended the conversation with a few words:

"I'll think about the contents of the love letter again."

"Anyway, I haven't decided when to give it to him yet."

"Let's watch a movie first."

"This movie is actually pretty good."

Having seen through Ai's thoughts, Akemi didn't bring it up again, but simply responded:

"Hmm, think about it again yourself."

After she finished speaking, she calmed down and continued watching the movie.

After ending the conversation, Ai realized she had received a text message.

She hadn't even seen it, but she already knew who posted it.

She opened the text message and saw the phrase "Go to bed early," and then she understood the whole story.

I was going to reply with "You too".

But thinking that Kōyū might go to sleep after sending the message, Ai deleted the edited text message.

Noticing Ai's movements, Akemi glanced to her side before turning back.

Without even asking who posted it, she directly asked Ai:

"What did Guangyou send you?"

After putting her phone away, Ai turned her attention back to the movie and replied:

He told me to go to bed early.

But this time, she looked away after only a short while.

It's as if the movie she thought was pretty good suddenly turned into a terrible one.

She lay down in bed and said to Akemi:

"Sister, I'm going to sleep now."

"Go to bed early after you finish watching the movie."

"good evening."

Looking down at Ai, whose eyes were already closed, Akemi smiled slightly and replied softly:

"good evening."

...

The next day, early morning.

According to the plan, the two were supposed to leave after breakfast or lunch.

But Kōyū thought he should contact Judy today.

So, while eating breakfast, he said to Ai:

"Ai, I have to go out and take care of something later."

"You'll stay in the apartment with Mingmei."

"If you get bored, you two can go out for a walk."

"Of course, Mingmei, remember to dress up before you go out."

This surprised Ai Haibara.

The two of them had already discussed it before they came.

I'll stay at Mingmei's place for one night and then go back the next day.

Unexpectedly, she was able to go shopping with Akemi.

However, compared to shopping with her sister, Ai was more interested in knowing what Kousuke was going to do and whether there was any danger.

She was curious, and a little worried, but she didn't ask.

She didn't know the specifics of the matter, but she could guess that it was related to her.

Akemi was simply surprised.

Yesterday she talked to Guangyou about the gift, and when she heard that Guangyou had something to do today, she naturally assumed that Guangyou was going to pick up the gift.

Therefore, what she cares about is going shopping with her younger sister.

But if she knew what Ai was thinking, she'd probably say something like:

"Now that you have a boyfriend, you've forgotten about your sister."

Unaware of this, she smiled at Guangyou and nodded in response:

"Don't worry, Kwangyu."

"I'll dress up before I go out."

"I guarantee that even if I stood right in front of you, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference."

It was clear that Akemi was in a good mood, and she even joked with Kōyū.

Guangyou didn't say anything that would spoil the fun, like "I can actually tell the difference."

He nodded cooperatively and reminded him again:

"sister."

"Even though that group now believes you're dead..."

“Those official members with code names don’t go out on the streets very often either.”

"But you also need to be careful."

He had said this many times before, but Guangyou still said it again without getting tired of it.

"Don't worry." Akemi knew the importance of this answer and replied earnestly.

"I will be careful."

Worried that the two wouldn't have enough fun on their outing, Kwang-woo added:

"But you must have fun."

"Don't let this incident make you overly cautious about those people when you go out to have fun."

Mingmei appreciated his kindness, and she smiled and said:

Don't worry.

"I'll have a lot of fun with Shiho."

That concludes what I wanted to say.

Gwangyu gestured to the unfinished breakfast and said to the two of them:

"That's good."

"Let's have breakfast first."

...

After finishing breakfast and cleaning up the kitchen, Guangyou prepared to leave.

Before he left, Ai stood in front of him and helped him straighten his clothes.

It's like a wife seeing her husband off to work.

The gentle gestures were accompanied by words of disdain:

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