Chapter 205 If nothing unexpected happened, something unexpected did occur.

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Inside the manor, Ibuki Chirie pointed to the glass room in front of her, "That's a greenhouse specially built to grow other flowers. The flower arranging teachers should be over there preparing the flowers they'll be using later."

Looking at the glass greenhouse reflecting the sunlight, Xiao Lan exclaimed, "It looks like it must be very beautiful inside!"

"You can go check it out after the ceremony," Zhiliwei smiled.

After walking around, the three returned to the main hall of the villa.

There was still almost half an hour before the scheduled flower arranging performance.

There were noticeably more people in the hall now.

"Xiao Lan!"

Suddenly, a familiar voice called out to Xiaolan from behind.

Xiaolan turned around and her face immediately lit up with a delighted smile, "Sonoko!"

Sonoko was wearing a light purple dress, but even the dress couldn't stop her from running.

She ran up to Xiaolan and jumped on her, exclaiming, "I knew it! I knew you'd be here when I saw your dad!"

As she spoke, she looked up and glanced left and right, completely ignoring Conan beside her as she searched for someone else. "Eh? Isn't Chizuru here?"

"Yes, he didn't come because he wasn't feeling well."

Ran caught Sonoko who lunged at her with both hands, and couldn't help but smile helplessly when she heard her words.

Conan's lips twitched slightly as he mentally muttered a complaint.

As expected, even after Sonoko and Kyogoku confirmed their relationship, she couldn't change her nature of loving to look at handsome men.

She looks exactly like her uncle.

Thinking about it, he glanced speechlessly at Kogoro Mouri, who was grinning and talking to a beautiful woman not far away.

Not far from them, Ibuki Chirie checked the time, turned to Ibuki Keisuke and whispered, "I'm going out for a bit, I'll be right back."

Keisuke Ibuki nodded. "Okay."

Chiri lifted her skirt and exchanged a glance with the butler, Hojo.

The latter nodded knowingly and followed her out of the hall.

Um?

Conan watched them leave with suspicion.

Isn't the performance about to start? What are they going to do?

But he was only puzzled and didn't speculate too much.

About ten minutes later, Chiri and Hojo returned.

The former had a red rose corsage on her chest and was holding another white one in her hand.

Chiri walked to Ibuki Keiyu's side, smiling and whispering to him as she pinned the rose in her hand to his finger.

There were only twenty minutes left before the performance started, but the flower arranging troupe still hadn't arrived.

If nothing unexpected happens, they may have already encountered an accident.

"Strange, the time is almost up, why haven't they arrived yet?"

Keisuke Ibuki raised his right wrist and glanced at the time on his watch.

"Was something that delayed you?" Zhiliwei raised her hand to lightly cover her lips, her brows slightly furrowed.

Conan glanced at her gloved hands, then turned to Hojo. "Mr. Hojo, the flower arranging group is in the greenhouse, right? It's quite far from here. I wonder if they have any communicators?"

Hojo thought for a moment and then nodded. "Their commander, Mr. Imamura, did tell me that I could call him if anything happened. I'll go make a call now and ask."

After saying that, he turned around and walked to the table by the wall to dial a phone number using the landline.

But the other end kept showing no one answering.

Hojo looked puzzled and dialed several more times.

Meanwhile, inside the greenhouse.

A woman who had fainted on the ground gradually regained consciousness. She sat up in a daze, and the cold air that was blowing in made her take a deep breath. She hugged her arms and rubbed them together.