Chapter 57 Chapter 57
◎Everyone knows that she lives with Touko◎
Mu'an Jiaxi wasn't surprised. She had long suspected that this phone was something special, but she hadn't known what they had installed inside. Now, hearing his words, she immediately asked curiously, "What's inside?"
As he assembled the machine, Amuro Toru replied, "It's a locator. And it's not a simple locator. It can also monitor your phone's movements."
Mu An Jiaxi was slightly puzzled and asked, "Mobile phone updates? Does that mean I can just look something up online and they'll know immediately what I'm looking for? Is that what you mean?"
Amuro Toru installed the last part, handed the phone to her, and nodded, "Yes."
Then he put the tools on the coffee table back into his bag one by one, and when he stood up, he reminded her, "Be careful in the future.
Mu An Jiaxi said seriously: "Yes."
Toru Amuro then put the bag back in his bedroom.
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next day
Poirot Cafe
Mu An Jiaxi sat by the window, a piece of pastry on the table in front of her. She forked off a small piece with her fork and put it in her mouth. As she chewed and swallowed, her watery eyes narrowed into a line. She praised loudly towards the bar, "Mr. Amuro, your new product is great! It's sweet but not greasy, soft, fragrant and delicious."
Amuro Toru was conscientiously preparing food for another customer. Upon hearing this, he looked towards her, a smile rising from his lips as he said gently, "Thank you for the compliment."
"Hehe." Mu'an Jiaxi laughed foolishly, lowered his head and joined the battle again.
"Ding-ling." The wind chime on the door rang, followed by the sound of a door closing.
Mu'an Jiaxi ignored her and continued to have an in-depth conversation with her cake.
"Sister Jia Xi." Soon, a familiar voice came to her ears, and then the seat sank, and someone sat down next to her.
She was concentrating on dividing the cake, but her hand paused, and she finally looked up and glanced at the person next to her. Conan was sitting upright next to her. When he saw her looking at him, he immediately moved closer and whispered like a thief: "Sister Jia Xi heard that you went alone to help Gin steal a document yesterday."
Mu An Jiaxi nodded blankly and said, "Yes."
Conan's eyes lit up, and he became obviously excited. He asked again: "I heard that it was a document related to medicine."
She nodded again, "Yeah."
Conan's eyes lit up even more, and he said again: "Then..."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Mu'an Jiaxi knew what he wanted to ask and interrupted him in time, saying, "Hey, I know what you want to ask." Under Conan's expectant gaze, Mu'an Jiaxi suddenly had the intention of teasing him and slowly approached him. He leaned close to his ear and whispered mysteriously, "I'm telling you the truth."
Conan nodded vigorously, his eyes shining as if he had seen gems.
Muan Jiaxi gave her a sly smile, a smile that was cunning and teasing. Conan didn't turn around and didn't notice her expression, but Amuro Toru, who was standing right in front of her, saw it clearly. He just lowered his head and smiled, then continued with his own business, with no intention of exposing her.
Having whetted his appetite sufficiently, Mu An Jia Xi finally said slowly, "To be honest, I don't know either."
As soon as he finished speaking, Conan knew that he was being teased. He looked at the person who was holding his stomach and laughing happily with a speechless face, and couldn't help but reveal his dead fish eyes.
Mu'an Jiaxi looked at Conan's amazing facial changes and immediately found it hilarious. He collapsed on the sofa and laughed so hard that his stomach hurt.
But when she faced Conan's scowl, she knew better than to give up. She straightened her twisted body, rubbed her aching cheek, and stopped joking. "To be honest, I really don't know. I made two copies when I copied it. I've asked someone to check it out. I'll let you know when I have the results."
Conan was speechless for a moment. He wasn't angry at her teasing behavior. After hearing her words, he immediately approached her and asked, "Do you have any extra backups?"
Mu'an Jiaxi straightened his messy clothes and said, "No, if I copy too many copies of this thing, it will cause trouble."
Conan's expectant eyes dropped instantly, his little face drooped, and he looked pitiful.
Seeing his eyes, the food in her mouth, which was eating cake, instantly lost its taste. Reluctantly, she put down the fork that had already picked up a small piece of cake and turned around to comfort him: "Didn't I tell you, I have asked someone to investigate. I will tell you the first time I have any news. Don't worry."
Conan said, "That's the only way." He had thought that if there was a backup, he could borrow it, so that Haibara could check what was inside to find out what it was used for.
But now all I can do is wait for news from her.
"Ding-dong." Another customer entered the coffee shop.
Mu'an Jiaxi heard the voice and looked over. When he saw the person coming in, a smile immediately appeared on his face and he greeted, "Xiaolan, Yuanzi."
The two men also noticed Mu'an Jiaxi, walked over with a smile, and said in unison, "Sister Jiaxi." Then they sat on either side of her.
When Xiaolan walked towards Mu'an Jiaxi, Conan was very considerate and gave up his seat and sat opposite her so as not to disturb the sisters from talking and chatting.
Amuro Toru came over with the menu and handed it to the two of them. Seeing him, Muan Jiaxi smiled and moved the plate to his side, saying expectantly, "Mr. Amuro, I'd like another piece."
There was a note of caution in her voice, as if she was afraid he wouldn't sell it.
Amuro Toru didn't even look at her. He took the plate back and brought it back to the bar, saying, "There's no more."
Mu'an Jiaxi stood up instantly when he heard it, walked to the bar, and said in disbelief: "How could it be gone? I just saw you make a few more." He put his hands on the bar, stood on tiptoe and stretched his head to look inside, searching, and when he didn't see anything, he wondered: "How could it be gone?"
Watching her actions, a smile flashed in Amuro Toru's eyes. He reached into the table, took out a cup of juice that had been prepared long ago and handed it to her, "Try this, it's delicious too."
There was no cake, but a drink was also good. Mu An Jiaxi did not refuse. He took it and took a sip. His eyes suddenly lit up and he said in surprise, "This is delicious!"
Then he followed Amuro Toru and returned to his seat obediently.
As soon as he sat down, he saw Sonoko with a smug look on her face. When he saw that Amuro Toru was talking to Xiaolan and not paying attention to him, he slowly leaned closer and whispered, "Is it delicious?"
She continued, "It's delicious." Seeing Yuanzi's expression, she couldn't help but push her head and said, "Stay away from me. Don't make that expression again. We are innocent. Get rid of those things in your head as soon as possible and don't let me have any wrong ideas."
Looking at Yuanzi's expression, Mu'an Jiaxi knew what she was thinking, and before she asked, he quickly nipped her gossip in the bud.
Yuanzi was stunned by her words and asked in surprise: "How do you know what I am going to ask?"
Mu An Jiaxi picked up the cup and took a sip of juice and said, "Looking at that wretched expression on your face, I know what you're thinking."
Yuanzi pointed at herself and said in disbelief: "I'm disgusting!"
Mu'an Jiaxi nodded again and commented seriously, "Yes, it's disgusting."
Yuanzi immediately started to fake cry, "I'm disgusting, you're the first one to say that to me."
Seeing that she was not going to stop, she simply picked up a biscuit, stuffed it into her mouth, and said soothingly: "Come, eat a biscuit."
The sound finally disappeared.
Xiaolan had just finished ordering her meal when she noticed the commotion. She looked confused and asked, "What's going on?"
Yuanzi tried hard to swallow the biscuits in his mouth. When Xiaolan asked, he seemed to have found his backbone in an instant, and complained with a face full of grievance: "Sister Jia Xi said I was vulgar."
Xiaolan was stunned, a little confused by the incoherent words. After a long time, she said hesitantly: "Well, Sister Jia Xi has her reasons for saying so."
Yuanzi widened her eyes in disbelief and said, "Xiaolan, you won't help me either."
Xiaolan, who didn't know the truth of the matter, really didn't know what to do and could only keep silent.
Mu'an Jiaxi patted her shoulder sympathetically and changed the subject: "Come and have some cookies, have some cookies."
This part passed like this.
After the food came, everyone ate and chatted at the same time. Everything was normal at the beginning. As the new topic unfolded, Xiaolan seemed to suddenly think of something and turned to look at Mu'an Jiaxi.
Mu An Jiaxi, who was eating, suddenly had a bad premonition.
Sure enough, the next second, Xiaolan said, "Speaking of this, Sister Jiaxi, why is Mr. Amuro living in your house? Are you dating Mr. Amuro?"
Mu An Jiaxi was stunned. He had never expected her to say that. The biscuit was half-stuffed in his mouth. He said in surprise, "Ah."
Xiaolan thought she hadn't explained clearly, so she kindly explained, "I went to your house yesterday to look for you, but it was Mr. Amuro who opened the door. He said you were out for something, and I noticed he was wearing pajamas."
When Yuanzi heard this, he couldn't hold back any longer and pointed at her and said, "You're still trying to argue. Look at me."
Mu An Jiaxi held his forehead and said, "I..."
She raised her head to explain, but was frightened by the looks of these people and shrank back. They were waiting for her to explain, but she couldn't utter a word for a long time. Her gossipy heart was burning. Even Conan looked at her seriously, waiting for her to speak.
The scene suddenly changed to a press conference, and she was the protagonist, clarifying the scandal.
Toru Amuro also noticed the situation here, put down what he was doing and walked over.
It would have been fine if he hadn't come. Once he came, Mu Anjiaxi felt even more inexplicably overwhelmed.
She took a deep breath, and under everyone's gaze, she slowly said: "Mr. Amuro and I are just ordinary roommates. We are really just friends, not boyfriend and girlfriend. If you don't believe me, ask Mr. Amuro, right?" She threw the topic to Toru Amuro who was standing aside.
Everyone's eyes immediately turned to him. Amuro Toru remained calm, not panicking at all. "Yes, there was a problem with the house I rented, and I had nowhere else to go, so I'm temporarily staying at Miss Mu'an's."
Mu'an Jiaxi looked at him. He didn't even think about telling lies before he lied. He just spoke without thinking. He admired him.
After saying that, he returned to the bar and continued to busy himself with his own business. On the surface, he looked unchanged, but I don’t know if it was an illusion, but his face seemed to be darker, and his whole body seemed to be vague, faintly emitting an aura that said "keep away from outsiders".
Mu'an Jiaxi obviously also felt this, but he didn't care. He just thought that Amuro Toru felt embarrassed and that was why he did that. After all, if a grown man lives in a girl's house, most people will mistakenly think he is a gigolo who relies on women for a living.
I thought to myself, I’ll explain it tonight.
Yuanzi, who was standing by, still refused to give up and said, "It really is like this."
Seeing this, Mu An Jia Xi was a little amused and replied sincerely, "It's true."
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