Chapter 13: I can't win and can only cry
At dinner time.
Grandpa Kotori came back from town: "Ranpo ordered the orange mousse, Xiaonai likes the puffs, Lingmei likes the chocolate, and I asked you to bring some pepper."
"Wow~ Grandpa is so cool!!!"
Edogawa Ranpo and Takanashi Hayana rushed forward and circled around Takanashi's grandfather.
Grandpa Kotori: "Hahaha, you can only eat after dinner."
For dinner, we had pan-fried cod, stir-fried broccoli, miso soup and a bowl of fragrant rice.
"So what was the meeting like?" Kotori's mother really wanted to know the details.
"Huh?" The mention of the blind date reminded her of last night. Hayana Kotori subconsciously scratched her head and laughed with a strange expression, "He's a little weird when it comes to eating."
Edogawa Ranpo, who was sitting opposite Hayana Kotori, licked the rice from the corner of his mouth, squinted his eyes as he watched her movements, as if thinking about something.
"What's so strange?" Grandpa Xiao Niaoyou was curious.
"He only eats food of the same color and is horribly stupid."
He was tricked into having a blind date with someone's daughter by having a meal. This is so honest and upright!
"And then?" Kotori's mother pressed on. "Did you hold hands? Go shopping? Go to the movies? He's so handsome, we can't let his beauty go to waste today!"
Hayana Takanashi: "..."
Does letting girls hold hands mean that his beauty creates value?
What a strange and irrefutable statement.
"We've made an appointment to meet next time," she said in a delaying tone.
Suehiro Tetsuji was very busy, and even he was not sure when he would have time when he was at the station.
"It could be one month, or it could be three months," the other party hesitated, and maybe he would say "half a year" in a moment.
What is this in the face of such busy people?
This is her savior!
Hayana Takanashi immediately made an appointment with him to meet next time, saying, "I don't know much about you, let's make an appointment next time." It was great that she could keep her mother company.
"He's very busy and usually has a lot of work."
Kotori's mother's excited expression cooled down. She lowered her head and muttered, "It seems like he doesn't care much about his family..."
The empty bowl was held out to her.
"Mom, I want another bowl of rice."
"Okay." Kotori's mother turned around and forgot about her inner mutterings, and served rice to Edogawa Ranpo.
After dinner, Edogawa Ranpo and Takanashi Hayana sat on the sofa and enjoyed dessert.
The orange mousse is fragrant, sweet and soft, and melts in your mouth as soon as you take a sip.
"Do you need Lord Ranpo to help you solve your problems? All I need is a week's supply of desserts~" The detective's voice was soft, sounding like a kitten acting coquettishly.
Takanashi Hayana looked back: "I don't have any doubts."
She had a very clear day today. First she lost two good friends, then she had a blind date with Tetsuji Suehiro, and then she encountered a poisoning case and watched Kogoro Mouri solve the case while "sleeping".
The only thing I'm confused about is my blind date's job.
But she didn't care about this at all. Even if he was a military policeman, she would continue to drag it out with him because he was so busy.
It's obviously not worth it to exchange a week's worth of dessert for this.
She has also thought about the plan for tomorrow.
Go to headquarters and first shoot "Severing the Robe and Severing the Brotherhood" on Dazai and Chuuya's faces! Then bring your new friend Sakaguchi Ango and walk in front of them 70 or 80 times!
By the way, it seems that Sakaguchi Ango and Dazai have a personal relationship...
Never mind! There's no other way now!
"Xiao Nai is an idiot." Edogawa Ranpo sighed.
Hayana Takanashi raised an eyebrow.
Edogawa Ranpo was stunned when he realized what the girl wanted to do but was unable to stop her because he was not strong enough.
He looked down at his plate, which originally had half of the orange mousse left on it. Now it was empty and the plate was spotless.
"Mom! QAQ~"
Ranpo Cat cried and went to his mother Kotori to complain.
"Haasana! Are you bullying Ranpo again?!"
“Ranpo’s a snitch!… It hurts!”
…
"This is your bedtime milk tonight, drink it all up."
Kotori's mother stood aside, watching Edogawa Ranpo and Kotori Hayato each holding a large cup of freshly brewed and then cooled milk.
"This is Huaguduo's milk. Drinking it will strengthen your body," Xiao Niaoyou's mother looked at the two of them with satisfaction as they raised their glasses and swallowed them in big gulps. "It's especially effective for people like Ranpo who don't exercise and just lie on the sofa, eating snacks and watching TV. It's very good for strengthening the body!"
"Yes..." Edogawa Ranpo stretched out his tone, his eyes narrowed into a straight line, obviously disliking it.
He prefers to add some sugar to milk rather than the bland and tasteless milk.
However, his mother, Xiao Niaoyou, who always doted on him, said: "No."
"Huh~ I'm done!" Holding the empty cup and licking the milk stains on her lips, Hayana Takanashi let out a long breath.
She looked at Edogawa Ranpo, whose cup still had half a sip of milk, and raised her eyebrows at him provocatively.
"Looks like I'm the one using the bathroom first today~"
Looking at the girl walking past him with her hands swinging triumphantly and hearing her provocative remarks, Edogawa Ranpo gulped down the remaining milk in the cup and ran after her at his fastest speed.
Unfortunately, it was still a step too late.
Standing in front of the mirror brushing her teeth, Hayana Takanashi turned sideways to look at Ranpo Edogawa who was standing at the door with the remaining orange mousse in his hand.
"Is your stomach connected to another dimension?" He can actually eat so much? And such high-sugar, high-sweet food.
As a girl who has a natural liking for sweets, she has to admit that she can't compare.
Edogawa Ranpo wrinkled his nose and retorted, "I'm waiting for you anyway. A famous detective wouldn't do something as foolish as waiting for someone."
"You must brush your teeth carefully later, otherwise mom will take you to the dentist."
"A famous detective is so smart, he doesn't have cavities!"
"Yeah, yeah, you're the smartest." Biting her toothbrush, she mumbled, her tone depressed. "It would be great if you could go to the meeting in my place. With your unreasonable and sharp tongue, you'd definitely scare them away."
If she...
She can't be so mean-spirited, or her mother will teach her a lesson!
"Ah, woo, woo~ You can do it too."
Ranpo Edogawa stood by the door, his face half hidden by the shadows of the unlit corridor, looking a little colder than his usual willful and cute self.
Hayana Takanashi: "Huh?"
How can that be?
It's funny. If she gets sued, she'll be dead!
"Well... because Xiaonai's personality is like a firecracker, she talks like a boy, her behavior is violent and bad, and sometimes her inner thoughts are very vulgar..."
"Hey! I told you not to pry into my mind!"
"As long as you show your true character, those people will probably be scared away." Edogawa Ranpo concluded.
After saying this, he took another bite of the orange mousse with satisfaction.
He devoured most of the cake by himself.
Rinsing the toothpaste foam from her mouth, Hayato Yatogami asked unwillingly, "Don't I have any good points?"
"Huh?" the famous detective said viciously, "What are you talking about?"
Is there anything good about a bad guy who always steals his desserts and pinches his cheeks?
“…Woo~”
Hit hard, Hayana Takanashi put her hands on the sink in frustration, veins bulging on her arms.
Edogawa Ranpo thought she was wasting time: "Hurry up and wash up, you're disturbing the detective's sleep."
"?!" She glared at him. "You usually make me wait longer, don't you? How dare you say I'm...slow?"
She paused, her expression turning grim. "I advise you to be more careful with your words from now on, or I'll tell Mom and we'll have to digest it internally. From now on, I'll snatch all your desserts and eat them all! You'll never have any desserts or snacks in your life!"
The girl's expression was as vicious as a dragon.
After he finished speaking, there was no echo from the other side.
She looked over curiously and found that Edogawa Ranpo, who was originally at the door, had now retreated to the wall of the corridor. He was leaning against it with no place to retreat, holding a plate in his hand and a very strange expression on his face.
If I had to describe it, it was like seeing a ghost.
"???" Three question marks slowly popped up above Hayana Takanashi's head.
What the hell is this weird expression?
Before she could speak, Edogawa Ranpo moved.
He walked sideways back to his room like a crab—literally sideways! The door made a loud bang as it closed.
The loud noise attracted the bird's mother over.
Kotori's mother: "What's wrong?"
Hayana Kotori was confused: "Mom, I think you should exorcise the evil spirit from Ranpo."
He might have just been possessed by a crab ghost.
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