Ai's gaze moved from Akemi's mask to the bald lion, then to the red bow tie in Hanyu Nan's hand, and finally back to the two people's excited faces.
She sighed and pushed up glasses that weren't even there: "A 23-year-old and an 18-year-old, two adults playing house here, it's astonishingly childish..."
“That’s called keeping a childlike heart~” Hanyu Nan was not ashamed but proud, walked over to Ai and patted her head, “Do you want to join us? You have chicken charms, we can form the Ginyu Force together.”
"No thanks." Ai slapped his hand away and curled her lip. "I don't want to associate with two childish brats like you."
Even so, her gaze lingered on Akemi's mask for a while longer, and she suddenly felt a strong urge to touch it.
Akemi keenly noticed her gaze and ran over to grab Ai's hand: "Ai, come play too~ We can form a special operations team!"
"I still have to do experiments..." Ai tried to struggle, but Akemi's current strength was far beyond her ability to break free. She was easily pulled in front of Hanyu Nan and Shishi.
Do you even know what the power of a bull is?
"Hey, the lion you picked out through the video last time."
Yuzuru patted the lion's bald head.
The lion obediently lowered its head, adopting a docile demeanor—though it looked rather comical given its size and bald head.
Looking at this "majestic" lion, Ai couldn't help but complain, "Do animal protection organizations know that you've dressed up the king of the African savanna like this?"
"Here, we are an animal protection organization," Hanyu Nan said matter-of-factly, casually putting a makeshift paper chicken mask on Ai Haibara as well. "Welcome to the special operations team, Chicken Warrior Ai Haibara!"
“Hey! I haven’t agreed yet—” Ai protested, but it was too late.
Mingmei hugged her happily: "Great! Our team is finally complete!"
The lion let out a timely roar, as if to welcome the new member—though it sounded more like a whimper.
Ai struggled for a moment, then finally gave up.
She sighed, letting the paper mask hang crookedly on her face: "I must be crazy to play along with your nonsense..."
However, ten minutes later—
"Hey giraffe over there! Don't move! You're suspected of illegally eating leaves from high places, so you're going to be punished by having a bow tied around your neck!"
Ai stood on a rock, manipulating the power of the chicken talisman to pull a bewildered giraffe over.
Yuzuru and Akemi watched this scene with smiles.
What happened to not participating? What happened to being childish? Who's using superpowers to style every single animal on the grassland now?
.............
The three of them played in the backyard until evening before letting go of the nearly exhausted King of the Grasslands and returning to the villa to prepare dinner.
At first, Ai stubbornly insisted that she wouldn't play such childish games, but later she ended up playing them the most wildly.
Every animal in the backyard meadow that came into her sight was captured and dressed up by her chicken charm.
Bobo and Yingying were so scared that they didn't dare to come any closer.
(The mane that mysteriously disappeared from the grassland king, a symbol of his regal bearing, was actually the "masterpiece" of a little girl—because it was too dirty and she found it unpleasant to look at.)
"How was the taste of that noble lady?"
The living room was warm and tranquil.
Mingmei was busy preparing dinner in the kitchen, and the aroma of the food was already filling the air.
Ai lay lazily in Yuzuru's arms, her eyes fixed on the news playing on the 8K super-large screen TV cultivated in the evolution flowerpot, and suddenly asked this question.
Hanyu Nanami, who was reaching under Ai's thin T-shirt and getting really into touching her smooth, soft belly, instinctively replied to the question, "Not bad, mainly because of the large quantity."
"Hmph." With a cold snort, the haughty little girl slapped Yuzuru Nan's restless hand. "Looks like someone is enjoying it."
Yu Shengnan then realized he had let something slip, and touched his nose with his free hand, quickly trying to salvage the situation: "What I meant was, although she has a large quantity, it doesn't taste as good as yours."
"Hmph." Ai snorted again, her short brown hair swaying slightly as she turned her head. "Who wants to compare themselves to that kind of cow..."
Her voice grew softer and softer, and a faint blush rose on her fair cheeks.
Looking at the proud, brown-haired loli in his arms, Yu Sheng Nan unconsciously smiled and deliberately leaned close to Ai's ear, his warm breath brushing against her sensitive earlobe: "What's wrong, is our little Ai jealous?"
"Who, who's jealous!" Ai, like a cat with its fur standing on end, struggled to sit up and break free from Yuzuru's embrace. However, she was held firmly in Yuzuru's strong arms and couldn't move. "I'm just asking about your social life as the strategist for Ran and the others' anti-Momiji organization!"
"Oh~" Yuzuru deliberately dragged out the tone, his mischievous smile becoming more pronounced, and his fingers quietly crawled up Ai's slender waist, like a playful little worm, gently wriggling, "Did the organization tell you that children who lie will be punished?"
Ai felt the mischievous fingers on her waist, and her body involuntarily tensed up like a startled deer. She huffed, "What are you trying to do...? Dinner's almost ready..."
"Big sister can prepare dinner, it will take at least half an hour." Yu Sheng Nan smiled mischievously, and produced a fluffy soufflé from somewhere, the kind of dessert that can produce special effects such as "lactation".
He made many soufflés with the same effect using the Gourmet Cell Baking Oven, based on the garden's recipe.
"Here, try this!"
When Ai saw the pastry, she immediately recalled the embarrassing experience of being forced to taste it last time, and her face flushed red to the roots of her ears: "No! Take it away! I won't eat that kind of perverted pastry!"
"Really don't want it?" Yuzuru shook the soufflé in his hand, its sweet aroma filling the air. "This is one I made myself, not the one Sonoko made before..."
Ai's nose twitched involuntarily.
Her eyes began to waver, her mind torn between fear of her previous embarrassing experience and an irresistible craving for delicious food.
What's more, it was made by someone's own hands...
This particular emotional factor gradually caused her inner defenses to crumble.
"Just... just one bite..." she finally conceded, muttering softly.
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