Unfortunately, the atmosphere in the car was far from as good as Mao Lilan had expected.
Hoshino Aoi leaned back in the car seat, looking at the face in front of her with slightly cold eyes. Her gaze was so cold that it seemed as if she wanted to kick him out and drive away herself.
However, Shuichi Akai seemed to be unaware of it and continued to slowly fasten her seat belt.
"If you don't know how to tie it, I don't mind doing it myself."
Hoshino Aoi crossed her arms over her chest, tilted her head, and glanced at the door of Poirot Café through the gap between Akai Shuichi's shoulder and the car door.
Obviously, there was no way to see the expression of the person inside from the outside, but she still looked over subconsciously, as if she wanted to see the person she had been thinking about day and night through the door.
However, in response to her appearance of not wanting to be near the other person and have anything to do with him even if the other person couldn't see her, Akai Shuichi just smiled faintly and said jokingly:
"I can't help it. Someone won't even let me eat. I can't even align the buckle properly. So I can only ask her to wait a little longer."
Hearing this, Hoshino Aoi was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted.
"You did it on purpose."
He deliberately showed her such an ambiguous behavior in front of Amuro Toru, but that's not the point. The point is...
"Are you threatening me?"
She finally decided to retract her gaze, but when it fell on Shuichi Akai, it was no longer as gentle as before, but instead had a hint of coldness, and people could clearly see the displeasure on her face.
Seeing this, the curve of Akai Shuichi's lips did not change, but one of his squinting eyes quietly opened, his dark green pupil glowing with a faint light, staring straight at Hoshino Aoi, as if he wanted to cut open her surface and see all the truth in her heart.
At the same time, there was a "click" sound, and Shuichi Akai slowly withdrew his hand that was helping her fasten the seat belt, but he did not step out. Instead, he took a slight step forward with his right leg, and just touched the edge of the seat with his knee, making a posture similar to kneeling on one knee.
From the outside, the distance between the two has undoubtedly become closer, but in reality, because their bodies have a support point, the distance between the upper bodies of Shuichi Akai and Aoi Hoshino is actually farther than before.
Of course, in contrast, the feeling of oppression coming from Shuichi Akai also faded a lot, causing Hoshino Aoi's eyes to flicker involuntarily, and her arms around her chest also subconsciously relaxed a little.
She wasn't afraid of him, and certainly not worried about what he might do to her.
After all, even if Hoshino Aoi dislikes Akai Shuichi, she knows that with his personality, he would not do something like bullying girls.
But as a woman, being trapped in such a narrow and enclosed space by a man who is not very familiar to her and with whom she has no close relationship, she would feel somewhat offended and uncomfortable and subconsciously become defensive.
Fortunately, he also noticed her discomfort and quickly adjusted his posture. However, as if to deliberately confirm her words, he did not walk away completely, but used this posture to show that her guess was correct.
He did it on purpose, and he was indeed threatening her with it, but...
"Isn't this what you originally wanted to see? I was just following your wishes..."
As he spoke, Shuichi Akai deliberately showed an innocent expression on his face.
But in his opinion, he was indeed innocent.
After all, Hoshino Aoi agreed to cooperate with him at the beginning, but after meeting Amuro Toru, she suddenly changed her mind.
And the phone call that Conan Edogawa made to him...
Shuichi Akai couldn't believe that she really didn't notice Edogawa Conan's secret actions.
So the other party's phone call was very obvious.
She deliberately allowed the other party to reveal the news to him, and the purpose of doing so was naturally to lure him over.
But considering her uncertainty and his future plans, Shuichi Akai had to come.
So he was following her wishes, which wasn't wrong, but...
"Since you've said that, why don't you just go along with me a little more?"
As for what she meant...
Hoshino Aoi raised her eyebrows and looked at him with a smile, her eyes full of provocation.
You should understand, right?
"That won't do."
Sure enough, Akai Shuichi smiled, obviously understanding what she meant, but he didn't show any intention of nodding.
after all……
"You promised me this yourself, how can you go back on your word so easily?"
There was no way he would let Middles act alone until he was sure of Bourbon's true position.
Otherwise he wouldn't have come so quickly today.
That's because before receiving the call from Edogawa Conan, he had been following Middles and watched her ignore the sign hanging at the door of the cafe, open the door and walk in.
At that time, he was wondering if Bourbon was also in there, so even if Conan Edogawa hadn't called him, Shuichi Akai had originally planned to go in.
And after receiving the call from him, he naturally wanted to go there.
However, after decisively rejecting her, Shuichi Akai couldn't help but look at her with a hint of inquiry in his eyes.
He thought that this matter should have been a tacit understanding between them, but after being tested by her, Akai Shuichi became uncertain for a rare time.
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