12:15 noon, restaurant.
There is a warm and sweet aroma in the air. The restaurant is bustling with activity. Waiters in white are walking between the tables, serving plates of exquisite dishes. Warm and smooth red wine is flowing in the wine glasses. Outside the window, green mountains are gleaming, and the peace makes one feel relaxed and happy.
At the middle dining table by the window, Hiroki and Suzuki Sonoko were concentrating on the freshly fried foie gras in front of them, with a laptop computer next to them. Sitting opposite them, Mao Lilan had a worried look on her face, and any slight movement could attract her attention.
"Are Dad and Conan okay?"
Mao Lilan said to herself, having no appetite at all:
"Just now, the conductor was searching the carriage..."
"Leave them alone!"
Suzuki Sonoko took a sip of iced juice and said:
"Xiao Lan, you're just thinking too much. Today is the first day of the new year. Stop thinking about them and eat!"
"Um...."
Mao Lilan lowered her head, slowly cut the foie gras, and piled it in the corner of the plate, absent-mindedly.
Just at this moment, the passenger sitting next to them finished lunch and left the restaurant. As soon as the waiter finished tidying up the table, someone sat down.
Mao Lilan turned her head and saw that the other person was a young man in a suit and tie. He had an ordinary appearance and a thin callus on the base of his right hand. As soon as he sat down, he ordered a cup of English black tea, picked up the newspaper hanging next to him, and while reading, he gave Mao Lilan a calm smile.
When Hiroki, who was eating foie gras, saw this man, he rolled his eyes, as if his plans had been disrupted.
"Your Earl Grey tea, sir."
The waiter in white gently placed the steaming bone china teacup on the table:
"If you need anything else, please ring the bell."
"Thanks."
The man glanced at the brass bell on the corner of the table and nodded with a smile.
"Xiao Lan, why are you staring at me?"
Yuanzi raised her head and glanced at the man next to her, but she found that he was not her type and immediately lost interest:
"When foie gras gets cold and smells fishy, it won't taste good."
"I think he looks familiar...I think I've seen him somewhere."
"It's your sixth sense again, right? Okay, okay, I know. Eat something quickly, or you'll be hungry this afternoon."
Mao Lilan had no choice but to look away and started eating the foie gras in small bites.
A few minutes later... Ring, ring, ring!
Ring ring ring!
The waiter in white heard the bell, walked quickly to Mao Lilan's table, and asked with a smile:
"Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Give me a cup of black tea too!"
Hiroki wiped his mouth with a napkin, pointed at the teacup in front of the young man and said:
"Just the same as him!"
"Understood."
The waiter in white nodded and left. When he came back, he had a silver tray with several white teapots on it.
"I'm so sorry..."
The waiter in white nodded and said:
"Unfortunately, the tea this gentleman has been drinking has just run out, but we have prepared other types of tea for you..."
“The service is quite considerate.”
Hiroki looked at the tea cans that exuded a faint fragrance, but the tea leaves he couldn't name at all, picked and chose, and finally stopped at a can of Maojian tea in the middle:
"That's it!"
"Please wait a moment."
The young man sitting next to him couldn't help but chuckle when he saw this scene. But when Hiroki looked over angrily, he instantly put away his smile, put on a stern face, and gave an expression as if to say, "I saw nothing and did nothing."
Soon, the green tea ordered by Hiroki was served.
He picked up the teacup, blew away the hot air, pursed his lips, took a sip, and stuck out his tongue because it was so bitter. He put down the cup with a look of disgust and complained:
“It’s really hard to drink…”
Although he said so, Hongshu also knew that food should not be wasted. Adhering to the principle that a short pain is worse than a long pain, he waited for the tea to cool down a little, pinched his nose, tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp.
Then... "Ha~~"
After sitting for a while, Hiroki suddenly yawned, rubbed his eyes, and his spirit quickly became dull, his head nodding, as if he might fall asleep at any time.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Noticing his abnormality, Mao Lilan asked with concern:
"Are you feeling unwell?"
“A little sleepy…”
Hiroki could hardly open his eyes, and his thoughts were extremely confused. He pointed at the teacup on the table and said incoherently:
"This cup of black tea just now...this cup of black tea..."
"What happened to the tea?"
Poisonous... He couldn't say the last two words after all. Hiroki fell forward, hit his forehead heavily on the table with a thud, and started snoring.
"Hello, hello!"
Mao Lilan pushed Hiroki and saw that he had no reaction and was sleeping like a dead pig. She was surprised and said:
"Why did he fall asleep suddenly?"
"I must be sleepy."
Suzuki Sonoko was still enjoying her afternoon tea, not wanting to bother with the little kid she didn't know:
"That's what kids do. They go to sleep when they're told to."
The waiter in white who had just served tea saw Hiroki sleeping, so he came forward and helped him up:
"I'll take him back to his room to rest..."
"Ah....then I'll go with you."
Mao Lilan was worried about Hiroki being alone, so she wanted to go with the waiter in white. The waiter in white smiled, said nothing, and carried Hiroki towards the restaurant exit.
"It's not appropriate to do this... Mr. Okiya."
The waiter in white paused, his muscles tensed instantly, and he said without turning his head:
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