Around 3 p.m., a yellow Volkswagen Beetle stopped in front of the gate of Beikacho 2-chome 22. The not-so-large car door opened, and a chubby figure stepped out.
As soon as Professor Agasa opened his front door, he smelled the aroma of food in the air.
The rich aroma whetted Professor Agasa's appetite. He glanced curiously into the kitchen and saw Ai bustling about in the tiny kitchen. He asked, "Ai, aren't you going to take care of Kouyu?"
He had heard about what happened yesterday and was worried, but he was relieved and secretly pleased after hearing from Ai that Kousuke was alright.
With Ai taking care of Kōyū, there was no one to supervise his diet, and he's been eating to his heart's content since yesterday.
Some oil stains are still visible at the corners of his mouth, glistening in the sunlight.
Dr. Agasa quickly wiped his mouth with his sleeve and continued, "How is Kōyū doing now?"
"He's doing well and is sleeping at the firm right now."
Ai suddenly stopped what she was doing, turned around and looked at Professor Agasa suspiciously, and asked, "Professor, did you control your diet while I was away for the past day or two?"
"Of course I do, and I've been going for a run every night these past few days, it's very regular."
Professor Agasa walked over to the sofa and sat down, turning his back to Ai so she couldn't see the awkward smile on his face.
"Before you say that, Doctor, you'd better wipe the meat paste off your beard, otherwise it will be hard for anyone to believe you."
Upon hearing this, Professor Agasa quickly wiped his beard, opened his hand, and thought to himself that something was wrong.
"Just kidding."
Ai turned back to her work and continued, "I'll let it go this time, but Doctor, you need to be careful. Your figure is already seriously overweight. Don't wait until you develop complications to regret it."
"I understand, I'll be careful."
Professor Agasa nodded and chuckled, stroking his beard as he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself, "Judging from this, there's no need to worry about Mitsuyu anymore."
Ai is probably in a good mood right now, so I didn't delve into it further.
In the past, Ai would probably have scolded him a bit, and then the dishes would likely have been much less oily for the next few days.
"I'll go to the lab now, you can continue with your work."
After saying goodbye to Ai, Professor Agasa left the living room first.
"I remember this place being like this..."
Ignoring Professor Agasa's departure, Ai continued stirring the food in the pot with a wooden spatula. Seemingly unsure, she picked up the recipe book next to her, glanced at it, nodded, and muttered to herself, "That's right, that's it."
A moment later, Ai turned off the stove, picked up a little food from the pot with her chopsticks, blew on it, and then put it in her mouth to taste.
Ai nodded in satisfaction and said, "The flavor is a little bland, but it's just right for his current condition."
"Ring ring~"
The sudden ringing of the phone made Ai temporarily put aside her idea of making the next dish.
Upon seeing the caller ID, Ai's face lit up with surprise. She answered the phone and said in a cool voice, "Sister, is there something you need?"
Akemi's voice was tinged with worry as she asked, "Shiho, how is Mitsuyoshi doing now?"
Ai leaned against the table and said into the phone, "He's fine, he just needs to rest for a few days."
"That's good."
This statement clearly had its intended effect, and Mingmei on the other end of the phone was visibly relieved.
She hadn't turned on the TV or computer for the past day or two, and it wasn't until she went out to buy groceries this afternoon that she learned about the huge incident that happened last night.
When she first saw it, she only sighed that those involved in the case were unlucky, and that was all; she didn't feel much emotion.
But when she looked back and saw a picture, her eyes widened, and she couldn't calm down for a long time.
In the photo, two familiar figures were hanging on the edge of a Ferris wheel cabin. Akemi immediately recognized the two figures as Ai and Mitsuyu.
Fearing she might have misread it, she checked the accompanying text again. After confirming it several times, Mingmei was certain of her own thoughts.
Although the newspaper headline read "No one died in this incident," she couldn't calm down until she heard confirmation from the person involved.
Akemi paused for a moment, then asked, "Shiho, are you next to Kouyu right now?"
Even though Akemi couldn't see it, Ai still shook her head and said, "No, he's sleeping at the agency."
"Would you like to come over for dinner tonight? I'd like to find out what happened, and we sisters can have dinner together."
The voice came through the phone's receiver to Ai's ears. She thought for a moment and then agreed: "Okay, I'll go now, but I'll cook dinner tonight."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Ai called out to Professor Agasa in the lab, "Professor, I won't be home for dinner tonight. I'll put the food in the fridge, you can heat it up yourself later."
"No problem, go ahead and do it."
After receiving a response from Professor Agasa, Ai poured the freshly cooked food from the table into a bento box and put it in the refrigerator.
After doing all this, she pushed open the door and left Professor Agasa's house.
…
Akemi's residence is not very far from Beika Town; to be precise, Tokyo is not a very large city.
Ai arrived at Akemi's apartment in just half an hour.
"Come in first."
Mingmei habitually peeked out and looked around, making sure there were no suspicious people nearby before closing the door and going into the room.
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