Suddenly, Conan felt a scent of grains lingering around his nose, with a hint of the sea in between.
Following the scent, Conan froze. He saw Kouyu sitting not far from him, holding a rice ball covered with seaweed.
"This is..." Conan's expression was somewhat complicated. "You still have rice balls? Didn't you say you were out of food?"
"Who told you there was no food? I just said I brought bread and potato chips, not that this was all the food I had." Kōyū took a bite of his rice ball and mumbled, "This was prepared for me by Ai this morning. She said yesterday that she would prepare my lunchbox, so I didn't need to bring so many snacks. Besides, I don't have the habit of eating snacks."
"..."
Unable to find a reason to refute, Conan continued to bury his head in eating potato chips. The sound was still crisp, but the taste wasn't as good as before.
"I meant that Ai prepared my lunchbox and that I only brought bread and potato chips, but I didn't say that was all the food I had."
Seeing Conan like this, Kōyū found it a bit funny. He put down the rice ball, greeted Ai, and then took out a few bags of bread from her bag and placed them in front of Conan. "Ai was worried that I wouldn't have enough to eat in my lunchbox when she went to the supermarket yesterday, so she bought a few extra breads. I figured I'd be full after eating this rice ball, so these breads are perfect for you."
Looking at the bread on the table, Conan's inner吐槽 (tu cao, meaning to roast or criticize) was ignited: "Are you someone who can't live without showing off your love?"
"This long paragraph can be easily simplified to 'I bought a few extra loaves of bread yesterday, just enough for you to eat.' The explanation of why the bread was bought can be completely omitted!"
While complaining, Conan reached for the bread, tore open the packaging, took a big bite, and muttered under his breath, "Damn it!"
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