But Masahiko's words surprised Sonoko. He walked up to her, looking embarrassed, and said, "But, the person I really wanted to invite was you."
These words reignited a flame in Sonoko's heart, and a blush rose to her face as she looked on in disbelief.
Kōyū came over to Conan and asked, "What's wrong? Why the expression?"
Conan, his expression darkening, exclaimed, "There's definitely something wrong!"
"What's the problem!"
"It's impossible for anyone to be interested in Sonoko. There must be some unspeakable secret hidden behind this!"
Kōyū stared with dead fish eyes at Conan's serious expression: "I swear I really want to tell Sonoko right now. At least Sonoko is a rich and beautiful girl! Even if others don't know that Sonoko's family is rich, she still meets the other two conditions!"
Originally, Masahiko Michiwaki wanted to take Sonoko straight to dinner. Although Sonoko had been looking forward to this moment, she hesitated when it actually arrived.
"Xiao Lan, come along too!"
At Sonoko's repeated requests, the remaining members, Kousuke, Ran, and Conan, who always had a deadpan expression, also came to the restaurant.
On the way, Conan stared with dead fish eyes and muttered under his breath, "This Sonoko who thinks about men all day long is actually all lust and no guts."
"Tch, you think you have that kind of guts? You act like you're some kind of lecherous fool." Guangyou said dismissively.
These words left Conan quite embarrassed, and he didn't know how to refute them.
After some investigation, it turns out that Masahiko Michiwaki is actually Mori's junior from school. Kouyu couldn't help but complain: "Why force a connection? Mori graduated so many years ago."
"By the way, Mr. Michiwaki, what brings you to this beach?" Sonoko asked with a smile.
"What else can we do but look at pretty girls! Are we just here to be bystanders?" Guangyou interjected from the side.
Sonoko really wanted to punch Kousuke, but the throbbing in her heart stopped her from doing so.
Despite being told this, Michiwaki Masahiko wasn't angry. He smiled and said, "What the little brother said isn't entirely unreasonable. I came here because I was heartbroken. My ex-girlfriend dumped me badly, so I came to relax. But while I was staring blankly at the sea..."
As he said this, Masahiko Michiwaki made what he considered to be a very charming gesture: "Just then, I saw such a beautiful angel as you! So I couldn't help but want to invite you to lunch."
Although this action seemed like something a fool would do to Kōyū, it was incredibly charming to Sonoko, who was finally getting someone to talk to her, and Sonoko's face became even redder.
Ran, who was standing nearby, also wished Sonoko success. She hadn't thought about it before, but now that she sat down and thought about it carefully, Ran seemed to realize that it was really true. Every time, other people would come to her. There was the time with the bandaged monster, and many, many other times. Thinking about these things, Ran felt extremely helpless.
Sonoko was swooning over her crush, but Mitsuyu was deep in thought: "No, Conan is right, there really is a problem. Based on my experience of being heartbroken countless times, if the hurt from a breakup is really that great, it's impossible for someone to be immediately approached by a completely different girl, because there will always be a knot in one's heart."
"The only explanation is that Sonoko must resemble his ex-girlfriend in some way!"
"According to him, his ex-girlfriend dumped him hard..."
Kōyū's pupils dilated instantly: "This person definitely has different feelings for Sonoko, it's definitely not just affection!"
Glancing at Michiwaki Masahiko, who was still gazing "affectionately" at Sonoko, Kouyu thought to himself, "Let's see what you're up to!"
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