That evening, on the third floor of the firm, at the dining table.
"So I gave that old lady a hard time right there and then!" Hattori Heiji put down his chopsticks, straightened his back, closed his eyes, and paused for a moment.
An air of pretentiousness emanated from the dining table, spreading outwards from Hattori Heiji.
At the same time, Guangyou calmly picked up a piece of fish and placed it in Ai's bowl, saying softly, "Eat more, this fish is specially prepared for you."
Although the sound was soft, the dining table was only so big.
What's more, Kōsuke was sitting right next to Hattori Heiji.
Upon hearing Kōyū's words, Hattori Heiji almost lost control of his expression, only internally thinking, "Can't you just listen to my... story?"
After watching Ai swallow the pill and nod at him, Kousuke turned to look at Hattori Heiji.
Let's give him some face and let him put on a good show this time.
After taking a few seconds to compose himself, Hattori Heiji continued, "I told her, 'You should just give up now...'"
As he spoke, Hattori Heiji opened one eye, as if to observe the reactions of the others.
But as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Guangyou's expressionless face, as if to say, "Go on, I'll just watch you quietly."
For a fleeting moment, Heiji Hattori wanted to change the subject.
However, since we've already gone halfway through, it would be a shame not to continue.
After adjusting his mindset slightly, Hattori Heiji said again, "You have no chance of winning this gambling game."
"That's roughly what happened." Hattori Heiji tried to smile, but then the image of Kousuke's face suddenly appeared before his eyes.
The next second, Hattori Heiji's smile vanished, disappearing in an instant.
"Actually, it's all thanks to my uncle's help."
After Heiji Hattori finished speaking, Kazuha explained to Ran, "Luckily, Uncle could understand the message Heiji hid in the code, which is why he was able to come and rescue us."
After thanking Uncle Mori, Kazuha turned to look at Kouyu, smiled, and said, "Thank you too, Kouyu. You were really handsome back then."
She thought of what Guangyou said to the man when he came to rescue her: "Hello, Uncle."
And the swift movements he made after saying that made Kazuha chuckle.
The man was probably quite confused.
"You're welcome, it's good that you're alright." After swallowing what was in his mouth, Kōyū smiled and said to Kazuha, "However, I have to admit, Kazuha-neechan, you're absolutely right about the second half of what you said."
"He is indeed quite handsome." Kazuha nodded again in affirmation.
Just as the two were talking, Ai looked up and glanced at Kazuha, who was sitting to her left and was quite pretty, and then turned to look at Kousuke, who was sitting to her right and had been praised as handsome by Kazuha.
Under the lamplight, her eyes seemed to shimmer with a faint light.
Looking away, Ai picked up some food with her chopsticks and put it in Kouyu's bowl, saying in a voice only Kouyu and she could hear, "You should eat more too."
"Hmm." Guangyou was unaware of what had just happened. He looked down at the food in his bowl, smiled and nodded, then picked up his chopsticks and put the food in his mouth.
Seeing the smile on Kousuke's face, Ai turned back to continue eating the dinner Kousuke had prepared for her.
At the same time, Uncle Mori took a sip of his drink, his face flushed with the alcohol, and asked in confusion, "What code?"
"!!!" Conan stopped eating instantly.
"!!!" Hattori Heiji's expression immediately stiffened.
"That's the one..."
Before Kazuha could finish explaining, Hattori Heiji quickly ended the conversation: "Alright, it's all in the past, let's not bring it up again."
"Oh, right, Uncle, your glass is empty." Hattori Heiji said with a smile, picking up the beer on the table and pouring a glass for Uncle Mori. "Let's have another one, just to celebrate that Kazuha and I are free today."
After drinking, Uncle Mori's thinking became a little sluggish. Looking at the beer swaying in the glass, he completely forgot about the code.
He also said "Thank you" to Hattori Heiji.
Seeing this scene, Conan leaned slightly forward and whispered to Heiji Hattori, "You were the one who started it."
"So I took care of it myself, didn't I?" Hattori Heiji glanced at Conan, who jumped out to criticize him, and replied with a hint of annoyance.
He knew he started it, but couldn't Conan give him some face?
It's quite embarrassing for him to have to bring this up, isn't it?
While the two of them were complaining about each other, Guangyou buried his head in his food.
Thinking back to what happened this afternoon when Uncle Mori came to the Ito family's house to pick them up.
...
This afternoon, after Uncle Mori confirmed that everyone was alright, he began to lecture Heiji Hattori...
As for Kazuha, Heiji Hattori has already taken care of her share.
"Now that you've come to Tokyo, I have to take responsibility for you!"
"You little brat, why didn't you call my firm after you got here to tell them you were going to see Mr. Nanchuan?"
"If you give me the address, wouldn't that save us a lot of trouble?"
"If we're late, how am I supposed to explain this to your parents?"
...
After scolding him for half a minute, Uncle Mori calmed down, snorted, and said, "You two brats are really a handful."
After Hattori Heiji reflected on his actions, the group headed towards the office.
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