Chapter 139: Whitechapel Serial Murder Case In the FBI, you never...
She was just sitting there when the hair on her head was plucked again.
The hand was also held.
"Ai."
She looked up and met a pair of gentle honey eyes.
Just like every time before.
She subconsciously held Lin Xi's hand tighter.
"Don't worry, we'll take care of everything."
"For Xiao Ai, all she needs to do is enjoy every day of her trip."
Haibara Ai nodded obediently.
"Let's go now, to Xiao Chunzhi's house~" Lin Xi put on her bag, "I'm ready to show my skills!"
Huiyuan Ai hesitated for a while, then asked:
"Sister Lin, are we going to fight tonight?"
This time even Sugishima Jun'e couldn't help laughing.
"No, Ai-chan," Sugishima Jun'e said, "Ms. Lin is going to cook a delicious meal."
“Eh, eh?”
"The purpose of showing off my skills is to target the ingredients." Lin Xi said with a smile, "How can I just beat someone up? I'm not that violent!"
Sugishima Jun'e, who had seen Lin Xi beat people up in the organization's training ground:?
…eyes shifted.
"It's been so long, so long, so long since I've eaten Sister Lin's cooking!"
Hiroki clenched his fists excitedly.
The last time I ate it was the day before.
At this time, his devilish little horns and tail were obediently retracted, and he became a sunny and cheerful little boy again.
"Ms. Lin, the vegetables have been bought," said Sugishima Jun'e. "Please let me help you out tonight! Um, I'm also great at washing vegetables!"
Don’t ask, if you do, it’s just like driving, I’ve practiced it specifically.
Whether it's the speed of washing vegetables or the cleanliness of the vegetables, she, Jun'e Sugishima, is not inferior to anyone!
"good."
Lin Xi agreed.
I still remember how Junzhi and Hiroki always peeked at her kitchen door, unable to resist wanting to help, but were always chased away by her.
She didn't let them help at that time because she felt that the children were already busy studying during the day, so she should just do things like cooking. The children just sat on the sofa and played for a while while waiting for food.
Now that I think about it, was she putting herself too much into the shoes of an East Asian parent?
Never mind. My kids are grown up now and have graduated with a master's degree.
Since the major educational plan has been completed, there is no harm in giving it a helping hand.
It can also cultivate children's ability to do housework and...um...sense of responsibility?
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Gurgle gurgle.
In a large copper pot, white soup and red soup were bubbling.
The alcohol under the copper pot was burning, and the steam rising from the simmering pot filled the warm little house with fragrance.
Ai Haihara and Hiroki Sawada held their bowls and chopsticks in their hands, staring at the fragrant hot pot. June Sugishima shuttled back and forth between the kitchen and the dining table, placing large and small plates filled with washed vegetables on the table.
Green vegetables, potato vermicelli, see you tomorrow (enoki mushrooms), yams, and potatoes were neatly cut; mutton rolls, beef, and shrimp were placed in a circle on crushed ice and served.
There are also freshly fried crispy pork with a circle of pepper and salt on the surface, fried rice cakes that are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside and sprinkled with soybean powder and thick red sugar syrup, iced peach juice sparkling water, and ice jelly sprinkled with black and white sesame seeds, hawthorn slices, raisins and diced watermelon.
The large copper pot standing in the middle of these plates is bent into a Tai Chi shape along the circle in the middle, dividing the red soup and the white soup into two distinct levels.
The red soup is filled with bright red peppers and Sichuan peppercorns, while the white soup is filled with green onions and red dates.
No matter what kind of soup it is, it is steaming hot and bubbling, waiting for the ingredients to be put in.
"Is Sister Lin still not well?"
Hiroki swallowed.
"Well... she said it would be ready soon, so she asked me to take out the dishes first." Sugishima Jun'e poured drinks for everyone, and especially added a lot of ice cubes to Lin Xi's glass.
The air was filled with steam, and when Lin Xi came out with the plate, she saw three pairs of eyes staring at her eagerly.
She laughed and put the plate on the table: "Let's eat."
"Great!" The three of them happily picked up their bowls and chopsticks, "Let's eat!"
"Hey, hey, what is this, Sister Lin?"
Hongshu sat next to Linxi, looked at the plate she brought over, and asked in surprise.
The tender white meat on the plate seemed too fresh and was still stirring reflexively.
"Frog." Lin Xi said with a smile, "Freshly peeled."
"What?" Hiroki asked in surprise, seeing fresh, still-throbbing meat for the first time. "What is that?"
"Bullfrog." Ai Haibara looked at the white meat curiously and called out its name: "Phylum Chordata, Class Amphibia, Order Anura, Family Ranidae, Genus Rana."
Once in the laboratory, she saw a "brother" of this creature - a frog.
Sometimes experiments use that kind of creature, sometimes it's mice, sometimes it's frogs.
When she dissected the frog, the frog meat was so white and tender.
She had heard that Chinese people eat bullfrogs, but she had never seen or eaten one.
This was her first time seeing a bullfrog.
Where did Sister Lin get the bullfrog?
Only freshly killed bullfrogs, whose local nerves and muscles have not yet died, will bounce like this.
Could it be that she hadn't been to the United States for so long that their supermarkets had started selling live bullfrogs?
"It's super delicious. You'll know once you try it." Lin Xi picked up some bullfrog meat and put it into the hot pot with a chopstick. "The meat is tender and easy to remove from the bones. It only needs to be cooked for four or five minutes. If you cook it for too long, the meat will become tough."
Of course, there are no live bullfrogs in American supermarkets.
As for why these bullfrogs are so fresh?
When a freshly skinned bullfrog is thrown into the system space, it comes out still as fresh as when it died.
System, an essential little helper at home.
Even the hot pot base was cooked by her at home and brought over.
She then put vegetables, meat, sweet potato starch, etc. into the hot pot, and asked everyone to put their favorite dishes into the pot.
Hot pot has become a part of Chinese culture.
Friends who haven't seen each other for a long time sat around the hot pot, eating the steaming hot pot and chatting, and time and space were condensed in this world.
Ai Haibara also felt a little dizzy in this atmosphere.
The Black Organization and the A-drug research, these things that had always been in her heart and occasionally came out to make her worry, were all put behind her tonight.
She ate so much that her belly was full, and Lin Xi carried her to the sofa, telling her not to eat any more and that he would accompany her outside to help digest the food later.
"Let's go to the supermarket," Lin Xi said, "buy some cat food and canned food for Coconut."
"It can't always eat salmon."
She didn't throw cat food in the system space... Maybe she should stock up some next time.
Upon hearing this, Coconut jumped over lightly and rubbed Lin Xi's leg affectionately.
"Don't worry, you won't be hungry anywhere." Lin Xi picked up the cat, "Even though you've become fat and out of shape, Coconut."
Coconut was furious and slapped Lin Xi's wrist hard with his tail.
Whose fault is that?! It's because the owner chopped off its balls, turning it into a jerk. So it can only turn its grief and anger into appetite!
Now you think it’s fat!
Reflect on this now, you bad poop scooper!
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night.
A supermarket near Junzhi's house.
"Hmm, there are so many brands... which one should I choose?"
Lin Xi stood beside the shelf full of cat food, pondering.
Although American supermarkets don't have live bullfrogs, they do have shelves full of pet supplies.
It is so dazzling and overwhelming.
Ai Haibara looked at the cat in her arms, tugged at the corner of Lin Xi's clothes, and pointed at one of them.
Lin Xi looked in the direction she pointed and was stunned.
She recognized it; it was the brand she often bought for Coconut in the villa near the organization's base five years ago.
She rubbed Huihara Ai's head and reached out to take down the bag of cat food: "Did Xiao Ai choose this?"
Huibara Ai nodded.
She didn't know why she chose this brand.
Although I know this coconut is not that coconut, but...
She still chose the brand that the white cat in her memory ate most often.
Coconut meowed in her arms and rubbed her arm.
"OK, this one will do."
Lin Xi easily picked up the bag of cat food.
She put the bag into the shopping cart and turned to Haibara Ai. Just as she was about to ask her to go back, she saw the little girl lowered her head and her face turned pale.
Lin Xi was very familiar with her reaction. Whenever Huiyuan Ai acted like this, she knew that another member of the organization must have appeared nearby.
Fortunately, Haibara Ai has gradually become desensitized through her training, and her reaction is not strong.
Lin Xi reached out to help her put on the hood.
Humph. What member of this organization is hanging around in this small supermarket again?
Lin Xi clicked on the system map dissatisfiedly.
Please, the world is so big, why are they everywhere?
Don’t you know that she, BOSS, is here on a secret visit?
Oh, it turns out that he is the undercover agent who has betrayed the organization. That’s okay.
When Lin Xi saw the words [Akai Shuichi] and [Judy Stelling] on the system map, he couldn't help but want to hold his forehead.
What's going on? It's late at night. Is the FBI working overtime?
And getting closer and closer to them.
"Ms. Lin!" Judy's surprised voice came from behind.
Lin Xi turned around helplessly, and in an instant, he managed his expression, showing a sense of surprise at the encounter, and blocked Huiyuan Ai behind him:
"Miss Judy! What a coincidence!"
"Are you here to shop at the supermarket too? Uh, with your boyfriend...?"
Judy quickly waved her hands: "Colleagues, colleagues!"
Ex-boyfriend, ex-boyfriend!
Ever since Shuichi went undercover in the organization, they broke up peacefully.
She now treats Shuichi like a colleague and has no such intentions!
"The FBI is really hard-working." Lin Xi said sincerely, "Working overtime so late... Do you get overtime pay?"
Even within the organization, the undercover agents from the FBI are the most diligent.
So their families should also have the highest pension...
Haha, what a hell of a joke.
Judy smiled awkwardly.
Overtime pay...of course not.
Departments like the FBI don't have working hours, so they just put the so-called "overtime pay" into the total salary.
Normal working hours...are more "free".
People don’t know which will come first, tomorrow or an accident, and the FBI doesn’t know which will come first, tomorrow or work.
Judy saw Huiyuan Ai hiding behind Lin Xi and thought:
This little girl is really shy.
It wasn't like this when we met in the afternoon.
As expected, was he scared by Shuichi's temperament?
She glanced at the man next to her, only to find that the short-haired man wearing a knitted hat was staring at the little girl behind Lin Xi.
And the cat in her arms.
The little girl seemed frightened by his gaze. She put on her hood and shrank behind Lin Xi.
Judy was just about to reprimand Shuichi Akai who was standing there and ask him not to stare at the child so fiercely, when she saw Shuichi take the initiative to reach out his hand towards Lin Xi.
"Akai Shuichi, FBI. It's not working hours now, so there's no overtime pay."
"Is that... your sister standing behind you?"
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