Ke Xue: My standards for dating are not problematic!

Chapter 119 Eri Kisaki's Hidden Weapon, the Button on Her Chest
Eri Kisaki, who came to keep the appointment, didn't have time to change into casual clothes and was wearing her work clothes instead.

A purple women's suit, black high heels, and black stockings.

The purple suit accentuated Eri Kisaki's figure perfectly, her ample bosom making the suit bulge, and the buttons seemed slightly taut, as if with a little force, they might be freed and fly away.

This button has an elasticity that shouldn't be there for its age.

Her waist was slender enough to be encircled by one hand, and the tight-fitting pencil skirt accentuated her pert buttocks. Her beautiful legs appeared even longer and straighter beneath the black stockings. She wore exquisite makeup and square-framed glasses, and her hair was styled in a bun at the back of her head.

"Hiss, a girl in black stockings and glasses, I like her."

Kitahara Natsuyu glanced into the kitchen and was immediately awestruck.

It wasn't that Eri Kisaki was prettier than Yukiko, but rather that he really liked her outfit, which perfectly suited his taste.

If Kiko wore this kind of business suit, she would definitely be no worse than Eri Kisaki.

Yukiko had only visited his house twice, and he hadn't had time to prepare these clothes yet.

But it's not a big problem. He can just buy some. Anyway, he knows Yukiko inside and out, and he knows her measurements perfectly well. He can just buy them directly.

In addition, he also planned to buy some outfits for Akiko.

He's a good man; he would never favor one over the other. What Yuuko has, Akiko will also have.

At this moment, Yukiko also brought Eri Kisaki to the spot where Ran had reserved.

"Ms. Kisaki, this is the menu." Yukiko opened the menu and handed it to Eri Kisaki: "We'll also have tea and fruit later."

Would you like barley tea or water?

Upon hearing this, Eri Kisaki smiled slightly: "Thank you, just give me some water."

"OK, just a second."

Yukiko nodded, her thoughts a mix of emotions as she turned away.

"Eri, you're still so beautiful. You used to envy my life, but now I envy yours." Yukiko sighed.

After graduating from high school, she became an idol, and after achieving great success, she withdrew from the spotlight and became a housewife for nearly 20 years. This caused her to fall behind the pace of life and feel lost about her future.

Eri Kisaki has always been a high achiever and is exceptionally talented.

She had the opportunity to study at Harvard during high school, but she gave it up for Kogoro Mouri and chose to enter the University of Tokyo, where she entered with a perfect score.

However, after graduating from the University of Tokyo, she did not go directly to become a lawyer, but instead chose to become a housewife like Yukiko, taking care of Ran and Kogoro Mouri's daily life.

After that, she separated from Kogoro Mouri, and she experienced a second spring in her life, becoming a renowned and undefeated queen in the legal profession.

This made Yukiko very envious.

If she had known it would turn out this way, she wouldn't have been so impulsive as to give up everything.

Fortunately, she is doing well now, with Kitahara Natsuhiro and Chris by her side.

Eri Kisaki watched Yukiko's departing figure, her brows furrowed, thinking to herself, "Is it really not Yukiko? She looks so much like her, and I have a feeling that I've seen her before."

"However, Yukiko probably wouldn't work in a place like this, and she doesn't need to work."

The two women were high school classmates and even competed for the title of Princess Teitan. After their marriage, their families continued to keep in touch because of their children.

Although we're not best friends, we have a very good relationship.

Therefore, she was quite familiar with Yukiko and knew that Yukiko should be living the life of a wealthy housewife in the United States at this time, so how could she possibly be working at this restaurant?

"I was overthinking it."

Eri Kisaki shook her head and looked at the menu on the table. When she opened the menu, she was stunned for a moment.

"So Xiaolan chose Chinese food. No wonder she said she would give me a surprise."

"However, I'm very picky about Chinese food, so I hope Xiaolan's judgment is correct."

Although she is not good at cooking, she has been to many high-end restaurants because of her work and has been studying in cooking classes for decades.

My tongue has been thoroughly tested and refined; I could be considered a semi-gourmet.

Even so, she still couldn't tell the difference between good and bad food when she ate it herself.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been making such terrible dishes day after day for decades.

Jingle Bell.
Just then, the restaurant door was pushed open again, and this time Ran and Conan entered.

After Xiaolan came in, she looked in a certain direction, and when she saw someone in the seat, she breathed a sigh of relief and waved, saying, "Mom."

Upon hearing Ran's voice, Eri looked in the direction of the sound and smiled, "Ran."

Conan, who was standing nearby, followed Ran's gaze and saw Eri Kisaki in her seat.

"Aunt Eri is still so beautiful. I don't know what good things Uncle Mori did to marry such a wife, and he doesn't even know how to cherish her."

"Dad is the same!"

In his mind now, his father, Yusaku Kudo, and Kogoro Mouri are the same type of people.

The two are evenly matched, just like the difference between the eldest and second eldest brothers.

"Conan, let's go over there."

Ran smiled and walked towards where Eri was.

"it is good."

Conan nodded and followed Ran's footsteps.

Soon, Ran and Conan took their seats.

"Mom, when did you arrive?"

Ran moved her chair around, took Eri's right arm, and leaned on her shoulder.

Seeing Ran like this, Eri Kisaki smiled indulgently and patted her head: "You're a grown-up now, why are you still acting like this?"

Hearing this, Xiaolan smiled and said, "Even though I'm sixteen years old now, I'm still my mother's daughter, so there's nothing wrong with that."

"Yes, yes, you'll always be my daughter who never grows up." Eri Kisaki smiled and turned to look at Conan beside her: "He's the Edogawa Conan you mentioned on the phone, right?"

Although she wasn't at the Mouri Detective Agency, she would call Ran every few days to ask about her recent situation.

Therefore, she is very familiar with the situation of this family and naturally knows about the existence of Conan Edogawa.

However, she didn't know that Conan's mother was the waitress who had just served her.

"Hello, Aunt Eri."

Conan pulled down his mask and greeted everyone with a smile.

When Eri Kisaki saw Conan pull down his mask, she paused for a moment, then blurted out a name: "Shinichi Kudo?"

Upon hearing this name, Conan's smile froze, and he began to sweat profusely.

Still so perceptive, I hope we haven't really been discovered.

I was wearing my glasses properly, so they shouldn't have noticed.

“Mom, Conan isn’t Shinichi. Although he looks a lot like Shinichi, he’s not. He’s a distant relative of Professor Agasa.” Ran explained, “And Conan’s mother also works at this store. Because of some family troubles, she asked Professor Agasa to let her stay with her.”

"However, Professor Agasa isn't very good at taking care of children, so he asked me to take care of them."

After hearing Ran's explanation, Conan was almost moved to tears; Ran had done him a huge favor.

"A distant relative of Professor Agasa?" Eri Kisaki repeated, glancing at Conan, and continued, "Does his family pay child support?"

She didn't want to see Xiaolan suffer so much just to take care of this boy.

If that were the case, she would feel sorry for him and might even chase Conan away. Although Conan is a distant relative of Professor Agasa, to her, Conan is just an insignificant stranger.

"Yes, I did. A few days ago, Professor Agasa gave me ten million yen, saying it was for Conan's lodging here, and told me not to be shy," Ran said.

Actually, this wasn't Professor Agasa's money, but rather Yusaku Kudo instructed Professor Agasa to give it to Ran.

"That's good." Eri Kisaki nodded. "But why did he have Professor Agasa transfer the money to you when his mother works here?"

She sensed something was wrong.

Upon hearing this, Ran looked around and whispered, "Actually, Conan's parents are preparing for a divorce, supposedly because of his father. Conan's mother left home because of this, which is why she works here. The money was given to Professor Agasa by Conan's father."

Although Ran didn't explicitly state the reasons for the divorce and her departure, Eri Kisaki, being a lawyer, had already filled in the blanks in her mind.

It was nothing more than her husband having an affair and kicking her out; she had actually experienced something like that.

Then she made the man pay the price in court.

However, Conan's father hadn't gone too far; he still gave Conan some child support. But Conan's mother...
Thinking of this, Eri Kisaki's gaze towards Conan changed, a hint of pity flashing in her eyes. What a pitiful little guy.

She didn't have a complete family at such a young age, which is so similar to Xiaolan's situation.

Thinking about this, her resentment towards Kogoro Mouri increased even more.

Back then, she endured the pain to cook for Kogoro Mouri, wanting to thank him, but Kogoro Mouri not only didn't appreciate it, but also said that her cooking was terrible and didn't say a single kind word.

That's why she reluctantly left Xiaolan and went out to make a living on her own.

Now, Conan is in the same situation as Ran, they're in the same boat.

"Conan, from now on, treat this place as your own home. If you have any difficulties, just tell Auntie, and Auntie will help you."

“I can even take your mother to court.”

Eri Kisaki looked at Conan and gave him a gentle smile.

Upon hearing this, Conan nodded vigorously and said with a smile, "Thank you, Aunt Eri."

There's no need for a lawsuit; my dad is already prepared to leave with nothing.

At this moment, Yukiko came over with a tray and placed a glass of water and some fruit in front of each of the three people. Conan's glass of water was warm.

"Here is your water and fruit, please enjoy."

"Thank you."

Ran and Eri thanked her.

Yukiko smiled and said, "Actually, I should be the one saying thank you. Thank you so much for taking such good care of my son. I am truly grateful."

Yukiko held the tray in both hands, placed it on her abdomen, took a step back, and bowed to Ran and Eri to express her gratitude.

"Aunt Wendai."

Ran stepped forward and quickly helped Yukiko up.

"Thank you, Ran." Yukiko smiled and walked over. "Ms. Kisaki, have you chosen what to eat?"

Eri nodded and said, "One garlic ribs, one sweet and sour pork, one boiled pork slices, and one steamed egg with minced meat, that's all."

"Ok."

Yukiko wrote down the dishes in her notebook, then repeated them. After confirming that everything was correct, she prepared to go to the kitchen and hand the menu to Kitahara Natsuhiro.

At that moment, Eri Kisaki suddenly called out to Yukiko, "Wait, please accept this."

As she spoke, she took out a business card from her bag and handed it to Yukiko; it was the business card of her law firm.

“If you need anything, you can call the number on this page, and I will do my best to help you.” Eri Kisaki said with a serious expression.

Since she's in this situation, she has to lend a hand no matter what.

Yukiko stared at the business card in her hand for a moment, then realized what it meant and smiled slightly: "If needed, I will definitely make this call."

"Please wait a moment, the food will be served shortly."

"sorry to bother you."

Afterwards, Yukiko left, taking the menu with her to the kitchen and sticking a sticky note on it.

"Boss, these are the dishes Xiaolan and the others ordered. Thank you for your help."

Kitahara Natsuyu nodded, glanced at the dishes on the sticky note, and smiled, "Thank you for your hard work, Fumiyo-nee."

Yukiko winked at Kitahara Natsuyu: "Then I'll go out and get busy."

"Ah."

After Yukiko left, Kitahara Natsuhiro went all out.

In no time at all, garlic ribs, sweet and sour pork, boiled sliced ​​pork, and steamed egg with minced meat were all ready, and then Yukiko brought them over.

Looking at the delicious-looking dishes in front of her, Eri Kisaki's appetite was whetted. Without being polite to Ran, she said, "Let's eat!" and started eating.

After tasting it, Eri Kisaki gave the same review as the other guests.

Even vaguely.

"Mom, the restaurant I chose, isn't the food pretty good?"

Seeing her happy mother, Xiaolan felt happy too.

If things go smoothly, I can tentatively ask about it later.

Upon hearing this, Eri Kisaki smiled and said, "The taste is indeed very good, I like it very much."

After saying that, she casually tugged at her clothes.

Xiaolan happened to see this scene, subconsciously looked at her mother, leaned closer, and whispered, "Mom, have you gained weight recently?"

Upon hearing this, Eri Kisaki's smile vanished instantly. She instinctively straightened her back, puffing out her suit jacket, and put on a stern face: "What nonsense are you talking about? How could I possibly gain weight?"

"No, not at all!"

Actually, she has gained a little weight recently.

Because I recently took on a big case, I have to write copy and research every night until very late, so I go out for a late-night snack.

As a result, I gained a little weight.

The consequence of gaining weight is that clothes become a little tight, especially after eating.

"Yes, yes, you haven't gained any weight at all." Xiaolan covered her mouth and laughed.

Conan, standing to the side, was also trembling slightly, as if he was trying to suppress a laugh.

"Hmph, you brat, how dare you laugh at your old woman!"

Eri Kisaki pursed her lips, put down her chopsticks, and prepared to unbutton her suit jacket.

But at that moment, something unexpected happened.

Having endured so much pressure, the buttons could no longer hold on and were flung away by the powerful elasticity.

Snapped!
Kitahara Natsuyu instinctively reached out and grabbed the unidentified flying object, then looked down and opened his palm to examine it.

"It's actually a button."

He followed the direction the button came from and saw a tall, imposing figure with a white shirt peeking out from under it because of the missing button.

(End of this chapter)