Ke Xue: My standards for dating are not problematic!

Chapter 401 says, "Are you two on a date?!"
"Good good!"

"These two guys didn't go home. They went to a bar and messed around. Now they're acting like young people, walking around late at night and even eating ramen."

"Are you really not related at all?"

Wearing a hat and a coat, revealing her sharp canine teeth, Sera Masumi watched the two figures from behind and couldn't help but grind her teeth.

She was originally at home, but the thought of her mother meeting with another man late at night, especially in a bar—a place for adults—made her uneasy.

This ignited her gossip-loving spirit.

Although she rarely talks about gossip, it doesn't mean she doesn't like it. No one can resist gossip, not even a detective like her.

So she left her house and crept over there stealthily.

Although she didn't know which bar her mother and Kitahara Natsuhiro were at before, she deduced it step by step from their conversation and the noise on the phone.

That's how they found the two people who were out partying late at night and not going home.

After all, she's a detective. It's normal for her to deduce things from a phone call!

This is so Ke Xue!
After all, Sera Masumi can do just as much as Conan can!
Conan: That's how amazing we detectives are!

"Although Mr. Kitahara is a young man, you, Mom, are not. Could it be that you two have really started a relationship?"

"But you two haven't had much contact, have you?"

"Could it be that you two started hooking up just because you had a meal at home last time?" Sera Masumi stood there and muttered to herself.

Suddenly, something occurred to her.

That was the last time Kitahara Natsuyu came to my house for dinner, but before we ate, they played some games.

His mother said that when she saw them playing games, she thought she was seeing her father and brothers playing games.

Is that why the two of them started having an affair?

“Although I have no objection,” Sera Masumi scratched her cheek, “I just can’t bring myself to call Kitahara-sensei, who’s not much older than me, ‘Dad.’”

"And, Mom, you actually like dating younger men!"

"However, with so many women around Mr. Kitahara, will there be any problems if my mother follows him? Oh well, that's not something I should be thinking about."

"But they went inside to eat ramen while I had to stand outside in the wind, which was really too much."

"Then you..."

"Let's go in together!"

Suddenly, Sera Masumi heard a voice in her ear. Upon hearing the voice, her expression changed, and she instinctively jumped away from where she was and looked behind her.

"who?!"

When she stood in place and saw the person behind her, the terrifying expression on her face vanished, replaced by a blank stare and her cheeks twitching: "Mom, it's Kitahara-sensei!"

Behind her stood two people, Kitahara Natsuhiro and Sera Mari, who had gone to the ramen shop.

"Good evening, Makoto," Kitahara Natsuyu said with a smile.

Sera Masumi's stalking was not out of his sight at all, and the same was true for Sera Marie, who also discovered that someone was following the two of them.

After all, she was a former special agent, and she hadn't lost her basic professionalism. Besides, everything Sera Masumi knew was taught to her by her.

Now Sera Masumi is using what she taught her to follow me; she's really going against the grain!
So, after they went to the ramen shop, they sneaked out from the back to give that idiot Sera Masumi a surprise.

Just as they guessed, Sera Makoto was genuinely frightened; her expression just now was quite terrifying, and she even seemed to want to hit someone!
Go against Tiangang!
"Sumiko, you've really made something of yourself." Sera Mary didn't have time for greetings; instead, she narrowed her eyes and said, "Using what I taught you to follow your own mother, it seems I haven't disciplined you in a long time. You're itching for a beating!"

Her education of Sera Masumi included a lot of knowledge, as well as education in love.

As for this education of love, it naturally involved training Sera Makoto's martial arts skills.

After all, a girl needs her own means of self-defense, especially since Sera Masumi is also planning to investigate the black organization and become a detective, so self-defense is naturally indispensable.

That's how Sera Masumi has grown up.

"Sigh," Sera Masumi trembled subconsciously, scratched her cheek, and changed the subject: "I came to find you because I saw that you hadn't come back yet, Mom. I was worried that something had happened to you. I didn't mean to follow you and Kitahara-sensei walking around and eating late at night!"

"Hmph, you've already confessed!" Sera Mary snorted irritably when she heard this. "You have school tomorrow, what are you doing out so late at night?"

"Besides, I'm your mother. I've eaten more rice than you've eaten salt. What could possibly happen to me?"

Hearing this, Sera Masumi pursed her lips, wanting to say something, but ultimately didn't.

My dad was the same way; he disappeared for over a decade, and we don't know if he's alive or dead.

She ultimately didn't say those words aloud, afraid of hurting her mother's feelings.

Moreover, she didn't have much affection for her father, whom she had never met.

After all, Sera Masumi was a posthumous child, and Akai Tsutomu had already disappeared without a trace after she was born.

"Alright." Kitahara Natsuyu looked at the two of them and said with a smile, "It's not good to talk about this in the middle of the night. Besides, aren't we hungry? Let's go to a ramen shop and get something to eat."

"Masumi, you should come too. We were planning to go back right after we finished eating ramen anyway."

Hearing Kitahara Natsuhiro's words, Sera Mary didn't say anything more, but tapped Sera Masumi's forehead: "Don't do it again."

"Okay, Mom."

Soon after, Kitahara Natsuhiro, Sera Masumi, and Sera Mari arrived at a ramen shop not far away.

"Welcome!" the shop assistant at the counter greeted warmly.

This ramen shop isn't very big; there's only seating at the counter, about ten people. But because it was late at night, there weren't many customers, only two or three.

So, Kitahara Natsuhiro and the other two chose a corner to sit down.

To avoid being nagged by her nagging mother, Sera Masumi sat between the two of them, acting as a buffer.

However, this combination looks more like a family of three.

"What would you like to eat, sir?"

A staff member came over, holding a menu, handed it to them, and asked them a question.

Upon hearing this, Kitahara Natsumi replied without hesitation, "Tonkotsu ramen, large size, with extra meat."

"Okay, please wait a moment. Where are the two ladies?"

"I want miso ramen."

"Tonkotsu ramen, please!" Sera Masumi chose miso ramen, while Sera Mary chose the same tonkotsu ramen as Kitahara Natsuhiro, only in a smaller portion without meat.

After all, eating too much in the middle of the night can easily lead to weight gain, and if you do gain weight, losing it will be a big problem.

So try your best to restrain yourself!

"Okay, please wait."

The staff member nodded, then shouted towards the distance, "Two bowls of tonkotsu ramen, one large with extra meat, and one normal."

"A bowl of miso ramen."

"it is good!"

The ramen chef below responded with a comment, then began preparing the ingredients and started making the noodles.

At this moment, Kitahara Natsuyu and his two companions were drinking the ice water provided by the shop, waiting for their ramen to arrive.

While they were waiting, two or three other customers left the store, leaving only the three of them and the two employees.

However, while waiting, the three of them didn't say anything and just quietly waited for the ramen to arrive.

Not long after, the ramen finally arrived, which eased the slight awkwardness among the three of them.

"Oh, this looks delicious!" Sera Masumi looked at the ramen, picked up the disposable chopsticks next to her, then picked up the spoon, and took a sip of the soup: "This soup is really good!"

"The noodles are really chewy!"

She likes to eat noodles, although they aren't the kind that are particularly delicious, but they taste really good.

Having a bowl of ramen like this late at night is truly a treat!

"It's really good." Kitahara Natsumi nodded as he ate his noodles with meat.

When it comes to ramen, Japan does a really good job, with a wide variety of flavors and has developed its own unique style.

In contrast, the Great Cold Kingdom is full of instant noodles and kimchi; delicious food is extremely scarce.

Even with such scarcity, they still believed that kimchi was the best food in the world, and even tried to use kimchi to get soldiers to fight for them.

Unfortunately, they're not stupid; who would risk their life for just some kimchi?
"Don't change the subject!" Sera Mary took a bite of noodles, turned to look at her daughter, and said, "Don't go out at night next time, it's dangerous."

She knew that the streets of Tokyo at night were not safe, even for someone as skilled as Sera Masumi.

In addition, this is Beika Town, where criminals are rampant, so you might just run into one.

She doesn't want to be an elderly person who dies before her child!

Now, she's not worried about her eldest son, whom she hasn't contacted in a long time, nor about her second son, whom she's already adopted. Instead, she's worried about her youngest daughter, who acts impulsively and doesn't think much about the consequences.

Yes, Sera Masumi sometimes does things without considering the consequences.

In the movie, she went with Conan to chase a criminal suspect carrying a sniper rifle, which caused a huge disturbance on the main road. The suspect even fired a shot, resulting in a series of car accidents, and even a police car was blown up by a grenade.

It can be said that Sera Masumi, as a detective, is intelligent, but sometimes she is not, just like Conan Edogawa.

Is this what happens after you become a detective?

"Okay." Sera Masumi put down her chopsticks and spoon, raised her hand and swore, "I swear, I will never go out late at night again, and I will never go out after nine o'clock. Is that alright?"

Upon hearing this, Sera Mary nodded, finally letting go of her silly daughter.

"Alright, you two hurry up and eat your noodles!" Kitahara Natsumi said with a smile, "Don't talk about these things so late at night."

"Besides, Masumi is a little adult now, she'll be fine."

"Why add 'little' when you're an adult?" Sera Masumi pouted!
"Only seventeen years old, he's quite young to begin with," Kitahara Natsuyu laughed.

Sera Masumi is not only young, but also has a great figure.

Aside from her appearance, she really doesn't look like Sera Mari's daughter at all. Is it a genetic mutation?
Sera Masumi and Sera Mary, however, didn't pick up on the hidden meaning in her words; after all, seventeen was still quite young.

"Sigh, when will I ever grow up!" Sera Masumi sighed.

Now she really wants to grow up right away so she can do what she wants and stop listening to her mom's nagging, or even move out so she can be carefree.

“Actually,” Kitahara Natsuyu paused, “compared to growing up, I would rather go back to the past, back to my childhood.”

"Why?" Sera Masumi asked, somewhat puzzled.

Everyone wants to grow up, but why does Kitahara Natsuhiro want to go back to the past?

At this moment, Sera Mary said, "Because adults have too many worries."

"Most adults are working hard for their daily meals and basic necessities, while you children only need to play and have fun, and don't need to think about anything else."

"You envy that we can do whatever we want, but we envy your carefree life!"

She was once a carefree girl, but she became melancholic as she grew up because she had many things to worry about every day.

My own affairs, my children's affairs, my work affairs
So adults and children are opposites!
"Hmm, I don't really understand." Sera Masumi scratched her cheek upon hearing this, unsure of what to say.

She doesn't understand the meaning of these words at all right now.

If we kick Sera Masumi out of the house and make her fend for herself, she'll probably soon realize how hard life is, and then she'll understand the meaning of these words.

“If you don’t understand, you don’t understand!” Sera Mary smiled and said, “You are still young and can enjoy your youth. But it won’t be so easy when you grow up.”

"A lot of troubles will follow, and that's when you'll grow up."

“That’s true.” Kitahara Natsuyu took a bite of noodles and said, “Of course, if you’re very rich, then low-level troubles won’t bother you, and you won’t have so many worries.”

"A trivial trouble?" Sera Masumi asked. "Then what are your troubles, Kitahara-sensei?"

She knew that Kitahara Natsuyu was quite wealthy.

"My worries?" Kitahara Natsuyu thought for a moment: "I don't have any worries for the time being, and I quite like my current life."

"Eat, sleep, chat with women when you're bored, and then go to work."

"I'm quite satisfied with this kind of life."

After all, Conan's world isn't an adventure world, so there's no need to work too hard, and there are lots of beautiful women, which he loves!

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Sera Masumi and Sera Mary were both speechless!
(End of this chapter)