I'm in Conan, I'm not a gangster

Chapter 13 Shelter (1 more)
"I haven't known Sonoko for very long, we haven't been together long enough, and I don't know her well enough." Shiraishi Hui avoided Xiaolan's question in a tactful way.

"That's true." Xiaolan nodded in understanding, with a cunning look in her eyes, and said, "In other words... you don't hate Yuanzi?"

"Well, of course I don't hate it." Shiraishi Hui didn't pay attention to Xiaolan's expression when she said this.

When he arrived at the intersection, he did not separate from Xiaolan, but continued walking along her way home.

"Huh? Aren't you going home?" Xiaolan asked curiously.

"Yes, but I have to go to the supermarket." Shiraishi Hui replied.

He has been looking for a restaurant near his home that suits his taste to solve the problem of dinner.

However, after trying them all, I still couldn't find one that satisfied me.

There was no choice but to cook by himself.

Xiaolan originally thought that Shiraishi Hui went to the supermarket to buy some bento and took them home to heat them up in the microwave.

But when she saw him skillfully selecting various fruits, vegetables and meats, she was a little surprised: "Shiraishi-kun, are you going back to make dinner for yourself?"

"Yeah." Shiraishi Hui nodded casually, not thinking there was anything wrong with it.

"That's amazing!" Xiaolan praised repeatedly: "Shinichi just can't cook. Every time he buys some bento and heats it up at home! What else can he say? He doesn't want to waste time on dinner."

After hearing what Xiaolan said, Shiraishi paused for a moment. Only then did he realize that he had traveled through time. Some things that were taken for granted seemed unusual in this country.

He didn't expect that he would be praised for being able to cook dinner.

At this time, Xiaolan suddenly thought of something and invited Bai Shihui repeatedly: "Mr. Bai Shi, do you want to come to my place for dinner tonight?"

"Huh?" Shiraishi Hui was very surprised. She didn't expect that Xiaolan would take the initiative to invite her to her house for dinner.

"You taught me karate, so I wanted to treat you to a meal to express my gratitude." Xiaolan said a little embarrassedly.

The other person taught me karate so seriously, but I got nothing in return.

This made her feel like she was taking advantage of someone.

Shiraishi E originally wanted to just say "please treat me to afternoon tea", but then she thought, Xiaolan didn't have much pocket money, and she didn't have time to have afternoon tea now. Besides, it would be nice to get to know Kogoro Mouri in advance.

After all, most of the cases in Conan are related to each other.

Thinking of this, he nodded and agreed.

"That's great!" Xiaolan cheered happily, happy that she could do something.

She asked very considerately: "Then Shiraishi-kun, do you have any favorite dishes?"

"Yes, Chinese food." After saying this, Shiraishi thought of the magical changes made to Chinese food in local restaurants, and added: "Can you cook authentic Chinese food?"

"Yes! I learned it online before." Xiaolan nodded and said confidently: "Then I will pick a few Chinese dishes that I am good at!!"

In order to show off her cooking skills, she started to select ingredients.

After spending more than ten minutes in total, Xiaolan finally took the ingredients to the cashier to pay with satisfaction.

But after leaving the supermarket, she had only taken two steps when Bai Shihui called her: "Xiaolan, wait a moment."

"Hmm? Is there anything else?" Xiaolan stopped holding the ingredients.

"I'm waiting for a friend." Shiraishi Hui said and looked back towards the supermarket.

At this time, an office worker came out with a bag in his hand. Shiraishi walked up to him, handed him some money, took the bag and thanked him.

He came back and said to Xiaolan: "Okay, let's go."

"What is this?" Xiaolan looked at the bag curiously as she walked.

"I bought some gifts for Mr. Mori." Shiraishi E would definitely not be stupid enough to go empty-handed.

"From this appearance...could it be...a bar?" Xiaolan had some vague guesses.

"Yes." Shiraishi Hui admitted it generously.

Xiaolan understood what the other person had done. She said in surprise, "You...you're asking someone else to buy you some wine?"

"Yes." Shiraishi looked at Xiaolan's hesitant expression and immediately said, "This is for Mr. Maori. I won't drink it."

After getting this assurance, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, a strong sense of justice and morality forced Xiaolan to say: "But... Shiraishi-kun, what you are doing is illegal. If you are caught by the police..."

Before the other party could finish, Bai Shihui interrupted immediately and said, "Xiaolan, you will keep it a secret for me, right? You don't want to see me being arrested by the police for buying a gift for your father, right?"

Faced with this moral kidnapping, Xiaolan was powerless to resist. She said helplessly: "I won't tell anyone... But it's only this time, don't do it again next time!"

"Well, I promise!" Shiraishi Hui gave the promise without thinking.

Covering up something like this is the same as cheating on your partner, there are only zero times and countless times.
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Arrived at the Maori Detective Agency.

Shiraishi E followed him up to the second floor and saw Kogoro Mori with a face full of stubble.

He was lying on the sofa, drinking a can of beer and watching TV, his clothes were baggy and his hair was messy.

He was dressed like a typical frustrated middle-aged man.

The office was also a mess, with cigarette butts, beer cans, documents, and discarded paper balls scattered everywhere.

The air was still filled with the smell of alcohol and cigarettes.

In a word, chaos.

"Dad! Didn't I just clean up the place yesterday? Why is it so messy again today?!" Xiaolan was shocked.

She regretted bringing her classmates back!
"I was looking through the documents and accidentally messed them up." Kogoro Mori said nonchalantly after taking a sip of beer.

"Really? Can't you clean up yourself?" Xiaolan's face turned red with embarrassment.
When her classmates saw how messy her home was, she wanted to dig a hole and crawl into it.

"There are no guests coming, why are you cleaning up?" Maori Kogoro said, then glanced at Shiraishi Hui standing at the door, raised his eyebrows and said, "Huh? Xiaolan, he is... your boyfriend? How come you are in a relationship so early? Didn't I tell you? Study hard in high school and don't fall in love!!"

As soon as he started to get angry, Xiaolan picked up a shoe on the ground and smashed it hard on Kogoro Mouri's face.

She said angrily: "You should drink less alcohol and talk nonsense all day long!"

"This is the classmate Shiraishi E whom I mentioned before."

"He's the one who helped me train in karate!!"

(End of this chapter)