Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 200 is broken, let them taste the sweetness!
The person was sent back by Tachibana Shizuka at noon the next day. After returning to the office, Maori Kogoro and Tachibana Shizuka, the old man and the young man, never mentioned the conversation last night, as if it had never happened.

There are some things that Tachibana Shizuka can tell Xiaolan without any burden, but there are some things that would obviously be considered as meddling if he told them.

After all, Kogoro Mouri is Ran's biological father.

What's more, Kogoro Mouri has been pretending to be ignorant for so many years. It's obvious that something is wrong.

The reason why Tachibana Shizuka is better than Conan is that although he is also curious, this curiosity is not enough to make him resolutely investigate the problem.

The truth will eventually come out, and Tachibana Shizuka has no lack of patience.

Xiaolan adapted quickly to the days without Conan, or it should be said that Xiaolan had always lived without Conan.

Without Conan, the housework falling on Xiaolan is actually much less. At least Xiaolan doesn't need to go home on time every day to prepare dinner for Conan.

Xiaolan also has more time and space for herself. For example, after school, after taking Tachibana Shizuka to exercise, Xiaolan can go shopping with Tachibana Shizuka and Sonoko without any scruples and explore the newly opened shops in the food court.

For example, today they tried the new Chinese restaurant in the department store.

"Emmmm, who on earth taught them to put strawberries in their mapo tofu? Do they still have any sense of public morality?

Their chefs and Chinese cooking teachers should all be hanged from telephone poles."

Tachibana Shizuka had a bitter face as if he had seen something dirty, and that was indeed the case. He had indeed seen something dirty just now.

When Tachibana Seiji came with Xiaolan and Sonoko, he thought there would be some surprises when he saw the big words "Authentic" on the restaurant sign.

The result was indeed a surprise. Tachibana Shizuka felt like he had seen a ghost for a moment.

Compared to Tachibana Shizuka's strong reaction, Sonoko and Ran were much calmer. Although Sonoko had eaten proper Chinese food, she was a native Japanese after all, so she was very receptive to some modified dishes.

Xiaolan is a typical victim of inauthentic Japanese-Chinese food.

If one day Xiaolan goes to Sichuan for a trip and asks the chef why she doesn't put strawberries in Mapo Tofu while eating it, the chef will have to use a spatula to keep her away in order to cause an international impact.

To be honest, since they met Tachibana Shizuka, Xiaolan and Sonoko have never seen him so excited.

Especially Xiaolan, for some reason she suddenly wanted to drag Tachibana Shizuka back to the Chinese restaurant for another meal.

Isn’t Tachibana Seiji very cute with a bitter and horrified face?

Just as Tachibana Shizuka was complaining to the two girls beside him, he suddenly noticed a car parked on the side of the road.

"Isn't this Officer Shiratori's car?" Tachibana Shizuka looked at the license plate and found that it was indeed Shiratori's car.

Yuanzi subconsciously looked around. Generally, when you see a police car during working hours, it might mean that something happened nearby.

It wasn't that Yuanzi was obsessed with being a detective; she just wanted to see if there was anything interesting happening nearby.

This is a genetic imprint shared by all human beings.

"Over there." Xiaolan tugged at Tachibana Shizuka and Sonoko, pointing in another direction. Shiratori was walking towards them from that direction.

"Officer Shiratori~" Sonoko waved to Shiratori. Seeing the three of them, Shiratori took a few quick steps and came to them.

"Shizuoka, Ran, Sonoko, what a coincidence."

"What a coincidence! Officer Shiratori is out on work?" Tachibana Seiji asked curiously.

Despite asking, Tachibana Shizuka didn't think Shiratori was actually out on the job. Usually, detectives conducted investigations in pairs. Shiratori was here alone, so either the case wasn't serious or she was on vacation.

Shiratori's answer quickly confirmed Tachibana Shizuka's suspicions: "No, it's not a case. Today happens to be my day off, so I came here to take care of some personal matters."

"Is that so?" Neither Tachibana Shizuka, Sonoko, nor Ran had any intention of inquiring into Shiratori's private affairs.

Since they've said it's a private matter, just say it if you want to. If they don't want to talk about it, how rude of abrupt would you be if you keep asking?
Not asking further questions is not a question of politeness, but a question of whether you have good manners.

But Shiratori obviously wanted to say something, and his personal affairs were also related to Tachibana Shizuka and the others.

"By the way, since we met here, it saves me from having to look for you guys." Shiratori opened the car door and rummaged through the glove compartment for a while.

Then three invitations appeared in his hands.

"Officer Shiratori, are you getting married?!" After discovering that the invitation in her hand was an invitation to an engagement ceremony, Sonoko looked at Shiratori in shock.

"I do think so." Shiratori smiled bitterly, and couldn't help but think of Sato Miwako in his heart.

He has always had a question in his mind: can a person's personality be so different when he is a child and when he grows up?

But looks can't be deceiving.
"My sister's engagement ceremony is next month, and I sincerely invite the three of you to attend." The Shiratori family is quite polite, and he then said that he would personally deliver the invitation to their elders.

In fact, Shiratori has been busy with this matter all day.

"Officer Shiratori's sister." Sonoko hesitated as she looked at the invitation in her hand. It wasn't that she didn't want to attend the engagement ceremony, but the wedding they attended not long ago ended too bizarrely.

The groom was taken away by the police on the spot, and the bride almost became a victim. This plot was really too dramatic.

Shiratori was also an eyewitness to the Matsumoto family wedding, so she could naturally see what Sonoko was thinking.

At that moment, Bai Niao patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, there will be absolutely no accidents at our family's engagement party!"

Tachibana Shizuka on the side slowly retracted his half-extended hand. At this moment, Shiratori was obviously the old general on the stage, with flags all over his body.

Shiratori's assurance was very powerful to Sonoko, and she nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, Officer Shiratori, I won't be absent when the time comes!"

"We will also be there on time." Tachibana Shizuka and Xiaolan nodded in tacit understanding.

"In that case, how about we go to Ginza tomorrow and look for some beautiful dresses?"

Ordinary people probably won’t care what you wear to your engagement party, as long as you dress appropriately.

But the Shiratori family is a famous family in the legal field after all, so it is normal for Shiratori's sister to wear a dress to attend her engagement party.

Xiaolan agreed with a smile, and Tachibana Shizuka also found that he seemed to need a suit - he couldn't attend the party in the uniform of Teitan High School.

When the next day came, Tachibana Shizuka found that he seemed to have fallen into Sonoko's trap.

"Look, you're not playing dress-up with me, are you? You didn't come to see the dresses? How many clothes have I changed this morning?"

It was not until then that Tachibana Shizuka realized one thing - as the eldest daughter of the Suzuki family, if Sonoko wanted a dress, why did she need to go to the store in person to see it?

The so-called trip to Ginza to look at dresses is simply a sinister excuse for shopping!
Looking at the excited Sonoko and Xiaolan, Tachibana Seiji realized: Oh no, they got a taste of the sweetness!

(End of this chapter)