Ke Xue: Mastering Observation Haki at the start

"I wanted to ask... well, I mean..." Just as he was about to speak, Kyogoku Makoto couldn't find the words for some reason. His slightly dark face flushed red, but after feeling Kachin's gaze, he became serious and stopped hesitating to ask, "What is your relationship with that Ms. Suzuki?"

Jia Chen: ?

I've already taken my clothes off, and this is all you're asking?

Isn't the encounter between men more appealing than Sonoko Suzuki's?

“Just friends.” Jia Chen paused, his hand, which was about to take off his clothes, then put it in the inside pocket of his trench coat, took out a cigarette case, lit it, and said, “But don’t worry, she doesn’t have a boyfriend right now.”

After Jia Chen saw through his thoughts, Kyogoku Makoto blushed and was somewhat at a loss for words.

“However, you’ve finished asking your questions.” Jia Chen threw away the cigarette in his hand, his eyes as turbulent as a red sea. “I still have questions.”

Kyogoku Makoto's expression instantly turned serious. In that brief moment, he could feel every cell in his body warning him of the danger posed by the man opposite him...

Although it doesn't seem dangerous at all, this contrast maximizes the effect.

However, just as Makoto Kyogoku was about to make a move, the other party seemed to have thought of something... his aura froze, and then dissipated in an instant.

"Let's talk about it another day." Jia Chen turned and walked towards the inn...

He almost forgot that if the duel was too loud, it might wake Ai...

Then, Ai realized she was gone, and dazedly got up to look for herself, since she hadn't been paying much attention to where she was going since becoming a little girl...

The situation is even worse now; if I accidentally bump into a wall, I'll end up sitting on the ground.

One can imagine Ai Haibara sitting on the ground, rubbing her forehead and muttering, "Where am I?"

Forget it, I'm just too kind-hearted; I can't bear to see Ai in danger.

As dusk slowly rises, dappled sunlight filters through the trees and windows, creating reflections.

Ai Haibara slowly opened her eyes from the bed, rubbing them sleepily. She looked at Gatsuki, who was sitting in a chair with his eyes closed, and blinked her beautiful eyes.

Yesterday... Jia Chen stayed by my side the whole time...

However, thinking about her behavior yesterday, Ai Haibara's face instantly turned red. She never expected that Yuujin would confess to her.

I'm still in that state.

But... she really liked this feeling; it was like a warm current flowing through her heart, very comforting.

Ai Haibara rested her head on her hands, her icy blue eyes gazing warmly at Gatsuki.

"Awake?" Jia Chen opened his eyes, his pale red pupils meeting his icy blue ones.

"Hmm..." Ai Haibara quickly looked away after feeling Yuuji's gaze. For some reason, perhaps because they had just confirmed their relationship, her face always felt hot and red after seeing him.

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But after looking away, he couldn't help but steal glances at Jia Chen out of the corner of his eye.

Jia Chen leaned forward, reached out his hand, and after confirming that Ai Haibara's temperature had returned to normal, withdrew it.

Jia Chen thought that Ai's behavior just now made her think that she... was still confused.

"I'm much better." Ai Haibara found herself unable to suppress the flutter in her heart, and after holding it in for a while, she asked softly, "Did we officially confirm it yesterday...?"

As he said this, his voice grew softer and softer... until it was inaudible.

"What do you think..." Jia Chen reached out and ruffled Ai Haibara's hair.

"What...what did I just say?" Ai Haibara said stubbornly after realizing that Jia Chen had just heard her voice.

This genius young scientist regretted saying those words afterward.

At the same time, her pretty face puffed up, and she looked at Jia Chen with a hint of resentment, wondering why a girl had to say such things.

Why can't you just say it yourself?

"It's confirmed." Jia Chen felt there was something off about saying it, but he still calmly said it word by word.

Suddenly, a breeze picked up outside the window, causing the leaves to sway and flutter like surging waves, mirroring the mood of a certain tea-haired girl.

Although they officially became a couple yesterday, hearing Jia Chen confirm it with my own ears now...

I still have some mixed feelings.

Two blushes rose on Ai Haibara's cheeks...

The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat somber.

The two looked at each other...

One was calm, but her heart was a little turbulent. It seemed that the side effects of her talent were no longer working, and she also sensed that the atmosphere around her was becoming somewhat ambiguous.

Ai Haibara, a research-obsessed, introverted woman with no prior romantic experience, is feeling anxious. Her mind races, contemplating her next move, and she's also caught up in online speculation... Could it be that Kashin is about to...?

Time passed by minute by minute.

“Little…Shiho.” Jia Chen’s voice was still calm, but it was no longer as cold as before. “You know, I wasn’t like this before, and I never imagined this kind of scene.”

After hearing this, Ai Haibara also became curious, her icy blue eyes fixed on Ga Chen, "Then... what was Ga Chen like before?"

"Like the ghosts of hell." Jia Chen recalled the hail of bullets and endless pursuit in his past life, "Immersed in the killing, enjoying the battle, in eternal darkness, until death."

Ai Haibara's heart stirred slightly, even though she rationally believed that Gatsuki's actions were merely fantasies in the dark, sunless laboratory, because he had some mental issues.

But after learning what Jia Chen had thought of, she felt a pang of sympathy.

"It's okay." Ai Haibara moved closer to Jia Chen, resting her head against him. "Actually, our experiences are quite similar."

It seems they sensed it too, sharing the same inner sadness.

Jia Chen looked down at the girl in his arms. At this moment, the side effects of his talent seemed to have completely disappeared... He was moved.

It's impossible that he didn't know Ai Haibara's rationality and her belief that she had a mental illness.

Even when the other party says that these are all your fantasies, Jia Chen is not surprised at all.

But she still empathized with her, and always found a way to comfort herself when she thought of sad things, even though she herself felt nothing at all just now.

The power of a seed is immense; it can break through and even lift heavy stones to take root and sprout.

To Jia Chen, the tea-haired girl in his arms seemed like that moisture... something that could help the seed break through his heart, which was as cold as steel, and allow the seed to take root and sprout...

The taste of the fruit that grows seems to be what people often refer to as "the taste of love."

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Chapter Ninety-Five: The Focus is Strange

Jia Chen fell into a long silence.

Ai Haibara looked at Gatsuki's silent appearance, his face clearly reflected in her icy blue pupils.

At this moment, Jia Chen seemed to have become less calm or indifferent. Like a boy, he sat there blankly, which was quite cute.

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In this somewhat romantic atmosphere, she slowly moved closer to Jia Chen's face.

Jia Chen could also feel Ai Haibara's breathing beside him, and her body temperature was slowly rising.

A destructive urge unconsciously arose in my heart.

For some reason, whenever Jia Chen sees a contrast between the cold and aloof Ai, he is always stirred up with a destructive urge.

"I'll get you a glass of water." Jia Chen clearly sensed that the atmosphere was a bit off, so he stood up and walked outside.

It's morning now; if this continues, it will be too much of a ordeal.

Sitting on the bed, Ai Haibara was a little dissatisfied, her pretty face puffed out as she looked at Gatsuki's back.

However... Ai Haibara was still secretly delighted.

As a science-loving girl, she naturally has a deep understanding of love. When a person's adrenaline and heart rate increase, their body temperature will change significantly, and she calls this change "heart fluttering".

Clearly, her focus was somewhat strange.

While Ai Haibara was still in a daze, Gatsu brought up the water.

Jia Chen watched as Ai Haibara obediently took her water glass and drank, and nodded, "Hmm... she's definitely not as dazed as she was yesterday."

Upon hearing this, Ai Haibara swallowed her water, her face flushed as she stared at Gatsuki.

Yesterday, because I was feeling dizzy, I thought Jia Chen wanted to do it with her...

With a slightly flushed face, she reached out her delicate white hand and pinched Jia Chen's arm.

After getting up and washing up, everyone went to have breakfast.

Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki inquired about Ai Haibara's health, to which Ai responded with a cool and indifferent tone.

During breakfast, only Conan had a somewhat gloomy expression...

"What's wrong, Conan?" Ran asked after noticing. "Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, not at all," Conan immediately said in a cute tone, "I was just thinking about some things."

"I think that brat's just upset that I took his bed yesterday." Sonoko Suzuki put her arm around Ran Mouri's and gave Conan a grin. "Isn't that right?"

Conan's lips twitched.

After breakfast, the group went to Izu Beach.

Blue sky, white clouds, and still many people here—playing volleyball, building structures, swimming.