conan but winery

Chapter 742 Long time no see, welcome home

"How's it going? How does it taste?"

Looking at Shirakawa Qing who had already put the dish into his mouth, Okino Mina asked with a smile.

Her reaction was a little different from normal people.

At this time, normal people would show some nervous or expectant reactions, but Okino Mina didn't, she just kept laughing.

But considering the close relationship between the two and the fact that Okino Mina is very good at acting, Shirakawa Kiyoshi felt that this was actually quite normal...

[No, this is not normal...]

It's shameful to say that although he himself didn't deliberately think in that direction, maybe it was because Okino Mina deliberately guided his thinking in that direction tonight?

Somehow, although there was no evidence, he always subconsciously suspected that the other person still in the kitchen at this moment might be...

This kind of thought firmly occupied his brain and seriously interfered with his thinking ability.

As a result, he can't even tell now what the hidden meaning is in the smile on Okino Mina's face...

[Forget it, don’t think so much, just do it step by step...]

Giving up thinking, Bai Heqing turned his attention back to the food.

After tasting it carefully, he gave his most honest evaluation.

"You put in too much salt today."

He had eaten the food cooked by Okino Mina once when he was in London. Now, as a mother who has a child and often cooks by herself, her cooking skills are indeed quite good.

He is such a person who is very good at cooking home-cooked dishes, but today he was a little unusual and put too much salt...

"puff!"

Unable to hold it back, Okino Mina suddenly laughed.

At the same time, there was a sound like a spatula falling to the floor in the kitchen.

【ah……】

In an instant, Bai Heqing understood.

The dish just now was not made by Okino Mina at all. She just wanted to hear his true evaluation, so she said it deliberately. The person who actually made this dish is probably still in the kitchen...

【I was careless...】

Shirakawa looked at her speechlessly, but Okino Mina completely ignored his gaze. She instantly stopped smiling and pushed the next dish over.

"Come on, Commander Baihe, let's try this dish next. This dish is also made by me seriously~"

Okino Mina smiled and deliberately emphasized her tone. It was obvious that this woman had no intention of hiding it.

Bai Heqing, who had given up thinking, decided to continue to follow her words and extended his chopsticks to the dish she pushed over.

Pick it up, put it in your mouth to taste, and stop suddenly.

Suddenly, Bai He frowned.

"How was it? How does it taste?" Looking at his expression, Okino Mina, who had already guessed the answer, still asked with a smile.

"Well..." Bai Heqing did not answer immediately.

He was caught in a dilemma.

How to put it, to put it mildly, he didn't know whether he should tell the truth...

"Sir Baihe, why don't you speak?"

However, the devil sitting across from him, knowing his predicament, still continued to question and torture him.

"clang!"

At this moment, there was a loud metal collision sound in the kitchen, as if someone had hit the spoon hard on the edge of the pot.

This was probably the protest made by the lady in the kitchen to Okino Mina. [Give up thinking, give up thinking...]

"Has... very high potential."

Bai Heqing, who was silent for a long time and didn't want to lie, used the most euphemistic way he could think of at the moment.

Well, he is really good at this language art.

"Pfft! Hahahahaha..."

Okino Mina was completely amused by his words. She clutched her stomach, lay on the dining table, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said while holding back her laughter:

"Bai He, it seems that from now on, you will have to cook for yourself, hahahaha. Although Sharon is very attentive, her craftsmanship is really..."

"Miss Okino!"

Unable to bear it anymore, the man who had been hiding in the kitchen for a long time finally rushed out.

Bai Heqing then shifted his gaze and looked over. Suddenly, there was a roar in his mind. Okino Mina's happy laughter disappeared. His pupils shrank suddenly and he looked at the person in front of him in disbelief.

The originally vague figure in the memory was quickly repaired and perfected at this moment. After a brief period of shock and daze, Bai Heqing's eyes quickly regained focus.

The person in front of me is Karasumaru.

They hadn't seen her in nearly ten years, and apart from her seeming to have matured a lot, there was almost no change from what he remembered.

No, in fact, there are still some... Compared with the enthusiastic, cheerful, lively and active little Karasuma in his memory, the little Karasuma in front of him seems to be much calmer, with a lingering melancholy about him. breath.

She must have experienced a lot of bad things over the years.

At this time, Sharon was wearing an apron and holding a spoon in her hand. She had just rushed out, and she suddenly became a little at a loss.

The shame and anger on her face dissipated instantly, and she suddenly froze in place, turned her head to look at Bai Heqing, who was staring at her blankly, and became a little cowered again.

"Bai He, long time no see..." she said softly.

Of course, he knew where Sharon's timid and frightened look came from. Bai Heqing was stunned for a moment. He lowered his eyes, then raised his head again, looking at her with a smile.

"Even though I had already speculated before, when I actually saw you, Karasumaru, my first reaction was to wonder if I was hallucinating.

I once thought that we might never have the chance to meet again in this life..."

Her nose suddenly felt sore, and Sharon's hands subconsciously grasped the apron on her body. She still stood there, opening her eyes hard and holding back the tears.

It was clear that He Qing's tone was so calm, and it was clear that he didn't say anything special, but her tears still flowed out uncontrollably.

"I sometimes wonder where you will live in the past few years, whether you have found someone to marry, and whether you are living well...

I even seriously thought about whether I should get married. After all, if one day in the future, Karasuma, you suddenly come back and see me still looking like this, you will definitely feel guilty again. It’s hard to blame.

Even when I first saw you, I was thinking about this kind of thing for the first time..."

"White River..."

"Of course, all this has passed now. If I guessed wrong, I'll apologize first, but I think, Karasuma-chan, you won't leave again after you come back this time, right?"

Looking at Sharon, whose face was already filled with tears, Bai Heqing said with a smile:

"If that's the case, please let me say it's been a long time no see, Karasuma-chan... Also, welcome home."

"Ok!"

Finally summoning up enough courage with his last words, Sharon rushed forward, hugged Bai Heqing tightly, and cried loudly.

【It's gratifying, it's gratifying...】

Okino Mina, who was sitting opposite, watched this scene quietly, also smiling.

[Although there are still many problems, as long as this continues, there will definitely be a happy ending...]

[Well, I have to create more opportunities for these two people. Just in time...I can also give myself a holiday...]

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(End of this chapter)