Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 45 An Unconventional Meeting at a Coffee Shop

Why is he here? Why is he here? How could he be here!

Conan felt like his brain was burning like crazy, and Tachibana Shizuka's figure successfully prevented him from returning home.

Xiaolan, Xiaolan's mother, Tachibana Shizuka. Could it be that they're meeting the parents?!
When a woman is jealous, her IQ becomes infinitely close to that of Sherlock Holmes, but when a man is jealous, his IQ drops rapidly.

After the three words "meet the parents" jumped into Conan's mind, his mind could no longer accommodate anything else.

If Conan had been a little calmer, he would have been able to see that Tachibana Shizuka was not here to meet his parents.

Not to mention that it is impossible for something like this to happen to Xiaolan so quickly, in which family would a boy hide in a corner when meeting his parents?

Unfortunately, Conan, who was so jealous that he ignored the situation at the scene, had only one thing in his mind - he must ruin the meeting with Tachibana Shizuka!
"Sister Xiaolan, is that the brother Jingsi who went on the hot spring trip with you a few days ago?"

Conan hung the word "Yao" on his chest and pointed out directly where Tachibana Shizuka was. Conan's words made Xiaolan blush.

What did this prodigal child say?

As for the hot spring trip, you never mentioned Sonoko and Hattori!

Kieri didn't care about Conan's innocent words. Basically, Conan was just a kid staying in the office and she was not familiar with him.

But the name of the boy mentioned by Conan and Xiaolan's blushing made Kisaki Eri a little excited.

Xiaolan like this is not common in daily life.

"Jingsi, is this the boy you just met, Lan? He's here too? Do you want to let mom meet him?"

"What are you talking about, Mom! I just happened to be in this coffee shop!" Xiaolan's face turned even redder, but it was definitely not because of so-called shyness.

But
Wasn't it her arrangement that made Tachibana Shizu appear in the coffee shop? Why did she arrange for Tachibana Shizu to be in the coffee shop? Wasn't it so that she could help analyze the situation when she and her mother talked about her father?

Although she could retell the story later, it was impossible for Xiaolan to describe all of Kisaki Eri's demeanor, expressions, movements, and tone.

Xiaolan is a martial arts saint, but she is not the smartest person.

But now the well-planned Overheard plan has been exposed by Conan in a disruptive way. It is really hard to tell whether Xiaolan's blushing face is due to shyness of a girl lowering her head, or simply because she is so angry with Conan that her face turns red.

Before Xiaolan could react, Conan started to act up again.

"Princess Jingsi, Princess Jingsi! Here, here~"

Conan's sweet voice made Tachibana Shizuka sigh secretly. If Uzumaki Naruto was the most unexpected ninja, then Conan was undoubtedly the most unexpected detective.

After all, a sudden murder is also an accident, right?

Tachibana Shizuka pretended to be curious and raised his head to look in the direction of the sound, then "accidentally" stood up and came in front of Xiaolan and Kisaki Eri.

"Ran, Conan, are you guys here for coffee too?" After saying this, Tachibana Shizuka's gaze finally fell on Kisaki Eri, and he asked Ran inquiringly, "Who is this?"

Xiaolan admired Tachibana Shizuka's superb acting skills, and after showing some encouragement in her eyes, she introduced Tachibana Shizuka to him:
"This is my mother. We had agreed to meet today." "It's Aunt Eri. It's the first time we meet. I'm sorry for the rudeness." Tachibana Shizuka bowed respectfully to Kisaki Eri. To be honest, this bow can be regarded as the most sincere one since he came to this world.

"Your name is Shizue, right? Are you Xiaolan's classmate?" Kisaki Eri's eyes flashed and she quickly extracted important information from Tachibana Shizue's brief words.

Xiaolan didn't say her name when she introduced her just now, but how come this boy knew to call her Aunt Yingli?
Looking at Xiaolan's unsurprised expression, can we conclude that the boy knows a lot about her family?

You should know that the boy called her Auntie Eri, not Auntie Mori. Ever since Kisaki Eri and Mori Kogoro separated, Ran definitely didn't want to mention this unless necessary, but such a private matter was known to this boy.
There must be something unusual going on here.

Just now, when Xiaolan introduced herself as her mother, the boy named Jingsi was not particularly surprised, but he was a little surprised when he saw Xiaolan and Conan.
Does this mean that "Jingsi" knows that Xiaolan is going to meet him today?

After this analysis, Kisaki Eri really became curious about Tachibana Shizuka.

From childhood to adulthood, apart from the little brat from the Kudo family, when has Xiaolan ever had such a close relationship with a boy?
Under the curious gaze of Kisaki Eri, Tachibana Shizuka calmly introduced himself.

"Yes, Aunt Eri, my name is Tachibana Seiji, and I'm in the same grade as Xiaolan."

"I see. I'll call you Shizue. Shizue, do you like this cafe too?"

I don't know when it started, but the capable nature of Kisaki Eri disappeared, and was replaced by a gentle and "kind" temperament.

Although the description is a bit inappropriate, at this moment, Kisaki Eri looks more like a mother who is smiling mischievously as she watches her daughter secretly holding hands with a boy of the same age?

Facing Kisaki Eri's question, Tachibana Shizuka remained calm, half-turning and pointing at the table behind him, saying:
“This is my first time in this store. I passed by it outside and thought the environment was nice, so I came in.

Because I still have some homework to do at school, and I need to do some practice."

There were indeed books and exercise books on Shizuka Tachibana's desk. If you looked carefully like Conan, you could even see that the last question in Shizuka Tachibana's exercise book was only half completed.

What is complete preparation?

Even though the evidence was overwhelming, Conan still didn't believe it was just an accident, but at this moment, it was Eri's home turf. Even if Conan was naughty, he still didn't dare to do anything rash to Eri, his "childhood shadow".

"Oh? Why didn't you write at home? Wouldn't it be quieter at home?"

"It's because it's too quiet that I feel a little uncomfortable." Tachibana Shizuka showed an embarrassed expression, but still answered Kisaki Eri's words.

At this time, Xiaolan suddenly climbed onto the arm of Hibiki Eri and said to her with a slightly reproachful look: "Mom~"

Kisaki Eri didn't know about Tachibana Shizuka's family situation, but how could Ran not know? How could she not react when she heard Tachibana Shizuka say that the house was too quiet?

But when Xiaolan noticed the calmness on Tachibana Shizuka's face, as if he had already gotten used to it, she felt uncomfortable even though she loved him in her heart.

Xiaolan, who has a strong sense of empathy, secretly made a certain decision in her heart.

At Ran's suggestion, Kisaki Eri also realized that she had spoken out of turn, and immediately smiled apologetically at Tachibana Shizuka, and then said to Tachibana Shizuka with a smile:

"Then Jingsi, do you want something to eat? Don't worry, Auntie will treat you today!"

(End of this chapter)