Ms. Moriarty wants to save Beika Town today too.

Although she had not read much Japanese literature, she still used this topic to ask, "What is this book about?"

“It’s a collection of poems, mostly about nature, agriculture and the universe.”

"Oh, I know Kenji Miyazawa, his Night on the Galactic Railroad—"

“It’s a little too sad.”

"It's a fairy tale for adults. I like the term."

"The older I get, the less I like to see them. But the Milky Way, the railway, and the night are all beautiful. The blooming gentian and the glowing triangle."

Winnet changed the subject slightly: "I haven't read the book yet. Of his poems, I've only read 'Undaunted by the Wind and Rain'."

“It is a poem that gives people the courage to live.”

Winnet and Mingmei talked about poetry, novels, and plays, and talked about some writers they liked and disliked, until the peas were all shelled. Maybe you can just buy the ready-made ones, but it's nice to do this sometimes, without anything to deal with, and quietly immerse yourself in life. Winnet felt that during the time when Shirley disappeared, the tasks and orders given to her were significantly reduced, as if she was given a cooling-off period.

Regarding the FBI matter, she received news that the investigation was suspended, but there was no news yet from Masashi Rokuda.

Judging from the organization’s current attitude, it still has high hopes for the original choice - Itakura Taku.

Half a day later, Winnet received a reply from Ai, which simulated a "tsundere" expression with hand gestures. Winnet thought that tsundere was not a popular element at present, and it was probably a manifestation of modesty. In short, Ai had already shown her closeness to her, and the doctor and Conan knew about it, so there was no need to be too shy. As for herself, the organization had not contacted her for the time being, which was equivalent to maintaining her daily life on the surface, just like Rena Mizunashi.

"Come to think of it, Vermouth is about to return to Japan, right?"

Winnet muttered.

She didn't want the other party to come back so soon. After all, even if there was nothing wrong, she would still come to bother her. With Vermouth's experience and keen mind, she might be able to see something. In this way, the leverage she has over the other party would increase.

"However, I don't think she will stay for too long. She has been active in London recently and I don't know why."

Winnet shrugged. Everyone was responsible for their own affairs, and information was not shared among them. It would not be a good thing for her to know more about the organization.

Three days later, Winnett felt that it should be three days, but the change of seasons gave her a clear feeling, from autumn and winter to late summer, but the people around her didn't feel anything. At this point, she would not be surprised by such things. However, she found that the change of years had obviously slowed down - in terms of physical sensation. Putting aside this topic, she changed into a mountaineering suit without a hat, the surface was as wear-resistant and soft as cow tendon work cloth, and she carried a dark purple travel bag on her back - in essence, this was more like a sleepover.

Perhaps she wanted to spend more time with Ai, so she didn't call Clyde or the rented driver, but planned a route. In the attachment of the letter, there was a map of the location of the villa. Because it was in the undeveloped forest, the mobile phone reception was very poor and the positioning effect was not good, which was not as reliable as a paper map. She arrived at the doctor's house at the agreed time, and soon after she rang the doorbell, Ai and the doctor came out of the house.

Dr. Agasa rubbed the back of his head and said politely: "I'm so sorry, Miss Winnet. Then I'll leave Ai to you for the next two days."

"This is what I should do. I was the one who originally extended the invitation."

Winnet exchanged pleasantries with the doctor and presented him with a cake that was only available at a high-end store that she had bought yesterday. Seeing its packaging, Xiao Ai took the initiative and told the doctor to eat only a small piece a day and to follow a strict diet. Winnet even saw a calorie restriction sheet that listed the intake of various vegetables.

Miss Winnett began to worry that when she got older, Ai would also take such a receipt and strictly limit her sugar intake. That would be a big horror. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but unite with the doctor and muttered "Occasionally you can reward yourself with food." However, Ai retorted "He has been doing that all the time, now is the punishment time." Winnett gave the doctor an apologetic smile, which meant that she could not help. The only person who could beat Ai was probably Mingmei - well, only Mingmei.

Ai also carried a large bag, which made Winnet feel that her back was very heavy. Perhaps because impressions depend largely on the image, she felt that Ai was now an object that needed careful care - she felt a bit like a character in a game. She smiled at Ai and asked if she felt that it was heavy.

"Why, do you want to help me carry it?"

"sure."

After saying this, Xiao Ai obviously felt a little regretful. She denied it and said, "Forget it. I have been lacking exercise recently. After all, there are not many opportunities to go out and walk around casually."

"Aren't there still those kids?"

Xiao Ai gave Winnet a strange look and said, "You don't think I have much in common with them, do you?"

"I think, with Ai's personality, she would pamper these children, just like treating small animals."

"I'd better look at my own smiling fox."

Xiao Ai smiled and glanced at Winnet.

"Smiling Fox..."

Winnet opened her eyes slightly, looking a little troubled, and pointed her index finger at her face.

"Keep your head down."

"Ok?"

Although Winnet made a puzzled sound, she still did as she was told.

Xiao Ai tried to touch Winnet's hair, but it was still a bit reluctant. When she was still "Shirley", she was no less tall than Winnet, and her eyes were almost level with hers, or even downward. She sighed and said, "Just squat down."

Winnett squatted with her hands on her knees. Through the touch, she could understand that Xiao Ai wanted to help her tie her hair - there was a little wind today - the scattered silver hair was pulled like a ball of cotton. Xiao Ai's hands were very steady, like a woman who was proficient in tailoring, and her movements were unhurried. Winnett enjoyed this process very much. When it was over, she looked at her hairstyle in the convex mirror at the corner of the road.

“Why princess braids?”

"Because I think it suits you very well. Although I tried it on myself, it didn't quite fit because of the volume of my hair... I also think it looks weird on me, but it looks pleasing on you. Maybe it's because you are suitable to play a European princess on the stage..."

Although Winnet understood Ai's thoughts, she could not combine the image of a princess with herself. She felt it was too inconsistent. She also understood what Ai was thinking. Women in love are probably like this: their heads are a little dizzy and they say some dizzy words. She also wanted to treat the other person as her own princess.

She murmured, "Really?"

"I haven't asked yet, where is our destination?"

Winnet opened the map in front of her like an explorer, but considering Ai's height, she lowered it a lot.

"It's really not close. And they actually built a villa in such a wilderness. Are they using it as a summer resort?"

"Let's take a ride first."

Following her plan, they rode the train until around noon. At the station, Winette took out the lunch boxes that she and Mingmei had prepared, and after Xiao Ai tasted them, she looked at her quietly.

"What's wrong? Being stared at like this will affect your appetite."

"Guess which ones of these were made by me and which ones were made by Sister Mingmei, how about that?"

Winnett finally understood the origin of flower petal divination and some unreasonable questions, adding some spice to life and love. The lunch box contained meatballs, fried shrimp, small hot dogs and other meals, as well as carrots and seaweed for shaping, broccoli and vegetarian salad as side dishes. The quantity of each kind was not much, but it was very rich.

"How can this be eaten..."

Xiao Ai said casually, put the meatball in her mouth, and showed a "super obvious" expression.

"You did it."

"Guessed it right."

"Surprisingly simple...sweet and sour flavor, with too much sugar."

Xiao Ai tasted other dishes. "Peanut butter stuffed in hot dogs, I know you can make what I like. And... there's no need to put sugar in the peanut butter! The broccoli must have been prepared by my sister. For a creature like you who is dominated by sugar and meat, vegetables and salad have become a necessary means of reconciliation."

"As expected of Ai!"

Winnet couldn't help but compliment Ai, and she guessed almost all the other questions correctly.

"So, my sister still lives in your house?"

"Ah."

"Wouldn't it be more appropriate to invite her to such an event?" Xiao Ai closed the empty lunch box and asked Winnett.

"I'm sorry, Mingmei-san, but everyone has their own selfish motives."

"Oh, your selfishness..."

Winnett blinked and said, "Actually, I wanted to bring all of you here, but you're not ready to meet her yet, are you?"

Ai nodded silently. She felt that even with Winnet around, she was not absolutely safe. Once her sister was related to her, the possibility of her identity being exposed would increase significantly. There was no reason to ignore such a risk. With Winnet around, her sister would believe that "Miyano Shiho is alive and not alone", and would no longer worry about her. In short, letting Winnet continue to play the role of a link to maintain this balance was the most reassuring situation for her.

"Yes, if she knew that I was so small now, my sister would definitely treat me like a child and be even worse than you."

"How could I treat you as a child, Xiao Ai..."

"That's what you think," Xiao Ai reached out and pulled Winnet's ear, twisting it gently, "Not only do you treat me like a child, you even want to raise me like a child. You really have a bad taste. Did you think like this five years ago?"

"How could I possibly have such a thought?"

"If you become like me, I will definitely laugh at you."

"Oh, I don't mind. If I can turn into a child, it won't be difficult to fake my death and get away. In this way, you don't have to research the antidote... We can spend this time together, but I'm afraid it will be your turn to raise me."

"You can go out and work on your own. As 'strong' as you are, you can handle the work on the construction site, right?"

"Eh!"

Xiao Ai jumped off the wooden stool, patted Winnet's knee, and then walked in the direction drawn on the map. Winnet was still holding back a look of dissatisfaction, but Xiao Ai had already grabbed her wrist and pulled her forward. Winnet imitated the girls she had seen on TV, pretending to protest and complain, but still followed Xiao Ai obediently. In the end, Xiao Ai smiled helplessly, as if comforting a child.

"If that really happens, I'll take care of you after I get into graduate school."

Winette followed with a smile. If it was just about making money, there were many ways to do it, whether illegal or not. But as for a job, she really couldn't think of anything that would suit her. Perhaps private bodyguard or mercenary would be more suitable - these did not involve crime, and with the capital, she could open a small restaurant or coffee shop. She was not confident enough in her craftsmanship, but wreaths and crosses were definitely no problem.

Funeral supply store!

Winnett had an idea. After all, like Western weddings, Western funerals are also very popular in Japan.

After they entered the jungle, Winnett quickly stopped her delusions. Although the interior of the forest was not dangerous, there were still places that needed attention: slopes, deep pits, thorn bushes with troublesome plants... In fact, she had thought too much. There were open dirt roads and traces of cars passing by.

After about two hours, they saw a suspension bridge hanging in the air over the rift valley, and the villa was just opposite the bridge.

……

Ask for sick leave

Readers may have noticed recently that my updates are not very frequent.

The author got sick from eating too much during the National Day holiday.

Allergic (acute) skin diseases are serious.

My eyelids itch and sting, and I feel uncomfortable after staring at the screen for a while... There are many other places, which seriously affect my concentration and sleep, and I feel so miserable (sad)

This month I will just update as I see fit.

I will update more to compensate you after I recover.

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267 A strong rival in love?

This design makes the villa seem like a castle in the air - the only way to the outside world is through this suspension bridge, and behind the villa is a dense forest, the shady side of the mountain. Once the bridge has problems, the people in the villa will lose their way to leave. However, judging from the degree of wear and tear and the color of the bridge, it is obvious that it has been in service for several years and is still strong - its color is exactly the same as the road surface - dark brown.

Xiao Ai stared at the scene in front of her and asked Winnett: "Don't you think this is very similar to the scene in the novel?"

"Which novel?"

"It's a mystery novel in the style of Blizzard Mountain. The author trapped a group of people in an isolated place. In fact, we just experienced this not long ago, in the villa of the daughter of the Four Wells Group. However, there was a way down the mountain at that time. If there was a problem with this bridge, we would be stuck."

Xiao Ai reached out and touched the anchor of the bridge. "But it looks very strong. At least it won't break due to natural causes."

Ai's words made Winnett feel that she actually had an adventurous mindset in her, as if things would become interesting only when such an extreme situation occurred. Winnett did not want to face a crisis. Even if Ai was by her side, she could not say that she could avoid all problems. Winnett was confident in her physical abilities, but the people around her were different.

Winette said, without regret, "It's a shame it's going to be a normal holiday with nothing going on."

She pressed Ai's shoulders and stepped onto the suspension bridge, urging her to stop her from thinking too much. Winette had experienced similar crisis thinking, which was often combined with psychological trauma, just like a veteran who had experienced war and would make bad judgments and take up arms when faced with some omen.

Winnett pushed Xiao Ai all the way to the door of the villa.

The door was made of brown fir wood. From a distance, the villa looked like a square two-story building, but when you got closer, you found that it was actually very large. Winnett was barely taller than half the height of the door.

She walked up and knocked on the door gently. After waiting for a moment, Winnet was surprised to see the person who answered the door. The person standing at the entrance was not a member of the Film Research Club, but the familiar Suzuki Sonoko - she was wearing a slim coral blue long-sleeved T-shirt and a white short skirt, standing on the three steps.

Seeing that it was Winnet, Sonoko was a little surprised because she had learned from her conversation with Ayako that Winnet had rejected the invitation once before, and since it was not early, she thought Winnet would not come this time, but contrary to her expectations, Winnet not only came, but also brought a little girl with her.

Sonoko greeted Winnet warmly.

"Miss Winnet, my sister was just talking about whether you would come."

Winnet smiled and said, "It just so happens that I have some free time. Besides, I am old acquaintances of the members of the Film Research Club, so it's a good opportunity for me to meet Ayako."

"My sister has also complained that she hasn't seen Miss Winnet for a long time," Sonoko said halfway, and suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, Miss Winnet, have you seen Xiaolan? I invited her to the party, but she hasn't arrived yet."

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Winnet shook her head in denial.

She and Xiao Ai traveled very slowly along the way. They took a slow old train, rested for a long time at the station, and took a tourist bus, so it was already afternoon when they arrived - the original agreed time was afternoon.

"We're probably almost there. If this is your first time here, it's hard to tell the way around."

Yuanzi put her index finger on her chin and said, "Maybe he got lost on the road... But the mobile phone signal is very poor around here, so there is no way to contact him. I can only wait."

Sonoko invited Winnet and Xiaoai in.

The interior of the villa is built with solid wood. Winnet and Xiao Ai put on the slippers prepared by Yuanzi, walked on the dark brown floor, passed the doors of several rooms, and came to the stairs.

"Hey, haven't the others arrived yet?"

The first floor was empty and silent, so Winnet asked.

Sonoko looked back at Winnett and said, "They are all here and are resting in the room now."

"Oh, I see."