Ms. Moriarty wants to save Beika Town today too.

Naturally, they wanted to give her and this man space, so they didn't follow very closely. Xiaolan was also very interested in Sonoko's love progress, so she listened to their conversation attentively.

The three people who fell behind didn't have such leisure.

Winnett looked serious. "It's definitely not right - choosing the garden. Did she show anything special?"

"I don't know. That's what confuses me."

Conan has a pair of dead fish eyes.

"You seem to care about her."

"Yeah. Not as heartless as a certain great detective." Xiao Ai choked him.

"Haha, this man definitely has other purposes."

Conan was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. He rolled his eyes and made a straightforward conclusion.

Sonoko was completely fascinated, Winnet thought: "Does he really have feelings for Sonoko?" She did feel that his attention was focused on Sonoko, and he had no interest in Xiaolan or anyone else. Speaking of urgency, it might also be due to his impetuous heart. She had been in a similar state before. When Xiaoai touched her heart, she would pretend to be calm, but she didn't care about the situation around her at all.

Therefore, she was not as sure as Conan. She felt that he was somewhat biased. Although she also had this mentality, she still recognized the charm of Sonoko.

The place the man mentioned was not far from the beach, just three to five minutes' walk away. It was a good time to go to the beach, so the business of the Sea House was booming. They found a larger table and sat down. The talkative man talked to Sonoko about his interesting experiences in college. His expression was gentle and nonchalant. On the contrary, Sonoko seemed extremely excited, because according to him, he was a student of Mika University.

Winnett didn't know much about Beika University, but since she lived in Beika Town, she had naturally heard of it. It was a public university and the choice of most students living nearby.

"So, Mr. Daoxie, you are a student of Mihua University!"

Yuanzi turned around excitedly, looked at Xiaolan, and said, "Then, you are Xiaolan's father's junior."

Xiaolan responded with a smile.

Sonoko's method of diverting attention was quite clumsy, and even Conan looked at her with contempt, which was a model of having the will but not the courage. - Although she was eager for this, she had no experience, and except for going back and forth, she might not know anything.

The ambition and resolution she had last night were gone. Yuanzi, who was not very good at chatting with men, asked the man after talking about her own affairs:

"By the way, Mr. Daoxie. Why did you come to this beach?"

The man called "Thank You" raised his head. There was a cigarette between his lips.

"I'm just traveling because I was heartbroken." He explained, "My girlfriend dumped me cruelly, and when I was feeling depressed and staring at the sea in a daze-"

"I saw a very beautiful angel."

He made a gun-pointing gesture, pointed at Sonoko and winked. "If my hunch is correct, I think you should be the goddess who can save me."

Yuanzi covered her face, her face as red as a plump apple.

"How can I afford that?"

She said shyly.

Xiao Ai took a sip of the juice on the table and gently touched Winette; it seemed like there was a telepathic communication going on, Winette understood her thoughts, and Sonoko had no idea how to use this kind of rhetoric to deceive innocent girls; maybe it wasn't a lie, but he was definitely an expert - he could speak such an exaggerated sentence fluently and without shame - it showed that he had been in the love field for a long time and understood the psychology of these girls who were just beginning to fall in love.

Winnet felt that such rustic words were embarrassing, and were not even as good as the country kids running towards their admirers with bare faces, blushing and dancing, which could make her feel the slight charm of innocence. If he wrote a few chaotic poems and behaved more politely and gentlemanly, he would be more popular with those girls. However, this low-level way of picking up girls could only work on people who were already interested in him.

Now that things have come to this, it is difficult to end this acquaintance that has just begun.

Unless this man is really a liar with ulterior motives as Ai and Conan guessed.

Winette, on the contrary, was not worried about this, but she did not want Yuanzi to get too deeply involved; she knew that she did not have enough experience in this area, but she was very clear about one thing: the more eloquent and talkative a person was, the less reliable they were.

While she was thinking, a waiter from the Sea House came over with a beer glass.

The wine was requested by the Taoist Association. Sonoko and Xiaolan were not old enough to drink, and Winette did not have such a hobby; she would not have paid attention to such trivialities, but the person who brought the beer was the same waiter in the hotel.

The strange thing is that she didn't confirm this by observation, but a strange feeling similar to aura and qi. This waiter seemed to exude a certain attitude that made people nervous. She had only felt this kind of mysterious temperament in a few people, including Gin, but Gin's murderous intent was unreserved and cut through his heart like a sharp blade, which was very different from the heavy feeling around him.

Boom!

A large beer glass slammed onto the wooden table.

Judging from the sound, the beer would definitely spill if it was hit on the table like this, but the moment he lowered his arm, it accelerated and then stopped abruptly, causing the beer to splash into the air and then fall steadily back into the glass.

This small movement requires extremely high control of strength.

But she didn't understand why this seemed like a show of power.

The waiter had already stood up and said in a nonchalant manner, "Your draft beer has been brought over."

Daoxie was startled. "Okay...thank you."

The waiter turned back after taking only two steps and reminded the Taoist Association:

"Sir, please don't leave cigarette ashes on the floor. Otherwise, it will be troublesome to clean up later."

"Oh."

Daoxie put out his cigarette in the ashtray, watched the waiter walk away, and complained: "This waiter's attitude is really bad."

"Ah."

Xiao Ai chuckled barely perceptibly.

Somewhat intriguing.

Winette only noticed that the waiter's attitude towards Daoxie was not very friendly. Although he had also paid attention to Yuanzi, she did not think of the possibility of jealousy, but thought that there was something about Daoxie that made him very unhappy. Her impression of him was that he was a somewhat rigid and dull guy. People like him are easily disliked for being frivolous and unruly. Maybe he had witnessed Daoxie's philandering with other girls with his own eyes, so his attitude towards him was so unfriendly.

Winnett thought this must be the truth.

"Strange, why do I seem to have seen that person before?" Xiaolan didn't have a deep impression of him.

"Of course we have seen him." Yuanzi glanced at him, "He is the owner of the hotel we stayed in! I heard that he came back to help out during the summer vacation."

Xiaolan was shocked at the source of Sonoko's information. "How do you know such a thing?"

"He kept staring at us at the door yesterday, so I asked the hotel staff!"

Is this true? Winette guessed that it was probably during the time when Sonoko and Xiaolan left the room first. She was sure that he was paying attention to Sonoko, but she didn't expect that he was also a small boss. In this case, this development was completely a coincidence. After all, his identity had nothing in common with Sonoko, and his identity was clear.

"He is the boss of the hotel. Why does he come here to help?" Xiaolan asked.

"I think this place must have the same owner as the tile-roofed inn where we stayed."

Sonoko's attitude when she spoke was not very friendly. Their conversation revealed a message, and Dokyo knew the existence of this hotel and confirmed it with them.

Xiao Ai frowned slightly. She had a bad impression of him to begin with, and now his behavior of testing her residence made her have a bad feeling. Winnet pursed her lips gently and gave Xiao Ai a reassuring smile. She believed in Xiao Ai's intuition, but thought she was a little too nervous or too emotional. She quietly took a small and smooth hand from under the table. The touch made her want to grab both hands, but she always lacked the impulse and pinched it to show that she was there.

Although she dislikes this person, she is more worried about Sonoko. It's just that Ai is not good at expressing such thoughts, or she is deceiving herself that she doesn't have such thoughts at all. But she is kind by nature, and lacks the determination to suppress her nature. There is a corner of light faintly shining through the darkness, which is exactly what attracts Winnet.

"I see, then it's near the hotel where I'm staying!"

He said with a smile, and then suggested: "How about this, let's go to that nice restaurant on the beach tonight for dinner, and I'll drive to pick you up then."

"Is it true?!" Sonoko clasped her hands excitedly.

This was probably the first time that a man other than her father had made such a direct invitation to her.

That's good.

Winnett thought that she could just reject him with her eyes, and Ai would find an excuse, so they wouldn't have to go to the appointment. After all, she had been a light bulb in the past. With Xiaolan following her, Winnett was not afraid of any problems. Although the man in front of her had a good physique, a battle with Xiaolan, who could break telephone poles with her feet, would only take a single round to decide the outcome. With Xiaolan's personality, it was impossible for her to let Sonoko spend the night with a man she met for the first time.

But what he said next made Winnet feel strange.

"But remember, don't forget to bring your camera."

Daoxie pointed at the garden and said this, as if it was something extremely important.

"why?"

"I just asked the locals here, and they said something happened on the beach near that restaurant."

"Has anything happened?" Yuanzi's voice tightened.

Daoxie frowned, looking like he was telling a ghost story.

"Yes, it was exactly one year ago. A woman with long brown hair was stabbed in the abdomen and was killed there."

"murdering case?"

Sonoko and Xiaolan were both surprised.

Winette also imitated and showed surprise - when Edogawa was here - she felt that this kind of thing was not new.

"Yes, I heard that the lady met with an accident on the way to the restaurant. Due to the lack of witnesses, the investigation is still ongoing. A year after the incident, tourists almost forgot about it, and the restaurant business has resumed its prosperity--"

Halfway through his words, he looked embarrassed again.

"It is said that the young lady likes that restaurant very much. I heard that she still goes there frequently."

“Do you still go there often?”

"It is said that in the photos taken in that restaurant, the lady once appeared in the photo as a strange ghost!"

It turned out to be a real ghost story.

Xiaolan and Sonoko were frightened at once. Sonoko, who had just come to her senses, grabbed Winnet's arm and said, "Miss Winnet, the pastor should have a way to deal with ghosts, right?"

But there was no ghost.

Winnet smiled awkwardly and nodded slightly. Although the doctrine generally believed that a certain obsession could make the soul of the dead independent of heaven and hell, and continue to exist in the world as a wandering soul until the wish was fulfilled, the soul would rest in peace. In essence, it was an expression of the concept of salvation, but nowadays few people would perform requiem ceremonies. In the scientific age, people's understanding of ghosts came more from horror movies, and only devout believers would perform baptism ceremonies.

Ai sighed disdainfully. "It's just a marketing tactic to attract young people who are curious and come to travel. Also, scaring girls when chatting them up might have the opposite effect, right?"

"Hahaha, this kid is really sharp."

Daoxie touched the back of his head and smiled, then told his plan:

"But I do believe in this kind of thing, so I wanted to try and see if I could really take this kind of photo."

Sonoko glanced at the trembling Xiaolan. "Xiaolan, what do you think? It seems that we have about ten films left."

Xiaolan crossed her arms in front of her chest and said, "No, you can't take it!"

"But if Shinichi takes a look, maybe he'll see something. And with Miss Winnett here, you don't have to be afraid of ghosts."

Winnet: I'm sorry, I really don't know how to exorcise ghosts. I hope the 0.357 Magnum will be useful against ghosts.

"ghost……"

Yuanzi held the camera and continued, "When the time comes, I can develop the photo in this camera and show it to him."

"Please, stop it! You can't tell who's in the photo, why are you showing it to him!?"

"I think with his reasoning ability, he should be able to tell who it belongs to at a glance!"

"Garden!"

Conan had a pug-like expression.

"Isn't this great? Sexy swimsuit photos."

Ai teased Conan in a low voice.

"Ha ha……"

Edogawa could not deny it.

Daoxie was puzzled. "Reasoning ability?"

"That's her boyfriend," Sonoko pointed at Xiaolan, "He's a detective."

"Oh, is that so." Daoxie quickly leaned his face towards Yuanzi, "By the way, what photo were you talking about just now?"

Yuanzi made a gesture as if to whisper.

Xiaolan, who was concerned about the shape of her swimsuit photos, could no longer sit still and stood up and called for a stop.

At the same time, the "little boss" came in between the two people who were whispering. "Sorry for the long wait, the fried noodles are ready."

There were two servings of fried noodles on the plate.

It is quite surprising to see a waiter who pays so little attention to the atmosphere in Japan's working environment.

Winnet was also confused.

She whispered to Xiao Ai, "Could he be interested in Yuanzi?"

"Logically it's possible, but..." She wanted to say that it didn't seem likely, and she couldn't find enough reasons from Sonoko to convince herself.

"There are still guests waiting to use the table. Could you please eat quickly?"

He emphasized to the Taoist Association.

Seems to be resentful.

Xiao Ai was not quite sure anymore.

……