I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

In order to prevent her daughter from discovering the secret in the trash can under the desk, Kisaki Eri made up an office rule that had never existed before.

"Ran, you should go back first. I'll ask Sera-kun to take me back later."

"Eh?"

The answer was completely opposite to what she expected and Xiaolan was unable to react for a moment.

Kisaragi gave a further reminder.

"Have you forgotten? Sera-kun moved a while ago and happened to move to my mother's neighborhood. We happened to be on the same floor of the same building. We are neighbors now."

“是… …吗。”

Xiaolan hesitated slightly. She didn't remember this kind of thing very clearly. She just had a vague impression that it seemed like this, but it also seemed like it didn't happen.

If so.

"Anyway, you two little guys should get out first, and let me change my clothes."

Without giving her daughter too much time to think, Hibiki Eri pushed the two of them out of the office, and before closing the door, she waved to Serabel.

"Then please wait for me for a moment, Sera-kun. Your aunt will be here soon."

"Understood~"

Serabelle calmly made an OK gesture.

Kisaki Eri also responded with an OK gesture, and then the office door was completely closed.

Looking at the tightly closed office door, Xiaolan scratched her cheek helplessly and turned to the other side to see Serabel sitting behind the front desk.

"I'm sorry, Sera-kun, I have to trouble you again. I'll go back now."

It's not that she doesn't want to go with her mother, but her mother will be taking Sera-kun's car back later. If they go together, Sera-kun might not only have to send her mother back, but also send her home.

It would be really embarrassing to bother others after drinking their fruit tea.

Serabelle didn't try to stop him, but just waved her claws.

"It's okay, see you later."

"Yeah, see you later, and thank you, Sera-kun, for the fruit tea."

After saying goodbye politely, Xiaolan walked out of the office and took the elevator down.

The elevator went all the way down to the first floor. When we exited the elevator lobby and arrived at the entrance of the building, the cold wind of Tokyo's winter night immediately hit us in the face.

Xiaolan shivered subconsciously, then quickly retracted her neck and tightened the collar of her coat. After identifying the direction of the bus stop, she walked quickly towards it.

Perhaps this is the case of arriving at the right time rather than arriving early. When Xiaolan arrived at the bus stop, the previous bus that could take her home had just left the platform, leaving the unicorn girl alone standing next to the empty route sign, looking at the taillights of the car and sighing helplessly.

Just say it's force majeure. After all, you can't just chase after the driver and force him to park and get in by yourself.

Helpless, Xiaolan waited on the platform with a cup of fruit tea.

The cold wind at night was really biting, but fortunately the fruit tea in the girl's hand was hot, which could bring some temporary warmth to her palms.

Xiaolan took two sips to relax her habit, then slowly blew out a puff of white mist towards the night sky.

“It tastes pretty good…”

She raised her hand and looked at the disposable plastic cup in her hand. With the help of the light from overhead, she could clearly see the menu attached to the cup.

Grape lemon, order quantity: 2... Such an easy-to-understand name, but the taste is really good. I will bring Conan and dad to try it next time.

Xiaolan thought so.

She actually rarely drinks this kind of thing, maybe only once or twice a year.

It's not about whether she's rich or poor, but besides going to school, Xiaolan has to cook for Mouri Kogoro and Conan in the morning and evening, which means that Xiaolan can't go around and play after school like other girls of the same age.

Since it’s a rare opportunity to drink it, just post a circle of friends in winter.

Thinking of this, Xiaolan freed one hand and took out her cell phone from her clothes, pointed the camera at the fruit tea in her hand, adjusted the angle and took a photo.

ding dong~

Less than a minute after the update was posted, my phone beeped with notification of a new comment.

I picked it up and saw that it was Conan's comment.

"Where did you go, Xiaolan, so late at night?"

"Well, I went to my mother's house to deliver the presents I bought in Kyoto. I will be back soon."

Xiaolan replied with her fingertips rising and falling rapidly on the screen.

However, less than a minute after she replied, the notification sounds of new comments began to sound.

This time there are two together.

One of the messages was from Conan, who just said "Slow down and be careful on the road."

And there is another one sent by Yuanzi.

"What? So you just went to your aunt's place. From the pictures you posted, I thought you finally came to your senses and forgot about that shit-eating detective and found a new boyfriend to date!"

This garden is full of weird things...

Xiaolan narrowed her eyes, typed out three words in a loud voice, added an exclamation mark at the end and clicked send.

Chapter 457: What Yukiko has, her aunt must have too!

The scene switches and the perspective returns to the office.

After Xiaolan left, Serabelle waited in the front hall for about five minutes before the office door opened again.

After changing into her daily business attire, Hibiki Eri peeked out of the door, but she only saw the gifts left on the front desk and did not see her daughter.

"…Where's Lan?"

"gone back."

Serabelle supported her chin with one hand and pointed to the empty elevator lobby outside facing the glass door of the office.

"I guess she was afraid that if we went together, I would offer to take her back and that would cause trouble again, so she left first."

"Ah, that's true..."

As the saying goes, a niece is best known as her mother. Considering Xiaolan's well-educated and well-mannered character since she was a child, Kisaki Eri understood her daughter's thoughts after a little thought. While feeling a little distressed, she couldn't help but feel a little relieved.

Eri Kisaki knew that Xiaolan had always wanted her to reconcile with Kogoro Mori and remarry.

Because of this, Xiaolan has always been very sensitive about whether there are other opposite-sex people of the same age around her. There is no need for any close contact. She will be extremely sensitive to even the slightest movement, almost to the point of overreacting.

For example, when she just separated from Maori Kogoro, in order to avoid being harassed by boring men, she would wear the ring as a talisman to keep strangers away and evil spirits away.

However, as her career gradually developed and she had her own law firm and a place in the legal field, she no longer needed to work in other people's firms to deal with relationships with colleagues, so Kisaki Eri took off the ring.

As a result, when they met for the first time after that, Xiaolan discovered it on the spot and asked him the reason why he took off the ring. He finally felt relieved after he was sure that he took it off just because he didn't want to wear it.

But even so, Xiaolan did not completely calm down. After that, almost every time they met or talked on the phone, she would hint in some way or another that she could put the ring back on.

Specifically, he would deliberately go to her and praise Kogoro Mori for the case he had recently solved, or he would forcefully say that she and Kogoro Mori looked like a couple.

When she thought of this, Kisaki Eri couldn't help but feel a headache.

"It's true that every family has its own problems..."

With a helpless sigh, the female lawyer came to the front desk, dragged another chair over to sit next to Serabelle.

The two of them maintained this distance with their shoulders almost touching. Kisaki Eri held the Kyoto specialty snacks left by Xiaolan in front of herself with both hands, untied the ribbon on it and opened the lid. The rich aroma of glutinous rice flour immediately filled her nose.

Actually, Kisaki Eri really likes this kind of dessert, but looking at the desserts in front of her, she somehow has no appetite, so she simply pushes them in front of Serabelle beside her.

"Eat if you want."

"……it is good."

Serabelle picked one up and put it in her mouth without hesitation.

After all, he didn't have dinner, and Xiaolan drank his cup of fruit tea, so he should be hungry by now.

"But Auntie, are you really not going to eat it? Miss Maori brought this back from Kyoto."

"I don't want to... Well, leave half for me. Maybe I'll want to eat it tomorrow."

Fei Yingli thought about it and decided to leave some wiggle room for herself, but she couldn't help but sigh.

"I lied to Lan again today, and to my own daughter. Now I can't eat the snacks my daughter brought me."

"…About the kimono?"

Serabelle understood immediately.

"Yes."

There was a hint of helplessness in Kisaki Eri's smile.

"I am very conflicted about this matter. On the one hand, I am afraid that Lan will know about my relationship with you, but on the other hand, I am looking forward to her finding out so that I don't have to hide it anymore... No, maybe she has already found out."

"Why do you say that?"

Serabelle swallowed the snack in her mouth hard and asked curiously.

"Idiot..." Hibari said with a light smile and rolled her eyes in a charming manner.

"Have you ever heard that there is no impenetrable wall in the world? No matter how quick you are at responding to situations, the label on a disposable plastic cup will not lie."

"Label?"

Serabelle was even more confused, not understanding what this had to do with the label.

Hibiki Eri shook her head slightly. "I don't know if Ran noticed it, but I noticed it. The 'order quantity: 2' clearly shows that you only bought two cups. If there was also your portion, then the number should be 3. Once Ran noticed this, she would immediately understand that this clearly shows that you only bought your portion and mine at first."

"For example, after I bought my own portion, I happened to see Miss Maori coming to your place, so I went back and bought two new cups?" Serabel tried to justify herself.

"Then the timings won't match. You and she arrived almost at the same time. If you really have to queue up to buy, there should be at least five to ten minutes between you. It's impossible to be that fast."

Kisaki Eri pursed her lips and gently pinched the boy's cheek, then suddenly lowered her voice, as if she was talking to herself.

"But if we are really discovered, it seems... not bad."

The low voice only lasted for a moment, and soon Kisaki Eri returned to her normal speaking tone.

"By the way, about the kimono, Bell, did you give one to Yukiko?"

"delivered."

Serabelle answered very frankly.

"How did Yukiko react?" the female lawyer asked.

The boy recalled: "Probably... quite happy."

"And you did it in your kimono?"

"I did it in a kimono."

"Haha~"

After receiving Seravel's answer, Kisaki Eri narrowed her eyes dangerously.

"Bell, you know that in Japan, giving a kimono is equivalent to proposing, and doing it in a kimono is equivalent to doing it in a wedding dress."

"Uh... um."

Serabelle nodded hesitantly. He always felt that his aunt seemed to be thinking of something bold.

Sure enough, the next second, Kisaragi stood up from beside him, turned around and walked towards the office door, leaving only one sentence behind.

"Wait for me for a moment. Auntie will go change into a kimono now. It will only take about ten minutes."

"Need help..."

"No, Bell, just wait outside."

Before Serabel could finish her words, Kisaki Eri stopped at the door of the office, put one hand on the door handle, turned her head, and slightly extended her tongue to lick her tender and tempting red lips.

"We'll do it outside in a bit."

ha? !

For a moment, Serabelle thought the driver had misheard.

To be honest, although the security of the building has been upgraded after the kidnapping incident, if you are not a "white-listed person", you must make an appointment in advance to confirm the specific time to come to this floor.