I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

"But I remember you said last time that it was good to discover it..."

Serabelle mumbled while biting into the barbecue.

It was lunchtime, and today was also the last day of the winter vacation, so there were a lot of customers coming to the barbecue restaurant to eat. Most of them were students who had just finished the opening ceremony at school and were having dinner in groups of three or five, making the environment quite noisy.

"That was...I lost my mind that time."

Hearing the old matter being brought up again, Kisaki Eri immediately looked away, turned her face away with slightly blushing cheeks, and muttered softly.

"I thought I could face it calmly, and even if Lan found out, I could explain it to her calmly, but then I found out..."

"I found out it still doesn't work."

Serabelle spoke without any desire to survive.

As expected, as soon as he finished speaking, the married woman lawyer across the table gave him a shy look.

"You said that instead of laughing at your aunt, why don't you think about what to do? Besides, this is not just my problem. You can't possibly avoid meeting Xiaolan for the rest of your life, right?"

"Life is only 30,000 days long, so delay it one day at a time..."

"Then you can delay for six days at most."

The female lawyer hit him with another sabotage ball.

"……Why?"

Serabelle sat up straight.

He knew very well that Kisaki Eri would definitely not lie to him, but if he was to meet Xiaolan in the near future... especially after just discovering that kind of thing, even if no conflict arose, it would inevitably be very awkward.

"Because we are going to attend the engagement party together next weekend, right?" Fei Yingli smiled helplessly, "Remember what I told you about Miss Sara?"

"I remember. She's the sister of Inspector Shiratori of the Metropolitan Police Department."

Serabelle paused after she finished speaking.

"Could it be..."

"That's not the one."

Kisaki Eri took a sip of the orange juice in the glass.

"The officer Shiratori you know is not only the eldest son of the Shiratori Group, but also the youngest police inspector in the Metropolitan Police Department. If his sister gets married, not only the current police officers, but also the retired ones will come."

For example, a certain Maori uncle who has been retired for almost ten years...

Serabelle covered her forehead in her heart.

This is very confusing. He believes that with Xiaolan's personality, she would not disclose such things in public. After all, even when she heard the noise outside the door today, she just generated electricity and left quietly.

But the problem is that Miss Unicorn is a person who can't keep things to herself, and she will definitely react when she sees him and Aunt Eri appear together.

In addition, most of the people attending the wedding were detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department, so they had basic professional qualities and would definitely be able to notice anything unusual as long as they paid close attention.

Well, I can only hope that nothing big will happen...

Serabell fell silent, and Kisaki Eri also stopped talking.

The two continued to eat in the noisy environment of the store, taking the meat away when it was cooked and adding more when the grill had empty space.

About five minutes passed like this, and feeling a little full, Kisaki Eri put down her chopsticks, drank the remaining orange juice in the cup, and sighed softly.

"If I must say it, Ran is really something. Ever since Maori Kogoro and I divorced, she has been trying to bring us back together. She knows exactly why her father and I separated in the first place... Some things really can't be solved simply by children bringing us together."

"He's addicted to alcohol, bragging when he's drunk, and he likes to play mahjong with his neighbors and lose money until midnight before coming back. I can't just clean up his mess for the rest of my life, right? Wouldn't that mean I have to raise not only a daughter, Xiaolan, but also an old son?"

"Two people living together need to accommodate each other. If one of them always puts pressure on the other without any scruples and never compromises, the other will be very tired and tormented. It is only a matter of time before the explosion occurs. I just didn't want to suffer for so long, so I decisively chose to separate."

"Although it's my fault for not choosing the right person at the time and finding such an unreliable father for Lan... But I was still young at that time after all. I was only two years older than Lan is now. Even though Lan is almost an adult now, I'm not even 40 years old yet. Even if I can't say I'm very young, I'm definitely not old yet!"

At the beginning it was just a helpless sigh, but perhaps as the saying goes, if it's not the wine that makes you drunk, it's the people who make you drunk, as Kisaki Eri spoke more and more, the words between the lines gradually turned from a confession to a complaint.

Or to put it more clearly, it means starting to find reasons that convince yourself of your behavior.

"Of course, Auntie is not old at all."

Serabelle pushed her orange juice in front of the female lawyer.

There was no flattery in his words, he meant it absolutely from the bottom of his heart. Just based on Kisaki Eri's appearance and figure, even if she said she was in her twenties, let alone thirty years old, there would be a lot of people who would believe it. If she changed her clothes and tweaked her makeup, it wouldn't look weird even if she pretended to be a female college student.

"right!"

Kisaki Eri took a sip of the orange juice handed to her by the boy without hesitation, her cheeks slightly flushed and her lips pouting as she muttered softly.

"Really? So what if I find another one? Even Yukiko can do it... Why can't I?"

That’s probably because Kudo Shinichi doesn’t know about it yet.

Serabelle looked up at the sky and pretended to look around at the scenery.

At this moment, the screen on the three-sided television located in the center of the barbecue restaurant suddenly changed, and was forced to switch from the original food program to the news channel.

Along with it, the serious voice of the female host on TV was also rang out.

[Next, an urgent news report: At 10:45 this morning, Officer Narasawa of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was shot by an unknown person in a telephone booth on xx Avenue. He died after failed rescue efforts. According to information provided by people at the scene, the criminal was holding a silver umbrella and wearing a coat. If other citizens at the scene have witnessed more information, please contact the police in a timely manner...]

A police officer was shot? That's really serious...

Serabelle thought as she took a bite of the barbecue.

Chapter 529: Xiaolan's Depravity is Steadily Rising

After the last weekend before school starts, a new, peaceful five-day work week begins.

These were indeed five peaceful days. There were no vicious murders, no return of the Kaito Kido, no explosion of the Tokyo Tower, or bombing of the Shinkansen.

Of course, what made Serabelle feel most relieved was that although six days had passed since the Hayama operation, there was still no news with headlines like "Popular female host found dead in a stinking ditch" on the Nichiuri TV channel.

It is obvious that Rena Mizunashi has successfully returned to the organization and successfully gained Gin's trust.

For example, this week, the focus of various news media has been on the shooting of a police officer on the street last Saturday. There have been a lot of reports, and some of them have been promoting conspiracy theories such as "Revenge on the Police".

The police remained silent.

And so, time finally came to the next Saturday——

The engagement party is at dinner time.

Although it doesn't matter if we arrive after 5:30 pm, but considering that this is someone else's engagement party after all, we can't arrive late and have to eat as soon as we sit down.

That would seem disrespectful to the host.

Considering that some preparations were still needed, Serabell arrived at Kisaki Eri's office at around three in the afternoon. After a short rest, the two set off together to the hotel where the engagement party was held.

The hotel where the engagement party was held was the Sun Plaza Hotel in Yūka-cho.

Just like the Haido Hotel in Haido Town, the Sun Plaza Hotel is also a signature hotel in Beika Town, and even its scale is similar to that of the Haido Hotel.

When Serabelle and Eri Kisaki parked their car in the hotel's basement garage and came to the lobby on the first floor, the entire first floor of the hotel was extremely lively. There were three reception groups crowded at the main entrance alone, including those attending wedding banquets, birthday banquets, and birthday parties, all from different halls upstairs.

"There are so many people."

After taking a look around the hall, Serabelle came to the sign at the entrance of the elevator hall.

At a glance, the names of Shiratori Sara and Haruzuki Kotaro appeared on the fifteenth floor, with the four big words "Between Phoenixes" written on the right.

The name is quite well chosen.

"Let's go upstairs."

Kisaki Eri patted the boy's shoulder gently from the side.

"……Oh."

Take the elevator to the fifteenth floor. As the elevator door opens, the first thing that catches your eye is a long corridor leading to the end of the floor, with a bright red carpet on the floor.

There is an outward-facing window on the right after you exit the elevator, and the front desk of the floor is on the left, where you can store some personal belongings such as umbrellas and bags.

Continuing along the corridor is the entrance to the banquet hall, and the restroom is at the end of the corridor.

After Serabelle accompanied Hibari Eri to deposit her things at the front desk, the two of them came to the door of the banquet hall together. There was a waitress at the entrance who was responsible for registering the guests' information.

Glancing in from outside the door, you can see that quite a few people have already arrived in the banquet hall.

"Bell, wait for me for a moment. I'll go register first."

Kisaki Eri said this with a smile, then walked towards the registration desk.

Serabelle wanted to wait there, but at this moment someone flashed out from the main entrance of the banquet hall.

It's Officer Shiratori.

As the brother of the bride at the engagement party, he also had a little red flower on his chest today. When he came out and saw Serabel, he immediately called out to her.

"Sera-kun, that's great. I was wondering if you would come today!"

What?

Serabell was looking in the direction of the voice the previous second, but the next second she couldn't help but take a tactical step back in her heart when she heard these words.

Although he is not a petty person and would not hold a grudge just because others did not invite him to a dinner, what Officer Shiratori said was too strange. What did he mean by "still wondering whether he would come?"

The most important thing is that you haven’t sent an invitation yet?

If she didn't send the invitation, she would have to wonder whether he would come. To be honest, if it wasn't for Kisaki Eri asking her to come together today, Serabelle would never have known that there was such a thing as an engagement party.

How can I get him here? By telepathy?

"I'm sorry, I was actually planning to send an invitation to you, Sera-kun." Officer Shiratori apologized, "But none of us really knows your address, Sera-kun..."

Oh, that's right.

Serabelle understood immediately.

When he bought the house he lives in now, he also used the name of Zhenchun, so even if Officer Shiratori used the Metropolitan Police Department system to investigate the house information, he would not be able to find anything.

Officer Shiratori continued to explain, "So I later thought of a way to ask Inspector Megure for your contact address, but everyone has been so busy these past few days that I just remembered to ask for your phone number and was ready to call you. Fortunately, you're already here."

Are you too busy? Hasn't this week been pretty quiet?

Cearabel's head.

"Is it about what happened to Officer Narasawa of the Metropolitan Police Department last weekend?"

"Eh? Ah, I guess so..."

Somehow, when mentioning the case that happened last weekend, Inspector Shiratori's expression suddenly became a little embarrassed and his wording became ambiguous.

"Anyway, it's good that you're here, Sera-kun. I remember your name is on the third line on page five of the roster. Please register when you have time. I have other things to do, so I'll excuse you now."

"it is good."

After watching Officer Shiratori's back disappear at the entrance of the banquet hall, Serabell withdrew her gaze and looked towards Kisaki Eri.

Just at this moment, Kisara had just finished registering. Just as she was about to call Serabelle to enter the banquet hall, the elevator door not far away opened again, and three familiar figures, two tall and one short, walked out.

As expected, it’s Conan, Ran, and Mouri Kogoro.

Kisaki Eri noticed her daughter the first time, calmed herself down immediately, and greeted her with a smile.

"Ran, and Conan, you're here too!"

She simply skipped over Kogoro Mouri who was in the middle.

"Auntie hello~"

Conan had no pressure in acting like a child. He seamlessly switched from a bored expression to a sweet smile and responded in a baby voice.

In comparison, Xiaolan seemed a little absent-minded. After hearing her mother's voice, she did not pull Maori Kogoro to her with a look of surprise as usual and say something awkward like "What a coincidence, what a fate". She just pulled the corners of her mouth reluctantly.

"Well... Mom is here too."

Huh?

Noticing Xiaolan's abnormality, a big exclamation mark suddenly appeared above Conan's head.

It can't be said that he just noticed it now. To be precise, he and Maori Kogoro vaguely felt that something was wrong with Xiaolan after she came back from reporting last week, but no matter how they asked, she just wouldn't say anything. In the end, they had no choice but to let her be.

But now it seems to be related to my aunt? What happened?

Before Conan could think about it, Serabell walked over from the registration desk behind Eri Kisaki, came to the side of the female lawyer and waved at the three of them with her usual expressionless face.

"Oh, what a coincidence."

"Why do I see you everywhere..."