I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

"...According to this statement, wouldn't the ideal partner be an AI robot?" Serabelle held her chin with her right index finger and thumb in a V shape.

"Of course not!"

Yukiko's voice sounded a little crazy.

"Forget it, forget it. I won't talk about this with a piece of wood like you. Compared to this, what are you doing over there recently, my dear brother? There has been no movement for several days. Are you busy with a big business?"

Her last sentence was somewhat sarcastic.

But Serabelle's next words instantly made the older girl stop teasing.

"No, I'm traveling."

"……travel!?"

As if she had caught some key words, Yukiko's voice suddenly rose an octave.

“Where are you traveling?”

"Izu." Serabel answered truthfully.

"Izu!"

Yukiko exclaimed loudly. Perhaps it was because she was once a popular movie star, her emotional fluctuations were always so exaggerated.

For example, now, the tone of voice was clearly "Hou Lixie, you actually went to Izu for a trip" in the last second, but it took a sharp turn for the worse in the next second.

"Brother, you are really going too far. Do you know that now is the best season to travel to Izu? I have always dreamed of traveling to Izu, but if I go alone, I will definitely be fed to death by a bunch of young and beautiful couples...Huh? By the way, Bell, are you going alone?"

"Not just one person, there's also a sister..." Serabel said subconsciously.

"Wow, brother, you actually have a sister!"

Yukiko started to get startled again.

"Which sister? Is it the cousin? The cousin during the day and the dead ghost baby at night?"

What is this mess?

A question mark popped up in Serabel's head. It was rare that he didn't understand the other party's nonsense.

"I told you... her name is Sera Masumi. Even though we haven't met, I can introduce her to you next time."

"Okay, okay~"

When she heard the Romanization of her last name at the beginning, "sera", Yukiko's voice suddenly softened.

So they are siblings, then it’s okay.

She paused for a moment and asked as if on a whim.

"By the way, Bell, do you want to go somewhere else in Japan? I'll take you on a trip when you come back. Anyway, we still have a lot of money left from the trip to New York last time..."

"To be honest, I kind of want to go to Kyoto."

Serabelle was about to say this, but there was a slight sound of the door being unlocked at the entrance behind her.

Then the door was pushed open from the outside, and a small figure came in with the scent of shower gel. Relying on her agility like that of a secret agent, she lightly jumped and climbed onto the boy's shoulder.

She put her left hand around the latter's neck, using her lips to block the words that were about to come out of her mouth, while her right hand gripped the wrist holding the mobile phone.

"Mary...sister...?"

“I’m very vindictive.”

Deliberately speaking in a standard London accent so that the older girl on the other end of the phone could hear this line, Akai Mari moved her right hand, which was pinching Serabel's wrist, slowly towards the phone in her hand.

Then click the Hang Up button.

Chapter 122: I returned to the hotel and found that my mother was actually...

At the same time, at 21: pm Tokyo time, in a villa at Beika-cho -chome.

In the bedroom with the curtains drawn, Yukiko, dressed in home clothes, was lying on the bed with a cat in her arms, staring blankly at the screen of her mobile phone which showed "Call ended".

Of course, the call was disconnected.

And it was hung up by another woman.

That means that Serabel went to Izu not only with his sister, but also with another woman?

But this is understandable, Yukiko heard it clearly on the phone.

The other party did say one sentence in English: I'm very vindictive.

Translated it means "I am very vindictive."

Since not everyone's vocal cords age synchronously with aging, judging age based solely on the voice is not a very accurate method.

But she could be sure that the woman speaking on the other end of the phone must be an adult woman.

Coupled with Serabelle's intermittent "Sister Mary" as if something was blocking her mouth, it can be judged that the other party is undoubtedly older than the former.

And almost no Japanese people use the name Mary. Most people who use this name are in Europe and the United States.

This means that the person traveling in Izu with Serabelle is an adult European or American woman... maybe she's British?

After all, Serabelle herself is British.

As she thought about it, Yukiko's thoughts, which had become stiff due to the hat that suddenly fell from the sky, gradually became active, and the analysis process progressed steadily.

However, what she cared more about was the meaning of the English sentence.

Hold a grudge.

What grudge are you holding?

Yukiko fell into deep thought. Although they knew each other well, she and Serabelle had not known each other for a particularly long time.

There were only two times when they had serious interactions: one was when he went to Fujieda's house to solve a case, and the other was when he went to New York.

According to the other party, she must have done something similar before, which made the other party bear a grudge against her.

But when exactly is it?

Needless to say, the Fujieda family was just trying to solve the case. It was very simple and healthy.

So if we really count it, it was only the time in New York... Could it be that night?

Yukiko took a deep breath and touched her chin, suddenly remembering the time when she went to Serabelle's room while she was taking a bath, and there were indeed faint sounds of talking coming from the bathroom.

So that was a phone call?

As the saying goes, if you read 300 Tang poems, you will be able to recite them even if you cannot compose poems. After meeting the above conditions, Yukiko quickly deduced the whole cause and effect and came to the final conclusion.

In other words, she, Yukiko, is the thieving cat.

“Hehe… hehe…”

Pressing the phone against her forehead, Yukiko let out a rather amused segmented laugh.

It would certainly be very uncomfortable if something that belongs to you was taken away by someone else.

But what if it’s not yours?

Then it doesn't seem so painful anymore, especially when you think about there will be plenty of opportunities to get it back in the future. It's just so joyful, isn't it?

Thinking of this, she quickly covered her mouth and touched both sides of her head.

Hmm, it's a bit itchy, I feel like I'm going to grow horns.

……

On the other side, in the suite of the Izu Seaside Beach Hotel, Akai Mary did not release her lips until half a minute had passed, breathlessly.

However, beneath his blurred eyes, his arms tightened even more, as if he was not going to let someone go easily.

Serabelle was also a little out of breath: "Wait a minute, Sister Mary, I made an appointment with Zhenchun to go swimming with her later. If she waits for me for a long time and still can't come, she will definitely come to look for me."

"Then let her come up and look for it."

Akai Mari took a breath and then kissed him again without saying a word.

Sure enough, it’s still a bit strange.

In Serabelle's impression, Akai Mary should be a very rational and self-disciplined person. In the past, when she had work, no matter how tired or hard it was that day or how much she wanted to rest, she would always complete it on time as planned.

In her words, "Do what needs to be done at the right time, and once you have made a plan, you must execute it conscientiously."

"You will be discovered." Serabelle had to remind.

"Then let's be discovered." Akai Mary said without hesitation.

Ok?

This was not the first time that Serabelle had heard the same answer. The last time was at the Haido Hotel, on Akai Mary's safety day, and she said the same thing after they were done.

Serabelle originally thought that what she said that time was just a joke, and that she was just a little lazy because she worked too hard and exhausted herself.

But now, I shouldn’t be too tired or a little lazy, right?

"But didn't you, Sister Mary, tell me not to let Machun know..."

"Oh? Did I...say that..."

The one who responded to him was the intermittent voice of the blonde British girl in his arms.

A wisp of silver thread suddenly appeared in the air, and the distance between the two people slightly increased.

Akai Mary gently bit her lips, which were becoming more and more crystal clear and tempting due to the saliva.

"Then let's go to my room... Remember to remove your room card. Zhenchun knows I'm taking a nap and won't come in..."

"Just like this...carry me over..."

Time flies, and nearly an hour has passed in the blink of an eye.

On the beach in the afternoon sun, Masumi Sera, who had just swam in the sea, took off her swimming goggles for snorkeling and returned to the beach under the umbrella.

It is said that the Internet has no memory, and this statement is actually almost the same in reality.

Apparently there was an incident of sea snake hurting people at noon, but in the afternoon there were more people on the beach.

Even in order to have enough fun, Fei Yingli even spent a huge sum of money to buy a whole watermelon. The skin was thin and the flesh was thick. It was obviously a great melon.

Xiaolan, who returned to the beach first, handed over a piece of watermelon at the right time.

Masamune Sera thanked him, took it, took a bite and started complaining.

"Really? I don't know where my brother has gone. He said he would call back, but it's been an hour and he still hasn't come down. I couldn't get through to him on the phone before."

"Does that mean Brother Sera is still talking to someone on the phone?" Conan guessed.

"Not really..."

The girl with tiger teeth hesitated.

"It's not that I can't get through. In fact, I can get through, but no one answers."

"Well, I don't know."

As if feeling that continuing to wait was not a solution, Sera Masumi quickly finished the watermelon in her hand and waved to Ran, Eri and Conan who were under the parasol.

"Sorry, I have to go back to the hotel first. Aunt Yingli, you guys go ahead and have fun."

"How about taking another piece with you to eat on the way?" said Hibiki Eri.

"No need, I'll eat when I get back~"

When the voice came, the girl with tiger teeth had already run far away.

……

The view changed, and in the quiet corridor of the hotel's accommodation floor, Masumi Sera was standing at the door of Serabelle's room.

She withdrew her hand, which had been knocking on the door for almost a minute, and muttered something under her breath.

"He's not in the room. Where on earth did he go?"

Just as Sera Masumi turned around and was about to leave, she seemed to hear a faint strange noise coming from her and her mother's room opposite.

It’s strange, shouldn’t my mom be taking a nap at this time?

The girl with tiger teeth was a little curious and stopped to listen.