Sonoko originally wanted to object, but Ran stopped her, so she nodded repeatedly, "Then let's leave it for next time!"
She felt that they had already chatted enough today, and she was a little embarrassed, so she would talk about it next time.
Sonoko glared at Ran, muttering in her heart: 'He's creating conditions for the next date, you idiot.'
Lin Yi looked at the sky outside the window, the night had already fallen. He looked at the wall clock and said, "It's getting late... It's been almost two hours, why hasn't Kudo-kun returned yet? I'm a little hungry, should we go eat something first?"
"Ah... It's already past seven?"
Sonoko looked at the time and felt very dissatisfied with Shinichi. She had waited for him for two hours, which was more than enough. She didn't want to bother with him and said, "Let's go eat something first... I'm so hungry."
"I... I'll call Shinichi and ask how things are going on his end."
The kind-hearted Ran took out her phone, but just as she selected Shinichi's phone number, her hand paused, as she thought of something:
"That's right... Shinichi said he had a date tonight. He probably won't eat with us, and calling him now might disturb his investigation, well, I'll just send him a text message."
After saying that, Ran dismissed the idea of calling and decided to just send Shinichi a text message. He could see it whenever he was free.
Sonoko noticed and said, "Not calling him?"
"No need, a text message will do."
Sonoko didn't say anything more, looped her arm with Ran's, and walked outside:
"That restaurant is nearby, it's only a ten-minute walk!"
"The restaurant is called Asakusa Imahan, it's a century-old establishment!!"
"Eh? A century-old establishment? The taste must be good, right?"
"I haven't eaten there before... I don't know if the taste is good, but it must be unique!"
"....."
The voices of the two beautiful girls echoed in front. Lin Yi took two steps back and stopped, looking back at the direction of the art museum. He touched his chin and said, "It's slower than I imagined... It's been over two hours."
"It seems that Shinichi hasn't solved enough cases yet, his experience accumulation is not enough, his level is not high... I slightly overestimated him."
Chapter 32
A high school student got out of a taxi, and as he walked, he asked everyone he met about "Asakusa Imahan". After asking several people, he finally got an answer.
"Excuse me, miss... where is Asakusa Imahan located?"
"It's the second intersection on the right ahead."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
...
Kudo Shinichi pushed open the door of Asakusa Imahan, and a waiter came up to greet him after he entered.
"Just one person?"
"No, I'm meeting friends..."
The waiter saw Shinichi's high school uniform and understood where he was going: "I understand, please follow me."
The waiter led Shinichi to Lin Yi's table.
As soon as Shinichi arrived, Ran and Sonoko immediately complained:
"Why are you so late?"
"Really... If we had known you wouldn't be finished so quickly, we would have gone shopping."
Faced with the two's complaints, Shinichi could only smile bitterly: "Sorry... It's my fault."
"Kudo-kun, you've been investigating all afternoon, you must be tired... Have something to eat first."
Lin Yi had now reversed his role, no longer playing the bad guy, and considerately told him to eat something first.
"Okay..."
Lin Yi was so polite, making it difficult for Shinichi to find fault. No matter how unhappy he was with him in his heart, he could only keep it to himself.
Shinichi picked up his chopsticks and ate a few mouthfuls to fill his stomach.
After Shinichi joined the dinner, under the calculations of Lin Yi, the schemer, the situation began to develop in a bad direction.
When Shinichi wasn't there, Lin Yi had been chatting with Ran and Sonoko, talking and laughing, and the atmosphere inside and outside the restaurant was full of joy.
However, as soon as Shinichi arrived, Lin Yi immediately became restrained and spoke less.
In Ran and Sonoko's impression, Lin Yi was handsome and didn't talk much, only opening up in front of the two of them.
Shinichi had arrived, Lin Yi wasn't very familiar with him, so he immediately spoke less, which wasn't a problem.
However, without Lin Yi enlivening the atmosphere, the dinner table was gradually occupied by silence, and the surrounding atmosphere became somewhat awkward.
It gave people a subtle illusion—as if Shinichi shouldn't have appeared, and his appearance had ruined the atmosphere.
But Shinichi himself didn't notice anything. He was only thinking about filling his stomach first, his brain had been running at high speed all afternoon, and he was starving.
Ran noticed this illusion, and she quickly broke the awkward atmosphere, asking, "Shinichi, what happened after that? What was the investigation result of that murder case?"
"With me around, of course it was solved!"
Shinichi said very proudly.
Once he started talking about solving cases, Shinichi couldn't stop. He simply put down his chopsticks and said, "Guess who the killer is... The result will definitely shock you!"
"Really? Who is it?" Ran asked curiously.
"Listen carefully... the killer is Curator Ochiai!"
Shinichi said word by word: "Unexpected, right? To be honest, when I came to this conclusion, I was also shocked. I even suspected that my reasoning was wrong... But the evidence at the scene all pointed to him."
"As Sherlock Holmes said, eliminate all the impossible, and what remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth!!"
"I analyzed it from the dying message left by the deceased..."
"....."
Watching Kudo Shinichi talk on and on about the murder case.
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