"Ms. Mouri, do you have any chocolates for Valentine's Day?"
"Yes, I am prepared..."
"Excuse me, is there any chocolate prepared for me?"
"Ah, this——"
Hayashi Yoshiki had just led Edogawa Conan into the living room, but the scene he saw made him squint his eyes.
While he was away from the table, Wakamatsu Toshihide came closer to Mouri Ran again, approached her with an expectant look on his face and asked her.
It can be said that he is good at talking to himself, or that he feels good about himself, but he completely ignored the girl's troubled and resistant reaction and kept approaching her.
He have to say that he is really thick-skinned.
Suzuki Sonoko couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
She reached out and pulled Mouri Ran behind her, and pushed against Wakamatsu Toshihide's oppressive bulk, and said angrily: "Hasn't Brother Yoshiki made it very clear? Ran was obviously embarrassed to refuse someone and forced herself to come here. Why do you keep coming closer to her?!"
Wakamatsu Toshihide gradually became more irritated.
He was being provoked by people one after another and he began to get a little angry. He couldn't help but clench his fists and said angrily, "What does it have to do with you? I didn't show any courtesy to you!"
"You're even planning on taking it out on the girls, right?"
Hayashi Yoshiki stepped forward and diverted Wakamatsu Toshihide's attention away from Suzuki Sonoko. "Have some shame. It seems that you are not only tasteless in your dressing style, but also in the way you treat girls... Or are you really good at forcing girls to have a relationship with you by this kind of persistent way?"
"You bastard, I have tolerated you for a long time!"
Wakamatsu Toshihide was furious and strode towards Hayashi Yoshiki with his fists clenched.
Hayashi Yoshiki just found it funny.
Naturally, he was not afraid of a character like this who was just bigger in size, but he didn't expect that he would have to fight with such a person. He felt a little disgusted.
"Brother Yoshiki!?"
Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran's faces tightened.
"What are you going to do?"
"Hey! Wakamatsu, this is Katsuhiko's home!"
Watanabe Yoshimi and the gloomy man Naomichi who were standing nearby hurried over to stop them.
Seeing Naomichi holding Wakamatsu Toshihide, Minagawa Katsuhiko's mother, who was holding the tray, breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly:
"Calm down and don't make trouble... I just made some coffee, and there's some cake in the kitchen, so sit down and have some."
Since the host said so, Wakamatsu Toshihide, who was being held back, could only snort and sit heavily on the sofa.
After this commotion, Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko felt it was not appropriate to stay here any longer. They whispered words like saying goodbye, but before they could stand up, they were pushed down by Minagawa Katsuhiko's mother.
"Don't worry, at least have some snacks before you leave... Otherwise, I'll feel really bad for making such a fuss."
After hearing what the other party said, and with such sincerity, Mouri Ran and the others felt embarrassed to just leave.
Hayashi Yoshiki didn't care.
In fact, he was already typing a text message on his phone.
"Wakamatsu Toshihide, a medical student of the Beika University and a member of the Tennis Club, please find some relatively detailed information and send it to me."
Select the contact "Gin" and click Send——
"Don't bother with that kind of person, Brother Yoshiki." Suzuki Sonoko said to Hayashi Yoshiki in a low voice.
"I didn't mind it."
"Really? But when you stood up just now, you looked so handsome!"
Suzuki Sonoko's eyes became sparkling again.
He just smiled without saying anything.
At this time, Sekiya Kaori, who had just run to chase Minagawa Katsuhiko, came back. She looked extremely lonely, and Minagawa Katsuhiko's younger brother Minagawa Susumu was beside her.
The little boy was holding a piece of beautifully wrapped chocolate in his hand. It was not the kind you buy in shopping malls, but a handmade Valentine's Day chocolate.
I see. So after the confession failed, did you give the chocolate to his little brother?
Hayashi Yoshiki just took a glance.
When Minagawa Katsuhiko's mother saw this, she immediately frowned and took the chocolate from the boy's hand: "Susumu, how many times do I have to tell you before you understand? Your cavities haven't healed yet, so you are not allowed to eat anything sweet now!"
"But this is what Sister Kaori gave me—"
"No, you can't eat sweets until your cavities are healed."
The woman put the chocolate away without any room for negotiation, glanced at Minagawa Katsuhiko who walked in smoking, and stood up to go to the kitchen to get the cake.
Hayashi Yoshiki picked up the coffee.
Shake it gently, and the hot air is filled with the aroma of burnt bitterness and nuts.
He took a sip.
It was good coffee, but something about it seemed a little odd and made him frown.
But looking at the others, no one seemed to find anything unusual.
Even Edogawa Conan was drinking from a cup - ever since his body became smaller, he had few opportunities to drink coffee.
Minagawa Katsuhiko's younger brother followed suit and picked up the coffee to try it. The bitter taste made him grimace.
"Come and try the cake I made, everyone."
Minagawa Katsuhiko's mother brought the cake and saw her youngest son holding the coffee cup with his mouth open, so she quickly picked up a piece of cake and fed it to him.
"Come, eat a piece of cake and it won't be bitter."
She fed her youngest son several mouthfuls of cake.
After watching him swallow it, she stood up and smiled: "Everyone, try it."
At her cordial invitation, everyone took a few bites and received very high praise.
"Mr. Hayashi, you should give it a try too."
"Thank you, but I don't really like sweets. Please leave it there for now... I'll try it later."
"But the cake won't taste good if it's been stored for a long time. Please at least try it first and tell me what you think."
Although it can be explained by a passionate personality, are most people really so obsessed with letting others eat cake?
After looking at the little boy Susumu who was covering his cheek after eating the cake, as if he had a toothache, Hayashi Yoshiki picked up the cake.
"Mm, it tastes very good, not too sweet."
"That would be great."
The woman picked up the tray, and saw Minagawa Katsuhiko finished his coffee, took out a cigarette, stood up, and walked straight to the yard outside the door.
"Hey, Katsuhiko, have a bite of cake too."
"No need."
Minagawa Katsuhiko walked straight out.
Seeing this, the woman stopped trying to persuade him. She just quietly cleaned up the things on the table and went into the kitchen.
"Buzz~~~!"
At this time, a text message came in on the mobile phone. Hayashi Yoshiki took it out and looked at it. It was a message from Gin.
"Wakamatsu Toshihide, according to the records in the resident registration file, he is currently renting room 203 on the seventh floor of Nishizaki Apartment at 6th Block, Number 72, Beika Town."
"Except for Wednesday which is a fixed rest day, he goes to the nearby gym to exercise every night at 8pm."
"..."
"..."
"..."
A fairly detailed piece of information.
Hayashi Yoshiki only paid attention to the top part about the address, and just glanced over the rest of the content.
Living alone?
Judging from the trajectory of daily activities, it is really easy to do.
He replied with a "received" but never received a reply afterwards.
After a while, Mouri Ran came closer and whispered:
"Brother Yoshiki, shall we go?"
"Well, let's go."
Hayashi Yoshiki put away his phone and stood up.
Mouri Ran said goodbye to everyone embarrassedly. After seeing Wakamatsu Toshihide, she hesitated for a moment, but still waved slightly.
Wakamatsu Toshihide ignored it.
However, when he saw Hayashi Yoshiki stand up and say goodbye to the others with a smile, he couldn't help but sneer: "Hmph, coward."
As soon as he finished speaking, before anyone else could react, a woman's scream suddenly came from the yard outside the house: "Ah——!!"