"Oh! Isn't this Brother Hayashi!?"
A surprised voice came from outside the door.
Everyone looked up and saw a burly man in a suit standing outside the door, and behind him was a group of people who were dressed very formally.
"Inspector Megure?"
"Why is Inspector Megure here?"
"Haha, the boss's daughter is getting married, so of course we subordinates have to come and show our support."
In response to Mouri Ran's question, Megure Juzo seemed to be laughing happily.
The boss he was talking about, the stern-faced and burly man named Matsumoto Kiyonaga, walked in and nodded to Hayashi Yoshiki.
"During this period, I have often heard Megure mention you, saying that you are a very remarkable young man."
Matsumoto Kiyonaga extended his hand, shook hands with Hayashi Yoshiki and said, "I really have to thank you for the incident in the library. The drug dealer Tsugawa gave away all his superiors and subordinates. This is a big deal for our Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department!"
"I just happened to be there." Hayashi Yoshiki responded with a smile, "Today is Sayuri-Sensei's wedding day. Shouldn't Mr. Matsumoto focus on her first?"
"That's what I was going to say."
Seeing his daughter staring at him, Matsumoto Kiyonaga couldn't help but clear his throat.
He first dismissed Megure Juzo and the others outside the door, then walked forward, put his hands on his daughter Matsumoto Sayuri's shoulders, and asked seriously: "Have you really thought about it, Sayuri?"
"What?"
"Compared to marrying that kind of man, there are many young people in our community who are more courageous."
Matsumoto Kiyonaga didn't care at all that his words were heard by Hayashi Yoshiki and other outsiders. His always tense face relaxed at this moment, but Matsumoto Sayuri couldn't help but get angry:
"What are you still talking about at this point? He is my own choice!"
"But..."
"Really? I'm already this old, you don't have to treat me like a child all the time."
The conversation between the two was heard by several people nearby, from which they learned that Matsumoto Kiyonaga did not approve of his son-in-law.
Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko seemed to have some objections to this situation.
After all, they are teenage girls who admire beautiful love. In their opinion, "I like it" in free love is the most important thing.
"But there is no doubt that Mr. Matsumoto cares very much about Sayuri-Sensei."
Hayashi Yoshiki only mentioned it lightly, "After all, so many guests outside came to celebrate because of his status. If he really decided to cancel the engagement at the last minute, his face would be affected."
Considering it from this perspective, the two high school girls had nothing to say.
But in the end, Matsumoto Kiyonaga took a step back, praised Matsumoto Sayuri a little awkwardly on how she looked in her wedding dress, and then went out - there were so many guests, and he had to continue entertaining them outside.
"By the way, Brother Yoshiki, would you like something to drink?" Suzuki Sonoko suddenly asked Hayashi Yoshiki.
"Want to buy some drinks? Then please buy me a bottle of mineral water."
"Just mineral water?"
"Sonoko, could you please buy me a bottle of lemon tea?"
"OK~"
Suzuki Sonoko happily prepared to set off.
However, just as she walked to the door, it was opened from the outside and a maturely dressed woman came in.
"I'm back with some warm lemon tea for you, Sayuri."
"Ah, Kazumi!"
Matsumoto Sayuri held up the hem of her wedding dress and went to meet them happily.
The girl named Kazumi was her good friend in college, and they had a very good relationship... But what made Matsumoto Sayuri feel embarrassed and uncomfortable today was that Kazumi was actually the ex-girlfriend of her current marriage partner.
The other party is very free and easy.
When Matsumoto Sayuri whispered an apology, she slapped the bride on the butt and said with a smile: "Come on, it's already this time, don't you realize it? At the wedding ceremony later, I will definitely reveal to everyone that the groom is my ex-boyfriend."
"Kazumi..."
"Haha, I'm just kidding. Okay, good luck to you, and I'll see you later."
She walked out the door smiling.
Matsumoto Sayuri was left standing there feeling both angry and amused.
"The two of them have a really good relationship."
Hayashi Yoshiki said this and looked at Mouri Ran who was also smiling, "When Mouri Ran gets married, Sonoko might look like this too."
"Hey——!"
Mouri Ran blushed immediately.
Her clever and innocent face flushed, and her shy reaction was indeed very cute. She couldn't help but mutter, "...Brother Yoshiki, what did you say?"
Looking at Mouri Ran's cute appearance, Edogawa Conan immediately cast a wary and suspicious look at Hayashi Yoshiki.
(Why is this guy teasing Ran?!)
His eyes were really obvious.
Hayashi Yoshiki noticed this and looked at him with a surprised expression, and slowly, his expression became more serious.
Being stared at by him, Edogawa Conan, who was unhappy at first, felt embarrassed, and then slowly began to feel guilty...
Last time, when Hayashi Yoshikisaid that he looked like Kudo Shinichi, Edogawa Conan was already scared enough. Now, knowing that the other party was very observant, he was still being stared at for such a long time——
Not good!
"What's wrong, Brother Yosuiki?" Mouri Ran also noticed that Hayashi Yoshikiwas always looking at Edogawa Conan.
"Ran, I want to tell you something." Hayashi Yoshiki narrowed his eyes.
"Oh, okay."
Mouri Ran nodded, not knowing what was going on.
When Edogawa Conan saw the two of them leaving him and going to talk aside, he felt a sense of panic in his heart.
No, no way?
Why is he deliberately avoiding me?
Watching the two of them talking, with Mouri Ran looking at him from time to time with a somewhat surprised expression, Edogawa Conan gradually became unable to sit still.
He wanted to go over and hear what Hayashi Yoshiki was talking about about him, but as soon as he took a step, he was caught by Matsumoto Sayuri.
"Wow, I suddenly realized that you look like a former student of mine named Kudo Shinichi."
Matsumoto Sayuri grabbed his face with a smile.
On the other side,
"Brother Yoshiki, are you saying that Conan might have some strange thoughts about me?" Mouri Ran asked back in surprise, and then smiled as if it seemed unlikely, "That shouldn't be the case. Conan is still just a child..."
"It's because he is just a child that I told you, Ran."
"Huh?"
"Many times boys are purely visual animals, and the girls they have a crush on are usually the prettiest in their class or age group. But quite a few boys are more likely to be attracted to older women, especially for children, whose secondary sexual characteristics have not yet developed. If they come into contact with more older women at this time, they will hardly focus on girls of the same age."
"Is that so?"
"Haven't you noticed that Conan has always been sticking to you?"
"…It seems so."
Guided by Hayashi Yoshiki, Mouri Ran thought carefully and realized that Edogawa Conan really always wanted to follow her.
And especially the time when she lied to him and said she was going on a "date" but was actually going to see her mother Kisaki Eri, and there was also the time at the Valentine's Day party... Conan still secretly followed her even though it was clear that he was not going to go. A normal child would not do this.
The more dhe thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.
"Actually, Conan is a very smart kid."
"I noticed that he was very interested in being a detective and solving cases, and he was also very good at finding details that ordinary people would not notice."
"He's a good candidate."
"I've been reading books on psychology recently, and I've come to realize that many sexual fetishes are actually developed in childhood, and they are usually deeply rooted and cannot be changed in later years."
With that warm and intellectual face, Hayashi Yoshiki said these words very calmly.
Sex, sexual fetish! ?
Mouri Ran's expression was a little embarrassed and blushed: "Brother Yoshiki, it's too much to describe it like this..."
"By the way, does Conan usually behave in a strange way, like suddenly becoming mysterious at a certain time?"
"Well, it seems that there will be this."
"Will he go out of his way to avoid you?"
"…It seems so."
"So."
Seeing Hayashi Yoshiki's increasingly serious expression after listening to him, Mouri Ran also gradually became serious due to the atmosphere.