Last time, the sugar...

Edogawa Ranpo was probably talking about the bag of candy that Ekawakami gave him when they left last time.

So, are you done eating?

Jiangchuankami tilted his head slightly to look at Edogawa Ranpo, his delicate brows lowered, looking extremely proud and attractive.

As if he knew what Edogawa's action meant, he let him watch, and his voice couldn't help but carry a hint of accusation as he explained.

"That bastard Dazai, he stole my candy, a whole bag of it."

Although it was kept on his behalf in the name of the president, that excuse was absolutely false, and those candies must have gone into Dazai Osamu's mouth.

He knows it!

He got angry whenever he thought about it, so Edogawa Ranpo came to ask for it again, and his eyes towards Edogawa were even more accusatory.

Jiang Chuan Shang's expression paused for a moment, then he understood. Then he turned his wrist, and like a magic trick, an orange hard candy wrapped in transparent paper appeared in the palm of his hand.

The kimono was loose to begin with, and when he raised his hand, his slender white wrist was revealed, visibly flexible. The brightly colored high-end candies in his hand were so delicious that it was hard to tell how delicious they were.

"Orange flavor." Egawakami said lightly, and handed some of the candy forward so that Edogawa Ranpo could take it more easily.

"As expected..." Edogawa Ranpo stared at the candy handed to him and sighed, without rushing to take it. "Mr. Kawakami always carries candy with him."

"Because I need to coax a child." Jiang Chuan glanced at him sideways, hinting at something.

The candies on him were already prepared, and he took them out from the space without hiding them. After all, everyone has secrets.

He not only has to coax Edogawa Ranpo, the "little kid", but also Conan.

The former has an adult appearance and age, but a childish mind; the latter has a childish appearance and age, but a mature and stable high school student mind.

They are two completely opposite people. The only thing they have in common is probably their identity as detectives and their smart minds.

Their two names are quite related, but unfortunately, after the worlds merged, the relevant information was naturally hidden, and it was simply called automatic bug repair.

Instead, only the outsider Egawa Kami knew the connection between them, and had even read more than Edogawa Ranpo's books in real life.

However, it is impossible to mention these to them. Having a Dazai Osamu who deviates from the script is enough.

Jiang Chuan lowered his eyes and continued speaking, his tone carrying a hint of unfathomable depth.

“Sometimes, a little candy goes a long way.”

Edogawa Ranpo said "Huh", his eyes showing curiosity. He decided to listen attentively with a very serious attitude.

Jiang Chuan Shang slightly raised his lips in appreciation of his timely advice, and continued with a half-smile: "Some children, when they eat candy, will have complex emotional changes on their faces that I can watch, which is very interesting; while some children..."

Having said that, Egawakami's clear and ambiguous voice paused slightly, and he glanced at Edogawa Ranpo with the corners of his affectionate eyes before continuing.

"If you eat the candy that suits his taste, he will be coaxed into happiness and you can get everything from him."

Edogawa Ranpo seemed to be burned by that gaze. He blinked his eyelashes slightly and spoke only after a long while.

"Is that right?"

As if to prove it, he finally raised his hand and took the candy from Jiang Chuan Shang's hand, tearing the wrapper while looking at Jiang Chuan Shang.

Besides, as smart as he is, he naturally knows who the two pronouns refer to, so he needs to prove it.

So, when he put the orange-flavored candy in his mouth, he was soon pleased by the sweetness, his eyes narrowed in enjoyment, and he was happy.

He praised, his emerald eyes glowing brightly in the sunlight, containing something vague.

"It's really interesting, Mr. Kawakami. It turns out that in your eyes, Ranpo-sama is also an omniscient being. I am really flattered."

"You shouldn't take me as a prerequisite," Jiang Chuan Shang silently withdrew his hand, his expression turned cold, and he slowly replied: "I am also a human being in essence, an ordinary living being, there is no difference."

The two seemed to be speaking in sign language.

Edogawa Ranpo moved the candy in his mouth to the other side with his tongue and licked his lips before speaking in rebuttal.

"Normal people don't go to the trouble of carrying candy with them, nor do they have dangerous beauty like you that goes beyond the ordinary."

After saying this, Edogawa Ranpo seemed to suddenly remember something, and suddenly curved his lips into a slight smile, then slowly spoke with a profound tone.

"Sugar is sweet, just like the one in my mouth; Mr. Kawakami's beauty is sharp and dangerous, and can also be used as a weapon to kill people without being seen. It's strange and reasonable that such contradictory temperaments exist so harmoniously in you."

I thought she was a femme fatale, but I didn't expect... How could she be so gentle? It's so fascinating.

As for the rest, Edogawa Ranpo kept silent, as long as he knew it himself.

If I say it out loud, won’t it become a confession?

Out of boredom, his lips and tongue casually fiddled with the candy in his mouth.

Jiang Chuan Shang also stopped talking and just stopped at the point he wanted to say.

The two stopped because of the candy, and now that they had given it to him, they naturally continued on to the candy store.

Soon, they arrived at a cake shop with simple and high-end decoration. After careful selection, Edogawa Ranpo ordered a six-inch cake, which was decorated with white chocolate.

Jiang Chuan Shang was not very interested in this kind of dessert and he had already drunk his tea, so he ordered a lighter tiramisu.

Everything in the cake shop is freshly made, and the whole room is filled with the sweet aroma of cream and baking bread. The efficiency is also very high. Egawa Kami's tiramisu was the first one brought to the waiter, followed by Edogawa Ranpo's big cake.

In order to make him wait less, Jiang Chuan Shang took out a small plate, divided his tiramisu into two halves, and handed one half to the black-haired detective who was looking at him with eager eyes.

Don’t think that he doesn’t know that he wants to eat too, otherwise why would he be staring at the thing in front of him with shining eyes?

"Thank you, Mr. Kawakami!" Edogawa Ranpo naturally would not refuse. His emerald eyes became brighter, and his gaze towards Edogawa was more cordial.

With food to keep him quiet, Edogawa Ranpo's interest was naturally all in desserts, making him like an extremely willful and naive child.

At this moment, because of the deliciousness and tastyness of the dessert, Edogawa Ranpo's taste buds were fully satisfied and his eyes narrowed into slits with joy.

He didn't care about his image at all. Even when the whipped cream on the dessert splashed on his cheek, he didn't wipe it off. Instead, he was wholeheartedly focused on his food.

Jiang Chuanshang let him do it, he was not really raising a child, and he also started to taste the tiramisu in front of him.

Half a portion of tiramisu was enough for Jiang Chuan Shang to slowly pass the time.

He ate in an orderly manner, and seeing that Edogawa Ranpo was enjoying his meal, he finally found the time to ask.

"Is it really that delicious? Or are you just too hungry."

"Mmm--delicious!" Edogawa Ranpo took the time to reply without even raising his head.

His cheeks were slightly bulging from chewing, and his words were a little unclear, but he was still cute.

"This is one of Ranpo-sama's favorite desserts."

Jiang Chuan Shang glanced at him and saw that he had only finished one fifth of the cake, then continued to taste his own.

A quiet and warm atmosphere flowed between the two of them.

On the other side, there is a quaint tavern at Kifune Shrine.

The dizzy feeling after being drunk surged up, and fleeting ambiguous fragments also intertwined in my mind.

Nakahara Chuuya held the phone tightly, and the screen showed a call record of a number that had been dialed five times but never connected.

Looking at the familiar phone number given to him by the leader, Nakahara Chuuya felt an indescribable bad emotion in his heart, and regret followed him like a shadow.

Why is he such a drinker?!

"Why can't I get through? Why doesn't Mr. Kawakami answer the phone? Could it be... could it be that he is really angry?"

Nakahara Chuuya muttered to himself as he nervously considered various possibilities.

Every bad guess was like a sharp dagger, piercing straight into his heart, making him feel more panic and anxious.

Seeing that it was futile to call the other party no matter what, Nakahara Chuuya could no longer sit still and stood up abruptly.

Because he was drunk, he was staggering and almost bumped into the table and chairs next to him, but he didn't care at all. In a hurry, he reached out to pick up the hat on the table, put it on his head, and planned to run out of the store.

The waiter who was watching on the side naturally noticed his staggering and cast a concerned look at him.

However, at this moment, Nakahara Chuuya had no time to care about these things. He just hurriedly pushed open the door of the tavern and ran towards the exit.

Although he had a splitting headache, he had only one thought in his mind, which was -

Go find Mr. Kawakami and explain!

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