Conan's organization will end sooner or later without me

"Well, since matsutake is so hard to find, why don't we split up and form teams to look for it."

Before Conan could confirm his guess, Dr. Agasa took the initiative to make arrangements, "It's almost noon now, everyone must find the matsutake before the sun sets."

"Grace, let's be in a group." Yin Jiu moved closer to Huihara Ai and took the initiative to tilt the edge of the umbrella a little closer.

"Are you very close to that Chris Wynyard?" Although Yin Jiu described the relationship between Chris and himself as a long-standing friendship, and also brought Grace Ahara into the picture, Huihara Ai instinctively felt that the relationship between the two was unusual.

When describing the other person, Yin Jiu used the words "distorted personality" and "lack of love".

Such words, especially when used to describe the opposite sex, would not occur in ordinary friendships.

"It's pretty good. I received a lot of help from her when I was in the United States." Yin Jiu recalled that Vermouth's tasks were much less stressful than Gin's, and she often liked to disguise herself into various appearances to tease her original body.

Yin Jiu felt that to a certain extent, Vermouth might really be treating the original body as an exotic pet. After all, she had seen it grow up and had always kept it by her side and taken care of it meticulously.

"She seems to take good care of me in every aspect except teasing me."

"Thoughtful and caring? You live together?" Huihara Ai keenly caught Yin Jiu's words and widened her eyes in vigilance.

"We live together occasionally. After all, we have known each other since childhood." Yin Jiu did not deny it. Instead, he smiled and touched Xiao Shirley's head. "But it is normal for you to be so wary of her. After all, she seems to have some misunderstandings about you. If there is a chance, you two can meet each other. Maybe you can solve many problems."

"...I hope so."

Yin Jiu was talking about the hostility between Shirley and Vermouth, but Huiyuan Ai naturally understood it as the conflict between Grace Ahara and Chrissie Wynyard.

After being reminded of this, Haibara Ai finally remembered that she was impersonating Grace Ahara and clenched her fists anxiously.

"Don't be so nervous. Chris is actually very easy to talk to." Yin Jiu saw that Huibara Ai's reply was vague, and he could understand the worries in her heart, but this was not the most important thing.

Yin Jiu has collected enough chips to exchange with Vermouth, and his eyes swept in the direction of Conan without leaving a trace.

"So, people should not be too lacking in love, otherwise they will be fooled by a simple act of kindness." Yin Jiu felt that Vermouth would suffer a great loss from Conan sooner or later. He touched Shirley's head lovingly, shook his head and sighed at the other's confused look, "Grace, when you grow up, don't be like Chris, who was fooled by a few words from a young man at her age and opened her heart to him."

"..." Haibara Ai didn't know why the topic suddenly took a strange turn, but after listening to Yin Jiu's words, it did fit with his evaluation of Chris's lack of love.

Maybe there was a young boy from somewhere who was pursuing Chris, so Yin Jiu disliked him.

Ai Haibara sketched out a melodramatic love story in her mind, and suddenly felt that Miss Chris Wynyard was not so unapproachable.

"Here, there's a matsutake mushroom."

During the time when Haibara Ai was distracted, Yin Jiu found another Matsutake mushroom with the help of the prompt sound from the golden finger.

"In fact, the reason why Yuantai couldn't find it is not because the matsutake mushrooms here are scattered, but because most of them grow under the soil."

"Look at the mound of earth here." Yin Jiu gently tapped the small mound in front of Huihara Ai with a branch. "If this mound of earth is still close to the roots of the tree, then there must be matsutake mushrooms underneath."

"That's right." Haibara Ai squatted down and lifted the soil a little with her palm, and immediately saw the small mushrooms underneath.

"But we can't just pick matsutake mushrooms. There are also a lot of other supplies here. We can pick some wild vegetables and mushrooms. When we cook soup together, it will taste better."

Yin Jiu took the matsutake from Huihara Ai's hand and put it into the basket, then pulled up a small wild vegetable from the ground.

The two chatted along the way, gradually approaching the webpath of the hunting area.

"That's the hunting area over there." Yin Jiu's wheelchair finally stopped in front of the isolation net.

"It looks like this fence was damaged by something."

Yin Jiu touched the hole in the isolation net, made a judgment, and then he looked around the surrounding environment.

"Let's turn back after we remember the location. We can't go in there anymore. It's a good opportunity for us to tell the administrator about the situation here when we go down the mountain."

Yin Jiu vaguely recalled the plot of this time, "This hole is very dangerous. If I remember correctly, there are bears in this mountain. If a wild bear escapes by accident and encounters a kid like you, it will eat him up one by one."

"Really? Then we may have met each other." Huihara Ai looked at Yin Jiu's sudden evil taste speechlessly. It seemed that this guy only showed the mischievousness unique to teenagers when he was alone with her.

"Look, is that a little bear over there?"

"Huh?" Yin Jiu got off the wheelchair with some curiosity, hid beside the cave and took a look, then he immediately laughed.

-

Twenty minutes later.

Looking at the little black bear that was lured over and held in Yin Jiu's arms, Huiyuan Ai widened her eyes in surprise, "He really isn't afraid of people at all. He should be less than a year old at this size."

"Yeah," Yin Jiu used his fingers to fiddle with the black bear's small paw pads, and then tapped the tip of the little black bear's nose, and said maliciously, "It's a pity that the bear's paw is so small. If we cook it and eat it, it should only be enough for the two of us to have a bite each."

"?"

Huihara Ai raised her head in confusion, and Yin Jiu's shadow was reflected in her sapphire eyes.

Didn't you just say that this bear is very dangerous and it eats every child? Who is the dangerous one?

Yin Jiu had just mentioned this casually, but seeing that Shirley took it seriously, he continued to talk nonsense without changing his expression, "Don't you know? China has been eating bear paws for a long time and regards them as a delicacy."

"There is a rumor in history that King Cheng of Chu loved to eat bear paws. He did not forget to eat them before he died, saying, 'I will eat them when they are cooked, and I will not regret it even if I die!' Later, Crown Prince Shangchen was afraid that King Cheng of Chu would take the opportunity to call for help, so he said, 'Bear paws are difficult to cook.' He forced King Cheng of Chu to death."

"We can take delicacies like this back home, add matsutake mushrooms and spices, and simmer them in a pot for four hours. When they are cooked through, sprinkle them with green onions and coriander."

Wait... Yin Jiu spoke so seriously, could he really want to cook the little bear?

"..." Huihara Ai's mind began to recall the taste of Chinese food that she had once eaten. She felt the saliva in her mouth secrete faster and couldn't help swallowing. "So this is how bear paws are cooked?"

Although the ingredients used were expensive and she had never imagined it, she felt that the finished product should be good? It just sounded a bit cruel.

"Of course, this is just one way to do it. You can also blanch it, slice it, marinate it with sauce for half an hour, bake it in the oven, and finally sprinkle it with cumin powder and chili powder."

Yin Jiu repeated the cooking details in his mind, rubbed the little black bear's furry head lovingly again, and then concluded in the bear's clear and stupid eyes,

"In short, bear paws are a precious Chinese food ingredient. Whether they are steamed, deep-fried, pan-fried, stewed, smoked or grilled, they should taste good. If you can't wait, let's set up a barbecue right now. Add the truffles and small wild vegetables in my hand, and grill them up to make little Grace cry."

When Huibara Ai heard the end, she immediately realized that Yin Jiu was just teasing her. Her heart suddenly sank and her face sternened. She turned her head to the side, not wanting to pay any more attention to Yin Jiu.

"Hey, don't be angry." Yin Jiu put the little black bear on the ground. "After all, it's rare to encounter such a small bear cub. It would be a shame if we really did nothing."