Conan: About the fact that I have a black brother

[Order Brandy to hurry up, and the research team and the finance team to cooperate with his experiment unconditionally.]

[Recall of Vermouth, Cointreau, and Viagra, no mistakes]

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Three years later.

July.

"A sandwich to take away." Lin Xiaochen looked at his watch and the busy clerk and said anxiously, "Please be quick, I'm in a hurry."

After hearing the sound, the clerk quickly put the sandwich in a paper bag and handed it to Lin Xiaochen, smiling and saying, "Okay, Mr. Officer, did you get up late today?"

Lin Xiaochen took the sandwich and nodded politely in response: "Yes, there are some special circumstances today."

After saying that, he hurriedly left the store.

For unknown reasons, the brake pads on his electric scooter broke yesterday.

Lin Xiaochen thought that since today was Friday, it wouldn't affect his work if he didn't ride his bike to work, so he didn't go to repair it immediately.

Who knew that the alarm clock would stab him this morning and run out of battery. Fortunately, Lin Xiaochen's biological clock was still working, otherwise he would have been late today.

Lin Xiaochen climbed up the stairs like a gust of wind, rushed to the outside of the access control system, lingered on the facial recognition machine for a long time, and finally sat down at his workstation in a flash.

"Did you get up late because you went out drinking yesterday? Why are you in such a hurry?" Officer Yamabuki teased him, "Your hair style is very nice."

Lin Xiaochen chuckled and casually smoothed his messy hair: "I didn't drink. My alarm clock and electric bike broke at the same time. Fortunately, I wasn't late, otherwise I would have lost my perfect attendance record this month."

"Haha. Why not buy a car?" Officer Yamabuki laughed twice and continued with what he was doing.

"No, the traffic is getting worse with this traffic condition."

Lin Xiaochen responded casually with a few words and turned on his computer, intending to finish the backlog of work quickly and then enjoy the rare time off.

In summer, even in a cool air-conditioned room, people always lack motivation.

Lin Xiaochen leaned back in his computer chair, typing away on the keyboard with his hands, looking incredibly casual.

He yawned lazily, sent the file save email to the director, and glanced at the lower right corner of the screen.

Is it half past twelve already?

He rubbed his stomach and found that he was not very hungry, so he picked up half a sandwich wrapped casually beside him and started to eat it slowly.

Speaking of which, his appetite and physical strength have declined a lot in the past three years. Although it does not affect his life, he always feels uncomfortable.

Officer Konno saw him chewing on a sandwich again and asked, "Lin, are the sandwiches in the cafeteria so delicious? I see you've been eating them for almost a month."

"It's not from the cafeteria. I bought it on my way to work." Lin Xiaochen swallowed the last bite of the sandwich. "This is easier. The weather is too hot and I'm too lazy to go out to buy it."

"Have you ever thought about making your own bento? That would be more convenient." Saki Mizuki added, "It's best to put it in the refrigerator at night so that it won't taste bad when you take it out the next day."

"Forget it." Lin Xiaochen smiled at her, "I'll try a different taste tomorrow."

"If Lin finds it troublesome, I can help." Zuo Mumei insisted. As if she was afraid that Lin Xiaochen would refuse, she added, "I'll make an extra portion. It won't be too much trouble."

"No need, I accept your kindness." Lin Xiaochen sat up straight, "I don't like eating raw or cold food - of course, bread like sandwiches is fine."

He stood up and nodded to the three of them: "I'll go out and buy a can of coffee."

Officer Yamabuki sighed. It was obvious that Lin Xiaochen had no interest in Saki, and he didn't know what she was insisting on.

Seeing the reluctance on Zuo Mumei's face, Officer Yamabuki didn't know what to say. When Lin Xiaochen came back with the coffee, Officer Yamabuki asked casually, "Lin, are you going to the hospital for another checkup?"

Lin Xiaochen looked up when he heard that: "Yeah, yes, I'll go tomorrow during my day off. What's wrong, Officer Yamabuki?"

"I just think you don't take care of yourself. Coffee and sandwiches." Officer Yamabuki said, "You should have someone to take care of you."

"No need, I'm not a child." Lin Xiaochen curled his eyes.

"Lin is 26 years old this year, right? Do you have a girlfriend?" Officer Konno spoke at this time.

"Not yet." Lin Xiaochen smiled.

Saki Mi's eyes lit up almost imperceptibly.

"So is there a girl you like?"

"...No." Lin Xiaochen did not reply immediately this time. Instead, he paused for a moment before saying, "If I had it, I would not have attended the social gathering..."

Of course, most of the time I was dragged over by Kenji Hagiwara.

"By the way, Lin, have you ever seen the policewoman from the Investigation Division?"

Lin Xiaochen looked at the police officer, who was a student who had just graduated from the police academy: "I've seen him a few times, what's wrong?"

"It's just..." He suddenly blushed, "I want to get to know you."

The others burst into laughter: "You are in love now."

"Then you have to work hard. There are many people who want to pursue her."

"Tsurumi-kun, you have a lot of rivals in love, you must do your best!"

Those who teased him were all experienced detectives who already had families. As for the younger ones, some of them also had the intention of pursuing Sato Miwako.

——Of course, except Lin Xiaochen.

Another smooth day's work ended. On the way home, Lin Xiaochen stopped by the market to buy some fresh ingredients.

Saki Mizuki's words reminded him that he hadn't had a normal meal for a long time.

Ever since there was a new coffee shop on the way to work, Lin Xiaochen had been craving for the sandwiches there.

——Wait, it’s so delicious and addictive, it must have put something wrong in it.

Suddenly, the flower-growing rabbit's subconscious doubts flashed through his mind.

——I must be overthinking it. If there really is an addictive substance, the debuff would have been in place long ago.

——But...what if the system is inaccurate...

[Host, you are questioning my ability]

The electronic sound of the system revealed resentment.

"It's just a reasonable suspicion. I didn't say anything about you."

Lin Xiaochen replied to him calmly

"Let's find a chance to send it to the laboratory for examination."

[…Being cautious is a good thing…haha]

"That's right!"

Lin Xiaochen snapped his fingers.

When Hagiwara Kenji and Matsuda Jinpei had no missions, they would get off work earlier than Lin Xiaochen. Lin Xiaochen knocked on the door of Hagiwara's house, which was closest to his home, but found that no one opened it.

An idea crossed his mind, and he walked up to Jinpei Matsuda's door and knocked.

The sound of slippers coming from inside was getting closer and closer to the door. The door was opened, revealing Hagiwara Kenji's smiling peach blossom eyes: "I said it was Haya."

He opened the door completely: "Come in and talk, Haya."

"No." Lin Xiaochen lifted the shopping bag and said, "I just want to ask if you guys have eaten yet. Do you want to come to my house for a bite to eat?"

"Not yet. Of course I'd love to!" Hagiwara Kenji smiled and shouted inside, "Jin Ping, do you want to go to Haya's house for dinner?"

Matsuda Jinping made an OK gesture with his backhand.

Lin Xiaochen saw the screws and nuts scattered all over the floor and knew that the two were tinkering with it again, so he casually said, "The brakes on my electric bike are broken."

"Don't worry, Xiao Zhenping and I have fixed it for you!" Hagiwara Kenji immediately replied, "I knew it when I saw you didn't ride the bike this morning."

"Thank you...wait, you guys went out later than me?!" Lin Xiaochen came back to his senses.

Hagiwara Kenji scratched his head: "We accidentally overslept~ Well, Haya has so many things, let me help you take them in."

"No." Lin Xiaochen turned and left, "Don't be late for dinner, or you won't have any~"

"OK——"