How did you feel when you were regarded as a murder suspect and looked at suspiciously by your classmates and teachers?

Mihai Riho only remembered that she was a little scared, a little bit at a loss, and more of a daze.

But is it to the point of crying?

She can't remember.

Yakai Riho did not continue to refute Edogawa Ranpo's statement, but changed the subject with a sigh.

"The lost kid should be you, but you got lost just because you didn't notice."

"Anyway, Riho finds me every time."

Edogawa Ranpo looked like he didn't know what he was complacent about.

Yakai Riho: "...Are you treating me as a human-shaped GPS navigator?"

"Rio is not that kind of thing."

Edogawa Ranpo denied dissatisfiedly, then ran to his desk as if suddenly remembering, and pulled out a wooden box from a pile of snacks in the drawer.

After excitedly coming back to sit down, he put the wooden box in front of her with the corners of his lips curled up.

"what is this?"

Yakai Riho took it hesitantly, and after opening it, she found a beautiful wisteria flower hairpin.

She put it back on immediately and pushed it back.

Ranpo Edogawa, who was eagerly expecting her reaction, suddenly became unhappy.

"You don't like it?"

"No, it's just..."

Mihai Riho struggled with her words.

"I told you that at dinner last night."

She doesn't plan to get back with anyone, for herself, no matter who she is is not suitable.

The corners of the upturned lips had been flattened, Edogawa pursed his lips and pushed the wooden box over again without saying a word.

And then pushed back again.

Mihai Riho saw that the other party stood up suddenly, and aggressively pushed the wooden box into her arms.

"I'm going to be angry!"

"This is a gift from Lord Ranpo, you should accept it gratefully!"

Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere was not right, the other people who had already returned to their respective jobs couldn't help but slow down their movements and looked at them.

Before Yakai Riho had time to say anything, he saw that Edogawa Ranpo had turned around and walked directly towards Atsushi Nakajima.

"Dun Jun, let's go to Mr. Police Department to entrust."

"Eh? But Ranpo-san, didn't you just let me go..."

"Dun Jun is an idiot. The previous documents and the specific case process must have not been sorted out."

Yakai Riho watched Atsushi Nakajima holding a pile of documents at a loss, being half pushed and half pushed by Edogawa Ranpo and left the detective agency together.

"Don't worry, Mr. Ranpo is really as capricious as a child sometimes."

When she began to reflect on whether she had done a mistake just now, Yosano Akiko came to the side, crossed her chest with one hand and pinched her chin with the other, looking at the wisteria flower hairpin in the wooden box that was not completely covered, and felt a little familiar.

"It must be very angry and sad to be rejected repeatedly for the gift you want to give."

Tanizaki Naomi rested her hand on her face.

"But if you don't want it, you do have the right to refuse."

"This hairpin was chosen for you at the Summer Festival."

Akiko Yosano looked back at the famous detective who had been entangled in front of the girl's jewelry booth for a long time and watched from beginning to end, and sighed in his heart.

"When I go back, I will tell Riho how many delicious and fun summer festivals there are, and I must make her regret not coming out with Ranpo-sama."

The black-haired young man in a dark green bathrobe muttered while hesitating about which accessory to choose.

It is obviously very reconciled to fail to ask the other party out for the long-awaited festival.

"Is it for the girl you like?"

The boss at the booth looked at him with a smile, and then took out a hairpin from inside.

"How about this hairpin? Wisteria represents persistence, the happiest moment, and love..."

Before he finished speaking, the other party changed his previous wavering and made a decision instantly.

"That's it!"

"Hi, good luck in your relationship."

"in love?"

Miyazawa Kenji, who came out together, asked in confusion while eating the Kopei candy he just bought: "Has Mr. Ranpo fallen in love?"

"It's the girl I mentioned earlier."

Yosano Akiko reminded.

Although they know that Ranpo Edogawa and Osamu Dazai have the same ex-girlfriend, and they are both trying to get back together, but they don't know much about the details.

"But isn't that your ex-girlfriend?"

Kenji Miyazawa hit the center with one blow.

Yosano Akiko originally thought that Ranpo Edogawa would shout something like 'I will definitely defeat Dazai and get back together', but the black-haired young man just silently took the packaging bag handed over by the boss, and said calmly: "But still It's the girl I like."

She glanced again at the girl who didn't know what to do with the gift in her hand, and felt that based on what she saw so far, neither Dazai nor Ranpo-san was very likely.

"But why are you unhappy?"

Miyazawa Kenji looked at Yakai Riho with some incomprehension.

"Shouldn't it be a happy thing to receive a gift? Isn't it enough to return the gift after thanking you? Could it be that you don't like gifts?"

"It's not for this reason, the situation is a bit complicated."

Yakai Riho didn't know how to explain this question to this seemingly innocent 14-year-old boy.

"I can't understand. It's enough for people to express their thoughts frankly. Is this the so-called complicated world of adults?"

For Kenji Miyazawa, the world is very simple and clear.

When you receive a gift, thank you and return the gift if you like it, explain it and reject it if you don’t like it, apologize for doing something wrong, that’s all.

"But sometimes, instead of expressing your ideas, the other party will understand and agree."

Yakai Riho looked at the blond boy with freckles on his face.

"There will always be situations like this."

"indeed……"

Miyazawa Kenji nodded thoughtfully.

"Occasionally this happens, just like cows can be disobedient."

Yakai Riho thought he understood, and then she saw a bright smile on the other side.

"But if you are disobedient, you can just beat him up with the things at hand."

Mihai Riho: "???"

Wait, are you implying something?

Let me beat up Luanbu?

"Don't listen to Kenji, because he grew up in a different environment, so his way of thinking is a bit different."

Yosano Akiko held his forehead.

Yakai Riho: "...Well, I can see it."

She should wait for Luanbu to come back to apologize and prepare a return gift.

However, because he didn't know when he would come back, he and Yosano Akiko left after get off work and the other party didn't come back.

If it was a gift for Edogawa Ranpo, her first reaction would be snacks, but she had already given snacks last time, so would it be careless to still give them snacks this time?

But Edogawa Ranpo is not the kind who will be happy no matter what as long as he gives a gift. If it is a very unsatisfactory gift, he may be even more unhappy because he can see other people's perfunctory.

Sure enough, snacks are the best thing to do.

But forget it today, I didn't sleep well last night, I persisted for a whole day, so let's sleep for a while now.

Then Yakai Riho was awakened by a sudden knock on the door in her sleep.

Standing outside the door was Edogawa Ranpo, who was embraced as soon as she opened the door.

"Sorry, I shouldn't be mad at you."

The black-haired young man with disordered breathing hugged himself tightly, resting his head on her shoulder.

"Just sad."

"I obviously wanted to give you a gift and make you happy, but I messed it up."

"If you don't want it, I'll just take it back, so..."

"Ranbu, let me go first."

However, the other party did not let go of himself obediently.

Yakai Riho didn't know what was going on with him, and suddenly ran over to say these words.

"It's me who should say sorry."

After hearing this sentence, Edogawa Ranpo finally let go of the girl in his arms, he stared into her eyes and asked, "You don't hate me?"

"No."

Mihai Riho pondered for a while and asked, "Why do you think I hate you?"

Edogawa Ranpo hesitated and said: "Everyone says that women should not be embarrassed, and they will be hated."

"And Riho left without saying goodbye to me, and didn't reply to the message I sent you before."

In fact, after going out for an afternoon, the anger has almost dissipated. He originally thought that if the other party did not continue to push the gift back after he came back, he would not be angry, but when he saw that everyone had left, the others said all kinds of things like this The more I think about words like "Be careful of being sneaked in by Dazai" who will be hated by girls, the more I think about it, the more uneasy I become.

"Sorry, I was sleeping just now, so I didn't hear you."

Yakai Riho took out her phone and glanced at the few unread text messages on it, then rubbed her forehead.

"……Oh."

I just didn't notice it because I was too nervous before, but now I naturally understand everything.

After calming down, Edogawa Ranpo returned to his usual appearance.

"You just said that you want to apologize to Ranpo-sama, right?"

Yakai Riho: "That's right..."

"If there is no sincerity, I will not forgive you."

Edogawa Ranpo put on a very angry look.

"It actually made me so nervous."

Yakai Riho: "...???"

Although she wanted to apologize, was this also her fault?

Seeing her appearance, the other party paused for a moment, and then quickly said as if afraid of her repentance: "Forget it, as long as Riho promises not to be angry with me in the future, not to ignore me, and to reply to all my messages and messages as soon as possible." Call me, you won’t refuse a gift from me, you like me more than Dazai..." After making a bunch of requests, he finally said, "If you agree to all of them, Ranpo-sama will reluctantly forgive you."

Yakai Riho reached out and tapped his forehead with some amusement.

"Don't push yourself too hard."

"Well, not reluctantly, but very happy to forgive you."

Edogawa Ranpo looked like 'I already told you how to coax me, so hurry up and say it'.

Seeing that she just raised her eyebrows and didn't respond, the other party reluctantly said as if she had taken a big step: "If it doesn't work, you can reduce it a little bit."

"Random steps."

Yakai Riho let out a sigh of relief, looking at the expectant look of the black-haired young man in front of him, he couldn't refuse completely.

She promised the other party: "I will not be angry with you casually, nor will I ignore you, nor will I deliberately not reply to messages or answer calls."

"At least I can do this, so, can you forgive me? Detective Ranpo-sama."

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