The world's No.1 detective doll

When the members of the detective agency chased them to the coffee shop downstairs, the two of them were already sitting face to face by the window, and the waiter in maid outfit was standing at the table looking at them with a smile.

The store manager stood behind the counter, wiping the cup while paying attention to the situation over there. He was so focused that he didn't even notice a large group of people rushing into the room for a while.

The members quickly occupied all the seats around Yingzi's position, pretending to come to eat, but their eyes all drifted to that side.

"are these all?"

The waiter took the menu and reconfirmed it to the two people.

"Well, that's all, please."

"It's okay, but speaking of which..." The waiter looked down at the list of dishes, "These are Miss Yingzi's favorite foods."

"Hey?"

Yingzi was stunned, her favorite food?

"Although most of the time, Ms. Sakurako will follow Mr. Ranpo's wishes when ordering, but whenever she eats the food she likes, her whole expression will be different. The store manager said so."

The store manager who was named was stunned for a moment, and then quickly reacted.

"Ah, yes, the person who cooks is very important to everyone's reaction when eating. After such a long time, I can also figure out some of everyone's preferences. This gentleman ordered, and it was indeed Ms. Yingzi who ate for a while. A very happy dish."

Hearing this, Naomi, who was lying on the booth beside her, blinked.

"This comparison..."

"Mr. Ranpo is completely defeated."

Haruno naturally took Naomi's words.

"...Thank you." Yingzi drooped her eyes, and her fingers twisted together unconsciously, as if she was a little nervous.

Shinnosuke raised the corners of his lips slightly, and the entire Qingjun face became brighter because of this smile.

"Don't be polite to me because of this little thing, taking care of you is what I should do, isn't it?"

"I……"

Sakura opened her mouth, not knowing how to answer.

"In the past few years...you have really changed a lot."

As if sensing her embarrassment, Shinnosuke gently changed the subject.

"In my impression, you are still the little girl who was studying in the country, thin and timid... Even if you are angry again, you will keep smiling, and you will not cry when you are wronged, and you will not say what you like. Resisting contact with strangers and the opposite sex... But now, I feel that you are completely different, Sakurako."

Although he still had that malnourished and frail appearance, his body was no longer covered with a layer of dusty veil, but a faint light radiated from the inside to the outside.

And in places he doesn't know, maybe she was not happy to be coquettish to someone, she also threw herself into someone's arms and sobbed, coquettishly said to someone that she wanted a good-looking star lamp, no longer resisted, and even looked forward to it. whose touch.

"I'm really, really happy for you."

Shinnosuke lowered his eyes, with complex expressions of loss and relief intertwined in his eyes.

"When I was ten years old, I used to think that a girl like Yingzi shouldn't be so gray. She should be like ordinary girls, laughing and crying unscrupulously, getting angry, acting like a baby, and Shy and annoyed, not like a soulless, lifeless string doll."

It should have been a vigorous age, it should have been a youth running at full speed...

"Yuki told me a lot about you, joined this place called Armed Detective Agency, met many friends, and experienced many things." Shinnosuke held the spoon with his slender fingers and slowly stirred it in the coffee He said, "Those dangerous things, I was scared to death just listening to them, but our Yingzi was very brave and solved them very smoothly."

After being silent for a long while, those golden eyes raised up to reflect Yingzi's appearance, his eyes were full of seriousness.

"Sakura, you are a very good child. You are not stupid, let alone cowardly. In those days without the slightest light, without me...you can live well."

"Your order is ready~"

The waiter's voice interrupted his words, and the two looked up at the waiter's pure white porcelain plate together.

Naomi and Haruno tilted their heads almost exactly the same way. They leaned on each other, their faces full of relief and emotion.

"He's really gentle."

"It's also good for Sakura-chan."

"Take care of Sakura-chan's feelings anytime, anywhere..."

"And it's been so long that I still remember the food that Sakura-chan likes to eat..."

"Oh……"

Luanbu, who was placed on the table, gritted his teeth angrily, with an extremely dissatisfied expression.

"Can this group of ignorant people be satisfied with just this level?! It's just remembering what that idiot likes to eat! A detective can do it!"

Naomi and Haruno, who couldn't hear Ranpo's voice, continued to whisper loudly, as if deliberately speaking for Ranpo to hear.

"He's also handsome, with exquisite features and a well-proportioned figure. He's a reliable type at first glance."

"Idiot! How can you tell whether someone is reliable based on his appearance alone! That guy Dazai has exquisite features and a well-proportioned figure, but he has never, ever been reliable!"

Dazai, who propped his chin and hummed, had no idea how he had been belittled, and was still staring in that direction with great interest, as if he was watching a good show.

"Also, this Miyasaka has a very good personality, gentle, considerate and considerate... Anyway, he is much better than the naive, childish, poisonous and arrogant Ranpo-san, right?"

"Wh-a famous detective is not childish! Not childish! Not vicious or arrogant! Damn it! This detective is obviously ten times stronger than that guy, no, a hundred times better!"

"Kyoka-chan is also very satisfied with Miyasaka, right?"

"...Kill it."

Turning his head, Kyoka sitting on the high stool was holding a dagger, staring at Shinnosuke with a murderous look, as if he would rush up and cut the opponent's neck in the next second.

"..."

They forgot that Jinghua is a diehard fan of Luanying P.

"Jinghuajiang! Hurry up and put away the dagger... You don't need to use this at this time..."

Dun panicked and tried to stop Jinghua's movements, but the latter was just sitting on the chair, and didn't seem to have the intention of rushing up.

Don breathed a sigh of relief.

The two people who were concentrating on reminiscing about the old days didn't notice the actions of the noisy commune members not far away. The dishes were almost delivered, and Shinnosuke took the lead. The prawns and crabs in front of the child began to peel carefully.

Yingzi paused, sitting on the spot a little at a loss.

She seemed to want to do something, but she could only obediently put it away and wait.

I always feel...uncomfortable.

As if I can't do anything.

On the other hand, Dazai jumped up from the chair the moment Shinnosuke hit the crab, and the table in front of him was almost overturned by him, and the angry Kunikida almost threw his fist at him.

The furry head came over suddenly, Sakurako was startled, and then saw Dazai squatting on the ground pitifully, with only a pair of big wet eyes exposed from the table.

"Sakura sauce..."

Dazai began to act like a baby in a sticky manner, completely ignoring that there was a man who was almost a stranger sitting beside him, he just blinked his eyes and stared at Sakurako, trying to put on an innocent expression.

"Huh? What's wrong with Mr. Dazai?" As soon as the words fell, Sakurako suddenly realized that her eyes widened, "Ah...crab."

"Mmmmmmm!"

"I'm also surprised that the cafe has a new crab dish...Mr. Manager, is this a new dish for today?"

"Well, yes, because the crabs are very fresh recently, I thought of making a dish about crabs. Although it is not suitable for appearing in a coffee shop, as long as everyone likes it, it will be fine."

"Ah... at least Mr. Dazai likes it very much."

Sakurako looked at Dazai beside the table who was looking forward to her like a dog, and smiled awkwardly.

But at this time, the empty part of her heart seemed to be filled suddenly, Yingzi also picked up a crab, and began to peel the shell carefully, the fresh and tender crab meat was placed on the plate little by little, Yingzi breathed a sigh of relief.

Whether in the past or now, she is not used to Shinnosuke's overly considerate care for her.

It's not that they are unconscionable and unwilling to accept others...

She just felt that, rather than being taken care of, she longed... to be needed.

"Okay, Dazai-san."

"Ah~ Sakura sauce is really the best!"

Satisfied, Dazai returned to his seat with a plate full of crab meat, and met the emerald green eyes of the doll.

For some reason, he inexplicably sensed it from a puppet...

hiss.

Shinnosuke's actions also paused.

"Sakura..."

At the moment she moved, Yingzi's mood obviously increased a lot...

He was a little dazed.

He seems... never really understood Yingzi.

He just wanted to take care of her, protect her, and to face those tragic experiences and painful memories with her.

But what exactly does Sakura really want?

Shinnosuke smiled wryly.

It seems that he... still hasn't learned how to like someone.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Shinnosuke stopped what he was doing, his eyes were blank for a moment, as if he was remembering something.

"I remember the first time I saw you, you were still timid like a baby bird. At that time, I thought, it's really like holding you in my arms, keeping all the wind and rain out, making you unbearable to any harm."

Sakura was a little taken aback.

Shinnosuke had never said such a thing to her.

"Fortunately, we became friends, accompanied you to and from school, found excuses to help you escape your stepfather's beating, and accompanied you to the playground and summer festivals. I don't know when this feeling sprouted, But I know, Sakura, I really like you very much."

"Brother Shinnosuke..."

"We almost got together, right? Although you didn't say it, but I know it, I can feel it, you... like me so much, even a little bit, right?"