"Harugatei" is a high-end Western restaurant located in Ginza, Tokyo. It was opened by the talented chef Kikuchichi Sonoka, who graduated from the 89th class of Totsuki Academy and ranked first among the top ten when he graduated. It's not long, but it is recognized that it already has the strength of Michelin stars, but it just lacks time certification.
This is not the first time for Suzuki Sonoko to come to "Harugotei". When "Harugotei" opened, she was invited to attend the opening ceremony of "Harugotei" and enjoyed the chef's exquisite dishes there. She was impressed by her cooking skills. If she didn't like the atmosphere of these high-end restaurants, she wouldn't mind visiting here from time to time.
A service staff led the way, and Suzuki Sonoko happily said to Maori Ran: "Speaking of our luck, it seems that a group of guests canceled their reservations due to an accidental injury, so we were able to book seats so easily, and it was a big one." Box!”
"Yuanzi, it's not good to regard other people's injuries as your own good luck..."
Mao Lilan showed a troubled expression.
Regardless of the reason, being happy because of other people's misfortune is not right in Mao Lilan's opinion.
"Okay, okay, I'll shut up..."
Suzuki Sonoko also knew Mao Lilan's character and immediately said nothing more.
"Yuanzi, I don't mean to blame you..."
Mao Lilan took the initiative to hold Suzuki Sonoko's hand.
"Okay, Xiaolan, I know you didn't mean to say that about me, and you are so close to me, so be careful of your husband getting jealous! Hee hee hee!"
Suzuki Sonoko said with a smile.
"Garden!"
Yan Kai silently listened to the two arguing, but in his heart he was wondering when Congressman Yasuda would get here.
Yes, according to the information that Yan Kai just overheard, Representative Yasuda will come to the "Chun Fruit Pavilion" for dinner later. After Yan Kai overheard the news, on the way back, he heard a tall man with tea hair The woman was calling the "Chunguo Pavilion" to change her reservation. She wanted to change the large box originally used for a dozen people into a two-seater. The staff of the "Chunguo Pavilion" said that this was against the rules, but the tall tea-haired lady was The woman threatened her severely, and in the end the staff had no choice but to cancel the large box and rearrange a double seat for the tall, slender woman.
Although he had never met the tall, slender woman, and was somewhat insensitive to her threatening the restaurant with her power, Yan Kai couldn't help but want to express his gratitude to her.
As long as he and Representative Yasuda are under the same roof, even if there are walls blocking him, he can still make Representative Yasuda die quietly, and there are nine ways. What Yan Kai needs to consider now is how to get rid of these nine ways. Find out which one makes Representative Yasuda's death most like an accident.
If a big shot like Representative Yasuda dies in an unknown manner, the most skilled coroner will definitely conduct an autopsy on him, so Yan Kai has never thought about using martial arts directly on his body to cause his death, because this It certainly cannot be hidden from experienced martial arts inspectors.
Therefore, it is still necessary to disguise Representative Yasuda's death as an accident, and this requires Yan Kai to put a lot of thought into it.
After entering the private room, Suzuki Sonoko was the "financier's mother", so she was naturally responsible for ordering. After asking everyone about their tastes, she found that no one had any special taboos, so she directly ordered one for everyone. The signature dish of Chunguo Pavilion.
The so-called signature dishes may not necessarily be the most delicious, but they must be the ones that most people can accept and find delicious. Generally speaking, ordering the signature dishes is the least bad choice in whichever restaurant you go to eat.
While waiting for the appetizers, Mao Lilan looked at the exquisite and high-end decoration in the box with some curiosity, and couldn't help but sigh: "The environment here is really good!"
Although Suzuki Jiroyoshi's residence is also very luxurious, that luxury is grand and dignified, while the decoration of "Harugotei" is more refined and comfortable. The two cannot be compared together.
Poor Mao Lilan is obviously the daughter of a well-known barrister, but because she lives with her financially unstable father, she not only has to do various housework on a daily basis, but it is also her first time to eat in such a high-end restaurant.
"It's indeed good." Suzuki Sonoko nodded, then pulled Mao Lilan and whispered, "There are just too many rules. It feels like we are not enjoying the food, but the food is waiting for us to meet. It's super troublesome, why not stay with Xiaolan? Go to a roadside stall to eat, for example, the crepe from the shop near the school is super delicious!”
"Sonoko, you are really..."
Mao Lilan was a little helpless and said that she didn't think Suzuki Sonoko was coaxing her or in Versailles, because Suzuki Sonoko really often turned down reservations at high-end restaurants and went to eat ramen or other cheap restaurant dishes with herself.
While the two were chatting, the appetizer was quickly served. Suzuki Sonoko no longer whispered to Mao Lilan, but began to enjoy the food of "Chun Guotei".
Although she feels that the rules of high-end Western restaurants are troublesome, since she is destined to endure them, Suzuki Sonoko must of course enjoy the corresponding food!
The appetizer this time was cream mushroom chicken puff pastry box. Suzuki Sonoko took a bite. It was crumbly, crispy, fragrant and delicious, which greatly awakened her stomach's thirst for food.
Of course, this probably has a lot to do with the fact that she was almost starving after being hungry all night.
Just as he was about to ask Mao Lilan how the creamy mushroom chicken puff pastry box tasted, Suzuki Sonoko saw that Yan Kai just sniffed the taste lightly, and then pushed the dinner plate in front of Chitong beside him.
The dinner plate in front of Chitong was already empty at this time. Seeing Yan Kai bring him the box of creamy mushroom chicken puff pastry, Chitong directly put it into his mouth without saying anything. Well, it was still not enough to fill the gap between his teeth... …
Another plate of creamy mushroom chicken pastry box was pushed in front of Chitong. Chitong looked at the person who pushed the creamy mushroom chicken pastry box in front of her with an incomprehensible look.
Esdeath held her chin with one hand, charmingly, she smiled lightly and said: "I don't have much appetite, please help me solve it."
Are you treating me like a trash can?
Chitong was so angry at Esdeath's frivolous behavior that she stared at Esdeath with hatred in her eyes, and at the same time swallowed the cream mushroom chicken puff pastry box that Esdeath sent.
Well, Chitong will have trouble with Esdeath, but not with food.
Suzuki Sonoko, as the person who was treating the guests, was very embarrassed to see this scene. Fortunately, Kasumigaoka Shiu knew how to give Suzuki Sonoko face and ate half of the cream mushroom chicken puff pastry box with an expression full of joy.
Yes, half a serving.
"Well, Yuanzi, I'm sorry, I seem to be too hungry. I don't really want to eat right now!"
Kasumigaoka Shiu noticed Suzuki Sonoko's gaze and relieved Suzuki Sonoko's embarrassment with a very appropriate and reasonable answer.
Well, this explanation is barely acceptable...
Suzuki Sonoko felt that Kasumigaoka Shiu was simply not interested in the food in front of her rather than having a lack of appetite, but she still chose to believe Kasumigaoka Shiu's words, otherwise she would be too embarrassed.
Akhitomi glanced at Kasumigaoka Shiu's half portion of cream mushroom chicken puff pastry box with vague eyes. Kasumigaoka Shiu didn't mind giving it to Akhitomi, but she had to consider Suzuki Sonoko's face, so she could only Pretending not to see it.
After the appetizer was the soup, an appetizing Italian vegetable soup. Suzuki Sonoko did not drink it first this time, but looked at Yan Kai's reaction.
Good guy, he just sniffed it lightly before pushing it to Chitong. Teacher Esdeath and him also reacted immediately and let Chitong drink the soup. Even Kasumigaoka Shiyu also After just a few bites, I put down the spoon and stopped moving.
Suzuki Sonoko seriously doubted whether she had gone to the wrong store, but when she took a spoonful of vegetable soup and put it into her mouth, the extremely delicious taste could not be deceived.
So, is it my problem or theirs?
Suzuki Sonoko had a question mark on her face after drinking the vegetable soup.
Just when Suzuki Sonoko was puzzled, the third dish, the side dish, was also served, which was a fragrant pan-fried cod.
At this moment, Yan Kai, who had been acting very lazy and casual, suddenly sat up straight, his aura became completely different, and he looked solemn.
Has this finally impressed you?
Suzuki Sonoko didn't know why, but she actually got a little excited. Then, she saw Yan Kai pick up the knife and fork, gently insert it on the pan-fried cod, lift up the pan-fried cod... and put it on Kasumigaoka Shiu's plate. inside.
"Senior, I remember you like to eat fish, please eat more."
Yan Kai smiled and said to Kasumigaoka Shiyu, while Chitong, who had already swallowed his portion of pan-fried cod, looked at Yan Kai with a look of pity on his face, looking "abandoned."
At this time, Esdeath pushed his portion of fried cod in front of Chitong and looked at Chitong with "caring" eyes.
Come on, eat this garbage... no, it's the fragrant and delicious pan-fried cod!
Chi Tong glared at Esdeath, feeling very hateful towards the kingdom general who ordered his men to kill his companions, but again, Chi Tong would have trouble with Esdeath, but not with food, so she It was a big mouthful, and he swallowed Esdeath's portion of pan-fried cod without even chewing it.
After eating Esdeath's food, rounding things off, she is now avenging Brad!
Kasumigaoka Shiyu looked at the two portions of pan-fried cod on his plate, and then squinted at Yan Kai from the corner of his eye.
"Hmph! Thank you for your concern, junior!"
She said with a bit of anger.
Bad guy, you obviously turned my tongue into your shape, and now you want me to eat other people’s food, you big bad guy!
Kasumigaoka Shiyu stuck the knife and fork hard on a piece of pan-fried sturgeon, and cut it roughly with the knife, as if she was venting something.
Suzuki Sonoko, who was secretly paying attention to a few people, was speechless for a while. Shouldn't she have suggested coming for a late-night snack in the first place?
After the side dishes, whether it was the main course, salad, dessert or drinks, Yan Kai pushed it to Chitong beside him without moving. Of course, the same was true for Esdeath, and Kasumigaoka Shiyu also tasted a few bites of her own dish and stopped eating. Even the pan-fried sturgeon that Yan Kai forced her to eat, she only finished her portion. Not to mention the extra portion.
Wait, that’s not right!
Suzuki Sonoko recalled carefully, it seemed that Kasumigaoka Shiyu ate not her own share, but the share that Yan Kai gave her, but it was her own share that she didn't touch at all...
What's this all about...
Suzuki Sonoko held her forehead, feeling that it was rare for her to invite people to such a high-end restaurant for dinner, so why did she fail to do so...
At the end of the meal, the waiter came up to clear away the dishes, and with the waiter came a young woman who looked like a dumpling.
Suzuki Sonoko's first reaction when she saw this young woman was, so big!
Ah, she was referring to the woman's chef's hat.
The second reaction is, so white!
Ah, she was referring to the woman's chef uniform.
In short, this young woman who was big and white and seemed to have two big dumplings stuffed on her chest walked straight towards Kasumigaoka Shiyu. She bowed to Kasumigaoka Shiyu first, and the two big dumplings on her chest were bouncing and shaking. It was so dazzling that Kudo Shin was stunned.
It is said that the chef of "Harugotei" Kikuchichi Sonoko is a monster. Is it true that a monster is in this place?
Suzuki Sonoko looked down at her chest, and tears of "poverty" flowed from the corners of her eyes. At the same time, she was thinking, why didn't Eve stay for a while? Now there is no one at the bottom!
"Excuse me, I am the chef of this restaurant, Kikuchichi Sonoko. I would like to ask, this guest, do you have any dissatisfaction with my cooking?"
Mu Jiuzhiyuan asked about the fruit of the garden and the hill of poetry and feathers.
"Well, no, I'm not dissatisfied..."
Kasumigaoka Shiyu felt guilty, and after speaking, he glared at Yan Kai with a vicious look.
It's all your fault that the chef came to visit me!
What does it have to do with me?
Yan Kai showed an innocent expression.
"Guest, why do you have so much food left? I remember that you only ate a little of the seven dishes, including the last drink, and you didn't even eat the pan-fried sturgeon as a side dish. I didn't say that. Wrong?"
Mujiuzhienguo said in a waxy voice, and his tone did not sound like a question at all, but rather pitiful, as if Kasumigaoka Shiyu wasted her hard work and made her very sad.
Wait, don't talk to me in such a tone that I hurt you, and I've finished the pan-fried sturgeon, although it's not my share...
Kasumigaoka Shiyu had a splitting headache, and her foot under the dining table stepped hard on Yan Kai's instep.
It was this bastard who made me so embarrassed now!
Yan Kai didn't react at all when the instep of his foot was stepped on. Instead, he smiled and watched Kasumigaoka Shiyu being roasted on the fire.
"Senior, come on!"
Yan Kai spoke silently to Kasumigaoka Shiyu.
How dare you add fuel to the fire!
Kasumigaoka Shiyu's eyes could kill someone right now.
"Guest, please tell me, what did I do wrong?"
Mujiuzhienguo stared at Kasumigaoka Shiyudao with his big watery eyes. His eyes were not aggressive, but rather pitiful.
I'm not a bad person, why are you looking at me like this...
Kasumigaoka Shiyu couldn't express her pain. She couldn't say that she usually ate delicacies that were more than ten times better than what you cook, but she didn't feel anything at all when she ate your food... right?
"Ms. Mujiu, the food you cook is great. There's nothing wrong with it. It's just that I really have no appetite right now, so I only eat a little bit!"
Kasumigaoka Shiyu could only say this to Mu Jiuzhienguo.
"but……"
Kikuchizono still wanted to ask Kasumigaoka Shiu, but a middle-aged man in a tuxedo hurriedly broke into the box and said to Kikuchizono: "BOSS, something serious has happened!"
"Manager Haneda, what's going on?"
Mikushiengo asked in confusion. This middle-aged man was the hotel manager she hired with a lot of money. He was very capable and solved many trivial matters for her, so that she could focus all her energy on cooking. This This was the first time she had seen Manager Haneda so flustered.
Manager Haneda walked quickly to Kikuchichi Sonoka and whispered to him in a low voice. Soon, Kikuchichi Sonoka's expression became very panicked.
"I'm sorry for causing discomfort to your meal. This meal is free of charge! This guest, please leave your contact information. When I finish handling the matter, I will come back to discuss my cooking with you! "
Kikushi Sonogo and Manager Haneda left in a hurry, not forgetting to say Kasumigaoka Shiwa before leaving.
I don’t think there’s anything to discuss. You can just let me go if you let me pay...
Kasumigaoka Shiyu was not happy at all to be exempted from the bill, but was even more worried.
"What's going on? What happened?"
Suzuki Sonoko was confused.
Esdeath gently stirred the coffee in front of her with a small spoon, looked at Yan Kai and said, "Someone died in the restaurant."
"Oh ah!?"
After Suzuki Sonoko reacted, she screamed, and then looked at Kudo Shinichi with very helpless eyes: "Kudo, I thought your 'Death Halo' failed today, but I didn't expect it was just delayed..."
"What does it have to do with me!"
Kudo Shinichi felt aggrieved for himself, then stood up and walked out of the box: "No, I have to go out and take a look!"
After waiting for a long time, it’s finally time to open again. Detective Kudo Shinichi is officially open for business!
