"Okay, anything is fine, just tell me."
Faced with Takagi Wataru's attitude at the moment, Miwako Sato seemed a little embarrassed and said this.
In this regard, after hearing this, Takagi Wataru couldn't help but feel a little flattered, and his face suddenly turned red. Then he felt a little embarrassed, scratched his cheek with his hand, and said with a little aversion:
"Then... if possible, the two of us can go together next time... and play together..."
"Oh? A date? Is this okay?"
Seeing that Takagi Wataru was a little stumbling, he didn't say everything, but based on these few words, Sato Miwako already understood what he meant, and then helped:
"Okay! Let's go to the amusement park this Saturday afternoon!"
Hearing this, Takagi Wataru couldn't help but froze for a moment, his face filled with expectation and happiness beyond words...
…
"So that's it, Officer Sato, there is such a past..."
After finishing the transcript from the Metropolitan Police Department and walking back to Akechi's house, Xiao Ai was still curious and asked Gao Yuan why Sato Miwako mentioned that she would do her best to fulfill Gao Yuan's wish.
So, Gao Yuan briefly told the incident that happened to Sato Miwako's father eighteen years ago.
From this, Xiao Ai, who learned about this situation, nodded slightly and said:
"However... because I missed one sound, I heard 'surrender yourself' as the inexplicable name 'Chou Silang'. As a result, the police made no progress in the investigation of the case for eighteen years. This is really..."
Knowing what happened and Gao Yuan's answer, Xiao Ai didn't know what to say for a while -
"There is also a katakana like 'Kana' that is converted into romanization, and then the 'N' sound followed by the 'O' is combined to restore the murderer's surname...
"It feels like it's basically a word game."
Looking at the whole thing from the perspective of fully understanding the truth of the incident, Xiao Ai couldn't help but feel this way.
"This is also very common. Sometimes problems that seem difficult to solve are actually just not looking in the right direction."
Gao Yuan explained this.
"Right."
Nodding, Xiao Ai felt that it made sense:
"However, didn't Officer Takagi and Officer Shiratori propose to solve this puzzle as the content of the competition in order to win the opportunity to associate with Officer Sato? But it turned out that you were the first to give the answer... Is it possible, Do you have any wishes that you would like Officer Sato to help realize?"
With a half-smile, Xiao Ai looked at Gao Yuan and asked.
In this way, facing this problem, Gao Yuan's inner thought is actually, "If he doesn't interfere, the whole thing has nothing to do with him, so there is no reason to let go of this easy bounty opportunity." However, this statement always I couldn't say it, so I thought about it and said:
"I just thought of it, so I couldn't help but say it."
"Really? Now that things have come to this, what do you plan to let Officer Sato realize your wish?"
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ai continued to ask questions casually, as if he had nothing to say.
But of course Gao Yuan had never thought about this question, so he could not answer it. So he couldn't help but look at the time and the sky that had already darkened, and then he said:
"It's already so late... How about we find a restaurant to have dinner first and then go back?"
"Huh? I remember you bought takeout Japanese food and left it at home? Aren't you going to eat it at home?"
When Gao Yuan mentioned eating, Xiao Ai felt a little hungry, but she still couldn't help but ask.
In this regard, Gao Yuan said:
"Our house... the police haven't finished sorting it out yet... Speaking of which, we encountered a lot of things today. I want to find a place to have a good meal..."
——Chiba Kazunobu is handling the convenience store robbery case; the incident involving Sato Miwako’s father eighteen years ago, Sato Miwako, Takagi Wataru, and police officer Shiratori are handling the matter; in addition, her own home was invaded by a robber and murderer. , Officer Memu and other police officers from the Search Section 1 were interrogating prisoners and processing the scene, and they were temporarily unable to get away.
This led to the fact that when they came to the Metropolitan Police Department, he and Xiao Ai came in Officer Memu's car. But now that they were going back to Mingzhi's house, there were no extra police personnel to send them off.
Therefore, this also led to Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai now wanting to go back by themselves.
Therefore, in this case, Gao Yuan thought that it would be better to have a good meal outside, relax and then go back. Anyway, the food bought by Shuidulou has been put in the refrigerator and can be eaten tomorrow.
In this way, after listening to Gao Yuan's suggestion, Xiao Ai had nothing to object to. After all, he was facing a bunch of police when he went back now, so it would be better to hang out with Gao Yuan for a while.
Just like that, after Xiao Ai silently nodded in agreement, Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai were thinking about what to eat while walking home. In this way, after walking for a while, on a street, Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai watched Arrived at a newly opened barbecue restaurant.
Although the location of this store is a bit remote and there are no other restaurants nearby, the signboard was still lit at night, so Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai still saw the existence of this store.
From this, after thinking for a while, Gao Yuan lowered his head and looked at Xiao Ai, as if asking for Xiao Ai's opinion.
But Xiao Ai didn't have any special ideas. Since Gao Yuan was interested, Xiao Ai nodded naturally.
So, like this, Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai stepped forward and pushed open the door of this barbecue restaurant. They went in and looked at the empty store. There were no other customers. Only at the cashier, a man wearing an apron. The young woman was standing face to face with a middle-aged man. The young woman seemed to be facing the middle-aged man with a somewhat fierce look, as if she was being taught a lesson.
However, as the door of the barbecue restaurant was pushed open, the two people who were at the cashier couldn't help but look over -
"Excuse me, are you still open?"
At this time, seeing that there were no other customers in the store and the clerk looked like he was being scolded by the store manager, Gao Yuan couldn't help but asked helplessly, and then he already wanted to leave -
The atmosphere in the store is really not suitable for sitting down and eating...
"Well, we have already..."
In this regard, after hearing Gao Yuan's inquiry, the middle-aged man was about to say something, but the young woman wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, collected her emotions, smiled and said to Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai who came in:
"Ah! Yes! Welcome!"
After saying that, the woman turned to the middle-aged man and said:
"It's not good to reject customers right after the new store opens, Dad."
In this way, when the woman said this, the middle-aged man had a solemn expression, but he also sighed helplessly. Without saying anything, he stared at the woman and walked towards the kitchen.
The woman came up to him naturally and invited Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai to sit down.
Seeing this, facing this situation, Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai looked at each other, and then followed. Under the woman's welcome, they sat down near the door. The woman then handed over the menu and asked them to order first. , he left for a moment and walked towards the kitchen, probably to prepare the meal.
In this way, after receiving the menus, Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai did not open the order immediately, but looked at each other with strange expressions——
Tilting her head slightly, Xiao Ai looked at Gao Yuan without saying anything, as if to say, "It's a bit strange."
And Gao Yuan nodded silently, with a very small amplitude, responding to Xiao Ai in this way, expressing the meaning of "I know, let's see first"... (End of this chapter)
