Conan's self-cultivation of fake wine

Chapter 570: Fetching Water with a Basket
At 6:30 in the evening, Lu Ren drove to Dr. Agasa's house and picked up Huihara who was waiting for him at the door.

After Huiyuan got in the car and fastened his seat belt, Lu Ren asked casually, "Doctor, aren't you going to watch the fireworks?"

Dr. Agasa loves children the most, so he wouldn't miss a festival like a fireworks display where he can bring his children to play together.

"The doctor is helping his friend move."

"Well. By the way, I just came from Maori-san's place. Ran has a karate club activity today, so Maori-san went out to drink with others. Conan was left alone at home. But I think he would rather stay at home and read detective novels than go out to watch the fireworks."

Ok……

The above statements are just excuses.

The real reason for not bringing Conan along is actually very simple: nothing good will happen if you bring him along.

Whenever I go out with Edogawa, I always feel like I'm going to see a dead body around the corner.

It's rare that Haibara took the initiative to invite him to go out and play together, so he must accompany her and not let Conan disrupt the situation.

"Um. Didn't Edogawa tell you? He will also go to the fireworks display today."

"He's alone?" Lu Ren was surprised.

"That's not the case." Huibara shook her head, "He's with Gobaku and the others. Oh yeah, and Mr. Kobayashi too."

"Xiaolin Orange?"

"Ah."

How did they get together?
Moreover, activities like fireworks display are particularly popular in love comics. Shouldn't Kobayashi Touko be with Shiratori?
"Just like what you said, Ren-ge, the doctor is helping with the moving, Lan-san is doing karate activities, and Maori-san is drinking. Conan and Gobako are in need of a guardian to watch the fireworks with.

I wanted to see if you had time to be their guardian. But they almost cried after just five hundred words. When they were on duty in the afternoon, Teacher Kobayashi found out about it. She said she would be Conan's guardian.

"That's right. It's really a blessing to have such a teacher as your homeroom teacher."

"Ah."

"By the way, how far has her relationship with Shiratori progressed? Will Shiratori accompany her to the fireworks display this time?"

"That's tough. They haven't made it clear yet. They're still in the ambiguous stage."

"..."

Lu Ren was silent for a while, calculating the time that had passed since he last "revealed the secret". The more he thought about it, the more outrageous it seemed to him.

"No, it's been so long, and they haven't made it clear yet? Are they really going to keep it ambiguous for the rest of their lives?"

Huiyuan glanced at Lu Ren and turned to look at the scenery outside the car window. She said this with great momentum, with a kind of heartache and resentment. But after all, in terms of sexual relationships, she felt that Lu Ren was not much better than the two of them.

"Forget it, let them be."

Emotions come and go quickly. Other people's love affairs have nothing to do with him anyway.

The parties involved are not in a hurry, so there is no need for him to be in a hurry.

……

The fireworks display was held near Yūka-cho 5-chome, which is actually near the Mori Office.

As usual, Lu Ren parked the car at the old place, then took Huihara's hand and followed the crowd to walk to the fireworks display.

The days are long in summer. Even though it is nearly seven o'clock now, the sky is still glowing with the afterglow of dusk and refuses to completely darken.

Naturally, the first fireworks of summer have not yet bloomed.

However, there were already many people coming to participate in the fireworks display, and stalls were set up on both sides of the street.

There were more or less people gathered in front of each stall, and the most lively ones were the goldfish scooping and ring throwing stalls.

The former, in particular, can be regarded as a signature feature of the fireworks display.

Young boys and girls with light shoulders, who have not yet been burdened with the weight of life, squatted on the ground, holding paper nets in their hands, and carefully scooped goldfish from the pond in front of them.

They are happy to pick up the money, and the stall owners are even happier to watch. There is nothing more joyful than watching the money fall into your pocket.

Thanks to Japan's long-standing otaku culture, catching goldfish, an extremely difficult and interesting entertainment activity, has been painted with layer upon layer of gold by cartoonists and light novel writers.

Boys and girls in adolescence, in pursuit of the so-called "taste of youth" or, more advancedly, in order to fit in, will also try this entertainment project, even if they are not interested in it at all. "Xiao Ai, do you want to give it a try?"

Huiyuan shook her head. "Even if you catch this kind of goldfish, it won't survive for a few days. Not to mention that we don't even have a fish tank at home. Let's not waste the money."

"Oh."

"But if you are interested, you can give it a try."

Looking at Lu Ren's slightly lost expression, Huiyuan just realized that Lu Ren's invitation just now was probably because he wanted to play.

In that case, it doesn't matter if he tries. Anyway, his skills in catching dolls are so bad that there's no need to expect him to be able to catch goldfish.

As long as he is happy.

"Okay, let me show you what I can do."

Lu Ren agreed immediately, rolled up his sleeves and squatted in front of the pool, "Boss, let's do five laps first."

The stall owner handed over five rings with a smile. He had always been very good at judging people. Even if a thirty-year-old working man like this had not been drained of his body by alcohol and cigarettes, long-term overtime work would gradually erode his spirit and concentration.

Even if he is more patient than a child, it's still... useless.

If catching goldfish was something that could be done with just patience, they would have switched to selling octopus balls long ago.

Lu Ren had no idea that the stall owner in front of him had so many thoughts in his mind, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

With the Wanjie in hand, this kind of entertainment project is easy to handle. He can catch fresh seafood with his bare hands, let alone this kind of small goldfish swimming around.

The result was exactly as he expected. As soon as the net bag entered the water, the goldfish in the plastic pool rushed into the net bag.

Those small fish that failed to "get on the bus" also clung to the net bag and refused to leave.

For a moment, other areas in the pool felt empty.

The stall owner was stunned by this strange sight. He stared at Lu Ren's hands and wanted to ask from the bottom of his heart, "Did you put fish feed on your hands?"

But he didn't smell anything?

Puzzled, he could only accept the fact with a bitter heart. The stall owner said hoarsely, "This customer is really lucky. I have never seen such a situation before."

Other tourists echoed this.

Lu Ren didn't take this kind of compliment to heart at all. No matter how many compliments he received, they were not as good as Huiyuan's surprised expression.

"How about it, Ai? Am I awesome?"

"Yeah. Very impressive."

With such a skill of catching fish, he can definitely dominate the cat world. No wonder Orange is closer to him.

"Xiao Ai, come here and get a bag and prepare to catch the fish."

After Huiyuan opened the bag, Lu Ren raised his hand to lift the net bag, and then... then not a single fish was caught.

The paper net bag could not bear the weight of so many fish and it broke at the slightest lift.

The stall owner was stunned for a moment, then smiled again. Yes! One fish can break through the net, let alone so many fish.

He rubbed his hands and said, "It's a pity that so many fish could not be caught. Boss, would you like to try again? I believe you can do it."

"No." Lu Ren refused with a dark face and handed the remaining four net bags to the children watching nearby.

Given the attraction of Wanjie, the result will be the same no matter how many times you do it.

"Xiao Ai, let's go."

"Yeah." Huiyuan nodded, suppressing her smile, and took Lu Ren's hand again. "Brother Ren, you are actually very good. It's just that the quality of the net bag is too poor."

Lu Ren rubbed her little head and said, "When I retire, I will also set up a stall here to catch goldfish, using the best quality nets."

"But that will cost money, right?"

"It seems so. It's better to use something of lower quality then."