I, Kudo Shinichi, the rice flower death god

It was just this morning that an angry Xiaolan gave him an iron fist lesson, forcing him to wake up from his hangover.

"Speaking of which, your mother should also go to the game."

After walking a few steps, Xinyi suddenly remembered Xiaolan's mother.

Although she has separated from Mouri Kogoro, Feili's love and care for Xiaolan has not diminished at all. Not to mention the living expenses she sends every month, if Xiaolan hadn't been worried about her good-for-nothing father, Feili would have picked her up long ago. Lived together.

Logically speaking, Xiaolan would not be absent from a very important day like today.

"Yeah! Mom called me last night and told me that she would wait for us at the gym in advance!"

The us mentioned here, in addition to Xiaolan herself, naturally also include Mouri Kogoro.

"Is that so, it shouldn't be a problem for those two people to meet, right?"

In Shinichi's impression, the last time he saw Mouri Kogoro and Feili appeared together was at the graduation ceremony of Xiaolan Junior High School.

At that time, the two men were not very happy when they met.

"It's okay, it should be."

Xiaolan was really relieved about this, because when she called last night, her mother had promised not to quarrel with her father.

Just thinking of her father's embarrassing appearance early in the morning, she added uncertainly.

"Okay, think about it from another angle. When you win the championship and hold a celebration banquet, isn't it also an opportunity to bring your father and mother together?"

"I hate it! It's too early to say anything about the championship. There are many powerful opponents in this competition."

"For example, your old enemy since junior high school, Wada Haruna?"

"Yeah! But it's not just her, the other contestants are also very good!"

"(????)??Hey! But I believe my Xiaolan is definitely the strongest!"

The two talked and laughed and soon arrived at school.

As the current leader of the karate club, Xiaolan of course has to accompany her members and take the bus provided by the school to the competition location.

And Shinichi was also brought along by the way.

But from this point of view, it seems necessary to buy a car for transportation.

He thought silently as he sat down in his seat.

Although he is only 16 years old this year, and Sakura Country has to reach the age to obtain a driver's license, it doesn't matter!

Who told him to have someone above him?

As the bus started, the scenery outside the window also slowly receded, and occasionally a few cherry blossom petals would float into the window and fall on the seats.

"The cherry blossoms are about to wither. How about we go to Mihua Park to enjoy the cherry blossoms in a few days?"

Taking off a petal that fell on the girl's hair, Shinichi asked Xiaoran beside him.

It's already mid-April. If it were any later, we wouldn't be able to see that beautiful scenery.

"Okay, but Shinichi, don't you have a cherry blossom tree at home?"

Xiaolan naturally agreed with Shinichi's proposal, but raised objections on the location for cherry blossom viewing.

She likes the cherry blossom tree in the Xin family's yard very much. It was planted by the two of them when they were in kindergarten. With careful care, it has grown from a small sapling to nearly ten meters now, which is taller than the Xin family's. The house is a little higher.

When she was in elementary school, she would wear a beautiful princess dress and stand under the cherry blossom tree to take pictures.

"My family, this is a good idea."

Shinichi thought about it and found that this proposal was not bad.

Although Mihua Park has rows of cherry blossom trees and the scenery is better, there are relatively many people who go to enjoy cherry blossoms every year, especially at the end of the flowering season.

After all, the feelings of cherry blossoms when they are in full bloom and when they are about to wither are different.

"Then I'll make preparations first, and by the way, I'll also call Yuanzi."

As soon as Shinichi nodded, Xiaolan immediately started counting with her fingers who she could invite.

When viewing cherry blossoms, of course it needs to be lively.

As a result, she stopped just after bending her slender fingers a few times.

After doing this calculation, Xiaolan realized that her social circle seemed a bit small. Apart from Yuanzi, the only ones left were her parents.

But it's no wonder that she has been responsible for taking care of the good-for-nothing uncle at home since she was a child, and she also has to take care of her studies and her job as a receptionist in a detective agency. She also spends her free time practicing karate and studying cooking.

So the only people who can be called good friends are Shinichi and Sonoko, who have been together since kindergarten.

The rest of the relationship is just classmates at best. Even Tsukamoto Sumimi is not close enough to go to each other's home.

Thinking of this, she suddenly felt a little sad, her pretty face fell down, she pouted and stopped talking.

"I think it doesn't matter whether you invite more or less people. It's best if it's just the two of us."

Shinichi saw the girl's little trouble at a glance, grabbed her little hand, whispered into her ear.

Although he has relatively many friends, most of them are shady, and even if he could invite them, he would not invite them.

Doesn’t he enjoy being alone with Xiaolan?

Maybe, I can temporarily add a confession plan to my notebook.

Chapter 27 When you solve a problem, you know the answer but don’t know the process (4/4)

　　The huge gymnasium is divided into eight areas, and the preliminaries will be held at the same time. The entire preliminaries will end in the morning, and then the semi-finals and finals will be held in the afternoon.

The stadium was very lively, with players fighting fiercely on the field. People in the stands also showed no signs of weakness and cheered loudly for their own players.

Shinichi is also one of these people.

Although he has no doubt about Xiaolan's victory, this does not prevent him from cheering for Xiaolan.

Together with Sonoko, who had no ladylike airs, and Mouri Kogoro, their side was the loudest in the venue for a while.

Even the people on the opposite side of the stands noticed what was going on here.

One of them, a dark-skinned boy wearing black-rimmed glasses and a band-aid on the corner of his left eyebrow, was even more stunned.

"Ok?"

Shinichi was keenly aware of the line of sight coming from the stands opposite, and also spotted the dark-skinned young man.

But this look surprised him a little.

Such a guy with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and an unattractive appearance actually contains more spiritual power than his Xiaolan.

Even if it can only be used passively, it means that this guy can knock down a strong adult man with one punch, and at the same time kneel down and beg the other person not to die.

"Are there any people like this in this world?"

Surprised, Shinichi returned his attention to the competition.

At this time, Xiaolan was ending a fight with a clean leg sweep.

"Good job!"

Next to her, Yuanzi raised her arms and shouted excitedly.

"Awesome! So awesome! Xiaolan is really awesome!"

Putting her hands on Shinichi's shoulders, the excited girl couldn't help praising her best friend.

"Humph! Don't even look at whose daughter this is!"

Before Shinichi could speak, Mouri Kogoro, who was sitting on his other half, couldn't help but speak first, his tone full of pride for his daughter.

"Yeah! Yeah! Uncle is right!"

Sonoko leaned over Shinichi and nodded in agreement with Mouri Kogoro's words.

As long as you praise Xiaolan, we will be good friends·jip

At this moment, Shinichi suddenly noticed that the gaze from across the stand suddenly became very scorching, which made him look at the dark-skinned boy with a strange expression, and then at the girl next to him.

Could it be that……

An immature guess emerged in his mind.

"Hmph! I just hope that your tendency to get carried away easily has not been passed down to Xiaolan."

Just when the two big orchids, Sonoko and Mouri Kogoro, were complimenting each other, a slightly disturbing sound came from the left side of Sonoko.

"Well, but since Xiaolan is my daughter, I think there is nothing to worry about."

And the words that followed completely made Mouri Kogoro on the side unable to hold back. He bared his teeth and wanted to rush over and curse the other person right away.

"Haha, as expected."

Shinichi, who deliberately sat in the middle to separate the two, twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, feeling helpless.

It is indeed unrealistic for these two people to stay together peacefully.

Fortunately, both Mouri Kogoro and Feili still remembered that it was Xiaolan's competition time and did not want to distract their daughter, so they behaved quite restrained.

For example, now, facing Xiaolan, who was walking to the rest area after winning the victory, the two of them behaved exactly the same, waving their hands to cheer her on.

With the addition of Sonoko and Shinichi, the scene was as harmonious as a family of four.

Um?Why do you feel something is not right?

The vibrating sound of the phone interrupted Shinichi's thoughts. While continuing to wave and cheer up Xiaolan, he took out the phone and took a look.

Haha, the phone number was expected.

"Hey, Officer Megure, what's the matter?"

"Brother Shinichi! It's great that you can answer the phone! I was afraid of disturbing you while watching Xiaolan's game!"

So you knew you would disturb me? !

Faced with such sincerity, Shinichi didn't know what to say to him.

"Forget the gossip. Is there a case you need my help with?"

After watching Xiaolan enter the player lounge, Shinichi left the stands and came to a secluded place.

"Yes, yes! Actually..."