Chapter 913: Riddle Artificial Vine Yusaku

As he spoke, bitter things arose.

However, this is also a beautiful thing - although Xiao Ai has strict control over her diet, she cooks delicious food, and even vegetables can taste good.

Dr. A Li looked at the time and muttered: "I don't know if Xiao Ai has slept. If not, we should be able to have a meal together - if he sleeps, I will go to the convenience store on the corner to buy you some lunch."

 Speaking of this, Dr. Ali suddenly remembered something: "How about I call Shinichi over? You haven't seen each other for a long time."

"No, he doesn't know I'm here yet." Kudo Yusaku smiled, "Let's wait until tomorrow's press conference to give him a surprise."

 …

 The car drove from the airport to Mihua Town.

On the way, Kudo Yusaku was silent for a while, sorting out his thoughts.

 After a while, he rummaged through his travel bag, took out a souvenir, put it in a place where it was easy to take out, and then zipped it up again.

 …

 Soon I returned to Dr. Ali’s house.

The two of them pushed open the door and met Hui Yuan Ai, who was passing by the living room carrying coffee.

Haihara Ai originally planned to go back to the underground laboratory, but suddenly saw someone coming in. He was slightly startled, and nodded and said hello.

 Dr. Ali was immediately pleasantly surprised, as if he smelled the sweet aroma of the food: "Xiao Ai, you haven't slept yet."

The fake child grumbled: "I woke up late today and couldn't sleep."

  Kudo Yusaku glanced at the coffee in her hand: "..." Being unable to sleep is probably not a problem of waking up late...

Haihara Ai is quite sensitive to sight.

 She quickly looked away from Dr. Agasa and looked at Kudo Yusaku. While Kudo Yusaku looked at her cup, she looked at him slightly.

 Dr. Agasa patted Kudo Yusaku on the shoulder and introduced her happily: "It seems like this is the first time you have met - this is Kudo Yusaku, a famous mystery novelist. He is also Shinichi's father."

Haihara Ai poured the coffee cup from her right hand to her left hand, freed her hand, and shook hands with Kudo Yusaku politely.

 Then she glanced at Dr. Agasa and Kudo Yusaku's suitcases, as well as the doctor's hungry eyes, and sighed: "I'll make you some midnight snacks."

…It just so happened that the lights were on in Jiangxia, so I had an excuse to give him a copy and remind him to go to bed early.

Haihara Ai put down the coffee cup and turned around to go to the kitchen.

 “Haha, I’m sorry to bother you.” Dr. Ali was in a good mood, and at the same time, he secretly sought benefits for himself, “We have guests here, please put more meat on it!”

 …

 Dr. A Li put down his luggage happily.

 Then while waiting for midnight snack, I walked around the experimental bench.

I just want to introduce my new invention to an old friend.

When I turned around, Kudo Yusaku was not behind him—he didn’t even follow.

Dr. Ali looked around in confusion: "...?" Where are the people?

On second thought, this is Kudo Yusaku’s old residence. He probably went out for a wander.

Dr. Ali then ignored this old friend.

His attention quickly turned to his invention, picked up the tools next to him, and started repairing it.

 …

 At the same time, Dr. Ali is next door.

Jiang Xia’s home. Jiangxia is pruning potted plants and harvesting the latest crop of ghost mint.

 Suddenly, the door was knocked twice.

Xiaobai poked his head out to take a look, and found that the person who came was actually Kudo Yusaku, who had lived in the United States and rarely showed up.

Jiang Xia was startled when she heard its real-time broadcast.

 It is not surprising that Yusaku Kudo appears in Japan at this time.

—At tomorrow’s game conference, among the games “Cocoon” to be announced, there will be a detective-themed copy. Yu Kudo provided some design ideas for it. So tomorrow night, he will also give a speech at the game conference.

“…” But the strange thing is that the big Kudo didn’t even see his son, so why did he suddenly come to him?

Jiang Xia fell into deep thought for a moment: Could it be that Kudo Yukiko was lost again, and the big Kudo had learned from the past and wanted to come directly to him to find someone?

 …

Jiang Xia opened the door with a slight doubt, not knowing whether to say, "Aunt Yukiko is not here with me."

But soon, he discovered that Kudo Yusaku was not here for this matter.

Uncle Kudo was standing at the door wearing a windbreaker.

Seeing the door open, he naturally handed over what he had in his hand: "I went to Dr. Ali's place for a late-night snack and found that you still had the light on, so I came over to take a look - I brought you some desserts. This is your The new donuts that have become popular in New York recently, I heard that children love eating these.”

As he spoke, Yusaku Kudo glanced into the room out of the corner of his eye, and all kinds of details came into his eyes instantly.

No trace of other people's presence was found. He only saw a black cat with white claws lying at Jiang Xia's feet.

 When the stranger came to the door, the cat did not scare away. It looked up calmly, as if looking at him with slight curiosity.

That cat was really cute, and it kept looking up at him in a friendly manner, looking very easy to touch.

Kudo Yusaku just wanted to create a more relaxed atmosphere, so he leaned down and stretched out his hand in a common manner.

Before touching the cat's head, the cat suddenly dwarfed under the dark clouds and snowed, slithered through the gap at Kudo Yusaku's feet, and ran outside.

"!" Kudo Yusaku was startled, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, but failed - the cat dodged his hand as nimbly as liquid, slipped out through the crack of the door, threw himself into the grass in the yard, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Yusaku Kudo who lost his neighbor’s cat: “…”

"It's okay, no need to chase." Jiang Xia showed a considerable degree of friendliness to the large Kudo, "It's not a domestic cat, it just likes to wander around this area. Every house will go in and have a look - it will just run away. If there is a chance, it will meet again." Coming back."

"...That's it." Kudo Yusaku paused and stopped trying to catch the cat.

Seeing Jiang Xia open the door, she seemed willing to invite him into the house.

　　Yusaku Kudo took advantage of the situation and walked in.

 …

 The house is quite tidy, and no cat hair can be seen in some dark places. There is indeed no trace of keeping a cat for a long time.

There were only Jiang Xia's own shoes in the entrance hall, and there were no other potential shoe prints or footprints on the floor. Only one cup on the table was in use, and the others were turned upside down, and there were no water stains on them... It really looked like there were only traces of Jiang Xia living alone. , no one has been here recently.

　　　Yusaku Kudo glanced at the room and quickly looked away.

 He put the dessert gift box he brought on the table and took out his cell phone to look at it.

 No strange signal sources or monitoring devices were found.

  Kudo Yusaku turned to look at Jiang Xia and asked naturally: "Are you very busy at work now? I heard that you rarely go to class."

“It’s okay, it’s almost the same as before, except that I have a part-time job as a detective.” Jiang Xia looked at Kudo Yusaku, a little confused. He always felt that there was something in the neighbor's uncle's words, as if he was hinting at something.

 (End of this chapter)