Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 54 Tea Party
"Eh? Sister Xia Mei, are you going to be closed on May 5rd?"

Seeing the closing notice hanging in front of the store, Xiaolan asked curiously.

"I still want to order a small birthday cake on that day, what a pity..."

Hearing Xiaolan mention the birthday cake, Xia Mei suddenly became interested, and asked her with a smile: "Xiaolan, is that your birthday too?"

"It's not me, it's that guy Shinichi, whose birthday is May 5th..." Xiaolan shyly mentioned the name of her little boyfriend, suddenly realized another layer of information in Xia Mei's words, and said in surprise, " Sister Xia Mei, could it be that you went out of business because of...?"

"That's right, that day is my birthday, so I'm going on a date with Shi Jun." Xia Mei smiled and nodded, answering Xiaolan's question.

"It turns out that's the case, so I wish you a happy birthday in advance, sister Xia Mei!" Xiaolan was both happy for the other party and envious, "It would be great if that guy Xinyi could go on a date with me that day It's a pity that his mind is full of solving cases..."

"Then just ask him out." Xia Mei looked at Xiaolan who was a little confused, and suggested directly, "Just invite him to watch a movie together. I think the upcoming "Legend of the Red Line" is very suitable. I’m going to see it that day.”

Xiaolan clapped her hands together, agreeing to Xia Mei's proposal: "I've seen the trailer of that movie in the newspaper! I heard it's a very romantic story! Let's decide on it!"

That night, when Xiaolan was struggling with how to ask Kudo Shinichi to go out to watch a movie, the other party called first.

When she heard that the other party came to ask her to attend an afternoon tea party instead of her, Xiaolan was a little angry at first, but then realized that Zhengchou had no reason to ask the other party out, so she agreed.

"Okay, but you have to promise me one condition!"

"Conditions?" Conan on the other end of the phone didn't expect Xiaolan to make a request, so he was also a little curious.

"Yes, I want you to promise me to go to the midnight movie with me next Sunday."

"Eh?" Conan was caught off guard by the other party's sudden date invitation.

"What's the matter, we haven't seen each other for so long!" Xiaolan heard the other party's reluctant tone, and her tone became even more unquestionable, "At ten o'clock in the evening, we will meet in the lobby of Mihua Film City!"

"Wait, wait a minute! It's not convenient for me next Sunday, can I change the time..."

"No! We must meet on May 5rd!" Xiaolan directly rejected the other party's proposal, then thought of something, and then asked, "By the way, Xinyi, do you like red or blue?"

"Uh... If I have to say it, I like red..."

"Really, it's true, I knew you would like red!" Hearing the other party's answer, Xiao Lan suddenly smiled, never thinking that the person on the other end of the phone was matching her own preferences.

Conan hung up the phone and returned to the Maori Detective Agency in a daze. Only then did he remember that May 5th was his birthday while chatting at dinner.

The three chatted about Ran's date, divination in magazines, and Teiji Moritani's tea party.Seeing Kogoro Mori who was not interested in the tea party, Conan touted the tea party as a "historic meeting between a famous detective and an architect", and then got the other party to agree.

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On the afternoon of Tuesday, April 4th, Conan and Mori father and daughter brought an invitation letter to Teiji Moritani's mansion to attend the afternoon tea party that day.

As soon as the three of them entered the gate, they saw a gorgeous mansion with a huge garden suddenly appearing in front of them.

Conan and Xiaolan discovered that this mansion is completely symmetrical from left to right after Kogoro Mori showed the results of temporary make-up lessons!

By peeking at the contents of the cheat sheet, Kogoro Mori introduced the life of Teiji Moritani to the two children, including that he grew up in England, loved British architecture, and his original name was Sadaharu, in order to make his name symmetrical Instead, it was changed to something like Di Er.

Just as Xiaolan was admiring the beauty of the courtyard, Teiji Moritani appeared from the depths of the courtyard and came in front of several people.

"It is my honor to be praised by you." Sengu Dier expressed his gratitude to Xiaolan, and then introduced himself, "Hello everyone, I am Moriya Dier."

"Ah, hello, my name is Mao Lilan, these two are my father and Edogawa Conan." Seeing the owner of the mansion, Xiaolan quickly introduced to him, "I'm sorry, because Shinichi... Kudo Shinichi really There was no way to keep the appointment, so we came instead of him."

"Is that so, Mr. Kudo can't come..."

Moriya Teiji's face changed slightly, but after hearing Conan's introduction of Mori Kogoro, he immediately put on a smiling face and shook hands with him warmly.

Just as he was planning to lead a few people to the back garden where the tea party was held, he suddenly saw a slender and tall young man walking towards this side with a large gift box in his hand.

"Hahaha, you are Mr. Ishino, right? I have been waiting for a long time!" Seeing Ishino's arrival, Teiji Moriya laughed and walked forward to express his welcome.

"It's our first time meeting, Mr. Teiji Moritani, thank you very much for inviting me to the tea party." Ishino responded politely, pointing to the gift box in his hand, "I can't come here empty-handed either. I brought a small gift specially, I hope you like it."

"Where is that, you are being polite." After finishing speaking, Teiji Moritani greeted Ishino to the backyard.

Conan and the others who were waiting at the spot just now saw Teiji Moritani leading Ishino coming, they were surprised and came over to say hello.

"Brother Ishino, are you also here for the tea party?" Conan asked curiously.

"That's right, I have also received an invitation from Mr. Sengu." Ishino answered Conan's question, greeted the Mouri father and daughter, and they walked to the backyard together.

"Speaking of which, why would Mr. Sengu think of inviting me? We shouldn't have met before, right?" On the way, Ishino raised his own doubts.

"Haha, although I haven't seen you before, I have been friends with you for a long time." Moriya Teiji smiled, "As a person who pursues art, I have seen a lot of your works..."

"Especially the Egg of Memories that you exhibited in Paris, it can be said to be so ingenious, it fascinates me!"

As soon as Ishino heard it, he knew in his heart that the other party must want to get closer to him because the egg of memory is a perfect symmetrical shape, and he thinks that he and he have similar artistic concepts.

"You have won the award. Compared with my works that can only be used for viewing, your works are the things that can really bring people enjoyment, and will surely exist in the eyes of the world for a long time."

Hearing Ishino's compliment, although Moritani Teiji knew that it was a polite remark, he still enjoyed it very much in his heart, and his impression of Ishino became a little better.

While chatting and laughing, the few people passed through the mansion and arrived at the place where the celebrities gathered for the tea party.

(End of this chapter)