Detective Conan's Cafe Owner

Chapter 35 Strange

a new day.

In the morning, in the coffee shop.

Today's Qingming, still did not go to school.

However, he was not flipping through that ancient book as usual.

After greeting the guests and delivering the cake, Azusa Enomoto sneaked a glance.

She thinks that today's Qingming seems a bit strange.

Could it be that he was infected by Naoko Takei, and instead of reading books, he went into a daze?
With that in mind, he walked directly to the counter while he didn't have any work to do.

Usually at this time, I will chat with Qingming, although every time at the end, Qingming will tease me a few words.

"The owner."

Called, but no answer.

This made Azusa Enomoto feel even more strange.

"The shopkeeper... the shopkeeper?"

"Just say something, I'm not deaf yet."

Qingming didn't even raise her head, she just kept looking at the counter table.

Maybe there is something on this table that can attract him?
Azusa Enomoto glanced at it, but found nothing special.

It would be better to say that there is nothing at all, nothing at all.

"Shopkeeper, are you okay?"

"What can I do?"

"It's okay, why don't you read a book and change it to a daze?"

Azusa Enomoto stared at him with wide eyes.

Since coming to work here, Qingming has always been sitting at the counter reading a book, occasionally distracted, but always holding that ancient book in his hand.

It is said that after reading a book for half a year or even longer, does it really contain so much content?
Or do you read the book slowly stroke by stroke?

"When was I in a daze? I was thinking."

"Thinking? Thinking about what?"

"Consider if one day I push you down, will you just blacken me and chop me up with a hatchet?"

"..."

How should this be answered?How should I complain?
Azusa Enomoto said that she couldn't keep up with Qingming's thinking at all.

Talking again...

"Is this kind of problem still to be considered?"

"Oh?"

Having said that, Qingming seems to be interested.

He raised his head and looked at Azusa Enomoto with interest.

"You mean to say that you don't need to think about pushing you down, and you can act directly?"

"Ha ha."

Azusa Enomoto laughed dryly.

"What I mean is that if I want to kill you, I don't have to wait for you to take action. I really want to kill you right now."

"..."

Qingming blinked, but did not speak.

He just lowered his head, put his right hand on the counter, and tapped the table.

It meant he was still thinking.

"Hey, Ah Zi."

He spoke again, and raised his head to look at Azusa Enomoto.

This time, it seems more serious.

"Will you blacken?"

"Ok?"

Azusa Enomoto frowned, thinking.

She still knew the meaning of blackening. Qingming had explained it to her, and it seemed that he wanted to drag her into the house together.

But will she blacken this question...

"My mother told me to be a good boy."

she answered.

With a smile on his face, he looked cute and kind.

"But if you really want to say it, blackening is still possible. What if I suffer a major blow and make me mentally collapse?"

"For example...was abandoned by me?"

"..."

To this, Enomoto Azusa didn't speak, just rolled his eyes.

You're not in a relationship, what are you throwing away?

Qingming didn't care about this, and changed another question.

"So, do you think human beings are all pursuing their own interests?"

"Isn't it natural?"

"It's also... It should be said, don't human beings like to submit to their own desires?"

"Probably... not."

Azusa Enomoto was a little unsure about the answer to this question.

What is desire?
All kinds, greed, lust, etc., are all desires.

Everyone has wishes that they want to realize. To put it nicely, they are ideals, and to put it bluntly, they are desires.

"It looks like it will!"

Azusa Enomoto's uncertain attitude seems to make Qingming affirm the answer.

He stood up, leaned out, and leaned in front of Azusa Enomoto.

On his face, there was also a smile that seemed to contain a little evil charm.

"So, do you want to follow your own desire and be an RBQ for me?"

"...Go to hell!"

At this moment, Enomoto Azusa really wanted to blacken, and then chopped Qingming with a hatchet.

The big deal is to give him some paper money every year during the Qingming Festival.

Also follow my own desire to be RBQ...

How could she have the desire to be an RBQ?

Rather, what she wants most now is not to be an RBQ, but to become an RPG and blow up Qingming.

Furious, he didn't continue to talk nonsense with Qingming, turned around and left.

Just after walking a few steps, he stopped again.

Turning his head, he looked at Qingming who had sat down again with some doubts.

I have never said such excessive words before, what happened today?
Moreover, he is obviously a Taoist priest, and he once said that a Taoist priest should be pure-hearted and ascetic.

Why did you suddenly talk about desire today?
"Strange!"

……

in the afternoon.

After school.

Quantum didn't come, but Naoko Takei did.

He didn't talk to Qingming either, he just ordered a cup of coffee and sat in a daze by the window.

Could it be that you are addicted to drinking Mengpo soup?
Azusa Enomoto was curious about the behavior of this girl who came here every day.

But after thinking about it, he glanced at Qingming again.

Rather than being addicted to coffee, might it be because there is Qingming here?

Does this girl look clear?

I don't want to, if it's fancy, then I should find a way to strike up a conversation, instead of sitting there in a daze.

"How strange!"

Shake his head.

After delivering the coffee, Azusa Enomoto stood aside again.

She didn't go to the counter, and the conversation in the morning made her very upset.

Qingming was still thinking, not reading.

He was thinking about whether a person would be blackened.

Obviously it will.

At the same time, I am also thinking about the problem of human nature.

In the past, because what I have been studying all the time is "human nature is good at the beginning", so I can be regarded as a supporter of the theory of good nature.

But is it really inherently good?

"There is a devil in everyone's heart!"

The difference is that some people lock up their inner demons, while others let them out.

Released, and then behaviors and thoughts are dominated by desires.

Many people are like this.

What about himself?

Since everyone has a demon in his heart, is he the same?

"Everyone may be blackened!"

Stick out your tongue and lick the corner of your mouth.

There seemed to be a smile on his face.

The reason why I say "seemly" is because if there is nothing, I feel that I am smiling at first glance, but I feel that I am not smiling at the second glance.

inexplicably.

Azusa Enomoto thought he was weird.

It seems that the whole person is changing in a strange direction.

This made Azusa Enomoto a little uneasy.

The sound of a "ding" bell brought her back from her contemplation.

The corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a professional smile.

"welcome."

she said so.

A girl's voice answered.

"What about the foreign students?"

Only Suzuki Sonoko can call Qingming that way.

Taking a closer look, I found that it was Suzuki Sonoko I knew, and Xiaolan was also there.

"The owner is over there."

Azusa Enomoto glanced at the counter.

Suzuki Sonoko also noticed it, and walked over there directly.

Xiaolan didn't follow along, but walked towards Takei Naoko.

"Naoko, are you here again today?"

"..."

There was only silence in response to her.

It wasn't until Xiaolan sat down in the seat in front of her that she seemed to notice someone approaching.

He glanced blankly, and his thinking and movements seemed to have paused for a moment.

Then I remembered it was normal.

"Maori classmate."

"I've said it all, just call me Lan."

"Oh."

Xiaolan was still smiling, and Takei Naoko just responded.

Glancing at the counter, his gaze paused for a moment on Suzuki Sonoko.

He looked away again, propped his head with one hand, looked out through the window, and continued to be in a daze.

The expression on his face was as melancholy as ever.

For this, Xiaolan could only sigh.

It seems that a lot has happened recently, and there have been many changes, but it seems that nothing has changed.

Is it all an illusion?
(End of this chapter)