Detective Conan's Cafe Owner

Chapter 7 is a bit familiar (various requests)

Qingming has no friends.

Leaving aside Huaxia's side, at least here at Neon, you can count people who are considered friends without using one hand.

Maorilan is one.

At least Mao Lilan regards him as a friend. As for whether Qingming regards him as a friend, only he knows.

No one can know what Qingming is thinking, sometimes it is always mysterious.

And I don't know how to describe him.

Say you are a good person, but it seems that you have never done anything good; say you are a bad person, it seems that you have never done any bad things.

At least according to the current situation, Qingming is just a little black-bellied.

And there are some special hobbies, such as making Azusa Enomoto dress up as a maid and asking her to call him master.

Of course, Enomoto Azusa never handed in.

She was just doing her own thing and just doing her job well.

Qingming basically doesn't care about things, so she is the one who entertains guests.

"welcome."

Every day with a smile and repeating the same words, Enomoto Azusa felt her face was a little stiff.

Perhaps this is the so-called professional smile?
Suddenly, I remembered what Qingming had said to her: Some people look like they are smiling, but they are not actually smiling; some people look like they are crying, but they are not actually crying.

So when looking at everything, can't we just look at the surface?
Azusa Enomoto knew this truth, although she didn't quite understand it.

But if you think about it this way, you are obviously younger than her, so why do you always tell her these great truths?
However, other people are the boss, so they can only listen.

Work hard afterwards.

This afternoon.

Quantum drank a few cups of coffee, finished the task, and left.

Azusa Enomoto sent her outside, just in time to meet Mao Lilan.

"Miss Lan."

Greeted with a smile, this time the smile seemed more sincere.

"Are you looking for the shopkeeper again?"

When Mao Lilan came to the coffee shop, he was either looking for Qingming or Moori Kogoro.

Sometimes Mori Kogoro would sit in a coffee shop for most of the day, reading newspapers or something.

Kogoro Mori is not here now, so Mori Lan probably came to Qingming.

Sometimes Azusa Enomoto felt that Mao Lilan was too gentle towards Qingming, and this kind of gentleness could easily be misunderstood.

But Mao Lilan didn't seem to realize such a problem.

On her face was a smile that was gentler than Azusa Enomoto's and seemed more comfortable.

"Yes, Lord Qingming is here, right?"

"It's there."

Azusa Enomoto nodded.

Such a question does not actually need to be asked, where else can Qingming go if he is not in the store?
Anyway, she rarely saw Qingming leave the coffee shop.

He brought Mao Lilan in, smiled and nodded, and went to clear the table again.

Mao Lilan walked to the counter and found that Qingming was still reading.

Looking at the ancient book with the blue cover, he seems to have been reading this.

But she didn't care about that.

"Mr. Qingming."

With a soft cry, Qingming's attention was also drawn away from the book.

He looked up and saw that it was Mao Lilan.

"Oh, Lan."

A nod was a response, and before Mao Lilan could say anything, she spoke directly.

"You can just call me Ching Ming, don't ask me to come and go, I'm not used to it."

"Hmm... well then, Qingming."

Without too much entanglement, the title problem was quickly changed.

She doesn't know much about the cultural differences between Huaxia and Neon. Although she likes Chinese culture, she rarely has the opportunity to get in touch with it.

However, looking for Qingming is not to discuss Chinese culture.

"Qingming, are you free this weekend?"

"Um……"

Tapping his fingers on the table, he thought for a while.

Then he was all smiles.

"Of course, who once said that there are only two types of people in the world, men and women? No, those who are not full and those who are full. Obviously, I am the kind of person who is full and has nothing to do. How could someone not be free?"

"That's really interesting."

Mao Lilan was also amused, she didn't seem to have heard of such a statement.

But it seems reasonable to think about it.

But since it's free, it's easy to handle.

"We're going to a small island this weekend, why don't you come and play with us."

This is the purpose of her coming to Qingming, to invite Qingming to go out to play together.

The main reason is that Qingming stays in the coffee shop all day and doesn't go out very much. He has been in Nihong for half a year, and he probably hasn't left Mihuacho [-]-chome. It just happened that he had a chance, so he invited Qingming to go with him.

In any case, they can be regarded as friends, and Qingming is an overseas student, so she is more concerned about Qingming.

That's why I say she is a very gentle person.

But superfluous tenderness can sometimes be a sin, because it can be misunderstood.

Qingming will not.

It was a bit of a surprise for the invitation.

"Go to the island to play?"

"My father received a commission, and Conan and I are going to go together, so I invite you to go together. It's not good to stay in the coffee shop all day, so come and play with us."

"This... is also good."

After a little hesitation, Qingming nodded and agreed.

Anyway, there's nothing to do in the coffee shop, so it's good to go out for a walk.

By the way, it is also regarded as seeing the customs of neon.

"Speaking of which, what island are you going to? An unnamed island?"

"No, I remember it was called Moon Shadow Island."

"Moon Shadow...Island?"

The name sounds a little familiar.

Where have you heard of it?
……

weekend.

A group of people boarded the boat and sailed towards the small island in the sea.

The reason why I came here is because a week ago, Kogoro Mori received a commission letter.

Received a somewhat strange entrustment letter, the content of the letter was pieced together from words cut from newspapers or books, saying that Kogoro Mori was to be entrusted to go to Tsukage Island, and he also said that on the night of the full moon, he would meet again. There are shadows disappearing or something.

Originally Kogoro Mori didn't intend to pay attention to it, but the other party called in person, and even the commission fee was called in advance.

There was no other way, and Mori Kogoro had no choice but to come and have a look.

Of course, his plan was to refund the money directly, and he did not intend to accept such an entrustment.

It's kind of fishy after all.

As a detective, you have to understand what you can do and what you can't do, otherwise you will be to blame if someone sinks your body under the sea someday.

You must know that there are not a few detectives who have disappeared.

For example, a high school student detective, Kudo Shinichi.

It's been a while since I heard from that guy, and there are even rumors that he was involved in some case and was killed.

Needless to say, this is really close to the truth.

However, Kudo Shinichi was not killed, but changed his identity to investigate secretly.

Ordinary people would never have imagined that a high school student would turn into a child.

So he is safe for the time being.

But there are people who know his identity, such as Dr. A Li, and Qingming.

No matter where Qingming went, he couldn't do without the books in his hands. He didn't know where to pull a stool, put it on the deck, and sat there to read a book.

Mori Kogoro was smoking a cigarette over the railing, watching the small island getting closer.

But after glancing at Qingming who was sitting over there reading a book, he seemed a little unhappy.

He didn't want to come here at first, but now he not only came, but also had an extra Qingming, and he paid for the money.

"So why do we need an extra nerd when we travel as a family?"

He muttered, and glanced at Conan again.

"There's another kid with glasses!"

"..."

Conan pretended not to hear, but actually hehehe was in his heart.

Maorilan didn't seem to care.

"What does it matter, Qingming is a friend."

"To put it nicely, I paid for the money."

"Father, you usually go to the coffee shop in Qingming to eat and drink!"

"Hey... have you ever said that about your father?"

Kogoro Mori would not admit to eating and drinking.

Obviously it was deducted from the rent.

Although the rent given by Qingming is also very generous, it is several times the normal rent.

No way, in fact, there were others who wanted to rent it back then, but Qingming spent money on it, so Mori Kogoro rented the storefront on the first floor to him.

Qingming didn't pay attention to the bickering between the father and daughter, and didn't pay attention to the books.

Instead, he aimed at Moon Shadow Island, which was getting closer.

On it, there is the legendary big JJ cute girl!
(End of this chapter)