books44 Chapter 243 Rice Flower Central Restaurant
Chapter 243 Rice Flower Central Restaurant
Several people sat down at a dining table by the window. Suzuki Sonoko called Karasuma Akimitsu "Xiao Guang" without caring about anything. It seemed that she was in a state of "it doesn't matter if you deny it, to me you are Xiao Guang".
The pronunciation of Mingguang (あかり) and light (ひかり) is not much different.
"How come you suddenly inherited the Karasuma Group, Xiaoguang, and became the head of the family? It was so sudden. There was no news about this before." Suzuki Sonoko asked directly.
"Oh, because my father has been in poor health recently and wants to take a rest." Karasuma Akimitsu took the menu handed over by the waiter next to him and asked, "Are there any special specials recommended today?"
Conan, who was about to drink water, almost spit out a mouthful of water: "Mr. Amuro? Why are you here?"
Toru Amuro, dressed as a waiter, smiled and said, "Part-time job."
Karasuma Akimitsu was a little surprised: "Are you friends? What a coincidence."
"Yeah, today's strawberry half-baked cheesecake, mango Napoleon, and all-fruit sundae are all good."
"It's not lunch time yet, and it's really early to eat. How about this, give me a sundae, but no banana..."
"More strawberries and pineapple?"
Karasuma Akimitsu raised his eyes and looked at Amuro Toru: "How did you know?"
"…I made a guess." Amuro Toru smiled.
"You guessed it right. Are you interested in working for the Karasuma family? The salary will be excellent." Karasuma Akimitsu asked with a smile.
Conan choked again and coughed violently a few times.
"That's great. Are all the employment insurance and other things in place?" Amuro Toru responded very neatly.
"Of course. Speaking of this, it reminds me of a joke I saw before. When the gangster boss went to pay for his younger brother's insurance, he found out that his younger brother was an undercover agent because his insurance had already been fully paid by the Metropolitan Police Department."
Conan couldn't stop coughing, and Ran Mao Li beside him patted his back nervously: "Drink some water and don't be so anxious."
Suzuki Sonoko clicked her tongue twice: "This brat is really... But Mr. Amuro is not short of money at all, working part-time is just his personal hobby. The car he drives is a Mazda RX-7."
"Really? What a pity." Karasuma Akimitsu sighed, "I'm so abrupt. Miss Suzuki, Miss Xiaolan, what would you like to order?"
"Why do you call her Xiaolan and only call me Suzuki?"
"Because you haven't told me her last name."
"Oh, just call me Sonoko." Suzuki Sonoko realized, "But since we're at the Rice Flower Central Restaurant, I don't want to eat the same thing as the Polo Cafe. Give me a chocolate Boston pie."
"Where is Miss Xiaolan? And little Edogawa?" Karasuma Akimitsu smiled.
"Ah, I...I want a mango Napoleon."
"Strawberry half-baked cheesecake." The two of them continued.
"Thank you for your help." Karasuma Akimitsu closed the menu and said to Amuro Toru, "Let's just serve these first."
"Okay, sir." Toru Amuro smiled, took the menus from several people, and left.
Suzuki Sonoko put her hands on the table and said, "When are you free to come out and play? By the way, where's your Sally?"
"Sally?" Karasuma Mingguang opened his fan and gently waved it. "I do have a dog named Sally, but how did you know?"
Suzuki Sonoko slapped the table, a little annoyed: "Xiao Guang, we don't care if you change your name and continue to wander around. Men's clothes look good even if you don't wear a skirt. As long as you are a good person, it's fine. But it's a bit too much for you to pretend that you don't know us."
Karasuma Akimitsu's smile remained unchanged, and he tilted his head slightly: "But, I really don't know you."
Conan stood up and raised his hand obediently: "Sister Xiaolan, I want to go to the bathroom."
"Ah... he has to go to the bathroom as soon as he arrives. So it's so troublesome for you to bring Conan here, Xiaolan." Suzuki Sonoko complained with her half-moon eyes.
Mao Lilan smiled awkwardly and said to Conan: "Do you know where it is?"
"I know. If I get lost, I can ask the waiter." Conan smiled, jumped off the chair, and trotted away.
Karasuma Akimitsu turned his head to watch Conan running away, then turned back: "He's so cute, my dear brother?"
Mao Lilan hurriedly shook her head: "No, my last name is Mao Li, my name is Mao Lilan, he is fostered in my house."
"Wow, Miss Xiaolan." Karasuma Akimitsu nodded, his eyes shining. "If he's fostered, who are his parents? Can he be fostered in my house? He's so cute."
"...Haha...Xiao Guang...I don't think there's much of a change." Mao Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief for some reason and was no longer as nervous as at the beginning.
Conan hadn't come back yet, and the three of them chatted about the weather and some famous places in Tokyo. At this time, Amuro Toru came over with some snacks and placed them in front of everyone.
At this time, Amuro Toru picked up a tiny cup from the tray and slowly placed it in front of Karasuma Akimitsu: "This is a new drink recently launched by the restaurant. I would like to ask some customers to try it and hear their comments."
Mao Lilan looked at the bright red color in the small cup in shock. Just as she was about to speak, Suzuki Sonoko grabbed Mao Lilan's wrist, pressed it on the table, and said to Amuro Toru, "By the way, let's order some lemon black tea and orange sparkling water."
Mao Lilan closed her mouth, clenched her fists, and stared at the cup of bright red blood.
Karasuma Akimitsu frowned and picked up the cup with two fingers, looking a little disgusted: "You guys are using such a small cup for trial of new products? Such a big restaurant is still doing the mall promotion?" He looked down and sniffed, "For milk tea, you should use real tea leaves and milk. This smells like sweetener and creamer. I don't want to taste it at all."
He put the cup back on the table, showing an expression that he didn't want to touch it at all. Turning around, he saw Amuro Toru holding the tray tightly, almost bulging veins. Karasuma Akimitsu's face changed: "Wait, let me drink a sip. Is this the special drink you made? You don't have to be so angry, do you?"
He picked up the cup and was about to drink it, but Toru Amuro snatched the cup away, and some of the liquid splashed onto his cuffs: "No need, sir, thank you for your evaluation." Toru Amuro said with a smile, enunciating each word, then turned and left.
Karasuma Akimitsu looked at Amuro Toru with a puzzled look on his face as he left, then turned to look at Suzuki Sonoko: "I thought he was a good candidate for a male servant, but now he seems to have a bad temper. You even ordered two drinks, did he hear it?"
"No...it's okay. At worst I can tell you again when I come over later." Ran Mouri said in a low voice. Her other hand had already grabbed Suzuki Sonoko's hand that was holding her wrist, and her voice trembled slightly.
Karasuma Akimitsu noticed that they were holding hands and suddenly realized, "Oh, I see."
The two of them quickly separated their hands as if they were burned, and Suzuki Sonoko said hurriedly: "Don't think about it! I have a boyfriend!"
Wu Wan Mingguang opened his fan and covered his mouth slightly: "It's okay, your sister is already married, right? In theory, it would be more appropriate for you to marry someone else." After that, he folded the fan into a flower shape and placed it on the table. "Although the milk tea looks a bit inferior, the dessert looks good. Is that little friend not back yet?"
"No need to wait for him, let's eat first." Suzuki Sonoko smiled awkwardly.
After a while, Conan came back sweating all over, smiled apologetically, sat on the chair, held a small fork and said cheerfully in a childish voice: "Wow, it's Mango Napoleon, I like Mango Napoleon the best!"
"Nonsense, last time you said this was too sweet compared to strawberry and only Xiaoguang would like it." Suzuki Sonoko rolled her eyes.
The newly ordered drinks also arrived, and the few of them laughed and chatted about other irrelevant anecdotes. About half an hour later, Karasuma Mingguang's phone rang. He took a look and then stood up: "Sorry, there are a lot of things going on in the group."
"It's okay, it's okay." Suzuki Sonoko waved her hands quickly.
"Then I have to leave first, Miss Sonoko. I'm glad you asked me out, even if it's just to reject me." Karasuma Akimitsu walked to Suzuki Sonoko, bent over, took her hand and kissed the back of her hand, "I wish you a good day."
Watching Karasuma Akimitsu turn around and leave, Suzuki Sonoko's expression was complicated and rippling: "Oh no, so handsome, Xiaoguang looks so handsome in men's clothes..."
Mao Lilan gritted her teeth and held Suzuki Sonoko's shoulders: "Think about your boyfriend, Mr. Kyogoku is still undergoing special combat training."
The three of them were about to leave the restaurant in the elevator. When the elevator was halfway down, Suzuki Sonoko exclaimed, "Oh my god, my cell phone is gone. I just put it on the table and forgot about it." So when the elevator was halfway down and someone came in from the 15th floor, Suzuki Sonoko ran out.
Conan then exclaimed: "I...Sister Xiaolan, I need to go to the bathroom. You wait for me downstairs, I'll come down to find you later." Then he ran out of the elevator with Suzuki Sonoko.
Watching the two leave, Mao Lilan frowned and let out a sigh: "These two guys are really..."
But this restaurant is where Shinichi confessed his love to her. Mao Lilan blushed a little when she recalled it. The elevator continued to go down. At this time, the elevator door on the tenth floor opened and someone entered.
Ran Mouri suddenly saw Karasuma Akimitsu and Hamura Shuichi flashing across the corridor outside the elevator.
"Mr. Hamura..." Ran Mouri couldn't help but chase after him.
Karasuma Akimitsu and Hamura Shuichi have already turned a corner.
Mao Lilan felt that her behavior was a bit careless after she got out of the elevator. She had agreed with Suzuki Sonoko and Conan to wait for them downstairs. But she really cared about it. When she saw Hamura Shuichi, she wanted to ask him who the body of Nagai Hikaru whose DNA he had brought back belonged to.
Conan rushed to the kitchen of the Rice Flower Central Restaurant and ran to the staff lounge.
Toru Amuro was on the phone. When he saw Conan rushing in, he nodded at him and put down the phone.
Conan just ran over, still panting: "That's... Xiaoguang."
"You have a wound on your hand. You just lost blood, so it's better not to run vigorously." Toru Amuro put away his phone and said while leaning against the wall.
"That's Xiaoguang!" Conan calmed his breathing and said firmly, "Even if it's a clone, it can really load the so-called data into the brain to forge memories, but it can't tell the difference between blood. This is a psychological problem. And seeing my blood is milk tea, not only the vision, but also the taste and smell block the truth... This is only him, and this is not a result that can be replicated by data transmission."
"…So the ones we didn't save that day were clones."
"It's a clone that has completely transferred Xiaoguang's memory! It's Xiaoguang who has obtained all of Xiaoguang's memories and will choose to die to save us at that time." Conan walked to Amuro Toru, "I don't know what they did to Xiaoguang? Or something else happened that we can't guess, but this time, it's our turn to save him."