An hour later, the candlesticks on the long dining table were lit with candles, and the vases and bouquets of flowers were placed.
Ikegana took off her apron. Her long skirt had simple lines and was not cumbersome. Her black hair was pulled to one side and tucked behind her ears. She sat upright, dignified and elegant.
Haiyuan Ai couldn't help but sit up a little straighter and glanced sideways at Chi Feichi on the other side who was still sitting upright but with a cold expression.
It looks pretty good, but it’s Brother Chi’s face...
"Try it," Ikegana greeted, "there will be dessert after the meal later."
Haiyuan Ai said, "I'm going to start." When he found that Chi Feichi was not very cooperative and had already begun to taste the food, he simply started to take action.
The steak tastes very good, the grilled sausage tastes pretty good, the boiled broccoli and carrots... well, this is bland, which is understandable.
Overall, it's definitely not as delicious as Fei Chi's, but it's no different from what you eat outside, so it should be considered good.
Yes, in terms of the taste of the food, it’s Brother Chi’s food > Food from ordinary restaurants outside > Personal food that is not very good > Food from people like Dr. Ali who are not good at cooking.
"How is it?" Ikegana asked expectantly.
"Very good." Hui Yuan Ai nodded in approval, then looked at Chi Feichi who was eating with a cold face.
So, is Brother Chi too ambitious?
"Feichi, how are you?" Chi Janai also looked at Chi Feichi.
Chi Feichi nodded, "It's delicious."
"Really?" Ikegana looked unbelieving, "If you have any ideas, you can tell mom directly."
Chi Feichi thought for a while and felt that there was nothing he couldn't say, "Then I'll just say it, boil some vegetables in water, fruit and vegetable salad, steak or grilled sausages or both, grilled ham slices, baked potatoes or fried
Potatoes, grilled onions, grilled tomatoes, there are always a few of them, add, subtract, and combine as you like, you can have breakfast, lunch, dinner..."
Haibara Ai:"……"
It’s not Brother Chi who turns on the complaining mode.
Chi Kana: "..."
Is there...a problem with this?
"Sometimes eggs or bread are added to breakfast, but these are the only dishes that come up again and again. To put it simply, there is no such thing as boiling, baking, or frying. If there is, then add a salad." Chi Feichi continued.
He complained nonchalantly, "There are countless potatoes, big baked potatoes, small baked potatoes, big baked potatoes, small baked potatoes, baked potato strips, large fried potatoes, small fried potatoes, large fried potato cubes, fried small potatoes."
Chunks, fried potato chips…”
"puff……"
Chi Kana lowered his head and laughed. Soon, he looked up at Chi Feichi with a smile and said, "My son is so cute~!"
Chi Feichi: "..."
People's moods are indeed different.
Fei Chi lay on the table, swallowed the beef piece, and then sighed sympathetically, saying with emotion, "Master, I understand, just like I had no fun eating small loaches before."
It was hard for Haiyuan Ai to hold back from laughing. Unless Brother Chi could cook so many dishes himself, and they were all delicious, it would be really hard to endure just a few dishes over and over again, and most of the boiled and baked things were tasteless.
But understanding is understanding, and it is Brother Chi who is complaining with a cold face...
No matter how you think about it, I think it’s cute!
"Ahem," Hui Yuan Ai said silently in his mind, 'Don't laugh', 'Hold it back', 'Be serious', and said as calmly as possible, "But it does taste good, right?"
"Well," Chi Feichi admitted, "the steak is better than many restaurants outside."
"Okay," Ikegana said with a smile, "I will learn to cook other dishes next time. There is no other way. I have been cooking this way since I was a child, and then I also wanted to cook what I am best at for you and my son, so I became
That’s it.”
Haiyuan Ai suppressed her laughter, "You can look forward to the dessert after the meal, I can smell the sweet smell."
When Ikegana heard this, his eyes completely turned into laughter again.
Hui Yuan Ai was confused, "What's wrong?"
"The snacks made by mother are better than the main meals." Chi Feichi said.
Ikegana took over, "But, I'm not very good at salty snacks, and Fei Chi doesn't like too sweet food, so I can't eat much..."
Hui Yuan Ai was silent for a moment, "Then there is nothing we can do."
Chi Feichi: "..."
There's nothing he can do about it, but luckily, he can still eat enough despite all the complaints.
After laughing enough, Ikegana started to eat dinner, "By the way, Fei Chi, there are a lot of chocolates in your refrigerator over there. You probably don't like chocolate either, so why did you buy so much all of a sudden?"
"Is it a gift from a girl?" Haiyuan Ai also looked at Chi Feichi, "There don't seem to be any festivals recently..."
"I received it last Valentine's Day," Chi Feichi said.
Ikegana was a little surprised, "Is it so much? There are two big bags."
"Brother Fei Chi is very popular," Haiyuan Ai laughed, "But I really don't like eating, otherwise there won't be so much left..."
When dessert was served after the meal, Chi Feichi poured juice for Haiyuan Ai and went to the kitchen to get white wine.
After Chi Feichi left, Chi Janai and Haiyuan Ai lay on the table, huddled together, looking at Haiyuan Ai's cell phone and whispering.
Haibara Ai flipped through the friends list on the UL chat software and secretly shared the girl she was currently chatting with Ikekana.
Perhaps it was because her godmother smiled so gently, listened so carefully, and had such a 'family' atmosphere that she couldn't stop talking to Ikekana, and seemed to be able to say anything to Ikekana.
Even talking about trivial things seems to have a different feeling.
"Miss Lianxi is very good..."
"What about Hongzi? Does Xiaoai know about her?"
"Hongzi?"
Chi Feichi was holding the wine. When he heard this sentence, he said, "Magic girl, what's wrong with her?"
The two of them quickly sat upright.
Ikegana turned around and smiled, "Nothing, I'll ask Xiao Ai if she knows Hongzi."
"It turns out she is a magical girl," Haihara Ai calmed down for a second, quietly put away her phone, and explained to Ikegana, "I knew her a long time ago when I was playing online games with Brother Fei Chi, and I have
UL friend, we talked a lot about games. I met her once. She was a girl with long red hair. She looked a little cold, but she was quite nice. She gave me a gift. There was something a little bit awkward during that meeting.
In my haste, I didn’t prepare any gifts for her..."
Chi Janai took the wine bottle from Chi Feichi and poured wine into the cup, "Hongzi, she will give gifts to whomever she wants. She never cares about returning gifts. You don't have to care either. She will find something interesting another day.
Just give the things to her. By the way, Xiao Ai, you guys go and confirm, how is the situation?"
"Because I made this matter clear, Yuka accepted her mother's boyfriend," Haibara Ai's tone slowed down a lot when she heard Ikeana's soft voice, "This way, everyone in her family will be happy, right?"
."
"Is that so? Then you have done a great thing," Chi Janai smiled and poured half a glass of wine for Chi Feichi. His speaking speed was still annoyingly slow, "Feichi, tomorrow
Do you want to go to your teacher's office and sit for a while? I didn't say hello to Mr. Maori seriously last time. It just so happens that Xiao Ai has two days off tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. If you go, I'll call Mr. Maori tomorrow morning and tell him in the afternoon.
When you go to visit, you can take Xiao Ai and Conan to the amusement park and go out for dinner together in the evening."
Haibara Ai drank juice and listened to Ikegana's words before saying, "I heard from Edogawa today that Mr. Mori received a commission from a wealthy family in Shizuoka County called Kunitomo. Tomorrow he and Sister Xiaolan will join the uncle.
I’m going to Shizuoka Prefecture and won’t be back until the night after tomorrow.”
"It's a pity. Since Mr. Mori has something to do, it's better not to disturb him," Ikekana thought about it, "but the Kunitomo family in Shizuoka Prefecture... I think I heard Vincent talking about this family."
"Is it very famous?" Hui Yuan Ai asked.
"No, but Vincent said that his housekeeper is very good." Ikegana smiled and took a sip of wine. "I heard that he was a housekeeper who couldn't stand even the tablecloth being crooked by two millimeters."
Hui Yuan Ai was speechless, "Is that obsessive-compulsive disorder?"
Ikegana put down the cup and explained to Haibara Ai, "Such a butler is generally more serious, careful, and responsible. When holding a banquet at home, he can also lead people to prepare it almost perfectly. How is their butler specifically?
I don't know, but the housekeeper is an old friend of Vincent's father, and Vincent still has contact with him. I heard that their driver has mysophobia, and the maid seems to have a fear of heights or acrophobia..."
Haibara Ai felt inexplicably gloating, "Really, then Edogawa and the others should have a wonderful holiday."
Chi Feichi, who was drinking with his head down, said, "The family's life will be more exciting."
Haibara Ai choked up and had to admit that Chi Feichi hit the nail on the head, "That's right, after all, Edogawa and Uncle Maori are both plague gods..."
Ikekana thought of the Yashiro father and daughter who wanted to die, and for a moment she didn't know whether she should join in the complaint. After all, her son seemed to be quite a plague, "Then... what are we going to do tomorrow? Xiao Ai only has two days off, so he can't run away
If it is too far away, the trip will be very hasty. If you go to an amusement park..."
Seeing that Chi Jana was about to enter a state of entanglement, Chi Feichi spoke decisively and mentioned a place that all three of them were interested in, "Would you like to go horse riding at the racecourse?"
"Okay, I haven't ridden a horse for a long time," Chikana became interested and turned to ask Haibara Ai, "What do you think, Xiao Ai?"
Hui Yuan Ai nodded immediately, "It's just in time to go see the Three Riyue."
After the meal, Ikegana cleared the dishes and started chatting with Haibara Ai. They talked about everything from the weather to celebrity gossip while watching TV.
At night, Chi Kana held a storybook and told Haihara Ai a bedtime story, then quietly slipped into the living room over by Chi Feichi.
Chi Feichi had just finished washing and was about to go to bed when he found Chi Jana coming over with wine and stopped, "Mother?"
Ikegana put down the wine glass, raised his head and smiled, "Let's have two more drinks."
Chi Feichi didn't object and sat on the sofa.
"Actually, I was waiting for you to ask me yesterday. For example, if you ask me if I secretly follow you outside of school, I can tell you that yes, before you go to college, I will come back every year to secretly watch you."
Chi Janai poured the wine, sat down, handed one of the glasses to Chi Feichi, and said softly, "Mom knows that when you were in the third grade of elementary school, you would throw a small stone into the water when you passed by the river..."
Chi Feichi took the cup and said, "It's been so long."
Chi Janai raised his eyes and looked at Chi Feichi, with a soft but shallow smile in his eyes, "I was waiting for you to ask yesterday, and then you can ask me why I just looked at you, you can blame me, you can accuse me, you can quarrel with me,
But you never..."
Chi Feichi did not avoid Chi Janai's gaze, "There is no point in arguing."
Ikegana was stunned, and took the lead to look away, lowering his eyes to the wine glass, "I'm sorry, every time I see you, I say such things that make you feel bad. However, I heard from Xiao Ai tonight that Yuka accepted her mother's boyfriend.
My friend, this way their whole family will be happy. I suddenly understood that Fei Chi chose a way that would make everyone happy, but the situation in our family is different. I still want to come over and ask you... Do you really feel aggrieved?"