Although the last trip of the holiday was not very pleasant for Conan, it relieved a lot of the pain of starting school for everyone in the Young Detective Team.
After school on the first day of school, these people are naturally indispensable in Kuroki Ren’s candy house.
Conan stayed here to wait for Mao Lilan to get out of school and then go home together. Naturally, the rest of the Junior Detective Team came over to eat and drink.
During this time, middle school and high school were not out yet, so Kuroki Jin could still chat with customers while packing the candies they requested.
"Speaking of which, the big brother we met at the zoo that day, I seemed to have seen him after I left the doctor's place last night."
Mitsuhiko bit the candy in his mouth, and his words were a little unclear: "I remember it was called, Okiya... Okiya Subaru?"
Conan, who was lying on the table in a daze of boredom, pricked up his ears.
"Mr. Subaru?" Kuroki Jin raised his eyebrows and glanced at Conan calmly. He happened to catch a glimpse of Conan looking at him, and the two quickly looked away.
"Speaking of this, where is Xiao Ai? Why didn't she come with you?" Kuroki Ren wanted to ask since they entered the door just now.
Conan said in surprise: "Haiyuan has a cold, didn't you know?"
Kuroki Ren stopped moving his hands, frowned slightly and said, "She didn't tell me."
Last night he wished her a happy start of school.
"Maybe it's because I feel uncomfortable when I wake up in the morning. I didn't know that Haiyuan asked for leave until I went to school today." Conan said quickly.
Kuroki Jin put down his cell phone and decided to go to Dr. Ari's house in person.
"Ah, Sister Xiaolan and the others are here." Ayumi's voice interrupted Kuroki Jin's actions.
Kuroki looked up towards the door and saw the three people who had just entered through the scattered heads.
"Huh?" he whispered in surprise.
Conan suddenly became alert when he saw the new face. Judging from his hair, he was undoubtedly a handsome guy.
Kuroki Ren took the lead and said: "Welcome, Miss Lan, Miss Yuanzi... and our new friends."
The new friend walked behind Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko, with most of his body covered and only his head exposed. When the first two returned the gift to Kuroki Jin, he looked at the shop owner curiously.
Kuroki Jin smiled kindly: "Does this classmate want anything?"
Because he didn’t know his name, Kuroki Jin used the name he used to address strangers. In Japan, stranger men (sensei-san) and women (joshi-san) are addressed differently.
Kuroki Jin's nickname is "joshi-san".
"Eh?" Conan was stunned, and then looked over from his perspective and saw the girls' uniform of Didan High School worn by his new classmates.
"It's really strange. How did Boss Kuroki know that I'm a girl?"
A girl with short hair stepped in between Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko. She leaned forward with her hands on the counter and a dangerous smile.
"There are differences between boys and girls." Kuroki Ren's smile remained unchanged, "Try a new flavor of candy? Maybe you will like it... Oh, I haven't asked you your name yet."
"Sera." She took the candy and added before putting it in her mouth: "Sera is pure."
The taste of the candy in the mouth is not that amazing. It is definitely a mediocre candy that suits most people's tastes. Sera Masumi was a little disappointed after eating it.
She still wanted to taste the taste that she couldn't forget.
"Miss Sera," Kuroki Jin called her.
"It's strange." Sera Masumi smiled without any threat, "Boss Kuroki calls Xiaolan and Sonoko by their first names."
"Aren't you afraid of offending the new customers?" Kuroki Jin prepared the drinks for the two of them and handed them to them, "And compared to Zhenjun, I feel that Sera is more like a name."
"Hey, Mr. Kuroki, do you think so too?" Sonoko seemed to have found a like-minded person, "I also think it's more natural to call her Sera-chan."
Kuroki Jin turned his head and was about to answer Sonoko's words, but he noticed the cold wind coming towards him.
He leaned back slightly, and his fist just missed the tip of his nose.
"Sera-kun?!"
"Boss Kuroki's skills are not bad." Sera Masumi didn't succeed with one punch, but he still smiled, not looking like he was about to attack him. "I didn't expect that a small shop owner has some skills, no?
Those who knew it would have thought you had some ulterior identity."
When Conan heard what she said, his vigilance was instantly heightened. He subconsciously looked at Kuroki Ren, and happened to notice a coldness under his gentle smile.
Kuroki Ren thought of something that he had been puzzled about a long time ago, but today he accidentally touched this dusty memory.
Why didn't he realize at the time that Masumi Sera and that bastard Shuichi Akai looked so similar?!
No wonder he seemed to be targeted by death when he gave her a piece of candy. No wonder he was assassinated afterwards and almost died in that alley. If it hadn't been for Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko, the outcome would have been hard to say.
"That's right." Kuroki Jin quickly hid his coldness, "Although Sera-kun is very skilled, you should be careful when you casually test people."
"If one day I meet a helpless person, I will probably have to pay for the medical expenses after this punch."
"Don't worry, Boss Kuroki." Shiliang Zhenzhun shrugged slightly, and then said to Xiaolan and Yuanzi: "I have something else to do today, so I'll leave first."
"Ah...ah." Mao Lilan was a little dazed because of the brief confrontation between the two, and subconsciously replied before watching Sera Masumi leave.
"Do Mr. Kuroki and Sera know each other?" Suzuki Sonoko came over with gossip on her face, "I feel like Sera is very hostile to you."
Kuroki Ren smiled helplessly: "Maybe it's because I look more like the scumbag in romance dramas. Otherwise, why would Sera-san punch me as soon as we met?"
He took off his apron, waved to the children and said, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. Let Brother Chengshi make what you want to drink."
"Wait for me." Conan followed him out like a little tail, not forgetting to turn around and shout to Xiaolan: "I'm going to the doctor's house. Something was left there yesterday."
He ran so fast that the other three children didn't even react, and he was gone.
Conan got into the back seat before Kuroki Ren's car started. He took two deep breaths and waited until the car started to drive at a steady speed before asking: "Is there anything wrong with this person?"
"What?"
"Don't be pretentious!" Conan stuck his head into the gap in the front seat, "Obviously, you know her."
Kuroki Ren chuckled twice: "It can't be considered acquaintance. It can only be said that we met once a long time ago, and we should have a deep impression on each other."
Conan had already pricked up his ears and was about to listen to the story, but Kuroki Jin stopped talking. He drove in silence. Edogawa Conan could see from the rearview mirror that there was no smile on his face.
He put aside this question for the time being and did not disturb Kuroki Ren.