"Chen, you're heading out?"
Seeing Chen walk out the door, Akemi Miyano, who was watering the flowers in the yard, asked him.
"Yeah, I have something to take care of. Akemi, don't make breakfast for me." Chen spoke to Akemi, then opened the car door and got in.
Everything had been fine yesterday. Why had something happened today? Could it be because of Kogoro Mouri?
That had to be it. Thinking of how Kogoro Mouri had rushed off yesterday, something must have happened to him.
Chen sped all the way there and soon arrived beneath the Mouri Detective Agency.
He quickly went up to the second floor and knocked on the door. Kazuha Toyama answered it, her face carrying a worried expression as well.
"Kazuha, what exactly happened?" Chen could not help asking.
Kazuha, who had been questioned, suddenly sighed. "You should ask Ran."
"What happened?" Chen truly could not figure it out, but he should know once he saw Ran.
As he entered, the heavy smell of alcohol made Chen frown slightly. His gaze fell on Kogoro Mouri.
Kogoro Mouri was sprawled over the table, already asleep. It seemed he had drunk too much and could no longer hold on.
Kazuha looked at Kogoro Mouri, a trace of disgust flashing through her eyes. She truly disliked him.
If it were not for him, Ran would not be so troubled right now. Yet here he was, sleeping soundly. Kazuha really did not know what to say.
"Ran, what's going on?" Chen looked toward Ran, who was sitting on the sofa. Her eyes were red and swollen, as though she had been crying.
It was not merely as though she had cried. Ran really had cried, and naturally, it was because of Kogoro Mouri.
"Chen." Ran suddenly threw herself into Chen's