Conan had just finished checking the main entrance and walked back with a grave expression.
Hearing Jiang Xia and Komatsu Hitoshi's conversation, Conan swiftly grasped the situation. Seeing Komatsu Hitoshi's bashful demeanor, he decisively joined in: "Let us have a look, Komatsu—honestly, we've never received a love letter from a cute girl before. We might never get to see one in our whole lives, so please give us a chance."
Mouri Ran: "..." She thought of Jiang Xia's miraculous desk drawer, which he never used but which was always stuffed full of pink gifts and envelopes.
It might have been a slight exaggeration, but it proved that a Detective who could bend or stand tall as needed had to possess the skill of sweet-talking at critical moments.
"Hahaha, really? Maybe you're still too young. Once you grow up and enter society, you'll receive love letters like me."
Komatsu Hitoshi was clearly very pleased by those words. He stopped hesitating, rummaged through his pocket, and pulled out a pretty sheet of stationery before handing it over. "Here, be careful with it. Don't damage it."
Jiang Xia raised a hand to accept the letter, but before he could unfold it, Komatsu Hitoshi's stomach rang once.
The somewhat airheaded man rubbed his big belly and only then remembered. "Oh! I just remembered that I haven't eaten yet. I was going to treat everyone to lunch and explain things properly, but then this unlucky incident happened, and that girl never showed up either... Let's go to a nearby restaurant and talk while we eat. I know a place with really good food!"
The case was important, but they could not leave a key witness hungry.
So although they had only just eaten, the group still went with Komatsu Hitoshi to the restaurant he