Conan looked up at the beautiful teacher, then poked Jiang Xia as he approached, puzzled. "Did our elementary school have a teacher like this?"
Jiang Xia: "..." Why were you asking me?
Fortunately, Student Kudo had a good memory, and his recollections quickly resurfaced. "Oh! I remember now. I think there really was one, but she wasn't our teacher. She taught Ran and Sonoko's class."
Beside them, Teacher Yonehara looked at the two beautiful students she had not seen in years and sighed with emotion. "In the blink of an eye, you've both grown into such lovely young ladies. Time really flies."
Hearing the compliment, Suzuki Sonoko hurried to return it. "You're very pretty too, Teacher! Especially your long hair—I even tried growing mine out like yours when I was little. But it was too troublesome, so I cut it again later."
Teacher Yonehara blinked. "Oh my, is my hair the only thing that looks good?"
The short-haired female teacher behind her laughed and teased, "That compliment really hit the mark. Everyone else our age is too lazy to take care of their hair, but Teacher Yonehara still has so much time for it—such is the boundless energy of an unmarried thirty-year-old woman."
Teacher Yonehara elbowed her. "You talk too much."
"An unmarried thirty-year-old woman?" Mouri Ran looked surprised. "You're still single? But you'll probably be taken soon, right? Did you come here today to go on a date with these two ski instructors?"
Teacher Yonehara froze and looked at the two men who had struck up a conversation with them. "Ski instructors?"
The two men looked embarrassed and avoided her gaze.
Seeing their reactions, the two female teachers immediately understood. They chuckled, ignored their colleagues, and said to the two female students, "It's too cold to stand around chatting.