(Thud)
While a miniature lone wolf plotted to protect her innocent classmate.
In the bedroom.
Haibara Ai had taken the medicine Dr. Araide prescribed. Her high fever had subsided, but she still had an intermittent low-grade fever and was in poor spirits.
Hearing the bedroom door open and close through the haze, she laboriously opened her eyes and saw Jiang Xia carrying a bowl of porridge over to the bed.
"I..." Haibara Ai had wanted to say she wasn't hungry yet and would eat later, but when she saw the golden egg custard in the bowl, her words caught in her throat, and she hesitated.
For some reason, this egg porridge looked strangely familiar.
...Though egg porridge had simple ingredients and looked roughly the same no matter how it was made, she still unconsciously sat up, took the bowl from Jiang Xia, held it on her lap, and studied it intently with a frown.
The porridge was a little hot, but the heat passing through the thick porcelain bowl became a perfectly pleasant warmth.
After looking at it for only a few seconds, Haibara Ai's appetite was quietly stirred. After hesitating for a moment, she picked up the spoon and cautiously took a bite.
Her cold had dulled both her sense of smell and taste, but in the darkness, Haibara Ai still felt that she could taste something familiar.
Somewhat incredulous, she first glanced instinctively outside the bedroom, then looked back at Jiang Xia. "This porridge... did you make it?"
Just now, she had heard Jiang Xia say in the living room that he wanted to cook porridge, and Kudo had apparently tried to stop him, though unsuccessfully.
Jiang Xia nodded and casually mentioned a fact that had absolutely nothing to do with the current situation. "Before cooking it, I