The middle-aged office worker was swaying drunkenly, shouting, "I'm not drunk! Don't hold me up—I can walk by myself!"
The younger man was nearly dragged off his feet and could only support him more firmly. "Senior, please stop moving around. You're too hard to hold up like this!"
The woman walking behind them looked helplessly at the two drunks, then left as well, locking the door with her key.
She then looked at her two Male Colleagues and sighed. "I'm really sorry. He made things so awkward for you."
"It's fine, it's fine!" The young office worker waved his hands repeatedly. He secretly glanced at Room 2103 and lowered his voice so the people inside would not hear. "Senior Takai is always like that after drinking. I know he's just drunk—he doesn't mean any harm."
"Hmph!" The middle-aged office worker being supported clearly disagreed. "Drunk words are sober thoughts. You can tell from how that guy acts when he's drunk that he's got poor character!"
The young office worker could not help grumbling, "To be honest, your behavior when drunk isn't much better either..."
The three of them noisily went downstairs.
At the café across the street.
As Mouri Ran worked on her homework, she silently counted yet another customer or passerby who had come to ask Jiang Xia for an autograph. At the same time, she had to keep glancing at the Apartment Building entrance, lest Teacher Jodie leave carrying a different bag and make the Locator useless.
As she multitasked herself into a slight daze, she suddenly perked up and said to Jiang Xia, "Someone came out!"
Only after speaking did Mouri Ran realize that Jiang Xia had already been looking in that direction before she said anything.
He's amazing. Mouri Ran could not help feeling surprised.