After completely leaving the mess of the Ghoul world to those two "cross-border living kings of hell", Lin Xiao became a hands-off shopkeeper with a clear conscience and returned to the Chiba Prefecture high-end apartment.
"Huh... I finally got rid of those bad things."
Just when Lin Xiao was about to go to the kitchen to pour a glass of water, the door to the guest room was gently opened.
Ai Haibara, who was wearing a rather loose white T-shirt and short brown hair with a hint of water vapor, walked out in slippers.
She saw Lin Xiao in the living room, paused slightly, and then asked lightly:
"You're back. Have you had dinner?"
"Huh?"
Lin Xiao touched his belly and then realized. "Indeed not yet. I was just busy dealing with those group of man-eating monsters."
He took out his mobile phone and opened the takeout app skillfully. "I'll see what other stores are open nearby and order a pizza or fried chicken to deal with it."
Hearing the words "order takeout", Ai Haibara's beautiful brows instantly knitted together.
She walked over and pressed the screen of Lin Xiao's phone, with undisguised disgust in her tone. "That kind of junk food that is high in oil and salt has no nutritional value except increasing the burden on your cardiovascular system, and it takes more than half an hour for takeout delivery."
"Then what should I do? You can't go to bed hungry, right?" Lin Xiao spread his hands helplessly.
"Let's do it together."
Ai Haibara turned his head, avoided Lin Xiao's gaze, looked in the direction of the kitchen, and added in a somewhat stiff tone, "There should be some leftover ingredients from yesterday in the refrigerator. I just don't want to see a guy who calls himself a god in danger due to malnutrition."
In fact, as someone who is used to Black Organization's cold nutritious meals and laboratory instant meals, the steaming hot meal Lin Xiao cooked yesterday tasted amazing.
Her arrogant foodie heart actually couldn't forget the food cooked by Lin Xiao, but she had to find an extremely high-sounding reason.
Look at Ai Haibara's slightly red ears and that arrogant look with a tough mouth.
Lin Xiao understands instantly.
He came closer, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he deliberately lengthened his voice:
"Oh~"
"It turns out you want to eat the food I cooked~ Just tell me."
"..."
Ai Haibara's body suddenly stiffened, and her cheeks instantly turned red as her thoughts were exposed. She glared at Lin Xiao, unable to hold back a word of retort for a long time, so she could only grit her teeth and snort, turned around Earth Flow and walked into the kitchen angrily.
Looking at Ai's furious back, Lin Xiao couldn't help laughing, rolled up his sleeves and followed in.
Half an hour later.
Two steaming bowls of miso soup, a portion of golden tamagoyaki, and a plate of fragrant green pepper shredded pork were placed on the dining table.
Ai Haibara was sitting on a high chair. Although she tried her best to maintain elegant dining etiquette, her dangling short legs and obviously accelerated chewing speed completely betrayed her extremely happy mood at the moment.
"Eat slowly, no one will compete with you."
Lin Xiao held his chin with one hand, looked at the little loli opposite who was eating with gusto, and asked casually:
"By the way. Regarding the drug that turned you into this state... if I remember correctly, it's called APTX4869, right?"
Lin Xiao put down his chopsticks and looked a little more serious. "Do you need a laboratory? Continue to study the antidote to reverse it?"
Hearing "laboratory" and "antidote", Ai Haibara suddenly stopped eating.
She put down the bowl and chopsticks, and a trace of incredible astonishment flashed through her beautiful eyes. "Is it possible? The funds and equipment required to build a top-notch biochemical laboratory that can analyze that kind of molecular formula are absolutely astronomical..."
"Money and equipment are no problem."
Lin Xiao waved his hand casually. "In two days, there should be a kind-hearted bat uncle who is extremely rich and suffers from severe "fear of lack of firepower", and will provide you with a complete set of the world's top scientific research equipment."
After all, Batman is very greedy for the reverse engineering of this "rejuvenation drug". As long as Ai is willing to give some data, the richest man Gotham City will definitely spend money and equipment to fill this apartment.
"Bat... uncle?" Ai Haibara had questions all over his head, thinking that this title sounded like some strange urban legend.
"But..."
Lin Xiao The topic changed and he looked at the girl in front of him. Although she had the aura of a genius scientist, there was always a hint of deep wariness and vicissitudes hidden in her eyes.
He recalled Shiho Miyano's tragic childhood in the original book where he was treated as a tool by Black Organization since he was a child, and even his parents and sister were brutally murdered.
Lin Xiao sighed, and his tone suddenly became gentler and more sincere than ever before:
"Actually, I think you're pretty good the way you are now."
"Instead of rushing back to the adult who is burdened with countless heavy memories, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity and enjoy the life that an ordinary little girl should have as "Ai Haibara"."
"Go to school, go to the amusement park. Just think of it as... making up for the childhood you lost in the past."
These words, Lin Xiao, come from the bottom of my heart.
As Light Giant, he not only wants to save her life, but also wants to heal her riddled soul.
However.
Hearing this affectionate speech full of warmth and care like a big brother.
Ai Haibara, who was sitting opposite, suddenly looked at Lin Xiao up and down with a strange and even defensive look.
She silently put down the chopsticks in her hand, clasped her hands in front of her chest with great vigilance, and even shrank back behind the chair.
The air suddenly became quiet at the dining table.
Ai Haibara looked at the gentle smiling high school boy in front of him and coldly uttered three words:
"Hmph, pervert."
Lin Xiao:"?????"
"What the fuck?!"
The tenderness on Lin Xiao's face shattered instantly, and he was dumbfounded. "What I just said was so touching! So full of humanitarian concern! Why am I a pervert?!"
"A male high school student with a special ability forced a woman whose body had shrunk to live with him in his home, and tried his best to persuade her to "keep the physical condition of a seven-year-old girl better"..."
Ai Haibara's dead fish eyes reveal undisguised disdain:
"If your extremely dangerous "lolicon speech" reaches the ears of the police outside, do you think they will think that you are making up for my childhood, or will they think that you have some kind of ulterior perverted fetish for young girls?"
"I..."
Lin Xiao opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but found that he was choked speechless by this strict logic!
Seeing Lin Xiao's desperate and frantic look, Ai Haibara picked up the hot milk on the table and took a sip. Finally, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but evoke a relaxed, even slightly pleasant smile.
"I'm full. Let the perverted god wash the bowl."
Ai jumped off the chair, put on that large T-shirt, and went back to the guest room without looking back Earth Flow.
Lin Xiao was left alone, looking at the leftovers on the table, completely messy in the wind.
"This is daily life..."