Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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Matsuda took the drink and said with a hint of jealousy.

"Don't forget, you're the one in charge! If anything goes wrong, you'll be the first one to be held responsible!"

Sato reached out and pinched Matsuda's cheek, saying with displeasure,

"Can't you change this overly casual attitude?"

“It can’t be changed,” Matsuda said, taking a sip of his drink. “Personality isn’t something that can be changed so easily.”

......

In the evening, after get off work, Sato wanted to ask Matsuda to go home together.

When I looked up, Matsuda was nowhere to be seen.

That guy!

Aren't you afraid of Inspector Megure nagging?

Sato shook his head helplessly and drove alone to Matsuda's apartment.

Without knocking, she took out her key and opened the door to Matsuda's apartment.

As soon as I entered, I saw Ai sitting in the restaurant, lost in thought.

He held up a chopstick in his right hand and kept tapping it on the plate, making a crisp tapping sound.

When Ai saw Sato enter, she held her chopsticks horizontally and pointed to Matsuda's room.

"Go and wake him up to cook, I'm starving."

When Sato entered the inner room, Matsuda was lying on the bed taking a nap.

"Hey, detective, are you up?"

"Stop it..."

Matsuda was shaken by Sato, shifted his body, and reached out to try to slap Sato's hand away.

"thump!"

The oblivious Matsuda was about to slap Sato's hand away when he was suddenly thrown to the floor.

"You're awake now, right? Now go and cook some food."

"Cooking?" Matsuda was still groggy. "What time is it?"

It's dinnertime.

Sato walked out of the bedroom without looking back.

"Hurry up! Ai and I haven't had dinner yet."

Sigh, being a stay-at-home dad is really tough.

After grumbling, Matsuda went to the bathroom to wash his face and then went to the kitchen.

Chapter 280 A Bad Fate

"Hey? Ai, didn't you come back from grocery shopping?"

Matsuda opened the refrigerator and saw that it only contained drinks and the like. He turned around and stared at Ai.

"Didn't you come back early? Why didn't you buy any groceries?" Ai asked in a matter-of-fact tone.

“Well…” Matsuda hesitated for a moment, “Why don’t you just order takeout yourself and leave us alone?”

Ai glanced at him coldly: "Are you going to leave me behind and go on a date by yourself?"

"Well, don't be so blunt. We just ran out of ingredients at home, so we went out for a quick meal."

Matsuda smiled apologetically, as if coaxing a child.

“Then go ahead,” Ai replied calmly.

……

As Matsuda and Sato happily prepared for their date,

Well, at least Matsuda was very happy and ready to go out. But as soon as he put his hand in his pocket, he realized why Ai had agreed so readily!

"Haha, Sato, wait for me a moment."

Matsuda quickly retreated to the apartment, ran up to Ai, and reached out his hand.

"Bring it here."

"what?"

Ai was already leisurely lying on the sofa reading a magazine, preparing to find a good takeout restaurant.

“My card!” Matsuda said.

"As my guardian, you left me alone to have dinner with another woman. Did you even consider how I felt?"

Ai Haibara has finally started to fight back.

Matsuda turned around and saw Sato waiting outside the door. He could only grit his teeth and say, "Speak, what are your conditions?"

"There's a new leather bag that I really like, and I've already calculated that next month, after deducting necessary expenses like rent and living costs, it will be just enough."

Ai finally smiled; it was the smile of victory.

"Next month? My salary next month?" Matsuda looked constipated.

"Fine, if you're not going to buy it, then let's all save some money." Ai pointed to a photo in the magazine. "How about the three of us eat this today?"

"Buy it, buy it!" Matsuda buried his head in the sofa in anguish. "Can I wait until I get my bonus before I buy it?"

"Bonus? Have you ever received one of those?" Ai asked, amused.

"call......"

As if trying to blow away the frustration and resentment in his chest, Matsuda let out a long breath.

"I'll buy it next month after I get paid."

"Here, take it."

Ai stretched the card out behind her back, and after Matsuda snatched it away, he didn't forget to give her a word of advice.

"Eat less. If you overspend, the first thing we'll deduct from your breakfast budget next month is your breakfast money."

"Heh... I get it, you devil!"

After finishing his sentence, Matsuda walked out of the apartment and slammed the door shut behind him.

In front of Sato, he straightened his tie and tried to make his voice deep and magnetic.

"Sato, where should we eat?"

"Are you asking me out?"

Sato chuckled and said, "I haven't agreed yet."

"Of course, it's a date."

Matsuda said confidently, "You'll definitely agree."

"whispering sound......"

Sato gave a soft snort, somewhat displeased with Matsuda's attitude of having her completely under his thumb.

But then she realized that it had indeed been a while since the two of them had gone out together.

She thought for a moment, then said...

“Okay, let’s go to the observation restaurant in the Mihana Central Building. I’ve seen the advertisement before and have wanted to go for a long time.”

"Uh, which place?"

Matsuda was immediately somewhat annoyed.

He had been to the observation restaurant in the Mihana Central Building twice.

The first time was when she was tricked by the manager, Matsumoto Kiyonaga, into going on a blind date with his daughter, Matsumoto Sayuri.

The second time was when Sonoko and Ran tricked her into going there, pretending to be Ayako Suzuki's boyfriend, and ruining her blind date.

Both times, it was a marriage with bad people.

Will this trip be the same as the previous two?

Matsuda and Sato chatted and laughed as they entered the observation restaurant of the Beika Central Building.

This was Sato's first time here, and he looked around curiously.

Matsuda, on the other hand, was already very familiar with the process.

He was just about to lead Sato to a place to sit down when he suddenly heard someone shout,

"Officer Matsuda?"

This voice?

Matsuda turned around and saw a girl waving at him.

"Xiaolan?"

Sato noticed it too.

The two walked over; they were already acquainted.

Ran was clearly happy to see Sato and immediately pulled her to sit down with her.

Matsuda had no choice but to ignore Kudo's murderous gaze and sit down next to him.

"Did you do it on purpose?"

Shinichi Kudo gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice,

"I was just about to confess to Xiaolan, and then you showed up? You jerk, you don't actually have feelings for Xiaolan, do you?"

"Hey, don't wrong me,"

Matsuda said irritably,