As long as there are meat and drinks on the table, girls can keep eating forever.
They did not stop using their chopsticks until their stomachs were completely stuffed.
"Ah... so full!"
Finally, Ran put down her chopsticks and said with some confusion, "How come I feel like I ate so much?"
"Me too..."
Kazuha looked at the table and wondered, "There were only those few plates of barbecue, right? Why do I feel so stuffed?"
Lin Yi pointed expressionlessly at the empty table next to them and said, "Because I moved the other plates to that table."
The two girls turned their heads and saw two stacks of plates piled high.
This was their true appetite.
"I... I ate that much?" Ran's face flushed, and she hurriedly continued, "It must be because I burned so much energy working out this afternoon."
"I... I rushed here from Osaka and didn't even have lunch, so my appetite was a little bigger."
Kazuha also added in a low voice to explain.
Both of them were athletic girls, so in Lin Yi's eyes, a large appetite was perfectly reasonable.
But obviously, in their own eyes, it seemed abnormal.
"Are we leaving now, or should we rest for a bit?" Lin Yi asked.
"What time is it now? If it's too late, I have to head back."
Only then did Ran remember that her father was drinking with others.
"Hmm, let me see... it's five minutes until eleven." Lin Yi checked the time and said.
"Eleven o'clock? Is it already that late?"
Ran was startled, then said anxiously, "I originally planned to go back at nine... I didn't expect it to be eleven already."
Kazuha asked curiously, "Are you... in a rush to go back for something important?"
"It's not really anything too important."
Ran gave a dry laugh; she couldn't exactly tell her that she was monitoring her own father.
"I see..." Kazuha was not someone who couldn't read the room, so she said, "It really is getting late, I should get back too."
"Yeah..."
Ran naturally nodded and asked, "Kazuha, when are you going back to Osaka tomorrow?"
"In the afternoon..."
"Then do you want to go out for breakfast in the morning?"
"Sure!"
"Alright, I'll call you then!"
"..."
After parting ways with Kazuha, Ran hurriedly dragged Lin Yi back into the hotel.
However, she had eaten so much that her stomach hurt terribly when she walked too fast.
"It's all your fault, all your fault!"
Ran shifted all the blame onto Lin Yi, complaining, "You kept adding meat, kept putting meat on my plate; otherwise, I wouldn't have eaten so much."
Lin Yi silently took the blame. At times like this, there was no reasoning with women.
If you try to reason with her, she'll bring up feelings; if you talk about feelings, she'll bring up old scores; and if you bring up old scores, she'll think you don't love her anymore.
No matter what you do, it's wrong.
So at times like this, it's best to just keep smiling.
If you feel aggrieved, you can just vent it out once you get home.
After venting her emotions, Ran couldn't help but start worrying about her father: "I wonder how Dad is doing."
Lin Yi comforted her, "Ran, you have to trust Uncle Mouri Kogoro..."
After returning to the hotel, the moment the door was opened, Ran rushed in impatiently and ran to the laptop to check the surveillance.
"Nothing... nothing... nothing!"
When Lin Yi entered the living room, he heard Ran repeating a word.
"They're all gone!"
Ran turned back and said to Lin Yi.
"That's normal, it's almost eleven-thirty now."
Lin Yi put down the prizes and said, "They started drinking after seven... they must be drunk by now."
"Drunk?"
This word seemed to trigger Ran, and she couldn't help but let her imagination run wild: "Dad is drunk... then will he... do something rash?"
"He won't!"
Lin Yi shook his head decisively and said, "It's not like your uncle hasn't been drunk before... Once he's drunk, he turns into a puddle of mush. He can barely walk, let alone do those kinds of things."
Thinking back to how Mouri Kogoro looked after drinking at home, Ran finally let out a sigh of relief, but not long after, she started worrying again: "But what if... what if Dad isn't drunk?"
"..."
When it comes to catching an affair, your intelligence level increases quite dramatically; you even thought of that possibility.
Lin Yi muttered to himself.
Afterward, he said, "It's not impossible..."
"Then we should hurry over to the Hot Spring Inn and take a look!"
Ran said anxiously, and after speaking, she headed toward the door.
Lin Yi hurriedly held her back and said, "Forget it... it's useless to go."
"How could it be useless?" Ran said.
Lin Yi analyzed for her: "Look... if Dad is drunk, even if you knock on his door, he won't open it for you."
"If he isn't drunk and really did those things... then he definitely won't open the door for you, right?"
Upon hearing this, Ran became anxious: "Then... what should I do?"
"Don't worry, I have a way."
Lin Yi said: "Call the Hot Spring Inn directly... ask them to get Dad to answer the phone. Have them confirm whether Dad is drunk."
Ran thought this was a good idea and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, let's do that!"
As she spoke, Ran immediately took out her phone and called the Hot Spring Inn.
Soon, the call connected, and Ran said: "Excuse me, could you please have Mouri Kogoro answer the phone... I am his daughter, and I have something very important to tell him."
"I've already called, but no one answered."
"Okay... okay... please, I'm counting on you."
As she spoke, Ran kept her eyes on the surveillance monitor.
The hotel staff went up to the second floor and knocked on Mouri Kogoro's door. There was no response. After knocking several times, just as he was about to leave, the door next to it opened.
Nakamichi Kazushi walked out, spoke a few words to the hotel staff, and then followed him downstairs.
Lin Yi immediately said: "He is your dad's classmate... you can ask him."
Ran nodded.
Soon, Nakamichi Kazushi answered the phone.
"Hello... is this Ran?"
"Yes, are you... Uncle Nakamichi?"
"That's right. It's a pity you still remember me; we haven't seen each other in five years. You were just a little kid back then..."
"That's true." Ran had no interest in chatting with him right now, so she asked: "Uncle Nakamichi, may I ask where my dad is? Why didn't he answer the phone?"
"Oh, you mean Mouri? He's drunk."
"Drunk?" Ran repeated.
"Yeah... I even personally carried him into his room. I don't think he'll wake up before ten o'clock tomorrow morning."
"Is that so..."
A look of relief appeared on Ran's face... clearly, she believed what Nakamichi Kazushi had said.
After chatting a bit more with Nakamichi Kazushi, she hung up the phone.
Lin Yi asked knowingly: "How is your dad?"
"He's just drunk."
Ran said happily.
Lin Yi smiled and said: "I told you, your dad isn't that kind of person."
Before Ran could speak, Lin Yi changed the subject: "You and that girl named Kazuha seemed to get along quite well today..."
"Yeah." Ran was also a bit surprised by this: "I didn't expect us to get along so well... I originally only intended to comfort her."
She paused, her guard going up. She looked at Lin Yi and said: "What? You wouldn't... have any twisted ideas again, would you?"
"No, I'm not interested in her. I didn't even really talk to her tonight."
Lin Yi presented the facts and reasoned with Ran.
Ran thought about it, and it was indeed the case.
If Lin Yi had any twisted ideas, he definitely would have tried to hit on her!
Thinking of this, Ran felt relieved.
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