Soft-boiled egg, side dishes, salmon, miso soup, seaweed.
This was the standard Japanese breakfast.
Small portions with plenty of variety, extremely nutritious, perfect as a diet meal.
The only downside was that the taste wasn't great, very bland.
But life is best when it's simple and plain.
Although Lin Yi vigorously exerted his youthful sweat in the morning, he didn't eat a breakfast for two.
After all, if you want to be a charming and handsome guy, you can't let yourself eat whatever you want.
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
Lin Yi noticed that Ai was constantly peeking at him. He was a little strange. Could it be that she had fallen in love with him in just one night? Impossible! He was a little self-aware.
When facing an iceberg-type, slow-burning girl like Ai Haibara, you can only slowly melt her with body temperature.
"Nothing… I just think it's a little tasty."
Frankly speaking, this breakfast was beyond Ai's expectations.
She originally expected that he would cook a bowl of noodles for her, or buy some breakfast from outside.
But she never expected that he would personally cook such an exquisite breakfast.
Most importantly, the breakfast tasted good.
Undoubtedly, this once again put a "can cook" label on him.
"After breakfast, I'll go out and buy you some new clothes… and then take care of your school enrollment…" Lin Yi said his plan.
Conquering Ai Haibara was a slow and steady process, not something that could be done overnight.
If you want to melt this iceberg that is Ai Haibara, you can only lower her temperature little by little, slowly melt her, and then take her heart.
If you are too impatient and directly use high temperature to melt her, you might even cook her heart.
For example, frozen pork.
If you want to thaw frozen pork, using hot water to thaw it will "burn" the surface of the frozen meat, and there will be gaps between the layers of the frozen meat, and the heat transfer ability will also decrease, making it difficult to thaw the inner layer of the frozen meat.
If you use cold water to thaw it, the cold water will first release heat to drop to 0°C, and then continue to release heat until it freezes, and the heat released by the cold water is basically absorbed by the frozen meat.
In short, if you want to win her heart, you can only use a slow-heating method to thaw her.
Therefore, Lin Yi only needs to spend a certain amount of time with her every day, without spending too much time on her.
As soon as Ai heard about the school enrollment procedures, she immediately realized that she had to get herself a fake identity.
There was no problem in getting a fake identity.
But she had to use this fake identity for a long time, so it had to be done thoroughly, with no difference from the real thing.
That would require spending time and effort to create a background story.
She couldn't register today, she had to delay it until tomorrow at least.
Thinking of this, Ai put down her chopsticks and said with a sullen expression, "I don't want to go to school."
"Why don't you want to go to school?" Lin Yi said, "School is so interesting, you have a bunch of silly friends to play with…"
"… … …"
Ai's expression was a little strange. It was the first time she had heard someone persuade a child to go to school like this.
She controlled her emotions and said in an unwilling tone, "I just don't want to go to school… I can't get along with them."
"That won't do."
Lin Yi decisively rejected Ai's request not to go to school. If she stayed at home, God knows what she would cause.
Maybe one day, she would be bored at home, and she would remember the dark days in the organization, and she would have the idea of revenge on the organization, and then she would start doing something.
Although this possibility was very small, less than one percent, but Murphy's Law says that as long as something is likely to happen, it will definitely happen!
Just in case, Lin Yi still wanted to cut off Ai's free time, let her get to know more silly friends, and at the same time ensure her physical and mental health.
Ai felt a headache when she heard Lin Yi was so stubborn.
Gritting her teeth, Ai went all out.
She put down her chopsticks, pouted, and looked like she was about to cry: "I… I just don't like going to school."
Huh?
Lin Yi immediately noticed something was wrong.
With Ai's personality, it was impossible for her to act like Conan, pouting and acting cute at every turn, unless she was forced to.
Thinking of this, Lin Yi thought about it carefully, to see if he had missed anything!
That's right, identity!
Lin Yi finally realized why Ai kept refusing to go to school.
From yesterday to now, she hadn't had time to create her fake identity. If he took her to the school to go through the enrollment procedures, something would definitely happen.
Understanding this, Lin Yi knew how he should answer.
He said slowly: "Ai, you must go to school, there is no discussion on this point. But… I can also understand your current situation. You just came here and feel very strange and lack a sense of security."
"How about this, you take two days to adjust first, and then go through the school enrollment procedures?"
After getting the time she wanted, Ai nodded and decisively cancelled her cute expression.
She really didn't want to make that kind of expression again in the future... Although no one knew, she herself felt very ashamed.
After finishing breakfast, Lin Yi gave Ai a sailor outfit — a prop used for Kana's cosplay.
When Kana wore it, the sailor suit barely reached her stomach, and the skirt was also super short, about enough to see her panties.
But when Ai put it on, it wasn't too big or too small, just the right fit.
Ai saw some strange clothes in the closet, such as police uniforms, nurse uniforms, maid outfits, professional attire, and so on. The more she looked at Lin Yi, the stranger her expression became.
Lin Yi didn't notice... Actually, even if he did, he wouldn't care.
What's wrong with a man being a pervert?
"As for shoes, there aren't any suitable ones... Forget it, let's buy them when we get there."
Lin Yi said, "Until then, I'll just carry you, anyway, you're not heavy."
"I think it's fine to wear slippers."
Ai instinctively refused.
Lin Yi pretended she didn't say anything, picked her up, and left.
Ai felt very helpless, but she wasn't that resistant in her heart.
Because she knew that the reason why he liked to hold her so much was because she looked cute.
Forget it, just consider it saving energy.
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