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Chapter 132 The Meal in Chinatown (1)

On this day, the weather was gloomy, with dark clouds scattered across the sky. It was obvious that nothing good was going to happen. Hua Lantian just got up and stood by the huge floor-to-ceiling window, looking outside and complaining in his heart.

Just at this moment, the familiar phone rang again. Hua Lantian hurried back to the bed and picked up the buzzing phone with Yue'er ringtone, for fear that he would wake up Ayako who was still sleeping if he was a second late.

(Of course, for some people, this sound is not pleasant, but makes them irritated or even scared...)

However, he actually had the habit of setting his phone to vibrate, but he missed a few important calls (from Ayako), which caused him a lot of complaints, so he changed it back.

"Hello, it's me. What's going on, Conan...?"

He lowered his voice, put his hand to his mouth, and asked as he walked away from the bed.

"Hey, hey, hey, Brother Lantian, Xiaolan wants to ask if you and Sister Ayako want to go to Chinatown to eat Chinese food. After all, it's your hometown food, and I guess you haven't eaten hometown food out for a long time. And she has free invitations here, so it's like she's treating us...!"

Hearing Conan's voice coming from the phone and that it was not an emergency, Hua Lantian was the first to breathe a sigh of relief. He had thought that Conan was calling so early in the morning for something important.

Later, when he heard that it was Xiaolan who invited him and Ayako to eat Chinese cuisine, he suddenly became interested.

The first thing is naturally that he cannot refuse Xiaolan's kindness. The second thing is the free invitation tickets plus Chinese food in Chinatown. Isn't that the case that Xiaolan recalled when she first went to New York with the washing machine? Of course he has to go and see what's going on. Isn't it amazing?

"Okay, please tell Xiaolan that I'll be taking Ayako with me, and then we won't have to ask Uncle Maori to rent a car. I'll drive a bigger car...! That's it, I'll go get ready first, see you later...!"

Hua Lantian hung up the phone before Conan could reply. He was afraid that if he continued talking like this, Ayako would be woken up. He decided to let her sleep a little longer and call her later. He prepared food for the journey first, as it would probably be evening by the time he drove there.

Unexpectedly, Ayako was woken up. With bleary eyes and tilted head, she looked at Hua Lantian who was hanging up the phone with his mobile phone, and then asked in a soft tone as if she had just woken up:

"What's wrong, Lan Tian? Who's calling so early in the morning? Did something happen...?"

"Oh, sorry, Ayako woke you up. Xiaolan wants to treat us to Chinese cuisine. I've agreed. I'll call you later..."

Hua Lantian quickly put away his phone, then rushed to his wife to explain and sincerely apologize.

Ayako didn't think much of it, and said "OK", then went back to sleep. Hua Lantian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his wife go to sleep again, and then tiptoed downstairs to get ready.

Two hours later, a brand new MPV stopped steadily downstairs of the Maori Detective Agency. The Maori family seemed to sense something, and not long after the car door was opened, they walked in carrying a lunch box.

The MPV slowly closed its door, then drove away from the Mori Detective Agency and headed for a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown...