There is such a huge age difference between them!

“Besides, Ai and Miss Winnet are both girls.”

“What’s wrong with being a girl? Xiaolan, have you ever seen Winnett interested in a man?”

“It seems not…but last time, Dr. Shinde seemed to know her.”

“NO! NO!” Sonoko shook her finger. “With Miss Winette’s personality, she would never confuse social interaction with personal relationships. In my opinion, it is more likely that Dr. Shinde has a one-sided love for her. Why don’t you go and ask him?”

“Go ask it yourself!”

“Okay, no more jokes.”

Sonoko’s attitude became more serious, and this time she made a serious analysis. She talked about Winnet’s past that she had inadvertently revealed, living in a small town church, with strict nuns teaching her, and an irresponsible adoptive father. She said that she strictly abided by the rules and regulations, and might have vowed not to marry for life. The disappointment in her father’s role, coupled with her missing eyes and the misfortune of her childhood – being bullied by naughty boys, might have made her hate men and transferred all her feelings to the strict nuns. Finally, she came to the conclusion that she liked the same sex more, and wanted to fill in the missing part of the nuns, set an example, and regarded Xiao Ai as her childhood self, and poured out her love.

She spoke so convincingly that Xiaolan couldn’t help but believe her.

Although Xiaolan always thought that the idea that Sonoko was just watching the fun was unreliable, this time Sonoko was really sincere and full of sorrow, as if she had substituted into the role she portrayed. In addition, the logic is smooth, and if you think about it carefully, it may be true, because Winette’s attitude towards Ai is so unique that ordinary parents can hardly show the same level of care for their children.

but–

“So did you see any girl Miss Winnett was interested in?”

“No.”

The garden was silent. Her enthusiastic reasoning hit a reef at this moment and sank.

Xiaolan suddenly realized that she was almost led into a ditch by Yuanzi. That idea was absurd and could not stand scrutiny. It was just Yuanzi’s imagination. After all, Miss Winette treated them just like ordinary friends and did not show any special interest in any girl. Xiaoai was an exception.

She thought that the second half of Sonoko’s reasoning might be correct.

The checkout place was far away, and they were talking at the corner outside the store, otherwise Winnet would have heard them. Although there were many questions, just from the scattered information, it was enough to make Miss Winnet feel shocked by her – she was afraid that she would reveal the organization. With her handbag, Winnet joined the queue. Yuanzi looked Winnet up and down at her outfit and concluded that she had to help Winnet choose some clothes.

Winnet had no opinion on her clothes, as long as they were not too revealing. Indeed, a priest’s uniform gave her a sense of security. Sonoko dressed Winnet up according to her fashion sense and fully respected her wishes, so that she looked like a cute model in a magazine, wearing a white and black buttoned fur coat, a black, white and brown plaid shawl lining, a black skirt that was not quite thigh-length, paired with opaque tights, and a black beret.

Xiaolan also went to the jewelry store next door to buy a bow for Winnet to tie on her hair which was forced to be let down.

Their eyes sparkled, as if they had created a masterpiece with their own hands.

“Isn’t it a bit too classical?” Xiaolan couldn’t help but murmur.

“This is the style that can highlight Miss Winnet’s temperament. Ah, it’s so perfect. If I were a man, I would definitely fall in love with you!”

Please love me now if you can.

No, he fell in love with me as a woman.

No, you don’t have to fall in love with me.

Winnet was speechless, feeling that it was weird no matter what, so she simply kept silent. Although the short skirt and pantyhose made her feel insecure, at least it was tightly wrapped, and this set even had black leather gloves.

But it was just as Sonoko said, the gazes from all around were like sharp peaks at one’s back.

In order to choose a gift for Kyogoku Makoto, Sonoko went into a clothing store. She walked around the various clothing racks, as if she was choosing carefully, but in fact she was just pretending. Winnett felt that she was perfunctory, until she came to the sweater area, Sonoko began to choose seriously. Her energy and initiative made Winnett feel incredible.

……

534 True Intentions

“Xiao Lan, Miss Winnet, what do you think of this one?”

Sonoko asked, holding up a handmade sweater with orange and green stripes.

“This one seems a little too cute.”

“Isn’t this good?”

When it was Sonoko’s turn to choose, she no longer had the confidence she had when she was making the suggestion.

Winnett held the same opinion as Xiaolan, because she had no opinion in this regard; in fact, she thought this lazy color combination was actually good and there was nothing to complain about, but from the perspective of the public, it was more suitable for younger boys, or to describe it as “cute”. Then, Xiaolan took out a plain sweater with a lighter indigo color from the grid shelf next to her.

“I think a simple sweater like this is more suitable for his type!”

When Yuanzi saw that Xiaolan was holding a sweater that looked obviously made in the garment industry, she expressed anxiously that she wanted it to be hand-knitted.

“Why does it have to be hand-woven?”

“It’s over!”

Sonoko covered her lips with her hands, looking as if she had let something slip.

Winnett was not so stupid in logic. She saw that Yuanzi wanted to give a handmade sweater as a gift, and it was probably because she didn’t have the patience to knit, so she wanted to buy one and give it as a gift. And she lacked confidence in commercial products, so she planned to give it to her.

“Garden——”

Xiaolan also reacted and looked like a wife who was hiding her husband’s private money, feeling very stressed.

“Ah! I just think handmade sweaters are warmer!”

She shook her palm, winked her right eye playfully, and said with an expression that she wanted to fool people:

“real!”

“You still want to bluff me!”

Then, Xiaolan suddenly put her face close to Sonoko. When she met the sharp eyes of the karate competition, Sonoko could not help but retreat again and again; her hands reached back to find support, and she touched the green shelf, and part of the light green jacket was hanging in the grid of the goods. She was forced to the point where she could not retreat, so she had to put on a forced smile to explain the whole story.

“Because, in the last letter I sent him, I accidentally mentioned, ‘I am currently knitting a sweater for the person I like.’ But I know very well that I am not a very patient person.”

At this time, Xiaolan’s expression changed.

That teasing expression reminded Winette of Ai.

“I see, that’s why you want to buy a ready-made hand-knitted sweater,” she said. “If you can’t find a suitable one, you can still ask the kind-hearted Miss Winette who doesn’t know how to refuse to give you a sweater knitted by her as if it were your own and give it to someone as a gift, right?”

“I can’t help it, because I really can’t find the stairs to get down. Besides, I’m not as bad as you say! I just thought that if it doesn’t work, I can still ask Miss Winnet to teach me step by step!”

Miss Winnet was in the corner secretly eating a chocolate bar to replenish her energy.

Why not just ask for it from the beginning?

Xiaolan’s expression seemed to be saying.

“Since you are brave enough to confess your feelings to the person you like, I won’t reveal your true colors.”

“But I haven’t told Zhen that I like him yet?”

Her words confused Xiaolan, and she asked what she would do if Kyogoku Makoto misunderstood that she had another boyfriend. But Sonoko snickered, showing her devilish side, saying that it was fine, and that was her purpose: he would be upset when he thought so, and when he received her package, he was surprised, but found out that it was a sweater knitted for him. In the end, it became a tactful confession, and their relationship took a step further.

It is worthy of being called a garden.

If Sonoko was replaced by Ai, Winette felt that she would be so excited that she would lose her mood to eat, and at the same time she was a little worried that the person she was sending the gift to was not her. However, she noticed the problem. Last time, Sonoko was almost deceived by a scumbag in front of Kyogoku Makoto, and it might have the opposite effect.

Putting herself in her shoes, Miss Winnett imagined herself fully armed – ready to make a hole in the head of anyone who approached Ai.

No, that kind of death is too easy.

Sonoko and Xiaolan were discussing enthusiastically and were completely unaware of the evil brewing in the heart of the woman next to them.

“I heard you’re just wishful thinking. I won’t care if he gives up hope on you!”

Yuanzi said helplessly:

“I can’t help it! Ah Zhen is a quiet person. If I don’t do this, I won’t know what he is thinking.”

“From my perspective,” Winnett interjected, “he’s a very single-minded person.”

Miss Winnet uses others to illustrate herself.

“Yeah. Although I know he cares about me, this is not enough! But do I have the courage to ask him directly?”

Winnett recalled that when both parties had not made their feelings clear, Ai’s words and actions were also obscure and difficult to understand. Now it seems that she understands it a little bit – on a rational level. For her, it is not okay not to say such things directly, because a hard heart needs a sharp blade to leave a mark. So far, has it changed a little bit?

She asked herself.

“Miss Winnet, you have never been in love, so you don’t understand this kind of thing!”

“Ah.”

She smiled in response.

Miss Winnett is in the evil camp of premature love, although there is no such concept as premature love.

“You are still the same, Sonoko?”

Xiaolan stood up for Winnet.

Wrong payment.

Sonoko was not to be outdone and summoned Kudo Shinichi to counterattack. However, when faced with her question – whether she was curious about what Kudo Shinichi was thinking – Xiaolan still stammered and fell. At this time, a little ghost in a blue coat sneaked around the back of the clothes rack.

Edogawa Conan.

I have to say the timing was perfect.

Winnet sat on the fitting bench and took out the candy given away in the mall event, and put it in her mouth while watching the show.

“Look, look, look! I knew it! In fact, you care about it too, and you want to ask too. Then why are you blaming me!”

Xiaolan looked away and said, “We…we grew up together. It would be a lie to say that I don’t care. But——”

Then, Sonoko showed off her exaggerated acting skills, interlocking her knuckles, tilting her head slightly, making an expression like an idol fan, and imitating Xiaolan’s voice. “I want to ask but I don’t dare to ask. This is how I feel now!” She used her hand as a pillow and acted out a daydream. Then she frowned, flattened her eyes, opened her mouth like a Sichuan opera face-changing, and asked Xiaolan:

“Do you often daydream like this?”

“I don’t think about those things!” Xiaolan denied stubbornly.

At last, Edogawa, who had come by chance and could not be considered an eavesdropper, was already like a medium-rare beef. The soft indoor light shone on his face like an oven light. Obviously, Xiaolan’s denial had no effect, but instead confirmed Sonoko’s fantasy. After Sonoko’s teasing, Xiaolan was still fine, but the other party was deeply fooled.

……

535 Garden Bragging

Conan came over and said, “Uncle Kogoro asked me to ask when you will be returning.”

“Oh, then tell Dad to go to the macaroni restaurant in the department store first, and we’ll go over there after we’ve bought the noodles.”

Winnet thought Sonoko was going to tease Conan, but she just picked up another sweater and asked them what they thought. This time it was a purple and blue checkered sweater, but she was still not satisfied. Then there was another spiral pattern – which reminded Winnet of a hot-blooded manga where the male protagonists kissed passionately.

They also laughed at the strange pattern. Sonoko was hesitant and finally chose the plain sweater that Xiaolan recommended at the beginning. Under the urging of her best friend, Sonoko finally decided to sew it herself; this sweater was used as a reference.

Yuanzi looked at Winnett pleadingly; she had no choice but to offer to teach Yuanzi step by step, thinking that she might get some advice, so she said to her:

“I can teach you the techniques, but I can’t correct your mistakes. You should ask Xiaolan to do that.”

Yuanzi grabbed Xiaolan’s sleeve again and asked her to be responsible for her idea. Because Winette couldn’t see too many details, it turned out to be a three-person collaboration; Xiaolan agreed readily:

“My knitting skills were also taught by Miss Winnett. She is amazing.”

She initially wanted to ask her mother for help, but after seeing Winnet’s skillful hands, her admiration immediately changed. She thought Winnet must be worthy of the title of a good wife and a good mother, but this was obviously not a word to praise such a single pastor. The same was true for Yuanzi, who actually had to trouble Miss Winnet. She was a little worried that the finished product was sewn too well and Yuanzi would be suspected.

“It’s just an idle interest,” she said. “The sharpness of the senses seems to be connected. I lost a part, but I was also blessed by God. It’s not a big deal.”

“It’s all based on feeling, that’s the cool thing about it!”

Sonoko also showed the aura of a fangirl. You know, she liked Kyogoku Makoto largely because of his reliability and strength, and Miss Winette was able to fight with him based on her feeling, which was in some ways even more powerful, not to mention that she had extraordinary abilities in many fields.

“It will also require brutal training.” Winnett thought to herself.

Although the training like dancing on the tip of a knife has been reduced now, it is only because they have become instincts. Recently, she feels that she is a little slow, and she wants to visit Gin’s training ground more often after it is built.

By the way, let’s exchange feelings.

Winette expected Chianti to grit his teeth, but as for Cohen – he showed no emotion at all.

After they paid the bill, they headed to the noodle shop.

“Hey! Miss Yuanzi and Miss Winnet, please go first! I want to go to the bathroom.”

Xiaolan left the team midway. So, Winnet and Sonoko walked side by side. Sonoko praised Winnet’s excellent temperament and said that everyone was looking at her.

She replied uncomfortably:

“This outfit is great, sure! But these shoes…” Winette pointed at the thick-soled shoes on her feet, “I’m not used to them. They feel even weirder than high heels.”

The thick soles reduced her sensitivity. High heels could still find a balance point, but this type of shoe required a dull test. Of course, it wouldn’t cause any inconvenience in daily life, but it would have a huge impact on the execution of tasks – when doing some difficult movements. She tapped her feet, and felt a strange sensation as if the soles of her feet were off the ground, and looked back at Sonoko. Sonoko shook her left index finger, indicating that this type of shoe was popular among girls, and accused Winette of wearing sneakers that looked like they were from a street stall; she muttered in a compromise:

“If you really can’t get used to it, try wearing small leather shoes instead. They’re perfect for this outfit. But thick-soled shoes make you look taller, Miss Winnet!”

Winnet was attracted by the word “tall”. She thought of Xiao Ai who was taller than her.

Winnett remembered that she was already 1.72 meters tall when she was 17 years old, and she was still growing. In comparison, her own growth was almost stagnant.

…When Xiaoai is sitting and kissing her, she needs to lower her head.