I'm Not a Detective

Qingmi Ruri pushed Sugada Mai to the kitchen, took a look at the integrated kitchen, and sincerely suggested: "Mai-chan, the stove is a bit high, how about I do it?"

"It's okay, Sister Qingmi, I can reach it." Mai Sugada smiled politely at her, pulled out a handle from the side of the wheelchair, shook it a few times, and the wheelchair seat slowly rose, allowing herself to sit still He can also get a stove.

Qingjian Liuli didn't expect that this wheelchair was so exquisitely made and could be raised and lowered. It was an eye-opener. She looked at it curiously, stopped forcing it, and asked enthusiastically: "What do you want to eat? You can eat anything." Oh, sister will do it for you."

Sugada Mai thought for a while and said with a shy smile: "Let's eat curry. It's been a long time since I've had curry rice."

No matter what kind of curry, the preparation method is simple. You can't do without the curry powder sold in the supermarket. The taste is basically constant and it can't be bad no matter what.

Qing Jian Liuli smiled to herself and hummed, "That's too simple. I'll come here once in a while to cook something delicious for you."

After she finished speaking, she was afraid that Mai Sugada wouldn't believe it, so she emphasized: "Don't underestimate me, Mai-chan. I'm actually very good, and my cooking skills are very high. In our town, my cooking skills are ranked...well, among the girls Ranked first, others call me the girl in charge of cooking in Higashikata Town."

Sugada Mai glanced at her in surprise. She didn't expect her to be so confident. Her eyes immediately turned into crescent moons, and she covered her mouth with a smile and said, "Okay, then please ask Qingmi sister to cook some of her specialty dishes. I know everything." Love to eat.”

"Then let me think about it!" Qingjian Liuli looked at the refrigerator.

"Whatever" is the most difficult dish to make in the world. She has to think carefully about the recipe, which can not only take care of Takeshi Nanawara's tricky tongue, but also make poor Mai-chan happily eat-the things Takeshi Nanhara likes to eat. Offal, hooves, these weird things are definitely not good. You still have to choose serious meat, and the taste should not be too greasy. Poor Mai may not be used to it.

Then make a steamed lion's head, stir-fry mushrooms and rapeseed, and then make a small tofu soup... Well, I also want to eat here, and it can't be too light. Then stir-fry mutton, and stir-fry squid in an iron pot.

Dogs are very picky and don't eat much outside. Mai-chan probably doesn't eat much either, so this should be enough! Eat half for you and half for them!

Qingmi Ruri drafted the menu and consulted Sugada Mai's opinion. Seeing that she had no objection, he confidently asked Nanabaru Takeshi to run errands to buy missing ingredients such as tofu, and then came back to tie up his apron and prepare to show off his skills.

It’s just that the soup stock is not easy to handle. All kinds of stock soup at home are prepared by Takeshi Nanahara. They definitely don’t have them here. The finished product is probably a bit lower.

"What else are you missing, Sister Qingmi?" Sugada Mai asked patiently as she watched her flipping through the condiment bottle and muttering quietly.

Seeing that Ruri had already entered the role, Qing Qing immediately asked: "Are there any condiments such as soup packets and chicken essence?" She remembered that Takeshi Nanahara had mentioned a method of synthesizing a simple soup stock before, and she should be able to use it to top it.

"Yes, here." Mai Sugada pointed to the cupboard, "There are also frozen dashi cubes. Do you want to use them, Sister Qingmi?"

Qing was surprised when she saw Liuli Snacks: "You guys usually prepare soup stock?"

It turns out that I also love to eat!

Mai Sugada helped her take out the stock cube from the freezer compartment of the refrigerator, and said with a crooked eyebrow: "Yes, it will be used to cook ramen, and the soup base will taste very good."

Qingjian Liuli took it and planned to use it later, and asked casually: "Did your mother prepare it?"

"My mother doesn't go into the kitchen very often." Sugaguchi Mai said with a smile, "I did it, and Aunt Manko also helped."

"Did you survive?" Qingmi Ruri recalled that when she was fourteen, she seemed to be busy wrestling and fighting with Sawada Yuko all day long, and never thought of entering the kitchen, and she felt a little ashamed for a moment.

He is such a well-behaved child, and he is becoming more and more lovable!

Sugada Mai smiled, ignored the nonsense, put on an apron, washed her hands and started preparing ingredients for her.

The two of them quickly got busy. Qingmi Ruri was tortured by Takeshi Nanahara, a picky guy... No, she was trained by a famous teacher like him for half a year. She was already quite good in the kitchen, her hands and feet were nimble, and she was busy but not messy. Mai was quite impressed.

Well, she originally thought that Qingmi Ruri was bragging. It was impossible for her to be the "girl in charge of cooking in Higashikata Town". After all, who of such a beautiful girl would like to get into the kitchen, but now it seems that Qingmi Ruri's cooking skills are amazing. Every style has traces to be found, and occasionally it is ingenious, but if you think about it carefully, each one has its own ingenuity.

Overall, she actually has a hint of a chef's style, most likely inherited from a famous chef.

Sugada Mai couldn't help but ask: "Sister Qingmi, have you ever studied cooking?"

Qingjian Liuli suppressed her pride and hummed: "I didn't go out of my way to learn it, I just cook at home. Well... I basically cook three meals a day at home, so practice makes perfect!"

"You are so awesome, Sister Qingmi." Mai Sugada praised sincerely.

"I can't say it's amazing, it's just average." Qingjian Liuli's mouth curved, trying not to laugh out loud, but she was very happy in her heart.

What a good boy, you can tell at a glance that I am very powerful, unlike that bitch Takeshi Nanahara, who dislikes this and that all day long, without saying a single good word.

"It's indeed very powerful." Mai Sugada looked at the squid on the chopping board and said, "Kungfu can be seen in small things. Sister Qingmi uses the wheat flower sword really well."

Qing Jian Liuli was surprised: "Do you know this flower knife technique?" Although this is not a special skill, ordinary children should not be able to do it.

Sugada Mai smiled shyly: "I know, I will go to the cooking class to study during the holidays, and there is a teacher who teaches me. Well, our teacher's husband is Chinese, and the teacher said that he attaches great importance to knife skills and considers it to be the most important basic skill."

"Knife skills are indeed very important. Only with good knife skills can you control the heat." Qingmi Ruri immediately recalled Nanabaru Takeshi's daily scoldings and said it smoothly, "It seems that we are going to stir-fry in the pot, and the Explosion Technique" The key point is to control the heat, so that one minute less will make it raw, and one point more will make it old. If the knife skills are not good, it is impossible to do it."

Of course, Takeshi Nanabaru said more than this, such as cutting meat on paper, cutting the meat into slices, the slices are of the same weight, and there are no marks on the paper. This is a small achievement in knife skills, and then we can talk about perfect control of the heat. , but she thought it was bullshit and it was basically impossible, so she would be embarrassed not to say it.

While the two of them were cooking, they discussed their cooking skills. Although Qing Jian Liuli couldn't do some things well, she was scolded every day. Nanabahara Wu remembered most of what he said, and now he talks about it clearly and has many opinions. It's very convincing.

At least pretending to be a cooking genius is enough.

Takeshi Nanahara came back from buying tofu. He saw two girls chatting lively. He smiled and didn't pay much attention. He put down the tofu and went to Sugata Yukio's study to have a look and think about how he was poisoned.

But he still had no clue, but Yukio Sugata had a few good books in his collection, so he flipped through them when he was bored.

More than an hour later, Qingjian Liuli shouted loudly for dinner in the living room, and then he leisurely went to the dining room.

In the dining room, four steaming dishes and one soup have been placed. In addition, there are two small cold dishes. Qingmi Ruri handed him a bowl of rice and said happily: "Mai-chan also made two dishes, they must be delicious. !”

She was inoculating him in advance so that he would not be like at home, where everything he ate was like a dog's mouth spitting out ivory.

Takeshi Nanahara understood, but didn't take it to heart. He would never do such a mindless thing. Even for Qingjian Liuli, he never pointed out her shortcomings in front of outsiders - he disciplined her in front of her and taught her behind her back. Friend, if you point out your friend's shortcomings in public, that's not a good intention, it's a lack of understanding of the world, and he's not that brainless.

He just smiled and said: "Then I would like to have a taste."

Sugada Mai smiled sheepishly: "It may not be to the taste of Nanabahara Nissan."

"It's definitely a match!" Qingmi Ruri immediately made the decision for Nanabahara Takeshi's tongue, and showed off for her at the same time, "Look, Mai-chan has also learned cooking skills. How good is this chrysanthemum knife?"

This is a small cold dish of traditional Japanese cuisine, called cool tofu, but generally in izakaya, the tofu is cut into small pieces and then topped with sauce, which can be used to accompany wine.

However, Sugada Mai has obviously improved on this. She used the chrysanthemum knife technique to cut an ordinary piece of tofu into thousands of petals and hundreds of pistils. It really looked like a blooming chrysanthemum, with "color, fragrance" inside. , at least the word "color" is completely up to standard - this is already rare for an ordinary cold dish.

Takeshi Nanahara had to admit that Mai Sugada's sword skills were quite good, at least very solid, and she had put in a lot of effort. He smiled at her and asked, "Have you learned all the thirty-six types of katana?"

Of course, there must be more than thirty-six types of flower knives. Cooking skills are always constantly innovating, and there must be people who are constantly thinking about new techniques. But as a basic skill, no matter how new techniques are, they basically have their roots in these thirty Six forms.

Sugada Mai was stunned for a moment, then became more and more embarrassed. She pursed her lips and whispered, "No, this is the first time I know that there are thirty-six types of flower swords."

"Then how many types have you learned?" Qingjian Liuli also knew for the first time that flower swords could be divided into thirty-six types, and couldn't help but become curious. Takeshi Nanabahara only taught her the five commonly used ones, and just to learn these five, Takeshi Nanabahara asked her at least five hundred times, "Do you have a hand or a pig's hoof?"

Mai Sugada raised her little face and recalled it, and said shyly: "I have only seen twenty-six species."

"Master Lu Cai!" Takeshi Qiyuan remembered that the older generation Lu Cai swordsmen passed on their sword skills, and there were twenty-six types of flower knives to learn.

Sugada Mai didn't quite understand, but she still said: "He is the husband of our cooking class teacher. He is occasionally invited by our teacher to perform."

Qin Yuanwu nodded, not that strange. Since the 1970s, Chinese restaurants have begun to bloom all over the world, and it is not uncommon for chefs to go to Hokkaido to earn foreign exchange.

He took a spoon to scoop up the cool tofu and said with a smile, "I'll have a taste."

Qingjian Liuli waited for a while and asked with concern: "How does it taste?"

"It's very good." Nanabahara took the order and praised Sukada Mai, "You really put your heart into it. The time to freeze the tofu with ice cubes is just right. It's cold but not ice-cold. I'm afraid it will affect the taste. I didn't use the traditional ginger paste. Instead, fresh ginger juice is mixed with sweet and light soy sauce, and a little bit of sesame oil and okra juice are added. The flavor wheel is harmonious but has a unique charm. There is nothing to criticize. It is very refreshing and the improvement is quite successful."

Sugada Mai didn't expect that Takeshi Nanahara just took one bite and even tasted the sauce recipe she had figured out by herself. She was slightly surprised, but immediately smiled shyly and said: "Nanahara Nissan deserves the award, I just tried it casually. try."

Qingmi Ruri couldn't help it. Takeko Nanahara had never praised her so much. She also took a spoon to scoop up tofu and tried it. She felt that the tofu was cool, salty and slightly sweet, which just removed the beany smell but did not cover it up. Zumi Tofu seems to be very particular about the sauce pouring technique. Every piece of tofu is covered with almost the same amount of juice, and it is slippery, with a slightly numbing aftertaste.

There is numbness in the coldness, and it is really refreshing.

Even if it is just a small cold dish, it is still not as delicious as the meat, but she has to admit that it is indeed quite good.

She said honestly: "It does taste good."

On the other side, Sugada Mai thanked her very much and moved her chopsticks. She picked some lion head and tasted it. She smiled at Qingmi Ruri and said, "Qingmi sister is much better than me. The meatballs are delicious."

Seeing Liuli, Qing Qing became happy again and immediately said: "Then you eat more."

"Okay, sister Qingmi."

Qingjian Liuli gave another cup to Qing Yuanwu and hummed, "You should try it too."

Takeshi Nanahara tasted it but didn't say anything. After all, this was not at home, so there was no need for Luo Qingjian Liuli's reputation - it was edible enough to fool ordinary people, but it was not perfect. If he were at home, he would have started to criticize. Order her to improve next time, but now she is a guest in someone else's house, so forget it!

Seeing that Ruri didn't get the compliment, Qing Qing rolled her eyes at him and lowered her head to start eating. After eating for a while, she heard Sugada Mai ask Nanabaru Takeshi: "Nanahara Nissan, has there been any progress on my father's case?"

"Not yet." Takeshi Nanahara answered casually.

Sugada Mai said slightly worriedly: "It's definitely not my mother, nor Aunt Mitsuko."

Takeshi Nanahara comforted him: "Something else happened. Their suspicion is very low. It's just that the police are afraid of taking responsibility and are following the old rules. They will be back tomorrow at most."

"But how did my father get poisoned?" Sugada Mai asked with concern, "It is true that no one came that day, and there was no poison in the tea. What could be the reason?"

When Qingjian Ruri heard this, she became strange: "Hey, Mai-chan, how do you know there is no poison in the tea? The police didn't report it at the time, right?"

Kogasumai seemed to be thinking about the problem of poisoning, and said absently: "I called my mother, and she was also wondering how my father was poisoned. This makes no sense at all. Everything in the house has been tested by the police. The kitchen is in a mess, so what else can my father eat and be poisoned?"

Qing Jian Liuli stopped her chopsticks, pursed her oily little mouth, and said with the same confusion: "Yes, this is indeed strange." Then she looked at Sugada Mai, and noticed that she was hesitant to speak, so she couldn't help but ask, "Mai-chan, do you have any ideas? Just tell me if you have any. It doesn't matter if you are wrong."

Mai Sugada hesitated, looked at Takeshi Nanawara and said softly: "My father was poisoned in the study, but there was nothing else he could eat in the study except that cup of tea. I was wondering... could it be my father? Medicine? My father has a bad heart and he carries medicine with him. Could someone secretly put poison in his medicine? "

Qing Jian Liuli suddenly realized that she had wanted to go here. The police had already thought of this.

She patiently explained to Mai: "The police have checked and there is nothing wrong with the medicine. Moreover, cyanide takes effect very quickly if taken orally. It will occur within a few seconds, and more than ten seconds is enough to cause death. If the poison is added to the medicine, Then after your father was poisoned, the medicine should have been scattered on the floor, and it would not have been properly placed in his pocket, and the bottle cap should not have been properly tightened."

"So that's it." Sugada Mai was a little disappointed, "I'm sorry, Sister Qingmi, all the things in the study have been inspected by the police. Except for the things my father carried with him, I really can't think of anything else that could poison him. .”

This kid, there is no need to apologize for this kind of thing!

Qing Jian Liuli was about to comfort her, thinking that it was better to think wrong than not think at all, and she was also concerned! However, Takeshi Nanahara put down his chopsticks and said thoughtfully: "Speaking of which, not everything in the study may have been checked.

"What do you mean?" Qingjian Liuli asked curiously.

Takeshi Nanahara was also reminded, and after a brief memory, he said softly: "I seem to know how he was poisoned."

Qingjian Liuli was surprised: "Have you thought of it?"

Takeshi Nanahara stood up and walked to the living room, saying calmly: "Nineteen."

Qingmi Ruri hurriedly followed, but after taking two steps, she came back and pushed Sugada Mai. He looked down at her long black hair and beautiful curls. He also thought about how she had just been praised by Takeshi Nanabahara. He felt a little moody for a moment. complex.

Could it be that she is the heroine?