People in rice just want to make a salted fish

Sato Miwako’s Call
Rice Flower Town, 5-chome.
Polo Cafe.
After an unpleasant Valentine’s Day party invitation, Xiaolan and Sonoko were not in a good mood.
Faced with this situation, Lin Shu glanced at the packaged desserts in his hand, and suggested to the two of them, “Why don’t we go to the Polo coffee shop downstairs from Xiaolan’s house, and I just happened to have packed a lot of desserts from other shops. Delicious dessert, let’s try it together.”
Facing the temptation of dessert and Lin Shu’s invitation, the two naturally agreed happily, so the group came to Polo Cafe.
“Brother Lin Shu’s recommendation is right, this dessert is really delicious! Xiao Lan, you should try it too!” After tasting the dessert brought by Lin Shu, Yuan Zi who was sitting on the sofa bench suddenly straightened up. And said to Xiao Lan in surprise.
“Sonoko is right! It tastes really good.” Seeing Sonoko’s surprised expression, Xiaolan couldn’t help but take a sip.
“Well, Brother Lin Shu, tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. Do you have any plans?”
Looking at Lin Shu who was silently tasting coffee, Yuanzi, whose face was a little reddish, was stirring the coffee on the table, pretending to ask casually.
When Yuanzi asked about his plans for tomorrow, Lin Shu couldn’t help but be stunned for a while, because he remembered the phone call he received this morning, and it still left him puzzled.
“Brother Lin Shu?” Yuanzi looked at Lin Shu suspiciously and expectantly, waiting for his answer.
Hearing Sonoko’s voice, Lin Shu quickly came to his senses and stopped thinking about the phone call. Anyway, he would have known it by then.
“Oh! I was thinking about something just now. To be honest, if it wasn’t for the previous incident, I wouldn’t know that it would be Valentine’s Day tomorrow?”
Sonoko immediately looked forward to hearing the words, and her eyes became brighter and brighter.
“But tomorrow, I’m probably going to see a friend.”
Sonoko’s expectations were in vain, but there was still a last glimmer of hope in her heart, and she followed up with a test.
“Brother Lin Shu’s friend, he must be handsome too.”
“Ah! Speaking of which, she does appear to be very handsome sometimes, but she is a woman, so it’s not quite appropriate to describe her simply as handsome.”
With this last blow, Sonoko’s last hope disappeared, and she suddenly fell on the table weakly, wailing in disappointment, and the brilliance in her eyes dimmed.
“What’s wrong with Yuanzi, are you too tired?” Lin Shu was startled by Yuanzi’s exaggerated behavior and asked inexplicably.
Xiaolan on the side could see it clearly, and probably guessed what her friend was thinking, and quickly smiled awkwardly.
“Sonoko is probably because of the math test the day after tomorrow. It is said that this time it will be difficult, and she has been saying that she has no confidence.”
Xiao Lan casually pulled out the math test the day after tomorrow and explained it to Lin Shu as an excuse.
However, Xiaolan didn’t say anything. As soon as she said it, Yuanzi also remembered that there would be a math test at school the day after tomorrow, which was another heavy blow to her.
The whole person seemed even more depressed, but inadvertently seemed to confirm what Xiao Lan said.
“That’s it!” Lin Shu nodded to show his understanding. Just as he was talking, the phone on his body suddenly rang. When he took it out, it was the phone number from the morning.
When Lin Shu saw it, he could only say sorry to Xiaolan and Yuanzi before leaving.
Looking at the back of Lin Shu’s departure, Yuan Zi, who was lying on the table, suddenly sat up and cheered up, almost startling Xiao Lan next to her.
“Lan, it seems that tomorrow’s Valentine’s Day can only be spent with us. Hmph, who said that tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, and who stipulated that only couples can spend it together.” Xiaolan’s arms widened, her eyes widened, at first aggrieved expression, then suddenly became excited and excited.
Facing the excited Sonoko, Xiaolan was a little confused about the situation in front of her, so she could only reply hesitantly.
“What’s going on here?”
“Brother Lin Shu is going to go on a date with a woman tomorrow! Lan, my plans are in vain. Only you will be with me tomorrow.”
“Brother Lin Shu only said that he was going to see a friend, not necessarily a couple relationship.” Xiao Lan opened her mouth to comfort.
“Oh! That’s right, Ran, you like that new couple, right? Are you going to date him tomorrow? But isn’t there any news about him recently?” .
“There’s no such thing, who would like that kind of reasoning freak?”
Xiaolan thought of the recent phone call she could never get through, and her anger towards Shinichi surged into her heart. She leaned forward involuntarily, and loudly denied it to Sonoko.
“What about Valentine’s Day tomorrow?” Sonoko was also frightened by Xiaolan’s sudden outburst, and asked Xiaolan tentatively.
“Come to me tomorrowIt’s not Valentine’s Day, it’s just a rare holiday, so it’s settled, let’s go shopping together tomorrow. ”
After successfully persuading Xiaolan, Sonoko became even more excited. She decided that she would go shopping frantically to make up for the blow she suffered.
……
On the other side, Lin Shu, who left in a hurry, hurried back home and finally got through the mysterious call.
“Hey, Officer Sato, what’s the matter?”
“Ah… this, about the meeting tomorrow, I have something else to ask you.”
Listening to the tone of police officer Sato on the other end of the phone, Lin Shu couldn’t help but wonder what the other party wanted to ask for.
“Well, can you pretend to be my boyfriend and meet my mother tomorrow?”
“Huh?” Pretending, boyfriend, and seeing each other’s mother, Lin Shu was also a little confused at the moment when he extracted three key points.
But he quickly came back to his senses and asked suspiciously, “Can you tell me what’s going on?”
Hearing Lin Shu’s surprised and puzzled tone, Sato Mikazu slowly explained: “Actually, it’s because of my occupation. My mother worries that I’ve been busy with work and won’t have time to fall in love, so I’ve been thinking about giving it to me recently. On a blind date, you have to look at a bunch of photos and various materials of the blind date on the rest day.”
Speaking of which, Sato Miwako’s desire to complain gradually overcame her shyness, and continued.
“But I don’t want to get married so early. Even if I get married, I should find someone I like! But on this point, my mother and I can’t always reach an agreement. She even wants me to leave the post of a criminal police officer.”
Hearing Officer Sato’s complaints about his mother, Lin Shu probably understood it, and quickly said, “So, Officer Sato wants me to pretend to be a boyfriend and help you deal with your mother, so as to avoid the blind date.”
Mikako Sato’s tone suddenly became excited, “That’s right, that’s it, just let her know that I have a boyfriend now. If I can’t hide it in the future, I’ll say I’ve broken up.”
“I know this request is difficult, but…”
“No problem, I agreed. It’s the first time I’ve been asked to do this, but it’s interesting, isn’t it?”
Afraid that Lin Shu wouldn’t agree, Sato Mikazu wanted to continue to promise enough benefits, but Lin Shu interrupted and agreed directly.
“Oh?! Really, thank you so much!” Sato Mikako said excitedly, over the phone, she could imagine the other party’s excitement.
“Then see you tomorrow! Miwako.” After saying that, Lin Shu hung up the phone, showing a mischievous smile.
“Huh?!” Sato Miwako, who was only on the other end of the phone, struggled with Lin Shu’s last “Miwako”.