Qin Xiao arrived as promised on Valentine's Day. Although Yoko Okino was bundled up tightly, she still could not hide her graceful figure.
Watching Yoko Okino looking around anxiously, Qin Xiao could not resist stepping up to tease her.
"Guess who I am!" Qin Xiao said, lowering his voice.
When her eyes were covered, Yoko Okino initially thought she had run into a pervert and was about to cry out for help.
However, upon hearing the familiar voice behind her, Yoko Okino knew that the person covering her eyes was none other than the man she had been longing for day and night.
"Let me think! After all, I know quite a few men!"
"What? Which men do you know? Tell me right now, or I'll kill them!"
Qin Xiao hugged Yoko Okino tightly and asked with a jealous tone.
Seeing him act so jealous, Yoko Okino burst out laughing.
"Qin-kun! You look so cute when you're jealous! Don't worry, they're just my colleagues. The only person I like is you."
"Who's jealous?" Qin Xiao said, pretending not to care, before handing Yoko Okino an exquisite women's watch.
"For you, a Valentine's Day gift."
Yoko Okino happily accepted the watch from Qin Xiao and kissed him on the cheek.
"Darling, I love your gift. But we really do share a telepathic connection."
Hearing this, Qin Xiao was slightly dazed, but he understood the moment he saw what she took out.
Yoko Okino pulled a beautifully wrapped gift box from her bag, inside of which was a men's watch.
She immediately took the watch out of the box and put it on Qin Xiao's wrist.
"All my searching was worth it. This watch suits you so well."
With that, she took Qin Xiao's hand and began strolling down the street with him.
While shopping with Yoko Okino, Qin Xiao finally understood why his predecessors always warned never to go shopping with women. It was simply too exhausting; after walking around all morning, they had bought almost nothing.
Finally, as noon approached, Yoko Okino stopped.
Looking at Yoko Okino, who still seemed unsatisfied, Qin Xiao could not understand why women possessed such boundless stamina for shopping.
"Yoko, what do you want to eat?"
"Let me think! Let's have Dragon Kingdom cuisine! I heard there is so much delicious food in the Dragon Kingdom!"
Hearing the mention of the Dragon Kingdom, Qin Xiao instantly perked up.
"Of course! Our Dragon Kingdom has over five thousand years of history, and the delicacies are simply too numerous to count~"
Listening to her beloved, Yoko Okino could not help feeling a sense of yearning for the Dragon Kingdom.
*(If only I could live a quiet, anonymous life with Qin-kun in the Dragon Kingdom, how wonderful that would be.)*
She tightened her grip on the arm linked with Qin Xiao's.
"What's wrong, Yoko? Are you okay?"
Hearing Qin Xiao calling her, Yoko Okino snapped back to reality.
"It's nothing, let's go eat!"
The two of them then found an authentic Dragon Kingdom restaurant.
Once she started tasting the Dragon Kingdom cuisine, Yoko Okino could not stop.
Seeing Yoko Okino with food smeared all over her face like a little kitten, Qin Xiao lovingly used a tissue to wipe the oil from the corner of her mouth.
"Eat slowly, no one is going to take it from you."
After the meal, just as Qin Xiao was about to discuss where they should go next, his cell phone rang.
"Hello! Qin Xiao, sorry to interrupt your holiday, but a case has come up here, and we hope you can come over."
"I'm sorry, Yoko. A case has occurred, so I need to rush over there."Yoko Okino gave Qin Xiao a kiss on the cheek and said understandingly, "It's fine. I fell in love with you precisely because of how you look when you're solving cases."
"Thank you, I'll make it up to you later."
With that, he immediately rushed to the scene of the incident.
As soon as he stepped out of the car, Qin Xiao spotted Ran Mouri.
"Ran, what are you doing here?"
"Brother Qin Xiao, Sonoko said she wanted to bring me here to attend a gathering!"
Hearing Qin Xiao's question, Ran immediately explained, fearing that he might misunderstand.
Suddenly, a girl wearing a headband popped up from behind Ran.
"Ran, you know such a handsome guy and didn't even introduce him to me! Hey there, handsome! My name is Suzuki Sonoko, you can call me Sonoko!"
"I'm Qin Xiao. Nice to meet you, Sonoko."
Watching the two of them converse, Ran felt a deep sense of discomfort in her heart.
*(I clearly knew Brother Qin Xiao first, why are the two of them chatting so happily?!)*
"My boy Qin Xiao, you're finally here. We've been waiting for you for a long time."
Megure Juzo hurried over and began briefing Qin Xiao on the details of the case.
*(Isn't this that Valentine's Day Murder Case?)*
After getting a general grasp of the situation, Qin Xiao asked, "Is it true that only Mr. Minagawa didn't eat any cake?"
"Yes, Mr. Minagawa said he doesn't like sweets," Sonoko replied.
"Thank you, Sonoko. You've been a huge help."
"It's nothing. I'm just glad I could help," Sonoko replied shyly.
At that moment, Ran remembered something.
"Mr. Minagawa just ate the chocolates from Ms. Yoshimi and smoked Mr. Naomichi's cigarette!"
"Does that make them the suspects? Should we bring them in for questioning?" Megure Juzo offered his opinion.
"No need, I already know who the culprit is."
Everyone was astonished by Qin Xiao's rapid case-solving ability: "Quickly tell us, who is the culprit?!"
"The culprit is Mrs. Minagawa!"
"How is that possible? How could the culprit be Mrs. Minagawa? Brother Qin Xiao, you must be mistaken."
"Officer, what evidence do you have to say that I killed my son? And how could I have even pulled it off?" Mrs. Minagawa said calmly.
"It's simple. You put poison in the coffee, didn't you?"
"Officer, that's hilarious. Everyone drank the coffee, why didn't the others get poisoned?"
"You put the antidote in the cake. Because you knew Mr. Minagawa didn't eat sweets, everyone who ate the cake was fine."
"You—you're talking nonsense! What evidence do you have?!"
By this point, Mrs. Minagawa was starting to panic.
"The evidence is right there in your household's drain. Even after washing it, residual traces can still be detected."
The moment Qin Xiao stated the evidence, Mrs. Minagawa knew she couldn't escape anymore.
In the end, she confessed to the murder.
As Qin Xiao was about to leave, Ran approached him: "Brother Qin Xiao, these are chocolates I made. I'm giving them to you."
"Ran, so you're here!"
Just as Qin Xiao took the chocolates, Sonoko ran over holding a box that looked nearly identical.
"Hehe! Big Brother Qin Xiao, Happy Valentine's Day. These are chocolates I made, please have some."
Staring at the chocolates in Sonoko's hands, Ran felt a complex mix of emotions.
Qin Xiao smiled as he accepted Sonoko's chocolates, then opened both of theirs and tasted a piece from each.
Seeing Ran's tightly furrowed brows, Qin Xiao smiled faintly.
*(Looks like she's jealous.)*
"Congratulations to the host for solving the Valentine's Day Murder Case. Reward granted: Spider-Sense."