Conan: After teaching the protagonist, they offered their loyalty.

Inside the clinic...

Gin opened his eyes groggily at some point.

I glanced at Vodka and Cointreau; they were watching TV…

The sounds of cooking can be heard coming from the kitchen.

Gin slightly raised his eyes and looked at the television.

The television was broadcasting the accident that had just occurred. The police determined that the driver was under the influence of alcohol, had crashed into a utility pole, and caused an explosion.

It also urged the public not to drink and drive.

Gin watched the news broadcast on TV and couldn't help but sneer. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in Japan was still so useless.

A short while later... Narumi brought the prepared food to the table.

Grilled beef, fried rice, etc...it looks like a feast.

"Everyone, time to eat!" Cheng Shi smiled and took off her apron, putting it back in its place.

Then set the bowls and chopsticks out.

"It looks pretty good. Thank you so much, Dr. Asai." Vodka scratched his cheek a little embarrassedly.

"It's alright, eat up," Cheng Shi said with a smile.

Fuheshel glanced at Vodka with some surprise, wondering when the other man had become so polite.

After taking the medication, Gin was no longer so dizzy. He raised his eyes and stared at Narumi for a while, but did not touch his chopsticks.

It's not that I doubt the other person, nor that I'm not hungry; I just genuinely have a bit of a loss of appetite.

Narumi was startled by Gin's gaze; it was clear that this man in the top hat and black was not someone to be trifled with.

"Mr. Kurosawa, you need to eat something after you've just recovered from your illness," Narumi said, suppressing her fear.

"Understood..." Gin withdrew his gaze and replied coldly.

Ha... You're clearly scared of yourself, yet you force yourself to care about others while suppressing your own fear?

That's a bit silly...

“Big brother, you scared her.” Vodka explained to Narumi while eating, “My big brother is a little socially awkward, but he’s actually a very nice person.”

"Shut up!" Gin glanced coldly at Vodka.

Vodka shrugged and pursed his lips.

Narumi's beady eyes widened slightly, and she broke out in a sweat. It seemed that Mr. Kurosawa was indeed like that.

"By the way, Dr. Asai, who are you to Fukuro?" Vodka asked, sipping his drink.

Cheng Shi was a little stunned, not knowing how to answer the question.

Calling them friends... doesn't quite seem right. After being saved by Shen'er, Shen'er had become a special person in his heart.

To say they are relatives... well, not really.

How to answer?

“He is my personal physician,” Vodka replied casually, looking at him with a hint of disdain.

They've been treating Gin's illness, how come they can't see this?

Did vodka also damage his brain?

Vodka: "........"

That's not what he asked.

and many more...

Gin and vodka's pupils contracted slightly.

Just now, Jundu was referring to "he," not "she." (In Japanese, the pronunciation of "she" and "he" is different.)

"I'm a man." Cheng Shi scratched his cheek a little embarrassedly.

Having learned the truth, Gin and Vodka silently picked up their bowls and chopsticks and began to eat.

A little while later…

"So how did you and Fuhei meet?" Vodka asked again, curious.

He really didn't expect that Jundu would appeal to both men and women.

“He… once saved me and gave me a second life.” Cheng Shi paused for a moment after hearing this, lowered her head, and said in a very soft voice.

“Hey, then we’re the same!” Vodka’s eyes lit up and he said, “Why don’t you join our organization? The benefits are great, and you can be Vodka’s driver.”

Cheng Shi still reached out and shook his hand; it was better for him to follow Shen Er.

"You?" Vodka asked curiously, suddenly recalling how Vodka's behavior had seemed off at the amusement park. "I'm curious how you know Gin."

Upon hearing this, Vodka's expression froze for a moment, then he slowly lowered his head and looked dejected.

"If you don't want to talk about it, then pretend I didn't ask." Fuheshen took a sip of green tea and continued eating.

“There’s nothing I can’t say.” Vodka paused, feeling there was no need to hide anything, and besides, the people at Cointreau were quite nice, so he slowly said, “Actually, it’s all in the past, and I don’t want to bring it up again.”

Vodka hesitated for a moment before slowly recounting his past.

"When I was very young, my family was very poor, extremely poor."

"But it wasn't without reason. My father... that man was a gambler, which caused the family to owe a lot of money. He was also an alcoholic, and he would beat me every time he was drunk."

“His mother would always step in to stop him.”

"But... one day, my mother suddenly fell ill and needed a lot of medical expenses, so much that I had no idea what those numbers meant."

"But he remained unrepentant, and went so far as to buy accidental death insurance for my mother, which I was unaware of at the time..."

"My mother loves me very much and always tells me to be strong, that studying can change my destiny..."

"But in the end, she didn't persevere, or perhaps she never even sought treatment, leaving the money she had saved to me..."

As he said this, Vodka's tone became somber, and a flicker seemed to appear behind his sunglasses.

"After hearing the news, I felt time suddenly slow down, and I felt like something was missing in my heart."

“That time, I didn’t go home; I sat beside my mother’s body for a long time.”

"Until I found out that the man had met with people from the insurance company!"

Vodka gritted his teeth as he said this.

"I knew everything, argued with that man, and we even got into a fight."

"His school uniform was torn to shreds, and he was beaten black and blue... I didn't feel any pain, I just knew... no one was going to stop that man anymore."

"However... because of my mother's words, I persevered until high school."

"She was always isolated and bullied in class, and she wasn't very good at talking, so she was always bullied by some school bullies."

“But… I’m used to it.” Vodka smiled as he said this. “Anyway, I’m always alone.”

"But one time... I got beaten up again, my clothes were torn to shreds, the teacher saw it and scolded me, and my classmates laughed at me. After school, I couldn't take it anymore and thought, maybe I should just let it go, I'm already so tired."

"I unknowingly walked to the edge of the subway, my head was a little dizzy, and I wanted to end it all."

"But...a very beautiful actress discovered my intentions, stopped me, and took me to buy new clothes and comforted me..."

"I remember she was very, very beautiful. I felt like an ugly duckling next to her."

At this point, Vodka smiled and said, "And so, I persevered until my senior year of high school."

"Although the group of people who bullied me are still the same, I don't care anymore."

“Until one day,” Vodka clenched his fist, “that man, the one my father bought for me with accidental death insurance, conspired with those debt collectors to kill me for insurance money.”

"Because I knew about my mother's situation, I ran away immediately."

"But I couldn't outrun them. When I got into the alley, someone stabbed me. There were their men all over the street, so I could only run into the darker alley."

“Until I met you.” Gin sneered and explained, “Don’t misunderstand, I just finished the assessment and was testing my abilities.”