I, the Buddhist who raises leopards in the Conan world

Chapter 218 Uninvited Visitors 1

"It's almost time," Shen Yuan put down his teacup, and when he stood up, he slightly rolled up his shirt sleeves, revealing his well-defined wrists. "At noon, let me show you the new dishes I learned recently!" Dr. Agasa put down his teacup and stood up: "Then let me help Mr. Shen!" Shen Yuan nodded: "Then please trouble Doctor to bring the bag from the entrance. I bought some ingredients I need today!" The kitchen soon became busy.

Dr. Agasa was carefully rinsing fresh water bamboo and lotus roots in front of the sink, and the water droplets sparkled in the sunlight.

Shen Yuan skillfully cut the pork belly into small pieces. His knife skills were neat and clear, and each piece of meat was even in size.

"Doctor, can you help me get that casserole?" Shen Yuan didn't even raise his head, and was stirring the crab meat and meat filling clockwise with his hands.

Huiyuan Ai stood at the kitchen door, watching the two busy figures, hesitated for a moment and then walked in: "I can help with something..."

"Huiyuan-san," Shen Yuan turned around, his hands still stained with minced meat, "You are still young, and your current task is to have fun.

Go to the living room and play some games or watch some TV. I'll call you when dinner is ready!" He winked at her, "Today's dishes are quite complicated, so an elementary school student can't help!" Huibara Ai opened her mouth to retort, but when she thought of her current state, she could only snort and turned away.

When she walked into the living room, she heard the doctor's puzzled voice behind her: "Mr. Shen, are you making meatballs? It seems very different from ordinary cooking!" In the kitchen, Shen Yuan was tossing the prepared crab meat filling back and forth between his hands, shaping it into a perfect ball.

He smiled and said, "This is how we cook 'Lion's Head' in our area. We need to pound it exactly thirty-six times so that the meat will be both firm and soft!" In the casserole, the clear broth was already boiling slightly.

Shen Yuan carefully placed four large lion heads into the soup, lowered the heat to minimum, covered the pot and simmered it slowly.

Next is the preparation of drunken crab.

Shen Yuan took out two fresh hairy crabs, cleaned them skillfully, and marinated them in a special drunken sauce.

Then Shen Yuan cut the lotus root into slices as thin as cicada wings, put the seasoned meat filling in it, coated it with egg liquid and breadcrumbs, and fried it in a pan until golden brown.

The tempting aroma immediately filled the entire kitchen.

"This is the first time I've made truffle-braised agave since I came to Japan, so it's a chance for us to try something new together!" Shen Yuan explained as he cut the agave core into even strips.

The aroma of black truffles was instantly released in the hot oil, and the doctor couldn't help but take a deep breath.

At this time, the doorbell rang, and the doctor asked curiously: "Who would come here at this time? Mr. Shen, I'll go over and take a look!" When Dr. Agasa walked into the living room, Huibara was already standing at the door and opened it, but she was blocking the door, as if she had no intention of letting anyone in.

Dr. Agasa walked over and asked, "Who is Ai? Why..." The doctor was about to ask Haibara why she didn't let anyone in but swallowed his words.

The person who came was the graduate student Subaru Okiya who was staying at the Shinji family. Haibara had always been hostile to him.

But I asked Shinichi, and he said that he was a good person and Haibara just had some misunderstandings.

Dr. Agasa called out, "It's Subaru-kun, come in quickly.

What's going on today?" Standing at the door, Subaru Okiya was wearing a beige turtleneck sweater with a dark brown knitted cardigan on the outside. Under his short brown-pink hair was a face that always had a gentle smile on it.

The thin-framed glasses on his nose reflected the light from the entrance, his slightly narrowed eyes curved into crescent shapes, and his whole body exuded the temperament of a harmless scholar.

Ai Haibara could only helplessly open the door wide, her short brown hair slightly puffed up, and her fingers unconsciously clenched the door frame.

Subaru Okiya raised the casserole in his hand, with steam coming out of the edge of the lid: "Doctor, since I eat alone, I don't control the amount of food well, so I made too much potato curry beef stew for lunch today. I want to share it with you!" He squinted his eyes and smiled gently and kindly while saying this.

Dr. Agasa looked at the pot that Subaru Okiya was holding, scratched his head and said, "What a coincidence, Subaru-kun, today a younger friend of mine wants to show off his cooking skills to me and Ai!" Then the doctor shouted towards the kitchen, "Mr. Shen, there are guests coming!" Shen Yuan came out of the kitchen when he heard the doctor's call, with a wooden spoon dipped in sauce in his hand.

When he looked at Subaru Okiya, his eyes were calm, as if he was looking at a stranger he had never met before.

Subaru Okiya also maintained a perfect disguise, his narrowed eyes curved into a gentle arc.

Dr. Agasa introduced enthusiastically: "Mr. Shen, this is Mr. Okiya Subaru, who is temporarily living next door to me.

Come to think of it, he's also a graduate student at the University of Tokyo!" Shen Yuan smiled gently, "Mr. Okiya, you're the one Sonoko was talking about earlier, right? My name is Shen Yuan, and I'm an exchange student at the University of Tokyo!"

"Mr. Shen, that's quite a coincidence!" Subaru Okiya nodded slightly, his voice as smooth as warm jade, "It seems we were lucky enough to solve the puzzle together before!" Shen Yuan nodded, "There's meat on the fire over there in the kitchen. Excuse me for now!" He turned around and went back to the kitchen, turned the wolfberry and ginseng chicken soup in the casserole to low heat and simmered it slowly.

After a while, Subaru Okiya also came to the kitchen, holding his pot of potato curry beef stew.

Putting it on the countertop, he opened his eyes slightly behind his glasses and said, "Mr. Shen, Dr. Agasa invited me to have lunch just now.

My potato curry beef stew also counts as a dish, right? Is there anything I can help with here? "Shen Yuan was processing shrimps. Hearing this, he looked up and smiled and said, "Then I look forward to Mr. Okiya's evaluation of my cooking skills!" He pointed to the wild rice next to him, "Now all we need is a wild rice and shrimp stew.

How's your knife skills, Mr. Okiya? If you can, I'd like to peel the wild rice stem and cut it into diamond-shaped slices!"

"I cook for myself too, so my knife skills are pretty good!" Subaru Okiya rolled up his sweater sleeves, revealing his well-defined forearms.

After washing his hands, he picked up the kitchen knife with clean and neat movements. The water bamboo shoots were quickly turned into neat diamond-shaped slices in his hands, and the thickness of each slice was exactly the same.

Shen Yuan watched his movements and nodded, "Mr. Chongya was being modest just now, your knife skills are indeed good.

By the way, Mr. Okiya added a dish of potato curry beef stew, so the dish became odd in number.

"I'll make a simpler one!" Shen Yuan said as he opened the refrigerator and took out some fruits, "Mr. Okiya, can you drink alcohol? I bought some base wine for cocktails, and I can make a fruit cold brew!" Okiya Subaru didn't stop what he was doing when he heard Shen Yuan's question, but just said, "Well, sure, I drink alcohol normally too!" Shen Yuan nodded, washed the fruit, wiped his hands and asked, "Then Mr. Okiya, do you mind drinking Gin?" Okiya Subaru, who had his back to Shen Yuan, suddenly stopped what he was doing.

The kitchen knife was hanging in the air, with a piece of wild rice stem fragments stained on the blade.

Behind the lenses, the pair of eyes that were always squinting slowly opened, and the dark green pupils were clearly visible behind the reflective lenses, as sharp as a blade that could pierce through the fog.

There was no trace of the gentleness and elegance he had always displayed in those eyes, only the cold and sharp nature of a sword.

In contrast to his expression, "Mr. Shen likes to drink Gin?" His voice was still as gentle as water, and even had a bit of the intimacy of a brother next door.

Shen Yuan showed a confused expression and tilted his head slightly: "Ah? Mr. Okiya doesn't like Gin?" Shen Yuan answered the question irrelevantly: "Actually, I bought quite a lot, including whiskey. Otherwise, Mr. Okiya can go to my car and pick one you like. It's in the trunk, the Volvo in front of the doctor's house. The car keys are at the entrance!" Subaru Okiya neatly arranged the cut water chestnuts on the plate. When he turned around, he had narrowed his eyes again, with a perfect arc at the corner of his mouth: "Okay, I'm looking forward to what kind of wine Mr. Shen has!" Then he walked out of the kitchen slowly.

Shen Yuan looked at his departing back, a meaningful smile appearing at the corner of his lips.

I picked up the fruit knife and turned it gently. The light reflected from the blade drew a small arc on the ceiling: the feeling of scaring Mr. Okiya and making him nervous was really refreshing.

Chapter 219 Uninvited Visitors 2

The water chestnuts and shrimps made a sizzling sound in the pot. Shen Yuan shook his wrist lightly, and his stir-frying movements were smooth and fluid.

The shrimp gradually turned an attractive pink, contrasting beautifully with the emerald green water bamboo slices.

At this moment, footsteps were heard at the kitchen door.

"I'm more interested in the bottle of wine in Mr. Shen's car!" Okiya Subaru's voice came from behind, with his usual gentleness, "What do you think, Mr. Shen?" Shen Yuan turned off the fire and turned around, and saw Okiya Subaru holding a bottle of Macallan whiskey in his hand.

The amber liquor sparkled with golden light in the sunlight.

"Sure," Shen Yuan nodded casually, "After all, I bought them all, I'm not picky!" Shen Yuan put the fried wild rice stem and shrimp on a plate, "Then please trouble Mr. Okiya to take care of the fruits I washed, I will make the follow-up preparations later!" Okiya Subaru's gaze lingered on the back of Shen Yuan who was serving the dishes for a moment, and an elusive emotion flashed in his eyes, but he soon returned to that harmless smile.

He placed the whiskey on the countertop and looked at the neatly arranged fruits by the sink: "Mr. Shen, what should I do with these fruits?"

"Soak the Qingwang grapes in warm water and peel them," Shen Yuan started to wash the pot after serving the dishes, "Cut the pineapple into pieces and quickly roast the surface with a blowtorch, prick the blueberries with a needle, and cut the finger lemon flesh into pieces and put them in the refrigerator for later use!" Subaru Okiya chuckled, his eyes behind the lenses curved into crescents: "It seems that our dish is not as easy as Mr. Shen said!" He rolled up his sleeves to soak the Qingwang, then picked up a fruit knife and began to process the pineapple, "But I'm very curious about the final product. Does this count as learning a dish from Mr. Shen?" Shen Yuan poured Macallan, honey, and split vanilla pods into a sealed bottle, added cinnamon sticks and thyme: "I hope Mr. Okiya likes this dish!" He put the sealed bottle into a 45°C water bath, "After heating this cold brew for 15 minutes, it needs to be cooled in an ice bath!" The kitchen was filled with the aroma of various ingredients. The two men were busy with their own things. The atmosphere seemed harmonious but undercurrents were surging.

Subaru Okiya's fingers peeled the grapes nimbly, and he asked casually, "Mr. Shen, do you have to use Macallan to make this? Can rye be used?" Shen Yuan continued to adjust the heat without any pause: "Actually, whiskey will do, and most wines can be done this way!" Shen Yuan looked up at Subaru Okiya, his eyes so clear that there was nothing unusual about it. "It's just that some, such as strong vodka, sweet liqueur or Captain Morgan, are not suitable, because the industrial spice taste of that kind of rum is too strong, which completely covers up the fragrance of the fruit!" Subaru Okiya paused slightly with the knife in his hand, and the eyes behind the lenses flashed, but he couldn't find out anything, but he didn't know if he was being too suspicious, he always felt that something was wrong.

But Subaru Okiya said no more and instead focused on cutting the lemon, with the blade making a small sound as it hit the chopping board.

The sunlight shone through the window onto the cooking table between them, making the fruit juice sparkle and clear.

The voices of the Doctor and Huibara talking could be faintly heard outside the kitchen, intertwining wonderfully with the rhythm of the knives in the kitchen.

After more than ten minutes, Shen Yuan finished filtering the cold extract, and the clear amber liquid flowed in the glass container.

"Mr. Okiya, please take out the lemons from the refrigerator!" Shen Yuan said, then took out a crystal glass and began to assemble this special dish.

First, place the roasted pineapple chunks at the bottom of the bowl. The golden flesh has light caramel-colored lines on it.

Then sprinkle a layer of pierced blueberries, the deep purple fruits like scattered gems.

"Mr. Okiya, please bring the rest of the dishes over first!" Shen Yuan said softly, gently turning the glass cup with his fingers, and finally placed the peeled Qingwang grapes and diced finger lemons on it. The emerald green and tender yellow complemented each other under the light.

Subaru Okiya nodded, picked up the steaming goji berry and ginseng chicken soup and walked out.

After a while, Dr. Agasa and Haibara came in.

The doctor looked at the dazzling array of dishes on the counter, his eyes narrowed into slits with a smile: "Mr. Shen, you have worked so hard!" He happily took away the drunken crabs and crispy lotus root dumplings, and the rich aroma filled the air with his movements.

Huiyuan Ai stood in front of the cooking table, staring at the gorgeous dish in Shen Yuan's hands. A hint of curiosity flashed in her blue eyes: "Brother Shen, what is this?"

"This is a fruit cold brew made with Macallan," Shen Yuan poured the last drop of wine on the fruit, and the liquid slowly seeped in along the cracks in the flesh, "It's called 'Twilight Symphony'!" He lowered his head to meet Huibara's gaze, and a gentle arc appeared at the corner of his mouth, "The alcohol content is relatively high, Huibara-san can't drink it!" Huibara Ai curled her lips when she thought of her current state, silently picked up the dishes and walked out.

Subaru Okiya returned to the kitchen again and took away two dishes. Shen Yuan followed with the prepared glassware. The doctor came in and took away the last dish.

Inside the restaurant, everyone took their seats. Dr. Agasa eagerly picked up a piece of crab meat. The soft meat trembled slightly on the tip of his chopsticks, and the melt-in-your-mouth texture made him squint his eyes in happiness. "Mr. Shen's cooking is still as amazing as ever. Delicious!" Huihara Ai sipped the wild rice stem and shrimp stew, then said with red ears, "It's delicious. Thank you!" Okiya Subaru gracefully ate a piece of truffle-braised dragon tongue, his eyes still narrowed. "Mr. Shen's cooking skills are truly amazing. I want to become his apprentice!"

"It's just a hobby, no need to praise me so much," Shen Yuan smiled gently, and then served each person a bowl of goji berry ginseng chicken soup. A few bright red goji berries floated on the golden soup. "How about you try this? Doctor, you should drink more. It's good for your blood pressure!" Dr. Agasa took the bowl of soup and smiled so hard that his eyes were blinded. "Thank you!"

"Thank you!" Subaru Okiya also took the soup bowl, and his slender fingers gently supported the bottom of the bowl.

He took a sip, his Adam's apple rolling slightly, "It's delicious!" He put down the soup bowl, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes behind the glasses, "Mr. Shen, I admire your cooking skills very much, and I really want to become your apprentice!" Okiya Subaru continued the topic he had just talked about.

Before Shen Yuan could speak, Huiyuan Ai spoke first: "Mr. Okiya's potato curry beef stew is delicious. Your cooking skills are not bad. You don't need to be proficient in everything.

And..." She turned her head and glanced at Shen Yuan, "Brother Shen is very busy with his studies. If you rashly bother a stranger, you will bring trouble to others!" Okiya Subaru obviously did not expect Huibara Ai to defend Shen Yuan so much. He opened his eyes slightly and a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes, and then returned to his signature squinting smile: "Ah, that's true!" He shook his head helplessly and did not mention the matter of becoming a disciple again.

Shen Yuan stood up at the right time: "I'll get two bowls!" He walked towards the kitchen, and when he came back, he had two exquisite glass bowls in his hands. He pointed to the glittering fruit cold brew in the center of the dining table: "Doctor and Mr. Okiya, try this!" The amber-colored wine rippled in the glass, and the color of the fruit was faintly visible in the liquid. "Its name is 'Twilight Symphony'!" He smiled apologetically, "I'm driving, so I won't drink it!" Subaru Okiya stared at the fruits floating in the wine, his pink hair casting a faint shadow on his forehead.

He picked up the glass bowl, and the wine left golden marks on the wall of the bowl: "I'm looking forward to its taste!" Subaru Okiya sipped the special cocktail, his eyes subtly wandering between Shen Yuan and Huibara.

There was a strange atmosphere in the restaurant, like the calm before the storm, with danger hidden in the sweetness.

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After lunch, the table was littered with cups and plates.

After taking the dishes to the kitchen, Subaru Okiya rolled up the sleeves of his sweater, revealing a section of his toned forearm - the texture of the muscles and a few faintly visible light scars formed a subtle contrast with his usual gentle and elegant temperament.

"I'm already very grateful for having such a delicious lunch at the doctor's house." He leaned forward slightly, his eyes curved behind his glasses, and his voice was like the gentle tapping of warm jade. "Please leave the dishes to me!" Shen Yuan picked up the dishcloth beside him and said, "I'll join you!"

"No need!" Subaru Okiya smiled and shook his head, "Mr. Shen is already very tired from making lunch at noon, so he should take a break now!" He took the rag from Shen Yuan's hand and naturally stood in front of the sink.

Shen Yuan's eyes flashed slightly, and he instantly understood the other party's intention. He didn't want anyone to have the opportunity to touch his tableware to prevent the leakage of DNA information.

Shen Yuan no longer insisted and turned to walk towards the living room: "Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Okiya!" In the living room, Dr. Agasa was fiddling with the TV remote control.

Seeing Shen Yuan coming over, "Mr. Shen, Xiao Ai went for a nap..." The old man took out a gold-stamped envelope from his pocket, "This is the invitation to the exchange meeting!" Shen Yuan took the invitation and felt the convex and concave gold-stamped patterns on the paper under his fingertips.

Shen Yuan put the invitation letter into his pocket.

Then I sat on the sofa and watched the TV program that Dr. Agasa was watching.

On TV, a white-haired professor is demonstrating a dancing mechanical dog.

Dr. Agasa watched with great interest, and from time to time he exclaimed, "This gear design is very clever."

Shen Yuan stared at the flickering images on the screen and suddenly asked, "Dr. Agasa, what is the purpose of those little inventions you made? Your inventions are no worse than this one. I don't think you've ever thought of applying for a patent?" The doctor scratched his thinning hair. "Well... Mr. Shen, there are always some unexpected situations with my inventions!" He gestured awkwardly. "The test results were not ideal, so they were not sold..." Shen Yuan shook his head. "I think the belt that can eject footballs and the shoes that increase strength that the doctor designed for Conan are amazing!" The corners of his mouth curled up slightly. "I don't think there have been any accidents with these!"

"Ah! Those..." The doctor's eyes suddenly lit up for a moment, and then he was deflated as if a switch was pressed. "Many parts of these things need to be debugged repeatedly, and they can't be put into mass production on the assembly line!" He gestured the size of the gears. "It takes three days to calibrate an anti-gravity device alone. No investor is willing to do this..." Shen Yuan leaned forward slightly, his elbows on his knees: "Do you think that the doctor's patents cannot be sold to foreigners?" His voice was filled with just the right amount of curiosity. "I actually have some ideas about investing or purchasing patents!" Dr. Agasa widened his eyes: "Mr. Shen is interested in my invention?!" His voice rose unconsciously, but when he thought of Huibara Ai resting upstairs, he lowered his tone again.

"is this real?"

"Of course!" Shen Yuan nodded. "After working as the doctor's assistant for a few times, I feel that the doctor has a very rich imagination!" His eyes were sincere and impeccable. "These little inventions of the doctor should have a great application market in our country!"

"Hahahaha!" The doctor couldn't help laughing out loud, and the wrinkles on his face smoothed out. "These inventions of mine are all in the civilian range, so naturally there is no rule that they can't be sold abroad!" He rubbed his hands excitedly, "Which patent does Mr. Shen want to buy? I can also be a technical advisor!" At this moment, Dr. Agasa seemed to see countless white patent fees flying in front of his eyes, and even those failed inventions piled up in the basement were coated with a layer of gold.

He truly felt that Shen Yuan had a keen eye for gems and had finally discovered his dusty pearl.

The old man's fingers were shaking with excitement, and he was already thinking about which project's design drawings to prepare first.

"Doctor," Shen Yuan said with a smile, "You can first make a shoe sample that fits the size of an adult man.

I'll take these and ask someone to take a look!" He also smiled reassuringly, "Don't worry, I'll definitely get you some investment!"

"Okay, okay!" Dr. Agasa nodded happily, gesturing with his fingers unconsciously, "Mr. Shen, I can make a finished product for you in about a week!" Shen Yuan nodded, stopped talking about this topic, and turned his gaze to the TV screen.

At this time, the program was introducing a new type of solar panel, and Dr. Agasa also looked over, but was obviously still immersed in excitement.

After a while, the doctor seemed to suddenly remember something and took the initiative to ask: "By the way, Mr. Shen, I heard from Conan that your new professor is in place? How are you doing recently? How is the progress of the new project?" Dr. Agasa now feels that Shen Yuan, who has lost three mentors and changed projects four times, is a bit unlucky.

Shen Yuan smiled helplessly, "I think my new advisor... must have heard about my story at school!" His tone was a bit self-deprecating, "Besides me, he also has a transfer graduate student under him.

But that student took a leave of absence due to family matters…” Yuan shrugged, “Then my advisor said that since all the students were not here, we should hold off on the project until that student returns to school!”

"Ah...Is that so..." Dr. Agasa laughed awkwardly and thought to himself: This professor is also very careful about his life...He actually came up with such an excuse to delay.

Dr. Agasa coughed lightly and changed the subject: "Come to think of it, Mr. Okiya is also a new graduate student transferred to the University of Tokyo, and he is also an engineering graduate student!" Shen Yuan showed a look of complete ignorance: "I heard Yuanzi say that Mr. Okiya transferred from the United States before, and I didn't know he was also a graduate student in engineering.

That's quite fate.

Does Dr. Agasa know why Mr. Okiya transferred to the University of Tokyo?"

"Mr. Shen, are you interested in me?" A voice as gentle as jade suddenly sounded behind Shen Yuan.

The sound was like a spring breeze blowing across the strings of a piano, yet it still had a deep masculine quality.

Shen Yuan turned his head and saw that Subaru Okiya was standing one step behind him. His eyes behind the lenses were slightly curved, and there was a signature gentle smile on the corner of his mouth.

Shen Yuan looked calm, "Dr. Agasa just told me that Mr. Okiya is a graduate student who transferred from the United States, and he's an engineering major!" He shrugged and said in a relaxed tone, "I'm just curious why Mr. Okiya, who was studying well in the United States, transferred to Japan.

After all, American knowledge is more cutting-edge, right?" Okiya Subaru slowly walked to the single sofa next to Shen Yuan and sat down, his beige turtleneck sweater slightly wrinkled with the movement.

He pushed up his glasses, the light reflected from the lenses briefly obscuring his eyes. "Actually, my late father was Japanese!" His voice was still gentle, but with a touch of deliberate nostalgia. "I just wanted to go back to my father's hometown to take a look!" Shen Yuan nodded. "Then who was Mr. Okiya's mentor?"

"Actually, I've only just arrived in Japan not long ago!" Subaru Okiya sighed slightly, and spoke with a hint of helplessness, "Before, the apartment I lived in burned down, and some property was damaged. Now I'm temporarily living next door!" He raised his head, and the eyes behind the lenses were still gentle. "And there are still many things that haven't been dealt with, so I haven't been to school for the time being, and I'm not quite sure about my tutor's arrangements!" Shen Yuan suddenly looked up and down at Subaru Okiya with a weird look, then turned to look at Dr. Agasa.