Just as he was about to close his eyes and rest for a while, he suddenly heard Sonoko ask Ran:

"Xiaolan, what's wrong?"

"It seems like someone called me last night, but the phone number didn't show up." Xiaolan looked at the missed calls on her phone, somewhat puzzled.

Is it possible that he called?

Looking at the phone screen, a figure appeared in her mind.

When faced with similar situations, the first person that comes to mind is either a family member or someone you like or care about.

It was impossible for her to be with family; Uncle Mori was sitting right in front of her, and Eri Kisaki was still busy with a case at the law firm. The two of them had just exchanged text messages last night.

After eliminating these options one by one, the identity of the figure became obvious.

"A phone call?" Sonoko recalled for a moment and said, "I think there was a phone call when you went to wash up yesterday."

"I remember Conan answered that call."

"A phone call?" Conan remembered that Ran had indeed received a phone call last night when she went to wash up, but it was just a wrong number.

But Ran didn't know that after hearing Conan receive that phone call, she anxiously asked:

"Shinichi, was that call from Shinichi?"

"Huh?" Conan looked up at Ran, not quite understanding at first.

Without giving Conan time to react, Ran glanced at the expression on Conan's face and said:

"He's the one who hit you, isn't he?"

“Conan, your expression tells me that Shinichi made that call.”

"???" Conan reacted with a puzzled look on his face. His expression...?

He hadn't even realized what was happening, so where did that expression come from?

If we're talking about expressions, then the only one is a bewildered expression.

How did she read that meaning from that expression?

He wanted to shake his head and say no, but before he could even begin, he saw Xiaolan's cheeks flush slightly, and her tone revealed an undisguised anticipation. She asked:

"By the way, did Shinichi say anything to you?"

Conan paused for a moment when he saw Ran's expression.

...