Just as the three little ones were chattering around the fishing rod, Ai finally came out of the villa. She had changed into a casual outfit, simple yet stylish, with her short brown hair neatly combed and her usual indifferent expression back on her face.
He reverted to his calm and composed demeanor, like a little adult.
"Why are you here?"
She had her hands in her pockets and spoke calmly.
"Ai!" Ayumi ran over excitedly and grabbed her hand as soon as she saw her. "We've discovered a mysterious incident!"
Mitsuhiko immediately opened his notebook and began to explain in a serious tone: "Based on our observations over the past few days, the fountain in Beika Park produces strange flashes of light precisely at 3:15 PM every day, and each flash lasts for about thirty seconds..."
As Ai listened to their description, she frowned slightly: "Could it be sunlight refraction? Or did someone throw something reflective in there? Both of these could cause the flash phenomenon."
"Impossible!" Genta said confidently. "I saw with my own eyes that the light was coming from the water itself! Just like... just like..."
"Like the radiance of a treasure!"
Ayumi took over the conversation, her eyes sparkling.
Children are like that; they are always full of endless imagination. They like to imagine things they don't understand as mysterious and precious treasures in stories, adding a lot of wonderful color to their ordinary lives.
Yuzuru listened with great interest, then suddenly suggested, "Why don't we go take a look together? We don't have anything else to do today anyway."
"Really?" The three little ones looked at him in surprise.
Ai gave him a warning look, but Yuusuke pretended not to see it, slowly got up, and stretched: "Let's go, the sooner we go, the sooner we'll be back."
With him speaking up, Ai couldn't very well refuse.
One adult and four children made their way to Mihua Park.
Unsurprisingly, they found an abandoned pocket watch under the fountain, discarded by someone. The strange flashes were simply light refracted from the small mirror on the watch when it was exposed to direct sunlight.
"What? It's just a broken pocket watch..." Genta muttered in disappointment, kicking a pebble by the fountain and his face fell.
Mitsuhiko slammed his notebook shut, dejected. "I thought I was going to discover some major case..."
Ayumi quickly cheered up and examined the rusty pocket watch closely: "This might be very important evidence! Look, there seem to be words engraved inside..."
Ai took the pocket watch, glanced at it, a knowing look flashing in her eyes, and said calmly, "It's just an ordinary couple's pocket watch. The production date is... twenty years ago."
Seeing the three dejected kids, Yu Sheng Nan replied to a message, put away his phone, and clapped his hands with a smile, "Don't be discouraged. At least you found a historical artifact. Someone wants to invite us to a fun place. Do you want to go?"
"Really?"
"I want to go! I want to go!"
"Brother Yuzuru, I want to go too."
The three little ones instantly forgot their worries and beamed with joy.
Ai looked at Yuzuru suspiciously: "Who?"
Yuzuru winked mysteriously: "You'll know when we get there."
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Half an hour later.
A red Alfa Romeo GT drove out of Beika Town.
The license plate is Shinjuku 300ち12-08.
"A 2958cc, 220 horsepower, V6, 24-valve, DOHC engine is installed..."
A voice, belonging to someone who was sitting in the back row, rang out.
He recited all the parameters of the car as if he knew them by heart.
Sitting in the driver's seat, Yukiko skillfully controlled the steering wheel, her mood noticeably better than usual, occasionally letting out a cheer.
She was wearing a bright red sweater today.
It complements the car body perfectly.
Her stunning face was adorned with a radiant smile, her skin was fair and delicate, and her eyes were lively and playful. She didn't look like a woman who had been married and had children at all; she exuded a youthful charm.
It's as if time hasn't left many marks on her; she remains as dazzling as the star she once was on the screen.
Yuzuru sat in the passenger seat, holding Ai in his arms.
Ai seemed to have gotten used to this close contact, quietly leaning against him, occasionally glancing at the scenery outside the car window.
Yu Sheng Nan noticed that a certain great detective, who was squeezed among a group of children in the back row, kept glancing at him with obvious scrutiny and suspicion, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
My dear sister just messaged me to ask what he's doing.
Upon learning that he was with a group of children, she cheerfully invited them to visit the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art and pick up the film she had shot for an advertisement a few days earlier.
Yes, this is an advertisement for Nan Yuan Creative Dumpling Shop.
The previous one was to pay off Conan's debt, and it just so happened to be the stop before Yukiko's comeback.
After all, she is a former international film queen.
Although it has been almost 20 years since he stopped acting.
But with the popularity she accumulated back then and her still outstanding temperament, she is more than qualified to be the spokesperson for a dumpling shop.
"Sigh, are there no other cars available for rent?" Conan sat in the back seat, complaining about his mother's taste while making no attempt to hide his sharp gaze at the figure in the passenger seat.
He was just at Professor Agasa's house with his best friend.
Suddenly, he heard the familiar voices of three little ones outside, and out of curiosity, he peeked out the window.
This was quite a surprise. He saw his mother smiling broadly at his own doorstep, affectionately linking arms with his biggest rival, Yuzuru Hanyu, and the two of them getting into the same car.
The detective's intuition gave him a bad feeling.
So he immediately ran out and managed to get on the bus.
He needed to figure out when his mother and Yuzuru Hanyu became so close, and what unspeakable secrets were hidden behind it.
Thinking this, Conan's gaze toward Yuzuru became even sharper.
Yukiko, who was driving, raised an eyebrow when she heard her son's complaint. She snorted and said with a hint of arrogance and pride, "What do you mean rented? I bought this myself!"
"What?" Conan exclaimed in surprise, "Where did you get the money?"
Didn't you say that you lost all the family's money because of that guy Yuzuru Nan the last two times, and even sold your house to him? How come Mom still has money to buy a car?
Didn't the old man run out of gold coins?
Yukiko then realized that she had said the wrong thing.
You can't exactly tell Conan that your mom paid off her debts the first two times by being stuffed into cream puffs by your biggest enemy, can you?
Yes, she probably really said that.
His own foolish son would immediately go after his bad brother and fight him to the death.
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