What does it feel like to be by the side of someone you love, to see her cry, but not be able to be there for her as she truly is.
Sadness, discomfort, heartache...
All kinds of emotions mixed together, blending into a mood that even the person himself doesn't know how to deal with.
The only thing I know is.
My heart hurts.
"If Conan was Shinichi...that would be great." Hearing Conan's comfort, Xiaolan smiled at Conan with tears in her eyes.
The scene before him instantly broke Conan's inner defenses. At this moment, Conan felt a strong urge, and the words to reveal his identity were almost on the tip of his tongue.
But thinking of the ruthlessness of the people in the Black Organization, Conan still forced himself to hold back for the sake of Xiaolan's safety.
"Don't be sad, Sister Xiaolan!"
At this moment, Conan looked at Xiaolan as if a flash of inspiration came to him and said, "I can guarantee that Shinichi-nii has never changed his mind!"
"kindness?"
Looking at the puzzled Xiaolan, Conan pulled Xiaolan to squat down, leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Keep it a secret from Shinichi-san.
Actually…there was a reason why Shinichi-san asked Ran-san to meet him at the Lookout Restaurant in the Beika Central Building that day.”
"Huh?" Xiaolan's attention was drawn to Conan's words. She asked in confusion, "What's the reason?"
"Actually...that day at the Observation Restaurant in the Beika Central Building..."
Conan had just said half of his words when Xiaolan's cheeks turned red. At this moment, Xiaolan remembered the scene when Shinichi confessed to her. The shyness in her heart surged up, immediately dispelling the sadness in her heart.
"He...that...Conan...what on earth do you want to say?" Xiaolan said incoherently: "Shin-Shinichi..."
"Actually...after that day, Shinichi-nii's reaction has been a little strange!" Conan whispered, suppressing his inner shyness.
"The reaction is a bit strange?" Xiaolan looked a little nervous after hearing Conan's words, "How did he react..."
"I'm just a little worried..." Conan stammered awkwardly, "Ever since that day, Shinichi-san has always asked me, Xiaolan-san, what's your reaction..."
"Eh? Reaction?" Xiaolan stuttered when she heard this: "What...reaction..."
"Just, how are you feeling, Xiaolan? How do you react when you mention Shinichi-nii?"
Conan made an innocent expression and said, "Brother Shinichi has been asking this question for a while now, and he seems to be very confused.
Although I don't know what happened between you and Xiaolan, but Shinichi really cares about you, he's just embarrassed... so he said it through me...
So, I think Shinichi-nii's feelings have never changed."
"Really... So, it's in a place I don't know..." Xiaolan smiled, and a bright smile suddenly appeared on her tearful face.
At this moment, Conan looked at Xiaolan's bright smiling face and was unconsciously a little distracted.
"Humph, you little spy." Xiaolan pinched Conan's face and pretended to be vicious and said, "Next time, remember to tell me his news, too. Do you hear me?"
"I'm squeezed...in the way..." Conan, whose face was pinched, said incoherently.
"We have to hurry." Xiaolan looked at Tang Ze's receding figure, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and pulled Conan and said, "Detective Tang Ze is waiting for us in front."
As she said that, Xiaolan pulled Conan, who was still in a daze and was lost in the beautiful smile of his lover, and ran towards Tang Ze who was standing in front of him.
But when the two got closer, she found out that Tang Ze was not just waiting for her, but had met a man.
The two men were not far apart. The man was holding a cigarette and wearing a black knitted hat. His dark green eyes were staring at Tang Ze with captivating sharpness.
The moment Conan saw the man in front of him, his pupils trembled violently, and he couldn't even hide the horror on his face.
At this moment, Conan reflexively blocked Xiaolan behind him.
"Well, I didn't expect to see you again." Tang Ze looked at Akai Shuichi and smiled slightly, "What a coincidence."
"It's quite a coincidence."
Akai Hideya nodded, then turned to look at Xiaolan who was protected by Conan behind her: "You are crying again... Why are you always crying..."
"Crying again? Always?"
Hearing the words of the stern-faced man in front of him, Conan was confused.
However, Xiaolan reached out to wipe away the remaining tears from the corners of her eyes and asked angrily, "Is it not possible?"
Looking at Xiaolan's slightly unfriendly tone, Conan was confused. He didn't understand the situation and was completely confused.
But when he saw Tang Ze, Conan's anxiety caused by his confusion eased a little.
"No…"
Akai Shuichi was not angry at what Xiaolan said, but walked calmly past Tangze and came to Xiaolan, "I just remembered... a woman who looked very similar to you...
Always pretending to be strong and calm, then hiding in the dark and crying...
She’s a very stupid woman…”
After saying that, Akai Shuichi didn't wait for Xiaolan to express her shame and anger, and walked straight forward, finally walking into the phone booth.
After the other person left, Conan quickly pointed to the phone booth not far away and said, "Sister Xiaolan, do you know that man just now?"
"Well... I met him before when Shinichi and I went to New York..."
Xiaolan nodded and said, "When I was waiting for Shinichi in an abandoned apartment, he came up to me with long hair and asked me, 'Have you seen a Japanese guy with silver hair and a stubbled face?'"
Could it be the abandoned apartment where the murderer once hid?!
When Conan heard what Xiaolan said, his expression changed drastically and he thought of a lot of things in an instant.
"But I don't think he's a suspicious person..."
Seeing Conan's expression change drastically, Xiaolan thought that Shinichi had told Conan about his experience in New York, so she looked at the puzzled Conan and explained, "Because at that time he asked me to leave quickly and said it was very dangerous here.
Afterwards, I saw him walking away with a man wearing an "FBI" jacket..."
"FBI?"
After hearing the news, Conan suddenly turned around and looked at the phone booth with an incredible look on his face. He didn't know why FBI people appeared in Neon.
Conan's mind was in a mess at the moment. He had interacted with the other party several times before. He had always suspected that the other party was a member of the Black Organization, but he did not expect that the other party's true identity was actually the FBI.
But the next moment, he became suspicious of this information and suspected that he was not the FBI.
Because the murderer at that time seemed to be committing suicide, but it was actually a homicide disguised as suicide.
If the FBI was hanging around the abandoned apartment, it's unlikely they didn't notice.
Moreover, in the case of the bus hijacking, the other party was also on the bus, and Haibara also said that there was the "smell" of the organization members on the bus at that time.
The thoughts that came one after another made Conan fall into deep thought.
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