Chapter 141: The Horse is Falling
The noise of Edogawa Conan leaving the house was very small, but Ran Maoli, who was not asleep, heard it clearly. She saw Conan open the door and leave through the crack in the door, and then quietly followed him.
She followed all the way and finally watched Conan walk into the house.
She didn't know how many times she had walked back and forth from the detective agency to Kudo's house, but never before had she felt such mixed emotions.
Conan's actions tonight have confirmed her guess, but she seemed to be torturing herself and was unwilling to leave, so she kept waiting outside.
The moon rose to its highest point and then gradually set. The evening breeze brought a chill to her body, taking away some of the warmth. Mao Lilan rubbed her arms gently, looked up at the moon, and waited quietly.
After an unknown amount of time, the door of Kudo's house finally opened.
Hearing the noise, she immediately hid in the shadows. She had wanted to stand in front of him and question him, but in the end, she began to back off.
Maybe I'm just afraid that my actions will embarrass him or make him dislike me.
Mao Lilan smiled bitterly in her heart.
"Do you want me to take you there?" A familiar voice came, and she could tell the owner of the voice without looking - it was her cousin Dong Yexi.
It turns out he also knew...
"No need. I can run back quickly." Edogawa Conan refused, and then the sound of running gradually faded away.
Subaru Okiya, who came out to see someone off, suddenly looked in a certain direction and patted Higashino Xi's shoulder.
"What's wrong?" Dong Yexi looked at him puzzledly.
Okiya Subaru didn't say anything, just pointed in a direction. Higashino Xi looked in the direction of his finger and saw the edge of a skirt.
Dong Yexi sighed slightly. He had been caught red-handed. He walked over slowly and whispered, "Do you want to go in and talk?" His voice was gentle, as if he was afraid to disturb her.
Mao Lilan shed silent tears, raised her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes, and shook her head: "No. I won't disturb you anymore."
Dong Yexi looked at her seriously and said, "How can it be a disturbance?"
Mao Lilan lowered her eyes: "You can't disrupt your plan because of me."
Dong Yexi chuckled after hearing this: "Is telling you the truth disrupting the plan?" He asked in return, "Will you tell these things to others?"
Mao Lilan shook her head quickly.
"That's all right. Besides, it's not as serious as you think." Dong Yexi stepped forward, patted her on the back and said, "Come in and drink some hot milk. You've been waiting outside for so long, don't catch a cold."
Mao Lilan sniffed and said, "No. I'm not cold." However, she no longer refused, but followed Higashino Xi's force and walked towards the house.
Hatori Yui stood at the door, waiting for the two to enter before closing it behind him. Subaru Okiya, who had entered earlier, was already heating milk in the kitchen. But this time, it wasn't just hot milk; he'd added a few pieces of chocolate and sugar to make hot cocoa, which tasted much better than the plain milk that Higashino and the others had been drinking.
"Thank you." Mao Lilan picked up the hot cocoa that was emitting a rich aroma and took a sip. The silky taste and sweetness of the chocolate made her feel a lot better.
Sweets can indeed heal the soul.
Seeing that she was calmer, Dong Yexi asked, "Is there anything you want to ask us?"
Mao Lilan held the cup, scratching it unconsciously with her fingers. After a long moment, she shook her head and said, "There's really nothing to ask. I can probably guess the truth. It's just that he was involved in the case. The only difference is that the criminal this time is very powerful, and he accidentally turned into a child, which doubles the difficulty. He might even be in danger of his life."
Shuichi Akai was a little surprised that she could analyze things so calmly. He had seen Ran Mouri cry several times and thought she was mentally fragile, but he didn't expect her to be quite strong at heart.
Dong Yexi nodded and said, "Well, it's not far from the truth."
Hearing his affirmative words, Mao Lilan was silent for a moment and said, "I'm sorry to have troubled you tonight."
Dong Yexi looked at her in surprise: "Where? Where did you cause trouble?" He touched his chin and said, "If anyone really caused trouble, it must be Kudo Shinichi!"
Mao Lilan was stunned and looked up at him with a confused expression.
Higashino snorted coldly, "Kudo Shinichi, that guy, clearly had his suspicions about the criminals, yet he secretly followed them. When he was discovered, he was knocked unconscious with a club and then poisoned. Isn't that causing trouble? He's clearly turned into a child, yet he's still trying every possible way to run to the crime scene. Even his short legs can't slow him down. Isn't that causing trouble? He's clearly in danger, but he's holding it in, wanting to take on everything himself and stand out. Isn't that causing trouble? He's clearly a minor, yet he's meddling in the affairs of various forces, trying to be the boss and lead their actions. Isn't that causing trouble? The trouble he's caused us can't be told in three days and three nights!"
Hatori Yuiichi & Okiya Subaru: ...Aren't you praising him?
Mao Lilan was stunned. She could hear Shinichi's difficulties from Higashino Xi's words, and she felt distressed but also a little proud. Even though he had become a child, he was still the outstanding high school detective.
"If you ask me, he should have told you his identity a long time ago. He would have broken your heart sooner or later anyway, and he made you wait so long for nothing."
Mao Lilan shook her head slightly. "If he had said it too soon, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to act well enough to help him conceal his identity." She smiled slightly. "But he did underestimate my ability to bear it."
She looked at Dong Yexi, her eyes becoming firm: "Cousin, Senior Hatori, Mr. Okiya, please keep what happened tonight a secret for me."
The three of them nodded in unison.
Mao Lilan drank the hot cocoa in her hand, stood up and said, "Thank you for your hospitality." Then she turned and left.
She clenched her fists and had a firm idea in her mind.
Since Shinichi is in such a dangerous situation now, then, at least when he is with her, she will do everything she can to protect him.
Mao Lilan has never been a weak woman who only knows how to wait.
"It's a little unexpected." Subaru Okiya pushed his glasses and said.
"What's so surprising?" Dong Yexi looked at him puzzledly. "Her parents, her aunt, and her cousin, which one of them is a weak and vulnerable person?"
Subaru Okiya gave him a look that was hard to describe. He realized that Higashino Xi always liked to praise himself in a roundabout way, and he was really thick-skinned.
To prevent Higashino Hiroshi from finding another opportunity to brag, Okiya Subaru changed the subject: "By the way, now that everyone else has left, I have one more question for Hatori." He looked at Hatori Yuiichi and asked, "Who was that person on the rooftop that day?"
Hatori Yui sighed. He still couldn't escape his interrogation.
He said: "He is actually my brother who grew up in the same place as me. I don't know what he is doing now."
Okiya Subaru frowned in thought, then said, "I feel his attitude towards you is a little ambiguous. If possible, can you persuade him to rebel?"
Dong Yexi felt a little uncomfortable when he heard the word "ambiguous" and said, "Can't you use 'vague'?"
Okiya Subaru: ...What's the point of fussing over this? Aren't they all the same thing?
Hatori Yui shook his head and said, "It's too dangerous. I can't guarantee that he will help me. I also don't know what he thinks of the organization. In fact, if I hadn't met Senpai, I wouldn't have had the heart to rebel against the organization at all."
Dong Yexi was shocked when he heard this.
What is this? This is Hatori's only confession of deep affection!
He immediately snuggled up to Hatori Yuiichi with a look of emotion on his face.
Subaru Okiya was still considering the feasibility of rebellion, when he turned around and saw the two of them leaning against each other.
"...It's getting late, you should go back early." It was the first time that Higashino Hiroshi could make Subaru Okiya, who always gave people face, ask someone to leave.
Higashino Hiroshi didn't notice at all, he still thought Okiya Subaru was in the way. And it was really late.
However, going back so late would disturb Hatori Shizueji, so Higashino Xi thought about it and directly booked a room in a nearby hotel.
"It's already early morning. I don't know how long I'll have to stay up when I get home. I might as well find a place to sleep nearby." He said seriously.
What else could Hatori Yui do? Of course, she stayed with him.
So the two of them spent the night in the hotel. However, due to lack of preparation, they simply slept.
Dong Yexi felt quite regretful.
It's not good to be too honest.
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After the script-killing game ended, Toru Amuro returned home alone, made himself a sumptuous dinner, and then leaned against the head of the bed to read a book.
Today is a rare day off for him recently.
Ever since being assigned to Gin's staff, he'd come to appreciate Gin's devotion to the organization. He'd been so busy these days, even sleeping felt like a sin, and even he, a tough guy who'd been working four jobs year-round, was finding it a bit too much.
However, Gin gave him a few days off because he had completed his mission very well, so he was free to participate in the game.
After flipping through a few pages, Amuro Toru felt a little sleepy. He had never slept at this time before, which showed that he was really tired recently.
He had just put the book down when his phone started to buzz. He picked it up and saw it was about the police.
Amuro Toru sighed slightly, then threw off the covers, got out of bed, opened his laptop, and began to work. This busy work lasted another two hours.
When he lay down on the bed again, he felt a throbbing pain in his temples.
He raised his hands and rubbed them, then quickly fell asleep.
When he opened his eyes the next day, Toru Amuro felt refreshed again.
He was leisurely eating breakfast when he found that Edogawa Conan had sent him a message. It seemed that he had slept soundly at the last moment and was not woken up by the notification sound.
When I clicked it, I saw that his chewing movements slowed down.
Conan Edogawa said that he went to see Shuichi Akai and asked him if he wanted to come.
Amuro Toru glanced at the time on the message and frowned. What was there to discuss so late at night?
He stroked his chin and thought for a while, feeling that he seemed to have missed something very important.
Tsk, the FBI has no cooperation at all and is even doing something behind his back.
If Akai Shuichi knew what Amuro Toru was thinking, even the best-tempered one would have started cursing. Who's been hiding this? Who's lacking a cooperative spirit?!
Amuro Toru thought for a moment, cleared the table, and headed out. He needed to talk to Conan and hear what the FBI had told him. It just so happened that he'd been exposed to a lot of things lately, and he had some intelligence to share with him.
Now, let's see who dares to say he is unwilling to share information. Hum╭(╯^╰)╮
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