Time is a fleeting thing.
Before we knew it, it was noon.
After finishing lunch and cleaning up the kitchen together, the group left the office.
Less than five minutes after leaving the office, the group noticed that the light rain that had been falling when they left had begun to stop, and even the sky had brightened considerably.
After walking for another five minutes, the rain that had been falling all night and all morning finally stopped.
The sky after the rain looked even bluer and purer, with white clouds lazily drifting slowly across the azure expanse, and the warm, gentle sunlight dispelling the chill from the group.
The moment they saw the sunlight, Ran and Kazuha unconsciously smiled, while Ai didn't react at all.
For some people, the weather can affect their mood to some extent.
For example, on rainy days, as they walk in the rain with their umbrellas, they feel as gloomy and overcast as the sky.
For example, on a sunny day, when they bask in the sunlight, their smiles seem to become even brighter at that moment.
But for Ai, she doesn't care how the weather changes, because the ray of sunshine in her heart is always by her side.
Turning her head to look at her "sunshine," Guangyou was in the corner shaking off the excess water from her umbrella before folding it up.
"Ai, take this umbrella." Kōyū handed the folded umbrella to Ai and said, "I don't know if there will be any more this afternoon, so take this umbrella with you, just in case."
"Okay." Ai took the umbrella and nodded.
"Why is it taking so long for Xiaolan's teru teru bozu (a Japanese doll) to work?"
Looking up at the now clear sky, Kazuha turned to Ran and teased softly, "Maybe it's because you were praying for Conan this time that the teru teru bozu (sunny doll) took so long to work."
Upon hearing this, Xiaolan blushed slightly, though the blush wasn't very noticeable in the sunlight.
Actually, she didn't know if this was the reason why the Teru Teru Bozu (a type of Japanese doll) stopped working.
Because when she prayed for good weather last night, she couldn't find the feeling she had when praying for Shinichi.
She simply hoped that tomorrow would be a good day so that Conan could go on his hike smoothly, nothing more.
"Kazuha! How could it be for such a reason!" Ran whispered in Kazuha's ear, her voice low. "Don't talk nonsense."
In fact, Xiaolan also knows that the Teru Teru Bozu (sunny doll) is just a symbol of people's good wishes, and it is normal for it to fail.
The reason she believed so much in this teru teru bozu (a Japanese doll symbolizing good weather) was because, over the past few years, her success rate in praying for good weather for Shinichi was 100%.
Perhaps it was because she had put a tag representing Shinichi's number 10 jersey on the back of the teru teru bozu that her prayers for Conan didn't go very well.
"But it's no use the clearing up now." Kazuha glanced at the time and sighed. "Conan's field trip is definitely off."
Hattori Heiji, who was standing to the side, broke out in a cold sweat.
She subconsciously glanced at Guangyou out of the corner of her eye.
Noticing the gaze, Kōyū glanced in Hattori Heiji's direction.
Seeing the latter's somewhat strange expression, Guangyou smiled and made a gesture of reaching his hand upwards.
"That's such a pity." Hattori Heiji quickly shifted his gaze to the car driving by and said somewhat guiltily.
Conan, who had witnessed the entire scene, raised an eyebrow, revealing his signature crescent-shaped eyes, and his lips twitched slightly.
He suspected this guy in the morning, and he never expected it to actually be him.
Walking up to Heiji Hattori, Conan said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Hey, Hattori, you'd better watch out. You'll get what's coming to you for doing this."
"Conan, what are you talking about?" Heiji Hattori chuckled twice, still not admitting it directly, and pretended not to understand, saying, "That arsonist will definitely get his comeuppance, don't worry."
"Heh..." Conan chuckled coldly.
"Then we'll go shopping first." Ran skipped the topic of the teru teru bozu (a type of Japanese doll), looked at Conan, and reminded him again, "Conan, don't cause your dad any trouble, okay?"
"Okay!" Conan replied with a smile.
"Heiji and Uncle, do your best in your detective work." Kazuha waved goodbye to the others, "We'll be going now."
As the others said their goodbyes, Ai looked at Kousuke standing in front of her and said softly, "Good luck, I'm leaving now."
"Hmm...right." Kōyū suddenly remembered something, reached into his pocket, took out a bank card, handed it to Ai, and said softly, "If you see something you like, bring it back for me to see."
He didn't mention money, or even the word "buy," because he didn't want Ai to worry too much about money.
Although the money in her card has shrunk by more than half due to the purchase of property, the remaining money is still enough for Ai to go shopping.
Even if you go to buy luxury goods, it's more than enough.
However, Mitsuyu knew very well that Ai would never waste money; on the contrary, she would definitely save him money.
Taking the bank card from Guangyou's hand, Ai nodded slowly and said softly, "I will."
After a brief farewell, Heiji Hattori forced himself to remain calm, bent down and gave Conan a smile that was less than a smile, and said, "Alright, Conan, let's go."
"Okay, let's go." Conan glanced at Heiji Hattori. Given the situation, he cooperated. If no one was around, he would definitely have gotten to the bottom of things.
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