After saying that, Conan pulled Ran into the villa.
Ran remembered the bandaged man from earlier and asked him about it, but Sonoko hadn't seen him. She just said a few words and told everyone to go upstairs to their rooms to put their luggage away.
After Xiaolan went upstairs, she saw so many rooms on the second floor and had no idea which one was hers, so she didn't knock on the door.
Upon opening the door, I was greeted by a boy changing clothes without any clothes on. After going back and forth like this three times, I finally found the right room.
Guangyou couldn't help but complain: Why didn't you knock? Why are three people changing clothes? Damn it! If it were a woman, it would be fine, but three grown men! Excuse me!
After putting their luggage away, the group went downstairs to the lobby, sat at a table, and chatted. Guangyou paid no attention to the other people, only focusing on the snacks on the table. He drooled and secretly took a few to eat.
While eating, Sonoko introduced the remaining five people. Starting next to Ran, they were Masaru Ota, Hiroki Kakutani, Ryoichi Takahashi, Sonoko's older sister, Ayako Suzuki, and Chikako Ikeda.
Upon hearing the name Chikako Ikeda, Ran exclaimed "Eh!" and asked curiously, "You wouldn't happen to be Chikako Ikeda, the actress who wrote the script for the TV drama 'Blue Kingdom' that's currently airing on TV, would you?!"
Ayako, Sonoko's older sister, said, "That's right, it is indeed her work from her student days, and now it finally has the opportunity to be revealed to the world!"
Chikako said shyly, "Let's not talk about the past, okay?"
Upon hearing this, Kōyū looked up and saw a hint of resentment in Takahashi Ryōichi's eyes, which made Kōyū somewhat wary of Takahashi Ryōichi.
Ayako was happy to see everyone chatting and said, "It's so nice to be together. It reminds me of those old times." But then she lowered her head again, "And Atsuko, if that thing hadn't happened, she would be here today too!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed, with Takahashi Ryoichi and Chikako showing the most obvious changes.
Chika slammed her hand on the table and said excitedly, "Please stop mentioning Atsuko, okay?"
Realizing that she might have lost her composure, she pretended not to care and said, "I finally managed to squeeze in some time from my busy schedule to come here, and I don't want to talk about someone who died two years ago."
Kōyū felt the reaction was too much and said to Conan, "Conan-kun, something seems off here! Be careful, something might be going to happen!"
Conan nodded, keeping a watchful eye on things.
Upon hearing this, Ota Masaru scoffed, "When people become famous, their tone of voice changes."
Seeing that a fight seemed imminent, Ayako quickly stepped in to ease the tension, saying, "I'll go make dinner now, everyone go and rest."
Takahashi left first under the pretext of repairing the roof. Afterwards, among the remaining people, Hiroki suggested playing cards.
However, Chikako wasn't really interested and casually said she was going for a walk before leaving the villa.
Unfortunately, the weather turned bad, and it started raining immediately. Looking at the rain outside the window, Xiaolan felt very sorry that she couldn't go to admire the maple leaves.
At this moment, Sonoko leaned over to Ran, pointed at Ota Katsumi, and said, "Ran, what do you think of that guy? He looks handsome and a bit cool, which is my type."
At that moment, Ota Katsu noticed the group of people talking and walked up to them: "How about we go for a walk outside together?"
Sonoko thought they were talking about her and hurriedly tried to agree, but Ota Masaru walked past Sonoko, stood in front of Ran, and suddenly pinned Ran against the wall: "Anyway, you don't have anything to do, and isn't it more romantic to take a walk in the rain?"
Xiaolan wanted to refuse, but Ota Masaru didn't give her a chance. He grabbed Xiaolan's hand and ran outside.
Mitsuhiro could see a hint of jealousy on Sonoko and Conan's faces, and flames seemed to ignite behind them.
When Guangyou saw this, he covered his mouth and chuckled, but didn't pay it any mind. He walked to the table and continued to devour the desserts on it.
Conan and Sonoko couldn't resist any longer and ran out with Ran.
Guangyou turned to look at the two people who had left, and shook his head: Jealous people are really scary.
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