The stars in the night sky were sparse, and the colorful lights of the city further obscured their faint glow.
The office still looks the same:
The office staff had long since finished dinner by now. Uncle Mori sat at the table, watching TV, occasionally taking a small sip of his beer.
When he sees something exciting, he will excitedly shout "Bravo!"
It seemed as if the person inside was him.
After Xiaolan finished cleaning up the kitchen, she went to her room to review her lessons.
With one hand injured, Conan can only read mystery novels in his room.
Entering the room, Kōyū leaned against the headboard, took out his phone, and sent Ai a text message saying "I've arrived."
Soon, he received Ai's reply:
"Good night."
"Good night."
After quickly composing the message, Guangyou pressed the send button.
Then, he put his phone next to his pillow, got up, grabbed some clothes, and left the room, intending to take a bath first.
Then get some rest.
I have to go to class tomorrow.
As a good student, he would never be late.
...
Looking back at Kōyū and Ai walking together behind her, Sonoko couldn't help but sigh:
"Their relationship is really good."
"It's really good." Xiaolan glanced back and nodded with a smile.
"If Guangyou weren't a bit too young, I might have taken the initiative to pursue him."
At this point, Sonoko sighed softly, as if she felt a sense of "I was born before you were born, and you were born after I had grown old."
After glancing at her quirky best friend, Xiaolan said in perfect unison:
"What a pity."
“Guangyou is already in a relationship, and they have a deep bond. You probably won’t be able to wait until he breaks up with his girlfriend.”
“That’s true.” Sonoko seemed to genuinely agree, and sighed earnestly again, “What a pity.”
Seeing her like this, Xiaolan stopped smiling and quickly asked:
"Sonoko, you're not serious, are you?"
Turning to look at Xiaolan, who was frowning, Sonoko said, feigning disappointment:
"certainly..."
The conversation suddenly shifted at that moment; she laughed and continued:
"Of course not."
"I thought you were serious." Xiaolan shook her head helplessly after hearing this.
"I already have A-Zhen, how could I possibly think that way?" Sonoko said with a grin, linking her arm with Ran's.
Unbeknownst to her, Sonoko had subtly displayed their affection, without even realizing it.
Then she added:
"However, if it were before I met A-Zhen, and if Guangyou were about the same age as me, I might actually have taken the initiative to pursue him."
She also recounted all the good qualities of Guangyou that she remembered.
"He's nice to girls, knows how to talk, being with him would definitely be fun, he's a great cook, he's skilled in physical combat, and I feel super safe with him..."
"And he's quite handsome."
"I'm sure I'll have no shortage of suitors in the future."
"That makes sense." Xiaolan thought about it carefully and nodded in agreement.
Guys like that are definitely attractive to girls.
"Oh, right, Ran." Sonoko suddenly remembered something, a mischievous smile appearing on her lips, and asked:
"If you had known Kousuke when you were a child, would you have liked Shinichi or Kousuke?"
"this..."
Xiaolan was caught off guard by the question. Her face flushed slightly, and after thinking for a moment, she answered seriously:
"It should still be Shinichi, right?"
"Although Mitsuyu is a good person, that's not why I like Shinichi."
I like him because...
He paused abruptly at this point.
At the same time, Xiaolan's cheeks also turned red.
She turned to look at Sonoko beside her, who was almost bursting out laughing. To avoid being overheard, she lowered her voice and said shyly:
"The garden!"
"You admitted it yourself, it has nothing to do with me." Sonoko said with a smile, but then added with regret.
"I wish I had recorded what you just said."
"I'm also curious to see how Shinichi will react after hearing Ran's heartfelt confession."
"Sonoko! Stop talking!" Xiaolan was also helpless. How did she accidentally fall into Sonoko's trap?
But what's done is done, there's nothing we can do about it.
Words spoken are like water spilled; they cannot be taken back.
She had no choice but to tell Sonoko not to tell Shinichi these things.
The reason was simple and convincing, and Sonoko readily agreed.
"I want Shinichi to say those things to me."
Sonoko was naturally happy about this, since she hadn't intended to tell Shinichi in the first place.
What they didn't expect was that Shinichi was walking right behind them.
Every word of these words reached Conan's ears.
Faced with such a heartfelt confession, he looked down at the ground, his cheeks flushed.
If this were presented in the style of a manga or anime, white smoke should be rising from the top of Conan's head at this moment.
"Hehe, did you hear that?" Kōyū walked up to Conan, a mischievous smile on his face. He nudged Conan lightly with his elbow and said:
"Xiao Lan is waiting for your heartfelt confession."
"How about I give you a temporary antidote later, and you confess your feelings to her first, and then we can talk about it later?"
"Or you could confess your feelings and then be honest with Xiaolan."
"I felt that was a good time to be honest, and Xiaolan shouldn't be too angry."
When this topic came up, although Conan's blush hadn't faded, it was clear that he was feeling a bit down.
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