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Morofushi Jingguang came to the supermarket again. He knew that Noel would be back tonight, and with the kid's appetite, the vegetables in the refrigerator were far from enough, so he needed to do a lot of shopping today.

"Xiao Guang!" The girl, who was still wearing her high school uniform, brightened up and ran over holding Conan in her hand.

"Hello, Sister Mori," said Morobushi Kagemitsu politely, "and little brother Conan."

Obviously, the two people were Ran Mouri and Conan Edogawa whom I met yesterday.

"Hello, Brother Natsukawa." Obviously, Conan was much more proficient this time and could barely accept calling someone younger than him (much older) "brother".

"What is this?" Xiaolan asked subconsciously as she looked at the boy's shopping cart which was almost full of food.

"My brother is back today, and I want to make more delicious food for him." Zhu Fu Jingguang said without hiding it, but he saw that Xiaolan's eyes were full of worry.

"Are you alone?"

"Hmm..." Morofu Jingguang had already realized the problem and said helplessly, he almost forgot that he was just a junior high school student and it seemed difficult to buy such things by himself.

"But you bought too much. Can you take it back?" Obviously, Xiaolan was really worried about this.

"It's okay. My brother has a big appetite." Zhu Fujingguang couldn't find any other excuse and could only say this for now.

"Didn't you and your brother come back on the same day?" Conan couldn't help but ask. He noticed that Jingguang said he would come back today instead of in the evening, and realized that his brother should not have been at home before. Combined with Jingguang's appearance yesterday, it is possible that they returned on different dates.

Zhu Fu Jingguang was shocked in his heart, and he was impressed by the child's sharpness. However, he looked sad and lowered his eyes according to his personality. He said, "He needs to deal with some issues concerning his parents in the United States."

Conan, who had already deduced that the other party's parents were dead, stopped talking. No matter how low his EQ was, he knew that he didn't like to talk about such things.

"No, my brother is also trying hard to take care of me. It's very hard." Morofushi Jingguang smiled and said, but in the eyes of Xiaolan and Conan, this smile made their conscience hurt even more, even though they did nothing wrong.

Morofushi Jingguang also knew that in the eyes of others, it was inappropriate for Noel to let a junior high school student like him buy groceries and cook by himself, so he quickly explained to help save his image:

"My brother often accompanies me to buy groceries. This time I wanted to give him a surprise."

This is indeed true. When Noel was in the United States, he would stick to Xiaoguang as Xiachuan Kong whenever he had time. He wanted to follow him to the vegetable market every day. He was not worried at all about meeting Bourbon, who had seen his true face. After all, Bourbon's mission did not require them to go to the vegetable market. It didn't matter even if they did meet him. Noel was prepared.

However, after all, three years ago, Xiaolan had met Morobushi Jingguang buying vegetables alone, so she was skeptical about this statement and felt that the other person's brother was somewhat unreliable.

"You bought too many things. Let me take you back."

Morofushi Jingguang was a little surprised, but looking at the girl's firm and gentle eyes, he couldn't help but sigh that he had seen so much darkness in the organization that he almost forgot that there was so much kindness.

"But Sister Maori, you also need to go back as soon as possible." Morofushi Jingguang looked at the dishes in the girl's hands. Obviously, she also shouldered the important responsibility of cooking for her family.

"Indeed..." Mao Lilan thought for a moment, took out her pink cell phone and made a call.

"Dad, I'll be home late tonight. You should find something to eat first." She hung up the phone without further explanation, which surprised Conan.

"Uncle?"

"Don't worry, Conan, Dad is fine."

That's right. Conan then realized that although Xiaolan's parents were not divorced, they were separated. Although Xiaolan was the one cooking in her memory, the uncle would not let Xiaolan starve to death if she didn't cook.

"Then let's go." Xiaolan reached out to help pick up the dishes and said with a small smile.

It seemed that he couldn't refuse. Zhufu Jingguang thought that he had indeed bought too many things this time and was a little careless.

As for taking the two people home, there was no problem at all. After all, the identities of the Xiachuan brothers were very perfect, and everything in the house was normal except Noel's underground playroom.

So the three of them set out on their journey home together.

“Is it farther than I thought?”

The three of them were sitting on the bus. Xiaolan was a little surprised when she heard the stop that Morobushi Jingguang mentioned.

"After all, there shouldn't be any shopping malls near where Brother Natsukawa lives." Conan Edogawa determined the location of Natsukawa's house and spoke.

"Conan, how did you know?" This was asked by Morobushi Kagemitsu. He discovered Conan's extraordinary intelligence, although he did not think about it in terms of increasing or decreasing it. After all, there was the precedent of Hiroki. He was very accepting of geniuses, so he just asked out of curiosity.

"I remember the map of Tokyo!" Conan said proudly, and then he heard Xiaolan beside him suddenly say:

"This is also very similar to Shinichi."

Edogawa Conan froze for a moment, and his expression was almost out of control, so Morobushi Kagemitsu simply changed the subject and asked:

"Shinichi, you mean the high school detective Kudo Shinichi?"

"Well, he is my childhood sweetheart, but he is investigating a case recently." Xiaolan said with a smile, but her tone was a little worried.

"Well," Zhu Fu Jingguang saw that the girl looked a little lonely and didn't ask any more questions.

More than ten minutes later, the three of them stopped at the door of Xia Chuan's house.

"It's right here." Zhu Fujingguang opened the door skillfully. He just glanced at the garage and found that Noel had not returned yet.

"Wow, it's so big." Conan Edogawa looked around. The home decoration style was very warm, but there were obviously only traces of two people living there. It seemed that his guess was true.

Morofushi Jingguang also quickly brought the juice, thought for a moment and asked:

"Mori-sister, Conan, can I invite you to have dinner here?"

Morobushi Kagemitsu also thought for a long time before inviting Dao. On the one hand, the social relationship between the Xiachuan brothers was too simple and not very suitable. On the other hand, he really wanted Noel to make some friends. Just based on Xiachuan Kong's identity,

Xiaolan did not refuse. Although she was polite, she was not overly stubborn. Especially since Xiaoguang was such a sensible child that it was heartbreaking, she still wanted to meet his brother.

Conan naturally would not refuse. He had already observed the living room environment and wanted to meet the other party's brother.

"I'll tell my brother. He'll be very happy."

Hearing this, Zhu Fu Jingguang smiled and called Noel.

"Hey, brother."

Morobushi Kagemitsu usually calls him brother when there are other people around. Noel is well aware of this and follows suit and listens to him quietly.

"Can I invite two guests to dinner tonight?"

"Guest, OK." Noel would certainly not refuse to make the Xiachuan brothers' identities more complete, which would facilitate his later plans.

"It was my sister whom I met in the supermarket. She helped me take the ingredients home." Morofushi Jingguang briefly explained the situation. Noel's reply made him realize that there were outsiders on the other side, so he shouldn't say more.

"OK."

Noel hung up the phone without saying a few words and turned to look at the person at his feet.

"Lord Grappa..." The man lying at his feet had a painful expression on his face, his legs bleeding profusely as he fell to the ground. This was in the corner of the training ground in the organization's base. Someone passed by but no one said anything. One reason was that the organization had always been a place where the strong preyed on the weak, and the other was that the person facing him was Grappa.

"I was wrong, please..." The man lying on the ground was a low-level employee of a winery. Because he woke up the owner of the house while stealing, he killed someone to silence him and then fled to the organization. Just as he was wandering in front of Noel who had no sense of the situation, he was shot in the knee.

"You should be thankful that I have a gentle personality now and don't like killing people." In the other person's eyes, the man who had just hung up the phone suddenly became like a devil from hell. He was covered in bandages, and only his inorganic gray eyes could be seen. His cold tone was without any emotion, but the content of his words was so absurd.

After all, a broken knee means that you will have to lie in bed for the rest of your life. For someone whose real identity is wanted, this is definitely the most terrifying nightmare, but it can be said to be mild.

But he didn't dare complain, even so he still wanted to live.

He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the man turned and left, feeling fortunate that the phone call had diverted Grappa's attention and kept him alive. Even though he knew that the guest Grappa was referring to might very well be the person the other party was going to kill, he was still grateful.

His body was still shaking wildly and uncontrollably. He moved with difficulty and moved towards the infirmary. He knew that no one would come to help him. He also knew that the legendary Grappa was indeed a cruel lunatic.

Noel got into the car and stretched lazily, feeling grateful that he was finally off work and had the unexpected gain of meeting his boss. He could finally go home and have a big dinner.

He skillfully removed his bandages and changed his coat in the car, revealing the light beige sweater underneath. Of course, the highlight was the oversized lazy cat print on the back. He stuffed the coat into the secret compartment under the driver's seat with disdain, then untied his hair that had been tied up for a day and rubbed his scalp. Noel felt that his scalp was finally liberated.

Thinking that there would be guests at home, he grabbed two handfuls of hair and decided to bring out his famous cartoonist's style and try to act like an artist.

After looking in the mirror with satisfaction, Noel tossed it into the storage box and drove towards home, counting his gains for the day.

First of all, it was confirmed that brainwashing did exist, but it only had a slight impact on my actions, so overall it was not a big problem.

I am also sure that the boss's trust in me is increasing. If he trusts me completely, can I splash some dirty water on Gin? Wait, how can I call it dirty water? It's just plain water.

"Xiao Guang, I'm back."

Noel arrived home with a smile on his face. He opened the door and made eye contact with the little boy in a suit. His smile froze.

It turns out that the one who is going to get killed tonight is me.