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“Wow, these paintings are so beautiful!”

On the weekend, Mao Lilan changed into a skirt and stood in the art museum, admiring each painting attentively.

Behind her, Conan Edogawa and Kogoro Mori followed helplessly with bitter looks on their faces.

Both of them were reluctant to come, but their daughter/girlfriend punched the wall, and the spider-web-like cracks clearly showed the consequences of not coming.

"This guy Xiaolan, whenever he doesn't do what she wants..."

"I should have known better than to let him learn karate..."

The big and the small were complaining behind her, but as soon as Xiaolan turned around, they immediately changed into smiles, with a very high synchronization rate.

"You followed my instructions and came to visit the art museum, right?" the beautiful girl asked with a bright smile and narrowed eyes.

"Ah, yes..."

"Yes..."

How could Mao Lilan not know the tempers of these two people, but she didn't care and turned around to admire the painting in front of her.

"Wow - what a beautiful color!"

"Miss, do you like that painting very much?" The polite old man in a brown suit said with a kind smile: "The name of this painting is "Leisure Angel", one of Picasso's works..."

The old man introduced it with a gentle tone and a smile, as well as a hint of old age. He looked at the painting with eyes as gentle as if he was looking at a child.

“Although it’s not very famous, I really like the warm brushstrokes and the transparency of this work.”

Mao Lilan looked at the old man in confusion, but as he spoke, she seemed to feel the warm breath of the painting.

"A beautiful angel has landed on earth..." A voice interrupted, and a man in a suit spoke with a gentle smile in his gray-green eyes.

"Brother Kong?" Xiaolan turned around and found that it was Xiachuan Kong, whom she hadn't seen since the last time they parted.

"Wait, Xiaolan, do you know this guy?" Maori Kogoro immediately became alert, quickly approached, and clenched his fists. "Still saying such things..."

"My father said this to my mother," Noel explained calmly, "and they first met under this painting."

"So that's how it is." Xiaolan exclaimed, and at the same time gave the two people behind her a glare, asking them to be more restrained.

Noel had a smile on his face and looked innocent, but he was actually talking about Xiaolan. After all, as the heroine of the original work, she was worthy of this title. Besides, it was Vermouth who called her that first, so as a student, he naturally had to learn it.

Moreover, this was the first time he appeared in the original plot, and Noel thought that it would be better if the first official scene had some characteristics. Moreover, seeing that the development just now was the same as the original, he really couldn't help but want to jump out and interfere.

Moreover, in the original work, Mori and his companions came to the art museum because there was a rumor that there was moving armor in the museum. But now Director Ochiai no longer has the need to kill people, and naturally there is no practice of killing people in armor, and there will not be any strange rumors. So why did they come here?

"Long time no see, Xiaolan," Noel greeted and couldn't help but look at Conan's reaction. Sure enough, he saw that the other party looked a little jealous, and he felt inexplicably happy.

"Who are you, guy? You even called me by my name?!" Kogoro Mouri couldn't hold back anymore. He didn't know when his daughter got to know this guy, and he didn't want his daughter to be kidnapped by this... this frivolous guy.

Noel felt the suit on his body, feeling a little uncomfortable. Then he noticed Kogoro Mori's gaze. He turned his head and looked at him in confusion and blinked, but the other person seemed to become even angrier.

"I've been to each other's house with Sister Xiaolan before..." Conan explained to Mouri Kogoro, unable to bear it any longer, but at the same time he looked at Noel warily. Compared to the previous look of him with his hair casually dressed in a cat sweater, this outfit of him in a suit with his hair lifted up is definitely a presence that makes men wary.

"Why don't you hold back, kid!" After hearing this, Kogoro Mouri looked at Conan with dissatisfaction, thinking that this kid was somewhat useless.

Conan rolled his eyes in response, feeling that Uncle Maori was asking for too much.

"I just didn't expect you guys to come to the museum."

Noel did not pay attention to the interaction between the two, but looked at Mao Lilan intently and asked in a natural tone.

"I saw a promotion yesterday and wanted to come and see it."

"I see." Noel nodded and decided to go back and check what the promotion was about.

"Then why are you here, Brother Kong?" Conan was sent by Maori to gather intelligence. Of course, it was mainly for selfish reasons. This made Noel feel a little magical. He bent down slightly, with a faint smile, and said mysteriously:

"you guess?"

"......." Conan was silent. He always felt that this seemingly gentle man in front of him had a bit of a dark and evil nature.

"I thought you liked guessing puzzles." Noel added lightly, making Conan a little confused. Could it be that it was not a bad taste, and did the other party really think so?

"First of all, Brother Kong, you probably don't like formal clothes. I can see that you are not used to it, but this time you deliberately wore a suit." Conan quickly glanced at Noel's clothes and analyzed.

"I previously assumed that you work in the art field, and this is an art museum."

"Brother Kong, are you working here?" Conan guessed with a certain tone.

"Kid, this suit of his is custom-made and it's not cheap." Kogoro Mouri was well-informed and quickly retorted.

Noel did not answer, but changed the subject:

"By the way, I haven't introduced you yet. This is Mr. Ochiai, the director of the art museum."

From the beginning, Director Ochiai looked at him with a smile the whole time. Noel felt helpless, knowing that the director saw through his intention to amuse the child.

"Sorry, we..." Xiaolan immediately realized that it was very rude of her and others to ignore each other, and she quickly apologized.

"It's okay. It's fun to look at young people's affairs occasionally." The curator smiled and stroked his beard gently. He seemed to be in a very good mood.

"I'm the director of this art museum, my name is Ochiai."

"Little friend, you are right in your guess. Sora Natsukawa is a staff member of the art museum."

Director Ochiai smiled and looked at Conan Edogawa. He had just discovered that this kid was very smart. Then he turned his gaze to Noel and said:

"But he's my boss."

Oh my god, why do I feel so ashamed! Noel looked at the curator and said to the protagonist with a smile. He couldn't hold back his calmness. It felt so strange to be introduced to the protagonist by someone else...

"Hey?! Brother Kong, you are the boss?" Xiaolan said in surprise. This was indeed beyond their imagination.

"This kid?" Kogoro Mori was also a little shocked, but at his age he was used to many ups and downs, so he was just surprised by the other party's age.

"Because this art museum has special meaning to my parents." Noel smiled and briefly told the story he had made up. Finally, he said, "So I bought it when I found out it was for sale."

"The tone of your voice is like buying dinner..." Kogoro Mori complained, his tone sounding a little unhappy.

"So this job has just been taken over. As for the real career, Conan can continue to guess." Noel was not surprised to see that the protagonist looked a little distressed. He also understood that his question was somewhat unfair. After all, he didn't have the cop for holding a pen for drawing comics. But seeing the other person distressed was indeed very interesting.

"Boss, that boss Manaka is here..." A man in uniform walked over and said to Noel.

"Boss Manaka?" Kogoro Mori repeated subconsciously and looked at Noel in confusion.

"The owner who wanted to buy this art museum suddenly asked me to have a talk. I didn't want to meet him at first..." Noel explained helplessly.

But the fact that he asked me to meet him did not happen in the original book, and this day was the day when the events in the original book happened. I would feel a little uneasy if I didn't come to see him in person, just in case he didn't even bring Xiaoguang. I didn't expect that the protagonist and his group would also come.

"I don't even want to let that kind of person step into the art museum." Director Ochiai said directly. He smiled gently, but his tone was inevitably a little unhappy.

"Sorry, I wanted to chat with you guys for a while longer..." Noel said apologetically.

"It's okay, we are the ones who disturbed you." Xiaolan waved her hands quickly.

"Why don't we go together?" Noel suddenly said, looking into the girl's eyes with a hint of tenderness.

"Ah?" Conan Edogawa stared at Noel with his eyes wide open. He suddenly couldn't understand what the other person was thinking. Could it be that the other person was really interested in Xiaolan? !

"There should be some cakes prepared in the living room today, and I thought you might like them." As Noel spoke, he used his years of training to observe Conan calmly, and found the other's shocked look somewhat amusing.

I'm just helping you, okay? As a Shinran fan, how can I not have some personal opinions? It is said that being jealous is helpful for understanding one's own feelings. Kudo Shinichi, I'm really helping you.

Noel applauded himself inwardly, explaining:

"The other party should be fine, it will be over soon,"

"Can I introduce you to the museum after this?"

"Brother Xiachuan, can you take me with you? I also want to hear your introduction!" As expected, Conan immediately got between the two of them and quickly broke the atmosphere, although Noel originally invited everyone to come together.

"Of course." Noel also touched Conan's head, thinking that since he didn't even call him Brother Kong, he must be jealous.

"Then let's go together."

Noel said as he glanced at the furtive figure in the corner.

That was a former employee of the museum, who was fired by Noel immediately after he took office for reselling art.

So now that we have the protagonist and his crew, as well as other characters from the original novel, what will happen?