75
After three days, Noel finally completed the task, but since some point, the process of opening the door was like opening a blind box. Today, he was lucky enough to draw a hidden version, a primary school student in a blue suit.
"Brother Kong, long time no see." Seeing Noel finally come back, Conan immediately greeted him with a smile.
"Why are you here?" Noel was silent and asked weakly.
"Some things..." Conan smiled awkwardly. He sensed the subtle disdain in Noel's tone and felt a little helpless. In his heart, he was secretly complaining about his troublesome father.
"Conan has just arrived. He heard that you would be back soon, so he waited here." Morofushi Jingguang came out of the kitchen, holding a plate of small and exquisite cookies and placed it in front of the two of them. He smiled and said, "Would you like to try it? Hiroki and I made it."
"Did Hongshu make it?" Noel was a little surprised. He looked up and saw Hongshu walking out of the kitchen.
"Well, Noel...Brother Kong, how does it taste?" Hiroki almost called out Noel-brother, but he glanced at Conan and quickly changed his words.
"Not bad," Noel said after tasting it carefully, "but it's still far behind Xiaoguang."
Hey, hey, hey, you're really undermining the kid's confidence by doing this... Conan couldn't help but complain as he listened to Noel's straight-man speech.
"Really? I'll try my best!" Hongshu's face was full of happiness, and it seemed that he only heard the first half of the sentence.
"Okay, I've eaten the cookies. Conan, what's the matter with you coming here suddenly?" Noel quickly changed the subject back to what he was most interested in. He didn't think it was a good thing for the protagonist to visit his home for no reason.
Conan heard the doubt in Noel's voice and felt a little sad. Could it be that he couldn't come if there was nothing else? Of course, he did have something else today...
"I'm just helping to pass on a message."
"Pass the message, Xiaolan?" Noel asked doubtfully. On Conan's side, Natsukawa Sora only knew Xiaolan or her father, but if it was Xiaolan, would Conan, the jealous guy, really come to help pass the message?
"It's not Xiaolan..." Conan's face darkened, and he was reminded again that the person in front of him was his enemy, "It's Shinichi's father."
"Mr. Kudo Yusaku?" Morofushi Kagemitsu couldn't help but ask. He and Hiroki had checked Kudo Shinichi's information, so he reacted immediately and turned to look at Noel.
Of course, Noel also realized it. He even thought about the three days when he was busy working overtime. The Edogawa kidnapping case had already happened. After learning the truth, Kudo Shinichi's parents rushed back from the United States because they were "concerned" about their son. They also disguised themselves as members of the organization and played an immersive script killing, fully demonstrating the view that children are born to play...
But why is it involving me, Kudo Yusaku? Is it because of Leon?
"So what does this Mr. Kudo Yusaku want to tell me?"
"He was also delivering a message for his friend," Conan recalled, his expression slightly subtle, but he still repeated:
"Looking forward to meeting you next time, my fratellino."
"!!!"
The moment Conan finished speaking, Noel could no longer control his shock and froze in place. Morobushi Kagemitsu next to him immediately realized something was wrong and patted Noel gently, bringing him back to his senses.
"The last sentence is in Italian, I remember it means little brother." Conan did not notice Noel's stiffness, but asked puzzledly. He naturally looked up the meaning of the word, but no matter what, it was wrong. After all, he had heard about Natsukawa Sora's life experience, and his brother should only be Xiaoguang. Then where did this "brother" come from?
"Could it be that you have a brother, Brother Kong?" he couldn't help but ask.
After hearing Conan explain the meaning of this Italian sentence, Morobushi Kagemitsu also understood Noel's shock. Where did Natsukawa Sora's brother come from? As a fake identity born only a few years ago, he has very few interpersonal relationships. Where did this person who suddenly appeared and seemed to know Noel come from?
"Conan, can you tell me who told you?" Noel was silent for a moment, then asked slowly, his gray-green eyes seemed to be without light, meeting those azure blue eyes in a grayish manner.
"It's Dad...Uncle Kudo just said he was his friend." No matter how slow Conan was, he realized the complexity of the situation. Looking at Natsukawa Sora's unstable expression, he knew he couldn't ask any more questions, so he answered obediently.
"Can you give me Uncle Kudo's contact information?"
"Of course." Conan sold his father's cell phone number without saying a word.
Before leaving, Conan looked at Noel and couldn't help but ask Morobushi Jingguang who had escorted him out, "Is Kong brother okay?"
"It's okay, he just... was a little sudden." Morofu Jingguang sighed and said, "I didn't expect Uncle Xiachuan to... Brother has always respected Dad."
After listening to this, Conan finally realized the reason. He put himself in the situation and imagined that one day he was suddenly told that he had a brother. What about his father? He would definitely beat him up on behalf of his mother.
Afterwards, Conan felt a little guilty. He didn't expect that he had accidentally passed a message to someone who was suspected to be the illegitimate brother of Kong Ge. Would it hurt Kong Ge? Kong Ge is a cartoonist, right? People who are engaged in art seem to be very sensitive...
"Feel sorry."
"It's okay," Zhufu Jingguang was sure that the other party had been misled by him, and he raised an apologetic smile and said, "I didn't treat you well this time. Instead, I should be sorry. Come over and play when you have time."
"Well," Conan nodded and said worriedly, "You should go and accompany Kong-ge as soon as possible."
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Zhufu Jingguang closed the door and looked up at Noel who was sitting on the sofa. The other person was sitting there blankly, like a stone sculpture.
"Hongshu, go and rest first."
"Yeah." Hongshu knew that Noel would not want him to hear what he was going to say next, so he ran back to his room obediently, and then went to check if there were any loopholes in Noel's fake identity.
"Noel, are you okay?" Jingguang sat next to Noel and poured him a glass of water.
"Natsukawa Sora is a fake identity and has no relatives."
"What about Noel? Does Noel have any relatives?" Zhu Fu Jingguang asked softly.
"No, it could just be someone who knows Noel came to visit. As for why he used that title, maybe it was a joke." Noel frowned, feeling a little annoyed.
"That means he knows that Natsukawa Sora is Grappa, that I'm from Italy, and that I know Kudo Yusaku..." Noel muttered, then suddenly stood up, took out his cell phone and made a call. It was the number that Conan had left just now, Kudo Yusaku's number.
"Hello, Mr. Kudo, I'm Natsukawa Sora." Noel didn't hold back and asked directly, "I just heard your message, but I don't quite understand it. Can I ask you something?"
"Of course."
"Who is the person who asked you to pass the message?"
"He's the child of a friend of mine. As for his name, I'm not in a position to tell you his current situation." On the other side, Yusaku Kudo said with a smile:
"But I can tell you that he works for the FBI."
"I think he must be referring to whether it is a blood relationship."
"Excuse me." Noel was about to hang up the phone with a blank expression, and then he heard the other party say:
"It doesn't matter. I am also a loyal reader of Traveler after all."
Zhu Fu Jingguang also heard the other side's words and asked, "Can you tell who it is?"
"My memory is a little confused. Let me sort it out."
Although the memories of summer are intertwined with Noel's, it is not difficult to distinguish them. After all, the contrast between life in the crime alley and campus life under the sun is dramatic enough. Noel does not want to sort them out, but that does not conflict with his inability to sort them out.
/ "I said you are quite interesting." /
Who said this? Oh, it was an uncle.
/"Why not be my son, even though there are already two at home."/
No wonder I didn’t like it. Such useless promises could be made casually. How did I respond at that time?
/“Who believes you?”/
OK, I was right.
/“Indeed, I am in danger of losing my job.”/
/"Maybe it will be possible after everything is over."/
This is probably a death flag. It's boring. After I separated from this uncle, I never saw him again. At that time...
/"Give me your name."/
/“It’s fake anyway.”/
There's no way. It's really inconvenient to not have a name, so why not use a ready-made one?
/“That’s fine. I can use this name to find you later.”/
Please, is there anyone who would really believe such words? Men can really say anything...
/"I just need a name. The sackcloth lady at the end of the street once said that men's words are the least trustworthy."/
The sackcloth woman at the end of the street? Oh, yes, it was the old woman who slept on a sackcloth full of holes at the end of the street. She was covered in dirt and hoppers. Her teeth were rotten and she could only eat the crumbs of bread she begged for by smashing them with stones. However, she died in the winter. No one took care of her body, and it became smelly and attracted a lot of mosquitoes...
/“What a smart kid.”/
What does that uncle look like?
He had a big beard, which was probably fake, and a shabby hat that held his hair down, but occasionally, a pair of eyes were revealed, and the upturned eyes were full of sharpness, and the olive green color was like summer leaves...
FBI......
Akai Shuichi!!!
"Noel?!" Zhu Fujingguang looked at his child who was suddenly full of murderous intent. His gray-green eyes burst out with fierce hatred, as if he wanted to cut him into pieces and sink him to the bottom of the sea. He was stunned for a moment, but when he came to his senses, he heard the other party gritting his teeth and saying:
"It's Akai!!!"
In an instant, the shame of being kidnapped by the other party surged into his heart, and together with the hatred of being cleansed by the other party this time, Noel immediately added the other party to the top of his blacklist.
Gin, who was originally in second place, was pushed down to third place and became the runner-up.
As for the first one, it is of course that damn BOSS.