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"Brother Kong, long time no see!"

"Brother Xiaoguang!"

A group of children suddenly rushed into Xiachuan's house, making this deserted house with only two people suddenly full of vitality, or too lively...

Noel sat on the sofa, looking helplessly at the group of young detectives surrounding him, his eyes dead.

"Brother Kong, where have you been recently?" Guangyan asked while sitting on the sofa on the left side of Noel, tilting his head.

"We wanted to come and play with you before, but Conan didn't let us come!" Genta was sitting on a small sofa nearby, holding the cake that Keimitsu had just handed to him. Upon hearing this, he immediately added, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

"That's right." Even Ayumi couldn't help but complain. Natsukawa's house had countless cartoon animal dolls, which was definitely not a temptation that a little girl could tolerate.

Conan couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "Hey, hey, hey, I just..."

"I told Conan that I wanted to be quiet recently, so he stopped you from coming to play with me." Even in front of a group of children, Noel lived up to Vermouth's teachings and put on a gentle and harmless smile that made everyone believe it instantly. However, he turned around and gave Conan a sly look, which made the latter stunned for a moment and then sighed helplessly in his heart.

Forget it, let’s keep Kong Ge’s health condition a secret for him.

"Then we came here suddenly, are we sorry for disturbing you..." Ayumi said with a guilty tone, "Sorry, we asked Sister Yuki to do this..."

"Indeed," Noel nodded and said, "How about playing games with me as compensation?"

"good!"

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"It seems like they really like these kids." Akemi Miyano was squeezing juice in the kitchen. She couldn't help but sigh when she heard the children cheering outside. Although she had seen many things that were seriously inconsistent with Grappa's image, she still didn't expect that he could play so harmoniously with a group of children.

"In terms of mental age, Noel is still a child." Morobushi Jingguang said with a smile. He was making a fruit pie. He put the cut fruit into the pot and added sugar to make jam, which gave off a sweet and sour aroma.

"Xiao Guang, aren't you only in junior high school?" Miyano Akemi felt a strong sense of incongruity again. No matter how you look at it, it seems like the parents are saying this. You are only in junior high school!

"I think I should be more mature than him." Jingguang replied. The pie in his hand was already formed. After brushing it with egg liquid and putting it in the oven, it will become a fragrant fruit pie.

Miyano Akemi looked at Noel, who had taken out the game controller and handed it to the children, and then began to bully the kids seriously. She then looked at Natsukawa Hikaru, who was skilled in making all kinds of desserts. She was silent, and finally nodded, affirming the other party's status as a parent.

———

"Brother Kong is so strong..." Seeing that Conan, the best game player among them, was defeated, the children in the detective team were in a low mood and their tone was pitiful. But soon, after Jingguang brought the fragrant fruit pie, they immediately came over happily to eat.

"Brother Xiaoguang, you are so awesome." Yuantai's eyes were shining. He looked at Zhufu Jingguang with admiration and praised him even without caring about the food in his mouth.

"Yuanta, eat slowly." Zhufu Jingguang looked at these children helplessly. They were obviously very polite children, why did they not care about their image when eating?

"What do you think? This is my younger brother, and his cooking is super delicious!" Noel, who also didn't care about his image, refused to be outdone even though he had eaten it several times before. His childish look made Zhufu Jingguang rub his forehead, but when he thought about it, he realized that the child was now able to accept sharing food, and he felt a little comforted in his heart.

"Kong, you are so childish." Conan took a bite of the fruit pie, then looked at Noel who was fighting with a group of children for food and complained numbly, "Kong, don't you think you are too OOC? And there is Xiaoguang! Why do you look so helpless like an old mother? Who of you two is the guardian?"

But the fruit pie is really delicious, I’ll have another piece!

"I also made orange tea. You can drink some first. Don't choke." Miyano Akemi looked at the group of children. The warm scene made the haze in her heart dissipate. She handed the cups filled with orange tea to the children one by one, and she didn't think there was anything wrong until Noel took it from her.

Zhufu Jingguang watched this scene with a smile and had some plans in mind.

"This orange tea is from the Aso family..." Noel took a sip and his brain instantly became clear, and he said subconsciously.

"Is there something wrong with the method you gave me before?" Miyano Akemi asked puzzledly.

"Well... nothing." Noel looked at Jingguang's smile with a guilty conscience, and regretted it in his heart. When Asami gave him the recipe, it was too complicated for him to make it himself. But it was not convenient to give it to Xiaoguang at that time, so he took a photo and sent a copy to Miyano Akemi...

"As long as you like it." Miyano Akemi didn't know why, but smiled and said, "This recipe is very good. I will make some at home after I learn it."

"Um......"

After hearing about Aso, Conan also remembered that Kong Ge had lived in the other party's house on Tsukikage Island, but thinking that Xiaoguang seemed to be unaware of it, he vaguely understood why Kong Ge felt guilty, and silently lit a candle for him in his heart.

"So what kind of comics does Sora draw?" The topic unconsciously shifted to the topic that since Sister Yushu is Sora Natsukawa's assistant, Sora Natsukawa is a cartoonist.

"Traveler," Noel said directly without any gloom.

"Sure enough!" Conan couldn't help but say when he heard that, immediately attracting the attention of his friends.

"Conan, how did you know that?"

“The location changes inside, based on the architectural style, you can tell that it was originally Italy, then the United States, and finally Japan!”

"And Kongo just came back from the United States. He has Italian ancestry and must have lived there before."

Noel nodded without denying it, which immediately prompted Conan to say proudly, "This is just basic reasoning."

"I remember now, this comic is Conan's favorite comic!" Mitsuhiko immediately revealed it, and received nods of confirmation from other companions.

"Hmm, Conan is actually my fan?" Noel immediately smiled and looked at Conan, and said jokingly: "Do you need me to sign an autograph for you, my fan?"

However, to Noel's surprise, Conan was silent for a moment and then agreed with a blushing face.

Noel was also shocked. The two of them were silent for five seconds before Noel stood up and said, "There are unopened volumes in the study. I'll go get them."

"I'll go with you." Conan followed impatiently, ignoring everyone's attention.

"Wow, is Conan shy?" Ayumi exclaimed in surprise, looking at the other's back.

"I remember that Conan couldn't help but look at it in class once, and the teacher found out and gave him a scolding."

Yuantai immediately added Conan's dark history, which was somewhat gratifying.

"My brother is shy too." Morobushi Kagemitsu also started to tease his son, "He didn't seem to expect Conan to be his fan."

"Wow." The kids from the detective team didn't expect this, and they were excitedly discussing the topic "Kong Ge is actually shy", which was something that Noel would have hidden away if he had heard about it.

"I have also read "Traveler", but I can't really adapt to it." Mitsuhiko thought of how he had initially opened this comic because of its style and mystery category, but he was smart enough to see some darkness hidden behind the warm style of the first story of the comic. Although he could only guess a little bit of the truth, it was enough to make him shudder and even have nightmares.

Why is Kong Ge's comics in this style?

"I've seen it before, too. Although the style of the paintings is super cute, I don't really understand it." Ayumi also said, "And I always felt very sad, so I didn't finish it."

There was some guilt in the girl's tone, and she secretly thought that after all, it was Brother Kong's comic, so she must read it carefully when she got home.

"I like Kamen Rider more..." Genta is the only one who has never opened this comic, although even if he has read it, he probably wouldn't find those depressing points.

"My brother's comics are not suitable for you to read." Morobushi Jingguang comforted the three honest children with a smile, and was glad in his heart that they had not read them yet. It was too early for the children to read these things.

"Isn't Conan a child too?" Ayumi couldn't help but say, her eyes serious, "I'll definitely finish watching it when I get back."

So for the next ten minutes, Morofushi Jingguang used his conscience to persuade the girl not to read the depressing comics that Noel had carefully written.

"Come to think of it, I've never signed an autograph for anyone before." Noel wrote "Leon" on the notebook with a pen and handed it to Conan, sighing.

"This has been discussed on the internet for a long time. Without an appearance and without a signature, the comics seem to be produced automatically. People have even discussed topics like 'Does Mr. Leon really exist?'" Conan took the signature, his face calm but his heart already filled with excitement. This is the only known signature, the only one!

"After all, I'm quite busy." Noel cursed inwardly the rubbish who assigned him tasks every day. There might be tasks at any time that would force him to frantically draw and save drafts when he had free time to ensure updates. Shouldn't he also find some time to stop updating and play mahjong to pay tribute to the great senior FJ?

"Brother Kong, do you have any other job besides drawing comics?" Conan asked puzzledly.

"Isn't there still an art museum?" Noel was naturally referring to the art museum that he had bought before, but this made Conan look even more confused.

"I've been there many times but never saw you. The curator even asked me to remind you after I see you, 'Although I don't like outsiders giving random instructions, as a boss, isn't it too careless to only come here once?'"

"Uh..." Noel nodded guiltily. He never expected that the protagonist would go to the crime scene again like the murderer. He thought these scenes were one-offs...

"So, Brother Kong, what are you busy with?" Conan waved his hands, as if asking casually.

"Actually, I..." Noel was about to use an excuse like "I'm collecting materials" to fool around, but suddenly he heard the other person ask:

"Could it be that Brother Kong is secretly doing something else, such as,"

"As Ikaros quietly preventing crime?"