Chapter 13621370 [Fake Chinese]
Conan said this, and Kosaka Natsumi suddenly remembered what he had just said, and teased him, "Little friend, what do you think about this riddle?"
“……”There is no clue at all, Conan has no idea for the time being.
He glanced at Jiang Xia subconsciously.
After a moment, Conan suddenly realized that he had wanted to save effort by peeking at the answer. He quickly retracted his gaze and began to reflect.
Of course, we can’t just leave Kosaka Natsumi’s words alone.
"I need to think about it again." Conan looked at Kosaka Natsumi and talked about something else as if nothing had happened. "Ms. Natsumi's eyes are so beautiful, they are actually gray!"
Kosaka Natsumi naively fell for it, and the topic turned to her eyes. She blinked slightly and said, "My grandmother and mother both have this eye color, maybe I inherited it from my great-grandmother."
"This color is indeed very unique." Mao Lilan was a little envious. She suddenly remembered something, "Oh, Miss Qinglan's eyes are also gray. Do all Chinese people have gray eyes? Oh, but Miss Xia Mei is not Chinese, but she also has gray eyes..."
As she spoke, she became confused and could not figure out the eye color of foreigners.
Pu Siqinglan tightened her grip on the cup and smiled, "Maybe my ancestors were mixed blood - our country is vast, and our history is very complicated, so there are some genes from all over the world."
As she spoke, she noticed Jiang Xia's gaze and felt a little uneasy for some reason: if this detective was really that knowledgeable, he might know that gray eyes are very rare in China.
Pu Siqinglan: "..." Actually, if you think about it carefully, your explanation is reasonable. Who can guarantee that Chinese people don't have gray eyes?
However, in order to avoid exposing her identity as "Skobing", a thief who specializes in stealing Russian treasures, she must prove that she is "Chinese". And the quickest way is to show the language and culture of that country...
Thinking of this, Pu Siqinglan looked at Mao Lilan and said with a smile:
"Speaking of 'similar', we both have the character 'Lan' in our names. Your name is pronounced very similarly to Japanese in Chinese, 'Maori Lan'."
She spoke in somewhat awkward Chinese.
Mao Lilan whispered it again and laughed, "It sounds so cute."
Suzuki Sonoko found it very interesting and squeezed over to join in the fun: "What about me? What about me?"
Pu Siqinglan glanced at her and said, "If you read your name in Chinese, the pronunciation will be very different..."
She had indeed learned a little Chinese, and now when she recalled the specific pronunciation of "Suzuki Sonoko", her eyes suddenly jumped: this guy's name is really difficult to pronounce... But it doesn't matter, although her pronunciation is still different from authentic Chinese, it is enough to fool a group of foreigners who don't understand Chinese at all.
"Read it as 'Suzuki Sonoko'." Pu Siqinglan tried hard to make her pronunciation close to the standard, but she accidentally read "Yuan" with three tones, making the whole name sound very complicated.
Suzuki Sonoko was stunned, repeating her unfamiliar name: "Suzuki... er, Inouyasuko? So long??"
Jiang Xia watched from the side and seemed to have suddenly become interested in learning Chinese. He repeated as if practicing: "Suzuki Sonoko."
His voice was not loud, so the high school students didn't hear anything wrong and just thought he was diligent and studious.
Next to her, Pu Siqinglan's heart suddenly skipped a beat: Although she had only learned the basics, for some reason, Jiang Xia's pronunciation seemed much more standard than hers, almost like a real Chinese sentence! He, he also knew Chinese, and learned it better than her? !
Pu Siqinglan: "..." Once you get into the language, it's hard to fool people. Jiang Xia must be able to tell the difference between her and native Chinese speakers and tell that she's a fake Chinese... This person knows more and more.
Originally, Pu Siqinglan just wanted to find a topic to prove that she was a real Chinese and cover up the issue of her eye color.
But the more I explain, the more loopholes there are.
She was so embarrassed that she wanted to get up and walk out immediately and not sit with this group of people anymore, but that would undoubtedly arouse other people's suspicion... No, stay calm! - Jiang Xia didn't seem to have told anyone else about her abnormality, otherwise the Suzuki family wouldn't have let her on board. As long as she got rid of him before Jiang Xia revealed the secret, there must be room for recovery!
…
Pu Siqinglan was trying hard to sort out the next steps.
Beside him, Jiang Xia looked at her with his chin in his hand, a little distracted: This might be how the farmers felt when they watched the crops growing in the fields... The joy of harvest is indeed rooted deep in people's souls. Watching the murderous aura growing like this, the taste seemed particularly sweet.
As he was thinking, he couldn't help but touch the newly rolled borscht-flavored ghost mint in his pocket, wanting to light one to match his wonderful mood at the moment.
However, smoking indoors is not good, and the same goes for fake cigarettes. And think about it, there are other people around. If Mao Lilan thinks that smoking is bad for teenagers' brains and intends to stop him... he can't snatch cigarettes from female classmates in public. A truly elegant detective should respect the opinions of his classmates... Tsk, if only Conan was around, he could smoke.
He sighed regretfully and finally withdrew his hand.
Several high school students were still studying the Chinese pronunciation of their names and did not notice anything unusual about Pu Siqinglan.
However, Natsumi Kosaka vaguely sensed the discomfort and embarrassment of her compatriot.
Although she didn't know the reason, she still tried to ease the atmosphere and chatted with Pu Siqinglan about other things: "Miss Qinglan looks about the same age as me. I am 27 years old this year."
Pu Si Qinglan came to her senses, turned to look at her, and by the way, moved her body very naturally, away from Jiang Xia's direction.
Only then can we have a normal conversation: "I'm also 27, you and I are the same age."
"What a coincidence!" Kosaka Natsumi was a little surprised. She looked at Pu Siqinglan's gray eyes so close to her and felt like she had met a half-sister. "By the way, my birthday is May 3rd. You..."
Pu Siqinglan: "May 5th."
Conan laughed innocently when he heard the two dates, and suddenly thought of a simple puzzle: "Haha, then when are your two birthdays..."
"They are all just one day apart from a friend of mine."
Jiang Xia's voice suddenly floated over from the side, and unexpectedly said exactly what Conan wanted to say, but with a different person: "His birthday is May 4th."
When Mao Lilan heard this date, she immediately guessed who Jiang Xia was referring to and laughed, "Indeed. That guy can never remember his birthday and has to rely on the people around him to remember it."
“…”
Conan understood: the "friend" that Jiang Xia was talking about, and the "that guy" that Mao Li Ran was talking about, were exactly himself - Kudo Shinichi.
(End of this chapter)
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