Chapter 411 Jiang Xia is a good employee
Conan also heard the strange noise in the cardboard box.
He came over curiously and looked into the small paper box with Haibara Ai.
There was a small pile of soil in the corner of the box, and a leaf was thoughtfully placed on the soil... Of course, this was not the gift itself, but just an accessory.
——The real "gift" should be the oval arthropod with a round and smooth back composed of several ring-shaped scales next to the soil.
As if it had noticed the change in light, under the gaze of four bright big eyes, the stupid insect in the box stopped scratching the box and slowly shook the short antennae on top of its head, as if exploring the surroundings.
After a moment, it discovered something and silently curled itself up into a ball, turning into a black ball with a cold and hard luster.
“…”
Conan reached in and poked it speechlessly, gently moving the mini "chocolate ball" from one end of the paper box to the other: "Watermelon worm? Why are you catching it for no reason..."
"It had been clinging to the edge of my shoe before, and it looked like it really wanted to follow me. I took a closer look and found that compared to its peers, its carapace was neater and the curvature of its curled-up shell was also very standard, so I felt that it was destined to be with me."
As he spoke, Jiang Xia opened the handmade gift box that Huihara Ai had given him, and took a look at the dark chocolate inside that also had a black luster. The more he looked at it, the more it looked alike.
So he raised his hand and touched Huihara Ai's head: "Now I feel that you and it are also very compatible. It just so happens that I am not very good at raising pets..."
Huiyuan Ai: “…”
Her delicate fingers trembled slightly, and she was about to speak but stopped, and finally she sorted out her words and said reluctantly: "Looking closely, it is indeed quite cute..."
...Go back and find a flowerpot and throw it in there to grow.
Fortunately, Jiang Xia only caught one, so there is no need to worry about it over-breeding... Speaking of which, although insects are generally very tenacious, they are very small after all. If you don't pay more attention to them, they may easily die. I have to check the precautions for breeding when I go back... I hope I can find relevant information.
Conan stood by, silently staring at the timid watermelon worm that curled up and dared not move. He felt that he had overthought before - the organization should not have taken the opportunity to attack Jiang Xia, otherwise how could Jiang Xia have the time to capture innocent small animals...
But Conan remembered that Jiang Xia went out this time because he received a letter of commission from Yueying Island.
And according to yesterday's news, an explosion just occurred on Moon Shadow Island.
...When it comes to explosions, it's hard not to think of Gin who almost blew up the Shinkansen. Conan always felt that the simple and crude method of killing, "explosion", had a strong Gin flavor. Especially in his impression, a few days ago, Gin did take a train to Tottori Prefecture.
Thinking of this, Conan withdrew his gaze from the watermelon worm, chose his words, and looked at Jiang Xia, trying to pretend to be interested in the cases Jiang Xia had encountered along the way, but in fact he was asking indirectly whether Jiang Xia had had any contact with suspicious black-clad men like Gin after leaving the Beidouxing train.
But before he could open his mouth, a horn suddenly sounded outside the gate.
——Dr. Agasa also discovered that Jiang Xia had returned.
At this moment, he was driving his little Beetle and parked at the door. He waved at Jiang Xia from the car window: "Let's go and get the cat!"
Ever since Jiang Xia got a part-time job at the Amuro Detective Agency, the younger brothers he recruited have taken on a new business - helping clients find pets.
In the early days of this business, Jiang Xia used the excuse of "being forced by bad boys to no boss to hire me, so I had to try my luck in this office near the Metropolitan Police Department" when he applied for a job. So in order to prevent innocent younger brothers from delivering cats to the office and being mistaken by Amuro Toru as someone who was going to smash the store, and then being collectively sent to the police station or juvenile detention center... Jiang Xia turned Dr. Agasa's house into a temporary storage place for cats and dogs.
Later, although Toru Amuro discovered the truth, he felt that Jiang Xia would try every means to apply for the job here because this talented young man wanted to get a part-time detective job that he liked within the scope of the organization's permission.
In addition, when Toru Amuro was too busy, Jiang Xia took over a lot of work for him - Jiang Xia could quickly master any kind of work, and was very popular with bosses. He retained many important part-time jobs for Toru Amuro. He was really a hardworking and capable employee... So Toru Amuro finally let him off and didn't bring up the past.
Precisely because he did not discuss this matter with Jiang Xia, Jiang Xia's cat storage location has never changed and is still with Dr. Agasa.
Although Dr. Agasa stays at home, he also goes out occasionally.
Usually, when the professor goes out, the cats will be sent to the Mouri Detective Agency under the disdainful gaze of Mouri Kogoro and the surprised gaze of Mouri Ran.
But this time, the Maori family happened to be out.
Dr. Agasa then placed the cat he received at a friend's home for foster care.
The Junior Detective Team and Professor Agasa arrived home last night.
After returning home, the doctor originally wanted to pick up the cat, but he suddenly had a new inspiration. He fiddled with experiments all night long and accidentally used his newly developed Moonlight Power Car to crash through the fence of Jiang Xia's house...so the cat stayed at his friend's house for another day.
Now that Jiang Xia is back home, we can go get it together.
Jiang Xia heard Dr. Agasa say that he had collected a lot of cats in the past few days, so he also planned to go and get a cat first.
He touched the two children's heads, suppressed the questions that were about to come out of their mouths, then locked the door that had just been opened, walked out of the yard, and got into Dr. Agasa's car.
Just now, Toru Amuro sent him an email asking him if he had returned, and if so, to go to the detective agency.
——Why not bring the cat with you before you go? After dealing with Amuro Toru's matter, you can send cats to customers on the spot. It will be very efficient.
…
The little Beetle drove a few blocks and stopped in front of a single-family house that looked quite upscale.
Jiang Xia got out of the car and glanced at the card at the door.
It was just a glance out of habit.
However, after a few tenths of a second, he suddenly turned his gaze back and looked at the wooden doorplate carefully again.
The house number of a detached house usually only has the surname written on it, but a small number of people will use the full name of the head of the family as the house number.
The family that keeps the cat here is the latter.
——The name “Dashanjiang” was engraved on the wooden plaque with elegant patterns.
Jiang Xia: “…”
Looks a little familiar.
Dr. Agasa is ringing the doorbell.
Suddenly, Jiang Xia asked casually, "This Mr. Dashan is your friend? Did you meet him at the academy?"
"Yes, he is a doctor of medicine from Toudou University. He has ordered many medical products from me, and we became familiar with each other." Dr. Agasa's eyes briefly turned into the shape of "$", and then changed back. "He just happened to like cats very much, so I entrusted the cat to him to take care of."
(End of this chapter)
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