Chapter 6: Strange, sleepy Mao Lilan

Chapter 6: Strange, sleepy Mao Lilan

The next day

Yuya and Shinichi came to the kindergarten as usual.

Yuya was thinking about the mission and paid more attention to Jiang Zhou Lunjie's actions.

He noticed something different.

Yuuya thought that the little brats who bullied Mao Li Ran before were just common quarrels between children, but now he noticed something unusual.

Not only those little brats, but some other children also seemed vaguely dissatisfied with Mao Li Ran.

These dissatisfactions become more obvious when Jiang Zhou shows special concern for Mao Lilan.

However, Suzuki Sonoko still has a good relationship with Mao Li Ran as always.

It seems that their strong friendship was built in kindergarten.

Interesting...Yuya touched his chin, isn't this phenomenon just the same as the hostility towards students favored by teachers?

This phenomenon is more likely to occur in children in kindergarten because they do not know how to hide their thoughts.

Unfortunately, Mao Lilan was completely unaware of this. Should we say that this was due to her kind nature, or that she was just a bit insensitive?

After all, he is the one who could yell at Shinichi, "Don't call me a crybaby."

But Youya doesn't quite understand. What's the point of letting Mao Li Ran be isolated by other children?

Yuya was walking around the classroom casually while thinking.

Inadvertently, he suddenly remembered that on his way out yesterday, he heard a conversation between Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko. It seemed that they were saying... Mouri Ran bullied her classmates at school?

That’s not right. It was the other students who bullied Mao Li Ran, right?

Hmm, that’s not right. Youya frowned, realizing that things were not simple.

Considering the mission content and the conversation with Mrs. Jiang Zhou, could it be...

The health teacher wants to kidnap the child. Is it for his wife?

Since he set his target on a girl, it's no wonder that Mrs. Jiang Zhou said she liked him because he was obedient, but it's a pity that he's a boy.

That's it!

Yuya felt that he had touched the truth.

But there is still a little bit missing, a little bit of substantial evidence.

Shinichi noticed that something was wrong with Yuya, so he came over and asked, "What's wrong? It seems like you've been thinking about something all day."

"Nothing. Have you found any evidence?" Youye asked, shaking his head.

Until he found evidence, he didn't plan to tell Shinichi his thoughts for the time being, so as not to affect his reasoning.

The two people reasoning about the case from different directions can further advance the progress of the case. Even if the process is different, the result is always the same.

"No." Shinichi shook his head regretfully.

"Speaking of which, this teacher pays too much attention to Xiaolan, doesn't he? She is obviously a crybaby and a sleepyhead." Shinichi said somewhat dissatisfied.

"Sleepyhead?" Youya was a little confused, "What do you mean?"

"Haven't you noticed? She is always the last one to wake up, and the teacher has to call her several times before she wakes up." Shinichi complained.

"Something's wrong..." Youye touched his chin. Although children are a little sleepy, isn't this a bit of oversleeping?

"You mean..." Shinichi understood what Yuya meant in an instant.

"Let's take another look." Yuya said.

Shinichi nodded, his thoughtful face revealing something.

At noon, Teacher Jiang Zhou brought milk as usual and asked the children to drink it before going to bed.

This was something that was taken for granted under normal circumstances, but it became unusual in the eyes of Yuya and Shinichi who were thinking about something else.

The two carefully observed Jiang Zhou's behavior and found that when he was distributing milk, he deliberately saved the cup in the corner for last.

But generally speaking, when holding a tray of milk, in order to keep the tray stable, the milk will be distributed one by one from the outside to the inside, rather than in rows.

This is laborious and there is also the risk of the pallet tipping over.

Yuya and Shinichi looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

Then, they drank the milk calmly and fell asleep peacefully as usual.

After the teacher left and some of the classmates had fallen asleep, Yuya and Shinichi carefully approached Mao Lilan.

Yuya winked, and Shinichi understood what he meant, and reached out to push Mao Lilan: "Hey, wake up!"

But Mao Lilan was motionless and had fallen into a deep sleep.

"Something's wrong. This doesn't seem like a normal sleep." Shinichi frowned. "If it was a normal sleep, you wouldn't fall asleep so quickly that you can't be woken up."

"He must have been given sleeping pills." Youye said lightly.

"Sleeping pills?!" Although he had guessed it, Shinichi was still a little surprised when he heard the word, "Why did you give me sleeping pills?"

"I don't know." Youya said casually. He couldn't possibly say that the sleeping pills were given to ensure that Mao Li Ran would fall into a deep sleep so that she could be kidnapped, right?

How to explain that he knew about the kidnapping?

Yuya gently opened the door and walked outside. Shinichi hurriedly followed him.

Youye looked around and found that this place was very close to the toilet and not far from the corridor outside.

If someone was hiding in the toilet, then Mao Lilan, who was sleeping at the door, would be the first to be kidnapped, and it would also be very easy for the criminal to escape.

In addition, everyone, including the teachers, was having lunch, so if the health teacher came here a little later, it would give the criminals plenty of time to escape.

In this case, if it was premeditated, it would be difficult to track their whereabouts given the current level of technology.

A dark light flashed in Yuya's eyes.

All the information is complete. Next, we just need to stop the health teacher before he takes action and the mission will be completed.

However, without the system prompts, Shinichi had much less information sources, so his reasoning about the case naturally lagged far behind Yuya.

He was still thinking about why Jiang Zhou Lunjie was so good to Mao Li Ran.

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That night, Shinichi couldn't help himself and told his parents everything.

After explaining his reasoning, he didn't forget to complain at the end: "Yuya, he obviously knew something but he didn't tell me. I told him what I found out."

Kudo Yukiko didn't care at all and even teased Shinichi: "I think you are just jealous of that teacher who has such a good relationship with Xiaolan."

"No way!" Shinichi's face turned red, and he argued loudly, "The way that guy looked at Xiaolan was definitely the look of a bad guy!"

"Oh, I've called Xiaolan."

"I will never lose to that guy!" Shinichi shouted, slammed the door and ran out.

"Hmm..." Kudo Yusaku looked at Shinichi's back as he ran away, with a thoughtful expression.

Kudo Yukiko, who was very familiar with her husband, showed an interested smile: "What's wrong, Yusaku, did you think of something?"

"Not really," said Kudo Yusaku, picking up the parent contact book on the table and opening the latest page. "Shinichi's teacher's last name is Jiang Zhou, and there happens to be a fan of mine named Jiang Zhou, but she is from Hokkaido, so it should just be a coincidence."

"Is that so?" Kudo Yukiko glanced at the notebook. The name "Ezhou Ronsuke" was written in the column for the homeroom teacher.

"Now that you mention it, I seem to have some impression. That girl, although she is from Hokkaido, actually has the habit of holding an umbrella on snowy days. If I remember correctly, people from Hokkaido rarely hold umbrellas on snowy days, so do you think she grew up somewhere else?"

Kudo Yusaku thought for a moment, nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. I'll go and see for myself tomorrow. I'll know if it's a coincidence or not."