Chapter 82: Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will grow bigger
After dinner, Mao Lilan cleaned up the kitchen and when she came out, she saw Conan lying on the sofa facing up, seemingly asleep.
Worried that Conan would catch a cold, Ran Mouri walked over and planned to carry him to his room to sleep.
"Crack," he kicked something as he walked to the sofa. He looked down and found that it was Conan's glasses.
"Really, you're so forgetful." Mao Lilan smiled dotingly, picked up the glasses, bent down and turned Conan's body facing up, and just when she was about to pick him up, she froze there.
Mao Lilan stared at Conan's face blankly and murmured: "When Conan doesn't wear glasses, I always feel that he looks a lot like that person..."
Recalling Conan's sometimes mature and sometimes childish behavior, especially when he was running around at the crime scene, his way of speaking, his behavior towards the case, and his reasoning ability did not seem like something a child could have.
Rather than saying that he doesn't look like a child, it's better to say that he looks exactly like Shinichi.
Because of Yuya's cover, Mao Lilan always thought that Conan was just very smart and liked reasoning, so she often followed her father and Yuya to imitate the detective.
But now... looking at this familiar face, Mao Lilan suddenly thought of something. She got up and walked to the bookcase, rummaged around in it for a while and took out a photo album.
There are many photos inside, which is the album that Mao Lilan uses to store some travel photos.
Mao Lilan flipped through the photo album quickly, stopped at a certain page, and stared blankly at one of the photos.
No way?
Ran Mouri turned around and went back to the sofa, carefully comparing Conan with the person in the photo, her eyes gradually widening.
“Exactly the same…”
The photo shows Mao Lilan and Kudo Shinichi when they were little...
Conan, could it be Shinichi?
As soon as this idea came up, it inexplicably became stronger and stronger, and the suspicions that had been covered up before also popped up like mushrooms after rain.
Some suspicious details suddenly popped up in her mind. The first time she met Conan was exactly when Shinichi stopped appearing. Isn't it too much of a coincidence?
No, Mao Lilan shook her head vigorously. How could someone in the world turn into a child? Besides, Yuya is much smarter than me, but he didn't realize that Conan is Shinichi.
And he just met Conan's mother not long ago.
But...what if that mother was also someone Conan had hired to deceive her? What if Yuya actually knew about it but had been deceiving her all along?
No, no, I must be confused. Mao Lilan shook her head vigorously, gently picked up Conan and went upstairs.
However, once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will not disappear, but will grow bigger and bigger...
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morning
Mao Lilan came to school with an expression on her face that showed that she was worried.
Suzuki Sonoko went over to ask her with concern: "Xiaolan, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Mao Lilan looked at Suzuki Sonoko and was about to say something, but just at this time, Yuya and Miyano Shiho walked in together. Her eyes lit up, and she ran over and said, "Can I borrow your Yuya for a while?", and ran out with Yuya.
Miyano Shiho and Suzuki Sonoko looked at each other and found that the other person was confused.
Yuya was pulled to the stairs by Mao Lilan, feeling a little strange: "What's wrong?"
Mao Lilan took two breaths, hesitated for a moment and asked: "Yuya, have you seen Shinichi recently?"
You was stunned for a moment, not understanding what was going on: "No, didn't he say he was investigating some troublesome case and couldn't get away?"
Mao Lilan clenched her fist and said, "I recently found that Conan is a little weird..."
Yuya's eyebrows jumped. What happened? Conan finally couldn't control the beast in his heart and attacked Mao Lilan? That's right, he is a teenager after all.
I thought so in my heart, but asked: "What's wrong with him? Did he do this to you..."
Mao Lilan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "No, I think... is there a possibility that Conan is Shinichi?"
Yuya's heart was pounding. Did he doubt Conan's identity? No, I've already covered up well, why would he doubt me?
What he forgot was that the doubts had only been covered up, not eliminated, and when the opportunity arose one day, they would all burst out.
Yuya couldn't help but laugh: "How is it possible? Conan is a 7-year-old kid and Shinichi is a high school student. How can they be the same person?"
Mao Lilan also knew that what she said was outrageous, but she still couldn't suppress her inner doubts: "But Conan is really strange sometimes. Isn't he afraid of a child running around at the crime scene? And his reasoning is also very good, just like Shinichi. Sometimes you even discuss the case with him."
"Could it be that Dr. Agasa has developed some drug that can make people smaller, and Shinichi took it and turned into Conan?"
Mao Lilan said this and looked at Yuya with a suspicious look.
Yuya's heart was pounding. Conan couldn't control his behavior when he encountered a case. It seemed that he didn't fight enough... And as for that medicine, except that it was not invented by Dr. Agasa, he basically guessed it right.
Thoughts raced, Youya smiled and said, "Xiaolan, have you forgotten that Conan's parents are fans of Conan Doyle's books? Is it possible that under the influence of his parents, he has liked Sherlock Holmes since he was a child and has a heart to be a detective?"
Mao Lilan thought it made sense, but she was still a little worried: "Don't you think they look too much alike? Conan didn't wear glasses yesterday, and he looked exactly like Shinichi when he was a child."
Yuya's eyebrows jumped, and he had to say: "If you have doubts, just wait until Conan is here and call Shinichi. Wouldn't that prove whether they are the same person?"
Mao Lilan shook her head: "But usually it's Shinichi who calls me. When I call him, his phone is always turned off. I asked him, and he said that the investigation must be kept confidential, so he can't keep his phone on all the time."
Youye covered his forehead and felt a headache. This kid was so good that he could just carry a small schoolbag and go to school next door without having to worry about anything, while he was in the same class with Mao Li Ran every day.
There was no way to stop this suspicion from the beginning, unless Conan and Kudo Shinichi appeared at the same time to dispel Mouri Ran's suspicion.
Otherwise, if Mouri Ran keeps observing Conan with suspicion, it would be hard to guarantee that he would not suddenly reveal his true colors. After all, that boy is not very honest even if he becomes smaller.
What to do... Although he can disguise himself as Kudo Shinichi, he always feels that this is too easy for Conan.
If Conan knew that he could disguise himself as him, he would have no worries in his future actions. If he was suspected, he could just let Yuya show his face and be done with it.
Moreover, it feels very weird to pretend to be Kudo Shinichi and face Mao Lilan...