Chapter 111: One pair inside the house, one pair outside
Many, Mao Lilan blinked her dry eyes.
She took a deep breath, looked at Conan and said, "Shinichi, I'm sorry..."
Conan was stunned. Why did she apologize? Shouldn't I be the one to apologize?
"... I've thought about it for a long time, but I still can't figure out what I can do for you. Am I useless?" Mao Lilan showed a sad smile, which made Conan's heart wrenched.
"No," Conan shook his head vigorously, "It's obviously me who is useless..."
The two looked at each other speechlessly.
Yuya sighed, clapped his hands to focus the two people's attention on himself, and said: "Okay, now that things have come to this, let's think about what we should do next."
"You don't have to be sad, Xiaolan. In fact, we haven't made any progress in the organization."
"The first question is, Conan, are you going to continue living at Xiaolan's house, or move in with me?"
After Mao Lilan knows Conan's identity, can the two of them still get along like before?
Vermouth may have been lurking nearby, but I don’t know if she has disguised herself as Aida Tomoaki. We can’t test her easily. After all, she is not a simple-minded person like Vodka, and she will be suspected if we are not careful.
However...there is no Haibara Ai in this world, and the identities of the Amakura sisters are very complete and should not be exposed easily.
In this case, will Vermouth still come?
After hearing what Yuya said, Mao Lilan and Conan were stunned and couldn't help but look at each other.
Yuya spread his hands and said, "Xiaolan, you already know Conan's identity. Can you still treat him the same way as before? If not, you may be suspected by someone with ulterior motives. After all, no one knows where the organization's members will appear. Maybe a random passerby may be a member of the organization."
Especially someone like Vermouth who can disguise herself as someone else at will, maybe she can just pick a random passerby and mistake him for herself.
Why does this feel like opening a blind box, and a little exciting?
Conan was silent for a while, then said, "But if I suddenly move into your house, it will be easy to arouse suspicion, right?"
After all, Conan is a child living in the Mori family, and it is indeed strange that he moved to the Kamiya family for no apparent reason.
Ordinary people may not think much about it, but people in the organization may not.
Yuya thought about it and nodded. This was indeed a problem.
Mao Lilan clenched her fists, took a deep breath and said, "I can do it."
The two looked at her in surprise.
Mao Lilan looked at Conan and Yuya with a firm gaze: "I know I can't do much, but at least I can cover for Conan. Let him continue to live in my house."
Conan immediately showed a touched expression: "Lan..."
Yuya had a strange expression on his face, and he coughed lightly and said, "Xiaolan, I want to remind you that although he looks like a child, don't forget that he is actually a high school student of the same age as you, a high school boy!"
"Young boys and girls living under one roof..."
"Shut up!" Conan was startled. Yuya, you are really bringing up things that are not relevant. Xiaolan didn't notice this, but you have to remind her, right?
Ran Mao Li was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what Yuya meant, and her face turned red.
"This...this..." He stammered and couldn't utter a word.
After a long while, he managed to utter: "Shinichi wouldn't do such a thing, would he?" Probably not? They have lived together for such a long time, and he hasn't done anything?
"Really?" Youye raised an eyebrow, "Didn't you take a bath together and sleep in the same bed? He didn't do anything?"
Conan widened his eyes and asked, "Do you really want to see me die?"
You didn't believe it either. At least if he was asked to sleep in the same bed with Miss Shiho, he would definitely not be able to resist and do something that would not be approved.
Mao Lilan was stunned, her face turned red, and steam came out of her head.
"I wouldn't have remembered it if Yu hadn't told me, Shinichi!" Ran Mouri looked at Conan with a gloomy face, her hair fluttering in the wind, and it seemed as if the god of death holding a scythe appeared behind her.
"You said you were hiding your identity to protect me? Okay, no problem.
Then why did you pretend to be a child and take a bath with me, and... you acted really well!"
With a low roar, Mao Lilan suddenly stood up and walked to Conan, raised her right hand and smashed it down hard.
I'm going to die! My head is going to be blown off! Conan closed his eyes in despair.
Then the expected pain did not appear, but instead a warmth surrounded me.
Conan opened his eyes and stared at the profile so close to him.
"It must have been a tough time during this period, Shinichi," Ran Mouri whispered in Conan's ear.
Conan instantly felt that his psychological defenses were broken, his nose felt sore, and his eyes couldn't help but become moist.
"It's okay, I'll be here for you from now on." Feeling Conan's body trembling slightly, Mao Lilan said softly, "I couldn't think of what I could do, but Yuya's words reminded me."
"I may not be able to help you investigate the organization, but I can support you behind the scenes."
"···"
Youye blinked and said, "Father can only help you up to this point."
Then he opened the door quietly and walked out.
Two people, one big and one small, were left hugging each other tightly in the living room.
···
Walking outside, Youya spotted a familiar figure under a street light.
Miss Shiho? Yuya was a little confused and walked over quickly.
"Why did you come here suddenly? You didn't even send me a message." Youye looked down at the person in front of him. Although he was wearing a disguise, Youye felt that he could see through the mask to the real appearance underneath.
Miyano Shiho raised her head slightly and looked at Yuya with a calm expression: "Have you told her everything?"
Yuya was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "She saw through it. She is too familiar with Shinichi and me. In front of familiar people, any small difference will be infinitely magnified. We completely ignored this."
Miyano Shiho remained silent.
"What's wrong?" Youye asked in confusion, "Why are you here so late?"
Miyano Shiho said: "When you were investigating the case, I noticed that the way she looked at you and Conan was not right. I thought she might be suspicious, so I came to remind you."
"I didn't expect that she would see through it directly."
Yuya nodded slightly, but still a little confused. You could have just sent a message about this, so why did you come here in the middle of the night?
Miyano Shiho stared at Yuya in a daze.
Yuya couldn't help but touch his face: "What's wrong, is there something on my face?"
Miyano Shiho shook her head: "Nothing." It turns out that it's more comfortable to see you in your original form.
"Hmm?" Youya always felt that Miss Shiho was a little strange today.
Miyano Shiho lowered her head. She always felt that she was weird today and was unhappy for some reason.
This unhappiness seemed to have started when Yuya pretended to be Kudo Shinichi.
Although I knew that it was to deal with Mao Lilan, I still felt very uncomfortable.
This discomfort became even more intense when he went on stage and hugged Mao Lilan, so intense that she directly crushed the Coke cup in her hand.
What made me even more uncomfortable was that when Youya was investigating a case, he actually kept such a close distance with a strange girl, with their faces almost touching each other!
He clearly never did this when he was investigating cases.
Or had Yuya done the same thing before they met when he was investigating cases?
Yuya intuitively sensed the resentment coming from the other party and couldn't help asking, "Do you have something to say?"
Miyano Shiho hesitated for a while, and finally asked: "So, why did you hug her when you went on stage today?"
Yuya was stunned for a moment, as if he understood something, and immediately showed a speechless expression: "It's still that Sonoko guy!"
Miyano Shiho's expression was calm, but she uttered a puzzled "Hmm?" at just the right moment.
Yuya sighed, "After I exchanged costumes with Brother Zhiming, I asked Sonoko what the script was before I went on stage. She told me that after the knight appeared, he would knock down the bandits and then hug the princess and kiss her. He couldn't say a word in between."
"I didn't know what the script was like, so I just did it."
"Later, Xiaolan told me that the real script was not like this at all!"
"I was so naive that I actually believed what Sonoko said!"
Miyano Shiho was silent for a moment: "Really?"
Yuya raised four fingers: "I swear! It was that bitch Sonoko who tricked me!"
Miyano Shiho pursed her lips: "But... you almost kissed me..."
Yuya was stunned for a moment. Was he jealous? He was secretly delighted and coughed softly and said, "Um, does Miss Shiho know about the misaligned kiss?"
Miyano Shiho had a puzzled expression on her face
Yuya thought this was a good opportunity, and said calmly, "Don't know? Then I'll show you."
As he said this, he held Miyano Shiho's shoulders with one hand and gently lifted her chin with the other hand.
Miyano Shiho was stunned for a moment, and her ears turned red.
What is he, he, he, going to do? Miyano Shiho was completely stunned, staring at the face that was getting closer and closer.
"Just like this..." Yuya observed the dazed Miss Shiho, laughing in his heart, while lowering his head, their lips slightly intertwined, almost less than half a centimeter apart.
"... If we move them a little further apart and adjust the angle, it will look like they really kissed each other in the eyes of the audience, but in fact, they didn't touch each other at all."
Feeling the warm breath blowing on her cheeks and ears, Miyano Shiho's body was stiff and she didn't dare to nod. At this distance, if she moved a little, she would be kissed. This...
It’s really close!
She had never been so close to a member of the opposite sex!
No, Miyano Shiho suddenly remembered that when they first met, she seemed to be held in his arms.
"But...can you let me go?" Miyano Shiho's voice trembled slightly.
Yuya's lips curled up slightly and he straightened up.
Miyano Shiho quickly took a step back, lowered her head, and didn't know what she was thinking.
After a while, she suddenly raised her head and looked straight at Youye: "Why are you so skilled?"
"what?"
Miyano Shiho narrowed her eyes and asked in a cold voice: "How many girls have you done this to?"
You was also dumbfounded, he quickly explained: "No, this is just a technique often used in movies and TV dramas."
Miyano Shiho narrowed her eyes and looked at Yuya with a dangerous look: "So, you are playing me?"
"what?"
"No, I'm just explaining to you..."
Miyano Shiho snorted and turned away.
Youye suddenly became anxious. He turned around and thought of the two people hugging each other in the room. Those two people were hugging each other, so I couldn’t fall behind, right?
With a ruthless heart, he chased after her and grabbed Miyano Shiho's hand.
Then he pulled her suddenly, and with a stunned look on her face, he pressed her against the wall.
"!!!" Miyano Shiho's eyes trembled violently.
Looking at the face getting closer and closer, Miyano Shiho felt like she couldn't breathe.
This, are you going to kiss me?
But isn’t it too fast?
Should I push him away?
That’s not right. Why did I come here? It’s over. My mind is in a mess and I can’t remember anything at all. And how did things suddenly turn out like this?
But the atmosphere is here...
Miyano Shiho doesn't know whether she likes Yuya or not, because she doesn't know what it feels like to like someone.
But she knew that she could no longer take her eyes off this person.
Maybe it was when he said, "If it's for you, I wouldn't blink an eye even if I blow up the whole building."
Perhaps it was when he rescued himself from the organization, took himself around all night, and the first ray of morning light shone on his face.
Perhaps it is when looking at him has become a habit during our daily interactions.
Perhaps it was because of the smile in his eyes when he called her "Ms. Shiho" again and again.
···
There are too many maybes.
Miyano Shiho couldn't think of it, and didn't want to think about it anymore.
At this moment, the only thing she could feel was that the places where Yuye's breath touched and her hands, which were tightly held by him, felt numb and tingling, and so comfortable that it seemed as if flowers had bloomed.
"Ms. Shiho..." Youya lowered his head and called softly in her ear.
"Ah...ah?" Miyano Shiho's eyes trembled and she responded at a loss.
Smelling the faint jasmine scent coming from the other person, Youya felt that he was completely intoxicated.
"···"
"Yuya, where are you? We..."
Mao Lilan and Conan suddenly walked out of the gate hand in hand, and then...
Then I saw the scene where Yuya pushed Miyano Shiho against the wall, and their faces were very close to each other, almost kissing.
In particular, it was the first time that Mouri Ran saw Miyano Shiho, who was usually cold and aloof, actually look extremely shy.
But maybe it was because of the lighting, I couldn’t tell whether she was blushing or not.
"···"
The four of them looked at each other mercilessly, and the scene suddenly became silent.
Mao Lilan's eyes widened slightly, and she realized that... she seemed to have messed up something unintentionally.
Miyano Shiho suddenly came to her senses, struggled to break free, pushed Yuya away, and ran away without looking back.
Youye helplessly stretched out Erkang's hand, he knew there was no way to continue today.
If someone caught her in such a scene, even if I chased after her, Miss Shiho would definitely be too embarrassed to face me again.
Yuya let out a long sigh, and looked at Mouri Ran and Conan with an extremely resentful look. His gaze moved down and finally landed on the two people's tightly held hands.
The resentment deepened.
Noticing Yuya's gaze, Mao Li Ran felt a little shy and subconsciously wanted to let go.
But Conan held her hand tightly and didn't let her let go.
Mao Lilan had no choice but to lower her head with a red face.
Noticing this detail, Youye raised his eyebrows: Oh, so after their identities were revealed, their relationship has improved by leaps and bounds?
But it is true, it was a natural thing to happen, it just happened a little earlier now.
His good fortune was ruined, and Youye was in a bad mood. He asked calmly, "Are you going back?"
Mao Lilan nodded.
"are you sure?"
Mao Lilan nodded firmly.
"Okay then," Youye waved his hand and walked towards the house. Before entering the door, he suddenly turned back and said something.
"Be careful and don't kill anyone."
A big question mark appeared above Mao Lilan's head. What does it mean?
Conan, who sometimes read extracurricular magazines with Yuya, understood it instantly. He blushed and subconsciously glanced at Mouri Ran. Seeing that she didn't understand, he breathed a sigh of relief.
This guy is just seeking revenge, right?!
"Sister Xiaolan, let's go back!" Conan raised his head and shouted in an innocent tone.
Ran Mao Li looked at Conan with a strange look, which made his scalp tingle.
"Forget it, I'll get used to it slowly..." Mao Lilan rubbed the goose bumps on her arms and muttered softly.
Then he took Conan's hand and walked towards home.