Ke Xue: My standards for dating are not problematic!

Chapter 197 Sleeping Side by Side? Let's sleep together!

Nine o'clock in the evening, at the Mouri Detective Agency.

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Kogoro Mouri was sitting in the living room, drinking his bedtime beer and watching a TV drama starring Yoko Okino, enjoying a very pleasant life.

Although he lost Eri Kisaki, with the help of Conan, his spirit, he has now fully recovered.

His fame soared, and he gained a large following, including some young and beautiful girls.

But because of Xiaolan, he still didn't dare to reach out recklessly.

Even so, he is now extremely happy every day.

"Conan, what's wrong? Why do you look so worried?"

"Did you have a fight with your girlfriend?"

"Would you like Uncle to introduce you to a new girlfriend?"

"a ha ha ha."

Slightly tipsy, Kogoro Mouri looked at Conan, who was wearing pajamas, and stuck out his tongue, bursting into laughter.

Conan, sitting cross-legged at the dining table, looked at Kogoro Mouri, who was beaming with pride, and his cheeks twitched involuntarily as he mentally complained.

"Uncle Mori has been a bit too arrogant lately. You wouldn't be living such a good life without me."

"Not only are you not grateful to me, but you're also making fun of me here. I don't have a girlfriend at all, and I don't need one. I only need Xiaolan."

Speaking of Xiaolan, he glanced at the door secretly, then quickly looked away.

And this room is Xiaolan's room.

"Hehehe," Conan chuckled shyly, scratching the back of his head, "Uncle Mori, I don't have anything that makes me unhappy."

"Don't worry about me, and I don't have a girlfriend, so don't talk nonsense."

This is a lie.

He was actually quite unhappy, because after he finished washing the dishes downstairs, he went to ask his mother, and she told him to leave it alone, or he would get a spanking.

Under Yukiko's forceful suppression, Conan was directly defeated.

So he seemed sullen when he came back.

After all, he did all this for his mother, but she didn't appreciate it at all and even scolded him. How could he be happy about that?

As a result, when they got back, they were still subjected to criticism from Uncle Mori.

This is unbearable!
"belch"

"No? Haven't you been getting along really well with those kids in your class lately? Oh, no." Kogoro Mouri said with a burp.

Upon hearing this, Conan said, "Ayumi is just my good friend, Uncle Mori, don't overthink it."

"Good friends?" Uncle Mori said with a smile, "They're good friends now, but they'll become childhood sweethearts later, then... then..."

"Hey"

At this point, Kogoro Mouri sighed, and his whole demeanor turned gloomy.

The mention of childhood sweethearts reminded him of his ex-wife, Eri Kisaki.

Although he has divorced Eri Kisaki, she is still his childhood sweetheart, first love, and ideal woman, and he can't forget her so easily.

And mentioning his childhood sweetheart would remind him of Eri Kisaki.

Gu Gu Gu Gu.
The bitter wine hurts my heart as it goes down!

Kogoro Mouri downed his beer in one gulp, then turned off the TV, stood up, and said, "Alright, kid, it's bedtime now. You should go to sleep too."

"Once you fall asleep, you can forget all those unpleasant things."

Goodnight, kid!

After saying that, Kogoro Mouri put the beer bottle in the kitchen and turned back to his room.

Conan watched Kogoro Mouri's departing figure and couldn't help but sigh, "Uncle Mouri is much more open-minded, but I can't be."

"No matter what, she's still my mom."

He really didn't want to get involved, but he had no choice.

Conan shook his head, stood up from the floor, and prepared to go back to his room to sleep.

But just then, a door opened, and Xiaolan, wearing pink pajamas, walked out of the bedroom.

"Conan, aren't you asleep yet?"

Ran walked over to Conan, picked up the water bottle and cup on the table, poured herself a glass of water, and gulped it down.

"Ran-neechan, I'm going to sleep right away," Conan said.

Upon hearing this, Ran put down her water glass, looked at Conan, and said with a smile, "You seem to have something on your mind, Conan."

"I heard it from inside the room."

The layout of the third floor of the Maori house consists of a living room, two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a kitchen; it's not very big.

So if you talk in the living room, people in the bedroom can hear you.

"Huh?" Conan was taken aback: "Ran-neechan, you heard everything?"

Xiaolan smiled and said, "Yes, you heard your conversation with your father, including his helpless sigh."

A large room has its advantages, and a small room has its advantages as well.

No matter what they said, she could hear it all from inside the room.

If it were in the past, when she heard her father sigh, she would have thought that her father had grown up and that maybe the two of them could go back to how things were before.

But now, no matter what Dad does, there's no going back to the way things were.

Because my parents are divorced, and there's no going back.

But this is also a good thing for her, because it means the two of them can start over and live a new life.

As for herself, it doesn't matter, since she's already seventeen and will be eighteen soon.

I can live independently now, and even if I go to university, I can work part-time without any problems.

However, this is unlikely, since her parents aren't abandoning her, and she doesn't need to worry about money.

Closer to home.

Now that there's already someone down on their luck in the family, we can't let Conan become any weirder.

Therefore, she needs to prepare to counsel Conan on his psychological issues, so that Conan doesn't become a problem child, since there's already a problem adult in the family.

"So you can tell me your troubles, maybe I can help you solve them." Xiaolan smiled gently.

Seeing Ran's smile, Conan also smiled, sat cross-legged in front of Ran, and began to speak his mind.

He told Xiaolan everything he had seen that day.

"Oh, so that's what it was about."

After hearing Conan's explanation, Ran covered her mouth and laughed.

"Sister Xiaolan, what are you laughing at? I'm really troubled right now."

Xiaolan does have a very gentle and beautiful smile, but this is not the time to smile.

I'm really worried about this.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Ran reached out and patted Conan's head, continuing, "Actually, you don't need to worry about this too much."

"After all, you're only seven years old, still a primary school student."

"Even if you wanted to interfere, you couldn't. Your Aunt Wendai is already an adult, and she's thirty-seven years old."

“She has lived for your father and for you for so many years, so now she wants to live for herself.”

“If you really stop Aunt Wendai, she might not be happy, and it might even create a rift between you, which would be bad.”

"So just let things take their course."

"Maybe Mr. Kitahara is the right person for your mother, and besides, Mr. Kitahara is not married."

"Perhaps in the end, Kitahara-sensei will choose your mother instead of Yonehara Akiko-sensei."

Listening to Ran's explanation, Conan scratched the back of his head, somewhat helpless.

Xiaolan has become like this too; she's acting a bit strange.

It's probably still related to Uncle Mori and Aunt Eri.

Upon hearing this, Conan sighed and said, "So, should I really not get involved in Mom's affair with Kitahara-sensei?"

"And Mom and Dad aren't divorced yet! Doesn't that count as having an affair?"

To this day, Yusaku Kudo has not yet come from Los Angeles to Tokyo to divorce Yukiko.

But it will be soon. According to his father, he has already taken care of things in the United States and should be coming over in the next few days.

“How can this be considered an affair!” Xiaolan said seriously. “Aunt Fumiyo and Mr. Kitahara just have feelings for each other, they haven’t done anything out of line.”

"To be more precise, it's more than friendship, but not quite romance."

"Even if your father finds out, he can't blame Aunt Wendai, since it was your father who was unfaithful to the marriage first."

She's changed, she's changed, Xiaolan has really changed.

The world is becoming increasingly unrecognizable, increasingly insane!
"Indeed it is."

Conan nodded without refuting, because what Ran said was true and could not be refuted.

"So I'm really not going to get involved in this?" He was still a little hesitant, feeling that his mother getting involved with Kitahara-sensei and Yonehara Akiko-sensei wouldn't end well.

After all, such things are not accepted by the world.

"Don't worry about it," Xiaolan said. "If you really can't let it go, then find something to do so you won't think about it."

"You can just wait and see how things develop."

Upon hearing this, Conan remained silent for a few seconds before finally nodding in agreement.

"Ok."

"Yes, that's how you should be. You've helped my dad a lot lately, so keep up the good work and help him more."

“He’s already quite famous, and he’ll only be getting more and more commissions in the future, so he really needs an assistant.”

Xiaolan was very pleased with her father's change, but it was still a little late. However, it was a good thing, at least she didn't have to worry about him too much.

"Okay, I know what to do. Thank you, Sister Xiaolan."

Conan stood up, bowed slightly to Ran, and then turned and went back to the room where Kogoro Mouri was.

Because of the limited number of rooms, he shared a room with Kogoro Mouri, slept on the floor, and had to endure his snoring every night.

Fortunately, he's gotten used to it now.

"Okay, go to bed early, you have school tomorrow."

Ran nodded and stood up from the floor. After watching Conan leave the living room, she couldn't help but sigh and mutter to herself, "You have worries, and so do I."

"And it's similar to your worries too."

She had introduced her mother to Kitahara Natsuhiro before, but now this has happened.

Of course, she also told her mother about it.

However, Eri Kisaki's attitude was similar to Yukiko's, telling Ran not to get involved in the matter and to make her own decisions.

Therefore, she and Conan are in the same boat.

However, Xiaolan is not the same Xiaolan as before. Naturally, since her mother said she shouldn't interfere, she won't interfere.

She is someone who listens to advice and gets a full meal; she is now someone who listens to advice.

Then, Xiaolan went to the window and looked down, where she happened to see several familiar figures.

It was Kitahara Natsuhiro, Yonehara Akiko, and Yukiko standing at the restaurant entrance.

It was already 9:30, and the cleaning of the restaurant had been completed.

Amuro Tooru, Enomoto Azusa, and Miyano Akemi had already left, so only Kitahara Natsuhiro, Yukiko, and Yonehara Akiko remained in the restaurant.

"Oh, it's Kitahara-sensei and the others, and Conan's mother too."

Xiaolan opened the window a crack and peeked out.

She was quite interested in this matter.

After all, gossiping is human nature, and even Xiaolan can't avoid it.

If Sonoko, the queen of gossip, were here, she'd probably be sitting on a small stool, watching with great interest.

There, people wouldn't be sneaking around like Xiaolan.

When it comes to enjoying melons, you have to do it openly and honestly!

Suddenly, Kitahara Natsuyu seemed to sense something, looked up, and happened to see Xiaolan on the third floor, meeting her gaze.

Upon seeing Xiaolan, Kitahara Natsuhiro smiled and waved to her.

Knowing she had been discovered, Xiaolan blushed slightly, gave an embarrassed smile, nodded, and closed the window.

"Ugh, I got caught peeking." Xiaolan said, somewhat annoyed. "Oh well, I guess I'll just go to sleep."

She decided not to peek any longer, so she turned off the living room lights and went back to her room to sleep.

the other side.

"Xia Yu, what's wrong?"

At this moment, Akiko Yonehara noticed that Natsuhiro Kitahara was acting strangely and asked him about it.

Upon hearing this, Yukiko also looked over.

She was chatting with Akiko Yonehara and didn't see what Natsuhiro Kitahara was doing.

Upon hearing this, Kitahara Natsuyu pointed to the sky and said with a smile, "I just saw Ran by the window."

"Xiaolan!"

Upon hearing this name, Yukiko and Akiko Yonehara exchanged a glance.

"Ran is watching us from the window, is she eating our melon seeds?" Yukiko teased.

After all, her son Conan lives in Ran's house, and since he's always been biased towards outsiders, he'll definitely tell Ran about her affairs.

In addition, Xiaolan's family lived on the third floor, so they came over from across the floor to watch the drama unfold.

However, Yukiko wouldn't get angry over such things; she's not that petty.

“I think so. Sonoko used to love listening to gossip, and now Ran is doing the same thing. It seems she’s been corrupted by Sonoko,” Akiko Yonehara said with a smile.

Ran, Shinichi, and Sonoko all attended her school, so she was naturally familiar with them.

She was very familiar with the second young lady of the Suzuki family, after all, she was the gossip queen of the school.

And once Sonoko finds out about the gossip, it will spread throughout the entire school in a very short time.

If this gossip is related to Xiaolan, then that's a different story.

Upon hearing this, Kitahara Natsuhiro shrugged: "It must have been Conan who told Ran."

"I'll settle the score with Conan when I go to school tomorrow."

Akiko Yonehara looked at Yukiko and said with a smile, "Aren't you going to do anything about it? Conan is your son, after all."

"Having children is for fun; if it's not for fun, then it's meaningless." Yukiko covered her mouth and laughed. "Besides, this brat has given me a lot of trouble, so let Natsuyu discipline him!"

"Evil people need to be dealt with by other evil people!"

"That's really going too far." Kitahara Natsuyu pouted. "To call me a villain is just too much."

"The teachers and students at the school all know that I am a good teacher."

"You actually said that about me, so you have to make it up to me!"

Upon hearing this, Yukiko and Akiko Yonehara exchanged a glance, both understanding the meaning behind each other's eyes.

They've already revealed their true intentions so quickly.

"Oh, what kind of compensation do you want? Tell me," Akiko Yonehara said with a half-smile.

"Hehe." Kitahara Natsuyu covered the back of his head and said somewhat embarrassedly, "The security situation in Tokyo hasn't been very good lately."

"So I'll go back with you and take care of you. What do you think?"

This is Kitahara Natsuyu's true purpose in revealing his true intentions.

Yukiko and Akiko Yonehara are planning to sleep side-by-side tonight, so it would be unreasonable for him not to join in.

However, Yukiko and Akiko Yonehara will most likely not agree. At most, he can let them pass by, and then he can return the way he came.

Upon hearing this, Yukiko and Akiko Yonehara covered their mouths and laughed, saying in unison, "We knew it."

"You lecherous devil, all you think about all day long is these kinds of things."

The two of them knew exactly what Kitahara Natsumi was like.

"So, you agreed?" Kitahara Natsuyu asked shamelessly.

If he hesitates and shrinks back now, when will his dream of sleeping with his beloved wife ever come true?

People can't be like salted fish.

"No."

The two of them said in unison again.

"I knew it."

Upon hearing their answers, Kitahara Natsuhiro sighed, his once straight back hunching over.

Neither of them felt sorry for Kitahara Natsuyu when they saw him like this.

Those who know, know; this guy is faking it.

so.
Yukiko and Akiko Yonehara came to Kitahara Natsuyu's side, and the two of them pinched a bit of his flesh from the left and right, twisting it.

"Stop pretending, we know you all too well."

"Now send us back, and then you can go home and sleep."

"We have to go to work tomorrow, so we won't have time to spend with you."

"So you can just not go to work?" Kitahara Natsuhiro's eyes lit up.

"no!"

Yonehara Koko and Yukiko said in unison.

"Oh, this is so hard for me! When will my dream come true?!"

(End of this chapter)