Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 13: Yue Lao really tried his best
At 3:30 in the afternoon, the bell rang on time.

The youthful and energetic high school students rushed out of the classroom like birds out of a cage, and the teacher on the podium left three minutes earlier than them.

"Shuiyue, I plan to go to each club to sell lottery tickets. Do you want to come with me?"

Kenta Nakamichi in the back seat looked eager to try. Yingsheng glanced at the pile of beautifully printed cards on his desk and thought that this guy had a bright future.

"Death Lotto?"

"No, no, no, this name is too straightforward. We'll be caught by the Moral Education Department." Nakamichi Kenta pointed at the empty seat of Kudo Shinichi and chuckled, "It's called the Famous Detective Index. Guess how many dead people he redeemed in a day."

"Hiss—are you really a genius?"

"Haha, Kudo went out again at noon today. Do you want to place a bet? It's only 100 yen."

"No need, and I have something to do later, so I can't accompany you." Yingsheng looked back.

Xiaolan, who was talking to her best friend, immediately felt it, turned her head to look at him, smiled and waved: "Suiyue-kun, are you ready? I'll take you to the club."

"immediately."

Except for the lunch box, Yingsheng never brought anything to school. He just took it and left. Nakamichi Kenta hurriedly held his shoulders and came over with a troubled look on his face, "You, don't let your friends down."

Hotaru shrugged and shook his hand off, "Go sell your lottery tickets quickly, or Kudo will have solved the case."

“Yeah!”

Kenta Nakamichi quickly stood up and shook his head. "It's hard to say. In the past, when Kudo told us about solving the case, he was always very excited. But when we asked him today, he wasn't very interested. I guess he encountered a difficult problem."

"Trust Kudo, he can always solve it."

"Well...that's true."

Thanks to Kudo Shinichi's brilliant past achievements, no one thinks he is incompetent, and the same goes for Xiaolan, who has the closest relationship with him.

On the way to the karate club, Yingsheng wanted to talk to him, but...

"Shinichi didn't tell me what happened yesterday. Or rather, we haven't spoken a word to each other from yesterday noon until now." Xiaolan said helplessly.

"It's always like this when he's obsessed with something. It gets better after a while. Anyway, no matter how complicated the mystery is, he will solve it."

"So that's it."

Yingsheng praised: "They try their best to display their talents in their respective fields, spend their youth, and smile at each other in their spare time. It's a very free and easy way for lovers to get along with each other."

"Eh??? I don't have a lover or anything like that."

Xiaolan's cheeks flushed and she turned her head away, "That guy... humph! Not at all!"

"Sorry, sorry, I spoke out of turn."

Yingsheng smiled, "Indeed, if a dishonest guy like Kudo doesn't confess his feelings for a day, Maori-kun should just leave him alone." He paused, "But if you're frank, this kind of awkwardness is actually unnecessary."

"Hehe...Are you here to lobby for Shinichi, Mizuki-kun?" Xiaolan pouted.

"I just felt inspired. Who knows which will come first, tomorrow or an accident?" As Yingsheng thought about it, the familiar system panel emerged in his mind.

【Love: 5】

[Killing Intent: 22 (Ability : Frenzy)]

[Remaining lifespan: 1 days]

To be more precise, it is 13 hours.

Although he extended his life by the deadline mainly for love, the life span column flashed yellow every half an hour, reminding him that he didn't have much time left. It still made him feel detached from everything he experienced, as if it was a dream.

"Good things are always fleeting, Maori-kun, you must cherish the present moment."

Xiaolan seemed to be thinking about something. She was silent for a while and stopped beside a flower bed.

"Suizuki-kun, do you like cherry blossoms?"

"It's okay." Yingsheng stopped and looked puzzled.

"But the cherry blossom season actually lasts for two weeks."

"It's really frustrating. It would be great if the cherry blossoms could bloom for just one day and one night."

"So, what happens after the flowers bloom?"

"Of course it's withering." "No."

"no?"

Xiaolan turned to face the flower bed, and Yingsheng also looked sideways. The thick trunk was full of mottled cracks, and the moss growing at the bottom blended with the green grass. The tortuous outline extended countless branches, like a bunch of skeleton arms.

"Look carefully, the end of the branch." Xiaolan said.

Facing the gentle sunshine of late spring, Firefly focused his sight. The withered flower stalks swayed slowly in the wind, and behind it was a green crystal, tender and juicy.

Do not,
Much more than just a little.

When Yingsheng discovered the things he had ignored in the past, a more layered world unfolded in his eyes: tender green, lush, delicate, upright... Thousands of lives were flashing with vitality, driving the branches to dance.

The leisurely melody gradually enveloped the entire sky, which was the lush green shade of the trees.

Under the shade of the tree, Yingsheng smiled softly.

“Is this a cherry tree?”

"Ah."

"What a pity, I didn't see the withering pink sea of ​​flowers."

"Hehe, Shuiyue-kun obviously knows what I mean. And why didn't you see it? It was only completely destroyed half a month ago."

"Just assume that I forgot. As for what Mori-kun meant, of course I understand, but to be honest, I understand the other aspect more deeply."

"What?" Xiaolan looked over curiously.

Yingsheng also turned to look at her and spread his hands. "Never try to convince someone. It's impossible to do such a thing. Sorry, I was talking about myself. Maori-kun was just being kind. After all, my ideas are very dangerous."

Yingsheng pulled up his sleeves, revealing his white wrists without a single scar, and said with a smile, "I will sincerely repent. From now on, my favorite flower is ivy."

"..."

Xiaolan was speechless, "Is ivy a flower?"

"That's what it means anyway."

Yingsheng smiled, "What I said before... well, I was thinking too much. You and Kudo still have a long time to spend together, and the ambiguity of adolescence is indeed more interesting than after a relationship is established."

Xiaolan's cheeks blushed again, and she turned around and continued walking towards the karate club.

"Mr. Shuiyue is too gossipy."

"A flower is just about to bloom. Isn't it interesting to witness its blooming?"

"Hmm...what about Suigetsu-kun himself?"

“Of course I want to plant a seed in the flowerbed myself, but I haven’t found that bright touch of color yet.”

"This kind of thing really can't be forced..."

Xiaolan paused, looked back suddenly, and said in a daze: "Suiyue-kun has been deliberately keeping a distance from me before, not only because of my misunderstanding, but also because I will interfere with your contact with other girls?"

Yingsheng sighed deeply.

"more or less."

"Then... Suigetsu-kun often mentions Shinichi in front of me, is this also the reason?"

"Oh, yes, I hope you two can stick together all the time."

The system's judgment of love is quite strict. Xiaolan and Kudo Shinichi are in love with each other, so Hotaru certainly has no feelings for her.

As a result, due to some strange misunderstandings, things turned out like this.

"terribly sorry!"

Xiaolan blushed and bowed deeply: "I...I will make it up to Suigetsu-kun!"

Yingsheng, who quickly flashed to the side, was stunned.

"what?"

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