Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 177: The seamless connection of the scumbag, everyone is doing their best
Xiaolan looked at Yingsheng expectantly, and all the light and shadows around her faded away. She really wanted to repay the care he had given her.

The vehicle slowly stopped.

Yingsheng leaned forward slightly and stretched out his left hand. Xiaolan subconsciously shrank back a little, then immediately sat back and also stretched out her hand to Yingsheng.

Click——

The car door opened.

"We're at Beido High School, get off the bus."

Yingsheng returned to his position and saw Xiaolan's arms frozen in the air. He smiled and leaned over to hug her gently: "Okay, you remember a lot of things I said, so you should remember it too. The way of getting along that I appreciate most is to let each of us shine, and never force it.

No matter what level of intimacy, self is always the most important, and you should never become dependent.

I know what you're thinking, but that's totally unnecessary.

Your mere existence is enough for me."

The warm breath beside her ear gradually softened her stiff body, but the extremely wide distance in front of her made Xiaolan inexplicably feel a little uneasy. Does this count as a hug?

The thought turned into action almost as soon as it came into being. Xiaolan stretched out her arms and then closed them tightly.

But before that, Yingsheng had already escaped.

"Why, are you going to use the stranglehold on me?" he asked with a smile.

"........."

Xiaolan was speechless for a second, and suddenly thought that Yingsheng, who had the identity of Liuying, could not fail to understand what she meant, and her eyes became a little resentful again: "If you don't want to take me with you, then forget it, why do you have to find so many excuses."

Yingsheng shook his head: "This is not a big truth. I sincerely hope that everyone in the world can do this. It would be best if everyone can be born on the right path."

"Sophistry, that's what I'm talking about."

"Yeah, that's what I said. When I think of you, Xiaolan, fighting hard for the championship, I instantly feel full of energy and my mind becomes clearer." Yingsheng smiled, "Correspondingly, if you can also work hard because of this, no matter what your mood is, it's actually better than me off the court."

“…I can’t argue with you at all, but!”

Xiaolan gritted her teeth: "If that's the case, I will definitely train with anger towards you."

"Is there any bonus to anger?"

Yingsheng raised his eyebrows slightly: "This is actually not a good thing. You need to carefully grasp your own physical condition in that state and learn to control your emotions."

"........."

Xiaolan was speechless: "Suiyue-kun, you are too good, no matter what aspect."

"Heh, at least I don't dare to participate in a karate competition, for fear of being beaten and paralyzed."

“…No way.”

Xiaolan grumbled helplessly, got off the car, and went back to...

"Don't look back, that's not cool."

Xiaolan paused, turned her head away helplessly, and waved her hand: "I will work hard to grow, but you must call me when you need me."

"I definitely will. Do your best."

"Hmm."

The figure gradually faded away. Yingsheng retracted his gaze, stretched lazily, asked the driver to go back to the bank, took out his cell phone and called Xuesong Qingzi:

"Are you ready to die again, Kiyoko?"

"I don't understand what you mean, Mr. Hotaru. Do you mean that I have to change my surname to Aoyagi from now on?" There was a hint of distress in Kiyoko's lazy voice.

"Oh, you didn't just get up?"

"I'm a housewife now, of course I need to take a nap, you woke me up." "Sorry, sorry, I meant the Six-Eared Macaque. Anyway, let's go to the Mihua branch of Siling Bank first, I'll wait for you here."

"Eh? Is it really okay for me to show up so blatantly like this? I always feel that it is very different from the life of a dead person that I imagined. I go out every day."

"Do you want to stay at home every day? Then forget it here."

"Hmm... I just feel a little weird. I was actually planning to learn flower arrangement this afternoon."

"Haha, in that case, Madam, just pretend that you are having an affair with me. Remember to wear a mask and sunglasses, so as not to be discovered by the wife."

"Hey~~wait for me."

Yingsheng smiled and shook his head, hung up the phone, and when the car arrived at the coffee shop on the corner of the street where the bank was, he got out, pushed open the door of the coffee shop, looked around, ordered a caramel mocha, and walked to the most remote corner to wait.

About twenty minutes later, a young woman in a beige dress pushed the door and entered the cafe. She was wearing a white wide-brimmed sun hat with a blue rose on it, and a mask and big sunglasses on her face.

She looked around the store, ordered an iced Americano, walked towards Yingsheng, and waved, "Dear, long time no see."

Yingsheng laughed: "Long time no see, Mrs. Gaoyuan."

"No, you should call her Mrs. Shuiyue."

"Oh my, when did this happen? Congratulations."

Qingzi pulled open the chair next to Yingsheng, sat down with her skirt pulled up, slightly pulled down her mask, leaned close to his ear, opened her red lips and exhaled: "Tonight, okay?"

"Ugh……"

Yingsheng shook his head gently: "I told you, Qingzi, you are special, you don't need to do this at all."

[Love +1]

"Oh, do I still feel special to Hotaru-kun? You must be kidding." Kiyoko moved her chair to the opposite side of Hotaru-kun, took the caramel mocha in front of him, took off her mask, and sipped it on herself.

The waiter brought the iced Americano over. Yingsheng nodded at the one in front of him, waited for him to put it down, drank it all in one gulp, then rubbed his swollen temples and sighed softly, "I don't know why you think this way."

"Didn't you get a good rest last night?" Qingzi asked.

"It seems like I never sleep well every night, and last night was no exception."

"Do you need me to give you a massage?"

"No need. I mean, you are not affected by the recency effect."

"Any questions?"

Qingzi took off her glasses, her bright eyes misty: "We are living together now."

"........."

Yingsheng was speechless: "Thank you for your performance. It makes me feel better. But if you tell me that this is another level of acting, I will start to feel heartbroken."

"Hey... Hotaru-kun actually has a heart?"

Qingzi pouted and put her glasses back on: "Let's talk business. I'm just a tool anyway."

Yingsheng was speechless again and looked at her for a long while: "Did we know each other before?"

"That's a strange thing to say, what else?"

"The time point I'm talking about is before the wisteria blooms. I'm still Shuiyue Yingsheng, just Shuiyue Yingsheng."

Qingzi tilted her head in confusion: "Then you are no longer the son of Shuiyue Ying?"

"Tsk, just pretend I didn't ask."

Yingsheng already had a rough guess in his mind, but he didn't care much and returned to the topic:
"I need you to find Miyano Akemi and get yourself on the operating table at the winery."

(End of this chapter)