Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 199 Yingsheng confessed everything to Xiaolan

"Don't panic, this is just a bad idea. Besides, there is still plenty of time. We can eat first." Yingsheng rubbed his empty stomach and said with a pout, "Besides, even if we want to force our way in, we have to fill our stomachs first."

He pointed to a wooden sign not far ahead: "We have arrived at Samadhi House."

Xiaolan sighed and pulled him to the store: "There's still plenty of time. Do you think Gin is just holding on and will pass out eventually?"

Yingsheng nodded: "And Shirley won't cooperate with him. Kudo has inhaled the drug and there is a possibility that he will fall into a coma if he is stopped."

"What kind of medicine is it?"

"Don't say it, don't say it."

"LSD?"

"Of course not, why do you think so?"

"Because we just met last night. Besides, you have thought about saving Shinichi, right?"

"If not, I wouldn't have told you."

As they were talking, the two had already walked into the restaurant. The receptionist was wearing a blue and white porcelain cheongsam and had a warm smile on her face. Xiaolan took a look at the surroundings and realized that this was a Chinese restaurant.

Samadhi, essence, energy and spirit, that’s also correct.

"Mr. Maori, have you ordered food here?" Yingsheng asked as he walked to the front desk.

"It has been ordered. Half a chicken with sweet-scented osmanthus sauce, one auspicious two-color fish, and two bowls of lion's head in cordyceps flower clear soup." The receptionist replied after checking.

“Has it been delivered?”

“Not yet, but we are already working on it.”

"Then bring these to us. These are too greasy for a patient like him. Give him some bitter melon, some cold shredded vegetables, and some tofu with spring onions. That's it." Yingsheng handed her a bank card. "You can take a look. I paid for it. It should be fine."

He turned to look at Xiaolan, who had a strange look on her face, and introduced her to the receptionist: "This is Mr. Maori's daughter, who is very concerned about her father's health."

The receptionist was feeling a bit embarrassed, but she swiped the card and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. She politely handed over the menu and asked:
"Do you two need anything else?"

"........."

As expected, the sponsor is always the biggest.

After a while, Xiaolan looked at the sumptuous dishes on the table and said helplessly: "Mr. Shuiyue really has a bad taste. Did you come here specifically to tease my father?"

"That's not the case," Yingsheng took out his cell phone and put it on the table, "Guess who's calling next and when will it ring?"

"Eh? If it's related to this place, then it's..."

Buzz buzz!

Yingsheng covered the screen of his mobile phone with his hand.

"It's Ms. Aida!"

Xiaolan has excellent eyesight!

"You cheated. I'll punish you by making you eat a piece of bitter melon." Yingsheng answered the phone. "Ms. Aida, what's the matter?"

"Mr. Mori wants me to go back and bring him some food, but the research institute won't let me leave. Mr. Mizuki, can you talk to them?" Aida Masayo said calmly.

"Mr. Maori is not...Pfft!" Yingsheng quickly covered his mouth and held back the spitting out, "Hey, Xiaolan, you really eat it."

What's going on? The action of sticking out tongue in pain is so cute that it's unfair.

"Hmph, you should have one too!"

Xiaolan inserted a chopstick into Yingsheng's mouth accurately. "Tsk..."

Yingsheng looked calm, chewing heartily, and said vaguely: "I grew up drinking Coptis chinensis water, why would I be afraid of this? By the way, Ms. Aida, didn't Mr. Maori already order food? I saw the delivery man come back earlier."

"…Is it really Mr. Suigetsu who did it? Mr. Maori thought it was Attorney Hime before, so he didn't dare to call and ask. Then could Mr. Suigetsu order another portion for Mr. Maori? I may not be able to leave for the moment."

"Speaking of which, why didn't they just let you leave?"

"There was an explosion in the institute's parking lot and they are investigating."

"Have you been there?"

"No."

"Oh, that's it. As long as you don't do anything, they will let you go later. Sorry, Ms. Aida, I'm just a small employee there. Um... they didn't make things difficult for you, did they? Who did they do to you?"

"Don't embarrass me. The person in charge of investigating the explosion is Mr. Kurosawa."

"That's really nothing I can do. He's my direct superior. Say hello to him. Bye."

Yingsheng hung up the phone and continued eating.

Xiaolan, who was sitting across from him at the table, had a serious look on her face. Seeing him like this, she couldn't help but ask, "Did Shuiyue-kun verify anything through this phone call?"

Yingsheng nodded: "It's a bit, by the way, your joke just now was very natural, but it was actually unnecessary."

"Oh... that Mr. Kurosawa?"

"I'm just calling him that for the time being. It's most likely not Gin. And how could the explosion have happened in the parking lot of the research institute? There are surveillance cameras everywhere. Even if I wanted to send a bomb in, I couldn't.

Furthermore, they must have wanted to contact me before, but they did not make the call until Mr. Maori took the initiative to provide them with a reason. This shows that while they suspected me, they also had a strong fear of the mastermind behind the scenes, fearing that their phone call would allow the mastermind to confirm something.

Then, as the mastermind behind all this, I can be sure that since they are so guilty, the information exchange has definitely not been completed, and Gin probably can't hold on any longer.

That’s about it. Let’s go after dinner. We still have plenty of time.”

"So where did Mizuki-kun put the bomb?" Xiaolan asked curiously.

"Of course it was in the surrounding cars. They could only hear a sound at most. They didn't know how to alert the enemy. At the critical moment, it would be very shocking, especially in Gin's state at that time. He might have fainted if he was startled."

"………sharp."

"Thanks for the compliment."

"But the risk is still too great, isn't it? Don't you have any safer means, Shuiyue-kun?"

"I didn't expect to fail, so how could I have any insurance? And I never intended to hurt Miss Shirley, so I have to be cautious with some means."

"Okay, is Mr. Gin an important combat force? If he falls, are we going to attack him by force later?"

"Assaulting someone else's base camp is courting death no matter how you look at it. What if they set up machine guns? We won't be able to put up a full salvo of bullets."

“…They even have this?”

"Definitely. Maybe even an RPG."

"This...then how about we call the police?"

"Real name or anonymous? No, that's not important. What's important is that I can guarantee that the winery definitely has official connections. If we call the police, not only will the police not take any action, they will probably sell us out right away."

Seeing that Xiaolan was a little bit unbelievable, Yingsheng looked around and whispered: "What they are researching may involve immortality and resurrection. It is normal for such things to attract many people. There are many old guys in Chiyoda District."

(End of this chapter)