Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 21 Target——Loan Shark!

"Of course I'm serious."

Yingsheng looked at Xiaolan with a serious face.

"You have no idea how despicable those loan sharks are. They have forced so many people to lose everything and their families to pieces. Not to mention the distant past, the day before yesterday, when I was jogging in Central Park, I heard a homeless person talk about his own tragedy."

Due to temporary cash flow difficulties, he mistakenly trusted a friend and borrowed high-interest loans. As a result, he was unable to pay it back due to the compounded interest.

He was violently confronted by debt collectors at home, his wife was nearly insulted, the landlord stopped renting a house to them for fear of causing trouble, and under pressure from both inside and outside, he made mistakes at work and was fired.

Thus, he became a vagrant.

Yingsheng's narration was straightforward and without much emotion, so Xiaolan didn't feel much after listening to it. She just asked in a daze.

"Where is his wife?"

"Who knows? Maybe he's picking up customers somewhere."

"!!!"

In an instant, Xiaolan felt like her scalp was about to explode and she almost jumped up in shock.

God knows……

She stared at Yingsheng's calm face and wanted to ask: How could you say such horrible words so calmly? !

But she didn't ask that after all.

Even under that slightly sarcastic gaze, all the complicated emotions running through her heart were quickly cooled down as if a basin of ice water was poured over her.

Seeing her lips moving as if she wanted to say something but hesitated, Yingsheng nodded slightly and turned his head away.

“Do you watch the international news?”

Xiaolan didn't quite understand what he meant, but she still answered truthfully.

"rare."

"Then do you know what the neonatal mortality rate is in Zimbabwe, Africa?"

Xiaolan was silent for a few breaths and lowered her head in disappointment.

"I don't know, Suigetsu-kun..."

"I do not know either."

"Um?!"

Xiaolan looked up suddenly, her eyes flickering.

Yingsheng shrugged: "Humans are like this. We only favor those who are close to us and ignore those who are far away from us. If we have never seen it and never heard it, then no matter what kind of tragedy it is, it does not exist at all."

Xiaolan thought for a moment, "Mr. Shuiyue means that we should pay more attention to other things..."

"I mean, don't overthink it."

"Ah?"

Xiaolan tilted her head in confusion.

Yingsheng smiled and said, "Whatever you want to do, just do it. It doesn't matter if there is a rational reason or not. For example, on Friday, the night after tomorrow, I plan to go to the loan shark company for trouble. That's it."

He turned to look at Xiaolan, "Well, do you want to go?"

Xiaolan looked hesitant. To be honest, she was a little confused and didn't know what to say.

"No rush, just give me an answer before Friday night. I'm going alone anyway." Yingsheng didn't care. "And don't worry about me being in danger. I will use a secret weapon that day."

"What?" Xiaolan asked curiously.

"I told you it's a secret."

"Oh...what about your stamina?"

"If you can't hold on any longer, just run. You don't have to survive this level."

"Puch-"

Xiaolan couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle: "I just thought you were going to be the Robin Hood of Tokyo and bring justice to those who suffered injustice, but it turned out to be just that casual?"

"Well, I told you not to think too much about it. Why not just treat it as a game?"

"not good!"

Xiaolan's expression was serious: "Lynching is wrong. Why didn't you call the police for this kind of thing?"

Yingsheng was surprised and said, "The Yakuza is legal in Japan, you should know that."

"What does this have to do with it?" Xiaolan was puzzled.

Yingsheng thought for a moment, "Well, the homeless man who owed the loan shark is called Tojo Shuntatsu, and the company is called Watanuki Credit Co., Ltd. You can try calling the police first. The clues and evidence you need...

Well, you can investigate it yourself. You are going to be a detective assistant in the future, so you can practice first."

"Okay! I'll...hiss——"

Xiaolan stood up suddenly, then sat down again with a breath of cold air. Yingsheng curled his lips. "You are such a daredevil."

Xiaolan continued to ice her knees and glared at him: "It's all because of you, you despicable guy."

"I'm sorry, but if you follow Kudo around, you'll encounter more despicable people than this, so be as vigilant as possible."

"……Oh."

"You can't beat me at all."

"..."

"Because I have a lot of principles."

"..."

"This guy is so annoying. Here he comes again. Ah, he's going to go berserk." Yingsheng smiled. "Let's go back to the beginning. What was it? It seemed to be about love. I don't care about rumors. Just tell Kudo when the time comes."

"hehe."

Xiaolan rolled her eyes and said, "You are actually a very skilled scumbag."

"Huh? I don't understand."

"Too much control, asshole!"

"Haha, don't be so loud, senior."

"..."

In the blink of an eye, it was dusk again. Suzuki Sonoko came over from outside the dojo and helped Xiaolan home.

"Buy lunch boxes, don't cook." Yingsheng reminded casually.

"You don't need to say that. Just take care of yourself first." Suzuki Sonoko said without turning her head.

Xiaolan turned around with an apologetic look in her eyes. Yingsheng was looking down at his cell phone and dialing Kenta Nakamichi's number. When the call was connected, Xiaolan's back had just stepped through the door.

Lifting his feet from the ice bucket, Yingsheng moved them slightly and yawned.

I can't eat tonight, so I'll take a good rest.

The next day.

The weather is clear and clear.

When he woke up in the morning, the injuries on his feet were indeed about 80% healed. Yingsheng was amazed. He went to the balcony under the wisteria trellis to get a lunch box and took a taxi to school.

It doesn't matter that Kudo Shinichi still hasn't come.

Xiaolan didn’t come either, why?
The teacher did not ask for a reason in the first class. Good students do not need a reason to ask for leave. After class, classmates who cared about Xiaolan came to Suzuki Sonoko and asked her the reason.

Yingsheng overheard and it seemed that something had happened to Xiaolan's father, but he was not sure about the details.

Tsk, it’s so unlucky to have such a father.

Yingsheng picked up his lunch box and left his seat. He was in good shape now, so he decided to make up for the performance he owed last night.

correct.

"How was the lottery yesterday?" he asked, turning around.

Kenta Nakamichi shook his head in frustration, "Alas, Kudo is still investigating the accident, and the death toll is zero."

"Isn't it a good thing to continue to have upsets?"

"I'm afraid if I come twice, no one will buy it."

"Oh, that makes sense, but trust Kudo, it should only be within the next two days."

"Hopefully."

The teachers at Teitan High School seemed to be easy to talk to. Hotaru successfully took leave, went back to his apartment, changed into a black suit, took the Browning pistol he had taken from Vodka, went downstairs to take a taxi, and headed straight to Kabukicho in Shinjuku.

In the car, some people were gossiping on the drivers' common radio channel.

"Have you heard that there was a disturbance in Ginza last night?"

"I was there. The guy was very good at judo and injured several people."

"It seems that the mama-san at the nightclub he frequented was slept with by someone, and somehow a fight broke out."

"For a bitch? That's crazy."

"Who says it isn't?"

"Can you be quiet for a moment?" Yingsheng asked calmly.

Click.

The driver turned off the radio.

The vehicle drove in silence towards Shinjuku, the quiet playground in the daytime.

(End of this chapter)