Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 245: With Master Sonoko’s guidance, Xiaolan is different!

"Shui Wu Lian Nai?"

Yingsheng had never heard of this person, but he still agreed: "I will arrange it as soon as possible. Miss, can you let Mingzhi help me?"

Huibara said sadly, "Not yet. He's helping me in the kitchen."

"Eh? Ai, you're a child now, are you still cooking? Just order takeout."

"There shouldn't be anyone in the Maori house right now."

"You are so cautious, mainly because I am still under suspicion. Sorry, how about I rent a villa for you in the suburbs? That way you can move around freely."

"We are used to staying in the lab. Nothing. Is there anything else?"

"Not yet, but when you are free, can you organize the information about the winery you know? If we don't share information, it would be stupid of us to meet Chianti and Cohen again if they don't know each other."

Yingsheng didn't want to repeat the mistake of the winery where there was no exchange of information. They were obviously teammates, but they were still hiding things from each other. That was really unreasonable.

Ok……

He seemed to have hidden something from Xiaolan.

However, regarding the general direction of the winery, they were basically completely honest. As for the rest, it was mainly Kiyoko and Miyano Akemi.

The former can confess once Kiyoko masters the art of disguise, but the latter can only wait until Miyano Akemi is willing to cooperate with him in lying, or she dies?

Then again, it seems like there's no need for this?

Yingsheng is now happy to go against the winery. In addition to drug A, another factor is the harvest of murderous intent.

Compared to his past hard work of finding seedlings one by one to harvest, almost all of these guys in the winery were high-quality murderous intent-generating machines. Even if they couldn't lock down his identity, just appearing in front of them wearing a mask was enough to convey murderous intent.

What a pleasingly growing field of crops.

Compared to those mediocre +1+1 beings in the past, these guys in the winery can be said to have gotten rid of their NPC status.

"Do you want to destroy the organization alone?"

After being silent for a while, Huibara Ai finally spoke.

Yingsheng smiled and said, "I am not the only one. There is also Xiaolan, you and Mingzhi. There will definitely be others in the future. Don't be afraid of them, Xiaoai. Now the enemy is in the light and we are in the dark.

Besides, we don’t have to accomplish everything in one go, we can just go about our daily lives and when we encounter them, we can just treat them as monsters and go to dungeons.”

Huiyuan said in a sad tone: "Actually, I have always wanted to ask a question."

"please."

"I don't know the full extent of your original plan, but given the current situation, what should Kudo Shinichi do?"

"Kudo has a good relationship with both you and Xuesong Kiyoko, and he is an innocent victim who knows nothing about the truth of the incident. As long as the winery does not do anything stupid, they will not do anything to him. They may even show a gentle and harmless attitude and release him to lure you two.

To be honest, you can suspect that I have ulterior motives, but Xiaolan is also very concerned about this matter, and I will never let Kudo get into trouble. "

What Yingsheng said was absolutely true.

If he wanted Kudo Shinichi to die, there was no need to go through so much trouble. He could just sneak up on him at night while he was sleeping and slit his throat, or throw a grenade through the window.

More importantly, he would not let Xiaolan participate in this matter from beginning to end.

Otherwise you will just be making yourself uncomfortable.

Huihara Ai thought for a few breaths and thought that what Hotaru said made some sense, but she was still quite pessimistic: "You mean, Kudo Shinichi will be deceived into joining the organization?"

Yingsheng smiled and said, "Identity is not important. What is important is what you do. As Kudo's childhood sweetheart, you should be very familiar with his sense of justice."

"Don't mention it anymore, it was a long time ago."

"The main reason is that I think you are a better match for him than Xuesong Qingzi, and her personality is really terrible. Not to mention that if you catch her later, she will definitely leave it to you to avenge her."

"...I'll organize the information, that's all."

"Tell Akechi to call me after dinner."

"it is good."

Listening to the beeping sound in the receiver, Yingsheng couldn't help but touch his chin, feeling that he was becoming more and more like Commander Izumi.

Fortunately, there was no next call. Yingsheng turned around and saw Qingzi serving dishes to the table. She looked up at him:
"It's past dinner time, busy man."

Yingsheng glanced at the time. It was 11:20, which was definitely lunch time.

The celery beef and Kung Pao chicken on the table were delicious, and Qingzi could be the chef and open a restaurant by being able to serve the dishes in such a short time.

Yingsheng walked over, picked up the chopsticks and started eating: "If I die of poisoning, I will definitely come back to seek revenge on you."

Qingzi served the rice and sat down, but she didn't start eating right away: "What are you talking about? How could that happen? It's a pity that I had to cook in the end and didn't get to see your cooking skills."

"I already told you it's not tasty, let's do it next time."

Yingsheng continued to pick up the food without any hesitation.

And Qingzi just looked at him with her hands on her chin.

Soon, Yingsheng filled his stomach, wiped his mouth and stood up: "If you don't have an appetite, forget it. You can order when you are hungry in the hotel later. I will take you out first to avoid any accidents later. Can you change into men's clothes? I will wait for you in the basement."

Qingzi smiled playfully: "Hina, you are in such a hurry to leave, are you looking for a place to vomit?"

"Oh, there's nothing in there. Sorry, I was just joking."

"In this case……"

Qingzi stood up, picked up half a plate of Kung Pao Chicken and poured it into the kitchen waste bin, then looked back and smiled:
"Are you still so sure now?"

Yingsheng shook his head helplessly: "You have a very twisted personality, can't you just say what you want to say?
Regarding the matter of Mizuki Hotosuke, I know you didn't want to kill him, you just wanted to help him make up his mind.

Based on what I observed at school, he was originally said to have a cold personality, but in fact he should be quite weak.

Then something unexpected happened, and that was it…”

Yingsheng paused, and suddenly thought of a key point, and the corners of his lips rose slightly: "I say, Qingzi, isn't the current Shuiyue Yingsheng what you expected? To a certain extent, I can wake up in this body, and you have contributed a lot."

Like Xiaolan, Yingsheng is not shy about talking about the past, but he won't go too deep into it.

And now Kiyoko obviously has a misunderstanding about him, thinking that he is another personality of Mizuki Hotaru, so just go along with what she says.

So what is the reason for the birth of this personality?

Nature is extremely eager to save itself and the people it cares about, but the ontological consciousness is unable to do so!
If this is true, then Qingzi’s last thing was definitely the catalyst.

Upon hearing this, Qingzi stared at Yingsheng for a long time, then suddenly chuckled, her eyes sparkling with light:
"What? You know it very well, so why did you say that before?"

"Well, because I'm looking for something to do."

Yingsheng smiled and said, "Let's just pretend nothing happened, okay?"

The reasons are actually quite complicated, but the most important one is that we have become a little slack in our awareness.

Furthermore, Qingzi's PUA is actually quite powerful. Coupled with her naturally pure and pretty face, it's no wonder that she can attract so many followers.

Yingsheng's level is probably higher than hers, but considering that Qingzi is his main love provider, and considering the factor of "authenticity" required for love, he has to pay a little attention to the degree, and adjust in real time according to Qingzi's mentality, and take it back if it goes too far.

After a while, he seemed to be twisted.

Actually...

Haha, maybe there is some truth in it.

should.

Qingzi shook her head: "No."

"why?"

"Because I understand you better, Ying. Our relationship is obviously closer." Qingzi put down the plate, clasped her hands in front of her chest, and bowed deeply to Yingsheng. "I'm very sorry for what happened before. I was too insecure and wanted Yingsheng to stay by my side forever."

Yingsheng rarely avoided it. He waited for a moment and smiled softly: "Don't blame you, it's me who is too unreliable. I will try to do better. Let's eat."

"Ah."

Qingzi sat down again and started eating. Halfway through, she looked up at Yingsheng who was typing on her phone:
"I promise I won't do that again."

Yingsheng also looked up: "You don't need to be like this, Qingzi, I have said it many times, you are special, the state of getting along last night was very good, wasn't it?" He put away his phone and pointed at the door, "Then I will go down first and wait for you." Qingzi nodded: "I will be down soon."

[Love +1]

Yingsheng smiled slightly, turned around and went out, took out his headphones and put them on, went downstairs and went straight to the supermarket next door.

"What do you need, sir?" asked the clerk.

"Milk, the three-liter kind." Yingsheng said.

Thirty minutes later, at 11:55 am, the air in Akita BBQ restaurant was hot and bustling with people.

"Hey, hey, didn't you say you would come here after eating? Why are you acting like a starving ghost?"

Suzuki Sonoko looked at the vulgar actions of a certain annoying guy with a look of disgust.

Yingsheng took a sip of the ice cola, put it down with a "dong" sound, groaned in comfort, and said with a smile: "Isn't this the feeling of eating barbecue on a hot day? Besides, the cook at the restaurant I often go to is in a bad mood today, and I don't want to offend her."

"Tsk, will she poison you?"

"Of course not. Rather than torturing me, it's better to say that she is torturing herself. Sigh, most of the time I can see through her, but sometimes...how should I put it, there are some things that I can't do, and I can only pretend to be confused."

Bang-!
Sonoko slammed the table and stood up, glaring at Yingsheng: "You said that, it's obvious that you have provoked another woman. She is really in love with you, right? And you, a scumbag, don't want to take responsibility and deliberately keep your distance from her, so she is in a bad mood!"

"Hey, calm down, don't be so excited."

Yingsheng continued to eat heartily, and pointed with his left hand at Xiaolan who was standing not far away, separated by a lattice wooden window.

"You and Xiaolan are good friends. If I really had this kind of thing, would I dare to tell you?"

Sonoko looked over there and saw Xiaolan looking at her in confusion. She cursed that scumbag a thousand times in her heart, smiled heartily, picked up her Coke and raised her glass from a distance:

"Cheers, Xiaolan!"

After finishing the drink and sitting down, Sonoko looked at Yingsheng with murderous eyes: "You are threatening me with Xiaolan, right? Do you think I dare not tell her?"

Yingsheng smiled and said, "Of course not, haven't you already advised Xiaolan in this way before?"

"Damn it! So you are so fearless, thinking that Xiaolan won't leave you even if she knows, right?"

"Not really. If she could be more independent, I would be very happy. Sonoko, you know very well that love is not everything in life."

"You bastard!"

Yuanzi gritted her teeth and said, "But Xiaolan has already fallen in love with you. You are not going to bring up that excuse again, saying that it was just Xiaolan's own idea and what does it have to do with you? I say, don't you think you are disgusting?!"

Yingsheng shrugged: "I didn't say that."

"But that's what you obviously think!"

"Oh, how do you know I'm thinking this?"

Aaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!

Sonoko was going crazy, but because Xiaolan and the people from the karate club were right beside her, she had to endure it. She looked at Hotaru with eyes that were almost spitting fire.

"You! Must play with other people's feelings! In order to survive?!"

She said every word.

Yingsheng paused for a moment while eating, but immediately returned to normal and nodded: "To some extent, that's right. If it's just a single target, not only will the love be unstable, but my life and death will also be in someone else's hands.

Of course, life is precious, but love is more precious.

If I could find true love, then I wouldn’t care much whether I live or die, but unfortunately, there is no sign of that happening at the moment.”

Yuanzi said coldly: "For a playboy like you, even if true love comes, I'm afraid it will slip away."

"Ok?"

Yingsheng looked up: "What do you mean?"

"Oh, that's exactly what it means." Sonoko sneered, "Although you are very good at playing with other people's feelings, you have always been a technical flow, and you have never been moved yourself. In fact, you don't understand feelings at all."

"What a strange thing to say. Did you seek advice from some experienced seniors? I'm sorry for the harm I caused you before."

"Hmph! Don't change the subject. Let me ask you, what do you think true love is?"

"One glance at a time, a soul connection, isn't that right?"

"Yes! It's so true! So true that you can even look for it in your dreams! Don't you know..."

"Time brings love, companionship, right?"

Yingsheng interrupted and shook his head, "It's still the same old thing. Didn't you just say that I know much more about theory than you do, but I just don't feel it. What can I do?"

He paused and said, “Let’s talk about Xiaolan.

You know, I thought she was annoying at first and that it would affect my relationship, so I kept avoiding her. Later, after I gradually understood her personality and knew that she and Kudo were childhood sweethearts, I was willing to get in touch with her.

On the one hand, it's to return the kindness, I hope she will become a better person.

On the other hand, I don’t think she would like me easily and I would be casual with her.

But in the end, something unexpected happened, and I..."

"Wait a moment!"

Yuanzi discovered a blind spot, and her eyes sparkled: "I say, you are telling the truth now, right?"

This guy must have not figured out the situation!
Yingsheng was slightly stunned: "Of course, if I was just trying to poach someone, how could I be that kind of person to Xiaolan? Let me say something that is a bit hurtful."

Yingsheng glanced at Xiaolan, and seeing that she wasn't paying attention to him, he leaned forward slightly and whispered:
"Maybe it's because she lacked love in her childhood, Xiaolan is really a little love-brained. If my goal is to win her over, you know, the progress may be more than what it is now."

Sonoko leaned back with a look of disgust, but she couldn't help but have a very depressing thought in her mind.

This guy is telling the truth.

In the past, Xiaolan has always been obsessed with Kudo Shinichi. In fact, to a large extent, it was just due to the inertia of being childhood sweethearts, and neither of them had met someone more suitable.

It’s not that there weren’t people who pursued them both separately. Yes, there were, and quite a lot of them.

but……

To be honest, there are not many boys who are better than Kudo Shinichi in all aspects; and there are not many girls who are better than Xiaolan in all aspects.

Moreover, high school students have very strong self-esteem. Once they are rejected, most of them will not continue to pursue... No, most of them know that they can't compare to Kudo Shinichi or Xiaolan, so they give up at the very beginning.

Especially boys.

Some girls even write love letters to Kudo Shinichi, but most boys will quietly stay away from Xiaolan in their relationship choices.

They are such a talented couple, how could they, a bunch of monsters, have the right to show off to them?

But the water, moon and fireflies are different.

he……

Yuanzi slapped his hands on his face in distress and said, "Forget it, things are like this now. What's there to think about?"

And didn’t Kudo meet someone more suitable?

Childhood sweethearts or something...

Alas, I can only let it go with the wind.

Thinking of this, Yuanzi immediately sat up straight again, leaning forward slightly, and focusing on the important matters.

"I'm asking you, has Xiaolan provided you with your so-called love now?" Sonoko asked, "You must tell the truth, this is very important."

Yingsheng was silent for a few breaths: "No."

"Then are you still willing to contact her?" Yuanzi asked.

"This is different, it's..."

"Yes! It's just different!"

I will come back to write the extra chapter in the early morning and post it tomorrow
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(End of this chapter)