Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 246 Yingsheng has always known that he likes Xiaolan
Ask for nothing.

When A simply hopes that B can gain profit growth without asking for any return, it is obvious that B is special to A.

This feeling is especially obvious when A is good at weighing interests, calculating, and treating C and D equally.

This is what Suzuki Sonoko wanted to say.

A is Yingsheng and B is Xiaolan.

She is Bing Ding.

With the same passion as Columbus discovering the New World, after Sonoko finished this description, not only was her youthful and charming face radiant, but her eyes were also shining, revealing pure joy.

For Xiaolan.

Also for the sake of fireflies.

But the person across from her at the table remained silent, and the joy in her eyes gradually faded.

When that guy started to pick up the chopsticks again, her eyes had turned into anxiety. Even though she was cheerful by nature, with a trace of shattered expectations in her heart, the words she blurted out were a little lacking in confidence:
"Isn't that right? You should give me some reaction."

"It's a cliché. How do you expect me to respond? With sudden enlightenment?"

Yingsheng said calmly: "I have told this kind of truth to at least a hundred women, aren't you one of them?

There is no such thing as "nothing to ask for", it's just that what I pursue is different.

You convey love, and Xiaolan conveys a lasting sense of relaxation and security. If that is the feeling of love, then of course I have feelings for Xiaolan.

Countless thoughts were constantly surging in my mind, and I understood these things in the first second.

It happened at the gate of Teitan High School last week, at the moment when he high-fived Xiaolan.

But, it's too shallow.

The feeling this thing gives me is not even one-tenth of [Boundary].

It is not even as good as a cocktail, the birth and collapse of a conspiracy, the struggle and death of a life, nothing can compare to it.

I know, maybe it's because I'm too rational.

But there is no way, I can’t change it, and I don’t want to change it.

Of course, you don’t have to think too much. I have actually changed in recent times.

I also told Xiaolan that she is a virus to my consciousness and she will devour me sooner or later.

By then, I would probably have completely degenerated into an ordinary person, and then perhaps I could say that I truly fell in love with her.

But until then, not yet.

I will still do what I have to do, even if that day is only approaching and will never come. "

Yingsheng looked up and saw Yuanzi was completely stunned. He thought for a while and said, "At present, because the feelings are not deep, I am still in a state of detachment. The specific perception is probably the same as the touch of the sunlight outside the window falling on my eyelashes when I take a nap.

in fact……

You should understand this feeling.”

Yingsheng's eyes became extremely gentle in an instant, like ripples in a warm pond, and he spoke softly:
"look into my eyes."

The dazed Yuanzi looked over subconsciously.

In a trance, bright tracks of light lit up in those eyes as deep as the night sky.

The heavy raindrops fell, splashing water on the car windows. Many shadows were looming in the wind and rain on the street, and the thunderous cheers of the crowd seemed so distant.

I turned a blind eye to everything around me. The road ahead was shining with a cold metallic light under the neon lights. The sound of the wind in my ears and the roar of the engine merged into one. The world was noisy, but I could clearly hear the sound of my heartbeat.

She suddenly had a feeling that she had been freed from the constraints of the flesh, and her soul was now bathed in the wind and rain.

So, the flying soul slowly turned its head and looked at him in the driver's seat.

A firework bloomed in his eyes and the black and white checkered flag fluttered in the wind.

The crowd's cheers boiled over at this moment, and he turned his head.

"It's over, Sonoko."

FINISH!

The numbers on the display freeze.
The world also freezes at this moment...

"Garden, garden!"

A voice seemed to float from outside the world, and my scattered vision gradually returned to one point.

Following the force of her shaking arms, Sonoko turned her head in a daze. It was Xiaolan who was looking at her with confusion. This seemed to be some kind of beacon. The next second, she suddenly turned around and looked across the dining table.

The place was already deserted.

Yuanzi suddenly felt her lips getting dry, and a sentence came out of her mouth uncontrollably:

"Where did Hotaru go?"

But she reacted in the next second, stood up, and looked at Xiaolan with a red face: "I mean, where did that guy Shuiyue Yingsheng go? How could he leave without saying hello? It's so rude."

Xiaolan was stunned for two seconds and tilted her head slightly:
"firefly?"

Yuanzi also turned around blankly and saw Yingsheng scratching his ears in embarrassment:

"Just call me Shuiyue. It will probably take me some time to die to that extent."

Hotaru looked at Sonoko: "I'm sorry, Suzuki-san, I just..."

"stop!"

Yuanzi interrupted immediately, took a deep breath, and his complexion returned to normal at a speed visible to the naked eye. He turned to look at Xiaolan and said solemnly: "I swear, I just drank too much Coke and was a little distracted. I definitely didn't have any other thoughts."

"........."

Xiaolan smiled awkwardly and nodded.

Yingsheng was also speechless. He coughed lightly and said seriously, "To be honest, I just used the hypnosis technique I learned from Ms. Aida. Suzuki, you must be more vigilant in the future. Remember this mantra:

The universe is limitless and all things are one.

If you encounter something like this again, just keep this in mind and think about it in a grand way. "..."

Xiaolan was speechless again. No, can what you two said be any more outrageous?

You really think she's an idiot, don't you?

Sonoko nodded with a look of sudden enlightenment: "So that's how it is. I'll remember it. Thank you for your guidance, Mizuki-san."

"…This child is teachable."

Yingsheng turned and walked out, waving his hand behind him: "Please ask Suzuki to tell Xiaolan about what happened before. To be honest, I actually think she understands, but if you are worried, you can confirm it again."

As he stepped out of the door, Xiaolan and Sonoko simultaneously withdrew their gazes and looked at each other.

Yuanzi hesitated for a few breaths, then gritted his teeth and said, "Xiaolan, don't let me down!"

"Ah????"

Xiaolan was full of questions. Just as she was about to speak, she saw Yuanzi with a sad face and sighed:
"That guy wants to die in your hands."

"ah????"

Xiaolan became even more confused.

Sonoko shook her head, pulled Xiaolan out of the restaurant, and started from the beginning, but of course she didn't mention anything about the cook.

Finally, she glanced at Yingsheng's back, who was ten meters away from them. A hint of complexity flashed through her eyes, and finally she regained her composure and turned her head to look at her silent best friend:

"Xiaolan, are you clear about this?"

"probably."

Xiaolan smiled softly: "Although Shuiyue-kun has not said it to me so directly, but after being together for so long, I can understand it to some extent.

Actually, although it sounds a bit strange, it is a long-term relationship. As long as I stay by his side, the day will come when his heart starts beating again. You can simply think of him as someone who is very slow to warm up. "

After taking a look at Yingsheng's back, Xiaolan raised the corners of her lips slightly, lowered her voice, and leaned close to Yuanzi's ear:

"Although Shuiyue-kun is very powerful and knows a lot of truths, his mental state is actually very unhealthy. I am just guessing that his parents probably treated him with a very high-pressure attitude since he was a child, and the direction of their training was also very strange, just like...

Agent?

I don't know the details, but I feel like because of this, Mizuki-kun seems to have lost the ability to love.

And the border he was talking about…”

Xiaolan hesitated for a few breaths, thinking of the long scar on his wrist that she saw at Yingsheng's house that morning, and sighed softly:
"Probably death."

"!!!"

Sonoko was shocked and speechless, and finally remembered what Xiaolan had said about Hotaru's attempted suicide. She opened her mouth to speak, but heard Xiaolan smile slightly:
“The feeling between life and death awakened Shuiyue Jun from chaos. It’s normal that I can’t compare.

But, humph, he said I was less than a cocktail, less than conspiracy and other people's lives, which was a complete cover-up.

Since that night in Kabukicho, I have a lot of solid evidence."

There was a ray of confidence in Xiaolan's eyes. After realizing this belatedly, Yuanzi's heart inexplicably stopped for a beat, and even sank...

She finally realized it.

Completely aware.

She decisively stayed away from the scumbag the moment she was hurt, which was certainly the right choice, but compared with Xiaolan now, the answer is obvious.

Her heart, her confidence, her courage...

There is no doubt that they are much worse.

A slight feeling of loss emerged from the bottom of her heart, but Yuanzi, who was cheerful by nature, didn't think too much about it. Just the next second, she shook her head heavily.

It's all in the past, what are you thinking about?

With so many men in the world, she will always find her own Prince Charming, hum, and he will definitely be more perfect than that guy Mizuki Hoto!

With this thought in mind, Sonoko looked at Xiaolan curiously: "Have you ever been to Kabukicho together? A bar?"

“Well…actually it’s a coffee shop.”

Xiaolan said sorry to Sonoko in her heart, because it was impossible to confess something involving a crime.

"Anyway, since neither of us is perfect, and neither of us is completely in love with each other, let's just continue like this. Just like what Mizuki-kun said, it will feel very natural.

As for the rest, you don’t have to think too much about it.”

Xiaolan took Sonoko's hand and said with a smile, "Sonoko, don't worry about me. Confirming the relationship or anything like that, in the eyes of the people around us, we are definitely a couple. As for me and Suigetsu-kun, as long as we keep going, there is no need for that at all."

Although it seemed to make some sense, Yuanzi still pouted. What kind of nonsense was this?

She said reluctantly, "I'd like to state in advance that I'm not making things up about him, but he's dating several people at the same time, and that's an indisputable fact. Xiaolan, you're too humble to even accept that. It's not like there are other good men in the world."

Xiaolan blinked her eyes and said, "He is a scumbag, but I am not a very loyal person either."

"........."

Yuanzi was speechless for two seconds, then gritted her teeth and said, "Humble! Too humble! Xiaolan, you are degrading your own personality now. You have been severely PUAed by him!"

"But I'm telling the truth."

Xiaolan shook Sonoko's arm, looking aggrieved: "Sonoko, think about it carefully, from Shinichi to Suigetsu-kun, I am completely infatuated with someone else.

And when I was with Shinichi before, he left me alone to solve a case, and when I was angry, I also accepted the kindness of other boys..."

"Stop!"

Sonoko interrupted immediately: "You and Kudo were not in a relationship before, so this is definitely not a love affair! And you accepted other people's kindness just out of normal friendship, and you would repay them later. You rejected all those confessions."

"Hum..."

Xiaolan gently touched Sonoko's cheek, pressed a small dimple, raised an eyebrow and smiled: "Sonoko, you are a bit double-standard. If that's not bad, then the relationship between me and Suigetsu-kun can be called pure love."

"........."

Yuanzi was speechless: "I..."

(End of this chapter)