Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 250 ALL: True farewell is always silent
Vermouth is missing?
"What exactly happened?" Yingsheng asked.

"Mr. Uozuka said that Kiyoko had a secret and colluded with other forces to wreak havoc in the institute, and finally escaped during the chaos." Kudo Shinichi sighed, "I don't know the details, but around 2:30 in the morning, she sent me an email.

She said, let me get along well with Xiaolan, she will never come back, don't worry."

Will never come back again...

Yingsheng narrowed his eyes slightly. Regardless of whether the winery has confirmed Vermouth's death or not, Vermouth has temporarily broken up with the winery.

What about Qingzi’s future identity?
Is there any way to bridge the gap later?

But to be honest, even if Kiyoko could replace Vermouth, the identity of "Kiyoko Seizo" would not be able to exist for long after the fire at Ishida Mamoru's house.

There is no way the winery would allow a code-named member to pretend to be a high school student in school and date a little boy.

From this perspective, we still have to eliminate all those who know about it.

A few thoughts flashed through his mind, and Yingsheng asked, "You can't contact her anymore?"

"I couldn't get through to her original phone number, and she didn't respond to my email." Kudo Shinichi hesitated, "Actually, I want to ask you if you know what secrets she has and where she might have gone."

Yingsheng raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why do you think I know?"

Are you sure this isn't a test?

I hope Kudo Shinichi will not really join the winery.

As for the fact that Vermouth's original phone number couldn't be dialed, that was natural, since the phone was with Yingsheng. If everything went well, he would have planned to change the phone back later, but that was obviously not possible now.

"Weren't you neighbors in the past? You should know something about it. And..."

Kudo Shinichi gritted his teeth and said, "Sui Yue, you said before that the research institute sent people to find you because your parents tested a new drug they were developing on you. Did they find anything in your body afterwards?"

"Everything is fine with me. I understand. Do you think Xuesong was the one who experimented with the new drug?" Yingsheng was curious. "Why do you think so?"

"Physical fitness, and the abnormal coma before. When Ms. Shiho gave us medicine, Kiyoko showed stronger drug resistance than me, but she usually pretends to be very weak. I wonder if this involves some secret."

Kudo Shinichi hesitated for two seconds: "Um, do you know what medicine Miss Shiho gave us?"

"You can roughly guess it."

"Don't tell Xiaolan."

"This kind of thing doesn't matter now, right? Anyway, your guess makes sense, it's probably like this, but I don't really know the details. Don't you know that I have a bad memory and I have paranoia?"

"…So you're sure you don't want to see a psychiatrist?"

"Since Miss Aida is here, I will ask her for advice. As for Xuesong-san... well, didn't you think she killed her father in the past? Now her mother is still alive, why don't you investigate in this direction? Maybe given her current state of mind of abandoning her identity and hiding her real name, she will do it again."

"!!!"

Kudo Shinichi was shocked, wondering how he could have forgotten this, and asked hurriedly, "Do you know where Xuesong Nami is?"

"You're a detective, why are you asking me this?"

Although Yingsheng knew, he naturally wouldn't say it out loud. This kind of thing could lead to a long list. He thought for a moment and asked again: "And have you thought about what to do after you find her? Confess to her? Tell her that no matter what secrets she has, you will face them hand in hand with her and spend the rest of your life with her?"

"This……"

Kudo Shinichi was stunned again. He had never thought about this kind of thing before. But after a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "I just want to find her now. I hope nothing happens to her. We can talk about other things later."

"But didn't she tell you not to worry? Maybe you're harming her by looking for her."

"How could it be, she...I..."

Kudo Shinichi was in a state of confusion, and even started to speak incoherently. Yingsheng interrupted him and said:

"Didn't you say that everyone in the institute was a villain? And then Xuesong caused sabotage there, and the problem was so serious that there was an accidental fire there. Would they want to use your keen detective sense to find her and take revenge?"

Kudo Shinichi was silent.

He had to admit that Suigetsu had thought things through more thoroughly than he did. The research institute looked so ferocious, yet they let him go so easily. It was very likely that they were secretly monitoring him and using him to find Kiyoko.

But is there nothing he can do?
Kudo Shinichi raised his eyebrows: "Suiyue, what you said makes sense, but can't I just not let the research institute find out about my search for Kiyoko? As for whether Kiyoko is doing right or wrong, and whether I should help her, I'll leave it to judge later."

"Heh..." Yingsheng also laughed, "Kudou, are you so confident?"

"There's nothing I can do. I can't just sit there and watch." Kudo Shinichi smiled confidently, "And I've never lost in reasoning..." He paused and thought of Moriarty, whose identity remains unknown.

But it was just a change of mind, and he mustered up his energy again: "Well, I will do my best anyway."

Yingsheng smiled and said, "Then I wish you success. I won't disturb you while you recover from your injuries. Goodbye."

"Well, bye...wait a minute!"

Kudo Shinya paused for two seconds, then smiled and said, "Cheer for Xiaolan for me. I wish her to win the championship."

"I will, and we'll wait for the good news."

Yingsheng hung up the phone and looked at Xiaolan.

Xiaolan took off the headphones and handed them back to him, smiled slightly, took a deep breath, raised and lowered her hands in front of her chest, moved her neck, and her eyes sparkled.

"For myself, I will win!"

"It's all talk and no action," Yingsheng smiled and leaned back in his seat, raised his hand and pointed to the end of the aisle, "It's your turn, Xiaolan."

Xiaolan looked up and saw that the contestants from Teitan High School had just lined up.

She nodded and strode over there. The contestants from Beihu High School were returning to the stands from the other side. Seeing this, they immediately cheered loudly:

"Xiaolan! Fighting!!!"

Xiaolan didn't look back. She raised her right hand over her shoulder and clenched her fist. The cheering crowd was silent for a moment, and then there was an even more excited tide.

"Xiaolan, you are so handsome!"

"I want to marry you!"

"Champion! We must win!"

At the front of this group of unreliable guys, the dark-skinned Kyogoku Makoto showed approval and turned to look at the karate uniform girl beside him who was also looking over there:
"Wada, the other party's state of mind has improved a lot, you have to work harder."

Wada Haruna nodded: "Without any hesitation, she is stronger than me now."

After a moment, they knew the reason for Xiaolan's transformation and were all stunned.

"Let's just say I have truly parted ways with my childhood sweetheart. I have nothing to worry about anymore."

Yingsheng looked at the field with a smile. Xiaolan was the first to come on stage. Just standing there quietly, she had an aura as still as a mountain and as calm as a lake.

The player on the opposing team was very tall, about 1.80 meters tall, and his face was full of confidence when he came on the court.

But when she saw Xiaolan for the first time, her confidence froze. For some reason, she suddenly felt an invincible feeling in her heart.

Xiaolan nodded to her politely, and her gentle and harmless face made her feel a little relieved. She took that feeling as her own caution, slowly adjusted her breathing, and decided to change her style. After the game started, she would not rush to attack, but would try it first.

But five seconds later, or the next second when the referee waved his hand to announce the start of the game, she knew she was wrong, and extremely wrong.

When her body flew backwards, she only felt that time was flowing surprisingly slowly. She could even see the stiff shock on her coach's face, the astonishment on the faces of countless spectators, and the handsome guy whom she had been peeking at for a long time shaking his head slightly.

Eh? !

That handsome guy was shaking his head? Did he notice her and feel sorry for her? !

The handsome guy stood up. Is he going to cheer her on?

The handsome guy put his hands around his mouth and was about to start shouting!
"Xiao Lan, slow down and feel the flow carefully. You can't absorb nutrients like this!"

KA——!!!
A girl's heart was suddenly broken.

"Referee! I forfeit!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

Xiaolan glanced at Yingsheng from a distance, and Yingsheng spread his hands and sat down helplessly. This game would actually have counted points, but who could have thought that the opponent would admit defeat.

But the gap is indeed quite large. The other party did this to prevent Xiaolan from growing and to increase the winning rate of their teammates from the same school. It is quite sensible.

Unfortunately, it's of little use.

As he leaned back in his chair, Suzuki Sonoko next to him immediately grabbed his shoulders and asked anxiously:

"What did you mean just now, that Xiaolan and Kudo have completely separated?"

Yingsheng tilted his head in confusion: "What's the problem?"

Yuanzi was slightly stunned, then slowly loosened his hand, shook his head and sighed, "Nothing, I should have known it earlier, the day Xiaolan pushed me aside to practice with you, the day Kudo fell to the ground and shouted those words in front of the milk tea shop, I should have known it.

But I didn't expect it to come so quickly and so easily.

I had so many expectations in the past, but in the end...ah, I wish you both happiness. I'm not disappointed, I just feel that the world is changing too fast.

Anyway, it’s over.”

Yuanzi leaned back in the chair with a look of life ending on her face and slowly closed her eyes: "I always feel that my childhood and my youth have ended at this moment."

"Hey, hey, that's not the case."

Yingsheng looked puzzled and said, "Your youth was spent on bringing Xiaolan and Kudo together? I say, since you are also the light bulb next to their childhood sweetheart, then haven't you seen clearly all these years that the two of them are not suitable for each other?"

"Humph, two weeks ago, they weren't so incompatible."

"That means you noticed it."

"Ran has always been thinking about Kudo, so I can't possibly persuade them to break up. I can only try to find a way for them to confirm their relationship. That way, no matter how bad Kudo is, he should at least care more about Ran."

"…………It turns out that you have contributed to Kudo's fear."

Sonoko was puzzled: "What?"

"I mean, have you put yourself in the role of Xiaolan's guardian? But like the most mediocre parents, you can't recognize what she really wants, and you presumptuously arrange a path for her to fall in love and get married."

Yuanzi was silent for a while: "I admit that I didn't do well enough, but..."

"You're a girl, can't you be with her forever?"

"........."

"It's not impossible, you guys..."

"Shut up!"

"Oh."

The air was silent for a moment, until the noise from the outside world was about to invade, Yuanzi sighed softly again:
"Suiyue-kun, not everyone is as powerful as you. Me, Xiaolan, Kudo, we are all just ordinary people. We have to deal with many things and our hearts are full of entanglements. It would be too much to ask for a complete logical chain."

"For example?"

"For example, I didn't call you a scumbag now, but I'm still very unhappy. For example, on Valentine's Day this year, Xiaolan prepared chocolates for Kudo, but she didn't give them to him in the end. Guess why?"

"This……"

Yingsheng frowned and thought: "They don't live far away. There is a chance for ten hours in the whole day. It's not easy to send a box of chocolates. But they haven't sent it yet. Is it a Valentine's Day murder case? Kudo left before dawn and didn't come home until the early morning of the next day?"

"..."

Sonoko said helplessly: "So, weirdos like you can't understand the feelings of ordinary people. That day was Tuesday, they were all at school, and a murder did happen, but it was already two o'clock in the afternoon when Kudo left school. Keep guessing."

"Oh, if they didn't deliver it, no wonder you said they were tsunderes." Yingsheng asked curiously, "Did they go to school together that day?"

"Have."

"Did you do anything extra?"

“…Yes, but I ran into them just before school.”

Yingsheng thought for a moment and said, "In that case, I guess the story is probably:

In the morning, Xiaolan and Kudo went to school together. They were blushing at the Valentine's Day promotional signs everywhere on the street, and they didn't even say a few words to each other.

Seeing that the school was about to arrive, Xiaolan finally plucked up the courage to give out chocolates, but you just arrived and ran over to tease them. It made the two of them steamy, and after three consecutive denials, they arrived at the school soon.

Then Xiaolan felt even more embarrassed.

Later, a group of girls came over to give Kudo chocolates. Kudo's reaction... would probably be the same as when he received a love letter, and he would secretly go to see Xiaolan.

But how could Xiaolan give out chocolates with those beautiful girls? She could only continue to wait.

Is it right? "

Yuanzi was stunned for two seconds, with a look of doubt on his face: "Xiaolan even told you this?"

"You're right, the tangled feelings of ordinary people, plus tsundere, isn't that what it is?" Yingsheng spread his hands, "But I can't guess what will happen next. After all, even if Kudo solved the case and left, he wouldn't go home until dark. If Xiaolan wanted to, she could just wait for him at the door of Kudo's house."

"...Xiaolan really went to wait."

"and then?"

(End of this chapter)