Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 329: Yingsheng and Xiaolan, two bad guys

Some promises, once made, last a lifetime.

But simple words had no effect. After Xiaolan calmed down a little, Yingsheng discussed her future address with her.

Considering Ai and Junerick, Yingsheng is more inclined to buy a single-family villa.

It is more concealed and you can also build a basement.

Xiaolan agreed with this idea, but she said that they could find a villa first, and she wanted to move to Ian's apartment tomorrow.

"If this is the idea you came up with after careful consideration, then it's my honor," Yingsheng said.

"Don't be so gentlemanly now, Ying, passion is also a very important factor." Xiaolan said.

The subject she omitted was: love.

Sternberg once proposed a theory of three elements of love, namely: passion, which is the emotional obsession and sexual desire; intimacy, which is the warm experience that the relationship can arouse; commitment, which refers to the decision, expectation or guarantee to maintain the relationship.

These are of course mutual.

Yingsheng was sure that there was definitely an impulsive factor behind Xiaolan's sudden mention of living together.

He thought about it and felt that maybe Xiaolan saw Kogoro Mouri taking actions outside and thought that he would be discharged from the hospital soon.

Also, Vermouth probably told her a lot of things, like Mizuki Hotaru was a bastard and so on, but this not only did not make Xiaolan give up on herself, but instead aroused her rebellious psychology.

No matter how docile a person is, he or she has a rebellious mentality, and Xiaolan is no exception.

In particular, Vermouth misunderstood the current state of Xiaolan's relationship with Hotaru and Kudo Shinichi. Every word she said was like adding fuel to the fire in Xiaolan's heart.

You all think that's wrong, but I want it that way!

"Sorry, Lan, I was wrong."

Yingsheng felt that what Xiaolan said made sense. It was impossible for humans to live in pure rationality. In other words, most of the time, emotions are the ones that make decisions.

Yingsheng said: "I plan to rent the room next to mine as well. After I confirm the reaction of the winery tomorrow, I will bring Xiao Ai and the others over."

Xiaolan said: "Don't we have the ocean buoy? Let's wait until Vermouth is willing to cooperate with us and make a disguise for Xiaoai before we do anything."

"Of course, when will your plan proceed?"

"If Shinichi doesn't run away because of the case tomorrow, I will let Vermouth go over after school this afternoon."

"Judging from her current attitude, she probably won't be willing."

"I had other things to do at the last minute. I had no choice but to ask her for help. I think she definitely didn't want to disappoint Shinichi. And she already had feelings for Shinichi. Once they were alone, the follow-up development would be natural."

"Um……"

Yingsheng had a strange look in his eyes. He felt that Xiaolan had indeed been led astray by him, and now she had a lot of tricks to cheat people.

"I think even if that's the case, progress between them won't be that fast," Yingsheng said.

"If one time doesn't work, try twice. We should proceed step by step. Besides..." Xiaolan said in a sad tone, "Xiaoai is a genius pharmacist, and she has had experience once before."

"…Are you serious?"

"Hmph, it's the same as what you did last time, Ying. Anyway, it doesn't harm them, and the effect doesn't need to be that strong. In short, just follow their personal wishes. Let them be alone together for the first time tomorrow. Just be completely natural first, and we'll see if the effect is good."

"By the way, how old is Vermouth?"

Yingsheng touched his chin. Kudo is only seventeen years old now and not yet an adult.

"A secret makes a woman woman."

"what?"

"She didn't tell me, but I'm sure that Vermouth's true face is Chrissie Wynyard. She's only been in the industry for a few years and is in her early twenties. And most importantly, she's a great beauty with great looks, figure, and skin. Humph, that reasoning geek got it right."

Xiaolan felt inexplicably unhappy.

Yingsheng smiled and said, "Have you confirmed her physical condition?"

Xiaolan said: "Of course, there are no fine lines around her eyes. Looking at the radiance and vitality of her skin, I guess she must be very young."

Yingsheng recalled the time when he had close contact with Vermouth, and he quite agreed with Xiaolan's point of view.

Vermouth underwent various physical examinations at the Mika Central Hospital and the Brewery Research Institute, and the data were enough to explain some problems.

There's just one thing that's a little strange.

Yingsheng said, "Hasn't her reputation as the Thousand-Faced Witch spread in the winery for a long time?"

Xiaolan thought about it and said, "I think it's normal. Hasn't your name Liuying become a legend in the nightclub? As long as it is impressive enough, time is not a problem at all. And Vermouth was adopted by the boss of the winery when he was a child. Maybe he started to carry out missions a long time ago."

"Makes sense."

Yingsheng searched for Chris Wynyard's information on his mobile phone, and when he saw the age column, he nodded with emotion.

"At 24, she's the perfect big sister."

"Eh?"

Xiaolan stretched out her tone, "Hatsura, if you want..."

"Stop."

Yingsheng said unhappily, "Do you think I'm a beast in heat? To be honest, compared to that kind of thing, I prefer sleeping most of the time. Meditation is better than that."

"........."

Xiaolan's cheeks flushed. This guy is here again. She just made such a decision, which took a lot of courage, but now she is completely calm here.

Is this just a common thing for him?

Xiaolan suddenly felt a little unhappy.

But she immediately realized something was wrong. It was Yingsheng who first proposed the idea of ​​living together, and before on the cruise ship, that guy was clearly not as honest as he said.

Xiaolan thought about it and asked out of curiosity.

Just say whatever you want to say, and don't let any complicated emotions accumulate in your heart. That will only gradually accumulate into big trouble, and you don't know when it will explode.

If you want to maintain an intimate relationship for a long time, you need to pay attention to those seemingly insignificant little emotions and sort them out in time.

Yingsheng told Xiaolan this truth, and Xiaolan agreed with it.

After all, if you think about it carefully, have Kogoro Mori and Shinichi Kudo ever done anything that particularly disappointed her?

Actually not.

It's just that various small things gradually accumulate, and once they become clear, they become uncontrollable.

"Oh, what do you think? I don't think this is a complicated issue."

Yingsheng found Xiaolan's doubts quite amusing.

Xiaolan frowned and thought, and suddenly thought of a possibility. Her whole body froze, and countless lustful thoughts rapidly grew in her heart, floating from her blushing cheeks into the air.

The wisteria trellis was immediately filled with hazy pink bubbles, which made Xiaolan feel short of breath and unable to speak.

She took a long time to calm down, her head still dizzy, and she whispered, "Could it be... because of me?"

Yingsheng finally laughed out loud: "Why else? Lan, it's because you are you, just because you are you. Of course, some of the things I say are not credible, just listen to them casually. I have only said many straightforward expressions to you." "But...why?"

"The reason is simple. I like to maintain ambiguity and don't like to keep pushing forward. That's too ugly and makes me seem like I'm here purely for sensuality. In addition, I think it's less likely for the relationship to transition to a calm period, which is more conducive to my gaining love."

Nozomi, Chiyoko, and a few other women.

Yingsheng has always followed this principle.

And to be honest, probably because his consciousness is not that of a natural human being, Yingsheng really has no special interest in that aspect.

To him, having sex is just an ordinary thing, no different from eating and sleeping.

Even worse.

After all, the latter two can replenish energy and vitality, while the former is at most equivalent to fitness, and it is unscientific and non-standard.

If he has that much free time, he might as well go to the park to practice Tai Chi. He can also hum a little tune and chat with the old man playing chess next to him.

That's so comfortable.

Yingsheng had always believed that this idea of ​​his would probably last forever, until the day when his consciousness completely disappeared.

As a result, he encountered an exception.

Xiaolan.

To be honest, yesterday evening behind the shallow sea reef, Yingsheng felt for the first time in his life what it meant to be restless.

He himself couldn't figure out the reason for this, but he was not a shy guy.

I was interrupted by Suzuki Sonoko at that time, but it was not a big problem.

Just continue after that.

So, things have come to this point.

Yingsheng looked at the classic brass nameplate outside the car window, tapping his index finger on the handlebars, thinking about just giving up on Xiangtian Masayo and going back to Ian's apartment to find Xiaolan.

After listening to Yingsheng's reasons, Xiaolan hesitated for a while and whispered, "But if you keep avoiding them, it doesn't seem to be a good idea."

"........."

The weeds in his heart blocked his throat, and Yingsheng felt he had nothing to say.

No, Lan, you...you...

Yingsheng sighed: "Lan, do you know what you are saying? There must be a limit to magnanimity. Have you been completely ruined by my PUA?"

"..."

Xiaolan also sighed: "It's unrealistic to say that I don't care at all, but like I said before, I know you are a scumbag and it doesn't matter, it's okay.

And you can't live without love, but I haven't provided it to you. Sorry, I guess I'm actually a cold-blooded animal, pretending to like you."

Yingsheng shook his head: "I think it's my own problem. For example, I also fell in love with you, and then we canceled each other out. Otherwise, there is no reason."

The love that Xiaolan provides for Hotaru is still zero.

Xiaolan's eyes were complicated: "Could it be that I don't like you as much as I said?"

Yingsheng smiled and said, "That means I haven't done well enough. Let's keep going."

Xiaolan was silent for a moment, then smiled softly: "Thank you, Ying, for wasting your time on a useless person like me. I will definitely work hard."

"After all, survival is only a part of life, not all of it." Yingsheng said with a smile.

Xiaolan's tone was obviously much more relaxed: "Then before I could provide you with love, you went out to find other women. There was nothing I could do about it. It's all my fault. And, um...that kind of thing...eh...probably doesn't need to be so deliberate..."

"Wait a minute! Wait a minute!"

Yingsheng took a deep breath, his expression extremely serious: "Lan, if you rush over and beat me up now, I might still think that you are still mentally normal."

Xiaolan's lips pursed: "Oh, then you can just come back and slowly wither in front of me. At worst, I can leave with you then."

"........."

Yingsheng felt inexplicably awkward and raised his hand to loosen his collar.

But the clothes he was wearing had no collar at all, and the cold and smooth feeling of silk on his fingertips only made him feel more upset.

"To be honest, Lan, not many people believe that I need love to survive," Yingsheng said.

"Is it true?" Xiaolan asked.

"Xuantian is my witness, it is absolutely true."

"Isn't that enough? I know that Hotaru has hidden a lot of things from me, but she didn't lie to me on some key points."

Yingsheng couldn't help scratching his head. To be honest, the more Xiaolan behaved like this, the more he didn't know how to deal with it.

If it were anyone else, of course it wouldn't matter, he could easily give the most appropriate answer.

But there is no doubt that Xiaolan is different.

"Do you know where I am now? What would I be doing if I hadn't received this call?"

Yingsheng decided to tell the truth. After all, he was not a shy person.

Xiaolan chuckled: "Since you asked, you are probably on your way to a date. By the way, Ying, you said before that you wanted to make it a reality that 'Liu Ying sometimes appears in women's clothing' so that Vermouth could know about it in advance. So, are you wearing women's clothing now?"

"..."

Yingsheng said to himself, "I'm at the entrance of Scarlet Rose now. My date is Miss Aida. Of course, I have no interest in her, but she seems to have some grudges against Mr. Aso's interest. She herself is a psychology major, and I can't comfort her, so I plan to have a couple of drinks with her."

"Well...you should drink less. Drinking is bad for your health. It's bad for everything. You don't want to become like my dad, right?"

"what?"

Yingsheng was stunned: "That's it?"

"What else?" Xiaolan asked back, "Ms. Aida and Dr. Chengji are our companions now, right? Is there anything wrong with you caring about your companions? By the way, you just mentioned Mr. Aso. It seems that Miss Aida cares about that matter."

"…Lan, you are definitely broken."

"No."

"Then after Miss Aida and I have a drink, we will go meet Miss Liu Feng offline."

"Then I hope she is your ideal type, Ying, an intellectual older sister with a beautiful voice."

"Then I will stay at her place."

"Eh? Really?"

"Hehe, that's right, now you should..."

Xiaolan exclaimed: "You are so confident even though it's just the first time we meet. You are worthy of being called Firefly."

"..."

(End of this chapter)