Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 346 Shock! Love from Gin!

The knocking on the door continued, neither too fast nor too slow.

Haibara Ai tried her best to regulate her breathing so that she would not be so frightened that she lost the ability to move, and she tiptoed back to the bedroom.

The mind is extremely tense and the senses are heightened.

Click——!
Haibara Ai heard the sound of a door opening outside.

"Sir, why are you here? Who are you looking for?"

Familiar voices sounded one after another, and Huibara Ai, who was wandering in the darkness, saw a ray of light!

"Of course I'm looking for you. Why do you live over there?"

Gin's voice sounded again, followed by footsteps.

“I’ve always lived here.”

"You rented the house next door yesterday afternoon, and the Sumiyoshi Association renovated it. I thought you would live with Ms. Chiyoko."

"Eh? Sir, you seem to be in a good mood today. Please come in. But my cohabitant is not Chiyoko."

bang——

There was a slight knock on the door, and the sound of conversation disappeared.

Haibara Ai let out a long sigh, and her cell phone suddenly rang. She quickly took it out and saw that it was an email from Hotaru.

——"Sorry, little miss, the cat will have to wait a little longer. There is peanut butter and blueberry jam that I bought yesterday in the refrigerator, and the toaster's beep is not too loud. Please fill your stomach for now."

Haibara Ai looked towards the bedroom balcony and realized that Hotaru must have noticed her because she had just opened the curtains.

She went to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. Sure enough, she saw toast and jam on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator door. There was a bottle opener on the jam, but the jam bottle was not opened.

Huibara curled her lips, thinking that this guy was really thoughtful.

Three minutes later, she had made a blueberry peanut butter sandwich. When the sweet taste filled her tongue, the tension in her heart had completely dissipated.

What will they talk about over there?

……

……

Ian Apartment 2602, living room.

Xiaolan was pouring tea at the coffee table. Gin was sitting on the sofa. He took a look at her beige home clothes and her black hair tied up on her head, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Miss Lan, perhaps I should call you Mrs. Shuiyue?"

Xiaolan and Hotaru both looked at Gin with surprised expressions. What's wrong with him today?

Taking the wrong medicine?

Xiaolan smiled and shook her head, "It's too early to talk about that now. Hotaru and I can probably only be lovers."

"That won't happen, Ran, have a little more confidence in me." Yingsheng also shook his head and looked at Gin, "Sir, do you want to learn about the new etiquette of our meeting?"

As he spoke, he gently pulled his face to show that he was not someone else's disguise.

Gin understood what he meant and also pulled a smile on his face, expressionless.

"Why, can't I just speak politely?"

"Of course not, I'm just not used to it."

Hotaru stared at Gin's face carefully, making sure there was not a single incongruous wrinkle. This was his true appearance.

Hotaru withdrew his gaze and inadvertently glanced at the right corner of Gin's forehead, but unfortunately it was blocked by the brim of his black hat and could not be seen.

"Sir, you came to see me in person. Is there something important?"

"Is there anyone living next door now?" Gin asked.

"Not yet, but someone will move in later," Yingsheng said.

"That Ms. Chiyoko?"

"Um, sir, can you be more straightforward?"

"Is it a woman?" Gin was unmoved. Seeing Yingsheng nodded, he looked at Xiaolan again, "Miss Lan, do you know about this? What do you think?"

Like Xiaolan and Hotaru, they were also confused by Gin's series of questions and nodded.

"I know. As for my opinion... it's nothing."

There's little Ai next door, what will she think?
Of course it’s the cute little sister.

"Is that so..." Gin leaned forward and stared into Xiaolan's eyes, "You clearly know that Mizuki Hotaru is a scumbag, but you are still willing to be with him. You don't even care that he has a mistress in front of you. Why? There are many men in this world. You don't need to sacrifice yourself to this extent."

"???"

"???"

Xiaolan and Hotaru looked at each other, both with confusion on their faces. Would Gin say such a thing?
Are you sure it’s not Vermouth in disguise?

But Gin has already proved that this is his true self, so... Xiaolan frowned and asked, "Did Lord Gin come here to be a lobbyist at someone's request?"

Gin clicked his tongue, "Who do you think that person is?"

The implication is that no one is qualified, especially to bother him to do such a trivial task.

No matter how you look at it, advising high school students to break up is inappropriate for someone like Gin.

But isn't this even more weird?
Last Wednesday, when Xiaolan was in the hotel lobby, she felt that Gin was not a vicious villain, but rather someone who liked gossip.

Now hearing his question, Xiaolan looked at him with an even more strange look, and quickly looked away, thinking that it might be a bit offensive.

"Because Ying is very nice to me."

Xiaolan answered Gin's previous question with a gentle smile on her face, "And I have always been the one who was taken care of, without giving anything at all. Not only did Hotaru not think I was a burden, but he was also willing to stay with me all the time. I am already sincerely happy, so how could I ask for more."

There are more reasons, which she has already told Hotaru before, but she naturally won't tell Gin now.

The most crucial point is that she has never provided love to Yingsheng.

Although this made both of them feel confused and even vaguely uneasy.

But in this situation, Yingsheng is still willing to spend most of his time and energy to accompany her, which is enough to explain a lot of problems.

Other women are just tools.

Gin was silent for a moment, "I heard that love is exclusive."

Xiaolan sighed softly, "But sometimes, there is nothing I can do. Who told me to fall in love with such a person?"

That irreconcilable contradiction, love.

Xiaolan also sat on the sofa on the side, tilted her head to look at Yingsheng, and Yingsheng also looked at her.

why?

At this moment, the doubts in the two people's hearts were roughly the same.

However, Yingsheng's thoughts are more complicated. He is still wondering what Gin's purpose is in coming here?
Does anyone else in the organization know about his trip?
Can we take this opportunity to knock him to the ground, then hang him up and torture him again?

But this time, we must not prepare for anything too bloody.

Gin's lips curled slightly, "Interesting, can feelings actually change a person like this?" He looked at Yingsheng, "Mr. Liuying, I want to ask you something."

Yingsheng immediately sat up straight, "Sir, please tell me, I will tell you everything I know."

"Can I fall in love with someone?"

"?????"

Yingsheng was immediately filled with question marks. He tilted his head and tapped his ear hard, then dug it hard with his little finger, looking at Gin with a serious face.

"Sorry, sir. I guess I didn't sleep well last night and I'm hallucinating. Can you tell me again?"

"I sincerely ask you for advice, Mr. Liuying." Gin pressed down the brim of his hat and hid his eyes. "Do you think this can be done?"

Yingsheng remained silent.

After a long time, click——

The teacup in Xiaolan's hand fell on the coffee table and drew a steaming map.

Outside the window, the breeze was stagnant and the cicadas were chirping.

Yingsheng took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Sir, I suspect that the art of disguise has evolved to a new version. Can I tear your face myself?"

"You can verify it in any way you want. Do I need to take off my clothes?" Gin took off his hat, lifted up his long silver hair, and pointed to a band-aid on his right forehead. "But this is not the trick to disguise. I just got hurt accidentally."

"Not needed at this time, please forgive me for the offense."

Yingsheng controlled the electric wheelchair forward, carefully felt the edge of Gin's cheek, and then checked his eyelids, and finally stepped back with a frown.

"Are you sure now? You seem to know a lot about disguise?" Gin asked.

"After being deceived so many times, I can still notice that the disguise can't change the eyes." Yingsheng hesitated, "I'm sorry, sir, but to be honest, your behavior is indeed a little strange. Can I ask the reason out of curiosity?"

After yesterday's phone call, Yingsheng concluded that Gin was shot in the right corner of his forehead, injuring his brain, causing some mental problems.

Now, it is 120% certain.

But isn’t Gin’s mental state absolutely calm, and he can’t give himself the intention to kill? What does it mean when he suddenly talks about love?
"Because I messed up Shirley's affairs, the organization made me step down." Gin said calmly, "I have nothing to do, and stimulated by what you said yesterday, I want to have a relationship. Is there any problem?"

"Not at all, but wouldn't this be easy for Sir? Why did you come to me?"

Hotaru knew that Gin was definitely not telling the truth, but it might be true that the brewery asked him to take a back seat.

After all, he has mental problems.

Gin took a sip of his tea, "You are very experienced. I plan to take you as my apprentice."

"puff--!"

The tea that Yingsheng had just taken a breath of was sprayed out directly. Fortunately, he turned his head away at the last moment and did not spray it all over Gin's face.

"This...this! Sir, are you kidding me?"

Yingsheng's shock was by no means a disguise, he had never thought of such a possibility before.

No, what on earth did my shot break in Gin's brain? !
"I'm serious, Mr. Liuying."

Gin put down the teacup, his expression still calm, without even a hint of being offended.

As usual, Yingsheng did not receive any murderous intention.

"I don't understand, sir." Yingsheng frowned slightly, "Could it be that the woman you like doesn't like you, so you asked me to help you make a strategy?"

"No, I haven't chosen a target yet."

Gin paused and looked at Xiaolan.

Xiaolan mopped up the tea on the floor and put the mop back on the balcony, "Master Gin, have you had lunch?"

"I ate on the way." said Gin.

"Okay." Xiaolan responded and went back to the bedroom.

Hearing the sound of the door closing, Gin picked up the remote control on the coffee table, turned on the TV, randomly tuned to a news channel, turned up the volume, and then looked at Hotaru.

"I want to ask you how to fall in love with more than one person at the same time and remain restrained when falling in love with her, and it doesn't matter if she dies."

"hiss--!"

Yingsheng took a deep breath, his eyes full of disbelief, "Sir, you want to be the King of the Sea?"

No wonder you don't want Xiaolan to hear this, it would ruin her character too much!
“You could say that, but I want to go a step further.”

Gin took out a box of Marlboro Soft Gold from his pocket, took out a cigarette and looked at Yingsheng, "Is it okay?"

Normally, Yingsheng would naturally nod.

But Gin suddenly became easy to talk to, as if he had no temper, so Yingsheng raised his hand and pointed to the wisteria trellis on the balcony, "Let's go there to talk."

Gin walked over, pulled the recliner aside, and sat next to the small white table. Then he lit a cigarette and took a deep breath.

Yingsheng took two empty paper cups, poured tea in them, used them as ashtrays for Gin, and drove his wheelchair over.

Gin flicked the ash on his glass and said, "I mean, is it possible for me to fall in love with someone anytime and anywhere, but also kill her without hesitation?"

"It depends on what you understand by 'love', sir. If it is in the conventional sense, it would be a little difficult." Yingsheng thought for a moment, "Sir, you are not actually pursuing something like 'love', right? What you are thinking of is more like the ruthless way."

Yingsheng felt that Qingzi could probably do this.

Gin frowned slightly, "Can't you do it?"

"Love and ruthlessness are inherently contradictory, right?" Yingsheng spread his hands. "Sir, it seems that you have some misunderstandings about me. To be honest, I have never been moved by those women."

"Where's Maori Ran?"

"Let me kill her, I can't do it."

Gin was silent for a few breaths, then sneered, "Mr. Liuying, you finally exposed your weakness."

"Isn't Lan a member of the organization now? The organization can't be so cruel." Yingsheng said casually, "And I have never concealed Lan's specialness. With the organization's intelligence capabilities, shouldn't this kind of thing have been analyzed long ago?"

"Tsk, letting a high school girl join your organization, do you care about her or not?"

"I don't quite understand, sir, why you suddenly care about these things. I thought that for you to come here in person, at least it would have to be something like assassinating a senator."

"I've already told you the reason, let's just chat." Gin exhaled a puff of cigarette, "When was the first time you killed someone?"

"Of course it was when I just woke up." Yingsheng said.

"Oh, you really have a split personality?"

"I feel like you are about the same now, sir. The difference between you and the past is too big. What happened?"

"How did you feel at that time?" Gin asked instead of answering.

"I don't feel anything."

"no feelings?"

"They are just two strangers. There are tens of millions of them in Tokyo and billions in the world. If you kill them, then kill them. How do you want me to feel?"

"monster."

"Hey, Sir, I don't agree with what you said."

Yingsheng said, "When I opened my eyes in a pool of blood, I saw the two of them walking towards me with knives. I had lost too much blood and was weak, so I quickly killed them to avoid any accidents. Tell me, if you were in my situation, wouldn't you have taken action?"

Gin raised an eyebrow, "Who did you learn martial arts from? Why was it that you were at a disadvantage at first, but could easily defeat those two people as soon as you woke up?"

"Didn't I tell you, Lord Xuantian of the North Pole? Besides, those two are just ordinary people."

“Faith…”

Gin didn't refute, but instead seemed to be thinking, "How did you feel when you killed other people? What were you thinking when you pulled the trigger?"

"Um……"

Yingsheng thought for a moment, "Sir, when you were a kid, did you ever use a magnifying glass to burn ants in the sun? What were you thinking at that time?"

Gin narrowed his eyes slightly, "You mean, when you killed anyone, you didn't actually have any killing intent towards them, you just treated it as a daily fun?"

“It’s not fun, but it’s a daily routine.”

"Then why did you kill those people?"

"Some were because someone asked me to do so, some were because the person wanted to kill me, and others were just like burning ants, there was no special reason."

Yingsheng had been a road demon for a period of time before, mainly to gain murderous intent.

But now he had many sources of murderous intent, so he had not done that for some time.

"Killing is just a means, not an end?" Gin asked.

"That's pretty much it."

"Killing without the intention to kill..."

Gin leaned back on the recliner, looking at the azure blue sky without a trace of color, puffing out smoke and lighting one cigarette after another.

"I have met such a person, Mr. Liuying. Is that person you?"

"I don't understand, please explain it more clearly, sir."

"Last Friday afternoon, Vodka and I were ambushed and killed. I didn't feel any killing intent until the moment I was hit by a bullet."

"Is there such a thing?"

Yingsheng looked Gin up and down, "But sir, you look fine. Where did the bullet go? Or did you dodge it?"

"I didn't hide from it. It's just a coincidence that I'm lucky enough to be alive now."

Gin pointed to his left ear and said, "Because of some previous accidents, I sent peripheral members to look for Miyano Akemi. At that time, they were stopped by the bank security guards for some reason. I was a little distracted at the time, and subconsciously turned my head to look over. At the same moment..."

Gin stared into Hotaru's eyes, made a gun gesture with his hand, and aimed at his forehead.

"boom--"

Hotaru leaned back slightly and applauded Gin, his eyes and tone full of amazement.

"Sir, you are fine. You are simply the chosen one."

At the Mihua Branch of Siling Bank, the security guards would stop other outsiders, naturally because Huaying wanted to spend money.

Because of this incident, Gin didn't die in the end...

Without a doubt, it was fate.

Yingsheng shook his head and looked at the band-aid on Gin's right forehead. "So, is this it? Sir, is this why you are acting strangely now?"

"Isn't that person you?" Gin asked back.

"Sir, what kind of answer do you want?" Yingsheng asked in the same way.

"Oh, that's right. It was because of this incident that my frontal lobe was injured and I have some emotional problems." Gin lowered his head again and lit a cigarette. "The organization asked me to recuperate for a while. They are working on a solution. And I thought of you, Mr. Liuying. I think you can help me."

Yingsheng was stunned, "Sir, this kind of thing should be confidential, can you tell me?"

Just now, Yingsheng thought that Gin came here just to test him, and there might be a sniper hiding opposite the building.

As a result, what is the situation?
I do guess that you have some mental problems, but that is completely different from you saying it yourself.

Are we that close?

Gin raised the corner of his lips slightly, "Why not..."

He suddenly stopped talking, his expression twisted, and veins popped out on his forehead.

"Damn it!"

Gin cursed under his breath, then immediately took out a long metal box from his pocket and opened it. In the black velvet compartment, five injections were placed side by side, and the first one on the left was empty.

Gin took off his long black coat, lifted up the sleeve of his left white shirt, took out the second injection, removed the safety device, flicked the needle, and aimed it at his left elbow.

"Do you need my help?"

Yingsheng saw that his hands were shaking and spoke quickly.

"Need not!"

Gin's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at Hotaru like a beast choosing its prey, wanting to eat him alive.

Even so, Yingsheng still did not receive any indication that his murderous intent was increasing.

Instead, he saw another hint.

For a moment, the whole person was stunned.

Gin's hands were shaking a little, but it was mainly because of anger, anger at himself, rather than any physical reaction.

After the injection, a while later, an extreme calmness slowly invaded him from the void, starting from the brain, gradually spreading throughout the body, filling every inch of skin.

The sky is so clear and the breeze is so pleasant.

The air has a myriad of flavors, including the fragrance of grass and tea leaves, the aroma of tobacco, the burnt aroma of toasted bread, and...

Blueberry jam?

For a moment, Gin wanted to jump off the balcony and blend into this peaceful and quiet world.

But as the ultimate calmness took over his entire body and mind, he no longer even thought about jumping.

There is only peace.

Yingsheng took a sip of tea and saw that Gin was relaxed and his eyes were empty, as if his body was still sitting there, but his soul had flown to somewhere unknown.

About two minutes later, Gin's right index finger trembled slightly, and a little spirit appeared in his eyes again.

"What's the name of the organization's boss?" Yingsheng suddenly asked.

"I don't know, and I won't tell you even if I knew."

Gin's tone was extremely calm, without a trace of emotion.

"If I want to betray the organization, you should come with me," Yingsheng said.

"What are you talking about? I'm going to kill you."

Gin's tone remained the same.

Yingsheng smiled softly, "I roughly know that you have some mental... no, neurological problems. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, you can only rely on drugs to suppress your emotions and keep yourself rational.

Those expressions before were probably due to the fact that the effect of the drug was about to wear off, in addition to the performance. "

"It seems I shouldn't come to see you." Gin said.

"On the contrary, Mr. Kurosawa, I can help you solve this problem." Yingsheng smiled slightly, "About... the little problem of love and murderous intent being reversed!"

Three minutes ago, Yingsheng received the following reminder:
【Love+6】!
(End of this chapter)