Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 382 Everyone wants Yingsheng and Xiaolan to break up, including fate!

Stunning beauty in the world.

Take the initiative to devote yourself.

Willing to die for you.

Treat you well sincerely.

At this point, gender no longer matters.

As for other things like Shirley being kidnapped, herself being ambushed, and the two Chianti being killed... these things are even more trivial at this moment.

Gin walked towards the window.

He just took a step but stopped again.

Just because the heavenly being by the window was walking towards him.

Those bright, smiling eyes almost swallowed up his entire world and became the only one in this world.

The two of them were getting closer.

It was as if it was not someone walking, but an irresistible force that was pushing them towards each other.

Gin reached forward.

The celestial being also stretched out his hand.

A ripple began to spread from the bottom of his heart, and Gin was about to fall into the swimming pool shining with endless silver light again.

Suddenly, I felt something cold on my chest.

Then there was a slight push.

Gin fell into confusion for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, all he saw was a dark brown door, with his face reflected on its shiny surface.

A little dazed.

A laughter as gentle as the sound of a wind chime came from inside the door. Gin could clearly see the reflected face showing a bitter smile.

However, Gin immediately restrained his expression, stood outside the door for a few seconds, then went back to the living room and turned on the TV.

There's nothing to do now anyway.

The TV turned on to the program that was broadcasting the story of Kuroba Kaito solving a case. Now the scene was in a van, and the host introduced with shining eyes that they were rushing to a new crime scene.

"Inside sources said that this incident was large-scale, involving a group of pirates roaming the Indonesian archipelago, and more than 20 people were killed."

"According to the autopsy results, the crime occurred between midnight and 2 a.m. this morning."

"The murderer is suspected to be a martial arts master who can even dodge bullets. The weapon used is a dagger or sword."

"He cut the tendons of all the pirates' hands and feet, and abused some members, or he had a grudge against the gang."

"The police initially suspected that the murderer was Ishikawa Goemon, the winner of yesterday's martial arts tournament."

"But the other party said that he had no connection with Southeast Asian pirates and would not kill these boring things."

"The police conducted an in-depth investigation and found that this group of pirates was related to the deceased legendary hypnotist Leon Law. The specific details still need to be further explored."

"Is it related to the Fist of Blue Sapphire..."

Gin changed the channel.

"The list of competitors for this morning's martial arts tournament has been announced, and there are several heavyweight players on the list."

"The most outstanding disciple of Wudang Mountain today."

"The secret guard of the Vatican."

"It is said that this is a Japanese swordsman who fought against the Yamata no Orochi."

"A natural born warrior from a primitive African tribe."

"..."

"This list was personally determined by Mr. Liuying. It can be predicted that the strength of the two warring parties should be roughly evenly matched."

"But let me review the performances of the contestants in the preliminary round for your reference."

"Everyone is welcome to actively place bets and join in the fun. Our website address is right below the video..."

Click——

The bedroom door opened.

Gin said without even turning his head: "Ms. Liuying, you are really a master of time management."

Yingsheng glanced at the TV and smiled, "Sir, you should call me Mr."

He had changed back into the black suit he wore when he left Xiaolan, and naturally he used a male voice.

This made Gin silent for a few seconds.

"Aren't there a lot of people watching you? Will this give you away?"

"In the sight of those people, I should still be at Xiaolan's place, and I won't go through the main entrance, so I won't be discovered."

Yingsheng, wearing a blue mask, walked to the balcony of the living room and looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention to this side, he planned to jump down.

"How long do you plan to maintain this relationship?" Gin asked.

I don’t know if it’s the magic of light and shadow, or the self-suggestion of the human heart.

Yingsheng was clearly wearing a men's suit, but in the soft golden edges that the morning sun cast on his figure, Gin could clearly see that he looked slender.

This made him feel inexplicably relieved.

Yingsheng looked back and said, "I don't understand what you mean, sir. I thought I had made it clear enough before."

Gin looked into Hotaru's eyes, "But I think you are just deceiving yourself. You should have given Mao Lilan a sleeping pill. Do you really think you love her?"

"Hehe, don't feel so good about yourself, sir. See you at the stadium."

Yingsheng supported himself on the fence with one hand and jumped out. He did not land on the balcony on the next floor, but fell directly to the ground from a height of one hundred meters.

The winery definitely has a lot of surveillance in the hotel, so as long as you go out of the hotel lobby, you might still be discovered.

The technique of reducing your presence is useful, but it won't fool surveillance.

Besides, going downstairs like that would be too slow. Yingsheng was an impatient person and he still had a lot of things to do.

After descending more than twenty meters, Yingsheng unfolded the simple paraglider he had prepared in advance, COS Kaito Kid, and flew to the side of the hotel building to make sure he was out of Gin's sight.

Although Gin didn't seem to run to the balcony to see at all.

Yingsheng lowered his presence and went all the way back to the hotel where he and Xiaolan had been intimate before, and pushed the door open.

Xiaolan had changed into a light yellow dress and was watching TV in the living room. When she heard the noise, she looked towards the door and smiled slightly.

"It turns out that Mrs. Kurosawa is back."

"It's more appropriate to call him Mr. Maori. After what happened this morning, Gin's matter can basically come to an end for the time being."

Yingsheng took off his mask, walked behind the sofa, leaned over and kissed Xiaolan on the cheek.

"Has anyone come to see you before?"

"Only the room service came and asked if I needed cleaning. As you instructed, I didn't respond." Xiaolan picked up the phone. "And when Sonoko called, I just replied to her email, saying that it was a bit inconvenient right now and I would get back to her later."

"Call her now. I guess it must be Vermouth who is causing trouble. She wants you to see my true face." Yingsheng opened the curtains in the living room and came back to sit on the sofa.

"Your true identity... um, is it a closet?" Xiaolan tilted her head. "Is it possible that Vermouth would find out? This is also within your expectations."

"No, just like I suspected someone was spying on us from a distance, I was just being cautious." Yingsheng shrugged, "Vermouth's disguise is really hard to guard against, so we must take it into consideration. And does spreading rumors require 100% accurate evidence? If there is evidence, it is not a rumor."

Xiaolan curled her lips, "So you told me all this just to guard against this."

"Yes, to prevent you, a jealous little girl, from misunderstanding and not loving me anymore."

Yingsheng poked Xiaolan's nose and said, "Okay, although I am a scumbag, there are some things that I can't do. Even if it is purely for rational considerations, I can do this with just tricks, why should I do it myself?"

"Speaking of this, I saw that interview before. I was a little surprised that the stand-in lady is still alive." Xiaolan dialed Sonoko's number.

"You think I'm a murderer? I gave her hallucinogens. There's no need for that at all." Yingsheng also looked at the many missed calls and emails on his phone.

Just because Xiaolan saw the profile of the Eastern European girl during the video call last night, she couldn't die.

The call was dialed.

Sonoko asked urgently: "Xiaolan, is Shuiyue Yingsheng by your side now?"

"Not here." Yingsheng replied to the email without raising his head.

"Eh?" Yuanzi was obviously stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Xiaolan, pull that guy's face and see if he is real or fake!"

Xiaolan raised her hand and pulled twice.

"Aww!"

Yingsheng opened his mouth and bit her finger.

Xiaolan quickly retracted her hand and rolled her eyes at him, "I'm 100% sure it's true. Could it be that Ying has appeared somewhere else?"

"What? This..." Sonoko said in a strange tone, "I'll send you a video and you'll know."

Xiaolan quickly received the video and clicked on it.

From the overhead surveillance camera's perspective, in the spacious and bright lobby on the first floor of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel, a girl with short black hair and a white dress was walking side by side with Gin, talking and laughing.

And the girl's face was naturally Yingsheng!
"puff--!"

Yingsheng spat out a mouthful of blood and quickly called Gin, "Damn it! Someone is ruining my reputation thousands of miles away!"

Xiaolan looked at the time in the upper right corner of the surveillance screen with a gloomy look in her eyes. It was ten minutes ago. Then she snorted softly.

"Sonoko, this person is definitely fake. Hotaru couldn't have been there ten minutes ago."

Although Yingsheng was not with her at that time, considering the distance from here to the Sands Hotel, it was impossible for Yingsheng to travel so fast.

At this time, Yingsheng also called Gin, "Sir, the me next to you now is a fake!"

Gin was still sitting on the sofa in the original suite watching TV. His eyes changed instantly when he heard this. "Where did you see me?"

"Ah?! Are you fake too?"

Yingsheng now felt that the art of disguise was the biggest evil in the world, and gritted his teeth and said, "Ten minutes ago, in the lobby on the first floor of the Sands Hotel, you were still wearing the black suit you wore yesterday, and I was wearing a white dress. Damn it, the rest of the organization must have been deceived, and we must notify them immediately."

"I see."

Gin said in a cold tone and hung up the phone.

Beep beep beep beep beep!

The bracelet on Yingsheng's wrist suddenly issued a rapid alarm sound.

He knew that it was Gin who had a strong desire to kill Vermouth, which had triggered his nervous problems, so he hurriedly called again.

This time the phone rang for five seconds before Gin hung up.

The alarm on Yingsheng's side also stopped.

A strange voice of Sonoko came from Xiaolan's phone: "Vermouth's rumors about you and Gin seem to have basis. The bracelet you wear..."

"Stop."

Yingsheng said unhappily: "Do you know why Vermouth spread the rumor? She likes Kudo, and Kudo likes Xiaolan, so she wants to break up Xiaolan and me. Considering that you are going to pursue the role of Kudo and Xiaolan's best friend, is this a good thing?"

"Damn it! Because there is something wrong with you. I will say it even in front of Xiaolan."

Sonoko said so, but still paused, her tone was quite tangled, "Xiaolan, do you... do you know where Mizuki Hotaru went this morning?"

Xiaolan turned a few channels on TV and nodded as she watched Kuroba Kaito investigating the massacre of pirates.

"Yes, I went on a date with an Eastern European model."

"what???"

Yuanzi was completely confused. "No, Xiaolan, wake up. You don't have to be so generous to that guy. There are other men in the world. You..."

"Don't worry, Sonoko, it's really nothing, Hotaru is over there...it's just something else, it's not what you think."

Xiaolan glared at Yingsheng fiercely, raised her hand and twisted his waist. Yingsheng bared his teeth and raised his hands in surrender.

Yuanzi said faintly: "But I saw an interview with that Eastern European model on TV before, and she didn't seem to say that."

Yingsheng: “…”

Xiaolan: "..."

"Damn it! Why are you watching TV so early in the morning? Can't you go to the gym for a morning run? Be careful that you won't be able to catch up with Kudo when he tries to hide from you in the future!" Yingsheng said gritting his teeth.

"Asshole! You say one thing to my face and another behind my back. I never want to see you again!" Xiaolan looked at Yingsheng and said the cruelest words, while clasping her hands together with an innocent look on her face.

"Eh? No, I mean..." Yuanzi became more and more confused. She stuttered for a long time but couldn't say anything. She just felt that she didn't seem to expect such a scene.

"Sonoko, wait a minute. I'll beat this guy up and talk to you later." Xiaolan hung up the phone and rushed directly towards Yingsheng, pulling his cheek.

"Ahhhh! Our lives are over!" "Lan, let's go jump into the sea together later." Yingsheng also had a dejected look on his face, and his face twisted like plasticine.

Buzz buzz!

Yingsheng's cell phone rang. He stretched out his hand and answered it. Koizumi Hongzi's voice came out:
"Suiyue-kun, have you received any notification from the tournament team?"

Xiaolan quickly stopped what she was doing.

Yingsheng said, "I received an email saying there's something important. I'll be there soon. It should be that matter. Is there anything else you need my help with?"

"Not yet, but there is a small problem."

Hongzi's tone was rather gloomy. "After we left the stadium yesterday, many reporters took pictures of us from all kinds of angles. The fact that we held hands and got in the car to go to the restaurant is now known to almost everyone."

"I'm sorry, I also saw some reports that both of us have been featured on the covers of various fashion magazines." Yingsheng sighed, "But there's nothing we can do about it. Miss Hongzi, your charm is too great, and no one can resist it."

"Hehe, is Mao Lilan with you?"

"She's not here. Is there anything you want to talk to Xiaolan about?" Yingsheng turned on the speakerphone.

"I will find out if you are lying."

"If he's really not here, can't you tell fortunes?"

Yingsheng held Xiaolan's hand, wanting to try whether the fog on his body that Hongzi mentioned could cover Xiaolan at the same time.

It doesn't matter even if I get found out. Anyway, I always tell lies with my eyes open and my credibility is very low.

However, Xiaolan shook her head, gently pushed Yingsheng's hand away, and walked quietly into the bedroom.

Ten seconds later, Hongzi said in a surprised tone: "She was chatting with Yuanzi in the hotel bedroom and scolding you. You were there too, right? What happened before?"

"It's about what I told you last night. In order to divert the attention of all parties' surveillance, I used a vulgar method."

Yingsei turned down the volume of the TV. The female reporter was too pretentious with her jumpy behavior, and she kept sticking to Kuroba Kaito on purpose, which made the famous detective feel a little embarrassed.

"So now she thinks you sneaked out in the middle of the night and found other women?" Hongzi asked.

"Why do you care about this?" Yingsheng asked.

"I'm just a little curious, how did she know this? You can't possibly tell her. I read your fortune again after I got up this morning, and saw that you two were playing with pillows. I thought you two had a good relationship, and she didn't know anything."

"…It's confirmed. You do have a voyeurism fetish."

"Asshole! No way!"

Hongzi said angrily: "I only divined you because you have the mist of fate on you. I used you as a problem to practice. As for what you and Mao Lilan are doing and talking about, I have no interest in listening at all!"

"That's such a pity. If you had listened, you would have known that we were discussing at that time why there was someone as beautiful as Miss Hongzi in the world. The Creator must be too unfair." Yingsheng said.

"Haha, I don't believe that."

"Ah?"

Yingsheng narrowed his eyes slightly, "Ms. Hongzi really didn't hear our praise? Could it be that the so-called 'fog of fate' is playing tricks on her?"

"...Yes, you are the special one, The One. My divination can only give you an approximate picture of you. Are you happy now?" Hongzi snorted, "You care so much about this. You must be a bad guy who always does bad things. Be careful that you will be punished by justice one day."

"Well, if you didn't lie to me, I am relieved." Yingsheng said casually, "Whether I did something wrong or not is secondary, but it does make me feel uncomfortable to have a pair of eyes watching me from above."

"So what did you do in the middle of the night? Did you tell Mao Lilan everything?"

"You can tell fortunes."

"...I was serious just now. You have a huge problem. The fog around you is sometimes thick and sometimes thin. For example, last night and now, I can divine the surrounding scenes around you, but when I divine what you did in the early hours of this morning, the results are extremely confusing."

"That's it..."

Yingsheng tapped his fingers on the armrest of the sofa, wondering if the so-called fog was related to the skills he used?
"Stop pretending. You really are a black magician, right? Otherwise, how could you possibly resist red magic?" Hongzi said firmly.

"Maybe." Yingsheng didn't comment and changed the subject. "As for last night, I went to meet you first, then went to the event team that worked all night, found a group of people to collect debts, and then went back to Xiaolan."

"Debt collection?"

"Yes, you should know what I did on Moon Shadow Island. It angered a drug lord in Southeast Asia. He hired a killer to assassinate me. This is undoubtedly a blood debt."

Yingsheng didn't know about the pirates at first, but he knew that Leon Law had intended to kill him, otherwise the seed of [Yin Cang] would not have been planted.

The time when Leon Law had the intention to kill was:
Last Saturday, when the mobile team rushed into the Beika Central Hospital and saw the bloody Beidou, they violently tortured Yingsheng on the spot.

Yingsheng had just obtained [Yang Sha Yin Cang] at that time and conducted experiments on many targets.

At that time, Leon Law was clearly still in Singapore, so why did he want to kill me?

Yingsheng was quite puzzled. After arriving in Singapore, he asked Aoyagi Chisou to investigate secretly. He found Leon Law's disciple Rishi Ramanasan and learned that they might be related to pirates.

Digging deeper, it was discovered that the pirates were connected to drug lords.

Although Yingsheng was now full of murderous intent, a mosquito leg is still meat, so after locking on to the target last night, he went out personally.

And there are more than twenty people.

This gift pack is not small.

By the way, there is also a bonus of friendship. The dark-skinned Rishi Ramanathan looks like a gentleman on the surface, but he actually has murderous intentions towards me.

What a surprise.

Hongzi was surprised and asked, "You killed those pirates? But why would you tell me such a thing so easily?"

"It's the same question as before. Do you think it was me or the goddess who killed them?" Yingsheng asked.

"I refuse to answer. Although the dead pirates were not good people, you are also an executioner." Hongzi jumped out of Yingsheng's sophistry trap.

"Then if someone is saved from disaster in the future because of my actions, will it be considered a good deed of mine?" Yingsheng asked again.

"…Just pretend I didn't ask this question. Next."

"Do you know Vermouth? She disguised herself as me and dressed as a woman to ruin my reputation. Xiaolan's knowledge of this was also caused by her. If you can use divination to help me find her, I will be very grateful. By the way, her hands are stained with the blood of many innocent people."

Yingsheng wanted to try a metaphysical method to find someone, so he used a deus ex machina to give Vermouth a head-on blow.

See if she still gets crazy!
"Hey, are you really some kind of messenger of justice?" Hongzi's tone was quite sarcastic.

"You can understand it as, every evildoer will be punished by his own evil. I'm certainly not an absolutely good person, but I'm still in the camp of order." Yingsheng said calmly, "I don't know how far into the future you can see, but as long as nothing unexpected happens to me, the world will definitely be a better place than it is now."

"Heh, arrogant maniac."

"Anyway, no matter what the result is, I will move in that direction." Yingsheng laughed, "Can you ask Miss Witch to help me find someone? If not, just pretend I didn't say anything."

"Of course you can, but you have to promise me one thing," Hongzi said.

"what?"

"Break up with Mao Lilan."

"???"

Hotaru leaned back and even turned off the TV. Anyway, Officer Rishi was involved in the pirate case, and Hotaru believed that he did not leave any traces and it was impossible for Kuroba Kaito to find him.

The most critical thing is Koizumi Akako's side. Why did she suddenly go crazy?

"Ms. Hongzi, I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Literally, you break up with Mao Lilan, and I will help you find Vermouth, and then I can teach you magic." Hongzi said lightly.

"Since fate has revealed that I will definitely become your servant, why are you so anxious?" Yingsheng asked.

"I said before that almost everyone knows about us holding hands yesterday, including Kuroba Kaito." Hongzi's voice became colder. "After he knew about it, he immediately called me and asked me if I was the one who sent the box of chocolates."

"Suiyue-kun, how do you think I will answer?"

"It doesn't matter what you say. Kuroba Kaito knows you very well. Even if you don't tell the truth, it's just a prank." Yingsheng didn't seem to hear the chill in her words. "If you tell the truth, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the fate is determined. I'm just doing an experiment."

"But ah, Suigetsu-kun."

Hongzi said in a sad tone, "What if I say that he has already eaten the chocolate?"

"Didn't he say he would think about it carefully? What does this mean?" Yingsheng frowned slightly.

"Someone wrote him a postcard in the name of Nakamori Aoko. There's nothing much to say about the specific content. Anyway, it tricked Kuroba Kaito into eating chocolate." Hongzi's smile carried a hint of the danger of a witch. "Suizuki-kun, who do you think can do such a thing?"

"I suspect it was Vermouth. She might have sneaked into the ocean buoy and discovered the true identity of Kuroba Kaito." Yingsheng said.

"Oh, that person must be you, you want to break your fate, right?"

"Can fate that can be broken still be called fate?" Yingsheng asked back.

"Oh, you admit it, right? Divination doesn't work on you. How interesting." Hongzi smiled softly, "But that piece of chocolate didn't work at all. Kuroba Kaito's heart was not captured by me."

"Don't you think it's even weirder?"

"I still don't understand what you mean. Are you trying to say that you are not skilled enough? But what does this have to do with my breakup with Xiaolan?" Yingsheng asked.

"In short, Kuroba Kaito thought that I was the one who did it all, and that the prank was a bit too much." Hongzi said, "But since the magic didn't work, I told him that it was just an ordinary box of chocolates, and I was trying to…"

"A show of force?"

"At least that's what Kuroba Kaito understood. He thought I was saying that I could feed him the magic chocolate anytime I wanted."

"Although this is true, after experiencing it personally, it still stimulated him a little."

"Maybe it's because it involves some sinister means. He may think that I will do whatever it takes to get him."

"So, he talked about us holding hands yesterday and asked me why I did that."

"I couldn't give an accurate answer, so he just said, you might be the one who can make my heart beat."

"Do you understand? Suigetsu-kun."

Yingsheng shook his head on the spot, "I still don't understand. You can't really doubt that you are attracted to me just because of what Kuroba Kaito said, right? This is too ridiculous."

But Yingsheng at least understood one thing, that Koizumi Hongzi was probably really fooled by his little trick and didn't know that her magic chocolate had not been consumed.

The postcard by Aoko Nakamori was actually written by her, at the suggestion of someone in Tokyo.

Yingsheng only acted as a middleman and added two lines of words in it.

The purpose is to destroy the counterfeit chocolate so that Koizumi Hongzi will not find anything wrong when she inspects the goods one day.

"Um……"

Hongzi pondered for a moment, "As long as you admit that you are also a magician and used charm on me yesterday, I won't dwell on this aspect."

"I admit that I am also a magician and I used charm on you yesterday." Yingsheng answered immediately.

"Hey, this is too perfunctory."

In a hotel room with tightly drawn curtains, Hongzi ran her slender fingers across the smooth surface of a crystal ball. Looking at the vague and illusory light and shadow inside, the corners of her lips slightly raised.

"But since you said so, I will admit it for the time being. Then, Mr. Black Magician, have you ever predicted our fate?"

"..."

Yingsheng had no idea what Koizumi Hongzi meant, so he blurted out, "According to divination, Xiaolan and I will walk into the palace of marriage hand in hand, grow old together, and live a happy life."

"And Miss Hongzi, you will remain young forever and become the most powerful witch in human history. Kuroba Kaito will also come here immediately if you beckon him."

Hongzi sighed softly, "It seems that you are probably not a magician, at least you can't tell fortunes."

Yingsheng was shocked, "Hey, you're not going to say that the person I'm going to marry is not Xiaolan, right?"

"You said 'the two of us'. Could it be that in your divination, I will end up with you? There is absolutely no such possibility. There is something wrong with your divination!"

"Oh?" Hongzi's tone turned cold, "Am I not as good as Mao Lilan?"

"No, it's me who is not worthy of you, Miss Hongzi. You are a noble witch with wizard blood flowing in your body, and I am just a mortal." Yingsheng said seriously, "I think Kuroba Kaito is not worthy of you either. Your partner should at least be a magician, an elf, or a dragon."

"........."

"Although we are all slaves to fate, we still have free will within a limited scope. We don't need to restrict our behavior to a certain set path. As long as every choice comes from the heart, no matter what the outcome is, we can face it calmly."

"........."

"That's it, Koizumi-san. Just pretend I didn't say anything about Vermouth. The tournament team is urging me to go, so I'll go first. Bye."

Without giving the other party any chance to refute, Yingsheng hung up the phone and got up to go to the bedroom.

Yingsheng now feels that something is very wrong. Could it be that Koizumi Hongzi is...

Was I too influenced by [Vanity] yesterday afternoon?
But it is impossible for ordinary people who were present at the time to fall in love with Hotaru from then on. Koizumi Hongzi is a witch and her spirit is definitely more resilient, so it is even more impossible.

So, there is something weird!
Could it be that she discovered her own abilities and wanted to take them away in some way?

Yingsheng knocked on the bedroom door, and when Xiaolan's face appeared in front of him again, his heart anchor was activated, and all the complicated thoughts were instantly melted away by the first ray of sunshine.

Yingsheng's tense face relaxed again. He took a step forward, picked up Xiaolan, and buried his head in the fragrance of her hair.

Xiaolan patted his back gently and said softly, "Okay, okay, nothing will happen. Magic is definitely not as powerful as Koizumi-san said, otherwise we wouldn't be living in a technological society now."

"I thought so too, but it feels a little strange."

Yingsheng took another deep breath, loosened his arms, and took Xiaolan's hand.

"Let's go to the stadium."

(End of this chapter)