Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 45: Xiaolan's One-Day Trip to the Winery
Saturday afternoon 2pm, Shibuya, Meguro Building.

Yingsheng drove a black Toyota slowly through the gate of the underground parking lot. In front of him was a metal door of unknown thickness blocking the road. He glanced at the burly man at the security post in the rearview mirror. He was also looking over here and reporting something into the headset.

Soon, Miyano Shiho's cell phone rang.

She hung up immediately.

Ten seconds later, Yingsheng's cell phone rang.

"Hello, Director Qin, it's us. Miss Shiho didn't see her sister and is in a bad mood now."

"puff--"

Miyano Shiho in the back seat was defeated in a second. "Manager Gin, what kind of weird title is this? How did Gin describe the organization to this guy?

There was a sneer from the other end of the phone, and the metal door slowly rose.

"Drive to the end and turn right."

"OK."

Yingsheng started the car and put his hands together towards the camera above his head, saying "please, please", not knowing whether Gin could understand what he meant. He looked at Xiaolan in the passenger seat again.

"It is said that the level of confidentiality here is very high. There may be some security guards who look fierce, but don't worry, you can beat ten of them by yourself."

Xiaolan nodded slightly, holding the corners of her clothes tightly with both hands. From the looks of it, it seemed that she had indeed entered some extraordinary place.

"Ms. Shiho, what exactly is the drug you are researching used for?" asked Yingsheng.

"It's a confidential matter." Miyano Shiho said in a cold voice.

“Don’t even the mice have the right to know?”

"…Should the mice have it?"

"You can at least give a general direction. From what Director Qin said, it seems to be related to strengthening body functions? Frankly speaking, that's what I came here for."

“That’s just a spin-off series.”

"Hiss—the derivatives are so powerful, how can the original be any better? Could it be a zombie virus?"

"...Can't the little white mouse be quiet? It's better to tremble."

"Okay, Miss Researcher, please be gentle later and don't leave any psychological trauma on me."

"Oh, I'll try my best."

"So that's how it is!" Xiaolan suddenly realized: "Suiyue-kun said that Miss Shiho is your superior, but is it actually the relationship between a guinea pig and a researcher?"

"Haha, Xiaolan, you're too slow to react. I came here under coercion and bribery. Of course, I don't have any serious superiors."

"So..." Xiaolan's body tensed slightly, "Do you want to play the car radio? Piano music."

Yingsheng smiled and said, "What do you think, Miss Shiho?"

Miyano Shiho was speechless: "Since Gin asked me to come here in person, it is impossible for him to do anything bad to you two, at least not now."

Yingsheng sighed: "My whisper has been discovered."

Xiaolan was discouraged: "I really don't have any talent in this area, but Gin... Is the name of the wine just a code name?"

"It should be. He was the one who came to see me that day with another guy named Vodka, and there was also a woman with a tattoo on the corner of her eye. I don't know her name."

"It turns out that Shuiyue-kun was really forced to donate blood that day. No wonder he looked so bad in the morning."

Xiaolan had revealed an Easter egg, and turned back curiously: "What is Miss Shiho's code name?"

"..."

Miyano Shiho felt that these two people were a little too careless. The code names of the organization members were confidential. How could they be asked so casually?

"Let me think about it. Gin seemed to have said it was called..."

"Sherry!" Miyano Shiho was the first to announce her code name. What on earth was Gin doing? Didn't he tell Mizuki Hotaru anything about keeping it a secret? !

"They are all wine names." Xiaolan looked at Yingsheng again, "I thought it would be the same as Suigetsu-kun..."

"Shh-"

Yingsheng raised his finger to his lips and said with a smile: "Don't be rude, Miss Shirley will be angry."

Xiaolan quickly covered her mouth and said, "Oh no, oh no. Wasn't there my mother's case last night? Yabai, my professional prejudice was wiped out by Mizuki-kun's performance."

Although Miss Towako said that Firefly was a special case.

Shirley stared at him coldly: "I will also get angry if you stop talking halfway."

"Well, well..." Yingsheng changed the subject: "Does Ms. Shirley have a high status in the institute? Isn't she an abandoned child?"

"..."

Shirley was finally sure that this guy didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at all! She gritted her teeth and said, "At least I'm higher than you. I'm a code member, and you're just a peripheral member... No, you're a guinea pig!"

"Sorry, sorry, I'm just being overly self-conscious."

The vehicle turned right at the end of the road and saw a spacious metal passage that could accommodate two vehicles running side by side. The passage had a cold silver luster and had a sci-fi feel.

The door opens to both sides, with a thick alloy base and a layer of concrete wall plaster as camouflage.

Two men in black suits were standing at the door waiting. Yingsheng stuck his head out of the car window and asked, "Do you want to drive in?"

"No, you can just park here." A man in a black suit came over quickly, put his feet together, and bowed respectfully: "Please allow me to park the car for you."

Yingsheng threw the car keys to him and turned to look at Shirley: "In this situation, should I not say thank you?"

"..."

Shirley didn't want to pay attention to him, so she pushed the door and got out of the car, looking at the other man in a black suit: "Where's Gin?"

The man also bowed quickly and said, "I didn't know that Master Gin issued an order this morning that no one else is allowed to use this base today. We are only waiting for Master Shirley."

Shirley raised her eyebrows slightly and looked back at Hotaru who was getting out of the car. Does Gin actually value this guy so much?

Because of drug modification?
But I can't find any abnormality in the analysis.

"What? Lady Shirley doesn't know how to use the instruments here?" Yingsheng asked curiously.

"..."

Shirley was speechless for the umpteenth time. She sighed helplessly, "There are just no operations personnel here, not no logistics personnel. Take the equipment out of the trunk first, and I'll take you to the locker room."

The so-called instruments are mainly two sets of black tights made of unknown material, covered with electrodes. The blue lines are like rivers flowing into the sea, and are connected to a small transmitter at the back, which collects real-time data by a computer.

Twenty minutes later, Yingsheng and Xiaolan changed their clothes and stood on the stage.

"How did Suigetsu-kun know my body size?"

Because the clothes were too tight, Xiaolan felt a little shy, and a dangerous light flashed in her eyes.

Yingsheng smiled and said, "I know your height."

"Eh? What happens next?"

"Then, of course, we calculated it based on the most perfect body proportions." Yingsheng said seriously, "Practice has proved that mathematics is indeed a very useful subject."

"..."

Xiaolan raised her hand to cover her slightly red cheeks. Oh no, this guy is really powerful. She must be more careful and not get caught by mistake.

Shirley, who was sitting at the computer under the stage, couldn't bear to watch it anymore. These two guys seemed to be treating him as if he didn't exist!
She picked up the microphone next to her.
"start!"

(End of this chapter)