Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 84 Xiaolan: I want the fireflies to stop drifting in the wind
The next day, 12 noon.

The weather is sunny and windy, with not a single cloud in the sky.

As soon as the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Xiaolan turned to look at Yingsheng. Seeing him sleeping soundly on the table, she immediately showed concern in her eyes.

Mizuki-kun's physique is not as good as hers. Not only did he consume a lot of energy practicing karate yesterday, but he also sat in the hospital garden with her in the night breeze for two hours at night. Especially later, he gave her his coat. Would she catch a cold?
Xiaolan was about to go over there when she saw Kenta Nakamichi poking him in the back behind Yingsheng:
"It's lunch time."

Yingsheng shrugged and ignored it.

Nakamichi Kenta was helpless and lowered his voice: "Xiaolan is waiting for you."

Yingsheng raised his head.

"..."

This action made Kenta Nakamichi speechless, and the others who were secretly paying attention to Xiaolan and Hotaru felt the same way.

No, are they really a couple?

High school students who have nowhere to put their energy love gossip the most, especially Xiaolan and Hotaru. Because of their personalities and looks, they usually attract a lot of attention in the class, and it is naturally even more so when they get together.

There is another party involved, Kudo Shinichi, whose performance yesterday and this morning was extremely outrageous. The attention of the spectators on these people has increased to an unprecedented level.

It was so much fun!

When they thought of this, more than one person cast their eyes on Kudo Shinichi, and then they found that, as expected, this guy didn't pay any attention to the situation of Xiaolan and Mizuki, and went straight out with the transfer student who had just arrived yesterday!
White teeth!

White teeth!

White teeth!

Did they think that the childhood sweethearts of Shinran and Ran, who they had previously believed to be a lock, were actually extremely vulnerable? Or was it just a misunderstanding and there was no such thing?
No, no!
Is it that the green plum blossoms that fall from the sky are inevitable? !

"hiss--"

Suddenly, there was a series of gasps in the classroom, and the room temperature suddenly rose.

What did they see?
Xiaolan has two bento boxes in her hand? !
Where is Mizuki-san?
He walked over, he had nothing in his hands!!!
Ah, it's over.

It was such a hearty feast, I was completely satisfied and didn’t even need to eat lunch.

Although they lost one pure love to enjoy, they gained two more.

Hey, that's nice.

A world where no one gets hurt, perfectly achieved...

No wonder!
After the four most popular people left the classroom, the crowd of onlookers immediately shifted their attention to another contestant whose position was not yet clear.

Suzuki Sonoko!

Many people saw Yu's unusual behavior on Friday, and more than one person heard the words "Mizutsuki Hotosei is a scumbag."

Although the matter was delayed a little due to the two-day weekend, what is coming will always come, especially after Kudo Shinichi’s big revelation yesterday, everyone’s gossip spirit was burning, and the matter was quickly brought to light.

Among adolescent high school students, and between boys and girls, it is obvious what the term "scumbag" means.

Even the dumbest person can easily come up with a guess if he uses his brain a little.

Mizutsuki Hoto, he cheated on Suzuki Sonoko!

Ah!
This melon is even more delicious!

Her best friend did not listen to her advice and was easily taken down by the scum who had hurt her before. What will the angry Suzuki do next?

With all kinds of strange expectations, everyone looked at her with sparkling eyes. However, what was going on?
Under the complex gazes of the crowd with implicit expectations, Suzuki Sonoko calmly packed her books and stationery. After finishing everything, she picked up her handbag and walked out of the classroom with a calm expression.

Although she definitely couldn't be said to be nonchalant, after all, she would never act so nonchalant normally, but it was hard to tell that she was really forcing herself.

After all, given her personality, it was strange for her to react like this.

"Well, you are still trying to be brave after all."

"I think so too. After all, it must be weird that my ex-boyfriend and my best friend are together."

"And Sonoko called Mizuki-kun a scumbag. It feels like she's the one who got cheated."

"So she's still primarily concerned about Xiaolan?"

"Who knows, what if you can't forget him?"

"..."

Several girls in the classroom were talking openly, and their words drifted into the ears of Suzuki Sonoko, who was not far away. They wiped away the color from her face and made her hand holding the handbag tighten uncontrollably, leaving several dents on the soft white leather.

Of course, she couldn't help but care about the current situation of Yingsheng and Xiaolan, and yes, she just cared about Xiaolan and didn't want her to be deceived by a scumbag, that's all.

Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely!
The day before yesterday, Sunday, she asked Xiaolan to go shopping with her, just because she wanted to talk to her about this matter in detail, so that Xiaolan would be wary of the scumbag Shuiyue Yingsheng and stay as far away from him as possible.

For the sake of her best friend, she even made up her mind to expose her family's dirty laundry and told Xiaolan about herself and her sister, just to make her more vigilant.

But the result...

She still clearly remembers Xiaolan's expression and words that day.

That was in front of the exquisite glass window of the dessert shop. The air was filled with rich cream aroma and light fruity fragrance. They were sitting at a small round table. In front of Xiaolan was strawberry mousse and black tea, and in front of her was chocolate cake and latte.

"Sui Yue-kun told me about this."

Xiaolan's slender fingers lightly pinched the exquisite golden spoon and gently stirred the black tea. Her tone was surprisingly calm.

Sonoko was stunned for a long time and didn't understand why Xiaolan was so nonchalant. It was not until later that she realized that she seemed to be intentionally imitating the posture of that scumbag Mizutsuki Hotoshii in order to convey her meaning more accurately.

“I’m so sorry about that, Sonoko, I didn’t follow your advice;

But Mizuki said that he did not feel sorry for you and Miss Ayako. He was more inclined to believe that this was an emotionally equivalent exchange and he did not think he was wrong.

Of course I don't agree with his point of view. He did a very bad job in this matter and is indeed a scumbag.

But afterwards I discovered that he really didn't seem to understand some things, as if he was missing something.

He seemed...

Like having no heart.

He was clearly eagerly looking forward to the arrival of love, and even felt like dying without it. However, he did not understand what love was at all. Everything he did was weighed and considered based on the simplest and most straightforward interests.

It is indeed strange for me to say this, after all, I am on Shinichi's side and everything is a mess.

but……

I wanted to help him, just as he helped me.

He said he was just enjoying the scenery, watching an orchid bloom, and so was I.

I hope fireflies will no longer wander aimlessly,
I hope to help him find his lost heart."

(End of this chapter)