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Chapter 146 Deliberate Concealment (22)

Conan returned to Akikawa Sosuke's ward.

Then I noticed that there seemed to be one person missing in the ward.

"Where is Miss Yoko?" Conan asked.

"Ms. Yoko just went out. She said she was going to buy some fruit for everyone."

Mao Lilan said to Conan.

"If you want to buy some fruit, we can go there, right? If Miss Yoko goes there in person, won't she be recognized and cause a sensation?"

Conan wondered.

"That's what I thought, but Miss Yoko insisted that we had already brought gifts for Mr. Akikawa, so we couldn't spend any more money."

Suzuki Sonoko spread her hands.

Fortunately, what Conan was worried about did not seem to happen.

Soon, they heard the sound of the ward door being opened.

When Conan looked back, he suddenly realized.

It turns out that Yoko Okino covered herself tightly when she went out, not only wearing sunglasses and a mask.

Even her conspicuous long chestnut hair was hidden inside the hat.

No wonder no one recognized him.

"I asked the owner of the fruit shop to cut it for me."

As Yoko Okino said this, she took out the cantaloupe that was in the storage box.

"Come on, Conan-kun."

"Thank you~"

Yoko Okino took out a piece of cut cantaloupe and handed it to Conan, and Conan thanked Yoko Okino in his childish voice.

Hami melon is considered a rather expensive fruit in Japan.
However, everyone also knew that Yoko Okino was not short of money, so after thanking Yoko Okino, they all gladly accepted Yoko Okino's kindness.

After distributing the melons to everyone in the room, Yoko Okino took out a box of cantaloupe that had been peeled and cut into small pieces.
Then he sat down again beside Akikawa Sosuke's bed and fed Akikawa Sosuke cantaloupe with a toothpick.

This scene instantly stunned Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran.

The two girls stopped chewing and stared at the scene in front of them in amazement.

Then Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko turned their heads and looked at each other, and both of them saw the deep surprise in each other's eyes.

"What's going on?! Are Akikawa-san and Yoko-san really that close?"

"I don't know either!! "

The two girls exchanged their inner thoughts with their eyes.

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Conan looked at the shocked expressions of Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko, and couldn't help feeling speechless.

'Although Miss Yoko and Mr. Akikawa have different last names, looking at their hair color and similar facial features, you should be able to guess that they are siblings, right?'

Conan thought to himself.

At the same time, another person came to mind.
A girl with short brown hair, who, like herself, has transformed from an adult into a child.

"Come to think of it, Haibara is Ms. Yoko's biggest fan."

"I wonder what her expression would be if she saw this scene?"

Conan couldn't help but think in his mind.
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"Thank you Miss Yoko, I won't eat it anymore."

After eating about three pieces of cantaloupe, Akikawa Sosuke stopped.

"Still can't eat too much?"

Okino Yoko frowned and asked with concern.

"Well, and my neck hurts when I chew, so, I'm really sorry."

Akikawa Sosuke apologized to Okino Yoko.

"I didn't think much of it. I thought it would be easy for you, Akikawa-kun, to chew the chopped fruit."

Okino Yoko said.

"Uh, Miss Yoko and Mr. Akikawa have a really good relationship."

Suzuki Sonoko, who was standing by, looked at Okino Yoko's expression, which seemed a little disappointed because Akikawa Sosuke couldn't eat too much, and couldn't help but speak up. She was really too curious about the relationship between the two.

"Yes!"

Okino Yoko admitted happily, looking as if she was being praised.

"By the way, what is the relationship between Ms. Yoko and Mr. Akikawa?"

"It shouldn't just be a simple relationship between senior and junior artists from the same company, right?"

Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help it and finally asked.

When Mao Lilan heard this, she couldn't help but prick up her ears.

Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan thought they would get an answer like "lover".

Conan and Masumi Sera believed that Yoko Okino would reveal her relationship as siblings with Sosuke Akikawa here.

But unexpectedly, Yoko Okino said without any hesitation:

"It's just a simple relationship between senior and junior artists."

This answer once again raised the gossiping hearts of Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Li Ran to a higher level.

In the eyes of the two girls, Okino Yoko was clearly deliberately concealing her relationship with Akikawa Sosuke.

Doesn't this just prove that the relationship between the two is probably just as they guessed? !
However, when Conan and Sera Masumi heard this, who knew the true relationship between Okino Yoko and Akikawa Sosuke, it had a different meaning.

'Okino Yoko is deliberately hiding the brother-sister relationship between the two!'

Conan and Sera Masumi noticed this almost at the same time.

Especially for Masumi Sera, who had just decided to investigate the truth of the car accident, Yoko Okino's words aroused her suspicion.

"Okino Yoko has on several occasions acted with Akikawa Sosuke in front of outsiders in ways that go beyond the normal relationship between seniors and juniors in the company."

"It stands to reason that for a big star like her, she should be quite worried about things like scandals."

'But Okino Yoko would rather be misunderstood by Xiaolan and Sonoko than admit her sibling relationship with Akikawa Sosuke in front of outsiders.'

"Could it be that, for her, exposing her relationship with Akikawa Sosuke as a sibling would have a greater negative impact than being mistaken for a lover?"

Just as Masumi Sera was thinking about this, he saw Yoko Okino suddenly take out her cell phone, walk to the corner of the ward and answer the call.

"Hey, Sister Sahie, what's wrong?"

"I'm in the hospital. Akikawa-kun is doing well."

"Please help me decline tomorrow's shoot. I don't think I'll be able to continue shooting until Akikawa-kun is discharged from the hospital."

"Not very often, right? This is the first time I've missed a shoot this year. The last time was half a year ago."

"Okay, okay, thank you for your help, Sister Shahui."

Soon, Yoko Okino finished dealing with her agent Sae Nakata, returned to Akikawa Sosuke, and started chatting with Suzuki Sonoko and others again.

Masumi Sera, who heard the content of Yoko Okino's phone call, once again captured the key information.

"The last time was half a year ago? Okino Yoko also missed the photoshoot half a year ago?"

Masumi Sera calculated the time in his mind and suddenly had a premonition.

So she quickly took out her cell phone and started searching the Internet for news about Yoko Okino's absence from the filming.

The result surprised Masumi Sera very much.

It shows that Yoko Okino was suddenly absent from filming during the four days on August 8 last year.

It is rumored that Yoko Okino is dating her secret boyfriend.

But Masumi Sera immediately linked Yoko Okino's absence from the filming to the car accident.

"You were absent from the filming when the car accident happened?"

"But Officer Takagi clearly said at the time that Yoko Okino said she had not been in contact with her mother and brother for many years."

'Obviously, Yoko Okino is lying. She is deliberately hiding the truth!'

'She must know something!'

Masumi Sera quickly made a judgment in his mind.

She realized that Yoko Okino might be the breakthrough to identify the real murderer.

I'm sorry, dear readers, my recovery today is not very good, so there are only two updates.

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