I'm in Conan, I'm not a gangster

Chapter 19 Let’s discuss our own issues (Part 2)
Time flies, and the day of the competition is getting closer and closer.

However, during class that day, Sonoko noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with Xiaolan's expression.

So she came to Xiaolan during the break and asked, "Xiaolan, what's wrong with you? You don't seem to be in a good mood today?"

"Hey... you may not believe it." Xiaolan said with a strange look on her face: "My dad and Shiraishi-kun... are brothers."

"Ah?" After a moment of stunned silence, Yuanzi couldn't help but burst out laughing and said, "Uncle Maori must have drunk too much, right?"

"This... ah, it's a bit troublesome to explain, so I'd better show you the video." Xiaolan took out her mobile phone with mixed feelings and clicked on a video.

Yuanzi came over curiously and looked at it carefully.

The video was a little shaky at the beginning, and then the camera moved stealthily from the kitchen to the door, capturing Kogoro Mouri and E Shiraishi in the living room.

Looking at the shooting angle, Sonoko knew that this must have been taken secretly by Xiaolan!
In the video, Maori Kogoro was obviously a little drunk. He shouted, "Shiraishi-kun, you and I hit it off right away. It's a pity that we met too late. We get along very well!"

"From now on, you are my brother!!"

"If you run into any trouble, you can always come to me! I will definitely help you solve it!"

Shiraishi Hui on the other side laughed after hearing this and said, "Mr. Maori, you want me to be your younger brother? You have to drink more than me first!!"

"If you can beat me in drinking, I will be your brother from now on."

"But if you can't drink more than me, you will be my brother from now on, how about that?"

Maori Kogoro was furious and said, "Do you really think I can't beat you in drinking? Come on, come on, tonight I will convince you! Whoever falls down will be my little brother!!"

Seeing that the two of them actually made this bet, Xiaolan, who was filming, said, "Dad, Shiraishi-kun! Drink less, you even made such a bet!!"

Bai Shihui turned her head to look at Xiaolan, shrugged her shoulders and said, "It's none of my business. It was your father who insisted on making the bet."

Maori Kogoro turned his head to look at Xiaolan who was filming, and shouted: "Stop talking! Children, don't interrupt when adults are talking!!"

"Dad... forget it. I don't care about you! Just drink!" Xiaolan said somewhat dissatisfiedly.

The video ends here.

"Huh? That's it?" Sonoko saw that it was gone just when she was excited, so she asked again and again, "What about the rest?"

"The back one is here." Xiaolan opened another video.

In this video, Kogoro Mouri is lying on the tatami and sleeping soundly.

Shiraishi patted his face and said, "Hey, wake up, let's continue drinking! Why don't you drink anymore? Didn't you say you wanted me to be your brother?"

"If you don't get up, then you'll just be the little brother!!"

"Not talking? That's great, from now on I'll call you Brother Maori!"

After saying this, he turned his head to look at Xiaolan and smiled: "Xiaolan, don't worry about it."

"Your father calls me brother, but I'll still call you Xiaolan."

"Let's talk about our own affairs!"

"This..." Xiaolan in the video didn't know what to say for a moment.

Shiraishi E began to help Kogoro Mori up and sent him back to the bedroom.

Seeing this, Xiaolan quickly stopped filming and went over to help.

The video ends.

Xiaolan felt a little embarrassed and sighed, "Yuanzi, can you understand my feelings now?"

"Yeah, I understand a little bit now!" Sonoko said with a smile in her eyes: "Shiraishi-kun is really approachable! He can actually chat with Uncle Mori so well!!" "That's not what I meant!" Xiaolan said rather depressedly: "My dad wants to call Shiraishi-kun brother! Don't you think it's weird? The seniority is all messed up!"

"Oh! You don't have to take this kind of thing to heart." Yuanzi patiently counseled, saying, "This is just a boring self-esteem game between men!"

"Hey, forget about Shiraishi-kun, but why does daddy still act so immature even though he's already grown up?" Xiaolan expressed her incomprehension.

"A man stays young until he dies!" Yuanzi said as if it was normal. "My father is so old, but he still plays some doomsday survival game and even built a basement for himself."

"It contains all kinds of survival supplies needed for the end of the world!"

“I’m used to it!”

"Is that so?" Xiaolan was relieved when she saw that Sonoko's father was in the same state.

However, she still whispered, "Yuanzi, you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone else about this!"

"Okay, okay!" Yuanzi made an OK gesture!
At this time, the class bell rang and she hurried back to her seat.

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School is over at three in the afternoon.

On the way to the karate club training with Xiaolan, Shiraishi said, "The competition will start in two days."

"From today on, there will be no high-intensity training. Just warm up your body!"

"The most important thing is to maintain a good attitude!"

"Yeah, okay!" Xiaolan's heart tightened, and she no longer cared about the generational relationship between her father and Shiraishi Hui.

The competition is still important!

Shiraishi Hui felt much more relaxed now that he didn't have to train personally. He just had to watch Xiaolan from the side.

After warming up, getting familiar with the basic moves, and performing a few combo skills, an hour passed quickly.

Shiraishi looked at the time and said, "It's almost time, we can end the training!"

"Huh? It's over in just one hour?" Xiaolan was very surprised. She felt that she should train a little longer.

"The competition is the day after tomorrow, there's no point in cramming now." After Shiraishi said this, he said, "Besides, I'll take you to a place."

"Where?" Xiaolan became curious.

Bai Shihui smiled and said, "Keep it a secret! Go home and wait. I'll go back and change my clothes and come pick you up!"

Seeing that the other party was so mysterious, Xiaolan's curiosity was immediately aroused.

After Xiaolan returned home alone, Maori Kogoro saw that Xiaolan was alone, frowned and said: "Huh? Why are you alone? Where is that kid Shiraishi? Why didn't he come? I was planning to get back the place I had last night!"

Xiaolan ignored what her father said later and said, "Shiraishi-kun said he would take me to a place later... but he didn't say where it was."

"Place? Ah... I know where it is." Maori Kogoro realized something, his frown loosened, and said: "Then go back to your room and change your clothes! That place doesn't match the school uniform!"

"Dad, do you know?" Xiaolan suddenly became curious and asked repeatedly: "What is that place? Just tell me!!"

"You'll know when you go there. Now that you know, you don't have any expectations anymore." Kogoro Mouri shook his head and chose not to say anything.

This further raised Xiaolan's expectations, and she said, "Then I'll go upstairs to change my clothes. Dad, you can take care of dinner tonight!"

"Okay, I'll go eat ramen by myself." Kogoro Mouri said there was no problem.

(End of this chapter)