Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 187 Young man, you are so cruel!
"How about it, are you ready, Xiaolan?" Tachibana Seiji drove to the downstairs of the office and asked with a smile when he saw Xiaolan.

"To be honest, it's not very good." Xiaolan didn't sleep well last night and her mind was in a mess.

She really wanted to figure something out, but in that state she couldn't figure anything out.

Without asking any further questions, Tachibana Shizuka handed Xiaolan a can of coffee and a bag of bread and said, "Fill your stomach. I guess you didn't eat anything this morning."

After taking it, Xiaolan thanked him. Tachibana Seiji guessed correctly, she really didn't eat anything in the morning.

Because she didn't do anything in the morning.

Xiaolan has always been responsible for making breakfast at the Maori family, but today Xiaolan obviously has no mood to make breakfast.

As for Kogoro Mouri who didn't have breakfast, he usually doesn't get up early, so today he decided to combine breakfast and lunch.

In the Mouri Detective Agency, Kogoro Mouri, who rarely got up early, looked at the empty house in confusion.

That's not right. He remembered that Xiaolan came back last night! How come she's gone now?

Not only is the person missing, but there's not even any breakfast?

Could it be that he sneaked out again in the middle of the night last night?

A sense of alarm welled up in my heart. This juicy little cabbage I had worked so hard to grow in my garden was actually being targeted by a wild boar again?!
Moreover, this wild boar is a sinister one. Unlike that loser Kudo Shinichi, who was straightforward, he actually used military tactics?!
I was careless, I was careless! This guy took advantage of me, an old comrade, when he was not on guard and tricked me and attacked me!
This nature is even worse than Kudo Shinichi!

The Mori family and the Kudo family were not far from each other, and Tachibana Seiji drove Xiaolan to the door of the Kudo house quickly.

"Are you ready, Ran? I'm going to knock on the door." Tachibana Shizuka asked Xiaolan.

"Yes! I'm ready!" Xiaolan's expression was as determined as if she was going to join the party. Tachibana Shizuka smiled helplessly and just let it go.

Whatever happened, even if Conan found out? As long as Kudo Yukiko still wanted her son to live well in Tokyo and in Beihua, she had to suppress those inappropriate thoughts in Conan's mind.

Whether Conan confesses his identity or reveals his true feelings to Xiaolan at this time, isn't it just to keep Xiaolan?

But Sun Ze, what gives you the right?

You're ten years older than Xiaolan now. Do you expect her to wait for you for ten years before marrying you, a wild lab rat who could be drawn into danger at any moment?

That doesn't make sense.

Shizuka Tachibana pressed the doorbell under Kudo's nameplate, and soon Kudo Yukiko's voice came from the intercom.

"This is the Kudo residence. May I ask who you are?"

"Is this Aunt Yukiko? I'm Ran Mouri, here to visit you." Xiaolan answered in a serious tone, and her polite tone made Yukiko Kudo feel a little unfamiliar.

"Hey? Is that Xiaolan? Please come in, please come in!" With a click, the big iron gate of Kudo's house was opened remotely by Kudo Yukiko from the inside.

Tachibana Shizuka and Xiaolan walked through the courtyard of the mansion and arrived at the main gate of the house.

The door of the mansion was opened, revealing the enthusiastic Kudo Yukiko behind it. Then, when the enthusiastic Kudo Yukiko saw Tachibana Shizuka behind Xiaolan, everything came to an abrupt end. "Excuse me for disturbing you, Mrs. Kudo." Tachibana Shizuka gave Kudo Yukiko a cheerful smile.

"Xiaolan wanted to visit you, but the transportation was inconvenient, so she asked me to help send her here."

The reason given by Tachibana Shizuka was so bad that even Kudo Yukiko couldn't be fooled.

As mentioned earlier, the Mouri Detective Agency is not far from the Kudo family, which means that if Xiaolan wants to come to the Kudo family's house from home, she can either walk or take the bus.

Even when Xiaolan was a child, she had frequently gone to Kudo's house from her own home. Tachibana Shizuka only found this reason to provide a reasonable excuse for his appearance.

Similarly, the fact that Xiaolan did not refute this reason at all made Kudo Yukiko realize one thing.

This young man really has a cruel heart!

Yukiko Kotodo knew what kind of personality Xiaolan had. Under normal circumstances, Tachibana Shizuka would definitely not let Xiaolan sit idly by for such a reason that was almost tantamount to being rude.

At the very least, Xiaolan will step out to smooth things over so that the subsequent conversation between the two parties will not become too awkward.

But the child didn't show that now.

Yukiko Kudo doesn't believe that this was intentional on Xiaolan's part, which means that there is something else weighing on Xiaolan's mind, making her not care about or pay attention to the details happening around her.

At this stage, Xiaolan has returned to her home. What else could make her so "absent-minded"?
It’s nothing more than a question of the identity of that little bastard Shinichi!
Tachibana Shizuka revealed Conan's identity to Ran?!
How dare he do this?!

Is he really not afraid of any accidents?

Speaking of Xiaolan, Kudo Yukiko obviously has always had some thoughts about her, but she didn't tell anyone.

A good daughter-in-law is also in high demand, especially one with Xiaolan's personality. Her family is well-matched, and she has raised her child since childhood.

Kudo Yukiko was obviously unwilling to accept that her daughter-in-law, who was originally a sure thing, ran away.

Although Kudo Yukiko agreed to Tachibana Shizuka's deal, she also knew that nothing in this world is constant.

To put it bluntly, she believed that her husband could find a way to restore her son and also find a way to get rid of that organization.

From the time they met until now, Kudo Yukiko has never seen anything that can stump Kudo Yusaku.

So, if Kudo Yusaku can do it and make Kudo Shinichi change back and eliminate the Black Organization in a short period of time, it means that the fight for Xiaolan has entered a new situation.

If Shizuka Tachibana had not told Xiaolan about Conan's identity, then Kudo Yukiko or Conan would have a powerful weapon against Shizuka Tachibana.

People are two-faced, so at that time, what Kudo Shinichi says will be the final word, right?

As for whether Tachibana Shizuka would reveal Conan's identity to Xiaolan, Kudo Yukiko had no doubt about this.
How could this be told to others?
If I don't take advantage of Kudo Shinichi's absence to improve my favorability with Xiaolan and make progress in the strategy, will I lose all my advantages after Shinichi comes back?
But she really didn't expect that Tachibana Shizuka would actually do something so counterintuitive. He actually revealed Conan's identity?!

"Ran, you came to me to say something." Kudo Yukiko's smile became forced. When Tachibana Shizuka revealed Conan's identity, it was obvious that they became the passive party.

(End of this chapter)