Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 20: Rainy Night - Umbrella but No Knife

Chapter 20: Rainy Night - Umbrella but No Knife
I was driving home in the company car when I saw Ai sneaking out of the bedroom as soon as I entered the door.

"What are you doing?" Masakazu asked Ai, looking at her strangely.

It's already 3 a.m., isn't this kid going to sleep yet?
Xiao Ai generously handed the fruit knife in her hand to Masahiro.

"I'm hungry, I'm going to cut some fruit to eat." Ai wiped the watermelon juice from the corner of her mouth, indicating that she really just wanted to eat fruit.

"Oh, I see. I thought you were practicing walking at night," Zheng Yi muttered under his breath.

He thought that Ai was practicing walking at night, and after mastering the route, she would rush into his bedroom with a knife and then ask for a hug.

Xiao Ai stiffly turned her neck.

Zheng Yi guessed correctly.

"There's a fruit platter in the kitchen, would you like some?" Ai asked.

"Come on some."

Zheng Yi went into the kitchen and took out the fruit platter.

He skewered a piece of cantaloupe on a toothpick and then put it into Ai's mouth.

Xiao Ai hesitated for a moment, then opened her mouth and bit into the cantaloupe.

Then Zheng Yi kept feeding her. Ai was like a little hamster, with chubby cheeks and puffed-out cheeks, just like a little hamster hoarding food.

"Is it good?" Zhengyi asked.

"It's delicious." Ai grinned.

His smile looked a little forced.

Damn it, I've been treated like a pet.

Masakazu patted Ai's head, then went to wash the juice off his hands.

Ai touched her slightly damp hair, her mood not very pleasant.

Don't touch other people when your hands are dirty!
After washing up, Zheng Yi went back to his room to sleep.

When you're with death, it's easy to not get enough rest.

Although he didn't care about dead people, it was too noisy after someone died, and the police would come to question him. Unfortunately, Zheng Yi was always mistaken for a suspect.

Zheng Yi, who hadn't slept soundly, fell into a deep sleep as soon as he touched his big bed, the kind that no one could wake up.

At five o'clock in the morning, a little hamster sneaked into Zhengyi's bedroom.

She quietly approached Zheng Yi from behind, seemingly without him noticing.

But Ai Haibara did not let her guard down.

This has happened twice already.

On both occasions just before she took action, Zheng Yi woke up without warning.

If Zheng Yi suddenly wakes up halfway through her stab, she'll definitely be doomed.

Ai cautiously approached Shoichi.

After raising a black object, Masakazu turned around without warning, his eyes meeting Ai's. Ai didn't even have time to put the object away.

Neither of them uttered a word, and they remained silent for a long time.

"What are you doing?" Zheng Yi asked.

Ai handed the umbrella to Shoichi and whispered:

"It's raining today, and I was worried you'd get wet when you went to work, so I prepared an umbrella for you."

A light rain was falling outside the window, and the sound of rain pattering on banana leaves could be heard inside.

Ai looked fearlessly into Shoichi's eyes.

She didn't bring a knife today.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome," Ai said calmly.

This attempt ended in failure again; she couldn't even get close to Zheng Yi with the item in her hand.

She's gotten used to it.

Although Zheng Yi is a bit careless, his awareness of self-preservation seems to be exceptionally good.

Every time she appears beside Zheng Yi, he always manages to come to his senses in time, making it very difficult for him to harm her.

Zhengyi glanced at the clock on the wall.

He put the umbrella on the bed, grabbed Ai's hand, and pulled her onto the bed.

"Sleep a little longer, it's still early." Zheng Yi took off Xiao Ai's shoes and pulled her into the blanket.

Ai struggled for a moment.

She came over at 5 a.m., is she still destined to sleep with someone?
"I don't want to, I have to go to school soon, I'll be late if I sleep any longer." "It's still early, if you get up too early you won't have any energy for school." Zheng Yi said, patting Ai's head.

Ai began to struggle.

She doesn't want to be held and slept like a child.

Zheng Yi patted Ai's back and said softly, "Go to sleep. Yuko will come to call you for dinner when it's time. Don't worry, you won't be late."

I do not want it!

Ai, like a fish that has come ashore, kept splashing and thrashing about.

She rubbed against Zheng Yi's body, as if she were being affectionate.

Zheng Yi looked at Ai, who was snuggling in his arms, and smiled helplessly.

It's so adorable for kids; they're all moving around so excitedly.

"Do you know Kogoro Mouri?" Shoichi suddenly asked.

Ai, who was feeling restless, froze for a moment, then said softly, "I don't know her."

"What about Conan?"

Ai's body stiffened even more, and she didn't dare to move, fearing that Zheng Yi would suddenly pull out a knife and stab her in the heart.

"I don't know them either," she said softly.

"I thought you knew them."

Ai got stressed again.

Why would Zheng Yi suddenly ask her if she knew Conan and Kogoro Mouri?

Has it been revealed that Conan is actually Shinichi Kudo?

So Zheng Yi suspects that I also have a problem?

She huddled in Zheng Yi's arms, too afraid to move.

The kitten in her arms became docile, and Zheng Yi leaned close to her ear and whispered:

"Today I saw Conan hiding behind Kogoro Mouri and solving cases using his voice. They must be playing some kind of game. Today you hid behind me, and I thought you were going to play this kind of game with me too."

Ai's ears were tickled by the blowing, but she didn't dare to reach out and touch them.

That stupid detective.

Zheng Yi actually noticed his unusual behavior.

Let that idiot be taken away by Zheng Yi, but don't drag me into it.

I can't expose myself until I avenge my sister.

"They're probably playing hide-and-seek," Ai said softly.

Zheng Yi shook his head: "It doesn't seem like that. I didn't play hide-and-seek like that before."

"They seem so strange. It's like all the cases that Kogoro Mouri solved before were actually solved by Conan, right?"

Is he really that capable, being just a little kid?

"Speaking of which, Ai, you're a genius too. You're already in high school at such a young age, and you usually seem very mature, not like a child at all."

"Ai, Ai, say something." Zheng Yi quietly shook Ai's shoulder.

Ai closed her eyes, lay on the pillow with her head down, her back to Shoichi, and remained motionless.

"Whoo~"

"Are you asleep?" Zheng Yi asked softly.

"Whoosh~" "Whoosh~"

I'm asleep, I'm asleep, please don't ask me anymore.

I don't want to discuss anything about a detective during my sleep time.

But it seems that Zheng Yi doesn't want the little guy to fall asleep so peacefully.

He continued to shake Ai's body with his hands.

Ai's eyelids twitched.

With that kind of force, it seems like Zheng Yi really doesn't want him to sleep.

With her eyes closed, she gently moved her hand and inadvertently hugged Zheng Yi's arm, which calmed him down.