Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

In the living room, Ai was huddled in the corner of the sofa like an ostrich.

But Miyano Akemi didn't seem to want to let her off easily, and kept pointing at her head to scold her.

She told her sister not to lose her sense of crisis.

The organization's members are still in danger.

Don't think they're nothing to be afraid of just because you see them being bullied by Zheng Yi. They're just sick cats.

Especially since Gin is face-blind, what if he doesn't recognize you as Shoichi's 'sister'?
She also said that the last time she was captured by Vodka was an accident because Gin wasn't there. The people watching her were all undercover agents in the organization, otherwise she would have died long ago.

Ai looked pitiful as she put down the pillow, her little face filled with regret.

She tried to use her pitiful and cute little face to get her older sister to stop nagging her.

She sat up straight obediently, placing her hands neatly on her knees, like a schoolchild who had done something wrong, her head bowed, muttering to herself incessantly:
"Sister, I was wrong, I know I was wrong."

"Oh? You know where you went wrong?" Mingmei crossed her arms.

Judging from your impatient tone, you don't seem to know you're wrong at all.

"I didn't mean to do anything." Ai's voice grew softer as she spoke, appearing obedient and submissive, as if she were at her sister's mercy.

"I was just passing by when Gin saw me. I definitely didn't do anything like what Shoichi said, like I was going to play a trick on Gin and the others."

Ai said innocently, "I'm not stupid, why would I go out of my way to provoke Gin?"

"Really?" Akemi couldn't help but reach out and pinch her soft little face.

"Don't fool around like that again."

"I heard that..."

Ai answered sullenly, letting her sister pinch her face without any resistance, which was completely different from when Zheng Yi pinched her.

He was sitting with his legs crossed, holding a can of cola, silently watching Ai being scolded like a child.

"Oh dear," Masakazu said slowly, "Actually, I don't think it's necessary to keep lecturing Ai. A good beating would have been enough."

Upon hearing this, Ai immediately turned her head and glared fiercely at Masahiro.

It's all your fault for complaining, and you're still making sarcastic remarks here.

Akemi shook her head helplessly, reached out and gently tapped Ai's head, ignoring Masakazu's words.

After Akemi Miyano finished scolding Ai and went to the kitchen, the atmosphere in the living room changed instantly.

Ai, who had been sitting obediently on the sofa, suddenly jumped up.

She walked up to Zheng Yi in a huff, put her hands on her hips, and glared at him with dissatisfaction.

"Hey, stop!" Just as Masakazu was about to raise the comic book in his hand to cover his face, Ai grabbed his collar without any hesitation.

"If you hadn't told on me, my sister would never have known!"

With a helpless expression, Zheng Yi grabbed Ai by the collar and then lifted her up.

After being lifted up, Ai's eyes became much clearer, and her original anger disappeared considerably.

"Fine, fine, even if I said it..." Zheng Yi said irritably, "So what can you do about it?"

Ai gritted her teeth in anger at Masakazu's expression.

She let go of my hand, turned around angrily, and said softly, "Actually, I don't think the responsibility lies with you. If you hadn't told my sister, I definitely wouldn't have learned my lesson next time."

Zheng Yi couldn't help but laugh as he watched Ai's sullen back.

"It seems you still have a good sense of propriety," Zheng Yi said.

Ai nodded.

Thinking about it carefully, Zheng Yi did the right thing. He really went too far today, losing his respect for the organization's members and daring to provoke Gin.

I definitely need someone to help me calm down.

She definitely wouldn't listen to Zheng Yi's reprimands, but she would definitely listen to her older sister's reprimands.

Zheng Yi put Ai down, slowly picked up the comic book on the table, and said in a leisurely tone, "But speaking of which, the way you grabbed my collar just now was quite imposing."

Ai could only sit back on the sofa in frustration, pick up a cushion and punch it hard twice to vent her dissatisfaction.

After being scolded by her older sister, she was still bullied by Zheng Yi.

"I'll go get you some milk."

After saying something sullenly, Ai ran barefoot to the kitchen.

The microwave in the kitchen was humming as Akemi Miyano tidied the counter and waited for the milk to heat up.

"The milk will be ready soon. Why don't you go sit outside for a while?" Mingmei said softly with a smile.

"Sister, let me do it."

Ai quickly stepped forward and reached out to take the work from Akemi's hands.

Mingmei gently brushed her hand away: "No need, just go outside and wait patiently, you'll be able to drink it soon."

Ai pursed her lips, her gaze involuntarily glancing towards the kitchen door, and muttered softly, "I'd better do it myself... Anyway, I don't want to be with Masakazu."

Upon hearing this, Akemi paused slightly.

She looked at her sister's sullen face and a knowing smile flashed in her eyes.

It seems that Masakazu bullied Ai again outside.

Akemi patted Ai's hair and said, "Okay, then I'll wait for you outside."

After saying that, Akemi turned and left very cooperatively, and even thoughtfully closed the kitchen door gently for Ai.

Watching her sister's departing figure, Ai let out a long sigh of relief.

She was finally all alone in the kitchen. As she heard the microwave "ding," a smile finally crept onto her lips.

Ai opened the cabinet door and neatly arranged three steaming cups of milk on the countertop.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, her gaze sweeping back and forth between the three cups, finally locking onto the cup with the 'Zhengyi' exclusive label.

After confirming the target, Ai took out a small white glass bottle from her pocket.

She unscrewed the bottle cap, looked at the white powder inside, and a smile involuntarily crept onto her lips.

She leaned slightly forward and carefully shook the powder into the glass of milk.

The white powder dissolved quickly in the hot milk, leaving no trace.

"Hmph, serves you right for telling on me, for bullying me..."

Ai murmured softly, her smile growing wider.

"Haibara-kun, why are you smiling so happily? Did something good happen?"

Zheng Yi's voice suddenly rang out from behind her without warning.

Ai's smile froze instantly.

With a tremor of his hand, the small glass bottle containing the white powder fell to the ground.

"..."

Ai slowly turned her head and saw a woman standing expressionless behind him, holding a pair of slippers in her hand.

Zheng Yi raised his eyebrows slightly, his gaze falling on the small bottle on the ground, then on the steaming milk, and finally settling on Ai's face.

It seems a little too quiet in the kitchen.

Zheng Yi said softly, "Am I disturbing you? Should I go out and wait for you to stir it before coming back in?"

Ai's face flushed bright red instantly, and she stammered, "I...I didn't mean..."

"What did you put in my cup?" Zheng Yi picked up the cup of milk with the added substance, brought it to his nose, and smelled it.

"I added sugar," Ai said.

"Then you drink it, I don't like sweet drinks." Zheng Yi said, handing the milk to Xiao Ai.

Ai pursed her lips, not daring to speak.

Zheng Yi said with dissatisfaction, "I kindly brought you slippers, and I actually saw you drugging me."

"White sugar," Ai whispered. "I already said it's white sugar." Zheng Yi didn't believe Ai's nonsense.

Ai isn't honest anymore; she rarely speaks the truth.

Zheng Yi took out three paper cups, poured all the milk from the glass into the paper cups, and then carried the three paper cups out.

In the living room, a handful of milk bottles were placed on the coffee table.

Akemi was sitting on the sofa when she saw Masahiro come out. She smiled and asked, "Is the milk warmed up?"

She was just a little confused as to why it was in a paper cup.
"It's heated up." Zheng Yi sat down on the single sofa and casually pushed a glass of milk in front of Mingmei.

Ai slowly walked out of the kitchen, and as soon as she came out, she saw her older sister drinking milk from a paper cup.

She opened her mouth wide, wanting to remind him, but felt it was too late.

Zheng Yi blinked and said, "Oh dear, why did you drink it straight away?"

Mingmei put down her cup and asked curiously, "What's wrong? Is there a problem? Why can't I drink the milk?"

"Because Ai added some strange little things to the milk," Masakazu said.

"what?"

Zheng Yi said casually, "You don't need to worry too much. Only one cup has it in it, so your cup is probably fine."

"Cough cough!"

Upon hearing this, Akemi almost spat out the milk she had just drunk.

She turned her head sharply, staring wide-eyed at her sister, her face filled with shock and disbelief.

Zheng Yi said quietly, "She actually put it in my cup, but I poured all three cups of milk into paper cups."

"You're going to give me the medicine?!" Akemi's voice rose several decibels as she looked at Ai in disbelief.

Ai lowered her head guiltily, not daring to look her sister in the eye.

Akemi looked at her younger sister. Ai had not only provoked Gin and Vodka, but she had also drugged Shoichi's milk?!
Has she been influenced by Zheng Yi that much?

Zheng Yi said, "She's too wicked."

“Yes, she’s gone astray,” Mingmei added.

Zheng Yi frowned.

What does it mean to have gone astray? Who did she learn it from?
However, Zheng Yi did not argue with this point.

Shoichi continued to ask Ai, "What exactly did you add to the milk?"

Ai breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her older sister had been drinking it for a while without any problems. When faced with Masakazu's question, she said weakly, "I already said it's white sugar."

Zheng pushed the remaining two cups in front of Xiao Ai: "Then you can choose one to drink. If you dare to drink it, I'll believe you added white sugar."

Ai shook her head and said, "I'm not thirsty."

No, you're thirsty.

"Not thirsty."

"Then what did you use? Was it some kind of strange medicine?" Zheng Yi asked.

Ai rolled her eyes: "I'm not a pervert."

“You’ve already drugged my milk, aren’t you a pervert?” Zheng Yi said.

Ai pouted.

Who says putting drugs in milk is perverted?

What if I used poison?
Ai glanced at the two glasses of milk in front of her, and under the watchful eyes of Masakazu and her sister, she randomly picked one and took a sip with a death-defying air.

Both Masakazu and Akemi stared at Ai, wanting to see how she would react.

Ai closed her eyes.

After a while, when she still didn't react, she opened her eyes and took another sip.

“I already told you, I added sugar,” Ai said.

She quickly finished her glass of milk and said to Zheng Yi, "You should drink yours too, it's getting cold."

He remained expressionless.

He glanced at Ai, then looked at Akemi Miyano.

Akemi silently picked up her glass of milk, and after drinking it, she blinked and looked at Shoichi, just like Ai.

Zheng pushed the milk towards Ai: "You should drink it. You're growing, so drink more."

"No, no, no," Ai said. "If you drink too much, you'll have to get up at night. You should drink it."

"Go ahead and drink."

"Come here, come here!"

After pushing and shoving each other a few times, Masaichi impatiently pinned Ai down.

Ai's head was pressed down by Masashi, leaving her somewhat dazed.

If you can't win by luck, are you going to resort to force again?

Zheng Yi looked at Ai and asked, "Do you want to drink it yourself, or should I feed it to you?"

Ai shook her head.

I'm not drinking. I've already had a glass. If I'm unlucky, I have to accept it!
Zheng Yi definitely cannot be recognized.

"Then tell me, what exactly was added to it?"

"White sugar!"

Zheng Yi pinched Ai's cheek, and was also really curious about the added ingredients, so he was a little tempted.

"Then let's split it in half," Zheng Yi said.

"No."

But Shoichi wasn't discussing it with Ai.

He clamped Ai between his legs and then divided the milk in the cup in two.

Akemi watched the two fooling around silently without stopping them. She even handed over her paper cup when Masakazu was about to divide the milk.

After Zheng Yi finished dispensing the milk, he pried open Xiao Ai's mouth and poured a mouthful into it.

After watching Ai swallow, Masakazu raised his paper cup and said, "See, I'm not the one who makes you take medicine alone."

After saying that, he boldly finished the milk in his cup.

Not long after.

Akemi blinked, looking at Ai and Masakazu lying motionless on the sofa.

The two leaned against each other, with Shoichi's hand on Ai's head and Ai's hand on Shoichi's face. It looked like they were fighting before going to sleep.

Akemi placed the noses of both Shoichi and Ai.

Thankfully, he's still breathing.

"So, it's just a regular sleeping pill?" Akemi whispered.

It's not even at the level of a sleeping potion.

It took Zheng Yi and Xiao Ai quite a while after drinking the milk for the medicine to gradually take effect, giving them ample time to react.

Akemi shook her head, got up and went to hug Ai, intending to take Ai back to her room.

However, Ai's body was being pressed down by Shoichi's arm, so Akemi tugged at Shoichi again, but couldn't move him.

"Fine, you two can just leave it at that."

Akemi stood up and sighed.

She took a blanket from the bedroom and covered them both up, leaving only their heads sticking out. (End of Chapter)