Ke Xue: Mastering Observation Haki at the start

After Jia Chen gave a brief explanation...3

Conan stared at the other person with his crescent-shaped eyes...0

Oh, so you thought Ranne's hair was stiff? I almost forgot, Gachen's illness isn't cured yet...2

I was really overthinking it...

"By the way, Brother Jiachen, did you figure something out?" Conan asked curiously. 9

I just outlined the approach, and realized this definitely isn't Kidd's style.

That guy always speaks in literary terms, but not in such a formal way; he's even a bit unconventional. 9

“The Twilight Pavilion…” Jia Chen said calmly.

"The Mansion of Twilight?" Ran and Conan asked in confusion.

“A check for two million dollars, plus the gold patterns on the envelope, this person is a very particular and wealthy man,” Jia Chen explained slowly. “And the Twilight Mansion mentioned in the letter... must be a previous incident.”

Conan thought for a moment, "Was it the incident where a lot of people died?"

Xiaolan looked completely bewildered.

“Yes.” Jia Chen nodded.

Conan explained from the side, "My father told me about this. Many people died at the Twilight Mansion. It was a large-scale murder scene, but strangely, everyone was dead."

"Is it that scary...?" Xiaolan looked genuinely frightened.

Chapter 332 New Year's Gift Selection

After the time was set at the Mori Detective Agency

At Xiaolan's invitation, Jiachen agreed to go to the Twilight Mansion together, then went downstairs and prepared to drive away.

Conan, meanwhile, sat on the sofa, deep in thought.

From the conversation just now, I learned that Karasuma Renya's family crest is a raven.

The pure black crow with its blood-red eyes reminded him of the group of men in black.

Crows symbolize bad luck, just like those men in black.

Wherever they roam, they leave behind destruction and death.

Thinking about this, Conan couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

We want to get to the Twilight Mansion as soon as possible to investigate the clues. With this humanoid monster, Jia Chen, around, there shouldn't be any danger.

At this time..

The door to the Mouri Detective Agency opened, and Ran hurriedly put on her shoes and went out, carrying something in her hand.

"Ran-nee-chan, where are you going?" Conan immediately tensed up, glancing at Ga-chen who hadn't left yet.

"I'm going downstairs to deliver something to Brother Jiachen; he left something here. 620," Xiaolan said as she quickly went downstairs.

"I see..." Conan smiled and closed the door.

The moment the door closed, Conan jumped onto the balcony with a thud, watching Ran's figure descend the stairs.

downstairs...

"Brother Jiachen..." Xiaolan walked to the car, still wiping her hand with a band-aid, "Has the wound on your arm healed since last time?"

"A wound?" Jia Chen, who was about to open the car door, paused for a moment.

"Phew..." Xiaolan looked at Jiachen with a cute, slightly resentful gaze. "Yeah, like last time you saved me and got shot... I was worried about you for a while. You wouldn't answer my calls or reply to my messages..."

"I'm sorry." Jia Chen sensed the other person's concern through his Observation Haki, and his heart warmed a little. He smiled and said, "The wound has almost healed."

Ran's expression reminded him of Ai's expression when she discovered his wound after they got home...

That's true, but only for a moment. Afterwards, she felt a pang of heartache as she bandaged herself, saying things like, "It's too dangerous... Don't make me worry, okay? You know how dangerous that organization is..."

Xiao Lan stared at Jia Chen's gentle smile and his warm, tender gaze into her pale red eyes... and was momentarily stunned.

Brother Jiachen is so gentle...

After a while, Xiaolan, realizing she had been lost in thought, snapped out of it, her cheeks flushing slightly. "That's good. Here... this is a band-aid I prepared for you. It's almost there, but it'll be better to have it on..."

Xiaolan's cheeks turned bright red as she handed over the band-aid.

The moment she was rescued... Xiaolan had already made up her mind and didn't want to wait any longer.

She secretly wrote a mark resembling a love letter on the band-aid.

These slightly shy words concealed the girl's most sincere feelings...

Jia Chen took the band-aid and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Xiao Lan."

"By the way, Brother Jiachen... do you have time tomorrow?" Xiaolan asked.

"You guys have another day off tomorrow?" Jia Chen asked, somewhat puzzled.

The date I just decided to go to the Twilight Mansion is September 29th.

After our conversation, we still have three days.

Xiao Lan was taken aback at first, then realized that the other person's mental illness was causing a cognitive impairment related to time, and said with heartache, "No, Brother Jia Chen, tomorrow is the actual day."

Right...

Jia Chen was stunned for a moment.

In Japan, New Year's Day is the official holiday, signifying the arrival of a new year.

It is also in line with Chinese culture that eating dumplings is a way to welcome the New Year.

But today it seems so.

Jia Chen picked up her phone and glanced at the date: June 20th.

Jia Chen: "...

Sure enough, the scene on the street was different when he arrived at the detective agency...it was cheerful and festive.

Xiao Lan felt even more distressed after seeing Jia Chen's actions, and comforted him with a smile, saying, "It's okay, Brother Jia Chen, I'm here. I'll remind you."

"I have time..." Jia Chen took a deep breath.

"That's great! Come to the detective agency tomorrow, and we'll make dumplings and eat dumplings together," Xiaolan said happily.

Jia Chen: "Okay, see you tomorrow, old man 539079#Ⅰ$26_."

After saying goodbye, Jia Chen got into his car and disappeared from Xiao Lan's sight.

After standing there for a while, Xiaolan slowly walked upstairs.

After going upstairs, Conan came running over excitedly, asking all sorts of questions.

I was a little annoyed to be invited to Jia Chen when I learned that it was the actual day of the event tomorrow.

However, it disappeared very quickly...

He saw Xiaolan sitting on the sofa, staring blankly out the window.

"Ran...me." Conan instantly realized that it was the photo from earlier that had upset her.

He's now desperate to reveal his identity, shouting at the risk of being Shinichi Kudo and insisting that the scumbag in the photo isn't him!

In the end, he resisted the urge to reveal the truth.

He turned and walked down the corridor, picking up another phone.

At this moment, Xiaolan sat on the sofa, looking at the birds flying and the clouds floating outside the window.

There was a sense of longing in my heart.

What if Brother Jiachen doesn't see the symbol on the band-aid?

What if I don't understand?

What if I see a rejection message?

What if they don't want me...

Also, the signatures on those two books and Ai Haibara...

A young girl's heart is always filled with sorrow...

But I'm still very happy today because I saw them.

Completely unaware of the vibrating phone beside them.

At this moment, Jia Chen was strolling along the commercial street.

He was wearing his usual black overcoat, underneath which was the burgundy sweater Ai Haibara had given him, and a band-aid from Ran was on his arm...

The seasons in the world of Detective Conan change very quickly, but thankfully, Jia Chen has a cheat code... so there's no need to worry about uncomfortable temperatures in spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

Otherwise, it would be too pitiful for someone who doesn't know the time.

He sat down on a bench, took out his phone, and started scrolling through his contacts...

He planned to choose gifts for everyone, and the choice of gifts was quite important.

First up is... Xiao Yuan...