Detective Conan: The Literary Genius is Actually a Great Scientist

Meanwhile, in the study next door.

"Lin Ran, Lin Ran! How could you have fallen so low!"

Lin Ran was harshly criticizing herself.

Gentle Township, Hero Tomb.

The maid's meticulous care has indeed significantly improved his quality of life during this period, but it can also easily lead to complacency and diminish one's fighting spirit.

This can't go on any longer!

He is the future "father" of all mankind, handpicked by the system, a man who will change the world with science and literature. How can he be hindered by this little gentle haven from taking steps toward the stars and the sea?

More importantly, his "simple" wish to give all the beautiful young ladies a home is far from enough to be fulfilled by his current good looks, which he inherited all of his mother's good genes, and the halo brought by his status as a genius writer!

The women in Detective Conan all have very complicated backgrounds.

To say nothing of the distant past, even Sonoko, who usually seems carefree and idolizes him, is actually the second daughter of the Suzuki Group and the next head of the family.

She's definitely a top-tier rich, beautiful, and successful woman.

His current achievements, including writing several best-selling books, would make him a winner in life in the eyes of ordinary people, but compared to a behemoth like the Suzuki Group, he really doesn't seem to stand out.

Unless he lowers himself to become a live-in son-in-law like some Saiyan with explosive fighting power in the original work...

Being a kept man is indeed very appealing.

But Lin Ran is still a bit of a chauvinist at heart.

He hopes to be strong enough to calmly protect and acquire everything he wants.

So keep striving, young man!

It's 1:30 a.m.

Under the warm orange light of the desk lamp, Lin Ran put down her pen, rubbed her slightly sore wrist, and saw that the manuscript of "Snow Country" on her desk had become another thick stack, indicating that she was already more than halfway through the project.

He picked up the hot tea that Miyano Akemi had prepared for him before bed, took a sip, stared blankly at the air for a while to compose himself, and then sat up straight in his chair again.

Good articles are all the result of revision.

This is a principle that every responsible writer should understand.

Lin Ran picked up her pen and began to review and revise the text word by word, sometimes deleting, sometimes adding, and sometimes adjusting the word order, striving to make every word precise and every description vivid.

His previous work, Snow Country, was a classic, and he absolutely refused to allow it to be tarnished in his hands.

Time slips away quietly while you're focused.

After careful polishing, the text on the manuscript became even more concise and beautiful, full of the charm of the beauty of mono no aware (the pathos of things).

It wasn't until three in the morning, when a sudden gust of wind swept in outside the window, making the window rattle slightly, that Lin Ran put down her pen, stretched languidly, and stretched her stiff neck.

He looked out the window; the night was dark and there were no stars in sight.

"A halo around the moon foretells wind, dampness on the foundation foretells rain... As the old saying goes, it's likely to rain heavily tomorrow," Lin Ran muttered to herself.

The sudden gust of wind reminded him of something.

He got up, walked to the computer, turned on the machine, skillfully entered the password, and brought up a hidden monitoring interface.

The footage still shows that heavily guarded underground laboratory.

The girl with short brown hair seemed to have just finished a long day of work. She was sitting on a chair in the rest area, holding a cup of coffee, staring blankly in a certain direction. Her cool profile looked somewhat tired and... lonely under the light.

Lin Ran stared at Shiho Miyano in the picture, her fingers tapping unconsciously on the table, lost in thought.

Storm is coming.

After observing quietly for a while, he closed the monitoring interface, yawned widely, and decided to stop here for the night and go catch up on his sleep.

……

The next day.

"Young Master Ran, please wait a moment."

Mingmei called out to Lin Ran, who was about to leave for school, and handed her an umbrella. She had checked the weather forecast and it was predicted that there would be heavy rain today.

"This is troublesome."

"This is the job of a maid, to share the burden of her master."

Akemi smiled and bowed slightly.

"Heh~"

Lin Ran chuckled, and as she was about to leave, she suddenly turned back. "By the way, Mingmei, be prepared, there might be a surprise today."

"well?"

Watching her young master's retreating figure, Akemi scratched her head.

A surprise? What surprise?

Is the young master going to buy me the new maid outfit? Or...?

The little maid stood at the door, her thoughts drifting involuntarily in a strange direction. As she thought about it, her face grew redder and redder.

Afternoon, Teitan High School.

Actually, the weather was pretty good today, but as school was about to let out, the sky suddenly darkened, and large raindrops pounded against the classroom windows, quickly forming a curtain of rain, turning the world into a white expanse.

"The June rain, like your merciless actions, buried me here..."

Looking out the window at the torrential rain pouring down like a waterfall, Suzuki Sonoko listlessly lay on the table, humming a Chinese song that Lin Ran had casually taught her before.

Although the pronunciation was a bit strange, the tone wasn't too far off.

For her, the heiress of the Suzuki Group, such a sudden downpour was no problem at all. No matter how bad the weather was, even if it was raining knives, a car would always be there to pick her up on time.

It was raining heavily, and many students in the classroom who didn't bring umbrellas were groaning in pain, but Lin Ran, Xiao Lan, and Yuan Zi were not in a hurry.

Xiao Lan sang along with Yuanzi, while Lin Ran leaned against the window, leisurely clapping along for the two beautiful girls.

When the song ended, Lin Ran smiled and clapped.

"You sang well, but you still need to practice your pronunciation," he joked.

"Mind your own business!"

Sonoko made a face at him.

Lin Ran smiled, then said seriously, "By the way, Yuanzi, you can start preparing for the thing I asked you to do before."

"Huh?" Sonoko tilted her head and thought for a moment before realizing what she meant. "Oh! You mean the thing about getting identity documents for those two sisters?"

Previously, Lin Ran used the world's first autographed copy of "The Devotion of Suspect X" as an exchange to ask Sonoko to help the Miyano sisters obtain new legal status.

"Yes," Lin Ran nodded and explained, "When I first transferred to Japan, those two sisters helped me. Their original family circumstances weren't good, and they always wanted to escape and start a new life with a different identity. I happened to need someone to help me with my life, so I asked them to come and work as maids."

(Elena Miyano, in another dimension: So?)

"Leave it to me!" Sonoko assured her, patting her chest. For her, it was just a small matter of saying hello. "When do you need it?"

"Tomorrow."

"OK! I'll give you the person in charge's phone number. You can have them contact you directly, and I'll have them come to your door to provide service. I guarantee it will be handled perfectly!" Miss Sonoko is always so efficient.

"Then thank you very much, Miss Sonoko," Lin Ran said with a smile.

"Not at all, it's nothing~" Sonoko waved her hand, then suddenly seemed to remember something, narrowed her eyes, and looked at Lin Ran mischievously, "Hey, Lin Ran, those sisters...aren't they very pretty?"

"Hmm?" Lin Ran blinked, her expression unchanged. "It's alright... mainly because she's very diligent."

"Really?"

Sonoko leaned closer, her tone tinged with suspicion, "You're looking for a maid...you're not up to something, are you?"

Actually, given Lin Ran's current status as a well-known writer, it's quite normal for her to hire a maid to take care of her daily life. But for some reason, the thought of other girls surrounding Lin Ran all day long makes Yuanzi feel a little sour, something she can't quite explain.

Upon hearing this, Lin Ran touched her chin, feigning distress: "Please look at my face, Miss Sonoko, do you think... I need to use a maid to achieve some ulterior motive?"

He turned to look at Xiaolan: "Xiaolan, what do you think?"

Seeing the boy's self-admiring expression, Ran Mouri couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle, nodding politely and giving him a thumbs up.

The gardener circled around him, carefully examining his impeccably handsome face and the unique artistic temperament that blended scholarly air with youthful charm. Finally, she nodded in relief.

"That makes sense..." she muttered. "With your looks and talent, I bet plenty of girls would be willing to throw themselves at you. You really don't need to go through all this trouble."

Thinking of this, Sonoko became a little dejected. She slumped onto the table and sighed, "I really envy you. You're so beautiful, smart, and talented... Sigh, it's all my parents' fault for not passing on any good genes to me!"

Lin Ran: "..."

Xiaolan: "..."

Listen to this, is this even human language?

The heiress of the Suzuki Group actually complained that she didn't inherit any good genes?

Lin Ran suppressed a laugh and earnestly comforted her, "It's okay, Sonoko. Although you didn't inherit any of the good points, you... you did inherit the bad points!"

"Lin Ran!!!"

Sonoko instantly bristled and waved her little fists at him.

"Hahaha!" Lin Ran laughed as she dodged.

Xiaolan watched the two bickering and couldn't help but laugh out loud. But as she laughed, her eyes inadvertently swept across the empty corridor outside the window, and she thought of her childhood sweetheart whom she hadn't heard from in a long time. A faint sadness flashed across her eyes.

"Xiao Lan! Come quick, help me catch this annoying guy!"

The garden greeted them.

Seeing this, Lin Ran immediately grabbed the umbrella leaning against the wall, slid to the classroom door, and laughed, "Fine, fine, you can't take a joke, huh? Going to call in outside help? A gentleman doesn't fight with a woman, I'm outta here!"

"Hmph! I think you're just afraid of Xiaolan! Don't run away if you dare!"

Yuanzi put his hands on his hips and said.

"Nonsense!" Lin Ran admitted without hesitation, "A beautiful girl who can smash a telephone pole with her bare hands, who wouldn't be scared? Let's go, see you tomorrow, you two heroines."

As he spoke, he opened his umbrella, waved casually, and disappeared into the rain outside the door, leaving Sonoko in the classroom, who was both annoyed and amused, and Ran, who looked helpless and a little shy.