Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

He said loudly, "Handsome, I just overheard you talking to your friend on the phone, saying that women are like that—once they've slept together, they'll follow you wholeheartedly. Is that true?"

The pretty boy hadn't noticed that Yuanzi said, "Oh, oh, brother, we're kindred spirits too?"

Sonoko was walking over happily when she heard Zhiyong's question and then the pretty boy's answer.

This enraged Sonoko.

She walked over and said angrily, "Was what you just said true?"

The pretty boy, not expecting Sonoko to hear, hurriedly explained, "It's a misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding."

Sonoko wouldn't listen to his explanation; how could she save face in front of her classmates?

She slapped the pretty boy across the face, then turned and left without saying a word to Zhiyong.

Hahahaha.

Sonoko is probably feeling down right now.

But could Zhiyong have actually helped her?

Zhiyong walked over to Conan, patted Conan's head, and whispered, "How was it? Was it fun?"

Conan rolled his eyes, feigning death and acting irrationally brave.

He would never admit that when he first arrived, he mistook this pretty boy for someone he was dating Xiaolan.

Having just learned Eri Kisaki's true identity from Conan, he wanted to stay far away from her.

Ran was pestering Eri: "Mom, come to think of it, you've been away from home for ten years."

Eri asked curiously, "Why are you talking about this?"

Xiaolan said expectantly, "I think you should come back and live with Dad and us."

Eri Kisaki got angry as soon as she heard about Kogoro Mouri and said, "I don't want him. I don't want that tasteless, vulgar, womanizing drunkard. He's the one who ruined me. He cruelly gave up everything I had and you, my daughter."

Xiaolan was a little annoyed and asked, "Then why did you get married?"

Eri Kisaki said helplessly, "Because we're damn childhood friends."

Xiaolan then asked, "Then why are you still wearing your wedding ring?"

Eri glanced at the ring on her hand and said matter-of-factly, "I'm here to get rid of those boring men who want to harass me."

At that moment, the shops facing the street were playing television.

The content was the detective program that Kogoro Mouri had previously recorded on Nichiri TV.

Ran wanted Eri to see Kogoro Mouri showing off.

She said, "Mom, this is a replay of Dad's reasoning process in solving the case on TV last time. I've wanted you to watch it for a long time."

Eri Kisaki's eyes lit up as she watched Kogoro Mouri act all cocky.

It's really hard to tell from the tenderness in her eyes that this is the woman known as the "Queen of the Legal World".

The two still have true love, but they are both too proud to admit it.

But as the saying goes, if you don't court death, you won't die.

Eri Kisaki just revealed her tenderness.

The program's content happened to be on that topic.

The part where Kogoro Mouri makes a phone call on the show.

This part is meant to prove that mobile phones are not safe either.

He pretended to make an ambiguous phone call.

"Shizuka, it's me, Kogoro Mouri. I'm free today, so I thought I'd come to your shop... My wife, we're currently separated. How about we spend a passionate night together..."

When Xiaolan saw the call being played, she knew something terrible was about to happen.

She quickly looked at Eri and loudly explained, "Mom, you've misunderstood. It's not like that, it's not like that. There's a reason."

Eri Kisaki's face was now pale, and she wouldn't listen to Ran's explanation at all.

She said angrily, "I don't think it's time for me to go back yet. Xiaolan, you should also be careful of your childhood friend, the detective, you know?"

Xiao Lan originally wanted to persuade her.

Hearing Eri's words, her face immediately turned red, and she was a little flustered.

After saying that, Eri left immediately.

It seems that Xiaolan won't be able to reconcile with her parents anytime soon.

……

Chapter 56 The Missing Old Man

Miwako is away on a business trip for the past few days because of a case.

This made Zhiyong feel very lonely.

Perhaps it's because it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

Although the time spent living with Miwako was short.

But now, Zhiyong is really not used to cooking for himself at home alone.

Eating in a coffee shop doesn't create a warm or cozy atmosphere at all.

Therefore, Zhiyong went to work at a detective agency to make a living.

Xiaolan's cooking skills are quite good.

At least she didn't inherit Eri Kisaki's dark culinary skills.

While the group was eating.

Xiaolan mentioned something.

Today she and Sonoko went shopping at the mall, and when they came back...

On the bus, she met an old man who claimed he was coming to visit Kogoro Mouri that day.

But later, Xiaolan fell asleep in the car, and when she woke up, she found that the old man was gone.

Xiaolan was worried about the old man, so she went to look for him with Yuanzi, but they couldn't find him.

Now that Ran has brought up this matter, she wants to ask Kogoro Mouri to ask Inspector Megure for help in finding the old man.

Listening to Xiaolan recount what happened.

Zhiyong was deeply moved; Xiaolan was indeed a kind angel.

"Ran, that old man isn't missing, so it's not convenient to ask Inspector Megure for help," Kogoro Mouri said while eating.

"Yes, although I have a good relationship with Inspector Megure, he definitely won't agree to me investigating someone privately like this," Tomoyu explained.

"If Inspector Megure isn't up to it, Sato, could you please ask Inspector Sato to help with the investigation?" Ran asked again.

"There's nothing I can do. My sister is on a business trip out of town because of a case, so she's not in Tokyo at all," Zhiyong shrugged.

"Ran, are you overthinking this? Could it be something you're dreaming about?" Kogoro Mouri asked.

"Sonoko also said that I might be overthinking things, but I'm still a little worried," Ran said helplessly.

"You still haven't figured out whether this is a dream or something that really happened, so what's the point of worrying like this?" Kogoro Mouri replied while eating.

"He said he was coming to visit Uncle Maoli, but did he say what it was about?" Zhiyong asked, puzzled.

“No, he said he couldn’t explain it over the phone and wanted to talk to his dad in person,” Xiaolan replied with a shrug.

"Then think carefully about what he did after you met him," Zhiyong asked again.

"When he sat down next to me, he bumped into my umbrella, and the handle hit his stomach. He seemed a little startled and said he thought he was being attacked. Then he introduced himself to me; I remember his last name was Shera. Oh, and there was fog on the car window at the time, so he wrote his last name on the glass while explaining to me," Xiaolan replied.

“If it’s not Ran’s hallucination, then Mr. Shiraku is probably really in trouble,” Zhiyong replied.

"Why do you say that?" Xiaolan asked curiously.

"He thought he was attacked just because the umbrella handle touched his stomach, which shows that he was extremely nervous at the time, to the point of being paranoid. This made him a little overly nervous. His visit to Uncle Mori was probably because of this nerve-wracking incident," Zhiyong explained.

"Ran-neechan, is this yours?" Conan asked, holding up a disk.

After Xiaolan returned, she hurriedly went to cook.

She threw her bag on the sofa, and a disk fell out of it, which Conan happened to see.

Xiaolan looked at the disk and said, "This isn't mine. That's strange. I checked when I bought this bag, and there wasn't this disk in it."

"Maybe it belongs to Mr. Shitara," Conan guessed.

Zhiyong took it and looked at it, saying, "The disk is marked 'Secret' and is prohibited from being taken out. Perhaps Mr. Shele is so nervous because of this disk."

"Let's open it and see what's on it," Xiaolan said.

"Since it's a confidential file, the disk must be password protected."

"Then let's go to Professor Agasa's place and open it to see what's inside," Conan said.

"Sato has a car, so please take us to Professor Agasa's place," Ran said.

"Let's take a taxi. My car is at the villa. I didn't drive here today; I came by motorcycle."

Zhiyong's car has been sitting in the villa for two or three years.

Although it has undergone maintenance and upkeep.

However, it's still very difficult to use, and Tokyo is too prone to traffic jams.

Therefore, Zhiyong mostly rides motorcycles and rarely drives cars.

"Let's go then," Xiaolan said, grabbing her purse from the sofa and heading out.

Since Zhiyong had nothing else to do, he was naturally very happy to be with Xiaolan.

The taxi is driving on the road.

Zhiyong then noticed that a car was following behind the taxi.

It seems that Mr. Shiraku has really run into trouble.