Conan: The Heart Thief

"Uh...really." Lin Xiao suddenly felt that he was really bad-mouthed.

Coincidentally, the two of them ran into the female singer Harumi Fukatsu who was also visiting the village, and they started a conversation.

"Miss Chunmei, are you familiar with this village?" Lin Xiao asked.

"Ah, no," Fukatsu Harumi said hurriedly, "I just want to go to the shrine to take a look, because a senior from university used to talk about the kimono sodezakura here..."

Chapter 30: Wuwuwu... I'm sorry for my husband and son

Lin Xiao and Sonoko followed Harumi Fukatsu as they walked up the long steps of the shrine.

"It's right here," Fukatsu Harumi walked to a big tree in front of the shrine, "This tree is the Kimono Sodezakura. It's 500 years old. Every spring, the branches are full of flowers, just like a pair of beautiful kimono sleeves."

Lin Xiao and Yuanzi looked at the bare branches, and they looked at each other, seemingly unable to feel the beauty.

Sonoko asked curiously, "Ms. Harumi, is the university senior you mentioned from this village?"

"I haven't heard Senior Sister mention this, but she does live here..." Fukatsu Harumi looked at the tree nostalgically, "If Senior Sister were still alive, she would probably come and visit, right?"

Lin Xiao touched his nose, thinking that things must be complicated.

the other side……

"Kudo Shinichi" used his skills as the protagonist in idol dramas back then to try to please Xiaolan in various ways.

Xiaolan suddenly laughed: "Hahaha... Shinichi, I haven't seen you for a while, you have changed a lot..."

"Kudo Shinichi" remembered Lin Xiao's reminder that it is not enough to play a role in appearance, but also in spirit. However, it is still a little bit short of playing the role of Kudo Shinichi, a pretentious person, vividly.

"Xiaolan, I think... you have changed too!" "Kudo Shinichi" looked displeased.

"Ah?" Xiaolan was stunned for a moment. She didn't know if she had changed. "Maybe..."

"So... Xiaolan, you have fallen in love with someone else..." "Kudo Shinichi" asked Xiaolan angrily.

When asked by "Kudo Shinichi" this, Xiaolan was confused. She remembered that she had never been in love and her emotional life was still blank.

"Shinichi, you're talking nonsense again..."

"I'm not talking nonsense. You're being too obvious now. I can't hide it from you..." "Kudo Shinichi" still had no idea and thought that Kudo Shinichi and Xiaolan were already lovers, but in fact they were not at all.

Just then, the two met Eri Akechi who was passing by.

Xiaolan greeted Akechi Eri in a friendly manner. Akechi Eri responded and walked with Xiaolan, of course adding "Kudo Shinichi".

"In fact, the Kimono Sleeve God has another name," Akechi Eri explained as she looked at the Kimono Sleeve God enshrined on the roadside, "It's the Kimono Sleeve Prajna."

"Kimono Sode Prajna?" Xiaolan was puzzled.

"Yes, it's a legend handed down from ancient times. It is said that there was a diligent and kind girl named Xiaohua in this village. One day, she saved a wounded samurai on the road. In order to repay her, the samurai gave her many beautiful long-sleeved kimonos and belts. Later, the two daughters of the village chief deliberately framed Xiaohua out of jealousy and had Xiaohua arrested by the government...

"On the night when Xiaohua was executed, the two sisters spread out the long-sleeved kimonos and obi they had obtained, but the lights suddenly went out when they were excited. The village chief heard their screams and rushed over. The younger sister had already died on the spread-out long-sleeved kimono, and the older sister had also drowned in the pond in the garden, with many obi wrapped around her body..."

With her hands in her coat pockets, Eri Akechi turned to look ahead at a shrine halfway up a mountain.

"The villagers knew that Xiaohua died with regret, so they built a shrine for her and regarded her as the village's guardian deity. That's why everyone is worshipping Washisode-jin now. Over there is the shrine called Washisode-jin Taisha..."

……

At noon, everyone returned to the hotel and gathered together for lunch.

"Eri, you must increase my role in this play!" Anzai Ema tentatively asked Akechi Eri.

"But I haven't even started writing my script yet..." Eri Akechi seemed very embarrassed.

"That's why I'm asking you for help!"

Seeing this, the female editor Yasuda also enthusiastically said to the producer Bando: "Mr. Bando, the theme song for this time has not been decided yet, right? It must be sung by our Harumi."

Sakata happily agreed, but Harumi on the side looked troubled.

Seeing this, Asuka Shibasaki and Ema Anzai began to mock again: "Who knows if she will be as popular as that time..."

"It's just..."

Seeing this, Lin Xiao, Kudo Shinichi, Xiaolan, and Sonoko all felt that although the group seemed harmonious, there were actually many contradictions within it.

After lunch, Xiaolan and Yuanzi went to the hot springs as usual. After the two girls finished, they notified Lin Xiao and "Kudo Shinichi" to go and take a bath. After all, they came to Yamagata Prefecture from Tokyo specifically to enjoy the unique natural hot springs in Yamagata Prefecture.

Lin Xiao hooked his big hand on the shoulder of "Kudo Shinichi" and said with a smile: "Kudo-kun, let's take a hot spring bath together."

“Ahhh…Absolutely not.”

"why?"

"You still have the nerve to ask me why? I was bullied by you yesterday, are you going to bully me again?"

"No, no...don't think so bad of me!"

"I do not want……"

"let's go."

"Kudo Shinichi" was half-heartedly dragged by Lin Xiao to take a hot spring bath.

Yukiko Kudo, who had regained her original appearance, was naked, with long black hair, lingering in the corner of the hot spring pool, like a plump and charming body. She was no longer in the mood to enjoy the comfort of the hot spring and was very wary of Lin Xiao.

After a while, a huge shadow covered Kudo Yukiko.

"Lin Xiao, you bastard, your true colors have finally been revealed. You're going to do something bad to me!" Kudo Yukiko bit her teeth, looking determined and steadfast, refusing to obey even until death.

"I just find it funny. You were so arrogant in front of me yesterday, but why are you so scared of me today?"

"I thought you were a good kid, but I didn't expect you to be so bad." Kudo Yukiko glared at Lin Xiao fiercely with her beautiful eyes, "If you dare to mess around, I will yell at you."

"Hehehe...if you just yell, you'll reveal your identity."

"It doesn't matter. By then, Xiaolan and Sonoko will know your true identity..." At this point, Kudo Yukiko immediately shut up. Her sinister plan was exposed by herself. She became even more furious, "Asshole, are you deliberately trying to trick me?"

"Don't think so badly of me." Lin Xiao sat down next to Kudo Yukiko and put his big hand on her jade shoulder. The charming fragrance so close to him filled his nose with the desire to explore. "It's rude not to reciprocate. I just want to 'thank' you, aunt..."

"No, don't..." Kudo Yukiko couldn't resist. Lin Xiao's strength was far beyond her imagination and was not something a weak woman like her could resist.

Wuuwuwu... I'm done. I feel so sorry for my husband and son. I feel guilty...

Thinking of this, Kudo Yukiko choked up and said, "Please... just... don't come in..."

Chapter 31 Big breasts and no brains

As a good wife and mother, Kudo Yukiko had to help Lin Xiao release in order to protect herself.

Lin Xiao had no objection to this. He didn't have to cheat on Kudo Yusaku. It was mainly because Kudo Yukiko made him feel suffocated, so he should take the responsibility.

After Lin Xiao and "Kudo Shinichi" finished their hot spring bath together, they returned to the hotel lobby and found someone waiting for them. To be more precise, someone was waiting for "Kudo Shinichi".

This person is Harumi Fukatsu.

"I have something I want to entrust to you, Detective Kudo..."

"No, I..." Yukiko Kudo couldn't take the commission for her son.

"It's okay, I'm here." Lin Xiao patted Kudo Yukiko on the back.

After hearing what Lin Xiao said, Kudo Yukiko replied, "Uh... tell me about it, I'll think about it."

The three of them came into the room, knelt on the tatami, and faced each other.

Harumi Fukatsu explained the commission.

"Five years ago," Fukatsu Harumi grasped the corner of her clothes and fell into sad memories, "When I was a junior, a senior was accused of selling illegal drugs in school. The illegal drugs were also found in the locker room. In order to prove her innocence, she jumped from the school building and died just like that..."

"Ah..." Yukiko Kudo opened her mouth in surprise.

"The senior sister you are talking about, could it be the one mentioned before with Kimono Sode Sakura?" Lin Xiao asked.

"Yes," Fukatsu Harumi nodded gently, "Her name is Suzuka Sakurako, she is a kind-hearted senior who loves cherry blossoms... I know her too well. A senior with a weak personality would never sell drugs in school!"

Fukatsu Harumi looked at "Kudo Shinichi" earnestly and said, "Detective Kudo, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to re-investigate this matter..."

Yukiko Kudo looked embarrassed. She really wanted to help Harumi Fukatsu, but she didn't have the ability to do so. She was just a housewife who had left the entertainment industry for many years, not a high school detective.

"I'm sorry, I might..."

Before Kudo Yukiko could say the words of refusal, she was interrupted by Lin Xiao: "You can do it, Kudo-kun."

"Ah?" Kudo Yukiko looked at Lin Xiao in confusion.

Lin Xiao was confident: "Kudo-kun, please believe in yourself, you can do it!"

Lin Xiao was so confident that Kudo Yukiko thought that Lin Xiao must have a way, so she said to Fukatsu Harumi: "Well... I understand, Miss Fukatsu Harumi, I will accept your commission."

"Thank you, Detective Kudo!" Fukatsu Harumi excitedly thanked Kudo Yukiko, and also expressed her gratitude to Lin Xiao. "Thank you too, Mr. Lin."

After expressing her gratitude, Harumi Fukatsu went on to add new clues.

"In fact, everyone understood that the senior sister was framed, but the fathers of those two people... were powerful figures in the local area, so no one in the school dared to come forward to testify against them..."

"They?" Kudo Yukiko asked puzzledly.

"It means Asuka Shibasaki and Ema Anzai." Harumi Fukatsu looked outside the door with some uneasiness. "Asuka is the daughter of Councillor Shibasaki, and Ema Anzai is the daughter of the president of Anzai Global, a large construction company. When they were in school, they were always dissatisfied because the senior was more popular than them. In addition, the senior's sense of justice often caused conflicts with them..."

Lin Xiao said: "So, it is very likely that Shibasaki Asuka and Anzai Ema killed Suzuka Sakurako."

Kudo Yukiko also suddenly realized: "I understand, it is to investigate Shibasaki Asuka and Anzai Ema."

Fukatsu Harumi stood up and bowed to the two of them: "Please!"

After that, Fukatsu Harumi left the room.

Yukiko Kudo looked at Lin Xiao anxiously: "You asked me to take on this commission without permission. Do you have a way to handle this commission?"

Lin Xiao shrugged: "Of course, I told you a long time ago, don't think too bad of me, I am a good person."

Kudo Yukiko pouted, looking unconvinced: "I think it's because of your interest that you asked me to take this commission."

Lin Xiao retorted: "If you refuse the commission, wouldn't that ruin your son's reputation as a famous detective?"

"Well... you are right..." Kudo Yukiko couldn't help but look at Lin Xiao differently, and no longer minded Lin Xiao's previous rude behavior.

Lin Xiao, who is determined to solve the incident, has secretly sent Pixie to follow Akechi Eri...

It was evening, and after dinner, I returned to my room.

Yukiko Kudo took off her disguise and prepared to go to bed.