Conan: The Heart Thief

Lin Xiao put one hand on his waist and struck a pose that he thought was very handsome: "I came to see you."

"Are you here to care about me?" Yumi's eyes lit up with emotion.

"Not only you, but also Miaozi." Lin Xiao said seriously.

"And me!" Miaozi suddenly blushed.

"Because of the series of murders of female traffic police officers, my first priority is to protect the beautiful female police officers."

"Wait, 'one after another'? Isn't it just Baiqi-senpai?" Yumi frowned and was about to complain, but was interrupted by Miaozi's words: "Yes, only Baiqi-senpai was killed, right?"

Lin Xiao shrugged: "Why, you haven't received the news yet?"

He lowered his voice and said, "Not long ago, Inspector Shiori Yagi, who was also from the Traffic Enforcement Division, was also killed."

"W...what?!" Yumi and Naoko's faces changed drastically.

Lin Xiao sighed and said, "However, unlike Officer Bai Qi, Inspector Yagi was pushed down from the upper floor and fell to her death. If nothing unexpected happens... she should have discovered the criminal who killed Officer Bai Qi, but the action went wrong and she was killed instead."

The air suddenly froze.

"However, the police did not seem to investigate in this direction. Instead, they concluded that the murderer specifically targeted female police officers."

"Oh——" Yumi temporarily suppressed her chaotic thoughts, her eyes fell back on Lin Xiao, and her tone was a little cunning, "So, how did you get into the Metropolitan Police Department?"

"Okay, okay, I admit it." Lin Xiao shrugged helplessly, stretched out his hand to pick up the pass hanging around his neck and shook it in front of her eyes, "I got here by hitchhiking Meiwako's car, and asked her to get me this pass."

Yumi crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows, with the corners of her mouth slightly curled up, "I thought you came here specially to care about me." Her tone sounded like a joke, but there was a hint of resentment in her eyes.

"Of course it's not just you." Lin Xiao said seriously, "Miaozi is also my target of protection."

"Huh?" Miaozi tilted his head, opened his eyes wide, and looked flattered.

"After all, the second case happened in Haido Town, and Chisu was the first person to discover it, so she sent me a text message asking me to take better care of you." Lin Xiao said, skillfully operating his phone, flipping out the text message from Chisu from Hagiwara, and shaking it in front of the two of them, "Wow, the evidence is solid."

Miaozi stared at the information on the screen, the expression on her face changed from surprise to subtle shyness, "I was actually protected by an ordinary citizen..." She lowered her head, as if a little lost.

"Or do you want to change a flower protector?" Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows with a hint of teasing on his lips.

"No, no!" Miao Zi waved her hands hurriedly, her cheeks slightly flushed, and even her twin ponytails seemed to tremble, "You are, you are fine..."

At this moment, Yumi's cell phone rang suddenly.

She looked down at the caller ID, her face froze instantly, and a hint of alertness and hesitation appeared in her eyes.

"What do you think... could this be a call from the criminal trying to lure me out?" Yumi clenched the phone, her tone containing a hint of nervousness.

"It's impossible for the criminal to know your number, right?" Lin Xiao reminded, "After all, the phones that Inspector Yagi bought were destroyed. Of course, it could just be a harassing call."

Yumi hesitated for a moment, but still picked up the phone.

"I am Hideyoshi—"

"Hideyoshi? What the hell? I don't know him."

"Pop." She hung up the phone decisively, smoothly and without any hesitation.

Lin Xiao: “…”

seedling:"……"

"By the way, are we going to lose our personal freedom temporarily?" Miao Zi suddenly seemed to realize something and turned stiffly to look at Lin Xiao.

"That's right." Lin Xiao nodded as a matter of course. "After all, at this critical moment, your safety is the most important. Otherwise, you don't want to see the headline of tomorrow's news being the body of a beautiful female traffic police officer, right?"

"Hiss——" Yumi couldn't help but shiver and trembled all over.

Miaozi subconsciously hugged her arms tightly, like a frightened little rabbit, "Don't, don't say such scary things!"

"Well... I live at home, so I should be okay, right?" she asked tentatively, with a hint of hope in her eyes.

Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes and looked at her with a half-smile, "Are you sure? Do you think the criminal won't stop you on the way? If he pretends to be an ordinary citizen who is lost and comes forward to ask for directions, and you are a traffic policeman, will you instinctively and patiently give him directions?"

Miaozi: “Uh…”

"In fact, the other party might even ask you to take him to a sparsely populated area, and then..." Lin Xiao paused and looked at her meaningfully.

"Hey, don't treat our traffic police as vases." Yumi interrupted dissatisfiedly, trying to restore the police's dignity.

"But the two policewomen who were killed were not rookies, right? What happened in the end?" Lin Xiao shrugged. "They were scheming and they might have been holding electric batons."

“Stop——!” Miaozi curled up into a ball, whimpering like a small animal. “If you keep talking, I really don’t dare to go home…”

Yumi also fell silent. Apparently, those horrible scenes had begun to appear in her mind.

"So, leave the protection work to me." Lin Xiao smiled lightly, put his hands in his pockets, and looked determined. "But, I can't protect the two of you by myself."

"This is indeed a problem." Yumi frowned, "Do we have to tie the two of us together to act?"

"Smart." Lin Xiao snapped his fingers. "Miaozi, call home and tell your parents that you will be staying in Yumei's apartment for a few days."

"But..." Miaozi hesitated.

"Don't worry about it. Your parents will feel more at ease, right? It's safer to have a police colleague with you than to live alone."

"That's true." Miaozi nodded, took out his cell phone and called home.

"Oh, right." Lin Xiao suddenly thought of something and smiled mischievously, "Remember to tell your parents in advance that your predecessor is a woman. Otherwise, when things are over, the first meal you have when you return home might be red bean rice."

"What, what red bean rice?" Miaozi's face was red as if blood was about to drip out, and she muttered softly.

Yumi was watching from the side and laughed, "Huh? You decided so quickly? But I don't have any extra bedding in my apartment."

"It's okay." Lin Xiao patted her shoulder, "I'll go to Miaozi's house to pack my luggage first, and then I'll go to your place."

Yumi's mouth twitched, "How did you arrange it so smoothly?"

"Of course it's because I'm reliable." Lin Xiao smiled confidently.

"Hmph, who knows." Yumi curled her lips, but couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth a little.

After the two changed into casual clothes, Lin Xiao followed them as a matter of course, looking around vigilantly.

"This... does it feel a bit strange?" Miaozi quickened his pace and asked quietly in a low voice.

"We are police officers, but we are protected by ordinary citizens?" Yumi sighed and quickened her pace. "I find it strange, but I can't refuse."

"By the way, why don't you take this opportunity to ask Chiba to come over and be the flower protector?" Yumi looked at Miaozi with a meaningful look.

Miaozi was stunned for a moment, "Huh? Why did you specifically look for Qianye... Why did I do this?" She blinked, "Wouldn't it be more reliable with Consultant Lin Xiao here?"

Yumi:"……"

She rolled her eyes and simply stopped talking.

"Hey, don't discuss this kind of topic in front of irrelevant people!" Miaozi suddenly realized something and turned back abruptly, wanting to see how far Lin Xiao was left behind. As a result, when he turned around, he found that the person was still following steadily behind him, maintaining a distance of less than two meters without any haste.

"You-why are you following so closely!"

"Of course, it's to hear more gossip." Lin Xiao smiled confidently, "Also, how come I am irrelevant?"

"Goo!" Miaozi blushed, covered her face, and muttered softly, "I still prefer to be with you..."

"That's enough." Yumei elbowed Lin Xiao away, then grabbed Miaozi and quickly moved forward.

Chapter 479 Steam Princess Miaozi

"Aren't you going too fast?" Lin Xiao stopped a taxi, then turned to look at Yumi and Miaozi with a teasing smile on his lips.

"Okay, we've stopped the car, let's go to Miaozi's house and get the bedding and go to Yumi's house to sleep."

The taxi door just opened, and Lin Xiao's voice drifted into the driver's ears along with the wind. The driver's hand holding the steering wheel trembled slightly, and he looked at the rearview mirror with a twitching eye.

After a while, he saw a baby-faced beauty with twin ponytails running into the house, and then a few minutes later, she ran out holding a quilt, her cheeks slightly red, as if she had done something shameful.

So much so that the driver's face was full of shock while he was driving.

When the driver arrived at the destination first, his shock had turned into numbness when he saw two beauties, one mature and one young, holding the bed and walking into the apartment side by side with the only boy.

He silently took out a pack of cigarettes from the co-pilot's locker, lit it, took a deep puff, and his eyes were empty.

He is indeed a man who is rich enough to afford a taxi. He brought two of them at a time, and they were not the same.

When will I be able to live a life like his?

The driver's numbness eventually turned into envy. Finally, he took a deep look in the direction of the apartment gate before starting the car and leaving.

"I think the taxi driver must have overthought it." Yumi sighed helplessly and took out the key to open the apartment door.

"Overthinking? What happened to the driver? Why do you say he was overthinking?" The ignorant Miaozi tilted his head, looking confused.

"Lin Xiao, a boy, went home with two beauties like us, especially when you carried a bed into the apartment. What do you think the driver would think?" Yumi coughed lightly and reminded.

"What would you think?" Miaozi blinked, and three seconds later, his entire face turned red, and even visible steam came out of his head.

Wow, what a steam girl!

"I, he, then..." Miaozi couldn't even speak clearly and waved his hands in panic.

"Okay, okay, stop thinking about it." Yumi patted her head and sighed helplessly.

I knew this girl was innocent, but I didn't expect she was this innocent.

Yumi suddenly felt a little interested in teasing her.

After all, it's not easy to meet a little girl who is more innocent than Miwako but knows more than her.

"By the way, I sleep in my own bedroom and Miaozi will use the guest room. What will you do?" Youmei glanced at Lin Xiao with a sidelong glance, with the corner of her mouth slightly raised, and said deliberately.

"Don't worry about me, I'll just sleep on the sofa in the living room?" Lin Xiao said nonchalantly.

"Sister Yumei, I can sleep with you. Let Lin Xiao sleep in the guest room."

"No need. For someone like Lin Xiao, sleeping on the sofa is enough."

"But..." Miao Zi couldn't help but glance at Lin Xiao. The more she looked at him, the more handsome he seemed. It would be pitiful to see such a handsome guy sleeping on the sofa.

"Miaozi, you're not going to fall in love with Lin Xiao, are you? That won't do. This guy is a scumbag!" Miyamoto Yumi seemed to see through Miaozi's clues.

"Officer Yumi! If you say that again, I'll be angry! You know that the only person I like is...ah!" Miaozi, who realized that she was actually exploding, covered her face with her hands in shame and squatted down.

Girl, you can't squat in this outfit!

"Ah, Miaozi, fatties, fatties!" Yumei had just caught her breath when she saw her junior squatting down without any nervousness and quickly reminded him.

Miaozi adjusted his posture in horror, then glared at Lin Xiao fiercely.