Conan: The Heart Thief

Xiaolan rashly pushed open the doors of three boys' rooms one after another, and then witnessed the fake fat boy Takahashi Ryoichi changing clothes.

After this little episode, Xiaolan finally found an empty room.

"Ah... what Yuanzi was talking about must be this empty room. It happens to have two beds so we can live together." Xiaolan said to Lin Xiao with an innocent look on her face.

"Xiao Lan, you mean...you want to live with me?"

"Oh?" Xiaolan then realized that it was not appropriate for men and women to touch each other, and her face turned red.

"If you don't mind, Xiaolan, it's fine with me." Seeing Xiaolan's embarrassment, Lin Xiao said so.

Xiaolan stammered, "That... the bandage weirdo I just met is still bothering me. If possible, I still hope that Lin Jun can live with me."

"Then live together."

There are two beds in the room, not just one bed, so it's okay for them to live together. However, if a certain famous detective knew about this, he would explode on the spot.

After putting away the luggage and taking a short rest, everyone went downstairs to gather in the living room, and Sonoko's sister's friends also came down.

Yuanzi briefly introduced Xiaolan and Lin Xiao to everyone, and then introduced everyone to Xiaolan and Lin Xiao.

"Huh? So, we are all from the same club?" Lan asked in surprise.

"Yes!" Sonoko said with a smile, "You are all members of my sister's university film club. The five of us have a very good relationship, so we get together every two years. Now, let me introduce you! Let's start with the handsome guy next to Lin Jun. He is Mr. Masaru Ota, who is the main worker in the film club!"

"Yo!" The handsome guy with long hair who was smoking a cigarette raised his hand and greeted Mouri Ran. Obviously, he was quite interested in this pure high school girl.

"Next to Mr. Ota is Mr. Hiroki Kakutani, who is in charge of photography!"

"Hello!"

Hiroki Kadotani is a man who is holding a camera and filming. He has short hair, a rectangular face, and a neat appearance.

"Next is Mr. Takahashi Ryoichi, who is in charge of the big props!"

"Hello!"

Ryoichi Takahashi, a fat man wearing black round glasses, said while scratching his head in a very honest manner.

Sonoko then said, "Okay, next I will be responsible for the actors' makeup and costumes, my beautiful sister!"

"Yuanzi, you are such a fool..." A woman with a high ponytail shook her head at Yuanzi lovingly. Then she smiled elegantly at Lin Xiao and Xiaolan: "Welcome to both of you."

"Sister Lingzi!" Lan greeted with a smile.

"Hello, Miss Suzuki." Lin Xiao also greeted Sonoko's sister and took a look at her. Compared with Sonoko's liveliness, Sonoko's sister was much more elegant and more like a lady from a noble family. Moreover, she didn't have the slightest airs of a lady, which made people feel like spring breeze.

Then, Sonoko introduced the last person and said, "The last one is the director and scriptwriter, and also the president of my sister's film club, Ms. Ikeda Chikako!"

"Please advise!"

Chikako Ikeda is a short-haired beauty with lavender lipstick on her lips and a pair of long earrings on her ears. Obviously, she is a woman who knows how to dress well and has charm.

After the introductions, Mao Lilan stood up, bowed to the three men and said, "I'm so sorry, I'm so embarrassed for what I did before!"

Takahashi Ryoichi: “It’s okay!”

Ota Katsu: “It’s nothing!”

Hiroki Kakutani: "You are so polite, beautiful lady!"

Suzuki Sonoko felt something happened to Xiaolan and asked curiously: "Xiaolan, what happened before?"

"I was so reckless. It's hard to say!"

Thinking of her previous recklessness, Mao Lilan waved her hands and smiled awkwardly. She thought it would be better to change the subject, so she said to Ikeda Chikako: "Ms. Chikako, you are not the scriptwriter and producer of the TV series "Blue Kingdom" which is still being broadcast, right?"

"That's right!" Suzuki Ayako narrowed her eyes and said, "That is indeed Chikako's work when she was a student. Now we finally have the chance to make it public!"

Ikeda Chikako waved her hand and said, "That's all in the past. Let's not talk about it, okay?"

Ota Katsu propped up his left hand and said, "I heard you are going to write the next movie soon, right?"

Hiroki Kadaya next to him stood up and said with a smile: "Then, Master Ikeda, please say a few words to your fans."

"Don't make fun of me, okay? Kadoya?" Chikako Ikeda seemed a little helpless.

Ota Masaru looked up at Hiroki Kadoya who was standing next to him and said, "Kadotani, your love for photography hasn't changed at all!"

Hiroki Kadaya ignored Ota Masaru and focused on filming Ikeda Chikako, saying, "Ah, this is the only hobby of mine that hasn't changed!" Then he turned the camera lens to Takahashi Ryoichi's belly and said, "By the way, Takahashi, you seem to be getting fatter!"

"Hmm?" Takahashi Ryoichi touched his belly and said with a simple smile, "I think so. It seems to be almost 100 kilograms!"

Hiroki Kadaya put down the camera and laughed, "Hey, if you get any fatter, the camera won't be able to fit you!"

"That's true..." Takahashi Ryo kept touching his head.

Suzuki Ayako also laughed and said, "Being together with everyone reminds me of the past!"

Suzuki Ayako paused, and then said a little sadly: "Oh, and Atsuko, if Atsuko hadn't had that incident, she would be here today too!"

"Ok?"

As soon as Suzuki Ayako said this, the relaxed atmosphere changed. The faces of the members of the film club suddenly turned bad.

With a "bang", Chikako Ikeda, who had a gentle face, suddenly changed her expression. She slammed the table and shouted, "Don't mention Atsuko anymore, okay?"

"Chikako." Suzuki Ayako murmured.

Ikeda Chikako finally came to her senses, her face turned pale, and she sat down again and said, "I finally managed to take some time out of my busy schedule to come here and relax. I don't want to talk about someone who died two years ago!"

"I'm sorry!" Suzuki Ayako quickly apologized.

Ota Katsu snorted coldly and said, "Now that people are famous, even the tone of their voices has changed!"

"What?" Chikako Ikeda was a little annoyed.

Suzuki Ayako quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Okay, both of you stop talking. I'll go make dinner now! I think you should just take a rest first."

Takahashi Ryoichi, with a gloomy face, stood up and said, "Then I'll go outside and fix the broken roof. It looks like it's going to rain soon."...

Suzuki Ayako smiled and said, "Okay! Sorry to bother you, Takahashi, you better be careful!"

"Okay!" Takahashi Ryoichi responded and walked outside.

"Only Takahashi, who is in charge of props, can do this kind of thing!"

Looking at Takahashi Ryoichi leaving, Kakutani Hiroki suggested to everyone: "Then, how about we play poker?"

Suzuki Sonoko was the first to stand up and respond: "Okay, let's do it!"

"I don't want to play anymore. I'm going to take a walk outside!" Chikako Ikeda said this without paying any attention to everyone and walked out of the villa.

"Chikako, wait for me!"

Hiroki Kadoya said as he chased after him, apparently forgetting about suggesting playing poker.

Seeing the two of them leaving the villa together, Suzuki Sonoko said to Ota Masaru, "Brother Ota, how about the four of us play poker together?"

"No, you guys play!"

Ota Katsu waved his hand to refuse, stood up and walked to the window, took out a cigarette, lit it and started smoking.

"what the hell!"

Suzuki Sonoko pouted unhappily, then asked Mao Lilan and Lin Xiao: "Do you want to play cards?"

Xiaolan looked at Lin Xiao and asked for his advice.

"I think it's better for us to go out for a walk together. It's rare for us to come here..."

"What a great idea! It would be nice for the three of us to take a walk in the rain."

Yuanzi's eyes lit up.

Chapter 8: The Shattered Chikako

The air in the woods was particularly fresh as it was drizzling. From time to time, red maple leaves would fall from the treetops. At this moment, Lin Xiao felt particularly calm, as if all his troubles had been washed away by the rain.

Xiaolan and Yuanzi shared an umbrella, while Lin Xiao held an umbrella himself and silently guarded them.

Sonoko said happily: "Ah... This feeling of walking in the rain is really great, don't you think so, Xiaolan?"

Xiaolan nodded in agreement: "You are right, Sonoko. It is really good."

The three of them walked and breathed the moist air of the forest. Suddenly, a strange man with bandages all over his body and wearing a black cloak appeared.

The strange man was holding a long axe and looked scary.

Xiaolan and Sonoko's pupils shrank and they were so frightened that they couldn't move.

Sonoko: “Who?”

Xiaolan: “It’s this——”

While the two girls were not reacting, the strange man took a long axe and chopped at Xiaolan without saying a word.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao immediately rushed to the two women. In a flash, at the moment when the bandage monster swung the long axe, Lin Xiao did a roundhouse kick and hit the bandage monster in the abdomen. The bandage monster was kicked out and fell heavily to the ground.

The fallen bandaged monster climbed up in pain, looked at Lin Xiao with resentment, and then ran away.

Lin Xiao did not chase after him. According to the original plot, this bandage monster would kill the plagiarist dog later, so now was not the time to catch him.

Yuanzi asked tremblingly: "Xiaolan, you asked me before about the person wrapped in bandages, could it be that monster..."

Xiaolan nodded stiffly and said fearfully, "Yes, it's this monster."

Lin Xiao comforted the two girls: "The monster has escaped, everything is fine now."

Sonoko speculated, "Maybe someone at the party played a bad joke on me."

Lin Xiao shook his head: "No, you just saw the axe next to the bandaged man, who would joke about something like that?"

Xiaolan was worried: "Let's go back to the house quickly, it's not safe outside."

……

When the three returned, they found that everyone else had already returned to the villa. ...

Seeing that everyone was in the living room, Yuanzi went forward and asked, "Has anyone seen a bandaged man?"

"Bandage freak?"

Chikako Ikeda strangely repeated Sonoko's words.

"Yeah, he was the one who attacked Xiaolan in the woods."