Conan: The Heart Thief

"It seems that someone wants Miss Lianzi to miss the performance in three days." Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, "Compared to the explosion that Miss Kawabe Zouzi encountered, the method is much lighter..."

"Huh? Could it be that the person who added something to Miss Lianzi's tea this time is the same person who caused the explosion before?" Xiaolan looked at Lin Xiao in surprise.

"The method is different. Maybe it was done by someone who simply dislikes Miss Lianzi. We can't be sure now." Lin Xiao explained.

"It would be better to send the thermos and tea to the Metropolitan Police Department and let Inspector Megure check them to see if there are any clues." Conan added.

……

After leaving Mihua Hospital, everyone went home.

"Yuan Tai, let me take you back." Lin Xiao said to Xiaolan and Yuanzi.

"Well. I'll leave Yuanta to you. Linjun. Leave the other children to us." Xiaolan and Sonoko said in unison.

Lin Xiao sent Yuantai home alone and found that Reiko Akiba and Conan also followed them.

Forget about Conan, but why did Akiba Reiko also come?

"Ms. Qiu Ting, do you live here too?"

"No... I want to explain the situation to Yuantai's parents. Yuantai's throat was injured, and I am also responsible."

Even though Yuantai's throat injury could be said to be purely deserved, she felt guilty because it was the tea in Reiko Akiba's thermos cup that caused her injury.

Yuan Tai saw the guilty expression on Akiba Reiko's face and wanted to say a few words to comfort her. He knew that he deserved it and that he was wrong. Unfortunately, his throat was injured and he couldn't speak.

At this time, Conan suddenly reminded Akiba Reiko: "Sister Reiko, I suggest that you should pay more attention in the next few days and don't eat or drink anything that is out of your sight."

Reiko Akiba was stunned for a moment and looked at the little boy Conan wearing glasses.

"I will. Thank you...Conan."

"Ms. Akita, do you think Conan is a strange child?"

"Eh?" Qiu Ting Lianzi turned her head and met Lin Xiao's eyes. "Yeah... this kid is really thoughtful."

"Your feeling is correct. Conan is indeed a very strange child."

"Hey! Brother Lin Xiao, stop talking!"

Conan pouted in dissatisfaction. Isn't he afraid of exposing his identity by making such a joke?

buzzing...

Just as the two adults and two children were walking leisurely towards Yuantai's home, the roar of a large truck engine suddenly came from behind them.

Turning my head, I saw a dump truck slowly driving towards this side at a very slow speed.

After Akitana Reiko and Lin Xiao looked back, the dump truck suddenly began to accelerate slowly.

"Everyone, move to the side of the road." Reiko Akita reminded the people in front.

"No! Everyone, run!" Lin Xiao shouted loudly.

"Huh?" Reiko Akitai was stunned for a moment and looked at Lin Xiao in confusion.

However, Lin Xiao didn't wait for her to react, he grabbed her hand and started running.

Conan and Genta reacted quickly. After all, as members of the Junior Detective League, they had experienced many similar things, so they ran away immediately.

When they reached a fork in the road, Lin Xiao shouted, "Conan, take Yuan Tai with you and run separately from us."

"I see."

Conan took Genta and ran to the right of the fork in the road, while Lin Xiao took Akiba Reiko and ran to the left of the fork in the road.

The dump truck turned left without hesitation, and its target was clearly Akiba Reiko. The speeding dump truck even smashed the rearview mirror on the electric pole when it passed by it.

Only then did Reiko Akiba realize that the car was deliberately accelerated and hit by someone, and the target was obviously her.

"Is this also directed at me?" Reiko Akita murmured in disbelief.

The sand truck was getting closer and closer. Qiu Ting Lianzi tried to shake off Lin Xiao's hand: "Let me go. The other party is coming for me."

"That's why I can't just leave you alone!" Lin Xiao held Qiu Ting Lianzi's hand, and suddenly exerted force, and picked Qiu Ting Lianzi up like a princess. When the mud truck hit him, he suddenly jumped and jumped onto the wall of someone else's house next to him.

The driver of the dump truck thought he could kill Akiba Reiko, so he stepped on the accelerator desperately, but hit nothing. The front and rear of the truck crashed into the front yards of the houses on both sides of the road ahead, collapsing the walls and leaving rubble and bricks all over the ground.

Lin Xiao held Qiu Ting Lianzi in his arms and walked closer, wanting to see who was driving so recklessly, but found that the person had already run away.

"Lin Xiao, how long are you going to hold me? Put me down quickly."

Reiko Akita reminded with a look of disgust.

"Hey, Ms. Qiu Ting... It's not me. You were hit by a dump truck. Can you be nicer to me?"

"I can't help it. As you can see, I am just such a bad person."

Reiko Qiu Ting opened her arms and had no intention of thanking Lin Xiao at all.

Not long after, Conan and Genta also came here and joined them. The two of them looked excitedly into the driver's seat of the dump truck, but there was no one inside.

"The people have already fled. Besides, it is unusual for a dump truck to appear in a residential area. It seems that it came with a purpose."

When saying this, Lin Xiaofeng took a special look at a female singer.

"The purpose... is to come here for Miss Qiu Ting?"

Conan immediately thought of the incident that happened less than an hour ago, when the thermos was drugged, and then it was attacked by a dump truck, so it was easy to make the connection.

"Yes." Lin Xiaofeng thought for a while, "How about this. Conan, I'll leave this to you. I'll take Miss Qiu Ting home first."

"Okay." Conan said without hesitation. A serious deliberate hit-and-run incident had occurred, and the police had to be notified to come and handle it. However, since they didn't know who the culprit was, the police could probably only handle it as a normal traffic accident.

"Lin Xiao, I can go back by myself! You don't have to send me off specially." Akita Reiko refused with a proud look on her face. She was an adult and really didn't want a high school student to protect her.

"No, there's a chance that the criminal may have failed in this attack and is waiting for you near your home. I have to send you home before I can feel at ease."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Reiko Akiba felt a chill. What on earth had she done to deserve being hunted down like this?

On the way, Qiu Ting Lianzi couldn't help but complain to Lin Xiao: "I really can't figure it out. I didn't do anything. Who would want to kill me?"

Lin Xiao explained: "Perhaps, the criminal didn't want to kill you."

"Eh? The criminal drove a dump truck into me, clearly intending to kill me."

"The dump truck accelerated only after it confirmed that it had alarmed us. The other party did not intend to kill you at first. They just wanted to injure you. At the very least, the injury would take four or five days to heal."

"Why did the prisoner do this?"

"The criminal didn't mean to kill you. Rather, he wanted you to avoid the disaster that might happen later... For example, the official concert performance in three days."

Reiko Akitani was very smart and figured it out immediately.

"You mean... the criminal planned to launch a bomb attack on the Domoto Music Hall during the concert."

“That’s just my personal reasoning.”

The two walked and talked, and unknowingly arrived at the downstairs of Akiba Reiko's home - a high-rise tower building.

Before leaving, Qiu Ting Lianzi still sincerely thanked Lin Xiao.

"Thank you, Lin Xiao..."

"Hmm? Miss Qiu Ting, you don't intend to thank me, so why force yourself?"

"Alas... I actually just want you to hate me. I am also vaguely aware of my own misfortune and don't want to implicate you."

"Don't say such things, Miss Qiu Ting. You didn't do anything wrong. The criminal is the one who is wrong."

"Lin Xiao, why do you care about me so much?"

She was moved by the way Lin Xiao risked being hit by a dump truck to save her.

"Oh. Because I'm a high school detective, and this is what a high school detective does."

"High school detective?"

"That's right." Lin Xiao was confused. Theoretically, if he gave his name, the other party should be able to guess who he was. "Ms. Qiu Ting, haven't you heard of me, the high school detective Lin Xiao?"

"No, are you famous?" Reiko Akita shook her head woodenly, not seeming to be pretending.

"Well... it's just average."

"Then can I entrust you with this? High school student detective, Detective Lin."

"Commission? What do you want me to do?"

"Come with me and find the criminal." Akiba Reiko's eyes sparkled with a sense of justice. "Detective Lin, since you have deduced that the criminal will bomb the concert, we must find the criminal before the concert starts. We can't let him succeed!"

"…It's fine if you entrust me with this, but you also have to get involved."

"Of course!" Reiko Akita said firmly.

Chapter 130: Stockings are really civilized

Even though Lin Xiao didn't think that Reiko Qiu Ting could be of any use, he still agreed to Reiko Qiu Ting's commission and even exchanged phone numbers with her.

"When you get home, remember to stay at home, lock the door, and don't open the door to strangers." Lin Xiao reminded before leaving.

"Do I need you to tell me? I'm not a child." Reiko Akita waved to Lin Xiao, then took the elevator to go home.

It is safe at home. Reiko Akiba lives in a high-end tower in Tokyo. The security is pretty good, so Lin Xiao feels safe.

……

The next day, early in the morning, Lin Xiao's doorbell rang. He was still sleeping in, so he got up from the bed and checked the time. It was exactly 7:30. He opened the door with sleepy eyes and found that it was Conan.

"Brother Lin Xiao!" Conan spoke in a cute childish voice.

"Oh. It's Conan. Come in."

Conan walked in as the sound of the door hinges turning rang out in the quiet living room.

Lin Xiao closed the door again and poured Conan a glass of Coke.

Conan opened his mouth to speak...

"Wait a minute, I'll wash my face."

Lin Xiao interrupted Conan and turned to go into the bathroom to brush his teeth, wash his face and wash up... Conan used his detective instincts and rummaged around in Lin Xiao's house, the typical behavior of a naughty child, but unfortunately he didn't find anything.

"What are you doing, Conan?"