Conan: When Shinjiu and Maolilan swap bodies

"Stop crying, wipe your tears."

Ran Mouri wiped her nose in a very unladylike manner.

Qingze didn't even look at her. He took out a box of anti-inflammatory medicine from the car and drank it with water.

Do you know why your teacher calls you an angel?

Ran Mouri nodded and told him what Shinichi had told her.

Qingze let out a sneer, "No wonder she has a pair of angels, not just one."

She's clearly on the opposite side of Shinichi Kudo, yet she still helps him. What a pretentious woman.

"Alright, I'm going now. Take a break and don't arouse the detectives' suspicion."

Qingze got out of the car, took a backpack from the trunk, and went into the hotel.

Ran Mouri tried to hold back her tears, but found that she couldn't.

She got out of the car and went to the lookout tower. It hadn't rained yet, but the wind in the mountains was a bit stronger.

Although Qingze said it had nothing to do with her, how could it possibly have nothing to do with her?

Whether Vermouth attacked Qingze after learning she had been kidnapped, or because of Koniak's "covetousness" of her, the reason was her.

She was still too weak; she couldn't do anything in the hail of bullets, and was even too afraid to open her eyes.

Aozawa, with a backpack slung over one shoulder, stood at the hotel entrance, looking at the people not far away. Kogoro Mouri walked over and asked, "Where's Ran? Have you seen Ran?"

Qingze slightly raised his chin, pointing to the watchtower under the lights not far away.

Kogoro Mouri stepped over and said, "What are you doing standing here so late at night? It's dangerous..."

They're usually fine, they know someone's watching them, so why do they still come out so late at night?

"Dad..." Ran Mouri's voice trembled with tears as she saw her father.

Kogoro Mouri froze, somewhat flustered.

"what happened?"

She was fine just a moment ago, why did she suddenly start crying?

"Dad, am I really useless?"

"Silly daughter, why are you suddenly saying this?"

Kogoro Mouri patted her back gently, soothing her softly, while quickly trying to figure out what was going on.

She was fine just a moment ago, so why did she suddenly start crying and doubting herself?

What did Qingze say to her?

Ran Mouri wiped away her tears and looked at her father intently.

"Dad, I have something very important to tell you."

Whether we say it sooner or later, it's going to have to be said eventually, so we might as well say it now, adapt sooner, and face reality.

Seeing his daughter so serious, Kogoro Mouri also became serious.

“Conan is Shinichi. Once we return to Tokyo, he can no longer stay at our house.”

This was agreed upon a long time ago, and it will absolutely not be forgotten.

Ran Mouri thought her father would be shocked to hear the news, but to her surprise, he only paused for a moment before accepting it well.

"It really is that kid..."

"Dad, do you know?"

Kogoro Mouri looked at his daughter speechlessly, "Am I that stupid?"

Having been a detective before, I know what Shinichi Kudo looked like as a child. After all this time, even the most oblivious person should have noticed something was off by now.

Ran Mouri stopped crying and glared angrily at her father.

"So, Dad, you knew all along, but you kept it from me!"

Kogoro Mouri felt extremely wronged. "I was just unsure... This is just too absurd..."

"Hmph!" Ran Mouri was still angry. She had thought her father knew nothing.

It turned out that she was the only one who really knew nothing.

"You're not interested in that kid anymore, are you?"

Ran Mouri shook her head. "He doesn't trust me. He's been keeping it from me. I don't like him anymore."

"It's fine if you don't like it."

Kogoro Mouri cursed Shinichi Kudo in his heart.

Xiaolan is crying here because of him! I'm definitely going to go and give him a good beating later!

"Dad, you can't rely on Shinichi to solve cases anymore. There will be no more Sleeping Kogoro."

"So what if we don't have it? We didn't have it before, and we didn't starve to death." Kogoro Mouri was quite philosophical about it.

"Then you won't get many cases, and your income will drop significantly. Dad, you'll have to be careful with your money."

"I'm already being careful with my money..."

The detective, whose allowance was restricted, wept silently.

Fortunately, he had hidden some money.

Seeing that her father was accepting it so well, Ran Mouri was relieved.

What she feared most was that her father wouldn't be able to accept the change in circumstances.

Compared to Shinichi Kudo, whom he knew well, Kogoro Mouri paid more attention to Aozawa, who had suddenly appeared in the last two months.

"Xiao Lan, tell me the truth, who exactly is this Qing Ze?"

Kogoro Mouri's intuition told him that the relationship between Aozawa and Ran seemed to be more than just a simple one.

"Mr. Qingze is a good person, very capable, he helped me a lot and taught me a lot."

What did he teach you?

Ran Mouri counted on her fingers, "She taught me how to ride a motorcycle, taught me psychology, taught me how to cook Chinese food, and even tutored me..."

"He taught quite a lot, huh..." Kogoro Mouri sneered.

The hoe he swung was quite forceful as he tried to dig up his bok choy.

"Remember what your father told you: if you want to date, you must let your father help you vet the candidates first! Although I may not be very good at solving cases, I'm a master at detecting infidelity!"

Seeing her father's proud expression, Ran Mouri smiled through her tears, "Yeah."

Kogoro Mouri placed his hands on her shoulders and looked at her very seriously:

"And Xiaolan, don't doubt yourself. You are the most outstanding, the bravest, and the best girl!"

Seeing the seriousness and approval in her father's eyes, Ran Mouri nodded vigorously.

A slight sense of self-doubt vanished with her father's approval.

Chapter 137 Let's Make a Bet

Conan stood at the hotel entrance, watching the father and daughter talking not far away.

His face was hidden in the shadows, and he looked somewhat sad.

Back at the hotel, Ran Mouri had completely calmed down.

Kogoro Mouri walked up to Conan and punched him on the forehead.

Conan covered his head, which was covered with a large bump, and didn't dare to say a word.

After taking their luggage out of the car, the group went to their guest rooms on the third floor.

To save money, Kogoro Mouri originally only booked two rooms.

Ran has one room, while he, Conan, and Hattori squeeze into a double room.

When Qingze arrived, he upgraded all of them to deluxe king rooms on the third floor.

All four rooms are on the third floor, either adjacent to each other or across from each other.

The room was quite spacious and elegantly decorated. All the furniture was made of fine wood, and there was a beautiful maple forest right by the window. Even at night, you could see the curves of the rolling mountains.

"These private guesthouses are expensive, but there's a reason for the high price."

Without spending his own money, Kogoro Mouri picked up the tea set in the room and started brewing tea, quickly enjoying it.

If you have nothing to do, coming here to drink tea and admire the maple leaves would be incredibly pleasant.

"I booked three days, but we can stay a few more days."

Qingze walked to the window. It was pitch black outside, but he could see the trees swaying in the wind. He wondered when it would rain.

"Could you tell me in detail what you found out?"

His voice was soft and hollow, and Ran Mouri, who was checking what was in the room, looked over immediately.

When the case was brought up, Kogoro Mouri's expression became much more serious.

"We haven't found much yet..."

He started by recounting the anomalies in the case file, then the murdered auto mechanic, the suspected stalking, and the unusual return on a rainy night.

The information provided by Binga was far more detailed than the information provided by Binga.

A clap of thunder boomed in the sky, and a torrential downpour began, large drops pounding against the windowpanes with a continuous, muffled sound, making the world seem to suddenly become noisy.

Qingze stared at the raindrops outside the window, his eyes filled with silence.

"Thirteen years ago, it must have been a rainy night like this..."

In the pouring rain, the car was traveling down a steep slope when its brakes failed, causing it to crash through the guardrail. The airbags did not deploy.

In the maple forest darkened by the night, a couple lost their lives.

The deprived toddler stands alone in the torrential rain, his life spiraling out of control, heading down a completely wrong path.

Conan looked up at him. Although his face showed no emotion, it seemed to overflow with sadness.

Ran Mouri walked over to him, looking at him with concern in her eyes.

"Does anything come to mind?"

Qingze shook his head.

"I'm a little tired, I'm going back to my room to rest."

Qingze walked to his room and lay down on the recliner by the window.

The sound of rain outside the window suddenly became torrential. Large raindrops pounded against the glass, making a crackling sound, and formed winding streaks of water, blurring the view outside the window.

Occasionally, a pale flash of lightning tears through the night sky, like a giant axe cleaving the inky blackness of the night, instantly illuminating the dark forest in the distance.

He swayed slightly in the recliner, silently watching the heavy rain outside the window.

Ran Mouri stood at the door, somewhat worried about his condition.

Similar places, similar scenes, similar times—even though the past has been forgotten, the grief and pain of losing loved ones will not disappear.

Conan stood to the side, watching Ran hesitate in front of Aozawa's door, his mood as heavy as the rain outside.

"Sister Xiaolan, why don't you go and comfort Mr. Qingze? He's not in a good mood."

"Ah."

Ran Mouri knocked on the door. "Mr. Aozawa, may I come in?"

The sounds coming from inside were no different from usual.

"The door is unlocked."

Conan watched Ran walk into the room, her ahoge (cowlick) drooping slightly.

"Hattori, let's go downstairs and find out who those two people following us are."