Conan: When Shinjiu and Maolilan swap bodies

A faint blush rose on Cohen's silent and serious face.

Wow, what a bombshell confession!

Koniak is indeed a pure lover.

excited.

Vodka: Excitement +1

He wasn't warned at all; he was just excited to watch the drama unfold.

He'll go tell his older brother about Koniak's earth-shattering confession tomorrow.

Oh my, I'm looking forward to tomorrow now! He got goosebumps.

Fryward rested his chin on his hand, glancing at Vermouth, then at Cohen and Vodka.

Why are their reactions so strange?

It's just watching people show off their love, why get so excited?

Her gaze fell on Qingze's face, she looked at him carefully for a while, and then took out her phone to send a message to Cohen.

What is Koniak's girlfriend's name?

Cohen saw it, looked down, and replied to her.

Ran Mouri.

Fryward: "..."

Case solved.

She put away her phone, her expression indescribable.

Compare the Koniak I met that day to the person in front of me.

She felt disillusioned.

How could Koniak be so love-struck?!

Wait a minute... being love-struck seems even more exciting!

She licked her lips, a gleam of excitement in her eyes.

Cohen: "..."

Why is she getting so agitated?

……

I played the game until 10 p.m.

After playing the game for so long, Sonoko Suzuki felt that she had gotten much closer to Miss Chris and the others.

"Miss Chris, how do you plan to get back tomorrow?"

"Have someone pick us up tomorrow."

"Why don't you stay here a little longer?"

Vermouth smiled and declined, "No, thank you."

She wanted to stay with Xiaolan a little longer, but someone clearly wasn't willing.

"Can we take a picture with you?"

"of course can."

Sonoko took out her phone and invited Sera and the others to take a group photo.

The photo captures the four high school students with Vermouth.

Sonoko flicked her finger and sent a LINE status update.

[A pleasant day (thumbs up)]

"It's getting late, go and get some rest."

Qingze told Maoli Ran to get some rest.

Sonoko asked the housekeeper to arrange rooms for them and then took Ran Mouri upstairs.

Tonight, Xiaolan belongs to her.

—It was a long-awaited late-night chat between my best friends!

"Sera, Hondou, you should get some rest too," Ran Mouri thoughtfully reminded him.

"Mmm," Sera Masumi responded.

Her gaze swept quickly over the remaining vodka, Cohen, Fryward, and Vermouth in the living room.

She knew perfectly well that with outsiders present, it would be virtually impossible to extract any substantial information about the organization from them.

Staying here is futile.

She decisively turned around and went upstairs, intending to contact her mother and tell her about what happened that night.

Compared to Sera's astute assessment of the situation, Hondo Eisuke couldn't suppress his eagerness.

The clues to his sister's killer were within reach. He had finally gotten this opportunity to get close to someone who might be connected to the organization, so how could he give it up so easily?

Even knowing the chances were slim, he had to give it a try.

The atmosphere in the living room was relaxed because the game was over.

Hondou Eisuke put on an innocent, slightly student-like curious smile and moved closer to Vodka.

In the game, this vodka is the most active and should be relatively easy to talk to.

“Um… Mr. Vodka,” he tried to make his voice sound relaxed and natural, “do you usually work as a bodyguard or something? That sounds so cool!”

Vodka pushed up his sunglasses, glanced at the high school student, and gave a soft "hmm" in response.

He had absolutely no interest in Ran Mouri's classmate.

If it weren't for the car breaking down, they would never have been sitting together.

This lukewarm response did nothing to dampen Hondo Eisuke's enthusiasm for testing the waters.

He persisted, seemingly oblivious to the other person's perfunctory attitude, and continued to press on with a tone that held a touch of innocent inquiry:

"Wow, do you work for a professional bodyguard company? Or... something more private? Do you need to deal with very dangerous situations?"

He tried to make his question sound like a normal curiosity about the profession of "bodyguard" itself.

This time, Vodka didn't even bother with an "um," only shaking his head very slightly.

He picked up the can of soda on the table and took a sip, mentally calculating how much extra practice his older brother would get tomorrow…

I hope you'll go easy on him, brother, and don't push him too hard.

After all, he was truly forced into this situation by Koniak and Vermouth.

Vermouth's gaze fell on Hondo Eisuke.

The boy does look somewhat like Gil.

It seems that Kiel's real name is also Hondo...

She lit a cigarette, and the rising smoke obscured the dim light in her eyes.

Xiaolan is surrounded by all sorts of people...

Once Koniak's identity is exposed, Ran's situation will immediately become dangerous.

Ugh……

Hondo Eisuke asked a few more questions, but Vodka completely ignored him.

He could only turn his gaze to Cohen, who sat on the other side of the vodka, almost like a stone.

Cohen kept his head down, his eyes hidden behind sunglasses, and focused intently on adjusting his gloves, oblivious to everything around him.

Cohen is quiet and doesn't talk much, so he's not a good person to test.

Just as he was deciding whether to give it a try, Fryward spoke up, her gaze falling on Hondou Eisuke with a hint of scrutiny:

"Little friend, your curiosity is a bit too strong. High school students should go to bed early, or they won't grow tall."

Hondo Eisuke's heart tightened suddenly.

"Ah...yes. You're right. Goodnight, everyone."

He chuckled awkwardly, scratched his head, said goodbye to a few people, and walked towards the stairs, looking like a student.

After the housekeeper told them to go to the guest rooms on the second floor to rest, only the four of them remained in the living room.

Fryward lit a cigarette, sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, and said with a hint of mockery:

"Did that girl not know Koniak's identity?"

Vermouth looked up at her, her expression unreadable.

"What do you think?"

"He doesn't seem to know."

Vermouth stubbed out her cigarette, stood up, and looked down at her.

"I advise you not to do things you shouldn't do."

Fryward raised an eyebrow. "You seem to care a lot about that girl."

"She is my student."

"I'm not interested in that girl."

Seeing the excited gleam in her eyes, as if she were seeing prey, and that intense desire to conquer, Vermouth smiled, a cold and mocking smile.

"Just a friendly reminder, don't get interested in Koniak, or you'll end up in a terrible situation."

Chapter 415 How does it feel to kiss?

The snow curtain hung low outside the window, and the world was shrouded in a chaotic gray-white.

Qingze stood by the window on the third-floor corridor, watching the snow fall outside.

The snow was still falling, but it had lessened considerably, and the entire field of vision was covered with a layer of white frost.

Based on this situation, the road is unlikely to be open tomorrow.

It was getting late, and the lights were on in all the bedrooms, but no one seemed to be in the mood to sleep.

Sera Masumi gripped her phone tightly as she stood by the bedroom window, calling her mother.

"Mom, I met Chris Vineyard. She's the woman who gave you that pill."

There was a moment of deathly silence on the other end of the phone. The next second, Sera Mari's voice came through, tinged with tension and worry:

Did she recognize you?

"I am not sure."

"Tell me in detail, what's going on?"

Zhenchun took a deep breath, the cold air filling her lungs. She quickly recounted her encounter with Chris and his group, including their request for temporary lodging and the three code names they gave—Vodka, Cohen, and Flaward.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, then Sera Mary's voice was heavy with thoughtful consideration:

"Four people appearing together deep in the mountains... it's definitely not a vacation. They're definitely on a mission. If we could find out their specific target..."

"I'll try to test the waters."

"Safety first! Be extremely careful! Do not act rashly!"

After a brief pause, the mother's voice softened, and she changed the subject:

"Your classmate..."

"Xiaolan doesn't know!"

Sera Masumi almost blurted it out, interrupting her mother, her voice sounding somewhat sharp due to her urgency.

"She has absolutely no connection to that organization! She knows nothing about it!"