Not too many out of four

It has been a month since I discussed with Mo Lilan last time that Edogawa Conan is actually Kudo Shinichi, but because of some special reasons, his body became smaller, and he couldn't confess that he knew them.

During this period, Li Jia has noticed Edogawa Conan's performance in front of her. Both the tone of speech and the way of thinking are very mature, which can almost be called a miniature version of Kudo Shinichi.

A young detective who is passionate about cases and has a strong curiosity.

Although it is always explained as the knowledge seen on TV or the technology learned from my parents in Hawaii, there are still many things worth thinking about.

Among them, the thing that Li Jia didn't understand the most was that if Edogawa Conan was really Kudo Shinichi, would Aunt Kiko and the others know about it, and would Dr. Ali know about it.

The Kudo couple, who stayed abroad for several months and only returned to China once, not only did not ask about the whereabouts of Kudo Shinichi, but even showed an extraordinary enthusiasm for Edogawa Conan.

Yukiko Kudo once said that it was because Conan-kun looked a lot like Shinichi when she was young, so she couldn't help but love her.

There is no flaw in the reasons and expressions of the explanation, but Li Jia cannot deny the possibility that there is the possibility that Mao Lilan said, because Kudo Shinichi was involved in some troublesome big case, he asked Dr. A Li to prepare a special medicine for him. After taking it down, she became smaller, changed her name and surname, and stayed by their side.

There must be some reason why he couldn't tell them the truth.

Mao Lilan decided not to ask anything, and silently waited for Kudo Shinichi to think the time was right before telling her the truth.

When she made this decision, her expression was so gentle and forbearing that she was almost restrained, so Li Jia had no choice but to stay by her side in silence, and accompany her through the sad moment of making this difficult decision.

"Don't say anything for better protection?" Li Jia looked down at the strawberry box in her hand. There were only four or five delicate and plump strawberries under the exquisite overpacking, but the price was frighteningly high.

Whether it was Nakahara Chuya who rescued her in the amusement park or Nakahara Chuya who rescued her in the fire scene, she has never seen them again during this time, as if they had never met before, silently and quietly disappeared in her life .

The only leather jacket that can be used as a bond has been returned to Nakahara Chuya. He comes and goes like the wind like a real fairy and cat demon. The intersection and bond in their lives are only those few occasional encounters.

Zhong Yuanzhong will no longer appear in front of her, and Li Jia will not understand where his understanding of her comes from. She can only continue to live with doubts and puzzles.

Mori Kogoro's investigation of Chuya Nakahara did not go smoothly. He did not find out the true identity and origin of the boy, but he found an encounter that Li Jia didn't know about.

On the night when Kidd and Maoyan stared at Princess Diana's crown at the same time, Nakahara Nakaya was responsible for sending her home, accompanied by an orange cat with a ribbon around its neck.

This was something Li Jia didn't know, she only thought that she was stupefied and sleepy that night when she got home and fell asleep, so she lay on the bed without changing the clothes she went out, and there were no slippers for her beside the bed.

Unexpectedly, Zhongyuan Zhong also sent her back, and the little orange cat who went out with her came back with them.

Just like Li Jia's inexplicable thoughts at the beginning, Zhong Yuanzhong also knows her affairs very well. He may live by her side to protect her, but he will not come out to see her at will.

If her life was peaceful and calm, he would never appear in front of her, just like the mysterious goblins in the legends of guardian spirits that she heard about when she was a child.

Mori Kogoro was going to refund her commission because she didn't complete the commission, but Li Jia felt that it was not in vain to wait so long to know that they had another encounter that she didn't know about. She only accepted half of the commission, The remaining half is the money that Uncle Maori ran back and forth for two months to collect news from Zhongyuan Chuya for her.

It is very powerful to be able to catch the trace of the goblin.

She didn't expect to get much information at first, but she didn't expect Uncle Mao Li to find out.

"Did Li Jia say something just now?" The pointed words seemed to be addressed to him, Edogawa Conan pretended to be a child with a guilty conscience.

Li Jia shook her head and said softly, "It's nothing, I'm just talking to myself."

She didn't mean to scare Edogawa Conan by saying this, but she suddenly thought of Nakahara Chuya.

Maybe he, like his brother, didn't tell her because there was something difficult to say.

"Conan-kun, do you want to eat anything else?" Li Jia lowered his head and put the strawberries in the shopping basket, and asked, "You can eat whatever you want, after all, it is a birthday party that only happens once a year."

Edogawa Conan was naturally happy that she didn't mention that matter, and changed the subject: "I can eat anything, I'm not picky."

The young boy watched Li Jia enthusiastically picking things that he was reluctant to buy and put them into the shopping basket, he hesitated to say: "Why is Li Jia more concerned about the birthdays of Zhongye cats than her own?"

She didn't even think of buying such an expensive fruit for her own birthday.

Li Jia blinked, tilted her head and asked, "How did Mr. Conan know that I didn't buy these for my birthday?"

Edogawa Conan hurriedly explained: "Yes, it was Brother Shinichi who said that Li Jia was reluctant to spend money on himself even on his birthday, and almost forgot his birthday."

"Really?" Li Jia rested her chin and thought about it seriously. She only remembered that Aunt Yukiko and Uncle Kudo came back to live for a while in June last year. On her birthday, she was taken out to go shopping by Aunt Ukiko, and she went out for almost a whole day before returning home.

When opening the door, Aunt Youxizi pretended to forget to bring the key, and asked her to walk in front to welcome the paper firecrackers and birthday wishes at the moment of opening the door.

"Probably so." She bent her brows, and a smile filled her eyes.

"Today is the cat's birthday, I plan to invite the doctor, Yajun, and Aijun to the party," Li Jia counted with her fingers, and said: "Miss Lan and Miss Yuanzi, please ask Conan Jun to help me ask if they are interested. .”

Dr. Ali's invention has helped her and the cats in Zhongye a lot, and she is not stingy with taking care of them. Naturally, the invitation to the doctor cannot leave the Huiyuan sisters who live in the doctor's house.

Needless to say, Conan-kun, Ms. Lan also often comes to the house, and Ms. Sonoko invited them to a resort in Okinawa last time, and asked them whether they wanted to come or not.

The birthdays of cats and cats are not like her and her brother's birthdays. They need to be restricted to family members and can be regarded as a party among friends.

If May hadn't been in touch with the Zhongye cats, she was worried that inviting people she didn't know would make them afraid of strangers, so Li Jia wanted to invite her to come with them.

They are also about to graduate from Teiko High School, and there is not much time left to spend together. After graduation, they will all go to their respective high schools and it will not be as easy as it is now to get together.

Edogawa Conan nodded obediently and said, "I see."

The birthday party of the cats in Zhongye is tomorrow. Although there is a bit of a rush in time, Donglijia has already prepared a lot, and everything is ready when I go back tonight to decorate the ribbons.

She has been looking forward to this day for a long time, and after her birthday, she will make appointments for medical examinations and surgeries for the cats.

……

It suddenly snowed outside the supermarket, and people who didn't want their clothes wet by the snow slowly poured into the supermarket.

Li Jia checked out and picked up the shopping bag, looked around but didn't see Conan Edogawa, tentatively shouted: "Conan-kun, where are you?"

Edogawa Conan, who was knocked off his glasses by the sudden influx of people, raised his head and shouted, "I'm here."

The young boy was submerged at the foot of the crowd, Li Jia couldn't see him anyway, only saw more and more people coming in from the supermarket, so he had no choice but to say: "Conan-kun, I'll wait for you outside."

The sudden influx of people from the supermarket was so crowded that Lijia couldn't even stand up. She came to the largest supermarket in Mihua Town today to buy everything. She didn't want to see as many people coming in at this time as the special sale.

Li Jia hadn't tried to grab specials during the sale time, so naturally she couldn't stand such a crowd.

She struggled to squeeze out of the supermarket door, and just as she stood firmly on her feet, she hadn't even caught her breath when her shoulders were suddenly pulled violently and clasped, and an iron-cold hard object hit her head, causing Lijia to gasp in pain.

Officer Sato and Officer Takagi, who were chasing them head-on, suddenly changed their expressions.

"Don't come here!" The prisoner who held her hostage shouted loudly, "If you dare to come here, I will kill her!"

The companion next to him was carrying a large bag of jewelry, pointing a gun at the chasing policeman, and shouted: "Give me the car keys, hurry up! Or I'll shoot her in the head!"

Only then did Li Jia understand what happened. She was taken hostage by jewelry robbers.

The surrounding crowd shrieked in horror and retreated to the side. Edogawa Conan, who managed to squeeze out, saw the scene where his sister was held hostage, "Li Jia!"

"Hurry up, why are you still hesitating!" The robber turned his gun towards the crowd and shouted rudely: "Give me the car keys, or I will shoot!"

Miwako Sato took out the car keys from her pocket, and was about to walk over slowly, but was stopped by the robber: "Throw the car keys from the ground."

Her tense expression changed slightly, she gritted her teeth to accept the robber's conditions, squatted down and swiped the car keys across the ground.

Fear and fear shrouded her heart, and Li Jia could only bite her lower lip tightly, restraining her voice of calling for help.

But the tears born of fear cannot be controlled by people. When Li Jia was dragged into the car by the robbers, she still couldn't help crying and shouting: "Brother!"

"Lijia!!!" Edogawa Conan ran after the car with an ugly face, and the ostentatious red FD ran rampant on the road and disappeared in front of his eyes.

The vigorous running and chasing the sports car made him sweat in the cold winter. He propped up his knees and gasped for breath, then turned and ran back to Erchome on the way home.

"Conan-kun?!" There was no time to pay attention to the shouts of Officer Sato and the others behind him.

He remembered that Lijia was wearing a tracking necklace, which was invented by the doctor who had the same transmitter as the tracking glasses. His glasses had just been knocked off in the crowd and fell to the ground and ran out of battery, but he knew that the doctor must have a spare Glasses.

……

Her hands were wrapped and tied behind her back with tape, and her mouth was also taped to prevent her from making any noise. Li Jia shrank her body and hid in a corner in fear, tears falling uncontrollably.

After tying her up firmly, the robber didn't pay attention to her actions, and stepped straight over to the co-pilot from the back seat of the moving car, leaving her alone in the back seat.

They seem to be driving on a rampage without any purpose. To avoid them, normal cars on the road can only turn the steering wheel or step on the emergency brake. ACCIDENT.

Seeing that the road behind them was completely blocked and it was impossible for the police to catch up, the robbers laughed and turned the steering wheel and drove the car onto the highway.

I don't know the destination of the robbers, but if they continue walking, they will leave Tokyo soon.

Li Jia tilted her head and wiped her tears on her shoulders, and couldn't help but look back to see if there was a police car chasing after her.

The tape stuck her mouth so tightly that she couldn't even lick the tape off with her tongue, let alone her hands were tied behind her back, and her calves and ankles were tightly bound by the tape and she couldn't break free at all.

The robber who hijacked her seemed to be on a whim, but he didn't hold back at all when he was guarding against entanglement with her, and there was no possibility of letting her save herself.

What frightened Li Jia the most was that they did not cover her eyes.

They weren't going to cover her eyes, or even be afraid of being seen by her, which meant they had no intention of letting her go.

The robber who robbed the jewelry store would have escaped the police and left Tokyo—killed her.

Just thinking about it made her tremble with fear.

Li Jia propped up her body a little bit, looking at the highway sign left behind by the red FD, they are now heading towards Kanagawa.

Kanagawa has many coasts and many ferries. If the robbers can board the ship and leave Japan for other countries, they no longer have to be afraid of the people from the Metropolitan Police Department's Search Section [-].

That would be the best time for them to drop her, or deal with her.

Li Jia closed her eyes tightly and took deep breaths to calm down her faster and faster heartbeat. Unfortunately, she is not good at mediating her emotions, let alone the brave heart used to face this level of danger.

She is just a girl from an ordinary family.

Ordinary people who are afraid of the dead, afraid of cases and bad guys, and don't even have the ability to protect themselves.

No, it should be said that most people do not have the means to protect themselves from the threat of pistols.

Maybe today is her unlucky day, it is her retribution for not reading the morning divination and going out in the morning, today must be the worst day for Cancer, maybe she will die.

Li Jia regretted calling her brother directly when there were so many people. If her brother really had a compelling reason to hide his identity as Miss Lan said, would the call she just made bring him trouble.

It's just that she was unlucky enough to die, if her brother was also killed because she was discovered by the bad guys, she would have no face to see her mother and brother in the underground.

Why can't she be bolder?Why can't you be as powerful as Miss Lan?

Li Jia tried her best to hold back the tears that she wanted to shed again, suppressing the fear of death in her heart, but at this time——

The car stopped suddenly.

She looked up at the scenery outside the car window in a daze, and the tall warehouses built side by side and the whine of the ship seemed to tell her everything.

They are now at a pier in Kanagawa.

"Get down for me." The robber roughly pulled her arm and pulled it out. The arm tied behind her was pulled painfully, but she didn't dare to struggle or resist the two robbers who were much taller than her in front of her.

The door of the warehouse was tightly closed, and Li Jia was pushed into a corner to stay there. The robbers took out firewood and lit it in an open place, and they pulled off the mask on their heads with great relief.

"Hey, what should the little girl do?" The robber's companion couldn't help laughing as he counted the jewels in the bag, his eyes fell on Li Jia and his brows were deeply frowned, "When I bought the ticket, I didn't think it would cost more than that." Take a little girl away."

"There's no need to take her along," the robber pulled the corners of his mouth and pulled the long scars at the corners of his eyes, showing a ferocious and ferocious smile: "When the boat arrives, just tie it to a stone and throw it into the sea."

Li Jia's face turned pale in an instant, and she rubbed her legs step by step and moved back until her back was tightly against the warehouse wall.

The bad idea had come true, and the robbers were not afraid of her seeing their faces, which meant they had no intention of saving her life and returning her safely.

Maybe this time, she will really die in some unknown sea area in Kanagawa.