A Tribute to Sherlock Holmes[Comprehensive]

How things evolved to this point, no one knows.Even if it is Hiratsuka Izumi, she will only say that no matter what the outcome is, it should not have much to do with her, right?

People's thinking is uncontrollable, Hiratsuka Izumi is not a god, she can't control other people's minds, at most, she just hints little by little.When these hints accumulate into a mountain and break through the last line of defense in the heart, the deepest selfish desire in the heart will be like a released demon, cutting off reason.

Mao Lilan is of course smart, but at the moment, she may really not be able to see right from wrong.

Izumi Hiratsuka knew very well that Mao Lilan cared about the relationship between her and Kudo Shinichi, not so much a relationship, but rather an ambiguous relationship that Mao Lilan took for granted.

If some explanations must be made, even if Kudo Shinichi himself came out to clarify, I am afraid that he would not be able to explain clearly, at least, he could not give a convincing answer for Mao Lilan.Because she has witnessed too many occasions where differences can arise.

Looking at Izumi Hiratsuka's suddenly calm appearance, he began to doubt whether his thoughts were correct.But when the former opened the gate of the mansion, she was sure that she saw the panic of trying to hide something in the eyes of the former.

Yes, she must have read it right.

"Hey Quanjiang, I have something to tell you." Finally, she said this in a very formal tone.It's just that there was a slight tremor in her voice, which still revealed that she was nervous.

Naturally, Izumi Hiratsuka also treated it with a very serious expression. She stared straight into Mao Lilan's eyes, waiting for the latter's next words.

Is it a straight-to-the-top question?Or is it a side-by-side temptation?

"Izumi-chan and Shinichi...are they dating?"

After all, Mao Lilan's questioning was still weak, with a gentle tone and gentle expression, which was not at all the accusation that she should have when questioning an intervener who might take her bamboo horse.

After all, in Mao Lilan's opinion, Izumi Hiratsuka did nothing wrong.What she was dissatisfied with and resented was why those two people hid everything from her.Even if they were really in a relationship, publicly speaking, she wouldn't hold grudges...

Hmm... probably.

Her eyes flickered, and Izumi Hiratsuka saw some expectations in her eyes, and she expected that the answer to this question would be a negative word.

"Why does Ran think so?" Izumi Hiratsuka always chose not to answer the question directly, but used a rhetorical question.Her voice was still unbelievably gentle, thorough and kind.

At this time, once you fail to stabilize the definition you insist on in your heart, it is extremely easy to be substituted into the rhythm of others.What's more, Hiratsuka Izumi is a person who can control the rhythm quite well.

Mao Lilan's first reaction was not to continue to question her, but was led by Hiratsuka Izumi to miss the point, and began to search for evidence in her memory that would allow her to draw such a conclusion.

She thought for a while, and replied: "I feel that since Xinyi got involved in that tricky case, and then Izumi came back, and after that, the connection between you seems to be something I don't understand at all. You guys In the same world, I..."

Just shut out of this world.

Mao Lilan didn't say the last half of the sentence.While speaking, she became inexplicably depressed.Lost, unwilling, and even closer and jealous towards the enigmatic relationship between Izumi Hiratsuka and Shinichi Kudo.

Izumi Hiratsuka broke Mao Lilan's silence: "No, Kudo-kun and I are not dating."

This negative answer is undoubtedly the seed of hope, and the dimness in Mao Lilan's eyes seems to have receded a lot because of this answer.But thinking about what she really knew, about the ambiguous relationship between the two, even if it was not a relationship, it was not a simple and pure relationship.

Looking into Hiratsuka Izumi's eyes, Mao Lilan remained silent for a few seconds.

"Does Quanjiang like Xinyi...?" In the middle part of the sentence, Mao Lilan paused for a long time, and finally she seemed to have achieved some kind of awareness before she asked the whole question.

This time the question was completely different from the previous ones, and the word "like" was directly asked, rather than the question of "what do you think about Shinichi" that misses the point.

"Izumi-chan... actually likes Shinichi, right?" Mao Lilan repeated the question again.

Nervous, caring, despite trying to suppress herself, all these emotions still surged in her eyes, so that even the voice of the question could not hide the trembling at all.

But it’s fine to run to take care of Kudo Shinichi when his foot is injured, or run out late at night to meet Kudo Shinichi, and hold hands with him at the station the night before...

These scenes are all like spikes, stalking Mao Lilan's chest.She plucked up the courage to fix Hiratsuka Izumi's eyes with a firm gaze, but the other's eyes, which were as clear as two clear springs, were only the epitome of her own slight gaffe.

Why is she still so indifferent?Maorilan didn't understand.

Being stared at like this, Mao Lilan felt relieved. She took a deep breath, and said softly to Izumi Hiratsuka: "If Izumi-chan likes Shinichi, and Shinichi also has the same feelings for Izumi-chan , I... I will support..."

At the end of the sentence, Mao Lilan couldn't help biting her lips.She obviously didn't want to give up, so why did the bamboo horse she had been with for more than ten years suddenly stand by the other girl's side?

But she was a little convinced that Kudo Shinichi did have feelings for Izumi Hiratsuka, otherwise she would not have accepted the fact that Izumi Hiratsuka was wearing his shirt. On Christmas Eve, when she saw Izumi Hiratsuka again, she would be so desperate Chasing him out, and running to stay with Hiratsuka Izumi privately without telling her...

Isn't all of these signs that he cares too much about Izumi Hiratsuka?

Mao Lilan fell into deep thought, and she felt more and more that the logic was smooth.If it is what Kudo Shinichi wants in his heart, then her wish is very simple, as long as Kudo Shinichi feels happy, she will be satisfied.

Such feelings, as Qingmei, she can completely understand.And hiding this feeling from her, is it because you are afraid that she will be sad?

"Lan." Izumi Hiratsuka's clear voice pulled back Mao Lilan's already confused thoughts, "Do you know what you are talking about?"

Looking at Izumi Hiratsuka's eyes again, Mao Lilan saw that in the two clear pools, it was too calm and cold.The bottom of her heart also became empty, she had finished what she wanted to say, and expressed the attitude she wanted to express.

It has nothing to do with her, she has no right to limit other people's feelings, as long as everyone can be happy, what else does it matter?Whether it's Christmas Eve, or just one night, or the photo dating back to the middle school period more than two years ago.

It doesn't matter...

"I...will support Quan Jiang." Mao Lilan said softly, and forced a smile. This smile looked painful, but she was still strong enough to hold on.

Support, the word is very familiar.Do you remember that Izumi Hiratsuka said something similar to her a long time ago?She asked Hiratsuka Izumi what he thought of Kudo Shinichi, but the latter turned to say that he envied their childhood sweetheart relationship.

Now, is she envious of the enigmatic relationship between Izumi Hiratsuka and Shinichi Kudo?It seems that it is only the two of them in the world, and she will never touch Mao Lilan.

Mao Lilan didn't understand why the person who talked about envy at the beginning became the person who occupied that enviable position.

She was about to leave quickly, almost unable to hold on anymore.

"This... please Izumi-chan, give it back to Shinichi." After finishing speaking, Mao Lilan took out the photo from his backpack and handed it to Izumi Hiratsuka, "Then I'll be leaving first, excuse me. "

Of course, Izumi Hiratsuka recognized the photo, it was the last gift she left for Kudo Shinichi, why did it end up in Mao Lilan's hands?This question is not the focus right now, the answer can be confronted directly with Kudo Shinichi himself afterwards.

After Hiratsuka Izumi's eyes paused on the photo for a second, she turned to Mao Lilan's back and raised her voice: "Lan."

After calling the other party's name, Mao Lilan didn't stop.

Izumi Hiratsuka didn't catch up either, but still stood where he was, and asked in a calm voice, "Are you handing Kudo-kun to me as if you were passing something? Just like stuffing this photo?"

This time Maury Lang stopped.She turned around, her eyes seemed clouded.Her eyebrows were bent, as if facing something incomprehensible.

"I didn't think that way!" She defended, "For me, the new pair for me..." At the end of the argument, it became hemmed and hawed again.

"Then what do you mean by doing this?" Hiratsuka Izumi's tone was actually very gentle, without any sense of condemnation.She shook the photo in her hand, "Do you think that as Kudo-kun's childhood sweetheart, you can easily arrange everything for him?"

"I didn't think so!"

"You... really don't think so?" Izumi Hiratsuka also raised her eyebrows, she closed her eyes and concentrated, and then said again, "In your heart, you are Kudo-kun's green plum, the first entrant, over and over again Ask me what kind of relationship I have with Kudo-kun, what I think about him, and whether I like him again... Are you approving me as a superior?"

A series of words made Mao Lilan speechless for a while, and Izumi Hiratsuka spoke in a hurry, and at the end of the sentence, there was a sound of panting.

"Quanjiang! Stop talking!"

Mao Lilan's interruption did not stop the last sentence, Hiratsuka Izumi approached her step by step: "Still, are you...are you pitying me——"

The timbre faded, and the trembling tail ended in a loud slap.

There was a dull pain in the palm, and Mao Lilan looked at her palm in disbelief, and then looked up at the girl in front of her.The slender girl stood where she was, with an outrageously standard posture.It's just that there is a clear red mark on her fair left face.

"Sorry Izumi...I...I..."

The momentary miss made Mao Lilan not know what to say, and her emotions rushed to her head. She couldn't even remember how she raised her palm at that moment and slapped the girl who walked in front of her.

Izumi Hiratsuka was also calm, but the fixed tenderness that was still on her face just a moment ago disappeared completely.She chuckled lightly, and the expression in her eyes was as cold as ice.

The author has something to say: woo woo woo This chapter has been revised countless times, and it always feels wrong qwq, so this is the final version

I think it is inevitable that Xiaolan will come to this point. It's not that she is unreasonable, but that everything that happened before was paved by Quanmei step by step, but Yuanzi's gossip became the last straw.

Don't say that Yuanzi is not good w she is just pushing the plot, and in her eyes it is about Xiaolan and Xinyi together. 【desire to survive

After all, from Xiaolan's point of view, she was kept in the dark, just like I wrote in the text, why should she hide that kind of relationship from her (actually there is no relationship but she thinks it is a concealment), she thinks Quanmei Betrayed her, and she didn't understand what Shinichi did (although Shinichi didn't do anything)

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

He turned his face with Lan, and it should have passed this node, and he should be able to draw a clearer line [well, probably