The man in Conan is the mastermind behind the scenes

"What?" Xiaolan was a little confused.

"Hmph, did someone say before that they would make a bet with a certain reasoning geek. As long as he wins the championship, he will go on a date with Dorobica Paradise!"

Yuanzi held her hands in front of her chest, looking forward to it, "This is my Xiaolan's initiative, I can definitely win it!" She suddenly punched hard again, "If that guy doesn't know what's good, Xiaolan, give him a good look. !”

"Oh...is this something..."

Xiaolan smiled and nodded: "I will definitely do it, Yuanzi, just wait for my good news." She picked up her pocket and shook it, "I'm going to practice first, see you Yuanzi."

"Eh?"

Yuanzi was a little dazed. She was good at teasing her besties with this matter. Xiaolan would turn into a red-faced steam girl every time. She was super cute, just like a shy snow-white cat, making people want to hold her in their arms. , a kneading meal.

But today, is there something wrong with the reaction?

Yuanzi gritted his teeth and grabbed his best friend's lapel.

"Xiaolan, what I just told you is serious. Don't get too close to that scumbag Shuiyue Yingsheng. His initiative to approach you definitely has bad intentions. No matter which face he pretends to be, he will only hurt you in the end. !”

Xiaolan looked back and smiled, "I know, thank you Yuanzi for your concern, let's go."

She stepped forward, and Yuanzi naturally took action and stood there blankly for a long time...

"You must be more vigilant, Xiaolan!"

"Yeah, got it." Xiaolan waved her hand back.

"Stay away from the scum!"

"Hiyi~~Absolutely."

"..."

At six o'clock in the evening, Xiaolan returned to Maori's house. The room was empty and dark.

She turned on the light, walked to the window sill and opened the curtains. The room became brighter, reflecting the smooth floor and neat furnishings in the house. The note was dangling on the refrigerator door.

Exactly the same as when she left in the morning.

Putting the vegetables she bought on the way home on the counter, Xiaolan went to get her apron, but she missed it. She turned around and saw that the wall was empty and the apron was not in its usual place.

Yes.

Last night, her mother came over and said she wanted to comfort her and cook the food herself.

As a result, the one who felt most uneasy was clearly my mother. She almost cut her hands when cutting carrots, and finally went out to eat.

Xiaolan looked at the sofa, and sure enough, her apron was on it.

She walked over to get her apron, but her eyes were filled with a dead TV screen. She picked up the remote control panel from the coffee table and, inexplicably, she was already sitting on the sofa.

The TV turned on and it was a prank variety show.

In the three circular windows on the upper right, three middle-aged men who looked like hosts were pointing at the contrived prank below and making exaggerated laughter.

very noisy.

Does Dad like to watch this kind of program?

Xiaolan turned off the TV and leaned on the back of the sofa. After a long time, she suddenly discovered that her beige ceiling had turned slightly yellow after many years.

She took out her phone and saw that the time was only 6:20, and there was no new message.

Open the address book and scroll through it.

I paused for a moment at the name [Kudo Shinichi], then accelerated past, and finally the cursor stopped above [Suzuki Sonoko].

Her fingertips had already touched the dial button, and the words Sonoko said to her in the afternoon seemed to echo in her ears again.

So she couldn't press it anymore.

Scum or something...

Could Suigetsu-kun really be that kind of person?

Taking the initiative to approach, with bad intentions... Shuiyue-kun must have been staying away from her all along, and it was she who was lingering on her.

Even if there is a problem, she brought it on herself.

I decided to ask directly. Anyway, he was so straightforward that it was a bit uncomfortable.

Thinking like this, Xiaolan looked through her address book and discovered that she had not left his contact information.

Where to find it?

Suigetsu-kun's relationship with everyone in the class is neither hot nor cold, and the only one who can be said to be close to him is probably Nakamichi-san.

But she didn’t have this person’s phone number either.

If you go around a little more, it's not impossible to follow the clues, but the movement will be too big.

What she did this afternoon has undoubtedly aroused Suigetsu-kun's resentment. If she adds fuel to the fire again, they may not even be friends anymore.

Huh?

Speaking of which, are they friends?

probably……

perhaps.

Xiaolan suddenly stood up, went down the stairs, went to the detective office on the second floor, turned on the light, walked behind Mouri Kogoro's desk, opened the drawer, and rummaged through the address book.

Yuanzi said it very seriously and would definitely not lie to her.

So you can't get the phone number from your classmates. You may be able to find it from this direction.

She took out her address book and opened the first page, which was the target number. Xiaolan called it on her mobile phone, but no one answered. She thought for a moment, then switched to the landline phone next to her and called. It rang three times and the call was connected.

"Hello? Are you..."

The female voice is quite cold, inexplicably like a mother's voice, but softer.

"I am Mao Lilan, the daughter of Maori Kogoro, Miss Towako. I have something to ask you." Xiaolan got straight to the point.

Opposite is Mama-san in a nightclub in Ginza, the one that Kogoro Mori often patronizes.

He was also the one who got into fights because of it.

Towako was silent for a few moments, then sighed softly, with a rather sad tone, "I'm sorry, I really didn't expect Kogoro's reaction to be so big."

Xiaolan actually didn't want to ask about this, but since the other person mentioned it, her eyes became a little complicated.

"My dad said you are a Qingke."

"Qingke...heh, Qingke...can Kogoro even tell you this?"

"I heard him when he was drunk. Miss Towako, in a profession like yours... is it possible to really clean up customers?"

"If I said that that night, that man and I just hugged each other and did nothing, would you believe it?"

Xiaolan was silent.

"Look, that's it." Towako smiled softly, but he clearly showed a bit of desolation, "Once you step into this happy place, what difference does it make between pure and dirty? The so-called perseverance is just self-deception."

“Those who are pure will themselves be cleansed.”

"Oh, do you believe this? Little girl.

I have been in the industry for so many years and have seen too many bottom lines and principles. Of course many people have these, but ah, the price given by the customer is not enough.

If you have an average appearance, if you persist, you may be able to escape unscathed.

She wouldn't be able to hold on to someone with a little bit of beauty.

Even if she can persist for a while, as long as she doesn't stay away from this environment, she will sink sooner or later.

There are too many temptations in this world. "

Xiaolan was silent for a long time and sighed softly.

"Are there no exceptions?"

"Of course there are those."

"who?"

Chapter 25 Game!

"Ah……"

Towako chuckled and said, "Little girl, why do you ask this? Does that kind of case mean anything?"

"I'm just curious." Xiao Lan said.

"Don't be curious. Curiosity is the beginning of sinking. Stay away from it. I only have this sentence."

"You misunderstood, I am not interested in it."

"Then let's talk about your father, Kogoro. He did call me first that night to make an appointment, but another customer who came to the store named me. After I refused, he said he could pay double the price, so I Went to drink with him.

I did feel dishonest about this matter, but firstly, Kogoro is usually very easygoing, and secondly, when I called him that night, he was always on the phone.

I thought he might be busy with something, so I thought of receiving him later. "

"Aren't you the boss's wife?"

"It's not a big place that can't be busy. If a guest names me, of course I will sit on the stage. Your father is like this. He is an old acquaintance."

As soon as this was mentioned, Xiaolan felt an inexplicable anger in her heart, and even the empty room was no longer an eyesore.

The night before yesterday, before her knee was completely healed, she received a call from Mu Mu Shisan. I reluctantly took a taxi to the Metropolitan Police Department and saw a decadent Mouri Kogoro sitting in the detention room. His first words were:

"Xiaolan, don't tell Yingli about this."

Xiaolan didn't even know what happened at the time and didn't respond. When Megure Thirteen told her what happened, she connected it with Mouri Kogoro's usual behavior of drinking flower wine...

I wanted to run away on the spot!

But in her heart, she still hoped that her parents would get back together. Seeing Mouri Kogoro's face full of sorrow and regret, she hesitated for a long time, softened her heart, and agreed.

As a result, a person died the next day, and the matter became a big deal. Fei Yingli still heard about it from somewhere.

Then……

Even now, recalling her mother's expression when she "comforted" her last night, Xiaolan's heart still aches!

In the end, she was the one comforting her mother.

Xiaolan took a deep breath and suppressed her emotions.

"Miss Towako, continue."

"OK."

Towako sighed softly.

"The guest and I drank together until about nine o'clock, and we were both a little tipsy. He offered to take me on stage, but I declined.

He said he wouldn't do anything, except that I looked a lot like his late wife. He wanted to take me to a beauty salon to get my hair done, and then go shopping in a commercial street. If he did anything beyond that, I could leave at any time.

I was hesitant and used Kogoro's appearance as an excuse.

He ordered two more girls in our store and asked them to entertain Kogoro after he came over.

I thought Kogoro wouldn't mind if someone was treating me, and the generosity of the guest was enough to show his sincerity, so I agreed to it.

As expected, he didn't do anything. He just treated me like a dress-up doll, giving advice on makeup, changing clothes, and trying his best to get as close to the image of his late wife as possible. When we returned to the store two hours later, I was almost a completely different person.

He asked, can you hug me? If I feel uncomfortable, I can always call someone.

So, I took him to the lounge.

About twenty minutes later, Kogoro broke in somehow and was about to take action without any explanation. Behind him was a bald middle-aged man, Yamada Okao, who died the next day. He kept holding on to Kogoro.

I tried to get Kogoro to calm down and talk properly, but another drunk customer passing by picked up an ashtray and hit Kogoro on the head.

When Kogoro saw blood on his head, he broke away from Yamada Okao and attacked the guests. The situation got out of hand and gradually developed into a melee.

Little girl, you know what happens next. "

After listening to Towako's story, Xiaolan couldn't calm down for a long time. The words Kudo Shinichi shouted at her in the morning rang in her ears again...

"This is not an accident! Xiaolan! This is a game!