“Cheng ge, goodbye!”
Maoli Lan’s pretty face was full of bright smiles.
She stood prettily at the entrance of the stairs of the Mauri Detective Agency.
As the sky darkened, Maoli Lan’s curvy and shapely white legs were particularly eye-catching.
She had her hands clasped behind her back, her upper body slightly leaning forward, her beautiful eyes looking at Qiu Yue Cheng with a hint of reluctance.
“I had a lot of fun today.”
Although Qiu Yue Cheng had initially refused her invitation to the Dorobiga amusement park today, which made her a little depressed.
And there was even a shocking murder case in the middle of the day.
However, she still saw Qiu Yue Cheng who rushed over.
And she felt his warm embrace at her most frightened moment.
Because of the peak-end rule, Maoli Lan felt particularly happy today.
Looking at the girl’s pure smile.
Qiu Yue Cheng was stunned for a moment, feeling as if his demonic heart was being cleansed.
No, I need to go back to Fei Yingli tonight.
To properly restore my evil nature.
Patting Maoli Lan’s head, Qiu Yue Cheng smiled.
“Go upstairs, Mauri-dake probably is waiting for dinner.”
Back on the second floor, Maoli Lan found that the living room was covered in cigarette butts and empty beer cans again.
Her old man, Mauri Kogoro, was again holding a can of beer, looking drunk.
Because her mood was good today, she didn’t get angry as usual.
Maoli Lan just shook her head helplessly and sighed.
“Dad, you’re drinking so much alcohol again, and you’ve made the whole place a mess.”
She simply swept the floor, cleaned it up, and washed her hands.
With a smile on her face, she hummed a song softly and walked into the kitchen.
To prepare dinner for Mauri Kogoro.
“Huh?” Mauri Kogoro opened his drunken eyes and mumbled in a half-drunk, half-awake state.
“Lan didn’t get mad today? She must have gone out to play with that kid Qiu Yue again?”
Not long after.
Maoli Lan rushed out of the kitchen again.
“Dad, I’ve prepared dinner for you, I have to go to Mom’s for a bit.”
As she was cooking, she suddenly remembered.
That when she went to Fei Yingli’s house last month.
She accidentally spilled soup and stained her summer school uniform.
Fei Yingli said at the time that she would wash it and dry it before she came to pick it up.
However, the weather had turned cold recently, and Maoli Lan had changed into her autumn and winter school uniform.
For a while, she forgot.
“Mom should be off work and coming home soon, right?”
Taking advantage of the fact that it wasn’t late and it was still early, Maoli Lan decided to go there first.
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After sending Maoli Lan home, Qiu Yue Cheng didn’t go back to Fei Yingli’s.
Because he remembered that it seemed like after Kudo Shinichi shrank.
He couldn’t even get into his own house.
Later, he found Dr. Agasa, and the two of them discussed it.
Kudo Shinichi then took the alias of Edogawa Conan, and Dr. Agasa let Conan stay at Maoli Lan’s house.
Maoli Lan had a gentle personality and didn’t know how to refuse.
Dr. Agasa asked her to take care of Conan, and Maoli Lan would probably agree.
Qiu Yue Cheng naturally didn’t plan to let Conan and Maoli Lan live together.
So after he sent Suzuki Sonoko and Maoli Lan home.
He told his demonic servant to continue driving him to Dr. Agasa’s house.
At Dr. Agasa’s house.
Although he didn’t drink as much as Mauri Kogoro.
But Dr. Agasa, who had a red face, was now dumbfounded.
He rubbed his face, “You said you’re Shinichi!?”
The next product launch of the 籏本财团 company was today.
It was a collaboration with Dr. Agasa, who provided the technology.
He also attended the company’s top management banquet held by 籏本豪藏.
He knew that Qiu Yue Cheng and Dr. Agasa were acquaintances.
Therefore, at the banquet, 籏本豪藏 was very polite and enthusiastic to Dr. Agasa.
Plus, with the new product launched and selling well, Dr. Agasa would have the chance to get a lot of dividends.
So Dr. Agasa had a few more drinks.
Then when he got home, he found a small child wearing oversized clothes standing in front of him, saying he was Kudo Shinichi.
Dr. Agasa almost thought he had drunk too much.
He washed his face and sobered up a bit, and then Dr. Agasa heard Kudo Shinichi reveal a lot of secrets about him.
He even knew that he had a black mole on his butt.
And he also demonstrated his deduction skills.
Dr. Agasa finally believed him.
“Please, doctor, help me make a drug to restore me to my original state!”
Dr. Agasa shook his head, “You can’t force this, and besides, we don’t even know the ingredients of the drug.”
“In that case, if we find those guys, we should be able to get the drug, right?”
“Well, it’s not impossible.” Dr. Agasa nodded after some thought, although he was more into engineering.
But he still knew many scientists in the field of pharmaceuticals.
“So, before you recover, this is a secret, you can’t tell anyone.
If the men in black who drugged you know you’re still alive, they might come after you.
Just to be safe, you can’t stay at home.
Didn’t Lan’s dad open a detective agency?
He usually takes on cases and comes into contact with people from all walks of life.
You stay at her place, maybe you’ll have a chance to get some information about the men in black who drugged you.”
Dr. Agasa advised Kudo Shinichi.
“Hmm?” Kudo Shinichi’s eyes lit up.
Apart from those like him who often help the police solve cases.
Most detectives do come into contact with people from all walks of life through their cases.
Following Mauri-dake would be easier for him to get information than going by himself.
“And if I stay at Lan’s place, maybe I can find out her likes.
When I recover, I might have a chance to chase after Lan.” Kudo Shinichi was tempted by this decision.
“That’s probably not going to happen.”
A third voice suddenly came from the room.
This startled Dr. Agasa and Kudo Shinichi.
They discovered that Qiu Yue Cheng had arrived at some point.
Dr. Agasa was relieved, “Oh, it’s Qiu Yue.”
Kudo Shinichi panicked and started to act like a kid, “Oh my gosh…”
“Alright, stop pretending, I heard most of what you guys were saying.” Qiu Yue Cheng shook his head helplessly.
Seeing Kudo Shinichi trying hard to act cute, it was too much for him to handle.
“Huh?” Kudo Shinichi tugged at the corner of his mouth, “You could have said so earlier.”
After all, they had known each other for seven or eight years, and Kudo Shinichi wasn’t worried about Qiu Yue Cheng knowing his secret.
“I’m saying, Qiu Yue, you don’t want me to stay at Lan’s place, are you jealous?” Kudo Shinichi raised his eyebrows.
Qiu Yue Cheng glanced at him, you little high schooler, who doesn’t know who?
He didn’t deny it, “Not only that, Lan has to do housework and take care of Mauri-dake besides her studies.
We can’t expect Lan to also take care of this little bear child, can we?”
As he spoke, Qiu Yue Cheng picked up the shrunken Kudo Shinichi.
“Hey hey hey, let go!”
Being lifted up like a child, Kudo Shinichi felt ashamed, feeling the deep malice of the world towards him.
Kudo Shinichi, who was casually thrown down, immediately moved away from Qiu Yue Cheng.
“I’m saying, where do I look like a bear child.”
Qiu Yue Cheng chuckled, you have no idea.
In the plot, you’re always messing things up.
He suddenly slapped Kudo Shinichi’s head.
“If you hadn’t gone off to chase those two men in black, would you have turned into this?”
“…” Kudo Shinichi covered his head in pain.
But he was speechless, it was indeed his own fault for messing things up.
Seeing that Kudo Shinichi had given up on staying at Maoli Lan’s place.
Qiu Yue Cheng said again, “Since you can’t appear as Kudo Shinichi anymore, how about I give you a name, Edogawa Conan.”
“No… hmm?” Kudo Shinichi originally thought that Qiu Yue Cheng would give him a name with an evil sense of humor.
But he found Edogawa Conan to be quite fitting.
“Cough, this name does sound pretty good, but where will I live?”
“Of course you’ll live at Dr. Agasa’s house.” Qiu Yue Cheng had no intention of letting Kudo Shinichi run away to find his parents in America.
Of course, Kudo Shinichi, after being beaten, didn’t have any intention of running away either, and didn’t plan to run away.
“Stay at my house?” Dr. Agasa was stunned.
Qiu Yue Cheng replied, “Yeah, Dr. Agasa, you seem to eat takeout every day, right?
Look at you now, you’re looking haggard and old.
Having a little kid around will bring back some youthful vitality.
Let Conan prepare food for you every day, eat healthily, consider it his rent.”
Qiu Yue Cheng initially thought that Dr. Agasa was quite old, but he was only fifty-two years old.
“…” Conan was speechless for a moment.
Can you be a little more humane, he’s a child now, and he has to be the chef for Dr. Agasa’s family?
“That makes sense!” Dr. Agasa thought of 籏本豪藏 who had invited him to the banquet today.
He heard that he was seventy-two years old, twenty years older than himself, but they looked like they were from the same generation.
Dr. Agasa turned to Conan and said solemnly.
“Shinichi, no, Conan, you can stay here for now, of course, I’ll still prepare the food myself.”