Stay away from Conan.

"Heat the feathers and let the ink dissolve...dissolve..."

Listening to Xiaolong's story, Gao Yuan couldn't help but ponder over it silently in his heart, and then thought of the word "dissolve" in the secret code that the Dragon King left for Xiaolong, which he had not been able to decipher the specific meaning of before.

I have to say, this is a story that Gao Yuan has rarely heard of.

After all, because of his profession, when Gao Yuan heard the so-called "original code", he subconsciously thought of the knowledge of classical cryptography, that is, using "permutation" and "substitution" to convert "plain text" into "cipher text", such as encryption methods such as "Caesar cipher" and "fence cipher".

As a result, what Gao Yuan didn't expect was that the focus of the "secret code" that Xiaolong mentioned was not encryption, but hiding.

This idea was completely different from what Gao Yuan had thought. No wonder he couldn't figure out what the word "dissolve" in the code meant.

And in this way, after listening to this story, Gao Yuan basically had a basic idea about the code -

"Dissolving the wallpaper on the table", the so-called "dissolving" is probably just like in the story, extracting hidden information from something that cannot be seen at first glance.

After figuring this out, Gao Yuan was no longer very interested in the code itself, because from now on it would not be possible to simply look at the code itself to decipher the answer. He would need the key thing that contained the information.

Obviously, now that he and Xiaolong and the others are outside, it is impossible for them to find the things that contain the real information left by the Dragon King.

So, considering that Conan and the others are staying in Qing's house, and he also knows the content of the code, he may be able to decipher the code faster than himself.

So, after thinking about this, Gao Yuan didn't ask any more questions, but just nodded and said to Xiaolong:

"Xiaolong, your father's words...you must remember them well!"

This was considered a reminder, but Xiaolong was a little confused for a moment and thought Gao Yuan was comforting him, so he nodded and responded with a "hmm".

Just like that, Gao Yuan drove the car that Maori Kogoro rented back to Maori Detective Agency. After letting Xiaolan and Xiaolong get off the car, he drove the car to the rental company. After returning the car according to the receipt found in the car, he prepared to go home.

However, it must be said that after driving again, Gao Yuan couldn't help but miss the time when he had a car. Traveling was much more convenient. It was just because of the previous incident that his car was scrapped and he never bought a new one.

Therefore, Gao Yuan couldn't help but wonder if it was time to buy a new car?

After all, I am not short of money now.

……

On the other side, after getting off at the Maori Detective Agency, Xiaolan took Xiaolong to her residence on the third floor. After finding a set of Conan's clothes for Xiaolong, she asked Xiaolong to take a shower and change clothes first, while she took the ingredients bought from the mall and went to the kitchen to cook dinner.

So, seeing how Xiaolan cared about him and holding the clothes of the boy named "Conan", Xiaolong couldn't help but be a little curious about the life here——

After all, because of his father, there have been many people around him taking care of him since he could remember. However, this kind of care made Xiaolong feel very distressed, as he never even had any free time.

Therefore, today when I was in the department store, I took the opportunity when my mother and the driver were not paying attention to look around, and that's how I got separated from my mother and them.

However, knowing that his mother and the others would eventually have to take a bus back, and not knowing where to find his mother, he thought of going to the parking lot to find his family's car and wait for his mother and the others to come over. As a result, he met this sister named "Xiao Lan".

Xiaolong was somewhat envious of what kind of life children of the same age and appearance as him were leading, because even his mother was strict in educating him most of the time, and it was rare for him to meet someone as gentle as Sister Xiaolan.

So, just like that, accepting the fact that he would be staying here for two days, Xiaolong went to the bathroom to take a shower calmly. However, when he came out of the shower, although he was wearing Conan's pajamas, his hair was still wet, as if it had not been dried yet.

So, maybe he is not used to drying his hair after taking a shower, so he did not dry it.

But seeing the still wet Xiaolong in front of her, Xiaolan couldn't help but smile caringly, squatted down, and continued to help Xiaolong dry his hair -

"But, they really look alike!"

In this way, looking at Xiaolong from a close distance, and seeing that he had just taken a shower and was not wearing glasses, Xiaolan at this moment looked at Xiaolan in front of her and not only felt that he was very similar to Conan, but also -

  It seems that Shinichi looked like this when he was a child, right?

So, Xiaolan smiled.

  And so, seeing Xiaolan's care for him, Xiaolong couldn't help but feel shy, his face turned red, and after struggling for a moment in his mind, he finally saw Xiaolong grab the towel in Xiaolan's hand, snatched the towel from Xiaolan's hand, and continued to wipe his hair, pretending to be calm and said:

"No need, I can do it myself."

So, seeing Xiaolong's reaction, Xiaolan couldn't help but chuckle, and felt that the current Xiaolong looked more like Shinichi back then -

Not only the appearance, but also the personality.

But this made Xiaolong even more shy. He couldn't help but put on his glasses while wiping his hair, turned around and avoided Xiaolan's sight.

So, seeing Xiaolong's reaction, Xiaolan stopped teasing him and brought him to the table after cooking the meal.

"I don't know if it suits your taste."

Knowing that Xiaolong was the son of a wealthy family, Xiaolan was a little unsure about his taste. After all, people like Yuanzi were rare.

But looking at the dishes Xiaolan made that he rarely sees, Xiaolong is very interested:

"It looks delicious. I'm going to eat!"

"Politely," Xiaolong said, and then he used a knife and fork as tableware and ate the dishes very contentedly. He praised Xiaolan's cooking skills, thought for a moment, and said to Xiaolan:

"Oh, right! Also, if my mother calls, tell her not to keep calling, because it will cause trouble for her. Just tell her that I'm fine!"

So far, Xiaolong feels very satisfied with the life here, which seems much more interesting than the usual life.

  So, seeing Xiaolong say this, Xiaolan was relieved. It seemed that the other party didn't hate this place. She replied:

"okay."

——I thought children from wealthy families would be more willful, but I didn’t expect him to be such a good child!

I really don't know if Conan is doing well over there...

But, it should go smoothly. After all, it's him...

Thinking of this, Xiaolan showed a little bit of worry and relief on her face... (End of this chapter)