Stay away from Conan.

With the encouragement of Teacher Judy, Yuanzi beside her also said confidently:

"Don't bother with that little brat! Look at me, the Queen of Reasoning, and I'll solve it all for you in one go!"

  Xiaolan couldn't help but laugh at Sonoko's reaction and said:

"Yes, yes..."

So, although Xiaolan didn't feel guilty, under the persuasion of Judy and Sonoko, Xiaolan looked at Nanakawa Aya who was being forced by the manager to confess, and Xiaolan finally plucked up the courage to investigate the matter thoroughly to help Nanakawa Aya clear her suspicion.

  Just like that, after some investigation into the recent days when the reconciliations didn't match, and those messy clues, Xiaolan couldn't help but think of what Shinichi had said to him:

"The clues are the abnormalities. If a case occurs, there will definitely be something different from usual...

“The first thing is to find these places through careful observation…

"Even if it's something that everyone does and it's a small thing that happens all the time, as long as it's different from usual, it's a big problem. Let's put it this way, there's nothing new under the sun..."

——What’s different from usual?

So, recalling what Kudo Shinichi had said to her, Xiaolan looked at Xiaoxuan, who was scolded by the store manager but didn't know how to refute and could only lower her head and silently feel wronged. Xiaolan couldn't help thinking in her heart:

"Yes, only when Xiaoxuan is on duty will there be less stuff... So, when Xiaoxuan is on duty, is there any difference from other people?"

Thinking of this, Xiaolan asked Xiaoxuan what she would do differently from other store clerks when she was on duty, even if it was a small thing.

So, while trying hard to recall, before Xiao Xuan could figure out what was going on, another clerk nearby said something that seemed very different to them -

That is, the store is especially clean only when Xiao Xuan is on duty, because she will organize all the boxes of goods delivered before closing.

  This was something Xiao Xuan would do on her usual days on duty. There was nothing special about it to her, so she didn't think it was anything different from usual. But she didn't expect that this matter would appear different to other store clerks.

So, after learning the news, Xiaolan continued to stay in the store for a while thinking about this matter. Then, as the time spent in the store went by, the number of customers in the store increased, and the person who came to deliver the goods today also arrived.

Watching them deliver the goods into the store and the staff working inside, Xiaolan vaguely seemed to have thought of something, but -

Uneasy...

This kind of reasoning result really seems a bit incredible...

Therefore, Xiaolan was worried, not knowing whether she should speak out her thoughts. What if she made a fool of herself?

As time went by, the sky became completely dark, and the nervous Xiaolan didn't know what to do.

Xiao Xuan is still treated as a prisoner by the store manager, and Yuanzi and Teacher Judy...

Sonoko seemed to have no idea at all, and Teacher Judy seemed a little tired. She took off her glasses and closed her eyes to rest. Seeing that it was already nine o'clock in the evening, Xiaolan didn't know what to do.

At this moment, Xiaolan heard her cell phone ringing. She picked up the phone and saw that the caller ID was Conan's number. She seemed to have found a savior and answered the call.

"Sister Xiaolan..." "Conan!"

On the other end of the phone, before Conan could finish speaking, Xiaolan interrupted him with an excited tone, but after saying that, Xiaolan didn't know what to say -

After all, once you can't help it, everything will be exposed...

So, after calling Conan's name so excitedly, Xiaolan calmed down and asked Conan what was going on.

  Conan was obviously confused by Xiaolan's tone at the beginning, so he stopped what he wanted to say and asked Xiaolan what happened:

"Sister Xiaolan, what's wrong with you?"

So, hearing this, Xiaolan tried to calm herself down and faced Conan. She tried to talk to Conan normally as if she were talking to a child, and told Conan about what happened to Xiaoxuan today.

"Now, I have an idea, but I'm not sure..."

After giving a general account of the matter, Xiaolan concluded with this sentence.

  Conan was very pleased to hear that Xiaolan was working so hard. Conan couldn't help but comfort Xiaolan as she looked so nervous:

"If... this is what you think, Xiaolan, then just say it! I remember what Shinichi said -

  "Most detectives feel uneasy when they talk about their deductions, because there is a chance that there is something they haven't noticed somewhere, so when they finally find the target, the pleasure is twice as much as others!

"So, Sister Xiaolan, if you think your reasoning is correct, just try it yourself!"

So, Conan comforted Xiaolan in this way, and after hearing Conan's words of encouragement, Xiaolan couldn't help but gain confidence, so after hanging up the phone, Xiaolan had an idea -

In this way, Xiaolan, who was full of confidence, began to act. After shouting that the store was on fire, to everyone's surprise, they saw a person hiding on the ceiling of the toilet in the store!

And this person is the culprit who caused things to be missing from the store.

Since he was hiding on the ceiling of the toilet and wanted to come down to find something to eat, he could only sort out the goods when Xiao Xuan was on duty. This gave him a way out of the toilet. Otherwise, if other shop assistants didn't clean up, all the things would be piled up at the toilet door, making it impossible for him to sneak out at night to steal things.

Just like that, because there was someone hiding on the ceiling of the convenience store toilet, this outrageous truth led to the fact that things would only be lost on the days when Xiaoxuan was on duty. This reasoning result was unbelievable, but the current situation made people have to believe it.

In this way, Xiao Xuan's suspicion was cleared, and the thief was forced to make a living and repay the store's losses, so the store manager kept him and asked him to work in the store to pay off his debts.

After Xiaolan's own efforts, she solved the truth of the matter, which made Xiaolan and Teacher Judy look at her with new eyes.

"Ran, I never thought you could do it without Shinichi! It seems that our 'Queen of Reasoning' may become a super detective who surpasses Shinichi in the future!"

Minding her own business, Sonoko said so.

Teacher Judy also praised Xiaolan with great appreciation. So after this incident, Xiaolan and others prepared to continue to hold a party at Teacher Judy's house... (End of this chapter)