Stay away from Conan.

"Oh, you don't remember?"

Seeing Hattori Heiji's reaction, Kazuha naturally didn't notice Xiaolan who was also surprised, and looked a little disappointed in front of Hattori Heiji, but then after thinking about it, Kazuha continued:

"That's right. When I was getting ready, you got impatient and said you wanted to go to Sanneng Temple to play, and then you ran out."

At this point, Kazuha seemed to be somewhat nostalgic for the scene at that time, and continued to tell Hattori Heiji naturally:

"At that time, my relatives helped me wear a kimono, tied my hair into a bun, and even put some makeup on me! Later, I ran to Sannoji Temple to look for you, but I couldn't find you anywhere, so I patted the ball a few times and went back.

"Come to think of it, I really wanted to show you what I looked like! The cherry blossoms were falling all around me, and the scenery was so beautiful!"

In this way, after Kazuha told these details, Hattori Heiji who was standing by, as well as Xiaolan and Kudo Shinichi who roughly knew the details of Hattori Heiji's so-called first love, all realized the problem -

In Hattori Heiji's impression, the first love who looked a little older than him was actually Kazuha herself!

Because of the makeup and the bun on her hair, Hattori Heiji did not recognize Kazuha, and even thought that she was older than him.

"what……"

Very surprised, Hattori Heiji looked at Kazuha's face in a daze, and then the memories of eight years ago flashed through his mind. At this moment, the face eight years ago overlapped with the person in front of him, becoming one person. Seeing this, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but be stunned.

In response to this, Kudo Shinichi and Xiaolan noticed the expression on Hattori Heiji's face after Kazuha told the story of the past. They looked at each other, smiled knowingly at the same time, and then turned to Hattori Heiji and Kazuha, looking at them with smiles on their faces, as if blessing them -

After all, as childhood sweethearts, they saw Hattori Heiji and Kazuha, and it was obvious that they had feelings for each other. Now even the so-called Hattori Heiji's first love, which Kazuha has always been worried about, is actually Kazuha herself. Such a coincidence can be said to be fate, right?

Therefore, under such circumstances, Kudo Shinichi and Xiaolan are very optimistic about the development of their relationship. Perhaps before long, they will be able to formalize their feelings to each other and take a further step!
Just like that, the ward that was originally a little noisy because of the quarrel now seemed very quiet and peaceful. In this situation, Kazuha, who was originally thinking about the past with some nostalgia, now noticed that everyone's reactions in the ward were a little strange. Then he looked around at everyone's expressions in the ward. They were all smiling, but it was obvious that Hattori Heiji's smile was different from that of the others, which made Kazuha confused for a moment -

"Eh? What's wrong with everyone? Heiji, what are you laughing at? Do you think I'm too childish?"

Because everyone's reactions came after he said those words, He Ye subconsciously thought so.

However, in response to Kazuha's question, Hattori Heiji just closed his eyes and smiled without explaining, which inevitably made Kazuha even more curious:

"Really..."

After complaining anxiously, He Ye turned to look at Xiaolan and the others and asked Xiaolan:

"Xiaolan, what are you laughing at again?"

Compared to Hattori Heiji, seeing his reaction like this, Kazuha knew that he probably wouldn't say anything even if she asked again, so it would be better to see if Xiaolan and the others would answer her.

So, after Kazuha asked this, Xiaolan smiled even more happily, and naturally replied: "Of course, it's because of Hattori's first love..."

"uh-huh!"

However, just when Xiaolan was about to tell the truth without thinking too much, Hattori Heiji simply coughed lightly, interrupted Xiaolan, and signaled with his eyes to Xiaolan not to say any more.

Therefore, after seeing that Hattori Heiji had specifically expressed this, Xiaolan had no choice but to not take the initiative to reveal the matter, wanting to see how Hattori Heiji wanted to deal with it.

But since Xiaolan had already started the conversation, Kazuha basically understood the key reason. Yesterday, she had started investigating Hattori Heiji's first love because of Ai's interest, but found nothing. But now Xiaolan, who was investigating with her, mentioned this matter again. Kazuha couldn't help but understand that the reason everyone was smiling was that Hattori Heiji had found his first love.

At this moment, He Ye was in a complicated mood. Facing Hattori Heiji, he didn't seem to think too much and asked directly and curiously:

"Hey? Heiji, have you seen your first love? Who is it? Can you tell me?"

So, seeing Kazuha asking him anxiously, Hattori Heiji's smile faded a little, and then he said, as if deliberately not looking at Kazuha well:
"I'll never tell you, idiot."

But He Ye was not angry at this answer, and just continued:
"You're so stingy. Tell me what's going on. Why are you keeping it a secret?"

"Hehe, well, I'll consider whether to tell you after a hundred or eighty years."

Hattori Heiji continued to speak casually, which made Kazuha even more curious, but she subconsciously felt that she couldn't continue to be angry as he said, so she said:

"What's your attitude? Never mind. I won't ask. I'll know it sooner or later anyway..."

Having said that, Kazuha looked at Xiaolan. Feeling a little unconvinced but not wanting to continue wasting time with Hattori Heiji in this meaningless way, Kazuha suggested to Xiaolan:

"Xiaolan, let's ignore this guy and go out for a walk together! And Kudo should come too!"

Looking at Xiaolan and Kudo Shinichi standing together, Kazuha was also looking at this pair of childhood sweethearts and said with a little envy in her heart.

But in response to such a proposal, Xiaolan looked at Kudo Shinichi, as if seeking his opinion, and then after thinking for a while, Kudo Shinichi said:

"You guys go hang out. Hattori and I have something to discuss."

After saying this, Xiaolan didn't say much, just nodded and said "hmm", then Xiaolan accepted Kazuha's invitation and went out to visit Kyoto together, and also called Sonoko to come along.

In this way, only Hattori Heiji, Kudo Shinichi, Takato and Ai are left in the ward now——

Now, as the others left, everyone who stayed here knew what was happening to Kudo Shinichi now, so after the others left, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but ask:
"Do you...recover all the way back, or is there a time limit?" (End of this chapter)