Stay away from Conan.

"Ah... this... no..."

A few days later, in the Maori Detective Agency, Xiaolan was calling her mother, Eri Kisaki, with the phone of the agency. Seeing Maori Kogoro drunk on the sofa, Xiaolan said to Eri Kisaki with great worry:

"Dad went to that family's house to investigate alone, but he found nothing after searching for a whole day, so he came back exhausted. And now, because the commission was not handled smoothly, Dad drank a lot of alcohol, and ended up sleeping on the sofa after getting drunk..."

"Really? There was an incident involving drinking. You wouldn't reject a case like this!"

After listening to Xiaolan's answer, Kisaki Eri on the other end of the phone couldn't help but say this to Mouri Kogoro with great disappointment.

"But……"

Speaking of this, Xiaolan felt extremely helpless:

"Actually... before going to that house, Dad had a feast with the neighbors and borrowed a lot of money... including the ones on credit, he had already spent three million..."

"What! He hasn't even received the commission yet, but he's already borrowed money and spent three million! What on earth is this man doing!"

Hearing this, Hibiki was extremely disappointed and said to Xiaolan:

"There's really nothing I can do! I'll help him pay back the money first..."

It was also very helpless. Eri Kisaki thought about helping Kogoro Mori solve these troubles first.

"But... that is... also, in order to make back the money, Dad went back to betting on horses and car races... and the result was..."

"What! He lost another five million! Where did he borrow the money from?"

After Xiaolan said that Maori Kogoro had lost 5 million in the horse racing and racing tracks, Kisaki Eri stood up in shock and said to Xiaolan:

"Anyway, forget about all that and get rid of this man! You and Conan should come to me... More than 8 million is not a small amount! I can't even come up with such a large sum of money all at once. If he borrows 'Usury', I'm afraid you will be in a lot of trouble!"

In this way, Kisaki Eri was very worried about the situation of Xiaolan and the others, so she asked Xiaolan to come and live with her as soon as possible.

"But, but..."

Facing what Kisaki Eri said, Xiaolan looked at Maori Kogoro who was collapsed on the sofa with a little worry, and then said to Kisaki Eri on the other end of the phone:

"Dad is talking in his sleep...

"'Eri... help me, Eri...'

"Like this... Hello? Mom, are you listening?"

In this way, Xiaolan looked at Maori Kogoro who was sleeping soundly, and said this to Kisaki Eri against her will. As a result, Kisaki Eri on the other end of the phone did not respond. Instead, after waiting for a while, Kisaki Eri replied:

"I see. I'll be there right now. Wait for me."

……

At the same time, while this was happening in the Mori Detective Agency, on the other side, in the Akechi residence—

The arrival of an uninvited guest surprised Gao Yuan a little.

——"Hi! Xiao Gaoyuan, long time no see!"

Kudo Yukiko returned to Japan at some point and came to the Akechi residence to visit Takato and the others.

"Sister Yukiko? Long time no see!"

Gao Yuan was indeed a little surprised when Kudo Yukiko came to visit him, but he had already noticed her arrival before she rang the doorbell - after all, someone had entered Kudo's house not long ago, and this matter could not be hidden from Gao Yuan, who had set up some arrangements for Kudo's house.

Therefore, when Gao Yuan realized that Kudo Yukiko was coming to visit, he naturally made preparations to welcome Kudo Yukiko's arrival.

In response, after seeing Gao Yuan, Ms. Kudo Yukiko greeted him warmly, then looked around and asked:

"By the way, where's Xiao Ai who lives in your house? Is she home too?"

"Here I am."

Gao Yuan was a little surprised. Could it be that the other party wanted to find Xiao Ai for something? So he asked:

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong, Sister Yukiko?"

In response, Kudo Yukiko just smiled and said:

"It's nothing, actually! It just so happened that Ava recently said she had something to give to Ai, so she asked me to deliver it. She seemed to miss Ai very much, as she looks a lot like her!"

"Ava?"

In the previous cruise ship incident, was she the famous child star Ava Porter, who was identified by the organization’s researcher “Blackbeard” as the host of the virus being studied?

By the way, there has been no news of Ava Porter, who went to the United States and was entrusted to the care of Kudo Yukiko, for a long time.

Therefore, Gao Yuan, who had heard the relevant news from Kudo Yukiko, could not help but ask:

"How is she doing lately?"

"Very good... But it's also very hard. In addition to studying, I also have to prepare for the filming of various new dramas. I basically don't have any free time. However, she doesn't seem to think there is anything wrong with this kind of life."

As Kudo Yukiko said this, she couldn't help but say with a little envy:

"I really envy her drive. If I had continued to persevere and not retired so quickly, would I have become more famous?"

In this way, Kudo Yukiko sighed a little, and then said:

"By the way! Do you have anything interesting to tell me about what's going on with Shin-chan recently?"

In this way, Kudo Yukiko changed the topic very quickly and talked about several things in a short period of time, which made Gao Yuan a little overwhelmed.

Therefore, Gao Yuan had no choice but to invite Kudo Yukiko into the house to entertain her, and asked Xiao Ai to come out to receive the things that Ava Porter wanted to give to Xiao Ai that Kudo Yukiko brought. Xiao Ai was not surprised at all about this, and just said:

"I didn't expect it was sent by someone else."

Gao Yuan was a little surprised by this and asked:

"Did you know this in advance?"

"Yeah... After all, I still keep in touch with her occasionally."

Xiao Ai said as a matter of course, and then in response to the gift sent by Kudo Yukiko, Xiao Ai also said:

"These are some highlights from her recent new drama. It seems that her new looks look very similar to mine, so she sent them to me to take a look."

So, after Xiao Ai finished saying this, Kudo Yukiko also finished the matter, chatted a few words casually, and then changed the topic and said:

“Speaking of which, there is one more thing…Originally, someone asked Yusaku to do something, but he was busy and couldn’t leave, so he asked me to go there. It seems that the head of a family was threatened, and they wanted Yusaku to see if he could find out who the threat was…

"Something like this."

Then, Kudo Yukiko got to the point and said to Gao Yuan:

"So, I thought about it and I'd like to ask you for your opinion. Or you can come with me..."

"Hmm... who is the threat? The butler, right?"

Gao Yuan said this out of the blue, as if thinking about something... (End of this chapter)