Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 634 You are obviously laughing, and you never stop! (Please give me a monthly ticket!)

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Maori Kogoro's refusal to admit his mistakes was like a fire that ignited Maori Ran's anger, making her tremble with anger.
Ran Mouri's eyes widened, and she was just about to open her mouth again to harshly rebuke her good-for-nothing father, but at this moment, Conan, who had been standing aside and silently "eating melon" like a background board, couldn't help but laughed.

This laughter, in this tense atmosphere, was like a huge rock smashing into the calm lake, instantly breaking the tense atmosphere.

Mao Lilan seemed to have triggered a switch. She turned her head and glared at Conan fiercely. Her eyes seemed to be able to spit fire in the next second. She asked loudly: "Conan! What are you laughing at?"

In Mao Lilan's heart, her disappointing father is always lecherous and can't take his eyes off beautiful women, but the high school detective who always likes to show off is definitely not a "good guy" either.

In the past, she had often seen her childhood sweetheart secretly looking under girls' skirts, and even touching girls' hands without their consent. Also, last time in the hot spring village, if her boyfriend Bai Ye hadn't stopped him in time, I'm afraid that little brat would have really barged into the women's pool without caring about anything...

Thinking of this, new and old grudges surged up in her heart like boiling water, making her angrier and angrier.

"Sister Xiaolan, I'm not laughing...really!" Conan was glared at by Mao Lilan's fierce eyes, and his heart "knocked", as if an invisible big hand grabbed his heart. He quickly covered his mouth, trying his best to suppress his smile, and looked at Mao Lilan with a pair of innocent big watery eyes, blinking pitifully, and his body shrank back unconsciously, fearing that this raging "anger" would burn him all of a sudden.

At this moment, he was regretting his decision so much that his intestines turned green. He kept blaming himself in his heart. He should have held back his laughter. Now, he had become the target of Mao Lilan's anger for no reason.

Mao Lilan's eyebrows were raised, and the anger in her chest was like a volcano about to erupt, almost bursting through her throat: "How dare you quibble! You were obviously laughing, and you never stopped!"

At this point, she paused for a moment, her eyes full of disappointment and anger, and she spoke like a string of cannonballs: "Also, do you think I forgot what happened before? Last time at the aquarium, who was the one who tiptoed and sneaked a peek under the girl's skirt? And the time we went to the hot spring resort, if Bai Ye hadn't stopped you, would you have wanted to break into the women's pool and spy on me and the female guests?"

As she spoke, she stepped closer. The powerful aura she exuded made Conan feel cold sweat on his back, as if he was being locked onto by a ferocious, ready-to-attack lioness.

Conan was frightened and waved his hands repeatedly. He took two steps back in panic. With a "bang", his back hit the corner of the table hard. The pain made his facial features wrinkled together. He couldn't help but grinned: "That, that's all a misunderstanding! I was really observing the clues at that time!"

But as he spoke, his voice became smaller and smaller, like a deflated ball, because he knew in his heart that these words of defense were as pale and unconvincing as paper in the face of Mao Lilan's burning anger.

As he was talking, he saw Maori Kogoro hiding aside as if nothing had happened, shrugging his shoulders and laughing secretly. This scene made Conan so angry that he gritted his teeth - it was all because of this unreliable uncle, who couldn't control his eyes and caused trouble everywhere. Now, he himself has nothing to do, but he, who was just watching the fun, has become a scapegoat.

"Observing clues? Observing them into other people's hands?" Mao Lilan crossed her arms, a sneer full of sarcasm on her lips, her eyes as sharp as knives, "Observing from the men's pool to the women's pool? Your way of observing clues is really unique!"

Her voice was full of sarcasm as she continued to criticize him mercilessly: "And that time in the department store, you insisted on helping someone find their lost ring, but you took the opportunity to hold their hand and wouldn't let go! On the beach, you stared at the bikini girl until your neck was almost crooked. Is this also an observation clue? Conan, do you think I'm a three-year-old child who's so easy to fool?"

She pressed forward step by step, and with every step Conan shrank back a little like a poor little thing, until his back was pressed against the corner of the table with no way to retreat.

Conan's back was pressed tightly against the corner of the table, his Adam's apple rolled up and down nervously, and a dense layer of fine beads of sweat oozed out of his forehead. He racked his brains, frantically searching for reasons that could help him get out of the predicament and justify himself, but facing Mao Lilan's aggressive questioning, those prepared excuses came to his lips, but he couldn't say them, and he just felt pale and powerless.

In his peripheral vision, Maori Kogoro was holding a teacup, his shoulders shaking as he tried to hold back his laughter, and the tea in the cup also shook with ripples of mockery. He was so angry that his ears were burning, but he didn't dare to look directly at Maori Ran's eyes, which were surging like raging waves: "That time, I was investigating a case! I was really looking for clues..."

"Enough!" Ran Mao Li suddenly reached out and grabbed the cushion on the sofa like a small erupting volcano, and smashed it with all her strength. The cushion cut through the air, making a "whoosh" sound, startling Conan so much that he instinctively hugged his head. But when the soft cushion was about to touch his head, it seemed to be gently touched by an invisible hand, suddenly changed direction, brushed the ends of his hair, and fell on the carpet with a "puff" - she finally softened her heart and held back her strength: "Every time you say you are investigating a case? Looking for clues? You always have an excuse! Do you think I'm a fool?"

Mao Lilan took a deep breath and raised her hand to gently wipe the corners of her eyes. The sunlight shone in from the gaps in the curtains, casting patches of light and shadows on her face. "You know what? I told Sonoko yesterday that although Conan is sometimes naughty, he is a good boy at heart."

Her voice was as light as a breeze, and would be ignored if one was not careful. "As a result, today..." Her voice suddenly dropped, choking with deep grievance and betrayal of trust, "I thought you were different from Dad... I didn't expect..."

Conan's heart skipped a beat as he looked at the tears in Mouri Ran's eyes. It was as if he had been punched hard. He suddenly felt like something was choking his throat and felt very uncomfortable.

At this moment, he truly realized how much harm his actions, always under the banner of "investigating the case", had caused to Xiaolan. He gritted his teeth, as if he had made a great determination, and mustered up the courage to say: "Xiao-Sister Xiaolan, I was wrong, isn't it okay? I promise I won't do it again!"

As he spoke, he raised his hands high in a pitiful gesture of surrender, looking as pitiful as possible.

"You know you're wrong, you just don't want to be scolded by me!" There was an imperceptible tremor in Ran Mao's voice. She tried hard to control her emotions and not let her tears flow, but her eyes were already slightly red. "Conan, do you know why I'm so angry? It's not because of what you did, but because you never admit your mistakes! You always make excuses and try to get away with it!" Ran Mao's words were like a sharp knife, piercing straight into Conan's heart, causing him to frown in pain. He opened his mouth, but felt as if his throat was blocked, and he couldn't make any sound. He could only watch the disappointment in Ran's eyes grow deeper and deeper like a tide.

Just when the atmosphere was so tense that it seemed about to explode, Maori Kogoro on the side finally realized that things seemed to have gotten out of hand, and hurried out like a firefighter to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, Xiaolan, don't bother with a child. Conan is still young and doesn't understand..." As he spoke, he was secretly glad in his heart that it was thanks to the little guy Conan who diverted the firepower, otherwise, he would be the one being scolded.

Well, it's decided. Since a certain little rascal protected him from disaster today, if the other party does something that shouldn't be done at the crime scene again in the future, he will use a little less strength when beating the other party!

"Dad! You're still protecting him!" Mao Lilan's eyes were filled with a thin layer of mist, and grievance and anger were surging in her eyes like a storm. "It's always like this, trying to fool around when something goes wrong!"

"And you, Dad..." Before she finished speaking, Mao Lilan turned her head abruptly, and the anger in her eyes burned towards her father, "Don't think that you can just let it go by peeping under a girl's skirt just now..."

Seeing that the anger was about to burn back on him, Maori Kogoro suddenly felt his scalp tingling. He quickly winked at Bai Ye beside him frantically, and his eyes seemed to say: "Brother Bai Ye, save me quickly, or I will be in trouble!"

Bai Ye received the signal, sighed helplessly, walked forward, stretched out his hand and gently pressed Mao Lilan's shoulders, which were as tight as stone, and gently stroked them with his fingertips through the soft sweater, and said softly: "Okay, Xiaolan. Uncle just saw someone on the street and couldn't help it. He didn't mean it. As for Conan, children don't know anything, so don't be angry with them. It's not good for your health to get angry."

As he said that, he turned to look at Maori Kogoro again, with a bit of helplessness and ridicule in his eyes, "Uncle Maori, don't do this next time, otherwise Xiaolan will really be mad at you and cry."

Given Kogoro Mouri's unreliable appearance, it's no wonder that no matter how hard Mouri Ran tried to bring them together and created all kinds of "chance encounters", she couldn't get him and Eri Kisaki to reconcile.

If he were in Kisaki Eri's position, he probably wouldn't be willing to spend the rest of his life with someone like Mouri Kogoro!
Maori Kogoro scratched his head awkwardly and forced a dry smile on his face: "Hehe, this is an occupational disease. When I see someone I don't know, I subconsciously want to look them over. Xiaolan, don't be angry. Dad will pay attention next time."

Conan also came over quickly, raised his chubby little face, and promised solemnly: "Sister Xiaolan, I really know I was wrong, please don't be angry, okay? I will pay attention in the future and won't do things that make you angry again!"

"I hope you really know you are wrong!" Mao Lilan looked at the tacit cooperation between the big and the small, one pretending to be pitiful and the other laughing, and her tense mouth finally relaxed a little. She sighed softly: "Forget it this time. But if you do this again next time, I will not forgive you!"

Since her boyfriend came up to "persuade" her with kind words, she couldn't just ignore him.

Besides, she couldn't really turn against her father and her childhood sweetheart!
I just hope that after what happened today, these two people can really curb their erratic tempers and not do things like what happened today that make people angry and annoyed.

Hearing this, Maori Kogoro decisively stood at attention, raised his right hand high above his head, and saluted in an exaggerated way: "Report to Commander Xiaolan! Maori Kogoro solemnly promises that from today on, wherever I look, there will only be clues to the case!"

Conan also promised again and again in a serious manner: "Sister Xiaolan, I promise there won't be a next time! If I do it again, you will punish me by not allowing me to eat snacks for a month!"

Mao Lilan bit her lip and tried to keep her expression straight, but looking at the three funny people in front of her - her father's silly smile, Conan's pitiful appearance, and Bai Ye's gentle and helpless eyes, the anger in her heart was unknowingly extinguished. She glared at Mao Li Kogoro and Conan and said, "You said it! If you dare to peek at girls again, your cigarettes, alcohol, and all Conan's snacks will be confiscated!"

"Yes, sir!" Kogoro Mouri and Conan looked at each other and saluted again exaggeratedly. This funny scene made Mouri Ran finally burst into tears and a bright smile appeared on her face.

Bai Ye took the opportunity to put his arm around her shoulders, gently pulled her forward, and said softly, "Okay, we're done being angry, and it's time for us to go eat. I heard there's a Sukiyaki restaurant nearby, and the beef cooked in egg liquid is the most tender and smooth."

"Sukiyaki!" Maori Kogoro instantly became energetic as if he had been injected with chicken blood. His tie was crooked and he rushed to the door like a gust of wind, shouting: "I want to eat three plates of marbled beef! Conan, let's go! Help uncle save a seat!"

"Wait for me!" Conan chased after him happily like a happy puppy.

Watching the two disappear around the corner, Mao Lilan shook her head helplessly. Bai Ye's fingers gently hooked hers and whispered in her ear: "In fact, Conan has done a good job today - if he hadn't diverted his firepower, you would have torn the pockets of my newly customized suit."

"Hmph, who wants to tear his suit..." Mao Lilan's cheeks flushed slightly, and she snorted lightly, but took the initiative to hold his hands back.

The afterglow of the setting sun was like a layer of golden gauze, gently sprinkling on the street, stretching the shadows of the two people very long...

(End of this chapter)