Conan's self-cultivation of fake wine

Chapter 531 Taking a Stand
The two chatted for only a few words before the topic came to an abrupt end.

Lu Ren raised his head and drank the tea at the bottom of the cup, then stood up holding the empty paper cup.

If you think about it carefully, he and Toru Amuro actually have nothing in common and can't really talk to each other.

Instead of continuing to make small talk like this, it’s better to leave as soon as possible.

Amuro Toru stood up and escorted him out of the restaurant. As he was about to leave, he suddenly called out, "There have been many child abduction cases in Tokyo recently. I remember that there is a child in Mr. Mori's family."

Lu Ren turned around after hearing this and frowned: "Human trafficker?"

"It's probably a gang crime, and the perpetrators haven't been caught yet."

"Okay, thanks."

Lu Ren got in the car, and his frown never relaxed all the way home.

He doesn't care much about Conan's safety, but the same goes for Ai.

Besides, how should I put it? For protagonists like Conan and Haibara who have (unlucky) fates, when they encounter something as unlucky as human traffickers, the possibility of them being involved is extremely high.

Whether they were kidnapped by a group of blind human traffickers, or their classmates or friends were kidnapped, the clients turned to them for help.

Even more extreme - this group of human traffickers happened to be spotted by Conan while walking on the road, and then they were followed all the way to their lair and finally arrested.

This possibility also exists!
It's still too dangerous for a few kids to single-handedly deal with human traffickers.

Thinking of this, Lu Ren took out his mobile phone and edited a text message to Huihara.

[It's been a bit uneasy lately. I'll pick you up at the school gate after school.]

Huihara recovered almost instantly.

[Brother Ren, are you talking about the human traffickers? ]

[Well, you heard about it too? ]

[This morning, Officer Shiratori and Officer Chiba came to our school to talk about this incident and distributed leaflets to warn people.]

Lu Ren nodded secretly. Although this group of police officers in Tokyo lacked some ability, they still had attitude.

Of course, it is also possible that this was just an excuse that Shiratori made up to visit Teacher Kobayashi.

However, this possibility should not be very high.

It's not like we haven't confirmed our relationship yet, we need to meet from time to time to strengthen our relationship.

Last time, Lu Ren heard Yumiko from the Ministry of Transportation complain that Shiratori used to be more active than anyone else at work, but now she is more active than anyone else after get off work.

Well... not a bad thing after all.

Lu Ren then edited the text message: [Let me know when you are about to get out of school so I can pick you up.]

【Um. 】

……

The school closing time for Japanese elementary schools is a little earlier than in China.

Around four o'clock in the afternoon, if students have nothing to do, they can go home after school.

Just as Lu Ren was about to get up, he received a call from Huibara.

"Brother Ren, I'm going to be home late tonight. Teacher Xiaolin has something to ask of us."

"Cleaning?"

"No, we're looking for videotapes. Officer Shiratori and the others are here to make an announcement today, and Teacher Kobayashi plans to teach about this in tomorrow's safety class. So she's asking us to go to the warehouse and look for videotapes that can help prevent crime."

"To be more precise, she mainly asked Conan for help, right?"

"Ah."

For a student, they spend more time with their teachers than with their parents every day.

So in a sense, some teachers know a child better than even their guardians.

Kobayashi Orange happens to be such a patient, meticulous and dedicated teacher.

She discovered Conan's uniqueness a long time ago and... used him well.

Most people might not be able to save their face, thinking that as an adult, it is too embarrassing to ask a primary school student for help.

Xiaolin Chengzi had no such concerns at all! She even had a strange sense of pride.

——After asking Conan for help and he succeeds, Kobayashi Touko will be proud that she has a keen eye for talent and has fully tapped into the children's talents.

It’s hard to say whether this is a form of self-hypnosis.

But one thing is certain, Conan is really "useful".

Not long after they arrived at the warehouse, Conan found the videotape that Kobayashi Touko said she "had been looking for all afternoon" but couldn't find.

They are still staying in school now, but they are actually being held back by other things...

At six o'clock in the evening, Huibara said goodbye to her friends and got into Lu Ren's Porsche with Conan.

Lu Ren started the car and looked at the passing cars, wondering, "Did it take you so long to find a videotape?"

"No. The videotape was found in five minutes." Conan put the bag aside. "We are mainly helping Officer Chiba find the love letter."

"What?" Hearing this, Lu Ren almost stepped on the accelerator and drove the car onto the green belt. "An elementary school student wrote a love letter to Qianye?!"

"Well, if you insist, it is. But it was written by a 13th grade elementary school student to Officer Chiba. Now, that sister is about 24 or 25 years old."

"Oh." The plot suddenly became dull. Lu Ren said calmly, "I remember Qianye was also this age. So is this a love letter written to him by his first love at the time?"

"Yes." Huiyuan nodded, "But to be more precise, Officer Chiba wrote a love letter to that girl before. What we found this afternoon was the reply letter from that girl to Chiba."

Chiba is a great kid. He looks honest and harmless, but I didn't expect that he started writing love letters to others when he was in elementary school.

And judging from what Xiao Ai said, this confession actually came true.

There is a very simple truth in the relationship between men and women. That is, if the other party does not accept the confession, he/she will not waste time writing a reply letter, but will just throw the confession letter into the trash can.

And judging from the time, a reply letter took Conan nearly two hours to control. It was hidden so deeply that it was obvious that someone had put a lot of thought into it.

Lu Ren thought so in his heart, and asked casually: "What does the letter say?"

"The girl responded to Officer Chiba's feelings. However, when Officer Chiba wrote the reply letter, the girl had already transferred to another school. They never met again." Speaking of this, Huibara felt a little regretful.

For some reason, she now likes to see stories where lovers finally get married, rather than stories with a slightly sad and incomplete ending like Chiba's.

"It's okay, they will definitely meet again." Lu Ren was very sure.

As we all know, the world of science is a world where childhood sweethearts and cousins ​​fight for wholesale.

Dr. Agasa and the ginkgo leaf lady are still protecting each other after decades, looking forward to the day of reunion.

Chiba has only been here for about ten years, so it's just a piece of cake.

Conan was a little surprised and said, "Brother Ren, you are right. They will meet tonight."

"Ah? That Chiba kid is so mobile?"

Just as I found the confession letter, I'm about to ask someone out for a date?

It stands to reason that a otaku shouldn't have such efficient action. Could it be that his childhood sweetheart is a second-dimensional person?

And it has to be a two-dimensional hobby similar to his. "That's not the case. They have a reunion for their elementary school classmates tonight, and the older sister who has been absent before is also coming this time. That's why Officer Chiba came here to look for the confession letter."

"Oh. If this really works, Chiba will have to thank you very much."

Conan said unconcernedly, "Let's wait until it really happens."

"Too."

After sending Conan back to the office, Lu Ren said to Huiyuan: "Xiao Ai, you can stay at my place tonight. Tell the doctor."

"Yeah." Huiyuan took out her cell phone. After about a minute, she put it down. "No one answered the call."

"Did you call his home phone? He was probably doing an experiment and didn't hear it. Try calling him again and see."

"Ah."

Another minute passed, "Still no one answered."

"Then he might really be busy. Send him a message first and then call him back in half an hour to check."

"Ah."

After dinner, Huiyuan took out her phone and called the doctor again. The result was the same as before.

Lu Ren was stunned: "Still no one answered?"

After three consecutive phone calls failed to go through, he really felt that something was strange.

"No. I sent a text message to the doctor this afternoon, but he didn't reply."

"Does he have any plans today?"

"No."

"That's weird. Let me find out where he is." Lu Ren snapped his fingers and called Xiao You out. "Help me locate the doctor's phone."

【In the Sakao department store in Go-chome. 】

“So he went shopping.”

"Is there any promotion going on over there?"

If you are shopping, it is not surprising that you cannot hear the phone ringing in the noisy supermarket.

If the activity is intense enough, Lu Ren plans to take Xiao Ai for a walk and buy some things as a way to digest the food.

[No, that department store has closed down and is expected to be demolished next week.]

"Closed down?" Lu Ren was stunned. "Why would he go to a bankrupt department store in the middle of the night?"

[To be more precise, he did not go there at night. According to the signal, he was already in the department store around 3 o'clock this afternoon.]

Three o'clock in the afternoon...

It's already seven o'clock in the evening.

Isn't this even weirder? He was alone in an abandoned department store for four hours?
Are you playing hide and seek here?
Wait, that's not right...

This might be a disaster. Lu Ren's heart skipped a beat. He quickly asked, "Did he go to the building alone?"

[No, there were two other people who went with him. And now they are still staying in the building. One of them even walked out of the building and bought three lunch boxes nearby.]

That's bad, the doctor is most likely kidnapped.

He didn't come home at night, his phone was unreachable, and he ran to a place where there were few people. Lu Ren couldn't think of any other possibility except kidnapping.

It can't be that these three people are really playing hide-and-seek in the building, right?
For a small Gotham like Beika Town, it is not surprising that it was kidnapped.

The only thing Lu Ren was curious about was whether the group of robbers who kidnapped the doctor were the same group that Amuro Toru and the others had mentioned this morning.

If so, why did they change the target group?

Is it possible that while building a moat in the vertical field, it is also planning to expand into new blue oceans in the incremental market? Based on the core business as the value anchor, it is also planning to complete the global traffic ecosystem positioning?
In simple terms, both the elderly and children should be tied up and their hands should be held tightly, only then is it considered healthy.

Is kidnapping also so complicated now?

"Xiaoyou, the doctor has most likely been kidnapped."

[Yes, Xiaoyou thought so too. The two adult men who were traveling with the doctor both had a history of petty theft.]

"It's just a petty theft, that's fine."

If they were petty thefts, it meant they were not very brave and kidnapped people just for money. The possibility that the doctor was alive was very high.

It’s just that...the security level of the doctor’s house is a bit low.

If Haibara hadn't happened to have something to do tonight, and if Amuro Toru hadn't reminded him, which made him suddenly decide, if Haibara had gone home on time as usual, she would probably have been kidnapped as well.

Thinking of this, Lu Ren could no longer suppress his murderous intent.

Fortunately, he was still thinking that there was Shuichi Akai guarding nearby, so he didn't have to worry too much about the doctor's safety.

Now it seems like all nonsense, he still has to rely on himself.

"Xiaoyou, are these two people on the list?"

【Here I am. 】

"Control them first, I'll be there in a moment."

【OK. 】

Lu Ren snapped his fingers again, ending the conversation with Xiao You. Looking at Hui Yuan who had come to his senses, Lu Ren sighed, "The doctor has been kidnapped. Please wait here for a while. I will go and pick him up."

"Oh." Huiyuan's reaction was much calmer than Lu Ren expected. "Was it done by the organization?"

"Two thieves."

"That's okay."

"Xiao Ai, you don't seem to care about this?" Lu Ren was a little puzzled. In his impression, the two should have a good relationship. The doctor regarded Xiao Ai as his granddaughter, and Xiao Ai regarded the doctor as her grandfather.

This reaction now is not right.

"I can't say I care about him completely. He's the landlord and I'm the tenant, the one who pays rent every month. The landlord was kidnapped, so I can't say I don't care about him at all as a tenant."

From Huiyuan's point of view, she moved into the doctor's house under Lu Ren's instruction. Fortunately, the doctor was also nice to her, and they got along well before, until the moment when Lu Ren's true identity was revealed.

It's hard to say who is closest to Conan Edogawa in this world, but if you ask who knows the most secrets of Conan Edogawa, it must be the professor.

Even the identity of Edogawa Conan was forged by the doctor. The doctor was also deeply involved in every action taken by Edogawa against the organization.

That late night, when Conan questioned her and asked her why Lu Ren didn't give an explanation, Huibara had already seen through everything.

The doctor chose to remain silent that night, which actually meant he chose to stand on Conan's side.

Then there is nothing more to say.

Huiyuan actually understood that forcing the professor to take a stand was embarrassing him. But what they were doing now required a clear attitude and a firm stance, and there was no room for negligence.

"Uh. Are you unhappy living there? Why don't you move in with me?"

"No need." Huiyuan answered quickly, obviously having considered this issue a long time ago. "It's okay to come here once or twice. If you want to live here permanently, it will attract the attention of the organization. It's not good."

"Okay, then you stay here. I'll go take the doctor home and come back later."

"Well, be careful on the road."