Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

The door lock clicked shut.

Zheng Yi placed Ai on the floor in the entryway and casually tossed his coat onto the sofa.

The toughness and domineering aura I had just put on in the bar vanished instantly.

Instead, there was a deep weariness.

"We're home now, can you please stop pretending?" Ai said, dissatisfied.

After she changed her shoes, Zheng Yi's hand suddenly touched her neck with a cool touch.

Her back was very straight.

Her slightly trembling shoulders betrayed her—she was afraid.

Zheng Yi sighed, walked over, and squatted down in front of her.

"Ai," he called softly, "were you frightened?"

Xiao Ai shook her head, "You've chilled me to the bone."

"Don't push yourself." Zheng Yi reached out and gently ruffled her hair, which felt icy cold to the touch.

"Just now in front of Gin, he was trembling like someone with late-stage Parkinson's disease."

Ai stared at Masakazu and said, "I didn't."

"Alright, it's getting late, go take a shower and go to bed." Zheng Yi ignored Ai's reaction and moved on to the next topic.

Ai is very angry.

That bastard is stuck in his own world again, talking to himself.

"Humph!"

Xiao Ai snorted coldly and walked towards the bathroom.

After washing up, Ai looked like a delicate porcelain doll in her oversized pajamas.

After coming out, Ai looked for her phone, wanting to complain to her sister about what Zheng Yi had done that day.

We must join my sister in severely reprimanding Zhengyi's behavior.

But after searching for a long time, they still couldn't find her phone.

"Could it have been left at the bar?"

Curaçao said to Ai, "I saw Masahiro take your phone."

"Who let him take it!" Ai asked, blushing.

So, can he just take away such private things?
Curaçao calmly said, "Zhengyi said there are his photos inside, so it can be considered his phone as well."

"What do you mean by having his photos? Does it mean his phone?" Ai said, dissatisfied.

Those were all taken by that bastard Zheng Yi himself.

Ai walked angrily toward Shoichi's bedroom.

Pushing open the door, I found the bedroom light was off, and Zheng Yi was lying on the bed, sleeping peacefully.

Ai squinted, not believing that Zheng Yi, a night owl, would be asleep so early.

"Wake up." Ai shook Masakazu.

But Zheng Yi didn't react at all.

This made Ai even more certain that the guy was faking being asleep.

In the past, when he was sleeping, I would walk very quietly to his side and he would wake up immediately, let alone if I shook him with great force.

Ai immediately lifted Shoichi's blanket to see where he had hidden his phone.

Zheng Yi, whose blanket had been pulled back, seemed unable to keep up the act any longer. He rubbed his eyes groggily and asked in a low voice, "Who is it?"

Where did you hide your phone?

"What phone?" Zheng Yi's voice was very soft, with a hint of drowsiness, really like someone who had just been woken up.

"Don't pretend with me..."

"what!"

Before Ai could finish speaking, a large hand pulled her onto the bed and then kicked her shoes off at lightning speed.

Before Ai could even react, the blanket was already on top of her.

"Go to sleep," Zheng Yi said naturally, turning to his side and stretching out his arm to pull Ai into his embrace.

"Ugh!" Ai exclaimed, her body instantly stiffening. "Shoichi, what are you doing?"

"Go to sleep," Zheng Yi replied matter-of-factly, tightening his arms around her and holding her tightly in his embrace, his chin resting on the top of her head. "You're frightened, I'll comfort you."

"I don't need it!" Ai struggled to push him away. "Stay away from me!"

"Don't move." Zheng Yi's voice lowered. "Listen to me, Ai. Tonight is different. Don't make me worry."

"I'm very worried about you," Ai said.

Zhengyi hugged her a little tighter.

They had no idea what Ai was worried about.

He said in a serious tone, "You must have been frightened today and are too scared to sleep alone, right?"

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about, it's a normal reaction. Come on, let me hold you while you sleep."

Ai's movements stopped.

She could feel Zheng Yi's heartbeat coming from his chest, steady and strong, one beat at a time.

This bastard, when he's blatantly lying, doesn't his heart beat abnormally at all?
"Where did you see that I was scared?" Ai asked.

Zheng Yi reached out and covered Ai's head. "You came to sleep with me because you were scared, didn't you?"

When I first took you in, you were scared and kept coming to sleep with me at night. You even gave me a knife as a gift.

Ai bit her lip.

How dare you bring up things from before? You're just kidding me, you bastard.

Ai blushed more and more as she thought about it, unable to believe that she had done something so stupid.

"I'm here to find my phone!" Ai said.

“I don’t have your phone here, and I don’t need to make excuses,” Zheng Yi said.

Ai said angrily, "Curaçao, you took my phone."

"Oh?"

Zheng Yi said unhurriedly, "Did Curaçao tell you that I put my phone in her bedroom?"

Ai's eyes widened.

what?
Ai suspects that Curaçao is Shoichi's lackey.

She bit her lip, determined not to yield to Zheng Yi, but the result of her resistance was futile.

In the end, she gave up struggling and her body slowly relaxed.

Zheng Yi felt that the person in his arms was no longer resisting, and a satisfied smile appeared on his lips.

He gently patted her back, as if he were soothing a baby.

"Sleep well, Ai," he whispered. "With me here, no one can hurt you."

Can you please shut up?

Just as Ai had given up resisting, she heard Masakazu speak and began to struggle again.

After a while of commotion, things calmed down.

"Shoichi," Ai called softly.

"Ok?"

"You're an idiot."

Masaichi laughed, then hugged Ai tightly, so tightly that she couldn't breathe.

"Don't kiss my hand anymore," Zhengyi said.

Ai clenched her teeth slightly.

It seems I wasn't using enough force, and Zheng Yi thought I was kissing him.

Soon, a tooth mark appeared on the back of Zheng Yi's hand.

Shoichi licked Ai's face, which made Ai kick him with her leg.

"Goodnight, Ai." Masakazu hugged Ai, patted her back, and said gently.

"Let me go." Ai bit Shoichi hard and said indistinctly.

A lot was said throughout the night.

Zheng Yi fell asleep peacefully.

Xiao Ai fell asleep muttering curses.

……

Morning light filtered through the gaps in the curtains. The room was filled with a languid atmosphere, as if someone had just woken up, and the ticking of the clock's second hand sounded particularly clear in the silence.

Zheng Yi was the first to wake up from his sleep.

He felt a little numbness in his arm.

Zheng Yi instinctively tightened his arms, wanting to make sure the little one in his arms was still there.

However, the sensation made him suddenly open his eyes.

Not right.

The familiar, small, soft body of the child was not in her arms.

Instead, it has a more slender, more...full-bodied feel.

His palm unconsciously clenched, and his fingertips felt the delicate skin and soft curves unique to a young girl.

Zheng Yi's brain instantly shut down, and he was wide awake.

He stiffly lowered his head, his gaze moving upwards along the exposed neck, finally settling on the face so close to his.

That once innocent-looking face has changed.

Ai was wearing loose pajamas last night, but now they've turned into tight-fitting clothes.

Who...who is this?!
Zheng Yi stared wide-eyed in horror, his mind going completely blank.

He jerked his arm back as if he'd been electrocuted.

"Hey! Wake up!" Zheng Yi lowered his voice and reached out to push the woman who was sleeping in the same bed with him. "Hey! Don't sleep! Wake up quickly."

The girl in his arms was pushed uncomfortably, her brows furrowed slightly, and she made a muffled murmur.

Subconsciously, she snuggled back into the gap where Zheng Yi had just retreated, rubbing her cheeks against the pillow.

"Shiho Miyano?!" He gritted his teeth, his voice much louder than before, and he pushed her with even more force.

As Zheng Yi's movements became more and more intense, and he even started frantically grabbing her hair, the girl was finally completely awakened.

She slowly opened her amber eyes, which were still dazed from just waking up and a little watery.

She looked at Zheng Yi, who seemed somewhat frightened, and wondered why he was reacting this way.

Without thinking much, he raised his hand and slapped her across the face.

"Snapped!"

Yeah, it's just a habitual reaction.

The crisp sound of the slap was particularly loud in the quiet room.

Zheng Yi covered his face, wanting to curse, but suddenly didn't know how to start.

Ai was even more confused than Masakazu.

She didn't use much force, just like usual, the force was like giving Zheng Yi a massage, but why was the sound so loud this time?

and,

She slapped him effortlessly, without even needing to raise her arm.

More importantly, her hands... seem to be a size bigger than yesterday?
She doesn't seem to be fully awake yet.

Looking at Zheng Yi's face, he seemed a little smaller than yesterday.

She pressed her hand against Zhengyi's face.

Zheng Yi's features seemed to have shrunk; one of his hands could almost cover half of his face.

She even pinched Zheng Yi's cheek; something was wrong.

The girl abruptly pulled her hand back and held it in front of her eyes.

It was a slender, fair hand, not the chubby little paw that was only the size of a child's yesterday.

She looked at Zheng Yi with surprise and doubt, then at herself, and finally her gaze fell on Zheng Yi's "shrunken" face.

The air froze for three seconds.

"You need to explain this to me."

Zheng Yi pulled the blanket away, letting it cover his body, and huddled in the corner like a young wife who had just been violated.

But this young wife wasn't coy at all. Even after being violated, she didn't scream or yell. She just looked at Shiho calmly, wanting nothing more than an explanation.

As Shoichi pulled the blanket away, Shiho also rolled out from under the blanket.

Shiho blinked, her mind blank.

She looked at her hands, then touched her legs.

She seems to have turned back into Shiho Miyano.

why?

Why did she suddenly change back? Did she change back while sleeping with Zheng Yi?

go to bed?

Shiho looked at Shoichi, who was huddled up in a ball, and her face turned red.

So, she sleeps with Masakazu at night? In the form of Shiho Miyano?
She instinctively hugged the pillow tighter and curled up.

But as soon as he shrank back, he saw Zheng Yi doing the same thing as him, and this guy was even faster.

Moreover, her movements were more precise than hers, and her expression was more aggrieved, pitiful, and innocent.

This made Shiho very embarrassed.

Zheng Yi completely outshone them.

"Shouldn't you be the one giving me an explanation?" Shiho asked, trying to appear calm.

In these kinds of situations, it seems like girls are at a disadvantage more, right?

Zheng Yi, holding the blanket, said, "This is my bedroom, this is my bed, and you're still hugging my pillow."

Shiho's eyes widened.

Why am I here? Wasn't that your design?
Why am I sleeping here? Didn't you force me to?
She picked up the pillow, intending to throw it at Zheng Yi, but for some reason, she put it down instead.

It feels a bit strange that Shiho Miyano is acting like this, playfully bickering with Shoichi.

Shoichi looked at Shiho, waiting for her to explain.

She had invited Ai over, intending to sleep with her.

Who is Shiho Miyano?
We're not even acquainted!

"Dong Dong Dong~"

Just as the two were inexplicably at odds, a knock came at the door.

The knocking made Shiho and Masakazu's hearts skip a beat.

"Time to get up and have breakfast."

Curaçao's emotionless voice came from outside.

Shoichi and Shiho exchanged a glance, but neither of them spoke or made a move.

After a brief silence outside, there was another knock on the door.

"Breakfast."

Curaçao repeated herself, but there was still no response from inside, so she decided to go in and check.

As Zheng Yi's bodyguard, I can't let anything happen to him.

When the two people inside heard the sound of the doorknob turning, Shiho hurriedly put down her pillow and tried to shrink away.

Without thinking, Zheng Yi opened the blanket and carried her inside.

Curaçao walked in and saw Shoichi and Ai hugging each other, huddled under a blanket. Ai seemed to be hugging very tightly, with only the back of her head showing.

"Breakfast is ready," Curaçao said again.

"Okay, I'll be down in a bit," Zheng Yi said.

Curaçao looked at Zheng Yi with suspicion.

She called him several times. Judging from Zheng Yi's appearance, he didn't seem to have just woken up, but why didn't he respond earlier?
And why would Ai be so obedient as to let Shoichi hold her?

"Are you... alright?" Curaçao asked.

"No." Zheng Yi shook his head.

Ai shook the back of her head that was exposed, indicating that everything was alright.

This made Curaçao even stranger.

She carefully examined the back of Ai's head and felt that Ai's head looked a little big today.

Curaçao glanced at the sheets, pursed her lips, and whispered, "You guys get down quickly."

After saying that, Curaçao walked out of Zheng Yi's bedroom, took one last look at the two people on the bed, and considerately closed the door for them.

"Whoo~"

Exciting. (End of Chapter)