I'm in Detective Conan, and I start with the Grand Theft Auto system.

Just as Xiaolan took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down, she saw Lin Shen walking back from the direction of the riverbank not far away.

He was poking seven or eight fish with a thick tree branch in his hand. Each fish was about the size of a palm, and its scales reflected a silvery-white luster in the morning sunlight.

He walked with a relaxed gait, as if he had just returned from the market.

Lin Shen saw Xiao Lan standing at the cave entrance, raised the branch in his hand, and spoke with undisguised pride:

"Luckily! The fish were very lively this morning, so we've got our breakfast sorted!"

Xiao Lan blushed and walked forward. Without saying a word, she reached out and pinched his arm.

Lin Shen didn't dodge, but simply hissed in response, then looked at her innocently with a blank expression:

"What's wrong? Why are you pinching me so early in the morning?"

Xiaolan glared at him angrily, her lips moving as if she wanted to say something.

She wanted to say, "Don't you know what you've done?" but she swallowed the words back.

After all, it was just a dream, Ayako-neechan!

She couldn't take it out on Lin Shen just because someone else had a dream.

That's just too unreasonable.

She was silent for a few seconds, and finally just hummed, saying in a tone that was filled with emotion but couldn't be expressed, "Ayako-neechan is awake."

Seeing her hesitant expression, Lin Shen roughly guessed what was going on, but he didn't press her for details.

He wisely chose to play dumb, simply nodding and naturally continuing the conversation:

"It's good that you're awake. That's perfect—come on, help me start a fire, let's grill the fish, fill our stomachs, and then find our way back."

Xiaolan nodded, and the blush on her face gradually faded.

She reached out and took the branch with the fish skewer from Lin Shen, turned and took two steps into the cave, then suddenly stopped, turned back to look at Lin Shen, and said in a very serious tone, with a hint of pleading:

"President, please forget about what happened last night!!"

Lin Shen glanced at her, his expression perfectly natural, and without the slightest hesitation, asked in return:

"Last night? What happened last night?"

Looking at his sincere blank expression, Xiaolan felt both relieved and inexplicably filled with a vague, uneasy feeling.

She pursed her lips, said nothing more, and turned to walk into the cave.

When the two returned to the cave, Ayako was already dressed.

She sat by the fire, combed her hair simply, and tied it up with a thin twig she found somewhere.

She looked much more energetic than when she first woke up, and had regained her usual gentle and dignified demeanor.

When she saw Lin Shen walk in, she immediately stood up and bowed deeply to him, her tone filled with sincerity and gratitude:

"Mr. Lin, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I might have already..."

She didn't say the result aloud, but the meaning was clear.

Lin Shen waved his hand, his tone relaxed, not lingering too long in this atmosphere of gratitude for a life-or-death situation: "It was nothing, don't worry about it."

Xiaolan, who was tidying up the branches for grilling fish, paused slightly upon hearing this, inwardly scoffing and thinking:

You didn't say that to me last night either!

Ayako didn't continue with any more talk about how she could never repay such a great kindness.

She knew very well that verbal thanks were pale and powerless in the face of such a life-saving grace.

She kept this favor firmly in her heart.

Once she's back in a safe place, she will definitely find her own way to thank Lin Shen properly and sincerely.

The three of them sat down around the fire and began to grill the fish.

Lin Shen took out a small knife from his pocket and skillfully scraped off the scales, removed the internal organs, and cleaned the wound, his movements fluid and graceful.

Ayako's eyes lit up as she watched, her voice filled with undisguised surprise and admiration: "Mr. Lin, you actually caught so many fish—that's amazing!"

As Lin Shen skewered the fish with branches and placed them over the fire, he casually explained, "There are quite a lot of fish in the river. I smashed them with stones a few times, stunning quite a few, and picked out a few big ones to bring back."

He wasn't telling the truth.

He actually used a hand grenade.

Pull the fuse and throw it into the water. It explodes with a bang, sending water spraying two or three meters high. Twenty or thirty fish float to the surface, their white bellies turned up, and a large area of ​​the river water turned red.

However, he only brought back the intact ones; the ones that were blown to pieces by shrapnel were left for other creatures in the river to have as breakfast.

Ayako rested her chin on her hands, her eyes filled with pure admiration, devoid of any flattery: "That's amazing!... Can I try baking it?"

Lin Shen handed her a twig with the fish skewered on it: "Of course you can. Just be careful not to get too close, or the flames will burn the fish skin."

Ayako took the branch and, imitating him, slowly turned the fish over the fire. Her movements were a little clumsy, but she was very earnest.

The three people sat around the fire. The fish skin slowly turned golden brown and crispy under the licking of the flames, and the oil dripped onto the charcoal, making a sizzling sound. The aroma filled the cave.

After a night of thrills and suspense, the atmosphere finally began to relax for the first time.

As Ayako carefully turned the fish in her hands, she spoke with a tone that carried the wistful reminiscence of someone recalling a thrilling adventure:

"Honestly, when you rushed at the black bear with a knife last night, Mr. Lin, I really thought you had gone mad."

Xiaolan nodded vigorously beside her: "Yes, yes...that's what I thought too!"

Lin Shen smiled, flipped the already grilled fish in his hand, and said casually, "My body is a bit special!"

After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Xiaolan sitting next to him, a slight smile on his lips, and added, "Right, Xiaolan?"

Xiaolan was blowing on the fish in her hand to warm it when she heard this. She looked up, her face slightly flushed, and she snorted and turned her head away: "How should I know?!"

Lin Shen didn't let her off the hook, and continued to press, "How come you didn't know? You're the one who taught me karate."

"You beat me every day, you know best whether I can take a beating or not."

Xiaolan then realized what he meant, her expression softened, and she nodded, saying in a tone of "that's true," "Yeah...it's really tough."

"Sometimes I hit too hard; most people would have fallen long ago, but the president can still stand up."

After overhearing the conversation, Ayako clapped her hands in sudden realization: "So that's how it is! No wonder you dared to fight the black bear head-on—it's all from practice!"

Her gaze towards Lin Shen held an even deeper layer of admiration!