Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

Wen Shui: "Don't talk nonsense. I'm looking at the news about the football celebration."

Wen Shui then offered a few casual explanations, and Xiao Lan didn't press the matter further.

Wen Shui thought that the temptation of the food and the aroma of the barbecue might have made Xiao Lan's brain too lazy to think about such things.

Watching Xiaolan pick up another piece of meat that had been grilled in one go and put it into her bowl with her chopsticks, the various meats, each about half the size of a fist, were covered in sauce before she swallowed them whole.

Xiaolan's face showed a happy expression.

Then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Wen Shui looking at her with an expression that seemed to say, "With such a big appetite, will we be able to afford to feed her in the future?"

Ran blushed instantly, and while Kogoro and Daisuke were bragging about solving a case, they didn't notice what was happening and secretly pulled a slice of beef covered in juice from their mouths.

"Here, try this, Wenshui." Xiaolan tossed the sliced ​​beef into the bowl of Wenshui.

The lukewarm water was startled.

I was watching you the whole time, how could I possibly eat meat that's covered in your saliva?

What kind of way is this to express affection?!

Wen Shui made up his mind that even if there was a bit of saliva from the beautiful girl he admired, he would absolutely not eat it unless she fed it to him personally.

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri noticed them for some reason and said with an unhappy expression, "Ran, I'm your father. I work hard outside every day, and you haven't even put meat on my plate in a long time."

It wasn't that hard, I think Conan is the one who's really having a tough time.

Xiaolan finally managed to swallow the meat in her mouth: "Dad, your cholesterol is so high, you should eat some vegetables."

As she spoke, Xiaolan picked up a large handful of green vegetables from another plate and passed them over.

Kogoro Mouri looked pale and sickly.

The others present couldn't help but laugh.

Just as everyone was captivated by the amusing father-daughter interaction between Uncle Mori and Ran, Conan furtively reached for the bowl of dipping sauce in warm water with his chopsticks.

Wen Shui remembers that Conan didn't see Ran take a piece of meat out of her mouth. Conan probably thought that even if it was his childhood friend taking the initiative to pick up food for him, it was absolutely not allowed.

They wanted to snatch this honor from Wen Shui.

After Wen Shui realized this, she also made up her mind.

We absolutely cannot let Conan eat Ran's saliva!

Before Conan could act, Wen Shui picked up the piece of meat, popped it into her mouth, and happily began to chew.

As Wen Shui continued to chew the beef, the blush on Xiao Lan's face became more and more obvious, even though the table blocked Wen Shui from seeing Xiao Lan's lower body.

But he could already picture the girl's legs, encased in black stockings, pressed together, her cute toes curled up shyly inside her high heels.

Conan's expression was as if he had lost the whole world.

However, Conan quickly came up with a way to retaliate. He picked up a seashell that had been roasting for a long time without opening and pleaded with Ran, "Ran-neechan, can you help me open this?"

Before Xiaolan could answer, Wenshui snatched the seashell away: "This is easy, watch me."

I placed the seashell on the table with warm water, and after it cooled down a little, I demonstrated how to open the seashell with my bare hands.

After breaking it in the middle, the gap provides a point of leverage, making it easy to pry open with chopsticks.

Conan looked at Wen Shui speechlessly, but had to put on a childlike smile: "Thank you, Wen Shui-nii-san."

Ran and Sonoko were used to this warm water technique.

But Daisuke and his girlfriend, who had just met, were unaware of this. They exclaimed with admiration, "We didn't expect Wen Shui-kun to be so strong. If you were a detective in a novel, you'd be like Sherlock Holmes, a character who's both literate and skilled in martial arts, right?"

Wen Shui smiled politely and said, "That's a bit of an overstatement. Holmes's reasoning ability is probably much stronger than mine."

"But Holmes' fighting skills are definitely not as good as Wen Shui's," Xiao Lan added excitedly. "Holmes is skilled in a fighting style that combines Japanese jujitsu and Swiss wrestling, and in the novels..."

Xiao Lan began to share some interesting facts about Sherlock Holmes's fighting abilities.

Ran didn't know this before, but after forming the Suzuran Detective Club with Wen Shui, Ran felt that not working hard would be a huge burden on the team.

So in the very beginning, Xiaolan frantically studied detective-related knowledge.

Unfortunately, being an athletic girl who isn't good at studying, she still finds it a bit difficult to grasp highly specialized knowledge.

Later, Wen Shui suggested that he read some detective novels, in which he could learn a lot about reasoning. He could first familiarize himself with this field, and then gradually develop an interest. When he read those thick, hard-core books, he wouldn't give up so easily.

Sure enough, Xiaolan quickly immersed herself in the world of detective novels.

Wen Shui was just saying it casually at the time and didn't take it to heart. I didn't expect Xiao Lan to have secretly persisted until now.

It seems that although Xiaolan looks very gentle and obedient, she can still unleash amazing endurance if she really sets her mind on something.

To Conan, Ran's confident and eloquent speech was an insult.

Conan was actually only slightly angry at first.

After all, helping someone serve food isn't particularly excessive. When Conan was still Shinichi Kudo, he would occasionally help out socially awkward female classmates by serving them food to liven up the atmosphere during meals with his classmates.

But Ran then started explaining Sherlock Holmes trivia, which Conan found a bit unbearable.

It's infuriating! I always complained about him talking about Sherlock Holmes whenever we went out, and we even argued about it several times.

Why have I become interested in detective novels ever since I formed a detective team with Wen Shui?

Is it really true that from the beginning it wasn't Holmes' problem, but his?

Besides, what makes Conan even more unhappy is that everyone seems to have accepted the idea that Holmes's fighting ability is not top-notch.

Are you kidding me?!

Sherlock Holmes is a detective, so why does he need to be so strong in combat?

These people don't understand the faith and charm of the detective profession, yet they make wild judgments. That bastard Wen Shui not only tried to kidnap Xiao Lan, but also insulted his idol, Sherlock Holmes.

Conan felt doubly humiliated at this moment.

But for some reason, Conan found that his brain was experiencing a faint sense of pleasure, which was unusual for him.

It was as if he had just solved a rather complex mystery.

Chapter 191 Lifting Xiao Ai High is a Shura Field

A few days later, on a street in Beika Town.

In the end, Ai Haibara dragged Wenshui to watch the Tokyo Sprits soccer team's celebratory parade early on.

There was no way around it; after all, Ai Haibara had discovered the little secret hidden on the computer, so she felt somewhat guilty.

Even knowing that Ran, Sonoko, and Miwako Sato would also be present at the festival, making it easy for it to turn into a brutal battleground where he would be besieged, Nuwa still came.

Moreover, when Wen Shui returned home, she was surprised to find that Ai Haibara had not deleted the parts about herself, including the novel that was only partially written.

I wonder if there will be a chance to ask her to role-play scenes from the novel in the future. Hmm... Although she's cute even when she's small, considering Ai Haibara's health condition, I guess we'll have to wait until she recovers.

By the way, how about we borrow the video camera that Yukiko Kudo left in the rented room next door another day, and try filming some plain scenes with Ai Haibara first?

Wait a minute.

Why does it feel like he's gradually developing into a "weird uncle with a camera" type of guy?!

If Mrs. Kudo found out, she'd probably immediately contact Eri Kisaki and send him to jail, wouldn't she?

"Brother Wenshui, why do you look so scared? Are you worried about missing the festival parade?" Genta Kojima asked curiously.

Wen Shui snapped out of her daze, shook her head and laughed, "No, I just suddenly thought of some scary things."

"What terrible thing is it?" Conan looked at Wen Shui with curiosity.

Wen Shui didn't answer, but instead pointed to the end of the street in the distance and changed the subject: "Look, it seems like the pilgrimage team is coming."

Everyone looked toward the end of the street, and sure enough, a convoy of cars and a crowd were slowly driving toward them. They quickly forgot about the warm water.

Ai Haibara merely glanced at Nuwa indifferently, but nothing much happened. She turned to look at the end of the road and found that the double-decker open-top bus for the celebration was already within sight.

Wen Shui breathed a sigh of relief and then looked around.

They discovered that Ran and Sonoko hadn't arrived yet. Ran had just called Wenshui to say that they were stuck in traffic on the parade route.

At this moment, besides Wen Shui, Ai Haibara, the three kids from the Detective Boys, and Conan, Professor Agasa, who had driven over, was also behind him.

This might be good news for lukewarm water.

If Nukumi can encounter a case from the original Conan manga before Ran and Sonoko arrive, he can use the excuse of investigating the case to avoid a potential chaotic situation.

As they were talking, the double-decker open-top bus for the celebration parade arrived.

A deafening roar of cheers immediately erupted around them, and the area in front of the railings on both sides of the road was packed with people.

Almost half of the attendees were wearing white and green jerseys of the home team or related merchandise, and staff members dressed in white and green dinosaur costumes were also there to liven up the atmosphere.

The deafening cheers and the team's anthem made Wen Shui mistakenly believe that she had arrived at the stadium on the day of the championship victory.

Unexpectedly, not only were there more Tokyo Sprits fans at the event than I had anticipated, but their enthusiasm was also exceptionally surprising.

It could also be that the football atmosphere in this country is better. After all, the matches of the Teitan Football Club, where Wen Shui plays, always attract one of the highest levels of attention among all sports clubs.

I heard that the situation was similar at the Teitan Elementary School soccer match that Conan and his friends played.

There are even dedicated referee teams and logistics and medical support teams to cultivate children's passion and professionalism for football from a young age.

This made Wen Shui think of his homeland before he transmigrated. He wondered if the national team there could still qualify for the World Cup after he had been in this world for so long.

Just as she was thinking this, Genta's complaints pulled Wen Shui back to reality from her memories:

"Damn it, there's no way to see anything like this. How come these adults don't know how to take care of children?"

Wen Shui looked down and saw that the fans who had been chatting around the area had noticed the bus arrive and had all stood up.

It immediately blocked the view of Genta and the other kids.

Mitsuhiko and Ayumi were also dumbfounded. They had been so focused on discussing which player had performed better in the final that they hadn't expected this unexpected situation.

The kids huddled together and started complaining.

Conan, standing to the side, is striking a pose like Nobita Nobi with his hands behind his head. He doesn't seem to care much about whether he can see the championship celebration bus, perhaps because the winning team isn't Conan's favorite team.

Ai Haibara, standing to the side, also appeared calm.

However, Wen Shui vaguely remembered that Ai Haibara seemed to be a fan of "Osaka Big Team", the team that lost in this final.

The reason she was so excited to participate in the parade was actually to curse the "Tokyo Spirits" team so that they wouldn't win the championship next year.