Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

It's called a living room, but it actually occupies a huge area, almost the size of a basketball court.

In the center of the room was a long dining table covered with a blue tablecloth, with antique bronze candlesticks on the table, and a carved Victorian-style chandelier hanging overhead.

Standing at the doorway, you can see an old fireplace at the end of the long table on the left, but since it's summer now, the firewood inside has long been cleared away.

On the right wall is a mahogany wine cabinet.

However, upon closer inspection, one can find a temperature display screen next to the wine cabinet, indicating that this high-tech product has adopted a retro style.

At this moment, two staff members are placing labeled bottles of red wine inside. It seems that these wines are props, and this place should be empty normally.

However, Wen Shui found this style, which combines simplicity and retro elements, to be quite innovative.

Xiaolan looked around and exclaimed, "This place is so big! It feels as big as our school's basketball court!"

"No, I think the basketball court is bigger." Wen Shui visually surveyed the room and gave her assessment.

"Are you talking about the basketball court at Teitan?" Ruri Amashiro interjected with a smile. "If so, the basketball court is definitely bigger. I used to work up a sweat there all the time."

Wen Shui didn't understand at first how she was sweating so much. Did she sneak in on the weekend to play basketball with the young people?

Wen Shui subconsciously pictured Yu Cheng Liuli surrounded by a group of sweaty PE students. There was no way Wen Shui could imagine her easily making a layup on the court, given her age and demeanor.

However, Wen Shui quickly realized that Miss Yu Cheng was probably referring to her school days.

Wen Shui asked curiously, "Didn't Uncle Maoli say that you used to be a good student who only knew how to study?"

Xiaolan glared at Wenshui with some displeasure, her eyes conveying the message, "Whether someone likes to study or not is none of your business."

Wen Shui touched her nose, pretending not to see it.

Yu Cheng Liuli smiled and said, "That was during the last year of Teitan University. I was too weak from studying at my desk all year round, and I would get out of breath after running a few steps. At that time, Eri dragged me to run and exercise."

But I'm rather shy, and I'd feel awkward in public, so Eri and I would secretly run laps around the basketball court after our sports club practice.

Wen Shui recalled the time when Yu Cheng Liu Li and Fei Ying Li were young.

"Don't think like that." Xiaolan secretly gave him some warm water.

At that moment, Kogoro Mouri suddenly exclaimed, "Hey, could it be that the legendary 'Gymnasium Ghost Incident' was caused by you two running around?"

“That’s right, we almost scared the head of the teaching department at the time so much that he didn’t dare to work the night shift.” Yu Cheng Liuli laughed triumphantly.

Eri's cheeks flushed slightly, as if she was a little embarrassed: "Ruri, please don't talk about these embarrassing things. You're not young anymore."

"What does it matter? I think these are all wonderful memories." Yu Cheng Liuli said with a serious expression.

As the group was chatting, a young man in green clothes turned into the corridor, his face and clothes covered in blood.

Xiaolan was standing at the perfect angle when she came face to face with the other person. She froze for a moment, then screamed and launched a side kick at the other person.

Wen Shui rushed over and grabbed Xiao Lan's slender waist, pulling her back: "Calm down, Lan, she's an actress."

"Huh? An actor?"

Xiaolan, still shaken, leaned against Wenshui's chest and looked at the person standing at the entrance of the living room, only to find that the other person seemed to still be breathing.

Nagumo Nobuharu, disguised as a corpse and the victim in this mystery drama, smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, miss, I may have appeared too suddenly."

Xiaolan blushed and said, "No, it's okay. I was just too nervous and caused trouble for everyone."

"Hey, how long are you going to keep hugging me, kid?" Yukiko Kudo couldn't help but remind her from the side, because as Ran relaxed her tense body, her body was gradually sliding down.

The warm water was originally meant to stop the flow on Xiaolan's abdominal muscles, but if it continues like this, it might touch places it shouldn't.

Quickly release your hand from the warm water.

Ran sat down on the floor, turned to look at Wen Shui with a resentful expression, then stood up, patted her bottom, and ran to hide next to Eri.

.

Later, director Ken Shiroyama came over to introduce the young man to everyone, and Wen Shui and the others realized that the young man with his face covered in blood was actually the biological son of Nan Yunxiao, who played the butler.

Even Yukiko Kudo, who is in the entertainment industry, rarely sees a father and son performing together on stage, and she curiously chatted with the two about their performance experiences.

Before long, the crime scene was set up.

Nagumo Nobuharu lay face down on the floor in front of the fireplace, half his face pressed against the pool of blood that had been poured on it beforehand, with a gray tablecloth covering his body.

Wen Shui inquired and learned that they had already finished filming the previous scenes in the room.

What needs to be filmed now is the scene after the body is discovered.

Just as the actors were in position and the crew was ready to start filming, Yoshiteru Kazami suddenly suggested, "Director, why don't we have Mr. Mori join us for one take? I'd like to get a feel for it."

The director hesitated for a moment: "Uh, that's fine. Then, Mr. Mori, I'll leave it to you."

Wen Shui noticed that the director seemed a little afraid of Kazami Yoshiteru. Generally speaking, actors in a film crew wouldn't dare to be so arrogant in front of the director.

Otherwise, if the director deliberately makes the actor look ugly in the film, or simply reduces the actor's screen time during post-production editing, then the actor's acting career will suffer a serious blow.

This Yoshiteru Kazami is so arrogant, and everyone seems to take it for granted. It seems he's done this quite often.

Could it be that Yoshiteru Kazami has something on the director that makes him afraid to refute?

Wen Shui's heart skipped a beat. If that were the case, then the person who would kill this guy later would most likely be the director who was forced to swallow his anger.

Thinking of this, Wen Shui quietly moved closer to Kudo Yukiko and bumped her with her shoulder. Because they were so close, Wen Shui could clearly smell the pleasant perfume on Mrs. Kudo's body.

Wen Shui took a deep breath and said softly, "Hey, I need to ask you something."

"Hmph, I don't know." Yukiko Kudo didn't know what she was angry about, and she actually crossed her arms and dodged the warm water.

Wen Shui couldn't help but gasp in amazement.

Conan, standing nearby, looked at Wen Shui with a smug expression. He suddenly realized that his earlier worries were unnecessary. With his mother giving Wen Shui such a cold look, how could the kind of thing he was worried about happen?

He was turned away by Wen Shui, but now he really wanted to know the inside information about the director in the crew, and under what circumstances he would allow the actors to be so rude.

So Wen Shui looked around and finally fixed her gaze on Yu Cheng Liu Li.

He quietly walked up to Yu Cheng Liuli and gently tugged at the hem of her red dress: "Miss Yu Cheng, I have something I want to ask you."

"I don't have a boyfriend right now," Yu Cheng Liuli replied in a low voice, looking nervous.

Wen Shui looked speechless: "I didn't ask that. I wanted to ask you, why does the director seem a little afraid of Yoshiteru Kazami?"

Yu Cheng Liuli looked somewhat disappointed: "What? I thought you were asking me out on a date."

"That's unlikely, given our age difference. If reporters found out..."

Before Wen Shui could finish speaking, Yu Cheng Liuli interjected, "If it gets discovered, it will definitely make the front page of the newspaper, 'The Mutual Redemption of a Healing Female Singer and a Young Detective.' I might even become an overnight sensation because of it."

Wen Shui's lips twitched involuntarily.

However, it soon became clear that she seemed to be joking.

Wen Shui was speechless for a moment, forgetting that the woman in front of him was single. Sure enough, women without the constraints of marriage are bolder than married women when flirting with young men.

After enjoying Wen Shui's teased expression, Yu Cheng Liuli seemed to think it was enough and pulled Wen Shui to the wine cabinet on the other side: "Um..."

Wen Shui blinked, looking at the beauty mark on the other person's lip, not understanding why she suddenly stopped talking.

However, Wen Shui soon noticed that Yu Cheng Liuli's gaze was looking behind him over his shoulder.

Wen Shui had a bad feeling and turned around to look. As a result, Kudo Yukiko had come over at some point. Although she pretended to be observing the staff setting up the murder scene, she was actually watching him the whole time.

Wen Shui sighed, to avoid the trouble of explaining later.

He walked over, grabbed Yukiko Kudo's soft little hand, and pulled her to the liquor cabinet as well.

Conan, standing some distance away, turned green with rage.

But then I thought again, even if Wen Shui was bold, he wouldn't do anything outrageous to Yu Cheng Liuli, whom he had just met.

Moreover, he seemed to be deliberately avoiding the crowd, and kept glancing at the filming location while talking.

Could it be... that Wen Shui has discovered some mystery?

Conan immediately perked up, even more so than when he saw his mother being kidnapped. He glanced back at Ran and found that she was chatting with Eri and hadn't noticed him.

So Conan crept under the table and slowly moved toward the warm water.

Conan figured that the wine cabinet wasn't far from the dining table, and if he hid under the table, he could probably eavesdrop on what Wen Shui and the others were talking about.

However, as Conan moved from under the dining table to the far end near the wine cabinet, his gaze, through the gap between the tablecloth and the floor, fell upon the slender, fair legs and the bare, white feet in wedge sandals.

It's definitely Xiaolan's.

The moment Conan had this thought, Ran reached out and pulled him out from under the table: "Conan-kun, didn't I tell you that you can't cause trouble for others?"

Conan said dejectedly, "I'm sorry, Ran-neechan."

Ran put Conan down, then turned to Wen Shui and the others and said, "Sorry, this kid is just so naughty. You guys continue chatting, I'm going to teach this kid a lesson."

Warm water: "..."

Conan: "..."

Wen Shui thought to herself, "You're being way too obvious. You clearly want to know what they're talking about, but you haven't found a suitable opportunity to come over. You just happened to use Conan as an excuse."

Conan also deduced the truth of the matter.

He vaguely heard the sound of his heart breaking inside his body, as if something precious was leaking out from the broken gaps.

Wenshui noticed that the crowd was growing, which had already attracted the attention of the staff. Eri Kisaki and Kogoro Mouri were also keeping a close eye on the area.

Moreover, he had already gotten the answer he wanted from Yu Cheng Liuli.

There's no need to stay here any longer.

Wen Shui sighed: "Actually, I had some questions about the filming of the movie and wanted to ask Miss Yu Cheng and Sister Ying Li. Now that I've asked, let's go take a look over there."

Ran and Conan looked at Yukiko Kudo with suspicion.

Yukiko Kudo nodded, indicating that Nuwa was right.

So the group moved back to the side closest to the crime scene.

As Yu Cheng Liuli walked, she secretly leaned over to Wen Shui and said, "Wen Shui-kun, you seem to be very popular with girls."

Warm Water: "Indeed."

"Pfft." Yu Cheng Liuli couldn't help but laugh. "You're really honest."

Wen Shui shrugged, looking at Xiao Lan and Kudo Yukiko in front of him. He figured that a woman like Yu Cheng Liuli, who was in the entertainment industry, would definitely have figured it out: "Even if I said no, you wouldn't believe me, would you?"

Yu Cheng Liuli looked at Wen Shui with curious eyes, her delicate eyelashes fluttering: "I haven't seen such an interesting little boy like you in a long time."