Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

However, according to Wen Shui, every time Eri Kisaki comes to deliver something, she knocks on the door first, makes sure no one is home before opening the door with her key, and then leaves the item at the door and leaves.

It's clear that they're trying to distance themselves from Uncle Mori.

If Eri Kisaki happened to be driving by the Mouri Detective Agency and saw a dark-skinned young man loitering at the entrance, she might get out of her car to ask him what was going on. After learning the truth, it would be perfectly reasonable for her to take out her keys and let Heiji Hattori and the others go in and wait.

Conan interrupted Wen Shui's thoughts: "That doesn't make sense, Wen Shui-nii. If it's Aunt Eri, why would she lie and say she's your mother?"

Wen Shui: "Well, maybe Yingli has already figured it out and recognizes me as a son-in-law who is excellent in all aspects, including morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, so that's why she said that."

Xiao Lan punched him in a panic: "What nonsense are you talking about? Who wants to marry a guy like you?"

Although she said she was disgusted, her flushed cheeks were hardly convincing.

Kogoro Mouri turned to look at the two of them: "You brat, you're still ten years too early. I never said I was going to marry Ran to you."

"That's right, Shinichi and Ran are childhood sweethearts." Conan couldn't help but chime in.

At that moment, Kazuha Toyama said on the phone, "It's not Ms. Eri. I've met Ms. Eri before. The woman who opened the door for us today was a woman with an amazing figure and long, curly brown hair."

When Conan heard the first half of the sentence, his eyes began to sharpen.

But after hearing the other person describe the familiar physical features in detail, Conan's detective spirit immediately wilted, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "Mom... uh, could it be Miss Kudo?"

Kazuha Toyama's voice sounded a little distant, perhaps speaking directly to the person on the other end of the microphone: "By the way, this young lady hasn't asked your name yet."

"Hehehe, actually I was just teasing you guys. I'm not Wenshui's mother." Sure enough, Kudo Yukiko's familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Huh?!" Kazuha Toyama was shocked.

Everyone on the warm water side had black lines on their faces. Conan's black lines were green.

Wen Shui took the phone from Xiao Lan: "Hey, you woman, don't joke around like that. I almost called the police."

"Why would you call the police if you have nothing to hide?" Yukiko snatched the phone and immediately retorted.

Wen Shui: "Nonsense, my mother has been dead for so long. Now, if someone suddenly appears impersonating her, how am I supposed to know if it's a criminal trying to impersonate my parents and kidnap me to a remote country villa to extort ransom?"

The example Wen Shuiju used was the same tactic that Yukiko Kudo and Yusaku Kudo used to kidnap Conan not long ago.

Conan felt a chill run down his spine after hearing this. Did Wen Shui know something?

Yukiko Kudo was also speechless when asked the question. After a long while, she managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Who, who would be so bored? Can't you think of something positive? Can't I just feel sorry for you because I think you've been living alone for so long and I want to give you some motherly love?"

"Don't give that kind of thing to just anyone. Be mindful of your status, okay?" Conan couldn't help but think to himself.

After listening, Wen Shui couldn't help but scratch her head: "You're just giving me a fright, okay? I thought a ghost came to take my life. And why do you have the key to the Mouri Detective Agency?"

"Eri gave it to me. She asked me to deliver something to Ran last time, and I forgot to return it to her," Yukiko explained.

Now it all makes sense: the phone call that caused such chaos in the car was actually a prank by Yukiko Kudo.

Wenshui then explained their situation: by the time the rescue team arrived and they got back to Beika Town, it might be midnight, and they definitely wouldn't be able to have dinner.

Ran suggested that Kazuha stay in the guest room and sleep there, but Kazuha said she would discuss it with Heiji Hattori and call her later.

After hanging up the phone, the people sitting in the car looked at each other.

After a long while, Uncle Mori finally couldn't help but speak up: "Seriously, Yukiko hasn't changed at all. More than 20 years have passed, and she still likes to play pranks on people just like she did when we were in school."

Conan looked on in agreement.

On the other hand, Wen Shui had a bright smile on his face. Although he and Mrs. Kudo had argued on the phone and seemed to be at odds at first glance, he actually liked Yukiko Kudo's girlish personality.

A sexy housewife who unexpectedly enjoys playing pranks on others—this contrast is definitely a technique that can boost a character's popularity in a comic book.

Conan couldn't help but ask, "Brother Wen Shui, the expression on your face looks like a villain's."

Wen Shui patted Conan's head: "What nonsense are you talking about? That's clearly a fatherly smile on my face."

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While Wenshui and his group were trapped on the fog-filled highway, the second floor of the Mouri Detective Agency was brightly lit.

Wearing an apron and holding a phone, Kazuha Toyama stood next to Heiji Hattori, who was sitting behind his desk, both looking at Yukiko Kudo, who was sitting on the sofa, with curiosity.

Yukiko Kudo blushed, thinking to herself, "Oh no, I think I went a little too far with my argument with Numizu. Will they misunderstand me?"

Yukiko quickly switched to a flawless smile: "Um... actually, I didn't mean to lie to you, I was just making a harmless joke."

And as you just saw, although that kid Wen Shui talks to me without any respect, I treat him like a child, just like Shinichi. After all, Wen Shui's life has been pretty tough."

Kazuha Toyama blinked: "Shinichi? Do you still know Kudo-kun?"

Kazuha Toyama didn't realize that Mrs. Kudo was different from Yukiko Kudo today, mainly because Yukiko Kudo's clothes were different from usual.

Mrs. Kudo went for a run after dinner, but it had rained in Beika Town that afternoon, and the temperature was a bit low in the evening, so she was wearing a close-fitting tracksuit.

The long-sleeved jacket and trousers couldn't hide her graceful curves; instead, they perfectly showcased her slender waist and magnificent bosom.

Her long, brown, curly hair, which was originally loose over her shoulders, was cleverly styled into a bun just like Eri's.

She wasn't wearing any makeup; she had a completely bare face. Her youthful, delicate skin made it impossible to believe she was already a mother.

Kazuha Toyama had never met Yukiko Kudo before, so it's understandable that she didn't recognize her.

Actually, Yukiko Kudo regretted it a little after talking to those two people.

She first saw a man dressed in what looked like night clothes, acting suspiciously downstairs while she was jogging past the Mouri Detective Agency. She initially thought he was a thief.

But when they went over to ask, they learned that the two people had come from Osaka to visit Kogoro Mouri.

The boy was just a little dark-skinned.

Yukiko Kudo had never met the two of them before, and subconsciously assumed that the client wanted to have Mr. Mori investigate the case. So she thought that Wenshui seemed to be quite free lately, and decided to give Wenshui this opportunity to make money.

But when Yukiko mentioned the detective Nukumizu, the young girl with the yellow headband on her head surprisingly said that she also knew Nukumizu.

In that instant, Yukiko Kudo felt as if she had entered a scenario where her husband had cheated on her with a young female college student, got her pregnant, and then came knocking on her door.

When asked about her identity, Yukiko Kudo inexplicably said that she was Nukumizu's mother.

The girl didn't suspect anything at the time. Later, Yukiko used the key that Eri had given her to open the door and let Toyama and Kazuha go in to wait for Numizu and the others to return.

As for why she says she's Wen Shui's mother instead of her girlfriend when she feels a little jealous, Yukiko still doesn't understand.

Perhaps it was because that little rascal always took advantage of her while calling her "Mommy." Of course, Yukiko would never assume that Numizu lacked maternal love, because she could clearly feel the affection in his tone.

That wasn't the way Conan called her when he was little; it was more like a phrase lovers use to create a romantic atmosphere.

Back to reality, Yukiko originally planned to sit for a while and then leave, so that even if she waited for Wenshui and the others to come back, it wouldn't be too awkward, and at most she would think it was a harmless prank.

Unexpectedly, Mori's car broke down on the way, and Xiaolan called, not giving her a chance to quietly leave.

“Yes, Shinichi and I are practically best friends,” Yukiko Kudo said with a smile.

Hattori Heiji rolled his eyes: "Auntie, Kudo's personality is definitely half inherited from you."

A faint blue vein appeared on Yukiko Kudo's forehead.

"Auntie? Kudo?" Kazuha Toyama looked at her childhood friend, as if she had thought of something.

Yukiko Kudo stood up, bowed slightly, and formally introduced herself to the two of them: "I am Shinichi Kudo's mother. You can call me Miss Yukiko, or Yukiko-nee."

Kazuha Toyama, being a lady of good family, quickly returned the greeting: "Hello, my name is Kazuha Toyama, I'm Ran's friend, and this lady next to me..."

"This kid, whose skin is as mysterious as the night outside, must be the detective friend from Osaka that my Shinichi often mentions, right?" Yukiko Kudo smiled, her eyes narrowed.

“Hey lady, how can you greet people like that?” Hattori Heiji couldn’t help but protest.

Yukiko Kudo: "How can you call someone 'auntie' the moment you meet them? You wretched boy!"

"Just as Kudo said, his mother is a real headache," Hattori Heiji mocked.

"What did that kid say about me?"

Heiji Hattori: "It's nothing, it's just that you're a bit long-winded and like to tease people."

Yukiko Kudo clenched her little fist: "That wretched brat, I'll teach him a lesson later."

Conan didn't tell Yukiko Kudo that Heiji Hattori already knew about his shrinking body, so Yukiko had actually let it slip, but she hadn't realized it herself.

Toyama Kazuha, fearing the two would start arguing, quickly winked at Hattori Heiji: "Heiji, Ms. Kudo is right. How can you be so rude? She is, after all, the mother of Kudo-kun and Nukumizu-kun."

Yukiko Kudo's lips twitched slightly, but she didn't correct Kazuha Toyama's unintentional grammatical error.

Heiji Hattori: "Okay, I got it. The problem now is that Kudo... oh wait, I mean Conan and the others' car broke down. Are we going to have to wait for them to come back before we can have dinner?"

Heiji Hattori almost revealed Conan's true identity. He glanced guiltily at the two people in the room, but luckily his childhood friend was clumsy and the woman opposite him didn't seem very bright either, so they didn't guess the truth.

Kazuha Toyama: "Well, there's nothing we can do about it. It's already quite presumptuous of us to visit someone's house so late at night, and it would be too much to just have dinner here first."

Heiji Hattori pursed his lips, but this time he didn't argue. Although he usually didn't have much sense of boundaries when he spoke, he still understood basic manners.

If he doesn't understand, he'll get a really bad beating from his squinty-eyed dad.

"Is there anything to eat in the refrigerator?" Hattori Heiji asked.

Kazuha Toyama: "It's really impolite to eat things from someone else's fridge, Heiji, just bear with it."

Listening to their conversation, Yukiko Kudo suddenly had a bright idea: "How about this, let's drive to find them? If we pick them up, we can eat earlier, right?"

Actually, Yukiko Kudo wasn't hungry at all. She just wanted to see what kind of expression Onami would make when he saw that she had driven all the way to pick him up.

Kazuha Toyama: "Sure, Ms. Yukiko, can you drive?"

“Of course, you can ride in my car, and let that kid ride his motorcycle himself,” Yukiko said.

"Hey, are you guys serious?" Hattori Heiji was taken aback. "Didn't Onami just say on the phone that there was fog over there? Driving there at this time of day would be very dangerous. I'm already exhausted from visiting so many people during the day."

"Heiji, you can stay here and watch TV. Yukiko and I will go and pick Ran up," said Kazuha Toyama.

Heiji Hattori pretended not to hear and sat behind Kogoro Mouri's desk: "This old man really knows how to enjoy himself. This sofa chair is much more comfortable than my dad's."

Kazuha Toyama took off her apron and turned to walk towards the kitchen.

Looking at Hattori Heiji's aristocratic demeanor, Kudo Yukiko was still bothered by the fact that he had just called her "auntie": "Oh my, Kazuha-chan is such a good girl. She seems like Ran, a suitable candidate to be a wife."

Hattori Heiji looked at the woman with regret, wondering why she had suddenly started speaking in such a monotone tone.

Yukiko Kudo continued, "But then again, girls with this kind of personality seem to be quite popular. If you add the fact that she's your childhood friend, she'll definitely attract the attention of those scheming guys in no time!"

Hattori Heiji instantly pictured Wen Shui's face in his mind. At the same time, he also remembered Conan calling him to complain and ask for tips on how to make his childhood friend behave.

Hattori Heiji's expression changed slightly, and he quickly stood up from the sofa.

By this time, Kazuha Toyama had already put away her apron, tidied up the ingredients in the kitchen, and was about to walk towards the entrance.

Heiji Hattori: "Um, Kazuha, I've thought about it and I think I'll go with you. It's too dangerous for two girls to run into bad guys this late."