Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

She didn't sleep well last night.

Even stepping on a fries that are too small will subconsciously trigger memories in her mind.

However, no matter what, Wen Shui could be considered a victim to some extent. If that guy showed even a little bit of remorse, then let's forget about it, Ai Haibara decided.

Unexpectedly, Wen Shui placed a bottle of water and a chicken roll in front of her.

"Some things cannot be understood from appearances alone," Wen Shui said mysteriously.

"What do you mean?" Ai Haibara's eyes showed deep confusion.

Wen Shui frowned slightly, then slowly said, "You're a researcher, so you should know very well that people can easily be deceived by their own preconceived notions, right?"

Ai Haibara tilted her head, wondering if he was talking about the Slit-Mouthed Woman.

She moved the stool a little closer to the warm water, her delicate eyelashes gleaming alluringly in the sunlight, and the potato chip crumbs stuck to the corner of her lips looked rather cute.

"What did you find?" Ai Haibara asked with the curious look of a child.

Seeing that the other person still didn't understand, Wen Shui picked up a French fry and said, "It's like the blind boxes from Bubble Puppy. Sometimes what you think is fries might turn into a chicken wrap or a bottle of Coke when you open it."

Ai Haibara rested her chin on her hand, striking a detective-like pose.

After a few seconds, as if she had figured out the answer, her eyes widened instantly.

Ai Haibara stared at Nukaku with disbelief, her snow-white skin visibly flushed, and her slender shoulders, encased in her uniform, trembled violently.

"No, no way!!!"

The extremely penetrating sound caused the art club members, who were carrying plaster statues in the corridor of the club building, to instinctively stop and look in the direction of the literature club.

Xiao Lan, who was tilting her head back and pouring potato chips into her mouth, was startled and started coughing violently.

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After the club activities ended, besides leaving snacks for Sonoko.

Everyone divided up the remaining snacks to avoid waste.

Ai Haibara initially declined Makoto's offer of food, explaining that she had already eaten too much and needed to lose weight that night.

While cleaning the activity room, she received a text message from someone and ended up taking two bags of jelly and leaving.

Wen Shui grabbed a bag of wasabi-flavored potato chips, intending to go back and imitate Xiao Lan's way of eating them.

Since Ran was unaware of the situation, she put the chicken roll, which was used to "educate" Ai Haibara with warm water, into her schoolbag, probably intending to save it for breakfast the next day.

Ai Haibara had originally planned to go to Aoi Kazama's house with Nukumi and the others. But for some reason, she suddenly changed her plans, saying she had something to do and couldn't go with them to investigate.

Because of Sonoko Suzuki's absence, the Suzuran Detective Club was left with only Ran and Nukumizu.

The two took a train to downtown Tokyo and then walked along the sidewalk toward Aoi Kazama's house.

The weather was a bit muggy, and the glaring sunlight made the paving stones on the sidewalk scorching hot, plus there was no wind today.

You'll start sweating after walking for just a few minutes.

Xiaolan took off her school uniform jacket and tied it around her waist, turning it into part of her skirt. It jingled as she walked, full of energy, and had the air of a heroine from a shoujo manga.

Her white shirt became slightly see-through after being soaked with sweat, making the outline of her underwear more clearly visible than before.

Their shoulders occasionally brushed against each other, and the girl smelled of citrus deodorant.

This caused the brain's connection signals to the warm water to become intermittent.

However, this made it impossible to think about the case. Wen Shui looked at the crossroads in the distance: "By the way, Xiao Lan, where do you think Xiao Kui might have gone?"

“Wobu knows…” came the girl’s mumbled voice from beside me.

Wen Shui turned her head and saw that Xiao Lan had taken out the chicken roll at some point, holding the wrapper in her fair little hands, eating it as she walked.

A crescent-shaped notch has appeared on the chicken roll.

The green vegetables and pan-fried chicken breast inside were exposed, and the white salad dressing, squeezed by the external force, slowly slid down the wrapper, about to fall into her hand.

Xiaolan instinctively pressed her mouth to the wrapper and used her small, delicate tongue to perform an emergency rescue, tracing the wrapper from bottom to top.

Wen Shui couldn't help but shiver.

Then he couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you worried about gaining weight doing this?"

"Why are you worried about this? Aren't we going to investigate a case later?" Xiaolan looked at him with a puzzled expression, then launched another attack, shortening the chicken roll.

Wen Shui asked curiously, "What does investigating a case have to do with losing weight?"

Xiao Lan said in a serious tone, "Investigating a case must consume a lot of brainpower, right? I'm just replenishing my energy in advance."

It sounds reasonable, but it's a bit much to make up for it with chicken wraps, isn't it?

Besides, isn't your role supposed to be Zhan Zhao, the martial arts expert in Justice Bao? All you have to do is protect me, right? Wen Shui thought to herself.

Xiaolan suddenly narrowed her eyes: "Wen Shui Jun, are you thinking about something rude?"

"No, I was just thinking about whether I should replenish some energy too," Wen Shui quickly waved her hand.

He wondered if he should also get a little sugar.

After all, unlike the far-sighted (and gluttonous) Xiao Lan, the mental blocks he was working hard to think about the case really did consume a lot of his energy.

Just then, Xiaolan suddenly handed him the half-eaten chicken roll:

"for you."

A smile as blue as the sky appeared on the girl's face.

However, looking at the two shallow teeth marks on the tooth mark, Wen Shui ultimately couldn't bring herself to bite it and instead chose to go to the convenience store across the street.

I bought the sea salt flavored ice cream that wasn't too sweet.

Incidentally, Ran later demonstrated her superpower of "eating five ice creams in a row" in front of him.

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Upon arriving at Kazama Aoi's house, to everyone's surprise, no one was home.

It's likely that everyone in the family has gone out to look for the missing Xiao Kui.

Wen Shui contacted Sato Miwako again and learned that the Metropolitan Police Department was also doing its best to search, but unfortunately they still hadn't found anything.

Since it was someone she knew, Wen Shui couldn't very well do something like trespassing.

So they had to abandon their plan to check on Aoi Kazama's room and instead went with Ran to visit and investigate nearby residents and shops.

The result was, of course, nothing, and the detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department had already completed their work before them.

An hour later, Wen Shui and Xiao Lan, having come up empty-handed, stood at the crossroads of an unfamiliar street, looking at the flashing traffic lights above them.

"How about we call it a day?" Wen Shui suggested ending the detective group's extracurricular activities.

Ran: "But Conan and Professor Agasa went to the aquarium today and won't be back for dinner. I finally don't have to cook!"

Wen Shui thought for a moment and said, "Then how about I treat you to dinner tonight? It's not right to always trouble you to take care of me."

Xiao Lan has been moving a lot of things to Wen Shui's house lately.

Uncle Mori complained more than once that there was less meat available recently, but Ran always brushed him off by saying that meat prices had gone up.

Hearing Wen Shui's suggestion, Xiao Lan's eyes lit up: "Eh? Really?"

Wen Shui nodded. The "funds" organized a few days ago had just been deposited into his account. Although it wasn't much, it was enough to treat his female classmates to a meal.

Moreover, the mystery novel competition is about to begin, and there should be some extra income to be made then.

"Take whatever you want to eat, don't be shy with me," Wen Shui said, patting his chest with great enthusiasm.

Xiaolan thought for a moment, then shook her head: "Let's go to the supermarket to buy some ingredients and cook at home. I know a supermarket nearby that's having a sale today."

Wen Shui pretended to be angry and said, "Didn't I tell you not to try to save me money?"

"No..." Xiaolan hesitated, a shy expression on her face. "I think I ate too much ice cream just now. I'd like to go to the supermarket for a while and help digest the food in my stomach."

Wen Shui couldn't help but facepalm: "I already told you not to eat so much!"

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When I returned to Beika Town from the supermarket near Aoi Kazama's house.

The sun had completely set, and the shops along the street lit up with their neon signs. Wen Shui and Xiao Lan, carrying bags of groceries and household items they had purchased, returned to the vicinity of Wen Shui's apartment building.

Xiaolan seems to have an innate talent for purchasing.

Even though it was her first time visiting that supermarket, she was able to quickly locate the various food items. Because the prices were indeed very cheap, Wen Shui also bought some household goods.

Go up the open-air staircase to the second floor.

Wen Shui put the bag she was carrying on the ground at the door, then took out her keys to open the door, and saw the letter lying on the floor in the entryway.

Wen Shui tore open the letter right at the door and read it by the light of the motion-sensor light in the corridor.

When Wen Shui saw the very polite writing style at the beginning of the letter and Eri's name, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

At first, Wen Shui thought it might be an invitation from Vermouth or something.

Immediately afterward, Wen Shui saw Eri's letter asking him not to tell Ran about this. He put the letter away without finishing reading it and headed to the kitchen with the groceries he had bought.

Xiao Lan stood at the door, carrying a plastic bag, watching Wen Shui's back as she looked at him. Her pretty eyebrows furrowed slightly into an adorable shape.

Why is this guy suddenly acting so suspiciously?

Xiaolan walked into the entryway, took off her shoes, and then suddenly sniffed.

She noticed a faint scent of perfume lingering near the entrance.

Although it has faded to the point of being almost imperceptible, women have an innate and keen intuition for such things.

Is it...

Xiaolan suddenly opened her eyes wide, and a guess popped into her mind.

Could it be that another strange woman is trying to make a move on Wen Shui? Considering that Wen Shui is similar to her father in that she has a hard time refusing girls.

Xiaolan suddenly felt a faint sense of crisis.

The house... no, the Detective Boys are already chaotic enough with Ai Haibara in the house, we can't let some other woman stealing our energy.

She quickly recalled the fleeting words she had just seen in the letter.

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