Conan: The Heart Thief

When Suzuki Tomoko saw Lin Xiao running around and enthusiastically serving Kudo Yukiko and Haibara Ai, she became suspicious again.

Suzuki Tomoko took the opportunity to pull Lin Xiao aside and said, "Xiao Xiao, I see that you have a complicated relationship with Mrs. Kudo. Can you tell me more about it?"

"Um... Sister Tomoko, it's like this. The Kudo father and son can't go home for a while, and I happen to live near the Kudo family, so I took over to take care of Mrs. Kudo instead of the Kudo father and son."

Suzuki Tomoko couldn't help but complain when she heard this: "Yusaku and Shinichi are really, really irresponsible... You took care of Mrs. Kudo, didn't you take care of her in bed?"

Lin Xiao awkwardly changed the subject and said, "Ms. Xianglian, are you really okay? I still feel that the threatening letter was not a prank."

When this topic was mentioned, Suzuki Tomoko felt a headache on her forehead. She was actually worried about Miss Karen, but Miss Karen was too strong-willed.

"Come to think of it, I don't know where the bad guy who wrote the letter is." Suzuki Tomoko pouted, turned to look at Lin Xiao, and said, "Lin Xiao, I think you still can't just stand by and watch."

"Okay. I'll think of a way."

Lin Xiao returned to Kudo Yukiko and Huihara Ai and said to them, "I am still worried about Miss Xianglian."

"Xiao, you are a detective, this is your duty, I have no objection." How could Kudo Yukiko not know what Lin Xiao was thinking? "Right. Ai."

Huiyuan Ai raised her eyelids: "If I can help, I can help."

Lin Xiao touched Huihara Ai's little head and said, "I'm not that guy Conan. How could I let a little kid take risks?"

……

Lin Xiao decided to find Miss Xianglian first and protect her so that if any bad guys wanted to commit murder, he could stop them in time.

Lin Xiao first looked for Miss Xianglian in the restaurant, but did not find her. Then, he went to the floor where Xianglian's room was. As soon as he went upstairs, Lin Xiao saw Shoumei rushing to a room, knocking on the door and shouting, "Xianglian! Xianglian! Are you in there?"

He raised his eyebrows slightly and realized that the room was not Xianglian's room, but Miura Daigo's room across the street.

When he got closer, Qin Jun saw that Shoumei was arguing with Miura Daigo, and the topic was about Xianglian's whereabouts?

"Did something happen?"

"Ah? It's Detective Lin. You're here?"

"I was worried about Miss Xianglian, so I came to see her." Lin Xiao explained, "Miss Xianglian, how are you now?"

Shoumei said with an unpleasant expression: "I just saw Miss Xianglian being taken into the room by this man."

Miura Daigo became even more annoyed and shouted, "I said I don't know!" Then he turned to Lin Xiao and said, "By the way, let you, the detective, speak a fair word for me, please?"

"Open the door first."

After Miura Daigo opened the door, Lin Xiao checked Miura Daigo's room. After checking, he confirmed that no one was in Miura Daigo's room. In order to find Miss Xianglian, he suggested going to Xianglian's room to check.

Shoumei naturally agreed. Unfortunately, there was no one there either, which was strange.

Lin Xiao noticed a white dress lying on the bed, which was the one Xianglian had just worn.

"Has she changed her clothes?"

Shoumei gave an explanation: "Kaoren did want to change into another skirt, but the strange thing is that she said she wanted to take a shower before changing clothes. As a result, when Shoumei turned around, Karen disappeared. And, more importantly, the belt that should have been tied to her body was gone."

Lin Xiao had a bad feeling. He had no memory of the case and could only rely on his own reasoning. He thought for a while and concluded that Miss Xianglian did not appear in a crowded place. After all, she was a Japanese lady and it was impossible to be ignored if she appeared.

"Ms. Xianglian, you should be hiding in a hidden and unknown place now."

"What should I do?" Shoumei looked more and more uneasy. She looked at her watch, and it showed that it was already 8:43. According to what Shoumei said before, Xianglian should be ready to attend the next event at 8:45. Now she couldn't find her, so she was afraid that she would be in big trouble.

At this point, Lin Xiao could only use the power of the demon mask. He sent Pixie to find Xianglian.

"Ms. Sumi, come with me."

Lin Xiao took Miss Shoumei and went straight to where Miss Xianglian was.

The two came to the backstage entrance, but the door was locked and they couldn't get in.

"I have the key."

As she spoke, Miss Shoumei hurried to the backstage entrance, swiped her card, and the door opened.

The two walked in, climbed a step, and then pushed open a door at the end.

Although there was a light in the room, it was very dim. However, this did not have much impact on Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao asked casually: "Where is this place?"

Shoumei said anxiously: "This is the lift platform under the stage. During the performance, she will appear on the stage through this push-out device!

The one who came up with this idea was Chairman Miura!

Miura wants to control everything about my sister, I must protect her!"

"Control...what does it mean?" Lin Xiao felt puzzled.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard at the door.

A man came in and said to Miss Sumi, "Miss Xianglian, isn't she with you?"

"Ms. Xianglian is missing," Miss Sumi replied.

"Who is he?" Lin Xiao asked.

"Shōichi Amano, stage director!" Miss Hisumi replied.

Amano Sho shook his head and said, "Is she being sullen again like usual?" He glanced at his watch, snorted and said, "There are still fifteen minutes before the show starts. Is she planning to show up at the last minute?"

As he said this, Amano Shoichi was about to turn around and leave, but he suddenly stopped. Lin Xiao appeared beside him at some point and put his hand on his shoulder, with his slender fingers resting on the area near his neck.

"Uh... Mr. Director, what are you doing..."

"Who are you? What do you mean?"

Amano Xiang's face turned cold.

"Ms. Xianglian's disappearance may have something to do with you."

"What did you say!"

Amano Shoichi's body trembled and he started shaking.

Lin Xiao let him go and walked towards the three boxes in the corner of the room.

Shoumei's heart immediately rose: "Detective Lin, what do you mean?"

Lin Xiao approached three boxes placed casually on the ground, and carefully picked up the box on the far left, revealing a beautiful face with closed eyes.

"It's Xianglian!" Lin Xiao's eyes dimmed.

After being stunned for a moment, Shoumei let out a miserable howl and rushed over!

"Xianglian! Xianglian, what's wrong with you?"

"Don't touch her!" Lin Xiao raised his hand to suppress Shoumei, raised his hand to check, and said: "Her heartbeat and breathing have stopped..."

"No! This is impossible..." Sumi's face was covered with tears as she struggled to get closer.

"It's too late..." Lin Xiao judged that he would be killed if he left the restaurant to look for Xianglian. "Now, Shoumei, please go to the backstage door to open it and call the police. Leave the rest to me."

"Yes. Detective Lin." Shoumei wiped her tears with the back of her hand and immediately did what Lin Xiao said.

Amano Shoichi pointed at Lin Xiao and asked, "Boy, what do you mean by saying that Miss Xianglian's disappearance is related to me?"

"Ms. Xianglian, you were the one who killed her, right?"

"Don't talk nonsense." The exasperated Amano Shoichi looked angry, but in fact, fear was revealed in his eyes. "I'm leaving. I won't accompany you anymore."

Amano Shoichi wanted to escape, but Lin Xiao stepped forward and knocked him to the ground with a punch.

Not long after, Inspector Megure brought people over.

Lin Xiao roughly explained the situation, and Inspector Megure confirmed Xianglian's condition and said, "She has been dead for more than half an hour!"

“How could this be…” Shoumei’s tears came out again.

Inspector Megure also showed a look of pity on his face. He looked down at Amano Shoichi on the ground and asked, "Lin Xiao, is he the murderer?"

Lin Xiao nodded and said, "The murderer is Amano Shoichi, but there is still a lack of evidence."

At this moment, Officer Takagi suddenly shouted, "Inspector, come and take a look at this!"

They saw Officer Takagi holding a blood-stained tripod in his hand!

"This was found behind Miss Xianglian!" Officer Takagi explained. "The luminol test showed a blood reaction."

Lin Xiao just moved the box carefully and did not do any further inspection, so he did not find any blood reaction on the tripod.

Sumi cried out, "That's Amano's tripod!"

"As long as the blood on the tripod is identified, it can be proved that Amano Shoichi is the murderer. Okay, the evidence is complete. Now, we can arrest Amano Shoichi."

After explaining everything here to Inspector Megure, Lin Xiao walked out of the lift platform.

Tomoko Suzuki, the person in charge of the opening, had been waiting there for a long time.

Seeing Lin Xiao coming out, she came up to him with a nervous look on her face and asked, "Lin Xiao, what happened to Xianglian?"

Lin Xiao spread his hands and gave her the bad news: "Dead."

Suzuki Tomoko drooped down wherever her body could droop: "Ah, this is so unfortunate..."

Lin Xiao patted her shoulder and comforted her, "Fortunately, the murderer has been found! Inspector Megure and his men are already handling the case. You just need to have someone keep the good news secret."

"This is all we can do for now." Suzuki Tomoko sighed and held her forehead.

Lin Xiao didn't want to make any comment on Suzuki Tomoko's complaints, he just pulled her away from the backstage.

After leaving the backstage, Suzuki Tomoko perked up, turned to look at Lin Xiao, and said, "Lin Xiao, there are a lot of things here that need my attention, I can't get away, can you wait for me in the room upstairs?"

Suzuki Tomoko stuffed a room card into Lin Xiao's hand. Lin Xiao hesitated. Suzuki Tomoko obviously wanted to have a friendly match with him. However, Yukiko was still waiting for him to accompany her. This was a bit of a headache.

The truth was worse than Lin Xiao had imagined. In fact, Yukiko had already seen Suzuki Tomoko giving Lin Xiao the room card.

As soon as Suzuki Tomoko left, Yukiko walked up to Lin Xiao and took away Lin Xiao's room card.

Chapter 230 My Classmate Has Two Mothers

In front of Suzuki Hotel.

Miyano Akemi drove Yukiko's red sports car to pick up Huihara Ai, while Yukiko and Lin Xiao stayed behind.

"Huh? I thought you were going to pull me back?"

"If I do this, you will definitely be unhappy, am I right?"