I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

"I don't mean anything else. I just find it strange. After all, rejuvenation is something that would be hard to believe no matter how it happens in real life. But you didn't seem that surprised after hearing about it, Lan, so..."

He didn't say anything more, just shrugged.

"Well, how should I put this?"

Xiaolan moved her body slightly, changed into a more comfortable position and leaned over, then said after a little thought.

"It should be said that after doubting for a long time, I naturally accepted this hypothesis that could be confirmed at any time."

"what?"

Serabelle thought this theory sounded familiar.

Xiaolan continued to explain: "To put it bluntly, if there is something you have been doubting, you will start to think about 'what to do if it is true', which is equivalent to building up your own mental strength, so that when it really happens, you will not be too surprised, just like when an accident happens, you find that you have already prepared a backup plan, just like-"

Xiaolan hesitated and drew out her words but did not continue speaking. She just glanced at the boy next to her with a meaningful look.

Serabelle understood immediately.

It's just like what happened between him and Eri Kisaki, right?

After understanding this meaning, Serabelle decisively remained silent.

Xiaolan snorted softly: "Okay, so tell me, how did he get himself into this state?"

"It's a long story..."

"Then let's make a long story short."

If I were to make a long story short.

Serabelle organized her words: "To put it simply, there is an illegal organization secretly researching a drug that can keep people young forever or even turn them back to youth, but it is still in the initial stage. Then Kudo Shinichi went to investigate, and then he was knocked unconscious and fed the drug... According to him, it was probably around the time you went to Dorobiga Park last time."

"The last time?"

Xiaolan thought about it for a long time with a question mark on her head, and after about twenty seconds, she finally said "oh".

"I remember now. That was right after I won the National Karate Tournament. Well, if that's the case, it makes sense..."

"What makes sense?"

"It makes sense in terms of timing."

Xiaolan's tone sounded more like a complaint than a reminiscence.

"That time he had originally promised to go to Dorobiga Park with me after I won the karate tournament, but we didn't have much fun the whole day and we even encountered a murder on the roller coaster. After that, he ran away saying he had something to do. It turned out that he was there to get beaten."

She thought about it and added two more words.

"Deserved it."

"..."

Serabelle was silent for a second.

"But you said you went on the roller coaster that time?"

"Yes."

Xiaolan admitted it without hesitation.

Serabelle asked curiously, "But we also went on the roller coaster when you lost your memory before, and I saw that you didn't show any signs of recovering your memory at that time?"

"it's common."

Xiaolan curled her lips.

"Because the time I went with him, there was nothing worth remembering at all. Basically, the whole time I just listened to him talking about Holmes, what Holmes had said, and what Holmes and Watson had said... He was even talking about this on the roller coaster. It was just like having an old monk chanting sutras next to me!"

Well, that was indeed quite a jail term.

Serabelle thought.

At least if there was an old monk chanting sutras sitting next to him while he was riding a roller coaster, he would definitely punch the bald monk twice on the forehead with his backhand, and then stuff the wooden fish and the 犍稚 into his mouth.

Read it and let you read it again.

Moreover, he chanted scriptures and put ice cola on girls' faces to scare them. Is there anything that you, Kudo Shinichi, can't do?

Have you ever peeked at a girl’s underwear?

"In fact, I later thought about why I didn't recover my memory after playing in the amusement park for a whole day, and then I came to a conclusion."

Xiaolan placed her index finger on the boy's chest and drew small circles.

"The conclusion is that the two trips were completely different. It can be said that there was nothing in common except for the attractions. And because I kept listening to him the first time, I didn't feel like experiencing the attractions... It was completely different from going with you, Bell, later."

"Oh, forget it, let's not talk about him!"

As if she was a little tired of talking, Xiaolan decisively cut off the topic.

"Speaking of which, there is another matter."

"what's up?"

"that is……"

The girl bit her lips lightly, as if her emotions were brewing, and her cheeks, which had just slightly regained their whiteness due to chatting not long ago, quickly became rosy again.

Xiaolan secretly looked up at the boy with a puzzled look on his face, and her voice became much more shy.

"I wanted to say this last time. Bell, you don't have to restrain yourself just to take care of me. It's okay to relax a little. For example—"

Familiar sentence patterns, familiar pauses.

Serabel understood again.

Meaning, just like him and Eri Kisaki.

But is it really okay with that level of strength... Never mind.

"Then be prepared. I won't care even if you can't get out of bed tomorrow, okay?"

"Uh-huh."

The girl's cheeks were so red that they seemed to bleed, but she nodded gently, stood up, stretched out her arms and gave her body and soul to him.

Then the sex in the bathroom started again, and the intensity was several times greater than before.

Chapter 568 Xiaolan: Busy, I have read but will not reply

It was not until 9:30 in the evening after dinner that Conan and Hattori Heiji finally returned to the hotel.

Compared with the busy flow of people before and after dinner, the hotel lobby seemed surprisingly quiet late at night. Apart from the two receptionists on night shift behind the front desk, there was only the cleaning lady who occasionally passed by.

"Ah~ Damn it, even though we know the identity of the criminal, he doesn't seem to have anything to do with the explosion at the TV station."

Hattori Heiji put his hands behind his head and scratched his scalp under his short hair with his fingers with a somewhat troubled look.

The male corpse named Yajima Shunya that they found in the mansion they visited before was actually a core member of the Satsuki-kai. He was originally scheduled to come to the rehearsal shooting site today, but according to President Achiba, he never showed up no matter how long they waited, and it was only after receiving a phone call that they learned that he was killed at home.

Although some clues were roughly sorted out in the mansion during the next few hours, and the identity of the criminal was almost confirmed, the results of the reasoning still had nothing to do with the explosion that occurred in the Nichiuri TV building during the day.

If you must say, these are more like two completely independent cases.

"… Kudo?"

After he finished speaking, there was no response for four or five meters. Hattori Heiji couldn't help but turn his head and look down.

But he saw that his good brother seemed to have lost his soul. Although his legs were still moving forward mechanically, his expression had long been wandering somewhere else.

"Hey, stop drooling!"

"Hmm? Oh, sorry..."

The sudden increase in volume startled Conan, and he subconsciously raised his hand to wipe the corner of his mouth.

However, he came up empty-handed.

Not to mention saliva, even the oil stains left by dinner had been wiped away long ago, leaving the corners of his mouth clean and empty.

Including the beard that he once had but can no longer grow.

"Hattori, are you an elementary school student?"

Conan was confused.

He remembered that when he was still in Teitan High School, there was such a classless guy in his class. He would shout to others every day, "Brother, you forgot to zip up your pants," and then laugh when others really lowered their heads to look.

Although drool is as bad as having no zipper, it is still very annoying!

"Sorry sorry~"

Hattori Heiji waved his hands with a smile.

"I just saw that you didn't seem to be in good spirits today so I wanted to tease you. So, Kudo, what's wrong with you?"

“…What’s going on?”

Conan turned his face away, obviously unwilling to discuss this issue.

However, Hattori Heiji was not going to let him go just like that, and patted him on the shoulder like a good friend.

"It's okay, tell me. If there's anything, I can give you some advice. I'm talking about that sister Xiaolan."

"……no."

Conan tried to deny it.

"Well, that must be it."

Hattori Heiji snapped his fingers triumphantly.

"The first law is that only the negative can be believed."

“I’m not an official…”

There are more black lines on Conan's head.

But Hattori Heiji didn't care: "It doesn't matter, it's all the same~"

"Ahem, okay, no more joking."

Seeing that the teasing had almost ended, Hattori Heiji coughed lightly and became serious.

"Considering the message you sent me this morning about Xiaolan losing her memory, could it be that she still hasn't remembered you?"

"should be."

With no way out, Conan could only admit it.

"and……"

"And what?" Hattori Heiji asked curiously.

"……nothing."

Conan shook his head. This was the only thing he absolutely did not want to admit.

"Just like you said, Xiaolan has been suffering from amnesia until now. She also didn't remember anything about me when she went to Dorobiga Park before."

“…Oh no.”

This was such a sad story that Hattori Heiji didn't know how to comfort him.

Saying that everything will be fine in the future is just empty talk, he could only change the subject.

"Now let's go upstairs. Should we go visit your sister Lan on the way?"

“No… anymore?”

The two stopped at the elevator door in the lobby on the first floor, with Conan's face showing obvious hesitation.

"It's already half past nine. So many things happened today. Xiaolan must have washed up and is getting ready for bed."

Hattori Heiji shrugged: "Then why don't you just send a message and ask first? If she's awake, she'll definitely reply you. She probably won't sleep with her phone on at night, right?"

"That's not the case."

After much hesitation, Conan finally took out his cell phone and typed a message.

【Sister Xiaolan, are you asleep? 】

Click the send button and a message will be displayed indicating that the message was sent successfully.

At the same time, in the room upstairs, Xiaolan was clasping hands with Serabelle with one hand and tightly grasping the bed sheet with the other.