I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

"Ok!"

With the speedboat running at full speed, it didn't take long for Serabelle and the others to return to the small dock where they launched the boat.

We stepped back onto the ground and took out all the diving equipment from the speedboat one by one.

It was not until Xiaolan sat in the car, which was a little stuffy due to the sun, and closed the door that she finally let go of her worries.

After all, it is impossible for a shark to fly directly to the shore and bite people.

The same is true for Mikiko Yamaguchi.

She put all the diving equipment into the trunk, closed the trunk door, walked around from the rear of the car to the front driver's side, opened the door and got in, sat in the car and closed the door, leaned back in the seat and looked up at the sky for five or six seconds before she sat up with a start, turned to face Serabell on the passenger seat and Conan, Yukiko, and Eri in the back seat, and clasped her hands together.

"I'm really sorry. I didn't expect to encounter that kind of situation today. I swear on my life that this sea area is really very safe. I have been a diving instructor in Ms. Chinatsu's diving equipment store since I was sixteen, and I have never encountered a shark in the sea."

"Miss Chinatsu...?" Xiaolan blinked, "Isn't the diving equipment store yours, Miss Yamaguchi?"

"Oh, of course not."

Mikiko Yamaguchi shook her head quickly.

"That's Ms. Chinatsu's phone. Chinatsu Mabuchi, she's my sister, I guess. She's the one who taught me how to dive. I'm just working for her now."

"That's it."

"Then what about those three men you mentioned earlier, Miss Yamaguchi?"

Kisaki Eri did not forget the most important thing.

Mikiko Yamaguchi said, "They came to the store before to borrow the air pump to inflate their oxygen cylinders, but they didn't rent equipment from me. They brought all their own equipment. In the past six months, rumors of treasure have brought a lot of tourists to the island, but they have also attracted a lot of treasure hunters. I guess they are the same."

"Treasure hunter..."

Serabelle secretly paid attention.

Treasure hunters are different from archaeological teams. Although the treasures found by both have a chance of eventually appearing in the private collection rooms of some big shots through certain channels, the former are illegal gangs in nature, so most of the time they can only do small things and cannot form a large professional team.

When faced with many dangerous situations that require the use of precise scientific instruments, these treasure hunters will usually choose the most cost-effective solution by any means necessary.

For example, kidnapping local people and forcing them to step over landmines by force.

To put it bluntly, they are no different from bandits.

Just be careful and do it all if necessary...

In the front row, Serabel was still thinking about something with her head down. Yukiko, who was sitting between the mother and daughter in the back row, suddenly lowered her head and scratched the inside of Xiaolan's thigh near the knee with her fingers, scraping out some translucent mucus, and picked it up in the air.

"What is this? Ran-chan, did you encounter anything while diving, like a jellyfish or something?"

When I smelled it up close, all that was left was the fishy and salty smell of sea water, and I couldn't tell what it was just by looking at its appearance.

"I don't think so. I'm not sure."

Xiaolan turned her eyes away calmly.

Just because Aunt Yukiko didn't see what it was doesn't mean she can't see it.

If I'm not mistaken, it was probably the bit that was squeezed out when I put on my swimsuit underwater. I didn't expect it to get accidentally caught on my leg during the ascent, and it wasn't seen until now when the water on my body was dry.

But luckily my mother didn't find out, hehe~

Chapter 670 Conan Down

As the only diving equipment shop on the island, the services provided by Mikiko Yamaguchi are quite complete.

Including but not limited to equipment rental, clothing package, showers, free air pumping, etc.

So after returning to the store from the dock, Serabelle took a quick shower, put on her original clothes, and settled the bill.

And when he habitually took a look to see if there were any unread messages, he actually found... wow, there really was one.

It was sent by Conan.

【Have you returned from diving? 】

There was only such a simple sentence. Serabelle glanced at the system time above the message.

The message was received about four or five minutes ago. This guy even calculated the time when they would end their diving quite accurately. It was obvious that he had been thinking about them all the time.

It seems that he is very worried about not being able to go diving with Xiaolan?

After a moment's thought, Serabelle typed a reply.

【Just came back, what happened? 】

Once the message was sent, within ten seconds Conan replied.

[Well, there is something going on. Are you planning to go back to the hotel now? ]

Back to the hotel?

Serabell raised an eyebrow.

Although they had returned from diving, because they had set out at one o'clock in the afternoon and the oxygen tanks could only support a total of forty minutes of use, it was only a little after two o'clock in the morning.

When you are on vacation, 2pm or so is the best time to have fun. Why would you go back to the hotel at this time?

I guess Conan wants to tell him something in private.

While Serabelle was still hesitating whether to agree, Yukiko and others who had just finished taking a shower came out from behind her, dressed in their clothes.

Seeing Serabelle looking down at her phone in deep thought, Yukiko curiously quickened her pace and jogged over, unceremoniously leaning sideways to look at the content on the screen while asking.

"What's going on? Did your girlfriend send a message to Sera-kun?"

The speaker may not have intended it, but the listener may have taken it to heart. Upon hearing this, Ki Eri, who was walking behind, couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

Only Xiaolan, who was following her mother, had a smile on her face and was unmoved, with her hands crossed in front of her belly, looking very contented.

"Oh, nothing..."

Serabelle didn't mind Yukiko's screen peeking and openly displayed the message sent by Conan.

"Conan seems to have something to talk to me about. I have to go back to the hotel now and will come to see you later."

"New... uh, Conan?" Yukiko almost blurted out, blinking her eyes, "What is he going to do?"

"I don't know. He didn't say that."

Serabelle shook her head.

But this was exactly the answer Yukiko wanted. She had been planning to find an opportunity to separate from Ranki and Eri so that she could be alone and happy with Serabell.

So the older girl gave a thumbs up decisively.

"That's perfect. I just have to go back to the hotel. Bell, let's go back together~"

Oh?

The married female lawyer flicked her bangs lightly.

"Yukiko, you're going back too? What's going on for you too?"

"Ah, I need to go back and reapply it on my face."

Yukiko pouted while touching her cheek with her fingertips.

"I just came back from diving in the sea. I forgot to buy waterproof sunscreen before I left. The sea breeze is strong at the beach. If I don't take sun protection measures in time, I will definitely be tanned when I get back. I don't plan to become a Shibuya-style hot girl yet."

It was an absolutely reasonable explanation, but she still accidentally overlooked one point.

This excuse applies not only to herself, but also to Xiaolan and Eri Kisaki.

As expected, the next second, Kisaki Eri nodded thoughtfully.

"Put on some makeup. That makes sense. Why don't we go back too, Lan?"

I asked my daughter who was right next to me but I didn't get a response for a long time.

Kisaki Eri turned her head in confusion, only to see Xiaolan holding the phone in both hands. The smile on her face, which was always filled with a gentle smile, had completely disappeared at this moment. She frowned, and there seemed to be a little bit of...disdain in her eyes?

The wife and female lawyer repeated that she had never seen her daughter like this before.

"Lan? What's wrong with you?"

"Uh… ah no, nothing!"

Xiaolan suddenly came to her senses and put away her phone as quickly as possible, even looking a little panicked.

"Oh, yeah, since Aunt Yukiko and Sera-kun are going back, let's go to a snack bar I saw this morning. I think the business there is pretty good. Let's go and line up now. Sera-kun and Aunt Yukiko should be done with their shopping by then, so we can eat together."

"Eh? Now?"

Kisaki Eri was a little caught off guard by her daughter's lack of cooperation.

"Lan, aren't you going to go back to the hotel and put on some sunscreen first?"

"It's okay, it's okay~"

Xiaolan smiled and waved her hand.

"Even if you get a little tan it's good for your health. Besides, you usually stay in the office every day, so it's good to come out and bask in the sun occasionally. There's no need to be so nervous."

Fei Yingli "..."

But... she just couldn't refute it. Since her daughter didn't want to go back, she couldn't force her to go back.

Just forget it.

"Then let's go back first~"

In front of the diving equipment store, Yukiko waved to Kisaki Eri and Xiaolan, and left with Serabelle with a bright smile.

The view then shifts to the hotel lobby.

When the two returned to the hotel from the diving equipment store, Conan was already waiting in the lounge area on the first floor lobby. In front of him was a can of juice bought from a nearby vending machine. When he saw Serabell coming and was about to say hello, he was startled by Yukiko next to him.

"Sera... Hey, why are you here too, mom?!"

Serabel knew his identity, not to mention Yukiko as her mother. Besides, there was no one else Conan knew nearby, so Conan simply stopped pretending and just used his real name.

"I came back to touch up my makeup. I didn't expect Bell would come back too, so I came back with him."

Without being polite to her own son, Yukiko snatched the can of juice as soon as she sat down, tilted her head back and took two big gulps, then put it on the table in front of her.

"Tell me the truth, what kind of work do you do?"

"Uh~ Mom, why are you asking this? Aren't you going upstairs to touch up your makeup?"

Conan said this while using his eyes to hint at Serabel beside him.

But Yukiko ignored his hint and slammed the table like a female bandit, leaning forward slightly.

"Tell me quickly, what happened? Did you get into trouble?"

"No, how could it be possible..."

Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Conan had no choice but to tell the truth honestly.

"I just thought that I haven't seen Xiaolan for a long time. I wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to meet her here. If I'm free in the evening, I'll ask her about her recent situation."

Asking about her recent situation at night, does that mean I want her room number?

Yukiko took a sip of juice with a serious expression: "Xin-chan, you still have to ask the girl in person for things like this. Mom can't do it for you."

"I asked, I sent her a text message." Conan held his cheek with his hand, a little frustrated.

"What did she say?"

Serabell roughly understood why Xiaolan looked so unhappy in the store before.

Sure enough, as this question was asked, Conan's expression became even more aggrieved.

"I don't know. She hasn't come back yet."

"Maybe he didn't see it, but in that case there's nothing we can do."

Serabelle shrugged.

"I can't reveal this."

"Why, why?"

Conan looked pleading.

But Serabelle still rejected him sternly.