……

At the same time, a small figure was rushing towards this side in the corridor of the hotel floor outside the door.

Still Conan.

Because of Kogoro Mouri, he didn't return to the hotel until just now, and then he went straight to Xiaolan.

The purpose and reason were of course what Xiaolan said in the gymnasium that morning.

Those words not only confused Sera Masumi, but also gave him a little hope.

This is possible. As long as the truth is as Xiaolan said at the time, then there is a high probability that Serabelle has no relationship with Xiaolan and they are just acquaintances.

As for the noise he heard in the gap under the door last night, it can also be explained as Xiaolan being alone in the room...well, entertaining herself.

But guesses are just guesses after all, and Conan still needs to confirm them.

So a dozen seconds later, he came to Xiaolan's door again.

With the experience from last time, Conan was obviously much more familiar with the route this time. After observing that there was no one in the corridor, he lowered his body to all fours and put his ear close to the gap under the door.

The air moved, and the sounds in the room could be heard faintly.

"Wait, wait a minute, let me take a break..."

"Hehe, Sera-san is pretty good too. If that's the case, how about increasing the intensity a bit?"

"Don't... Lan, don't press my shoulders. I want to sink... Ooooh! It's coming!!!"

Eh?

Hearing the noise inside the door, Conan outside the door slowly stood up, stunned.

Chapter 762: Some things are better for mom not to know

It was not until midnight that the noise in the room gradually calmed down.

It’s not the same time, or even the same place, but the things being done are the same.

Take a bath.

The bathroom was still filled with mist. Xiaolan was lying quietly in the bathtub. Next to her was Serabel, who was sitting on a stone pier in front of the sink and bathing Masumi Sera.

"Wait, wait a minute, brother, please stop. I really don't have the strength anymore..."

"I know, so I'll help you wash it."

Without saying anything, Serabelle picked up the girl with tiger teeth and made her sit on her lap. She then skillfully squeezed a proper amount of shampoo from the bottle and began to apply it on her sister's head.

I have to say that this scene is warm and a bit familiar, as if it happened not long ago.

Xiaolan in the bathtub just watched without saying much, with a faint and peaceful smile on her face.

"Is this how Sera-kun bathed Sera-san when we were kids?"

"That's about it, basically..."

Serabelle thought for a moment and said.

He has lived with Akai Mari and Sera Masumi since he was very young. Because Akai Mari was very busy with her work in MI6, even though he was the same age as Sera Masumi, he not only had to take care of himself, but also had to help take care of a tiger-toothed girl who was still a juvenile at the time.

Even though it’s been more than ten years now, I haven’t grown much.

"That's great~"

There was a hint of envy in Xiaolan's tone.

Maybe this is what is called fate. Although in the past ten years fate made her only know an arrogant person who never grew up, always acted impulsively without thinking and did not consider the feelings of people around him, she finally met the person who was right for her.

However, at this moment, Sera Masumi, who had finally caught her breath, couldn't help but curl her lips and made a very humiliating remark.

"What are you talking about? How is it the same?"

"Huh? Is it different?"

After hearing this, not only Xiaolan, but even Serabell paused and stopped what she was doing.

Logically speaking, the affirmative answer he gave to Xiaolan just now was given after careful recollection. How could it be different?

However, the tiger-toothed girl who was questioned did not continue to refute. She just glanced away with a flushed cheek and muttered something incoherently.

"If you really want to say the same thing, at least pull it out first..."

"Ah? Masamune, did you say anything?"

The girl's voice was so unclear that Serabelle couldn't hear it clearly even at such a close distance.

But the next second, Sera Masumi interrupted him with a blushing face.

"Um...Nothing! By the way, Lan!"

Without waiting for Serabelle to speak again, Sera Masumi quickly turned her gaze to Xiaolan in the bathtub beside her. The bubbles in her black hair splashed on the chin of the boy behind her.

Now Serabelle really couldn't speak for the time being.

But these are not within the consideration of Tiger Tooth Girl.

Xiaolan wanted to laugh when she saw this, but she held it back and cleared her throat.

"What's wrong, Sera-san?"

"That...is..."

As if the topic was difficult to bring up, Sera Masumi's voice became intermittent again.

"Lan, what you said before about that...that you and my brother were a little later than me and my brother, when did you...know about it?"

"When~"

Xiaolan turned her eyes away, turned 180 degrees counterclockwise, looked at the white ceiling of the bathroom, and shrugged. The not-so-big movement created ripples on the calm water surface in the bathtub.

"Probably after we return from our trip to Kitanosawa Village, after the winter break is over."

"Eh? At that time..."

Sera Masumi suddenly deflated.

That was the first time she and Serabelle did that, so she remembered the scene very clearly.

At that time, we were in a B&B in Kitanosawa Village, listening to the heavy snow falling outside the window, and sleeping in each other's arms in the quilt on the bed, as if spring flowers were blooming in the mountains.

"I remember hearing it clearly."

Xiaolan nodded her lips and slowly recalled.

"When you woke up the next day, you were limping. You told us that you pulled a muscle while skiing the previous day. You didn't go with us to see Swan Lake later."

"That is……"

The previous lie was completely exposed, and Sera Masumi blushed even more.

But you can't blame her for this, right?

How could you say such a thing openly? You can't just say in the public restaurant of the B&B in front of everyone that you did it too violently last night and it's difficult for you to even go down the stairs today!

Especially since her relationship with Serabelle was still seen as...too weird by others.

"Eh? No, Lan, you're not..."

As if his killer instinct had suddenly awakened after his brain was overloaded to the limit, Masumi Sera blinked rapidly.

"Lan, didn't you say you don't remember anything before you lost your memory? You should have not lost your memory when we went to Kitanozawa Village, right? Why do you still remember what I said at that time?"

"That's of course because..." Xiaolan raised her hand from the water and tapped her forehead with her index finger, "I have recovered my memory."

……Eh?

Sera Masumi paused.

What did she just hear? Has Xiaolan recovered her memory?

Xiaolan smiled slightly: "Sera-san, do you remember what I said before? Because I know the secret between Sera-san and Sera-kun, and now that it has come to the point of being open and honest, I will also let Sera-san know the secret between me and Sera-kun."

"Secret... No, Lan, you said you recovered your memory... Is that all of it?" The girl with tiger teeth couldn't even speak coherently.

“All of them.”

"Wh, when did you recover?"

"Hmm~ It was quite a while ago."

Xiaolan told the exact time without much thought.

"It was about a week or two after I lost my memory. At that time, Sera-kun was asked by my mother to take me to Dorobiga Park for a day. I recovered my memory not long after I came back."

There is nothing wrong with what he said. Although the opportunity for finally recovering his memory was not the experience of visiting Dorobiga Park, it was almost exactly at that time in terms of the timeline.

"But why didn't you tell us, Ran?" Sera Masumi was puzzled.

"Because it's more convenient this way..."

Xiaolan smiled.

"If I casually announce that I have recovered my memory, first of all, my father will want me to go back, and then it will become troublesome for Kudo Shinichi. After all—"

The conversation stopped here, but both of them understood what they wanted to express.

"Aunt doesn't know either?" Sera Masumi asked.

"Well, how should I put this~"

Xiaolan thought for a moment and then smiled gently.

"Although it's not good to hide such a big thing from mom, there are some things that are better for mom not to know."

"That's it..."

Sera Masumi nodded, not quite understanding.

But she soon came to her senses.

No, wait, what does “There are some things that it’s better for mom not to know” mean?

Chapter 763 Your Mother is Already a Puff

Another night passed, and time flew by and it was the third day since arriving in Singapore.

Let’s not talk about Serabelle who fought a long battle with Xiaolan and Majun last night. On the other hand, Miss Kaito, who had no night activities at all last night and was forced to go to bed early and get up early, arrived at her mother’s door on time at eight o’clock in the morning.

Perhaps because it was still early, there was not a single person in sight in the entire corridor.

Kuroba Chiko was too lazy to be polite and act like a lady, so she just walked up and knocked on the door.

"Mom? Mom, are you up? Open the door~"

The girl's clear voice echoed at the door, but before it could spread out, it was completely absorbed by the high-quality sound-absorbing carpet laid on the floor of the corridor, thus ensuring the sleep quality of other residents around to a large extent.

As for the reason why Kuroba Chiko came so early, it was very simple.

This is what her dear mother told her.

To be precise, the time they agreed on was last night, and during the day, Kuroba Chikage said that some investigation work needed to be done regarding the operation in Singapore, and she would find her in the evening to summarize and discuss it.

However, the result was that last night when Hei Yu Chizi calculated that it was almost seven o'clock in the evening and wanted to come over to ask about the situation, the person was not there when he knocked on the door for the first time. It was unknown whether he had not returned yet or what.

As for the second time, he simply fell asleep and let her knock on the door outside without waking up, highlighting his immersive chat with Zhou Gong.

This? It's very...

It was clearly her mother who asked her to come over to talk to her in the evening, but she didn't show up after coming twice and she even went to bed.

At that moment, Miss Qianzi's blood pressure suddenly rose.

Fortunately, based on her understanding of her mother, she knew that if an accident really happened, it would be earth-shattering, otherwise she would have thought that something unexpected happened during the investigation.

So she came here early this morning.

Come to think of it, I went to bed so early last night, it’s impossible that I haven’t woken up yet.

But it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t wake up. As long as you persist and keep knocking, he will wake up eventually.

Thinking of this, Miss Qianzi started the old monk beating the wooden fish mode.

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