Ke Xue: Xiaolan delivers goods to your door at the beginning

"This isn't actually my nickname, it's my code name," Lin Xiaofeng explained. "Like Shirley, her real name isn't Shirley, Shirley is her code name."

.. . ....

"What does the code name mean?" Sonoko still didn't understand.

“Sherry and I are not only friends, but also colleagues,” Lin Xiaofeng explained. “I have a part-time job outside of school, but the details are confidential.”

"So, Miss Shirley, what's your name?" Xiaolan asked curiously. She had a good impression of Shirley and would be happy to be good friends with her, or even sisters.

"Shiho Miyano!" Lin Xiaofeng told Xiaolan Shirley's real name.

Shirley raised an eyebrow, glared at Lin Xiaofeng, and said coldly, "Rye, did I give you permission to reveal my real information?"

"Ran, Sonoko, I want to be your friend, don't you want to?"

"Of course I'm willing... But you clearly have ulterior motives. You want to use them to drag me down with you and make me a concubine in your harem."

"Hehe...you've seen right through me." Lin Xiaofeng laughed sheepishly; his intentions were now as clear as day.

"Hey! I won!" Sonoko suddenly shouted, having won by drawing the winning tile herself.

"I'm not playing anymore, the air conditioning is on in the room, I feel cold." Sonoko got up from her seat and sat on Lin Xiaofeng's lap. "Xiaofeng, let's exercise a bit, hehehe..."

366. So moisturizing!

While pressing down on Yuanzi's youthful and beautiful body, Lin Xiaofeng savored the sight of Yuanzi's plump and delicate feet.

Unlike the carefree, bald-headed Sonoko in the original anime, the current Sonoko has been nurtured by Lin Xiaofeng into a kind and understanding young lady, a true lady of high society.

Two bright red blushes appeared on Sonoko's face almost instantly. She felt she was being a bit bold, and the experience was quite mysterious. Not only was Ran there, but her new friend Sherry was also present.

Shirley rubbed her forehead: "Ran, you and Sonoko are usually like Lin Xiaofeng, completely unconcerned about having outsiders around."

Ran quickly waved her hand: "No, Sherry, Sonoko and I treat you like family, that's why we did this."

Upon hearing this, Shirley couldn't help but sigh. Such a beautiful girl, yet she only loves Lin Xiaofeng. Lin Xiaofeng is just too enviable. Even she, a girl, feels jealous. Why is that?

"Ran, do you and Sonoko know exactly how many girlfriends this guy has?"

Xiaolan paused for a moment, then shook her head: "I don't know exactly how many girlfriends Xiaofeng has, but he has a lot. However, Yuanzi and I don't mind at all, and we welcome more sisters to join us."

Shirley couldn't understand: "How can you not be angry with such a womanizer?"

"No!" Xiaolan said firmly, "It is precisely because of Xiaofeng's benevolent nature that Yuanzi and I have also met many good sisters. They are all very, very good. I think this is a kind of happiness, a happiness that transcends love."

"Xiao Lan, you're such a silly girl." Shirley pinched Xiao Lan's chin. She was smitten with such a cute and beautiful girl. "That bastard Rye is so lucky, loved by so many wonderful girls!"

"I'm not stupid!"

Like a person drinking water, only they know whether it's hot or cold. Xiao Lan happily ran to Yuanzi's side and lay down, ready to be like Yuanzi at any time.

……

The trip to Shenhai Island lasted for three days. On the first day, most of the day was wasted waiting for the boat and traveling to Shenhai Island. The time available for sightseeing was only a short while in the afternoon.

Although there are streetlights on Shenhai Island at night, it is still a resort that was hastily built up from a small fishing village with a lot of money. Many places are still very incomplete. Even if you want to go to the beach at night to see the sea, you can only see a dark expanse. The only place with sufficient lighting is the commercial street near the hotel.

The schedule for the third day is even tighter. Basically, you get up in the morning to pack your things, and if there are any places you want to visit, you can go and see them quickly. If not, you can consider bringing back some local specialties. After having lunch, you can take your luggage to the pier to wait for the ship to go home.

In short, the real fun begins on the second day.

So the next morning, Lin Xiaofeng was forced to get up very early.

"We're going diving again today. Yesterday was too rushed, we didn't get to enjoy it enough!"

Yuanzi forcibly woke Lin Xiaofeng up.

Hearing Sonoko's call, Ran and Sherry also woke up.

The four of them got dressed, sat in the guesthouse restaurant to have breakfast, and discussed their plans for the day.

"Scuba diving? You're going scuba diving today?"

Mr. Meima, the elderly man who runs the guesthouse, happened to hear this in the corridor outside the door, so he went over and asked.

"Yes, that's right." Sonoko nodded reservedly. "Considering the possibility of sharks touching us, we'll just dive a little closer to land today. We shouldn't encounter a situation like yesterday."

“Is that so?” Mima Kazuo nodded slightly. “I suggest you go and come back in the morning. The earlier you go, the earlier you come back. By the afternoon, the sea may become rougher. Every year at this time, storms and heavy rains at sea become very frequent. Generally, we fishermen do not choose to go out to sea during this season.”

"Understood, thank you, Mr. Mima!" Sonoko said gratefully.

After breakfast, the four of them went to the diving equipment shop on Shenhai Island.

Moreover, given her diving experience yesterday afternoon, Sonoko easily got the phone number of Ms. Mikiko Yamaguchi, the instructor at the diving equipment store, and pre-ordered all the equipment and gear early this morning.

At the shop entrance, Yamaguchi Mikiko, who had been eagerly waiting, was delighted to see Sonoko and the others arrive.

"Everyone's here. All the equipment is ready. We can set off once we've loaded it into the van."

Mikiko suddenly approached Lin Xiaofeng and patted him on the shoulder: "Mr. Lin, you did a great job diving yesterday. Do you often dive?"

"No... I'm just exceptionally talented, in every way..."

"Wow." Mikiko Yamaguchi scrutinized the handsome man in front of her. "Mr. Lin, you're not being modest at all."

"Hahaha... Of course, my diving skills can't compare to yours, Mikiko."

"I really don't have any confidence!"

Mikiko Yamaguchi pouted, looking incredibly cute. She was a beautiful, strong, and tanned woman with a graceful figure and shoulder-length dark brown hair, which was very attractive.

However, at that moment, a malicious threat rang out from behind everyone.

"Don't move! Get all the oxygen cylinders onto the truck!"

Two incredibly arrogant treasure hunters, each wielding a dagger, appeared before the group.

Lin Xiaofeng has never seen anything like it; someone actually robbed an oxygen tank. It's outrageous.

"What exactly do you want?!"

Mikiko Yamaguchi was both shocked and furious, unable to understand why someone would rob an oxygen tank.

"Did you hear me? I want all the oxygen tanks here loaded onto the truck properly."

"Not just oxygen tanks, but other equipment as well."

Two treasure hunters, each with a separate statement, are planning to rob all the equipment from the diving shop.

"hateful!"

Mikiko Yamaguchi had no choice but to comply, hoping to appease the situation for now before calling the police later.

The result was... in the blink of an eye.

The two treasure hunters, who had been incredibly arrogant, were thrown against the wall outside the diving equipment shop with bruises and swelling on their faces, letting out miserable howls.

Lin Xiaofeng squatted down in front of the two, playing with a dagger he had taken from one of the treasure hunters. The cold light flashed as he moved up and down, highlighting the warm and handsome smile on his face.

"Robbery in broad daylight? You've got some nerve! You even dared to rob me. Do you know who I am?"

The knife tip traced across the treasure hunter's rugged face, making a chilling hissing sound. Lin Xiaofeng controlled the pressure perfectly, just enough to cause a slight sting without breaking the skin. He knew exactly what he was doing, but for the person being tortured, it was nothing short of mental torture.

They were like fish on a chopping block, at the mercy of the knife. Who knew if this guy's hand would suddenly tremble, resulting in an easy gash? Especially for treasure hunters like them, who spent their lives diving in the sea to retrieve treasures, having a cut was extremely dangerous... After all, a significant portion of the fish in the sea preferred to eat meat, especially the flesh of wounded prey. However, they had no choice...

The two treasure hunters exchanged a glance, both filled with dread.

"You are the legendary, invincible high school detective, Tokyo's strongest..."

"...A once-in-a-millennium talent, the savior of the police force, the renowned detective Lin Xiaofeng!"

The two treasure hunters were intimidated by Lin Xiaofeng's domineering aura and knelt on the ground.

"Listen to me, from now on, I'll ask you a question, and you'll answer it, understand?"

"Little understands."

Two treasure hunters, they're terrified.

Mikiko Yamaguchi was shocked. The two formidable treasure hunters were like sick cats in front of Lin Xiaofeng.

Ran, Sonoko, and Sherry stared at Lin Xiaofeng with adoring eyes. Although they all knew how powerful Lin Xiaofeng was, they were still captivated by his show-off antics.

"I know I was wrong."

"Detective Lin...please ask quickly."

Yeah, that'll make them behave.

The subsequent interrogation basically follows the pattern of asking the three most important questions in life: who are you, where did you come from, and what are you going to do?

It turns out that these two were not only treasure hunters, but also international fugitives. One was named Matsumoto Mitsuji, and the other was Izuyama Taro. They came to the God Island to find Amboni and Marie Reed's treasure, but they did not know the specific contents of the treasure. They only knew that it was hidden in a huge underwater palace near the God Island.

What they didn't expect was that they would be attacked by sharks during their initial exploration, resulting in the loss of one of their companions and attracting the attention of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Although they later learned that the sharks were attracted because someone had secretly placed bags containing fish blood inside their diving suits, and the bags ruptured under water pressure after they descended to a certain depth, causing the fish blood to flow out and attract the sharks with its pungent smell, they dared not call the police or make too much of a fuss, considering that they themselves were wanted fugitives.

In less than two days, they have descended to the underwater palace 1.4 multiple times, with varying progress each time, but none of them have been able to find the treasure.

"Huh? What's this?"

Sonoko, who was rummaging through the backpacks of the two treasure hunters, suddenly exclaimed.

Lin Xiaofeng, Shirley Xiaolan, and diving instructor Yamaguchi Mikiko immediately looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the young lady Suzuki accurately pulled out a rather retro flintlock pistol and a pirate scimitar full of historical traces from her backpack.

“This thing looks familiar to me…” Lin Xiaofeng said, stroking his chin.

"This isn't it?!" Xiaolan exclaimed in surprise.

“Ann and Mary’s pistol and scimitar!” Mikiko Yamaguchi recognized them at a glance.

“But I remember they should be kept in the museum on the island, right?” Sonoko asked, puzzled.

"They probably stole it." Shirley glanced at the two treasure hunters slumped against the wall, almost unrecognizable from their own mothers, yet still looking resentful. "I just can't understand why they would steal those two things..."

"Maybe it's because they're valuable?" Xiaolan speculated.

"It's not that valuable... maybe a little more in terms of collectible value." Lin Xiaofeng didn't think this kind of thing was worth much money.

367. Sherry stole my house.

"Hmm, I think I understand." Sonoko pinched her chin with a serious expression.

"Oh?" Everyone looked at Sonoko in surprise.

"They must have been terrified by the sharks yesterday, so they were forced to abandon Anne and Mary's treasure and instead set their sights on the pistols and scimitars preserved in the island's museum," Sonoko said with absolute certainty.

"Is this what they mean by 'a thief never leaves empty-handed'?" Lin Xiaofeng was speechless.

Well, this silly girl's analysis seems reasonable at first glance, but a little scrutiny reveals that it doesn't make any sense. He pointed to the oxygen cylinders scattered on the ground not far away: "But they prepared oxygen cylinders today."

“This might be because…” Sonoko was momentarily speechless.

"You don't mean to say they're planning to swim back to Tokyo from here, do you?" Lin Xiaofeng said, squinting.

"Ugh!" Sonoko's face stiffened; clearly, that was really what she thought.

"If they actually did that, that would be true shark food," Lin Xiaofeng complained. "I guess the reason they broke into the museum last night to steal those two items, and then rushed to go underwater so early this morning, is because they discovered some kind of mechanism in the huge underwater palace, and that 17 can only be solved with a pistol and a machete."

"Is that what he said?" Sherry turned her gaze to the two treasure hunters.

"Yes...yes." The two nodded quickly.

"Besides, I don't think you brought many oxygen tanks. At most, you can only stay underwater for about an hour." Lin Xiaofeng analyzed rationally. "So I guess the underwater palace shouldn't have been flooded, and there should be plenty of oxygen inside. After all, it takes nearly forty minutes to go up and down. If you accidentally get lost while exploring the underwater palace in half an hour, you won't be able to get out at all."

“Xiao Feng…” Xiao Lan opened her mouth, listening to the analysis, as if she suddenly realized something. “Now that we have information about the underwater palace, and we have the pistol and the scimitar, everything is ready except for the final step, so…”

Lin Xiaofeng rested his hand under his chin, making a big V sign, his eyes gleaming.

"What?! You're going to find Anne and Mary's treasure?!"

Xiao Lan was truly shocked by Lin Xiaofeng's "bold idea".

"But Xiaofeng, didn't you say you weren't interested in any so-called treasure at all?"

"I admit I did say that..." Lin Xiaofeng scratched his face, "But when I said I wasn't interested, I meant from a treasure-hunting perspective. It's like how no one goes to Paris for tourism without visiting Notre Dame Cathedral. Most people will choose to go and see it, but no one goes there with the mindset of seeing if they can carry Notre Dame Cathedral home. You should understand what I mean, right?"

"But..." Xiaolan was in a dilemma.

"Come on, come on!" Sonoko chimed in cheerfully. "Besides, the main selling point of Kamishima Island is the idea that there are treasures underwater. We've come all this way and rented diving equipment, it would be such a waste not to go and see for ourselves!"

"Sonoko—" Seeing that her best friend was also so interested, Ran couldn't help but frown slightly. "Have you forgotten what Mr. Mima said before we came? There's going to be a storm at sea this afternoon. What if we get trapped in the underwater palace? And we don't even know if there's enough oxygen in the underwater palace. What if we're really stuck inside and can't get out..."

She stopped there, because there was no need to continue; even if she didn't finish, Sonoko and Lin Xiaofeng would understand.

"That's true." Lin Xiaofeng nodded slightly.

"Right?" Xiaolan breathed a slight sigh of relief, "So we spent the morning at the beach..."