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

"I see." Sonoko was slightly disappointed.

"However, if you really want to take a walk by the lake, there is a way."

The staff member pointed to the white swan poster pasted next to the main entrance directly in front of the service desk.

"Lake Sawajiri, which is right next to Kitazawa Village, is a great place to see swans during this season. Also, because there are hot springs at the bottom of the lake, the surface of the lake never freezes."

"Really!"

Yuanzi's mood instantly brightened, and she happily took Lin Xiaofeng's hand.

"Shall we go together?"

Xiao Lan consulted Lin Xiaofeng for his opinion.

"Go if you want," Lin Xiaofeng said indifferently.

However, as soon as they pushed open the door, they were immediately stopped by someone.

Suddenly, the three members of the Detective Boys' Freebie Squad appeared hand in hand in front of the customer service center, their eyes shining as they watched the three people walk out of the door.

Lin Xiaofeng asked, "You guys, is there something you need?"

"Actually, we have a question we'd like to ask Brother Xiaofeng," said Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya, a boy with a few freckles on his face.

"Ask me?" Lin Xiaofeng was taken aback.

“Yes…yes,” Ayumi said crisply. “Conan suddenly told us that we might not see him again, and that he was going to quit the Detective Boys.”

She opened her palm, revealing a detective badge.

"Hmm? What's this?" Lin Xiaofeng bent down, picked it up, and took a look.

"This is a detective badge that the professor specially made for our Junior Detective Club!" Mitsuhiko said earnestly.

"So...so we want to know why Conan said such cruel things," the little girl said, a hint of panic in her voice.

Genta said, "We went to ask Shinichi-nii, but Shinichi-nii said that you (Wang Hao) might know, so we..."

"Oh, that's it."

Lin Xiaofeng stroked his chin. Conan hadn't truly turned back into Shinichi Kudo yet, but he was already giving his three friends a heads-up. He was probably worried that if he suddenly disappeared, they wouldn't be able to accept it. By gradually getting them to accept it, Conan had done a good job.

However, Conan himself didn't explain clearly, so what did he mean by shifting the blame to him?

"Conan... is actually Shinichi Kudo. If you want to play with Conan in the future, just go find Shinichi Kudo."

Lin Xiaofeng directly told the three kids the truth; he had no obligation to lie for Conan.

414. The sour, pungent smell of love

Lin Xiaofeng spent almost the entire day wandering around with Yuanzi and Xiaolan, covering almost the entire vicinity of Kitazawa Village.

Night fell. All the hotels were like guesthouses, numerous in number, mostly two or three-story bungalows, or villas, though the layout of each room was relatively formulaic.

Outside the window, the fine snow was still falling, and the white hexagonal crystals were rendered in various colors by the colorful lights hanging on the trees. The still scene was as beautiful as a fairy tale.

However, it looks beautiful, but it's also really cold.

Once these beautiful filters are removed, a real snowy night can be quite terrifying.

Especially for a group of people who have had their fill of fun during the day, they don't feel anything when they are soaked in the cold air under the Danshui sun for a long time. But as soon as they return indoors and feel the comfort of air conditioning, they will instantly become lazy and will not want to go out anymore.

After having dinner at the hotel restaurant, Sonoko suggested going to the gift shop next door to see what souvenirs she could buy to take home.

Buying souvenirs on the first day of a trip might sound a bit strange, but compared to going out in the cold wind in the middle of the night, browsing gift shops seems like a good option. Xiaolan agreed, wanting to go too.

So Lin Xiaofeng took the two girls to buy souvenirs.

Next to the restaurant on the first floor, there is a gift shop that specializes in selling souvenirs, which are said to be handmade by the local people of Kitazawa Village.

"What do you think of this Brother Lin?"

Yuanzi picked out a soft, round, white plush toy from the glass shelf and held it in front of her with both hands to show it to Lin Xiaofeng.

"This is..." Lin Xiaofeng glanced at it and was immediately stunned.

To be precise, what Yuanzi (吴bIhb翅e) is holding is a white slime, not a dumpling, because there are two vertical eyes sewn with black thread on the front of the doll.

"Hmm, I think it's good, quite cute."

"Is this a slime?" Xiaolan also picked up a blue one.

“Right…it seems like you can wear it on your head.” Lin Xiaofeng also picked up a yellow one.

Then, when the three of them put the heads on and saw their reflections in the glass display case, they all burst out laughing. For a moment, the entire gift shop was filled with the decadent scent of romance.

Bathed in the warm light of the streetlights, Lin Xiaofeng caught a glimpse of three familiar small figures running out of the hotel under the cover of darkness. He was taken aback.

Huh? It's so late, where are these kids going?

……

On the deserted ski slope at night, the sound of snowmobile engines came and went, accompanied by the equally intermittent cheers of children.

This is a scene that would make any adult with a bad temper harden their fist.

Three children, who looked to be about seven or eight years old, were riding a two-seater snowmobile, speeding around the ski resort that had already closed for the night.

Since it was already night, there were no skiers at the ski resort, so there was no need to worry about bumping into anyone. The car tracks left winding trails and snowflakes flew everywhere.

"Wuhu~"

On the snowmobile, the largest one, Yuan Tai, sat at the front and held the helm, maneuvering the vehicle to make sharp left turns and drift 180 degrees to the right on the snow.

"How was it? Wasn't it exciting? I've always wanted to do this, Qi Kai!" he said in a boastful, loud voice.

"Yeah yeah."

“It’s so shocking!”

Ayumi and Mitsuhiko, who were sitting behind him, echoed his sentiments.

Children are prone to impulsiveness, and the affirmation from his friends boosted Yuan Tai's confidence even more, so he floored the accelerator and went all out without hesitation.

Thus, their joy turned to sorrow.

With a series of wild, high-speed maneuvers by Yuan Tai, they successfully flew off a snow slope that was originally used to mark the ski area and continued on their way. By the time they realized what was happening, they had traveled tens of thousands of miles.

They even overturned the snowmobile.

This flipped it over and landed on the road.

"Then... what do we do now?"

In the stillness of the mountain road where only snowflakes were falling, Ayumi rubbed her hands, looking at her snowmobile that had completely overturned, feeling somewhat helpless.

"There's no other way. We kids definitely can't lift such a heavy snowmobile by ourselves. We need an adult..." Mitsuhiko shook his head and was about to take out his phone from his pocket to make a call.

“But we sneaked out because we didn’t want the professor to know,” Genta said with a look of utter disbelief. “If the professor finds out, we’ll definitely get scolded again.”

"yes……"

Ayumi also frowned.

"If Conan were here right now, that would be great," Genta wailed sincerely.

Upon hearing this, Ayumi blinked, as if she had thought of something.

"Wait, speaking of Conan..."

415. Everyone in the world knows you.

After Lin Xiaofeng, Xiaolan, and Yuanzi finished picking out gifts at the gift shop, they returned to the hotel. Suddenly, he felt something vibrate under his clothes.

Lin Xiaofeng frowned slightly, and Xiaolan and Yuanzi looked at him with confusion.

"what happened?"

"Um, wait a minute."

As Lin Xiaofeng spoke, he reached into his pocket near the location of the tremor. He pulled out a detective badge modeled after Sherlock Holmes from his left trouser pocket.

It looks very familiar.

“I remember this little gadget is…” Sonoko paused for a moment.

"This is the badge of the Junior Detective League!" Ran recognized it at a glance.

Then, the two women heard cries for help coming from the detective badge in Lin Xiaofeng's hand.

"Help!"

"Brother Xiaofeng, can you hear me?!"

"Is there anyone who can save us?!"

"..." Sonoko let out a soft "uh," her expression subtle.

"That's the voice of those three children." Xiaolan couldn't help but worry.

Lin Xiaofeng raised his eyebrows, took the detective badge in his hand, looked at it repeatedly, found the only button on it, and pressed it.

"Hello, it's me, what's up?"

He brought the detective badge closer and said.

The next second, the cries for help from the detective badge turned into cheers.

"Great!"

"Connected!"

"Brother Xiaofeng, come quickly and save us!"

Lin Xiaofeng, holding his detective badge, heard everything clearly, as did Sonoko and Ran, who were so close by.

Lin Qi Xiaofeng composed himself and said, "Judging from your tone, it doesn't seem like your matter is very important. Explain what happened first, and then I'll decide how to rescue you. The more detailed the better."

Detective Badge's voice: "Okay!"

What followed was a long, rambling explanation.

The child doesn't yet understand what it means to have a proper balance of detail and summary, so the explanation was indeed extremely detailed.

five minutes later……

"Okay, I think I understand now." Lin Xiaofeng rubbed his forehead slightly. "In short, you guys crashed your car on a nearby mountain road and don't want Professor Agasa and the others to know, right?"

"Yes, it is."

"Now, all I need you to do is one thing: build a snow hut or something, or sit around a snow-covered moor, whatever you can find, just cover yourselves up so you don't look like a delicious midnight snack. I don't want to come over and only see bloodstains and a few animal footprints."

Lin Xiaofeng hung up the phone after he finished speaking.

"Sorry, those kids seem to have gotten into trouble. I'll go check on them and be right back," he said to Sonoko and Sonoko.

"Hmm...I know." Sonoko and Ran nodded obediently.

"but……"

Lin Xiaofeng glanced at the snow scene outside the window and pondered for a moment.

At this hour, the ski resort definitely wouldn't still be open. Those kids must have sneaked into the ski resort and driven their snowmobiles without permission when no one was around. Otherwise, why would a normal business rent snowmobiles to a bunch of kids whose combined age is barely adult?

But if there are no snowmobiles, then the only option is—

"By the way, do you still have your old skateboard?" Lin Xiaofeng asked as he approached Shinichi Kudo.

"Skateboard?" Shinichi Kudo paused, somewhat wary. "It should still be in the trunk of Professor Agasa's car. What's wrong?"

"Lend it to me." Lin Xiaofeng said succinctly, "Your old friends who used to catch shrimp had their car overturned and are now waiting for rescue on the winding mountain road a few hundred meters from here."

"I'll go too." Shinichi Kudo made a quick decision and turned to find Professor Agasa.

Lin Xiaofeng clicked her tongue, rolled her eyes, and quickly grabbed him: "What? You're going too? Can your skateboard even carry two people?"

“I brought two skateboards,” Shinichi Kudo said with unusual determination.

Why did you bring two skateboards?

"I want to go skiing with Xiaolan, but Xiaolan doesn't want to."

Lin Xiaofeng was speechless. "You, Shinichi Kudo, still have designs on Ran. You want to steal her away from me, don't you?"

……

Five minutes later, in the forest leading down the mountain road, two nuclear-powered skateboards whizzed and sped along the snow-covered ground.