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

Lin Xiaofeng had been gone for so long that Fei Yingli thought something terrible had happened to him. Several times she almost couldn't help but rush out to look for him, but she was afraid that he would be anxious if he couldn't find her when he came back, so she forced herself to hold back.

Seeing Eri's expression, Lin Xiaofeng knew he had really worried her, so he said with a hint of apology in his eyes, "I'm sorry, I was delayed by some things and that's why I came back so late. I'm sorry for making you worry. I promise there won't be a next time."

"Do you want a next time?"

Even Eri Kisaki couldn't help but glare at him.

Lin Xiaofeng quickly chuckled and said, "Yes, I misspoke. I deserved to be hit, but there will definitely be no next time."

"Fine, I'll let you off this time."

Eri rolled her eyes at him, then laughed.

Eri then asked, "By the way, what happened to you? Did those big men change their minds and cause you trouble again?"

Lin Xiaofeng really wanted to give Eri a thumbs up for guessing half of it correctly.

However, since these things are in the past, there's no need to bring them up and make Eri worry about him. Besides, in Eri's memory, Count Jason has always been a warm and kind person, so let her keep that impression. After all, he's dead, so nothing else matters.

So Lin Xiaofeng made up a lie to get by.

The next day, just as dawn broke, the two dragged Xinglin to the airport and boarded a plane back to China.

678. We seem to have met somewhere before.

Tochigi Prefecture, hot spring inn.

Lin Xiaofeng held a bath towel in his hand, humming a tune by Akiba Reiko, with Xiaolan, who was already burning up from the heat even before they started soaking in the hot spring, following behind him.

If Anya were here, she would surely understand what Ran was thinking.

"What should I do? I'm going to soak in the hot springs with Brother Xiaofeng. What if Brother Xiaofeng...!"

Thinking of the shy, scarred face that Ling was about to dream about, Xiao Lanji shyly (stretched out her hands) covered her burning cheeks, trying to relieve the increasingly high temperature.

"drop……!"

The sudden ringing of the telephone startled Xiaolan, who was lost in thought.

"Xiao Lan! You go in first, I need to take this call."

At the entrance to the open-air hot spring, Lin Xiaofeng's phone suddenly rang.

"Okay, okay! Brother Feng!"

Xiao Lan nervously walked into the entrance of the hot spring alone.

Lin Xiaofeng took out his phone and saw that it was Matsumoto Sayuri calling. He felt embarrassed and thought, "I forgot about meeting Matsumoto Sayuri because I was thinking about going to the hot spring with Ran."

As soon as I pressed the answer button, Matsumoto Sayuri's questioning voice came from the other end.

Matsumoto Sayuri: "Mr. Ko! I've been waiting for you for almost an hour, why haven't I seen you yet? Are you playing a trick on me?"

Lin Xiaofeng quickly apologized, "Ms. Matsumoto, I'm so sorry, I suddenly had some urgent business to attend to and forgot about our appointment."

Matsumoto Sayuri: "What? How can you be like this? You can even forget what we agreed on. Am I that unimportant to you?"

Hearing Matsumoto Sayuri's resentful voice, Lin Xiaofeng was a little confused, thinking to himself, "Why does Matsumoto Sayuri's tone sound like a girlfriend questioning her boyfriend?"

Before Lin Xiaofeng could respond, Matsumoto Sayuri's voice came through the receiver again.

Matsumoto Sayuri: "I'll forgive you this time. Finish your urgent business and contact me as soon as possible. That's all, goodbye."

Meanwhile, Kogoro Mouri, who had reunited with his classmates, felt uneasy when he discovered that Ran and Lin Xiaofeng were not there.

Kogoro Mouri nervously looked at Conan, who was standing silently to the side, and asked, "Conan! Have you seen Ran and that kid, Kaze?"

Conan asked in confusion, "Didn't those two go to the open-air bathhouse to soak in the hot springs? Didn't Uncle know?"

"What? An open-air bathhouse? Isn't that a mixed-gender bathhouse?"

Upon hearing Conan's words, Kogoro Mouri deeply regretted agreeing to let Lin Xiaofeng come along.

In the room, Kogoro Mouri's classmate, after hearing his words, asked curiously, "Mouri! Did Ran bring her boyfriend along?"

At this point, Kogoro Mouri certainly wouldn't say that Lin Xiaofeng and Xiaolan had no relationship; he could only grit his teeth and swallow his anger.

Kogoro Mouri smiled stiffly and said, "Yes! It was supposed to be our class reunion, but Ran insisted on coming and joining in the fun, and she even brought her boyfriend along."

Seeing this, Conan glanced at Kogoro Mouri strangely, thinking to himself, "Wasn't Uncle Mouri very opposed to Ran and Kaze dating? Why did he suddenly agree? That's so strange."

Ms. Ogura, sitting next to Kogoro Mouri, secretly thought to herself that she had missed a thrilling scene.

The scene changes.

In the open-air bathhouse, in the steamy hot spring pool, Xiaolan squatted in the water, her face flushed, her back to the entrance of the bathhouse, her snow-white back exposed to the air.

"thump!"

The sound of water splashing behind her made Xiaolan's heart start to race.

As Lin Xiaofeng drew closer from behind, Xiaolan's shoulders visibly trembled a few times.

When Lin Xiaofeng hugged Xiaolan from behind, Xiaolan's brain went completely blank.

"Xiao Lan! Let me rub your back first, then it'll be your turn."

Xiao Lan nodded dazedly.

Lin Xiaofeng abandoned the bath towel in his hand and began to clean Xiaolan's back with his hands.

Every time Lin Xiaofeng's palm stroked Xiaolan's smooth back, Xiaolan's body would tremble slightly.

When Lin Xiaofeng hugged Xiaolan, Xiaolan felt the deep respect her brother Xiaofeng was giving her.

"...Brother Feng! Let me help you!"

Upon hearing Xiaolan speak up, Lin Xiaofeng smiled and leaned against the stone bench by the hot spring pool.

An hour later, Lin Xiaofeng led the shy Xiaolan out of the open-air bathhouse.

Inside the room, seeing that Ran's walking posture hadn't changed, Kogoro Mouri breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xiao Lan! Long time no see! This handsome guy must be your boyfriend!"

Upon hearing this, Ran deliberately observed Kogoro Mouri's attitude first. After finding that Kogoro Mouri did not offer any explanation, she nodded shyly.

"Hello, my name is Horikoshi Yumi! Handsome guy! You look familiar!"

Horikoshi Yumi looked at Lin Xiaofeng, who seemed somewhat familiar, and asked in confusion.

What Horikoshi Yumi didn't notice was that when she uttered the familiar words, the men behind her exchanged a knowing glance.

"Yumi! Don't just say you recognize every handsome guy you see. That's such an old trick."

After speaking, the bald man behind Horikoshi Yumi looked at Lin Xiaofeng enthusiastically and greeted him, "Fuji... handsome! My name is Nakamichi Kazushi!"

"Hello! Mr. Nakamichi! Just call me Xiaofeng!"

Lin Xiaofeng looked at the bald man who was about to embark on a path of crime and responded with the same enthusiasm.

"Haha! Xiao Feng, right? It's nice to meet you."

After finishing speaking, Nakamichi and Shichi secretly winked at Lin Xiaofeng.

"Hello! Xiaofeng! My name is Ōmura Jun!"

Hello! My name is Ayashiro Yukio!

"Hello! My name is Noriko Ayashiro! Are you Yukio's wife?"

After everyone had finished introducing themselves, Lin Xiaofeng and Xiaolan found a place to sit down.

Lin Xiaofeng sat down right next to Horikoshi Yumi.

Horikoshi Yumi observed Lin Xiaofeng up close for a while, thought for a moment, and then asked him suspiciously, "Xiaofeng! Haven't we met somewhere before? I keep feeling like I've seen your face somewhere before."

Upon hearing this, before Lin Xiaofeng could even speak, Ayashiro Noriko, sitting on the other side of Horikoshi Yumi, quickly spoke up:

"Yumi! Don't dwell on that. Whether we've met before or not, we've met today, so let's not waste our brain cells on it."

Lin Xiaofeng smiled but didn't explain further.

Yumi Horikoshi also gave up on asking further questions.

679. Using the stick to communicate

In the room, everyone sat together and began to reminisce about their university days, just like in the drama.

Xiaolan flipped through old photos, helping everyone reminisce about the past.

When Yumi Horikoshi said she had suicidal thoughts, Kogoro Mouri and his classmates were startled.

Thankfully, Horikoshi Yumi made a joke, otherwise the class reunion would have turned into a consolation party.

When Ran found a photo of herself as a child, holding a ping-pong paddle, with some of Kogoro Mouri's classmates, she happily exclaimed:

"Look, I'm in here too!"

Looking at Xiao Lan's happy expression as a child holding a tennis racket, Lin Xiaofeng praised, "Xiao Lan was so cute when she was little!"

Hearing Lin Xiaofeng's praise, Xiaolan looked at him with affection in her eyes.

Seeing this, some people were envious, while others felt like they were being fed dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).

Knowing he had a plan in mind, Nakamichi seized the opportunity to suggest, "How about we go back and relive the feeling of playing that game back then? What do you guys think?"

"Okay!"

"You can have this."

Most people agreed with Nakamichi Kazushi's suggestion, except for Horikoshi Yumi.

"You guys go ahead! I'm a little tired, I'll go back to my room and rest for a bit."

Without waiting for anyone to stop her, Horikoshi Yumi turned and left the room.

When Noriko Ayashiro tried to persuade her to stay, she could only see Yumi Horikoshi's disappearing figure.

Seeing this, Kogoro Mouri remarked, "Yumi hasn't changed at all; she still does things her own way."

Upon hearing this, Jun Omura explained to Yumi Horikoshi, "I think she must have something on her mind!"

"Alright everyone, let's ignore her for now and go play ball!"

When Nakamichi Kazushi noticed that the atmosphere was getting a bit awkward, he quickly spoke up to ease the tension.

"Let's go, off to play table tennis. Today I'll show you what a table tennis prince really is."

Kogoro Mouri looked at his classmates with an arrogant tone.

Just as everyone got up and headed towards the ping-pong room, Lin Xiaofeng's phone rang.

Lin Xiaofeng apologized, "You guys go first, I'll take this call."

"Brother Feng! Hurry up and come over!"

After Ran finished speaking, she followed Kogoro Mouri out of the room.

After everyone left, Lin Xiaofeng turned off his phone's media player and turned to walk towards the guest room.

"Dang Dang!"

Lin Xiaofeng arrived at Horikoshi Yumi's room and knocked on the door.

Just seconds after the knocking, Horikoshi Yumi opened the door from the inside.

"It's you! Detective Lin!"

When Horikoshi Yumi saw Lin Xiaofeng standing outside the door, a fleeting look of disappointment crossed her eyes.

Lin Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Sister Yumi seems a little disappointed to see it was me!"

Horikoshi Yumi waved her hand and said, "No, I just didn't expect you to come."

"By the way, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Lin Xiaofeng didn't answer Horikoshi Yumi's question, but pointed to the room and said, "Won't you invite me in for a seat?"

"Oh! Please come in!"

After watching Lin Xiaofeng enter the room, Horikoshi Yumi casually closed the door and looked at Lin Xiaofeng with a puzzled expression.

Seeing that there was no place to sit in the room, Lin Xiaofeng sat directly on the bed and looked at Horikoshi Yumi, who looked puzzled, and said:

"Yumi-nee! You're waiting for Nakamura Kazushi, aren't you!"

Lin Xiaofeng's words startled Horikoshi Yumi, who was completely unprepared.