Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Shinichi, where are you taking me?"

The taxi circled around the hotel and drove for nearly twenty minutes before stopping not far from the original hotel. Xiaolan stared at her boyfriend in confusion as she watched the old man's car go away.

After sitting in the car for such a long time, she turned around and saw that the starting point was only 200 meters away. If Kudo Shinichi didn't give her a reasonable explanation, she would scold him no matter what.

"Well, Ran, these are all necessary things to get rid of the clingy guy. What if Yuuji, that follower, comes running over here?"

Kudo Shinichi waved his hands and said in an attitude that you don’t understand: “There was a car following us just now, and I knew it belonged to that brat.

What if Yuuji follows him and ruins his good time today? He can do whatever he wants after tonight, but not now.

Kudo Shinichi held Xiaolan's hand somewhat forcefully while she was surprised, and without saying a word, he slowly walked towards a place where the lights were not so dazzling.

Of course, Kudo Yuji's people are not pushovers either. At least a taxi driver who was reporting their drop-off location to the driver was very sure of that.

“There are almost no shops left here.”

Not long after they walked, they realized that Kudo Shinichi had dragged her to a place where there was no hotel. Mouri Ran saw that there was only a convenience store open in dim lights not far ahead. She held Kudo Shinichi's hand so hard that he gasped.

"Why haven't you told me what you want to do? Are you planning to do something bad again..." Xiaolan blushed slightly and turned her head to the side.

"Xiaolan..." Kudo Shinichi shook his head vigorously: "No, there is something else."

"Huh?" Hearing Kudo Shinichi's decisive rebuttal, Mouri Ran was stunned for a moment.

The two continued past the convenience store and finally stopped in front of a house in a residential area.

"Here?" Xiaolan looked at Shinichi who took out the key from his pocket and asked curiously, "It looks like an ordinary house. Is your family still buying a house in Hokkaido?"

"How is that possible? Who would we buy the house for in Hokkaido?" Shinichi pushed open the gate, motioned for Xiaolan to go into the house with him, turned on the light in the entrance and asked her to change her shoes.

The house was decorated in pale yellow, and the shoe rack next to it was filled with white slippers, which were custom-made for the convenience of guests. Reaching out to take the white slippers on the top, Xiaolan was held by Shinichi. Seeing him put the only two pairs of special slippers on the shoe rack on the ground, she realized that they were prepared for the two of them.

"what happened?"

She walked into the living room on the left with a bewildered look. The decoration style of the house, which was similar to the third floor of the Maori Detective Agency, made Xiaolan realize something. Kudo Shinichi smiled and pinched his girlfriend's face, walked to the wine cabinet in the living room, and took out a rectangular object wrapped in an envelope from the drawer.

"I was thinking yesterday about how to spend the money I earned."

Kudo Shinichi leaned back against the table and looked around the living room. "It's a bit unpromising to say this. This is the first time I've made money through my own reasoning. I really wanted to save the money, but after thinking about it for a whole day, I decided to use it in a more meaningful way."

"No matter how meaningful it is, it's still a waste, right?" Xiaolan didn't object, but just looked at Shinichi with some curiosity, and her eyes seemed to be saying something.

"Tell me quickly, tell me quickly. Let me hear how meaningful it is."

"Don't worry, I promise it will be meaningful. At least it's better than spending all the money you earned from your first manuscript at a used bookstore to buy other people's collections of magazines with photos of Kudo Yukiko."

Shinichi's matter-of-fact attitude made Xiaolan feel helpless.

"I can kind of imagine what you felt like after seeing that magazine."

"Of course, I laughed at him and pointed at the magazine and said that it was not worth spending so much money on such a thing. I might as well buy a mystery novel instead."

"So you've been like a free-range child in Ms. Yukiko's house since you were little. Maybe when you were laughing at the magazine, Ms. Yukiko was listening nearby, Shinichi."

Mao Lilan sighed and felt that her boyfriend was a fool.

"Anyway, I took the money to the rental company today and rented this house for a whole day."

Kudo Shinichi handed the envelope to Xiaolan and asked her to open it with a smile. The two of them looked at the white card wrapped inside together.

"Kudo..." Looking at the surname on the sign, Xiaolan placed her hand on it and slowly stroked it, her fingertips brushing over every word and painting.

"This is our new home, Ran and Shinichi's home."

Kudo Shinichi took out the key chain, took off a key from it and put them in Xiaolan's palm: "This is the hostess's."

"Shinichi..."

"And before that, I casually told those marriage proposal jokes in your room."

Kudo Shinichi scratched his nose awkwardly, then slowly took out a black box from his pocket and knelt on one knee.

"You were wrong in what you said just now. I was not raised by my mother. Although she cares more about Yuji, I am not left behind."

He opened the black box, revealing a large diamond ring inside.

"My mom heard about my plan and sent this to me overnight. She also said that Yuuji's ring was not enough, so hers would be..."

"Ms. Yukiko's previous one?!"

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Xiaolan looked at Shinichi who was about to speak but hesitated, and moved forward to grab his collar and leaned closer. Both of them closed their eyes and ignored the faint "Yeah."

"Shinichi, this is my answer."

"Uh, I haven't asked yet."

He excitedly put the ring on Xiaolan's hand. The two looked at each other and hugged each other happily.

"Shinichi...let's go buy it at the convenience store..."

The sound in his ear made the great detective feel his blood boiling.

"Oh, I feel like I'm smoking."

Realizing what was about to happen, he grumbled before a sharp pain shot through his body.

"Can't it be later... ah it hurts!"

Outside in the grass in the yard, Yuji, with his daughter covering his mouth with her hand, looked a little disappointed.

"Shinichi...Brother, what happened?"

Not knowing why his father had covered his eyes, Rize asked stupidly, "You screamed so miserably."

"Just now your sister Xiaolan fed him a highly toxic poison, so Rize must never do what they did just now in the future."

"Kiss? But grandma also..."

"A kiss from the opposite sex can be extremely painful... ah, it hurts!"

Feeling a hit on the head, Yuji covered his head and turned around. The curtains in the house were drawn. He was not worried about his daughter seeing the naked Conan. He was a little angry and wanted to see who was hitting him.

"Is this how you teach your children?" x2
"Hey, why are you two here?"

Yuji imitated Tom Cat's awkward smile, clasped his hands together and grinned.

"Ahhhhhhh..." (End of this chapter)