Conan: Gin, do you want to learn crime from me?

Immediately, Ai Dian's eyes became dangerous.

This Mouri Kogoro is a drunkard. Every time he comes to the bar, he drags Sugi to drink. Is this okay?

After some mental calculation, Aidian walked out of the kitchen calmly, wearing a white apron. She quickly noticed that only Mouri Kogoro had a draft beer in front of him on the bar.

As for her brother Shanmu, well, he was honest and just drank some orange juice.

"Huh? Boss, your name is Shanmu? Why haven't you told me before... hiccup?"

After burping from wine, Mouri Kogoro put one hand on the bar in a daze, and struggled to raise the wine glass with the other hand, wanting to touch the fir tree again.

Just now, I don't know if it was because Mouri Kogoro was too anxious to drink. He became a little drunk after drinking for a while, and he clamored and insisted on Shanmu drinking with him.

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Shanmu took a glass of orange juice to fool Mouri Kogoro.

Anyway, he drank too much, and now he can't tell the difference between orange juice and beer. Plus, he has always had a good impression of fir in his heart, so naturally he won't suspect anything.

So, in this state, Shanmu drank another glass of draft beer from Mouri Kogoro with orange juice, adding a significant amount to his income.

"Mr. Maori, didn't you ask me before? None of this matters anymore. The so-called name is just a title. Yesterday you called me boss, today you call me Shanmu, but the person calling me is still me, isn't it?"

With a "bang", after listening to Shanmu's words, Mouri Kogoro patted the bar counter very excitedly and shouted:

"Nothing wrong! What the boss said is insightful, hehe."

After saying that, he fell asleep completely, lay on the bar and snored.

Shan Mu, Xiao Ai:...

No, you can't drink, why are you so anxious to drink?

I have to send you back later, it will really cause trouble...

"Brother Sugi, what should we do now?" Aidian sighed. He really didn't expect that a man as old as Mouri Kogoro would drink until he became unconscious in a bar.

"Ignore him, let's eat first. I'll check the time after we finish eating. If there's no rush, I'll send him back."

Chapter 20 A story triggered by a bottle of wine

Soon it was past eight o'clock. Shansu and Xiaoai had already finished their dinner. One was clearing the dining table and the other was washing dishes in the kitchen. They had a clear division of labor and were very comfortable.

Because Shan Mu secretly drank a lot of sugden alone during the day, as punishment, Xiao Ai almost didn't cook anything oily for dinner today, just green food with rice and rice porridge.

Although it was indeed delicious, Shanmu felt that he had been lonely eating this night and had no taste at all in his mouth...

It seems that I can't drink more in front of Xiao Ai from now on. This girl really holds a grudge.

But it's not without its benefits. At least it made it easier for him to wash the dishes today and he didn't need to use dish soap.

Putting the last plate back into the cupboard, Shanmu wiped his hands on his apron and stretched himself to the front of the bar.

Speaking of which, today is really strange. From morning to night, only gin, vodka and Mouri Kogoro visited his bar. He has not yet opened the business for passers-by.

It's already past eight o'clock, and the bar's best business hours are about to pass. Shanmu is thinking that his business should end here.

Different from other bars, basically the people who come to drink here are adults of a certain age. The students are almost like exotic animals. In more than two months now, Shanmu has not even seen a few. .

If it was open until eleven o'clock, maybe some uncles who worked overtime would come to his place to drink, but that would be too late.

What's more, those uncles who work overtime until late at night are generally under great psychological pressure. After drinking some wine, they may yell and scatter the wine everywhere.

Frankly speaking, Shanmu doesn't really want to do their business, it's too troublesome...

"Hello, I'm here to take Uncle Maori home..."

Just when Shanmu was worried about what to do with Mouri Kogoro, who was sleeping soundly on the bar, a weak voice came from the door of the bar.

Shanmu looked back and saw a big-headed doll wearing a blue suit and a red bow tie standing in front of the bar, standing on tiptoes and looking at the "sleeping Kogoro".

In Yoneka Town, there is only one person who wears such strange clothes, and that is the former high school detective Kudo Shinichi, now the short winter melon baby Conan. (The pronunciation of the short winter melon baby is very similar to that of Edogawa, and it vividly depicts the characteristics of Conan)

"Mr. Mori is asleep now. If you are not in a hurry, you can come in first and wait. If he is still drunk, I don't think you can take him back."

Although he hated Conan's behavior in his heart, Shanmu still kept his smiling expression on his face.

As early as when eating, Xiao Ai returned the mask. Now Shan Mu wears a mask on his face, keeping a smile on his mouth, and matching it with his long silver-white hair.

At first glance, Conan thought this man was from the shrine, and could not imagine that he was the bar owner.

But now is naturally not the time to think about this. Conan followed Shanmu's gaze and looked at the drunk Mouri Kogoro with some speechlessness.

At this moment, he deeply felt what it meant to be tired, so he had no choice but to accept Shanmu's suggestion, sit down next to Mouri Kogoro with a glass of juice, and wait.

Originally, he was reading the novel at home, but then he heard his childhood sweetheart Xiaolan complaining in the living room. In order to calm down as soon as possible, he had to volunteer to go out to find the whereabouts of Mouri Kogoro.

According to his observations this week, every time the uncle comes back from drinking, there will be some dandelions stuck to his body. In Mihua Town, dandelions only appear in certain places.

Combined with the time the uncle usually drinks and the time he goes out every time, the approximate distance can be calculated, and you can also know the bars where the uncle will go to when he drinks recently.

So he came over, but he didn't expect that what he would see when he came over was a puddle of mud-like Mouri Kogoro.

This also completely dispelled his wish to go home early and read novels. He could have finished reading the "Sherlock Holmes" today, but he didn't want to be delayed by his uncle.

This made Conan secretly make up his mind to tell Xiaolan about his uncle's drunkenness when he returned, and then let Xiaolan come forward and teach this bad old man a lesson.

However, now he doesn't know when Mouri Kogoro will wake up. If he calls him rashly, he will easily be beaten up by the drunk Moori Kogoro.

Conan didn't want to experience the iron fist of justice again. When faced with the unreasonable uncle Moori Kogoro, he often followed his heart.

"Brother, why are you wearing a mask? It feels so weird!"

Idle and idle, bored to death, Conan soon turned his attention to Shan Mu, and the mask naturally became his first target of attention.

Conan's interest in such a mysterious man in Yoneka Town reached its highest point for a while, but he was soon poured cold water on Sugi.

"Because I like it. Is it possible that I can't even wear a mask, kid?"

Conan: "...Not really, I'm just curious. Brother, why don't you take off your mask and let me see?"

"I reject."

Conan's words were choked back with just one sentence. Although Shanmu's behavior was strange, Conan couldn't ask for anything. Just like Shanmu said, this might be just a hobby. It would be wrong if he said it more honestly.

And just when Conan wanted to find another topic to chat with Shanmu, Xiao Ai, who had been in the kitchen preparing breakfast for the next day, happened to come out of the kitchen.

The two people, both turned into children by APTX-4869, noticed each other almost at the same time.

"Huh? Haihara-san, do you actually live here?"

Chapter 21 Isolated Conan (Additional update for Circle Twelve Boss)

There is a saying, when Conan called out his name, Xiao Ai actually had mixed emotions in his heart.

In fact, she had wanted to find an opportunity to reveal her identity to Conan since she met Edogawa Conan at Tedan Elementary School today, and also tell him some of the current situation.

Of course it's not out of concern for Conan, it's just that Xiao Ai doesn't want to be implicated by Conan.

According to her guess, Edogawa Conan will use various methods to find the whereabouts of the organization. This is tantamount to setting fire to self-immolation. If Gin really discovers it, this cold-blooded man is not the kind who would do it because the other party is People who take children lightly.

However, this is not the important point. Once Gin discovers that Conan is Kudo Shinichi, he will naturally think of the efficacy of APTX-4869. When the time comes to face his suddenly disappeared member of the organization, Gin will naturally realize that, in fact, She also became smaller.

In this way, it was only a matter of time before she was found by Gin.

Although Gin may come to the bar from time to time, as long as she maintains a timid and introverted persona in front of Gin, she is still confident that she can hide it if she doesn't talk to Gin.

Moreover, the current situation can be described as "dark under the lamp". Gin was suspicious by nature and would never have thought that he would appear in front of him openly.

And in this case, Gin's gaze searching for her would be directed to any corner outside the bar, and she would be the safest in the bar.

Thinking of this, Aidian glanced at Shanmu thoughtfully. She really didn't expect that Brother Shanmu would provide her with the safest environment by accident.

Unintentionally, I owed Brother Shanmu another favor...

If I want to repay this favor, it seems that I can only do more housework for Brother Shanmu for free. Emm, if that's the case, I'll make him a quilt myself in the morning.

She has noticed that Brother Shanmu never folds the quilt after waking up. Such sloppy behavior is completely different from Brother Shanmu's clean appearance. She cannot accept Brother Shanmu having this habit.

Anyway, it’s just to repay the favor, so let me fold the quilt for you. I think Brother Shanmu won’t refuse.

Thinking about it, Xiao Ai glanced at Shan Mu's side face again, and for a moment her mind became firmer. Anyway, she had a clear conscience and was just doing it to repay her kindness.

Seeing Xiao Ai suddenly looking at him with a strange expression, Shanmu couldn't help scratching his head.

He is wearing a mask. Even if there is dirt on his face, it is impossible for Xiao Ai to see it?

Or is there something strange about yourself?No!

Forget it, I don't want to.

Shaking his head, Shanmu waved to Xiao Ai. After hearing Conan's words just now, he had realized that the two of them might be in the same class now.

However, my efforts during this period were finally in vain. Xiao Ai is no longer interested in Conan, which is completely different from when he first came here.

Shanmu believed that according to Xiao Ai's mind, she must have discovered Conan's true identity long ago. He had seen all the investigations Xiao Ai had done in the past few days.

But now that Xiao Ai knows Conan's identity, she still doesn't want to talk to Conan, which means that Shan Mu's subtle influence before has indeed had an impact.

Now that his goal has been achieved, as long as Conan cannot leave a good impression on Ai Dian at this time, Shanmu can be sure that Conan's influence on Ai Dian will only become smaller and smaller in the future.

"Brother Shanmu, tomorrow's breakfast is ready, but there are no eggs at home now."

When Xiao Ai came and sat down next to Shan Mu, Xiao Ai did not choose to talk to Conan, but very obediently moved closer to Shan Mu, as if she wanted Shan Mu to agree that she could go out to buy groceries.

At this time, Conan was embarrassed for a moment when he saw that Haibara-classmate did not pay attention to him.

In all conscience, he just asked casually out of curiosity. Who would have thought that the other party wouldn't even look at him.

No, we can't go on like this. Of the four people present now, one is sleeping and the other two are talking to themselves, obviously not wanting to play with him.

God knows how embarrassing it would be if we kept waiting until Uncle Maori woke up...

Realizing that he had to find something to do now, Conan immediately stood up and said:

"Sugi... Brother, right? How about Haibara-san and I go buy eggs now? Uncle has caused you so much trouble today, so just think that I can do something to compensate you for it."

After saying that, without waiting for Shanmu to answer, Conan ran out of the bar.

Of course, buying eggs was just an excuse. He felt that waiting like this was not a problem now, so he thought of using buying eggs as an excuse to buy two mystery novels to pass the time.

This way, even if Shanmu and Haibara classmates ignore him after he comes back, he won't be bored alone.

After watching Conan leave, Shanmu helplessly rubbed Xiao Ai's hair and said:

"What should I do? Your classmates have left now, why don't you go and have a look? In addition to eggs, buy some of your favorite snacks."