Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 174
"In addition, great-grandfather and great-grandmother are also very good friends with Mr. Xiyi." After finishing speaking, Qinglan took out the pair of crosses from her arms and showed them to several people: "These pair of crosses were made by Mr. Xiyi and given to them A token of love."

Seeing the pair of beautifully crafted silver and white crosses that fit seamlessly together, Xia Mei retrieved from memory a design drawing she saw when sorting out grandma's relics before, smiled and nodded: "This is indeed the work of Xiyi's great-grandfather, you keep it It's very good."

"No wonder Aunt Qinglan, you were so excited when you heard Uncle Maori say bad things about Rasputin. So it was like this..." Seeing that the other party revealed her identity, Xiao Ai let go of her sense of guard. road.

"At that time, I really lost my composure, but after thinking about it, I don't blame Mr. Mao Li. After all, the image of my great-grandfather in everyone's hearts is really not very good." Shaking her head and putting aside this unpleasant memory, Qing Lan He smiled and said to Xia Mei, "Actually, another purpose of my coming today is to give this thing to you."

As she said that, she took out the box from the handbag on the coffee table, took out the necklace from it, put it in Natsumi's hand and said, "The ring on this necklace is something that Princess Maria once wore. I think it will be worn by Natsumi." It should be perfect for my sister to keep it."

"Isn't this necklace Mr. Hanchuan's? Why is it with you?" Looking at the relic that once belonged to her great-grandmother, Xia Mei asked curiously.

"Actually, after I returned to Tokyo, I went to the Metropolitan Police Department to visit Mr. Hanchuan, and asked him to buy this ring." Qinglan said in a natural tone, with the excuse she had thought up before, "Mr. Hanchuan framed Nishino for himself. I feel very remorseful about my husband's behavior, and I don't want to see this necklace again, so I agreed to my request."

"But isn't this ring worth 3000 million yen? How can I accept such an expensive gift." Although Xia Mei believed the other party's explanation, she still shook her head and refused to accept the gift.

Qinglan explained with a smile when she heard the words: "Actually, Mr. Hanchuan deliberately said it was so expensive in order to retaliate against Mr. Nishino. The actual value of this ring is less than 500 million, and I bought it with 200 million yuan from Mr. Hanchuan. Bought it from him at a price."

"But even this is not too much..." Xia Mei wanted to ask the other party to buy the ring at the same price, but after thinking about it, she felt that this would be unreasonable, and she felt a little awkward for a while.

Seeing Xia Mei's slightly embarrassed face, Qinglan smiled and took the other's hand to blame: "Good sister, you can treat this as a gift from me to you, besides, I don't have any demands, I just have something I want my sister to agree."

Seeing that Qing Lan, who had always been showing off her mature and calm appearance before, suddenly put on the appearance of her younger sister coquettish with her older sister, Xia Mei had no choice but to agree reluctantly: "Okay, okay, I'll accept the head office, then you and I Tell me, is there anything I can promise you?"

"It's like this. Since I know that great-grandfather and Mr. Kiichi are friends, I think there must be other information about him besides that photo in the castle in Yokosuka." Seeing that Xia Mei was relieved, Qing Lan said her own Purpose, "So can you let me stay in the castle for a while, and leave after I sort out the relevant information."

"No problem at all, you can stay as long as you want, but it would be even better if you are willing to stay in Japan!" Natsumi held the other's hand in turn and smiled happily, "It's not easy to have another sister , it would be a pity if we were to part soon."

"Then thank you, Miss Xia Mei." Seeing that the other party agreed so readily, Qinglan's heart felt warm, and then she thought of the girl she couldn't see through, and asked Xia Mei curiously, "Speaking of sisters, who Sister Yangzi seems to be your distant relative too, I found that she seems to be closer to Princess Maria in the photo."

"Yeah, yeah, Qinglan, you've discovered it too." Listening to the other party mentioning Yangzi, Xia Mei also felt the same way, "Yangzi said that her mother's family has a blood relationship with her great-grandmother, and I think it should also be the line of the Russian royal family. Well, maybe she looks more like her great-grandmother because she has more Russian blood."

"I think she will be very happy if she finds out about your life experience. Next time when she is on vacation, we can ask her to hang out with her." With two sisters, Natsumi doesn't feel lonely anymore.

"Okay, I will come here to see you often when I have time." Qinglan is full of curiosity about Yangzi who is full of mysteries, but also has a strong desire to get close to him, so when she heard Xia Mei Naturally, he agreed to the proposal.

After having lunch at Ishino's house, Qinglan bid farewell and left, planning to go to Yokosuka's castle to live temporarily, and Natsumi also called the housekeeper Sawabe at the castle, explaining Qinglan's plan to stay, please Treat her well.

Qing Lan arrived at the castle in Yokosuka that night, and stayed in the guest room of the castle under the warm hospitality of the housekeeper Sawabe.

When she went to Kasaka Kiichi's office again to see the photo of the two of them together and then went back to her room to lie down, she felt like coming home for the first time in 20 years.

Looking at the decoration style in the room that was very similar to her childhood memory, and feeling the warmth of home for a while, Qinglan sat up from the bed, took out her mobile phone and made a call.

After the phone was connected, there was no voice from anyone on the other end of the phone, so Qing Lan took the initiative to say: "Hey, bat, it's me."

In the next second, an electronic voice that could not tell whether it was a man or a woman came out from the receiver of the mobile phone: "Yo, Scorpion, I just noticed that Interpol revoked the arrest warrant for you not long ago, and I thought you were dead. I didn't expect you to be alive."

"Hmph, I just used a stand-in to fake my death, but I didn't expect that group of police officers to be fooled in such a foolish way." Qing Lan said in a slightly disdainful tone, "Stop talking about this, I'll contact you I'm here to report the results of this operation."

"Although I didn't manage to get the memory egg this time, I have confirmed that there are no gems on it, it's just a pile of glass used to perform magic tricks." She added , "This egg will be on display at the Mihua Art Museum in the near future, and you can send someone over there to confirm."

"As an expert in this field, I certainly believe in your judgment. It is also a credit to be able to rule out unnecessary options without making too much noise." Bat said indifferently, Another topic was asked, "So how is Kaitou Kidd dealing with it?"

(End of this chapter)