Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 218 Tomb Sweeping
Perhaps it was because he mustered up the energy to persevere until late at night, or perhaps it was because he consumed too much energy due to the reduced size of the medicine he took. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that it was because his body had returned to the natural changes of a three-year-old child. In the end, Hiroki was unable to withstand the intense pressure. Feeling sleepy, I leaned on the soft back seat of the car and fell asleep.

Seeing the loving look in Belmod's eyes, Ishino decisively suggested that he and the other party exchange drives at the next expressway service area. After that, Belmod held the sleeping Hiroki and sat in the passenger seat to rest for most of the journey. .

He did this not entirely to satisfy Belmore's wish to be close to the children. The main reason was to consider Hiroki's safety. After all, the body of a three-year-old child is not suitable for being fixed with a safety belt, let alone if he is still asleep. The child.

Logically speaking, the safest way is to fasten the child in a baby safety seat, but it is obviously impossible to have such a thing in the car. It is better to let Bellmore hold Hiroki directly, even if she encounters a high-speed car accident with her skills I'm afraid there are ways to hold each other and escape. Where else can I find such an excellent "safety seat"?

Of course, as a skilled "new" driver, Ishino would not let a car accident happen to him. There was still plenty of time to go back anyway, so it would be better to drive safely at a normal speed.

It was less than three hours away, and Ishino drove for nearly four hours before slowly driving into the hotel's underground parking lot.

In the dead of night, Belmore quietly carried Hiroki back to his room and let him have a good rest on the warm bed, while Ishino stayed in the car, planning to take a nap and wait until dawn before going upstairs.

Early the next morning, Ishino estimated that his wife and daughter had already gotten up, so he returned to his room. Then, as expected, he went back to bed to catch up on his sleep at the strong request of his wife and daughter, and did not get up until lunch time to go to the restaurant with everyone. Enjoyed the last lunch of this trip to the United States.

After lunch, Belmode took the group to the last destination of the trip, which was a cemetery on the outskirts of New York City.

As for Hiroki, he was left alone in the hotel room. Considering that Hiroki was actually a gifted child with independent abilities, Belmode just handed over a spare mobile phone for emergency contact to the other party and left without worries. .

When they arrived at the cemetery, everyone laid flowers on Sharon's tombstone one after another, and then stood behind Belmode and quietly looked at the name written on the tombstone, with different moods.

Looking at the tombstone in front of him that symbolizes the burial of his past, Belmore seemed to be expressionless, as if he was confirming to others the rumors that the relationship between himself and his mother was not very harmonious, but in fact he was reminiscing about the past in his heart.

Ishino, who was standing behind Belmode, didn't have much interest in the tombstone. After all, he had known for a long time that it was just an empty tomb that was hidden from public view. However, Natsumi standing next to him looked sad, which made him move to the side and hold her hand. took her hand.

Although Natsumi could not remember the last time she saw the owner of this tombstone, she still remembered that during the saddest days after losing her parents, Aunt Sharon was by her side and helped her. He walked out of the shadows.

It's just that things in the world are unpredictable. I didn't expect that when I returned from studying in France, they would already be separated by Yin and Yang.Thinking that her aunt and grandma, who once loved and cared for her the most, passed away one after another in just over a year, it inevitably made Natsumi feel sad, but at the same time, it also made her understand that she should cherish the family members who are by her side at this moment.As if feeling their mother's mood at the moment, Xiaoai and Xiaosaki took the initiative to move closer to Natsumi, allowing each other to put their hands on their shoulders, conveying the signal "We are still with you, please don't be sad." , making Natsumi smile with relief on her face.

Xiaolan and Conan recalled the scene when they first met each other two years ago. They remembered that the other party complained in front of them that their daughter was unfilial. Now that they think about it, Chris may have had a rebellious period, but It’s not that I don’t have a mother in my heart at all, at least I will bring my friends to visit her grave.

However, Yangzi, who had been silently guarding the group of grandchildren in front of him these past few days, couldn't help but look at Belmore a few more times when he saw the tombstone with his adopted daughter's name engraved on it, showing a somewhat loving expression.

She knew that Sharon had sacrificed a lot and endured a lot to get to where she was today. It was definitely not easy to say goodbye to her past self. Even she hesitated for a long time when she decided to hide the news that Natsumi had faked her death. She believed that the other party The same was true a year ago.

Although Yangzi sympathized with her adopted daughter who had chosen this very difficult path but was already prepared for it, she did not intend to interfere too much. All she could do was to be the strongest support and the warmest harbor for her children, no matter what. We will always accept and protect them unconditionally.

As for Qinglan and Qingzi, they didn't have much affinity with the name Sharon Wynyard, but she was Chrissy's mother after all, so they also expressed sincere condolences for each other in their hearts.

When the group left the cemetery and returned to the hotel with different moods, the trip was coming to an end.

Since she was leaving to return to Tokyo early tomorrow morning, Natsumi suggested taking advantage of the last time to go to a nearby shopping street to buy some products she wanted to take home. This proposal also received support from the girls, who started discussing it. Things that each of them wants to buy and souvenirs for family and friends.

Seeing a group of girls going shopping in high spirits, Conan naturally didn't want to go through the mental and physical torture of going shopping with girls, so he resorted to the common trick used by children to "get tired and want to sleep". The main street excuse was left at the hotel.

But after Xiaolan left with the other girls, he sneaked out of the hotel alone and quietly went to a nearby coffee shop, taking advantage of the last time of the vacation to have a rare meeting with his parents.

On the other side, Ishino didn't need to find a special reason to avoid the shopping hell. After all, he had been busy all night last night and only went back to the hotel to catch up on three hours of sleep this morning. Therefore, Natsumi, who felt sorry for her husband, gave him a holiday so that he could spend time in shopping. Take a good rest in your room.

Of course, Ishino couldn't really just stay in the room and do nothing but sleep. After noticing Conan sneaking away from the next door, he roughly guessed what the other person was going to do and didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, he went to Belmode's room and Hiroki confirmed the preparations for the next action.

(End of this chapter)