Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 261 Deception
"Yes, yes, I'm being hypocritical, but haven't you also not told the people around you your secret? Then how long do you plan to hide it?" Facing Xiao Ai's condescending preaching, Conan was still a little unconvinced. .

When Xiao Ai heard this, she just thought it was funny and thought to herself: How could you know that I hid this from my family?It seems that Conan's arrogance can't be changed in a while, so he doesn't intend to explain, but just responds to the other party's question calmly.

"You ask me? I'm different from you. Except for the organization, no one cares about Miyano Akemi. What's more, I have never planned to become an adult from the beginning to the end. I just want to maintain the stable life that I have now. Go down."

"Not to mention that I now have a new identity that can withstand inspection, and Grace's existence protects me. Even if the organization really suspects me, they can't directly report to Kasaka without concrete evidence. The family declares war.”

"Since I am satisfied with my current life and don't have to face threats from the organization, why bother telling the past things and causing trouble to the whole family?" At this point, Xiao Ai looked at Conan with a slight smile on his lips. He said, "You should stop showing your flaws. This time Xiaolan is suspected of being targeted, and most of the blame will be placed on you."

"The more you hide it from Xiaolan, the more doubts and worries she will accumulate, and the more likely she is to expose these emotions to attract others' attention. This is undoubtedly a harmful approach to others and yourself."

"Either you treat yourself as dead from the beginning, let Xiaolan forget about you temporarily after the sadness is over, and then give her the surprise of finding something again after everything has settled. And you want Xiaolan to know that you are still alive, Mei The name is that you don’t want her to worry, but in fact it’s because you are afraid of being abandoned, right?”

Although Xiao Ai knew that her words were a bit biased, she did not intend to make Conan think that she was a purely good person, so she deliberately responded with these selfish remarks to make the other party believe that she was just taking advantage of the Kasaka family and looking at him a little bit. I'm just unhappy, lest this guy dig into the matter and cause unnecessary trouble.

After all, in Xiao Ai's current view, each of his family members is much more reliable than the one-minded detective in front of him. If he is too involved with the Kasaka family, it will be called opening the door to lure the robber into the house.

"Hmph, this does seem like your style. Even if you completely abandon the past, you don't have any regrets." Conan also knew that the situation between the other party and his was incomparable, so he gave up the idea of ​​continuing to bicker.

After calming down and thinking carefully about what Xiao Ai had said before, Conan finally admitted that the other party had revealed the truth that he had been unwilling to face, and bowed frankly: "No matter what, I still have to thank you. Huiyuan, I did deceive myself a little before, but you woke me up by scolding me..."

"Although I haven't figured out how to explain all this to Xiaolan yet, I swear that I will never let her wait like this any longer. To solve the current crisis, we still have to start with Xiaolan!"

At this point, Conan has also clarified the key to breaking the situation. Since the opponent's target is Xiaolan, then whether it is the organization or other people with ulterior motives, Xiaolan, who is the subject of observation, should pay attention to the abnormalities around her. The most effective way.

Once any clues are discovered, relying on the tacit understanding that Xiaolan and I have cultivated over the years, we may be able to pull out clues to the organization.

"I think you are afraid that you will be beaten to death by Xiaolan if the incident of taking a shower together is exposed!" Looking at Conan who had regained his previous confident expression, Xiaoai smiled and deliberately defended, "Okay, you don't need to thank me, I Today's beating of you is not only for Xiaolan's sake, but also for my own sake. If something goes wrong on your side and implicates me, it will be troublesome." "Now that I'm angry, we'll be even, and we'll do it right away. We have to go back to the classroom quickly." After that, Xiao Ai walked towards the entrance of the teaching building without looking back, pretending to be hiding his merit and fame.

"Yes, Miss Haiyuan." Conan blushed when he heard this, then rolled his eyes and responded helplessly, patted the dust on his knees and followed.

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That night, Xiao Ai shared with her family exactly what happened in school and Conan today. At the end of the story, she didn't forget to complain: "If you ask me, Kudo is the kind of traditional big man in his heart." Masculinity is at work, thinking that women only deserve to be protected unilaterally. If he had no one else to turn to for help, he most likely would not have told me about this matter."

Sensing the dissatisfaction in her daughter's tone, Natsumi nodded slightly and agreed: "Although I think girls should be protected by boys, Xiao Ai, what you said is also right. We women are not only meant to be protected, many times men also It’s not necessarily more useful than women!”

"Women hold up half the sky. This is what a great man said. I think it is very correct." Noticing his wife's gaze towards him, Ishino picked up the topic very consciously and said, "As far as this matter is concerned, Conan There is indeed something wrong with what he did, and Xiaolan shouldn’t be kept hidden from him like this.”

Because he knew the direction of development of many subsequent events in advance, Ishino had always felt that Xiaolan's lack of growth in the follow-up of the story was largely "attributable" to Conan's emotional " Pampered”.

Of course, part of the reason is that Xiaolan is always unwilling to leave her comfort zone and is over-reliant on Kudo Shinichi. But for an ordinary female high school student, this is not a big problem, but it looks worse in comparison with her own daughter. It just pales in comparison.

But this comparison is obviously unfair to Xiaolan. Who makes her daughter stand out like a dragon or a phoenix among people in the entire Kexue world? She is talented and has gone through many hardships, and she is no longer in the same dimension as ordinary girls. On.

Although Ishino thinks that what Xiao Ai said today cannot be entirely blamed on Conan, he feels that Natsumi can understand this more or less, and does not intend to continue to express his views on this topic.

On the other side, seeing his father say these words without blushing and heartbeat, Naia couldn't help but look at him with wide eyes, but soon he also figured out that Conan's situation was different from that of his parents. Dad didn't lie to mom, but the other party didn't ask him or tell him, saving him the trouble of explaining.

According to his observations during this period, based on the way his parents get along, as long as one of them notices something and asks directly, the other will definitely answer the questions honestly. Thinking of this, he can't help but feel that this is also a sign of mutual trust. Bar.

(End of this chapter)