Chapter 154: The Journey to Izu

It was already past nine o'clock when I got home, and if it weren't for knowing what Yusaku Kudo thought of me, maybe I could have come back a little earlier. However, in order to keep them safe, I had to monitor Yusaku and Yukiko, but after listening to the conversation between the two of them, my heart that had been hanging was finally relieved. Fortunately, in the end, Sister Kiko turned the tide and dispelled the last trace of suspicion in Uncle Yusaku's words to me. Actually, it doesn't matter if what I'm saying is true or not, and it doesn't matter what they think of me, the only problem is that my identity must not be known by the FBI. Otherwise, Shiho and they will be in big trouble.

After making sure that the Kudo couple would not tell me about it, I relaxed a little when I got home, and casually made up a lie to fool Kudo. After all, I talked too deeply about Uncle Yusaku, and I can't tell him all this until Shiho and the others leave the organization.

And so, Friday night ended with Conan explaining to me what had happened to him in the past two days. Early on Saturday morning, I was quarreled by a phone call from Minami. Because of the concert in the evening, I need to cooperate with her to understand each other. When I arrived at the Budokan Hall, the staff here had already started to get busy.

"Kaoru-chan ~ I'm here ~ " In the center of the backstage, Minami, who had already changed her clothes, was waving at me.

"Ah, morning. I yawned and said hello to Minami.

"Ahh Didn't you sleep well last night?" Minami curious.

"Well, there was something going on last night, I slept late. I rubbed my eyes. "Why did you start preparing so early?"

"Because I'm here today. Minami smiled at me. "Because I know about your presence. My agent hurriedly contacted the advertising maker to prepare today's poster from the new one. So early in the morning, I was asked to change my clothes and makeup and wait for the photoshoot, and now I'm waiting for you to come. ”

"Photography, posters, etc...... Are the posters going to be put up?"

"yes. ”

"Don't! Stop your agent, I don't want to make myself so hot. "I hurriedly waved my hand, I forgot about it last time I was in a hurry, and Minami talked about it. "It's like the first time you were on stage, and you don't need a single-door poster. ”

"Huh...... But the agent has already contacted the advertiser and will be back soon, right?"

“...... That doesn't work, absolutely not. Otherwise I wouldn't be on stage. "At this time, you have to be coquettish.

"Really...... Why is it coquettish at this time? Minami smiled wryly. I had to pick up the phone and dial my agent again. A few minutes later. Minami bent down and said to me. "Okay, the agent agreed, but the photographer was almost there. So the photos are mandatory, and they won't be sent out as posters as per your request. However, as an insider, we will put the poster of this performance in the club. No problem, right?"

"Well, it's okay to just put it in your company, but you definitely can't take it outside, understand?" I said a little strictly.

"Really, you're a hard little kid to serve. Minami rubbed my hair in a feigned rage. "Okay, hurry up and get ready for the harmony, we're running out of time, and we'll have to take pictures later." ”

"Hi ......"

Six o'clock in the evening. When the show was about to start, I looked up from the backstage curtain and saw that the VIP seats in the first two rows were already filled with people I knew. Xiaolan, Sonoko, Dad, Conan, and the children and Kudo and his wife all sat on the left, while Shizuru and Ning Xue sat on the far right. There are about seven or eight seats between the two groups. Fortunately, they didn't sit together. on this. I was also relieved. I hope today's concert won't have any accidents because of the aura of several Grim Reapers.

And it turns out that all the gods of death present tonight still give me a lot of face, the whole performance, more than three hours in an orderly manner, there was no chaos during the period, and my bounty was also credited to my account within half an hour after the end of the performance, so at the request of Conan last time, I want to invite everyone to have a good meal tonight, but the agent of the two-mix is also very generous, because my participation has increased the popularity of this performance by at least ten percentage points, and the income is naturally overflowing, so this meal was arranged at the celebration banquet of the performance, and the agent invited guestsOf course, the people here did not include Shizuru and Kudo, who were asked by me to go back as soon as possible after watching the performance, and Kudo and Kudo were on the plane in the early hours of tonight. After watching the show, the two of them hurried to the airport and flew back to the United States.

The celebration banquet was more harmonious than expected, and the two-mix party did not feel uncomfortable because of our participation, but on the contrary, because of our participation, it also added a lot of fun to this celebration banquet. For example, Dad's sleeping Kogoro has attracted a lot of fans to sign autographs, such as the garden has been pestering this Nagano Shiina, and for example, the children and Takayama Minami chatting about the glorious achievements of their young detective group waiting.

"What's wrong, Sister Xiaolan, you don't seem to be very happy, is it because the taste of dinner is not good?" Turning my head sideways, I looked at Xiaolan with a look of concern. I couldn't help but ask.

"Ahh Xiaolan hurriedly shook her head. "It's just that I'm kind of looking forward to tomorrow's trip to Izu. ”

"Huh?" What is it that makes Xiaolan look forward to it so much? Can't even attract her attention to tonight's celebration with the two-mix?" "Now, Kudo, do you know about going to Izu tomorrow?"

"Yes. Conan said to me with a skewer in his mouth. "I heard what Xiaolan said yesterday. Tomorrow we are going to Izu for sea bathing. ”

"Then do you know why Xiaolan suddenly wants to go to Izu?"

"I don't know about this, but I think it's a little suspicious. After all, I just attended a concert today. I'm going to play again tomorrow, and it's still so tight. I think Xiaolan must have something to hide from us. Conan said to me seriously.

"Could it be that Xiaolan has met a new boyfriend and made an appointment with someone to go to play?" I teased Conan with an eyebrow.

"Poof...... Ahem. Don't, stop kidding. Conan choked on my words.

"Well, who said this kind of thing. I shrugged and laughed. "But it doesn't matter, the truth, tomorrow will know. ”

――――The smell of orchids, the taste of lavender, the taste of home > the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians――――

Early the next morning, my dad drove our family to the beach in Izu in Renault and stayed at the Queen's Hotel.

"Sister Xiaolan. You've been looking around since you first got here. Are you looking for someone?" Conan couldn't help but ask in the lobby of the hotel, looking at Xiaolan's search around.

"Oh? no. No, I don't. Lan replied curtly, but her face clearly indicated that she was lying. "Daddy, come here. We're going to book a room. Ran diverted Conan's gaze

"Hey...... Maybe it's really a date with your new boyfriend. I teased Conan.

"Why, how is that possible!" Conan shouted to me, blushing. "Xiaolan, she's definitely not the kind of person who dares to ask boys to come to the beach. ”

"Well...... I'll just tell you, don't get excited. As I spoke, I poked his arm with my elbow to signal him to calm down. It's just that the cunning in my eyes is deeper at this moment.

"Huh?" On the other side, Dad looked a little puzzled after taking the room card booked by Xiaolan. "Xiaolan, did you book the wrong room, why a double room and a triple room?"

"Because then we won't get in the way of Dad. Xiaolan smiled.

"Huh?"

"Ah, no, I'm talking to myself. Xiaolan hurriedly changed the topic. "Don't talk about that. Let's change into our swimsuits and head to the beach. With that, Xiaolan walked to the booked room.

"Strange, there must be something strange in there. Conan said with an unhappy expression.

"Alright. Don't think about it, you can't hide from what you should encounter. I touched Conan lightly, "Let's go, let's go change too." ”

"Ah, well, though. What about your scars?"

"It's okay, I'm wearing an extra shirt. Just don't go to the sea. "I don't care. "Assume you don't know how to swim. With that, Conan and I walked out together.

Ten minutes later, we arrived at the beach that was chartered by this hotel. Before he had taken two steps, he saw his father, who had already set up a sun umbrella and was sitting on a deck chair on the beach, with sunglasses and a lewd smile on his face, dancing at the bikini girls coming and going on the beach, even though he was wearing sunglasses and others could not see his eyes. He kept babbling about it. "Wow, ah, what a lot of shining suns. ”

"I suddenly felt like I didn't want to stand next to him. Looking at my father's appearance, I couldn't help but sigh. Conan, on the other hand, patted me on the shoulder, signaling to take it easy.

"Qiang~~" At the same time, Xiaolan also changed her clothes and walked towards us. "Daddy, what do you think? This is my new swimsuit I bought yesterday. ”

Turning around, Conan and I looked at Ran at the same time. I saw Xiaolan wearing a split swimsuit with a blue background and white orchids printed on it, because it was a split body, the whole dress made Xiaolan's perfect figure flawless under the sun, her stretched forearms were as smooth as jade, her slender and tight waist because of taekwondo did not have a trace of fat, and her snowy legs looked dazzling in the sun. In addition, Xiaolan is born with concave and convex perfect proportions. At first glance, you can tell that this girl is destined to be a focal point of this beach. It can't help but make people blush and heartbeat. The little girl who chased after me back then is now a big girl who has grown into such a delicate girl, I can't take my eyes off it...... Ahem, cough, I'm not a sister control, I'm not a sister control.

I threw out the thoughts in my mind and looked to the side, only to see that Conan's cheeks were already red at the moment, and I was afraid that Xiaolan would have a nosebleed if she got close to him.

"Shh......h Shh "Don't call me Daddy in front of the hall audience. ”

"Hey...... What do you mean by that? Xiaolan looked at her father dissatisfied.

"What do I mean? Dad suddenly felt a little embarrassed, hurriedly looked around, and found a woman with her back to change the subject. "Yo. The sister over there who is super well dressed, if you want to wear sunscreen, I think I can do it...... Nani?!"

"Huh?!"

"Huh?!"

“！！！”

After the woman who had been accosted by her father turned around, a mature, charming, and intellectual face appeared in front of me. Facing this woman, a touch of surprise crossed her father's face, and Xiaolan was excited. Conan, on the other hand, has half-moon eyes and twitches at the corners of his mouth, looking like he is really like this. Turning his head sideways, Conan wanted to say something to me, but my expression stifled the words in his mouth, leaving only a light smile of relief. Because since I came back to the present, this is the first time he has seen it, and the body of this child, who is currently named Ming Ya Kaoru, trembles with shock, and his pupils constricted from excitement. He believed that if he didn't stop him, the tears in his eyes would fall uncontrollably.

And at this moment, standing at the end of the crowd, I can already hear my heartbeat accelerating by the appearance of the woman in front of me on this noisy beach, and I can clearly feel the body trembling because I can't control it after seeing this woman's face clearly. I could have looked away, I could have quickly ducked behind Conan to relieve my stress, but when my eyes met her face, I realized that no matter how I moved, my body was no longer under my control. If you can only express your current mood in one sentence at this time, then this sentence must be ......

"Mom, it's been ten years, and I'm finally seeing you again. (To be continued)