Mori Kogoro was sitting on the couch with a can of beer in his hand, drunk.

On TV, an interview program with Yoko Okino is playing.

Maori Kogoro took a sip of beer and took a sip of "Miss Yoko" I love you, which made Conan on the side speechless.

Just then, the doorbell rang outside.

Mori Kogoro burped at this point, stood up tremblingly, and walked over to open the door.

"Who?"

I looked left and right, but there was no sign of anyone.

When I looked down, I saw a little girl half a head taller than Conan and two ponytails at the door of the station.

Holding a teddy bear in his hand, he looks very fond of it.

"Daddy."

"Daddy?"

As soon as Maori Kogoro heard this, he instantly sobered up.

Conan's tiger body was shocked, could it be that Xiaolan was also drugged by that group of guys?

When he got closer and found that it was not Xiaolan, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Mori Kogoro looked over, and when he saw that there was no one else, he immediately pulled the little girl into the house, and then slammed the door shut.

"You little ghost, don't recognize your relatives, Ying Li and I only have one daughter, Xiaolan!"

The little girl seemed a little puzzled, but just blinked.

"Mom told me to come to Daddy."

Sure enough, is there a deep generation gap between myself and the little ghost?

Mori Kogoro ignored her and handed it over to Conan.

Then I went back to the couch and continued to watch the interview with Yoko Okino.

Conan looked at Mori Kogoro's back, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

He turned his head and looked at the little girl and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"My name is Taro."

"My name is Conan."

"Conan," Taro called his name, "I'm hungry." ”

"Really."

After watching the interview program, Kogoro Mori picked up the newspaper at this time.

Without raising his head, he said, "Conan, you can take her to eat whatever you want, and then ask her where her parents are, and then send her back." ”

Conan nodded, looked at Taro, and asked, "What do you like to eat?" ”

"Dangdang!" Taro replied with a smile.

"Huh?"

Conan blinked, a little inexplicable.

Dangdang is not a snack, but the name of a children's restaurant.

Originally, the children's restaurant was opened for children with unbalanced diets.

Recently, however, there have been some parents with children and elderly people who live alone.

"It's a happy place, but the operating expenses are always losing money." Saeko said.

"Hello."

"Ah, Mr. Shimahiro."

Saeko hurriedly wiped her hand on her apron and walked to the door.

"I've got this week's share."

Saeko picked up a bottle of milk and handed it to Qinghai Chuantang, not forgetting to Amway, "The milk from Mr. Shimahiro's ranch is fresh and delicious." ”

On the glass bottle, the words "Kojima Ranch" are printed in red, and a cute cow is also painted.

"Remember to recycle empty bottles."

After explaining, Shimahiro turned around and left.

Seeing this, Saeko immediately picked up a bag of oranges from the table and chased after her.

"A little heart."

When Qinghai Chuantang helped to process all the ingredients, the two sat aside for a while.

She took out her mobile phone, clicked on the photo that Conan sent to herself, held it in front of the other party, and asked, "Do you have an impression of this little girl?" ”

Saeko looked at it and said with a smile, "I know, taro!" Miss Tang, do you know that child? When Taro was born, I was on the side. ”

"At birth?"

"At that time, I was still working as a midwife. Chihaya Rokukawa is a single mother who works hard to raise taro alone. ”

"Do you know, Ms. Chihaya Rokukawa, where is she now?"

"Just came here yesterday."

After saying that, Saeko seemed to sense that something was wrong, and immediately stood up, looking at her with a wary face, and her hand couldn't help but grab the door frame on the side.

"Why do you ask this kind of question? Could it be that you want to do something unfavorable to Chihaya-san? ”

Qinghai Chuantang felt strange, "Is there such a person?" ”

"Miss Chihaya, mother and daughter, it seems that they have moved many times until now, and it seems that they want to avoid someone."

Just as the words fell, a staff member hugged the food box and shouted "It's amazing, it's terrible!" ”

"Miss Chihaya's house, there has been a murder!"

Conan, who was hiding at the gate and eavesdropping, immediately ran in when he heard this.

Ignoring the suspicious eyes of others, he said anxiously, "Quick, take me over!" ”

To sum up, this is the story of Conan who happened to meet Qinghai Chuantang, who came to the children's restaurant to do good deeds, and then asked him to help by the way.

After eating, Taro was sent back to the office and taken care of by Xiaolan.

"The time of death is presumed to be between 14 and 16 o'clock yesterday. In the pocket of the suit, I put this thing. ”

What was handed to Takagi was a group photo of a man and a woman facing the camera.

The background is inside the tavern.

The date above is four years ago.

The woman is Rokukawa Chihaya, half a year ago, she rented a house here and lived with her three-year-old daughter Taro.

On the bedside table on the side, there is a photo of the mother and daughter, and Taro is still holding the teddy bear, as if it were a treasure.

"Takagi-senpai, could it be that Miss Chihaya ran away with the child after she strangled that man?"

"I didn't run away with my children."

Takagi was about to speak, but someone answered in advance.

"Ke, Conan?"

"And Miss Tang?"

The expressions of the two instantly became a little subtle.

Should this be said to be "meeting is fate", or should it be called "the ghost is not gone"?

"That little girl, now at the Maori Detective Agency!"

Conan smiled and explained, "We also happened to be looking for her mother. So when I heard Ms. Chihaya's address, I immediately rushed here. ”

"Officer Takagi!"

Just then, a police officer ran over.

"Chihaya Rokukawa didn't go to work at the place where he worked today. According to a colleague, around 19 o'clock the day before yesterday"

A man ran into the office.

Excited, he shouted, "Chihaya, I've finally found you!" ”

Then, the man walked up to Chihaya Rokukawa's workstation and said to her, "I've been looking for you. ”

"Give me back the teddy girl you stole from."

Takagi and Yokukatsu glanced at each other, and both felt a little strange, what is a teddy girl?

In 1994, it was sold for $17.16 million at Christie's auction house in London, England. Based on the yen exchange rate at the time, it was worth about 20 million yen. And the name of the Steve teddy bear is 'Teddy Girl'. ”

After listening to Qinghai Chuantang's explanation, Takagi only felt that his jaw was about to drop.

"Doll bear, worth 20 million?"

On the other hand, Ye Jiusheng was only slightly surprised.

Takagi felt sad, is it only himself, a young man who needs a loan to buy a ring?

"Officer Takagi, look!"

Conan pointed to the man in the photo and said, "This uncle wears a badge on his chest!" The English on it seems to be 'stevie', which should be their company's emblem! ”

"Wow, Conan is amazing!"

Qinghai Chuantang pretended to be surprised and said, "At a young age, you can have such complex English words." ”

Conan scratched his head, seeming a little shy.

"Actually, it's okay, I just happened to see it when I was watching TV before, so I wrote it down."

is shy on the surface, but he is very apprehensive in his heart.

What is Sister Xiaotang going to do? Isn't it possible, and you're thinking about how to pit yourself?

"Oh-"

Qinghai Chuantang deliberately dragged out the false sound, and there was a feeling of sudden realization.

Leaning over to look at him, he smiled and asked, "Could it be, it's the education channel of Hawaii Vocational and Technical College, right?" ”

Conan instantly understood what the other party was referring to, and said with a dry laugh, "Sister Xiaotang is so smart." ”

And Takagi and Yakukatsu, who don't know the truth, are confused.

When the group arrived at Stevie, they were received by the president.

Before he could introduce himself, the president received a phone call and said that he was in a hurry, so he left immediately.

handed over the reception work to the woman next to him.

"My husband is a busy man."

The woman had a slightly apologetic expression on her face, and then introduced herself, "I'm the vice president, Yuharu Tanijima." ”

"I'm the head of the new product development department, Nishida. Why did the police come? ”

Nishida, who was standing next to Tanijima Yuqing, looked nervous and a little nervous.

"This man, killed."

As he spoke, Takagi took the photo out of his arms and placed it on the table.

Nishida recognized him at a glance.

"This is Ipoh, Ipoh, my men. Killed? Who did this to you? ”

"It's a teddy girl."

Tanijima's expression stiffened for a moment.

"Tang, Miss Tang, and Conan" Takagi's smile was full of helplessness.

"Sorry to interrupt."

After Qinghai Chuantang walked in, he looked at Tanijima Yuqing and said, "You seem to know something about the teddy girl, right?" ”

"I don't know anything."

Tanijima Yuqing said very bluntly.

"That"

Nishida stepped forward, as if trying to say something.

"Nishida!"

Tanijima Yuharu stopped him.

Nishida looked at her and said, "I think it's better not to hide it."

Then, he began to explain, "That teddy girl is a doll equipped with artificial intelligence that I made with Ipo four years ago. ”

"Is that AI?"

"Yes, yes."

Nishida nodded, and then continued, "Iho showed it to the woman who frequented and worked in the tavern. Then the woman took it and fled. ”

And that woman is none other than Rokukawa Chihaya.

Tanijima Yuqing said indignantly, "Rokukawa Chiha, that woman, is a thief. ”

After leaving the company, the two were preparing when Qinghai Chuantang suddenly stopped.

Conan felt a little puzzled, so he asked, "Sister Xiaotang, what's wrong?" ”

It's lunch break.

The people sitting on the stone benches outside are the employees who take advantage of this time to relax.

Without exception, they all have glass bottles of milk in their hands.

"Those milk bottles, I've seen them in the children's restaurant."

"Huh?"

The two re-entered the company.

In the hallway next to the lounge, a glass crate for milk was found.

Sure enough, it was exactly the same as what she had seen before.

"Isle Ranch"

Conan blinked, "It's just milk, it doesn't mean anything, does it?" ”

"Look into it and you'll find out."

After finishing speaking, Qinghai Chuantang yawned and rubbed his eyes lightly.

"But before that, I have to go back to sleep, and yesterday I watched the shrimp catcher all night."

Shrimp catcher?

Conan heard it in a fog, and he didn't understand what it meant.

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