"By the way, what time are you going to eat with your mother?"

At this time, while Conan was still waiting for Dr. Asa and Xiao Ai in front of the rice flower station, on the other side, Xiaolan, who had been out long before Conan, was shopping on the street with the garden.

And he also knew that Xiaolan planned to meet Feiying tonight, and along the way, Yuanzi couldn't help but ask Xiaolan casually.

"Seven."

Raising her hand to look at the time displayed on the watch she was wearing, Xiaolan responded.

"I think you arranged it this time, right?"

In this regard, out of understanding Xiaolan, Yuan Zi couldn't help but ask with some conviction.

"Hmm."

Nodding, Xiaolan did not deny it.

But for this answer, Yuan Zi was a little helpless, sighed and said:

"It's really hard enough! It's been 10 years since your mom left home, right? ”

"yes, I was only seven years old that year......"

At the mention of this, Xiaolan lowered her head a little lonely, and said with a slightly depressed mood:

"I just remember they had a big fight. What are the reasons for separation...... I heard that the two of them have incompatible personalities. ”

"Not long after they separated, your mother became a lawyer, and life began to be colorful......

In this regard, Yuan Zi thought back to what she knew, and couldn't help but continue:

"But on the other hand, your father quit his job as a police officer and started working as a little-known detective...... Oh, yes, although your dad has suddenly become a detective now, but if I want to say, if it weren't for you, he would have been ruined. ”

As he spoke, as if he felt that his judgment was very reasonable, the garden still looked at himself and nodded slightly.

"I want to ...... It shouldn't be so miserable. ”

Faced with the garden's rhetoric, Xiaolan said a little tactfully:

"But my mom used to say that about him."

"So I don't understand......"

Speaking of this, the garden was a little puzzled and said:

"Since their relationship is like this, why haven't they divorced yet? But you, Xiaolan, have been caught between them, and you have tried to save their relationship several times without success, right? ”

"So, they must still have each other in their hearts!"

Speaking of this, Xiaolan seemed to be very convinced.

"yes......"

Seeing Xiaolan say this, a smile of relief inevitably appeared on Yuanzi's face, and said:

"Then I hope your arrangement tonight can have some effect......"

In this way, when Yuanzi and Xiaolan were walking and chatting, the two had already come to the front of the mall, at this time, Yuanzi looked at the many billboards placed in front of the mall, and found one of the billboards about the new book signing session, Yuanzi raised his hand to look at the time displayed on the watch he was wearing, and said slowly:

"Ah, it seems like there's still some time before the autograph session starts, why don't you go have a coffee first?"

"Okay."

Nodding, Xiaolan had no objection to this proposal.

So, Xiaolan and Yuanzi walked to the coffee shop on the first floor of the mall first-

"Huh? Isn't this Dr. Asasa? ”

And just as the two entered the coffee shop and were about to find a place to sit down, Xiaolan suddenly noticed that in the coffee shop, Dr. Asasa in a white coat was sitting at a table in the coffee shop, drinking coffee and eating cake.

"Ah, it's Xiaolan and the garden!"

In this regard, hearing Xiaolan's voice, Dr. Asa couldn't help but look up and saw the two people who appeared here, and Dr. Asa couldn't help but respond with some surprise:

"Why are you here?"

"I'm here with the garden to go shopping."

In the face of Dr. Asasa's inquiry, Xiaolan responded with a gentle expression.

"Dr. Asasa, why are you here?"

The garden on the side couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

"Ah, this ......"

Hearing Yuanzi's inquiry, Dr. Asa touched the back of his head, showed a helpless expression, smiled awkwardly, and responded:

"Actually, I came here early in the morning to refuel my car. But I didn't expect that after refueling, when I drove around here, there was something wrong with my car and it couldn't start......"

"So while you're waiting for the trailer, you're here to eat?"

Sonoko listened to Dr. Asasa's words and guessed.

"Hahaha...... Actually......"

Dr. Asasa ...... Ay? Miss Xiaolan and Miss Yuanzi? ”

At this moment, just as Dr. Asa was about to explain with a wry smile, behind everyone, a person who had just walked into the coffee shop suddenly said to Dr. Asasa and them, and listening to the voice, all three of them recognized the voice as Takato.

Turning his head, he saw Takato, who was wearing a light blue jacket, coming to the store, and walked to the seat where Dr. Asa wasa-

"Ah, Takato, you're here."

At this time, seeing Takato present, Dr. Asa said with some joy:

"Then I'll trouble you...... I'm going to pick up the kids......"

As he said this, Dr. Asa suddenly saw Xiao Ai's figure walking out from behind Gao Yuan—

"Hey, Xiao Ai, why are you here?"

Slightly surprised, Dr. Asasa asked.

"I went out a little late, and I happened to hear a phone call from the doctor and Gao Yuan, so I simply came over."

With an indifferent expression, Xiao Wai replied.

"What's going on?"

Something that I didn't understand, Sonoko asked curiously about the conversation between Takato and Dr. Asasa right now.

"Oh, yes. Dr. Asasa was supposed to take Xiao Ai and Conan to the museum today, but he didn't expect Dr. Asasa to have a problem with his car, so he thought of asking me to help. ”

Gao Yuan explained this, and then said to Dr. Asasa:

"Don't worry, Doctor, I'll help you find a way to get your car back."

"yes, then I'll trouble you, Gao Yuan!"

Hearing Gao Yuan's explanation, Dr. Asa quickly finished the coffee and cake in front of him, and then got up and was ready to set off.

Seeing this, Xiao Ai nodded at Gao Yuan, and then followed in the footsteps of Dr. Asasa.

However, before going out, Dr. Asa was still a little anxious, and after asking the clerk of the coffee shop about the location of the toilet, he hurriedly ran to the toilet first-

However, just a few seconds after entering the toilet, Dr. Asa ran out of the toilet in a panic, as if he was frightened by something, panting in front of Gao Yuan, pointing to the toilet door behind him, and hurriedly said:

"Gao, Gaoyuan, there seems to be an accident inside!"

Suddenly, hearing Dr. Asa say this, Gao Yuan looked stunned, and then hurriedly ran towards the toilet-

As the toilet door was pushed open, looking in, Gao Yuan saw that in front of the door of the innermost toilet room, there was a pool of blood, flowing out from the bottom of the toilet door.

For a while, seeing this scene, Gao Yuan frowned slightly, took out gloves from his pocket and put them on, and then carefully stepped forward and tried to push the door of the toilet room, and found that he couldn't push it, and it felt like something was blocked from the inside, Gao Yuan directly propped his hands on the wooden board of the toilet cubicle, jumped up, and looked inside from above-

I saw a woman in her twenties stuck behind the door and lying in a pool of blood......

(End of chapter)