24. She is the evening star
On this brightly lit night, Ran Mori still didn't wait for Shinichi Kudo to come back.
Beside the floor-to-ceiling window, outside is the dark night and countless neon lights under your feet. On the window, there are figures of people sitting alone waiting.
"It's already so late." Xiaolan's fingers tightened.
Then, she saw Conan running from not far away, and two familiar figures, one tall and one short, who followed.
"Conan?" Mori Ran looked over in confusion, "You still have Chen Xing and Xiao Ai, why are you here?"
"Just just passed by." Chen Xing said.
"That's it." Ran Maori nodded and smiled, "By the way, Shinichi is here too. Have you seen him? He also went there before."
Looking at the hope and light in her eyes, Chen Xing moved his lower lip without answering.
"See it." Haibara Ai said.
"That's right, Brother Xinyi asked me to give you this." Conan quickly took over and handed over the gold card.
Ran Maori's eyes dimmed a little bit, and she had guessed it.
"Just just now, Brother Xinyi suddenly received a very important call, and then left anxiously." Conan said, and was a little unable to continue.
Ran Mori lowered his head and pursed his lips. His figure was thin and fragile at this moment.
"Sister Xiaolan, Brother Xinyi asked me to tell you..." Conan wanted to say something, but was suddenly interrupted by her, "Don't say it, I don't want to listen."
Ran Mori covered his ears and shook his head, "I don't want to listen to what he says anymore, I've already..."
The gentler the person is, the more painful it will be when he is disappointed. Tears will flow out of the corners of her eyes, then she covers her face and supports it on the table, with her shoulders trembling slightly.
Conan felt very uncomfortable, and when he saw her crying but couldn't comfort her, his heart was also very sour.
Nothing is more painful than just standing in front of someone you like but not explaining nothing.
"He will come back." Chen Xing suddenly said.
Ran Maori was stunned and turned his head to look over.
Her eyes were a little red, tears fell on her cheeks, and even though her wet eyes were dim, there were still expectations.
"He will definitely come back from Kudo." Chenyuki said, looking at Conan, "Right?"
Conan said "Yeah" at first, then nodded seriously, looking at Xiaolan, his tone was very light but particularly solemn, "He said he would definitely find a solution and come back to you."
Ran Maori's eyes magnified slightly. He looked at the very serious child in front of him, and felt like he was touched. Finally, he wiped the corners of his eyes and burst into tears and laughed, "It's really that guy who made the mistake, it's not you, why are you so serious? I'm also happy."
Haibara Ai glanced at the people around him and didn't say anything.
"I'll keep waiting anyway," said Mori Lanto's chin: "Wait until he comes back."
Conan's eyes lowered and his hands tightened.
"Okay, you haven't had dinner yet?" Ran Mori sniffed and chuckled, "Sit down and eat together. Anyway, didn't that guy Shinichi leave the card?"
"Then we are not polite." Haibara Ai accepted the invitation and smiled slightly at a detective, thanking him for his generosity.
Conan curled his lips, as long as you are happy.
Chen Xing thought about the Jiyuan steak I had eaten before and felt that he couldn't eat anything anymore.
Then, I ate four desserts.
Conan's eyes twitched.
Haibara Ai ate slowly, but Xiaolan seemed to have forgotten her elegance, and she had the intention of turning grief and anger into appetite.
"Sister Xiaolan, eating too much sweets at night is not good for your health." Conan said quickly.
The spoon in Mori's hand poked the cake hard, and the words "It's okay" were like squeezed out from the gap of teeth, revealing deep resentment.
Conan shivered and dared not say anything more.
Then, he heard Xiaolan say, "The stars are so beautiful tonight."
She looked out the window, raised her head slightly, and under her long soft hair, she had a snow-white swan neck. She smiled with a smile on her face, which was beautiful and charming.
Idiot, you are my star. Conan's eyes are gentle.
"The lights are also very bright." Haibara Ai said.
"What light?" Conan came back to his senses and said subconsciously.
Haibara's eyes fell into the city night view overlooking, and said softly: "It's those lights."
"Isn't that visible every day?" Conan bit the straw and said, "What's new?"
Haibara Ai just smiled faintly and said nothing.
"Fireworks." Chen Xing spoke.
Compared with the invisible and intangible stars in the sky, these lights scattered on earth are more desirable. There is no distinction between high and low.
"Eh?" Conan looked at the two of them in surprise.
When did they have such a tacit understanding? They can't say that they can understand what they think at a certain moment, without asking or saying anything, or even just a look is enough.
Conan was quite surprised.
Haibara Ai still lowered his head, and at this time he serenely ate a bite of strawberry pudding.
I am happy to drink coffee.
"Eat so many desserts at night and drink coffee." Conan hummed, "You are not afraid of insomnia."
"Yes, Chen Xing seems to like drinking coffee?" Ran Maori was also puzzled.
"Because I opened a coffee shop," Chen Xing said.
Only when Haibara Ai, who was sitting next to him, noticed that his fingers holding the porcelain cup had stopped the force, like conditioned reflexes, or as if they could not hide their tension.
If you think about it carefully, it seems that he always only drinks coffee of the same flavor.
Is it a habit? Or, because something that is deeply touched and unforgettable?
Due to the dispersion of thoughts, Ai Haibara became a little absent-minded.
"By the way, Conan, did Shinichi tell you why he asked me to come here?" asked Ran Mori.
"Ah?" Conan couldn't help but turn red when he heard this, but said, "I haven't said it."
How could he say that their location at this time was where his parents had fallen in love?
...
When Chen Xing was enjoying a "free" dinner quietly in the restaurant, there were two lonely elderly people in the underground parking lot.
Dr. Agasa was sucking instant noodles in the yellow Beetle, and in the car next to him was a Maori detective with a black complexion.
He finished smoking the last cigarette, and finally couldn't help but pound the steering wheel, "I'm telling me what are they doing, why haven't they got off after so long?"
On the side, Dr. Agasa smiled embarrassedly and worked hard.
Before, when Kudo Shinichi turned back to Conan, Chenyuki called and sent Ai Haibara to come over. Then Conan contacted Kogoro Mori to pick up Koran, and by the way, he was going to return tonight and moved back into the Maori Detective Office.
It was said that it would be time to get off soon, but I had been waiting for almost two hours and had not yet arrived.
"No, I have to go up and take a look!" Maori Kogoro thought that Koran was with the stinky brat Kudo Shinichi tonight, and he had been together for so long, so he was worried.
But as soon as his hand touched the car door, he hesitated.
Will this make you seem unstable enough?
After all, Xiaolan is not a child anymore, let alone Chen Xing and Conan, so there shouldn't be anything, right?
Chapter completed!