Jiang Xia responded first, and then remembered something: "Mihua Park?"... Not a school?
"Yes, they are holding an 'errand run' today. The children will set off from Rice Flower Park, go to Rice Flower Shopping Street to buy the items on the list, and then return."
Mao Lilan obviously knew more about the inside story. She smiled and said: "My dad is too bored and doesn't want to go. Unfortunately, he is the only adult in the family who can be the guardian - he should be hiding in a corner and sleeping lazily."
"Okay, this activity sounds good and very educational." Jiang Xia felt better.
Moreover, "Mihua Park" and "Mihua Shopping Street" sound very prosperous at first sight, and it is obviously easier to meet some interesting people and have some interesting things happen. It is much more pleasant to hear than "elementary school":
"Then hurry up and take a look."
…
The two of them arrived at Mihua Park all the way.
Many parents gathered here in twos and threes, chatting happily in low voices, waiting for their children to come back after buying the things on their lists.
Mouri Kogoro, on the other hand, had no interest in communicating and was actually sleeping on a bench at this time.
Mao Lilan strode over and pulled her father up by his ears: "Is this how you become a guardian?"
"It hurts, it hurts!" Mouri Kogoro woke up from his dream, and when he saw it was her, he yawned faintly, "Those kids thought I was getting in the way by following behind - and the shopping street is only 500 meters away, they
I have traveled all over Tokyo all day, and now I am just working as a cameraman for another kid, which is more than enough. What does it matter if I follow him or not?"
With that said, Kogoro Mouri wiped the saliva from his sleep, picked up his earphones, selected a channel, and lay down happily again, basking in the sun while listening to news about horse racing.
Dr. A Li is also there.
Seeing Jiang Xia and Mao Lilan, he came closer and started chatting: "Don't worry, some children don't have enough self-control and will run around. It's probably because the child they were responsible for named 'Xiao Hong' also went to play elsewhere, so he came back."
so slow."
Jiang Xia nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then took out his phone:
"It would be bad if they get lost. I'll ask them where they are."
With that said, he called Haiyuan Ai. Although he didn't say it clearly, the word "want to get involved" was clearly written in his eyes.
Dr. A Li and Mao Lilan didn't think much about it when they saw Jiang Xia's appearance.
They remembered that when Jiang Xia was a child, she didn't seem to have much in common with her peers. She was always poking in corners alone, looking very cold.
The few times they played together was when Jiang Xia passed by, Kudo Yukiko saw her sharply and forced her to come over and play together.
The two of them thought silently: It must be because of the lack of childhood when he was young that Jiang Xia likes to be close to the Youth Detective Team so much now - he probably wants to make up for all the things he didn't get enough of before in a planned way.
Dr. A Li: "..." It's just that those children seem a little afraid of Jiang Xia. Jiang Xia is obviously very friendly to them... It seems that in the future we will create more opportunities for the children to come into contact with her.
Dr. A Li thinks with great confidence - as long as they have more contact, children will be able to deeply understand Jiang Xia's gentle and tolerant character and his consideration for the elderly and the young!
…
A few hundred meters away.
Hui Yuan Ai quickly answered the phone: "Jiang Xia?"
She was a little confused, wondering why Jiang Xia suddenly came to her.
The next second, Haiyuan Ai thought of something. She instinctively took out a hat from her bag and put it on to cover her hair. At the same time, she secretly looked around, worried that there was a suspicious man in black hiding nearby, and Jiang Xia was planning to
Give her some reminders.
in the park.
Jiang Xia took two steps away as if nothing had happened to avoid Mao Lilan and Dr. A Li from hearing his voice. He asked Haihara Ai in a low voice: "Are you still doing that 'errand game'?"
After all, there is a strong friendship between Conan and Hattori Heiji.
Jiang Xia always felt that if she called Conan directly, there was a chance that she wouldn't be able to find out the truth - it would be better to go directly to Haiyuan Ai.
…
On the other side of the phone, Haiyuan Ai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it was not the organization's business.
Although she was confused as to why Jiang Xia was suddenly interested in primary school students' activities, she still answered seriously:
"The event is not over yet - the kid named 'Xiao Hong' we are responsible for following the photo can't seem to find the corresponding store. Until now, he has only bought the items on the list. After buying all the items, he returned to the park.
It’s definitely going to be some time.”
Jiang Xia listened carefully to the background sound and found that the environment on the other side of the phone was quite normal, and Haihara Ai's tone was also very calm. It really didn't sound like he was at a crime scene.
So he asked another more concerned question: "Has Hattori gone to see Conan?"
Huiyuan Ai was startled.
She recalled Conan's previous conversations with Jiang Xia and Hattori Heiji, and finally understood why Jiang Xia called her.
There was a little more smile in the corner of Haibara Ai's eyes. Although Hattori Heiji was also shady, it was better for Jiang Xia to hang out with such a harmless high school student than to hang out with the shady guy from the organization:
"Don't worry, he hasn't been here. Even if he has come, Hiro has been running around the block, and Kudo is worrying about him - he will definitely not have time to receive the Osaka guest for you before the event is over..."
Halfway through his words, Haiyuan Ai's breath suddenly stagnated and he suddenly stopped talking.
The next second, through her cell phone, Jiang Xia vaguely heard a loud noise, like countless pieces of metal crashing onto the ground.
"What happened?" Jiang Xia was startled and asked the question he had wanted to ask for a long time, "Where are you now?"
…
Although they also participated in errands, the mission of the Junior Detective Team today was not to compete in errands, but to be a "following team".
Hirokawa Hiroshi, who is in charge of them, is a very playful child.
After setting off from Mihua Park, Hiro did not go directly to the shopping street. Instead, he took a Masked Superman figure and ran alone to an open space near his home. He played happily by himself for a while, and then went to a nearby abandoned building.
lock up.
During this period, the Young Detective Team lost track of him several times due to traffic and red light obstructions.
It was only just now that the Young Detective Team saw Hiro outside the abandoned building and were able to follow him.
After that, Xiao Hong seemed to have had enough fun, and finally came to Mihua Shopping Street peacefully and began to try to buy the items on the list.
…
Jiang Xia's call came at this time.
When Haiyuan Ai answered the phone, Conan glanced over instinctively and found that the caller was Jiang Xia.
He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
——When you go out with Jiang Xia, you will certainly lose a lot of the fun of solving puzzles. But of course Conan still prefers playing with his peers than spending time with children.
Although he didn't know why Jiang Xia didn't come to him, but called Haiyuan Ai instead. But in his heart, Conan was already looking forward to Jiang Xia and Xiaolan coming over soon, and then accompany them to worry about the naughty child.
