Haibara Ai's heart twitched: various past experiences told her that getting involved with Akai Shuichi would only bring bad luck, especially to peripheral members like her sister and Jiang Xia - if this matter was revealed to those in the organization who were close to Akai Shuichi,
Someone with a grudge, like Gin or someone else knows about it... I'm afraid things could be in trouble.
"No, you can't send an email for such a big thing. If Jiang Xia happens to be next to Ginjiu, I will be harming him."
Haiyuan Ai hesitated for a long time and finally exited the email interface.
She comforted herself in her heart: "Think on the bright side - Conan is not only back alive and kicking, but he also has time to ask me about the rye whiskey. From this, it seems that there should be nothing serious in Jiangxia for the time being. Wait patiently, I believe
Jiangxia.”
After muttering to herself in a low voice, Hui Yuan Ai put down her cell phone. She looked at the kettle that was gradually boiling, and felt that she was seeing her increasingly unstable life.
…
In the living room.
Conan originally wanted to secretly observe Haihara Ai's movements and reactions to deduce more information... However, Haihara Ai's reaction was actually no reaction.
She went into the kitchen to boil a pot of hot water, brewed some coffee, and then returned to the basement with the coffee cup in hand.
Conan, who was locked out of the door: "..."
Dr. A Li fiddled with the props on the table, glanced at the fake primary school student who came back dejected, and said with relief: "Forget it, be optimistic, maybe you are overthinking - I remember that organization pays great attention to low-key and concealment, in this case
, how could they leave a bottle of wine that could refer to their code name at the scene? This doesn’t fit in with their low-key philosophy, right.”
Conan frowned: "But... I don't know why, but I always feel that that person has an aura similar to gin."
Suddenly, he remembered another clue - Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia also seems to know the guy who calls himself Shuichi Akai.
"Wait a minute." Conan suddenly noticed something and counted on his fingers. "Xiaolan met Akai Shuichi a year ago. Haihara Ai reacted strangely to the code name 'rye whiskey'. Jiang Xia also seemed to be like Akai.
Shuichi has crossed paths before...why don't I know anything?"
Dr. Ali: "Haha, I don't know anything either."
"..." Conan looked at the doctor with a silly smile on his face, and was not comforted at all. On the contrary, he felt even more anxious.
Anyway, since this happened, we can't stay home and worry now.
"Let's go to the bookstore and buy a mystery novel first - today happens to be the day when the serial is released. If you go there late, you won't be able to buy it." Conan sighed: This is not because he is not doing his job properly, but because mystery novels can make his thinking more interesting.
Be active and you may find inspiration.
With this thought in mind, Conan took his change and pushed out the door with a sad look on his face.
…
On the way to buy the novel, Conan suddenly paused and stopped.
——Not far away, three people gathered at the door of Jiangxia Detective Agency. The three people sometimes quarreled, and sometimes hugged each other and cursed something in a low voice. The relationship between them was puzzling.
Conan, who was curious about all mysteries, saw this and couldn't help but curiously approached him: "Uncle, what are you arguing about?"
The three of them looked down and saw that it was a little kid. They immediately didn't bother to talk to him: "You go and play nearby, the uncles are busy with business."
"..." Conan glanced at the detective agency's sign: "Do you need a detective for something? I happen to know brother Jiang Xia - look."
He touched his wallet and took out a quite beautiful ocean-tone themed business card.
"!" The three finally stopped talking and started to look at him.
One of them smiled: "Little brother, it sounds like you know him quite well. In that case, do you have his personal contact information? We just called the office door, but he didn't answer."
Conan: "..." The reason he didn't answer the call was because he was taking an exam at the moment. Not to mention private calls, he wouldn't even be able to call out if you went to the door.
However, if you really say that, these weird clients may turn around and leave - there is more than one detective agency on this street. Although they are not as famous as Jiangxia Detective Agency, if the client is anxious
, then it is not impossible to change the target temporarily.
With this in mind, Conan took out his mobile phone: "Let me send you an email - can you tell me what happened first?"
Since Jiang Xia was busy, he enthusiastically helped to accept this classmate's client.
Just as I was thinking happily, suddenly, a voice came from behind me: "E-mail is so troublesome, just tell me."
Conan who is stealing the client: "?!"
Three clients: "!!"
They turned back quickly, saw the person behind them clearly, and shouted in surprise: "Jiang Xia!"
…
Jiang Xia found the key, opened the door of the detective agency, and welcomed several guests in.
Conan endured it again and again, and finally couldn't help but poke Jiang Xia's leg and muttered in a low voice: "Isn't there a test in school today? Why are you here?" Has this classmate evolved to the point where he even skips the test?
Jiang Xia said: "The exam has been completed."
"?" Conan looked at his watch, "Just skip class, why did you lie to me - I've seen Xiaolan's timetable, and it's only started less than half an hour ago."
Jiang Xia: "Isn't half an hour enough to finish writing?"
Conan: "..."
Jiang Xia's perfect test papers appeared in his mind: it seemed like a lie when it was applied to others, but when it was applied to Jiang Xia... it actually made sense!
Jiang Xia ignored the primary school student who was thinking about life. He entered the office, opened the refrigerator and took out juice, and perfunctoryly dealt with several customers.
Then he asked straight to the point: "What do you need from me?"
As expected, the three of them didn't care about the poor conditions. They took out a photo and handed it to Jiang Xia: "It's like this. The person in the photo has been missing for several days. We would like to ask you to find him."
Conan climbed onto the sofa and looked at the photo in Jiang Xia's hand.
The photo showed a middle-aged man with a high hairline. He was wearing glasses and looking at the camera warily. It looked like a candid photo.
One of the clients looked at the photo and sighed: "He is a game software engineer."
Conan felt something was wrong: "If you are missing for more than 24 hours, shouldn't you call the police? Why did you choose to come to the detective?"
"This..." The three of them looked at each other, as if they had gone through some communication, and finally confessed, "Well, to be honest, this is not the first time this guy has disappeared.
“The three of us are his clients and have customized many game software with him.
"This guy's procrastination is very bad, and he always delays getting down to business. So every time the scheduled trading day comes, he hides and disappears... It's really annoying."
