Listening to Dr. Ali's tone, Jiang Xia was a little worried that his next sentence would be "I have to go back early to play with the children!".
...fortunately not.
Dr. A Li just counted his fingers regretfully and said:
"The academy will be open for two more days. After that, I plan to visit my old friends in Kyushu. I may not be able to go back until next week... I can only leave the matter of those children to you first - by the way, I'll call
I just wanted to ask, are you free this weekend?"
"have."
Jiang Xia decided to respond first and then talk about it.
At present, he does not have any plans for the weekend. If he is lucky enough to receive a commission later, or the organization has something to do, he can manage his time reasonably based on the specific situation at that time.
Dr. A Li twirled his beard and was quite happy. He actually wanted Jiang Xia to take a few children out to play this weekend.
He is very happy to see Jiang Xia get along happily with a few energetic children, which is good for both parties - presumably the children will have more in common with Jiang Xia than his grandfather:
"It's like this. I met an old classmate at the school. When we were chatting about the children, he said that the series of movies directed by his brother was about to end, and the last filming happened to be happening recently.
"You can go visit it on weekends - this is a very rare and out-of-print opportunity, and it will never happen again in the future."
...series of movies, filming visits, out of print?
Several words were arranged and combined in Jiang Xia's mind, quickly awakening the memory in his huge spoiler library.
Jiang Xia asked tentatively: "The series of movies you mentioned..."
“It’s the Gomera series that kids love the most!”
Dr. A Li said in a tone that seemed to have a "dang-dang-dang--" sound effect:
"I've already said hello to Director Mikami. I'll send you the address and appointment time later. You can take the children there to see it. This may be much more memorable than a movie that can be played repeatedly, and it's also
It’s more interesting, and you won’t feel bored if you watch it with them.”
Jiang Xia really won't get bored.
Because he remembered that there would be a murder here...
He happily agreed: "Okay."
After talking about business, he quickly hung up the phone.
Jiang Xia looked at the screen that had not yet been extinguished and thought to herself that Dr. Ari was really the best neighbor of a psychic... Of course, so was Kudo-san.
Conan was eavesdropping on Jiang Xia's call with his ears raised, when Jiang Xia suddenly glanced at him.
Then he was confused to find that Jiang Xia's mood seemed to be quite good, at least better than when he sent the children home just now.
"What did the doctor say?" Conan was a little curious.
"I'm going to take the children with me to watch the filming of Gomera over the weekend." Jiang Xia gently touched Conan's head and smoothed away the ray of murderous aura that Belmod had accidentally touched there, "Tomorrow when I go to school.
, you remember to tell them."
"Oh, okay." Conan nodded in agreement. At the same time, he was even more surprised.
Jiang Xia is also a fan of Gomera?
We are both high school students, and people's preferences are really different... Conan only felt that when he thought of Gomera, he felt sleepy reflexively - he had memorized the entire plot of the drama when he was a child, but now he has unfortunately become smaller, and...
Do you want to relive it with the Young Detective Team from time to time... huh? Speaking of which, Jiang Xia's parents were very busy when he was a child, and they didn't seem to have time to take him to the cinema.
When Jiang Xia was a child, he didn't seem to play with friends often. He was usually accompanied by his nanny. The nanny would never have thought of taking someone to watch a movie. Later, even the nanny was gone... Conan thought about it and suddenly felt like
Awakening.
Before, he was a little confused as to why Jiang Xia was so proactive in helping Dr. A Li take care of the child.
Now it seems that maybe Jiang Xia is interested in Gomera but is too embarrassed to go to the theater to watch it, so this time he found a rare opportunity.
In addition, Jiang Xia often plays with the children of the Youth Detective Team and likes to stay with them. Perhaps it is because he sees his missing childhood in those children?
The more Conan thought about it, the more reasonable it became. He felt that some of Jiang Xia's slightly abrupt actions had reasonable explanations in an instant. He felt as relieved as if he had put the puzzle pieces together correctly and solved the riddle.
At the same time, the enthusiastic Kudo classmate secretly thought that he would create more opportunities for Jiang Xia to get along with the young detective team in the future.
Those three children just had a little misunderstanding about Jiang Xia. After more contact, they would naturally discover that Jiang Xia was actually a good person, and then they began to actively play with Jiang Xia. Such a virtuous circle...
…
Out of the above mental journey.
The next day, when Conan went to school, he did not directly tell the three children that he was going to watch a movie with Jiang Xia on the weekend. He only said that he did not need to go to the movie with Jiang Xia tonight.
Then, when the children were happily high-fiving, I took the opportunity to ask them to go out and play together on the weekend.
The time of the appointment happened to be the time when Jiang Xia and I had agreed to go watch the filming of Gomera together.
After all, weekends are different from usual times, and there are really many excuses to make. Jiang Xia also looks like she really wants to go to the filming with the children... Only in this way can she be the safest way to invite the children out.
...Well, this can't be regarded as kidnapping, because Jiang Xia is indeed not a terrible violent person, and has even saved these naughty children several times. Jiang Xia was just a little decisive when facing criminals, which caused the children to misunderstand him.
.
Going out for fun together on the weekend may be a good opportunity to bridge the gap.
The three real kids in the Young Detective Team are completely unaware of the dirty thoughts of adults.
On the side, Haihara Ai, who was flipping through the elementary school Chinese textbook out of boredom, turned her head and glanced this way.
Then she discovered that Conan had an inexplicable sense of being sneaky and evasive.
Hui Yuan Ai suddenly became alert and asked in a low voice with disgust: "What do you want to do again?"
Conan hesitated for a moment, and took advantage of the fact that the three children were happy and did not pay attention, and told Haibara Ai the cause and effect.
Then I received a gratifying comment, "You can occasionally come up with good ideas."
Seeing that someone understood him, Conan's conscience suddenly stopped hurting.
That's right, how can you call the way you deal with it sinister...
…
On the weekend, three innocent children who knew nothing about it came to the park early, waiting to meet Conan. They had made an appointment to play together.
A little after the appointed time, Conan's figure appeared at the door.
Ayumi was sharp-eyed and prejudiced. She quickly jumped off the bench and cleared her throat, intending to reprimand Conan for being late.
But before he could say anything, he suddenly saw two other figures appearing at the entrance of the park, seemingly following Conan.
One of them is their familiar and lovely classmate, Haibara Ai.
And the other...
Brother Jiang Xia?!
The three children looked at each other for a moment.
A moment later, while Jiang Xia was looking around the park, they hooked Conan's shoulders, dragged the traitor over, and said angrily in a low voice: "Didn't you say you don't have to watch a movie with Brother Jiang Xia? Why did you lure him in?"
come over!"
Conan laughed guiltily: "That..."
"What are you talking about?" Jiang Xia's questioning voice suddenly came from overhead. The high school students' shadows lengthened by the sun fell on them, as if casting a thick and deep shadow.
The three children froze, slowly let go of Conan, turned their heads little by little, and looked at Jiang Xia.
An eerie atmosphere of silence spread.
After a few seconds, Mitsuhiko finally reacted and was the first to speak: "We are saying that the weather is very good today, suitable for watching movies, haha, ha..."
Jiang Xia nodded slightly: "But I won't go to the movies today."
"..." The expressions of the three children ranged from confusion to surprise, "Really?!"
"real."
"Then Brother Jiang Xia fucks again..."
"Today we are going to visit the filming process of the movie together." Jiang Xia ruthlessly interrupted their farewell message, pretending not to notice the child's attitude and said, "It's your favorite Gomera series."
"..."
Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta stared at each other in confusion for a moment, lost in thought.
Visiting the filming of the Gomera monster movie...doesn't that mean they can see Gomera, which is taller than a skyscraper, with their own eyes?!
...Want to go!
...but I don’t want to go with brother Jiang Xia. Because then, I have to be a good and well-behaved child, and many creative actions will not be possible.
but……
The three of them secretly raised their eyes and looked at Jiang Xia, who was watching them gently. Then they looked at the place where Jiang Xia usually kept his swinging stick. They realized with frustration that it seemed that it was not their turn to choose whether to go or not.
——The Mihua Market is only so big. If you insist on refusing to hang out with brother Jiang Xia now, what if they suddenly meet at the crime scene one day? When brother Jiang Xia beats the criminal, he will remember their refusal and join him.
A stick...
"Wow, I'm so surprised to be able to visit Gomera."
The desire to survive made the three children make slightly exaggerated echoes.
Then, they thought about it carefully and felt that there were not many opportunities to see Gomera. Since they couldn't resist, they might as well have fun...
…
Half an hour later.
A group of people with different moods came to an old-style building.
The building is more than five stories high. The walls are slightly mottled and have many traces of wind and sun. There is a conspicuous circular "Dabao" icon hanging on the top - this is the filming location of Gomera, Dabao Cinema.
.
The three children looked up at this ordinary building, with the same doubt in their eyes of different sizes.
——Gomera really lives here?
The place is too small for it. I'm afraid it can't be forced in without breaking a few bones... Wait, is Brother Jiang Xia's friend abusing Gomera?!
Is this, is this the legendary thing about birds of a feather flocking together... The pupils of the children were shaking.
Hui Yuan Ai followed Jiang Xia and looked at them doubtfully.
She thought that the children were like A Zhai who was visiting the Holy Land, and were shocked by the birthplace of the idol, so she reminded her gently: "It's time to go. You can't see Gomera if you stay outside."
"...!"... Xiao Ai actually really wants to visit the poor trapped Gomera... She has always been close to brother Jiang Xia, and it seems that she has been contaminated by the terrible adult.
The three weak and helpless children looked at each other and could only silently walk towards the building, thinking whether to risk being beaten with sticks to save the miserable Gomera from brother Jiang Xia and his friends.
Jiang Xia also noticed something strange about the children, but didn't pay much attention to it.
These kids all follow Conan, and they are very clever with their brains. As long as they are willing to follow Conan to watch the filming of the movie, then let them go...
…
Pushing open the main door of the building, what was revealed was a very ordinary hall, and there was no "Gomera curled up and stuffed into a small building."
The three children looked around in confusion, followed Jiang Xia cautiously, stepped into the stairwell, and climbed up the steps.
We quickly reached the top floor.
Several people stood in front of the stairwell door. Jiang Xia lowered his head and glanced at his phone, comparing the floors.
According to the address sent by Dr. A Li, the movie shooting location should be on this floor.
He was about to reach out and push the door open.
But at this moment, Hui Yuan Ai suddenly stretched out his hand and firmly pressed the back of Jiang Xia's hand on the doorknob, stopping him from opening the door, as if there was some extremely terrifying monster hidden behind the door.
Jiang Xia was startled and looked down at her.
At the same time, he suddenly discovered that the ghosts were a little more active than before. They were no longer scorched by the scorching sun. Instead, they all raised their heads and looked at the floor where the filming location was located through the door, a little greedier.
He even started to wipe the corners of his mouth reservedly.
...are there members of the organization in the studio?
And from the looks of it, he should still be a member of the organization with murderous intent.
Having said that, Haiyuan Ai's radar is actually better than the ghost's. Is she too strong or the ghost is too weak?... Jiang Xia fell into deep thought while touching Haiyuan Ai's head sympathetically.
Then he asked without knowing anything: "What's wrong?"
From the corner of her eye, Haihara Ai caught a glimpse of three children who knew nothing about the organization, as well as Conan, who had an overreaction to the organization. She could not directly tell Jiang Xia what she had discovered. After all, she remembered that in Conan's eyes, Jiang Xia still didn't know about the organization.
If he tells it directly, Jiang Xia may be forced to back down.
She then turned pale and raised her hands to cover her stomach: "I shouldn't have eaten that bowl of ice cream in the morning...I, I'll go to the convenience store downstairs to buy some hot tea."
With that said, she trotted downstairs.
After running down two floors and getting away from the organization's aura, Haihara Ai felt a little more relaxed.
Then I had some doubts.
Why are there organizational members in a place like this?
...Could this have anything to do with Jiang Xia?
...No, it shouldn't be. Coming here was Dr. A Li's suggestion, not Jiang Xia's impromptu idea. After Dr. A Li asked Jiang Xia to take the children out to play, he actually called her and asked her to take care of them.
Jiang Xia and several children, so Huihara Ai knows this very well.
In short, judging from Jiang Xia's reaction just now, for him, meeting members of the organization by chance was probably just an accident.
...Anyway, Jiang Xia was definitely not setting her up on purpose, because there was no need for it at all.
Hui Yuan Ai whispered, took out her phone, and sent an email to Jiang Xia:
[I just noticed their aura, I'm going back first, please be careful]
She can't stay here.
Otherwise, if Shirley's identity is discovered, it will be a disaster that affects everyone.