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Chu Ming quickly pulled his falling body back and asked, "What's wrong? Isn't it a cold? Why does your chest suddenly hurt?"
"I - that - black -" Conan felt his vision become blurred, his heart ached, big drops of sweat slid to the ground, and then he collapsed to the ground.
Officer Megure quickly asked the police to call a doctor over.
"He has a high fever, let him lie down first. Is there any vacant room here?" Chu Ming picked up Conan, who was lying on the ground with his eyes closed, and turned to ask.
"Yes, I'll take you there." The butler walked forward and motioned Chu Ming to follow him. Xiaolan thought about it and hurriedly followed.
Because the archive still needed Chu Ming's testimony as the person who uncovered the case, Chu Ming did not stay long. He put Conan down and left the room. Before leaving, he glanced meaningfully at Conan who had woken up, suddenly sat up in shock from his dying illness, and was gasping for breath and coughing. He knew that his transformation progress bar was about to end.
Sure enough, the wine factory's medicine must be solved with wine (? ?ω?? )?
Chapter 37 I'm Not This Kind of Person
After leaving Xiaolan to take care of Conan, Chu Ming ran back to the study. Tsujimura Kimie had finished her story and asked Tsujimura Takayoshi to take good care of Anzi.
But after going from lovers to enemies, can the two still be together?
After Inspector Megure finished recording and prepared to call it a day, Chu Ming secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If he had known that Tsujimura Isao had a connection with the organization, he should not have allowed Conan to drink.
"Is Conan here?" Xiaolan poked her head in from the door.
Chu Ming was startled. It seemed that Conan’s main account was logging in.
Sure enough, Inspector Megure and others walked downstairs.
"Wait a minute--" a hoarse voice came.
Hearing the familiar voice, Xiaolan turned her head in shock, "Shinichi..."
She ran to Shinichi and looked at the man who had disappeared for several months with an almost greedy gaze, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Where have you been? You just left me a message at the amusement park and ran away. Do you know - do you know that I would be worried about you?! Do you... do you really have another girl..." The last sentence was almost a whisper.
Kudo Shinichi smiled gently, but didn't hear the last sentence clearly: "Silly, why are you crying——"
Immersed in the joy of regaining her lover and the anxiety of losing him, Xiaolan forgot why she came here. Poor Conan was forgotten in an instant.
Hattori Heiji's eyes lit up: "Are you Kudo Shinichi? I'm here to compete with you! I——"
Seeing that Inspector Megure was about to leave, Kudo Shinichi comforted Xiaolan slightly, ignored the chattering Hattori, and hurriedly called out to Inspector Megure.
"What's wrong, Kudo-kun?"
"I have something to ask Mrs. Tsujimura. How much do you know about the black-clad assassin hired by Tsujimura Isao? The case I'm currently investigating is related to this."
Tsujimura Kimie looked up in bewilderment: "I only know that Tsujimura Isao was very afraid of them. In his words, those people were all desperate criminals..."
"And more! Anything related is fine!" Kudo Shinichi asked anxiously.
"Let me think - I don't know if this is related, but last time I heard Tsujimura Isao arguing with someone on the phone, he seemed to have shouted 'vodka' or something. It was the first time I heard someone named after a liquor, so I had a deep impression of him."
The name of the wine! Just like what Miss Yamei said before! Everyone in the organization uses wine as a code name! !
Kudo Shinichi, who was about to ask something, suddenly half-knelt on the ground and started coughing violently. Before Xiaolan could react, Hattori Heiji rushed over: "Hey, Kudo, are you okay?"
Kudo Shinichi leaned against the bookshelf, looking a little weak: "I just have a bad cold, it's nothing serious."
"Hey Kudo, why are you here suddenly? Are you really spying around here?"
"I heard from that kid with glasses that a strange detective came to see me and asked me to come here quickly. Plus, there are clues to the case I'm investigating here - ahem, that's why I came here."
Chu Ming, who was eavesdropping secretly, said: Good fellow, I'll tell myself.
Xiaolan pushed Hattori who was leaning against Kudo Shinichi away and rushed forward a few steps: "You're lying. You didn't even ask me how I was doing recently on the phone. Either you have someone you like, or you are hiding aside and laughing at me, right? How could you do this--" Xiaolan was getting more and more frustrated as she spoke, and her voice was already tearful.
Kudo Shinichi was a little helpless. It was Chu Ming and Hattori, the two old men, who misled Xiaolan. He always felt that Xiaolan looked at him as if she was a scumbag. When he thought of Xiaolan's karate that could kick down telephone poles, and then looked at his own fragile body.
He stared into Xiaolan's eyes, trying to convey his sincerity: "I am a detective - I can tell whether you are doing well or not just by listening to your voice."
Xiaolan was stunned, and the two looked at each other, with dreamy bubbles floating around them.
"Cough cough cough——" A heart-wrenching cough interrupted the two people's romance. Xiaolan looked at Chu Ming who was holding a bubble machine and blowing bubbles at herself and Shinichi, and was speechless: "Brother Chu Ming, what are you doing..."
Chu Ming looked innocent. He had spent 1 point to buy a bubble machine to create a romantic atmosphere for them. Where can you find a good person like him?
Xiaolan looked at Kudo Shinichi who was coughing more and more, turned around and ran out: "I'm going to call the doctor, you wait for me--"
Hattori Heiji walked up behind Kudo and said, "Hey Kudo, I didn't get to compete with you this time. Next time I get a chance, I will definitely learn from your reasoning."
Kudo Shinichi turned around and stared at Hattori: "There is no such thing as winning or losing in reasoning, because in this world - there is only one truth!"
Hattori Heiji widened his eyes, staring at Kudo Shinichi, who had a frail body but an extremely tall stature.
"It's true that I'm moved - I can't avoid that bad look~" The two looked at Chu Ming with a frown on their faces as he suddenly started singing a Chinese song in a strange accent.
"Ah——" Kudo Shinichi felt that the feeling of his heart about to burst came again. Oh no, the time for the large trial card is about to expire. Damn it, he didn't have time to talk to Xiaolan...
Can’t let them see—Kudo Shinichi struggled to stand up and walked out with a staggering step.
"Doctor, please hurry up. We are waiting for you to save our lives--" Xiaolan's voice came closer and closer. The doctor, gasping for breath, supported his hands on his legs and tried to calm his heartbeat.
"Hey Shinichi, where are you going? Why are you walking around like this?"
This is not good. I will turn into Conan soon. I can’t let Xiaolan see it——
Shinichi stepped back step by step, but forgot that there was a staircase behind him and he missed a step and fell down.
When Chu Ming looked up, he saw his magnetic field generating machine fell down the stairs. He subconsciously rushed over to grab him, but he was dragged down with him.
Feeling the surprising temperature on his body, Chu Ming realized that something was wrong. This guy was going to get smaller. No, how could he tease Conan after he knew his identity?
He was about to let go, but Kudo Shinichi went straight into the bathroom for fear of being seen by Xiaolan. The sudden outburst plus Chu Ming's absent-mindedness eventually -
Chu Ming and Kudo Shinichi, who was only wearing a shirt, looked at each other in the bathroom.
Chu Ming took the opportunity to attack Kudo Shinichi before he could react: "Bah, scumbag, what do you want to do by dragging me in? I'm not that kind of person! This is another price."
I turned around and pushed the door open, wanting to leave, but as soon as my hand touched the handle, I heard a hoarse, suppressed cry of pain.
——It’s over, the small account is forced to go online.
Chapter 38 Conan's Fault
Kudo Shinichi regretted it the moment he brought Chu Ming in. What was he doing? Handing his identity over to others?
So no matter how outrageous Chu Ming's words were, he gritted his teeth and stood there without saying a word. He just wrote it down in his little notebook and watched Chu Ming leave.
When he breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Chu Ming about to open the door and go out, the feeling of his whole body melting swept over him again, and he couldn't help but roar.
Chu Ming also wanted to open the door and walk out regardless of anything, but his character on the red team would definitely not be the cold and ruthless type who would never look back when hearing his friend crying in pain behind him. He turned around resignedly and stared at Conan, who was sitting on the toilet in a loose T-shirt as if he was wearing a skirt.
Conan grabbed his collar and looked at Chu Ming pitifully.
Chu Ming rubbed his eyes and looked at the walls around him that didn’t even have windows. Damn it, don’t they even give me the chance to lie with my eyes open?
"You... this... Conan? That... Kudo..." Chu Ming was incoherent, as if his worldview had been severely impacted.
Conan also looked around and found that he couldn't cover it up, so he smiled at Chu Ming foolishly: "Brother Chu Ming~"
Chu Ming was about to say something when the door opened with a click.
Xiaolan came in and looked at Conan, who was curled up on the toilet, and Chu Ming, who was standing in front of him, in amazement.
"Shinichi, you're here - uh, Chu Ming brother, Conan? What are you doing? Conan, where did you go just now? I couldn't find you anywhere. What's wrong with your clothes? And Chu Ming brother, where's Shinichi? Didn't you come down together? Why is there only his suit at the stairs?"
Conan was afraid that Chu Ming would blurt out everything, so he answered first: "I was sweating just now so I borrowed a piece of clothes to wear. I was in the bathroom and heard Brother Shinichi telling Brother Chu Ming that he got a clue to the case and was in a hurry to deal with it. Because the case he was currently tracking needed to be kept confidential, he hoped that no one would tell others about his presence. Then he left. Brother Chu Ming seemed to be going to the bathroom and came in directly - right, Brother Chu Ming~Brother~"
Conan winked at Chu Ming frantically. Chu Ming frowned but still covered for him.
"Yes, he was in a hurry to leave, saying that he was fine and just needed to take some medicine. This kid didn't even lock the door when he went to the bathroom. I thought no one was there, so he walked right in, scaring me. Look, I was just about to leave."
Xiaolan clenched her fists: "This bastard, next time I see him I will definitely - Conan?"
Halfway through saying those harsh words, Xiaolan looked at Conan who had fainted on the ground and hurriedly took him to the hospital.
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For the next three days, Conan was in a coma in the hospital. Chu Ming went to the hospital to see him from time to time. During this period, he also planned to secretly go to Dr. Agasa's house to find Miyano Shiho and tell her that Conan got bigger after drinking, so that she could study the composition of Chinese white liquor when she had nothing to do.
At this time, Miyano Shiho had been renamed Haibara Ai by the doctor. After hearing about her work in the organization, the kind-hearted doctor decided to take her in and even wanted to send her to experience the joy of going to school.
But Haibara Ai felt that although she had become smaller, it would be too stupid to go to school again, and she refused to go no matter what.
When the doctor was trying to persuade Huihara Ai, Chu Ming came. The doctor didn't know that Chu Ming already knew Huihara Ai's true identity, and he just thought Chu Ming was a kind person who met Huihara Ai and sent her home, so he introduced Chu Ming to Huihara Ai, the granddaughter of his old friend, who came to him for shelter.
Chu Ming smiled and waved to Huiyuan: "Little Huiyuan, nice to see you again."
Huiyuan Ai shrank behind the doctor like a shy little girl. No one came to catch her for such a long time, it seemed that Chu Ming did not report her to the organization.
"Chu Ming, you came at the right time. Xiao Ai just doesn't want to go to school. You can help me persuade her."
Chu Ming smiled and said to Huihara Ai meaningfully: "Then I will call you Xiao Ai too. Xiao Ai, going to school is very interesting. You will have many friends. For example, Conan, who I told you about last time, is in the first grade at Teitan Elementary School. You two are of similar age, so you should be able to get along well."
Hearing that they were of similar age, Huihara Ai's eyes flickered and she tilted her head: "Really?"
"Of course, he is a very interesting kid, you will like him."
What made the doctor happy and sad was that Huibara, whom he had been trying to persuade for a long time without any effect, was moved by Chu Ming's few words and nodded in agreement to go to school.
The doctor turned around to contact his friends to discuss sending Haibara to Teitan Elementary School, leaving Chu Ming and Haibara alone in the living room.
Haibara Ai's organization radar kept vibrating. After the doctor left, she faced Chu Ming and her face turned pale.
Chu Ming waved at her, leaned closer and whispered, "Have you read the newspaper? Do you know about the recent hotly debated death of a diplomat?"
Huibara Ai nodded, calmed herself down, and sat next to Chu Ming.
"Kudo Shinichi is there too."
Haibara Ai widened her eyes. Although Chu Ming had been hinting at her and she also saw that Kudo Shinichi's childhood clothes were missing when she inspected Kudo's house, she was still a little shocked when she really confirmed it.
"He transformed into a child right in front of me - Conan. The prerequisite for the transformation should be that he accidentally drank a glass of Chinese Lao Baigan when he had a cold. You can try to deduce the antidote."
With the doctor away, Huiyuan Ai finally had the chance to ask the question she had always wanted to ask: "Why are you helping me? Aren't you afraid--"
Chu Ming lowered his eyes, and Huihara Ai couldn't see his expression.
"It's not to help you. It's mainly because your symptoms are the same as Kudo Shinichi's. To protect him, I can't hand you over. Otherwise, the organization will thoroughly investigate everyone who has taken this drug before, and it will be easy to find him. Then, in order to keep it secret, they will kill everyone around him. It was Xiaolan and Conan who saved me. I'm not the kind of person who repays kindness with enmity."
Taking advantage of the fact that Haibara Ai was unaware of the truth, Chu Ming told her his reasons half-truthfully.
He really wanted to protect Kudo Shinichi, the source of the magnetic field. As long as he was there, there would be a constant flow of magnetic fields around him. This was not a lie.