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"Damn it! I must beat you once!" Yuan Tai said angrily, covering his nose.
"Sister Sonoko is so strong!" Ayumi said with admiration on her face.
Mitsuhiko put on a deadpan face, looking at Suzuki Sonoko who was laughing up to the sky, and couldn't help but complain:
"You're using all your strength on a child. That's not like an adult at all..."
"Huh? Weird, where's Ying?"
Finally, Suzuki Sonoko, who had laughed enough, suddenly realized that Karasuma Ying had disappeared since she didn't know when.
"Just now, when you went to get the volleyball, Sister Sonoko, Ai seemed to be feeling a little uncomfortable, so Conan and Sister Xiaoying took Ai over there to rest."
Mitsuhiko explained, pointing to a parasol on the beach not far away.
There, Haibara Ai was lying on a beach chair, looking very weak, with Karasuma Ying, Conan and the doctor surrounding her.
Among them, Karasuma Ying was taking out a towel from the ice water bucket beside her and applying it to Haibara Ai's forehead.
Xiao Ai finally makes her first appearance in this book
Chapter 56: There are three levels of inner peace
"The body temperature is very high but there is no sweat, the pupils are constricted, and the pulse is beating fast and strong. It must be heatstroke."
Under the parasol, Karasuma Ying took out a towel from the ice water bucket and applied it to the forehead of Huihara Ai who was lying on the beach chair.
"In that case, it would be better to let Ai go back to the hotel and rest as soon as possible, right?" The fat Dr. Agasa said worriedly when he heard this.
"It's okay, it's just heatstroke. Just put an ice towel on your forehead and chest and rest in a cool place for a while, and you'll be fine soon."
"You are amazing, Sister Xiaoying. I didn't expect you to know these little first aid tips."
On the side, Conan, with his hands in his pockets, listened to what Karasuma Ying said and couldn't help but speak.
Although these first aid tips may sound insignificant, in fact, apart from relevant workers, few people know them, let alone Karasuma Ying who is just a high school student.
"It's nothing, it's just that my mom used to be a nurse for a while, so I learned these things when I was young." Wu Wanying explained casually.
"I see." Conan nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
"But you, Conan, I didn't expect that you know all this at such a young age..." Karasuma Ying looked back at him and said softly.
Besides Haibara Ai, Conan was also the one who concluded that she had heatstroke.
"Huh? Hahaha, I just saw it by accident in a book before. Don't mind it, Xiaoying. Haha..." Conan was startled and laughed awkwardly.
"Hey! You guys!"
Suddenly, a loud shout was heard from the beach behind them, causing the three of them to look back subconsciously.
"What are you doing?! You're driving this boat here without permission. If other passengers get hit, they'll get hurt!"
Among the many tourists, a dark-skinned man wearing a red T-shirt who looked like a staff member was loudly scolding a female tourist in front of him who was a little "unruly".
And this unruly female tourist was Suzuki Sonoko.
At this moment, she was standing in the sea, with a mini wooden boat floating in front of her. On the boat were three little ones who were frightened by the dark man.
"It's not as serious as you say, is it?" Facing the dark-skinned man's scolding, she retorted without showing any weakness.
"Anyway, we are only playing on this side of the beach, and the waves from the sea won't reach here. I will also hold it down and will never let it hit anyone."
"What did you say?!"
"What? Am I right?"
"Okay, Sonoko, stop talking."
Seeing that Suzuki Sonoko was about to quarrel with the dark-skinned man, Mao Lilan quickly pulled her back and said to the dark-skinned man apologetically:
"We're so sorry! We'll get the boat back to where it came from right away!"
"Tsk, really..." The dark-skinned man curled his lips and said nothing more after hearing that.
"Okay, Arden, don't be so loud. You're scaring other tourists."
At this moment, a fat man came up to the beach behind them. He smiled and patted the dark-skinned man on the shoulder, then said to Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko:
"I'm sorry, sisters. This guy is my childhood friend Shimojo Noboru. He was dumped by his girlfriend recently, so he loses his temper easily. I want to say sorry to you on his behalf."
"Bullshit! It was obviously me who dumped that woman! Yoshizawa Yuta! Stop talking nonsense!" Shimojo Noboru said unhappily.
"Well, it's okay. It was our fault in the first place...Okay, the three of you should come down quickly."
Mao Lilan waved her hand quickly and called on the three little ones to get off the boat.
"Hmph!" Suzuki Sonoko turned her head away and snorted, but didn't say anything else.
"Okay, then we will take this boat back first. I hope you have fun, little sister."
"Eh? Well, how about we drag it back? We were the ones who dragged it out in the first place..."
"It's okay. Dealing with these small matters is part of our job as lifeguards. Just leave it to us."
"Oh? Lifeguard?" A sturdy uncle under the parasol next to him said sarcastically:
“I thought you were fishermen, but I was wrong.
However, instead of being a fisherman with inferior skills, it is better to come to the land to pick up garbage, which is a better way to make a living..."
His voice was not loud, but it was just loud enough for Shimojo Noboru and Yoshizawa Yuta to hear.
“You bastard!” Shimojo Noboru immediately got furious and rushed forward and yelled, “You’re not as skilled as others?! The reason why we can’t catch any fish is because of you!”
"Okay, Arden."
Yoshizawa Yuta reached out to stop Shimojo Noboru, stepped forward, and said with a serious face:
"Mr. Aramaki, we will wait for you at the Dongfenglou Hotel at 8 o'clock tonight as agreed. I hope you can be on time then."
"Don't run away alone!" Shimojo Noboru shouted behind Yoshizawa Yuta.
Facing these two people, the uncle called Aramaki just laughed.
"Don't worry, I will go. Just wash your neck and wait."
Behind these three people, Suzuki Sonoko was watching them arguing, and suddenly she had a very familiar bad feeling in her heart.
"Um, Xiaolan, this Dongfeng Tower they are talking about, could it be the hotel we booked in advance...?"
"Okay, that seems to be it..."
I always feel like something is going to happen again...
That night, at the Dongfenglou Hotel, Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko, who had changed their clothes, walked in together.
"Sister Xiaolan! Over here!" At the dining table, Ayumi waved and shouted.
"Eh? Where's Sister Ying? Didn't she change her clothes and come down first?"
She walked straight over and sat down, not seeing Karasuma Ying, and asked curiously.
"Oh, because Ai seemed to be feeling a little uncomfortable and had no appetite, she went back to her room to sleep. Miss Karasuma was worried about her being alone, so she followed her upstairs."
Dr. Agasa began to explain.
He was not familiar with Karasuma Ying, and only knew a little about her from Conan. He heard that she was also a high school girl with strong reasoning ability.
"Hey? Sister Ying isn't going to eat dinner either?"
"Sister Xiaoying said that she would like us to pack some things for her and bring them up later." Conan replied.
"Is that so? Then I'll bring it to her later."
At the same time, in a guest room upstairs in the hotel, Haibara Ai was lying on the bed watching TV.
On the side, Karasuma Ying was sitting on a chair by the window, flipping through an old book in her hand.
From Haibara Ai's perspective, you can just see the name of this book - "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance".
She knew the book.
This book was written by Robert, a famous American novelist, based on his experience of traveling on motorcycles with his children and friends.
The book tells the story of the protagonist and his eleven-year-old eldest son traveling across the American continent on motorcycles, engaging in spiritual adventures, realizing the meaning of life, and achieving self-salvation.
In addition to describing locomotive maintenance knowledge, the book also focuses on the author's reflections and criticisms of Western philosophy.
In short, this is a very influential book on modern American literature, but also extremely boring.
"There are three levels of inner peace. The first is physical peace, the second is spiritual peace, and the third..."
“It’s the tranquility of values.”
Haibara Ai subconsciously continued what Karasuma Ying said.
"That's amazing. I didn't expect that Ai has also read this book. Obviously, not many people in Japan have heard of it." Karasuma Ying put down the book and said with some admiration.
"Um……"
Realizing that she had acted inappropriately for her age, Huibara Ai responded softly and turned her head away, avoiding Karasuma Ying's sight.
And Wu Wanying looked at her straight, his eyes moving back and forth on her body.
"Xiao Ai, I think you look like a human."
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" is a book I once read because of a friend of mine who suffers from severe depression.
This book is not thick, but the content is indeed a bit boring compared to ordinary books. In addition, it is a foreign book, so it is inevitable that there will be some discomfort in the language logic.
Therefore, unless you are in a very peaceful state of mind, it is difficult to read the book and really think about what the author says in the book.
Just as its name suggests, this is a very Zen book. Friends who are interested can take a look at it.
Chapter 57 I'm So Scared
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"Xiao Ai, I think you look like a human."
In the room, Karasuma Ying looked directly at Huihara Ai, and she suddenly spoke.
On the bed, Haibara Ai's body trembled slightly after hearing her words.