Conan: When I Be Gin's Brother

It was already afternoon when Kurosawa Rin woke up.

He opened his eyes blankly and looked out the window at the dusk, then realized how long he had slept.

His body was still aching, and the cooling patch on his head, which was still cold, fell off as he stood up.

"Do you have a fever again?"

Kurosawa Rin was a little helpless. His health was really in bad shape, and he couldn't stay like this forever.

Sure enough, I still need to mention my strength quickly, but first I have to take good care of my rotten body...

After shuffling her slippers and coming downstairs, Cheng Shi was lying on the sofa in the living room and resting, while a gurgling sound came from the kitchen.

After taking a sniff, Kurosawa Rin's eyes lit up with the slightly sweet smell of pumpkin, and he jogged a few steps to the kitchen.

"Sister Akemi!"

Mingmei, who was guarding the stove, was stunned for a moment, "Rin, are you awake?"

"are you better?"

Akemi in front of him still had a worried expression. Kurosawa Rin shook his head, turned to Akemi, and said:

"What are Sister Mingmei busy with recently? Why haven't you come here for so long?"

Kurosawa Rin paused and asked secretly, "Did something happen at work?"

"Well." Mingmei was speechless for a moment, but quickly shook her head, "The work is going well, Rin-kun, you don't have to worry about me."

"So...is it a relationship issue?" Kurosawa Rin blinked and waited with curiosity.

This look made Mingmei couldn't help but laugh a few times, "Ah, so Rin-kun cares about me so much?"

Rin Kurosawa nodded, looking aggrieved, "Because, I haven't seen Sister Akemi for a long time, and I really miss you."

Even though she knew that Kurosawa Rin was pretending to be like this on purpose, Akemi still couldn't stand him being so playful and cute.

"Okay, actually it's something related to my sister."

"Important matter?"

"Very important thing."

A hint of unnoticeable difficulty flashed through Mingmei's eyes. Kurosawa Rin, who caught this, understood everything and asked no more questions.

Mingmei's mood only fluctuated slightly, but she soon cheered up and mentioned another matter.

"How about we go to the amusement park together next week?"

"Why did you mention this suddenly?" Kurosawa Rin raised his head in surprise.

Mingmei was surprised, "I thought you would agree directly?"

"I heard from the previous doctor, haven't you always wanted to go to the amusement park?"

He was probably talking about the day when he went to capture Wild Conan. Could it be that he was misunderstood and wanted to go to the amusement park?

Just when she was about to refuse, Mingmei tilted her head and touched her nose awkwardly, "It's me, am I wrong?"

The words of rejection on his lips could not be said for some reason. After a few seconds of silence, Kurosawa Rin shook his head vigorously.

"No, I really want to go! It's just that I was a little too excited when I suddenly heard the news."

Akemi breathed a sigh of relief, picked up a bowl of pumpkin porridge, and placed it in front of Kurosawa Rin: "Then it's settled!"

"Do you want to take Dr. Chengshi with you?"

Kurosawa Rin held the spoon and paused for a moment, "There's no need for Dr. Narumi to go."

"Isn't it good that it's just the two of us?"

He hasn't had time to find Kaito and fake his real identity, so naturally he can't let him go out casually now.

"Then just the two of us can go to Yi Lin-kun's place."

Cheng Shi in the living room seemed to have heard the noise in the kitchen and woke up and came to the kitchen.

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Seeing Kurosawa Rin, Narumi expressed concern, "You're awake... Rin-kun, how do you feel now?"

Cheng Shi rubbed his eyes and suddenly remembered that his expression paused. He opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly looked at Mingmei next to him and closed his mouth.

He pursed his lips, changed to a complaining look, and yawned, "Well... thanks to you, I didn't sleep all night, and now I can't even make up for it."

Narumi had dark circles under his eyes. Kurosawa Rin looked at the shirts and school uniforms drying outside the yard and knew that Narumi must have stayed up late to wash off the blood-stained clothes.

But I can no longer wear those clothes...

Kurosawa Rin scratched his head speechlessly.

"By the way, what were you two talking about just now?"

Kurosawa Rin looked at Narimi and said, "It's about the amusement park. Narimi-san, do you want to go?"

Mingmei stopped what she was doing and looked back at Chengshi.

Cheng Shi looked at the very ill-fitting clothes on her body and sighed quietly.

"I still prefer squatting at home." His sad eyes glanced at Kurosawa Rin, who was drinking porridge.

At first, I didn’t know who told me to buy clothes for myself.

As a result, I didn't buy the clothes, which caused a lot of things... which made me feel flustered in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep well.

"If Dr. Chengshi doesn't want to go, he can just stay at home and rest. It's hard for you to take care of him these days since I'm not here."

Mingmei was very considerate and filled a bowl of porridge and placed it in front of Chengshi, "I may have to trouble you like this more often in the future."

I don't know if it was an illusion, but when Cheng Shi listened to what Mingmei just said, she always felt that she deliberately put the emphasis on the word "later".

Cheng Shi froze and reached out to take the porridge, "Thank you..."

"You're welcome." Mingmei smiled virtuously, turned around, took off her apron, picked up her coat and handbag, and walked towards the entrance.

"I have something else to do so I'll leave first. Lin-kun, please go back and rest early after dinner. Although the fever has gone down, you still can't be careless."

"Doctor Cheng Shi, please take care of Mr. Lin."

"Don't worry, I will take good care of him." Narumi nodded, watching Miyano Akemi walk out of the room, listening to the sound of the car fading away, feeling relieved.

He hesitated for a moment and called Kurosawa Rin.

"Um...Rin, I have something to tell you."

Kurosawa Rin paused as he went upstairs and did not look back. As if he already knew what he wanted to say, he interrupted Cheng Shi, "Let's rest today. If there is anything else, we can talk about it tomorrow."

"but……"

Kurosawa Rin's voice floated down from upstairs: "It seems that the piano I bought will arrive tomorrow."

"I happen to have some strange music scores here, and I want Dr. Chengshi to take a look at them."

Chengshi was stunned for a moment and swallowed the words on his lips.

"...Remember to prepare those few music scores."

"I know, that's it for today." Kurosawa Rin's lazily voice came from upstairs again, "I don't want to do anything anymore... It's really uncomfortable to have a fever."

Chengshi paused again, "Then take a rest quickly."

After clearing the dishes and taking care of Kurosawa Rin to sleep as usual, Narumi sat in the living room and watched TV programs for a while as usual until her eyes couldn't be opened, then she dragged her tired steps back to her room.

After returning to the room, without changing clothes, Chengshi threw himself on the bed and closed his eyes drowsily.

Now, there is no need to think about anything.

...Have a good sleep.

Maybe we’ll know everything tomorrow?