Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends

Yuya called Ran Maoli to his home.

"Huh? Shinichi, you also received an invitation?" Ran Maoli looked at the invitation and envelope on the table in surprise.

Conan nodded, showing an embarrassment: "Yes, so... Ran, I may not be able to accompany you to the hot spring."

Ran Maoli immediately showed a disappointed expression, thought for a while and said: "Didn't the invitation say that you can bring a companion? How about I go with you?"

Conan subconsciously wanted to refuse. This time, he would probably meet someone from the organization when he went to the party. Conan didn't want Ran Maoli to be in danger.

"Xiaolan, are you really going?" Yuya suddenly spoke up, grinning, "That party is full of all kinds of monsters!"

"What, what? Monsters?" Ran Maoli immediately showed a scared expression.

She is fearless and can smash telephone poles with her bare hands and blow Conan away... No, Ran Maoli, who has a very high force value under normal circumstances, is only afraid of monsters.

"Yes," Yuya pointed at the invitation and said, "Doesn't it say that everyone attending the party must dress up as a monster..."

Ran Maori subconsciously retreated: "Ah... this... such a thing..."

"It's okay, Ran, just go to the hot spring! Yuya and I can go." Conan said hurriedly, and gave Yuya an admiring look. He was still thinking about what excuse to use to persuade Ran Maori to retreat, but Yuya made Ran Maori retreat by herself.

"But... didn't he invite Kudo Shinichi? The way you look now..." Ran Maori hesitated.

"Don't worry, we have a way..." Yuya smiled, facing Ran Mao's puzzled eyes, he raised his finger to make a silent gesture, "It's just a secret."

Ran Mao snorted and didn't ask any more questions, and said hesitantly: "But there are two invitation tickets, you can't let me go alone? Sonoko and her father are going to the party, how about I invite Mio?"

Yuya hurriedly said: "No, Mio has to go to the hospital for a physical examination and has no time to go."

"So..." Ran Mao a little disappointed, "Do I really have to go alone?"

"No, don't worry, someone will go with you." Yuya gave her a mysterious smile.

"Okay." Ran Mao reluctantly agreed.

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At school, Suzuki Sonoko pulled Ran Mao to discuss helping Maori Kogoro to make up into a monster.

At this time, the homeroom teacher, Mr. Mizuhara, suddenly came in and announced a bad news. Teacher Judy had to leave at the end of the month after finishing this month's English class because of something at home.

Everyone showed a reluctant look, but they had no choice but to accept this fact.

After school, Suzuki Sonoko took Mao Lilan to find Judy and asked her the reason for leaving school and whether something really happened at home that forced her to leave.

"Nono," Judy shook her finger, "That's the reason I made up. In fact, I came to Neon to find a treasure, and I have recently found the treasure map of the treasure, so there is no need to stay."

"Treasure? Treasure map?" The two showed confused expressions, "What do you mean?"

Judy smiled mysteriously, without any intention of explaining.

"Ah! Teacher Judy!" Mao Lilan suddenly thought of something, "If the teacher is leaving, why don't I treat you to a hot spring as a farewell?"

Although Yuya said that someone would accompany her, but teacher Judy is leaving, and I treat her to a hot spring as a farewell, that person should understand, right?

"Hot spring?" Judy was a little moved.

"Yes!" Ran Mao Li said with a smile, "I won two hot spring invitation tickets in the supermarket yesterday, and they are the best! There is a separate hot spring pool! Do you want to go, Judy?"

"Is that so..." Judy thought for a while, "But aren't you going with Suzuki?"

Ran Mao Li sighed and said, "Sonoko and my father are going to a party, and so is Yuya, they are all busy."

Judy asked, "What about Tiancang? You don't seem to mention her?"

Ran Mao Li looked regretful: "Didn't Mio take a long leave because she was not feeling well? Tomorrow she has to go to the hospital for a follow-up check, and she doesn't even have time to accompany Yuya to the party, let alone go to the hot spring with me."

"Really, it's rare for me to win such a good prize."

Suzuki Sonoko quickly comforted: "Okay, Ran, at worst I will invite you to my villa with a hot spring for vacation next time! I'll let you down this time~"

What else can Ran Mao Li do? She can only choose to forgive her friends.

"Oh?" Judy's eyes moved slightly, "That cool kid, where's Conan?"

"Ah, Conan, Mio-chan is not free, so Yuu took Conan to the party." Mao Li Ran said.

"Is that so..." Judy nodded suddenly. If that's the case, wouldn't the girl be alone at home? This might be a good opportunity.

"How is it, Judy teacher?" Mao Li Ran looked at Judy expectantly.

Judy showed an embarrassed look.

Maury Ran was a little disappointed.

Suzuki Sonoko turned her eyes and changed the subject: "How about this, how about we hold a simple party for Judy teacher tonight? Just the three of us!"

"Party..." Mao Li Ran looked at Judy.

Judy nodded quickly. She declined the hot spring bath. If she refused even the farewell party, it would be too hurtful.

"Then let's go buy some snacks and drinks." Suzuki Sonoko said, "Let's go to the convenience store in front of the station. ”

“Are you talking about the store where Xiaoxuan works? Sure, let’s go there.”

So, the three of them came to the convenience store.

However, what surprised them was that Xiaoxuan, their junior high school classmate Nanakawa Xuan, was scolded by the store manager because of the constant thefts in the store, and she was going to be fired.

Of course, Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko would not believe that their classmate would be a thief.

However, the store manager installed surveillance in the store and did not find anyone stealing; at the same time, when Qichuan Xuan was on duty yesterday, he had been squatting outside from night to day when the store opened, and did not find anyone entering the store to steal.

But when he checked the inventory, he still found that the goods and sales did not match.

And The stolen items were bento, snacks, drinks, DVDs, etc., which were very suitable for students to get together and eat snacks while watching movies.

Naturally, he suspected that the things were stolen by Nanakawa Xuan.

Ran Maoli has learned a little bit from watching Conan/Kudo Shinichi and Yuya solve cases.

Let's fast forward and skip the process. With Ran Maoli's well-organized reasoning, she successfully found the thief without even relying on Conan's help.

The thief was the office worker who often went to the convenience store to buy some bento that were about to expire.

This person was fired by the company and couldn't find a job. , so he lived on the ceiling of the convenience store, and took advantage of the fact that no one was in the store after get off work to steal some things that could sustain his life.

But he was not that bad. After hearing that Nanakawa Aya was misunderstood by the store manager because of his stealing, he stopped stealing for a while, but later he couldn't hold on and started stealing again.

The convenience store manager didn't call the police. Looking at this man, he remembered the scene when he was unemployed. Seeing that this man was not a very bad person, he kept this man to work and pay off his debts.

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After the matter was resolved, the three bought some party items and came to Judy's home.

Perhaps because she was too relaxed, Judy drank alone and got drunk, and fell asleep on the table halfway.

Suzuki Sonoko complained.

Mao Lilan smiled and defended Judy, and then went to the bathroom.

After using the bathroom and washing her hands, Mao Lilan accidentally found a photo under the mirror cabinet. Curious, she opened the cabinet door and was surprised to find that it was full of photos.

All of them were photos of her, Kudo Shinichi, Conan, Yuya, and Amakura Mio (Miyano Shiho).

Among them, the photo of Amakura Mio was placed in the most conspicuous position in the front.

"What is this?" Mao Lilan widened her eyes in shock.