Rebirth of Conan as a Detective

"Actually, I originally planned to refuse, but they kept begging and it was difficult to refuse, and..."

On the train heading to Akita County on the northeast coast of Japan, Gao Cheng and Xiao Ai mentioned the matter of Nikmai TV "Dessert Talent Show".

"After all, what happened to Mr. Takeki really needs someone to replace him. Mr. Takeki also put a lot of effort into this program. If it is destroyed like this, the old man will probably be very sad, right?"

Xiao Ai listened to Gao Cheng's explanation with a blank face, without raising her eyelids.

When the train arrived at the station, I took another tram that passed through the mountains. There were only two carriages, and there were hardly any people on board. After arriving at the station, I had to take another bus to go to a small village in the countryside.

"So," Xiao Ai was led out of the car by Gao Cheng, looked at the station built in the remote mountains and asked, "Why do we come to such a place?"

"Ah? Didn't I say that?" Gao Cheng was stunned, "Aunt Jimei, who used to take good care of me, lived here. I heard that her husband seemed to be sick, so I thought I'd come to see it when I had time."

Xiao Ai mentioned a bag of desserts on the handle: "This is the gift you prepared?"

"Yeah, it's from the TV station... I asked them for special desserts that are hard to find outside."

Gao Cheng looked for the waiting point for the bus at the station, and found a car was about to leave, so he quickly picked up Xiao Ai and hurried to the bus.

"The car to Xueying Village is over there, hurry up!"

"Put me down!"

Aunt Jimei was the former owner of the building of the detective agency, and she helped Gao Cheng a lot at first, but later she moved back to her hometown due to health reasons, and it was only recently that Gao Cheng learned the news.

Compared with the metropolis like Tokyo, the countryside is like a paradise. Although it is not so prosperous, it seems that it is not in the same era, but it has the tranquility that the city does not have, which is very suitable for retirement.

The tranquil mountains and seas have a special power to eliminate impetuousness. Gao Cheng sat on the mountain road and looked at the mountains and the sea with golden rays of the sun in the distance. His whole body also relaxed a lot.

Even a detective, who is always tense and easily fatigued, has his own way to relax. However, compared to staying in the office and watching TV, the beautiful scenery is more relaxing.

Xueying Village is a village built by the sea, with a harbor and a ship, but there are hardly any people, and it is a bit lonely.

Gao Cheng took Xiao Ai out of the car, and he could see the whole village at a glance.

Unlike the fast pace of Tokyo, the time here seems to be slowed down, although the time in Conan's world is very strange.

"So nostalgic!"

A small high school student wearing glasses next to him also got out of the car, still wearing a student uniform, looking around the village a little excitedly.

"Exactly the same as 5 years ago..."

Gao Cheng glanced at the little high school student, and walked into the village with a piece of paper with the address written on it. The latter just belatedly looked at the two Gao Cheng who were walking with him.

"It seems familiar, are you from Tokyo too?"

Without waiting for the boy to think too much, a high school girl rushed over with a wave. The long-lost classmates soon made the boy forget about Gao Cheng.

"Long time no see, you're still the same, Xiaozhu! You haven't grown any taller, you're still so short!"

"There's no need to say it specifically?! My personality is still so bad..."

Not far from the bus stop, Gao Cheng met Aunt Jimei who came out to pick him up within a short walk.

"Oh, why didn't you call first? It would be terrible if you got lost!" Aunt Jimei was very happy to see Gao Cheng.

Anyway, it's rare for this kid to come all the way from Tokyo to such a remote country,

For couples who have been without children, it feels very warm.

"How is uncle?" Gao Cheng asked.

"It's okay, actually it's not a serious illness," Aunt Jimmy said with a smile, "You can often see news about you on TV, and now you've become a great detective. If Mr. Kido knew about it, he would be very happy... ..."

"Yeah." Gao Cheng smiled awkwardly.

He is not familiar with the cheap grandfather who left the detective agency, and he has almost forgotten it by now.

"This child is..." Aunt Jimei noticed Xiao Ai who was following Gao Cheng, she was obviously taken aback, and looked at Gao Chengdao in surprise, "Could it be?"

"It's a child from a friend's house, Xiao Ai," Gao Cheng hurriedly interrupted Aunt Jimmy's fantasy, "I can't leave it to me to take care of it temporarily, because I don't feel comfortable staying in the office alone, so I came here by the way, and she kept crying and thinking about it." come out."

Xiao Ai then put on the appearance of a pitiful little girl, and secretly grabbed Gao Cheng's thigh.

"Really?" Jimmy looked at Xiao Ai's heart as if it was about to melt, "Poor child, did Ah Cheng really take good care of you?"

"Uh, don't worry," Gao Cheng said with sweat on his forehead, "I, my life is much better now than before. There is also a coffee shop downstairs. Even if I'm not there, the manager will help take care of Xiao Ai."

"Go back with Auntie first, Auntie has already prepared lunch," Auntie Jimei looked at Xiao Ai lovingly and said, "Are you starving?"

Aunt Jimei hurriedly led the way, leaving behind Gao Cheng and Xiao Ai to glance at each other.

"Who is taking care of whom?" Xiao Ai stared.

"Give me some face..."

Auntie Jimei's house is very big, it was probably a hotel, but there were no guests this time, so she packed a balcony room facing the sea for Gao Cheng and Xiao Ai.

"It used to be a hotel, but a big wharf was built nearby three years ago, and all the migrant workers went there, and the hotels in the village were all idle. We haven't had time to renovate them after we came back, so we thought it would be okay to keep it like this. it is good."

Aunt Jimmy said with emotion when helping to clean up.

"I don't know if it's because I'm getting older and I don't like changes. It was like this when I was young, and so was the village..."

"If it's a building full of memories, wouldn't it be nice not to change?"

Gao Cheng poked his head out and looked casually on the balcony.

Because the buildings in the village are of different heights, you can still see part of the sea view, and you can hear the sound of the ship whistle in the direction of the pier from a distance.

"Speaking of that sweet show, was Mr. Takeki really killed?" asked Aunt Jimmy.

"Yeah, because I discovered the secret of the director's assistant leaking the theme."

"Ah Cheng, you will also be a gourmet in the future?"

"Nothing, only occasionally as a special guest..."

Gao Cheng looked down and noticed that the small high school student had entered a nearby house with his friends, people in black suits came in and out in twos and threes, and the layout of the door seemed to be a funeral for someone who passed away.

"It's a child of Ye Duano's family," Aunt Jimmy said regretfully, "It's also a poor child. He committed suicide at the seaside at a young age. The funeral will begin tonight. It must be a friend from other places who came here at this time."

"Oh." Gao Cheng withdrew his gaze.

Occupational habits are always particularly sensitive to death and the like.

However, this kind of small rural village should not encounter incidents just after coming here...

The little boy also spotted Gao Cheng, looked up for a while in doubt, and the girl next to him asked strangely: "Xiaozhu, what are you looking at?"

The young man said unsurely: "Just now there was a person who seemed to be a high school student from Tokyo. He looked familiar. I wonder if he also came to the funeral..."

"What are you talking about? You are the only high school student in Tokyo, maybe you came here to play," the girl speculated, "and you don't look like a villager."

"Yes, yes..."

The boy weakly followed into the house to express his condolences.

He still felt that he had met Gao Cheng somewhere, but he couldn't remember it, but now was not the time to care about an outsider.

He moved to Tokyo 5 years ago to study, but he came back to this village again because he suddenly learned of the death of his junior high school friend. In his impression, the other party was a very quiet and gentle girl, but he did not expect to commit suicide...

He was taken aback when he heard the news. He still couldn't believe it until now. He knew that there were frequent murders in Tokyo, but he didn't expect that his classmates in the countryside would also die.

How could such a good woman commit suicide suddenly?