The man in Conan is the mastermind behind the scenes

Thinking of this, Yingsheng asked: "Miss Aida, have you really eaten?"

Aida Masashi was stunned for two seconds: "No."

"I'm really sorry. I will give you financial compensation. Miss Aida, pay attention to rest. Do you need to ask for leave?"

"Tomorrow and the next two days are weekends, okay?"

"Of course, may I ask, have you been using this number during this period? In order to allow you to go to work safely on Monday, I will try to get the gentleman who calls himself Kurosawa to call you and apologize."

"That's the number, thank you Mr. Shuiyue."

"I should be lucky to have hired a very good psychological counselor. Goodbye."

Xiaolan bent down to hang up the phone, turned it off at the same time, and continued to wear protective clothing. After a while, she dressed neatly, glanced around, and walked towards the river embankment:

"Let's get started."

Yingsheng took care of herself, took out the PXRF from the trunk, closed the back cover, and walked down the sloping cement embankment with Xiaolan. Halfway through, they stepped into a huge sewer outlet. There was soft mud under their feet, and the water flow only disappeared. over the ankle of the protective suit.

After checking the water quality here to confirm, Yingsheng nodded to Xiaolan, stepped forward, and asked by the way:

"You don't think I'm too mean, do you?"

"To be honest, a little bit."

Xiaolan sighed softly: "But that's not why I didn't speak. Judging from the behavior of Shinichi and Xuesong, they are definitely in love. Your calculation is only one side, and you even told me such a thing, What else can I say.”

"what is that?"

"It's just...well, I suddenly feel that time flies by so fast, and everything is different from the past."

"This is growth."

"Yes, I don't know what to say about my growth."

"What kind of future did you originally expect?"

"Go to and from school normally, look for opportunities to date Shinichi, and try to establish a relationship with him before graduating from high school, because I am worried that the school will no longer be the same in college.

After I finish college, I will find a job, and I will marry him after working for about a year or two. Before that, I persuade my parents and hope that at my wedding, they will be in love as before, recognize my choice together, and make arrangements for me and Xin Yi. Blessings for the future.

That's roughly it. "

Yingsheng nodded: "It's a very good idea, hazy and beautiful, just like a fairy tale."

Xiaolan rolled her eyes: "Shuiyue-kun said that my idea is too unrealistic, right?"

"Maybe, I think you should have made your own judgment by now."

"Yes, so I'm just too naive."

Xiaolan sighed: "The future I originally expected was filled with Shinichi as the core, but now I know that is not right.

With this attitude, if I really establish a relationship with him, it will probably only get worse, and I will be obsessed with him.

And he likes to reason, solve crimes, and pursue the truth. In this way, I will worry about him, and he will be restrained by my worries.

Life will be very painful for both of us.

Considering Shinichi's character, in order to avoid me worrying and lest I hold him back, he would probably hide everything from me, just like the previous incidents during this period.

But if he hides it from me like this, I will only be more worried no matter how I look at it. While blaming myself for not being able to help him, I will even have random thoughts about whether he is cheating or something. "

"excuse me."

Yingsheng said: "Ask a question, when is the opening date of John H. Watson's Memoirs?"

Xiaolan thought for a while: "Is it the beginning of "A Study in Scarlet"? In 1878, he obtained a doctorate in medicine from the University of London."

"Ask again, on the night of March 20, 1888, Holmes thought Watson was very suitable for marriage. Why?"

Xiaolan thought for a long time. There was silence in the sewer, only the sound of dripping water and their footsteps wading through the water.

When a little squirrel "squeaked" across her instep, she finally raised her head and spoke with some uncertainty:

"Is it because he gained weight?"

Yingsheng asked: "How much weight has he gained?"

"This...seven and a half pounds?"

"It's seven pounds."

Yingsheng finally laughed: "Xiaolan, I didn't expect that you actually went to see Sherlock Holmes. In this way, doesn't it mean that you blame yourself for not being able to help him in your vision of the future? Kudo? If you know this, you will be very happy.”

Xiaolan turned her head and looked at Yingsheng. Although the light was dim, the strange look in her eyes was still evident.

"Who do you think I read mystery novels for? You should know that I really hate that."

Yingsheng was slightly stunned: "Isn't it for Kudo?"

Xiaolan sighed softly: "Are you pretending to be stupid? Shuiyue-kun, of course it's because of you."

Chapter 213 Xiaolan takes the initiative to confirm Yingsheng’s intentions

"Me?" Yingsheng raised his eyebrows.

"Although Shuiyue-kun says that he is not interested in reasoning, he is actually very good at it. Especially when he knows the subtleties, he can always scare people."

Xiaolan sighed: "On Monday night you asked me not to look at things too superficially, and on Tuesday noon you asked me to use my subjective initiative. How should I put it...

Just like the teacher who teaches earnestly, there is also a feeling that iron cannot become steel.

You have been helping me for free without asking for anything in return. I was thinking about what I would do if my performance was too poor and you disliked me and felt that I was not worthy of your guidance.

I have to put in a little bit of energy, but I can't really live up to your expectations. "

In the dim world, Yingsheng's face could not be seen clearly, and his already dark and deep eyes were now integrated with the darkness.

Xiaolan looked at the darkness and smiled sweetly: "How about it, did I meet Teacher Shuiyue's expectations?"

"Ah…"

Yingsheng chuckled: "It's not bad, but the direction is wrong."

"Eh? What?"

"Working hard not to lose my gaze, isn't this still living by the gaze of others? I always believe that the ultimate goal of a person's survival in the world is to pursue the perfection of his own soul, followed by the pursuit of a higher level of happiness. Again..."

"But I'm very happy like this."

Xiaolan interrupted.

"Happy?" Yingsheng wondered, "Didn't you say that you hate mystery novels? What's the point of being happy about forcing yourself to read them?"

"But isn't that how learning is all about? I didn't want to go to class before because I thought the teacher was so annoying, but later when I really used it, I regretted not studying hard." Xiaolan chuckled, "And after I actually went to see Sherlock Holmes, I found out I actually didn’t hate it that much, I got into it quickly.”

"why is that?"

Yingsheng was curious: "As you said you don't want to go to class, you don't have a job yet. In fact, you haven't had the kind of experience that you will regret. I always feel that you are just complaining about composing new words. This is far-fetched, but I can't be convinced. ”

Xiaolan shook her head: "Absolutely not.

In class, didn’t I know clearly about Minamata disease before? As for mystery novels…

Mainly, the only detectives I was familiar with before were Shinichi and my father. When I read mystery novels, I subconsciously think of them and think of them in my daily life.

Shinichi abandoned our date in order to solve the case, and when I wanted to chat with him, he always acted like Sherlock Holmes; my father was drunk all day long, and he couldn't get any big commissions. He even found out something about someone else's cheating once.

Ah, all kinds of unhappy emotions came out.

But it's different now.

I got to know you, Suiyue-kun.

Although you will not compete or face-to-face with Shinichi, your reasoning process is stated in front of me, step by step. Compared with Shinichi's way of throwing me away and running aside, let me start from the beginning to the end. It was all a confusing process in the end, but you gave me a much deeper feeling.

I thought, this is what a detective is, it turns out that this is how detectives think.

Um……

When I read mystery novels with this thought in mind, I wonder how Suigetsu-kun would think and act if he were in Sherlock Holmes's shoes.

Will you do better than him?

Do you approve of his behavior and attitude towards criminals?

Just like that, I saw it inadvertently. "

Xiaolanhu's blue eyes flashed with a bright color, which was quite conspicuous even in the darkness.

Yingsheng looked at that brilliance and smiled softly, but it did not illuminate the darkness after all. Apart from her, the world was still chaotic, and the emptiness extended to infinity.

"Interesting idea, but it makes me feel that you are actually a love brain."

"Hmph, so what."

The inexplicable feeling of disappointment in her heart flashed away, and Xiaolan chuckled: "I can't be sure about other aspects, but in terms of daily life and interpersonal relationships, Shuiyue-kun is much better than Holmes, and Holmes also takes cocaine. , and sometimes..."

"Stop it."

Yingsheng laughed: "I said, you will not become a Sherlock Holmes fan from now on. And as a professional detective, as long as he can achieve the ultimate in reasoning and solving crimes, he is already very charming, and other aspects are just minutiae.

Besides, in the 1880s, cocaine was not an illegal drug, and it was added to Coca-Cola at that time. The UK only strictly controlled it after passing the Dangerous Drugs Act in 1920. "

"……oh."

Xiaolan's tone was bleak.

After that, the silence lasted for a while, and Ying Sheng finally spoke again: "I actually don't like you acting to please others. Put yourself more in the main position. If you are always too eager for other people's attention, you will be PUA easily. oh."

Xiaolan was silent for a few breaths: "Then according to what you said, if I don't want to please you, should I just take your words as air?"

"Haha not bad."

Yingsheng smiled and said: "There are all kinds of great truths in the world, and many of them are self-contradictory. You can listen to them all, but you can't follow them all. Choose which part to believe, which path to follow, or all of them." It’s up to you.”

"Then what does Shuiyue-kun's teaching mean?"

"What I expect is only what I expect. How you grow is how you grow. They are two different things. Is there a problem?"

"...It's barely understandable, but..."

Xiaolan struggled for a long time: "Shuiyue-kun's attitude is too casual, has he never been obsessed with anything?"

"well…"

Yingsheng sighed softly: "You actually want to ask about my attitude towards you. Didn't you already think about it clearly before dinner in the evening? Why do you need to delve deeper?

Well, I can tell you clearly that you are absolutely special to me and how I treat you. "

Is she special?

In the dark world, the corners of Xiaolan's mouth raised slightly, and a smile stayed on her lips, but it was fleeting.

The guy next to him is super sharp, so he can't let him see it.

Xiaolan bit her lower lip gently to suppress the sudden warmth in her heart, but her eyes became softer in the darkness.

"Sorry, don't think too much. I know. I just heard about Shinichi before, and I felt something inexplicably, and I thought about it without paying attention."

Xiaolan's voice was very light at first, but she soon returned to normal and blinked: "But I am really curious about Shuiyuejun's personality, um...

I want to understand you, I really want to."

Hingsheng pretended not to hear her childish cover-up and smiled slightly: "Taoism says sitting and forgetting, Buddha says emptiness, if you want to become a god, the first condition is to be free of attachment. I am actually far from good enough, but just a show."

Xiaolan wanted to ask something else, but Yingsheng interrupted in a low voice: "Shh--, go through the door in front and you will be underground in the winery research institute."

Chapter 214 Alas, Xiaolan, who lacks love, is very easy to be used

In the dark sewer for a long time, there was finally a little dim light. Xiaolan looked in the direction of Yingsheng's finger. There was a rusty iron fence on the side of the narrow passage not far ahead, and the light was coming from it.

Seeing this long-lost glimmer, Xiaolan realized that she had actually turned many corners with Yingsheng. The smell of decay and dampness in the air suddenly became clear, and even a gas mask could not completely isolate it.

And she was immersed in various complicated thoughts before, and she didn't notice it at all.

At this time, putting aside those complicated thoughts, she only had this one thought.

Fortunately, it's not smelly.