Chapter 53: Conan the Darkhearted

Seeing the dessert after dinner, Wakamatsu, who was a little depressed, suddenly cheered up and said in surprise: "Great, I have been waiting for the cake made by my uncle!"

Mrs. Minagawa placed the cake and coffee on the table: "Please enjoy your meal."

At this time, Conan came out from somewhere and pulled the corner of Ze Yu's trousers.

Ze Yu picked up Conan and asked, "What's wrong?"

Conan felt a little uncomfortable sitting on Ze Yu's lap, but he didn't struggle.

His face was solemn, and his voice was so low that only Ze Yu beside him could hear it. He whispered: "Don't eat these cakes and coffee, they may have problems!"

"Did you get drugged? But it doesn't matter. No poison can have any effect on me." Ze Yu touched Conan's head and said through telepathic communication: "But you, where did you go just now?"

"When I went to the bathroom just now, I saw something strange in the kitchen, so I went in to take a look."

Conan said seriously: "As a result, I saw Mrs. Minagawa put drugs in the cake and coffee. Different drugs were put in each food. The one in the coffee seemed to be pesticide. As for what the drug in the cake was, I'm not sure, but it's not a good thing anyway."

Ze Yu smiled and said, "I guess the medicine in the cake is the antidote for the pesticide. As long as you eat the cake and coffee at the same time, the toxin will be neutralized and nothing will happen."

"Is that so? But why did she do this?" Conan was still a little puzzled and couldn't understand Mrs. Minakawa's behavior: "In this case, what she did is meaningless, right?"

"It does have some meaning." Ze Yu said casually, "I have known Ke Yan for several years now. If I remember correctly, this kid Ke Yan really hates sweets. He would at most drink a little coffee and would never eat cake."

"I see!"

After hearing what Ze Yu said, Conan suddenly realized: "Mrs. Minagawa wanted to take the opportunity to kill Katsuhiko at this banquet? But even if Katsuhiko is not her biological son, he is still her relative. She must have a reason for doing this."

"If I'm not mistaken, Mrs. Minagawa should be trying to get the inheritance left by Katsuhiko's parents, right?" White light was reflected on the lenses in front of Conan's eyes, and he came to this conclusion with some mixed emotions.

Although it was a rhetorical question, Conan's tone was quite certain, as if he was convinced that the truth must be like this.

Conan did not doubt Ze Yu's guess, but followed his line of thought.

After spending some time together, Conan has come to trust Ze Yu's words and will not easily doubt them.

"You guessed right." Ze Yu nodded in agreement and said, "Not long ago, I accidentally learned about Mrs. Minagawa's plan, and Ke Yan is also my friend, so I helped him."

"In fact, the reason why I came here to attend this banquet, in addition to helping you drive away Xiaolan's admirers, was to save Ke Yan."

"Well, go and have some cake, or some coffee if you like, because I'm here so nothing will happen to anyone anyway."

After Ze Yu finished speaking, he moved his arm and put Conan in his arms on the ground.

The conversation between the two of them was conducted through "mind communication", so no one knew what kind of conversation they had just had.

Conan glanced at Ze Yu, nodded, and ran to sit on the sofa next to Xiaolan.

Mrs. Minagawa's youngest son, the little boy with a mushroom-like haircut, Ajin, came over and looked at the coffee on the table curiously.

Conan immediately came up with an idea. He wanted to test Mrs. Minagawa, so he picked up the coffee cup on the table and said to Jin, "Would you like some coffee? I can give you some."

"Is it okay?" Ajin asked expectantly.

"Of course." Conan nodded and handed the coffee cup to the other party.

A Jin took the coffee, took a sip, and frowned, as if he couldn't stand the bitterness of the coffee.

Mrs. Minagawa next to her wanted to stop it, but it was too late. Her son had already drunk the poisoned coffee.

Conan's mouth corners slightly raised, seeming very happy. Mrs. Minagawa glared at Conan angrily.

However, she concealed it very well and did not glare at anyone blatantly. Instead, she glared at Conan out of the corner of her eye, and then looked away. Her expression was normal and there seemed to be no change at all.

Except for Conan and Sawaha who were paying close attention, no one noticed that there was a glimmer of malice in Mrs. Minagawa's eyes.

Ze Yu, who witnessed this scene with his own eyes, felt speechless and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

Why didn't he realize before that Conan was such a sinister guy?
He knew that the coffee was poisoned, but he still gave it to others to drink...

I can only say, it's really Conan.

"Hey, how can you drink your brother's coffee? You can't." Mrs. Minagawa had a smile on her face. She seemed to have never been angry, and she never glared at anyone out of the corner of her eyes.

She picked up a piece of cake with a fork and handed it to Ajin: "Come on, have a bite of cake."

Because the cake contains the antidote, Jin must eat the cake after drinking the poisoned coffee.

A Jin opened his mouth happily and ate the cake in one bite.

Conan smiled and asked, "Madam, didn't you just say that Jin couldn't eat sweet things? Why did you give him the cake?"

"Uh, this..."

Hearing this, Mrs. Minakawa's pupils shrank instantly and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

Oops, I was careless!

I wouldn't be exposed, would I?
impossible………

Mrs. Minagawa thought to herself, "Impossible. He is just a child. How could he know my plan?"

However, thinking about how Conan picked up the coffee and gave it to Jin to drink, and now asked this tricky question, it seemed intentional.

"This damn kid..."

A murderous intent surged in Mrs. Minakawa's heart, and she gradually developed the desire to kill.

Xiaolan didn't know what Mrs. Minagawa was thinking. When she saw Conan's rude words, she slapped his head angrily and said angrily: "Conan! You can't say such rude words!"

"Ouch!"

Conan, who was hit hard, cried out in pain and covered his head with his hands.

Being slapped by Xiaolan was much more painful than being punched by Kogoro.

Xiaolan's strength is not to be underestimated.

"It's okay, he's just a child, I won't care." Mrs. Minakawa said pretending to be magnanimous.

But in fact, she wanted to kill Conan right now.

Mrs. Minakawa was willing to kill even her own relatives, let alone an outsider like Conan.

Keyan looked at them silently, quietly drinking the coffee in his hand, not wanting to meddle in other people's business.

(End of this chapter)