Chapter 113 Family
Chapter 114 Family
"Hey, Kaoru." On the way back, Conan and I sat in the doctor's Beetle. I sat in the front seat and looked at the scenery outside the window, while Conan sat in the back seat with his head down in deep thought. My appearance made his brain confused. Indeed, a friend who had been missing for ten years suddenly appeared beside him as a killer. No one could accept it.

"Huh? What?" I responded while looking at the scenery outside the window.

"Are you... planning to tell Xiaolan and Uncle Maori your identity?" Conan's face looked a little solemn.

"How is that possible... I don't want to involve them. Besides, if I'm exposed, isn't it the same as you being exposed?" I said helplessly. Now that my body has shrunk, if my identity is exposed, then Conan's identity will also be discovered. I'm actually fine, just an ordinary person whose identity is unknown to the world, but once Conan is known to others to be Kudo Shinichi, it will be troublesome. The organization holds his information. Once confirmed, not only Kudo will be in danger, but even those around him will be implicated. "Don't worry, I won't reveal my identity until I change myself back to Mori Kaoru. It's too dangerous for Xiaolan and my parents. But I also want to ask you, Kudo, Uncle Yusaku should have known about you, right?" I turned around and looked at Conan.

"Ah, my parents already knew my identity some time ago." Conan said with a little seriousness. "But I asked them not to get involved in this matter. I plan to uncover the organization on my own."

"Haha, he's still as competitive as before." I chuckled. Come to think of it, Yusaku Kudo and Yukiko Kudo were so confident that their son could face such a huge organization alone. Did the Kudo couple have confidence in it? Or was Shinichi Kudo not their biological son at all? Sitting in the front seat, I couldn't help but imagine what the couple looked like.

"Then, how are you going to live back home? You need a reason, right?" Conan asked me.

"Ah, just like you. Just think of me as a distant relative of the doctor. My parents are very busy abroad and have no time to take care of me, so they sent me to the doctor's place. And since it's inconvenient for the doctor as a single man, he let me go to the Maori Detective Agency to be fostered with you. Here, this is the foster care fee." I took out a check from my pocket and handed it to Dr. Agasa.

"Oh, okay... one, ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand... five! Fifty million?! That's too much." The doctor's eyes widened. Even the hand holding the steering wheel trembled violently.

"Hey, hey, watch the road, Doc!" I shouted, grabbing my seat belt.

"...How did you know that?" Conan didn't panic, but looked at me suspiciously. "How did you know that I used such an excuse?"

"Uh..." Damn, I actually forgot that Conan is more curious than a cat. "I... I guess, since Uncle Yusaku and Sister Yukiko can leave you in Japan so confidently while they travel abroad, it proves that they agree that you continue to live in the Mori Detective Agency. Although I don't know how, as your lifeline, the foster care method must be based on a doctor, so I guess your parents must have gone to the Mori Detective Agency in disguise, explained your situation, and gave my dad the child support for you. Right?"

“I see…” Conan stared at me intently, until my forehead was almost sweating, then he smiled indifferently and leaned back in the car seat.

"Hey.. what are you laughing at?" I squinted my eyes and stared at Conan.

"It's nothing, I just remembered that you once called my mother Yukiko "Sister". I didn't expect that ten years later, you still call her that." Conan clasped his hands behind his head and narrated as if recalling a memory.

"Ah, if I don't call her sister, she will bully me severely." I leaned back in my chair with a look of relief, and continued to look at the scenery outside the window. Memories of the past kept appearing in my mind. Perhaps Conan's mind was also filled with memories of when we were five or six years old, but that was just a memory. Because in my opinion, the person in front of him now was me as IceWine. Not the person he knew Mori Kaoru. Whether he can be relieved about me is still unknown.

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

Chi. . .

The car slowly stopped and I got out of the car. What came into view was the gate of the Maori Detective Agency.

"Gulu."

I swallowed nervously. Although we hadn't seen each other for ten years, the scene of meeting my family still made me excited.

"Are you nervous?" Conan asked casually when he saw my expression.

"How can I not be nervous? I haven't seen you for ten years." I shook my head. "Let's go. I hope I won't be recognized." I took a deep breath and walked up the stairs leading to the Maori Detective Agency.

dong dong dong.

"I'm here. Who are you?" A clear and gentle voice came from the other side of the door. In an instant, my heart beat violently.

"Oh, I'm Dr. Agasa, I'm here to send Conan back." Dr. Agasa shouted into the room. Soon, the door of the room was opened.

"Good evening, Dr. Agasa." Xiaolan greeted Dr. Agasa with a smile.

"Ah, good evening, Xiaolan. I'm sorry I left Conan there for too long."

"No, it's okay." Xiaolan waved her hands hastily. "I also want to thank Dr. Agasa for sending him back. By the way, where is Conan?" Xiaolan only saw Dr. Agasa's figure, but not Conan. However, Conan quickly appeared beside Dr. Agasa.

"I'm here, Xiaolan." Conan smiled. "Really? You should have said hello to me before you left even if you forgot to take your notebook. You made me worry for so long." Xiaolan put her hands on her hips and questioned Conan with a frown.

"Hehe, I'm sorry." Conan scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly.

"Oh, by the way, Xiaolan. Where is Mr. Mori?" Dr. Agasa interrupted the conversation between the two at the right time. After all, they had something else to do today.

"Ah, I forgot." Xiaolan hurriedly turned around and shouted into the room. "Dad! Dr. Agasa is here, hurry up and get up!"

"Hmm..." Hearing Xiaolan's cry, Maori Kogoro, who had been sleeping on the table for a long time, woke up slowly. "What's wrong, Xiaolan, did you eat? Haha~~"

"What are you talking about eating? Professor Agasa is here. Don't be rude and get up quickly." Xiaolan walked to the table and shook Maori, who was still a little unconscious.

"Ah? Oh, Dr. Agasa, long time no see." Maori Kogoro shook his head and finally sobered up a little. Then he greeted Dr. Agasa.

"Haha, long time no see, Maori. You are still the same." Dr. Agasa also said politely.

"Ah, I wonder what Dr. Agasa wants to do?" Normally, Conan has been back and forth between his home and Dr. Agasa's home many times, but it is rare for Dr. Agasa to send him back like this. Unless Dr. Agasa wants to explain something or ask for something. "Did Conan cause you any trouble? Really, running around in the middle of the night, hurry up and apologize, kid." As he said that, Maori raised his fist and was about to hit Conan.

"Wow... Help, Sister Xiaolan." Conan quickly hid behind Xiaolan.

"Ah, no, no. That's not the case." Dr. Agasa waved his hands hastily. "To be honest, Mori, I have something to ask of you this time."

"Hmm? Please ask me for help? Investigate what case?" Maori gave up chasing Conan and looked at Dr. Agasa with some confusion. "No, it's like this..." Dr. Agasa scratched his cheek helplessly. "A few days ago, a distant relative of mine had to go to the UK for business. But it was inconvenient to take the child with him, so he entrusted him to me. But you know, I, a single man, can't even take care of myself. So after Conan, I want to foster another child with you. I wonder if you can accept it, Maori."

"Another child? Where is it?" Xiaolan was the first to respond. She didn't see any other children except Conan.

"Well, he's a little shy." Dr. Agasa walked back to the door, "Hey, Kaoru, come out and meet everyone... Woohoo." Dr. Agasa covered his mouth before he finished speaking. Of course he had to cover it because he just called my name. Kaoru.

"Dr. Agasa, you did a great job..." I squinted my eyes and looked at Dr. Agasa with contempt, exhaled a long breath, and then slowly walked into the door. Although I had already prepared myself, when Xiaolan and my father's eyes focused on me, I still felt like crying. Fortunately, my long-term assassin infiltration training allowed me to control my emotions well. Otherwise, I was really afraid of making a fool of myself in public.

"Kaoru? Dr. Agasa, you said this child is called Kaoru?!"

"Kaoru? Dr. Agasa, you said this child's name is Kaoru?!" As I walked into the room, before I could say anything, two surprised voices rang out at the same time.

"Um...ah...that." Dr. Agasa was a little at a loss.

"Well, hello, Xiaolan...sister, Uncle Maori. My name is Xun, Mingya Xun, please give me your guidance!" I tried my best to smile at the two relatives in front of me, hoping that they would not discover my identity.

"Kaoru...brother?"

Just as I was trying to keep smiling, a gentle voice hit my ears. My heart couldn't help but twitch violently. Facing Xiaolan's lost and confused eyes, my heartbeat began to get faster and faster.

"What are you talking about, Xiaolan?" Kogoro Mouri looked at his daughter with some curiosity.

"Eh?" After coming back to her senses, Xiaolan looked at her father, and then at the child in front of her who was afraid to speak. "Oh, sorry, I was wrong just now." Xiaolan smiled at me apologetically. "I'm sorry, hello, Xiaoxun, my name is Mao Lilan, you can call me Sister Xiaolan. I'm really sorry that I mistook you for someone else just now." Xiaolan's eyes dimmed. "Because, I have a brother who was separated from me since childhood, and his name is also Xun." Xiaolan slowly knelt in front of me. Looking at me carefully. "But, it really looks like it. The same purple eyes as my brother. The same gentle face, and... the same warm lavender smell." Xiaolan looked at me gently, the same lavender pupils were full of nostalgic fluctuations, as if if she didn't pay attention, crystal tears would slide down her delicate face. Involuntarily, Xiaolan took me into her arms.

"Xiaolan...sister?" Xiaolan's action touched me. At this moment, I really wanted to tell her, you are not mistaken, I am your brother. But reason told me not to do this. So, Xiaolan, who had just spoken, immediately added the word "sister". The originally touching words turned into doubt in an instant.

"I'm sorry, Xiaoxun." Xiaolan said tremblingly. "I don't know why, but when I see Xiaoxun, I feel nostalgic. Sorry, can I just hold you for a while?" Xiaolan ignored my answer and tightened her grip on me.

"..." Everyone looked at everything in front of them quietly, without any extra words. At this moment, I gave up any excuses. The pale golden hair on my forehead covered my face. No one knew what I was thinking at this moment. However, if I had to describe my feelings now, I would definitely tell everyone that the feeling was called blood connection.

(End of this chapter)