Chapter 116 Under the Sun
Chapter 117 Under the Sun
The next morning, Conan packed his schoolbag and went to school. Xiaolan also went to Teitan High School for classes. Dad went out to play mahjong after cleaning our room last night and came back very late. He is still catching up on sleep. I haven't received the transfer certificate for Teitan Elementary School yet, so at this moment I am sitting alone in front of the window of the detective agency looking at the scenery outside.

"The sun is so dazzling..." Looking at the sun in the sky, I couldn't help but raise my hand to block the sunlight that came into my eyes. But I was reluctant to leave. Instead, I enjoyed the sun bath. "Can I really stay in the sun?" Looking at the brilliance flowing from my fingers. A trace of confusion filled my heart.

"Because of you, Maori Kaoru, you are my important partner!" Conan's words were still echoing in my ears, and gradually, my thoughts drifted back to last night.

"I say, do you two know what time it is now?" Just when Conan and I were confronting each other, Xiaolan suddenly opened the door and shouted at us. Conan and I were so scared that we trembled.

"It's so late already. How are you going to get up for school tomorrow if you don't go to bed?" Xiaolan looked at us with her hands on her hips and frowned.

"Yes, sorry!"
"Yes, sorry!"

Conan and I bowed and apologized at the same time.

"Really, although I'm happy that you two have become close friends so quickly, you can't chat too late and delay your rest. You still have to go to school tomorrow." Seeing that we apologized, Xiaolan's anger subsided a lot. With a hint of complaint, she lectured us. "Okay, you two should lie down and sleep quickly. I'm closing the door."

"Hi~~~"

"Hi~~~"

After that, Conan and I quickly got into our respective beds. I watched Xiaolan close the door and walk out, and then the room became quiet.

“Tsk…hahahahahaha.”

"Hehe... Hahahaha." After a brief silence, two laughs rang out at the same time.

"I never thought that the Xiaolan who chased me ten years ago has started to discipline me now." I said happily. "What can I do? Who made us have such a body now?" Conan also smiled at me with his mouth wide open. The two of them smiled happily like children who had made a mistake.

After about half a minute, I had laughed enough and lay on the tatami, looking at the ceiling and said calmly, "Partner? It's been a long time since I last heard this word."

"Really?" Conan responded. "Don't worry, you've returned to your home. Although we all have unfinished tasks, no matter what, you have taken your first step. This is a good start." Conan sat up again and stretched out his right hand to me. "Well, to celebrate your return to the sun, Kaoru, please introduce yourself again. I am Edogawa Conan, a detective, and I hope you will give me your guidance in the future."

"Really..." Seeing Conan's serious expression, I also sat up helplessly. "Ming Yaxun, she's a killer."

"Hey, hey..." Conan looked at me with his half-moon eyes narrowed.

"Haha, you are a former killer, so please give me your guidance, great detective." I also stretched out my hand and shook Conan's right hand.

Pulling my thoughts back, I closed my eyes and enjoyed the sunshine outside the window. For the first time, I felt the sunshine shining on my body was so warm and comfortable.

"Hu..." I let out a long breath and began to sort out my thoughts. Although I talked a lot with Conan yesterday, he didn't ask me about the organization. Just like he said, he only asked about my situation last night. That is to say, there will always be a day when he will ask me about the organization. Of course, there are some things I can't tell him, such as Mingmei, Shiho, and my plan to destroy the organization. But there is still a long time, I still need some time to prepare, Shoulang has just started, and the entire island has just started to be built. Jingliu may not even have the design drawings ready.

I thought of Jingliu. I was so busy chatting with Conan last night that I forgot to tell Jingliu that I was safe. So I took out my cell phone and prepared to call Jingliu, but before I dialed the number, I gave up the idea. Anyway, there was nothing to do now, so why not just go back and take a look? So I walked out of the Maori Detective Agency, saw that there was no one on the street, and directly swiped my car from the necklace and drove away.

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

The journey was not far, and I soon arrived in front of my villa, but the door was unexpectedly quiet. According to common sense, Ningxue and the others should have at least one person guarding outside. So I reached out and knocked on the door.

Dong dong dong

"Who is it?" Jingliu's sweet voice came from the door. It turned out that she was at home.

"It's me, Sister Jingliu. I'm back." I shouted into the door.

"Ala, Bing, welcome back~" Jingliu heard my voice and ran to open the door quickly. However...

"Wow! Sister Jingliu, what's wrong with you?" I was shocked when I saw Jingliu coming towards me. Because Jingliu's sweet face was covered with pieces of paper.

"Hmm? This, hehe, I forgot to take it off." Jingliu smiled embarrassedly, then took off the notes on his face one by one, and then welcomed me in. "Xue'er and I were playing poker. I didn't expect you to come back."

"Hey, hey... you guys are so relaxed." Walking into the room, I squinted my eyes and looked at Ningxue and her three sisters, who also had notes all over their faces. This is just me, what would I do if I scared someone else?

"Mr. Mingya."

"Mr. Mingya."

"Mr. Mingya." The three girls quickly tore off the notes on their faces, stood up and greeted me.

"Well, sit down." I said calmly.

"Bing, why did you come back so soon?" Jingliu sat next to me and asked me.

"Ah, I came back to take a look today because I have nothing to do. I met them yesterday and stayed with them. There is still a lot of time to go, so there is no rush." ​​I said leisurely while sitting on the sofa. "You guys are so relaxed, it seems that there is nothing going on with Shoulang?" "Yes, Mr. Mingya." Ningxue responded hurriedly. "The boss has returned to the Gunma base to make arrangements, and our resources have begun to be transported to that island one after another."

"...Axue, I want to ask you something." Looking at Ningxue's appearance, I suddenly raised my eyebrows.

"Ok?"

"Your arm hasn't recovered yet. How did you play cards just now?"

"Eh?! Well, I..." Ningxue's face turned red when she heard my question. She stood in front of me, not knowing how to answer.

"Hahaha..." I laughed. As expected, teasing a beautiful woman who can't refute you is more interesting than anything else. "Hehe, just kidding." I slowly stopped smiling. "Let's get down to business. Please help me contact him."

"Okay, please wait a moment." Hearing that I was going to talk about business, Ningxue's blush slowly faded away. She took out a laptop from the room and made the call for me. In a few minutes, Shoulang appeared on the other side of the screen.

"Oh, Mr. Liufeng, weren't you busy? How come you have time to come back?" The skinny wolf's unpleasant voice came through the microphone.

"Ah. I'm a little worried about Xunji, and there's something else going on. So I came back to see how the situation is?" I scratched my ear and said unscrupulously.

"Swift? Well... they are pretty well behaved. After all, the storm has not yet passed, and both of them are still injured. So they have been hiding very well." Skinny Wolf shrugged. "Mr. Liufeng, I have also started to move here. I wonder when you can come to the island to take a look?"

"Let's finish the buildings at our base first, so that we can face the outside world. By the way, speaking of this, I suddenly remembered, is there any stock of the fingerprint recognition gun I used last time?" I thought about it. Since the last fight with Soul Sorrow, I don't even have a handy weapon at hand. To be honest, it's quite uncomfortable to be without a weapon. Although I still have an ordinary Desert Eagle. But after using the high-end ones, I am afraid that something will happen if I use the ordinary ones again.

"Well, we can't do it in a short time, but if we work hard on it, we can finish something in about two weeks. Is that okay, Mr. Liufeng?" Skinny Wolf rubbed his temple.

"Ah. It's okay. Don't worry about that. First, make the bulletproof vest I want. That's more important." I frowned. The guns on hand can be used temporarily. The SAS also has a lot of them, but the bulletproof vest is more important. I still don't know when I will meet Mingmei. I have to ask Conan when I go back. If I delay it by accident, it will be difficult to deal with.

"I see. We have started to make one for women and one for children. We will deliver it to you in a week or two at most." Skinny Wolf responded. "By the way, Mr. Liufeng, if you have nothing to do recently, can you continue to take on some tasks from me?"

"Mission?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Ah, although we still have nearly 100 billion in assets, I don't think that is enough to support us in building the entire island. As the saying goes, even the smallest mosquito is still meat. I still have a lot of tasks worth hundreds of millions of yen. I wonder if Mr. Liufeng is interested?"

"Is that so? Then I will..." I stopped talking halfway because what Conan said to me last night came back to my mind.

"...Mr. Liufeng?" Seeing that I was silent, Shoulang called me subconsciously.

"Ah..." I came back to my senses. "Not for now. I may not have the opportunity to take on those big tasks in the near future. Please update your task list for me once a month. No matter how big or small it is, I will do it if I have time." I said a little confused.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, Mr. Liu Feng. I'll go prepare the task list right now. I wonder if Mr. Liu Feng has anything else to tell me?" Skinny Wolf saw that I was not in the right state, so he took the initiative to end the topic.

"Well, nothing to do for now. Remember to analyze more with Jingliu when building the island. We need to make the entire island easy to defend and difficult to attack. Each checkpoint must be strict. We must not let other forces invade."

"I understand. Then I wish you good luck in martial arts, and I won't bother you any more." Having said that, Skinny Wolf was the first to close the video call.

"Hu..." I let out a long breath. I leaned on the sofa a little listlessly. Seeing my state, the four people in the family didn't know what to say.

"Bing, do you want to stay for lunch today?" Soon after, Jingliu was the first to break the silence in the room.

"Hmm? Is it this time already?" I looked at my watch and found that it was almost eleven o'clock. "Well, it seems that I can't go back for lunch in time, so let's eat here." I nodded.

"Well, Mr. Mingya, Yue'er and I will go buy vegetables, and Shuang'er will stay outside to guard." Ningxue saw that I was worried, so she quickly sent her sisters and herself away.

"Ah, please, Axue." I said with a slight smile.

Soon the three people left, leaving only Jingliu and I in the room. Looking at Jingliu's gentle face, my mood brightened up a little.

"Do you want to listen?" I asked Jingliu with some amusement.

"Of course I'm willing to listen to what you want to say." Jingliu smiled at me gently.

"Hehe... Yeah." Hearing Jingliu's words, I couldn't help but smile softly. Sure enough, no matter what I said, she could understand what I meant at the first time. "Hey, Sister Jingliu, let me ask you a question." As I said, I stood up and walked to the window of the room. Looking at the swaying shadows of the trees outside the window, I said softly with a touch of sadness. "Do you think that someone like me can really stand under the sun?"

Jingliu, who was sitting on the sofa, did not answer me, and I did not turn around to ask her again. I just closed my eyes and listened to the breeze outside the window. Gradually, I heard footsteps behind me. It was Jingliu walking towards me slowly. Then, a soft touch touched my back. With the fragrance of jasmine, Jingliu gently embraced me in her arms. Without saying a word or making any extra movements, she just gently embraced me. Turning my head, I looked at Jingliu with her eyes slightly closed, and a faint smile filled the corners of my mouth.

"Is that so? I see. Thank you, Sister Jingliu. Really, thank you."

(End of this chapter)