Chapter 155 Helpless Lies
Chapter 156 Helpless Lies
"Moses, what's wrong, Conan?" I received a call from Conan not long after I left the room. Could there be another accident?
"Xiao Xun, where are you now?" Conan's tone was not anxious, and it seemed that nothing was wrong.

"I just changed my clothes at the hotel and was about to look for you guys." I looked towards the hotel lobby, but didn't see Conan and the others. "But then again, where are you guys? Why didn't I see you guys in the lobby?"

"That's what I wanted to tell you." Conan said with a wry smile. "Just now, uncle met a few college students on the way back from the toilet. Some of them are uncle's detective fans, so we were all invited to have dinner at the BIG.WAVE restaurant in the back. I'm calling you now to tell you. Come over after you finish your business."

"Oh, OK. I'll be right there." I said calmly. "How is my mom?"

"...Auntie Eri is doing okay." After a pause, Conan whispered to me. "At least when you left us, I could see that Auntie's eyes were red. Now she has recovered. Although she still looks a little absent-minded."

"...Is that so?" I felt a little reluctant.

"How about you? Are you okay?" Conan asked with concern.

"I'm fine. I'll come to see you guys in a bit." I said calmly, and then hung up the phone. About ten minutes later, I walked to Conan's side.

"Huh? Why are you wearing this?" Conan looked at me in all black with some confusion.

"Nothing, I'm used to wearing this outfit." At this moment, I didn't wear a windbreaker. I just wore a V-neck T-shirt.

"Ah, Xiaoxun, you're here." Xiaolan saw me. "Let me introduce you to everyone. This child is another child who lives in my house. Her name is Ming Yaxun." Xiaolan whispered to a few people around me who I didn't know.

"Sister Xiaolan, who are they?"

"Oh, the sister in the middle wearing the pink swimsuit is named Takako Toda, and the one next to her is Miss Harumi Matsuzaki. They are both my dad's detective fans, so we know each other." Xiaolan explained with a smile.

"Hello, little brother." Guihezi smiled at me gently.

"Wow, what a cute child." Harumi Matsuzaki, who was beside her, looked at me with stars in her eyes.

"Hello, Sister Toda, Sister Matsuzaki." I said politely.

"The one on Toda's right is his fiancé, who is also Ms. Matsuzaki's brother, Matsuzaki Masahiko." Xiaolan continued to introduce me. "And the brother on the far right is Kawazu Kunio, they are both members of the university diving club."

"Hello." I greeted the two of them.

"Do you know, Xiaoxun, that Miss Toda and Mr. Matsuzaki are getting married next week?" Xiaolan said with envy.

"Hey~ Congratulations to you, Toda-sister, Matsuzaki-sib."

"No, no." Matsuzaki Masahiko touched the back of his head with a silly smile.

"Well, thank you, little brother." Toda Takako said gently. "By the way, Harumi, can you please go to our room and get me a new towel?"

"Eh?"

"Um?!"

Harumi was a little surprised at what Takako said, but another doubtful voice came from me.

"Guihezi, you don't want to..." Yayan asked beside Guihezi.

"Yes, I suddenly want to go swimming in the sea for a while." As he said that, Guihezi untied the bath towel tied around his waist.

"You've already drunk some alcohol, is that okay? You don't have to rush to go today. Go tomorrow." Harumi looked at Guihezi with concern.

"It's okay, I only drank a little. Besides, I just want to do some simple snorkeling." As he said that, Takahata put on his snorkeling goggles.

"Then, I'll go with you." Kunio Kawazu said from the side.

"No thanks." Takako waved her hand, "I want to dive by myself for a while." Then she ran out. "Harumi, I'll leave the towel to you."

"Takakazuko..." Sitting in her seat, Harumi looked in the direction where Takakazuko was running with some worry.

"Were you confused just now?" Conan came up to me and asked me as he watched Takako run away.

"Hmm? Yeah." I looked at Conan and confirmed what he said.

"Is there something wrong?"

"Why are you so suspicious?" I squinted my eyes and looked at Conan.

"Because you have the ability to listen to sounds." Conan said with a smirk. "Your doubts just now must be because you heard some discordant sounds, right?"

"You really are..." I shook my head helplessly. "It's so noisy here, I can't even hear your heartbeat beside me, how can I listen to the discordant sounds?"

"Then what are you wondering about?"

"Nothing, I just think it's a bit surprising that Ms. Toda suddenly wants to swim."

"What do you mean?"

"Think about it, I just came here, and before we could say a few words, she was already in a hurry to go swimming, and she was drinking. Even if she wanted to go diving very much, don't you think it's a bit rude to face someone who just came? Even though I'm just a child." I analyzed.

"Well...it does make sense, but maybe you're overthinking it. We're just going swimming." Conan said embarrassedly.

"Well... I hope it's as you say. I don't want anything unexpected to happen today."

"Today? Is there any special meaning?"

"Idiot." I complained with my eyes narrowed. "Today is the day when our family of four get together. No matter what... Uh?!" I stopped talking because I saw my mother staring at me. Her eyes were full of hope. Did someone hear what I just said? ! No way, there are Xiaolan and Conan between me and my mother, and we spoke in low voices. How could they hear it? "Well, um, Aunt Eri, what's the matter?" I looked at my mother in confusion.

"..."

"Auntie?" I waved my hand in front of my mother's eyes.

"Ah!" Mom came back to her senses. "Ah, no, nothing, sorry." Mom quickly adjusted her state, pulled me to sit next to her and said gently. "Xiaoxun, can I ask you a few questions?" "Yes, sure~" I smiled with my little white teeth bared.

"Well, where are your family members?"

"They all work abroad and rarely come back."

"I heard that your family is a relative of Dr. Agasa?"

"Yes, my father and the doctor are distant relatives, so he asked the doctor to take care of me."

"Can I talk to him on the phone?"

"this..."

"Why, are you in trouble?" Mom asked me step by step. It seemed that she really doubted my identity. Despite Dad's explanation, she still didn't want to give up the last glimmer of hope in her heart.

"Ah, no." I waved my hands quickly. "I... I'll just call him." As I said that, I took out the phone from my pocket and dialed.

"...Hello, Mom, it's me, Xun. Um... The aunt at my place wants to talk to Dad, eh? Is he busy? Um... Then let me ask." I covered the phone and asked my mom. "Aunt Eri, my dad is busy. Can I let my mom answer the phone?"

"Yeah, that's fine." A hint of disappointment appeared in my mother's eyes. She took the phone from me. "Hello, I'm Eri Kisaki. I'm Kogoro Mori's wife."

"Hello, Miss Fei. I'm sorry that Xiaoxun has caused you trouble." A gentle female voice came into my mother's ears on the phone. "I am Xiaoxun's mother, Mingya Jingliu. Please give me your guidance."

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

A few minutes later, my mother returned the phone to me and then sat back in her seat in silence. But the disappointment on her face fell deeply into my eyes. I'm sorry, mom, I can only deceive you in this way at this moment.

After getting my phone back, I went outside under the pretext of going to the restroom and sent a message to Jingliu.

[Well done, Sister Jingliu.] Of course it was Jingliu, otherwise I wouldn't have found anyone to help me cover up the lie. Fortunately, I started by talking to myself like a machine gun, and the smart Jingliu immediately realized the situation I was in, so she naturally helped me act out this play.

[Remember to call me mom next time~] Jingliu replied to me quickly.

【... . . . . 】I’m sweating, this girl...

[Hehe, don't be angry, Bing~] Jingliu immediately started to act like a spoiled child. [That person just now was yours...?]

[Yes, she is my mother. Today is the first time I met her. She seems to be suspicious of my identity.]

[After all, she is your mother. Perhaps her memory of you is still the same as you were ten years ago. Although your hair color has changed, I believe she knows you very well. Bing, you should be careful.]

[Yes, I know, but it won’t be long, Sister Jingliu, I will need your help again.]

[Well, I'm the one who got the advantage anyway, so this kind of thing doesn't matter~]

【Hello...】

[Hehe, just kidding~ Then be careful. ]

[Yes. I will go back to see you in a few days.]

【Okay~】

After a brief chat, I walked back to the restaurant and came to the dining table, only to find that all the people who had just been around the table were gone, leaving only my parents.

"Huh? Where are the others?" I asked my dad.

"Hmm? Oh, you're back, kid." Dad said calmly. "When you were away, Miss Guihezi drowned in the sea. Everyone rushed to save her." Following my dad's gaze, I saw the group of people at the beach carrying Guihezi on their backs, and Conan was running towards us.

"Hurry up, uncle, call an ambulance!" Conan said nervously.

"What happened? Isn't it just drowning? Although he almost drowned just now, hasn't he been rescued now?" Dad asked puzzledly.

"Sister Takako's back of the hand was bitten by a sea snake!" Conan shouted.

“Sea snake!?” Mom’s expression froze.

"Hey! Sea snakes are highly poisonous!" Dad also became serious.

"That's why we called an ambulance!" Conan continued. Then he ran to the table behind us and picked up a cup of iced black tea. "Xun, you know how to give emergency treatment, right?"

"I'll get ready and go right away." I didn't answer Conan's question. After all, it was a matter of life and death. Every second of delay would increase the danger. If I didn't help, Conan would probably have a falling out with me because of this.

I grabbed a fruit knife from the table and walked towards the beach. Before leaving, I called out to my dad, "Uncle, lend me your lighter."

"Hmm? Oh." Dad took out a lighter from his pocket and threw it to me. Seeing me running towards the beach, Dad asked in confusion. "Iced tea, lighter, fruit knife, what are those two kids going to do?"

"Emergency treatment. Use a lighter to disinfect the fruit knife, cut open the wound, suck out the poisonous blood, and then use the tannic acid in the iced black tea to neutralize it for emergency treatment." Mom stared at Conan and me who ran back to the coast.

"But... why do those two little brats know all this?" Dad was puzzled.

"Compared to the two of us who can only stare blankly, those two kids are much more useful." Mom said, staring at our backs. "Okay, former police officer so-and-so, go call an ambulance."

"Huh?! What about you?" Dad turned around and looked at his wife with a serious face.

"I want to take another look here." Mom didn't look away. "I want to take another look at...Xiaoxun."

"Eri..." Dad seemed to see through Mom's thoughts. He patted her shoulder gently and then walked towards his cell phone on the dining table.

(End of this chapter)