Chapter 198 Mom, I'm Back
Chapter 199: Mom, I'm back

Squeak...

In the pouring rain, the sound of the brakes was particularly harsh.

"Mr. Mingya, don't you need an umbrella?" Seeing me open the door and get out of the car, Yue'er, who was sitting in the back, hurriedly handed me an umbrella.

"No, otherwise I have no reason to go in and take a shower first." The punishment I just gave to Sawaki left blood stains all over my clothes. Although I had changed into a new set of clothes in the car, the aura of killing was still hard to calm down. Standing outside and being hit by the rain, and then taking a hot shower, it would be much calmer. "You guys go and remove the signal interference source, and then go home. Have a good rest today. You've worked hard on the mission."

"Yes." Ningxue answered on behalf of the three sisters, then stepped on the accelerator and left.

"Huh..." In the heavy rain, I was instantly soaked, but it seemed that the cold rain made me sober up a lot. Looking at the house in front of me, I couldn't help but put on a gentle smile. So without stopping, I walked in, came to the door, and knocked on the door softly.

"Who is it?" My mother's soft voice came from inside the house, but her breath still sounded a little weak.

"It's me, Xun." I answered from outside the door.

"Xiaoxun?" Mom opened the door and saw this small figure that was soaked. She hurriedly pulled me into the house and asked with a frown. "Why don't you hold an umbrella in such heavy rain?" Mom knew I was coming, because after Conan called me, I immediately called my mother in Conan's voice to greet her and told her that I would come to see him later. This way, at least my mother knew that I called, and when she saw Conan again in the future, it would not be too easy to be exposed. Although she knew I was coming, she didn't expect me to come at this time.

"Because it suddenly started raining heavily when I was walking over here, so I ran over here." I laughed, showing my little white teeth.

"You are such a fool." Mom didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Go take a shower and don't catch a cold. I'll get you a new towel and some clean clothes."

"Hi~~" I didn't refuse, but took off my wet clothes, ran to the bathroom, turned on the switch, and the hot water warmed me up. Although I could stand in the cold rain for a day and a night, the cold air gradually melted away after the hot water, and the faint smile on my face appeared again.

"Xiaoxun, I put your clothes on the chair outside." My mother's gentle voice came from outside the bathroom. "Hi~~" As I spoke, I turned off the water heater, took a towel from the door, wiped off the water drops on my body, and looked at the scars on my body in the mirror in front of the bathroom. I couldn't help but frowned. Then I sighed helplessly. After drying my body, I went to the preparation room outside the door and picked up the clothes to change. This dress is a pajamas, exactly the same style as I wore ten years ago, and it still fits me well now. However, I always feel that something is missing from this dress now. After thinking about it, I smiled helplessly, took out the perfume that Belmode once gave me from the necklace on my chest, dripped a drop on my hand, twisted it with my fingers, and then rubbed it on the chest of my clothes. In an instant, the faint fragrance of lavender stained the entire preparation room. With a satisfied smile, I walked out of the bathroom and came to the living room.

In the living room, my mother had already been sitting there waiting for me. Seeing me wearing my old pajamas, a hint of tenderness and sadness appeared in her eyes.

"Xiaoxun, why did you suddenly remember to come and see me? And it's raining so heavily." asked my mother.

"Conan said he wanted to go to Professor Agasa's place, so I came here. But I didn't expect it to rain so heavily." I looked at the sky outside the window that had already turned dark.

"You are such a jerk." Mom frowned. "I'll go make you a cup of hot tea." Mom was about to get up.

"Oh, wait a minute." I looked at the time. It was almost two o'clock in the afternoon. I looked at the clean table again. So I asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

"Huh? Not yet." Mom was puzzled. "It was raining heavily today, and I wanted to sleep through it. So I didn't order takeout.

"Why do you usually only eat takeout?"

"Eh? Sometimes we go out to eat at restaurants..." My mother was a little surprised by my tone. Why did the child sound strange today? But rather than saying it was strange, it was better to say... It felt familiar?

"Alright, alright. Go lie down and rest. Leave this to me."

"Eh?" Before I could finish my question, I was pushed into the room by the child in front of me. "This scene always feels so familiar." The mother sitting at the head of the bed thought, and soon, the little boy with black hair appeared in her mind. He was wearing cartoon clothes and grinning at me. [Okay, okay, you go to work quickly, leave this to me. ]

"Xiao, Xiaoxun..." Mom's heart was very excited. "Could it be that the child..." Resisting the urge to rush out to find out, Mom sat by the bed, holding the bed sheet tightly with both hands, her palms sweating with nervousness. But she sat there motionless. It's not that she couldn't move, but she didn't dare to move, for fear that her one move would ruin the work of the little figure outside.

Time passed by minute by minute. Although only an hour had passed, to her, this hour felt extremely long.

Finally, a heavenly voice rang in her ears.

"It's time to eat~"

Bang!
Hearing this voice, my mother rushed out quickly. What caught her eyes was a little boy with pale blond hair, holding a pot of delicious fish soup in his hand, walking from the kitchen to the dining table. When he heard the sound of the door, he looked at her in surprise. His blinking lavender eyes seemed to say, "What a fast speed."

However, when she saw the dishes on the table, her excitement became even stronger, as if tears would fall in the next second. The dishes on the table were simple, four dishes and one soup, but without exception, all were Chinese cuisine, and all were dishes that she was familiar with but had not eaten for a long time.

She walked slowly to the table, where a bowl of fragrant rice had been placed in front of her. Only then did she realize that her hands were shaking as she picked up the chopsticks.

She picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and gently put it into her mouth. Without chewing, she could tell from the aroma of the fish that it tasted like the familiar taste she hadn't tasted for ten years. In an instant, tears welled up in her eyes. While she was crying, she picked up the familiar dishes one by one and put them into her mouth.

"Okay, okay, it's just a meal, there's no need to be so moved." I sat aside with a slight smile on my face. "Okay, don't cry, go to bed early after dinner. I really want you to get better soon."

"Xiao, Xiaoxun. You finally...finally..." Mom put down her chopsticks and the tears in her eyes made her vision a little unclear.

"Hey, hey, I admit it, don't cry." Looking at my mother's expression, I smiled helplessly and reached out to wipe away the tears in her eyes. At the same time, tears welled up in my own eyes. With the once innocent and sunny smile, I slowly said, "Mom... I'm back."

————The smell of orchids, the smell of lavender, the smell of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————The meal full of memories was forced to end because of my mother's excited crying. Yes, the moment she heard me call out "Mom", her tears completely burst out. She held me in her arms and kept crying, seeming to forget the existence of lunch and the passage of time.

"Okay, okay, Mom, don't cry. You're already a grown-up. I'm back home." I chuckled and comforted her. Compared to my mother, I am much more capable of controlling my emotions. Except for the tears at the beginning, I always responded to my mother's crying with a smile. Now is not the time for me to cry. I still have a lot of things to tell her.

"Xiaoxun, where have you been for the past ten years? Are you doing well? And, why did you become like this? What happened? What happened when you disappeared that year? Tell mom, okay?"

"Hey, hey, let's go through our problems one by one, okay?" I smiled helplessly. I pulled my mother up. "Go wash your face first. I'll go clean up the dishes."

I smiled at my mother with a faint smile. Then I picked up the dishes on the table and ran into the kitchen. Yes, this was the same as my habit ten years ago. My mother also laughed happily, and then ran to the bathroom quickly and splashed cold water on her tear-stained face.

Tens of minutes later, my mother was already sitting on the sofa in the living room waiting for me to finish my work. My progress was also quite fast, after all, it was just two servings of dishes. Soon, I finished my work, then collapsed on the sofa and stretched my body.

"Phew... The question and answer time for Maori Kaoru starts now. Mom, please ask your questions~" I said lazily.

"Puchi, you little brat." After seeing me admit my identity, my mother finally let go of her entangled, ashamed heart. "Well, tell me from the beginning. I want to know where you have been in the past ten years and why you have become like this now."

"Well... this is a long story." I looked at the ceiling. "That day, I pushed Xiaolan out from under the tire. Then I was hit and flew away. Fortunately, I am still alive. But unfortunately, I lost my memory."

“What…” Mom’s expression became serious.

"Well, later on, I was abducted by the person who hit me with his car. They were a criminal organization. They took me there."

"What!?" Mom shouted in surprise.

"Don't be so surprised." I waved my hand slowly. "I am now lying in Beijing... uh, sitting here. Let me continue." I continued to narrate to my mother as if we were chatting. It was not the first time I explained it to others. "After that, because I lost my memory, I was trained as a young killer by the people there."

"Kill, killer?!" The water cup in my mother's hand fell to the ground. Fortunately, there was a carpet on the ground.

"Mom... I can't say anything if you keep doing this." I said with my eyes narrowed.

"Okay, wait a minute, let me sort it out." My mother seemed to be hit hard. But after a few deep breaths, she calmed down and told me seriously that I could continue.

"Well... After that, I stayed in the organization for training. In addition to training killers, they also developed drugs, and it was a very strange drug. I am now short because of that drug. Well... I remember that before I became smaller, my height should be... well, about a head taller than Xiaolan." As I said this, I put my hand on my forehead and gestured. "After that, by chance, I met Xiaolan during a mission, which triggered the long-sealed memory in my heart. After that, I followed Xiaolan back to my father's place and saw the family photo on the table, which reminded me of the past. Then I planned to escape. But I accidentally took the new drug developed by the organization and unexpectedly became like this. This is how I completely got rid of the organization's pursuit, because the original effect of the drug was fatal."

"This..." After hearing what I said, my mother was so shocked that she didn't know what to say. It seemed like something out of a fairy tale. If it were in the past, she would never believe it. However, now that her eldest son appeared here in such a small body, there was nothing that could not prove what he said.

"Later, I came back. But I also wanted to conceal the truth of the matter because the organization was so huge that they even had presence in various countries. It was not a problem that could be solved by calling the police. So I kept it secret."

"That is to say, your father and Xiaolan don't know about this?" Mom asked.

"Well, I didn't tell them my identity. If not for Xiaolan's personality, I was really afraid that she would call the police. If that happened, it would really put everyone in trouble, because the police would not admit or believe such a thing, and they might even send me to the operating table for experiments."

"But we can't just leave it alone, right?" Mom asked worriedly. "With your body, there's no way there won't be side effects after taking that medicine, right? Is it dangerous?"

"Hmm..." I thought for a moment and replied. "It shouldn't be dangerous. Apart from getting smaller and my hair changing color, I haven't felt anything abnormal. I've also been to the hospital for a checkup and the doctor said I'm healthy." Of course he's healthy. Conan took this medicine and stayed in elementary school for 20 years. How could there be anything wrong with him? And it seems like it's contagious. Everyone's age hasn't changed. It's amazing.

"Oh... How could this happen?" Mom frowned. Who would have thought that such a terrible thing would happen to a family of four who were originally doing well?

"Well, anyway, I'm safe now, and there are many things I can't tell you right now." Seeing my mother's anxious look, I said calmly. "In short, I'm no longer the Maori Xun I used to be. I live in this world as Ming Ya Xun, and I still have a lot of things to do. I don't want to involve you, my father, and Xiaolan. So, mom, although I admit my story, on the surface, I'm still Ming Ya Xun. Can you help me keep it secret?"

After a long silence, my mother showed a helpless bitter smile. Then she stretched out her hand and pulled me close to her arms, gently holding me up. "I know that my Xiaoxun has grown up, and I also know that after going through something like that, you will not live the rest of your life in an ordinary way. I can probably guess what you are doing, but I don't want you to do those dangerous things anymore. Can you promise me this?"

"Of course, I also want to walk the rest of the way safely." I said with a smile. "Don't worry, Mom, I won't do those dangerous things again." I said, but what I was thinking was, [Because there are not many things that can make me feel dangerous at present. 】

"Well, that's good." Mom touched my head. Then she suddenly remembered something and asked me. "By the way, who was Ming Yajingliu who pretended to be your mother last time?"

"Oh? You mean Jingliu?" I smiled unscrupulously. "She's your future daughter-in-law."

"Daughter-in-law?!"

"...one."

“Eh, eh eh eh eh!?”

(End of this chapter)