Chapter 223 Going Home
Chapter 224 Returning Home

"Doctor, what's going on now?" I asked the doctor when we returned to the crime scene.

"Oh, you're back." The doctor greeted us when he saw us coming back. "Well, there's still no progress in the case. During the time you were away, the police found three people who had contact with Professor Hirota that night. As he spoke, the doctor pointed at a few new people who appeared here."

"The young man on the far right is the professor's student named Shirakura Yo, a model. He came here today on an appointment with the professor. He said he wanted to retrieve a photo of him dressed as a woman during his college years." The doctor pointed and said, "The one in the middle is Hosoya Kazuhiro. He came to ask the professor to write a recommendation letter for his daughter who is going to apply to Nanyang University. The one on the far left is Morioka Michio, a chess friend of Professor Hirota."

"Oh. I see." I recalled. This case happened very close to Shiho's return, so I had an impression of it. When the doctor told me just now, I remembered everything. Shirakura did this case, and as for the method... Never mind, let Kudo figure it out.

"Xiao Xun, where have you been?" Conan asked me when he noticed that I came back.

"I went out for a walk," I answered. "How's the case going?"

"Hmm... I have an idea, but there is one thing I don't understand." Conan said, resting his chin on his hand.

"Get to the point, you know." I shrugged.

"Hmm... the phone, notebook and the crack of the door are in a straight line. I think that's the problem, but I can't figure out how the only key was pressed under the notebook."

"See those chess pieces scattered around the notebook?" I gestured.

"I also thought about using chess pieces to support the notebook, but the base of the chess pieces..."

"Turn it upside down." I interrupted Kudo because I didn't want to waste time here, I had to finish this case quickly, the wound on my body was starting to hurt.

"Upside down? Yes, it must be possible if it is upside down!" Conan seemed to have discovered a new world.

"Well, the rest is up to you." I nodded.

"Wait a minute." Conan called me. "I heard a very strange message in the recording just now. Come and listen to it." Conan ran to Officer Yokomizo and asked to replay the tape again. And he played it directly to the last recording.

"Um... I'm from the insurance company. I want to explain our new insurance program to you. I wonder if it's convenient for you... Ah, I'll call you back." The voice in the recording was very rough, obviously disguised. And this tone was very familiar to Shiho and I.

"Vodka."

"Vodka." Shiho and I answered at the same time. Conan was also shocked.

"Hey, Kaoru..."

"It's okay. This is probably because they found the disk. This phone call is just to confirm Professor Hirota's actions so that they can take action." I explained to Conan. "As for the surrounding area, I just walked through it and didn't see any suspicious people. So go ahead and solve the case."

"Okay." After saying that, Conan ran to talk to the doctor, and soon, he started solving the case using the doctor's voice.

"Bing, are you really not worried?" Shiho leaned over and whispered. "If Vodka is here, then Gin..."

"It's okay." I gave Shiho a reassuring look. "Gin was seriously injured when I rescued Sister Akemi last time. I think he was recovering from his injuries when I sent Vodka this time." And when we were walking outside just now, I didn't sense any danger. I'll be more careful when we go back."

"Yeah." After hearing what I said, Shiho nodded with relief.

With my guidance, Conan quickly solved the case with the help of the doctor's voice using the voice-changing bow tie. The man named Shirakura Yang was arrested and we successfully got the disk. After I went out to investigate, I drove back with the doctor. Along the way, Kudo couldn't stop laughing. Unfortunately, when we got home, what was waiting for him was a data disk that destroyed the computer program.

"How could this happen!" Conan angrily slammed the table in front of the computer that had been blocked.

"It seems that we underestimated the organization's strictness." Shiho frowned. "I didn't expect that the disk given to me would have a self-destruct program. And it was a virus program that destroyed the computer. It seems that the computers in the organization have corresponding programs."

"Hu..." I let out a long breath. In the eyes of Conan and Shiho, my action seemed to be a pity, but they didn't know that I was really relieved. After all, the disk was not destroyed, and Shiho might be able to make the antidote soon. If this really broke the plot line, I really didn't know how to control it.

"Since this disk is destroyed, I don't think I need to stay here any longer." After repairing the computer, I confirmed the inspection of the doctor's computer again. Fortunately, when checking the disk, we unplugged the network cable. If there is an alarm system in this disk, the organization will quickly send someone to check us through the network. However, after checking the computer and disk, I didn't find any special transmitters. So I felt relieved.

"Anyway, we have escaped this time. It seems that we need to be more cautious when tracking down the organization in the future." I crushed the disk and threw it into the trash can. "Doctor, throw away your computer as well. For safety reasons, the data and your files inside have been cleared anyway. Just burn it and replace it with a new one."

"Alas... this is the only way." Dr. Agasa sighed. After all, there are a lot of data and information that he invented in this computer. But for safety reasons, it's better to change to a new one. Anyway, he got a lot of funds from Xun, so a new computer is more than enough.

"Then, let's leave first." I sorted out my clothes and said to the doctor. On the other side, Xiao Ai also grabbed a piece of clothing that the doctor ordered for her two days ago. After all, the clothes she bought with me had not arrived yet.

"It's so late... Kaoru, Ai-kun. Where are you going?" The doctor looked at Shiho and I and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Hey, it's a rare chance for us to meet again. Of course we have to go together." I laughed. "You can't deny us two some private space."

"Hey, Masaka, you guys are going..." Conan knew the relationship between me and Shiho. For a moment, he naturally thought of something wrong. Even his face began to turn red, and the doctor coughed awkwardly.

"Well... whatever you think, we'll leave first." Ignoring Conan and the doctor, I took Shiho's hand, whose cheeks were already red, and walked out of the room. As soon as I closed the door, Conan and the doctor in the room started discussing.

"Doctor, they are not going to..." Conan seemed not to have given up yet.

"Ahem, Kudo, you have to know that they are still children. Even if they go to open... well, nothing will happen." The doctor's face turned red and he explained to Conan.

"But Kaoru is really something." Conan said with half-moon eyes. "Ah... First he jumped out and scared me half to death, and then he let his girlfriend defect and scared me half to death. I hope it won't happen a third time. Otherwise, I might really die."

"Hahaha, Shinichi, it's your own fault for not remembering my house number." The doctor smiled naively.

"What can I do... How can I remember your house number?" Conan said unconvinced. "We live so close to each other, and I always knock on your door when I come. I even send greeting cards directly to your door during the holidays."

"Hahaha, that's right." The doctor recalled. "But it's good this way. Although Maori and Xiaolan don't know about Kaoru's return, at least the wish for their eldest son to return won't be broken so easily."

"Ah." Thinking of this, Kudo raised a relieved smile. "Although Xiaolan doesn't know Xun's identity yet, I believe that one day, we will stand in front of her as adults."

"Well, with the help of Aijun, the day when we can create the antidote won't be far away." The doctor also said with certainty.

"Hey, Doctor, you said Kaoru and Huibara wouldn't really..."

"Why are you still thinking about this question?" The doctor was embarrassed.

"Curious." Conan said. "I'm just a high school student. Isn't it normal to be curious about this kind of thing?"

"Hey, hey..." The Doctor was speechless.

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

On the other side, I had just walked out of the room and closed the door when Shiho's little hand had already twisted around my waist.

"Hiss... What's wrong again, my queen?" I took a breath.

"Why are you so annoying? What nonsense are you talking about?" Shiho said blushing.

"I didn't say anything." I spread my hands to show that I was innocent. "Pervert!" Shiho threw this long-lost word at me angrily.

"Ha, but they're not wrong. Anyway, you just have to come home with me!" While Shiho wasn't paying attention, I grabbed her knees from behind and hugged her. Shiho screamed, but subconsciously put her arms around my neck.

"Asshole, put me down now." Shiho said blushingly.

"It's none of your business." I smiled and carried Shiho out of the front yard, freed my hands to get out of the car, carried her into the car, and then drove away.

Tens of minutes later, we stood at the door of my own apartment, and here, Mingmei was standing at the door early, waiting for our return.

"Sister!" Seeing her sister standing at the door, Shiho's eyes instantly turned red. The same was true for Mingmei. The two sisters hugged each other tightly. The blood-related family affection touched the hearts of everyone present.

"Okay, it's late at night and cold outside, let's go inside and talk." I got out of the car, put the necklace back in the car, and said to Shiho and Akemi.

"Ah."

"Yeah." After saying that, Shiho and Akemi walked into the room, and inside, Shizuru had already prepared a table of food, although it was already cold.

"Sister Shizuru!" Tears welled up in Shiho's eyes again.

"Shiho, welcome back." Shizuru didn't cry, but gave Shiho a big smile and a reunion hug.

"Well, I'm back." Shiho's voice trembled a little.

"Bing, welcome back." After letting go of Shiho, Shizuru also gave me a hug.

"Um, sorry it took so long."

"It's okay, we're back. And we're back as a family." Jingliu smiled sweetly.

"Well, that's right, what about Mary?"

"Brother Bing, I'm here." Mary came out of the kitchen. "Sister Shirley, welcome back."

"Mary? You too..." Shiho was shocked. Although she knew that Shizuru and Akemi were still alive, she didn't expect that Mary would be here too.

"Yes, everything was arranged by Brother Bing." Mary was also quite excited to see Shiho. So she pulled Shiho aside and told her everything she knew and my arrangements.

"Bing, thank you so much." Seeing Shiho's happy face, Mingmei squatted beside me and said to me while crying. "If it weren't for you, I really don't know if I would have the chance to see Shiho again in this life. I will never forget your kindness to us sisters."

"That's not true, Sister Mingmei." I smiled and wiped the tears from Mingmei's eyes. "This is just my job, you don't have to thank me anymore. I'm also happy to see you and Shiho so happy."

"Haha, I didn't make a mistake about you. I feel much more relieved to leave Shiho to you." Mingmei burst into laughter.

"Well, you should talk more with Shiho tonight. We are going to another place at noon tomorrow."

"Eh?"

"Well... let's not talk about that today. Our mission is to relax for the night."

"Okay, I understand." Mingmei nodded to me, then walked towards Shiho who was sitting on the sofa in the living room. At this moment, she had a lot of things she wanted to say to Shiho.

"Ash."

"Mr. Mingya." Hearing my call, Ningxue, who had been standing aside, came up.

"Please contact Sister Hinata and arrange a helicopter at the airport at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon. We will return to the island tomorrow."

"Yes, I'll do it right away." After saying that, Ningxue stepped forward slightly and then left the living room.

"Bing, thank you for your hard work." Jingliu, who had left the chat early, saw me sitting next to them, watching them chat with a smile on my face, and came over. "Shiho's return means that we don't have to worry about anything for the next period of time, right?"

"Ah, I can relax for at least a month or two. By the way, help me take care of the wound first." As I said that, I used a dagger to cut open the trouser leg. The gauze inside had already stained red, but it was not obvious because of the black color of the trousers.

"Did it really collapse?" Jing Liu frowned and immediately brought the medical kit, and the others also noticed the situation on my side.

"Oh, it's okay, you guys continue chatting." I said. "It's just a re-sew, it's nothing."

"Brother Bing, do you need my help?" Mary stood up and asked me. Seeing my wound, everyone lost the mood to chat anymore.

"Yes... I need it." I thought for a moment and said, "Please go heat up the food. I'm so hungry."

"Pfft..." Mary smiled softly after hearing what I said. "Yes, Brother Bing, I'll be there right away."

"Well, Yue'er, Shuang'er, you can go and help too."

"Yes, Mr. Mingya."

"Yes, Mr. Mingya." The two girls bowed and followed Mary into the kitchen.

"Bing, they are..." Shiho didn't have time to ask as soon as she entered the door.

"Oh, they are my subordinates." I explained. "I brought them back from outside forces."

"Is that so?" Shiho thought.

"Don't think too much, Shiho. They are only loyal to me now." I gave Shiho a reassuring look. After seeing my smile, Shiho nodded in relief.

"Well, sister, let's go and help too."

"Yeah, okay." As if wanting to get acquainted with the Ning sisters as soon as possible, Shiho pulled Mingmei into the kitchen.

"Haha, Bing, is this the kind of day you want to see the most?" Jingliu asked me while cleaning my wound.

"Ah, if every day was like this, it would be perfect." The corners of my mouth rose. "Unfortunately, it's still a little short."

"Almost?"

"Taichi in the United States, and... Ling who has lost contact."

　Phew... I am really tortured by the pain. I am almost going crazy... Let me complain here again... Good night, everyone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)