Chapter 425: Camping
Chapter 425: Camping
Camping~Camping~We love camping!
Camping today and camping tomorrow!
It’s another weekend morning, another day when the kids are full of energy, another day when the doctor is late as usual, and another day of... the legendary camping.

"Haa..." I was lying on the sofa in the doctor's room, yawning, while watching Shiho help the doctor clean the room.

"After all, they are children, and their spirits are really good."

It has been more than a week since Conan's last suicide attempt, and the organization's tail has not appeared in our sight. Conan almost lost his life because of his carelessness, but fortunately he was smart enough to escape. However, he also lost the clue to continue tracking down the organization.

On the other hand, my sudden appearance also made Gin feel apprehensive, perhaps because Shiho's operation had no loopholes at all. According to Shoulang's feedback, the snake-playing brother has not had a good time recently.

We were able to take a break and relax. The follow-up processing can be handed over to "Xiaoya" on the Ark. After all, at this stage, even a top hacker like Taiyi can't keep up with Xiaoya's calculation speed.

"Don't be so leisurely." Shiho, who was sorting the garbage nearby, said softly, "Help me throw this away."

Because the threat from the organization disappeared, Shiho was in a good mood. But Shiho just couldn't change her love for staying up late to work. So, Conan and I rushed to the doctor's place early in the morning.

Conan was in charge of taking care of the kids outside, while I came in to laze around... Phew, help clean up.

"Hey~" I took the garbage bag from Shiho. "But, it's been less than a month since the last camping trip, right? Doctor, why did you take the kids camping again?"

"I can't help it. Every time I take the kids camping, I either run into this or that case or encounter all kinds of criminals. I never give the kids a good camping experience." The doctor smiled bitterly. "That's why I want to take the kids out to play whenever I have the chance, so that they can have a happy memory."

"But why do I feel like these kids enjoy every time they encounter a case?" I raised my eyes.

For children, camping is a process of playing and experiencing the joy of group life. If they encounter a case during the camping process, the sense of accomplishment of solving the case will be much more enjoyable than camping, right?
Perhaps in the minds of children, encountering a case is a more interesting thing.

"Okay stop complaining and help clean up quickly. Don't keep the kids waiting too long."

After about half an hour, we had tidied everything and walked out of the door amid the children's contemptuous gazes. Although the children complained, fortunately not much time was wasted.

"You look a little sleepy." Ayumi asked hurriedly when she saw Shiho yawning and walking out the door.

"Yeah, after all, I worked late again yesterday." Shiho waved her hand nonchalantly.

"Haha, you really are worthy of being called Xiao. Xiao... Oh, you really are a nocturnal animal, Haibara-san~" For a moment, Ayumi's words seemed to be stumbling, as if she wanted to say something but interrupted herself.

Along the way, the children sitting in the middle were singing and laughing. After all, camping was their favorite activity. On the other side, Conan and the doctor sitting in the front row seemed to be chatting about something. Shiho was taking a nap in the last row, and I was looking through my phone next to Shiho, trying to find some interesting tasks on the dark web to pass the time.

That's why I changed Dr.'s car. Otherwise, his Beetle might not have enough space for so many children.

A moment of peace is hard to come by, and it is rare for Shiho to have such a leisurely time. In addition to developing the antidote for drug A, Shiho also spends the rest of her time working for the Alcatraz pharmaceutical factory. Although I personally think that camping is really an activity for children, it is also a good choice to relax with Shiho occasionally.

Holding my phone in my hand, I was flipping through the pages. The cozy environment in the car made me feel a little sleepy. But thinking about it, in such an absolutely safe environment, I should be able to have a good sleep.

squeak
I closed my eyes and just wanted to take a short break, but the doctor suddenly braked and I almost flew out of the chair.

No, what about safety? I couldn't even last three minutes, okay?
I quickly sat up straight and reached out to stop Shiho who was also leaning forward and awakened by the shock. After the car stopped steadily, I looked forward.

It turned out that the doctor was chatting with Conan, but he was so engrossed in the conversation that he didn't look at the road ahead and almost crashed into a RV parked in the middle of the road.

"Whose car is so reckless? Why doesn't it park in the middle of the road?" I frowned and got out of the car with the children.

"Wow! This car is so big!" Yuantai raised his head and looked at the entire car.

"It looks great!" Mitsuhiko couldn't help but sigh.

"This should also be a camping car." The doctor looked at the surrounding environment, trying to find the owner.

“Whether we’re camping or not, it’s easy to cause an accident if we just stop in the middle of the road.” I had no intention of giving a good face to this obstacle that interrupted my sleep.

"This is an RV. It's a good choice for camping and travel accommodation." Shiho explained to the children.

"It would be great if I could drive a car like this for camping."

"I still like Dr. Bo's ModleX." Of course, I bought it for Dr. Bo with my own money. Although the car has a bad reputation, after my own magic modification, it has become an absolutely safe car.

"Hey! You guys!" Just as the children were looking at the car in front of them with great interest, a man with dyed blond hair and two women came towards us from the woods behind us. "Don't touch our car with your dirty hands!"

"This is our good friend's most precious car. Right, Sister Qinghua?" A short-haired woman next to him also had a sarcastic look on her face.

"Ah, if you just touch it, it's okay." A girl with long black hair said timidly behind the two of them. "I don't think my uncle who lent me this car will be angry, right?"

"Haha, I didn't expect you to be so gentle to children. If I smoked near the car, you would definitely scold me, right?" The man next to us obviously didn't know what politeness was and completely ignored us standing next to him.

"So this is your car. I'm so sorry."

"Because such cars are rare, we couldn't resist our curiosity."

"I'm sorry." Ayumi and Mitsuhiko both apologized. "But our hands are clean! We won't dirty your car!" Genta quickly raised his hands.

"I know, you guys." The man put his hands on his hips and said, "I was just joking."

"These materials... are really not likable." I rubbed my neck, looking listless.

"If you have nothing to do, leave now." Shiho didn't seem to like these people either. But unfortunately, just as we were about to leave, a fat college student called out to us from the side of the path.

"Hey, Taimei, can you come over and help out? I think we're ready for the barbecue!"

There is a stream not far from the path, and these college students who are out in an RV seem to be camping.

Looking at the sizzling barbecue on the grill, the children's old habits came back, especially Yuantai, whose eyes lit up.

"Haha, do you guys want to eat some together? We still have a lot." This female college student named Taimei was quite generous and was willing to share her food with us.

"Really? But those are what we're going to eat tonight." The fat boy next to him called Fanhe seemed a little reluctant.

"Can you please stop talking so cheaply?" Taimei's expression changed instantly. "If you don't have enough money, just borrow it from Sister Qinghua. Then you can go to the supermarket at the foot of the mountain to buy it. Right, Sister Qinghua?"

"What the hell?" A curse word suddenly burst out, causing all the children to look at me.

"Xiaoxun, what did you just say? I don't understand." Ayumi looked at me with a frown.

"Ah, no, nothing." I said again, returning to Japanese. "I was just lamenting that these steaks should be good quality ingredients."

I made up a lie and I managed to fool Ayumi. Then the children's eyes returned to the barbecue grill.

"Did you swear in Chinese just now?" Shiho, who knows me well, came up to me and asked in a low voice.

"Ah." I nodded. "I thought that Taimei woman was a generous person, but it turns out she was the one who used other people's money to treat us."

"You seem to be disgusted by this kind of thing?"

"That's not how friendship works." I followed the children and walked towards the doctor's car. Seeing how excited the children were, I thought I was going to spend the night with these four college students.

"You're actually angry?" Shiho tilted her head slightly, revealing a surprised expression. But soon, she gave up on further agonizing. After all, whether it was friendship or her family, there should be no one around her who valued her more than the boy in front of her.

Following the doctor, the others got the picnic tools and the children gathered around the barbecue grill.

"So you are all members of a university club?" At the dinner table, everyone started introducing each other. The four college students were an outdoor life club. In layman's terms, they were just a group of kids who loved camping. Whenever they had time, they would go camping together.

"We usually come to this kind of area with rich mountains and rivers to camp." The yellow-haired man Lingzhi explained while holding a beer.

"We occasionally go abroad. Last time we went to Hawaii together." Fanhe continued.

"Of course, we can only do this with the financial support of Sister Qinghua." Although the short-haired girl Taimei was praising Qinghua, there was always a weird taste in her tone.

"No, that's not the case. Compared to Taimi who can cook, Reiji who can drive, and Fanhe who is good at outdoor survival and gathering wild game, I, who can't do anything, can only give some money to support everyone." Qinghua said with a smile.

"Ah, I'm a young lady with no merits, and all I can do is give money to support everyone." Taimei said with a longing look on her face. "If that's the case, I really hope that one day I can tell everyone this."

"Haha, how could that be~" Several college students joked. Meanwhile, Conan and I were both lost in thought.

"What's wrong? Are you not liking the food?" Shiho asked when she saw that we were both in a daze.

"Nothing." Conan shook his head. "I was just thinking, it's not usually like this."

"What do you mean?" I asked first, turning my head.

"The relationship between the two." Conan raised his chin towards the two college students in the distance. "The kind of person who treats his friends as ATMs. And saying those flattering words, it feels quite artificial."

"Indeed." I nodded. "It's rare that we have the same idea."

"Hey, hey..." Conan's half-moon eyes.

"Besides..." I dipped the barbecue in my bowl into the barbecue sauce and put it in my mouth, mumbling. "That Qinghua is not a rich lady."

"Eh?"

"Eh?"

(End of this chapter)