Conan: I'm just an ordinary novelist

Can't sleep.

Ever since he had the dream some time ago, Yun Xianhe would always think of those scenes whenever he closed his eyes.

Looking at the downward symbol behind the mental status bar on the system, Yun Xianhe deeply felt that he needed to change his mind.

So someone who had nothing to do got up, took the test paper and a blank book, and went to the kitchen to boil a cup of hot water.

After making a packet of health-preserving powder, Yun Xianhe flipped through the test papers and decided to study all night.

As the saying goes, if you don’t want to sleep, it means you are not tired, and if you are always daydreaming, it means you are not busy enough.

Yun Xianhe's physical interruption magic cannot be said to be very effective, but at least it can calm his mind a little when he is thinking.

"Oh my, you are really hardworking, young man."

"Hmm? Hello."

Seeing that it was the inn owner, Yun Xianhe nodded slightly and greeted the other party, then turned around and continued reading the questions.

These dancing little people...

Yun Xianhe suddenly remembered that Uncle Shitou was poisoned by eating mushrooms and said he saw little people dancing.

After the other party was rescued, he refused to believe that the mushrooms were poisonous and insisted that he had not cooked them well.

After being rescued by Little Sun for the second time, he was still a little unwilling to accept it.

[“This is strange. How can this mushroom be poisonous if it tastes so good?”]

A certain strong man is the main character who doesn't believe in evil.

I even bought an encyclopedia of mushrooms. Whenever I saw one on an adventure, I would be eager to try it, but I would be put down every time.

Later, they encountered a mushroom monster, and Uncle Stone performed a great killing spree.

[“You can’t eat this thing! It’s up to me whether I cut it or not!”]

Thinking of this, Yun Xianhe curled the corners of his lips slightly and opened his mouth subconsciously, as if he wanted to share it with someone.

Then the boy's smile gradually disappeared and his brows furrowed.

Not good...

Yun Xianhe paused as he flipped through his system backpack and could only find spiritual skills related to external defense.

He had forgotten that there would be no such problem when his memory was sealed before.

Before completing the task, the system will definitely help the host seal the memory, and then clear the related influence after the task is completed.

Therefore, there are no such skills for sale in the system mall.

Yun Xianhe also didn't want to let that unreliable Tiandao use his brain.

The test paper was closed with a snap.

Yun Xianhe looked up at the clock. It was eleven o'clock in the evening, neither late nor early.

Just when Yun Xianhe decided to do something else to continue thinking, he heard a painful groan coming from outside the door.

"Is anyone out there?"

The man who was about to strangle the innkeeper paused.

It was at this moment that the innkeeper who was attacked quickly resisted.

During the struggle, the person hiding in the darkness heard the sound of a chair being pushed away from inside the house. He slammed his tongue fiercely, pushed the innkeeper out hard, and turned and ran away.

This time Yun Xianhe heard clearly the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground and the sound of quick footsteps.

"Cough! Cough! Cough!"

The innkeeper who escaped death fell to the ground in a panic, coughing.

Yun Xianhe suddenly turned on the corridor light and could only see a figure disappearing around the corner of the corridor.

The other person was dressed in black, obviously not wanting to be recognized.

"Boss, are you okay?"

Yun Xianhe patted the other person on the back to help him calm down, but did not go forward to help him.

With the weight of the innkeeper, if he dared to do it,

I'm afraid that the left hand will be fractured and dislocated, and the wound on the right hand will break.

The innkeeper, who had finally recovered, was protecting his neck with lingering fear. The purple marks on it looked shocking.

"No, it's okay... Thank you..."

Yun Xianhe simply checked the other person and found that it was not a big problem, but his throat might feel uncomfortable in the next two days.

"I advise you not to act alone tonight. Since the other party would attack you during this trip, it is obvious that they are well prepared."

Although he didn't know what the motive for the murder was, at least for now, the innkeeper gave him a good impression.

Even if he finally found out what kind of heinous crime the other party had committed, Yun Xianhe could guarantee that he would be sent to prison to eat special meals for a few years.

The innkeeper nodded after being reminded, still looking a little dazed, obviously he had not recovered yet.

Yun Xianhe glanced at the evidence at the scene - a long thin rope.

The murderer must have worn gloves, so even if the body was sent to the inspection department, only the fingerprints of the struggling innkeeper would be found.

"Does the boss usually have any grudges against anyone?"

"Hey? Is that the person in this villa now?"

Seeing Yun Xianhe nodded, the boss thought about it carefully.

It seemed that apart from Fujisawa, who had helped him write a book before, there was no one he knew on this trip.

But Fujisawa has no grudge against him.

The innkeeper, who had no idea, shook his head.

Yun Xianhe patted the other person's shoulder soothingly, then stood up and prepared to leave.

"Let's find someone to treat the wound later."

He felt as if he was a little sleepy.

“Please, please wait a moment!”

"Ok?"

The innkeeper got up from the floor and looked at Yun Xianhe, seeming to be hesitant to speak:

"You are Mr. Kumo who came with that little Conan, right?"

"Ah."

"Mr. Yun, could you please accompany me for a while tonight?"

"?"

Yun Xianhe was stunned for a moment and realized that the other party was afraid that someone else would rush out and harm him.

But Yun Xianhe didn't want to stay up all night, even if it was late at night, he didn't want to stay up all night with this uncle.

So the kind-hearted hero came up with a compromise.

"I can find someone who is absolutely safe to accompany you."

When Hattori Heiji opened the door, the words "was woken up" were written all over his face.

When he saw Yun Xianhe standing outside the door, he was still a little unresponsive.

"What's wrong, Xianhe-kun?"

"Give it to you."

"?? Hey! What's going on?!"

Yun Xianhe pushed the innkeeper into the room and even considerately closed the door.

“Please—”

The boy's voice gradually faded away.

Standing in the room, Hattori Heiji and the innkeeper stared at each other.

The latter, with a bit of embarrassment, recounted how he had almost been killed, and Hattori's sleepiness disappeared immediately.

"You said you were attacked?! Wait, isn't there a surveillance camera in the corridor? If we play back the tape, we should be able to find out who the criminal is, right?"

Speaking of this, the innkeeper smiled awkwardly:

“That camera is just a decoration.”

"...What about Xianhe? Why did he leave you to me and go away?"

"Mr. Yun said he is a patient and can't stay up late..."

"..."

After a moment of silence, the two of them sat on the bed, each in a daze.

Hattori Heiji looked at his boss who was not sleepy at all, then glanced at the clock on the wall and yawned deeply.

Although he wanted to go out and look for any clues, he couldn't leave the frightened innkeeper alone here.

Really...that guy Xianhe.

At the same time, Yun Xianhe in the corridor on the other side was still marveling at his own cleverness.

However, before he could be happy for long, he heard a ding from the auxiliary system.

[It was detected that the host prevented the innkeeper from being killed, and the story direction was changed. 】

[The relevant person is detected to be of low importance, and is currently being extracted from the 'minor illness' document...]

Yun Xianhe paused and subconsciously reached out to hold the wall of the corridor.

[Drawing completed, congratulations to the host for obtaining 'Sudden Stomach Pain' (one-time), now issued. ]

Can stomachache be a one-time thing?

Yun Xianhe raised his eyebrows.

Just when I was about to ask what this one-time thing meant, I felt like my entire stomach was suddenly punched by someone.

The severe pain forced Yun Xianhe to bend down, one hand tightly wrapped around his waist, and he staggered to his knees.

Shit, no need to explain, he got it.

The boy's face, which had originally had some color, turned pale in an instant, and he bit his lower lip with his pearly teeth to suppress his voice.

"Idle Crane?"

Conan, who had been doing papers all night and was going to the bathroom, just went out and saw a person squatting against the wall of the corridor not far away.

The other person's iconic white hair was easy to recognize, and he almost subconsciously called out the other person's name.

Yun Xianhe, who was in excruciating pain, was still slowly adjusting his breathing and did not reply.

The little detective walked over quickly:

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

It’s no wonder he asked this. After all, Yun Xianhe left him with a very fragile impression.

You never know if this person will suddenly fall down the next second.

"It's okay, I'll take it easy."

The pale-faced boy curled his lips slightly towards the young detective and let out a breath intermittently.

Conan glanced at the other person from head to toe, and finally came to the conclusion:

"Stomachache? Didn't you have a good dinner tonight?"

"have eaten,"

Could it be a complication caused by something?

Yun Xianhe, who had long been accustomed to the installation package made by Tiandao, the scumbag, took a deep breath and tremblingly took out two painkillers.

Thanks to the discount at the system mall, he just wholesaled ten boxes, which will last for a long time.