Unable to figure it out, Huihara Ai soon stopped thinking about it and just stared at Conan with a warning: "I don't care who Granburch is, but you can't drag Chu Ming brother with you.

You weren't absent when Chu Ming came back covered in wounds last time. What if Chu Ming accidentally showed up in front of Granburch to help you this time and made him remember something? That would be very dangerous for Chu Ming!"

Conan shrank his neck and didn't dare to speak. There was nothing wrong with him taking the risk, but when he thought about the last time Chu Ming came back covered in blood and dying, he suddenly became speechless.

Chu Ming felt guilty when he saw this, and said something to help Conan: "I am actually sure, don't worry."

How could I not be worried... Brother Chu Ming is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he has to go deep into the organization for their affairs. He is walking on thin ice. If he makes a mistake, he will be doomed.

"Brother Chu Ming..." Huiyuan Ai lowered her head, feeling a little sad, but because Conan was present she couldn't say too much, so she finally said four words, "Be careful."

Chu Ming reached out and ruffled Conan and Huihara Ai's hair, comforting them: "It's okay, I will act according to the circumstances."

"Kids, it's time to gather." Mr. Ejiri saw a ship coming from afar and knew that it was Dr. Agasa coming to pick up the children, so he called everyone together and asked them to pack up their things and prepare to take the ship back.

Chu Ming helped the kids pack up their fishing gear and the fish they caught, and carried them to the dock together. It must be said that these kids were quite lucky, as the fish they caught were quite large.

But because Conan kept muttering around him, all his fish were scared away, and in the end he only caught a sea fish the size of his palm.

This is in stark contrast to the children's buckets filled with harvest.

Listening to the kids discussing how big the fish Yuan Tai caught was, Chu Ming quickly stuffed the fish bucket in his hand into Conan's hands, saying nonchalantly, "You caught a lot of fish, more than 20 in total, unlike Conan, who only caught one small fish."

Hearing this, Mitsuhiko took a look at the bucket in Conan's hand and saw that there was only one fish swimming around in the bucket full of water. He immediately laughed and said, "Conan is usually so powerful, but it turns out that you also have something you can't handle."

Conan held the black pot in one hand, pursed his lips, and finally did not expose Chu Ming's face-saving behavior. He changed the subject and said, "You caught so many fish, why don't we go to the doctor's house to eat a whole fish dish tonight?"

"Great!" The children cheered and ran to the dock, waving at the approaching ship. "Doc, we caught so many fish~"

As the ship got closer, the outline of the person standing on the deck gradually became clearer. It was Okiya Subaru, whom they had just been talking about.

Haibara Ai was originally talking to the children with a smile on her face, but suddenly her expression changed. She grabbed Chu Ming's clothes and shrank behind him.

"It's him. I can feel... that dark, suffocating atmosphere..."

Chu Ming took a photo with the system, took off his windbreaker, wrapped Huihara Ai up, and then held her in his arms, whispering to comfort her: "Bury your head and say that the sea breeze is a bit uncomfortable. Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Huihara Ai put her hand on Chu Ming's shoulder, buried her head in his neck, and stood still like a little quail.

Conan helped to cover for her and explained to the children, "Graybara said that she felt cold from the wind and had a headache. Chu Ming-ge held her and helped to block the wind for her."

The children are quite sensible when they are not doing anything wrong. They looked at Haibara Ai with concern when they heard this. Genta even said that he could share half of his beloved eel rice with Haibara, saying that whenever he was sick, he would recover quickly by eating eel rice.

Huihara Ai poked her eyes out from over Chu Ming's shoulder and thanked the children. She felt warm in her heart, and even her fear was somewhat dispelled.

When the boat docked, Subaru Okiya jumped off the boat and greeted the children with a smile.

"Aren't you the university graduate student who used to live in Trojan Village? How come you are here?" Mitsuhiko asked curiously.

"The doctor wanted to come pick you up, but the automatic ham and egg cooking machine he developed for the neighbors had some problems, so the neighbors came to him. I thought it would be fixed quickly, but now it seems that it will take a long time, so I will pick you up today."

Looking at Okiya Subaru, who had curved eyebrows and a gentle smile, several children shrank back behind Chu Ming like little chickens. Mitsuhiko was the first to stick his head out: "Brother Chu Ming is here to accompany us, the doctor shouldn't have called someone else to pick us up. Brother, you are not a kidnapper, right?"

Yuan Tai followed up with a chattering: "I eat a lot, it's not worth it for you to take me back..."

Ayumi was just pretending to be powerful: "Brother Chu Ming is very powerful. He can kick people into the wall and they can't get out. You can't kidnap us!"

Conan looked at the three children hiding behind Chu Ming and the one he was holding in his arms without saying a word, and finally chose to join in. He grabbed the corner of Chu Ming's clothes and moved silently behind him.

Akai Shuichi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. These kids were quite alert. He raised his hands to indicate that he meant no harm. "It was the doctor who was saying that he didn't have time to pick you up. I happened to have nothing to do, so I volunteered to take on this task."

Seeing that the children were unmoved, he continued to look at Conan: "Conan has seen me, right? Or you helped rent the house next to the doctor to me, and that little lady also knows."

Huihara Ai didn't even raise her head from beneath Chu Ming's body, but Conan was named and couldn't hide away, so he stepped out to testify for him: "Really, this is the doctor's neighbor, Mr. Okiya Subaru, who is temporarily renting the Kudo residence."

Chu Ming slightly relaxed his tense muscles, patted Huihara Ai's stiff back in comfort, nodded to Akai Hide, and said politely and distantly: "Mr. Okiya, I can actually take a few children back with me. I'm sorry to have asked you to make a special trip. I really trouble you."

Of course, Shuichi Akai felt that Chu Ming was tense and on guard when the children hid behind him. He could only feel that Chu Ming must be quite skilled and was quite caring towards the children.

I never thought that Chu Ming was pretending.

"It's no trouble. I don't have anything to do anyway. The doctor has helped me a lot." Okiya Subaru said a few polite words and then turned the topic to Haibara Ai, "What's wrong with this young lady? Are you feeling unwell?"

Chu Ming hugged Huiyuan Ai and changed direction to avoid his sight: "It's just that the wind is a little uncomfortable, just lean on her for a while and she will be fine. She is a little shy, and she is embarrassed if you stand too close to her."

He knew that he most likely came here to protect Haibara Ai, but Chu Ming had malicious intentions and didn't want him to have any contact with Haibara Ai.

It's his own bad taste that he exposed the organization's aura the first time he met Haibara Ai.

Although she quickly restrained herself, it was too late. Haibara Ai was now deeply traumatized by the organization, and she was worried about Chu Ming's situation, so there was no way she was willing to contact him anymore.

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