ten minutes ago

click-

"Garden!"

Ran was adjusting her bikini when she heard a click. She immediately turned around and glared angrily at her friend Sonoko Suzuki.

"What are you doing!"

"whee,"

Sonoko Suzuki just chuckled.

"Of course I'm taking your picture!"

"Tell me, if I send this picture to Shinichi, what will he think...?"

"Dah!"

Ran almost fainted from fright when she heard what Suzuki Sonoko said.

She sternly stopped Yuanzi from posting these "private photos" of her childhood friends and besties!

"Give me the camera right now!"

Xiaolan tried her best to put on a very serious expression and shouted at Yuanzijiao.

Sonoko knows her girlfriend all too well; she immediately resorts to tantrums and jokes.

"No, no, I just won't give it to you!"

As she spoke, she immediately took out her phone to operate it.

Xiao Lan became even more anxious upon seeing this, and started running towards the garden, her feet sinking into the seawater.

"Give me......"

"Xiaolan!"

When Ran rushed in front of her, Sonoko Suzuki's expression suddenly turned serious for no apparent reason.

Xiao Lan was also stunned.

"What's wrong?"

"Xiaolan, you know I've always wanted a boyfriend."

Sonoko Suzuki spoke in a deep voice.

Xiaolan nodded in agreement.

She knew her best friend's personality: bold enough to think and act, but too afraid to actually do it...

"However, I haven't achieved anything all these years."

Sonoko looked somewhat downcast, and her voice sounded rather muffled.

Seeing this, Xiaolan immediately forgot about getting her photo back and started comforting her.

"Sonoko, it's okay. It's their loss that they didn't like you..."

Sonoko Suzuki shook her head.

She looked even more disappointed.

"I used to think that way too."

"I thought it was because I always stayed in high-end hotels and villas when I traveled that people thought I was unapproachable."

"So this time I specially booked a not-so-high-end hotel, just to find my true love."

"But......"

Sonoko Suzuki looked at Ran, speaking very seriously, word by word.

"I've noticed that everyone's eyes are on you!"

"I?!"

Xiaolan pointed to herself, looking somewhat bewildered.

"Really? I didn't feel anything."

"It's because you're too naive!"

Sonoko Suzuki raised her voice.

"Men will feel a protective instinct when they see you!"

"so,"

Sonoko abruptly changed the subject, her voice lowering as she looked at her best friend with a hint of pleading.

"Xiao Lan, please let me go back and rest for a while."

"Okay...?"

After saying that, Sonoko Suzuki slowly withdrew her gaze.

She shook her head, turned around, and walked back with her camera.

"The garden..."

Seeing Sonoko's state, Xiaolan also felt somewhat distressed and hesitated to speak.

She couldn't help but question herself: Had she really unintentionally hurt her best friend...?

Until she saw Sonoko Suzuki, who had taken a few steps, pick up her camera again and start fiddling with something...

Ran Mouri: !!!

"Garden!"

Xiao Lan suddenly remembered what she had been about to do, and, both shocked and furious, she took off chasing after him.

"Give me the camera right now!"

"Ahhh—we've been discovered!"

Sonoko Suzuki screamed and ran forward while laughing.

Unfortunately, the gardener was a complete novice and was caught by Xiaolan in just two steps.

"Humph!"

Xiaolan snatched the camera back, letting out a soft snort.

"You dared to take pictures of me without my permission!"

She was looking through her phone when she froze.

There are no sexy bikini photos of her inside; all there are are landscape photos and normal photos of the two of them together...

"ah!"

Xiao Lan smiled and gently patted the garden.

"You lied to me again!"

"Hehe, you're still so easy to fool."

Sonoko Suzuki smiled too.

She smoothed her hair, her face falling.

"It's all your fault. I'm tired. Let's go back and rest for a while."

"Okay, I'll do whatever you want."

Xiaolan took Yuanzi's hand, and the two of them started to walk back.

After taking only two steps, Xiaolan saw someone she had met recently.

So she immediately ran up in a few steps, waved in that direction,

"Mr. Long! I didn't expect to see you here!"

"Ah, it's Miss Mori."

When Tequila saw Ran Mouri come over to greet her, she stood up, smiled at her, and said...

"What a coincidence! I never expected to run into you in Izu."

"Have Mr. Mori and Conan arrived?"

No,

Xiaolan is very warm and welcoming to everyone, responding with a smile.

"Dad supposedly has a request, and Conan also said that the others are still dragging him away to play."

"Haha, what a pity,"

Tequila smiled with a hint of regret.

"I quite like Conan."

"Conan likes you too,"

Ran thought back to how Tequila had saved Conan and Ai Haibara, and couldn't help but express her gratitude once again.

"If it weren't for you last time, Conan and Ai might have been in danger."

"Eh--"

Tequila waved his hand dismissively.

"It's just a little effort."

At this moment, Xiaolan remembered that Sonoko was still by her side, so she introduced it to Agave.

"Mr. Ryu, let me introduce you. This is my good friend, Sonoko Suzuki, who came out with me."

Then, he introduced the agave to Sonoko Suzuki.

"Sonoko, this is Mr. Ryuji Ryu, the same Mr. Ryu who saved Conan."

"Ms. Suzuki, hello."

Tequila extended her hand, intending to exchange polite greetings.

Sonoko stealthily glanced at the agave's appearance, then quickly looked away.

Waaaaah, that old man was so scary...

If she were to go out alone, Sonoko would run as far away as possible if she saw agave.

However, with Ran as both a guarantee of character and a source of strength, Sonoko's vigilance has lessened considerably.

"Hello, Mr. Long,"

Sonoko grabbed Agave's large hand.

"I am Sonoko Suzuki. Please take care of me from now on."

"I also want to thank you for saving Conan. That brat may be a bit arrogant, but..."

"Eh?!"

Just as Sonoko was about to say something to Agave, Ran let out another exclamation.

She took two steps to the side and pointed ahead.

"Doctor Chengshi!"

"Hehe, Miss Mori, hello there."

Shiho Miyano greeted Ran with a very stiff expression.

Awkward. I've already said the opening remarks. What should we talk about next...?

Xiaolan was also a little embarrassed.

I chatted with Mr. Long for a while and even introduced him to the garden, but then I discovered that there was a Dr. Narumi next to me.

Sigh, there's nothing I can do...

Mr. Long was so large that I spotted him immediately, and my attention was completely drawn to him, so I couldn't see anyone else.

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