People in Detective Conan are going crazy over the comments section.

The night is getting late.

Every household had already turned off their lights, preparing to drift off to sleep with their families and soothe the fatigue of a long day's work.

However, compared to everyone else, the Mouri Detective Agency still had one light on, which stood out brightly in the pitch-black night.

"Hey~"

Shortly after, the door to the Mori Detective Agency was pushed open.

Conan cautiously peeked out and quietly observed his surroundings. Seeing that no one was in the living room, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

But when he quietly entered the house, he found that the girl was sitting quietly on the sofa, looking at him with a gentle smile, but no matter how she tried to hide it, she could not conceal her exhaustion.

"Little... Little Lan, why aren't you asleep yet?"

"Um...I came back..."

Before the plan even began, Conan had already told Ran that he was going to stay overnight at Dr. Agasa's house, and that coming back now felt a little strange.

Conan knew that doing this was tantamount to asking himself for trouble.

But for some reason, after hearing what Asakawa Yu said tonight, he admitted that his mind was in turmoil.

Before he was even ready, his body had already brought him back here.

At this moment, Conan also noticed that no matter what he said to cover up the embarrassment, Ran, who was sitting on the sofa, just kept looking at him quietly, her eyes filled with tenderness.

Gradually, Conan slowly lowered his head, his glasses reflecting the light.

[Oh!! It's here, it's here! I've been wanting to see this!]

[Yeah, it's almost 400 episodes now, they're finally going to confess!]

[I've always had opportunities before, but I always got interrupted. If I get interrupted again this time, I'll really have to send Aoyama a knife.]

"Dad has already gone to sleep. I heard there was a murder at the party, and even Hattori showed up."

Conan listened quietly to Ran's words, without interrupting at all.

"You know what? The most amazing thing is that Hattori dressed up as Shinichi. Even though he had never met Shinichi before, the two of them seemed to get along exceptionally well. Don't you think so, Shinichi?"

!!!

Ran's call of "Shinichi!" disrupted all of Conan's plans, leaving him with only endless guilt. He slowly removed his glasses, lowered his head, and asked:

"You... you know everything, Xiaolan?"

At this moment, Conan looked up and realized that the girl in front of him already had tears welling up in her eyes and her voice was becoming hoarse.

"Why didn't you tell me? Why did you never think of relying on me? Did you think I shouldn't stand by your side and face this with you?"

Faced with Ran's seemingly venting and complaining words, Conan once again lowered his head in guilt.

"No...no, I just...don't want you to get hurt."

"Shinichi, do you remember what you said to me at the Observation Restaurant?"

Conan was taken aback by Ran's sudden question, then his eyes widened in surprise.

Ran bent down and gently patted Conan's head. "You told me to wait for you, and to come back to me after you'd taken care of everything."

"But...why...why didn't you tell me? You've always been by my side."

A few tears glistened at the corners of her eyes, a mixture of Xiaolan's longing and pain.

"I'm sorry, Lan."

At this moment, Conan could say nothing more, lowered his head deeply, and quietly waited for Ran's condemnation and abuse.

To his surprise, Xiaolan did not do as he expected, but instead wiped away her tears with her hand.

"I want to be alone for a while now."

After saying that, Ran slowly got up and walked towards her room without even glancing at Conan again; her steps were unusually resolute.

"orchid……"