Model worker and his little darling

Just then, Hattori and Conan suddenly appeared. "Taikiyo-nii, so you were here. I was worried something had happened to you when you suddenly disappeared."

Ping Qing raised his phone. "An elder in my family suddenly called me. I just came out to answer the phone. What could possibly happen?"

"Alright, since Pingqing has other things to do, let's talk again next time."

Hearing a frail and aged voice coming from the phone, Ping Qing's lips twitched. The old man was quite the drama queen.

After putting away his phone, Pingqing looked at the two of them and asked, "So, did you find anything?"

"It's nothing, the uncle is still studying it."

Sudden--

"Ahhh-"

Hearing Ran and Kazuha's screams, the three rushed over. They saw Ran and Kazuha standing in front of the warehouse, which was already engulfed in flames.

"What's going on here?"

"Miss Junhui just said she was going to look for something in the warehouse. We thought we'd come and check on her since she hadn't come back for so long, but the warehouse is already on fire."

Conan tried to rush inside, but Hirai grabbed him, saying, "With such a big fire, do you want to die?"

As Conan looked at the raging fire, he recalled the fire on Moonshadow Island.

The scene before him was so similar to that day, and he was as powerless as ever.

Seeing Conan's expression, Hirai blinked. Asano was doing just fine at the hospital.

The fire burned all night, and the entire warehouse was reduced to ashes.

Ran and Kazuha found a letter in Kimie's room, in which Kimie wrote down everything she had done.

"The nightmare of immortality should have ended long ago. It is precisely because life is finite that it is precious and that people strive for it."

On the way back, neither Hirai nor Conan were in much spirits. Hattori looked at them helplessly and asked, "What's wrong with you two?"

Conan looked up at Hattori. "Hattori, have you ever killed anyone?"

Hattori was taken aback. Had something happened that he didn't know about?

Then Conan quietly began to talk about the case on Moonshadow Island.

Pingqing leaned weakly against the railing, glanced at Conan, and then thought about the stupid thing he had done, feeling a headache coming on.

"So you two both thought of that case. Okay, people need to look forward..."

Upon arriving at the dock, Pingqing saw a car parked not far away, and someone walking towards him, but Pingqing glared at them and turned them away.

"Uncle, I've been out having fun for several days now, and it's time for me to go back to the company and work overtime. I'm not going home now."

Conan leaned closer to Hirakiyo and asked, "Hirakiyo-nii, is there some kind of mission?"

"More or less, there are some things I need to investigate."

Hattori patted Taira no Kiyoshi on the shoulder. "Taira no Kiyoshi-nii, we're going to stay in Tokyo for two more days to attend a wedding. After you're done with your work, we can have a meal together."

Pingqing nodded. "Tsk, I wonder which family is so unlucky to have death knock out of their wedding."

Taira no longer got into the car until Uncle Mori and the others were out of sight.

He didn't know how much time had passed when Pingqing groggily opened his eyes and saw the familiar villa in the mountains.

After getting out of the car, the butler who had been accompanying the old man was waiting outside.

Upon entering the house, I saw Karasuma Renya sitting in the living room, playing chess by himself.

"You're here. Speak up, what do you want from me?"

Pingqing sat down to one side, looking at Karasuma Renya with sleepy eyes, "Grandpa, does looking for you always mean there's something wrong? Can't it just be that I missed you and came to see you on purpose?"

"Hehe, it's been so long and you didn't say you were coming. You just went out for a bit and now you're saying you're coming. What else could it be but something else?"

"Oh, I'm just here to have fun."

Karasuma Renya gave Hirakiyo a half-smile before continuing to study the chessboard.

Heiji lay sprawled on the sofa watching Karasuma Renya amuse himself. Well, he did have some questions that needed answers, and probably only Rum and the old man in the organization knew about them.

Gin probably doesn't know about those things from the past.

After thinking for a moment, Ping Qing asked a barrage of questions about his doubts.

Hearing this, Karasuma Renya laughed, "Kodaira Kiyoshi, I didn't expect you to think so much. You usually seem so indifferent to everything, I thought you really didn't care."

Pingqing blinked. How could he not care? He was just lazy about certain things.

"It doesn't matter."

Hearing Karasuma Renya's answer, Taira no Kiyoshi was relieved.

The two talked for a while until the butler came over and said, "Master, dinner is ready."

After finishing their quiet dinner, Pingqing approached Karasuma Renya and asked, "Grandpa, is there anything fun to do here? You can see the base's surveillance footage here, right? Can I go take a look?"

"No."

Hearing Karasuma Renya's heartless rejection, Taira Kiyoshi sighed, feeling a bit bored.

The next day, Karasuma Renya looked at Taira no Kiyoshi, who was squatting to the side, curiously examining his collection, and almost chuckled. It had been quiet here for a long time; it hadn't been this noisy in a long time. Taira no Kiyoshi had single-handedly captured the feeling of a whole group of people.

This child is energetic, talkative, and curious about everything.

For the entire morning, Pingqing led his butler on a tour of the entire villa, not even missing the outer pavilion. Pingqing asked about every single item on display, while the butler provided explanations.

He himself agreed to come visit Pingqing.

Fortunately, Pingqing didn't cause him any trouble, but the butler suffered, having drunk several cups of water today.

Pingqing marveled at the sight. The old saying was true: "An elder in the family is a treasure." These were all wonderful things; he really wanted to take them all home.

Although Taira no Kiyoshi hasn't done anything yet, Karasuma Renya still dialed Gin's number.

Inside the base, Gin was in a meeting, listening expressionlessly to his superiors report on the past month's events. Suddenly, he received a call from the boss.

"Gin, Taira no Kiyoshi is with me. Come and pick him up when you're done."

"Grandpa, how could you do this? I haven't had enough fun yet, and you're already kicking me out. Aren't I your most beloved little darling?"

Karasuma Renya glanced at Taira no Kiyoshi, who was leaning closer. He told Taira no Kiyoshi to leave, but Taira no Kiyoshi might not be willing. However, if Gin came to pick him up, Taira no Kiyoshi would definitely go with Gin.

Upon hearing this, Gin frowned. Wasn't Taira no Kiyoshi going out with that detective? How did he end up at the Boss's place again? It seems he's already starting to cause trouble.

"Yes, I'll go pick him up in a bit."

After hanging up the phone, Gin had a headache. He was worried that the boss would dislike Hirai, which would be bad for Hirai in the future.

The entire conference room was silent. Gin exhaled a breath of stale air and said coldly, "Continue."

The room grew even colder after Gin spoke.

After quickly ending the meeting, Gin hurriedly drove away from the base.