Model worker and his little darling

Conan: ...

How can he not be a man? He's just thinking that since he's Shinichi Kudo and hasn't seen Kiyotaka for a long time, catching up with him first will make it easier to ask him questions.

"Um... I wanted to ask... what happened to Xiaolan yesterday?"

"Didn't you run away right after you said that yesterday? What do you want to know about Xiaolan?"

"What did Xiaolan say to you right in front of my house? She even fainted afterwards. What did you do to Xiaolan, you bastard? You were even holding her..."

Hearing Conan's exasperated voice, Hirai smiled like a fox: "Shinichi Kudo, how did you know Ran went to your house and that she fainted?"

"Of course I saw it with my own eyes..."

"Oh, really? Where did you see it?"

"Behind you..." Conan was startled as he spoke; Hirai was testing him. "Haha, actually, Conan told me that."

"Hmm, so after you went missing, you sent Conan to Ran's side to keep an eye on the men around her, right?"

Upon hearing this, Conan shouted at the top of his lungs, "I'm not that kind of person!"

Hearing the sudden increase in volume, Pingqing rubbed his ears and said, "If it's not true, then it's not true. Why are you making such a loud noise? Why don't you call Xiaolan yourself?"

He... dared not. He felt terrible when he saw Xiaolan crying yesterday, and he was afraid that Xiaolan would cry if he called her.

"I'm investigating a dangerous case and I don't want Ran to worry," Conan's bitter voice came through.

"Shinichi Kudo, I'm not trying to be mean, but if you want to know, you should ask him yourself. Don't send Conan, a little kid..."

Heiji repeated to Conan what he had just lectured him.

Conan listened to these familiar words and was speechless; he had been lectured again.

"However, I have a piece of advice for you: waiting too long for someone will lead to disappointment, and following someone for too long will also be tiring. As for what Xiaolan said, I'm sorry, I can't tell you that yet."

After saying that, Pingqing hung up the phone immediately.

After fooling Conan again, Hirakiyo was in a great mood.

So I called to ask how his money-making venture was going.

I learned from the director that filming for "The Overbearing CEO Falls in Love with Me" would be finished in a couple of days, but Moroboshi Dai was injured during filming and will not be able to work for a while.

What? Shuichi Akai is injured.

Wow, she's really ruthless to herself.

That freak, even if the film crew blew up, he wouldn't get hurt.

Upon learning that Amuro Tooru was alright, Taira Kiyoshi breathed a sigh of relief. That was the male lead in his next drama, and he couldn't afford to get hurt.

Oh, what a pity. I originally wanted Shuichi Akai and Tooru Amuro to play the two male leads.

Just as Taira was pondering what type of drama to film next, Gin called.

"Koto-chan~~, did you miss me?"

"You seem to have a lot of free time lately, go to Moonshadow Island and deal with a few drug dealers."

Ping Qing looked shocked: "Big brother, aren't we the villains? When did we have to help the police deal with drug dealers?"

"Ha—, a small drug trafficking gang from over a decade ago, after a few years of silence, has recently started clamoring to cooperate with the organization, offering to provide them with guns and help them with some kind of election. I don't know where they got the guts."

Ping Qing was speechless. You little gang of just a few people actually want to cooperate with the organization? Do you have a death wish?

However, it seems Conan will also be involved in this case; I'll just hang out with him and let him get by.

"Okay, I'll handle the drug dealers. Qin-chan~~, did you see the message I sent you a couple of days ago?"

Gin was taken aback: "What?"

Ping Qing immediately raised his voice and began to speak: "Gin, what do you mean? How can you be like this? I saw that you read my message, and now you're pretending not to know?"

Gin:......

He has so many things to do every day, if he reads something but doesn't reply, it means it's not important. If it's not important, who's going to remember it?

Sensing Gin's silence, Taira snorted and hung up the phone.

……

After thinking for a moment, Pingqing took the cake made by Aunt Keiko to the Mouri Detective Agency, something he learned from Shuichi Akai.

"Brother Pingqing, you're here! We were just about to invite you to go to Moonshadow Island together."

"Ran, Conan, this is a cake made by Aunt Keiko. Eating dessert can make you feel better." Hirai placed the cake on the table.

"Moonshadow Island? Uncle, have you received a request?"

"Yes, Dad got a commission, and the fee has already been transferred. There's no other way but to go. We can also go sightseeing while we're at it. Pingqing, let's go together tomorrow."

"Great! It would be wonderful to travel with you all."

Conan was watching Hirai from behind. The bugging device he had placed in Hirai's house had been damaged. He had hidden it very well, but it had still been discovered.

A few of us kids recently visited his house. He should know that the listening device is related to us, but he won't say anything.

Yesterday, he spoke to me in the same tone as if I were an adult. Last time, at the crime scene, he kept staring at me.

What exactly is Ping Qing's identity? He's an 18-year-old genius with amazing skills and keen observation. Sometimes he goes out in the middle of the night and doesn't return until dawn.

As Conan pondered this, he suddenly felt a sense of dread. Could it be related to those two men in black, or were they there to spy on him?

No, no, it's been a year since Pingqing moved next door to his uncle's house. Back then, he was still Shinichi Kudo, and they even ate together.

Unless Hiraikiyo possessed precognitive abilities, he wouldn't have approached him beforehand, so Hiraikiyo should have no connection to the man in black. Thinking this, Conan breathed a sigh of relief.

Pingqing glanced at Conan, whose expression was shifting constantly in the shadows, wondering what he was imagining. But that fixed gaze on someone—was he afraid they wouldn't notice?

Early the next morning, Heikiri followed Death onto the ship bound for Moonshadow Island.

"Keiji Aso, I can't find that name. That's strange." The young man at the office was puzzled.

"No, there are still letters he sent me here. Look carefully again."

The young man scratched his head: "I just arrived on this island too..."

"What happened."

"Director, you've come at the right time. This gentleman is looking for a man named Keiji Aso."

"What? Keiji Aso!!" The director's voice suddenly rose, and the people around him began to whisper among themselves when they heard the name Keiji Aso, looking at Uncle Mori and his group with horrified eyes.

"Their eyes were so strange, they were looking at us like we were dead."

Xiao Lan shivered: "Ping Qing, don't say such unlucky things."

“That’s impossible, because he… he died more than ten years ago,” the director said in great fear, his whole body trembling.

Now it was Uncle Mori and his friends' turn to be shocked.

Then, the director invited them to the reception room and began to tell them his story.

"That happened twelve years ago, on a full moon night. After many years, he returned to his hometown and held a piano recital at the village's community center. Unfortunately, after the recital, he suddenly locked himself in his home with his family and set it on fire. It is said that he killed his wife and daughter with a knife. In the raging flames, he seemed to be entangled by something, and continued to play the piano, Beethoven's Piano Sonata - Moonlight Sonata."

It must be said that these people are all very good storytellers, with vivid plots, full of emotions, and a perfect atmosphere.

However, Beethoven might not be too happy about it.