Model worker and his little darling

In the middle of the night, Xiaolan wanted to go to the toilet, but she was too scared to go alone, so she shook the two people next to her awake.

Conan looked at the soundly sleeping Hirai and felt a sudden pang of resentment, so he shook Hirai awake as well.

Pingqing is a light sleeper and woke up as soon as Xiaolan made a sound.

The three had no choice but to follow behind Xiaolan to protect her.

Pingqing leaned against the wall, listening to Uncle Mori and Conan still curious about the matter the abbot was talking about. Then he saw Ran holding a mask and making a 'shh' gesture to him.

Pingqing's eyes lit up; the real show was about to begin.

The two were engrossed in their conversation when Xiaolan patted them on the shoulder. When they turned around, they saw a terrifying mask.

"Ahhhh-"

The screams shattered the tranquility of the temple.

Conan and Uncle Mori were so frightened by Ran that they collapsed to the ground, and then Kuan Nian appeared out of nowhere.

"Did something happen?"

Uncle Mori stood up and chuckled, "No, nothing really happened." Then he pulled the group into the room.

"Hey Pingqing, you've gone too far. Why didn't you remind us?"

"Yeah, Brother Pingqing, you're so mean!"

Ping Qing chuckled, "Because I also want to see if you guys will be scared."

"What? You're all scared too, all you do is criticize me."

……

The next morning, as they were packing their things, Xiu Nian knocked on the door.

"Dear guests, breakfast is ready."

The group followed him to the restaurant and discovered that none of them had slept well the night before.

"what--"

Conan and the uncle, forgetting their drowsiness, rushed towards the source of the sound.

Pingqing finished his breakfast in a few bites; he had a lot to do later, and he hadn't eaten enough yesterday.

Pushing open the door of the meditation room, Kuan Nian was sitting on the ground with a look of fear on his face, staring at the roof beam, where the abbot was hanging.

Well, that saves me some money on accommodation.

Soon, Inspector Megure arrived, looking speechlessly at these familiar faces at the crime scene.

Pingqing was surprised. Was such a remote place also within Inspector Megure's jurisdiction?

“That was a case I was in charge of. Two years ago, a monk named Chung-Nien was also found hanging from a beam, just like the abbot. At that time, the case was closed as a suicide.”

The matter that had intrigued the group all night was revealed by Inspector Megure.

After listening to Inspector Megure's words and glancing at the high roof beams, Uncle Mori came to a conclusion: the abbot committed suicide!

Ping Qing's lips twitched. So their trip to admire the flowers was a pretense; their real purpose was to clean up Inspector Megure's mess.

What? The police manual says that wherever cherry blossoms bloom, there are suicides.

It's a miracle that Inspector Megure survived without being retaliated against after making so many wrong judgments.

Conan was busy searching for clues when he saw Hirai standing by the waterfall, lost in thought.

He was hungry; he really wanted to go back and eat.

"Brother Pingqing, do you know who the murderer is?"

"Um...I don't know."

He was hungry, he was sleepy, he didn't want to move, so he left the case to Conan.

Conan grinned smugly. This time, he finally found the culprit before Hirai Kiyoshi, as he held the crucial evidence.

As Conan begins to prepare to solve the case, Hirai finds a place to watch Conan show off.

After a series of complicated methods, Xiu Nian finally confessed to her crime.

Conan smiled broadly after seeing Xiu Nian confess, this case had restored his confidence as a detective. He wanted to show Taira Kiyoshi the right way to solve cases.

“Detective, it’s a real shame. If you had visited this temple two years ago, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”

Pingqing glanced at the crowd, gave a mocking smile, and thought, "This world is really strange."

The guilty are never punished in time, but the avengers are always vindicated.

The case was perfectly resolved, and Inspector Megure sent them back to Tokyo.

……

Perhaps because the Grim Reaper has been using his powers too frequently lately, his skills have entered a cooldown period. Recently, Conan has been happily going to school, and nothing major has happened.

Pingqing, who was lazing around at home, received a message from Gin, asking him to go to Songtao District.

He remembered it as an affluent area surrounded by prestigious universities. From the Meiji era onwards, it was a place where royalty and nobility resided. In modern times, many political and business figures, as well as prominent gentry and wealthy merchants, still chose to live there; the residences of the Governor of Tokyo and former prime ministers are located there.

Was he going to pull off a heist at some rich man's house? He quickly changed into Yu Lu's face and headed towards Xiao Qianqian.

Upon arrival, a grand villa came into view.

I knocked on the door, and surprisingly, it was Vodka who opened it.

"My elder brother is in the study. He told you to go straight in when you arrive."

Ping Qing frowned as she walked inside, feeling a sense of impending doom.

Upon opening the door, Pingqing saw a woman; her familiar back view immediately caught his eye.

He immediately pounced on her, wrapped his arms around her neck, and nuzzled her affectionately.

"Mom, why are you here?"

The woman cupped Ping Qing's face in her hands, looked at it, and then pushed him away, saying, "Your face isn't pretty."

Pingqing removed his disguise and sat obediently next to the woman, looking at his mother with a hurt expression: "Mom, why didn't you tell me you were coming to Japan? I could have picked you up. Am I no longer your favorite son? You actually came to see Gin first."

The woman pinched Pingqing's cheek: "My dear son, I came here because I heard you did a lot of things in Japan."

Pingqing glanced at the two of them and realized that Gin had just been badmouthing him to his mother.

Gin glanced disdainfully at Hirai's sticky and cuddly appearance, nodded to the woman, and left.

"Mom, what's going on? You've come to Japan, what am I going to do about Dad?"

“Your dad is almost fully recovered and will be coming to Japan in a while. It’s mainly because Gin said you’ve been having some mental health issues lately, and we were worried about you, so we came to see you.”

Pingqing turned around in front of the woman.

"See, I'm fine. When Dad had the accident, wasn't it you who wouldn't let me go back to America?"

The woman pulled Pingqing aside and examined him carefully. Only after finding no problems did she truly relax and gently ruffle Pingqing's hair.

"It was me who wouldn't let you go back; it was too dangerous during that time. Besides, didn't you do something big in Japan? The FBI was sending you gifts every day during that period."

"Hehe, Mom, you already know."

The woman tapped Ping Qing's forehead: "Do you think I don't know what kind of person you are? And do you think those people would have passed the message on to you if I hadn't nodded?"

Upon hearing this, Pingqing immediately hugged the woman and acted coquettishly, "Mom, are you going to stay in Japan from now on? Also, what's the deal with this villa?"

“I will indeed be staying in Japan for a while, since my people are in Europe and I still need to keep an eye on things. This villa was bought by your father when he was in Japan, and it's surrounded by high-ranking officials and celebrities, you know what I mean.”

Ping Qing was shocked. He also owned a large villa, so why did he live in that small Western-style house?

"Mom, why didn't you tell me about this place when I went back to Japan?"

He pinched Pingqing's aggrieved little face, "Living here is too conspicuous. Will you be able to complete your mission in peace after you move in?"

Ping Qingyi thought about it and realized that, given his personality, he would never go out, no matter what.

"Most importantly, I heard you have a girl you like, so of course I had to come back to see you."

Seeing his mother's teasing look, Pingqing was taken aback. What girl did he like?

"Mom, who told you this?"