Model worker and his little darling

“Brother Pingqing, come with me. This is a gathering of Sherlock Holmes fans. If you answer all the questions correctly, you can get a first edition of Sherlock Holmes’s famous work, The Scarlet Letter, which was first published.”

Ping Qing's ears twitched. Sherlock Holmes? That's definitely going to be bad.

Well, I've had too much going on lately, and I'm feeling lazy; I don't really want to do anything.

Seeing Conan's expectant gaze, Heikiri pried Conan's little hand away.

"Conan, why don't you ask Uncle to go with you? Uncle is a famous detective too, he would probably enjoy this kind of gathering of mystery fans."

Conan shook his head: "Uncle will be going too. Heiji, don't you like Sherlock Holmes? That's why I specifically asked you to go with me."

Pingqing pointed to his mother beside him, "Conan, my mother just returned to Japan, and I have to accompany her to visit some old friends. I'm sorry, Conan, I can't come with you this time."

Chikako gave an apologetic smile: "I'm sorry, Conan."

Seeing that Hirai couldn't go, Conan had no choice but to return dejectedly.

"Hmm? That kid kindly invited you, why did you refuse?"

"I'm not a real Sherlock Holmes fan, I'm not interested in this. Mom, aren't you curious about Conan? You could secretly follow him and observe him."

"There will be plenty of opportunities in the future, there's no need to rush."

Pingqing watched TV and remembered the incident. It seemed that Conan had revealed his true identity and reunited with Heiji Hattori. He decided not to disturb the two best friends.

Suddenly, Hirakiyo's attention was drawn to the news report on television.

"The Ryujin, which sank during a typhoon seven years ago, suddenly reappeared on the sea off Shikijima. A legend circulates on this island: a navy that was defeated in a battle over four hundred years ago… It is said that seven years ago, the ship's owner converted all his assets into gold bars to evade taxes and planned to flee abroad…"

Pingqing nudged Chikako, who was reading a book next to him, and said, "Mom, the Holmes party isn't very fun. I'll take you treasure hunting instead."

Chikako ignored Hirakiyo's little gestures and didn't even look up.

Do you really believe there are gold nuggets on this island?

Ping Qing chuckled, "Believe me, I've already found a lot of treasures."

There are always people in this world busy searching for treasure, and that's him.

All the gold nuggets sank into the sea this time; how could he let that happen?

He took out his phone and called Gin.

Hmm? You answered instantly. You seem to have a lot of free time.

"what's up?"

"Koto-chan~, looks like you've been pretty free lately. How about we go treasure hunting together?"

Gin also became interested when he heard about the treasure, after all, Taira no Kiyoshi was indeed a treasure hunter, and he had found a lot of good things the previous two times.

"Where? When?"

"We're going out to sea this time. Get the boat ready so we can go on a cruise. Trust me, we've got some great stuff coming our way."

"it is good."

Seeing that Gin had agreed, Heisei immediately moved closer to his mother and asked, "So, how about it? Do you want to go out and have some fun?"

Chikako looked at Hirai with a surprised expression: "Does Gin also believe in treasure? This is not like him."

Ping Qing revealed a smug smile: "That's right, he's very interested in treasure."

"Oh, really? When you can't find the treasure and get beaten up by Gin, I won't be pleading for you."

"Mom, you are my own mother, how can you be so heartless?"

Not long after, Gin's car arrived downstairs.

Pingqing immediately rushed downstairs; Little Qianqian, here he comes.

Chikako shook her head with amusement at Hirai's hurried and flustered appearance, and followed him.

Vodka dreaded the thought of going on a mission with Yu Lu, and now with the addition of a woman, he felt his status had been lowered even further.

The group boarded a ship at the port and, after a three-hour voyage, finally arrived at Shikijima.

But it's still broad daylight, and there are people everywhere on the island.

We circled the ship around to the legendary naval cave, picked up a telescope, and saw that there were quite a few people there as well.

Ping Qing frowned. Wasn't this supposed to be the birthplace of a terrifying legend? Nobody dared to come here normally.

It seems the people on this island have become much bolder in their pursuit of treasure.

Seeing this, Pingqing could only suppress his excitement. "It seems we can't act now; we can only wait until tonight."

Gin nodded. They couldn't just drift at sea until nightfall, so they brought the ship ashore.

The people at the port were astonished to see a ship arrive; this was the first time an outsider had come since news of what had happened on their island spread.

Seeing the person receiving them looking trembling with fear, Ping Qing belatedly glanced at his own people.

Well, three men in black standing together are indeed a bit scary.

His dear mother didn't want to move and went to sleep.

Pingqing stood in front, flashing a bright smile, trying his best to appear kind.

"Young man, we're running low on supplies on our ship and would like to resupply on your island. Don't worry, we'll be leaving soon and won't bother you."

The people who greeted them took them to a rest stop, since their island was quite a distance from the mainland, and ships would come to their island from time to time to resupply.

The group stayed at the rest stop until nightfall, then boarded a boat and left.

This relieved the person who was receiving them; thankfully, this group wasn't after the naval treasure.

Under the cover of night, the four of them sneaked onto the island.

Pingqing quickly darted into the cave, which was pitch black inside. He slowly walked in along the path.

Soon we reached the end, where a Buddhist shrine came into view, with a few candles burning, bringing a sliver of light to the dark cave.

Pingqing looked it over and realized that this was the shrine where the Navy King was worshipped in the village.

After pushing the shrine aside, there is another cave inside.

Seeing that Pingqing didn't move, Vodka wanted to continue walking forward.

Pingqing grabbed Vodka and said, "Don't you feel that this staircase is strange? It's obviously not naturally formed, but rather something that someone deliberately piled up here."

Pingqing squatted down, took out his knife, and made a cut on the brick at his feet. A glint of gold flashed.

Holding up the gold brick, he proudly showed it off to the group, saying, "This is the legendary gold nugget. See? I told you that following me would lead you to treasure."

Gin smiled slightly. "Well done."

Chikako also had a smile on her face; her son was indeed amazing.

"Hahaha, I knew something was off with you guys. I didn't expect you to actually find the gold nuggets. Alright, stand to the side and don't move, or this gun might hit you."

Ping Qing turned around speechlessly. They had known all along that someone was following them, but they had simply ignored him.

But the old man was very confident in the gun in his hand. Seeing that the others did not move, he pointed the gun at Gin.

Ping Qing's lips twitched. This old man had good eyesight; he found the strongest one right away.

Gin threw away his cigarette and subdued the old man in a flash.

Pingqing patted Vodka on the shoulder: "What are you looking at? Hurry up and move it, this is all money."

Vodka, looking completely bewildered, pointed to himself and asked, "Am I supposed to move this all by myself?"

"Otherwise, do you expect this beautiful lady, your dear older brother, and me, who is still young, to carry these heavy gold nuggets?"

Chika smiled sweetly; her son was becoming more and more talkative.

Gin glanced at Hirai, "Alright, stop joking around, hurry up and move."

After saying that, he took the old man out and threw him into the sea.

Like diligent little bees, the group worked tirelessly all night and finally managed to load all the gold nuggets onto the ship.