Conan: No, why aren't you following the script?

In the end, after much deliberation, Ai Haibara firmly rejected Kitagawa Isao's suggestion.

In any case, there's no way she could stick her head into a basin and take a bath like a baby!

Kitagawa Isao felt extremely sorry about this.

……

Before we knew it, it was noon.

After resting in their room for a while, Kitagawa Isao and Haibara Ai, who were gradually regaining their energy, arrived at the restaurant led by Ran and Sonoko.

As the president of the Suzuki Group and Japan's richest man, Shiro Suzuki's arrangements were extremely appropriate.

Considering that the passengers came from all over the world, he specially arranged meals with various flavors from different countries, just in case the guests were not used to the food and had any complaints.

For someone like Shiro Suzuki, money is just a number; compared to that, face is the most important thing.

Therefore, as soon as Kitagawa Isao entered the restaurant, he saw four tables full of various delicacies in front of him.

Chinese food, Japanese food, Western food, and Russian cuisine were all served on the tables, which was quite crowded. It was clear that Shiro Suzuki had put a lot of thought into it.

Kitagawa Isao naturally led Haibara Ai to the Chinese restaurant table, ready to enjoy the pleasure of having the whole table to himself.

However, he had just sat down when he saw two people walking towards him.

One is Conan Edogawa, and the other is Aoran Urashi.

Pu Siqinglan is now playing the role of a Chinese woman, and she has to eat Chinese food to make herself more convincing.

As for Conan Edogawa... this kid was completely frightened by what Kitagawa Isao said yesterday, and now he wants to verify it and gain some sense of security.

Kitagawa Isao was almost fully aware of their thoughts, so he didn't pay much attention to them. After handing a pair of chopsticks to Haibara Ai, he quickly began to eat.

Seeing Kitagawa Isao's silent demeanor, Conan hesitated for a long time but ultimately didn't dare to ask anything.

On the contrary, while the young wife was looking at the Russian-style food next door with longing, she also tried to find topics to make her presence known, but Kitagawa Xun didn't pay much attention to her.

Kitagawa Isao, focused on eating, didn't want to waste any time. Apart from serving some food to Ai Haibara and wiping her mouth, he was almost completely absorbed in enjoying his meal.

Seeing this, Conan and Aoran could only sigh inwardly and join in the cooking.

A large table of dishes was quickly devoured by the group.

……

After finally finishing their meal, Ran invited Urako to have afternoon tea in Sonoko's room, and casually asked the obscure Ai Haibara a question.

At this moment, the little girl's dramatic talent was fully demonstrated.

She first shrank to Kitagawa Isao's side, then pursed her lips. Although she didn't say a word, she perfectly portrayed the image of a shy, weak, and helpless little girl who was reluctant to leave the adults.

Even Kitagawa Isao, who was standing to the side, was somewhat stunned.

Finally, having no other choice, Xiaolan asked Kitagawa Isao, which was how she managed to get everyone together – a buy-one-get-one-free deal.

After tidying up briefly, the group gathered in Sonoko's room, where Natsumi Kosaka had been waiting for them for quite some time.

Yuanzi enthusiastically took out tea and snacks from the cabinet, brewed a pot of hot water, and the girls quickly started chatting.

Conan and Kitagawa Isao both felt a bit bored. Unlike Ai Haibara, they couldn't pass the time by reading magazines in Sonoko's room, so they could only stare at each other.

During this time, Conan wanted to ask Kitagawa Isao's thoughts several times, but every time he was about to speak, Kitagawa Isao would make some small noises as if he had sensed it in advance.

She would either drop tea or snacks on the carpet, or suddenly turn around and ask Ai Haibara some questions.

After a while, seeing Kitagawa Isao's reckless behavior, Conan couldn't help but have some doubts in his mind.

He wondered if he was overthinking things. Perhaps Mr. Kitagawa just knew Shinichi Kudo well, which was why he asked that question casually.

After all, with Haibara by Kitagawa's side, how could her good comrade not give him hints if Kitagawa really had any problems?

He felt he was probably overthinking things. Mr. Kitagawa looked harmless and didn't seem like the kind of person who was good at scheming.

It's laughable that I worried about Hattori for so long last night; now it seems I was definitely overthinking it...

Thinking of this, Conan's anxiety subsided.

only……

Once a person's mindset relaxes instantly from a tense state, they will tend to do some inexplicable things.

For example, when Conan overheard Ran and Natsumi Kosaka discussing birthdays, he didn't even think twice before cheerfully joining in the conversation:

"What a coincidence! One of you is born on May 3rd, and the other on May 5th. My birthday happens to fall between yours!"

Kitagawa Isao: "..."

What's the saying?

The sins of Heaven may be forgiven, but the sins of oneself are unforgivable...

Before he could even make any moves, Conan pulled off a self-destruction.

This time, he and Xiaolan failed to save the white dove, so it's likely that Kid won't be interested in helping him with this favor...

However, it might not be such a bad thing to expose this kid's identity like this.

According to the original plot, if Kaito Kid had kept it a secret, Ran would never have known Conan's identity until more than a thousand episodes later, nor would she have known that the man she longed for had always been by her side, and had even taken a bath with her.

This is indeed a bit too much for a high school student who is purely in love.

Otherwise, I'll help out here as compensation for bullying Conan a while ago?

The more he thought about it, the more interesting it seemed. Kitagawa Isao had a sudden inspiration and quickly nodded with a smile.

Then, as Pu Siqinglan began explaining the Chinese pronunciation of Xiaolan and Sonoko's names, Kitagawa Isao stroked his chin and looked at Pu Siqinglan meaningfully, saying:

"Miss Qinglan seems to have misspoken. Sonoko's Chinese pronunciation is not 'meatball,' but 'Suzuki Sonoko.'"

"Oh? Mr. Kitagawa also understands Chinese?"

Pu Siqinglan was taken aback when her words, which were meant to solidify her persona, were interrupted midway. Then, her gray eyes stared intently at Kitagawa Xun.

In her eyes, Kitagawa Isao clearly saw a hint of murderous intent.

However, he remained unmoved, smiled, and said:

"Of course, I took Chinese as an elective in college. What you just mentioned is basic content that we never tested in class."

………………

The third update is here!

I'm going to bed now. I'm going on a date with my girlfriend to see a movie after I wake up. Everyone, get some rest! Goodnight!!