When Michiwaki Masahiko passed by, Chi Feichi only glanced out from the lowered car window and quickly looked away.
The experience had been farmed, and Michiwaki Masahiko was no longer worth paying attention to. It was better to think about the video of Conan getting drunk last night. It seemed to reveal something but also didn't. It was perfect for scaring people...
Seeing that Chi Feichi only glanced at him coldly, the feeling of being completely ignored made Michiwaki Masahiko feel stifled inside. "You..."
The police officer stopped and looked at Chi Feichi suspiciously.
The culprit had already been subdued. If they knew each other, exchanging a few words wasn't impermissible.
"What is it?" Chi Feichi asked absent-mindedly.
He didn't think he had any friendship with Michiwaki Masahiko. Only last night, fearing Michiwaki Masahiko would be exposed prematurely, they chatted for a while about Feichi's snake venom.
Michiwaki Masahiko didn't know what to say for a moment. Before leaving, he said indignantly, "Heartless!"
Chi Feichi: "..."
What the hell?
What did I do?
This guy is being unreasonable!
Conan walked to the car, smiling and teasing, "I say, did you do something to him for him to say that?"
"I didn't do anything to him," Chi Feichi rested his arm on the car window, leaning out slightly and looking down at Conan, his voice softened. "But do you know what you said last night after secretly drinking and getting drunk?"
Secretly drinking?
Haibara Ai, sitting in the passenger seat, turned her head curiously.
"I..." Conan's smile stiffened, his brain quickly recalling last night's events. He only remembered going to sleep after drinking too much. "What did I say?"
Chi Feichi didn't continue. He withdrew his gaze and looked at the front windshield, his voice devoid of any emotional fluctuation. "I didn't expect you to be that kind of Conan."
"What exactly did I say?" Conan still couldn't recall saying anything and suspected Chi Feichi was bluffing. He opened the rear door and climbed into the car. "Hey, you're not trying to trick me, are you?"
Haibara Ai, in the mood to watch the show, turned to look at Chi Feichi. "I'm a bit curious about what he says when he drinks too much."
Chi Feichi took out his phone, looked down at the screen, found the video, and pressed play.
A clear voice and a muddled voice came out: "Conan, is there someone you like?"
"Ran..."
"Miss Ran? She is much older than you. You two aren't suitable."
Pause.
Chi Feichi turned to look at Conan in the back seat. "You said you like Ran."
Conan froze in place, his limbs heavy, but his heart pounding fast.
No, no, saying I like Ran isn't important. I'm a child now. Children like too many people. Others won't take it to heart upon hearing it. The important thing is, what did I say next?
In that situation, hearing someone say Ran is much older than me and we are unsuitable, what would I say?
That we are actually childhood sweethearts? That I shrank?
I simply dare not imagine further!
Haibara Ai originally wanted to watch the show, but now she couldn't stand it either. Trying hard to maintain composure on her face, she pressed, "And then? Did he say anything else?"
"Nothing much after that, just some gibberish." Chi Feichi continued to press play.
Conan's voice came out again, "No... I... became smaller..."
After that, it was Chi Feichi's relatively clear voice: "Became smaller? What do you mean?"
"Mmph..."
The progress bar reached the end.
Chi Feichi put away his phone. "That's it."
Conan broke a sweat, but also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Judging from Chi Feichi's reaction, the focus seemed to be on him liking Mouri Ran. The words afterwards seemed to be taken as drunken nonsense?
Haibara Ai turned to look at Conan in the back seat, winking desperately, hinting for Conan to smooth it over quickly.
"No wonder... I dreamed last night that I went to the land of Lilliput. All the people and houses around me became smaller, which gave me a start!" Conan scratched his head and smiled with squinted eyes, trying hard to express that he was harmless. "As for liking Ran-neechan, I do like Ran-neechan. I also like Chi-niichan..."
Expressionless, Chi Feichi opened the door, got out, and closed the door in one go.
He understood what Conan meant, but the famous detective acting cute at him like this was a bit unbearable...
"Like Sonoko-neechan, like everyone..." Conan finished speaking, only to find the response was the sound of the car door closing, and Chi Feichi was already heading towards the woods. "Eh?"
Haibara Ai was also stunned, turning to look at Conan. "You win."
Conan: "..."
Did I... disgust Chi Feichi into leaving?
"But you might not have such good luck next time. No, maybe not even next time. With his keenness, as long as he discovers your connection with Kudo Shinichi, he might understand the true meaning of 'became smaller'," Haibara Ai also opened the door. Before getting out, she looked back at Conan with a serious expression. "Anyway, I'll keep a close eye on you from now on..."
"K-Keep an eye on me?" Conan didn't understand why Haibara Ai suddenly said this.
"To prevent you from being influenced by a certain decadent uncle from a detective agency and becoming a drunkard who gets tipsy all day, and a drunkard who spills shocking secrets when drunk." Haibara Ai had black lines dropping down her forehead. We agreed to keep our mouths shut together, but Conan running off to drink and spilling the beans when drunk, what is this?
Conan choked on Haibara Ai's sudden sharp tongue. But being lumped together with Mouri Kogoro, he absolutely disagreed. "Oi oi, I didn't reveal that much, right? This time was just an accident..."
Haibara Ai got out of the car and pulled up her hood. Suddenly seeing Feichi still left on the seat, she paused, reached out, and picked Feichi up. "Feichi was forgotten in the car."
"I say, are you listening to me?" Conan gave her half-moon eyes.
"I think you'd better follow and check now." Haibara Ai reminded him and closed the door.
"Follow and check what?" Conan turned his head confusedly, looking in the direction Chi Feichi left, only to find Chi Feichi standing by the woods talking to Mouri Ran. He was startled.
Damn it!
Actually, Chi Feichi didn't tell Mouri Ran about Conan. Even if he said Conan liked Mouri Ran, Mouri Ran would probably take it as a child's affection for people around him and laugh it off.
And he wasn't a blabbermouth. He went to find Mouri Ran just to ask...
"Brother Feichi came to ask me if Sonoko and Kyogoku got lost in the forest," Mouri Ran leaned over and smiled at Conan. "But I really didn't expect that Brother Feichi and Kyogoku attend the same high school."
After getting the information from Mouri Ran, Conan breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at Chi Feichi, who was pulled aside by Haibara Ai to talk, it seemed they overthought it. Chi Feichi probably didn't take last night's matter to heart, just treating it as a small prank.
But why is Ran also following Sonoko in calling him Brother Feichi?
"At first, Sonoko thought Kyogoku was an actor hired by Brother Feichi," Mouri Ran straightened up and turned to Chi Feichi. "Because Brother Feichi and Kyogoku have the same scent on them, a scent similar to alcohol and herbal medicine. Sonoko noticed it last night. Afterwards, Kyogoku told Sonoko that you are his senior from the same high school. When he sparred with you, both of you got injured, and that was the medicinal liquor you gave him..."
Chi Feichi didn't expect this episode in between, but as long as the general development was fine.
"I didn't expect that rich young lady to have such keen moments," Haibara Ai said leisurely. "However, women are indeed more sensitive to scents."
"Uh, um..." Mouri Ran was a bit confused. This child is really like Conan, sometimes acting like a little adult.
Conan looked at Haibara Ai speechlessly. She only talks about me, but she herself doesn't restrain herself at all...
Haibara Ai looked back without a guilty conscience. The persona I created is a precocious genius girl. What does it matter?
Conan: "..."
Thinking about his persona as a split personality patient in front of Chi Feichi, suddenly I don't want to talk anymore.
If I had known, when Chi Feichi thought he wasn't like a child that time, I should have pretended to be a genius elementary school student too...
Did I accidentally take the wrong path?