After making an appointment with Kuroba Kaito to meet the next day, Ye Gengyi took out his cell phone and dialed Haibara Ai's number.
The phone rang five times and was picked up.
"Hello?"
"Where are you? Ready to go back." Ye Gengyi said.
"Uh, I'm sorry, I forgot to reply to your email," Haihara Ai's calm voice sounded through the receiver: "I'm now near 2-chome..."
Oh... I was so focused on helping Kaito deduce the shooter that I almost forgot what Mingmei said about Haibara Ai chasing the wrong person.
What a master at cheating on girls... Ye Gengyi said calmly:
"what happened?"
"The museum was full of reporters. In order to avoid being accidentally caught by the camera, I came back first. After all, I am not that pushy detective. You don't want my photos and images to appear in the news media, right? "
Haibara Ai said, not forgetting to criticize the negative teaching material of 'Kudo Shinichi', as if he went home early because he really didn't want to cause trouble.
"That makes sense."
Ye Gengyi first replied in the affirmative, and then said: "Maybe it should be recorded so that the little detective can study hard."
"Hey! Don't do unnecessary things."
Haibara Ai's voice, which had not been very ups and downs just now, obviously rose by two pitches after hearing these words.
"You're joking, I know it."
Ye Geng paused, "By the way, when you get back, go to the basement and help me turn on the furnace to preheat it."
... With the 10 million funded by Kaito, there is no need to be too frugal in using the few materials left.
Haiyuan Ai said "Oh", feeling quite complicated.
Among them, there is the loss of missing the phantom of sister, the guilt of hiding Ye Gengyi, the uneasiness of being teased by the other party to play the recording to Kudo Shinichi, and finally the responsibility of helping to open the furnace.
The call lasted less than a minute.
Her thoughts felt like they were on a winding roller coaster, with many layers and ups and downs. When the phone was hung up at the end, she wanted to return to the little sadness she felt at the beginning, but it was... I found that I could never get back to that state no matter what.
Looking at the familiar iron gate of No. 22 in front of him, Haiyuan Ai couldn't help but curve the corner of his mouth, and muttered in a helpless tone:
"Brother Gengyi, he is indeed a guy who likes to ruin the atmosphere!"
Before she put her phone back in her pocket, she suddenly received another call from Mao Lilan.
"Invite me to come with you?"
"Well, the commission my dad just received seems to be that the client happened to be watching the live broadcast here."
Mao Lilan explained:
"He said that he is a person who likes children and fun. He asked my father to bring the Junior Detective Team with him when he goes there tomorrow. By the way, the client seems to have prepared a surprise for you..."
"That's it..."
If it had been a minute ago, before Ye Gengyi's call, Haihara Ai would have rejected Mao Lilan's invitation with a high probability, but now:
"Okay, I understand. When is the expected departure time? Do you need me to go to the office in advance?"
"It will be around 8 o'clock after breakfast. My father has already contacted the car rental company. We will pick you up at Dr. Ali's house tomorrow morning. You can tell the doctor and Brother Geng that I will also call Ayumi and their parents. …”
Speaking of this, Mao Lilan was suddenly startled.
Strange, why didn't I just call the doctor or Brother Geng? Could it be that Xiao Ai usually behaves too maturely, so I subconsciously...
"See you tomorrow then..." Haiyuan Ai's voice interrupted her thoughts.
"Well, see you tomorrow." Mao Lilan said.
After the call ended, Haiyuan Ai didn't pay too much attention to this matter.
Take the key and open the door.
In the living room, Dr. Ali was still sitting on the sofa watching TV just like she was before going to the Fashion Museum.
It always felt like the inventor suddenly became a little decadent after the dock incident... Haihara Ai went straight to the basement without interrupting.
Ten minutes later.
As soon as Ye Geng came back, he glanced at Dr. Ali who was watching TV on the sofa. He also didn't say hello. He shook his head regretfully and walked toward the basement.
Dr. A Li's back felt an inexplicable chill... Strange, could it be that the air conditioner at home is broken?
In front of the furnace.
Haiyuan Ai was sitting on a pony, resting her chin on her hands and staring at the thermometer in a daze.
"So serious?" Ye Gengyi came over, pressed a few times on the controller, and put a piece of dark ore in.
Haihara Ai also recounted what Mao Lilan had just called him.
Which client... is he living too comfortably and looking for excitement?
Ye Gengyi said "Hmm" and asked casually: "Where to go?"
"I don't know." Hui Yuan Ai said.
"Oh?" Ye Gengyi analyzed: "Is it because of the surprise?"
"Almost," Haiyuan Ai turned sideways, "Anyway, we'll know tomorrow."
"Really?" Ye Geng said noncommittally: "So far, what is the probability that you have not encountered any incidents when you go out to play?"
"Well……"
Hui Yuan Ai looked at the dark red flame in the furnace and fell into deep thought.
…
The next day, morning.
Mouri Kogoro drove, carrying Mao Lilan and the five little heads of the Youth Detective Team, to the outside of the Red Castle Hotel in Yokohama.
Looking up from below, you can see clearly.
The main color of this castle-like building is brown-red, with hundreds of arched windows arranged vertically and horizontally on the square wall, making it appear both mysterious and unique.
"That's great. Do you think there will be a king living in it?" Xiaojima Mota said with excitement on his face.
"It's impossible," Conan directly broke the child's fantasy and said, "This is just a type of theme hotel. Anyone can stay in it as long as they spend money. Of course, the price will definitely be more expensive than other hotels."
"But, opposite this hotel is the Fantasy Park. There may be rich people who have stayed in this hotel for a long time, having fun in the Fantasy Park, imagining that they are medieval kings." Haibara Ai said.
"The business here must be very good," Mao Lilan said with a smile: "I heard that their tenants seem to be exceeding 100,000."
"10...100,000, I didn't expect that opening a restaurant would actually make money."
Mouri Kogoro sighed and was about to take out his mobile phone to call his client.
The main entrance of the hotel.
A young man wearing a dark suit and narrow-framed round eyes led a hotel waiter out:
"Excuse me, are you the Maori detective?"
"Ah...it's me." Mouri Kogoro nodded.
"I am the client's secretary, my surname is Takada," the young man said, "Please follow me this way, oh... you can give the key to this waiter and ask him to help drive the car to the underground garage."
At the same time, a pigeon carrying a bug and a mini camera landed on a high platform not far from them.
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