I was in Conan, and after picking up Xiao Ai, I was chased by Hongzi.

The noon sun slipped in through the gap in the curtains.

Otoi Hiro sat on the bed, staring at Koizumi Akako's pretty face, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether it was reality or illusion.

It seems that she has always been this beautiful since the first time I saw her.

Proud and confident, yet never as quiet as now.

It was not the first time that he saw her sleeping face, but at this moment, his attention was completely attracted by her peaceful sleeping face.

He held her somewhat cold little hand tightly in his palm and lowered his head to smell the faint fragrance from her hair.

His love for her burned like a flame, consuming his heart.

"Hong, you told me earlier that there was something you had to explain to me face to face. What was that thing?"

Kuroba Kaito rested his hands on the windowsill, closed his eyes and enjoyed the warm light on his cheeks.

Otoi Hiroshi did not answer, he continued to speak:

"You have to wait until you meet Hongzi with me before you can tell me. Does it have anything to do with Hongzi?"

"That girl Aoko has been pestering me to ask me what happened to Hongzi, but I knew nothing about it until you came back from France. She really annoys me to death..."

"We have to find Pandora. If that idiot Aoko knew about Hongzi, she would be very sad."

"Are you listening to me?" Kuroba Kaito turned around.

I saw Otoi Hiroshi's lips leave Koizumi Hongzi's hair, and his fingertips gently caress her little hand.

"On! Jing! Hong!" Kuroba Kaito frowned and glared.

"Shh-"

Otoi Hiroshi raised a finger to signal him to be quiet, then he tidied up Koizumi Akako's hair, placed her white little hand steadily on the bed, and then walked around the bed to Kuroba Kaito's side.

"You guy, why are you still thinking about such dirty things at this time?!" Kuroba Kaito scolded in a low voice.

"I just……"

Otoi Hiro raised his face high with the corners of his mouth curled up.

Kuroba Kaito, who was standing nearby, looked at his profile and pursed his lips silently.

He was clearly smiling, but I always felt like he was crying.

It turns out that when you are sad to a certain extent, it becomes difficult to shed tears?

"I was just thinking," Otoi Hiro turned around and looked at Kuroba Kaito with a smile, "Hongzi must be very cold and lonely."

Looking at his expression, Kuroba Kaito was speechless for a moment and could only pout and turn his face away.

"How would I know what happened between you? As for Qingzi, I'm afraid he would rather I die."

"Do you really think so?" asked Otoi Hiroshi with a raised eyebrow.

"Of course, we grew up together, and I know exactly what she's thinking!"

"You are so dishonest!"

Otoi Hiro rolled his eyes and let him experience it himself.

Kuroba Kaito is not an emotional idiot like Kudo Shinichi. He knows a lot of things very well in his heart, but he just doesn't want to admit it or he has some unspeakable secrets that make him unwilling to admit it.

Just as he thought of this, Otoi Hiroshi suddenly understood.

So, he put his hands in his pockets, turned around and leaned against the windowsill, and said lightly:

"Kuroba Toichi is still alive."

"Oh! Oh! And then?"

Because he was choked twice in a row by Otoi Hiroshi, Kuroba Kaito responded casually without hearing clearly what he said.

"Um?!"

He suddenly turned around and grabbed Otoi Hiro's shoulders with both hands, "What did you say?!"

Otoi Hiro stretched out his hand to signal Kuroba Kaito to be quiet, then looked at him seriously:

"I'll say it again, please listen carefully."

"Kuroba Daoyi, your great father did encounter some problems eight years ago, but he managed to survive and appeared in front of me in good health."

Kuroba Kaito stared at Otoi Hiroshi, his fingers trembling and gradually bending.

"Why, why..."

His trembling voice seemed to have something "crackling" like glass.

——shattered.

He stared, wanting to say something but unable to.

Just looking at Otoi Hiroshi, all kinds of complicated expressions kept flashing in his eyes.

He should be happy, but for a moment he found it difficult to accept this sudden news. In short, he didn't know what the correct reaction should be.

"You are happy that Kuroba Daoyi is still alive, but you are also angry and even aggrieved that he has never appeared in front of you in the past eight years..."

Otoi Hiro clenched his fist and tapped his chest lightly, "Anyway, the result is good, right? At least - he's still alive."

His eyes slowly fell on Koizumi Hongzi, and Otoi Hiro murmured to himself: "He also has many unspeakable secrets. He didn't see you and your mother to protect your safety. He is a great father."

……

"cut."

Kuroba Kaito gritted his teeth and said angrily:

"Something that was bothering me finally became clear."

"No wonder my mother abandoned me and went abroad to live after my father's accident. At first, I naively thought she was commemorating her encounter with my father abroad."

"There was even a time when I suspected that she had a new lover abroad."

"I see. She really knew that my dad was still alive a long time ago, and then the two of them happily ran away to live happily abroad."

"It's really speechless. Didn't they tell me because they were afraid that I would disturb their play?"

After hearing what Kuroba Kaito said, Otoi Hiroshi was shocked for 100 years.

Otoi Hiro looked at him, then turned his head away speechlessly:

"There's no need to think too badly."

"Perhaps, when you were born——"

"Just an accident?"

"Hmph..." Kuroba Kaito snorted softly.

Obviously he hasn't recovered from the feeling of being abandoned.

But at least the mood has calmed down...

The phone rang.

Otoi Hiroshi took out his phone and blinked.

I was a little surprised why Princess An called at this time.

"Hi~Darling~"

"Sorry, I have something else to do." Otoi Hiroshi hung up the phone directly.

Unexpectedly, the phone rang again.

“I’m really busy,” he said.

"Wow, wow, wow~ I hate you so much! I'm going to take a flight to Japan tonight and was expecting you to pick me up at the airport, but I didn't expect you to be so heartless!"

Princess An's aggrieved voice came from the phone.

"Come here? Why?" he asked curiously.

"We clearly... wuwuwu... agreed to meet in the Principality of Shabrina. I've been waiting for more than 80 chapters until the end, but you still haven't come. Wuwuwu... I have no choice but to come to find you..."

Otoi Hiro raised his hand and silently wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.

"Of course you're welcome to come, but I may not have much time to accompany you." Otoi Hiroshi explained quickly.

"Oh?~"

"What if I say I know something about Pandora?"

A devilish laughter sounded from the other side.