In summer, cicadas were making noisy noises on the branches. Sonoko came to Yoneka Town 2-chome 19 with a bouquet of yellow roses, and Mao Lilan also followed.

At the door of Monáe's house, Suzuki Sonoko rang the doorbell, but after waiting for a long time, she got no response. She was thinking about whether she should visit again next time.

Mao Lilan glanced at the Kudo residence next to her, pursed her lips, and finally asked: "Sonoko, do you think it's possible that Yue will be in the new family?"

"Eh? What are you doing at Kudo's house so early? Maybe you haven't gotten up yet, or you may have gone out. After all, it took a long time to take notes last night. I should have made a phone call to inform you before coming over, but Ming Yue's mobile phone was lost, so I also contacted If not, my family asked me to come over early." Yuanzi looked at the locked door of Monna's house, "But this door is so strong."

Mao Lilan lowered her head and looked at her toes and said: "Yuanzi, what if Mingyue likes Shinichi? After all, Shinichi is handsome and smart. And I heard from my father that Mingyue was kidnapped, and Shinichi's dad prepared for Mingyue. A ransom was paid.”

Yuanzi looked at Xiaolan with some confusion: "I guess Mingyue's phone has the contact information of the Kudo family. Then the kidnappers contacted the Kudos. They probably prepared the ransom in order to stabilize the kidnappers. But Xiaolan, are you there? What are you worried about? You and that Kudo guy have been together for so long, Mingyue has just moved here, and we have only known each other for a few days. How could that Kudo guy fall in love with someone else right away? "

Mao Lilan looked worried, "But didn't you even come over to find her?"

Suzuki Sonoko blinked her eyes and explained: "I am..."

squeak~

The door of Kudo's house was opened. Kudo Shinichi walked out of the house and saw Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan standing in front of Mingyue's door. He asked, "Are you here to see Mingyue?"

"Yeah, but she doesn't seem to be at home." Sonoko looked at Kudo Shinichi, then at the closed door, "Do you know where she went? My family asked me to come over and thank her." After speaking, Sonoko looked at Looking at Mao Lilan beside me.

Suddenly a pleasant female voice came from a distance, "What happened? Why are you standing here?"

Everyone followed the sound and saw Mingyue not far away carrying a pile of food and walking over. It seemed that she had gone out to buy something.

Yuanzi was naturally very happy when she saw the bright moon and said happily: "Of course I came to see you~"

Mingyue approached the door and the door opened automatically.

"Wow, it's so amazing. I was just thinking about how to open such a door." Yuanzi looked at the slowly opening door seriously.

Mingyue greeted everyone into the house. Kudo Shinichi looked at the broken door that was still leaning on the side. The damaged ground at the entrance had been repaired, but the blackened wall on the second floor, the burned plants at the door and The exposed soil and the charred furniture everywhere at the entrance indicate that something has happened here.

Yuanzi frowned when he saw this.

Mingyue took out the orange juice she just bought and asked, "I only have the orange juice I just bought at home. Do you want to drink it?"

"I drink everything." Yuanzi sat in the living room and looked at the spots on the solid wood table, touching it curiously.

Mao Lilan shook the shoe cabinet at the entrance with his hand. The partitions of the shoe cabinet shook a little and made a creaking sound. "A lot of this furniture is damaged."

Kudo Shinichi took the orange juice handed over by Ming Yue, "Ming Yue, that matter should be almost solved. Aren't you going to fix it?"

Sonoko approached Kudo Shinichi and asked in a low voice: "Did anything happen here?"

"Uh..." Shinichi didn't know where to start and looked at Mingyue.

Mingyue seemed to reply indifferently: "There was a small accident before, but I have already contacted the maintenance master. They will come to your door after a while to deal with it."

Yuanzi looked at Mingyue and said sincerely: "Do you need my help? Just ask if you need it."

"Thank you, this... I should be able to handle it..." Mingyue glanced around the room. It wasn't a big problem. It was a bit ugly, but it was still usable.

Yuanzi asked Mingyue quietly: "Is that handsome detective really your brother?"

Mingyue smiled awkwardly, "Those are just improvisations. After all, the identities of the kidnapper and I are not clear to that gentleman. We just distract the other party's attention and see if there is any way to escape."

Yuanzi nodded and sighed, "The detective was afraid of being famous and didn't ask for money. My family still hopes to thank him."

"Speaking of which, we didn't see the detective. He said he left after finishing the notes. My parents didn't see him either, and wanted to thank him in person." Kudo Shinichi also recalled the situation at that time.

Mingyue looked at Yuanzi and said, "If your family gives him money, he will probably live in fear, so it's better not to give it up. Besides, there is a kidnapper who has escaped. He doesn't want to reveal his identity. It's normal for fear of retaliation."

"Yes, our family thought so too, so my dad gave part of the money to the police and part to the detectives. My dad gave a speech again," Suzuki Sonoko cleared her throat and spoke in a rough voice. Looking at her father, "If anyone wants to touch my daughter in the future, please think clearly. The Suzuki Consortium will definitely pursue it to the end."

Everyone was amused by Yuanzi's move.

Yuanzi looked at Mingyue and continued: "I will also keep the detective who helped us a secret."

Mingyue smiled, "So you are safe now. Even if someone wants to touch you, they have to think twice."

"The people in my family said the same thing. Even if I go out without bodyguards, not many people would dare to touch me. After all, I am going against the Suzuki Consortium." Sonoko had a smile on her face.

Mao Lilan looked at Yuanzi and said, "Yuanzi, your family is so kind to you. By the way, where were the other detectives at that time? My father seemed to have also been involved in the investigation."

Kudo Shinichi scratched his cheek, "I heard from Officer Megure that someone seemed to have misled the detectives, causing them to deviate from the direction of their investigation. It was not until you were rescued that the detectives discovered the mistake. Moreover, those detectives also caused several incidents. Although the traffic accident caused no damage, it also caused traffic chaos." He glanced at Mao Lilan secretly and touched his nose.

Yuanzi came close to Mingyue and looked at Mingyue with an expectant look on her face. "By the way, Mingyue, will you be free in five days? I invite you to my villa. My family is going to thank you."

"Is it the villa in the forest you mentioned before?" Mao Lilan looked at Yuanzi with bright eyes.

Sonoko nodded, "Yes, it's really great to escape the heat there in the summer. Xiaolan, you and Kudo will also come with us."

Mingyue took out her mobile phone, looked at it and said, "Sorry Yuanzi, I may not be able to go. After all, too many things have happened recently. My brother suggested that I go to the temple to worship and ask for an amulet or something."

The new half-moon looked at Mingyue and cursed in his heart: Haha, a lot of things did happen. There was a murder just after moving in, and then you were kidnapped. I was wondering if you were possessed by bad luck. Go and say goodbye as soon as possible. , I don’t know if it can be improved.

Yuanzi thought for a while and said, "Well, I can wait until you come back. Maybe I should also ask for an amulet? Have you chosen which temple to go to? How about we go together."

Mao Lilan looked at the garden and then at Mingyue, "Where to go? I can give you a guide."

Mingyue: ...

ding dong~

The doorbell rang suddenly.

Mingyue stood up to greet the guests. The person who came this time surprised Mingyue. After looking at the people chatting and laughing in the living room, Mingyue felt that it was not good to just turn away the guests, so she invited them in.

"Sister Gelin!" Mao Lilan stood up and came over after seeing Gelin.

Green handed a bag of ice cream in her hand to Mao Lilan, "I brought ice cream for everyone."

Mao Lilan happily took the ice cream. Gelin looked at Mingyue and said apologetically: "Actually, yesterday I was worried that you would be drunk, so I went over to look for you, but I didn't see you, so I thought you had gone home. If it had been earlier, Knowing something like that would happen, I was always there with you so maybe you wouldn't be kidnapped."

"Sister Gelin, after what happened, I also regretted that I didn't often go to see Yuanzi and the others, and only looked after myself. I cried all night, and I didn't feel relieved until I received a call from Yuanzi. Later, my mother comforted me and said, How can there be so many things in the world that we already know? Besides, Yuanzi and the others have also been rescued." Mao Lilan distributed the ice cream to everyone.

Yuanzi said: "Actually, who could have expected that these things would happen? The cause is mine. If I had been at home well, then I wouldn't have gone. This wouldn't have happened and made you worry."

Kudo Shinichi glanced at Mingyue and saw a smile on Mingyue's lips, but the smile was very cold.

Mao Lilan felt that the atmosphere was not right, and it seemed that she should not mention what happened yesterday, so she quickly changed the topic and said, "Sister Gelin, you brought a lot of ice cream again."

"Well, I'll let you taste the taste of your own adjustment."

Kudo Shinichi searched among a pile of ice cream, but found nothing, so he asked: "It seems that there is no alcohol-flavored ice cream this time?"

Green spread her hands and said: "I'm sorry, because I thought about making ice cream that retains the taste of alcohol and has a low alcohol concentration, but it hasn't been done yet, so I didn't bring it to you this time. I'm sorry, Mingyue, I seem to be doing it. was not successful."

"It doesn't seem to matter whether there is ice cream of this flavor." Mingyue looked at Gelin, and Gelin's hands trembled.

Shinichi looked at Green, but his mind was thinking about what he saw last night.

Ice cream boxes are made of paper and can also be burned to ashes.

Kudo Shinichi remembered talking to Yuzu about this matter before, "Dad, should I ask Sister Green directly?"

However, Yuzu smiled and said to him: "If you ask her, will she tell you? Is what she said must be true?"

"Not necessarily..." Kudo Shinichi lowered his head and thought seriously, but was puzzled. He looked at Yusaku again and asked, "Then what should I do?"

Kudo Yue pointed to his eyes and said: "Use your eyes to observe, and use practice to explore the truth of things."

Shinichi thought for a while, "After all, people can lie, and they can only tell the part that is beneficial to themselves. What you hear is not as good as what you see, and what you see is not as good as what you feel."

Kudo Yusaku nodded, "It seems that you have already figured out the question Ming Yue asked."

"There can be many inferences, but there is only one truth. If all impossibilities are eliminated, then the remaining one, no matter how incredible it is, is the truth."

Mao Lilan found that Xinyi was in a daze and pushed Xinyi, "Your ice cream is going to melt, Xinyi, what are you thinking about? You keep looking at Sister Green blankly."

"Haha, no, it's nothing." Kudo Shinichi continued to eat the ice cream in his hand, but he didn't find it sweet.

Mingyue glanced at Shinichi and murmured in her heart: Your observation is too blatant, I'm afraid it won't arouse the other party's suspicion.

Yuanzi didn't know what he thought of, but suddenly he looked like a nymphomaniac. He put his hands on his chest and came close to Mingyue and said, "Mingyue, what type of boy do you like? To be honest, the detective yesterday made my heart beat."

Mingyue looked at Yuanzi with half-moon eyes, "Are you sure it's your heartbeat? It's not a tachycardia due to nervousness?"

When Yuanzi heard what Mingyue said, he immediately froze in place with beady eyes.

Mao Lilan asked curiously: "Is that detective handsome?"

Yuanzi nodded very vigorously.

Mingyue rolled her eyes at Yuanzi and said, "You must be grateful and attached to the rescuer by the rescued. This is not love. Besides, you don't know him at all."

"So Mingyue, what do you think love is like?"

"Hmm...I can't describe it clearly. It should be someone who can fight side by side, someone who can be entrusted with life, and an existence where honor and disgrace are shared." Mingyue's thoughts were pulled away.

Yuanzi saw that Ming Yue was distracted, so she pulled Ming Yue's sleeve and asked curiously: "Do you have a boyfriend?"

"Oh, it doesn't count, after all..."

Sonoko approached Ming Yue, but looked at Kudo Shinichi, and said, "You haven't confessed yet?"

Mingyue nodded and sighed helplessly. It would be very difficult to confess her love.

Kudo Shinichi was very curious, "Who is it? What kind of boy would you like?"

Mao Lilan also pricked up her ears, and Green also paid attention.

"He is mature, stable, strong, and can protect me well. He is a person who can be taken care of. And he is also a mixed race. He has silver hair that I like very much." Mingyue sketched Gin's face in her mind.

Yuanzi's curiosity also aroused, "When will you confess your feelings?"

Mingyue sighed and said helplessly: "The time has not come yet, and there is a little misunderstanding between him and me."

"Wouldn't it be nice to explain it clearly?"

"If only it were that easy to explain."

When Sonoko saw that Kudo Shinichi had been paying attention to Ming Yue, he smiled evilly and asked: "Ming Yue, Kudo has been looking at you. Is there anything between you and Kudo?"

Mingyue was stunned for a moment, not knowing why, "What's there?" She glanced at Sonoko who was smiling evilly, then looked at Shinichi, and said angrily, "You don't think I would like to ignore things like this, A young boy who only cares about moving forward without any regard for the consequences?"

"Hey, hey, you're going too far!" Kudo Shinbanyue looked at Mingyue.

Everyone burst into laughter after hearing this.

Mao Lilan said dissatisfied, "Xinyi is very good at reasoning."

Green looked at Ming Yue and asked, "Were you drunk from eating that ice cream yesterday? I didn't mean anything else, I just wanted to know what proportion of wine I should adjust to."

"I feel a little dizzy. I don't know if I'm drunk. After all, I'm not old enough to drink yet." Mingyue glanced at Gelin and speculated in her mind that this woman seemed to be making some moves again, but why was she targeting me? ?

Green looked at Shinichi, only to find that Shinichi was still looking at Mingyue. Green's eyes became sharp. Sure enough, new things can always arouse men's desire.

"I'll take my leave first. I have to prepare the ice cream today. After all, there is a fireworks display tomorrow." Green said to everyone, then stood up and left.

After seeing off Gelin, they discussed tomorrow's itinerary and meeting place, and prepared to get up and leave.

Mingyue and the others met Dahe's mother Eguchi Saori at the door. She seemed to be a lot stooped. Sonoko was a little moved by the scene, with a hint of sadness in her tone, "If I disappeared, my mother would probably be like this too."

There were tears in the corners of Mao Lilan's eyes and she wiped them away with the back of her hand. "What a poor mother," she ran a few steps and came to Eguchi Saori and said, "Auntie, my father is a very powerful private detective. You can entrust my father to investigate you." The whereabouts of my son.”

Eguchi Saori looked at Mao Lilan, sighed and said: "Thank you for your kindness, but hiring a private detective will cost a lot of money. I don't have that much money. If you see my child, please tell me." She shook her hands , handed the photo to Mao Lilan.

The photo showed a bright-smiling boy about the same age as them.

Yuanzi looked at Mingyue and asked, "Mingyue, how can we help her?"

Mingyue didn't answer and asked instead: "There is still a glimmer of hope and the reality of complete despair. Which one will you choose?"

Yuanzi blinked, tilted his head and thought for a while, "What you said is so profound, I can't quite understand it. And your expression is so sad."

"Maybe I've been a little tired lately." Mingyue found a suitable reason.

After everyone left, Mingyue returned to the empty house, lying on the bed, looking at the phone number marked "lover", thinking to herself that some of her words were just deceiving herself.

I got up and went to the wine cellar, put pure malt whiskey in the wine cabinet, looked at the empty wine cellar, and turned to leave.

There is a vase on the coffee table in the living room. A bouquet of yellow roses is placed in the vase, and the air is filled with the faint fragrance of roses.

Mingyue looked at her phone, then went out and headed to the laboratory.

The red-haired Ruide was still waiting for Mingyue at the door. When he saw the milk tea and cake that Mingyue was holding, he joked: "It's rare that you come and bring a gift."

"Only this cup of milk tea belongs to you. How is the progress?" Mingyue handed the milk tea to Ruide.

Ruide took a sip of the milk tea and muttered: "As you expected, the acquisition went smoothly and there were no obstacles. It's just that the progress of the experiment was not that ideal. Many experimental subjects died. Even if they didn't die, The adverse reactions are also huge.”

"What's the maximum survival time?"

Ruidezi sips milk tea leisurely, "There are still people who are not dead yet. Using mathematical models to estimate, the maximum lifespan can only be more than three hundred days. Of course, this is only the most ideal theoretical value. But compared to Judging from the data of mice, this data is relatively accurate."

"I'm going to find Shirley first."

Ruide shook the nearly bottomed milk tea in his hand, raised his eyebrows, and said, "I heard that you were kidnapped before? I have some gadgets here, do you want them?"

In Ruide's personal laboratory, Mingyue looked at the calculation formulas on the wall, "I want to restart the plan left by your grandmother, do you agree?"

Ruide thought for a moment and asked, "Can I participate?"

"Of course, you are very welcome, Dr. Akagi." Mingyue extended her right hand to Ruide, and Ruide also reached out to hold it.

Mingyue walked through the long corridor and came to the door of Shirley's laboratory. She reached out and knocked on the door.

"Please come in." Miyano Shiho's voice came from the door.

Mingyue opened the door and went in. She saw Shirley doing experiments and called softly: "Sister Shiho."

Bang!

Mingyue: ...

"Why are you here?" Miyano Shiho threw away the test tube that was broken due to the failure of the experiment.

Mingyue placed the cake on the test stand, "I'll give you a Sherry-flavored cake~"

Miyano Shiho opened the package in surprise, and found two exquisite cakes exuding an alluring sweetness.

"It tastes so good. I envy you and your sister." Miyano Shiho ate the cake in small bites.

Mingyue took a sip of milk tea and said, "By the way, there will be a survey in a few days. Are you willing to participate? You can go for a walk outside. We can also go shopping."

Miyano Shiho's eyes lit up, "Is it really possible?"

"I'll take it as Shiho-san's consent and I'll make arrangements."

Miyano Shiho lowered his head and looked at the floor under his feet, seeming a little sad.

Mingyue was a little confused and asked: "What's wrong? Don't you want to go out?"

Miyano Shiho shook his head and said, "Although I really want to go out and see different scenery, Gin will always follow me."

"How about I call Rai?" Mingyue looked at Miyano Shiho, but Shiho didn't react at all. "Sister Shiho, please wait for me to make arrangements."

Miyano Shiho raised his head and looked at Ming Yue, "You are not a code member. Interfering in so many things will be risky. If you really anger those code members, they will kill you. Gin can protect you. Well, Rai has only been in the organization for just over a year..."

"You really don't have to worry so much about me, just wait for me to arrange it."

Miyano Shiho watched the laboratory door slowly close, packed up the finished cake box, exhaled slowly, looked around the large white wall of the laboratory, raised his head, and covered his eyes with his hands.

The next day the sun was just right and the sky was clear and cloudless.

Ming Yue arrived at the place they had agreed upon. Shinichi wore a yukata as promised, while Ming Yue and Sonoko wore casual sportswear.

After waiting for a long time, Mao Lilan ran over panting, "Sorry, something has delayed me."

Mingyue and Sonoko looked at Mao Lilan's cherry red yukata. The belt around her waist was the same color as Kudo Shinichi's yukata. They looked at each other and said nothing.

Mao Lilan saw that Yuanzi and Mingyue were not wearing yukata, so she asked: "Yuanzi, why aren't you wearing yukata?"

Sonoko spread her hands and said, "I don't really want to wear a yukata for this fireworks display."

Kudo's new half-moon eyes looked at the two people who were not wearing yukata, thinking that they must have psychological shadow.

A few people set off for their destination. There was a performance in the early stage of today's fireworks display. For this performance, the organizer had set up a giant stage early.

"Welcome," the Kurokawa magician who met everyone before came over. He snapped his fingers and conjured up a few roses. Mao Lilan accepted them with a blushing face.

Mingyue noticed that a tall, thin man wearing gold-rimmed glasses was looking towards them in the distance, and his figure was very familiar.

Sure enough, you are not dead, but do you still dare to attack the Suzuki family?

The man wearing gold-rimmed glasses is looking at the gray-haired girl. Is this your real hair color? I'm looking forward to it...

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