Conan kissed me again and again, and Huiyuan was stunned

"Xiaolan and Mira are probably still chatting in the study. As for those who are staying at my house... Conan and Haoyue."

Maori Kogoro remained in his posture, and was about to subconsciously call Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi two little devils, but suddenly realized that he could not say rude words in front of the beautiful lady, so he rationally changed his words and guessed as steady as a rock:

"Conan and Haoyue may be having fun near the villa."

"Well, it's dusk now. In my opinion, we can talk to Xiaolan, Mira, Conan and Haoyue about going out for dinner and have them prepare."

Nakamura So looked down at the clock on the table to confirm the current time, then looked at Maori Kogoro carefully. He unexpectedly remembered something and said with a little hesitation:

"Um...Mr. Maori, excuse me for being blunt, but is your relationship with Mira not that good?"

"W-what?"

Maori Kogoro was slightly stunned, looked at Nakamura So in surprise, and asked in confusion:

"Why do you say that, Ms. Nakamura?"

"Because... Because Mira has never referred to Mr. Maori as dad or father."

Nakamura So hesitated for a moment, and then gently decided to interfere in Maori Kogoro's family affairs. He leaned forward, supported the wooden table with both hands, looked at Kogoro closely, and explained sincerely:

“In my opinion, fathers and daughters shouldn’t be so distant.

What's more, your younger daughter, Xiaolan, has already set the right example. She calls you "Dad" with ease. With such a sharp contrast, I feel more and more that there is an unintentional gap between you and your eldest daughter, Mira.

If Mr. Maori has no unspeakable secrets, you can tell me and perhaps I can offer some solutions to ease your father-daughter relationship.

Although I am alone now, I was once a daughter and I understand the feelings of a daughter."

"what......"

Kogoro Mori was stunned.

He stood up, his hands hanging at his sides, he lowered his head slightly, suppressed his embarrassment and looked at Nakamura So who raised his head, and pretended to hesitate and said:

"Honestly...my wife and I have been separated for ten years, so..."

As Kogoro Mori spoke, he skillfully pretended to be so miserable as if he couldn't continue.

Nakamura So's thoughts turned over and over, his pupils shrank slightly, he stood up, folded his hands in front of him, and said with unbelievable pity:

"Could it be..."

"Yes, that's exactly what you think."

Maori Kogoro nodded in a solemn manner, suppressing his sadness on the surface as he spoke:

"During the ten years that my wife and I were separated, Xiaolan was taken care of by me, while Mira was... taken care of by my wife."

Actually...

Maori Kogoro explained seriously in his heart:

"Mira's real father has passed away long ago. It is impossible for her to call another man father or daddy."

"Yes...Is that so..."

Nakamura So covered her red lips with one hand, looked at Maori Kogoro with great sympathy, and blamed herself for being sentimental in her heart:

"Oh my god, they are both Mr. Maori's daughters, but they have been separated for ten years. I really shouldn't interfere in their family affairs..."

Thinking of this, Nakamura lowered his eyebrows and apologized with deep shame:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Maori. I didn't know the truth and said those words rashly, which touched your sad past. I'm really sorry."

"It doesn't matter."

Maori Kogoro waved his hands firmly and cleverly changed the subject:

"Without further delay, we should quickly find Xiaolan and the others and take them out for dinner. I think they are hungry too."

"Okay, okay."

Nakamura Cao didn't want to mention the sad past of Mori Kogoro again. He responded gently and turned around softly, walking slowly towards the open door.

Kogoro secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly chased after Nakamura. In his mind, he looked up at the classical ceiling and said with extreme embarrassment:

"If Xiaolan and the others knew that Miss Nakamura misunderstood that Mira and I had a bad relationship, they would probably laugh non-stop."

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During this period.

In the study, the door is open and the warm sunlight shines through the windows into the room.

"That's right~"

Princess Mira stood in front of the bookshelf on the far left side of the door, with her hands behind her back, clasped together, looking at Xiaolan standing in front of her with interest, and chatted gently:

"It turns out that in middle school, Shinichi used various methods to sneak out of the classroom for several days in a row in order to find an alibi for the suspect~"

"Yeah, yeah~"

Xiaolan clasped her hands together and placed them in front of her chest. She nodded with a smile as beautiful as a flower and said happily:

"Shinichi often does weird things to investigate cases~!"

As Xiaolan was talking, she subconsciously looked towards where Kudo Shinichi was originally, and was dumbfounded to find that he and Dongfang Haoyue had disappeared without a trace. She froze in place and described with a slightly broken mind:

"He...they're gone...!"

"Eh?"

Princess Mira dropped her hands to her sides, pretending to be belatedly aware of what was happening and looked towards the place where Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi were originally, and said in a puzzled tone:

"Why are they gone?"

"Let's go find them!"

Xiaolan clenched her left fist and let it fall to her left. She clenched her right fist and waved it to her right shoulder. The flames of anger rose rapidly in her heart. She turned her head sharply and looked at Princess Mira, and said angrily:

"Really? We were just chatting for a while, and Conan and Haoyue ran away!"

"Yeah, yeah, they're going too far!"

Princess Mira clenched her fists and waved them in front of her chest, nodding repeatedly in pretending to be angry.

"let's go!"

Xiaolan grabbed Princess Mira's white wrist without saying anything, dragged her to the corridor outside the door, looked around for Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi, and called out repeatedly with suppressed dissatisfaction:

"Conan, Haoyue, where are you?

Conan, Haoyue?"

Quiet.

A brief moment of silence.

Xiaolan fixed her eyes on the kitchen with a closed door not far to the front left, and quickly dragged Princess Mira over.

Three seconds later.

Xiaolan stopped outside the kitchen door, let go of Princess Mira with her right hand, grasped the door handle, turned it gently, pushed the door open, glanced inside the house, confirmed that no one was there, closed the door, clenched her fists in her heart, and criticized unhappily:

"Really, where have they gone again!

There's no need to spend so much time collecting clues to solve the mystery.

It's normal for Haoyue to be young and ignorant, but you, Shinichi, are a high school student, but after you become a small child, you take him around everywhere. What if he encounters danger? Can you have some sense of propriety?

By the way, are they hiding in the bathroom?"

Thinking of this, Xiaolan fixed her eyes on the bathroom with a closed door far away on the left side of the kitchen. She turned right and walked over without worrying about the possibility of seeing embarrassing scenes.

Princess Mira followed Xiaolan closely, her hands clasped and swinging naturally, seemingly cooperating with her in the search for Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi, but in fact she was indignant and scolded in her heart:

"Now that I think about it, maybe Haoyue and Shinichi went out to play!

I originally thought that they secretly left the study room to investigate the case, and I deliberately helped them attract Xiaolan's attention, but... the result was..."

Princess Mira inexplicably recalled the sad scene in the romantic TV series that she watched with Miyano Akemi a few days ago. She stopped involuntarily and moved towards the closed door of the villa. Her hands gradually lost the strength to hold them in place.

As Xiaolan was walking, she noticed Mira stopped at the corner of her eyes, and quickly stopped to her left, turned to look at her, and asked with puzzled concern:

"What's wrong, Mira?"