Conan: About the fact that I have a black brother

“It was a close call indeed.”

In the courtyard of Zhufu's house, four people sat around the barbecue grill. Zhufu Gaoming changed out of his navy blue suit and put on a khaki windbreaker, looking a little younger.

He looked at Lin Xiaochen, who was sitting beside him and looked a little depressed. "It's rare that Ganzhu makes sense. Lin did act impulsively."

"Why do you say that too, Senior Zhu Fu!" Lin Xiaochen lowered his head and scratched his head, "The situation was really urgent at the time!"

"Hahaha, okay, Lin, we don't blame you." Uehara Yui laughed, "We are very grateful to you. If it weren't for your recklessness, Uncle Kai might have... Thank you, Lin."

Lin Xiaochen raised his head and felt embarrassed: "This... anyone would do the same... Ahhh, why is the barbecue not good? I'm hungry..."

He picked up the tongs to turn the meat slices, but Yamato Gansuke held down the tongs with chopsticks: "Don't turn it around, the fire isn't even strong yet!"

"Then why put barbecue there?" Lin Xiaochen tried to change the subject.

"You just released it." Yamato Gansuke pointed out mercilessly, "Okay, you really can't stand being teased."

"No way?" Lin Xiaochen insisted.

The remaining three laughed mercilessly.

"It's so lively here, they're barbecuing. Gao Ming, is this your new friend?" A man who looked almost an older version of Zhufu Gao Ming walked in from outside wearing traditional kimono.

The four of them stood up one after another, and Zhu Fu Gaoming nodded slightly to the man: "Father, yes, Lin is my new colleague and friend."

"Hello Mr. Zhu Fu, my name is Lin Xiaochen."

"Hello, my name is Zhu Fu Shenming, and I'm Gao Ming's father." Zhu Fu Shenming smiled gently, "You can tell from the looks of it that he's another outstanding young man. Have fun, Gao Ming, and entertain your good friends."

"Okay father."

Zhu Fu Shenming smiled at the four people and walked into the house.

——That’s not right. Didn’t the Zhufu couple already pass away?

Lin Xiaochen recalled the news headlines that Zhu Fu Jingguang had found when he was in the police academy.

He wanted to ask, but was embarrassed because Yamato Gansuke and Uehara Yui were there. He thought about it and tried to attract Morobushi Takaaki's attention with other topics.

"Oh my God, Senior Zhufu, you and Mr. Zhufu really look alike, especially those eyes." Lin Xiaochen sighed, but in a flash, he realized that it was very impolite to comment on the other person's appearance. He was about to apologize but was interrupted.

"That's true. My mother has complained many times, saying, 'I don't seem to feel any involvement at all.'" Speaking of his family, Zhu Fu Gaoming's expression relaxed.

Yamato Gansuke asked: "Gao Ming, I remember you mentioned that you have a younger brother, doesn't he look like your aunt?"

Zhu Fu Gaoming was speechless for a moment.

"How can they not be alike? Wouldn't that be inconsistent with genetics?" Lin Xiaochen came to the rescue.

Due to the special nature of Zhu Fu Jingguang's mission, his physical characteristics cannot be easily leaked, and Lin Xiaochen is not willing to discuss this topic any further.

"Indeed, my brother is more like mother." Zhu Fu Gaoming looked at Lin Xiaochen deeply, "Lin, I remember you mentioned that you also have a younger brother."

You are such a good fellow Taoist who would rather die than be killed by me. I gave you a way out, but why are you using me as a way out?

Lin Xiaochen secretly complained in his heart.

"There is one, six years younger than me. Counting the dates, today is his sixteenth birthday." Lin Xiaochen's face showed a sense of loneliness from time to time. "There was a big fire in my house. My parents died in the fire, but the police didn't find the third body. I always thought he was still alive."

"You'll find it." Uehara Yui comforted.

"I think so too." Lin Xiaochen smiled with relief, "Besides, I always feel that I will meet him soon."

——In fact, I have seen it before, but the little bastard just doesn’t remember it.

"It's okay." - He will remember.

"There is no news at all. I don't know where he is, and I don't know what he is doing..." Zhu Fu Gaoming seemed to sigh, "It really makes my brother worried."

I don't know who this sentence is directed at.

Thinking of the black organization and then thinking of Zhufu Jingguang's ending in the original novel, Lin Xiaochen couldn't help but feel sad for Zhufu Gaoming.

"Why are you suddenly so sad?" Yamato Gansuke ruined the atmosphere, "Are you two sentimental people?"

"That's so rude, Gansuke." Zhu Fu Gaoming glanced at Yamato Gansuke rudely.

"I don't admit this either. I'm not Miss Lin." Lin Xiaochen smiled. "But I like to be pretentious. If it snows today, I will definitely make a pot of wine for you."

"That's biased." Zhu Fu said wisely, "Why did Mr. Lin call drinking wine around the fire a pretense of elegance? The word "pretense" is really a bit harsh..."

After saying that, he and Lin Xiaochen looked at each other and smiled.

"It's over, here comes another one." Yamato Gansuke muttered, not afraid that the two of them would hear him.

Uehara Yui laughed out loud: "Agan, you can also join the conversation."

"forget it."

After hearing that Zhufu Gaoming had begun to share his experience of reading "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" with Lin Xiaochen, and Lin Xiaochen began to recommend China's four great masterpieces and several history books, Yamato Gansuke completely gave up the desire to discuss, as no one knew what they were talking about.

During this time, Zhu Fu Shenming, who was in the house, came out for some fresh air. When he heard someone discussing the Three Kingdoms with Zhu Fu Gaoming, he couldn't help but become interested and excitedly joined the conversation.

The five people chatted and laughed until dark. Zhu Fushenming was still not satisfied and wanted to ask them to stay overnight, but the three of them declined because they had to go to work the next morning and take care of personal matters at home. So Zhu Fugaoming sent them away properly.

Zhu Fu Gaoming escorted the three people out the door and nodded in greeting: "See you at the police station tomorrow."

"Goodbye, seniors." Lin Xiaochen waved goodbye to them and walked halfway, then turned back to Zhu Fu's house. The house was brightly lit. He knocked on the door, and soon Zhu Fu Gaoming came and opened the door, as if he knew Lin Xiaochen would come: "Please come in, Lin."

Zhu Fugaoming led Lin Xiaochen to the study room and poured him a glass of water: "Lin, you and Jingguang are from the same class, right?"

"Yes, we are from the same period, classmates and friends." Lin Xiaochen said.

Zhu Fugaoming sat down opposite Lin Xiaochen: "Jingguang mentioned to me on the phone that he met four very good classmates in the police academy. One of them also has a brother, and he asked me what it feels like to be his brother."

Lin Xiaochen remained silent, not knowing how to respond. Zhu Fu Gaoming stared at him for a long time and sighed, "How is he now?"

"He is doing a job that is very dangerous, but someone has to do it." Lin Xiaochen said.

"It seems you have seen him."

"Yes." Lin Xiaochen did not deny, "How did you know?"

Zhu Fu Gao Ming said: "I just suspected it before... It's not important. You seemed surprised to see my parents."

How perceptive.

"...Yes." Lin Xiaochen confessed everything that happened in the police academy, "I saw Hiro investigating the death and injury of the Nagano family. Hiro's state at the time and his attitude towards the criminals made me think... Sorry, I generalized."

"Dead... Jingguang had a puppy at the time, and the criminal killed the dog when he got the knife, so the news reported it like this." Zhufu Gaoming suddenly realized, "However, although we survived, the criminal has not been caught, Jingguang has always been concerned about this..."

"So at that time..."

"According to my father, the prisoner was about to stab him with a knife, and a gentleman came over to subdue him and sent him to the police station, but then the prisoner escaped from prison. Jingguang was frightened and has been worried about it ever since." Zhufu Gaoming thought, "I remember that gentleman's surname was Makiya. If you want to know the details of this incident, why not ask my father."

Lin Xiaochen shook his head to indicate that it was not necessary.

Zhu Fu Gaoming sighed: "If you are such an identity, then all the previous doubts will be solved. The previous case... Ganzhu has always been very concerned, but after today, he will change his mind about you."

"I'm so sorry." Lin Xiaochen lowered his head.

Zhu Fu Gaoming comforted him: "Don't feel sorry. Some jobs require you to bear misunderstandings. It's great to be able to take the initiative to face these. It's getting late. Go back and rest, Lin."

Lin Xiaochen said goodbye to Zhu Fu Gaoming again and walked on the road with a lot of thoughts in his mind. When he passed by a bookstore, he remembered the various books they talked about in the afternoon, so he turned and walked in.

The bookstore was about to close. When the boss saw Lin Xiaochen coming in, he did not urge him. He just put down the work in his hands and sat back on the chair covered with a thick cushion.

Lin Xiaochen knew that his boss was also in a hurry to go home, so he picked up a novel nearby, paid and left.

When he got home, he noticed that he was holding a novel titled "Kong Ming, Class 2-A".

Kong Ming, Gao Ming? It's quite a coincidence.

It was night and Lin Xiaochen was bored, so he started to read. Unexpectedly, the more he read, the more familiar it seemed. He became more and more addicted to the book and stayed up all night.

The next day I went to the office with dark circles under my eyes.

Seeing him like this, Uehara Yui thought that he had not rested well because of his back injury, and asked if he wanted to take a leave. Yamato Gansuke very "ruthlessly" told him that the director had come and asked him to hurry up and meet him.

In desperation, Lin Xiaochen borrowed Uehara Yui's cosmetics, barely covered his dark circles, and knocked on the door of the director's office.

The director actually didn't have much else to do, except to ask him to work hard and not make the same mistakes again.

Lin Xiaochen complained in his heart: I have been here for a month or two. Isn’t it too late for you to bring this up now?

But his face was serious: "Yes, sir!"

When he returned to the office, he happened to see Zhufu Gaoming and Yamato Ganzhu bickering as usual. In Lin Xiaochen's mind, he was thinking about the calm and wise classmate Kong Ming in the novel last night, and a classmate from the next class who spoke rudely...

Tsk, this inexplicable sense of déjà vu, it must be a coincidence.

Lin Xiaochen deeply reflected on his three seconds of idleness, then leaned over to listen to the details of the two people's bickering.

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Author: By the way, are there any kids who pay attention to the volume name? The volume name represents the number of knives.