Stay away from Conan

Chapter 35 Kudo Shinichi

Tokyo, Mihua Town, Tedan High School, after school time, Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan walked out of the school together.

"Well, Shinichi! Let's go buy some gifts!"

Mao Lilan suggested to Kudo Shinichi with a smile, while Kudo Shinichi next to him looked reluctant.

"Why do you want to come out and buy gifts at this time?"

"Huh? Didn't you start talking about it since the morning? Someone moved into the house next door to your house that had been vacant yesterday? So let's buy some gifts and go visit now!"

Mao Lilan said.

"According to etiquette, someone should come to visit me. Is it necessary for us to take the initiative?"

Kudo Shinichi said with some duplicity, but Mao Lilan seemed to see Kudo Shinichi's little thoughts.

"Huh? Aren't you always curious about the rumors that that house is often haunted, and always want to go in and catch the ghosts out? Now someone has moved in, isn't it just what you want?"

Mao Lilan said with a hint of teasing.

"Idiot! No! Someone must have deliberately spread the news about hauntings! There is no way ghosts exist in this world!"

Kudo Shinichi was struck by what he was saying, but he still retorted loudly on the surface.

"Hey! What are you two talking about in secret?"

At this time, a high school girl wearing a headband appeared from behind the two of them, patted their shoulders with both hands and said.

"What! Sonoko! What are you talking about as a couple?"

When Mao Lilan saw Suzuki Sonoko appearing behind her, she couldn't help but refute the wording in her words.

When Kudo Shinichi saw the newly emerged Suzuki Sonoko, he looked helpless - the three of them were all old friends since they were in the same class in kindergarten, and this was not the first time they had such a conversation.

"By the way, Sonoko, did you know that a new neighbor has moved next door to the new family? We are planning to pay a visit!"

Mao Lilan said to Suzuki Sonoko.

"What? Has the boring inventor next door to Kudo's house moved away?"

Suzuki Sonoko wondered.

"No, it's the other side, the house that no one has ever lived in."

Mao Lilan explained.

"Oh! Are you talking about that big villa? No one has lived in it for several years, right? And recently there are rumors that that villa is haunted. Why, someone actually lives in it?"

Suzuki Sonoko said curiously.

"Yes, so we plan to buy some gifts and visit the new family and this new neighbor."

Mao Lilan said. Although Kudo Shinichi on the side showed reluctance, he still did not object.

"Really? Then I would like to go and see it together."

Suzuki Sonoko agreed with Mao Lilan's proposal.

At the same time, in the villa at No. 20, Mikka Town 2-chome, Gao Yuan looked at the new furniture that had just been arranged in the living room, and couldn't help but sit on the chair to rest.

Although I acquired this property, there is no furniture in this villa except for the custom-made cabinets that were fixed on the wall during decoration!

When I came here yesterday, there was not even a bed here, so I had to sleep another night in a hotel outside. Fortunately, all the furniture purchased today was finally delivered.

Just thinking about my one million yen remuneration, it seems a bit difficult to purchase all the furniture for this villa, and even home appliances have to be purchased. There is really nothing here!

But you can take your time with these little things. I have purchased the basic furniture for the living room and bedroom today. At least my life is enough - and now I can legally own a villa in Tokyo. What else is there to be dissatisfied about? Well!

In addition, after I came here yesterday, I finally understood why I felt familiar with this address - this villa is next to the home of Kudo Shinichi, the protagonist of the "Detective Conan" world!

This is simply killing two birds with one stone. I was originally thinking about how to contact Kudo Shinichi, but now I have become his neighbor. If I want to contact him, there are many opportunities, not to mention that it is still some time before Kudo Shinichi becomes smaller!

Gao Yuan felt chills running down his back when he thought of meeting the black organization in the previous promotion challenge mission - this was a real meeting with a member of the organization! If it weren't for the fact that I had already established my identity and was protected by this windbreaker, I might have really been in danger!

Thinking like this, Gao Yuan looked around this villa - speaking of it, has it really been that no one has lived here for several years?

I came here yesterday just for a quick glance and then went out to buy furniture and stay in a hotel, so I didn't think about it in detail. But now that I have arranged all the furniture, I finally have time to think about this issue.

At that time, lawyer Shimada Kaoru told herself that after Mr. Nishikawa purchased the villa, he signed a regular cleaning contract with the cleaning company. But the contract expired three years ago. Mr. Nishikawa had long forgotten the existence of this villa, so he did not renew the contract. It was only when I was discussing the will with lawyer Shimada not long ago that I discovered that I still had this villa in my name.

So in theory, from three years ago to now, during this period, no one has come to this villa, let alone cleaned it! But judging from the situation I saw when I came here yesterday, it really doesn’t look like no one has been here for three years!

Although many rooms have indeed accumulated a lot of dust, the lobby and living room after entering look like they have been cleaned recently.

Is it possible that the cleaning company forgot that the contract had expired and came here again?

Then we shouldn’t just clean up these few places, right? What's more, even if the cleaning company didn't find out that the contract had expired, it's been three years now. It makes no sense that it still hasn't found out after three years!

Thinking of this, Gao Yuan took out his newly purchased slide phone and dialed the number of Shimada Law Firm.

Soon, Gao Yuan asked what he wanted to ask:

According to Kaoru Shimada, the contract between Mr. Nishikawa and the cleaning company was handled by Shimada’s lawyers during the actual operation - that is, during the period when the contract was to be cleaned, Shimada’s lawyers The lawyer first contacted the cleaning company, and then the lawyer took the keys to Tokyo to supervise the work of the cleaning company. After the contract expired, without Mr. Nishikawa's renewal, the work naturally did not continue.

In other words, the key has always been in the possession of Shimada Law Firm, and the lawyers handling this matter are all based in Osaka. There is no reason for outsiders to get the key, and the cleaning company has no access to the key.

So, this thing seems a bit weird - obviously, someone must have come into this villa recently!

Thinking like this, suddenly, a sound of doorbell disturbed Gao Yuan's thoughts.

When I went out, I saw three high school students standing outside the iron gate of the wall.

"Hello, I am Kudo Shinichi who lives next door!"

Kudo Shinichi, the boy standing in the middle, introduced himself like this.