Stay away from Conan

Chapter 36 Basement

Looking at the three people standing outside the iron gate, Gao Yuan recognized them at a glance - Kudo Shinichi, Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko! Unexpectedly, they actually found me first. Seeing the bags from the dessert shop in their hands, Gao Yuan probably knew their purpose.

"Excuse me. My name is Mao Lilan, and I am Kudo Shinichi's classmate."

Mao Lilan on the side introduced herself politely.

"Hello, I am also in the same class as Suzuki Sonoko."

Suzuki Sonoko also said.

"Because I heard that a new neighbor has moved near Kudo-san's house, I took the liberty of visiting. This is a souvenir we just bought, and we hope to accept it."

Mao Lilan showed the gift bag in his hand and said.

Seeing this, Gao Yuan walked to the iron gate and opened the door for them.

"Hello, my name is Mingzhi Gaoyuan. I will live here forever. Please give me your advice."

Gao Yuan accepted the gift and said so.

"If you don't mind, come in and sit."

"May I?"

Mao Lilan replied politely.

"Of course. But because I just moved here yesterday, I haven't packed it up yet. You don't mind."

"Why would you mind? It's our honor."

Mao Lilan answered impeccably, and under the leadership of Gao Yuan, the three of them walked into the villa.

After walking through the entrance hall and coming to the hall, I saw only a rectangular table and matching chairs. The rest of the place was empty and without furniture.

"It's true that we just moved in and haven't packed anything yet."

Suzuki Sonoko was speechless when she saw this scene.

"Yeah, I really don't have anything here, so please bear with me."

Gao Yuan said, pulling out the chairs next to the table and motioning for the three of them to sit down.

"I only have wheat tea here, is that okay?"

After the three of them sat on the chairs, Gao Yuan came to the kitchen and brought the large bottle of wheat tea and three new cups he had just bought to the table. He poured drinks into the cups and placed them in front of the three of them.

"Mr. Akechi, you are too polite."

Mao Lilan said politely, and the three of them took the drink poured by Gao Yuan without being polite.

"Speaking of which, Kudo Shinichi, you are the famous high school detective, right?"

Also sitting on the chair, Gao Yuan sat opposite Kudo Shinichi and looked at what he said.

"Well, yes."

From the moment he entered the door, Kudo Shinichi had been looking around at the structure of the villa without saying a word. Now that Gao Yuan took the initiative to ask him, he answered casually.

"Speaking of which, what does Mr. Akechi do?"

Mao Lilan asked.

"Looking at your age, could it be that you are a college student?"

Suzuki Sonoko took over the topic and said.

"To be honest, I am also a detective."

Gao Yuan responded to the two people's inquiries, which obviously aroused the interest of the three of them.

"Hey, Mr. Akechi is also a detective!"

Kudo Shinichi said with a hint of joy.

"Yes. To be honest, I also took over this villa from someone else. Before you guys came here, I was still thinking about this villa. Since Kudo-san lives nearby, do you know about this villa? What is the problem?"

Gao Yuan said straight to the point. It can be seen that Kudo Shinichi is also very interested in this villa. He must know something.

"Huh? Don't you know, Mr. Akechi?"

Mao Lilan was a little surprised, "Since about a year ago, there have been rumors of being haunted here. It's just that no one has lived in this villa, so no one knows what's going on."

"Starting a year ago, around midnight, there were sometimes strange noises coming from this villa, but as of a month ago, such noises never happened again. But about half a month ago, I heard Dr. A Li next door. Said, one night it seemed that the lights in this villa were on. "

Kudo Shinichi added a lot of details.

Gao Yuan shook his head, saying he didn't know, and then told the three people what he knew.

"That is to say, theoretically, no one should have been to this villa for three years, but the hall here obviously doesn't look like no one has been to it for three years?"

After listening to Takato's narration, Kudo Shinichi concluded, "It's really interesting!"

"Shinichi, that's so rude."

Seeing what Kudo Shinichi said, Mao Lilan reminded him in a low voice.

"I feel the same way!"

Takahara was not surprised by Kudo Shinichi's performance and expressed the same view.

"In that case, would Kudo-san be interested in exploring this villa together?"

Gao Yuan suggested.

"That's what I meant!"

Kudo Shinichi stood up from his chair excitedly, and then began to check in various rooms. Seeing this, Mao Lilan stood up and followed him.

"Shinichi, isn't this too rude?"

"What's wrong? Don't everyone agree?"

Kudo Shinichi responded.

"But what should we do if we really find out that there is a ghost?"

Mao Lilan was a little scared and leaned next to Kudo Shinichi and said.

"What are you afraid of? How can there be ghosts in this world?"

Looking at the two people acting together, Suzuki Sonoko said helplessly, "Sure enough," and then looked at Gao Yuan who was thinking, and was too embarrassed to disturb him, so he followed Kudo and the others to wander around the villa.

At this time, Gao Yuan was thinking about what Kudo Shinichi had just said. He ignored the strange noises for now. Since someone saw the lights on in this villa at night half a month ago, it was obvious that someone must have entered here!

Although the water and electricity in this villa have never been cut off over the years, if no one is inside, the lights cannot be turned on. So how do outsiders get in? After all, the key has always been in the hands of Lawyer Shimada and others, and no outsiders can access it.

It was impossible to pick the lock. After all, the doors and windows I saw when I came yesterday were all locked, and the key I got could open the door normally.

Is it possible that there is a lockpicking expert? But what is the purpose of doing this?

This is what Gao Yuan has always found strange: someone broke into a villa that had been unoccupied for several years. But there is no property that can be stolen, and it doesn't look like someone has lived here temporarily. What is going on?

"ah!"

Mao Lilan's exclamation broke the original quiet atmosphere of the villa.

Hearing the sound, Gao Yuan hurriedly ran towards the source of the sound.

Arriving at a room on the first floor, I saw that a custom-made bookshelf that was originally fixed on the wall suddenly moved away, revealing the dark passage behind it. Mao Lilan and Kudo Shinichi stood beside it, looking a little surprised. , among which Mao Lilan was even more surprised and covered her mouth.

"Sonoko, are you okay?"

Mao Lilan shouted into the passage.

"I'm fine."

Suzuki Sonoko's voice came from underground, which surprised Gao Yuan.

"What happened?"

Gao Yuan asked.

"When we were checking in this room just now, Yuanzi bumped into something, and the bookshelf suddenly moved away, and then she accidentally fell down."

Mao Lilan explained.

"Kudo! Xiaolan! This is a basement!"

Suzuki Sonoko seemed to have recovered from her panic and said.

"But, there is no basement on the floor plan of this villa!"

Gao Yuan said very surprised at what Yuanzi said.