Conan: I Know Animal Language

It is said that humans have their own language and animals have their own language, but Mu Tianyuan, who traveled to the world of Conan, was able to communicate with animals because of a seemingly inferior inheritance. Mu Tianyuan, who was not very satisfied with this golden finger at first, gradually discovered that the animal world is also very exciting. With the help of the animals, Mu Tianyuan began to steal the show from Conan intentionally or unintentionally.

Mu Tianyuan: “I can’t reason, but I have a lot of helpers. As long as there are animals around, there will be witnesses!”

Little Fox: “Stop pretending, go home and have dinner!”

Well, actually it’s just daily life, complaining, and teasing Conan.

Conan: I Know Animal Language
Chapter 1 Excuse me, where the hell am I going?
“Sir, what can I do for you?” A gentle voice sounded beside Mu Tianyuan’s ear. Mu Tianyuan slowly turned his head and saw a good-looking young woman wearing a uniform he had never seen before. She was looking at him with a smile from behind. Mu Tianyuan shook his head dazedly and said, “No, nothing. I just feel a little lost…”
After saying that, Mu Tianyuan didn’t care about the young woman’s confused expression and slowly sat down in the seat he had jumped up from before. He looked at the seat in front of him and began to daze. To be honest, when Mu Tianyuan opened his eyes, he was confused. Even until this moment, he was in a confused state. If he remembered correctly, it seemed that he should have been at home while playing with his mobile phone and rewatching Conan. But if his cognition was correct, he seemed to be on a speeding train! In such a weird situation, even a fool would be confused, not to mention Mu Tianyuan believed that he was not a fool!
After staring blankly at the front seat for an unknown amount of time, Mu Tianyuan felt someone taking pictures of him and came back to his senses. Turning around, he saw a girl wearing the same uniform as the girl before. She smiled and said to him, “Sir, we have arrived at the terminal. You should get off.”
“Oh…” Mu Tianyuan was stunned for a moment and nodded at the girl blankly. Then he stood up with the backpack he had been holding since he woke up and prepared to get off the bus. However, after Mu Tianyuan took two steps, he heard the girl calling him. He turned around and saw the girl dragging a suitcase down from the luggage rack and said to him with a smile: “Sir, you forgot your luggage.”
“Thank you.” Although Mu Tianyuan didn’t know where the suitcase came from, since the other party had already told him, Mu Tianyuan immediately thanked her and took the suitcase from the girl.
“He’s a handsome guy, but a bit dull.” The uniformed girl murmured with some regret as she watched Mu Tianyuan get off the train with his suitcase. Mu Tianyuan had no idea what the girl thought of him at this moment. At this moment, Mu Tianyuan, with his backpack in one hand and his suitcase in the other, got on the train that was inexplicable to him. Standing on the platform, Mu Tianyuan felt a bit like he was about to draw his sword and look around in confusion. After standing there in a daze for a long time, Mu Tianyuan finally came to his senses. Looking at the crowd coming and going, Mu Tianyuan burst out with a heartfelt sentence: “Where the hell am I going?”
Originally, Mu Tianyuan was just talking to himself from the bottom of his heart, not expecting anyone to answer him. After all, he was so confused at the moment, how could he expect others to tell him? But what he didn’t expect was that after Mu Tianyuan finished yelling, he heard a delicate female voice beside him: “Shouldn’t you ask why you are here now?”
“You make sense…” Mu Tianyuan finally realized after hearing this. He should first figure out where he is. So he nodded slowly and then yelled frantically, “Why the hell am I here? Where the hell is this? Where am I going?”
As Mu Tianyuan shouted, all the passers-by who were originally walking around on the platform turned their eyes to Mu Tianyuan. If it were any other time, Mu Tianyuan would definitely feel embarrassed, but at this moment, Mu Tianyuan couldn’t care less. He didn’t even know what was going on, so who had the time to care about a group of passers-by looking at him like he was crazy!
However, Mu Tianyuan’s yelling was not without effect. At least after he finished yelling, an uncle dressed like a security guard walked towards him. The uncle didn’t understand how complicated Mu Tianyuan’s heart was when he yelled. He simply thought that the child couldn’t find the exit. Therefore, the uncle very kindly reached out and pointed out a clear way for Mu Tianyuan. The general idea was: Grandson, go that way, turn a corner and you will be out!
Although the uncle’s answer was not what Mu Tianyuan wanted to know, Mu Tianyuan still thanked the uncle and walked towards the clear road that the uncle pointed out. The uncle really didn’t fool him. He walked forward for a while and turned a corner and really came out of the station. When Mu Tianyuan stood on the curb with his luggage, he was surprised to find something that helped him determine his current location. He saw that the various signs on the roadside had a lot of Japanese words in addition to the Chinese characters he was familiar with. After seeing this, Mu Tianyuan nodded slowly and muttered, “Well, it seems that I don’t know how I came to Japan?”
Mu Tianyuan was certain there was no sign like this in China. Even if there was one, it would just be a few letters. Even if you went to Hengdian, you’d be hard-pressed to see such an unusual sign! Furthermore, Mu Tianyuan had never heard of anything like a Japanese entertainment district, so the only explanation was that he had arrived in Japan! Although he didn’t know why everyone around him seemed to speak Mandarin, it didn’t stop Mu Tianyuan from confirming his current location.
After figuring this out, Mu Tianyuan was still very happy. At least he knew where he was, right? Immediately, Mu Tianyuan shouted happily: “Why the hell am I here?!”
Once again, Mu Tianyuan clearly remembered that he had eaten a hearty dinner of instant noodles at home and then stayed in his bedroom, playing with his phone while rewatching Conan! Mu Tianyuan swore that he was not wrong about this! But now the problem came, this place was clearly at least one or two thousand kilometers away from this damn place, or even more! But why did he end up in Japan after waking up? Even if it was a prank, I’ve never heard of such a trick! It’s impossible that he could teleport without knowing it, right? But even if the teleportation was successful, why did he still carry his luggage?
“I think you’d better not yell here, or people will think you’re crazy.” Just as Mu Tianyuan was happily looking at the people around him, the delicate female voice came out again from beside him, and Mu Tianyuan subconsciously replied angrily: “Why would I care about that? I just want to know what’s going on with me!”
After saying this, Mu Tianyuan was suddenly stunned. He realized something: the delicate female voice seemed a little strange! First of all, this female voice must be talking to him. Secondly, Mu Tianyuan didn’t know why he had a feeling that the owner of this female voice should know about his current situation. Finally, who the hell was this female voice?!
Mu Tianyuan came back to his senses and immediately began to look around. Although there were many people around him, they all seemed to be two meters away from him, and the look in their eyes when they looked at him was filled with fear and inexplicable concern!
That would be fine, just like what Mu Tianyuan said, he couldn’t care less at the moment, but if Mu Tianyuan was not mistaken, the female voice was obviously coming from a very close distance to him! Since there was no one within two meters who seemed to be talking to him, then where did the female voice come from?
“By the way, who are you…” Mu Tianyuan asked subconsciously after searching around but couldn’t find the female voice that seemed to be talking to him. Just when Mu Tianyuan was wondering, he heard the delicate female voice say, “That’s a good question, but can you let me out so we can introduce ourselves?”
“Let you out?” Hearing this, Mu Tianyuan was stunned at first, then said in confusion: “Your request is very simple, but the problem is that I also need to know where you are!”
Damn it, I looked around but couldn’t find anyone, and then this female voice asked me to let her out. Even if I wanted to let her out, I have to know where to let her out!
After saying this, Mu Tianyuan suddenly noticed that something seemed to be moving in the backpack he had been holding on to in the car. This discovery made Mu Tianyuan, who was already a little confused, even more confused. Could there be a living thing in his bag? Inquiring, Mu Tianyuan slowly placed the backpack on the ground, and then carefully unzipped the backpack like a bomb disposal expert. The next second, Mu Tianyuan saw a white, furry head pop out of the backpack!
After the head popped out, he said, “Oh my God, I’m finally out! You have no idea, I was almost suffocating in there!”
Seeing this, especially after hearing the head speak, Mu Tianyuan’s eyes widened. After a long silence, Mu Tianyuan said in surprise: “Oh my god! Why is there a dog in this bag? How can this thing be taken in the car?!”
If Li Junyang remembered correctly, pets weren’t allowed on trains or high-speed trains, and at most could be checked in. So why was he carrying a dog in his bag? Was this due to different national conditions, or was he breaking the rules?
“What are you looking at? I’m a fox, not a dog! Haven’t you taken biology class and seen the animal world?!” Upon hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the owner of the fluffy head that had just popped out of the bag to breathe fresh air immediately bared his teeth and retorted in a delicate voice.
Mu Tianyuan was stunned when he heard this, then he looked at the head seriously and nodded, saying, “Excuse me, please forgive my lack of knowledge. To be honest, this is the first time I’ve seen a fox in real life, except for seeing it on TV.”
Three things to do when reading: read, collect, and reward!
Automatically subscribe to the latest chapter
APP audiobook (free)
Premium audio, popular voice actors, offline listening
ActivityRegister as a Filo member and receive 200 points![Register Now]Chapter 2: Oh my god, the fox spoke? (Old version)
After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s sincere apology, the creature claiming to be a fox nodded and said, “Okay, I forgive you.”
Mu Tianyuan nodded apologetically to the fox and was about to say something when he suddenly exclaimed in surprise: “Holy shit! You can talk?!”
“Holy crap! You just realized this?!” A very human expression of surprise appeared on the fox’s face. Then, the fox said in disbelief, “I think your reaction is a little too slow, isn’t it?”
As mentioned earlier, this was Mu Tianyuan’s first time seeing a live fox, but he could clearly see the human-like look on the fox’s face. After hearing what the fox said, Mu Tianyuan said a little embarrassedly: “I’m sorry, you have to know that I just encountered something that is a bit difficult to understand, so my reaction is inevitably a bit slow.”
The creature claiming to be a fox thought about what Mu Tianyuan said, nodded, and said, “If that’s what you said, then it’s not… Hey! What are you doing?! We were chatting happily, why did you push me back?!”
Mu Tianyuan felt like this was the strangest day of his life. First, he’d inexplicably traveled thousands of kilometers to Japan. Then, this animal in his bag, claiming to be a fox, actually started talking! Even more bizarre, he’d actually chatted with it, or perhaps it, for quite a while! This was truly challenging the worldview he’d painstakingly built up over the past thirty years.
After stuffing the creature claiming to be a fox back into the backpack, Mu Tianyuan quickly zipped it up again. Then, looking at the backpack that was flapping around, Mu Tianyuan said seriously, “You’d better stay in the bag for now. I think I need to take a break…”
“Slow down! Weren’t you calmly asking why there was a dog in your bag just now? Weren’t you calmly chatting with me just now? Why are you slowing down now? Let me out quickly! If you don’t let me out, I’ll slow down!” The creature claiming to be a fox yelled angrily while struggling in the bag. This guy was obviously wondering why there was a dog in his bag just now! How come it became like this in just a short while?
“Nonsense! Didn’t I fail to react at first?!” Mu Tianyuan retorted unhappily while panting heavily. At the beginning, Mu Tianyuan really didn’t react. He was confused because he didn’t know what was going on and the map suddenly changed. Although his brain could think, it was limited. Therefore, when he saw a talking canine animal popping out of his bag, he didn’t grasp the key point at once. But even if his brain was limited in thinking, he realized after a few seconds that he seemed to have grasped the wrong point just now!
After realizing that the fox’s ability to talk was more important than why he had a pet in his bag, Mu Tianyuan became even more frantic. “What the hell is going on?” he asked. “Not only had he violated the rules by bringing a pet on board, but this pet could actually talk!” All he had to do now was stuff it back into his bag and calm down.
“Even so, you can’t stuff me back into the bag! Let me out!” Although the fox somewhat understood Mu Tianyuan’s current state of mind, the fox said that he really didn’t want to stay in this backpack any longer! It was stuffy and dark in here and it wasn’t comfortable at all!
After hearing the words of the person claiming to be a fox, Mu Tianyuan was about to say something, but at this moment, a very cute little girl about four or five years old suddenly grabbed a young woman’s hand and said, “Mom, look, this brother is talking to his bag! And the big brother’s bag can talk too!”
After hearing what the little girl said, Mu Tianyuan suddenly realized that this was not a place for chatting. He immediately turned his head to look at the little girl and her mother and said with a smile: “Big brother is a performance artist!”
Afterwards, regardless of the little girl’s reaction, Mu Tianyuan picked up his backpack, dragged his suitcase, turned around and walked away. After walking for a while, Mu Tianyuan found a small park on the side of the road and went in. Then, after finding an empty bench to sit down, he slowly reopened the zipper of his backpack with a feeling that he himself didn’t know what was going on. The next second, the furry white head popped out, and then the white head glared at Mu Tianyuan and said, “I’m telling you, if you dare to stuff me in your backpack again, I’ll fight you!”
Mu Tianyuan didn’t say anything, just staring blankly at the fox head with its teeth bared. After the fox bared its teeth and threatened for a long time, it suddenly muttered, “I thought you were going to throw me away at first.”
“Yeah, that’s what I thought at the beginning.” Mu Tianyuan didn’t deny it but nodded happily. After all, if a normal person saw a fox chatting with you, the first reaction would be to stay away from the fox. This is completely human nature.
Then, without waiting for the fox to say anything, Mu Tianyuan continued, “But I don’t know why I can’t bear to throw you away. Maybe… never mind. It’s nothing.”
When leaving the station, Mu Tianyuan did want to abandon this strange fox for a moment, but in just a moment, Mu Tianyuan decided to take her with him. Even Mu Tianyuan himself didn’t know the specific reason. He only knew that although this fox was very strange, he had an inexplicable trust in her.
“You are so honest.” After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s admission, the fox murmured with emotion instead of dissatisfaction. Then, the man and the fox fell into a strange silence. After a long silence, Mu Tianyuan looked down at the fox and hesitated for a moment before saying, “Um, can you foxes talk?”
“Besides me, have you ever seen any other foxes that can talk?” Upon hearing this question, the fox rolled its eyes at Mu Tianyuan. Mu Tianyuan immediately shook his head and said, “Besides you, I haven’t seen any other foxes. How would I know?”
Mu Tianyuan had previously said that this fox was the first one he had ever seen. How could he know if this fox could talk?!
“Are you stupid? If all foxes could speak human language, do you think it would be realistic? The world would have been bustling a long time ago, right?” The fox rolled its eyes at Mu Tianyuan in a humane way and complained unhappily. Mu Tianyuan didn’t pay any attention to the fox’s complaints. Instead, he held up his chin and said thoughtfully, “I think so too. If foxes could speak, how could I not have heard of it in all these years…”
Mu Tianyuan then looked down at the unusual fox with some curiosity and asked, “What’s wrong with you? Have you become a spirit?”
“You could say that, but I’m not quite sure what’s going on.” The fox nodded, then stretched out its front paw to scratch her ear and replied with a puzzled look in a humane way. Mu Tianyuan was completely bewildered by this answer: “You are simply the strangest monster I have ever seen. If it’s true, it is true. If it’s not true, it’s not true. How come you don’t understand it yourself?”
“Don’t act like you’ve seen other monsters, okay?” The fox immediately rolled its eyes at Mu Tianyuan and asked back. Mu Tianyuan thought for a moment and shook his head very bluntly, “Don’t be ridiculous, I really haven’t seen any other monsters.”
“Isn’t that enough?” The fox replied, shaking his head. Then he suddenly looked at Mu Tianyuan seriously and said, “By the way, let me remind you, I’m not a monster, nor a fairy. I’m… um, an elf? Maybe an elf!”
“Is there a difference?” Mu Tianyuan asked, looking at the fox in confusion, and then added: “Besides, you are so vague about it yourself, how can I believe you?”
“I don’t know what the difference is. Never mind. Let’s just leave it at that!” The fox pondered for a moment, then waved its paw and replied with a nonchalant look. Seeing the fox so forthright, Mu Tianyuan didn’t know what to say for a moment. After a long silence, Mu Tianyuan looked at the fox and asked, “So do you know how you came here? Well, or why did you appear by my side? And, what happened to me?”
“That’s a good question. First of all, although I don’t know why, I know I’m here to help you!” The fox jumped out of the bag after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s question, and then looked at Mu Tianyuan with a smug look on his face and answered. Mu Tianyuan pondered this answer and said, “Why do you want to help me? To unify the six kingdoms or to be crowned king? So that I can go down in history?”
In response to Mu Tianyuan’s question, the fox swung her tail and shook her head, asking, “Have you ever seen a famous historical figure who relied on the assistance of a fox? Even in The Investiture of the Gods and Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, there’s no such plot!”
After hearing this, Mu Tianyuan was silent for a moment, then looked at the fox and said, “You know quite a lot!”
Look, this fox is probably the most knowledgeable in the animal kingdom. At least in the animal kingdom, this is a senior professor-level figure! It not only knows history, but also knows about the Investiture of the Gods and Liao Zhai! You say, which ordinary animal knows these things? At this moment, Mu Tianyuan was completely conquered by the fox’s erudition!
“Of course, I’m well-educated!” The fox flicked its tail proudly when it heard Mu Tianyuan’s words, and then looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “As for your second question, why did you come back here? I don’t know either!”
Originally, Mu Tianyuan was waiting for the fox to give him clues to solve the case, but who would have thought that the fox would tell him that she didn’t know either. For a moment, Mu Tianyuan began to roll his eyes: “If you don’t know, then you don’t know. Why are you keeping me in suspense? I thought you knew!”
“I’m just a fox. How could I know so much?” The fox answered confidently after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words. Mu Tianyuan was speechless for a moment after hearing the fox’s answer. The fox had just said that she was knowledgeable and talented, so why did she emphasize now that she was just a fox?
At this moment, Mu Tianyuan remembered a truth he had known for many years: never argue with women! Because no matter what, they are right! Not only did Mu Tianyuan remember this truth, but he also had a new understanding: never argue with female creatures, because they are always right! Even if this female creature is just a fox!
Feilu novels, Feilu will make you look good!
Turn on lazy reading mode
Chapter 3 What? That’s it?! (Old version)
Seeing that Mu Tianyuan had nothing to say, the fox wagged its tail and strolled around Mu Tianyuan’s legs. Then, it quickly lay on Mu Tianyuan’s shoulder and said, “Hey, what do you think we should do now? It’s getting dark. We can’t just sit here forever, right?”
“You asked a good question. I also want to know what I should do now.” Mu Tianyuan replied helplessly when he heard the fox’s question. This question was too good to be true. He had no idea what to do next. Then Mu Tianyuan turned his head and looked at the fox standing on his shoulder and asked, “By the way, what exactly did you mean by assisting me?”
“Oh right! If you hadn’t told me, I almost forgot!” After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the fox suddenly looked enlightened. Then, it jumped from Mu Tianyuan’s shoulder back onto his legs. Then, it used its front paws to dig around in its body and magically pulled out a cell phone from somewhere. What was even more amazing was that the fox’s paws were just resting on the phone, but the phone was as steady as if it was in its hand, with no intention of falling at all. When Mu Tianyuan saw the phone, he was a little surprised and said, “Oh my god, this phone looks familiar. If I’m not mistaken, this seems to be my phone, right?”
“Good eyesight!” The fox gestured at Mu Tianyuan with its other paw. Although it was just a gesture, Mu Tianyuan understood what the fox meant. It was giving him a thumbs-up. Unfortunately, although the fox’s paw seemed to be able to hold things, it couldn’t do the difficult gesture of giving a thumbs-up.
The fox’s subsequent words proved that Mu Tianyuan was right. He heard the fox say with a slightly depressed tone, “It’s really so troublesome to even make a thumbs-up gesture. When do you think I can evolve my hands?”
“You can evolve?” Mu Tianyuan asked in surprise as he took the phone from the fox’s paw. The fox jumped back onto Mu Tianyuan’s shoulder and said, “Who knows? Now that I can talk, maybe I can evolve one day. I’ve seen stories saying that when animals become spirits, they can talk and then transform into human form. Maybe one day I can transform into a human form too.”
“Didn’t you initially wonder if you were a spirit?” Mu Tianyuan muttered casually while fiddling with his phone to restart it. Apparently, however, Mu Tianyuan had forgotten the truth he had grasped earlier. The fox wagged its tail and said confidently, “I don’t know if I’m a spirit, but let’s assume I am. As for transforming into a human, a fox should have some dreams, right? It doesn’t cost money, so maybe one day that dream will come true.”
“You make sense.” Mu Tianyuan thought about it for a moment and nodded seriously. Then Mu Tianyuan asked in confusion, “Why is the phone so slow to boot up?”
“Who knows?” The fox glanced at the phone that was trying to turn on and shook its head. Mu Tianyuan had only asked casually, not knowing that the magical fox beside him could know the answer. Therefore, he did not think much of the answer. Instead, he turned his head and looked at the fox on his shoulder in confusion and said, “I have a question. This is obviously my phone, why is it with you?”
“I noticed your focus is different from most people. I thought you’d ask me where I got my phone from.” The fox looked at Mu Tianyuan’s face with some surprise and muttered. The little fox thought most people would first ask themselves why they could take out a phone, right? But why was he concerned about why his phone was on him?
Mu Tianyuan responded calmly, “You can even talk now. What’s so strange about you having a storage space on you?”
“Wow! You know all this!” The fox looked at Mu Tianyuan in surprise and exclaimed, and Mu Tianyuan also exclaimed in surprise: “You really do have it?!”
“Yeah, I do!” The fox nodded happily. Seeing the fox nod, Mu Tianyuan excitedly threw down his phone and grabbed the suitcase next to him and said, “Then can you help me put the suitcase away first?”
Fox: “…What do you think?”
“Don’t you have storage space or something?” Mu Tianyuan answered confidently, while Fox rolled his eyes and said, “That’s not for luggage, right? Besides, my storage space is limited. Although I don’t quite understand why, I know it can only hold half my body weight!”
“Tsk, it’s only this small?” Mu Tianyuan muttered with a little disappointment after hearing the limitation. He was thinking that he could let the fox help him carry his luggage, but who knew that the capacity was only this small. Looking at the fox’s body from head to toe, it was probably less than 50 centimeters long. This storage space couldn’t hold much stuff.
“You have pockets on your pants, but why didn’t I see you put the suitcase in them?!” Mu Tianyuan’s attitude seemed to irritate the fox, and the little fox started yelling at Mu Tianyuan with bared teeth and claws.
“How can they be the same?” Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and replied when he heard what the little fox said. Almost every pair of pants has this pocket now, but how can it be compared to high-end storage space?
“My storage space is just like your pants pocket! The only thing is that nothing can fall out!” The little fox replied with a roll of his eyes. Hearing the little fox’s words, Li Junyang expressed his disappointment with the idea of ​​storage space. Damn it, so the awesome thing described in the novel is just a pocket! If that’s the case, what’s the point?
At this moment, Mu Tianyuan’s phone finally turned on after a series of arduous efforts. However, what happened next was a bit beyond Mu Tianyuan’s understanding. The phone actually disappeared! Mu Tianyuan was originally thinking about calling home, but the receipt was gone! Before Mu Tianyuan could figure out what was going on, he felt his head buzzing and then a lot of messy things inexplicably appeared. Before Mu Tianyuan could figure out what they were, his eyes went black and he fainted.
After an unknown amount of time, Mu Tianyuan felt something wet but warm licking his face. Not only that, he also felt something slapping him. When he opened his eyes again, he saw the little fox licking his face and slapping him with its paws. Seeing this, Mu Tianyuan waved his hands and said, “Stop, stop, stop slapping, stop slapping…”
“Hey, you’re finally awake.” The little fox stopped its movements when it saw Mu Tianyuan wake up, then squatted on Mu Tianyuan’s body and looked at him. Mu Tianyuan sat up straight while holding the little fox, then looked around and sighed, “Isn’t this a dream?”
“Yeah, it’s not a dream.” The little fox replied, wagging its tail. Then, looking at Mu Tianyuan, he said, “I think you should have gained something from it just now, right?”
“Well, I feel like there are some inexplicable things in my brain. Anyway, I can feel them but I can’t explain them.” Mu Tianyuan frowned and nodded while recalling. After hearing this, the little fox nodded and said, “That’s right!”
“What is right?” Mu Tianyuan asked the little fox in confusion. The little fox said in a serious tone, “That is the inheritance of the Taoist Ten Thousand Beasts Sect!”
“The inheritance of the Taoist Myriad Beasts Sect? What a tacky name.” Mu Tianyuan muttered, then asked curiously, “So, what did it pass on to me?”
“Well, because your inheritance wasn’t comprehensive enough, you received a legacy that all things have spirits.” The little fox stared at Mu Tianyuan seriously and replied. Upon hearing this, Mu Tianyuan immediately said excitedly: “Then what the hell is this spirit? No, what is it? No, anyway, what is it for?”
This seems to be something amazing! Mu Tianyuan said that he really wanted to know!
“Don’t get excited yet, listen to me!” Seeing Mu Tianyuan’s excitement, the little fox immediately comforted him. After waiting for Mu Tianyuan to calm down, the little fox said, “Everything in this world is spiritual…”
“Can I control these spirits or something?” Although Mu Tianyuan had indeed calmed down a little, he still couldn’t wait to ask after hearing the little fox’s words.
“Of course not! Can you please stop interrupting? Are you still listening? If you don’t, I won’t say anything!” The little fox immediately poured cold water on this guy. How could Mu Tianyuan dare to have any opinions? This seemed to be related to his golden finger, so of course he had to listen carefully. Therefore, Mu Tianyuan immediately sat up straight, looked at the little fox and said, “You say it, go ahead.”
Then Mu Tianyuan put on an appearance of listening to a lecture and looked at the little fox very seriously. If Mu Tianyuan’s teacher knew this when he was in school, he would probably go crazy. This guy was not so serious in class, but now he is listening to a fox so seriously. Does this mean that they are not as good as a fox?
Seeing Mu Tianyuan’s corrected attitude, the little fox nodded in satisfaction. Then, while wagging its tail, it said seriously, “This animism actually allows you to understand and skillfully talk to various animals.”
“Yeah!” Mu Tianyuan nodded immediately, then looked at the little fox expectantly. After staring at the little fox for a long time, Mu Tianyuan asked expectantly: “What’s next?”
“There’s nothing more to come!” The little fox answered confidently, but Mu Tianyuan jumped up after hearing what the little fox said: “What?! Is this the end?!”
Chapter 4: It hurts! And it hurts like a grandson! (Old version)
“What else?” Although the little fox was small, it relied on its agility to jump onto Mu Tianyuan’s head the moment he jumped up. Then, the little fox lay on his head and lowered its head to look at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Can you please stop being so jumpy? If I weren’t so agile, I would have thrown you out.”
Mu Tianyuan couldn’t care less about the little fox’s complaints. He looked up and said excitedly, “What kind of rubbish can make me talk to animals?!”
Previously, Mu Tianyuan had thought that the Animism skill was some high-end, classy skill, but now, in his eyes, it was just a piece of junk. It had to be said that the change was really too fast…
“Hmm…” The little fox pondered for a moment and suddenly said, “It’s not like there’s nothing else.”
“Oh? What’s that?” Mu Tianyuan, who had been disappointed with this crappy skill, suddenly became excited again. He was thinking, how could such a magical thing end so simply? Surely there is a sequel!
Mu Tianyuan’s transformation was too rapid…
“Well… for example, animals will be more friendly to you, at least until you provoke them. If you really want to kill them, they will still run away or fight you to death.” The little fox explained while wagging its tail. After hearing this explanation, Mu Tianyuan, who had thought this seemed like a good thing just a second ago, suddenly felt that this so-called animism was actually a piece of junk. So Mu Tianyuan asked angrily, “What is this? What’s the point of passing on such a broken thing to me?”
The little fox immediately gave the answer: “You can go to the circus and apply to be an animal trainer! At least with this inheritance, you don’t have to worry about lions and tigers wanting to bite you to see if you’re salty enough, right? Just think about what a huge advantage this is!”
“Haha, that’s a really good idea. The problem is that I don’t want to be a beast tamer…” Mu Tianyuan chuckled with a forced smile. Being a beast tamer? Although this thing passed down from generation to generation is indeed more suitable, I don’t have this idea!
Then Mu Tianyuan said with some reluctance: “Speaking of which, is there nothing else besides these?”
While the name of this sect, Divine Beast Sect or Myriad Beast Sect, sounds unremarkable, it certainly seems like a cultivation sect. They can’t have passed down this much knowledge just to make it easier for their disciples to become animal trainers, right? If that’s the case, then is this sect’s mission to dominate the circus?
“Of course there is, but that’s not important.” The little fox didn’t know if she thought she could see farther from where she lay high, but at the moment she was leaning on Mu Tianyuan’s head and had no intention of getting down. After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the little fox answered nonchalantly while wagging her tail and looking around.
Mu Tianyuan was just a little bit unwilling to give up. He didn’t expect that there seemed to be a surprise. Although the little fox had said it was not important, Mu Tianyuan still wanted to know, so he immediately urged: “Hurry up and tell me what else?”
“It just strengthened your body while accepting the inheritance. Although it doesn’t give you the strength to lift a tripod or uproot a weeping willow, or to travel a thousand miles a day or eight hundred miles a night, your body is much stronger than that of ordinary people.” The little fox answered casually while shaking his tail.
“To be honest, I think this is much more important than what you said before…” Mu Tianyuan answered seriously after thinking about it. Mu Tianyuan now sincerely feels that compared with the previous things like gaining the favorability of animals and working part-time as a translator in the animal world, this seems to be more important to make himself stronger!
Mu Tianyuan pondered for a moment and then said, “The first two of the four adjectives you just mentioned are easy to explain. I’m a little confused about what the heck this ‘travel a thousand miles a day, travel eight hundred miles a night’ means. If my Chinese teacher back then wasn’t kidding, this should be referring to a BMW, right?”
“Don’t get hung up on the details!” The little fox patted Mu Tianyuan’s head upon hearing him quibble. Then the little fox added, “You can’t do it anyway, so why bother about it? You all say that people act like dogs, but have you ever seen a dog complain?”
“What you said makes a lot of sense…” Mu Tianyuan nodded in sudden realization. That’s right, why should he care about it when he can’t do anything about it?
Then Mu Tianyuan looked around and suddenly came to a big tree with a serious face and stood in front of it. Seeing his behavior, the little fox asked in confusion: “What do you want to do?”
“Let me test how much I’ve strengthened myself.” Mu Tianyuan nodded seriously, then with a standard lunge punch, he slammed the tree hard…
After a moment of silence, the little fox lowered his head to look at Mu Tianyuan, who was still standing there motionless, and said very seriously: “Your posture is very standard.”
“That’s right. Even though I’m just a white-collar worker now, I served in the army when I was in college. I learned a lot of military boxing!” Mu Tianyuan answered seriously while maintaining his movements. The little fox nodded after listening and said, “So, this former soldier, I have a question for you. Does your hand hurt?”
“…It hurts! It hurts like a grandson!” Mu Tianyuan, who had been expressionless, suddenly jumped up, shaking his hands rapidly while jumping around and yelling, “Damn it, it really hurts!” If the conditions were not prohibitive, Mu Tianyuan would have planned to cry for three minutes to relieve the pain!
After jumping around for quite a while, Mu Tianyuan rubbed his fists and complained, “Hey! Didn’t they say it was enhanced? Where is it enhanced?”
“Didn’t the tree drop a few leaves?” Mu Tianyuan had just jumped up and down, but the little fox didn’t even fall off his head. After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the little fox immediately refuted, then rolled its eyes and complained unhappily: “I say, are you really stupid? Even if you want to compete with a tree, can’t you find a smaller one first? There are so many trees around, but you chose one with a diameter of more than half a meter. You choose things just for the biggest ones, right?”
This tree is probably the thickest and largest in the park, but this guy had to choose this one. Let alone someone hitting it with your fist, even if you drive your car into it, you will probably have to call the insurance company in the end!
“…I’m sorry, you have to know that everything that happened today has had a big impact on me. My mind is still in a mess, and it’s inevitable that my IQ can’t keep up.” Mu Tianyuan was silent for a moment after hearing the little fox’s complaints, and then replied seriously. The little fox rolled his eyes at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Well, I can understand, but I still want to ask, you are actually a funny guy, right?”
“I don’t admit this, but I also don’t deny that many people have said so.” Mu Tianyuan answered as he walked back to the luggage that had been thrown in front of the seats. Then, Mu Tianyuan suddenly asked curiously, “By the way, how did you know?”
“Do you think you’re good at hiding the fact that you’re a clown?” the little fox asked unhappily, rolling his eyes. Mu Tianyuan shook his head, then reached out and took off the fox hat from his head, placing it in front of him. He looked the little fox in the eye and said, “That’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about how you knew about the Alpaca Sect.”
“It’s not the Alpaca Sect, it’s the Myriad Beast Sect!” The little fox first emphasized Mu Tianyuan’s misunderstanding, then wagged its tail and said, “That’s because when you accepted the inheritance, I also accepted it, and I know more than you do.”
“…Actually, the Alpaca Sect’s inheritance was given to you, and I just got it by chance, right?” Mu Tianyuan was silent for a moment, then looked at the little fox and asked seriously. It seemed like he was just getting it by chance! Otherwise, how could the little fox know more than him?
“No, no, no, you are the true successor, and I am just assisting you.” The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan seriously and answered. Then the little fox said, “And don’t you think the name of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect is very familiar to you?”
“I don’t think it’s familiar at all. Don’t tell me this is my family’s ancestral property.” Mu Tianyuan shook his head decisively. However, after shaking his head, Mu Tianyuan suddenly froze and looked at the little fox in surprise and said, “Wait! Now that you mention it, I remember that the crappy game I played before seemed to be the Myriad Beast Sect?!”
“That’s right! If I’m not mistaken, I should be the auxiliary elf at the beginning of the game!” The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan seriously and answered. Then, regardless of Mu Tianyuan’s stunned look, the little fox sighed and said, “Who would have thought that I was just an auxiliary elf in a game…”
“Don’t be sad, just use this auxiliary elf as an auxiliary elf…” Hearing the little fox’s words, Mu Tianyuan felt that the little fox seemed to be even more devastated than himself. Therefore, Mu Tianyuan’s expression was still in disbelief, but he still comforted the little fox. Then he was about to ask about the situation. The little fox shook its head and tail happily before Mu Tianyuan finished speaking and said, “I’m not sad! No matter what I was before, I am now a living fox! No matter how you look at it, it seems like I have won!”
“Well, you’re really open-minded…” Mu Tianyuan’s mouth twitched when he heard the little fox’s words, and he finally replied with a bit of a smile. Mu Tianyuan felt that the most amazing thing about this fox in front of him was not that she could speak or that she had a storage pocket, but her mentality! If it were anyone else, who could be like her?
Chapter 5 I think we’re in trouble… (Old version)
After silently marveling at the miraculous nature of the little fox’s mentality, Mu Tianyuan returned to the bench, holding the little fox in his arms, and said with some bewilderment, “Speaking of which, do you know why you became like this, and why I received an inheritance from a game? Well, the key is that I’m disabled.”
“I don’t know. I don’t know the answers to any of the questions you asked.” The little fox shook his head in confusion after hearing these questions. Then he continued, “Anyway, since I woke up, I found it in your bag. Then a voice told me to help you and give you your phone. Finally, after you accepted the inheritance, I also received some miscellaneous messages. After that, nothing happened!”
“Why do I always feel that you are even more confused than me?” Mu Tianyuan looked at the little fox and replied helplessly after a moment of silence. The little fox shook its head and said sincerely: “Yes, don’t forget that I am just a fox!”
“…You’re right.” Mu Tianyuan nodded speechlessly, then looked at the little fox and said, “By the way, I remember that at the beginning of the game, the auxiliary elf seemed to be a beautiful woman in flowing white clothes. How did you degenerate into a fox?”
Mu Tianyuan clearly remembered that during the novice tutorial at the beginning of the game, a white fox suddenly transformed into a beautiful woman to teach players how to play. By the way, it could also serve as an auxiliary elf for queries in the future. How come the big sister in white clothes has degenerated into a fox again?
“How would I know?! All I have in my head is common sense and the things I told you about the Myriad Beast Sect. As for other things, there’s nothing else.” The little fox answered quite confidently. After a moment of silence, the little fox suddenly asked, “By the way, do you think you can still turn into a human?”
“Who are you asking? I still want you to become a human again.” Mu Tianyuan shrugged and replied. After hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, the little fox immediately stared at Mu Tianyuan warily and asked, “Why are you so eager to turn me into a human? Could it be… you want to fuck the fox?”
“…There must be something wrong with your common sense…” Mu Tianyuan was almost suffocated to death by the fox’s words. After a long silence, Mu Tianyuan stared at the little fox and answered seriously.
“No, no, no, because there are many similar stories in Liao Zhai!” The little fox shook his head and explained. After listening to it, Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and said, “So your common sense is definitely wrong. Whose common sense is Liao Zhai?”
“This is what I have! Not only do I have Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, I also have Investiture of the Gods, the Four Great Classical Novels, poetry and songs, as well as five thousand years of history. What’s it to you? You don’t even allow foxes to love classical literature and history?” The little fox glared at Mu Tianyuan and answered righteously. Mu Tianyuan could only shrug to show that he had no objection. As long as a person’s hobby does not harm others, who cares!
Mu Tianyuan then placed the little fox on his shoulder, picked up his backpack and dragged his suitcase along with him as he walked out of the park. The little fox asked in confusion, “Have you decided where you want to go?”
“I’ve made up my mind. Of course, I’m going back home!” Mu Tianyuan nodded vigorously and answered as he strode out of the park. After hearing this, the little fox suddenly muttered in a low voice, “You said going back home?”
“Of course! Where else can we go? You don’t really plan to stay in this broken park and wait for rescue?” Mu Tianyuan answered without hesitation. The little fox didn’t say anything but just showed a human smile at the corner of his mouth. Although Mu Tianyuan’s words “our family” were simple, they made the little fox feel that he had completely regarded himself as his own…his own fox, otherwise he would not have used the word “we”.
After a long silence, the little fox suddenly spoke up: “How are you going to get home? Or do you know where home is?”
“What’s there to not know? As long as we return to our country, it will be our own territory. It will be so easy to go home then.” Mu Tianyuan replied calmly. He had already made up his mind. No matter why the hell he was thrown into Japan, his first thing now was to find a way to return home!
“So how do you plan to return home? Run back? Let me remind you, you don’t have the ability to travel a thousand miles a day and eight hundred miles a night.” The little fox asked curiously after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s plan. Mu Tianyuan said as he walked, “I know this without being reminded. Besides, even if I had the ability, I can’t go back. Don’t forget that there is an ocean in between.”
Then, without waiting for the little fox to speak again, Mu Tianyuan said, “Do you know anything about airplanes? Let’s take a plane back! If all else fails, we can always go to the embassy. Anyway, I won’t stay here.”
“You’re older than me, so you have the final say.” The little fox naturally had no objection, so he shook his head to show his agreement. Then the little fox said, “But I think the first thing we should do is go find food. I feel a little hungry!”
“You have a point!” Mu Tianyuan nodded, then said: “But that’s not called foraging, that’s called looking for food.”
“Is there any difference?” The little fox tilted its head and looked at Mu Tianyuan and asked. Mu Tianyuan thought for a moment and said, “To be honest, there is no difference.”
As they were about to leave the park, Mu Tianyuan suddenly stopped and looked at the little fox seriously, saying, “There’s something I have to remind you of. Don’t speak in front of outsiders. Otherwise, it’s okay to scare people, but I’m afraid you’ll be caught and dissected.”
“Don’t worry, I’m not that stupid. I naturally know this!” The little fox nodded casually after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s instructions. He was a fox, a representative of intelligence in the animal kingdom. How could he not even know this?
“But you were chatting with me happily in public before.” Mu Tianyuan glanced at the little fox helplessly and reminded her. This guy had chatted with her for several sentences in front of the bustling station entrance before! Now this guy actually had the nerve to say that she knew?
Then Mu Tianyuan looked at the little fox and said, “In any case, don’t speak when there are people around. Even if you have something to say, hold it in and wait until no one is around. I don’t want to see you appear in front of me in a fur product.”
“No need to go to all that trouble, we can communicate through our minds!” The little fox replied with a proud shake of his head after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, while Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and said, “Come on, you’re talking about communicating through your minds, you… Oh my god! What’s going on? You can really communicate through your minds?”
Mu Tianyuan was halfway through his speech when he realized something surprising. The little fox hadn’t opened its mouth when it spoke just now! Could it really be possible to communicate with each other through their minds?
“Of course, could you please stop making such a fuss?” The little fox rolled his eyes at Mu Tianyuan, then continued, “Actually, you can, but only with me for now. How about you give it a try?”
After hearing this, Mu Tianyuan tried it out of anticipation and was surprised to find that it actually worked. Mu Tianyuan was immediately happy. This thing saved him a lot of trouble. This way, he didn’t have to worry about others hearing his conversation with the little fox!
After mastering the silent communication mode, Mu Tianyuan continued chatting with the little fox while walking towards the outside of the park. After walking a few steps, Mu Tianyuan suddenly had a new question. He looked down at the suitcase in his hand and asked in confusion, “Are you saying this suitcase is mine?”
If Mu Tianyuan remembered correctly, the suitcase was given to him by the flight attendant. He was so confused at the time that he didn’t even understand where he was, let alone think about the suitcase. He just took it. But now, Mu Tianyuan was a little puzzled. Was this really him?!
“Who knows? Anyway, it’s in your hands now. Even if it’s not yours, you won’t suffer any loss.” The little fox shook his head and replied after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words. After Mu Tianyuan thought about it, he found that it seemed to be the case. He nodded and walked outside. Because he had already decided to eat first, Mu Tianyuan planned to find a place to eat first, and then find a way to return home quickly after eating!
But just when Mu Tianyuan found a restaurant and planned to eat something, he suddenly thought of a key question: did he have enough money to eat?
Just when Mu Tianyuan was about to look for any money on him, he suddenly saw a mature and beautiful woman in a professional suit running towards him. As she ran, she excitedly shouted, “Xiao Mu! I finally found you!”
After taking a look, the little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Looks like he’s looking for you?”
“Is it so?” Mu Tianyuan answered uncertainly, then frowned and muttered, “Why do I feel that this beautiful woman looks familiar?”
Mu Tianyuan felt that the beauty in front of him looked familiar, but before he could figure out what was going on, he saw the mature beauty coming to him, grabbing his hand and saying excitedly, “I’m sorry, Xiao Mu, I’m really sorry.”
“Uh, hello, may I ask you…” Mu Tianyuan was confused by the situation, but before he could ask, Mu Tianyuan suddenly pointed at the beautiful woman in front of him and said loudly in surprise: “You are…”
Unfortunately, before Mu Tianyuan could shout out, he felt his head become heavy and his body staggered. He didn’t know how much time had passed. Mu Tianyuan looked up at the beautiful woman who was holding his arm with a look of concern on her face, then smiled bitterly, turned his head to look at the little fox who was also looking at him with concern on the other side, and said in their unique way: “I think we’re in trouble, and it’s a big one. She is Kisaki Eri, Mao Lilan’s biological mother…”
Chapter 6: You Should Have Said This Earlier! (Old Version)
After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the little fox was silent for a moment before saying, “Hiki Eri? Mao Lilan? Who are they? Your relatives?”
“They are characters from the anime Detective Conan…” Mu Tianyuan briefly explained, then said with a complicated expression, “But it’s not impossible to say they are relatives, because she and her husband are good friends of my parents in this world…”
Just after recognizing that the beauty in front of him was Kisaki Eri, Mu Tianyuan suddenly had a lot of fragmented memories in his mind. Although many of the memories were fragmented, they allowed Mu Tianyuan to figure out some things by combining the memory fragments. The first thing was that all this was not inexplicably transferred from home to Japan as he had imagined at the beginning, but directly traveled to the Conan world!
Combining this with his own memories and realizing that he had inexplicably traveled through time, Mu Tianyuan also roughly knew his identity information in this world. His name remained the same, and his parents were still his parents. The only difference was that his parents’ identities and the family environment he had lived in had changed. In the original world, his father was just a small clerk, but now his father had become a senior executive of a Chinese company stationed in Japan. He had grown up in Japan with his parents since he was a child, and the reason why he inexplicably got out of the car was because he was originally in Kanagawa Kamikoku, and after graduation, according to his parents’ arrangement, he came to Tokyo from Kanagawa to prepare for high school, and the high school he was going to was the famous Teitan High School!
As for Kisaki Eri and her husband, Maori Kogoro, who was squatting there drinking beer and eating skewers, according to my memory, they seemed to be close friends of my parents in this world! Didn’t my parents in this world let me go to live with these two after arranging a school for me?
As for his parents, they had already traveled around the world at that time, and now no one knows where they are!
“Xiao Mu, are you okay?” Just when Mu Tianyuan was confused by this sudden situation, Fei Yingli beside him asked with concern while holding Mu Tianyuan’s arm. Mu Tianyuan didn’t know whether to force out a cry or a smile as he looked at the living Fei Yingli in front of him and said, “Aunt Yingli, I’m fine…”
“But you look terrible. Why don’t we go to the hospital?” Although Mu Tianyuan said that he was fine, Fei Yingli looked at Mu Tianyuan’s pale face and said with concern.
“No, Aunt Yingli, I’m fine, just a little tired.” Although Mu Tianyuan’s face was ugly, he tried hard to squeeze out an ugly smile at Fei Yingli and shook his head and replied. Mu Tianyuan was not talking nonsense. He really didn’t have any physical problems at the moment. The problem was psychological! It was useless to go to the hospital for his problem. Even if he found a professional psychologist, he didn’t dare to say it out. Even if he risked his life and said it out, he would probably be transferred to the psychiatric department.
“Really? Xiao Mu, if you have anything, you must tell your aunt.” What was Fei Yingli doing? She is the queen of law who has never lost a case in all her years of career. She has seen all kinds of people over the years, so naturally she could tell that there was something wrong with Mu Tianyuan at a glance.
“Haha, Aunt Yingli, you think too much. I’m really just tired,” Mu Tianyuan answered, looking at Fei Yingli with a smile that looked like tears. Although Mu Tianyuan knew that Fei Yingli was concerned about him, he really couldn’t tell Fei Yingli about this. He didn’t even know how to start the conversation. Should he tell Fei Yingli that I’m not the Mu Tianyuan you know. I’m from another world, and you’re just a supporting character in a comic in our world. At most, you’re the mother-in-law of the protagonist? If he said this, Fei Yingli probably wouldn’t be able to send herself back, but would most likely send herself to a mental hospital! In that case, what the hell can I say? !
Seeing that Fei Yingli was still entangled in this issue, Mu Tianyuan immediately looked at Fei Yingli and said, “Aunt Yingli, I’m really a little tired. I want to go back and rest first…”
Mu Tianyuan felt like his brain was about to boil at this time, and he was in a state of panic. At this moment, he was even more confused than when he woke up in the car. Even when he found out that the little fox could talk, he was not so confused. Therefore, even though he had no idea where to go next, he really wanted to find a place to calm down.
Fortunately, although Mu Tianyuan didn’t know where to go next, Fei Yingli knew. Fei Yingli immediately led Mu Tianyuan to a parking lot not far away and then stopped in front of a car.
Mu Tianyuan woodenly put the luggage into the trunk, then sat in the car with an expressionless face. Along the way, Mu Tianyuan didn’t pay any attention to where Fei Yingli was going to take him. He just stared at the scenery outside the car window with an expressionless face. Fei Yingli wanted to speak several times, but when she saw Mu Tianyuan’s expression, she finally didn’t say anything.
Mu Tianyuan was stunned for a long time before he angrily said to Little Fox through his dedicated line: “What the hell is going on?! I was just staying at home and suddenly I’m in Japan. Fine, I’m here. The worst that can happen is I can just go back to China. But this is Conan’s world. I can’t go back even if I want to!”
Then, without waiting for the little fox to say anything, Mu Tianyuan continued to speak frantically: “Also, do you think I am still myself now? Although the name and even the parents are the same, these are not mine! Where the hell did this bunch of inexplicable memories come from? I have never been to Japan! My father is just an ordinary clerk, and my mother is just an ordinary junior high school teacher! But now everything is different! Are these still my parents? Is this still me?! Especially in this fucked up world! You know, Kisaki Eri is just a cartoon character in our world! But now it has become real! What the hell is going on?!”
“…Calm down.” The little fox was silent for a moment and looked at Mu Tianyuan soothingly, but Mu Tianyuan was still a little crazy and said: “Calm down?! How can I calm down? I inexplicably came to a comic book world, how can you expect me to calm down? I’m just an ordinary person, ordinary as can be. I can’t be like those novel protagonists who can instantly become calm, wise, strong and courageous after traveling through time, and then abandon my previous tenacious life! In my original world, there are many things I can’t give up, work and savings are fine, at least my parents are there!”
Although the parents in this world are still the same parents with no difference except for their jobs, to Mu Tianyuan, everything is completely different.
“Perhaps you could try to interpret it using the theory of parallel worlds? Would that make you feel better?” The little fox leaned on Mu Tianyuan’s shoulder, tilting its head as it looked at the increasingly agitated Mu Tianyuan. Mu Tianyuan asked with some confusion after hearing what the little fox said, “What do you mean?”
“Perhaps there’s a you in every parallel world, and each of you grew up in a different environment. You’re just replacing the you in another world now, so don’t be so hypocritical!” The little fox wagged her tail and tried to comfort Mu Tianyuan, who was in a frantic state, with a theory she got from somewhere. However, Mu Tianyuan shook his head and muttered in a daze, “Even if that’s the case, this isn’t me. This world is fake, it’s just a cartoon…”
“The world is fake? Then do you think I’m fake too?” The little fox suddenly looked at Mu Tianyuan angrily with a bared tooth. Then, not satisfied with its anger, the little fox lashed Mu Tianyuan’s face with its tail. Then it jumped onto Mu Tianyuan’s legs and stared at him and said, “Do you think I’m fake now?”
Mu Tianyuan stared at the little fox in silence for a long time and said, “You are not!”
“If that’s the case, why do you think the whole world is fake? Do you have to let the world slap you before you take it seriously?” The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan dissatisfiedly. Mu Tianyuan stopped talking. After a long silence, Mu Tianyuan suddenly said to the little fox: “You know, I want to go home, my real home. Do you think I can still go back?”
Although he had only known the little fox for a short time, she was the only person he could confide in in this strange world.
“Yes!” Originally, Mu Tianyuan just expressed his deep inner desire without holding any hope at all, but he did not expect that the little fox answered very affirmatively at the first time.
“Are you kidding me?!” Mu Tianyuan yelled when he heard the little fox’s words. He even forgot to use the dedicated line with the little fox and yelled it out loud. This almost scared Fei Yingli, who was driving and worried about him. The car stopped with a brake. Then Fei Yingli looked at Mu Tianyuan nervously and asked, “Xiao Mu, what’s wrong with you?”
“No, I’m fine. I’m fine.” Mu Tianyuan couldn’t care less about anything else at this moment. After answering, he stared at the little fox nervously but expectantly and asked, “Is this true? You’re not kidding me?”
“No, you can really go back!” Mu Tianyuan forgot the hotline but the little fox didn’t. At this time, he spoke to Mu Tianyuan through the mind hotline and nodded at Mu Tianyuan.
Mu Tianyuan immediately lifted the little fox in front of him and said excitedly: “Why didn’t you say so earlier?!”
Damn, if you knew that time travel isn’t a one-way trip, why would you be so worried?
Chapter 7: Aunt Eri, what did you think of the performance? (Old Version)
Mu Tianyuan felt that the little fox was too unlovable. Such important news was not told to him, which almost made him collapse. He almost planned to end his life in the Conan world!
“I just found out about this!” The little fox was held in front of Mu Tianyuan and gave Mu Tianyuan a cold look and replied. Then, as the little fox explained, Mu Tianyuan realized that the little fox was as confused as himself before, but when he was eager to go home, the little fox suddenly knew for some reason that Mu Tianyuan could return to his original world. As for why she knew this, the little fox said that she didn’t know why, but she knew it anyway!
After explaining this, the little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan unhappily and said, “Can you let me go now? You rascal!”
“Huh?” Mu Tianyuan, who was happy to finally be home, was a little confused when he heard the little fox’s nickname for him. Then he said with a confused look on his face, “How did I become a gangster? What do you mean by that?”
What the hell did I do to become a hooligan? I am such a serious person. I have never known Mr. Muto, Ms. Aoi, Reiko Kobayakawa, Kyoka JULIA, Mizuno Asahi, Kojimazu Minoru and others. Why am I a hooligan now?
“Don’t you think it’s ashamed for you to hold me up like this? You can’t assume that I’m wearing clothes just because I have hair on my body!” The little fox held her big furry tail and grinned at Mu Tianyuan unhappily.
“Uh…” After hearing what the little fox said, Mu Tianyuan didn’t know how to respond to this topic for a moment. Finally, he put the little fox down again and said apologetically: “I’m sorry, I forgot that you would be exposed like this. But, you, a fox, are afraid of this?”
“Don’t treat me as an ordinary fox. I am well-versed in the Four Books and Five Classics. How could I not understand propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame? If you dare to do this again next time, believe it or not, I will pee in your face.” The little fox gave Mu Tianyuan a cold look and replied angrily.
Mu Tianyuan: “…You really understand propriety, righteousness, and shame…”
“That’s right!” The little fox rolled his eyes at Mu Tianyuan and then said angrily, “Also, you idiot, don’t you know how to use telepathy? Do you know that the way the woman next to you looks at you is like a normal person looking at a psychopath?”
“Uh…” If it was the previous topic that Mu Tianyuan had difficulty continuing, he would have been sweating. After slowly turning his head to look at Fei Yingli beside him, Mu Tianyuan had to admit that the little fox’s ability to observe words and expressions was really good. Just as she said, Fei Yingli was looking at him with the concerned eyes of a patient…
After a long silence, Mu Tianyuan smiled and looked at Fei Yingli and said, “Aunt Yingli, what do you think of my performance just now?”
“Huh?” Hibiki Eri was stunned when she heard this. She had originally thought the child was sick and was considering whether to send him to the hospital or even arrange a bed for him. How could it sound like the child was acting out? But the question was, what was he acting out?
“Haha, congratulations, you are no longer a lunatic, you have been upgraded to a funny guy.” The little fox lay on Mu Tianyuan’s legs and rolled his eyes and complained.
“Thank you. Your encouragement is my motivation to move forward.” After knowing that he could still go back, Mu Tianyuan completely let go of his worries. Once he felt relieved, he started to act naughty again. However, he was also lucky that he still remembered that the biggest problem at hand was to trick Fei Yingli. So after thanking the little fox for her support, Mu Tianyuan smiled at Fei Yingli and said, “Aunt Yingli, you may not know that I have recently become fascinated by performance art.”
“You really disappoint me. I just praised you and you turned from a funny guy to a fool. No one with an IQ as long as my tail would believe your excuse.” The little fox complained mercilessly. Mu Tianyuan smiled at the still confused Fei Yingli and said to the little fox through the dedicated line: “You know nothing. These days, a performance art can at least hold the scene in 90% of cases!”
“Wow, you’re quite experienced!” The little fox’s big, watery eyes suddenly sparkled with excitement when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. But before Mu Tianyuan could ask how he did it, the little fox looked at him innocently and said, “I guess in your old world, you used performance art slogans to openly tease people every now and then, right?”
“Haha, do you think anyone is qualified to witness my antics?” Mu Tianyuan replied arrogantly, then smiled and said, “By the way, Aunt Yingli, let me introduce you. This is my partner in performance art.”
Little Fox: “…Please don’t confuse me with you, you funny idiot who uses the banner of performance art to make fun of others!”
“What a cute puppy!” Fei Yingli had noticed the little fox on Mu Tianyuan’s shoulder before, but when they met, before she could even greet Mu Tianyuan, he looked like he would soon die. Fei Yingli was so scared at the time that she didn’t care about anything else. Later, after getting in the car, Mu Tianyuan looked a little strange and she didn’t care about it anymore. But now, seeing that Mu Tianyuan seemed to be in good spirits all of a sudden, and even holding the little fox and introducing it to her, Fei Yingli was immediately fascinated by the little fox’s furry appearance and big watery eyes.
“…” The little fox wanted to choke back the moment he heard what Fei Yingli said. Fortunately, at the critical moment, he remembered Mu Tianyuan’s advice and held back the words that were about to come out. In the end, the little fox could only grin at Fei Yingli and angrily said to Mu Tianyuan through the dedicated line: “This stupid old woman! She wears glasses just to reflect light, right? She is the dog! Their whole family are dogs! I tell you, if it wasn’t for your face, I would have bitten her to death today! Don’t disbelieve it! I really can bite her to death!”
“Yes, yes, you are such a spirit, so don’t bother with her.” Mu Tianyuan put the little fox back on his legs and comforted her. Then Mu Tianyuan said to Fei Yingli, “Aunt Yingli is not a dog, she is a fox.”
“A fox? So cute!” After hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, Fei Yingli nodded in sudden realization. Then Fei Yingli reached out her hand and was about to hug the little fox, but the little fox nimbly dodged Fei Yingli’s outstretched hand and jumped onto Mu Tianyuan’s head. Then, while baring its teeth at Fei Yingli, it said to Mu Tianyuan, “Tell this stupid woman to put her claws back! If she dares to stretch her claws towards me again, do you believe I will bite her to death?”
“Okay, okay.” Mu Tianyuan agreed even though he didn’t know why the little fox, who had been chatting with him quite well, had such a strong prejudice against Hibiki Eri. He then said to Hibiki Eri, “Auntie Eri may not look at her size, but she is quite fierce by nature and is very wary of strangers and police. By the way, Auntie, can we continue driving? If we stop here any longer, the traffic police will be here.”
“Oh, okay.” After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, Fei Yingli glanced at the little fox with a hint of regret and then restarted the car. However, Fei Yingli also glanced at Mu Tianyuan at this time and asked with some concern: “Xiao Mu, are you really okay?”
“I’m fine!” Mu Tianyuan naturally knew why Fei Yingli didn’t believe in his performance art. After all, the way Fei Yingli looked at him at that moment was not right! But he shook his head firmly. I insisted that this was performance art. What can you do to me? I’m not good enough. I’m just performing performance art. Can you send me to the hospital?
Although Fei Yingli still had some doubts, just as Mu Tianyuan thought, Fei Yingli really had no choice, so she could only drive while keeping an eye on Mu Tianyuan’s next move.
Mu Tianyuan, regardless of whether Fei Yingli believed him or not, had already tricked her. He then spoke to the little fox with great anticipation, “So, how should I go back now that I can? Are you going to take me there? Or should we just go home now?”
Although he finally came to Conan’s world for some unknown reason, Mu Tianyuan had no intention of staying there. He just wanted to go home quickly!
“It’s not that easy. Wait, the cooldown for returning to the city hasn’t finished yet!” The little fox replied while squatting on Mu Tianyuan’s head and wagging its tail. Mu Tianyuan was a little stunned when he heard that there was actually a cooldown period. Then he tried to look up at the little fox on his head and asked, “How long will this cooldown take? Don’t tell me it will take a hundred or eighty years. If that’s the case, I guess I can only return to my roots in the form of an urn.”
“Not long, just a month, and then another month after it’s used up.” The little fox replied, wagging its tail. Then, as if afraid that Mu Tianyuan would be anxious, the little fox comforted him, “Just think of it as a business trip here. It will just take a little longer at most.”
“One month is still acceptable.” Mu Tianyuan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. It’s not bad to be able to go home once a month. When he was in college, especially when he joined the army, it took a long time to go home. One month is really nothing.
Now that he had no worries, Mu Tianyuan felt that he could think about other things. For example, it seemed that he had not yet officially met the little fox. So Mu Tianyuan finally calmed down and looked at the scenery outside the car window curiously while asking on the hotline: “By the way, we haven’t gotten to know each other properly yet, right? Let me introduce myself. My name is Mu Tianyuan. Mu is the Mu who fell into the water, Tian is the day of Sunday, and Yuan is the Yuan who goes hiking on Sunday!”
Chapter 8: This Pot Is Really Mine?! (Old Version)
“…Your self-introduction is really good! Are you sure you really graduated from a bachelor’s degree and not a junior college?” Although the little fox knew Mu Tianyuan’s name, she was still shocked after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s self-introduction. It was the first time she heard someone introduce himself in this way!
“I can use classical Chinese, but I’m afraid it’s too advanced.” Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and replied, then asked, “What about you? What’s your name?”
Although he was having a lot of fun playing with her, Mu Tianyuan just remembered at this moment that he didn’t know the little fox’s name. Mu Tianyuan didn’t believe that such a magical fox who could complain and enlighten him and was said to know history, the Four Great Classics, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, poems and songs, and was also familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics and knew etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame, but threatened to pee in his face, didn’t have a name of her own.
After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the little fox was silent for a long time before gritting his teeth and saying, “…My name is Wangcai…”
“Wangcai? You’re a fox, and you call yourself Wangcai? Which idiot gave you such a stupid name? Where does this put the people of Dog Star?” Mu Tianyuan laughed when he heard the name, but the next second he couldn’t laugh anymore. He saw the little fox gritting his teeth and saying, “Didn’t you, an idiot, give me this name?!”
Mu Tianyuan was laughing at the idiot who named the little fox Wangcai a second ago, but when he heard the little fox say that he was the one who named her Wangcai, he couldn’t laugh anymore. After all this talk, he realized that the idiot who named the little fox Wangcai was actually him?!
After finding out the truth, Mu Tianyuan was surprised and said to the little fox: “Wait a minute! Wait a minute! You said I gave you this name?!”
“Yes, you named it. Do you have anything to say now?” The little fox stared at Mu Tianyuan with gritted teeth and asked word by word. She really wanted to know what Mu Tianyuan felt after knowing that he was the idiot!
“Are you kidding? When did I ever give you a name?” Mu Tianyuan felt very wronged. He hadn’t done anything right. Since he met this little fox, he had never mentioned giving her a name. But why did a pot suddenly fly over here?
Mu Tianyuan said that he would never take the blame!
“If it’s not you, then who is it?! Think about it yourself, what did you do when you were playing games?!” The little fox jumped onto Mu Tianyuan’s legs and glared at him with gritted teeth, then it jumped up and whipped Mu Tianyuan’s head with its tail while yelling, “Think about it carefully! Think about it carefully!”
“Stop, stop, stop! Stop slapping! I’m thinking carefully, I’m thinking carefully!” Mu Tianyuan replied while protecting his old face. After the little fox stopped slapping his face, Mu Tianyuan hadn’t waited for him to figure it out when Fei Yingli beside him said in surprise: “Xiao Mu, what’s wrong?”
Fei Yingli had no idea what was going on. The man and the fox were apparently fine before, so why did the fox suddenly start whipping Mu Tianyuan’s face with its tail?
Of course, if Feiyingli and the little fox exchanged identities, she would probably understand the reason behind the little fox’s actions… This fox who has become a spirit was named Wangcai, which is probably something no fox could tolerate…
“See, I told you she’s fierce by nature…” Mu Tianyuan replied while rubbing his face and smiling at the surprised Fei Yingli. Fei Yingli didn’t really believe it at first. After all, how fierce could a little fox be? But after seeing the little fox’s actions just now, Fei Yingli nodded repeatedly. Little Mu didn’t lie. This little fox is small but really fierce. It was about to give a 44 slap just now! Let’s not talk about whether it hurts to be slapped in the face. Just getting slapped in the face by a fox must have left a psychological shadow!
Fei Yingli didn’t know if it hurt when the little fox’s tail hit her face, but Mu Tianyuan had a say in the matter. After smiling at Fei Yingli, Mu Tianyuan looked down at the little fox who was still fuming and said, “I say, you grew up drinking elephant milk, didn’t you? How come you’re so strong! If I wasn’t so thick-skinned, you would have disfigured me!”
“Hehe, I’m holding back. Otherwise, I could beat you to death. Do you believe it?” The little fox rolled its eyes at Mu Tianyuan angrily. Mu Tianyuan nodded immediately and said, “I believe it! Thank you, lady, for sparing my life!”
It would be a miracle if the strength of this vixen who has become a spirit could be reduced! If she doesn’t have the strength to beat someone to death, then her spirit has been wasted!
Of course, although this thing is not a spirit to be exact…
“Have you remembered yet?” The little fox ignored Mu Tianyuan’s flattery and instead looked at him angrily and asked. Mu Tianyuan shook his head very sincerely and said, “I haven’t had time to think about it yet…”
As soon as Mu Tianyuan finished speaking, he saw the little fox’s tail stirring again, so he immediately said, “Wait a minute, I want to, I want to…”
After trying hard to recall for a moment, Mu Tianyuan suddenly realized with sadness that it seemed that he really had to bear the blame, because he finally remembered that when he was playing the game, the guiding elf needed the player to give her a name when it appeared, and the name he gave her was Wangcai, a household name…
“Remember now?” Seeing the change in Mu Tianyuan’s expression, the little fox rolled his eyes and asked unhappily. Mu Tianyuan nodded awkwardly and said, “Hmm… I remember now… Um, is it too late to change the name now?”
“It’s not too late. We can change it anytime we want.” After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the little fox replied with its tail wagging. After knowing that the little fox’s name could be changed, Mu Tianyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then, he suddenly looked at the little fox with some curiosity and asked, “If that’s the case, why didn’t you just change your name when you first introduced yourself?”
Little Fox: “…Yes!”
Mu Tianyuan: “…”
Afterwards, the man and the fox had an in-depth discussion about changing their names. They discussed names like Jiaona, Yingning, Xinshisinian, and Daji for a long time, but eventually they discovered that they had one thing in common: they didn’t seem to have any talent for naming! After deviating from the names of those historical figures of the fox clan, none of the names they came up with were suitable! Finally, Mu Tianyuan said helplessly, “How about you call yourself Tu Tu? What do you think of Hu Tu Tu?”
“Not so good! How can I be called stupid when I’m so smart!” The little fox immediately retorted, and Mu Tianyuan said helplessly: “Then what are you going to call yourself? Hu Yifei? Or Hu Yidao?”
“Neither is good! I need to think it over carefully!” The little fox refused without a second thought. Naming is a big deal, and it requires careful consideration! Then the little fox wagged its tail and said, “How about this, I’ll just call it Tu Tu for now. How about changing it when I think of a good name? Or maybe I can just pick a name when I feel like it?”
“Is it okay for you to be so careless?” Mu Tianyuan asked the little fox with a twitch of his mouth. This was the first time he heard that a name could be used temporarily and then changed if a better one was thought of later!
“What’s the problem? I decided my own name. I don’t need to register my household registration anyway, so why rush?” The little fox answered confidently, but Mu Tianyuan had no way to refute her. You say this is a human being, it’s not convenient for you to change your name every now and then. But this person in front of you may be familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, but she is still a fox! I haven’t heard that the department still wants to register foxes!
After happily deciding this issue, the little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Shouldn’t you ask this stupid woman where she’s taking us? Aren’t you afraid she’ll sell us to the zoo?”
“Even if I sell you to the zoo, they’ll only take you.” Mu Tianyuan replied, then turned to look at Fei Yingli and asked, “Aunt Yingli, where are we going now?”
“Let’s pick up Xiaolan for dinner first, then I’ll take you home.” Hibiki replied with a smile while driving. Mu Tianyuan nodded and said, “Dinner is fine, but where is my home?”
“You kid, you don’t even remember your own home, do you?” Fei Yingli laughed when she heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. Mu Tianyuan really wanted to nod to show that he really forgot where his home was, because there was no memory of his home in his memory at all! Even if you let him go back to Kanagawa now, he wouldn’t even know where his home is!
But Mu Tianyuan couldn’t say this. Fortunately, Kisaki Eri thought about it and thought that Mu Tianyuan had forgotten it because it had been too long, so she introduced it. With Kisaki Eri’s introduction, Mu Tianyuan learned that when he was young, his parents used to live in Tokyo. At that time, his parents bought a house, which was not far from the Mori family. That’s how they became familiar with the Mori family. Later, after Mu Tianyuan graduated from elementary school, his father went to Kanagawa for work reasons, but he did not sell the house in Tokyo. This time Mu Tianyuan came back to live in the original house.
Later, during a casual chat, Mu Tianyuan finally realized that it was actually Maori Kogoro who his parents had asked to pick him up. However, Maori Kogoro accidentally got drunk and was probably sobering up in his office right now! It was thanks to Hime Eri that she took the time to call the office and found out that Mu Tianyuan had been stood up by Uncle Kogoro. She then drove to the station to pick him up. Otherwise, if it weren’t for Hime Eri, his mother’s best friend, Mu Tianyuan would probably have been wandering the streets…
Chapter 9: The Biggest Obstacle to Becoming a Top Student (Old Version)
After hearing Fei Yingli’s words, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox were sweating profusely. Then Mu Tianyuan looked at the little fox and said with emotion, “I’ve seen many unreliable people, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone this unreliable…”
“Yeah, so let’s thank this stupid woman. Thanks to her, we were able to find a place to stay…” The little fox looked at Hime Eri, who was complaining about Maori Kogoro, with a much friendlier look in her eyes. As a model fox who knew how to be polite, honest, and repay kindness, the little fox was really grateful to Hime Eri. In order to express his gratitude to Hime Eri, the little fox said, “To express my gratitude for saving us at the critical moment, I have decided that I will never call her a stupid woman again!”
Mu Tianyuan: “Your gratitude is truly meaningful…”
When Hime Eri drove to the downstairs of the Mouri Detective Agency, Mu Tianyuan saw from afar a young girl who seemed to have horns on her head standing downstairs. Even though she was from the side, Mu Tianyuan immediately recognized that this girl was the protagonist of this world, Mouri Ran!
Because no one else has this hairstyle except Xiaolan!
When Fei Yingli stopped the car, Mu Tianyuan carried the little fox and followed Fei Yingli out of the car. After Xiaolan greeted Fei Yingli, Xiaolan smiled at Mu Tianyuan with the excitement of meeting an old friend and said, “Xiao Mu, long time no see!”
“Uh, long time no see…” Although Mu Tianyuan knew from his memory and from Fei Yingli’s words just now that he and Xiaolan were playmates since childhood, but to be honest, this was the first time he saw Xiaolan alive! Therefore, at this moment, Mu Tianyuan looked at the smiling Xiaolan in front of him and didn’t know what to say for a moment. He tried hard to think about the memories of this world and his impression from the anime. After a long while, he finally said: “Xiaolan, the horns on your head seem to have grown bigger again…”
“Uh…” Xiaolan was stunned when she heard Mu Tianyuan’s words, and then she said helplessly: “Xiao Mu, you are saying weird things again…”
“Sorry, I’m just excited. Just pretend you didn’t hear what I said.” Mu Tianyuan knew that what he said seemed to be problematic. He immediately laughed dryly and waved at Xiaolan. Then he thought for a moment and said with a smile: “So, Xiaolan, are you and Kudo Washing Machine together?”
Feiyingli: “…”
After hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, Xiaolan blushed and looked at him with beady eyes, saying, “Xiao Mu, what are you talking about?! Shinichi and I are just… just…”
“Yeah, no need to say, I know, I know.” Mu Tianyuan nodded at Xiaolan with a serious face, then turned to look at Kiyori and said seriously: “Auntie Yingli, although you are busy with work, you can’t relax when it comes to your daughter’s affairs. You have to keep an eye on Xiaolan, and don’t let that arrogant brat from the Kudo family deceive Xiaolan away now!”
“Xiao Mu!” Xiao Lan, who had always been known for her gentleness and virtue in front of outsiders, had successfully broken her act…
Meanwhile, Kisaki Eri began to think hard. Perhaps she really needed to take better care of her daughter. What if her precious daughter was really deceived by that arrogant boy from the Kudo family?
After this fight, Mu Tianyuan took the opportunity to introduce the little fox to Xiaolan in order to divert Xiaolan’s attention. His trick was very effective. At least Xiaolan was melted by the little fox the moment she saw it. She didn’t care about what Mu Tianyuan said before and happily planned to hug the little fox. Unfortunately, the little fox was very disrespectful and jumped directly onto Mu Tianyuan’s head, glaring at Xiaolan with bare teeth. While threatening Xiaolan not to get close to the little fox, he shouted: “They are really mother and daughter, right? The look in their eyes is the same, right? Otherwise, why do you all treat me as a dog? I say again, I am a fox, not a dog!”
Mu Tianyuan comforted the little fox while explaining the little fox’s race to Xiaolan. After some pleasantries, Ki Yingli suggested going out for dinner. Originally, Mu Tianyuan was thinking about taking this opportunity to meet Maori Kogoro, the future famous detective who would become famous thanks to his son-in-law, but who knew that Ki Yingli was very direct and planned to take them with her. Mu Tianyuan and Xiaolan suggested taking Maori Kogoro along, but Ki Yingli said bluntly that since the great detective Maori was already drunk, he should have a good rest. Looking at Ki Yingli’s handsome face that was almost as handsome as Bao Zheng, Xiaolan and Mu Tianyuan looked at each other and wisely shut up…
After dinner, Fei Yingli drove Mu Tianyuan to his home. It was a two-story building that was not particularly large, but not small either, with a yard. This was Mu Tianyuan’s new home. After opening the door and entering, Mu Tianyuan looked around and nodded with satisfaction. “I thought it had become a haunted house because no one had lived there for so many years, but I didn’t expect it to be so clean.”
After hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, Fei Yingli smiled and said, “Actually, this is because your mother told me a few days ago that you would find someone to clean the house when you return to Tokyo.”
After hearing what Fei Yingli said, Mu Tianyuan thanked Fei Yingli again and then said goodbye to Xiaolan and her daughter. After sending Xiaolan and her daughter away, Mu Tianyuan walked around the house with the little fox in his arms. After that, Mu Tianyuan leaned on the windowsill, looked at the night view of Tokyo and said to the little fox, “I feel something is wrong.”
“What’s wrong?” The little fox couldn’t help but ask curiously after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words. Mu Tianyuan stared at the unusual night scene and said, “After meeting Xiaolan, I quickly became very familiar with her. It’s not the kind of familiarity I saw in anime, you know?”
“So that’s why you can joke with her?” The little fox immediately understood Mu Tianyuan’s meaning and asked curiously. Mu Tianyuan nodded and said, “That’s right! This is not the state you should be in when meeting someone for the first time.”
“Maybe it’s your inexplicable memory? Mu Jiaoqing, don’t think about it. It won’t do any harm to you anyway, right?” The little fox thought about it and gave an explanation. Mu Tianyuan thought about it and decided to accept the little fox’s explanation. Anyway, as the little fox said, it didn’t seem to harm him either. Why think so much?
The next morning, after Mu Tianyuan used the money he found in the suitcase to buy some food and drinks to take home, he brought some gifts and went to visit the Maori Office. He finally saw Maori Kogoro, who became famous as a son-in-law after forgetting him at the station. Maori Kogoro originally felt guilty about his negligence, but after Mu Tianyuan gave him a few bottles of wine, Kogoro became even more affectionate to him. Then Mu Tianyuan met up with Suzuki Sonoko and Kudo Shinichi, his friends who claimed to have grown up with him. After a meal, Mu Tianyuan hugged the little fox and went home again. The little fox jumped onto the sofa and scratched her ears with her claws and asked, “Are these the protagonists and main supporting characters of the world you mentioned? And what about the friends you said yesterday who grew up with you peeing and playing with mud?”
Yesterday, Mu Tianyuan told the little fox everything he knew, including the plot and his fragmented memories. Today, after following Mu Tianyuan around for a day, the little fox did not think that those people were anything special. In the eyes of the little fox, Kogoro was just a wretched old man, and that Kudo Shinichi was a somewhat arrogant kid, and as for Sonoko, she was a bit of a nymphomaniac.
I have to say that the little fox is really accurate…
“Yeah,” Mu Tianyuan smiled, then took a sip of water from the refrigerator and said with emotion, “I never thought that one day I would become childhood friends with Kudo Shinichi and the others. This world is really amazing.”
“Wait a month, then you can go home and tell others about it.” The little fox rolled over on the sofa and replied lazily. Mu Tianyuan was about to nod when he heard this, but suddenly shook his head: “No, no one will believe me if I go back. I might even have to receive electric shock treatment.”
Mu Tianyuan, who had graduated many years ago, finally returned to school with his backpack on his back. The only difference was that the school had become a Japanese high school. Mu Tianyuan lamented this issue to the little fox more than once. By the way, the man and the fox also had many discussions about whether this was considered studying abroad or repeating a grade.
However, when Mu Tianyuan returned to school, he had to face a very serious problem, that is, he could not understand the Japanese textbooks at all!
Originally, Mu Tianyuan felt that after all, he had survived the brutal Gaokao (National College Entrance Examination) and successfully enrolled in a top university. Even though he’d lost a lot of knowledge to his teachers over the years, his foundation was still there, right? Wouldn’t it be easy to go back to high school and become a top student?
But reality mercilessly slapped Mu Tianyuan’s face. He couldn’t even understand the textbook, so how could he be called a top student? This discovery made Mu Tianyuan depressed for a full five minutes. Mu Tianyuan was puzzled. Why did everyone around him speak standard Mandarin? Why did he have to write in Japanese? You speak Mandarin, can’t you change your writing?
Afterwards, Mu Tianyuan and his fox military advisor had a serious discussion about this issue for a whole meal. Finally, Mu Tianyuan felt that he had found the truth of the matter. That was that before he inexplicably traveled to the Conan world, he was reviewing the Conan at home in the Mandarin version! And then he traveled through time!
Chapter 10: Kudo, you have offended your father-in-law! (Old version)
After pondering for a long time, Mu Tianyuan felt that the only explanation for the fact that everyone around him was speaking standard Mandarin was that he was wearing the Mandarin version of Conan he watched! Otherwise, this wouldn’t be the case!
Regardless of whether this was true or not, he happily accepted this speculation as the truth. He’d managed to travel through time successfully, and even had the identity of an indigenous person. What was so impossible about that? Maybe he’d just strayed from the path he took? Or maybe the great god was just messing with him! Who could say for sure?
Mu Tianyuan, who dreamed of becoming a top student but failed, unknowingly succeeded in occupying the last place in their class and even in their grade for an entire academic year. His position in this year was so stable that he was even a celebrity in the whole school. If it weren’t for Kudo Shinichi who slowly emerged and showed his aura that the god of death had not yet awakened, and gradually relied on appearing in newspapers every now and then to force a headline, Mu Tianyuan would definitely still be a celebrity in their school!
However, even though Kudo became more and more famous, Mu Tianyuan still had his own charm that was hard to conceal. Almost everyone in Teitan High School, whether students, teachers in various grades, or other faculty and staff, knew Mu Tianyuan, who always handed in blank papers except for math and English in every exam, and who wore a live fox hat on his head on the first day of school and refused to change his ways despite repeated warnings.
In fact, Mu Tianyuan had no idea what to do about the fox hat. The little fox was fine when she was at home, but every time Mu Tianyuan went out, she had to follow him no matter what. You could say that a fox that couldn’t talk would be locked up at home, but this little fox could speak human language, and sometimes Mu Tianyuan couldn’t even win an argument with her!
Not only that, but the little fox is also a being with intelligence that’s no less than a human. If you don’t take her with you, she’ll open the door and come out on her own! Even if she doesn’t open the door on her own, she’ll still make a mess of the house to express her dissatisfaction. Anyway, ever since Mu Tianyuan forcibly locked the little fox at home and found the house like a husky after returning home, Mu Tianyuan completely gave up the idea of ​​not taking the little fox out, because he didn’t want to be busy cleaning up the house all night!
I have to say Mu Tianyuan is a man who has experienced life in society. At the very least, his mentality is stronger than that of the average student. No matter how much the school teachers talk to him, he still insists on doing what he wants. You can say whatever you want, that’s your business. I always sincerely accept your opinions. As for whether I listen or not, that’s my business. You want me to accept it? Sorry, unless you come to my house every day to help me clean up my mess! Can anyone promise me not to bring the little fox to school immediately!
Besides, the more important thing about me taking the little fox to school is that she’s eager to learn! Are you really going to stop a humble and ambitious fox from pursuing education? I’m paying for you to have an auditor, so what’s wrong with that? The little fox even said that if you think foxes aren’t suitable for school, don’t you believe she’ll file a complaint with an animal protection organization? She’ll accuse you of racism, and then you’ll see what happens!
During this year, Mu Tianyuan went back to his hometown once a month and spent most of the rest of the time going to and from school. However, this did not mean that Mu Tianyuan was without other gains. At least he and Maori Kogoro, whose plug-in had not yet been launched, had a good relationship like brothers, and what promoted the rapid development of their relationship was wine!
Before drinking Kogoro so hard that he fell under the table, Kogoro patted Mu Tianyuan’s neck and said that from today on, Mu Tianyuan was his brother. He even asked Xiaolan to call Mu Tianyuan uncle…
Of course, this was just Mouri Kogoro’s drunken talk, but it is true that the relationship between the two of them soared from 80 to nearly 100 after that day. If at the beginning Mouri Kogoro and Mu Tianyuan were only close because Mu Tianyuan was the son of Kogoro’s friend, then now the two of them are complete best friends. Even if Mu Tianyuan’s father came, the relationship between Mu Tianyuan and Kogoro would not be as close.
After happily being promoted to Class 2B, Grade 2, Mu Tianyuan was lying on his desk chatting with Little Fox on the dedicated line when he suddenly heard Suzuki Mariko screaming in surprise, “What?! Xiaolan, you’re going to be with…”
But Yuanzi only said so much, and Xiaolan covered up the rest of the words. Mu Tianyuan looked up at Xiaolan, who was whispering something to Yuanzi with a nervous look on her face, and said, “Xiaolan, I have something to tell you.”
“What’s the matter?” Xiaolan asked nervously when she heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. Mu Tianyuan pointed at Yuanzi and said, “That means Yuanzi is about to die. Look, she’s rolling her eyes.”
“Uh…” Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words. Then, seeing Yuanzi’s appearance, she immediately sent Yuanzi over. Then, with a face full of guilt, she looked at Yuanzi, who was gasping for breath, and said, “Yuanzi, I’m sorry!”
“Thank you, Xiao Mu!” Yuanzi looked at Mu Tianyuan and thanked him solemnly, then looked at Xiao Lan helplessly and said, “Xiao Lan, don’t you just want to… wuwuwu!”
Yuanzi, who didn’t learn her lesson, was once again covered in the mouth by Xiaolan, and was even dragged away by Xiaolan…
“I guess Xiaolan will be able to become a competent human trafficker in the future. Look how skillful her movements are, don’t you think, Shinichi?” Mu Tianyuan looked at Xiaolan’s agile movements and immediately turned his head to look at Kudo Shinichi who was sitting on the other side of him.
“Haha…” Kudo Shinichi chuckled twice when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s words, then lowered his head and continued to write furiously. He was so excited about attending a cocktail party yesterday and happened to run into a dead person that he forgot about doing his homework…
“Tsk tsk, is it fun to do homework, Great Detective?” Seeing that Kudo Shinichi ignored him, Mu Tianyuan immediately pulled a chair over to him and asked as if he was holding a microphone for an interview. Mu Tianyuan didn’t know when he had awakened to the bad habit of teasing Kudo Shinichi and making fun of Kudo and Xiaolan whenever he had nothing to do, and he never tired of it…
“Don’t you know whether it’s fun or not?” Kudo Shinichi wrote furiously while giving Mu Tianyuan a cold look. Is it fun for students to ask such a question?!
Mu Tianyuan’s answer almost made Kudo Shinichi jump up in anger. Mu Tianyuan replied with a righteous look: “How should I know? You know I never do my homework.”
Kudo Shinichi: “…” Damn, I forgot this guy really never does his homework…
It’s not that Mu Tianyuan doesn’t want to do his homework, it’s just that he doesn’t know how to do it. He can’t even understand what’s going on, so what’s the point of writing it? He once tried to write it in Chinese, but the teacher didn’t understand what he was doing.
The next night, Mu Tianyuan was curled up on the sofa watching TV with Little Fox when the phone rang. Mu Tianyuan stood up and walked over to the phone, answering it half-heartedly: “Hello, who is this, you bastard?”
“Xiao Mu, it’s me, Xiao Lan.” Xiao Lan’s voice came from the other end of the phone. When Mu Tianyuan heard that it was Xiao Lan calling, he immediately said, “Xiao Lan, is Uncle Mao Li going to have a drink with me again?”
“Uh, no, I have something to talk to you about.” Xiaolan couldn’t help but twitch her lips when she heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. Xiaolan said that she couldn’t understand why Mu Tianyuan and her father became drinking buddies, and her father couldn’t even drink as much as Mu Tianyuan…
“Tell Uncle Maori I’ll be there soon. Uh, wait, you said you had something to talk to me about?” Mu Tianyuan agreed and then realized that Xiaolan didn’t mean what he thought. He asked puzzledly, “What’s the matter?”
“Well, did Shinichi go to your place?” Xiaolan asked her question expectantly after her lips twitched twice. But to Xiaolan’s disappointment, Mu Tianyuan simply said that Kudo Shinichi was not with him. Then Mu Tianyuan asked casually, “Why did that guy disappear again?”
Ever since Kudo Shinichi embarked on the path of detective, he has been seen at the murder scene solving cases every now and then. In this era when landlines are king and mobile phones are considered high-end luxury goods, it is sometimes quite difficult to find him.
After hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, Xiaolan replied with some worry: “Yes, I called his home before but no one answered. I wonder if he went to your place.”
“Tsk, classmate Kudo Ran, just stop worrying about it, okay? You know that guy, and he’s probably off to solve some case again. Maybe tomorrow you’ll know what he did today from the newspaper that Uncle Mori tore up.” Mu Tianyuan heard the worry in Xiaolan’s voice and replied with a roll of his eyes. Ever since Kudo Shinichi became famous, Mori Kogoro would tear up newspapers every now and then, and then he would yell about how high school students didn’t study hard and were becoming detectives to steal his job. Mu Tianyuan didn’t know how many times he had seen this scene in the past year.
In fact, Mu Tianyuan really wanted to say to Kudo Shinichi: Is it appropriate for you to offend your future father-in-law like this?
The father-in-law and son-in-law were already class enemies, and Kudo Shinichi was even stealing Uncle Mori’s job. As the saying goes, cutting off someone’s financial resources is like killing their parents. Not to mention that not only did this guy cut off Uncle Mori’s financial resources, he was also eating the cabbages that Uncle Mori had raised for more than ten years. Anyway, Mu Tianyuan felt that Kudo Shinichi was going to have a hard time from now on…
Chapter 11: Uncle Maori, your son-in-law cheat is online! (Old version)
When Xiaolan on the other end of the phone heard Mu Tianyuan call her Kudo Ran, she blinked her eyes and said, “You’re talking nonsense again. There’s nothing between me and Shinichi!”
“Yes, yes, I’m sorry, Kudo Ran. I won’t say anything nonsense about Kudo Ran anymore. So if there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up. Good night, Kudo Ran.” Mu Tianyuan answered in a very sincere tone. Then, without waiting for Xiaolan to say anything, Mu Tianyuan quickly hung up the phone. Then, while walking towards the sofa, he sighed to the little fox, “You know, teasing the male and female protagonists is unexpectedly interesting.”
“Then you know, if you offend the hero and heroine like this, you will often be beaten to death.” The little fox rolled his eyes and replied when he heard Mu Tianyuan sigh. Then, in order to make Mu Tianyuan fully realize this point, the little fox said: “Especially when that little Jiaolan just won the Kanto women’s karate championship, she doesn’t need to team up with any righteous friends. She can beat you to death with the momentum of the championship. By then, I will send you money during the Qingming Festival and the Ghost Festival. By the way, do you prefer US dollars or RMB? I guarantee that every one of them will be printed with the Jade Emperor and Yama King!”
Mu Tianyuan: “Uh…you’re really good at chatting…”
Then Mu Tianyuan dragged his chin and thought for a while and said: “But what you said makes sense. Xiaolan is not someone you can easily mess with. It seems that from now on, I will focus my teasing on that kid Kudo.”
“Excuse me, are you the legendary bully who only picks on the weak and fears the strong?” The little fox rolled his eyes and complained helplessly when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. Damn it, since Xiaolan is not easy to deal with, why do you go and mess with that weakling Kudo?
Mu Tianyuan nodded happily and said, “Of course!”
Mu Tianyuan’s current mentality is that although he doesn’t know why he came to the Conan world, this is a rare opportunity. Now that he is here, it would seem a bit unfair to this rare opportunity if he doesn’t make the most of it!
Little Fox: “…”
Mu Tianyuan and Little Fox ate snacks and watched TV. Half an hour had passed unnoticed when the phone suddenly rang again. Hearing the ringing, Mu Tianyuan stood up helplessly and muttered, “Who is this? Can we still watch TV properly?”
“Didn’t you say earlier that TV was boring?” The little fox heard Mu Tianyuan’s muttering and immediately took the opportunity to complain. Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and said, “TV is indeed boring. It’s mainly because I’m too lazy to move. By the way, I decided to extend the phone line tomorrow. Otherwise, it’s too troublesome to have to walk to answer a call.”
For Mu Tianyuan, who is used to taking out his mobile phone to answer the phone, it is really inconvenient to have to run to answer the phone!
The one who called Mu Tianyuan this time was still the Maori family, but this time it was a different person, it was Xiaolan’s father Maori Kogoro, and the purpose of Uncle Maori’s call at this time was very simple, that is to ask Mu Tianyuan to drink with him. Although Mu Tianyuan was not good at drinking before, he can drink now, and his alcohol tolerance is not bad. Since he accepted the inheritance of the Alpaca Sect and was strengthened by the way, he can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. Since he has this advantage, Mu Tianyuan naturally has to make good use of it, and having a good relationship with Maori Kogoro is a very good use. Now that he heard that Maori Kogoro wanted to get drunk again, the helpful Mu Tianyuan naturally would not refuse. Anyway, his current residence is not far from the Maori family, so let’s go, who’s afraid of who!
A few minutes after changing his clothes and carrying the little fox out, Mu Tianyuan arrived at Maori’s house. He walked to the office on the second floor as if he was familiar with the place. After pushing the door open, he said to Maori Kogoro who was sitting in front of the coffee table, “Uncle Maori, please excuse me for disturbing you.”
“Come here, come here. Let’s have a good drink today.” Uncle Maori waved to Mu Tianyuan as soon as he saw his drinking buddy arrive. Mu Tianyuan put some beer and snacks he had bought from the supermarket on the table and asked curiously, “Where’s Xiaolan?”
“She went to find that detective boy.” Uncle Maori, who was originally happy to see the beers bought by Mu Tianyuan, immediately became a little unhappy when he heard Mu Tianyuan mention Xiaolan. It was already dark and she actually went to find that damn detective boy. Do you know that as a father, he is jealous of his daughter?
Mu Tianyuan just smiled when he heard what Uncle Maori said. “Xiao Lan, you’re such a worrywart!” He then picked up two cans of beer, opened them, and handed one to Uncle Maori. Just as Mu Tianyuan was about to tell Uncle Maori to leave, the phone at the office rang. Uncle Maori, somewhat helplessly, put down his beer, stood up, and went to his desk to answer the phone. After just a few words, Uncle Maori, who had been a little unhappy about being interrupted, suddenly said in an excited tone, “What? Your daughter was abducted?!”
Then I heard Uncle Maori say again: “No, no, no, I’m not happy, I just think this is too unfortunate…”
Mu Tianyuan looked at Uncle Maori, who was almost grinning from ear to ear, and said speechlessly, “I always thought Uncle Maori’s expression was actually happy. What kind of humanity is this? He’s actually happy even when his daughter is kidnapped.”
“Who knows, but I think if the person who called him was here, he would definitely become a murderer.” The little fox answered while taking out two peanuts from the bag that Mu Tianyuan brought over and eating them while wagging his tail.
Uncle Maori had no idea that the man and the fox beside him were condemning him. He pretended to be serious and chatted with the person over the phone with a smile on his face. Then he hung up the phone. Then, under the gaze of Mu Tianyuan and the little fox, Uncle Maori jumped half a meter high and cheered, “Great! Finally got a commission after half a year!”
Mu Tianyuan Little Fox: “…”
After staring at the cheering Maori Kogoro for a long time, the little fox turned his head to look at Mu Tianyuan and said, “I think we have misunderstood this wretched uncle. He actually has a very difficult life…”
“Yeah, it’s not easy…” Mu Tianyuan nodded sadly. They finally understood why Uncle Maori was so happy just now. It wasn’t that Uncle Maori was gloating. It was really because this was the first commission in half a year. It was the opening of the business. Who wouldn’t be happy…
However, even though they understand, they still feel that Uncle Maori is really pitiful…
After cheering for a while, the Maori uncle suddenly grabbed the suit jacket thrown aside and put it on. Then he looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Xiao Mu, wait for me for a while. I’ll go to work first and then we’ll continue drinking when I come back!”
“I’m good at playing hide-and-seek with people. I’m free too, Uncle Maori, let’s go together.” Mu Tianyuan didn’t want to wait here alone. He was free anyway, so he might as well go and help.
“Well, then you can be my assistant and I’ll show you how I, a famous detective, solve the case.” Maori Kogoro was not polite and nodded readily to agree to Mu Tianyuan’s request to form a team. So Mu Tianyuan followed the self-proclaimed famous detective Maori Kogoro out to solve the case as a follower, holding beer and holding the little fox.
After locking the door, Maori Kogoro rushed downstairs in a hurry. After running two steps, he saw Xiaolan standing in front of the stairs. Maori Kogoro immediately shouted at Xiaolan to get out of the way. Xiaolan was a very agile person. When she saw her father rushing down the stairs in a hurry, she immediately got out of the way. The problem was that Xiaolan was agile, but Maori Kogoro, as her father, was not. Maybe it was because this was his first commission in half a year that made him a little too excited. When he was about to run down the stairs, he tripped with his left foot and fell on his face…
Mu Tianyuan and Little Fox, who were following behind, all grimaced when they saw Maori Kogoro prostrate himself on the ground. The fall was so hard that it looked painful!
Just when Mu Tianyuan and the others were feeling anxious for Maori Kogoro, Maori Kogoro, the person involved, finally showed his agility. He jumped up from the ground and rushed to the street at the door to hail a taxi…
“Is he just too thick-skinned, or is this awful old man just used to falling?” Seeing Maori Kogoro’s actions, the little fox immediately looked at Mu Tianyuan in confusion and asked. A normal person wouldn’t react the same way after a fall like this, right? Even if he was filled with joy, he wouldn’t be so calm, right? Look at how light and graceful he was when he jumped up just now. If you didn’t know better, you’d think he was fine!
“Who knows?” Mu Tianyuan replied with a twitching mouth as he walked down the stairs. This question was really hard for him to answer, because he himself wanted to know what was going on…
At this time, Xiaolan was curious about her father’s neurotic behavior and began to ask her father about the cause of her father’s illness. Uncle Maori was dancing and calling for a taxi while excitedly beginning to explain the cause of his illness. However, Mu Tianyuan did not have time to understand the details at this time because he found something that surprised him!
At this time, standing next to Xiaolan was a kid wearing glasses and wearing a suit similar to the one worn by Uncle Maori!
After staring blankly at the child for a long time, Mu Tianyuan’s thoughts finally converged into one thought: Uncle Maori, your son-in-law cheat is finally online…
Chapter 12: Is it so difficult to cheat? (Old version)
Uncle Maori started laughing foolishly by himself after getting in the taxi and reporting a place name. Mu Tianyuan was sitting in the passenger seat, holding the little fox and sipping the beer in his hand, but his attention was all focused on the little kid who jumped into the car after hearing that the client’s daughter was kidnapped by a man in black.
Mu Tianyuan was drinking beer while staring through the rearview mirror at the miniature version of Kudo Shinichi, who was sitting between the seemingly silly and cheerful Uncle Maori and Xiaolan. The little fox had also been staring at Kudo Shinichi since she got on the bus. At this moment, she finally spoke up: “He is actually that brat Kudo Shinichi, right? He really has shrunk down. Although you told me before, it’s still a little hard to believe after seeing him alive!”
“Did you recognize him?” Mu Tianyuan asked while sipping his beer after hearing what the little fox said. The little fox wagged its tail and said, “Yeah, if his scent hadn’t changed, I really wouldn’t have guessed it.”
“I really hope Xiaolan can have a nose as good as yours.” After hearing the little fox’s words, Mu Tianyuan remembered that the little fox also had the ability to judge by sense of smell. Mu Tianyuan immediately shook his head with some regret. If Xiaolan had the same ability as the little fox, Kudo would probably not have so many benefits!
Then Mu Tianyuan suddenly muttered, “I didn’t expect this thing to shrink so quickly. It really caught me off guard. Well, I need to drink a few more sips to calm down.”
“You should drink a few more sips to calm your nerves. Is that really necessary?” The little fox rolled his eyes when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. “You already knew he was going to turn into a brat. Why do you have to act surprised now?”
“I knew he would shrink, but I didn’t expect him to shrink now.” Mu Tianyuan answered while taking another sip of beer. Then Mu Tianyuan said depressedly: “Damn it, I thought I could take advantage of the ability to travel between the two worlds and carefully memorize the plot when I return to my hometown so that I can steal the show from Kudo. Who knew that as long as I read something about Conan’s plot, I would be back. What the hell is going on?”
At first, Mu Tianyuan’s plan was good. He could go home and take advantage of the time to go online and memorize the plot. After all, he had been watching Conan for a few years. Even the episode he was watching before he traveled through time was the newly released Mandarin version he found. As for the previous plots, he had long forgotten them. What’s more, there were so many cases in Conan. If he didn’t take notes, how could he remember the details of each case?
After waiting for a month to go home with great anticipation, Mu Tianyuan had fun in every room of the house because he hadn’t been home for a month. Then he noticed that the time seemed to have not changed, which made Mu Tianyuan even happier. After being happy for a while, Mu Tianyuan remembered his plan. He rushed to the computer and planned to turn the Conan that was playing there to the beginning. However, it was fine when he didn’t use the computer. The problem was that when he clicked on the first episode and planned to watch it from the beginning, something went wrong. He had just clicked on it and the advertisement hadn’t appeared yet when Mu Tianyuan saw that the video website was suddenly closed. Mu Tianyuan thought it was a problem with the computer or something, but before he could figure it out, he felt his eyes blurred and then he was back to the Conan world…
Mu Tianyuan was stunned at the time, and the little fox was even more stunned. It had just picked up an apple from Mu Tianyuan’s house and was about to bite it when it suddenly came back. They had returned, but the apple hadn’t come with them! The little fox almost bit her own paw when she took a bite!
By the way, it took Mu Tianyuan a total of six minutes and fifteen seconds to travel back to his hometown this time, of which six minutes and thirteen seconds were spent having fun at home…
Mu Tianyuan couldn’t figure out what was going on, so he started asking the little fox, but the little fox didn’t know anything. Finally, after waiting for another month, Mu Tianyuan returned to his hometown. When he was about to carry out his plan again, he returned to the Conan world again!
And this time it was a significant improvement, lasting one minute and eight seconds…
After returning to the Conan world, Mu Tianyuan was a little unhappy. How could he only go back to his hometown once a month? How come the two trips combined took less than eight minutes? He was planning to wait for his parents who were away visiting relatives to come back and have a good chat with them to express his longing for them!
After calming down, Mu Tianyuan and Little Fox studied it and found that both times, Mu Tianyuan came back suddenly because he wanted to watch the plot. So is it possible that it was because Mu Tianyuan wanted to preview it in advance?
After Mu Tianyuan returned to his hometown for the third time, he simply stopped thinking about the plot. But this time it was good. He stayed at home safely until his parents came back from outside. After seeing his parents, Mu Tianyuan was so excited that his parents even thought that the child was crazy. Otherwise, why would the child be so excited after not seeing him for only nine hours in the afternoon and half a night?
After finally calming down, Mu Tianyuan chatted with his parents for a while and then ran back to his room happily. Everything was fine at first, but after returning to the room, Mu Tianyuan started to act stupid again. He wanted to prove whether what he and the little fox had guessed was true, so he opened the video again, and then he wore it again…
After that, Mu Tianyuan did several more experiments, such as searching the Internet for the text version of each episode summary, asking friends about the plot, etc., but every time he thought it was fine, it would go wrong when he was about to execute it. After tossing and turning for more than half a year, Mu Tianyuan finally gave up and simply didn’t want to cheat after returning home. Then, he spent half a month peacefully, and then when he was about to go to the toilet, he went back to the Conan world again…
After some trouble, Mu Tianyuan finally figured it out. As long as he didn’t watch Conan’s plot, he could stay in his hometown for a whole half month, but as long as he wanted to cheat, he would be finished immediately!
Since he couldn’t cheat, Mu Tianyuan naturally had no way of knowing exactly when Kudo transformed into Conan. He only remembered that Shinichi encountered a murder while going to a bikini park with Xiaolan, and then followed Gin and was drugged and finally transformed. But the problem was that he didn’t hear Xiaolan mention going to the park! He was a little overwhelmed by this sudden change!
Just as Mu Tianyuan was mumbling silently to the little fox, Uncle Maori, who had been in a silly and cheerful mood since getting on the bus, suddenly said as if no one was around: “The criminal case is calling me, the famous detective Maori Kogoro! Hahahahaha!”
Seeing Uncle Maori’s nonchalant attitude, the little fox said silently: “Well, I always thought you were the most funny guy in the world, but now it seems that I was wrong. This wretched uncle seems to be even funnier than you…”
“Haha, should I say something about losing my title as the world’s funniest guy?” Mu Tianyuan replied with a forced smile upon hearing the little fox’s serious tone. Suddenly, Maori Kogoro looked at Xiaolan, who was sitting next to him, in surprise and exclaimed, “Why are you sitting in the car?!”
Xiaolan, who had been rolling her eyes at Uncle Maori’s silly laughter, immediately shouted after hearing what Uncle Maori said, “Because this kid suddenly ran into the car by himself!”
This is his real father! He didn’t even know that a living creature as big as himself had been sitting next to him for so long!
Kudo, or Conan, who was sitting in the middle with his eyes rolled up, immediately put on an innocent look and cheered, “Car! Car! Wow!” after hearing Xiaolan’s words.
Although Kudo Shinichi wanted to act young and cute, in the eyes of Mu Tianyuan and Little Fox, who already knew the truth, he was now a serious funny guy…
For a moment, the little fox and Mu Tianyuan looked at Conan with strange eyes, especially the little fox, who said as he looked at him, “Here is another one vying for the title of funny guy…”
Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes when he heard the little fox’s words. He pretended to be ignorant and looked at Xiaolan before Uncle Maori asked, “Xiaolan, where did you pick up this silly-looking boy?”
Conan: “…” Damn it! You’re the stupid one! I’m a famous high school detective, okay? How can you, the last in the grade, call me stupid?
Without waiting for Xiaolan to say anything, Mu Tianyuan looked at her seriously and said, “Xiaolan, I know you have a good heart, but this is a child, not a puppy or a kitten. Is it appropriate for you to pick him up? His parents will be worried. Hurry up and find a trash can out front to throw him away!”
Conan: “…” Throw your sister away! You knew I was just a child, and you actually let Xiaolan throw me away? And you even threw me into the trash can?!
After hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, Xiaolan looked at him helplessly and said, “Xiao Mu, stop joking.”
Then Xiaolan looked down at Conan and said gently: “Don’t be afraid, Conan, this big brother is not a bad person, he just likes to joke around.”
Conan: “…Hehe.” I know, this guy is really good except that he likes to bully me for no reason…
[Thanks: Learner i for the 100-point reward. This reward really caught me off guard…]Chapter 13: My Intelligence Network is Everywhere! (Old Version)
Uncle Maori was also anxious when he found out that his daughter not only got on the bus without knowing when, but also brought a naughty child with her. At this time, Uncle Maori pointed at Conan and shouted: “Who is this kid?!”
When faced with the ferocious Uncle Maori, Conan immediately rolled his eyes and hid in Xiaolan’s arms – taking advantage of her!
Xiaolan held Conan’s head and explained: “This is the child of Dr. Agasa’s relative, his name is Conan…”
Before Xiaolan could even mention that Professor Agasa was planning to let this kid stay at his house temporarily, Uncle Maori roared loudly: “Don’t interfere with my work! Get out of the car right now!”
“How is this possible?! This is a highway!” Xiaolan was immediately anxious when she heard that Uncle Maori was asking them to get off. Xiaolan didn’t want to go with him. The problem was that if you had said this earlier, it would have been fine. At most, I could just get off directly. But now we are on the highway and so far away from home, and you want us to get off? How am I supposed to get back?
But even so, Uncle Maori was not willing to carry a little kid around as a burden, especially since this little kid seemed to instinctively make Uncle Maori feel particularly uncomfortable for some reason!
However, at this point, Uncle Maori couldn’t really abandon Xiaolan and the others. In addition, Mu Tianyuan persuaded Uncle Maori to reluctantly agree to bring his daughter and a kid who looked very unhappy with him. However, Uncle Maori emphasized that they were not allowed to disturb his work.
This is not directed at Xiaolan, after all, Xiaolan is so sensible. It is mainly directed at Conan, the naughty kid who gets excited when he sees a car.
But then Uncle Maori didn’t care about the little kid Conan anymore. To be honest, Conan definitely has to thank Mu Tianyuan. It was thanks to Mu Tianyuan chatting with Uncle Maori to divert the uncle’s attention. Otherwise, who knows that Uncle Maori would grow a mushroom on Conan’s head if he was unhappy with him!
You know, Uncle Maori is not incapable of doing it…
At this time, the main topic of conversation between Mu Tianyuan and Uncle Maori was nothing more than about this incident. Although they didn’t know it yet, it didn’t prevent them from exchanging their views.
It’s just that these two people are happily communicating, while Xiaolan, Conan and the taxi driver’s expressions are getting more and more wrong, because these two people said they were discussing the case, but in fact it was Uncle Maori who was feeling good about himself, and Mu Tianyuan was responsible for flattering him with an admiring look. Anyway, after a few words, Uncle Maori was laughing so hard that his tonsils could be seen…
Xiaolan’s situation is not so bad as she is used to it. But Conan and the driver are in trouble. Conan grew up with Mu Tianyuan but he never knew that Mu Tianyuan had the skill to flatter. Conan even said that he had never seen anyone as shameless as Mu Tianyuan!
With just a few words, Uncle Mori became the most awesome detective in Japan. He can even be compared to Sherlock Holmes. He is a living legend!
Conan admired Sherlock Holmes the most. Now Mu Tianyuan actually compared Uncle Maori to Sherlock Holmes. Wasn’t this an insult to his idol? What made Conan even more unacceptable was that this guy had never praised himself before!
Conan is jealous…
As for the driver, his expression was even more off. If parking wasn’t inconvenient right now, he would have really found a place to throw up. He said that in all his years of driving a taxi, this was the first time he’d seen anything like this. There really are all kinds of people here. One dares to brag, and the other just accepts whatever people say, without any sense of modesty! If this wasn’t for earning hard-earned money, whoever drives them for these two idiots’ shameless behavior is a idiot!
Uncle eats too much…
Just like that, while Uncle Maori and Mu Tianyuan were discussing the case, the car finally arrived at the destination. After Uncle Maori paid the fare, the driver drove away at a speed of at least 120 km/h. The driver said that he would never go to Beika Town to work again, this was too scary!
Soon after Uncle Maori went to knock on the door, an old man dressed in a suit and tie, naked and… Gou, opened the door. After Uncle Maori introduced himself, the old man who opened the door knew that this was the detective they had summoned to deliver the goods and immediately wanted to let everyone in. However, at this time, Mu Tianyuan said with a serious face: “Please wait a moment.”
Then, under the puzzled gazes of Uncle Maori and the others, Mu Tianyuan picked up the half-empty can of beer he had slurped along the way and drank it all in one gulp. He then threw the can into a nearby trash can before explaining, “Okay, let’s go in.”
Mu Tianyuan remembered what they were here for. It would be very impolite to go in with a can of beer. What if they thought it was a gift and accepted it directly?
Besides, even if they didn’t come here as a gift, their child was missing. If I walked in while sipping beer, people might think I was there to watch the fun. Then, the owner of this house, who looks rich and powerful, would probably beat me to death!
After following the old man who opened the door into the family’s yard, it was not known whether this was the owner’s way of hospitality or to facilitate the investigation of the scene. The owner of the house met them directly in the yard. Uncle Maori briefly introduced himself and began to inquire about the situation at the time. Conan, who was as excited as seeing his father when he heard that there was a case, naturally came over. As for Mu Tianyuan, after listening to a few words and roughly understanding what the situation was, he walked directly to the corner.
Let me make it clear in advance that Mu Tianyuan didn’t drink too much and wanted to go to the bathroom. He wanted to ask about the situation at that time! And the person he was looking for was lying in the corner!
When Mu Tianyuan walked over, he looked into the corner and whispered, “Brother, I have something I want to ask you about. Can you come over and talk to me?”
As soon as Mu Tianyuan finished speaking, he saw a large black shadow slowly walking out from the corner. As he walked, the black shadow said in a deep voice: “What brother? I’m a female!”
“I’m sorry, it’s too dark and I can’t see clearly, but just by looking at your figure, I can tell that you are a tomboy among dogs!” After hearing the words of the owner of the deep voice, Mu Tianyuan squatted down and answered with a hint of apology.
Then Mu Tianyuan looked at the female man who was already in front of him and he couldn’t tell the breed and said, “Sister, I have something to ask you.”
That’s right, Mu Tianyuan was looking for the dog that this family raised to guard the house!
Although at the beginning Mu Tianyuan was not very interested in the skill of being able to communicate with animals skillfully invented by the Alpaca Sect in order to realize the ambition of dominating the circus, he later found that this skill seemed to be quite useful. At least it was very good for getting information!
Mu Tianyuan could even proudly say that he was the most well-informed person in Beihua Town. He had informants everywhere, and as long as he wanted to, he could even find out which wife was cheating on him before the affair was successfully concluded!
Although they have already left the territory of Beika Town, Mu Tianyuan is confident that he can immediately establish an informed intelligence network!
“What’s the matter?” The dog, who looked like a female dog among dogs, tilted her head slightly after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words and asked. Before she understood what Mu Tianyuan said, she suddenly widened her eyes and said, “Wait, can you understand me?!”
“It’s okay, it’s okay. Don’t get excited. It’s all a small matter. How about you have a cigarette to calm down? Oh, no, that’s okay. Have some dog food. Try the beef flavor.” Mu Tianyuan had seen too many such situations in the past year. He was very skilled in dealing with them. After knowing that the dog in front of him didn’t smoke, Mu Tianyuan immediately took out a handful of dog food and put it in front of it. The little fox that had been squatting on Mu Tianyuan’s head rolled his eyes and complained, “To be honest, I don’t understand what you are thinking. You actually ask any animal, no matter if it’s a dog, a cat, a crow, a mouse, or a bat, if they smoke…”
“I’m used to it. Besides, who told you that animals don’t smoke? Doesn’t Mr. Ba smoke? And he’s a heavy smoker!” Mu Tianyuan shrugged and replied. Mu Tianyuan had a habit of offering a cigarette to strangers whenever he met them outside, whether they were asking for directions or something else. This habit has continued to this day, especially now that he can understand animal talk, it has become second nature to him…
The dog obediently ate the dog food Mu Tianyuan gave it, but still glared at it and said, “To be honest, even after eating the dog food, I still can’t calm down. How on earth can you understand what I say?”
“I can’t explain this to you in a few words. Besides, it’s not important. As long as it doesn’t interfere with our conversation, is that right?” Mu Tianyuan reached out and patted the dog’s head, explaining. The dog nodded and said, “You make sense.”
Then the dog looked at Mu Tianyuan and said with emotion: “I guess you are definitely the most knowledgeable and talented person among humans!”
“I like to hear what you said! Come on, eat some more, eat some more!” Mu Tianyuan was delighted when he heard this. He took out a handful of dog food and stuffed it into the dog’s pocket. Just because the dog was so good at talking, Mu Tianyuan was willing to give it all the dog food he had on him!
The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan, the most knowledgeable and talented human being who always ranked last in his grade despite being unchallenged, and said helplessly, “Have you forgotten your business? We’re not here for you to chat with and feed the dog. If that’s really why you’re here, then we might as well just go home now.”
Chapter 14 This is interesting (old version)
“Uh…” Mu Tianyuan suddenly realized what the little fox said, then looked at the dog and said, “Hey, sister, your little master was captured in the yard here. Can you tell me what happened? For example, how did the person who captured him get in? How old is he? What are his obvious characteristics? More importantly, do you still remember his smell?”
“Gu Jingzi was not taken away,” Wang Xingren shook his head happily after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words.
“What?! You said she wasn’t taken away?” Mu Tianyuan was stunned when he heard this, and then hurriedly asked: “What’s going on? Tell me clearly.”
“Yes, Tani Jingzi wasn’t kidnapped. She just went out with Butler Aso, and then Butler Aso came back and started yelling something like ‘Oh no, the young lady was kidnapped’.” The dog answered while wagging its tail. Then the dog continued to mutter, “I’m wondering, it was clearly Tani Jingzi who went out with Butler Aso, so why did Butler Aso say she was kidnapped?”
Mu Tianyuan and the little fox looked at each other immediately after hearing what Wang Xingren said. Then Mu Tianyuan dragged his chin and muttered softly, “Tsk, the kidnapped little girl went out with the first person who discovered her, and the first person came back and shouted that the young lady was kidnapped. This is quite interesting.”
The little fox also realized that something was wrong. He nodded seriously and then said to Mu Tianyuan on the dedicated line: “It’s really interesting. Could this be the old housekeeper crying thief?”
“It’s hard to say, but I have to ask more.” Mu Tianyuan didn’t jump to conclusions. Instead, he asked Wang Xingren about the situation between the butler Aso and the little girl named Gu Jingzi. After getting some information from Wang Xingren, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox looked at each other again. Then the little fox tilted its head and said, “Since the butler named Aso usually loves the kidnapped little girl, how could he kidnap her?”
“Who knows? But since we know it was the butler who did it, why don’t we just ask him?” Mu Tianyuan shook his head and stood up. The little fox immediately rolled his eyes and said, “Do you think he would admit it? Anyway, if it were me, I wouldn’t admit it without evidence!”
Hearing what the little fox said, Mu Tianyuan nodded seriously and said, “Yeah, I know. For example, the last time I went home, the roast chicken my mom bought for dinner was gone, and you kept claiming it had nothing to do with it. In the end, when my mom asked about it, I had to take the blame.”
“That has nothing to do with me in the first place! What makes you say I did it? Do you have any evidence?” The little fox started yelling with his neck stiffened upon hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, while Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and complained, “Do you need evidence for this? My dad went out to play chess with other old men at the time. There were only you, me, and my mom at home. It’s impossible for my mom, and I didn’t do it either. Let’s use the process of elimination to find out who is the most suspicious? Besides, I know my mom’s appetite. I don’t believe she can eat a whole roast chicken in one meal! Especially, who else can be so capable of eating a roast chicken into a skeleton specimen besides you?”
“Catch the adulterer, catch them both! Did you see that I ate it?!” The little fox rolled his eyes and yelled with his neck stiff. Then, without waiting for Mu Tianyuan to say anything, the little fox said seriously, “This is not the time to talk about roast chicken! Be serious, don’t forget we have business to attend to! Tell me, what if that old man doesn’t admit it?”
Hearing the little fox’s words, Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes, but he didn’t dwell on the roast chicken issue. Instead, he said, “It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t admit it. We still have it.”
As he spoke, Mu Tianyuan pointed at the dog that was looking at him curiously.
After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the little fox rolled his eyes and asked, “Excuse me, what are you going to do? Are you going to take this dog over and threaten the old man with the dog’s bite to death if he doesn’t tell the truth? Or are you going to tell them that you have a dog license? And that this dog told you all this? Whether they believe you or not is not the question for now. I’m asking you, if you really tell them that this is what the dog told you, do you think they will be kind enough to send you to a mental hospital and get you a VIP bed?”
“Although I am kind and innocent, can you please not take my intelligence for granted?” Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and complained without hesitation. Then he pointed at the dog and said to the little fox, “Look at this little girl’s ferocious face with fur all over her face. Look at her body that is as big as the three of you. Do you think she is kind? If you take her out to the street, how many people would believe that she lives by being cute like a Teddy or Chihuahua? If a stranger suddenly broke into the house and tried to snatch her owner’s poop scooper in front of her, how do you think she would react? Even if she doesn’t rush to defend her owner’s dignity to prevent no one from scooping her poop in the future, she should at least bluff and call for help, right?”
Then Mu Tianyuan asked curiously, “I have an ID card, but what the hell is a dog license? When did I get one?”
If I remember correctly, it seems that this is prepared for dogs when they are raised? But I am a human, where can I get a dog license?
“When a person comes forward to testify, they can be called a witness or a human witness, right?” the little fox asked, wagging its tail. Mu Tianyuan nodded, indicating that this was fine. Seeing that Mu Tianyuan had no objection, the little fox immediately asked, “But if you plan to let this dog testify for you, can it be considered a dog witness?”
“…That’s right!” Mu Tianyuan pondered for a moment and agreed with the little fox’s words from the bottom of his heart. Then Mu Tianyuan said, “Now you know what I mean. Don’t you think that bringing this sister up doesn’t explain the problem?”
“Well… I basically agree with everything you said except for one thing.” The little fox nodded after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, and Mu Tianyuan asked curiously, “What do you disagree with?”
The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan seriously and said, “It’s about your innocence and kindness.”
“…That’s because you don’t understand me yet, so you only see my unruly appearance, but fail to see my pure and kind heart.” Mu Tianyuan was silent for a moment and replied with a vicissitudes of life on his face, but the little fox shook his head and said, “No, you are wrong. I know you very well, so I know that your unruly appearance is just to cover up your unruly and sultry heart. And it’s not just ordinary unruly and sultry, it’s extremely unruly and sultry!”
“Can we still have a good chat? Don’t you, a vixen who stole chickens, know the simple truth of not hitting people in the face and not exposing their shortcomings when scolding them?! I’m flirty and reserved, did I provoke you? I’m flirty in a unique way, and I’m flirty and charming, so what?!” Mu Tianyuan yelled angrily at the time, and when the little fox heard Mu Tianyuan mention the chicken the other day, he also yelled: “What’s wrong with a fox stealing chickens?! Haven’t you ever been educated? This is a tradition for us foxes!”
After a long silence, Mu Tianyuan said seriously, “What do you think of this being a draw?”
The little fox also said seriously: “I agree!”
They found that it seemed that they accidentally revealed too much during their quarrel, and in the end, no one could gain an advantage…
Because Mu Tianyuan and the little fox were communicating via a dedicated line, the dog squatted on the side for a long time before seeing the man and the fox making expressions. After squatting for a long time, the dog finally couldn’t help but ask, “Hey, are you okay?”
I finally met this rare human being who could communicate with me. I was planning to introduce him to my friends and show him off, but what is this guy doing here now? Is he stupid?
“Oh, I’m fine. I was just thinking about the strangeness of your little master being kidnapped.” Mu Tianyuan shook his head immediately after hearing Wang Xingren’s words, and then Mu Tianyuan said, “Okay, sister, you go ahead and do your work. I’ll go over and ask the housekeeper what’s going on.”
After saying that, Mu Tianyuan turned around and walked towards the people in the yard. At this moment, he saw Conan suddenly running towards him, chasing a pink ball thrown by a girl. Seeing this, Mu Tianyuan stretched out his foot to stop the ball, and then planned to bend down to pick up the ball and return it to Conan. However, although Conan has two short legs now, he is still very fast. Before Mu Tianyuan could bend down, Conan had already run over, and then he picked up the ball while looking at Mu Tianyuan with an innocent look and said with a smile: “Thank you, Xiao Mu…Brother…”
Although Conan smiled innocently on the surface, he was actually depressed and crazy inside. Damn it, it was really not good to become smaller. At least he would be at a disadvantage in terms of name!
Seeing that Kudo Shinichi had become so sensible after turning into Conan, Mu Tianyuan immediately planned to rub his dog’s head as a reward. However, just as Mu Tianyuan had this idea, he saw the female dog suddenly pounce on Conan. Xiaolan, who had been watching Conan from the side, was startled and shouted in horror: “Conan!”
Mu Tianyuan also noticed this and immediately shouted excitedly: “Show mercy!”
Mu Tianyuan was about to use the Face Fruit, believing the dog would definitely give him this face. But then Mu Tianyuan realized that he seemed a little redundant, because the dog was looking at Conan who was spinning the ball with an idea and kept sticking out his tongue. Not only that, the dog also took the opportunity to take advantage of Conan! The tongue was directly stuck on Conan’s little face, smearing Conan’s face with saliva!
Mu Tianyuan: “…It’s disgusting just to look at…”
[Thanks: Zhishouzhaitian for the 1000 points and Guo Houqiang for the 100 points]Chapter 15: Things Are Not That Simple (Old Version)
Although Conan was fine in the end, Xiaolan and the others were frightened at first. Now, seeing that Conan was fine except for being licked by the lecherous dog, everyone felt relieved. However, although they were relieved, they still walked over. The owner of the house looked at Conan who was playing happily with the lecherous dog and sighed, “I didn’t expect it. You know, Big Mac usually doesn’t get so close to outsiders except his family.”
After hearing what the owner of the house said, Conan, who had already felt that something was wrong with the whole thing, reacted immediately. Conan immediately planned to remind Uncle Maori from the side, but before Conan could speak, he saw Mu Tianyuan holding the little fox in his arms came to the butler and said with a smile: “Mr. Butler, if I remember correctly, you once said that the young lady of your house was kidnapped in the yard, right?”
“That’s right.” The housekeeper felt a little uneasy when he saw Mu Tianyuan’s half-smile, but he finally nodded. Mu Tianyuan turned to look at a servant beside him and said, “Excuse me, ma’am, I heard you say that you rushed out because you heard the housekeeper yelling, ‘The young lady has been kidnapped,’ right?”
The maid nodded to indicate that this was the case. Mu Tianyuan then smiled and said, “Didn’t you hear any other sounds besides this?”
“No.” The maid shook her head with certainty. After hearing what the maid said, Mu Tianyuan smiled and looked at the butler and said, “Then may I ask, Mr. Butler, why didn’t this dog, uh, Big Mac, bark when your young lady was kidnapped in the yard? The… uh, that gentleman just now said that Big Mac doesn’t get close to outsiders.”
As Mu Tianyuan finished speaking, the old housekeeper’s forehead immediately began to sweat, and then he stumbled and said, “That, that’s because…”
“No need to say more,” Uncle Maori finally realized what was going on. He immediately interrupted the butler with a wave of his hand and leaned in front of him and said, “There were a lot of ambiguities in your previous testimony. There weren’t actually any men in black, right, Mr. Aso?”
Then, without waiting for the butler to say anything, Uncle Maori grabbed the sweaty butler by the collar and said in a very imposing manner: “To be more precise, I should call you the suspect of kidnapping the young lady, right?”
The owner of the house, whose name Mu Tianyuan didn’t remember, had been a little skeptical after hearing his question. When he heard what Uncle Maori said, he immediately got furious: “Aso, you bastard!”
The housekeeper was also a character. After seeing that the matter had been exposed, he became very determined… He knelt down in front of the owner of the house, and he knelt so decisively!
Then the butler kowtowed to the furious owner and said guiltily, “I’m so sorry, Master.”
When he saw the housekeeper admit that he was the owner of the house, he immediately asked loudly: “Why did you do such a thing? Who ordered you to do this?”
“No, I did it all by myself!” The housekeeper waved his hand and replied immediately after hearing what the owner said. Uncle Maori stood aside and asked with his hands in his pockets: “Where is the lady now?”
The owner of the house, who was originally furious because his trusted housekeeper had kidnapped his daughter, now looked at the housekeeper nervously. The reason could be discussed later, the key was to find his precious daughter first!
Since the housekeeper had already flirted, he didn’t hide it anymore. After hearing Uncle Maori’s words, he immediately said that the lady was in a nearby hotel. After hearing the housekeeper’s answer, Mu Tianyuan immediately thought of something wrong, but Mu Tianyuan’s thoughts only rolled in his mind for a moment before being thrown aside. Then he hugged the little fox and said with a smile: “Uncle Maori, it seems that this matter has been resolved.”
Mu Tianyuan then changed his expression and looked at Uncle Maori with admiration, saying, “Uncle Maori is indeed Japan’s most powerful detective. He solved such a complicated case in just a few words. It’s amazing!”
After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, Uncle Maori’s originally serious expression suddenly changed. Then he was seen half-kneeling on the ground, with one hand on his waist and the other pointing to the sky, and said: “Haha, hahaha! That’s right, as long as I, the famous detective Maori Kogoro, take action, any difficult incident will be solved immediately!”
Xiao Mu is such a sensible kid. Not only is he willing to drink with me, he is also willing to accompany me to see beautiful women. He even knows how to respect me. He is far worse than that damn high school detective Xiao Mu!
Conan had no idea that Uncle Maori was comparing him to Mu Tianyuan, a flatterer without a bottom line. However, Conan was truly unhappy at this moment. Unhappy, Conan rolled his eyes while looking at Mu Tianyuan, who was holding the fox and laughing. Damn it, he was obviously the high school detective! He had been collecting clues very carefully just now, so why did this guy who slipped into the corner in the first minute get ahead of him?
Meanwhile, the little fox was whispering to Mu Tianyuan, “Why are you giving the credit to that wretched old man? We were the ones who discovered all this! Are you planning on being that wretched old man’s cheat?”
“I’m not interested in competing with that Kudo brat for his job.” Mu Tianyuan replied with a smile while stroking the little fox’s furry head. The little fox was puzzled when he heard this and asked, “If that’s the case, what are you after?”
The little fox was very unhappy. It was clearly the two of them who discovered it, so why did Mu Tianyuan give it to that stupid and wretched old man in the end?
“What’s the point? Look at Kudo’s expression, don’t you think it’s funny?” Mu Tianyuan replied with a smile, and at the last he glanced at Conan, who was rolling his eyes and saying, ‘I’m very unhappy, Sister Xiaolan, come and comfort me with your warm embrace’. The little fox turned his head to look at Conan’s expression and then turned to Mu Tianyuan in disbelief and said, “Is this all you want? Just to see this kid look like his wife ran away with someone?”
“Yeah, yeah! It’s so fun to make that arrogant Kudo lose face! I can’t stop!” Mu Tianyuan answered happily. The little fox was speechless when he heard his cheerful answer and said, “Aren’t you a little too boring?”
“What else?” Mu Tianyuan replied with a smile while stroking the little fox’s head. Then Mu Tianyuan said, “Okay, I admit that besides being a little bored, the more important thing is that even if we don’t give this to Uncle Maori, we won’t benefit at all, right? So, it’s better to give it to Uncle Maori directly as a favor…”
After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the little fox was about to complain that she didn’t think the favor from that wretched old man was worth anything, but before the little fox could finish her words, she heard Mu Tianyuan continue, “…Then we can feel more justified when we go to their house for free meals in the future.”
“…That makes sense! Then we can just carry the bowls and go home with the pot!” The little fox swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue when he heard this, and nodded at Mu Tianyuan with a serious face. Although this wretched uncle’s favor is worthless, who made him have a good daughter! The cooking skills of that little horn orchid are really good! Just for his daughter’s cooking skills, the little fox felt that Mu Tianyuan’s decision was really wise!
Fortunately, Conan didn’t know the reason why this man and the fox gave up an opportunity to show their faces without any sense of honor just to find a long-term place to eat for free. Otherwise, Conan would have to jump up and down, because he really likes to be in the spotlight!
At this moment, Uncle Maori’s happy face was slapped. Suddenly, a maid came running over with a phone. The maid then handed the phone to the owner of the house. After the owner picked up the phone, he heard a cold male voice on the other end of the phone asking, “Are you ready for the 300 million yuan?”
Upon hearing this, the owner of the house exclaimed excitedly, and then shouted into the phone: “Who are you?”
“I’m the one who kidnapped your daughter.” The owner of the house was stunned when he heard the cold male voice on the other end of the phone. He then shouted into the phone, “How is this possible! The criminal has clearly been caught!”
But what this man didn’t expect was that he would hear his daughter’s voice on the phone. After hearing the little girl’s voice, everyone knew that things seemed to be in trouble. Uncle Maori even grabbed the housekeeper and asked him if he had any other accomplices. However, the housekeeper was also confused at this time. He immediately said that he had no accomplices at all. Seeing what the housekeeper said, Uncle Maori didn’t have time to ask anything else. He immediately came to the shocked owner of the house who was holding the phone and whispered: “Try to delay time. It’s best to find out their specific location.”
Originally, Uncle Maori thought that his voice would not be heard by the kidnapper on the other end of the phone, but who knew that the phone reception was so good? Just as the owner of the house subconsciously repeated the four words “specific location”, the kidnapper on the other end of the phone said, “Who is next to you? Is it a police officer?”
“No, no, no, it’s not the police…” The owner of the house knew that if the kidnappers knew that there were police, his daughter might be in danger, so he shook his head and denied it.
In fact, this man was not lying. Although Uncle Maori used to be a policeman, he is not a policeman now!
Chapter 16: Dog Knight Conan and Tiger Girl Xiaolan! (Old Version)
At this moment, the little girl on the other end of the phone heard her father muttering and shouted, “Dad, in the school warehouse, there is a big chimney visible from the window!”
As soon as the girl finished speaking, the kidnapper covered her mouth. The kidnapper then said to the phone: “I will call you back in an hour and tell you where to pay the ransom.”
After saying that, the kidnapper hung up the phone. After the kidnapper hung up the phone, Uncle Maori began to instruct the owner of the house to help him find a school where the big chimney could be seen. In order to ensure that the ransom was also prepared, Conan took out a map from somewhere and started looking at it. When Xiaolan asked curiously, Conan said that not much time had passed since the kidnapping, and it was very likely that the little girl and the kidnappers were around. This reminded Uncle Maori, and he immediately muttered: “You can’t run far with a little girl, and if it is limited to the school…”
But before Uncle Maori could even mutter a few words, Xiaolan said loudly: “Conan, where are you going?”
When they turned around, they saw Conan, who had already been riding on the Big Mac, slapped the Big Mac and whipped the dog away…
Mu Tianyuan’s mouth twitched as he looked at Conan who was about to run out the door and muttered, “Damn it, a dog knight!”
He knew what a wolf knight was, but this dog knight was the first time he had ever seen one! Was this a biological evolution of the wolf knight, or was it a reserve for the wolf knight?
When Uncle Maori saw this, he immediately shouted to Xiaolan, who was still worriedly watching Conan riding the dog away: “Follow that dog!”
After saying that, he took the lead in chasing after them. When Xiaolan saw that her father and Conan had run away, she also ran out. Mu Tianyuan exchanged a glance with the little fox and immediately ran after them. The problem was that Conan was indeed a real dog knight. By the time Mu Tianyuan and the others chased him out of the door, Conan had already run a long way away. Mu Tianyuan and the others had no choice but to run wildly. As he ran, Mu Tianyuan muttered, “Damn it, is this girl the sprint champion among dogs, or is it because she has a speed bonus after merging with the knight? She runs a little too fast, isn’t she?”
Conan was having a great time riding the dog, but it was hard for Mu Tianyuan and the other three who were chasing him, especially Conan, who was making them run around everywhere. In the end, Conan found the kidnapper’s hiding place with his reasoning. The most important thing was that the kidnapper was planning to kill the little girl. The righteous Conan naturally couldn’t bear to watch this happen, so he immediately rushed in with the female dog named Big Mac. While Big Mac and the kidnapper were biting each other, Conan ran to the little girl and tore off the tape on her mouth. But before Conan could show his heroic spirit of saving the beauty, his teammates failed. The female dog named Big Mac was hit by a baseball bat picked up by the kidnapper, and then she put her tail between her legs and ran away, leaving Conan and her little master behind.
Conan was not afraid of this situation, but problems arose later. Conan had originally planned to show off his skills in front of the little Lolita, but unfortunately, he was no match for her after becoming smaller. Not only was he thrown around like a sack, but she also hit him with a baseball bat. Just when Conan thought he was going to die, he heard a voice outside the warehouse door: “Hey, Mr. Kidnapper, you want to kill them because they saw your face, right? Well, congratulations, you have one more person to kill.”
“Who?!” The kidnapper who was about to hit Conan on the head turned his head and looked over when he heard someone talking. Conan, who was already in despair, immediately said excitedly after hearing the voice: “Xiao Mu!”
Damn it, I didn’t expect this guy to show up at the critical moment! Just because you saved my life, I won’t hold it against you for bullying me before!
“You should call Xiao Mu brother, you rude little brat.” After hearing what Conan said, Mu Tianyuan looked at Conan with a smile and replied, Damn it, you are a naughty kid now. Just because of your height, you have to call me brother!
The kidnapper was quite nervous at first, but when he saw that the person standing at the door was a high school student, he immediately felt relieved. Although the boy was only about 1.8 meters tall, the kidnapper was not afraid of him. He immediately walked towards Mu Tianyuan with a baseball bat in hand and said with a grin, “You’re right. In that case, I’ll take you with me!”
“Tsk tsk, do you know why I came so late?” Mu Tianyuan was not scared by the kidnapper at all. Instead, he looked at the kidnapper and asked with a smile. Not to mention his strengthened body, even before the strengthening, Mu Tianyuan was not afraid. With such a kidnapper, let alone holding a baseball bat, Mu Tianyuan was confident that he could knock him down even if he held a knife. The only thing he was worried about was that it would be troublesome if the kidnapper took Conan or the little girl hostage. Fortunately, the kidnapper seemed to have a low IQ, or he simply looked down on him, so he gave up the hostage and walked towards him.
The kidnapper was stunned when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s question and was about to say something, but before he could open his mouth, Mu Tianyuan said, “Because I went to find help on the way. Go on!”
After saying that, Mu Tianyuan raised his hand and threw a rope-like object at the kidnapper. Before the kidnapper could react, he found a snake on his body. The kidnapper was shocked. “Oh my god! I’ve seen a lot of fights and brick throwing, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone throwing a snake! You’re breaking the rules, you know?! The referee, give him a red card!”
When Mu Tianyuan was running halfway, he found this snake hidden in the city in the flowers. He had already run over, but after thinking about it, he ran back and took the snake with him. The inheritance of the Alpaca Sect is not as simple as just allowing him to talk to animals. The animal affinity it brings him is also somewhat useful. At least these regular animals will not actively attack him. If there is a friendliness level, then it is definitely above 60! Mu Tianyuan also found that this effect is not only useful for animals and birds, but also snakes, fish, insects and the like! It’s just that maybe because these reptiles, fish and insects have too small brain capacity or simply no brain, he can’t talk to them, but he can give them some simple commands.
Since he has this skill and happened to meet a snake that came to help, Mu Tianyuan must make good use of it!
The helper Mu Tianyuan found was quite useful. At least the kidnapper liked him very much. He jumped up and down happily with a baseball bat in his hand. But just when he reacted and was about to get the snake off his body, he heard Mu Tianyuan slowly say, “I advise you not to move. This is a poisonous snake. If you get bitten by accident and I can’t find a phone to call the hospital in time, you will be in danger!”
Upon hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the kidnapper stood there as if under a spell, not daring to move. Although he didn’t know if the guy in front of him was lying to him, what if it was true! If he was bitten to death by a poisonous snake, who would be responsible for it?
At this moment, Xiaolan suddenly rushed over. After discovering that Conan had fallen to the ground with a little girl tied up beside him, Xiaolan looked at the strange man and immediately realized that the man was the kidnapper. She didn’t know that the kidnapper was too scared to move. She thought Mu Tianyuan was confronting the kidnapper there, especially when she saw that the kidnapper was holding a baseball bat in his hand. Not knowing that Mu Tianyuan was not bad in terms of skills, Xiaolan rushed forward without hesitation because she was afraid that Mu Tianyuan would suffer a loss. Then the next second, Xiaolan’s strength as a high school karate champion was revealed. Xiaolan was seen beating the motionless living target with a crackling sound. She beat him with all her heart…
Looking at the kidnapper Mu Tianyuan who had been kicked far away by Xiaolan and had already fallen into a coma, the corners of his mouth twitched for a long time before he sighed to the little fox: “This is really a tiger girl…”
The little fox hunched his head, drooped his ears, tucked his tail between his legs, and nodded vigorously, saying, “That’s right, it’s really too fierce!”
They knew Xiaolan was very skilled, but even Mu Tianyuan had never truly witnessed her. At most, he had seen her in anime back then, but seeing her in anime was far less shocking than the real thing! Look at that guy, he had taken so many punches, and yet Xiaolan’s final kick flattened his face! It was truly tragic!
The little fox had only heard Mu Tianyuan mention this before, but Xiaolan always smiled and looked gentle and virtuous, which made the little fox think that Mu Tianyuan was probably fooling her. Even though she knew that Xiaolan had won the karate championship, the little fox didn’t take it to heart. But today she found out that she was wrong, and very wrong!
Then the little fox suddenly turned around and looked at Mu Tianyuan very seriously and said, “Wood, I want to ask you something now. Are you going to tease this little horn orchid again? I think if the little horn orchid gets angry one day, she will really beat you to death! If that happens, I will really have to burn paper for you!”
After hearing what the little fox said, Mu Tianyuan shook his head seriously and said, “I swear from now on I will never tease Xiaolan again! This entertainment activity is too damn dangerous!”
Chapter 17 Hello, Mr. Lan! (Old Version)
As for this person, you will never be truly afraid unless you see it with your own eyes. After the kidnapper used his personal experience to teach Mu Tianyuan a vivid lesson and made Mu Tianyuan fully understand Xiaolan’s danger, Mu Tianyuan swore that he would never tease Xiaolan again. He even felt that he was able to survive this year because our Master Lan was magnanimous and didn’t hold it against him. Otherwise, he would be blamed for making fun of Master Lan and Kudo every now and then this year, saying that it was almost his anniversary…
Finally, the unfortunate kidnapper was escorted by the police to the hospital for a physical examination and a shot of serum. This kidnapper was really unlucky. Not only was he beaten up by Master Lan, but he was also bitten by a snake. Mu Tianyuan said that it had nothing to do with him. This was simply the snake that escaped after biting someone and now no one knew where it ran to. It was frightened by Master Lan’s ferocity and acted excessively in excitement. It was definitely not his order!
After some work, Uncle Maori and the others finally figured out the truth behind the girl’s kidnapping. It was all a story about a naughty kid who wanted to rebel because her father wouldn’t play with her. Somehow, the girl came up with the idea of ​​playing a double act with her old housekeeper, pretending to be kidnapped to scare her father. Then, the fake kidnapping turned into a real kidnapping, and the drill escalated into a real fight…
After figuring out that the girl just wanted him, her father, to play with her, the girl’s father decided to take the old housekeeper and his daughter on a trip in the name of punishment.
Seeing that the matter was completely resolved, everyone was happy. Uncle Maori said goodbye. Amidst the rich man who lost his child’s countless thanks, he proudly took Mu Tianyuan and the others into a taxi home. On the way home, Mu Tianyuan muttered to the little fox, “I think I need to improve my fighting power. Do you have any powerful secrets or something like that?”
“Yes,” the little fox nodded very straightforwardly. Mu Tianyuan had just asked casually, but after hearing what the little fox said, Mu Tianyuan immediately became excited: “What secret book?”
The little fox shook his head. “Sunflower Sword Technique Manual, do you want to learn it?”
“…Just hearing that name makes me feel really relieved…” Mu Tianyuan’s mouth twitched when he heard that name. Isn’t this just a combination of the Sunflower Manual and the Exorcism Sword Technique?! Or is it the complete version with the edited version?
“Yes, do you want to learn? After you learn it, you will be invincible in the world!” The little fox asked Mu Tianyuan innocently, wagging its tail. Mu Tianyuan shook his head and said, “No!”
The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan with a look of complete confusion: “Why? As long as you learn it, then you will be the only one who can rise from the east and rule the martial arts world for thousands of years!”
“I’m afraid of pain.” Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and answered unhappily. Damn it, he knew that the little fox was teasing him. Besides, even if the little fox had this secret, he would not plan to learn it. The price was too high!
“What are you afraid of in order to become the most painful person in the world? Just think about it, as long as you learn this secret book, you will be able to eat delicious food, drink spicy drinks, hug women left and right, and reach the pinnacle of success!” The little fox’s eyes were obviously curved into crescents, but he was still talking seriously at this time. Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and said, “Come on, do I have to spend so much money to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks? Go to the supermarket and buy two pounds of orchid beans and a bottle of chili oil. It’s enough! Besides, if the time comes, what’s the point of hugging women left and right? I am the only one in our Mu family in my generation. If I really learn this secret book that makes people feel relieved, won’t my family be extinct? By then, what do you mean by reaching the pinnacle of life is that I should apply for the position of Nine Thousand Years Old in the palace?”
Just when Mu Tianyuan was discussing the secret manual of magic skills with the little fox, Xiaolan also mentioned to Uncle Maori that Professor Agasa hoped to temporarily foster Conan in their home. Originally, Xiaolan had thought about what words she would use to convince her father if Uncle Maori did not agree, but to Xiaolan’s surprise, Uncle Maori actually agreed after picking up our retired Dog Knight and taking a look at him!
To be honest, Xiaolan couldn’t believe what her father said when she heard it. But before she could finish her exclamation, she saw Uncle Maori patting Dog Knight Conan’s head and saying with a smile: “Since this kid came, the commissions have come in quickly, and they have been solved smoothly. It’s like a blessing from heaven. Not to mention fostering, you can even be my son!”
This is a fucking living lucky cat! I have to keep it!
After hearing the reason why Uncle Maori decided to adopt Conan, Xiaolan, Conan, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox all looked at Uncle Maori who was laughing there in silence. Then Mu Tianyuan took out a can of beer and handed it to Uncle Maori: “Uncle Maori, here.”
“Oh? Beer? Where did you get it from?” Uncle Maori was smiling happily. When he saw the beer handed to him by Mu Tianyuan, he became even happier. After taking it, he opened it and asked.
“I picked it up in the warehouse just now. I guess the kidnapper bought it.” While waiting for the police to arrive, Mu Tianyuan strolled around the warehouse and found these beers. In order to prevent these beers from harming other curious students and to prevent these beers from being cheap for the teachers in this school, Mu Tianyuan naturally found a plastic bag to pack them up.
Then, while sipping his beer, Mu Tianyuan asked Uncle Maori, “By the way, Uncle Maori, do you think this counts as evidence? If it is, should we hand it over to the police?”
“Are you going to pee on them?” Little Fox grumbled in the hotline before Uncle Maori could say anything. He only just remembered this after he started drinking? If he really had to hand it back, he’d probably have to use the restroom in the police station…
“Uh…” Mu Tianyuan was stunned when he heard the little fox’s words, and then said seriously: “If they want it, I can give it to them.”
When Uncle Maori heard the origin of Mu Tianyuan’s beer and his question, he paused while pouring the beer from the can. After thinking for a while, he said that this was considered as evidence. If it was considered as evidence, then it was not considered as evidence.
Mu Tianyuan, who had originally not taken this matter to heart, drank even more happily after hearing Uncle Maori’s words. While drinking, he turned his head to look at Xiaolan and asked curiously, “By the way, Master Lan, did you find that kid Kudo?”
“No…” Xiaolan shook her head slightly depressed when she heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. Seeing Xiaolan’s expression, Mu Tianyuan couldn’t help but sigh slightly. It’s not that you didn’t find it, but that you found it but didn’t know it.
Although Mu Tianyuan knew the truth, he couldn’t say it out loud. He could only glance at Conan, who was feeling uncomfortable, and then sip his beer while talking nonsense to comfort Xiaolan: “Don’t worry, Master Lan. In our country, there is an old saying that specifically describes a kid like Kudo. It’s called a thousand-year-old turtle and a ten-thousand-year-old tortoise. No, it’s that good people don’t live long, but evil people live a thousand years. So Kudo must be fine. Maybe this kid is solving a case right now or discussing life with those very skilled older sisters in the custom shops in Kabukicho.”
Conan: “…” Damn! What do you mean by good people don’t live long, but evil people live for a thousand years? How could I, such an upright young man, be a troublemaker? And besides, who would go to a brothel? Why would such an upright person like me go to a place like that?! At most, I just took a look when I passed by!
“Uh, uh, Kudo should be solving the case…” Xiaolan didn’t care about Mu Tianyuan’s evaluation of Kudo at all. Instead, she blinked her eyes and found a reasonable reason for Kudo. Compared to going to some brothel, Xiaolan still thought it would be better for Shinichi to solve the case!
Then Xiaolan suddenly thought of Mu Tianyuan’s name for her, and asked in confusion, “What does Master Lan mean?”
Although they all use Chinese to communicate in this Mandarin version of the world, there are still some words they cannot understand. For example, when Xiaolan heard Mu Tianyuan’s current name, she was completely confused.
“It’s a respectful title for men, showing politeness and respect.” Seeing that Xiaolan was humbly seeking advice, Mu Tianyuan did not keep her in suspense and answered while sipping his beer.
However, after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s explanation, Xiaolan found it hard to accept this title. How could a beautiful young lady like her become a master?
However, although Xiaolan said that she could not bear this title, Mu Tianyuan still insisted on politely calling Xiaolan “Master Lan”. If for no other reason, it was just because of Xiaolan’s performance in beating the bad guys in the warehouse just now that she deserved the title of Master Lan!
The next day, Kudo Shinichi, who had transformed into Conan, faced another major challenge after becoming a small child. It was even more difficult than the one he had to take a bath with Xiaolan the night before. That was going to school! And it was—elementary school!
After hearing the news, Mu Tianyuan wanted to shout out that he is not alone. Originally, he was depressed that after many years of graduation, he had to paint himself green and start high school again with a bunch of adolescent boys and girls. But now after knowing Conan’s experience, he suddenly felt that his treatment was actually quite good. At least he didn’t need to accompany cute little lolis and little boys to stretch out long tones to learn advanced mathematics such as two plus two equals four, two plus three equals six, and two plus four equals eight, right?
But in some ways, it would be nice if Mu Tianyuan could go to primary school. At least it could make up for his lack of literacy, and it could even satisfy his dream of becoming a top student…
Chapter 18: Where Conan Appears, Disaster Will Occur (Old Version)
In some ways, what Uncle Maori said was indeed quite right, that is, Conan is the god of death to others, but he is indeed a lucky star to him. On the third day after Conan came to his house, Uncle Maori got a new commission. And making money is secondary. The more important thing is that it gave Uncle Maori a chance to get close to his idol. This client is Uncle Maori’s favorite, Yoko Okino.
However, at that time, Mu Tianyuan was at home with Little Fox, gnawing on several fried chicken legs while discussing the academic question of whether braised chicken or roasted chicken was more delicious. Therefore, he did not get to see in person the person who had fascinated Uncle Maori, Yoko Okino.
It was the next day that Mu Tianyuan learned about what had happened the day before from Uncle Maori. To sum it up, Uncle Maori was originally planning to track down a stalker but ended up running into Yoko Okino’s suicidal boyfriend. Then, with his extraordinary reasoning ability that he solved the case without even realizing it, he finally found out the truth and cleared Yoko Okino’s name.
Of course, this is excluding the countless exaggerated adjectives in Uncle Mori’s words at the time, praising how beautiful and charming Yoko Okino was, and how witty Uncle Mori was. Otherwise, it would have to be at least 350,000 words!
Mu Tianyuan wasn’t actually that surprised by the fact that he didn’t catch Kudo Shinichi’s first successful soul-snatching display of his Death Aura after transforming into Conan. He believed that with Conan around, deaths were commonplace and nothing to be surprised about! From now on, if he wanted to see a dead person, he just had to take Conan out for a walk and he’d definitely see one! If Conan performed better, even three or five deaths along the way would be normal!
A few days later, Mu Tianyuan took advantage of the holiday and planned to take the little fox out for a walk. After all, it was not a good idea to stay at home all day. It would be more interesting to go out and see those young and beautiful older sisters. After strolling for a long time, Mu Tianyuan walked back with a big bag of drinks. As he walked, he came to a place called Dongdu Art Museum. Looking at the busy art museum, the little fox squatting on Mu Tianyuan’s shoulder asked curiously: “Why are there so many people here today? Is it because of the market or are there roast chickens for sale today?”
Although Little Fox and Mu Tianyuan had never been inside this place, they had passed by it many times. If Little Fox remembered correctly, this art museum was not deserted in the past, but not many people would go there. At least, Little Fox had never seen so many people during holidays.
“No, it seems like they’re holding an exhibition.” Mu Tianyuan shook his head and pointed to a sign in front of the art gallery that read “World Secret Treasure Exhibition” in Chinese. “Look, it’s written on it.”
Speaking of this, Mu Tianyuan thought of the gossip he had heard from Yuanzi before, so he continued, “I heard that there are valuable things from all over the world on display here these two days.”
“Is that so? It’s boring to just look and not be able to take anything.” After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the little fox instantly lost interest. Mu Tianyuan then said, “Speaking of which, if we rob this art gallery now, I guess we can eat and drink delicious food every day in our next life and the next life after that.”
“Look, there’s a supermarket over there. Go buy two pounds of orchid beans and a bottle of chili sauce, and you can enjoy a delicious and spicy meal.” The little fox pointed its tail at a convenience store across the street and replied to Mu Tianyuan. Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and said, “Do you still remember this?”
Mu Tianyuan had complained about the little fox with this before, but who would have thought that the little fox would return the favor just a few days later. Then Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and said, “But even if I go there now, the most I can get is spicy drinks. As for eating delicious food, there’s no orchid beans sold in this poor and remote place!”
“That’s because you didn’t find it. These naughty videos are sold everywhere, so how could they not sell orchid beans?” The little fox replied immediately after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words. Then the little fox suddenly patted Mu Tianyuan’s shoulder and said while looking at the courtyard of the art gallery: “Look, isn’t that Conan the kid?”
“Huh?” Hearing the little fox’s words, Mu Tianyuan stopped and looked in the direction of the little fox’s gaze. He found that Conan, the little devil, was in the courtyard of the art gallery with several of his friends. After confirming that it was indeed Conan, Mu Tianyuan’s first reaction was to look around and then said seriously: “I think there is a breath of death here. According to my reasoning, it is very likely that someone will die here again. Otherwise, let’s run!”
“Your senses are quite sharp.” Upon hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the little fox rolled his eyes and grumbled, “The breath of death? And according to your deduction, someone’s going to die again. How could someone die so easily? I don’t know where you got this deduction from.”
“What do you know? I have scientific evidence for this. Wherever Conan is, there’s a 95% chance that someone will die, and a 4.9% chance that someone will get into trouble. If you don’t believe me, let’s make a bet. I bet something will definitely happen soon.” Seeing that the little fox didn’t believe him, Mu Tianyuan immediately looked at the little fox and told him his reason. The little fox rolled his eyes and said, “Is it really that weird?”
Seeing that the little fox was unconvinced, Mu Tianyuan looked at the little fox seriously and said, “Listen to me, don’t disbelieve me. You should know that anyone who dares to question Conan will have grass three feet high on his grave. Don’t forget that I have watched Conan. According to my incomplete statistics, the number of people killed by Conan is enough to form a standard regiment.”
The little fox had no idea how terrifying Conan was, so he immediately wagged his tail and said, “I still don’t believe it. Didn’t you just say we should make a bet? Let’s bet on those roast chickens we just bought. I don’t believe he could go out for a walk and still get into trouble.”
At this moment, Conan also saw Mu Tianyuan standing in front of the art gallery. After all, the man walking around with a furry fox on his shoulders was too conspicuous. After seeing Mu Tianyuan, Conan subconsciously waved and said hello: “Little Mu…Brother…”
Conan said that it was a shame that he had become smaller, because every time he saw this guy he had to call him brother!
“Damn it, I’ve been discovered. I was planning to slip away before anything happened.” Mu Tianyuan smiled and waved at Conan when he saw Conan greeting him, while silently muttering to the little fox on the hotline. Then Mu Tianyuan walked towards Conan and said, “Conan, are you here to see the exhibition with your classmates?”
“Yes,” Conan also brought his friends to Mu Tianyuan.
The cuteness of the little fox is unquestionable. Even the mature aunt Kisaki Eri can’t resist the charm of the little fox, let alone these little kids. When they saw the little fox, these naughty kids were not calm at that time. Just when Conan was about to chat with Mu Tianyuan, Yoshida Ayumi, who was with Conan, blinked her starry eyes and pointed at Mu Tianyuan’s shoulder in surprise and said, “Wow, what a cute puppy!”
“Yes, yes! What a cute puppy!” The fat boy Yuantai and the skinny boy Guangyan who were following beside were also conquered by the cute appearance of the little fox, and immediately started chattering there. Originally, the little fox was too lazy to pay attention to these little brats, but when she heard the three little brats calling her, the little fox glared at the three little brats with dissatisfaction and bared her teeth. While making a threatening sound, the little fox said to Mu Tianyuan through the dedicated line: “What the hell are dogs! I really want to bite them to death! Do you think I can bite them to death?”
“No, no, no, calm down.” Mu Tianyuan knew that this was not a good thing after hearing what the little loli Ayumi said. The little fox hated it most when people treated her like a dog. Now the little fox was really angry. Mu Tianyuan immediately reached out and rubbed the little fox’s head to comfort her. Then Mu Tianyuan continued to persuade her: “You are such a grown-up, why do you care about a few little brats? Okay, okay, let’s not be angry.”
“Are you happy when someone calls you a dog?” the little fox complained unhappily. This fucking racial issue cannot be compromised!
“Then I will definitely beat him to death.” Mu Tianyuan answered without thinking after hearing the example given by the little fox. The little fox immediately said angrily: “That’s it?”
Originally, the little fox thought Mu Tianyuan could understand her feelings, but who knew that Mu Tianyuan’s next words almost made the little fox angry to death. Mu Tianyuan looked at the little fox seriously and said, “But after so long, shouldn’t you be used to it?”
During this year, Mu Tianyuan took the little fox everywhere all day long. Everyone who saw it would praise it as “what a cute puppy”. He made at least three thousand dollars in this year. Why was the little fox still so grumpy?
Little Fox: “…Fuck you! How can I get used to this?!”
Mu Tianyuan actually knew that his words had offended people, so before the little fox could take action to punish him, Mu Tianyuan immediately pulled the little fox off his shoulders, then held it in his arms while stroking its back and said, “I’m sorry, I was wrong. The roast chicken will be yours later. This is my apology.”
After hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, the little fox snorted coldly and ignored him. Mu Tianyuan knew that the matter was settled when he saw this. So he looked at Ayumi and the other two who had taken several steps back in fright at the little fox’s sudden outburst and said with a smile, “She’s not a puppy, she’s a fox. So don’t call her a puppy anymore, otherwise – she’ll eat you.”
Conan: “…” Damn, are you trying to scare a child?!
Chapter 19: Treasure Map? It’s clearly a child’s doodle (Old Version)
After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, Ayumi and the other little guys who were already frightened by the little fox’s bared teeth subconsciously took two steps back. Conan, a good boy, naturally couldn’t just watch Mu Tianyuan scare his followers. Conan immediately said, “Don’t listen to Brother Mu, he’s just teasing you.”
I don’t know whether Conan has extraordinary prestige among these little ghosts or the three little ghosts are just carefree. Anyway, after hearing Conan’s words, the three little ghosts were no longer afraid. They came to Mu Tianyuan in a few seconds, looked at the little fox and asked for a hug. Mu Tianyuan refused their sincere request without even thinking about it.
What a joke! The little fox is a partner to Mu Tianyuan and the most important person in the world. If Conan and the little fox fell into the water together and Mu Tianyuan was asked to save one of them, Mu Tianyuan would definitely choose to save the little fox without hesitation. How could he let these three naughty kids touch it?
When the three little ghosts heard Mu Tianyuan reject them, they were disappointed. Mu Tianyuan also knew that it would be too unkind to just brush it off without an explanation, so he looked at the three little ghosts and said, “It’s not that I’m stingy, you see, the little fox is still mad at you because you treat her like a puppy.”
As soon as Mu Tianyuan finished speaking, the little fox immediately cooperated and bared its teeth at the little ghosts. Unfortunately, the little fox is a cute creature. The first time it bared its teeth was unexpected, but the deterrent effect was gone afterwards. Instead, the three little ghosts were almost overwhelmed by its cuteness. Even Conan, who thought he was an adult, was impressed by it…
Seeing the three little ghosts, the little fox with starry eyes said with a little depression: “Why do I feel like it seems to have the opposite effect…”
“Who made you so cute…” Mu Tianyuan also realized that it didn’t seem to have the desired effect and immediately replied with some helplessness. When the little fox heard Mu Tianyuan put the blame on her, her two watery and round eyes immediately turned into crescent shapes…
In order to divert the attention of the group of ghosts, Mu Tianyuan took out a few bottles of drinks from the bag he was carrying and handed them to the ghosts. After the ghosts thanked him, they introduced themselves to each other and chatted casually for a while. Mu Tianyuan learned that the ghosts planned to go treasure hunting next. Mu Tianyuan did not take it seriously and just smiled and said, “Treasure hunting? Do you plan to go back to that art gallery to take a look again?”
But when Yuan Tai, the little fat boy, heard Mu Tianyuan’s words, he shook his head seriously, and then shouted with great momentum: “We want to find our own treasure.”
“That’s right!” Ayumi and Mitsuhiko nodded very seriously.
Looking at his three energetic friends, Conan rolled his eyes and chuckled. Damn it, why would a high school detective like him have to play treasure hunt with these little brats?!
Perhaps because of the drinks Mu Tianyuan had given them, the three kids started chattering to him about their plans for after finding the treasure and becoming rich, regardless of whether he wanted to know or not. Mu Tianyuan smiled and nodded, then said, “Treasure hunting is not a simple matter. You must first know where the treasure is, right? Otherwise, are you planning to just dig somewhere randomly?”
Originally, Mu Tianyuan was just here to amuse the child, but he didn’t expect that Yuan Tai would actually pull out a piece of paper and proudly say, “We have a treasure map!”
“That’s right, Genta just picked it up!” Little Loli Ayumi nodded vigorously, and Mitsuhiko beside her also said: “So we are planning to go treasure hunting!”
Conan: “Hehe…” I say again, why the hell should I go treasure hunting with these little brats?!
“Yeah, there’s a treasure map,” Mu Tianyuan still didn’t take it seriously, just nodded with a smile. And Yuan Tai, not knowing whether to prove that he really had the treasure map, directly handed the paper in his hand to Mu Tianyuan and said, “Big brother, look, this is the treasure map I found!”
Mu Tianyuan was bored and playing with the children. When he saw Yuantai showing him his precious treasure map, he put the little fox back on his shoulder and then took it and looked at it casually. He saw that there were several figures drawn on the paper from top to bottom that looked like children’s doodles. There were some towers, moons, clouds, inverted triangles, umbrellas, stars, a rectangle with a bar in the middle, and a fish at the bottom. The only difference was that the three letters ORO were written on the edge of the rectangle.
Mu Tianyuan was stunned when he saw what was on the paper. He smiled and returned the treasure map to Yuan Tai, saying, “So, do you know where to find the treasure?”
Although Mu Tianyuan didn’t think this was a treasure map, he saw how excited they all were. He couldn’t discourage these little brats, could he? So he just followed their lead.
“Brother, do you think this first figure looks like the Tokyo Tower?” Yuan Tai pointed at the first figure on the paper and asked Mu Tianyuan. Mu Tianyuan took a look at it and shook his head sincerely, saying, “I can’t tell!”
“Uh…” Yuan Tai was stunned when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. Then he looked at Mu Tianyuan with disgust and said, “Big brother, can’t you even see this?”
“Yes, yes, big brother, can’t you even see this?” Ayumi was also looking at Mu Tianyuan with contempt and asked at the side.
“Hehe…” Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes when he saw Yuan Taibumei’s expression. It was already considered that he had a rich imagination that he could roughly make out what those weird shapes in this damn painting were. But it was really weird that he could not tell what the thing was from this graffiti!
“According to our deduction, this should be the Tokyo Tower. Maybe the treasure is buried there, so we have to go to the Tokyo Tower now.” Yuan Tai pointed at the thing on the paper that claimed to be the Tokyo Tower and looked at Mu Tianyuan seriously. Conan rolled his dead eyes and chuckled again. Damn it, what do you mean by “according to your deduction”! This is obviously my deduction! Who gave you this habit of taking credit for things you don’t agree with? Does your neighbor Uncle Wang know about you doing this?!
“Oh, you guys are so awesome. I, big brother, don’t understand it at all.” Mu Tianyuan nodded in pretended admiration. Okay, whatever you say is what it is.
Upon hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, Yuan Tai said proudly: “Of course, we are the Junior Detective Team!”
Conan: “Hehe…”
Mu Tianyuan naturally knew what gangs these kids belonged to. The Junior Detective Team, in fact, doesn’t that mean the Junior Suicide Team? However, Mu Tianyuan didn’t complain. Instead, he smiled and nodded and said, “Okay, everyone in the Junior Detective Team, hurry up and create a miracle!”
“Yes!” Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko, the three little brats, were indeed children. When they heard Mu Tianyuan’s words, they didn’t seem to be trying to cope with them. Instead, they shouted loudly and confidently. Then Ayumi looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Big brother, do you want to go treasure hunting with us?”
“Uh, I won’t go. I have to go home and do my homework.” Mu Tianyuan refused Ayumi’s request to join him in a treasure hunt without a second thought. “Do you really think you’re as free as Kudo? If I had time to play with you kids, wouldn’t I be chatting and gossiping with the little fox or watching it perform a five-minute roast chicken show for me? Why do I have to play a treasure hunt with you based on some drawing you can’t even recognize as the work of some elementary school student?”
After hearing that Mu Tianyuan had to go home to do his homework and couldn’t play house with them, Ayumi and the others said “oh” in disappointment. But then they had no intention of forcing Mu Tianyuan to join them. After all, he had to do his homework, which was a serious matter, right?
But Conan rolled his eyes and looked at Mu Tianyuan with disdain. “What a shameless fellow! He’s actually tricking a kid! You’re still home doing your homework! Don’t they know me, and I know you too? When have you ever done your homework since you started school?”
After sending the kids to the station, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox walked leisurely towards home. As they walked, Mu Tianyuan said to the little fox, “Remember, stay away from those naughty kids next time you see them. They are not easy to deal with.”
“Just a few little brats, what’s the big deal?” The little fox replied nonchalantly while wagging its tail, but Mu Tianyuan said seriously, “Don’t you know how bad those brats are? Not only are they always causing trouble, but they’re also always courting death in various ways. This isn’t just a metaphor, they’re really courting death. To be honest, if they weren’t bound to Conan, they would definitely have died completely. What’s more important is that they never learn their lesson after courting death, and then they move on bravely in a new way. We don’t have their ability to turn danger into safety, so it’s best to stay away from them in the future.”
“Naughty kids, that’s all.” The little fox replied nonchalantly. Mu Tianyuan shook his head and corrected him, “No, they’re different. They’re really naughty. They’re like the pandas of the naughty kids world. They’re up to new tricks.”
“Okay, I get it. Don’t worry, I don’t bother with those little brats.” Seeing Mu Tianyuan’s serious emphasis, the little fox nodded immediately to show that he remembered it. Then the little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan seriously and said, “By the way, do you remember the bet we made before? Doesn’t that make the roast chicken mine now?”
“Uh…” Mu Tianyuan was stunned when he heard the little fox’s words, and then said with a sad face: “…Can you leave me a chicken leg?”
The little fox laughed and said, “No!”
Chapter 20: Holy crap! That’s a real treasure map! (Old version)
“Roast chicken, roast chicken! Hurry up and give me my roast chicken!” After returning home, the little fox couldn’t wait to look at Mu Tianyuan and shouted. Without waiting for Mu Tianyuan to do anything, the little fox jumped to the bag that Mu Tianyuan had casually placed on the coffee table and began to pick it up. While rummaging, the little fox muttered excitedly: “Hey, the roast chicken is all mine! I want to eat them all in one meal!”
Before, Mu Tianyuan always restricted the amount of roast chicken she could eat, only allowing her to eat two a day. But this time she wanted to eat six in one meal!
“Aren’t you afraid of dying of stuffiness?” Mu Tianyuan complained, rolling his eyes as he turned on the TV. He was still very dissatisfied. How the hell didn’t anything happen? How could nothing happen with Conan around? This doesn’t make sense! Especially with his pendant there, how could nothing happen with this combination? This is even more unrealistic!
“I’d be happy even if I die of my roast chicken!” the little fox said happily while rummaging through the bag.
Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes helplessly. At this moment, a news item suddenly came out on the TV: “The accomplices of Dino Cabana, the leader of the Italian robber group who were arrested yesterday, are still on the run. The whereabouts of the 15,000 maple leaf gold coins they stole are still unknown. These gold coins are worth 600 million yuan. A year ago…”
The rest of the story was nothing more than some bank robbery, how hard the police had to chase them, and finally it mentioned that one of the three remaining accomplices of the robbers was Japanese.
But all this is no longer important. What is important is that after seeing this news, Mu Tianyuan suddenly remembered something and immediately jumped up: “Fuck!”
The little fox, who was just turning out the roast chicken and hadn’t even taken a bite, was startled by Mu Tianyuan’s action. Then the little fox hunched over and looked around nervously, saying, “What’s wrong? What’s wrong? Did something happen?”
“Do you still remember the treasure map we saw earlier?!” Mu Tianyuan rushed in front of the little fox and asked excitedly. The little fox nodded and said, “I remember. What’s wrong?”
“That really is a treasure map! We’re rich!” Mu Tianyuan picked up the little fox and shouted excitedly, while the little fox rolled his eyes and said, “No way? You didn’t really believe it, did you? Don’t tell me you were infected by those kids. It’s obviously just a child’s graffiti. If that really is a treasure map, I’ll eat it. If you’re really desperate for money, then we can go rob that crappy art museum that’s having an exhibition but doesn’t sell roast chicken. But the premise is that we don’t get beaten to death.”
Bullshit treasure map! If that thing was a treasure map, she could have drawn thousands of different ones for Mu Tianyuan! Even if the treasure map was real, the little fox would think that the treasure was nothing more than a child’s toy!
“I’m not kidding! I’m telling the truth! The treasure in that treasure map is what’s being said on TV!” Mu Tianyuan said excitedly to the little fox while pointing at the TV. At first, Mu Tianyuan didn’t take it seriously, and even didn’t take the treasure map seriously when he saw it. But when he saw the news about the maple leaf gold coins on TV, Mu Tianyuan suddenly remembered a plot in his memory, where Conan and his friends found a pile of gold coins with a piece of torn paper! Although he couldn’t remember the specifics, the gold coins were real. How could Mu Tianyuan not be excited after thinking about this?
“You mean the treasure is a bunch of fish?” The little fox turned his head to look at the TV after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, then looked at Mu Tianyuan speechlessly. Then the little fox wagged his tail and said with a very strange expression: “I want to ask you, are you actually a cat? Otherwise, why would you regard fish as treasure? But that doesn’t make sense. Don’t you hate eating fish the most? Why are you suddenly so interested in fish?”
“Huh?” Mu Tianyuan was stunned by the little fox’s words. After seeing Mu Tianyuan’s confused look, the little fox pointed at the TV with its claws and said, “Isn’t the TV talking about fish? All right, put me down quickly and don’t interfere with my chicken!”
Mu Tianyuan turned his head to look at the TV and found that the previous news had passed. The news was now about the development of the fishery and the fishermen who had caught a lot of fish and were full of hope for their future life…
After seeing this news, Mu Tianyuan put the little fox back on the coffee table and shook his head, saying, “It’s not this news, it’s the previous one!”
“What did you say?” The little fox asked casually as it came to the roast chicken, its tail wagging. Then, with a happy look on its face, it was about to start eating. However, just as it opened its mouth wide to take a big bite of the roast chicken, it heard Mu Tianyuan say, “Gold coins! Fifteen thousand gold coins! Gold coins worth six hundred million yen!”
After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the little fox’s tail and ears stood up immediately. Then the little fox turned his head and looked at Mu Tianyuan blankly and said, “How much did you say?!”
“Six hundred million!” Mu Tianyuan took a deep breath and repeated to the little fox. The little fox also took a deep breath and muttered to himself, “That’s so much…”
“Hmm! So do you think this is a treasure?” Mu Tianyuan asked while trying to calm himself down. The little fox nodded vigorously and then looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “How much would it be in RMB? Forget it, just tell me how many roast chickens it would cost!”
“I don’t know! But I know it’s enough to buy that roast chicken shop and several chicken farms! So as long as we find those gold coins, we’ll be rich!” Mu Tianyuan had no idea how to calculate it, so he could only give the little fox a general answer. The little fox was not unhappy because he didn’t get a precise answer. Instead, he saw the little fox whoosh and jumped on Mu Tianyuan’s head and shouted: “What are we waiting for?! Let’s go! Let’s go get our roast chicken back! No, it’s the gold coins! How can we feel at ease if we don’t get so many gold coins back? What if they are stolen? Hurry up! Let’s go!”
The little fox was even more domineering than Mu Tianyuan, and directly regarded those gold coins as theirs…
“Wait a minute!” Mu Tianyuan patted the little fox that was jumping on his head and urging him to set off. Then Mu Tianyuan said, “Do you still remember the information on the treasure map?”
“Well… I remember!” The little fox thought for a while and nodded vigorously. Although the little fox didn’t think it was a treasure map at that time, she took a look at it out of curiosity and remembered the information drawn on the treasure map. Then the little fox jumped off Mu Tianyuan’s head and ran to the bedroom on the second floor. When Mu Tianyuan caught up, he saw the little fox lying on the desk, holding a pen and writing and drawing.
Don’t underestimate the little fox because it only has claws and not hands. However, for some reason, it can miraculously use its claws to do things that only humans can do with their hands and that would be better left to death for conventional animals, such as unscrewing bottle caps and writing!
When Mu Tianyuan came to the little fox, he saw that the little fox had already drawn the last fish shape. Although the little fox only took a glance at it, at least she remembered the line shapes on the treasure map very clearly. In just a few seconds, the last diamond-shaped fish shape suddenly appeared.
Then the little fox saw Mu Tianyuan coming and immediately patted the treasure map he had just drawn and said, “Look, these are the things that were drawn on the treasure map!”
Then the little fox looked at the treasure map with some confusion and said, “If those little ghosts are right, then the first pattern represents the big iron frame in Tokyo. But what does the moon next to it mean?”
The patterns on the treasure map are all drawn vertically, except for the moon next to the first iron tower, and the third to last square with a horizontal line in the middle and the letters ORO written next to it. The little fox is now wondering about the moon on these sides.
“It should be at night,” Mu Tianyuan answered uncertainly, trying hard to recall the plot. After all, although he had a memory of this episode, he couldn’t possibly remember the specific code so clearly. If he could remember it so clearly, he wouldn’t have spent half a year experimenting with the transmission rules…
“Going to the big iron frame at night? You know what? It’s really possible!” The little fox nodded after hearing this, then pointed to a second shape that looked like a cloud and said, “So what is this?”
“I can’t figure that out either.” Mu Tianyuan looked at the pattern and shook his head helplessly. The little fox got anxious when he heard this: “What should we do? How can we find those gold coins if we can’t decipher the code? Are we just going to watch our gold coins being taken away?!”
“Don’t worry, I’ll think about it carefully.” Mu Tianyuan comforted the money-loving little fox and then picked up the treasure map she drew and began to ponder. After hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, the little fox flicked its tail and thought for a while before saying, “Why don’t we set off first! You can think about it slowly on the way. If nothing works, we can look for any clues when we get there!”
Without waiting for Li Junyang to say anything, the little fox continued, “Besides, we can’t be sure whether it was at night, and what if Conan finds it? You know, that kid is very smart, and he has to hand over any penny he finds to the police. If he really finds the gold coins in advance, he will definitely hand them over to the government. Then we won’t be able to get our gold coins back!”
Although the little fox didn’t know about Conan’s later feats, before he became a child, Conan dared to solve cases every now and then when he was in school. The little fox doesn’t think that Conan’s IQ will shrink as he becomes a child!
Chapter 21: This business is so skilled… (Old version)
“Okay, let’s go now.” Mu Tianyuan nodded immediately after hearing the little fox’s suggestion to set off now. Then Mu Tianyuan put the secret code treasure map into his pocket, took his wallet, keys, and the little fox, went out, took a taxi, and rushed to the Tokyo Tower. On the way, Mu Tianyuan tried hard to rely on his memory to decipher the meaning of these graphics, but in the end, Mu Tianyuan sadly discovered that his memory as a mortal was simply unable to recall…
The little fox was not idle either. She was also trying hard to use her brain to try to decipher the meaning of the codes. However, after thinking for a long time, the little fox still couldn’t figure it out. Without any clues, no matter how smart she was, she had no idea what the codes meant!
Finally, the little fox rolled on Mu Tianyuan’s legs and said, “It’s so difficult! I have no idea what those drawings are about! Oh, and what does ORO mean? Is it an abbreviation for something?”
Then the little fox complained again: “Those foreigners are so troublesome. Who knows what all these abbreviations are?!”
“It’s Italian gold or something like that,” Mu Tianyuan answered while pondering the pattern in his mind. The little fox had only asked casually, but he didn’t expect Mu Tianyuan to actually give an answer. The little fox was a little surprised and asked, “How did you know?”
“Have you forgotten who stole this?” Mu Tianyuan answered while trying desperately to recall it. The little fox was still surprised and asked, “Even if that’s the case, how did you know what it meant? Don’t tell me you guessed it.”
“That’s not the case,” Mu Tianyuan shook his head and then explained, “I once dated an Italian girl and learned some common Italian words from her. I remember that in Italian, the letters ORO are used in both gold and gold coins.”
“Is that so? You’ve eaten foreign food before, so you know quite a lot.” The little fox nodded and teased after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words. Mu Tianyuan didn’t feel embarrassed at all. Instead, he nodded proudly and said, “Of course, you think I’m just eating foreign food for free. I’ve also learned all kinds of knowledge, okay?”
Mu Tianyuan was not talking nonsense. He was really learning. As for what he learned, only he knew.
“Yes, yes, you’re diligent and studious.” The little fox nodded perfunctorily, then after pondering for a moment, he added, “So, the gold coins should be hidden in that rectangular pattern? But if that’s the case, what’s the meaning of the fish at the end? Isn’t that a bit unnecessary?”
“Who knows? Maybe the guy who drew the map wanted to eat fish and drew the fish on the treasure map at the last minute.” Mu Tianyuan naturally didn’t understand what the guy who drew the map was thinking, so he made up a story. After hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, the little fox said helplessly: “Come on, this is a treasure map. Who would just draw his recipe on such an important thing?”
“Who knows? As long as they’re willing and have enough drawing skills, even if they draw a pornographic picture on it, that’s their own business. What can you do about it?” Mu Tianyuan shrugged at the little fox and replied. But after he finished speaking, Mu Tianyuan pondered for a moment and said, “But I think with his kindergarten-level stick figure drawing skills, the most he can draw is a pornographic picture of two stick figures.”
“Can you be serious? It’s already this late and you’re still talking nonsense?” The little fox rolled his eyes at Mu Tianyuan, then suddenly stared at him and said, “Wait a minute, I suddenly remembered a question. How did you know that piece of paper was a clue about the gold coins?”
At first, the little fox didn’t think much about it because he heard that there were so many roast chickens, no, gold coins. But after calming down, the little fox suddenly became a little curious. Mu Tianyuan obviously didn’t take it seriously when he first saw the treasure map. How could he know it after watching TV?
“Because I remember there was such a plot!” Mu Tianyuan answered confidently. The little fox was silent for a moment after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s answer, then looked at Mu Tianyuan expectantly and said, “Since you know the plot, do you know the meaning of these patterns?”
“I don’t know! If I knew, would I even need to think about it?” Mu Tianyuan answered straightforwardly. After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s answer, the little fox was silent for a moment and then glared at Mu Tianyuan and said, “How could you not remember such an important thing?!”
“That happened so many years ago. After that, I only watch Conan every six months or a year, and when I think of it, I just watch the new Mandarin version. As for the earlier plot, I can roughly remember it, which is good enough!” Mu Tianyuan replied with a roll of his eyes. The little fox said frantically after hearing this, “So what do we do now? Do we take our time to figure it out, or do we have to watch our gold coins go to other people?!”
“Don’t get excited. I just thought about it and I think those gold coins seem to be hidden on the top floor of a building or somewhere.” Seeing that the little fox was a little excited, Mu Tianyuan immediately told the little fox the few things he remembered. After hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, the little fox immediately said energetically: “Although what you said is very vague, it will be much more convenient for us!”
“Yes, as long as we get there, we will…” Mu Tianyuan nodded, then he and the little fox looked at each other and said in unison: “Mobilize the power of the masses!”
After saying that, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox laughed like foxes that had stolen a chicken…
Perhaps the clues Mu Tianyuan had come up with would be as time-consuming and laborious as finding a needle in a haystack for others, but for him it was a very easy task. You know, his informants were all over the place, and he could get information wherever there were animals. At worst, he could mobilize the small animals around the tower to help him search! Once they mobilized, finding something was no big deal for him!
When Mu Tianyuan and the little fox came to the vicinity of the Tokyo big iron frame, Mu Tianyuan found that Conan and several little kids were being thrown out of the clothing store. Although he didn’t know what these naughty kids were doing, Mu Tianyuan had no intention of asking them. Instead, Mu Tianyuan, who had originally planned to ask the driver to stop the car, immediately gave up this plan. After the taxi drove a long way away, Mu Tianyuan asked the driver to stop the car and get out.
It’s okay for Yuantai and his friends, but he doesn’t want to face Conan, that brat. He could fool Yuantai and his friends, but Conan’s IQ is not something Mu Tianyuan thinks he can fool. Even if Conan believes him at the time, if he really finds the gold coins and takes them away successfully, Conan might become suspicious of him when he finds the gold coins are gone. This is not impossible, but very possible! You know, this kid is very suspicious!
If this kid becomes suspicious, he might find something to hold against me, which would be a troublesome matter.
After getting off the bus, Mu Tianyuan looked around and randomly chose a residential area and walked over. It was not that Mu Tianyuan found the place, but there were so many people and cars coming and going around the Tokyo Tower that there were few sparrows on the telephone poles, let alone find enough people to help with the treasure hunt.
After arriving at a relatively secluded place, Mu Tianyuan looked around and found a few crows standing on a wall nearby. To other people, the crows were just cawing there, but to Mu Tianyuan, he knew that they were discussing their spare time, while these crows were planning to go to the next street to tease the cats!
Seeing a target, Mu Tianyuan walked to the edge of the wall and said, “Excuse me…”
Before Mu Tianyuan could finish his words, he saw a black shadow swiftly scurry up the wall. Then, he watched as the ambitious crow, who had been leading the charge to tease cats in the next street, landed in the mouth of a black and white cat. Then, with a creaking sound, the ambitious crow died before its mission was accomplished…
When the remaining crows discovered that their leader was dead, they all flew away, shouting in confusion as they flew: “Oh no! The leader is dead! Oh no! The leader is dead!”
After yelling a few words, Crow Armor said as he flew, “Now that the boss is dead, shouldn’t we avenge him as per custom?”
The other crow, Crow B, also shouted, “It’s necessary!”
Then Crow B continued, “But before that, do we have to choose a new leader?”
“Right, right, right! Let’s choose a boss!” The remaining crows flew around, all agreeing at once. Then, they had already chosen a new boss…
Looking at the crows that had already chosen a new leader before they had even flown fifteen meters from the spot where their former leader had died, and who were shouting about revenge for their former leader as they flew further and further away, Mu Tianyuan twitched his lips and said, “The crow world is changing at a rapid pace…”
Damn! Their former boss isn’t even dead yet! These crows have already settled the leadership issue in a few words. Isn’t your election a bit too efficient? Also, weren’t you planning on avenging your former boss? Why did you just run away? Your former boss’s enemy is clearly holding his neck on the wall right now!
“Not only that, they’re also very skilled at changing dynasties…” The little fox muttered speechlessly, looking at the group of crows. The little fox had heard what the crows said. They were clamoring to elect a new leader. The little fox wanted to ask, how many leaders have you lost to make you so skilled at changing the boss?!
Chapter 22: Mobilizing the Power of the Masses to Find Treasure (Old Version)
Just as Mu Tianyuan and the little fox were lamenting the rapid change of dynasties in the Crow Realm, a cat suddenly appeared, holding the crow in its mouth and mumbling in a mature female voice, “I finally found you after chasing you all over the street, meow! I’ll let you peck my tail while I sleep!”
Mu Tianyuan, the little fox: “…” This is clearly a case of revenge from the sworn enemy. Speaking of which, the unlucky crow that suggested teasing the cat before couldn’t be this one…
After a long silence, Mu Tianyuan looked at the cat that had avenged its great vengeance and was about to leave with the crow in its mouth and said, “… Sister, please stay. I have a question I want to ask you. Are all animals in the animal world so happy to take revenge?”
Damn it, isn’t this just pecking your tail while you were asleep? This isn’t just sleeping with you, are you really going to cross the street to kill someone?
“It’s okay, we always take revenge when we have a grudge.” The cat, who was originally planning to leave, replied casually after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words. Mu Tianyuan nodded thoughtfully after hearing it and said, “Revenge? As expected, you guys really enjoy taking revenge.”
“Yeah,” the cat lady nodded at Mu Tianyuan and was about to leave. But just as she took a step, she suddenly reacted and dropped the crow in her mouth. She then stared at Mu Tianyuan with wide eyes and said in horror, “Meow meow meow?! Human, can you understand what I’m saying?!”
“Calm down, calm down, this is nothing.” Mu Tianyuan waved his hand at the cat heroine who was so happy to take revenge that the whole cat world was stunned. Then Mu Tianyuan pointed at the wall and said, “Also, sister, your crow is about to fall down. Look, it’s fallen down. Pick it up quickly, don’t let others get it easily.”
The cat heroine, who felt her life had been shaken, jumped down from the fence in a daze after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s reminder and picked up the crow. Then, she quickly rushed back to the fence with the crow in her mouth. After putting the crow away, the cat stared at Mu Tianyuan in a daze. Mu Tianyuan was very experienced in this kind of situation. He skillfully dug into his pocket and took out a bag of dried fish. He took out a few from the package and handed them to the cat, saying, “Sister, have some dried fish to calm your nerves.”
The cat lady swore that this was the first time in her life that she couldn’t taste the flavor of fish. It wasn’t that Mu Tianyuan was trying to trick her with fake dried fish, but the situation before her was really beyond her expectations, and she almost lost her appetite!
After finishing the dried fish, the cat licked its nose and said, “Humans can understand me now, meow! Mom, you’ve been lying to me!”
“Well, actually your mom didn’t lie to you. Most humans really can’t understand what you are saying. It’s mainly because I’m special.” Seeing the cat that thought it was deceived by its mother, Mu Tianyuan felt the need to explain. Although he couldn’t tell her why he could communicate with her, at least he had to let her know that her mother didn’t lie to her, right?
Then Mu Tianyuan looked at that place and meowed, “Are you busy? If you’re not busy, can you do me a favor?”
“What’s the matter?” Although the tabby cat was still amazed that the human could have a normal conversation with her, which was a thing that destroyed her worldview, she didn’t know why she liked this human so much and was curious about a human who could speak cat language, so she immediately asked curiously.
“It’s like this, I plan to find something around, but I don’t know where it is hidden. Could you please help me look for it?” Animals are not so roundabout. They are much more frank than humans, so Mu Tianyuan immediately proposed what he wanted to do.
The cat didn’t hesitate and nodded in agreement. Mu Tianyuan then told the cat the few clues he knew: “What I’m looking for should be on the top floors of some houses nearby. There are several bags dropped to the roofs with ropes. If you find them, come to the small park in front and let me know.”
Mu Tianyuan then added, “By the way, it would be better if you could tell other cats you know to help me find it, that way it would be faster.”
“No problem, leave it to me!” This cat is a well-known figure in this small piece of land… cat creature, when Mu Tianyuan asked her to mobilize her friends to find the bottom of the matter, she nodded, and then planned to run to inform others of the news. However, before the cat ran a few steps, Mu Tianyuan suddenly called her and pointed at the crow that the cat had forgotten on the wall and said, “Don’t you want your crow anymore?”
After hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, the cat hesitated for a moment and then looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Well, it’s not convenient to carry it with you now. How about you hold it for me first, but you are not allowed to eat it. Remember to give it to me later! Even if you want to eat it, I can give you half later, but you must not eat it all by yourself, meow!”
“Okay, I’ll hold it for you first, but forget about asking for half a crow. I don’t like it.” Mu Tianyuan thought about it and nodded. This cat had helped him find gold coins, so it was nothing for him to temporarily hold the crow for her. As for the cat not allowing him to eat it secretly, Mu Tianyuan said that she was completely worrying too much. She was just eating the crow for no reason, and it was raw! He was not that bold!
After watching the cat hop away, Mu Tianyuan pulled out a tissue from his pocket, picked up the unfortunate crow through the tissue, and walked towards a park near the river not far ahead. As he walked, Mu Tianyuan said to the little fox, “I think we need to find some help, otherwise we might not be able to handle it with just a few cats.”
“Well, why don’t we go find birds like crows or sparrows for help? They can fly faster, and some places are easier for them to enter.” Even if Mu Tianyuan didn’t tell the little fox about this issue, he was going to tell it. After all, it would be a bit slow to search such a large area by just relying on an unknown number of cats. You know, they are racing against time with Conan now. The little fox doesn’t want to see their roast chicken… and the gold coins handed over to the country by Conan!
“Well, then let’s go find those birds for help.” Mu Tianyuan naturally had no objection and nodded immediately. Then after taking two steps, Mu Tianyuan suddenly looked down at the crow he was holding through the tissue and said, “Speaking of which, isn’t it a bit of a nuisance for us to carry a dead crow around and ask birds, especially crows, for help? If the crows saw this, would they think we were looking for trouble?”
This guy is asking for help from a crow. He’s holding a crow in his hand, and what’s more important is that it’s dead. No matter how you think about it, it doesn’t look like he’s asking a bird for help!
“You can tell them you’re going there to give them a gift.” The little fox shook his head and gave a casual answer. Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and said unhappily, “Giving a dead crow as a gift to the crows? What’s the difference between that and giving a dead person as a gift to someone else? And who knows, maybe this crow is a distant relative of those crows. If I really tell them, I think they’ll poop on us.”
After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the little fox imagined himself and Mu Tianyuan covered in crow poop and shuddered. Although the inheritance given to Mu Tianyuan by the Alpaca Sect could increase the animals’ friendliness towards him, if Mu Tianyuan really wanted to commit suicide, the added friendliness would be useless. The little fox said seriously, “Then just say you’re going to a funeral.”
Although the problem could be solved by just throwing the crow away, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox had no such idea. After all, they had already promised the cat, and it would be too unreasonable to throw it away, especially since the cat was helping them. It would be too unkind to do so.
In the end, Mu Tianyuan first found a place to hide the crow and then ran to a roadside supermarket to buy some things. He asked someone to put a few more bags on it and ran out. Then Mu Tianyuan put the dead crow into a dark bag. After it was visible from the outside, he ran to find birds for help. It is not known whether there are many crows in Tokyo. Anyway, there are many crows here, which are very rare in Mu Tianyuan’s hometown and many cities in China. Mu Tianyuan does not need to pay special attention. Before he arrived at the small park by the river, Mu Tianyuan encountered several waves of crows.
Every time Mu Tianyuan met a group of crows, he would stop and ask them for help. By the time Mu Tianyuan walked to the small park and found a place to sit down, he didn’t know how many groups of crows had come out. And not only crows, but also a lot of sparrows and swallows. Even cats and dogs were mobilized as long as Mu Tianyuan met them. If it weren’t for the fact that he couldn’t find the mouse for a while, Mu Tianyuan would probably mobilize even the mice to help him find gold coins.
Not only that, Mu Tianyuan also asked the cats, dogs, and birds he had mobilized to find gold coins to help spread the word if they met their friends and relatives. After mobilizing so many animals to help, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox, who were out looking for gold coins, ended up being the ones with the least time. In the end, Mu Tianyuan even ran to a stationery store on the side of the road, bought a drawing board, paper, and pens, and ran back to the small park to start leisurely sketching. In Mu Tianyuan’s words, no matter how good the painting is, you have to find something to do, otherwise how boring it would be? Besides, just sitting there without doing anything would easily arouse others’ suspicion!
Mu Tianyuan was indeed relaxed, but he had no idea how much of a stir his newfound friends, or rather, his friends, had stirred up in the surrounding area. Mu Tianyuan hadn’t explained clearly how these enthusiastic people, mobilized by him to help, would simply go in and take a look at any rooftop they saw, regardless of whether anyone was there or not. Some houses had even been visited more than once…
On that day, the first thing people around here said to their neighbors and friends was: Are there any animals in your house?
And the second sentence is: Could this be another earthquake?
Chapter 23: Get Rich! (Old Version)
Mu Tianyuan had no idea that because of him, the streets around the tower were filled with cats and dogs running around, and various birds were flying frequently in the sky. He also didn’t know that because of him, many people’s homes were visited by small animals, and even people around him were worried about whether there was an earthquake. He just squatted in the small park, leisurely drawing sketches to show his talent.
After Mu Tianyuan finished drawing a sketch, he looked at his masterpiece and nodded with satisfaction. Then he said to the little fox proudly, “Look at my drawing.”
“Not bad.” The little fox yawned and nodded. Mu Tianyuan became even more proud after hearing what the little fox said: “Let me tell you, I learned this sketching from a comrade of mine back then. My comrade has been learning to paint since he was a child and even won an award in elementary school.”
“Amazing, amazing! A master teacher truly produces an excellent student.” The little fox nodded in admiration at Mu Tianyuan, then said seriously, “But I have a question. How did you manage to draw the Leifeng Pagoda in Tokyo? If you were planning to draw it from memory, then why did you have to guard this big iron frame?”
“What Leifeng Pagoda? What are you looking at? I drew the Tokyo Tower, okay?” Mu Tianyuan pointed at the Tokyo Tower in the distance and rolled his eyes when he heard what the little fox said. The little fox was surprised when he heard what Mu Tianyuan said, “What do you mean you drew this big iron frame in front of you? Why do I feel like you actually drew the Leifeng Pagoda?”
“How did you know this was from Leifeng Pagoda?” Mu Tianyuan asked helplessly, his lips twitching as he looked at the little fox, who was expressing his surprise. The little fox pointed at a strip of something on the painting and said, “Isn’t this Bai Suzhen? And she’s Bai Suzhen in her true form!”
“What Bai Suzhen? I’m drawing the horizon!” Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and complained unhappily when he heard what the little fox said. Damn it, what he drew was a serious horizon, how come in the eyes of the little fox it became Bai Suzhen’s true form?
“Wow! That’s the horizon! I thought you were painting Bai Suzhen trapped under the Leifeng Pagoda!” The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan in amazement and replied. Before Mu Tianyuan could say anything else, the little fox finally took off its disguise, rolled its eyes and complained, “To be honest…”
Before the little fox could finish, Mu Tianyuan immediately started singing: “I miss home too. My old mother at home has a head full of white hair…”
Little Fox: “…Who asked you to sing?! Do you dare to listen to me?!”
“I’m sorry, I couldn’t help myself when I heard that line.” Mu Tianyuan pretended to be a little embarrassed and answered the little fox righteously. The little fox rolled his eyes at Mu Tianyuan and continued, “I want to say that your painting is really bad! With your painting skills, how dare you laugh at the guy who drew the treasure map? Let me tell you, if you were to draw the treasure map, no one except you would be able to find where the treasure is. Even with Conan’s IQ, he can’t find it! Because your drawing is too abstract and misleading! If he follows the map, he would have to buy a ticket and fly to Leifeng Pagoda first!”
Mu Tianyuan: “… Although your complaint leaves me speechless, I still want to say that my painting isn’t that bad! Look at how vivid this painting is. This is the support, and this is the observation deck. How abstract is that?”
“That’s a structure that’s almost like a triangle, but you turned it into a pagoda shape!” The little fox pointed at the Tokyo Tower in the distance and complained with a roll of his eyes. How dare this guy yell here when the shape is not even the same?
“I admit that I went off track a little when I was drawing, but I don’t admit that my drawing skills are not as good as the guy who drew the treasure map! He is at most at the level of the last year of kindergarten, while I am in the first grade of elementary school!” After hearing what the little fox said, Mu Tianyuan still insisted on improving his painting skills. Everything else is fine, but Mu Tianyuan would never admit that he is not as good as the guy who drew the treasure map!
“Haha, is it interesting to fight for just one year?” The little fox asked Mu Tianyuan helplessly. Kindergarten senior class and first grade aren’t that different, right?! What’s the point of this guy fighting over this?
“Of course, a year’s difference is still a gap!” Mu Tianyuan said firmly, stiffening his neck. Then, Mu Tianyuan suddenly said with a depressed look on his face: “Damn it, why am I competing for this…”
Little Fox: “Hehe.”
Just when Mu Tianyuan was devastated, the cat lady he had asked for help suddenly jumped out from the flower bed beside him and said, “Hey, talking human, you’re here! Come with me! We might have found what you’re looking for! Come and see if it’s there!”
“Really?” Mu Tianyuan, who was feeling sad, immediately stopped worrying after hearing what Cat Lady said. He quickly packed up his drawing supplies and ran towards a building under the guidance of Cat Lady. However, after running a few steps, Mu Tianyuan ran to the stationery store and bought a schoolbag and put it on his back. He was not idle, he was using this schoolbag to carry gold coins! Otherwise, if he ran out with several bags in the street with people coming and going before, what if someone saw him? It’s always better to be cautious!
Soon Mu Tianyuan followed the Cat Lady to a building. Along the way, Mu Tianyuan also received news about other small animals, including birds and some other cats. After summarizing the intelligence from various units, Mu Tianyuan found that the clues they gave all pointed to the building in front of him. Mu Tianyuan immediately became more confident. He immediately went into the building and followed the Cat Lady to the top floor. After arriving at the place, Mu Tianyuan saw that there were still many animals on this floor. There were several cats and even many birds standing on the windowless windowsill. Before Mu Tianyuan could greet those animals, the Cat Lady pointed to several bags on the ceiling and said, “Look, it’s right there. Is it what you are looking for?”
“Well…it’s possible.” Mu Tianyuan nodded after taking a look. Although the bags fell on the ceiling, the ceiling was still quite high from the ground. Most people might not notice them if they didn’t look up.
After that, Mu Tianyuan said hello to the little animals who were obviously there to help, and then he began to look around. While Mu Tianyuan was looking around, many of the cats and birds around him were still muttering, “Hey, this human can really talk!”
This was obviously Mu Tianyuan asking those animals to mobilize their aunts and uncles…
“Yeah, yeah! I told you there’s a human who can speak our language!”
This was obviously initiated by Mu Tianyuan himself…
Seeing Mu Tianyuan standing still, the little fox immediately said anxiously, “Hey, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and take the gold coins so we can run away!”
“Wait a minute,” Mu Tianyuan shook his head, then pointed at the floor of this floor and said, “Look, the dust on the ground is quite thick, which proves that no one has been here for a long time.”
“If people came here often, our gold coins would have been taken away long ago!” The little fox replied unhappily, then looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Alright, forget about the surroundings, hurry over and get the gold coins down, and then we’ll retreat!”
“If we go straight there like this, there will definitely be footprints left on the ground. I have to think of a way to leave as few traces as possible.” Mu Tianyuan shook his head and replied seriously. The little fox rolled his eyes and said, “Leave it if you want. Are you still afraid that someone in this day and age can find you by your footprints? Even if they can, they still have to have someone to suspect!”
“It’s best to leave as few traces as possible.” Mu Tianyuan shook his head, then turned and walked downstairs. The little fox asked in confusion, “Where are you going?”
“I just saw some wooden boards. I brought them up to use as a cushion.” Mu Tianyuan replied and then ran to the corridor downstairs to find the wooden boards. He then took out two plastic bags, put them on his hands, and returned upstairs with the wooden boards to start his action of getting the gold coins.
The little fox watched Mu Tianyuan roll his eyes helplessly as he first put a wooden board on the ground, then put paper on the board, and finally put two plastic bags on his feet and moved the board forward bit by bit. She felt that Mu Tianyuan was being overly cautious, but since Mu Tianyuan was willing, let him do it.
After a lot of work, Mu Tianyuan finally lowered the bags from the ceiling. After opening the bags, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox’s eyes lit up immediately. They saw that the bags were full of golden coins!
Mu Tianyuan and the little fox stared blankly at the bags of gold coins for a long time before they looked at each other and said excitedly, “We’ve made a fortune!”
“Well, is this what you’re looking for, meow? But what exactly are these?” The cat heroine who came over looked at Mu Tianyuan with some confusion and asked curiously. At this time, the small animals who had gathered around at some point also asked in unison: “Yes, yes, a talking human, what on earth is this?”
Then, without waiting for Mu Tianyuan’s reply, the cat lady came over and sniffed, saying, “This doesn’t look edible. What on earth are you looking for them for, meow?”
Miss Cat originally thought that Mu Tianyuan was looking for something delicious, but now it seems that is not the case. Since it is not food, it would be boring!
Chapter 24: The Little Fox Who is Always Fully Loaded (Old Version)
The other small animals came over, some sniffing, some pecking at the food, and after trying it out, they all asked in unison, “Yes, yes, what are the uses of these inedible things?”
The worldview of animals is so simple and crude. In their worldview, everything that cannot be eaten is not important. For example, any normal person would be happy to see so many gold coins, but they don’t think this thing is important at all. It can’t be eaten and it’s so hard, what’s the use of it!
Mu Tianyuan had seen a lot of gold in his life. It wasn’t because his family was rich, but mainly because he had a girlfriend who worked in a gold shop. He would pick her up every now and then and saw the gold, silver, jewelry, copper, iron, aluminum, lead, and stainless steel on the counter. But this was the first time he had seen so much gold! And he was just looking at it! It was a relief that he didn’t die of happiness. After hearing the questions from the small animals around him, Mu Tianyuan didn’t care whether the small animals could understand or not and said, “This is money! Lots and lots of money!”
“Money?” After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, many small animals couldn’t help but look at each other. Then, the cat heroine, who was happy to avenge her enemies, stretched out her claws to dig out the gold coins in the bag and said in confusion: “But why is the money like this? This is different from what I’ve seen before.”
Don’t underestimate this cat lady because she is just a stray cat. She has seen a lot of things. She knows what money looks like and she also recognizes coins, but these are completely different from what she has seen before.
“Of course it’s different. These are gold coins, much more valuable than anything you’ve seen before.” Mu Tianyuan casually explained as he grabbed a handful of coins and examined them. Cat Girl pondered for a moment, not quite understanding the magnitude of the difference. In the end, she could only sigh, “Hey, this is the first time I’ve seen money like this, meow! You humans are really capable of making so many different things out of something inedible.”
“Honestly, this is the first time I’ve seen such a lot of money…” Mu Tianyuan revealed his secrets without hesitation. Although Mu Tianyuan was very excited to see so many gold coins, fortunately, he remembered the important things. So, while taking off his backpack, he said to the little fox, “What are you waiting for? Hurry up and pack it. Once you’re done, we’ll leave.”
“Yes, yes, yes! Hurry up and pack!” The little fox, who was looking at the bags of gold coins in front of him and trying hard to calculate how much roast chicken they were worth, nodded quickly when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s call. Then he saw the little fox began to feel around, taking out a series of things such as potato chips, dried meat, candy, drinks, peanuts, melon seeds, a bit of apple, two eggs, and a half-eaten roast chicken. Then the little fox threw the things she took out aside and pounced on the gold coins and began to pack them up quickly…
Even Mu Tianyuan, who was dazzled by the gold coins, couldn’t help but focus on the pile of things that the little fox had thrown aside after seeing the things he took out from his body. After studying them for a long time, Mu Tianyuan’s mouth twitched: “How many things do you have on you? And why is there a billiard ball?”
“I found it when I went to play billiards with you last time.” The little fox stuffed handfuls of gold coins into his body without looking up. Mu Tianyuan couldn’t help but twitch his lips again after hearing this. “You picked it up? I think you stole it! Why would you steal a billiard ball for no reason? You can’t eat it!”
“Who said it was stolen? I clearly found it under the table!” The little fox turned around and glared at him with bared teeth when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s words, but the little fox didn’t slow down at all while collecting the gold coins…
“Okay, okay, you picked up enough, right?” Mu Tianyuan nodded helplessly, then looked at the little fox and said, “By the way, I remember when we first met, you told me that your storage space could only hold half your body weight, right? If that’s the case, how did you manage to fit so much? Did you not tell me the truth, or have you really gained weight again?”
“Fat you!” The little fox, who had been obsessed with collecting gold coins and refused to stop even when talking to Mu Tianyuan, jumped up at that moment. Then she no longer cared about collecting gold coins and glared at Mu Tianyuan and yelled, “Don’t you know whether I’m fat or not? I let you hold me every day.”
Saying a woman is fat is absolutely taboo, and for the little fox, who has read the Four Books and Five Classics and knows propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame, and is no different from a normal person except for her appearance, this is also a taboo. It can even be said that the issue of weight has surpassed her obsession with gold coins…
“Then what’s going on with you?” Mu Tianyuan asked, twitching his lips as he pointed at the things beside him. The little fox said confidently, “They are just within my maximum tolerance. Is that a problem?”
“So you’ve always been operating with the maximum ammunition load, are you always preparing for disasters…” Mu Tianyuan couldn’t help but twitch his lips a few times when he heard the little fox’s words. Li Junyang had never asked before, so it wasn’t until today that he realized that the little fox had always been carrying a lot of things that were beyond her space limit…
“I’m happy for you to take care of me! Come quickly and help me pack! We’ll run after we’re done!” The little fox rolled his eyes at Mu Tianyuan and lowered his head to continue packing. Seeing this, Mu Tianyuan reached out and took the little fox aside. Then, in a few seconds, he put all the gold coins and the bag into his backpack. Then, Mu Tianyuan put the backpack on his back and said, “All right!”
Little Fox: “…It would be great if you did this earlier!”
This guy was already so happy, why did he have to stuff it into the space one handful at a time?!
“I did want to, but what could I do if you jumped on me? You didn’t even think about why I bought this bag!” Mu Tianyuan replied with a cold look at the little fox. The little fox fell silent after hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, then jumped onto Mu Tianyuan’s shoulder as if nothing had happened and said, “Brothers, retreat!”
“Um, do you still want more food from cats?” At this moment, Cat Lady suddenly asked. Mu Tianyuan and the little fox looked over and saw that several cats and birds were all staring at the food thrown out by the little fox. If Mu Tianyuan hadn’t been here, they would have pounced on it long ago.
When the little fox heard this, he flicked his tail proudly and said, “No thanks. My brothers and sisters have worked so hard for so long. These are all rewards for you!”
Now that I have money, I can eat whatever I want!
“That’s right, I’ve given them all to everyone.” Mu Tianyuan also nodded with a smile, but then Mu Tianyuan said, “But you guys wait a moment, don’t eat here, let’s go somewhere else.”
The little animals were originally happy when they heard that the little fox had given them all these things, and now they had no objection when they heard Mu Tianyuan ask them to eat in another place. After seeing the little animals agreed in unison, Mu Tianyuan packed up the things that the little fox had taken out and put them into a bag, and then began to clean up the traces he left. After even cleaning the stairs and door handles, Mu Tianyuan took his new group of fox friends and moved away. After finding a more secluded place, Mu Tianyuan began to help distribute the rewards. Mu Tianyuan even asked them to go to the supermarket and buy a lot of goods to share with the little animals.
Mu Tianyuan was a man of particular tastes. Regardless of whether they had helped to find the food or not, he invited them all. These animals didn’t eat much. Birds would just grab the peanuts and melon seeds and run away. Cats and dogs had a little more, but not much. Mu Tianyuan watched the last crow fly away contentedly with a peanut in its beak, and then he muttered to the little fox, “It’s a bargain to ask the animals for help…”
“Yes, yes!” The little fox nodded immediately after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words. Look at those little animals who ran away contentedly with just a few melons and dates. That’s really a good deal!
Then Mu Tianyuan took out a large bag of dried fish and turned to look at the cat girl he had specially left behind and said, “By the way, this is something I gave to you specially.”
“Wow!” Cat Lady’s eyes turned green as she looked at the dried fish in front of her. But then she shook her ears and said with some embarrassment: “But you clearly gave me a lot before…”
“You are the first one who agreed to help me, and the first one to find it. It’s only right that I give you more.” Mu Tianyuan smiled and put the dried fish in front of the cat hero and replied. No matter how you look at it, this person has made the first contribution, so there is nothing wrong with giving him more rewards.
“Then I won’t be polite, meow!” Cat Lady didn’t hesitate and immediately picked up the large bag of dried fish. However, Mu Tianyuan gave her too much, so Cat Lady could only drag the bag with great effort. Seeing this, Mu Tianyuan immediately said, “Where do you live? How about I take you back?”
“Okay, okay, come with me!” Upon hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, Cat Lady immediately opened her mouth and nodded happily at Mu Tianyuan. Then Cat Lady led Mu Tianyuan and the little fox through twists and turns to a sparsely populated alley. When they reached a corner where a pile of broken cabinets that looked very old were piled up, Cat Lady said, “Okay, my home is here, meow!”
“Uh, is this your home?” Mu Tianyuan asked, looking at the broken cabinet. Cat Lady nodded and said in a very cheerful tone: “Yes, yes, I live here! Isn’t it nice, meow?”
“Uh, it’s pretty good, pretty good…” Mu Tianyuan really didn’t know how to answer Cat Lady’s question. From a human perspective, he really didn’t think there was anything good about living here…
Chapter 25 This is called moving! (Old version)
Just when Mu Tianyuan didn’t know how to evaluate the home of Cat Lady, who was so proud of it, he saw Cat Lady proudly flicking her tail at Mu Tianyuan and then jumping into the broken cabinet. She then stuck her head out and said proudly, “Don’t you think it’s great?”
“Very good, very good,” Mu Tianyuan nodded continuously with a smile. With his human values, he really didn’t know how to comment on it, but he couldn’t say anything. First, the cat lady seemed very proud of her home, and Mu Tianyuan didn’t want to discourage her. Second, maybe this was a luxury house for a cat?
When Cat Lady heard Mu Tianyuan’s words, she shook her head proudly, then said with some regret: “It’s a pity that you are too big to come in, otherwise I could invite you in to play. Oh, and that…animal, do you want to come in and play with meow?”
Although Cat Lady could tell from the smell that this dog-like creature was not actually a dog, she said that she had never seen such a creature, so for a moment she didn’t know what to call the little fox.
“I’m a fox.” The little fox immediately introduced himself. Although he was only called that animal, at least he didn’t call himself a dog! That’s pretty good, right?
“Fox? Okay, Fox, do you want to come in and play with meow?” Cat Lady nodded, then looked at the little fox enthusiastically and asked. Sometimes fate is so strange. Although it was the first time they met, Cat Lady felt that the man and the fox in front of her were very kind, otherwise she would not have invited others into her home.
The little fox glanced at the cabinet and twitched his lips, saying, “No, no…”
After hearing the little fox’s refusal, Lady Cat didn’t think much of it. She just looked at Mu Tianyuan and the little fox with great pride and said, “I’ve lived here since I was a child. Although it leaks sometimes, it’s very safe. I’ve fought with many cats for it! They all wanted to take over my home, but in the end I beat them all away, meow! Even those who were stronger than me were beaten away, meow!”
“You have a strong belief in defending our homeland.” Mu Tianyuan nodded in appreciation after hearing what Lady Cat said. Just as he was about to find a place for Lady Cat to stuff the dried fish into, he suddenly remembered something. He shook another plastic bag and said, “Oh, and what about the crow you caught earlier? Do you still want it?”
“Yes, that’s enough for a meal!” Cat Lady nodded without thinking, then she continued, “Although I can usually find food in the trash can, I don’t always find it. There are always other cats and dogs that come to snatch it from me. Sometimes I can beat them, but sometimes I can’t and have to run away. Sometimes I even win the fight with other cats for a long time but still can’t find anything. This crow is enough for a meal, how can I not give it up?”
After hearing what the cat lady said, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox looked at the cat lady’s frail body and were silent for a moment. Finally, Mu Tianyuan looked at the cat lady and said seriously, “Why don’t you come with us? At least you don’t have to rummage through the trash can every day.”
The little fox also said: “Yes, if you follow us, you will not lack three meals a day, and the place you live in will not leak, and no one will snatch food from you.”
Although Mu Tianyuan and the little fox knew a lot of stray animals, they only chatted with them when they met them at that time, and never thought about the lives of those stray animals. Now, after knowing the life of this cat heroine, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox suddenly wanted to help her, even if it was not for anything else, they had to help her just because she helped them find gold coins.
“Well, about this…” After hearing what Mu Tianyuan and the little fox said, Miss Cat hesitated. Seeing this, Mu Tianyuan asked in confusion, “Why, is there something you can’t put down here?”
“Yeah!” Cat Lady nodded, then looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “I’m different from other cats, meow…”
“I really don’t see how you’re any different.” Mu Tianyuan looked at the Cat Lady who had just emerged from her home and answered very straightforwardly. The Cat Lady flicked her tail and said, “I have an owner!”
Then Cat Lady said with some disappointment, “But my master left me here when I was very young and left. I often think that she might come back to find me. What if I leave here and my master can’t find me…”
“…Is this the reason why you insist on staying here? Is that why you chase away all the other cats that want to steal your house, even those who are stronger than you?” Mu Tianyuan was silent for a moment, then reached out to touch the cat girl’s head and asked in a low voice.
“Yes! They can steal my food but they can’t steal my home!” Cat Lady said firmly, flicking her tail.
“Come with us.” Mu Tianyuan was silent for a long time, then stared at the Cat Lady with a serious look and said, “If you follow us, you might meet your master again in the future.”
“Yes, it’s more convenient for us to help you find your owner than for you, a silly cat, to wait here alone.” The little fox said seriously while looking at the silly cat in front of him.
“But…” Miss Cat could sense the good intentions of the man and the fox, but she still hesitated and looked at the place where she grew up. Seeing Miss Cat still hesitating, Mu Tianyuan suddenly reached out and picked her up. Then, as they walked out, he said, “Okay, don’t say buts. It’s settled. Come with us.”
“Hey, hey! You’re kidnapping meow!” Cat Lady yelled while struggling. Before Mu Tianyuan could say anything, the little fox said, “That’s right, we are kidnapping meow! Just follow us, silly cat!”
“Wait, wait! If I go with you, what if other cats come and take over my home?” Cat Lady is still worried. She can protect her home while she’s here, but what will happen if she leaves? Wouldn’t it be easy for other cats to take over?
“Hmm…” Mu Tianyuan was silent for a moment before saying, “Don’t worry, I have a way. I will never let another cat take your home away.”
Ten minutes later, in a small truck, Little Fox twitched his lips and looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Your solution is to just use the truck to take away that cabinet that belongs to someone else…”
“Is there a problem?” Mu Tianyuan asked nonchalantly, shrugging his shoulders as if nothing had happened. Isn’t Cat Lady worried about her home being taken away by other cats? It’s simple, can’t we just find a truck and take it home?
The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan’s calm expression and said with a twitch of his lips: “No, there is no problem at all, simple and rough…”
“Isn’t that the end?” Mu Tianyuan raised his eyebrows and said proudly. Then Mu Tianyuan said proudly: “What do you mean by moving? This is the real moving!”
The little fox didn’t know how to respond to Mu Tianyuan’s words for a moment. Yes, compared to other people’s so-called moving, Mu Tianyuan’s move was a real move. He even moved that silly cat’s house away! Compared to Mu Tianyuan’s move, those other people who claimed to be moving were just selling dog meat under false pretenses!
After a long silence, the little fox looked at the silly cat who had fallen asleep on Mu Tianyuan’s legs and said to him, “You should know that what she really cares about is not this family, but a thought.”
“I know, and we both know that this is just a wish. She will never be able to return to her master.” Mu Tianyuan replied as he reached out and touched the cat girl on his lap. The little fox was silent for a long time after hearing this and said, “Yes, what a silly cat.”
“Yeah, silly cat.” Mu Tianyuan sighed and nodded. Then the little fox asked curiously, “Since you know, why do you still want to bring this cabinet with you?”
“Perhaps this cabinet is her memory. Leaving her a memory is nice, isn’t it? A cabinet doesn’t take up much space anyway.” Mu Tianyuan shrugged and replied. After hearing this, the little fox was silent for a long time and suddenly said, “By the way, will you throw me away one day?”
“Oh, you’d better stop calling me a stupid cat in the future, because just based on your question, I can see that you are not much smarter than her.” Mu Tianyuan turned his head and looked at the little fox on his shoulder and replied with a mocking look. Although Mu Tianyuan did not answer directly, the little fox understood what he meant. The little fox, who was originally nervous for some reason, showed a humane smile at the corner of its mouth. Then the little fox glared at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Humph, if you dared to throw me away that day, I would definitely bite you to death!”
Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and said, “Don’t worry, I won’t give you this chance. Besides, if I had to throw it away, I would have done it the first time I saw you, stupid fox dog.”
“You’re the dog! Accept my angry punishment! You idiot!” As soon as the little fox heard Mu Tianyuan’s name for her, she roared and slapped Mu Tianyuan’s face with her tail…
“Stop hitting me, stop hitting me! It doesn’t hurt, but you’ve been losing hair lately, you know? The hair has gotten into my mouth!” Mu Tianyuan yelled while covering his face with his hands, while the little fox slapped him while yelling, “Nonsense! I won’t lose hair at all, you idiot!”
The truck driver had originally thought the little fox on Mu Tianyuan’s shoulder was adorable and cute. He’d even planned to ask Mu Tianyuan where he bought it so he could buy one for his daughter. But now, seeing the situation, he decided to give up. His daughter was his sweetheart, and this fox looked even more ferocious than a dog. At least dogs don’t hit you in the face with their tails! What if the fox hits his daughter in the face?
The cat lady who seemed to be asleep on Mu Tianyuan’s legs secretly opened her eyes at this time, glanced at Mu Tianyuan and the little fox who were interacting there, and then closed her eyes again. It seemed that being with these two was quite interesting…
Chapter 26 This is an important question… (Old version)
After Mu Tianyuan arrived home, with the help of the driver, he moved Cat Girl’s home to the yard. Although he could jump up and down carrying the cabinet by himself, why wouldn’t he accept the driver’s kind help?
After paying the bill and sending the driver off, Mu Tianyuan threw his backpack on the sofa. Without rushing to check the gold coins, he found the cat lady, who was being led by the little fox to familiarize herself with her new territory, and said, “I’m going to help you clean your house. Is that okay with you?”
Some animals like an environment with their own smell, so Mu Tianyuan thought it would be best to ask the owner, Cat Lady, for her opinion before helping to clean them.
“Sure!” Cat Lady nodded happily without any objection. She then muttered, “I’ve wanted to clean my house for a long time. You don’t know how many nasty little bugs there are in my house. They can jump and always like to suck my blood, but I can’t do anything about them. It would be great if you could help me clean my house!”
“Uh…” Mu Tianyuan and the little fox couldn’t help but twitch their lips after hearing what Cat Lady said. Then Mu Tianyuan twitched his mouth and said, “We call the thing you are talking about fleas…”
“Flea meow?” After hearing this, Lady Cat nodded to show that she understood, while Mu Tianyuan continued to twitch his lips and said, “I guess you must have quite a few fleas on your body, right?”
“Yeah, do you have any way to help me get them off, meow?” Cat Lady asked Mu Tianyuan while scratching her ears with her claws. When she lived alone before, she knew that the little bugs on her body were annoying and would make her body itchy, but she had no way to do anything. Now that she met Mu Tianyuan, Cat Lady really wanted to know if he had any way to help her.
“This is very simple.” Mu Tianyuan nodded immediately after hearing what the Cat Lady said. This might take some effort for others, either sending the cat to a pet clinic to find someone to exterminate the insects or bathing the cat at home. But it is nothing for Mu Tianyuan. Don’t forget that he can also control reptiles and even insects. Insects are especially easy for him – because they have no brains!
Mu Tianyuan then called Miss Cat to his side. He found a small bottle and placed it next to Miss Cat. Soon, many fleas ran out of Miss Cat’s body and all of them ran into the bottle. Mu Tianyuan then screwed the bottle cap on and said with some pride, “Okay, you are bug-free now, but I still have to give you a bath later. Even though you look clean now, there is still a lot of dust on your body.”
Mu Tianyuan then shook the small bottle in his hand and said to the little fox, “I suddenly came up with a good idea. From now on, if anyone offends me, I will put these fleas on him!”
“You are so wicked…” The little fox had been feeling a little uncomfortable all over because of the number of fleas. After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the little fox looked at him in horror and trembled. In the eyes of the little fox, this move was really too wicked! Anyway, if she had so many fleas on her body, she would definitely go crazy!
Mu Tianyuan was not ashamed of this, but instead raised his chin proudly at the little fox. Then he took the brush, basin and other cleaning utensils, and called the little fox and the cat girl to the yard. After summoning some fleas from the cabinet, Mu Tianyuan began to clean the cabinet. While brushing, Mu Tianyuan asked the cat girl, “By the way, do you have a name?”
“A name? I don’t have one. My owner used to just call me Cat, but that doesn’t really count as a name, does it?” Cat Lady replied, her ears trembling as she squatted on the side watching Mu Tianyuan busying around. Upon hearing this, the little fox said, “Of course it’s not a name. Hey, how about we help you come up with one? How about Gold Coin?”
They met because of the gold coins, and the cat heroine helped them find the gold coins. The little fox felt that no name could be as memorable as the gold coins!
“What a crappy name! It doesn’t sound nice at all. I thought our family was obsessed with money!” Mu Tianyuan immediately disagreed. Then, while working, he said, “How about calling her Zhaocai? This name is so suitable. I even think it was tailor-made for her.”
Because the existence of Lady Cat helped them make a fortune, this name of attracting wealth is well-deserved!
Then Mu Tianyuan looked at the little fox and said, “It just so happens that your name is Wangcai and hers is Zhaocai. They both have the character for wealth. I’ve already thought about it. If we have a new member in the future, we’ll name him Facai, and then Jincai, Shoucai, and so on. What do you think?”
“Damn it! Don’t mention the crappy name Wangcai anymore! You have to make me fight with you to feel satisfied, right?!” The little fox jumped up as soon as she heard Mu Tianyuan’s words, and yelled at him with bared teeth. Although she still hasn’t figured out what her name will be, the name Wangcai will always be her pain!
Mu Tianyuan saw that he had provoked the little fox again and immediately became obedient. The little fox glared at him fiercely and said angrily: “You still say that the name I came up with is not nice. Listen to the name you came up with, Zhaocai, which is even uglier! You are really obsessed with money!”
Finally, after some discussion, the name of Cat Lady was decided upon: Maple Leaf! The gold coins she found were all maple leaf coins. Calling them gold coins sounded too tacky, so Mu Tianyuan thought that Maple Leaf sounded better.
The little fox had no objection to this, and Meow Lady herself… Meow also had no objection, so they happily decided on Meow Lady’s future name.
After Mu Tianyuan cleaned the cabinet inside and out and wiped it with a towel, he took the cat heroine Fengye to take a bath while the cabinet was placed in the yard to dry. After washing, drying and blowing dry, Mu Tianyuan finally got down to business.
Actually, Mu Tianyuan was cleaning up Fengye’s house and bathing her. It wasn’t that he forgot about the gold coins. It was just that he felt that since he already had the gold coins, there was no need to rush. More importantly, he needed to calm down!
After closing the door, locking the windows, and drawing the curtains, Mu Tianyuan, the little fox, and the somewhat naive cat lady gathered in Mu Tianyuan’s room and piled all the gold coins on the floor. Then Mu Tianyuan reached out and grabbed a handful of gold coins, looking at them while saying, “Gold coins, they’re all ours! Listen to that sound, it’s so fucking wonderful!”
“Yes, yes,” the little fox nodded happily, and then said excitedly while rummaging through the gold coins, “I never thought we could encounter such a good thing. We are going to be rich!”
Catwoman glanced at the two friends who were eager to dive in, twitched her ears and said, “I don’t know what’s going on, but it looks like a good thing, meow?”
“Good, very good. Didn’t I tell you before? This is all money. As long as we have some, we won’t have to worry about food and clothing.” Mu Tianyuan calmed down for a long time, but he still couldn’t calm down when he saw these gold coins. After hearing what Miss Cat said, Mu Tianyuan played with the gold coins in his hand and explained excitedly. Then he suddenly realized that this didn’t sound very nice to Miss Cat, so he said, “Let me put it this way, you like fish, right? Now that we have these, you won’t have to worry about eating fish, and it’s enough for you to eat for the rest of your life. You may even eat fish until you feel sick at the sight of it. Do you understand?”
Cat Lady, who had been unconcerned at first, pricked up her ears upon hearing this. She looked at the pile of glittering gold coins in front of her, converted them in her mind, and nearly fainted. Finally, Cat Lady said tremblingly, “You said with these we can eat fish forever, meow?!”
“That’s right, meow!” Mu Tianyuan didn’t know if he was too excited, but this infected Lady Cat. He nodded vigorously at Lady Cat and meowed too.
After getting the confirmation, Cat Girl immediately jumped into the gold coins. She finally understood the value of these things. This cat is a lifelong fish!
The man, the fox, and the cat were excited about the gold coins for a long time. Then the little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan excitedly and said, “Let’s go buy some roast chicken now!”
“We still have to exchange for fish!” Cat Lady said excitedly while looking at Mu Tianyuan. Mu Tianyuan nodded immediately after hearing what the little fox and Cat Lady said. He also wanted to buy something. But the next second, Mu Tianyuan, who was originally still excited, suddenly froze. The little fox had already jumped onto Mu Tianyuan’s shoulder. Seeing that Mu Tianyuan hadn’t moved for a long time, he couldn’t help but urged anxiously: “Hey, what are you waiting for? Let’s go!”
“Well, I suddenly realized something…” Mu Tianyuan turned his head blankly and looked at the little fox and the cat lady beside him. After hearing this, the little fox said impatiently: “What is more important than buying roast chicken and fish now?”
“Well, but the question I’m thinking of is related to roast chicken and fish…” Mu Tianyuan replied woodenly. Then Mu Tianyuan reached out and grabbed a handful of gold coins and said in silence for a long time: “Then how do we turn them into cash?”
Catwoman: “…Meow?”
Miss Cat still didn’t understand, but the little fox completely understood. At this time, the little fox was also confused. He looked at the gold coins in front of him and was silent for a long time before he said, “Yes, how do we turn them into cash?”
You can’t really use the gold coins to go out and buy things, right?!
Chapter 27 The Rich Poor (Old Edition)
Just when the little fox was stumped by Mu Tianyuan’s question of how to turn gold coins into cash, Mu Tianyuan hadn’t finished speaking when he said seriously, “What’s more important is that we have no money…”
Mu Tianyuan took out his wallet, opened it, and poured it on the ground: “And I’m completely out of money, because I spent it all before…”
After discovering that there seemed to be no way to turn the gold coins into cash, Mu Tianyuan and his team were faced with a more serious problem than this one. This problem was far more serious than not being able to convert the gold coins into cash. This very serious problem was that they now had no money at all, not even a single coin!
For a moment, Mu Tianyuan and Little Fox were both dumbfounded. After a long silence, Mu Tianyuan and Little Fox were no longer excited when they looked at the pile of gold coins in front of them. They were even a little distraught at this time. You know, these are stolen goods, and they are so special. They can’t just take them to the bank or gold shop to exchange them for money, right?
If this can’t be converted into cash, what kind of attraction does it have for the two of them?!
Although Miss Cat didn’t understand why these two people were so energetic at the beginning and now flew away like a mouse, she knew that there must be something wrong. So Miss Cat looked around and asked with some confusion: “What’s wrong with you, meow?”
“Nothing, we just suddenly realized that this thing can’t be exchanged for food.” Mu Tianyuan smiled bitterly and shook his head. Then he continued with a bitter smile: “Besides, we are now completely bankrupt…”
“Meow?” Lady Cat still didn’t understand the situation, so Mu Tianyuan could only continue, “In other words, this thing is almost useless to us now. Besides, let alone eating fish every meal, we don’t even have money to buy fish…”
“No food, meow?” Cat Lady pondered for a moment, not knowing how she came to this conclusion. Without waiting for Mu Tianyuan to say anything, she continued, “It’s okay, meow! We can go to the trash can to find food. I can even help you catch mice. I’m pretty good at catching mice, meow! Although mice aren’t very tasty, we won’t starve to death, meow!”
“Uh…” Mu Tianyuan and the little fox were both stunned when they heard what Lady Cat said. Then they looked at each other and smiled. It was not in vain that the cat took her in!
Then Mu Tianyuan smiled and said to Miss Cat: “No need, we haven’t reached that point yet.”
“Yes, don’t worry, we won’t starve to death. At most, eating fish every meal will be temporarily canceled.” The little fox looked at the cat heroine and said with a smile.
“Can’t eat fish? It doesn’t matter, we can eat mice. How about I go catch mice now for our dinner, meow?” The cat lady still thought that there was no food at home. After she said that, she looked at Mu Tianyuan as if she would catch mice as long as Mu Tianyuan nodded.
“No, no, we have more food at home.” Mu Tianyuan had eaten rats before, even raw rat meat, but he really didn’t intend to eat rats unless it was absolutely necessary. Especially city rats, which were much dirtier than the field mice and forest rats he had eaten during training. Who knew how many kinds of bacteria the city rats carried? Besides, the family wasn’t at the end of their rope!
After calming down the Cat Lady, who was about to go catch mice for the family of three at the command, Mu Tianyuan looked at the little fox and the Cat Lady seriously and said, “To sum up, we have two bad news and one good news. The bad news is that these gold coins can’t be exchanged for money, and the other is that we are broke. The good news is that the refrigerator at home was just filled yesterday, and we have enough rice and flour, enough to get us through another half month until next month’s living expenses arrive.”
“For the first time, I think your habit of stocking up the refrigerator is really great…” The little fox sighed with relief after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words. Mu Tianyuan had a habit that he didn’t know whether to call good or bad, that is, he always liked to fill the refrigerator. Even if he couldn’t finish the food and had to throw it away, he would still fill the refrigerator. In the past, the little fox didn’t think there was anything wrong with this habit, but this time she suddenly felt that Mu Tianyuan’s habit was really great! At least it meant he had some food stored, right?
Then the little fox sighed, “I thought we would have to eat instant noodles for the next half month…”
“Instant noodles?” Mu Tianyuan chuckled when he heard the little fox’s words, then said smugly, “How is that possible! You know, we can’t even afford a bag of pickles right now, so where would we get the money to buy instant noodles?”
Little Fox: “…This isn’t something to be proud of, okay…”
Mu Tianyuan shrugged, then looked at the gold coins on the ground and sighed, “This is really the trouble of rich people. Why do we spend half a day and half a month’s living expenses to get these things? Are we just waiting for them to appreciate in value or are we collecting them? Judging from the current situation, these are not as good as a cart of ghost money. At least we can set up a stall in front of the cemetery…”
He is considered a wealthy man, but the problem is that he can’t spend his money! It’s not that no one will accept it, but if he takes it out, the police will come to his door!
“I’m sorry, I didn’t notice that people in Japan still burn paper money for the dead. Are you planning to carry out a cultural invasion and teach them the tradition of burning paper at graves?” The little fox lay weakly on the ground, rolling his eyes and complaining.
“Then I’ve done something good.” Mu Tianyuan simply lay down on the floor and muttered to himself while staring at the ceiling. Then he suddenly turned his head to look at the little fox and said, “How great would it be if this was chocolate…”
I guess Mu Tianyuan is the first person who desperately wants gold coins to turn into chocolate since chocolate and gold coins came into being…
“If this is a pile of chocolate, are you planning to sell it? Are you crazy about money?” The little fox glared at Mu Tianyuan and complained. Then, the little fox wagged its tail weakly and muttered, “We have to find a way to exchange them for money. Otherwise, we can’t really treat them as collections if we just leave them like this, right?”
Mu Tianyuan complained weakly, “We can barely afford to eat, how can we collect things? Who can collect things like us?”
“So we have to find a way to exchange them for money!” The little fox said helplessly as she looked at the gold coins that had excited her before but now seemed a bit useless. Mu Tianyuan continued weakly: “How to exchange them? Forget about gold shops and banks. We don’t have any connections in the black market. Even if we do find a buyer, who knows if they will cheat us? Do we have to fight bloody battles in all directions and wait to be on the list?”
“Well…how about we melt them?” The little fox thought about it and came up with an idea, so he looked at Mu Tianyuan with some anticipation and asked.
When Mu Tianyuan heard the little fox’s idea, he nodded in agreement and said, “Good idea. We happen to have a barbecue grill at home. How much charcoal do you think we need to melt them? More importantly, where do we get the money to buy charcoal? Even if we don’t use charcoal, do you still plan to go out and chop down trees? Don’t cut the trees back later and get fined a hundred yuan.”
Little Fox: “…Why did you just use all your belongings to buy things and give them away? You only have a small amount of money!”
“Yes, didn’t I leave money for the car? And it’s a private car.” Mu Tianyuan answered righteously, then sighed and explained: “At that time, I just thought we were rich, so I didn’t think too much about it. Besides, they helped us, so we can’t be stingy, right?”
After a long silence, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox looked at each other, looked at the pile of glittering gold coins, and sighed in unison: “Useless!”
After being appeased by Mu Tianyuan and having given up catching mice to support her family, Cat Lady asked in confusion after listening for a long time: “Meow? Chicken ribs? Delicious meow?”
Mu Tianyuan, the little fox: “It’s tasteless to eat, but it’s a pity to throw it away!”
Then Mu Tianyuan suddenly sat up from the floor and said seriously: “No! We can’t be penniless. What if we need money?”
“Do you have a way to make money?” The little fox got up from the floor and looked at Mu Tianyuan expectantly, wagging its tail. Mu Tianyuan pondered for a moment and said, “How about we go and perform?”
“Performing? Are you planning to play tricks on me or her on the street? Or are you planning to draw sketches for others? If it’s the latter, I advise you to give up. Just look at your artistic attainments of drawing the Leifeng Pagoda on the Tokyo iron frame. Your character sketches are only suitable for selling to those sci-fi makers in Hollywood to be used as materials for making monsters. If you sell them to the parties involved, you will be beaten to death. Do you believe it? If it’s the former, then I’m sorry, we can’t afford to lose face, and I promise you that if you dare to bring it up, we will beat you to death right now.” The little fox rolled his eyes and complained unhappily when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s words, and then the little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “But I have a suggestion. If you really want to make money, try being a bandit. It’s easy to rob the rich and help the poor with your skills. As long as you choose the right target, you can get rich and live a well-off life in one night.”
“Go play around. It’s okay to rob other robbers, but am I that kind of person if you ask me to rob? I still have my bottom line and principles, okay?” Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes at the little fox’s suggestion, which was actually a mocking remark. Damn it, even if he was really at his wit’s end, he wouldn’t do such a thing, okay? What’s more, although he didn’t have a penny, he wasn’t short of money that bad, okay? After all, although he felt uneasy without money in his pocket, he didn’t have to be rich. And Mu Tianyuan believed that he could think of other ways to get money!
Chapter 28: The Debut of the Juvenile Suicide Group (Old Version)
“So what are you going to do? Are you going to hold out for half a month and wait for our great lawyer Fei to send over the living expenses your parents, who have disappeared into the care of her, are leaving?” Seeing that Mu Tianyuan wasn’t fooled, the little fox swung its tail and asked back. Mu Tianyuan pondered for a moment, then nodded seriously, “Not impossible.”
“Then I won’t be able to eat roast chicken for the next half month.” The little fox muttered dejectedly after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words. Then, the little fox’s drooping ears suddenly stood up: “Speaking of roast chicken, I remembered, didn’t we buy roast chicken before?! I’ll go eat it now!”
“Wait a minute! You can’t eat that roast chicken!” Mu Tianyuan grabbed the tail of the little fox who was about to run downstairs to eat the roast chicken. The little fox immediately yelled in dissatisfaction: “Why?! That’s mine! You lost it to me! Why can’t I eat it!”
Mu Tianyuan crossed his arms and smiled at the little fox, saying, “Haha, do you think it’s no big deal for Conan to pick up a treasure map when he goes out? So I win the bet, and the roast chicken is mine!”
Little Fox: “…Can I have a chicken leg?”
Mu Tianyuan: “No!” That’s how you rejected me before, don’t think I’ve forgotten it!
In fact, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox didn’t know that picking up the treasure map was nothing compared to what Conan and the others encountered later. Although Conan and his group of young suicidal people took a lot of detours on the way to find the treasure, such as taking a lot of unnecessary detours, and for example, they mistook the clues of the treasure for a clothing store, and then went in and rummaged through the store, making a mess, and even rushed into the fitting room to see the beautiful moments of many big sisters changing clothes, and were thrown out of the store by the boss, etc. Although they were thrown out in the end, they still made a profit. At least they saw a lot of big sisters, uh… No, that’s wrong. In short, after tossing around for a long time, Conan, who originally thought it was just graffiti, found the clues and used his wisdom to figure out the truth of the treasure map and came to the final location of the treasure. Originally, the suicidal experts who came to the treasure point under Conan’s leadership were still excited, but it was a pity that they arrived too late, and the real treasure was being treated as chicken ribs in Mu Tianyuan’s house at this time…
But Conan didn’t know that Mu Tianyuan had already gotten there first. After mobilizing his friends to search for the so-called treasure for a long time without success, Conan immediately began to doubt his life. This couldn’t be right. How could his reasoning be wrong? With his clever mind, how could he be wrong? If it was wrong, it definitely wasn’t his fault, it was the world’s fault!
Although Conan would never admit that his reasoning was wrong, the fact was right in front of him. There was no treasure at all in the place he suspected was the treasure hiding place. Not to mention the treasure, there wasn’t even a coin! Conan couldn’t help but start to doubt whether his reasoning was really wrong. But just when Conan was about to study it again, the other three naughty kids didn’t give him the chance at all. These naughty kids were naughty kids. They had been following Conan for the whole afternoon because of the treasure, but now that they saw that the treasure hiding place they found had no treasure at all, they lost their patience, especially since it was already dark. The fat boy Genta immediately said that he was hungry and wanted to go home for dinner, while Ayumi also said that she wanted to go home to find her mom, and Mitsuhiko was a little more promising than the other two. He wanted to go home to watch cartoons!
In the end, even though Conan suspected that the treasure had been taken away in advance, he could not continue to hang around with these three naughty kids outside, not to mention that his sister Xiaolan should be worried about him, so Conan could only secretly decide to come back to investigate tomorrow and walked downstairs with his friends. However, when going downstairs, Conan found something wrong, because he saw two big white men and a short Asian man in the corridor on the first floor. These three strange men in black seemed to be staring at them intentionally or unintentionally, and more importantly, Conan was sure that these three men in black had seen them under the Tokyo Tower. Later, when they went to the clothing store to watch the older sisters change clothes, these three men in black seemed to be around. Conan immediately became alert. This time might be a coincidence, but if they kept meeting them, it would not be a coincidence. Well, even if it was a coincidence that these three people came to visit the Tokyo Tower, they would not visit the residential area so late at night, right?
After they went downstairs, Conan began to carefully observe the movements behind them. He found that the three men in black had indeed been following them. Conan immediately started to think about it. Are they human traffickers or something else? If they are human traffickers, their configuration is a bit unusual. How large a human trafficking organization must be to have foreigners! Besides, even if they were human traffickers, they should have taken action when they were in the building just now. After all, there was no one there at that time, unlike now when there are people coming and going on the street. Isn’t it a missed opportunity if they didn’t take action just now? If they really are human traffickers, then they are very unprofessional! Such unprofessional human traffickers might as well change their careers as soon as possible to avoid starving to death!
Or maybe they’re kidnappers? Considering they didn’t do anything in the building just now, that’s unlikely!
If they weren’t human traffickers or kidnappers, then what were they? Finally, after pondering for a long time, even to the point of attacking the Black Organization that had shrunk him, Conan suddenly realized: Could those bastards be after the treasure map? After all, besides being able to sell or exchange for money, the only thing these four little brats had left was this treasure map worth someone’s attention. Of course, lolita and shota control were a separate matter!
After thinking that the three perverts following them might be after the treasure map, Conan, who had been frightened to the point of kidney deficiency by the Black Organization, suddenly lost his fear. Conan had originally planned to leave an 8,000-word farewell confession to Xiaolan, but now that they might be after the treasure map instead of the Black Organization, what a coward! Conan’s brain began to work. When guessing that the three perverts were after the treasure map, Conan suddenly remembered a TV news report he had accidentally seen in a clothing store while watching the older sister change clothes. At that time, the TV said that the gold coin thief had three friends! Two of them were foreigners and one was a man with Japanese household registration! Well, the three grandsons following behind were consistent with the report in the news. Although I don’t know if the Asian man was a local, at least he was Asian, right?
Finally, Conan made a decision, which was to call the police! He had already thought of the lines for calling the police, saying that he had found a suspected member of the gold coin theft gang! At that time, he would not care whether to let the police catch them first or not!
Conan didn’t know that although the three men behind him were indeed part of a gang that stole the gold coins, several capable members of the gang who finally got the gold coins were discussing the peanuts and sunflower seeds they would eat in the afternoon on a telephone pole not far from them. They also decided that if there was such a good thing again in the future, they would follow their human boss!
Originally, Conan had no intention of involving the three naughty kids, but they refused to leave first. They even thought Conan was planning to secretly find the gold coins and eat them all by himself! Conan had no choice but to deliberately express loudly that the brave boy was unwilling to fail like this. He decided to fight for these gold coins today. Even if he couldn’t go home to take a bath with his sister Xiaolan today, he had to find the gold coins!
Conan actually said this deliberately for the three perverts behind him to hear. After hearing Conan’s bold words that he was even willing to sacrifice the precious opportunity to take a bath with his big sister to find the gold coins, his friends suddenly realized that they, who only knew how to go home to eat, find their moms, and watch cartoons, were far inferior to Conan. After being impressed by Conan’s momentum, the remaining three perverts immediately said that they would not go back either! They also wanted to find gold coins!
However, Yuantai said that it would be better to have a meal before looking for gold coins. After all, the emperor doesn’t need eunuchs who starve to death!
Conan said he really liked Yuanta’s suggestion. He was planning to find a place to keep these three perverts stable to prevent them from running away!
So Conan led his friends to a store that sold children’s meals and gave toys away, and went in. Conan deliberately found a position with a good view and kept an eye on the three perverts. The three perverts were very cautious, and when they saw the kids going to eat, they did not follow them in. Instead, they went to a store opposite, found a seat by the window, sat down, ordered something, and then silently monitored Conan and his friends’ whereabouts. When Conan saw this, he laughed immediately, “I was afraid that you would run away, but now it seems that you three idiots are definitely looking for death!”
Conan immediately ran to find a phone to call the police under the pretext of calling Ran. Then Conan silently watched a large group of plainclothes police officers successfully catch the bad guys. For this, the leading officer Megure praised Conan’s wit and bravery. But before Conan could express his opinion, Genta and the other kids shamelessly attributed this to the collective honor of their Junior Detective Team! Then, under Conan’s dead fish eyes, the kids officially announced the name of their Junior Detective Team!
This is a commemorative day, because today the Suicide Boys Group was officially established. They also began to wreak havoc on the world under the leadership of Conan, confident that they had solved a major case.
Chapter 29 Conan: I’m not making a face! (Old version)
“That is to say, the piece of paper you showed me in front of the art museum in the afternoon was not a child’s graffiti but a real treasure map. However, in the end you didn’t find the treasure but caught three perverts who were following you?” Mu Tianyuan asked in surprise as he sat on the sofa in Maori’s house and looked at Conan who was eating instant noodles there.
Mu Tianyuan, under the pretext of saving money by eating other people’s food to prepare for his own famine, shamelessly ran to Maori’s house that night with the little fox and the cat lady to eat and drink for free. Moreover, under the pretext of saving food, he righteously solved Conan’s dinner for him since he didn’t come back to eat it…
Originally, after having a good meal and drinking, this guy sat for a while and comforted the worried Xiaolan before planning to go home. However, before he could say goodbye, Conan came back. Xiaolan, who had been worried that Conan had been kidnapped or fell into a ditch, rushed to Conan and showed her concern. While Xiaolan went to prepare instant noodles for Conan and Conan had a chance to take a breath, Mu Tianyuan pretended to be casually teasing a child and asked about the treasure map.
The little kid Conan didn’t know that the guy in front of him who seemed to be watching the fun was the culprit who caused him to run around for an entire afternoon without even seeing a single gold coin, so he simply recounted his pleasant treasure hunting experience in the afternoon.
“Yeah!” Conan finished his instant noodle soup in one breath and nodded at Mu Tianyuan. Then, Conan looked at Mu Tianyuan with a hint of helplessness and said, “They are members of a thief gang, not perverts who stalk people…”
What the hell is this “stalking pervert”? It’s definitely hot in Tokyo right now, but what the hell is this “stalking pervert”? I’m not even planning on going into porn, okay? And they’re a gang of thieves! They’re vicious! They’re armed, okay? They’re not the kind of guys you see in movies who try to molest women! At least they’re on a different level, you know?!
“Yeah!” Mu Tianyuan nodded and then continued in surprise, “I didn’t expect so many things to happen. But then again, Conan, you guys were in real danger this afternoon. I guess those perverts who were following you didn’t attack you because they thought you could figure out the code. Otherwise, you four little kids would have been robbed a long time ago. And maybe they would have killed you after they stole the treasure map.”
Mu Tianyuan didn’t pretend this time. He was really surprised. He only remembered that he had gold coins this time but forgot that there were three perverts following him.
Uncle Maori glared at Conan and said, “Yeah, you’re such a lucky kid to have found a treasure map. If I had found that treasure map, it would be so great! I’d be rich then…”
Conan: “…” Uncle, what you call good luck is actually just envy of us for finding the treasure map?!
Mu Tianyuan: “…” Haha, uncle, you think too much. No one told you that finding gold coins will definitely make you rich. I definitely have the most say on this point. Look, I did find gold coins, hundreds of millions of them! It’s a pity that the gold coins can only be buried under the floor and collect dust. And now I’m not even as rich as Conan!
“Dad!” Xiaolan, who was already worried because of Mu Tianyuan’s words, shouted helplessly when she saw Uncle Maori drooling. After Uncle Maori gave up his delusion of becoming rich, Xiaolan hugged Conan in her arms and said with some fear: “Conan, you are not allowed to run around anymore, understand?”
“Hmm…” Conan nodded while blushing…
“Tsk,” Mu Tianyuan smiled slightly at Conan who was hiding in Xiaolan’s arms with a wretched face and taking advantage of her, and muttered to the little fox in his heart: “Look at this guy, he looks like Uncle Maori. Tsk tsk, Confucius said: People from the same family don’t enter the same door. This is to say that Confucius is really worthy of being a famous thinker. What he said is really right. Look at this look. Confucius really didn’t lie to me! Just because Conan looks so much like Uncle Maori at this moment, it would be a pity for Uncle Maori not to marry his daughter to him. Confucius said this.”
“Did Confucius say that?” The little fox rolled his eyes at Mu Tianyuan and said unhappily, “I hate you nerds who keep saying ‘Confucius said, Confucius said’ all the time. And if you don’t know, don’t talk nonsense, okay? This is clearly what Mencius said, okay?”
“Really? I’m not very familiar with classical textbooks, so it’s inevitable that I might have made some mistakes. Please bear with me.” Mu Tianyuan held the little fox in his left hand and the cat heroine in his right hand while accepting the problem pointed out by the little fox very sincerely. Then Mu Tianyuan looked at Conan who was still being cared for and taught by Xiaolan and taking advantage of him and said, “Conan had better pray that Xiaolan doesn’t know his identity, otherwise this kid will definitely be beaten like a washing machine by the angry Master Lan!”
Although Lan Ye is tough, she is essentially a very traditional and shy girl. The only problem is that if other girls get too angry, they can just punch them with their little fists, and in the end, nothing will happen to them. But Lan Ye’s little fists don’t need too many punches, just one can kill someone, because she is a fighter who can smash concrete and electric poles with her bare hands!
After worrying about Conan for a second, Mu Tianyuan suddenly said to the little fox seriously, “Do you think I should be a good person and help Master Lan, so that Master Lan won’t have to wait for Kudo for twenty years even though he is right next to her?”
“You actually just want to see Conan beaten to death by the little hornbill, right?” The little fox’s eyes were so sharp that he immediately understood the dark intention of Mu Tianyuan, a guy who was not afraid of big trouble when watching a big event and was not afraid of death when watching a funeral. He immediately rolled his eyes and complained, but the next second he heard the little fox say, “But this does seem to be quite interesting!”
Conan, who has a keen sixth sense, was originally leaning in Xiaolan’s arms with a sweet expression on his face, enjoying Xiaolan’s care, but at this moment Conan suddenly felt that someone was staring at him, and he also heard a voice in the dark, someone was trying to trick him!
Conan’s hair stood on end. This was definitely another villain trying to harm him! Who? Was it that bastard Mu Tianyuan again?! No doubt about it! It was definitely him! This feeling of being tricked was so damn familiar! No one else could have this recipe and this flavor!
Just when Conan was nervously planning to secretly observe Mu Tianyuan, the troublemaker, the feeling of being tricked suddenly disappeared, which made Conan a little confused. Was it just his own illusion? But in less than a second, this question was thrown to the back of his mind. At this time, Xiaolan’s care was the most important thing!
Conan’s feeling of being tricked suddenly disappeared. This was actually because Mu Tianyuan had suddenly abandoned the plan. He had only been talking about it before. How could he really expose Conan’s identity? Didn’t you see him still acting with Conan? If Conan’s identity was exposed, how would he live his life? This person couldn’t just seek temporary pleasure, could he?
He and the little fox discussed it and found that for the sake of long-term development, it would be best not to tell Xiaolan, because the longer it takes, the more miserable Conan’s death will be! Wouldn’t that be more interesting than now?
More importantly, the economic problem also limited the two of them from starting a fight. Mu Tianyuan suddenly agreed to come. He is now penniless. If Conan is beaten to death by Lan Ye, as Conan’s best friend, he should go to see him off at his burial, right? You have to pay for this funeral! But he has no money now! Even if funerals in Japan don’t require money, you should at least buy a bunch of flowers as a token of your appreciation, right? He has even less money to buy flowers! He can’t just go to the flower bed and pick a few bunches, right? If he did that, Mu Tianyuan would feel sorry for his friendship with Kudo. Besides, even if he did pick some, can you guarantee that some people with red bands won’t come out and fine you fifty? !
Having saved hundreds of millions of gold coins, Mu Tianyuan and Little Fox have completely lost their sight of money…
After giving up the stupid idea of ​​harming Conan, Mu Tianyuan looked at Conan seriously and said, “Conan, listen to what your sister Xiaolan says. Why are you making faces for no reason? Do you know how dangerous you are today? Don’t think that you can take it lightly just because you helped the police catch them. Apart from the fact that the three idiot robbers I just mentioned planned to use you to crack the code, the more important thing is that it was thanks to you that you didn’t find the gold coins in the end! Otherwise, do you believe that once you found the gold coins, those robbers would definitely kill you four without mercy? Don’t think I’m trying to scare you. Do you think those who can commit such a big crime are kind? No matter whether they have killed anyone before, they will have to kill you to keep it secret after finding the gold coins. And it will definitely be easier for them to kill you four than to swat a few flies!”
Afterwards, Mu Tianyuan used the dedicated line to talk to the little fox: “So, we are Conan’s saviors! He must remember us as a favor! But the only pity is that he can’t know…”
If he hadn’t taken the gold coins in advance, Conan wouldn’t be dead, but he would still be in trouble! So he is definitely this guy’s benefactor!
“Yeah!” The little fox nodded, then said, “If we don’t want him to know, then let him know. Let’s just think of it as us doing a good deed without leaving a name behind!”
“Yes, little brother Mu, I get it…” Conan was unaware of the shameless conversation between the two people on the sofa across from him. At this time, he replied while pretending to be stupid and cute. Conan had no opinion on Mu Tianyuan’s words. His mind would naturally think about these things. The only thing that made him have an opinion was – your uncle’s face! I just want to ask you, what’s that look? Mine is clearly a standard look of vulgarity, bah! It’s ecstasy, okay!
Chapter 30: Bringing Conan to the wedding is so lively (old version)
“Yes, Conan, you are in too much danger today!” Xiaolan originally thought that the most dangerous thing Conan would encounter was that someone would steal the treasure map and kill him. When she heard Mu Tianyuan mention that Conan had not found the gold coins, Xiaolan, who had originally calmed down, became nervous again. Uncle Maori also said at this time: “Indeed, under normal circumstances, those people would indeed kill them. After all, if these kids really found the gold coins, they would have to be killed to keep it secret.”
Then Uncle Maori looked at Conan and said, “Since the gold coin has not been found, does that mean it is hidden somewhere else? Do you still remember the treasure map?”
At this moment, Uncle Maori’s eyes glowed green…
“I think Conan should not have found the wrong place. I thought about Conan’s answer to the code just now and found that there seemed to be no problem. As for why the gold coins disappeared, I guess there are only three possibilities. The first is that the leader of the thieves’ gang moved the gold coins in advance. The second is that the leader of the thieves’ gang deliberately drew a false picture to fool people. The third is that someone got there first and took the gold coins.” After Uncle Maori finished speaking, Mu Tianyuan dragged his chin and analyzed it seriously. Then Mu Tianyuan said: “And I’m curious why the bandit leader drew this map. It feels a bit unnecessary. Even if he wanted to hide gold coins, he wouldn’t need to draw a map. I remember exactly where I hid my personal money, so how could he not remember where he hid something as important as gold coins? If his memory is so bad, why would he go out and see a doctor instead? Or maybe he doesn’t want to live anymore and plans to leave the treasure map to someone who is destined to find it? He can’t be so carefree and kind-hearted, right?
Originally, Mu Tianyuan was just talking nonsense, but as he spoke, he began to feel genuine curiosity about the leader of the thieves’ gang. He knew the treasure map was real, but it was because of this that Mu Tianyuan was wondering what the hell was going on when he had nothing better to do than draw a picture?! Was he really afraid he’d forget? How bad of a forgetful person would you have to be to forget something so important?! Or was he really planning to become the God of Wealth?
“Hmm…” Uncle Maori and Conan fell silent when they heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. They hadn’t paid attention to this issue until Mu Tianyuan mentioned it. Now that he said it, they were also puzzled. Yes, why would this guy draw a treasure map when he has nothing better to do?!
Uncle Maori pondered for a long time and then said, “Is he really planning to draw a fake treasure map to confuse others?”
Mu Tianyuan then spoke up again: “If that’s the case, isn’t he thinking too far ahead? Wouldn’t it be better for him to just run away with the gold coins? If he had planned so far ahead, he wouldn’t have been caught by the police, right?”
“Hmm…” Uncle Maori nodded, and then he was once again confused by the bandit leader’s train of thought…
Conan was not in a much better mood at this time. He was also wondering. Originally, he just thought that the gold coins might have been taken away by someone else first. After all, that broken place was not really that hidden, and it was easy for someone to bump into them. But now he began to try hard to use his smart brain to guess the thoughts of the obviously unusual thief leader. But after guessing for a long time, Conan became a little crazy. He said that he, a smart man, really couldn’t figure it out!
Mu Tianyuan was much more open-minded than Uncle Maori and Conan. After he couldn’t figure it out, he simply decided not to think about it. After all, it was a good deal for him in the end. He didn’t care what the idiot was thinking. After seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch, Mu Tianyuan was about to get up and say goodbye. But he didn’t expect that Uncle Maori beside him would give up before he could bring it up. Instead, he looked at Mu Tianyuan and asked, “Xiao Mu, I have an appointment with a client tonight. Do you want to go with me?”
Mu Tianyuan was stunned when he heard what Uncle Maori said. Why did he ask him to go with him when he was going to meet a client? But the next second, Mu Tianyuan saw Uncle Maori raised his hand. After seeing Uncle Maori’s gesture, Mu Tianyuan suddenly understood that this was not about going out to meet a client, but obviously inviting him to have a drink together. Mu Tianyuan nodded at Uncle Maori and said, “Of course, I’m happy to.”
Uncle Maori saw that Mu Tianyuan understood what he meant, so he put on his coat immediately and happily invited Mu Tianyuan to go out. When Mu Tianyuan came out of Maori’s house, he looked at Xiaolan who came to the door to see them off and said, “Xiaolan, I think since Professor Agasa has fostered Conan in your home, you should discipline him well. Although this kid is smart, he is still too young. Sometimes he doesn’t realize the dangers of his actions. Just like today, although it seems that he helped the police solve the case, he is also in danger. If things go wrong, you may have to go to the morgue to claim the body. You know I’m not exaggerating, but this is really possible, so you must discipline Conan strictly.”
“Okay, I understand.” Xiaolan nodded seriously at Mu Tianyuan.
Just like that, after Mu Tianyuan dug a hole for Conan, he left Conan, who was filled with sorrow after being admonished by Xiaolan, to happily go drink with Uncle Maori…
Because when they were having dinner and chatting before, Mu Tianyuan heard Uncle Maoli mention that he was going to attend his friend’s wedding the next day, so when they were drinking, Mu Tianyuan also advised Uncle Maoli to drink less, but Uncle Maoli thought he had a great alcohol tolerance and didn’t take it seriously. The end result was that Uncle Maoli drank so much that he couldn’t tell east from west, south from north. If Mu Tianyuan hadn’t followed him, Uncle Maoli would probably be surprised when he woke up the next morning and started wondering where the hell he was…
In the evening of the next day, Mu Tianyuan shamelessly went to Maori’s house to save money. While waiting for dinner, Mu Tianyuan asked Uncle Maori how his wedding was going. However, he didn’t expect to learn from Uncle Maori that they were unfortunately late for the wedding they were going to attend. The reason was that they encountered a bomb attack on the Shinkansen. There was an insider information that a woman spent 100 million yen to buy some gold. As a result, the two people who gave her the information were very thoughtful. The so-called information given to the woman was a box of bomb tickets that could send her straight to heaven. Thanks to Conan who kicked the box away at the critical moment, the ticket became a wonderful firework outside the car. Otherwise, not only would the woman go to heaven to live a carefree life, but many people would have to follow her to enjoy it.
Of course, it was Xiaolan who said that the credit was attributed to Conan, so Uncle Maori was too lazy to mention that Conan stole the limelight!
After hearing that attending a wedding was so thrilling, Mu Tianyuan really wanted to tell Uncle Maori that if he hadn’t brought Conan, he wouldn’t be late, you know?! Anyway, Mu Tianyuan firmly believed that if anything happened, Conan would take the blame!
Of course, this was just a thought, he couldn’t really tell Uncle Maori, but that didn’t stop him from complaining to the little fox on the dedicated line. The little fox, who was lying on the side and feeling so lucky on the journey, suddenly heard Mu Tianyuan mutter to her in a smug tone: “Look, I told you, as long as Conan is around, there will definitely be no good. You didn’t believe it before, but now you believe it, right?”
“I believe it eighty percent…” The little fox nodded silently. Now the little fox began to gradually believe what Mu Tianyuan once told her, that Conan was a disaster star and the god of death. After all, it is not likely that an average person would encounter so many things in two consecutive days in his lifetime!
A few days later, after school, Mu Tianyuan took Little Fox and Xiao Lanyuanzi for a stroll towards home. As they walked, Mu Tianyuan suddenly remembered something, so he took out his schoolbag and said, “Oh, I suddenly remembered that I have some chocolate here. Come, have some chocolate.”
After sharing the chocolate with Xiaolan Yuanzi, Yuanzi suddenly winked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Xiao Mu…”
“You look so lustful. Do you have a facial cramp?” Mu Tianyuan was feeding the little fox while eating chocolate himself. When he heard Yuanzi calling him, he looked up and saw Yuanzi making faces at him. Mu Tianyuan immediately rolled his eyes and asked. Just by looking at Yuanzi’s expression, Mu Tianyuan knew that something bad must be going on with this guy!
“What?” Yuanzi rolled her eyes when she heard Mu Tianyuan’s words, then looked at Mu Tianyuan with a gossipy look on her face and said, “I have something to ask you!”
“What?” Mu Tianyuan looked at Yuanzi curiously while eating. Yuanzi chuckled and then made a face and asked curiously, “Where did you get your chocolate from?”
“This?” Mu Tianyuan was stunned for a moment, then asked with a puzzled expression, “I found it on my desk. I don’t know who put it there, but since no one came to take it back, I ate it. What’s wrong with that?”
“As expected!” Yuanzi clenched a fist with one hand and hammered the palm of the other hand. Then, Yuanzi looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Do you know what these chocolates mean?”
“What else can chocolate mean?” Mu Tianyuan was stunned by Yuanzi’s question. After glancing at Xiaolan, who was also confused, he looked at Yuanzi with some confusion and asked. Yuanzi did not answer directly but asked, “Is there nothing else besides chocolate?”
When she said this, Yuanzi’s eyes began to shine with a dazzling light, and according to Mu Tianyuan’s experience, this light is called gossip!
Chapter 31 Wait! Is it Valentine’s Day already?! (Old Version)
“Anything else? What else could it be? Do you expect the chocolate to contain half a pound of poison or that you’ll find another box after eating one?” Although Mu Tianyuan saw Yuanzi’s gossipy face, he still couldn’t understand why the question of whether there was anything else in the chocolate was so worth Yuanzi’s gossip. So he immediately rolled his eyes at Yuanzi and replied. Then, without waiting for Yuanzi to say anything, Mu Tianyuan said, “Okay, Yuanzi, just tell me what you have to say. As long as you tell me, I will consider becoming your brother-in-law!”
Mu Tianyuan felt that there must be something wrong here, otherwise Yuanzi wouldn’t be so gossipy!
“You know what?” Yuanzi ignored Mu Tianyuan’s question about whether he wanted to consider becoming her brother-in-law. Instead, she coughed twice and looked at Mu Tianyuan mysteriously and said, “Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. It’s the most important holiday of the year. Girls will give chocolates to boys they like on Valentine’s Day! Obviously, the chocolate you received is… hehehe…”
“Oh, so I was confessed to? But isn’t Valentine’s Day tomorrow? Is it possible to send chocolates in advance on Valentine’s Day?” Mu Tianyuan asked in confusion after figuring out what was going on, while continuing to eat chocolate. Then, the next second, Mu Tianyuan, who had been calm, suddenly burst out, glaring at Yuanzi and shouting, “Wait a minute! What did you just say?!”
“Don’t you understand? A girl is confessing her love to you!” Yuanzi originally thought Mu Tianyuan looked calm but when she saw Mu Tianyuan’s surprised expression, she immediately laughed. Right, right, this is the correct reaction!
Then Yuanzi added: “As for why I sent it to you in advance, don’t forget that Valentine’s Day is a weekend, and we don’t have classes, so of course I had to send it to you in advance!”
“No! I mean, you just told me that Valentine’s Day is tomorrow?!” Mu Tianyuan is not interested in the confession of love or why he was given chocolate in advance! He is excited because it is Valentine’s Day! It was clearly not long ago that it was still summer and gradually turning into autumn! How did it come to Valentine’s Day in the blink of an eye? How did he get through this year?! Did he sleep for several months or is Valentine’s Day in Japan not on February 14th?
“Yes!” Yuanzi nodded vigorously, then looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “You didn’t pay attention to the date at all, did you?”
“Haha, yes, I didn’t notice it at all. If you hadn’t said it, I wouldn’t have reacted yet…” Mu Tianyuan replied with a twitching mouth. It’s not that he didn’t notice it. He had clearly seen the time on TV news and it was the end of October. If Yuanzi hadn’t said that tomorrow was Valentine’s Day, how would he have known it!
Mu Tianyuan then used the dedicated line to ask the little fox, who had been frightened by what Yuanzi said, “Do you think this time is passing normally…”
“Obviously, if this is normal, I will eat the calendar!” The little fox was no less shocked than Li Junyang. She was also shocked at how she spent her days like this!
Mu Tianyuan looked at Yuanzi and Xiaolan with strange expressions and asked, “Well, let me ask you, do you think this date is right?”
“What’s wrong?” Yuanzi and Xiaolan looked at Mu Tianyuan in confusion after hearing his question. Seeing their expressions, Mu Tianyuan’s mouth twitched, and then he waved his hand and said, “No, nothing…”
Damn it, these are two stupid NPCs! Or rather, except for me and the little fox, all the other NPCs are stupid!
Yuanzi Xiaolan saw that Mu Tianyuan’s deep affection was not right, and immediately looked at Mu Tianyuan with some concern. Then Xiaolan asked: “Xiao Mu, you are not right?”
“It’s nothing. I’m just lamenting how time flies by. Time flies so fast…” What else could Mu Tianyuan say? Looking at the expressions of Xiaolan and Yuanzi, what could he say? Was it wrong to tell them this date? Just looking at their expressions of being accustomed to it, Mu Tianyuan felt that if he told them, they would treat him as a psychopath and care for him!
But after struggling for a few seconds, Mu Tianyuan suddenly came to his senses. Damn, time in this Conan world isn’t traditionally linear. Forget about anything else, think about the Conan he’d been watching for twenty years. Many people started watching it when they were little and ended up watching it with their children. If Xiaolan had been discovered normally, she’d probably be a mother by now, but she’s only in the second year of high school, and Conan’s still an elementary school student after twenty years, earning him the nickname “eternal elementary school student”! So what’s wrong with this messed-up timeline?
Well, it can’t be said that there are no problems. At least Mu Tianyuan doesn’t know how to judge the date…
Thinking of this, Mu Tianyuan silently said to the little fox on the hotline: “I’ve decided. I’m going to throw away that broken calendar when I get home!”
The little fox nodded vigorously: “I agree! There’s no use keeping that broken thing!”
Just when Mu Tianyuan and the little fox had agreed not to use calendars anymore, Yuanzi looked at Mu Tianyuan with a gossipy expression and asked, “Xiao Mu, do you know who gave you this chocolate?”
“How would I know?” Mu Tianyuan replied with a roll of his eyes. Then he looked at Yuanzi and said, “Hey, Yuanzi, this chocolate wasn’t given by you, was it? If so, I’ll return it to you now. As for the ones you ate, I’ll spit them out! If you really can’t spit them out, you can wait a day and I’ll return them to you.”
“Asshole! What do you mean?!” Although Yuanzi had no thoughts of friendship towards Mu Tianyuan, she still got furious when she heard what Mu Tianyuan said…
Xiaolan pulled Yuanzi, who was about to die with Mu Tianyuan, while looking at Mu Tianyuan with a bit of a smile and tears, saying: “Xiao Mu, you really are…”
What this guy said is really too harsh, he deserves to be single!
“Alright, alright, it’s just a joke, Mr. Yuan, don’t take it seriously.” Mu Tianyuan smiled and patted Yuanzi’s shoulder. Then he looked at Yuanzi curiously and said, “Yuanzi, do you know who gave this to me?”
“I don’t know.” Yuanzi rolled her eyes at Mu Tianyuan angrily, but the next second her gossip overcame her anger. Yuanzi said distressedly, “Really? Even if this person can’t give chocolates in person, she should at least leave her name. Otherwise, how is Xiao Mu going to reply to her?”
“Well, I was thinking of giving her a hotel room card as a return gift on Valentine’s Day.” Mu Tianyuan replied while shrugging his shoulders while eating chocolate.
Sonoko Xiaolan: “…” Your return gift is so unique! If the girl who gave you chocolate hears that you are planning to give her such a unique return gift, will she rush over to grab the chocolate and spit in your face?
After looking at Li Junyang speechlessly, Xiaolan said with a helpless smile: “Xiao Mu, can you please stop joking like this? If others hear it, they will misunderstand you as a hooligan.”
Xiaolan knew that Mu Tianyuan was just a talker, but outsiders didn’t know that. Fortunately, there was no one else here, otherwise Mu Tianyuan would definitely be misunderstood again.
“It’s just a misunderstanding. I don’t care whether they live or die.” Mu Tianyuan shook his head nonchalantly and replied. He didn’t care what others thought. He just had to live his own life. What else could he expect from them?
After a long silence, Yuanzi looked at Mu Tianyuan with disdain and said, “What misunderstanding? To come up with such a disgusting gift is a hooligan!”
Then Yuanzi exaggerated and performed to herself: “Oh my God, how could I have such a vulgar friend? No, I have to stay away from you! I don’t want to learn bad things from you!”
“Tsk, do you need me to teach you how to be bad? Besides, I’m just being responsible for the relationship, okay? Dating without wanting to have sex is just being a hooligan!” Mu Tianyuan replied with a roll of his eyes while eating chocolates sent by an unknown person who didn’t leave his name. When Yuanzi heard this, he immediately said with even more contempt: “You are tarnishing a beautiful relationship!”
“I don’t even know who she is, how can I defile her just because we’re in love?” Mu Tianyuan said that he didn’t admit it, he obviously didn’t do anything! Yuanzi was definitely slandering him!
Then Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and said, “Besides, don’t normal people fall in love just to get laid?”
“Who said that? I can’t do that!” Yuanzi was very dissatisfied with Mu Tianyuan’s fallacies. Even though she liked looking at handsome guys, what she yearned for was romantic love. Whoever was like this guy was so shameless!
“So you’re not a normal person, you’re a hooligan.” Mu Tianyuan answered confidently. Then, without waiting for Yuanzi to say anything, Mu Tianyuan said very seriously: “What’s the purpose of a man and a woman dating? Isn’t it just the hope of finding the right partner? And if you find the right one, don’t you have to get married? And after getting married, don’t you have to sleep together? If not, how can you reproduce? So, dating without wanting to have sex is just hooliganism!”
“Uh…” Xiaolan and Yuanzi felt a little dizzy when they heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. After blinking and pondering for a long time, Yuanzi looked at Xiaolan in confusion and said, “It seems that what he said makes sense…”
“Yeah, but why do I feel like something’s wrong?” Xiaolan looked at Yuanzi in confusion. According to Mu Tianyuan, there seemed to be nothing wrong logically, but why did she always feel like something was wrong?
After pondering this for a while, Xiaolan and Yuanzi finally realized what was happening. They glared at Mu Tianyuan and said, “What a twist!”
Chapter 32: A Passionate Garden? No, It’s Cruel! (Old Version)
Mu Tianyuan simply shrugged and continued eating his chocolate. Yuanzi, who claimed to stay away from Mu Tianyuan to prevent him from learning bad things, approached him with a gossipy look on his face and asked, “Hey, Xiao Mu, do you really not know who sent this?”
“I don’t know, and I don’t want to know. I just know that the nuts seem to be damp and not crispy at all, and the chocolate was a little overcooked, so it’s a bit mushy. I hope that person can get the temperature right next time they make chocolate.” Mu Tianyuan shrugged nonchalantly and replied. Seeing that Mu Tianyuan was still more focused on the chocolate, Yuanzi said in an exaggerated manner, “Hey, are you kidding me? Someone is confessing their love to you! How come you don’t care at all?”
Mu Tianyuan answered without thinking, “Sorry, I’m very picky. I’m never interested in busts below E. And it just so happens that none of the girls in our class meet the standard, and even our school doesn’t seem to meet the standard. So I don’t want to know who gave it to me. Anyway, it must be below E.”
Yuanzi: “…” Damn, this really leaves me speechless!
After a long silence, Yuanzi looked at Mu Tianyuan seriously and said, “Although there is no one in our class who meets your requirements, Huizi from Class A has met your standards!”
“Well, her bust is up to standard, but her weight is over the standard, and it’s a bit amazing. I guess she’s about twice as heavy as you, Xiaolan, and Conan put together. I have a lighter taste, and I really can’t eat that kind of thing.” Mu Tianyuan pondered for a long time before remembering who Yuanzi was talking about. Not only is Huizi’s height far higher than that of Japanese women and most men, she also has a mind that surpasses her peers, and a weight that’s illegal. In short, she is definitely a heroine! Once, Mu Tianyuan slept for a class and when the get out of class was over, he went out in a daze and happened to meet Huizi walking towards him. Mu Tianyuan thought he had hit a wall at the time!
Then Mu Tianyuan suddenly said: “Besides, Huizi likes Kudo, okay? Xiaolan, I have to say that you have a strong opponent…”
“Uh, Xiao Mu, what are you talking about…” Xiao Lan’s eyes became small and she answered in a panic when she heard Mu Tianyuan suddenly brought up her.
Yuanzi, seeing that there seemed to be no gossip to dig up from Mu Tianyuan, turned her attention to Xiaolan: “By the way, Xiaolan, what are your plans?”
“What plans can I have?” Xiaolan couldn’t help but answer absentmindedly after hearing Yuanzi’s words. Yuanzi looked at Xiaolan and suddenly said excitedly: “Speaking of which, I think that person is pretty good. What do you think?”
“That person?” Mu Tianyuan glanced at Yuanzi, then asked in confusion, “Master Lan, what is this incoherent person saying again?”
“You’re the one who’s crazy about boys!” Yuanzi immediately glared at Mu Tianyuan and yelled. Mu Tianyuan shrugged and said, “Every time you see a handsome guy, you go crazy. Aren’t you a crazy boy?”
Then Mu Tianyuan asked curiously: “Which one are you talking about?”
Yuanzi introduced excitedly, “They are the two people who came to chat with Xiaolan and me in the cafe a while ago. They seem to be students of the medical department of Beika University, especially Mr. Minagawa…”
“I see. That Jiechuan must be another handsome guy, and that’s why you’re tempted again, right?” Mu Tianyuan said helplessly as soon as he saw Yuanzi’s expression, then rolled his eyes and complained, “Sure enough, you’re a flower maniac.”
This situation has happened countless times. Yuanzi and the other two will go crazy if they see anyone who is slightly handsome. Moreover, they can go crazy for fifteen days a month. Mu Tianyuan is no longer surprised by it.
When Yuanzi heard what Mu Tianyuan said, she immediately glared at him and was about to say something. But before she could open her mouth, a car suddenly stopped beside them. Then a burly man got out of the car, walked towards Mu Tianyuan and the others, and waved enthusiastically, saying, “Hi, Xiaolan, I was looking for you!”
Xiaolan broke into a sweat when she saw the burly man. The man walked over to her and bowed, saying, “Xiaolan, there’s something I have to tell you today.”
Then the burly man bent down and put his face in front of Xiaolan and said, “Xiaolan, I’m here to invite you today. Please go on a date with me!”
“Wow.” Mu Tianyuan let out a strange cry when he heard that this person was planning to ask Xiaolan to go on a date with him. Then he muttered to the little fox on the dedicated line: “Tsk, someone is trying to pick up Conan’s girl! Don’t I say this guy is really bold? Isn’t he afraid that Conan will find out and run to his house to destroy his family? Speaking of which, as Conan’s good brother, do you think I should tip Conan off?”
“Are you sure you’re not here to watch the fun?” The little fox rolled his eyes and asked pointedly when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. Mu Tianyuan said seriously, “Of course not!”
“Well, if you could stop gloating so much, I’d really believe you.” The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuandao with disdain, and then the little fox said, “As for the tip-off, you don’t have to worry about it. Look at that thing squatting behind the telephone pole across the road.”
“Across the street?” Hearing the little fox’s words, Mu Tianyuan immediately looked towards the other side of the road. After seeing it clearly, Mu Tianyuan said in surprise: “It’s Conan?! Oh my god, why is this guy here? Isn’t someone going to be unlucky again?”
“I don’t know about that, but I know Conan knows that someone is trying to pick up his girl without you notifying him.” The little fox replied, shaking his tail. The little fox discovered Conan the moment he came out from a nearby street corner. He had been staring at Conan, who thought he was unnoticed, for a long time. When the burly man proposed to invite Xiaolan on a date, the little fox clearly saw Conan’s surprised expression!
At this time, the burly man had already told Xiaolan that they were going to hold a Valentine’s Day party and he hoped to invite Xiaolan to join him. Before Xiaolan could say anything, Yuanzi on the side excitedly asked whether the Minagawa she mentioned before would go. After learning that the party was held at Minagawa’s house, Yuanzi agreed on Xiaolan’s behalf without hesitation and promised that she and Xiaolan would definitely go.
After hearing that Xiaolan would be attending, the burly man was excited. After agreeing on a meeting place, he got into the car and left. Mu Tianyuan looked at the car driving away and said with a sigh, “How did this guy, so big, fit into such a small car?”
Xiaolan had no time to answer Mu Tianyuan’s question because she was staring at Yuanzi and asked, “Yuanzi, how could you just agree on my behalf?”
Without needing Yuanzi to answer, Mu Tianyuan explained for her: “Do you even need to ask? This guy must be going for Jiechuan again, but that strong man invited you. How can she go without dragging you along? Right, Yuanzi.”
“Even if that’s the case, you can’t agree on my behalf. I don’t even want to go.” Xiaolan glared at Yuanzi helplessly and complained, “Isn’t this my best friend? You’re going to throw me away for this handsome guy?”
Yuanzi, exposed and stared at by Xiaolan, the victim, did not hesitate at all. Instead, he winked and said, “It’s true!”
“Huh?” Xiaolan was stunned when she heard this, and Yuanzi came close to Xiaolan and said, “You like that Shinichi, right? You think you still have feelings for him, so you reject other men, right?”
“Don’t talk nonsense! Who would like that kind of reasoning idiot?!” Xiaolan was anxious at the time. Seeing Xiaolan’s expression, Yuanzi immediately asked with a playful smile: “So are you going to the Valentine’s Day party?”
“Of course I’ll go!” Xiaolan replied proudly, crossing her arms. Seeing Xiaolan agree so readily, Mu Tianyuan couldn’t help but look at Yuanzi, who looked like she had succeeded in her plot, and muttered to the little fox, “This routine is really worthy of Yuanzi, who has been professionally tricking his best friends for thirty years.”
“I just think Xiao Jiaolan is so naive. She actually fell for it after just one provocation.” The little fox looked at Xiaolan with a look of emotion and said, “Yuanzi didn’t even say a word, so how could Xiaolan fall for it? Isn’t she a little too easy to fool?”
Just as Mu Tianyuan and the little fox were whispering, Yuanzi heard Xiaolan agree and immediately clenched his fists and said loudly, “Okay!”
Then, with a villainous look on his face, he said, “Hmph, watch out, Katsuhiko Minagawa! I’ll melt your bones with my chocolate!”
“Oh my god, why did this thing suddenly catch fire again? Did she secretly smoke natural gas again at noon?” After Yuanzi finished shouting, Mu Tianyuan, Little Fox, and Xiaolan felt as if a raging flame had ignited in Yuanzi’s background. Mu Tianyuan even felt that the temperature around him had risen. Mu Tianyuan immediately shouted in surprise, and Xiaolan twitched her lips when she heard Mu Tianyuan’s words and said, “What a passionate Yuanzi…”
“Haha, I think it should be the ferocious Yuanzi, right?” Mu Tianyuan took two steps back and distanced himself from Yuanzi to avoid being burned by him. Then he looked at Yuanzi and said, “Hey, Yuanzi, are you planning to cremate that Jiechuan? If so, then I want to tell you that chocolate isn’t that powerful. How about I get you two barrels of gasoline? If that doesn’t work, I can also make you some Molotov cocktails with super strong adhesion. Although I can’t melt his bone marrow, I can burn him to death. You can even burn his house to ashes if you throw a few more.”
Chapter 33: This Week Was Wasted… (Old Version)
“What nonsense are you talking about?!” Yuanzi, who was burning with anger, glared at Mu Tianyuan and shouted angrily. Mu Tianyuan threw a piece of chocolate into his mouth and said, “Aren’t you planning to melt his bone marrow with chocolate?”
“Idiot! I mean I’m going to conquer him with the chocolate I made myself!” Yuanzi roared the first time. Damn it, this guy must be doing it on purpose! Who the hell does he think he is to actually provide me with incendiary bombs!
Yuanzi’s guess was correct. Mu Tianyuan had done it on purpose. Facing the furious Yuanzi, Mu Tianyuan calmly chewed the chocolate while squinting at her and said, “You made the chocolate yourself? I see. You weren’t planning on setting it on fire, you were planning on poisoning it! I’m not saying you’re too cruel, Yuanzi. Why did you torture that Jiechuan like this? I sincerely suggest you just burn him to death. At least, burning him to death will save him some pain compared to eating the chocolate you made and then poisoning him.”
Then, Mu Tianyuan asked Yuanzi to chase for about two stops. If Yuanzi hadn’t been unable to run at the end, it would not be impossible for him to find out a bus route map!
Although he said he had let go of the issue of time, Mu Tianyuan was still very surprised at how the date went by. So after returning home, Mu Tianyuan, Little Fox, and the confused Cat Lady gathered in front of the calendar to study it. Cat Lady stared at it for a long time, then turned to look at Mu Tianyuan who was muttering to himself and said, “What’s wrong with you, meow?”
Lady Cat was originally curled up on the sofa, but when she saw Mu Tianyuan and the little fox come back, she ran to the wall and whispered. Lady Cat, with the curiosity that cats have, came over, but after studying for a long time, she still didn’t understand what they were studying. Instead, she thought Mu Tianyuan and the little fox were even more strange.
“No, it’s nothing. I just think this calendar is so fucking amazing. I can brag about it for half a year, but only if people believe me.” Mu Tianyuan said with emotion, staring at the calendar that had unexpectedly turned to February. The little fox nodded beside him and said, “Yeah, it’s amazing. Whose calendar can update itself…”
Neither Little Fox nor Mu Tianyuan had noticed that the calendar had turned to February before, and they could guarantee that it was definitely not done by either of them. Similarly, it certainly could not have been done by Miss Cat, so this was really magical!
Then the little fox suddenly said in horror: “Wait, this is not right. I remember the date was normal before. I have never seen it jump. What is going on? What is wrong with this world?!”
“It’s definitely Conan’s fault!” Mu Tianyuan answered with certainty without even thinking. The little fox naturally didn’t believe Mu Tianyuan’s seemingly unreasonable answer, which seemed to be more of a scapegoat than an explanation. “I say, can you please stop putting everything on Conan’s shoulders? Did Conan steal your chicken?”
“It’s you who stole my chicken,” Mu Tianyuan said with a roll of his eyes. Then he said seriously, “I studied it when I was bored. This Conan world was supposed to be a very normal world. The year before was a good example. But ever since Kudo became Conan, everything has been abnormal. The timeline is a complete mess, just like the ball of yarn that Maple Leaf played with.”
Because she didn’t understand, Cat Lady, who was playing with a ball of yarn, turned her head and looked at Mu Tianyuan when she heard what he said: “Meow? You want to play too? Then let’s play together, meow!”
“No, just have fun.” Mu Tianyuan shook his head, then looked at the little fox and continued, “You may not know that Conan alone has encountered dozens of Valentine’s Day-related cases, but in the end, Conan still hasn’t left the first grade. So, can I say that I have also achieved a different kind of immortality?”
“If that’s the case, why were you so surprised in the first place?” The little fox asked Mu Tianyuan with some disdain. It would be fine if someone like him was surprised because he didn’t know the situation, but Mu Tianyuan clearly knew the situation and just heard that Valentine’s Day would come in the blink of an eye, so why was he surprised?!
“I know, but as a normal person, don’t you allow me to be surprised when I first encounter it?” Mu Tianyuan replied confidently. He didn’t react at first, but how could any normal person not be surprised? Besides, this is so special, shouldn’t I be politely surprised?
In response to Mu Tianyuan’s words, the little fox swung its tail and said, “I was wondering why so many people were dressed like idiots when they went out today. At first, I thought they were just idiots. Who knew that we, no, I should say you are the real idiots in the eyes of others.”
“Yeah, it’s time to call each other idiots when we meet on the street…” Mu Tianyuan muttered. The guy in the shirt looked at the guy in the down jacket and called him idiot, and the guy in the down jacket also called him idiot when he saw the guy in the shirt. This is really the day!
Then Mu Tianyuan suddenly rubbed his arms and shivered, saying, “I don’t feel cold unless I say it. Doesn’t Japan even have heating? Do the officials think this is the south?! No, I have to go find a blanket. Wait a minute!”
Ten minutes later, Mu Tianyuan, the little fox, and the cat lady who had dropped her wool ball and crawled into the quilt together, surrounded the barbecue stove with the quilt to keep warm. While warming themselves, Mu Tianyuan picked up the mysterious calendar and was about to throw it into the barbecue stove for its final contribution. Suddenly, Mu Tianyuan paused, then said seriously, “Wait a minute, I suddenly realized something!”
“What’s the matter?” The little fox and the cat lady looked at Mu Tianyuan curiously. Mu Tianyuan glanced at the fox and cat and said seriously, “Speaking of which, we originally planned to survive this half month and then collect our living expenses, right?”
“Yes.” The little fox nodded and replied. Wasn’t this what they had planned from the beginning? Why was Mu Tianyuan asking now?
“If I remember correctly, we should have survived a week and would be able to get paid in another week, right?” Mu Tianyuan continued to look at the little fox and the cat lady with a serious face and asked. The cat lady shook her head very simply and said, “I don’t know, meow, anyway, it’s been a long time!”
As far as Cat Lady knows, there is no systematic way to record time. She only knows that many days have passed. Anyway, as a cat, she doesn’t need to go to work or school, so why should she remember so much?
The little fox was different from Miss Cat. She was simply a person in fox skin. So after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the little fox nodded immediately to show that Mu Tianyuan was right. Then, she asked in confusion, “What do you want to say?”
“Today is the 13th, which means we still have fifteen or sixteen days to get through this month!” Mu Tianyuan’s serious expression finally collapsed at this moment, and he said a little frantically: “It’s obviously already the 20th, okay? So the three of us have saved money and endured this whole week for nothing!”
“Uh… no!” The little fox went crazy when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. It was originally half a month and now a week has passed and there is still less than half a month. This is really a bit crazy for the little fox who thought he would be able to eat roast chicken soon!
“That’s not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the food in our refrigerator will only last a week at most. I’m embarrassed to keep going to Uncle Maori for free food and drinks, so how are we going to get through the rest of the week?” Mu Tianyuan muttered depressedly, grabbing his hair. “Damn it, just skip the timeline, have you ever considered me, who is on the verge of not being able to eat? This family of three, one adult and two children, was counting on the living allowance at the beginning of the month, but now the date is suddenly pushed back a week. What are we going to do? Are we going to take the whole family out to beg for food in the city for the rest of the week?!”
“Don’t we still have dozens of kilograms of flour at home?” After going crazy for a while, the little fox sighed and muttered when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s words: “If all else fails, we can just make pancakes…”
“Eating bread for a week? Without some oil and water, the three of us carnivores will have to go out and eat people on the street in just three days.” Mu Tianyuan muttered depressedly, “Although we can’t say that we have to eat good meals every day, we can’t just eat dry bread every meal. It’s so sad just thinking about it!”
The little fox shuddered as he thought about what Mu Tianyuan said, then nodded vigorously. It was indeed very sad. The cat lady looked around at Mu Tianyuan and the little fox, tilted her head and said, “I think eating cakes is pretty good, meow!”
Although he has been in Japan for more than a year, Mu Tianyuan has never been used to Japanese food, especially sushi. He thinks it is too stingy and not as enjoyable as eating rice in a bowl. Therefore, apart from occasionally going to Uncle Maori’s place for a meal, he often makes some domestic food for himself. Cat Girl had eaten the pancakes made by Mu Tianyuan once before, and she thought they were really delicious. Why did they react like this when they heard about eating pancakes?
“I’m not saying that eating cakes is bad, but you can’t eat them every day, right?” Mu Tianyuan patted Cat Girl’s head and explained. Then, Mu Tianyuan stood up from the bed and said seriously, “It’s time to show my true ability…”
When the little fox heard that Mu Tianyuan was going to show off his true abilities, he immediately rolled his eyes and grumbled at Mu Tianyuan, “Are you finally planning on going out and robbing people with your fists? Have you chosen your target? Is it that Rice Flower Bank near our house?”
Chapter 34 Come, I’ll show you a magic trick (old version)
“You have to know that robbing a bank is no easy task. It requires a thorough plan, and we’d all be starving to death by the time we come up with a plan. So let’s first address our immediate food and clothing needs before we discuss this.” Mu Tianyuan waved at the little fox before saying, “Besides the bread, I’m planning to use the flour to make some steamed buns, steamed rolls, twisted dough sticks, noodles, and dumpling soup. I think that’ll be enough for us to eat for a week.”
Mu Tianyuan then looked at the little fox and the cat lady with pride and said, “I’m telling you, when I was in the army, I worked in the kitchen squad. The deputy chef in the kitchen squad was an expert at making noodles. I learned his skills from him for a whole week.”
“Your level is not as bad as the sketching you learned from your comrades, right?” The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan with suspicion and asked. She was deeply impressed by Mu Tianyuan’s sketching skills. If the level of Mu Tianyuan’s sketching skills learned from the kitchen squad was the same as his sketching skills, the little fox felt that he might as well go begging!
“Of course not!” Mu Tianyuan replied, looking at the little fox awkwardly. The little fox suddenly flicked its tail and said, “Wait a minute, didn’t you brag to me before that you were a scout? How did you end up in the kitchen? Are you even that serious? By the way, you weren’t actually on a military farm when you were in the army, were you?”
“What are you talking about? Of course I’m a scout. Even though I only served for two years, I’m still a scout, okay?” Mu Tianyuan was a bit of a jerk, but he could lie about anything else, but he would never lie about this. When he heard the little fox questioning him, he got anxious. The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Can the kitchen squad be considered a proper scout now?”
“Screw you, I’m a real scout, okay?” Mu Tianyuan replied with a roll of his eyes. Then, before the little fox could ask any more, Mu Tianyuan revealed his past: “This is what happened. I made a small mistake at the time, and then our company commander kicked me out to the kitchen squad to experience life for a week…”
“Although I don’t know what you, a fool, have been doing, I sincerely think that your company commander was being merciful by only letting you stay in the kitchen for a week instead of kicking you to the farm.” The little fox would never miss any opportunity to complain about Mu Tianyuan and immediately began to express his deep regret.
What the little fox didn’t expect was that Mu Tianyuan said calmly after hearing this: “What’s wrong with the farm? It’s not like I haven’t been to a farm before.”
“You’ve really been on a farm?” The little fox asked in surprise upon hearing this. Mu Tianyuan nodded without hesitation and then said, “Yes, it wasn’t two weeks after I came back from the kitchen team that I made another small mistake. But this time it wasn’t our company commander who kicked me out, but our regiment commander. Then I stayed on the farm for a week. Otherwise, how could I have raised you and Fengye so well? This is all the experience I gained from the scientific breeding I learned on the farm!”
“Go to hell! You’re raising pigs! I don’t believe a military farm can teach people to raise cats and foxes!” The little fox immediately understood that Mu Tianyuan was indirectly scolding her and the Cat Lady. She jumped up and slapped Mu Tianyuan’s knee hard. Then the little fox pondered Mu Tianyuan’s rich life in the army and looked at him and said, “…Speaking of which, I think I know how you got discharged from the army. Did you make a small mistake within two weeks of returning from the farm? In the end, your brigade commander kicked you out of the army, right?”
“No, I was just a small soldier at the time. I hadn’t even seen our brigade commander by the time I packed up and went home. How could I possibly fall into his hands?” Mu Tianyuan shrugged and replied. Then he waved at the little fox and said, “Okay, I won’t tell you about my great achievements in the army back then. I’ll brag about it to you when I can’t sleep. Now let’s think about our future life problems.”
“What’s there to think about? Don’t you want to show off the skills you learned from the kitchen staff?” The little fox said as he buried himself in the quilt and rolled his eyes. Mu Tianyuan said helplessly, “At first we thought it would only take half a month, but who knew we’d have to endure another half a month. So we have to find a way to make some money, right? What if this week ends up taking another half a month?”
“Uh…how do you plan to make money next?” The little fox immediately became serious after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words. After all, who the hell knows what day it will be in a week!
“I’m planning to find a part-time job,” Mu Tianyuan replied with a shrug. Before, when he had a small but not insignificant amount of living expenses every month, he naturally had no intention of working. But now that he was broke, he had no choice but to find a part-time job. Fortunately, part-time jobs seemed easy to find. Hmm… maybe…
Then Mu Tianyuan looked at the little fox and the cat lady and said, “Wait for me for a moment. I’ll change my clothes and then we’ll go out.”
“Going out now?” The little fox asked in surprise after glancing at the sky outside. Mu Tianyuan said as he walked upstairs, “Yes.”
Ten minutes later, the little fox poked its head out of the backpack held in Mu Tianyuan’s arms, looked up at the place in front of it, and said to Mu Tianyuan with a twitch of its lips, “You come here to find a part-time job? Are you sure you need a part-time job here?”
In front of Mu Tianyuan and the others was a three-story building with a sign hanging on it – Maori Detective Agency!
The little fox is too familiar with this place, because they pass by here at least twice a day on average, and they used to go in at least three days a week, not to mention that they come more frequently now since they have no money to eat, so based on the little fox’s understanding of this place, it doesn’t look like they can recruit part-time workers!
“What? We’re here to eat, okay? If we don’t, do you want me to go find a part-time job on an empty stomach?” Mu Tianyuan looked at the little fox with disdain and answered confidently. The little fox rolled his eyes and said, “Didn’t you say before that you were embarrassed to come here often to eat and drink for free?”
“I don’t come here often!” Mu Tianyuan continued to answer confidently. Upon hearing this, the little fox immediately looked at him with contempt and said, “Yes, you don’t come here often. At most, you only came five days this week!”
Mu Tianyuan: “Isn’t it still two days since you came?”
Little Fox: “Because today is Friday!”
Mu Tianyuan: “…It’s cold outside, hurry up and go back to the bag with Fengye!”
After another feast at Uncle Maori’s, Mu Tianyuan threw the drunken Uncle Maori into his bedroom and looked at Conan beside him and said, “By the way, Conan, you’re always idle on the streets. I want to ask you something, okay?”
Conan: “…” Damn, who is running around the streets all day long for no reason?
Although Conan was unwilling to admit what Mu Tianyuan said, Conan finally decided to ask what Mu Tianyuan wanted to ask him. However, before Conan could open his mouth, Mu Tianyuan, who had no intention of paying attention to Conan’s answer, asked: “I want to ask you something. Do you know where to find a part-time job? Well, my requirements are not high. It would be best if the work is easy, the salary is good, the time is flexible, and the boss is beautiful. Just help me find it. When I make money, I will buy you some candy.”
“Uh…” Conan was stunned when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s words, and then he started to roll his eyes. Damn it, if there was a part-time job like this, would I recommend it to you? I’ll just go there myself!
Well, you can’t say there aren’t any. Why don’t you go to Kabukicho and have a look? There should be a part-time job that meets your requirements! If all else fails, you can go there and shoot that kind of movie with your decent looks! Maybe with your pretty face, you can even become famous and be loved by many women! Don’t you think this meets your requirements? And after all, you are an actor, so you can show your face, right? The premise is that you don’t say what kind of movies you shoot!
Just when Conan was silently complaining about Mu Tianyuan, Xiaolan came over. Mu Tianyuan immediately pulled Xiaolan over to ask about it. Originally, Xiaolan didn’t do anything when she heard that Mu Tianyuan was looking for a part-time job. After all, many of her classmates had the habit of part-time jobs. But when Xiaolan heard Mu Tianyuan’s requirements for part-time jobs, her eyes became dotted. Then she looked at Mu Tianyuan with a dry laugh and said, “This… I don’t know…”
In the end, Xiaolan still provided Mu Tianyuan with a piece of information. She heard a female classmate mention today that the convenience store where she worked seemed to be recruiting. Xiaolan also happened to know the location of the convenience store, so she told Mu Tianyuan. Although none of the stores met Mu Tianyuan’s requirements and the distance was a bit far, Mu Tianyuan still decided to go and have a look. So after thanking Xiaolan, Mu Tianyuan said goodbye and planned to go to the convenience store to apply for a part-time job.
After leaving Maori’s house, Mu Tianyuan chatted with the little fox and the cat lady while walking through the streets and alleys towards his destination. As he passed through a small alley, a man in his twenties suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked Mu Tianyuan’s way. Then he saw the man very politely said to Mu Tianyuan: “Kid, lend me some money to spend. Don’t worry, I will pay you back.”
“…Are you robbing me?” Mu Tianyuan was silent for a long time after hearing the man’s words and asked cautiously. The man smiled after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words and said, “I’m not robbing you. I’m just borrowing money from you.”
Mu Tianyuan was silent for a long time and then suddenly laughed: “Then you really found the right person.”
The man was stunned when he saw Mu Tianyuan suddenly laugh. He had been robbed, no, extorted, no, borrowed money so many times, but this was the first time he could laugh! Could this guy in front of him be a fool?
Mu Tianyuan comforted the little fox and the cat lady who were about to come out to help, then put the backpack he had been holding on his arms on his back. He smiled and said to the man, “Come, I’ll perform a magic trick for you. Don’t blink, because this will be a moment to witness a miracle.”
Chapter 35: Bullshit Magic! (Old Version)
Five minutes later, the twenty-something man finally understood why Mu Tianyuan was laughing, and also knew what kind of magic trick Mu Tianyuan was going to perform for him. He saw Mu Tianyuan squatting in front of this man who was completely different from the man five minutes ago, counting the money in his hand and saying with a grin, “Tsk, I’m finally rich. By the way, sir, is my magic trick of bringing people back to life fun?”
The man sobbed and shivered as he replied in a leaky voice, “…It’s fun, it’s fun…”
“Do you like it?” Mu Tianyuan asked with a smile while counting the money, and the man nodded quickly and said, “I like it…”
“Look, it’s so nice to have a calm chat like this. Wouldn’t it have ended earlier? Why are you still swearing? You should know that you can’t swear casually and be civilized, don’t you know? And if you had told me earlier that you liked my magic, I wouldn’t have to perform so hard, right?” Mu Tianyuan said with a smile when he saw that the man liked his magic.
The man couldn’t help but shudder when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. He was very dissatisfied with the first magic trick Mu Tianyuan performed for him, which made him levitate and teleport. He said some unpleasant words, and then he admired Mu Tianyuan’s magic for a long time, and then – tooth extraction…
Mu Tianyuan had already counted the money he had taken from the man for the magic show ticket. His face suddenly changed, and he said, “You went out to rob people with just this little money? Where’s your professional ethics? What are you going to do with this little money?”
“I’m sorry…” The man immediately began to apologize tremblingly. Mu Tianyuan glared at the man and said, “Next time you come out to rob me, remember to bring more money with you, otherwise I will make you live in a flowerpot as a vegetable in your next life, do you understand?”
The man had already developed a psychological trauma from cooperating with Mu Tianyuan in magic. Seeing Mu Tianyuan staring at him, he immediately trembled and said, “Yes, yes… No, no, no, I won’t dare to do it again. Just let me go!”
Damn, this encounter with me is enough. Who the hell would dare to encounter you a second time? If I dare to rob you a second time, I will hide in the flowerpot without you having to do anything!
After Mu Tianyuan happily left the alley with the money he had earned from his hard-earned performance, the man could no longer control himself, his sobs turning into loud cries. “What kind of world is this? Is it so easy to make money?” He had originally thought that seeing a high school-aged kid was a blessing from God and would allow him to make a fortune, but who knew that this kid was actually a big devil!
Not only is he a big devil, but he’s also a liar! What a bullshit magic trick! This is just like Korean plastic surgery! And it’s a full-body plastic surgery, okay? Do you know how annoying people like you are? You’re just a plastic surgeon, not a makeup magician!
I’ve been hanging around in the underworld since elementary school, dominating the neighborhood. I’ve been beaten up before, but never this badly! Are all high school students this tough and brutal these days? Look at the teeth scattered all over the floor, and my obviously dislocated arms—two of them! This isn’t just beating someone up; a little more serious would be murder! Wasn’t I just trying to show him my superb knife skills? Is it really that cruel?
What’s even worse is that this guy even brought his pet along to beat me up! I don’t even know how many bites and scratches I’ve gotten! You said you could beat me up like a grandson by yourself, so why did you even bring your pet along?
The key is that this guy took all my money. He really took it all, leaving me with nothing. I was clearly out to rob, so why did I end up penniless? Who the hell was robbing whom? Even more importantly, this guy took it and still felt it was too little, asking me to bring more next time! Is there any reason for this?
Mom, I’m suddenly thinking of quitting this business and becoming a good person! Because business these days is so damn hard! Not only do you have to be on guard against the cops, but the people you work with are so damn brutal! It’s just so damn insane!
But Mu Tianyuan didn’t know that the crying man was planning to become a good person again, because in Mu Tianyuan’s eyes, he was a good person!
At this time, Mu Tianyuan was walking while talking to the guest performers Little Fox and Cat Lady who had just helped with the performance. He said with emotion: “Tsk, that grandson, no, it should be said that the master is really a good person. Look, he knew that we were broke and had a hard time, so he immediately came out to help us. Although this is only a little over 80,000 yuan, it is enough for us to eat for a few days. Just because he solved our urgent needs, we must remember his kindness, understand?”
“Yeah!” The little fox and the bewildered cat lady nodded at the same time. The little fox then sighed, “You’ve finally embarked on the path of a bandit. Didn’t you say before that you would never do anything like that, even if you were beaten to death?”
“I didn’t. First of all, I didn’t take the initiative to do it. If it wasn’t for this grandson, bah, it was this good man who came out and wanted to die on his own initiative, I would not have been able to stop him! Secondly, I’m not robbing, I’m doing magic!” Mu Tianyuan looked at the little fox with a serious face and explained. Although Mu Tianyuan was not a fool, he still had a positive outlook on life and his own bottom line. Even if he was so poor that he almost had to eat tree bark and leather belts, he would not do the things of a bandit. But although he would not take the initiative to do such things, but someone came to his door, Mu Tianyuan naturally would not be polite to him, especially since the grandson was obviously a habitual offender. If he didn’t have some skills, he might be the one who was unlucky. In this case, why should Mu Tianyuan indulge that guy’s bad habits?
Well, the gold coin thing doesn’t count, he picked it up!
“Well, that grandson deserves it!” The little fox nodded immediately after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, then looked around and said, “Wait, where are you going? You’re going the wrong way, the convenience store isn’t here!”
“But isn’t the way home this way?” Mu Tianyuan replied as he walked towards home with a smile on his face. The little fox couldn’t help but ask curiously, “But aren’t we going to the convenience store to find a part-time job?”
“Who would need a part-time job if they have money?” Mu Tianyuan answered with a smile as he walked. This kind gentleman gave him money and understood his urgent needs, so why should he look for a part-time job?
The little fox rolled his eyes upon hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, then said, “Actually, I think you’ve found a very good part-time job – robbery! This line of work perfectly meets your previous requirements. The work is easy, the hours are flexible, and the pay is generous. As for the fact that the boss is beautiful, that’s not a problem at all. As long as you find a beautiful woman to rob you, you might even get both the money and the woman.”
“I’m not a saint like Conan, but I’m not someone who would do anything for money. I have my own conscience and bottom line. If I encounter a gang-on-gang situation, I can take advantage of it, but I can’t do it to ordinary people. So don’t make such jokes in the future, otherwise I won’t buy you a roast chicken.” Mu Tianyuan looked at the little fox seriously and answered. After hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, the little fox nodded and then looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “I know, I know. In this case, why don’t you find a part-time job, such as a part-time professional robbery?”
Mu Tianyuan thought about it for a moment and nodded, “Well, this is good, but we’ll have to wait until there’s a chance. After all, this isn’t something you can do often.”
The little fox rolled his eyes and said, “Why are you still afraid of being beaten to death?”
“That’s not the case. I’m just worried that if I work too hard, I might end up like that good guy who used to do this and suddenly change his career.” Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and replied. Su Hou Mu Tianyuan suddenly stopped and said seriously, “Speaking of which, I just remembered something. I could totally work part-time as a superhero to fight crime! This way, I can uphold justice and enrich my assets at the same time. It’s really killing two birds with one stone!”
After saying that, Mu Tianyuan nodded and muttered to himself, “I was wondering why there are so many superheroes in the US. It turns out that being a superhero is actually a lucrative profession!”
Hearing that Mu Tianyuan was thinking of turning superheroes into a business, the little fox immediately rolled his eyes. Then, the little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan and complained, “If those superheroes knew, they would definitely team up to kill you!”
“What? Can’t I be a superhero because I have to make a living? Don’t tell me that the threshold for being a superhero is a doctorate and work experience?” Mu Tianyuan heard the little fox’s complaints and said sarcastically without hesitation, while the little fox said angrily: “Have you ever watched Marvel? Not all superheroes are forced to do this job by life! At least Iron Man doesn’t do it for the money!”
“That guy is one of those bored people in our profession. He has a good life with plenty of food and clothing, and all the girls to sleep with. Why would he become a superhero? Isn’t he stealing jobs from us working people?” Mu Tianyuan directly classified himself as a superhero, and even condemned Tony Shit on behalf of all superheroes…
“Well, I haven’t seen any superheroes asking for money after saving the world!” The little fox muttered helplessly. Imagine those superheroes throwing a bill to the little white house after saving the world. I guess those American officials would look like they had been slept with by dogs…
Chapter 36: Stay Away from Conan, Keep Your Home Safe (Old Version)
“That’s because the industry isn’t standardized enough!” Mu Tianyuan answered confidently, then added, “Besides, I don’t plan to charge anyone for the justice I’ve done for me. I’m going to collect money from the criminals I’ve cracked down on! I can’t let my work be in vain, right?”
The little fox knew that Mu Tianyuan was talking nonsense again. After realizing that his complaints were ineffective, the little fox immediately changed his strategy and began to cooperate with Mu Tianyuan. “Okay, great superhero, then you must first get a set of super fancy tights to wear as your uniform. Also, you need to think of a resounding name to let people know you. Well, I know you have trouble coming up with a name, so I’ve already thought of one for you. You can call yourself the Funny Man. It’s also a mainstream name for the Xia generation. What do you think?”
In the end, Mu Tianyuan, who was planning to become a superhero because of the low barriers to entry and the generous income, gave up the idea. He suddenly felt that being a superhero seemed to be quite difficult. First of all, you have to be shameless. Otherwise, how could you wear such a fancy uniform and walk around the streets without anyone knowing? And Mu Tianyuan happened to be a man who cared about his reputation. He felt embarrassed to take a shower in a public women’s bathhouse. How could he go out on the street dressed like that? Secondly, being a superhero seemed to be very hard. Not only did you have to be on duty on the streets at night, but you also had to be busy during the day if you had something to do. It was so cold! Especially when you were wearing such a tight-fitting outfit. How could that thing keep you warm?! It was not easy to do it in the summer either. It was so hot! In addition, such a tight-fitting outfit was breathable and sweat-wicking, but what if it was not breathable? Life would be even worse than winter! You would probably get heat rash all day long, and all over! If being a superhero is so hard, why would he choose to do this job?
As a single man, Mu Tianyuan understood one thing: Valentine’s Day was the best day to avoid going out, because it was legally recognized as a day for dog abuse. Couples, men and women, and even women, could openly abuse dogs on Valentine’s Day as long as they were in a relationship. So, Mu Tianyuan, currently single, decided that unless there were force majeure events like earthquakes, tsunamis, or violent demolitions, he’d stay out of the streets. If someone abused him on Valentine’s Day, he’d have no recourse!
After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s decision, the little fox lay down beside him and glared at him, saying, “So you really plan to stay at home guarding this barbecue stove all day?”
“What else? Knowing that the streets are full of people who are unfriendly to single people like us, would I still go out and get bullied? Am I sick?” Mu Tianyuan replied with a roll of his eyes while picking at the meat on the barbecue grill that he bought with the money he earned from performing magic tricks for kind people yesterday. Then Mu Tianyuan suddenly sighed and said, “Alas, last Valentine’s Day I was bullying people on the street, but this year I didn’t expect that I would have to hide at home in front of a barbecue grill to keep warm. This world is so unpredictable! Hey, these pieces of meat are grilled, Fengye, don’t be impatient, wait until your fish is completely cool before eating, otherwise you will be burned.”
“I know, meow, but when will it stop being hot?” This cat can’t eat anything that’s too hot, so under Mu Tianyuan’s repeated requests, Cat Lady could only stare at Mu Tianyuan’s fish but couldn’t eat it. Is there anything more torturous than this?!
“Almost there,” Mu Tianyuan replied as he skillfully placed the barbecue on a plate. After Mu Tianyuan handed the barbecue to her, the little fox ate while saying to him, “Did you go to the street to torture dogs on Valentine’s Day last year? Why don’t I remember?”
“I’m talking about my hometown. I’m still a virgin here.” Mu Tianyuan shrugged and replied. The little fox had nothing to do, so he asked, “You still have a girlfriend? We’ve never heard you say it. Have you broken up?”
“Yeah, her husband doesn’t agree.” Mu Tianyuan answered nonchalantly while eating. However, his answer almost choked the little fox to death. After swallowing the barbecue in his mouth, he looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “And she’s a married woman?!”
“No,” Mu Tianyuan immediately shook his head, then thought about what he had just said and immediately corrected himself: “I was wrong, it was her husband who disagreed.”
“Why are you cursing me out of the blue?” The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan helplessly and said, “You’re trying to seduce someone’s wife without her consent. If I didn’t beat you to death, it’s already a cowardly act on her part, okay?”
“I didn’t curse, I said her mother’s husband disagrees!” Mu Tianyuan scratched his head and replied a little aggrievedly, while the little fox pondered for a moment and said, “Aren’t you still cursing?”
The cat lady who had been watching over the fish suddenly interrupted and said, “He wants to say that the girl’s mother’s husband doesn’t agree.”
“Right, right, right! That’s exactly what I mean!” Mu Tianyuan nodded quickly, then looked at Miss Cat and praised her, “Tsk, Fengye, you’ve become more knowledgeable now. You can even sort out such a complicated relationship.”
Then he looked at the little fox with a look of contempt and said, “Look at you, you can’t even understand this, how dare you say you are familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics?”
Little Fox: “…I’m sorry, I have a problem understanding you, but couldn’t you just say the girl’s father disagreed? Why did you have to beat around the bush? Do you know how profound our country’s language and culture are?!”
Damn, it should have been just that the girl’s dad didn’t agree, but why did they even add the whole “her husband” thing? Isn’t that just a way to go around in circles?
Then the little fox asked in confusion, “What did you do that her father disapproved of? Is it that the old man is snobbish or that he can see that you’re a fool, so he doesn’t want his daughter to be infected by you, so he doesn’t let her date you?”
“Neither. The main thing is that my ex-ex-girlfriend is my current ex-girlfriend’s half-sister.” Mu Tianyuan answered while eating barbecue. Upon hearing this, the little fox lowered his head and took two bites before muttering, “What a complicated emotional entanglement. But then again, you’re only targeting this family’s girls to cause trouble? You’ve set your sights on their family, right?”
“What? I didn’t even know at first that my ex-ex-girlfriend was the result of a mistake made by my girlfriend’s father when he was young!” Mu Tianyuan muttered with a depressed look on his face. He was already depressed. What the hell was going on? He owed that old man money, so how did it end up in his hands?
Mu Tianyuan did what he said and did not go out for the whole day. It was not until a few days later when Mu Tianyuan went to visit Uncle Maori again that he accidentally learned from Uncle Maori that Conan had done something great again – he had successfully killed another unlucky guy on Valentine’s Day!
It was the guy named Mustard or Minagawa that Yuanzi had been infatuated with before. Although he knew from Uncle Maori and Xiaolan that Mr. Mustard poisoned and killed him because his adoptive aunt wanted to inherit the inheritance left to him by his deceased parents, Mu Tianyuan felt that it might be because their family invited Conan to be a guest!
For this reason, Mu Tianyuan took out a small notebook and wrote it down while saying to the little fox, “Remember this, never let Conan into our house in the future. There are only three of us in our family, which is not enough for him to cause trouble. So, never let him come to our house. Let him cause trouble to other families.”
“I always feel that you are prejudiced against Conan. Although this kid does have some disaster-like qualities, I don’t think he will harm the people around him, right?” The little fox felt it necessary to say a fair word for Conan. After all, as far as is known, only two people seem to have died. One is the ex-boyfriend of an artist, and the other is a guy who died on Valentine’s Day. And the people around him are fine. Look at the wretched uncle who adopted Conan, Xiao Jiaolan, and Mu Tianyuan’s own cat lady who come to eat all day long. Aren’t they all good?
“Hmm… what you said seems to make some sense. It seems that this guy really won’t harm the people around him. Even if he encounters danger, it seems to be a close call. Well, I’ve decided. I will immediately establish a good relationship with Conan!” Mu Tianyuan pondered for a moment and quickly wrote the last few words on the notebook and then planned to hide it. But at this moment, Conan came over curiously and said, “Little Brother Mu, what are you writing?”
Why did this guy start writing while listening to a story? Is he taking notes?!
“Nothing, just making a record,” Mu Tianyuan put the small notebook back into his pocket with a smile, then took out a few candies from another pocket and handed them to Conan. Then he rubbed Conan’s head and said with a smile: “This is specially bought for you. What do you think? Am I trustworthy?”
“Huh?” Conan was confused as he held the candy Mu Tianyuan stuffed into his mouth. What does this have to do with keeping one’s word? Why don’t I even know what you’re talking about?
Seeing Conan’s bewildered look, Mu Tianyuan immediately explained, “Did you forget? Didn’t I tell you a few days ago that I would treat you to candy as long as I made money? Now that I’ve made money, I naturally have to fulfill my promise.”
The little fox rolled his eyes silently and said on the hotline, “I finally know why you dug out these pieces of disgusting candy…”
That’s right, this candy was not bought by Mu Tianyuan at all. Well, this may not be accurate enough. It should be said that this was not bought by Mu Tianyuan now, but was bought by Mu Tianyuan when he bought snacks for the little fox about a month or two ago. It’s just that this candy is so disgusting, so disgusting that the little fox and Mu Tianyuan both suspect that the company that made this candy is heading for bankruptcy, otherwise they can’t make this kind of candy that they don’t even know if it is candy!
Chapter 37: Why didn’t we encounter such a good thing?! (Old version)
Originally, Mu Tianyuan and his friends were planning to throw away these unpalatable candies, but later when Mu Tianyuan was packing up the snacks, he put them in the cabinet, and then forgot about it. It was not until the day before yesterday when Mu Tianyuan used the money from his magic show to buy snacks and put them in the cabinet that he picked them out. Then when he went out today, Mu Tianyuan took them with him. Originally, the little fox thought that he was going to throw them away, but who knew that he was giving them to Conan…
“What do you know? It’s not a big deal if I throw it away, but since I promised Conan, it would be a shame to throw it away now.” Mu Tianyuan replied while rubbing Conan’s head and trying to change his hairstyle. The little fox rolled his eyes and said, “You really don’t waste things…”
Mu Tianyuan said proudly: “That’s it!”
The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan seriously and said, “Speaking of which, aren’t you trying to build a good relationship with Conan? Are you treating him like this to build a good relationship with him? Why do I always feel like you’re going after your mortal enemy?”
The little fox thought that if Conan ate the candy Mu Tianyuan gave him, especially if he knew that Mu Tianyuan specially gave it to him, he would probably block him immediately!
Conan had no idea that Mu Tianyuan was trying to trick him again. Instead, he looked at Mu Tianyuan in surprise and asked, “You made money so quickly?”
“Yeah, I met a nice guy, and I performed a magic trick for him, and he gave me money.” Mu Tianyuan shrugged and answered smugly. Conan, Xiaolan, and Uncle Maori beside him had no idea what kind of magic tricks this fake magician Mu Tianyuan performed. After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, they immediately understood them literally. Then Xiaolan asked in surprise: “Xiao Mu, you can also perform magic? Why have I never heard you mention it before?”
Conan didn’t say anything, but he stared at Mu Tianyuan. Yeah, why didn’t he know this guy could do magic?! We’ve been friends since we were kids, you peed on the dirt, I peed on the dirt, and you have such a great way to pick up girls, and you didn’t even teach me! Don’t you think that’s a bit much?!
“No big deal, no big deal. I just discovered that I have this talent recently. I’m not proficient yet and need to keep working on it.” Mu Tianyuan waved his hand in reply. After Mu Tianyuan talked nonsense seriously for a few words, Xiaolan got up and planned to take Conan to the convenience store to buy some things. But just when the two of them arrived at the door, the doorbell of Maori’s office suddenly rang. Xiaolan, who had been holding Conan to the door, answered the doorbell immediately after hearing it, and then reached out to open the door. As a result, before the door was opened, a bunch of messy things fell in. Fortunately, Xiaolan was agile and dodged in time, otherwise she would probably have been buried alive by those messy things.
Xiaolan dodged with great agility, but Conan wasn’t so agile and was immediately knocked down by the things. Uncle Maori, who was sitting behind the desk, and Mu Tianyuan, who was sitting on the sofa, stood up immediately after seeing this. Mu Tianyuan then took a look at the packaged toys and other things on the ground and said in amazement: “Oh my god, are they here to give gifts or to seek revenge?”
As soon as Mu Tianyuan finished speaking, a middle-aged man in a brown suit and glasses walked in. The middle-aged man looked at Conan, who was sitting on the ground, rubbing his head and crying in pain. He stretched out his hand to Conan and said embarrassedly, “I’m sorry, little boy, are you okay?”
“Uh, it’s okay.” Conan first looked at the middle-aged man’s hand, then shook his head while holding the middle-aged man’s hand and stood up. Then, with the help of Mu Tianyuan, Xiaolan and Conan, they put the various toys and other things that the man brought on the coffee table. After they sat down on the sofa, Uncle Maori looked at the man and said, “Sir, do you have anything to entrust to me, the famous detective Maori Kogoro?”
“Yes,” the man nodded, then began to introduce himself. “My name is Xiaochuan. About two years ago, someone started sending me money and toys every month. However, the sender’s name and address were fake, and I thought this was a bit suspicious.”
Uncle Maori picked up a toy and looked at it while saying, “Well, someone sends you money and toys every month. Do you have any children at home?”
“Yes, I have a son, Yuta, who is five years old this year.” Mr. Ogawa nodded and replied. Uncle Maori immediately put his chin in his hand and began to think. Then Uncle Maori looked at Mr. Ogawa and said, “So, how much money do I send you at a time?”
“It’s been one million every month, but this month they suddenly sent twenty-five million.” Mr. Ogawa came to ask for help, so it was impossible for him to hide anything. After hearing what Uncle Maori said, he immediately answered truthfully.
“What?! Twenty-five million?!” After hearing what Mr. Ogawa said, the country bumpkin Uncle Maori, Xiaolan and Mu Tianyuan screamed in shock. If the little fox hadn’t reacted in time, she would have been shocked. After all, the gold coins she and Mu Tianyuan brought back were only worth six hundred million, and they couldn’t even be sold!
Conan, who was originally looking at the toys there, was also shocked. He originally thought that giving some toys and some money would not be much, but who knew that there would be so much!
“Wow, who the hell is this good guy? One million every month for more than two years, plus the 25 million this month. That must be more than 50 million, right?” Mu Tianyuan muttered in amazement while leaning on the sofa. Uncle Maori and the others were originally just shocked that they received 25 million in one month, but after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s muttering, they realized that they seemed to be surprised too early, not counting the money received this month, even if it was received every month before, it was not a small amount!
Just as Uncle Maori was shocked, Mu Tianyuan muttered to Little Fox on the dedicated line, “This is really true. Comparing people makes you die, and comparing goods makes you throw them away. Look at us. We finally met a good person, but we are still poor. We worked hard for a long time and only earned a little over 80,000 yuan. But look at this uncle. He does nothing and still gets so much money every month. This is really unfair. Why can’t there be good people who give me one million yuan every month without leaving their names?”
“Yeah, why can’t we catch up with this good thing?” The little fox muttered a little depressed. Although Mu Tianyuan received living expenses from his parents in this world every month, it was still a gap compared to the one million a month!
Meanwhile, Mr. Ogawa continued, “Yuta is happy to receive toys every month, but I always feel like something’s not right with the money, so I haven’t touched it at all.”
“Money! You can leave it with me!” Upon hearing this, Uncle Maori immediately looked at Mr. Ogawa excitedly and yelled. Hearing Uncle Maori’s willingness to help, Mu Tianyuan, Xiaolan, and Conan, the little foxes beside him, looked helpless. Then, while looking at Uncle Maori who was being yelled at by Xiaolan, the little foxes twitched their lips and said, “This wretched uncle is much more straightforward than us…”
“Don’t be so subtle, just say he is much more shameless than us…” Mu Tianyuan’s mouth twitched as he looked at Uncle Maori and muttered to the little fox. Damn it, although they envied Mr. Ogawa for having such a good thing, neither of them could make such a straightforward declaration as Uncle Maori!
The little fox shook his head and said, “That won’t work. Wouldn’t that mean we’re being insulted too? So I think it’s better to be subtle.”
After hearing the little fox’s answer, Mu Tianyuan nodded silently and said, “I don’t think this is a matter of being subtle or not. You shouldn’t compare us with Uncle Maori. No matter how subtle you are, putting us together with Uncle Maori will make people think that we are the same kind of people…”
Mu Tianyuan thought the little fox had made a mistake, that is, they shouldn’t be compared with Uncle Maori. If they weren’t compared together, even if it was straightforward, it wouldn’t matter! But if they were compared with Uncle Maori, even if it was subtle, there would still be problems…
“Well, okay, next time I’ll try to only compare you with that wretched uncle, okay?” The little fox nodded and promised Mu Tianyuan after hearing what he said. Mu Tianyuan was silent for a moment after hearing the little fox’s promise and said, “…I think it’s pretty good to compare the two of us with Uncle Maori!”
At this time, Uncle Maori finally calmed down amid Lan Ye’s roar. He tugged at his tie and looked at Mr. Ogawa in a serious manner and said, “Ah, yes…”
But before Mr. Ogawa could say what the clue was, Conan speculated: “Could it be sent by my uncle’s patient?”
“Patients?” Uncle Maori, Xiaolan, and Mr. Ogawa were all stunned when they heard Conan’s words, while Mu Tianyuan dragged his chin and said, “You mean that the patients this gentleman once treated sent him something like this to express their gratitude?”
“Yes!” Conan looked at Mu Tianyuan with appreciation and nodded. He didn’t expect that although this guy had poor academic performance and always liked to bully him, his reaction was not slow at all!
Then Conan looked at Mr. Ogawa and said, “If this is the case, uncle, then it should be possible!”
After hearing Conan’s words, Mr. Ogawa was silent for a while, then he looked at Conan and Mu Tianyuan in surprise and said, “Strange, did I say I was a doctor?”
It seems that from the moment I entered the door, I didn’t even introduce my profession. I only introduced my last name and didn’t even say my first name. How could they know that I was a doctor?
Chapter 38: The Art of Lying! (Old Version)
When Mr. Ogawa said this, Uncle Maori and Xiaolan all looked at Conan and Mu Tianyuan in surprise. Then Xiaolan asked in surprise, “Yes, how did you know Mr. Ogawa was a doctor?”
“Mr. Ogawa, like my mother, always smells like hospital disinfectant when he gets off work. It’s so strong that it seems to emanate from his bones. He must be either a doctor or a nurse.” Mu Tianyuan shrugged and replied, then added, “Of course, I didn’t dare to assume that Mr. Ogawa was a doctor at first. After all, he could be from another profession, or he could be a patient’s family member who often stays in the hospital. But since Conan said he was Mr. Ogawa’s patient, it proves that my initial feeling was correct.”
“Xiao Mu, did your aunt work in the hospital before? Why do I remember her as a full-time housewife?” Xiao Lan asked in confusion after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, but Mu Tianyuan said without hesitation: “I’m not talking about this mother, but the one in my hometown…”
Before Mu Tianyuan could finish his words, the little fox lashed out with its tail and then said in a special line, “Idiot! Think it over before you speak! Do you want to expose our situation?”
“Uh…” Mu Tianyuan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xiaolan and the others sadly and said, “Alas, now that things have come to this, I am no longer dissatisfied with you. In fact, my current parents are not my biological parents. My biological mother is an old Western doctor who is well-versed in both Chinese and Western medicine. She specializes in delivering babies. The official title is “midwife.” As for me, I was kidnapped when I was sixteen and then adopted by my current parents. However, they went to explore the world before I even met them, so they sent me here…”
Uncle Maori, Ran, and Conan: “…” Damn, you tell this story so damn well! The problem is, do you think we’ll believe it?! She was kidnapped at sixteen. If you were a girl, we’d believe it, but who would kidnap such a grown man across the ocean? Do you want you to film it?! Besides, do you think we’ve forgotten about your childhood?! If you were kidnapped at sixteen, then where did the young Mu Tianyuan come from?!
Looking at the expressions of “How stupid are we to believe a jerk like you” on the faces of Uncle Maori and the other two, Mu Tianyuan, who was feeling deeply sad about his life experience, said to the little fox in a very smug tone over the hotline, “So, you think you’ve covered it up? I tell you, sometimes it’s better to tell the truth directly than to lie to cover it up. If you exaggerate a little so that normal people will think you’re talking nonsense at first, no one will believe the truth, because no matter what you say, they will think it’s bullshit.”
“You’re so experienced.” The little fox had originally planned to use her brain to help Mu Tianyuan come up with an excuse to get away with it, but she hadn’t expected Mu Tianyuan to reveal the matter so directly. What she hadn’t expected was that Mu Tianyuan was telling the truth, but because his words were so bizarre, no one believed him! Where the hell can you go to reason with this?!
“I can’t pretend anymore.” Mu Tianyuan suddenly put away the sad expression on his face and shrugged his shoulders at Uncle Maori and the others. “Okay, actually, I made up that story about my mom. I just happened to know a doctor when I was in Kanagawa. He always smelled of disinfectant when he got off work, so when I smelled the disinfectant on Mr. Ogawa, I subconsciously thought of the doctor profession.”
Uncle Maori and the others, who had originally thought Mu Tianyuan was talking nonsense after hearing his honest words, became even more convinced that he was talking nonsense seriously after seeing his obviously skilled face-changing skills. When they heard Mu Tianyuan’s words, they immediately believed him. Then Uncle Maori rolled his eyes and said helplessly: “You kid can make fun of anything.”
Xiaolan also looked at Mu Tianyuan with a helpless smile on her face and said, “Xiao Mu, you really are…”
Conan: “…Hehe.” I knew you were lying to me again! If you love acting so much, why don’t you go to Kabukicho and apply for an actor job?! I believe that with your acting skills, you will definitely be popular in those plot-based movies! Maybe you can even win an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role!
“Look, the effect is very good. We even dealt with that suspicious guy Conan.” Mu Tianyuan shrugged again at Uncle Maori and the others and proudly showed off to Little Fox over the dedicated line. Little Fox nodded and said, “You are amazing. In fact, I think if we run out of money in the future, we can sell crutches. With your ability, we might be able to earn a few bicycles in an afternoon. By then, we can make money whether we rent them out or sell them…”
“That’s a great idea!” Mu Tianyuan pondered for a moment after hearing the little fox’s sudden idea and then nodded. Uncle Maori had no idea that Mu Tianyuan was planning to enter the transportation industry again. He looked at Mu Tianyuan helplessly and sniffed hard, saying, “Why don’t I smell disinfectant?”
“My nose is quite sensitive, and I am a little different from other people. Others will block out a smell after smelling it frequently, but I just get used to it and won’t block it out.” Mu Tianyuan answered while fiddling with the toys on the table. This time Mu Tianyuan really didn’t lie, he really had this problem, so when he helped Mr. Xiaochuan pick up the toys that fell on the ground just now, Mu Tianyuan smelled the smell of disinfectant coming from Mr. Xiaochuan.
Then Mu Tianyuan looked at Conan curiously and said, “By the way, Conan, how did you know this gentleman was a doctor?”
I guessed it right based on my subconscious judgment, but since Conan said it, he must have his own reasons. At least there is evidence, otherwise he would not have been able to determine that Mr. Ogawa is a doctor.
Mu Tianyuan’s words immediately aroused the curiosity of Uncle Maori, Xiaolan, and Mr. Ogawa, and Conan naturally couldn’t miss the opportunity to show off his reasoning and said proudly: “That’s because I saw your uncle’s index finger. There is a slanted mark on your uncle’s index finger.”
“Just based on this, you can tell that Mr. Ogawa is a doctor?” Mu Tianyuan asked in surprise after sizing up Mr. Ogawa’s hand. Conan nodded proudly and said, “Of course, to be more precise, I can tell from this mark that your uncle is a surgeon! Because surgeons use their index fingers to secure the thread while tying the knot during surgery, that’s why the mark is left on your index finger.”
“Is that really the case?” Uncle Maori asked in surprise, looking at Mr. Ogawa who was still examining his palm. Mr. Ogawa nodded in surprise and said, “Yes, I happened to have surgery this morning.”
Then Mr. Ogawa looked at Conan and said, “But kid, you really know a lot…”
Conan laughed proudly when he heard the compliment, but Uncle Maori was not happy. He looked at Conan with some dissatisfaction and complained: “This kid only knows some nonsense.”
How the hell did this little bastard know something that even a famous detective like me didn’t know?!
Xiaolan looked at Conan happily and praised him, “That’s amazing, it’s like…”
At this point, Xiaolan suddenly stopped talking, because she suddenly remembered that when Kudo was chatting with an older sister at the amusement park with her, he judged that the older sister had learned gymnastics based on the calluses on the older sister’s hands. Now Conan also has this ability. Xiaolan subconsciously thought of Kudo, and even Xiaolan began to suspect for no reason that the boy in front of her might be Kudo?
But just when Xiaolan was about to get to the truth, Conan picked up a box from the toys and played with it. Then suddenly a clown with a spring popped out of the box. Conan was so scared by the sudden appearance of the clown that he got furious.
Xiaolan, who was about to get to the truth, saw Conan’s angry look and immediately dismissed the idea that popped up in her heart for no reason. He is just a little brat! Her own Shinichi would never be like this!
At this time, Mr. Ogawa took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Uncle Maori, saying, “Please take a look at this. It was sent today.”
Uncle Maori opened the envelope, looked at the thick stack of money, and said, “It seems like there’s nothing there? Hmm? There’s a letter?”
Uncle Maori then pulled out the letter from the envelope and opened it to read. Mu Tianyuan also came over curiously. After reading the contents of the letter, Uncle Maori couldn’t help but asked in surprise, “What does this mean?”
“Yes, this is what it means.” Mu Tianyuan nodded repeatedly. Although the two people said the same thing, they were still fundamentally different. Uncle Maori did not understand the content of the letter, and Mu Tianyuan simply did not understand what was written in those squiggly words!
At this moment, Mu Tianyuan really wanted to ask: What the hell is this? I don’t understand anything except the “25 million” written in Chinese at the beginning! Can’t you write in Chinese? If you really can’t, why don’t you use English or pinyin? Why are you showing off in Japanese? I don’t know what the hell you wrote!
After Mu Tianyuan realized he couldn’t understand the letter, he simply picked up a toy gun and fiddled with it while casually saying, “Although these toys look like they’ve been played with for a long time, Mr. Xiaochuan, your son must be a very careful child. Look, some of the toys are still put back in the boxes.”
“No, this packaged one was just received today.” Mr. Xiaochuan shook his head and replied after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words. Then Mr. Xiaochuan explained, “Also, the toys that were just sent to me have some scratches on them.”
Chapter 39: Xiaolan’s Suspicion (Old Version)
“Hmm? That’s interesting. The toys given as gifts are not new ones but ones that have been played with before. It seems that these toys had other owners before they were sent to you.” Uncle Maori, Conan and Mu Tianyuan were stunned when they heard what Mr. Ogawa said. Then Mu Tianyuan played with the toy gun in his hand and muttered thoughtfully. Then, after carefully looking at the types of toys, Mu Tianyuan said thoughtfully: “The previous owner of these toys should also be a boy, and sending things and money and even knowingly using false information is obviously not something a child can do. It should be the parents of the previous owner of these toys or someone else who did it. But how could a child agree to give so many toys to others? Even if his parents are Santa Claus, there is no need for them to snatch their own children, right? Since the sender can send you money every month, he should not be so reluctant to even buy new toys?”
Originally, Mu Tianyuan was wondering whether the reason why someone inexplicably sent money and toys to Mr. Xiaochuan every month was because Mr. Xiaochuan was actually about to become a father, and the reason for receiving these things was actually that his son Tai’s biological father wanted to express his gratitude to Mr. Xiaochuan for selflessly raising his son, so he regularly sent child support and living expenses every month as well as gifts to his son. However, after hearing that these toys had owners before they were sent, Mu Tianyuan immediately overturned this idea. It couldn’t be that the biological father of the child named Tai used his other son’s toys or stole other children’s toys as gifts, right?
“Yes, that’s why I feel even more uneasy.” Mr. Xiaochuan nodded immediately after hearing what Mu Tianyuan said. Mu Tianyuan frowned and pondered for a moment before saying, “There’s something wrong with this. It doesn’t seem like a gift from your patient, but that’s not right either. Although the toy is old, the money is real.”
Conan was also frowning and thinking. As a detective who was actually a god of death and a part-time disaster star, Conan felt something was wrong at this time. He felt that there must be another hidden story here and it was definitely not as simple as he had imagined at the beginning!
“Maybe these toys are second-hand items?” Uncle Maori said after thinking for a while, holding his chin. However, after thinking about what Mu Tianyuan said before, he denied it and said, “Probably not…”
“Yeah, who would give second-hand goods as gifts for no reason? Besides, these things don’t seem to be fine collectibles.” Mu Tianyuan also muttered to the side. Mr. Xiaochuan had already felt that something was wrong, and now after hearing what Mu Tianyuan and Uncle Maori said, he immediately became even more worried. So Mr. Xiaochuan immediately looked at Uncle Maori expectantly and said, “Detective Maori, do you know what’s going on?”
After hearing Mr. Ogawa’s question, Uncle Maori pondered for a moment and then said with certainty, “Maybe someone is playing a prank!”
“A prank?” Mr. Ogawa was stunned when he heard Uncle Maori’s words. Mu Tianyuan looked at Uncle Maori, who was nodding continuously as if confident in his reasoning, and immediately rolled his eyes helplessly. Although Mu Tianyuan didn’t know the sender’s purpose, he felt that this was definitely not a simple prank! Where have you seen a prank that even involves giving money? If there are pranks like this, please don’t give me a dozen every day!
The little fox scoffed at Uncle Maori’s reasoning. He silently rolled his eyes at the smug Uncle Maori and said to Mu Tianyuan, “How did this wretched uncle come up with this answer? This answer is so weird!”
There was another person who didn’t believe in Uncle Maori’s reasoning, and that was Conan. At this time, Conan was also there wondering what the twists and turns were. However, although Li Junyang, the little fox, and Conan didn’t believe Uncle Maori’s reasoning, Mr. Ogawa did. After Uncle Maori said a few words, he immediately looked at Uncle Maori with admiration and said, “Your reasoning is really amazing, Mr. Maori!”
“Hahaha~” Upon hearing Mr. Ogawa’s words, Uncle Maori began to laugh with his arms folded across his chest. Seeing Uncle Maori’s smug smile, Mu Tianyuan immediately thought of a line from a song: “I laugh smugly and laugh smugly again.” This line was so suitable for Uncle Maori at this moment. Uncle Maori was even laughing so smugly that it seemed as if the entire room was shaken by his laughter…
After laughing for a long time, Uncle Maori finally stopped his smug smile and picked up the letter on the table that Mu Tianyuan couldn’t understand. “Is this the only clue to the sender now?”
After hearing what Uncle Maori said, Conan thought about it and moved closer to Uncle Maori and asked, “Is there anyone who wants to buy something from Uncle Ogawa?”
“What are you buying?” Uncle Maori was stunned, and Conan pointed at the letter and said, “Look, that’s what the letter means.”
“Really? Why can’t I see it?” Mu Tianyuan looked at it twice and then asked Conan curiously. When Conan heard what Mu Tianyuan said, he just rolled his dead eyes and laughed, “It’s right that you can’t see it. I would be surprised if you could see it. Don’t forget that you can’t read!”
After pondering for a moment, Mr. Ogawa suddenly realized something and said, “Oh, by the way, there’s a painting left by my grandfather in the hospital. I heard it’s worth around 20 million.”
“That’s it!” Uncle Maori excitedly looked at Mr. Ogawa and shouted when he heard what Mr. Ogawa said, combined with Conan’s hint just now. Then Uncle Maori said: “I think the sender wants to buy that painting from you!”
Conan immediately responded, “Anyway, let’s go to the hospital and take a look at the painting! Maybe we can get more clues!”
Uncle Maori, who had nothing better to do, immediately agreed to Conan’s suggestion. He then invited everyone to go out to the hospital to look at the paintings. Mu Tianyuan followed them out and muttered to the little fox, “I always feel that it shouldn’t be about the paintings…”
“I don’t know, but I don’t think so. If you want to buy it, why not just tell me directly? Who would be so stupid as to send so much money first? Aren’t you afraid of losing all your money in the end?” The little fox replied while wagging its tail. Mu Tianyuan nodded and said, “Yeah, I think so too.”
Mu Tianyuan then sighed, “Speaking of which, I always feel that the request to go to the hospital to see paintings is quite weird. It would be better to go to the hospital to see the nurses…”
“Then you can go see the nurse later.” The little fox rolled his eyes at Mu Tianyuan and suddenly said, “What happened to Xiao Jiaolan?”
“Hmm?” Mu Tianyuan had been planning to continue chatting with the little fox, but after hearing what the little fox said, he immediately turned his head curiously to look at Xiaolan who was following behind him. He found that Xiaolan, who was walking at the back, was staring at Conan who was following Uncle Maori with a strange expression. The little fox said, “Do you think Xiaolan is weird?”
“Yeah,” Mu Tianyuan nodded, then slowed down his pace. When Xiaolan walked to his side, Mu Tianyuan looked at her curiously and said, “Xiaolan, what’s wrong with you? You look like you have a lot on your mind.”
“Hmm…” After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, Xiaolan turned her head to look at Mu Tianyuan, then said with a somewhat tangled and serious expression: “Xiao Mu, you…”
“Just say what you want to say. Why are you hesitating?” Mu Tianyuan noticed that Xiaolan had been struggling for a long time and hadn’t finished a sentence, so he immediately urged her curiously. Xiaolan gritted her teeth and said, “Do you think Conan looks like Shinichi…”
“Huh?” Mu Tianyuan was stunned when he heard this, and then he looked at the little fox. Mu Tianyuan looked at the little fox and said, “Shit, it seems that Conan is in danger of being exposed!”
The little fox nodded and said, “Yes, yes, could it be that little Jiaolan discovered Conan’s flaw?”
“I guess so…” Mu Tianyuan nodded and replied. Thinking about Conan’s little show of reasoning just now, it didn’t seem like a child’s at all! It seemed that Xiaolan’s suspicion was not impossible!
“Xiao Mu, Xiao Mu?” Just when Mu Tianyuan was whispering to the little fox, Xiao Lan saw that Mu Tianyuan had been silent for a long time and immediately called out softly twice. After Mu Tianyuan turned his head to look at her, Xiao Lan said, “Do you think they look alike?”
“Hmm…” Mu Tianyuan looked at Conan, who was walking in front of him and jumping around innocently, and then he was silent for a moment and said, “That’s right! If you hadn’t told me, I really wouldn’t have noticed that this kid is really similar to Shinichi! He loves reasoning, is just as cocky, just as arrogant, and just as fond of showing off! He’s a carbon copy of Shinichi!”
“You think so too, right?” Xiaolan looked at Mu Tianyuan expectantly after hearing his words. Mu Tianyuan nodded seriously, and then said with sudden realization: “I was wondering why this kid always makes me want to bully him. It turns out it’s because he looks like Shinichi. That makes sense.”
Xiaolan: “…” Can anyone tell me how I should continue with this topic?
Meanwhile, Mu Tianyuan held up his chin and stared at Conan, who was unaware that Xiaolan had already suspected him. After a long while, he suddenly turned his head and looked at Xiaolan seriously, “Have you noticed that this Conan’s eyebrows and eyes look very similar to Shinichi?”
“Huh?!” Xiaolan was stunned after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words. She hadn’t noticed it before, but now she suddenly realized that Conan looked a lot like Shinichi. At this moment, Mu Tianyuan grabbed Xiaolan and said seriously: “Xiaolan, do you think this Conan is Shinichi’s illegitimate child?!”
Chapter 40: Conan, I almost went deaf for you! (Old version)
“Huh?!” Xiaolan’s eyes immediately turned into small dots after hearing what Mu Tianyuan said. Mu Tianyuan suddenly pointed at Xiaolan with a look of horror and said, “Wait! Xiaolan! Don’t tell me that Conan is actually your and Shinichi’s child?!”
“Of course not!” Xiaolan, who was originally stunned by Mu Tianyuan’s guess, immediately roared loudly with a red face after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words.
To be honest, Mu Tianyuan felt as if he was standing in front of a force twelve typhoon…
Xiaolan’s roar could be heard not only by Uncle Maori and the others walking in front, but even within the range of these three blocks. Uncle Maori, who was walking in front, turned his head to look at Xiaolan and asked, “Xiaolan, what’s wrong with you?”
“Uh, it’s okay, it’s okay…” Xiaolan waved her hands embarrassedly after seeing that not only her father was looking at her, but also people on the street were looking at her. After Uncle Maori turned around and continued walking towards her, Xiaolan looked at Mu Tianyuan with a red face and said, “Xiao Mu, can you please stop talking nonsense!”
“What?” Mu Tianyuan asked Xiaolan in confusion. After Xiaolan repeated what she said, Mu Tianyuan pinched his ears and said, “Huh? What did you say? I can’t hear anything now! I think I need to go to the hospital!”
Xiaolan: “…”
Looking at Mu Tianyuan’s confused expression, Xiaolan didn’t know what to do. Could it be that this guy was completely deaf because the decibel level was too high just now?
After a long while, Mu Tianyuan petted the little fox while looking at Xiaolan and exclaimed, “Master Lan, back then, Third Master’s roar at Changban Slope was probably only as powerful as yours, did you know that?”
Conan, you know what? I almost went deaf to protect you, my little buddy! If you don’t go to Kabukicho for a trip to Guan Guang, you will be unworthy of my efforts!
After glaring at Conan who was looking at them curiously, Mu Tianyuan raised the little fox in his hand and said to Xiaolan, “Look at how scared you have made our little fox. It’s really angry!”
Mu Tianyuan finally understood the true meaning of “fur-fluttering”. At Xiaolan’s roar, the little fox’s fluffy fur instantly stood up, making the already furry little fox look like a fur ball…
When Xiaolan heard Mu Tianyuan’s words, she looked at the furry little fox and felt guilty. Then, without caring that the little fox was just an animal, she walked up to the little fox and began to apologize.
The little fox’s hearing hadn’t fully recovered yet. Her ears were much more sensitive than Mu Tianyuan’s, and the shock she had just received was also greater than Mu Tianyuan’s. At this time, she could only see Xiaolan’s mouth moving, but she had no idea what she was saying. Immediately, the little fox called Mu Tianyuan in horror, “It’s over. This fox can’t hear anything! Do you think I’m deaf?”
“Don’t worry, it won’t happen. It will be fine in a while.” Mu Tianyuan hurriedly comforted the little fox. Then, he said, “Master Lan is worthy of being Master Lan. You can’t mess with her. Not to mention her extraordinary skills, look at how powerful her roar is. Damn it, I swear I will never tease Master Lan again!”
“You’ve said this many times, but why don’t I see you remember it?” The little fox glared at Mu Tianyuan angrily, then jumped onto Mu Tianyuan’s shoulder and started whipping Mu Tianyuan with his tail while saying madly: “It’s all your fault! Why did you provoke Xiao Jiaolan for no reason? Ah! Are you bored? You knew Xiao Jiaolan was in danger, but you still provoked her! You’re just courting death, right? You clearly swore not to provoke her, so why don’t you remember?!”
“I can’t help myself…” Mu Tianyuan answered awkwardly while covering his face with his hands. He didn’t know what was going on. He didn’t have such a big problem before coming to the Conan world. Why did he become more and more free after coming to the Conan world?
After seeing Mu Tianyuan finally stop the little fox’s violence, Xiaolan looked guilty and asked with concern: “Xiao Mu, is your ear okay?”
Although this was Mu Tianyuan’s own fault, Xiaolan’s kind character always made her care about others involuntarily, even though Mu Tianyuan brought it upon himself!
“It’s okay.” Mu Tianyuan pinched his ears, then while fixing his hair that was messed up by Xiaolan’s roar, he said, “Master Lan, please don’t use this magical power of yours again. It’s too scary.”
“Uh… who told you to say that…” Xiaolan replied awkwardly. Mu Tianyuan didn’t even think twice before saying, “The main thing is, if it weren’t for you giving birth to Xinsheng, who else would give birth to a baby for him…”
“What are you talking about?!” Xiaolan couldn’t control her voice again. Fortunately, this time it wasn’t as deafening as the first time. However, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox who had just recovered still had their ears buzzing…
Then, the little fox swung her big tail and whipped Mu Tianyuan again. While whipping him, the little fox roared on the line: “Let me ask you one thing, how stubborn are you? Just how stubborn are you?!”
“I’m sorry, I was wrong! I’ll try my best to correct it next time!” This time, Mu Tianyuan apologized solemnly. Then, he bowed 90 degrees to Xiaolan, whose face was flushed, and said sincerely, “Master Lan, I’m sorry, I was wrong!”
Seeing Mu Tianyuan apologize so solemnly, Xiaolan, who was just getting angry, said angrily: “Xiao Mu, don’t say nonsense again in the future, okay?”
“Yes, Master Lan, I’ll remember that.” Mu Tianyuan nodded at Xiaolan decisively, then looked at Xiaolan and said, “Okay, enough joking, let’s talk about Conan.”
“Yeah.” Xiaolan nodded seriously upon hearing what Mu Tianyuan said. Then, while looking at Conan who was walking in front and occasionally looking back at the excitement, Xiaolan whispered to Mu Tianyuan: “I always feel that Conan and Shinichi are very similar, it feels like…”
Before Xiaolan could finish her guess, Mu Tianyuan looked at her and said, “What did you say? Speak louder. I can’t hear you clearly.”
“Uh…” After hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, Xiaolan looked at Mu Tianyuan with a twitch of her mouth, and then she could only raise her voice slightly and said: “I said, I think Conan is very similar to Shinichi!”
“That’s normal. After all, he is Shinichi’s illegitimate child. This only proves that Conan is not the son of Lao Wang, the Shinichi family’s next-door neighbor.” Mu Tianyuan nodded seriously.
Xiaolan: “Uh…” When was it confirmed that Conan was Shinichi’s illegitimate child?! Why didn’t I know about this?
At this moment, Mu Tianyuan suddenly said in surprise: “Wait! Xiaolan, Shinichi is the same age as us, right? This kid is now Conan’s illegitimate child?! If that’s the case, doesn’t he have to be ten years old? No, if you include the time he spent pregnant, this guy is a little over nine years old and he’s already causing trouble for girls?!”
“Uh…” Xiaolan’s eyes widened when she heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. Although what Mu Tianyuan said was different from her guess, Xiaolan was also shocked at that moment…
Although Mu Tianyuan knew the truth, he had already gone astray by following his own train of thought. He gritted his teeth and said, “Beast, beast! Kudo Shinichi is simply a beast! No, he’s worse than a beast! Damn, at the age of nine, he already knows how to harm girls. How precocious is he! When I was nine, I was shy seeing older sisters taking a bath, but that beast Kudo Shinichi is actually a father! This is really too enviable!”
“Uh, Xiao Mu…” Xiao Lan looked helplessly at Mu Tianyuan who was filled with righteous indignation, and for a moment she didn’t know what to say. Mu Tianyuan, after a second of envy and jealousy, suddenly looked at Xiao Lan and said, “Xiao Lan, if you think about it, Conan shouldn’t call me brother, shouldn’t he call me uncle?”
Looking at Mu Tianyuan’s serious face, Xiaolan helplessly covered her forehead. The patient Xiaolan felt that at this moment, she really couldn’t talk to Mu Tianyuan anymore…
Seeing Xiaolan’s expression, Mu Tianyuan muttered to the little fox on the dedicated line, “Why do I feel like my tricks didn’t work?”
“Because your excuse is ridiculous. If you said Conan was the illegitimate son of Kudo’s father, maybe you could have fooled Kakuran.” The little fox rolled his eyes and complained. Mu Tianyuan clapped his hands and said, “Yeah! Why didn’t I think of that?!”
“Xiao Mu, what’s wrong with you?” Xiao Lan couldn’t listen to the direct call between Xiao Fox and Mu Tianyuan, but she saw Mu Tianyuan’s sudden realization, so she asked curiously.
Mu Tianyuan immediately turned his head and looked at Xiaolan and said, “I’ve thought of another possibility!”
Then Mu Tianyuan looked around furtively and said with a gossipy face: “Do you think this could be Shinichi’s brother? For example, Uncle Kudo made a mistake behind Aunt Yukiko’s back. You also know that Uncle Kudo is very popular with women, so, um, you know!”
Then Mu Tianyuan said with a sigh of relief: “I never thought that Uncle Kudo, who looks like a gentleman, actually has an illegitimate child. Although Aunt Yukiko is a little older, she is still beautiful and doesn’t look old at all. How could Uncle Kudo do such a thing? Uncle Kudo is really not as good as Uncle Mori in terms of relationships between men and women. Uncle Mori is just a playboy at best, but Uncle Kudo… sigh…”
Honestly, Ran was speechless and a little shaken at that moment. Could this be true? After all, Shinichi’s dad has so many female fans crying out for him to have a baby! It’s even said that Shinichi mentioned that in the letters he sent to Uncle Kudo, many female fans included photos of themselves wearing very revealing clothes or even acting out the Emperor’s New Clothes!
However, after wavering for a while, Xiaolan still shook her head. Then she looked at Mu Tianyuan and didn’t give him a chance to talk nonsense. She asked seriously: “Do you think Conan is Shinichi?”
“Uh…” Faced with Xiaolan’s straightforward question, Mu Tianyuan was stunned for a moment. He knew that Xiaolan suspected Conan, and he tried hard to help Conan cover it up. However, Xiaolan was still not fooled at this time, which made Mu Tianyuan a little bit at a loss for a moment. Fortunately, although Mu Tianyuan was stunned for a moment, he still reacted quickly. Suddenly, Mu Tianyuan looked at Xiaolan with a painful, compassionate and concerned look and said, “Xiaolan, hold on, we will be at the hospital soon, you must hold on. After we get to the hospital, we will definitely invite the best psychiatrist for you. Don’t worry, medicine is so advanced now, you will definitely get better!”
Chapter 41: Conan, Aren’t You Cold? (Old Version)
Although Xiaolan really wanted to take a picture of Mu Tianyuan and put it on the wall as a poster, she couldn’t bring herself to do it when she saw his concerned look. After thinking carefully about why Mu Tianyuan acted like this, Xiaolan couldn’t bring herself to do it anymore. To be honest, if Xiaolan hadn’t come up with this idea herself, she would have thought it was absolutely crazy!
After hearing Mu Tianyuan mention that he was going to call his mother and ask Yuanzi to help him find the best doctor, Xiaolan’s mouth twitched twice and said, “Xiao Mu, I’m fine, I’m fine!”
“Yeah, you’re good, you’re really good. There’s nothing wrong with your IQ, and there’s nothing wrong with your mental state. Everything you said is true. Conan is actually Shinichi.” Mu Tianyuan nodded repeatedly when he heard Xiaolan’s words. Although what Mu Tianyuan said seemed to be fine, and it could even be said that he had told Xiaolan the truth, after seeing Mu Tianyuan’s concerned eyes, Xiaolan felt that what Mu Tianyuan said was not right. No matter how she looked at it, Xiaolan felt that Mu Tianyuan was talking to a mental patient!
Especially when Mu Tianyuan looked at Xiaolan and said, “Okay, Xiaolan, let’s go to the hospital quickly. You can have a good talk with the doctor then.”
After hearing this, Xiaolan was even more certain that Mu Tianyuan was treating her like a psychopath…
Xiaolan could only helplessly say that she was normal again and again, and told her reasons for suspecting Conan was Shinichi in an attempt to convince Mu Tianyuan. However, there is a saying that goes, you can never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep, and Mu Tianyuan happens to be a person who pretends to be asleep. Although he knows the truth and knows that what Xiaolan suspected is the truth, he cannot tell Xiaolan. Therefore, after listening to Xiaolan’s words, Mu Tianyuan was silent for a while, then looked at Xiaolan seriously and said, “You mean Shinichi became smaller and changed his name to Conan?”
“That’s right!” Xiaolan nodded immediately, while Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and said, “Xiaolan, have you eaten something wrong recently? Think about it yourself, is this possible? How could such a bizarre thing happen in the world? And Shinichi happened to encounter it? If I ask you, Conan is at most a smart kid, just like Shinichi when he was a child. Although I don’t want to admit it, don’t forget that Shinichi was very smart back then, even smarter than Conan now. You can’t just allow your Shinichi to be smart and think that other children are smart because of your Shinichi, right? Besides, this is Uncle Kudo’s son after all. Uncle Kudo can give birth to a son like Shinichi, so it’s not surprising that he will give birth to a smart child again, right? So, Xiaolan, let’s go to the hospital for treatment. Your illness is not a serious problem, and there is still hope for treatment.”
“Uh…” Although Mu Tianyuan seemed to have made up another rumor about Uncle Kudo, Xiaolan was too busy to seek justice for her father-in-law. After hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, Xiaolan hesitated for a moment, and then muttered to herself: “Maybe I’m really overthinking it…”
Mu Tianyuan nodded seriously at Xiaolan and said, “Well, let’s go to the hospital to see a doctor.”
Xiaolan: “…I don’t need to see a doctor!”
Mu Tianyuan: “Okay, okay, I know, you’re fine, but let’s go find a doctor, okay?”
Seeing that Xiaolan seemed to have dispelled her suspicions about Conan, Mu Tianyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The little fox then said, “Shock! A simple and kind girl was deceived by the unscrupulous young man with sweet words and ultimately had no chance of happiness!”
“You’re a piece of crap!” Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and replied. Then he said to the little fox, “What a trouble! That bastard Conan owes me a huge favor! He’ll have to let me cheat him ten times before I can repay him!”
After arriving at the hospital, Mu Tianyuan, holding the little fox, walked with Uncle Maori and Mr. Ogawa, smiling and nodding at the patients, doctors, and nurses around him. Conan saw Mu Tianyuan nodding at everyone and immediately asked curiously, “Little Brother Mu, do you know them?”
“I don’t know them.” Mu Tianyuan smiled and waved at a sweet-looking nurse while answering. Conan was puzzled when he heard it and asked, “If you don’t know them, why are you saying hello to them?”
Damn it! I thought you knew everyone in this hospital, so you know everyone. If you don’t know them, why are you nodding so diligently?! Are you trying to cast a wider net and catch more fish?!
“They have been staring at me, so out of courtesy I have to respond.” Mu Tianyuan explained the reason while greeting the strangers.
After following Mr. Ogawa upstairs, Uncle Maori chatted with Mr. Ogawa for a few words. Suddenly, a nurse came over with a pot of morning glory. Then she looked at Mr. Ogawa and said, “Mr. Ogawa, you have another package.”
Seeing the morning glory in the nurse’s hand, Mr. Ogawa said without any surprise, “So they sent it again?”
“Morning glory, it’s so cold…” Uncle Maori muttered after taking a look, and Mu Tianyuan nodded and said, “Yes.”
Then he looked down at Conan and said, “So, Conan, aren’t you cold running around in a pair of shorts? Don’t you have any pants suitable for this season?”
Mu Tianyuan was puzzled. It was so cold outside that people were shivering, so why could Conan run around the streets in just shorts?
“Uh… I’m okay…” Conan didn’t know how to respond to Mu Tianyuan’s sudden concern. At this time, Conan himself was also wondering, right, why did he have to run around in the streets in just shorts in the middle of winter?! And he didn’t feel cold at all!
At this time, Uncle Maori learned from Mr. Ogawa that this morning glory was sent by the person who sent him money and toys, and it was only available once a year on this day. When Uncle Maori was wondering if the sender was a woman, Xiaolan looked at the morning glory and thought for a while before saying, “I remember that the meaning of morning glory seems to be illusory love, right?”
“There’s more than that, I remember there are a few more, such as Eternal Love, Being With You, and It’s So Good to Have You.” Mu Tianyuan thought about it after hearing Xiaolan’s words and said. Xiaolan immediately asked curiously after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words: “There are these?”
“Yeah, I remember someone told me that when I was studying. Well, that’s assuming she didn’t fool me.” Mu Tianyuan nodded and replied. After hearing the explanation of the flower language, Uncle Maori immediately began to ask if Mr. Ogawa had done something to a lady two years ago. Mr. Ogawa said that he didn’t do anything. This is a matter of reputation. Not to mention that he really didn’t do anything, even if he did, he couldn’t admit it now! Especially in public! There were patients, doctors and nurses everywhere!
The little fox had no interest in studying Mr. Xiaochuan’s past stories. After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s explanation of the language of flowers, he immediately asked curiously, “Have you learned the language of flowers?”
“Yeah, I had my eye on a girl who ran a flower shop back then, so I learned this just to find common topics with her.” Mu Tianyuan shrugged and replied. The little fox rolled his eyes after hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, “You really are studying hard, aren’t you?”
“Do you think it’s that easy to pick up girls?” Mu Tianyuan immediately replied with a roll of his eyes. He didn’t have the financial resources to stun girls with money, so he could only work hard in other areas. Otherwise, why would the girl go with him?
“So, did you succeed after studying hard?” The little fox asked Mu Tianyuan curiously. Mu Tianyuan pondered the question for a moment and said with a bewildered expression, “I think so. Because I hooked up with her cousin later, so it’s hard to say whether I succeeded or failed…”
“…Did you hit the secondary vehicle by mistake or were you actually surrounding the enemy and attacking the reinforcements?” The little fox didn’t know what to say at this moment. He didn’t capture the target person but captured the target person’s cousin instead. It’s really hard to say whether this was a success or a failure!
Just as Mu Tianyuan and Little Fox were discussing what his action was, Conan, a good boy with good eyesight, took the pot of morning glory from the nurse. After handing over the morning glory, the nurse did not leave. Instead, she looked at Mu Tianyuan with a tangled face. Although Mu Tianyuan was chatting with Little Fox on the dedicated line, he also noticed that the nurse was hesitant to speak. He immediately smiled and looked at the nurse and said, “Miss, is there anything I can help you with?”
“Um, sir…” The nurse hesitated for a moment and then looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Pets are not allowed in the hospital…”
“Uh…” Mu Tianyuan, who originally thought something good was going to happen, was stunned. He then looked down at the little fox in his arms and suddenly realized something: “I was wondering why they were all looking at me just now…”
Mu Tianyuan took the little fox with him wherever he went, and gradually he got used to it. It was not until the nurse told him this that Mu Tianyuan remembered that pets were not allowed in the hospital!
Uncle Maori, Ran, and Conan were also staring at the little fox in Mu Tianyuan’s arms in a daze, because they were already used to Mu Tianyuan taking the little fox for a stroll all day, and they hadn’t thought about it at first! After being suddenly reminded, they were a little slow to react for a while.
After Mu Tianyuan understood his problem, he immediately turned to look at Uncle Mao Li and the others and said, “Uncle, why don’t you go investigate first? I’ll wait for you outside.”
Chapter 42: Yuta? That name sounds familiar! (Old version)
“Okay,” Uncle Maori remembered the hospital’s rule against bringing pets, and when he heard Mu Tianyuan say he would wait for them outside, he nodded immediately. Mu Tianyuan said hello to Xiaolan and Conan, then strolled out of the hospital with the little fox in his arms. After finding a place to sit in the hospital yard, Mu Tianyuan looked at the bleak trees around him and sighed, “It’s really magical, all the leaves have fallen.”
“Because it’s winter now!” the little fox replied while wagging its tail. Then the little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan with some contempt and said, “Can you please stop asking questions like this in the future? I always feel like it makes me lose my IQ, you know?”
Mu Tianyuan shook his head and said sadly, “No, you don’t understand what I mean. The streets were full of greenery a few days ago on Valentine’s Day. How come all the trees are bare after only five days?”
The little fox was stunned for a moment after understanding Mu Tianyuan’s meaning, and then muttered to himself: “Yeah, how did he do that?”
Although winter has arrived unexpectedly, shouldn’t your leaf shedding also be gradual, like balding? What’s the point of you going bald all of a sudden?! Don’t you need to be prepared?!
After thinking for a long time, the little fox flicked its tail in distress and said, “Forget it, I don’t want to think about it anymore. Conan is wearing a suit on top and shorts on the bottom in the middle of winter. This is more bizarre than all the leaves suddenly disappearing!”
“You’re wrong. Conan doesn’t just wear shorts in winter, he wears them all year round. I even doubt he has the same pair of shorts. Otherwise, how could his lower body always be so hot?” Mu Tianyuan rolled his eyes and complained about Conan. In his impression, it seemed that Conan had always worn the same pair of shorts in all four seasons, and only later did he buy other clothes! It was obvious that Conan’s life was really not easy!
After a moment of silence, Mu Tianyuan suddenly said, “By the way, I just realized something. Why do we have to wait for them?”
“Yeah, I wanted to ask just now, why are you waiting for them?” The little fox nodded and then looked at Mu Tianyuan curiously. Since Mu Tianyuan didn’t plan to hang out with this uncle Maori, why did he have to wait for them here?
After figuring it out, Mu Tianyuan immediately picked up the little fox and started walking outside. However, he did not go home. Instead, he strolled aimlessly on the street with the little fox in his arms. After buying some snacks, Mu Tianyuan wandered into a small park. After finding a place to sit down, Mu Tianyuan began to look at the bleak winter scenery around him, eating snacks and chatting with the little fox about all sorts of things.
Mu Tianyuan and the little fox were chatting leisurely here, but Conan, who was in the hospital, faced a crisis. Although Mu Tianyuan tried his best to deceive Xiaolan on the way to the hospital, and even made Xiaolan think that she was really overthinking it, but no matter how good Mu Tianyuan’s deception was, it couldn’t stop Conan’s own actions! So, Conan, who got carried away with his reasoning, showed off too much, which made Xiaolan, who was already suspicious of Conan, completely doubt him. Conan, with his cleverness, once again successfully attracted Xiaolan’s attention…
After some probing, Conan had no choice but to try his best to pretend to be a child and pick up the game console to start playing. However, Xiaolan might not be so easily fooled this time. Instead, she watched Conan’s performance with a cold look. Conan pretended to be very happy and played the game console hard while cold sweat poured down. Conan really felt that he might die here this time, especially since he had just taken a bath with Xiaolan the night before…
Mu Tianyuan, the little fox, who was chatting in the park, had no idea what was happening in the hospital. The two of them were chatting about everything from the food to the prices. After this chat, Mu Tianyuan glanced at the sky, stood up and said, “Let’s go home, take Fengye and find a place to eat.”
“So-called finding a place means going to Xiao Jiaolan’s house, right?” The little fox rolled his eyes and complained when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s words, but Mu Tianyuan shook his head and said, “Congratulations, you guessed wrong this time.”
“Oh? If not going to Xiaojiaolan’s house, where else can you get a free meal?” The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan curiously when he heard what he said. Speaking of free meals, based on the little fox’s past experience, it seems that Xiaolan’s house is the only place. Could it be that this guy has found a new target?
“Let’s go to Aunt Yingli’s house!” Mu Tianyuan answered as he put the packaging bags of some snacks they had eaten into a plastic bag and prepared to find a place to throw them away.
The little fox pondered for a long time after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s answer and said, “It’s Xiao Jiaolan’s mother, but isn’t that Xiao Jiaolan’s family?”
“How can they be the same? Xiaolan lives with Uncle Maori, and Aunt Yingli doesn’t live with them, okay?” Mu Tianyuan tied the plastic bag and answered confidently. The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan after a long silence and said, “You have set your sights on this family of three, right?!”
“There’s nothing I can do. Apart from Uncle Maori, there aren’t many people here who can let me eat for free. That old bachelor, Professor Agasa, eats instant noodles all day long. The meals at Maruko’s house are like a funeral. Shinichi has turned into Conan and eats and drinks at Xiaolan’s house all day long. You said I don’t recognize Uncle Maori and his family of three, so what else can I do?” Mu Tianyuan muttered with a depressed look on his face, and then Mu Tianyuan glared at the little fox and said, “Besides, why do I risk my face to eat for free everywhere? Isn’t it for you and Fengye to have something good to eat? Especially you, you are so picky about food, you don’t like this or that. If you can eat steamed buns and pickles every day, why would I care about it?”
“Uh…” The little fox looked guilty when he heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. He looked around and said, “I can’t help it. I’m a carnivore, not a rabbit! My stomach can’t digest vegetables every day.”
“Come on, do you think I haven’t read Animal World? You foxes are obviously omnivores!” Mu Tianyuan immediately rolled his eyes and said. Ever since raising the little fox, Mu Tianyuan has carefully studied the fox species. Although most things are not suitable for his little fox, Animal World clearly states that foxes are omnivorous! It’s just that the one he raised is a bit picky about food!
“That’s all a lie. I’m a fox and I have the final say! I don’t believe those people are more beastly than me!” The little fox answered righteously, and then suddenly said with a look of condemnation: “It’s all the fault of those gold coins. If it weren’t for those gold coins, we wouldn’t be so poor that we have to eat for free every day! By the way, this is also Conan’s fault. If Conan hadn’t ruined the time, we should have received our living expenses by now!”
The little fox finally learned that it’s okay to push all the problems onto Conan…
Mu Tianyuan and Little Fox chatted as they unknowingly arrived at the entrance of a kindergarten. When they were about four or five meters away, they heard a slightly plump man wearing a windbreaker and a hat, holding a gift box, standing at the entrance of the kindergarten and said to a woman, “Hello, my name is Xiaochuan, and I’m Yuta’s father. I’m here to take Yuta home.”
The woman smiled and said, “You must be Yuta’s father, Mr. Ogawa. Usually, your wife comes to pick up Yuta. This is your first time here. Let me introduce myself. I’m Jiang Dai, a kindergarten teacher. Please take care of me since it’s our first meeting.”
Mu Tianyuan and the little fox didn’t take it seriously at first. It was normal for parents to pick up their children after kindergarten. As they walked, Mu Tianyuan muttered to the little fox, “By the way, the name Yongtai sounds familiar. I feel like I’ve heard a similar name somewhere recently.”
“That’s the name of Doctor Ogawa’s son. Maybe it sounds familiar to you because you heard Mr. Ogawa mention it before.” The little fox had a much better memory than Mu Tianyuan. He immediately replied while wagging his tail. Then he looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “I find that you are not only not good at naming, but also not good at remembering names. You can’t remember the one you just heard this afternoon. Not only that, it seems that you still haven’t memorized the names of all your classmates.”
“It’s not that I’m not good at remembering names, I’m just not good at remembering Japanese names. I always feel like they’re so messy.” Mu Tianyuan replied, shaking his head. Then Mu Tianyuan suddenly added, “That’s not right. Actually, I can remember some Japanese names, but only women’s names, such as Maria Ozawa, Kaede Matsushima, and Reiko Kobayakawa! If I really want to talk about it, I can name a lot!”
Little Fox: “Haha…you’re being sexist…”
Mu Tianyuan shook his head seriously and said, “To be more precise, like repels like!”
Just when the little fox was about to complain about Mu Tianyuan, he suddenly heard Mu Tianyuan say, “Wait a minute, the man just introduced himself as Xiaochuan?”
“What’s wrong?” The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan in confusion at first, then suddenly realized: “Huh? Ogawa? Yuta? Ogawa Yuta?! Could this Yuta be referring to Doctor Ogawa’s son?”
Then the little fox turned around and looked at the slightly plump man who was chatting with the kindergarten teacher at the entrance of the kindergarten they had already passed and said, “But isn’t this Dr. Ogawa? Could it be that they have the same name? This can’t be such a coincidence, right?”
“Who knows, maybe they have the same name.” Mu Tianyuan stopped and frowned, turning his head to look at him for a few times. Then Mu Tianyuan shook his head and said, “Forget it, let’s go. No matter what happens, let’s go home to pick up Fengye and find a way to eat.”
Chapter 43: Child Trafficking?! (Old Version)
“Wait, wait! Let’s wait and see.” The little fox spoke immediately when he saw Mu Tianyuan was about to leave. The little fox always felt that something was not right about this matter, so the little fox thought that he should observe it more.
Mu Tianyuan heard the little fox’s words and said helplessly, “What’s so interesting about parents picking up their children? Even if they have the same name and surname, it shouldn’t be surprising. There are always people with the same name and surname in the world.”
Although Mu Tianyuan said this, he still stopped again. He didn’t take this matter to heart, but he was not in a hurry. Since the little fox wanted to take a look, he could just take a look.
At this moment, the kindergarten teacher’s words made Mu Tianyuan, who had originally not paid much attention, and the confused little fox feel that something was wrong. They heard the teacher smiling and saying to the slightly plump man who called himself Xiaochuan: “Mr. Xiaochuan, I heard from your wife that you are a doctor, right?”
Upon hearing this, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox looked at each other immediately. If the children just had the same name and surname, it would be fine, but if the parents also had the same occupation, then the coincidence would be a bit too big. It’s not that this thing can’t happen, but the degree of coincidence is a bit too high, which makes people feel a bit magical.
The man’s answer made Mu Tianyuan and Little Fox, who had already thought it was too coincidental, become serious. The man said, “Yes, I work at the nearby Mihua Hospital. I’m really ashamed to say that the hospital is not far from the kindergarten, but I have never come to pick up Yongtai because of work.”
“Mu Tou, the hospital we went to before was called Popcorn Hospital, right?” Little Fox asked Mu Tianyuan seriously while staring at the slightly plump man who called himself Xiaochuan. Mu Tianyuan nodded and said seriously, “Yes, the full name seems to be Rice Flower General Hospital or Rice Flower General Community Clinic.”
Then Mu Tianyuan looked at the little fox helplessly and said, “Besides, that’s either popcorn or rice crackers!”
“Okay, okay, I get it. Do you think it’s a coincidence that there are two Doctors Ogawa in this Rice Candy Hospital, and their sons are both named Yuta?” The little fox nodded perfunctorily, and then raised her question. Mu Tianyuan shook his head very simply and said, “The possibility is a little low.”
Then he looked at the little fox helplessly and said, “Besides, that’s not rice krispie candy, it’s rice krispie. It’s just the two words rice and flower. Can you please not add anything else to it?”
Mu Tianyuan felt that he had to correct the little fox’s understanding. Apart from anything else, he was living in Rice Flower Town now. If he let the little fox talk nonsense, wouldn’t he become Popcorn Town or Rice Candy Town?
“Can you please stop worrying about these trivial matters?” The little fox rolled his eyes at Mu Tianyuan and then looked at him seriously and said, “The most important thing now is that it seems someone might be trying to impersonate a parent and kidnap a child!”
“I know, I know. Let’s take a look at the situation. If this is just a coincidence, it’s fine, but if this is really a human trafficker, I will beat the shit out of him.” Mu Tianyuan nodded at the little fox. If it was really just a coincidence, then Mu Tianyuan would not mind wasting this little time, but if it was really a child trafficker, then since you met Mu Tianyuan, you can’t pretend not to see it.
Then Mu Tianyuan stared at the slightly plump man and muttered, “Maybe I can make some extra money after the fight…”
Although Mu Tianyuan gave up the shameful profession of being a superhero, he doesn’t mind making a little money while upholding justice!
“Are you a dung beetle?” The little fox stopped following Mu Tianyuan after hearing him mutter about his plan to make extra money. He stared at him in surprise. Mu Tianyuan was puzzled when he heard the little fox’s words and asked, “What are you talking about?”
“Didn’t you say that if he kidnapped children, you’d beat the shit out of him and make some extra money after that? Aren’t you planning to collect his… rolling dung balls? Aren’t you just a dung beetle transformed?” The little fox explained while staring at Mu Tianyuan in horror. Mu Tianyuan pondered the little fox’s words and his face changed. “Fuck, can you not be so disgusting?! I mean, just like the nice guy I met before, after we’re done, we can ask him for some hard work or performance fees, and if that doesn’t work, we can give it to the police uncle, which is also a reward, but why the hell did you think of going after dung beetles?!”
“Who told you to connect them together? I thought you were going to roll a dung ball!” The little fox was so disgusting, but after hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, she still yelled with confidence. Although there was a pause between the upper and lower sentences of Mu Tianyuan, it was normal for him to follow the meaning of the upper sentence and then think of the wrong thing in the next sentence, okay?
Afterwards, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox exchanged glances and said in unison, “Stop! Let’s drop this topic!”
Whether Mu Tianyuan hadn’t explained it clearly or the little fox was too imaginative, this topic was a bit heavy, and neither of them could handle it! Stopping here was the best option! Otherwise, no matter who was ultimately responsible, they might both perish…
Just as Mu Tianyuan and Little Fox were chatting, the kindergarten teacher chatted with the slightly plump Mr. Ogawa for a few words before going to the kindergarten to pick up the children. Seeing this, Mu Tianyuan simply leaned against the wall of the kindergarten, coaxing Ge while glancing at Mr. Ogawa standing at the kindergarten door. Little Fox thought for a moment and suddenly said, “So, are we just going to follow them like this? Don’t you think it’s a bit too blatant?”
This was the first time that Little Fox participated in a surveillance activity, but she had watched TV dramas. No matter whether it was in Mu Tianyuan’s hometown or in the Conan world, the police officers in the TV dramas were very cautious when they were stalking for fear of being discovered. But why was Mu Tianyuan so blatant?
“What’s the big deal? Even if he’s noticed, he can’t do anything to us. Besides, he’s not concerned about us right now. Look, his glasses are always fixed on the kindergarten. We’ve been standing here for a long time and he hasn’t even glanced at us.” Mu Tianyuan replied nonchalantly, while the little fox said a little dissatisfiedly: “Aren’t you being too careless? Can’t you be more careful?”
“Okay, okay, I get it. I’ll be careful.” Mu Tianyuan nodded perfunctorily. Then, seeing the dissatisfaction in the little fox’s eyes, Mu Tianyuan could only helplessly explain, “I also know that I have to be careful when stalking. Under normal circumstances, I would definitely go to the coffee shop across the street and choose a window seat to sit and monitor. But now I want to confirm whether the child will recognize him after he comes out. If this is really his son, then everything will be fine. If he doesn’t recognize him, then our guess is correct. How can I eavesdrop from such a distance?”
“Okay.” The little fox nodded helplessly after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s explanation, reluctantly agreeing. Mu Tianyuan continued to follow the target from a distance of less than three meters. Not long after, the kindergarten teacher came out with a child. However, someone else came to pick up the child at this time. The kindergarten teacher immediately went to greet the newcomer and left the child behind. The child came to the slightly fat man with an innocent look on his face and asked curiously, “Uncle, who are you?”
Li Junyang and the little fox, their ears pricked up, looked at each other immediately after hearing what the child said. Then Mu Tianyuan frowned and said, “Okay, it seems we can confirm that there is indeed something wrong with this guy.”
At this time, the man claimed to be a colleague of the child’s father and said that the father had requested him to take the child to a fun place. The child didn’t know much, so when he heard that it was his father’s colleague who wanted to take him to a fun place, he immediately said goodbye to the teacher and happily followed the man in the direction where Mu Tianyuan and the others came from.
“Let’s go, follow.” Mu Tianyuan and the little fox looked at each other and followed immediately. Just as Mu Tianyuan and the others were following, Conan in the hospital also discovered the truth.
Conan was not good at playing games to begin with, and now because of Xiaolan’s presence, Conan died not long after playing. However, dying also had an advantage, which was that it allowed Conan to discover the name in the game. After seeing the name, Conan suddenly remembered that he had seen this name in Mr. Ogawa’s previous medical records. Conan, who immediately discovered the truth, did not bother to pretend to be stupid and cute to fool Xiaolan, but quickly re-read the medical records and found that the owner of this name was a five-year-old child, and that child died three years ago today due to untimely rescue!
After thinking about the toys he had played with and other things, Conan finally came to the conclusion that the toys and money were the remains of a child who had died two years ago! And this time, with so much money sent all at once, Mr. Ogawa’s child might be in danger!
After figuring it all out, Conan yelled at Xiaolan to go find Uncle Maori and Mr. Ogawa. Although Conan’s performance at this moment made Xiaolan more certain of her guess that Conan was Shinichi, the sensible Xiaolan still went to find Uncle Maori and the others. After Conan told his reasoning, Dr. Ogawa immediately called his wife to confirm the condition of his son Yuta. However, after learning from Mrs. Ogawa that the child had been taken away, Dr. Ogawa was dumbfounded. In the end, it was only with the reminder of Uncle Maori and Conan that they ran out of the hospital to try to find the child.
Chapter 44: A Father’s Anger (Old Version)
On the other side, Mu Tianyuan followed them for a while before suddenly catching up with the slightly plump man and the child in a secluded place. “Sir, please wait a moment.”
“Excuse me, do you have something to ask?” Hearing Mu Tianyuan’s call, the slightly plump man stopped and looked at Mu Tianyuan in confusion. Mu Tianyuan smiled slightly and said, “Yes, sir, I have something to ask this kid.”
Mu Tianyuan then pulled the child in front of him and said, “Little boy, may I ask if your name is Ogawa Yuta?”
“Yes.” The child nodded innocently, and Mu Tianyuan smiled and said, “Is your father a doctor?”
The child nodded again, and seeing this, Mu Tianyuan pointed at the slightly plump man and asked, “Do you know him?”
“I don’t know him,” the child shook his head decisively, then said, “But the uncle said he was my dad’s colleague!”
Mu Tianyuan just smiled at the child’s words, then looked up at the man and said, “Sir, are you a human trafficker?”
“Asshole! Get out of my way!” The slightly chubby man dropped the box in his hand and roared as he pulled out a Japanese cooking knife from his arms. He pounced on him with a ferocious expression, and then… this imposing man was kicked down by Mu Tianyuan…
“Big brother, what are you doing?” The child was a little scared when he saw the situation in front of him. He looked at Mu Tianyuan with a look that seemed like he was about to cry. Mu Tianyuan smiled and said, “Don’t be afraid. Brother is playing a game with this uncle. Yongtai, be good now. Close your eyes, okay?”
It was unclear whether the child was frightened by Mu Tianyuan’s swift kick or because he was naturally obedient, but after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, he still closed his eyes obediently. Mu Tianyuan patted the child’s head, turned his head and looked at the slightly fat man who was struggling to get up from the ground and said, “Uncle, don’t resist. Come with me to the police station. I was hoping that the police uncle would give me some food money because I caught the human trafficker.”
“Damn it, I’m not a human trafficker. Get out of here and don’t get in the way of my revenge!” The slightly overweight man replied while clutching his stomach and looking at Mu Tianyuan viciously. Hearing what the man said, Little Fox and Mu Tianyuan were both stunned for a moment. Then Mu Tianyuan looked at the man puzzledly and said, “You said you wanted revenge?”
“That’s right! My son died because of his father’s surgical error! So I want to avenge my son!” The slightly plump man answered excitedly while struggling to stand up. Hearing this, Mu Tianyuan frowned and said, “I don’t know what happened, but I think I can understand the heart of a father who lost his child. The question is, if it was a medical malpractice caused by surgical error, why didn’t you sue? Instead, you attacked an innocent child?”
“I’ve complained and called the police! But they all said it was because Zhiye sent the child there too late! How is that possible!” The man looked at Mu Tianyuan excitedly and shouted loudly, then said with a ferocious expression: “That bastard Xiaochuan killed my child, I want him to taste the pain of losing a child too!”
Then the man bent down to pick up the knife from the ground and shouted in a rage, “My child was only five years old when he was killed. Since then, all I have are my son’s remains and the insurance money after his death. So I sent him the money, my son’s toys, and his favorite morning glory, along with my resentment!”
After hearing what the chubby man said, Mu Tianyuan and Little Fox finally understood what was going on with the toy money that Mr. Xiaochuan had received. After figuring out everything, Mu Tianyuan and Little Fox couldn’t help but look at each other. To be honest, Mu Tianyuan could understand a father’s desire to avenge his son after losing him, but he couldn’t just watch an innocent child die in front of him. However, he couldn’t act without hesitation as he did just now, so Mu Tianyuan could only slowly walk towards the chubby man. When the man saw Mu Tianyuan coming over, he immediately held the knife and said excitedly: “Don’t come over!”
Mu Tianyuan not only did not stop but continued to slowly stagger in front of the man, then reached out and grasped the knife in the man’s hand: “Sir, I think you are a good father, and I can see that you love your child very much, but can you really bear to hurt an innocent child? There is a saying in our place that every wrong has its perpetrator. Even if you want revenge, you shouldn’t do it to a child. Look at him, he is so young and doesn’t understand anything. Do you want to see such an innocent child die innocently because of the grudges of you adults? Do you think your son will be happy when he finds out that you are hurting an innocent child now? So, give up before you make an irreparable mistake, and come with me to surrender. The mistake you have made now should not be too serious. When you come out, I can introduce you to a very good lawyer. If it is really Dr. Xiaochuan’s fault, I believe she will be able to help you get justice.”
After hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, the man’s hands began to tremble as he looked at the child with his eyes closed. At this moment, the child suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the slightly plump man and said, “By the way, the person who gave me the toys is uncle? Thank you, uncle. I played with those toys very carefully!”
“Tomoya…” The man stared at the child who was looking at him with an innocent smile, and the knife in his hand could no longer be held. He then knelt on the ground and cried. Seeing the man’s pain, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox couldn’t help but sigh. The child ran over, looking at the slightly fat man with concern and said, “Uncle, what’s wrong with you?”
“No, uncle, I’m fine,” the slightly plump man shook his head, and then he said while crying, “I actually know that the incident was not a mistake in the operation, but, but if I don’t treat it as a mistake… I… I…”
Seeing the man crying bitterly, the child suddenly reached out his hand to help the man wipe his tears, saying as he wiped them, “Uncle, don’t cry.”
The man was stunned for a moment, but his tears didn’t stop but instead surged even more violently. He hugged the child and cried, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, little kid. It’s all uncle’s fault.”
After a long time, Mu Tianyuan, who had been watching silently from the side, said: “Sir, let’s go. I think it’s time to send Yongtai back.”
“Yes.” The man wiped his tears and stood up holding Yuta. After walking towards the hospital for a while, Mu Tianyuan suddenly looked at Conan, Ran, Uncle Maori and Doctor Ogawa who were running. Mu Tianyuan immediately waved and said, “Hey, are you guys exercising?”
“Uh…” The people who were running wildly there were all stunned when they heard Mu Tianyuan’s words. Then Xiaolan looked at Mu Tianyuan and said excitedly: “Xiao Mu is not well, Doctor Xiaochuan’s child is…”
Before Xiaolan could finish, Dr. Ogawa called out “Yuta” in surprise and rushed over. The slightly plump gentleman handed Yuta to Dr. Ogawa when he saw the child’s father coming. Uncle Maori looked at everything in front of him in surprise and said, “What’s going on? Didn’t they say the child was in danger?”
What the hell is going on here? Is this supposed child in danger? Look at that kid happily eating his marshmallow! How does he look like he’s in danger? Are they saying the child is in danger because they’re afraid he’ll choke to death?! What are they running around like crazy for?
Mu Tianyuan was eating the marshmallows that the uncle had bought for Yongtai while he was at it, and he said, “This uncle mistakenly thought that his son was killed by Dr. Ogawa, so he wanted to use Dr. Ogawa’s son as a death penalty, but he gave up later. That’s what happened.”
The man looked at Dr. Ogawa guiltily and said, “I’m sorry. I will go to the police station and turn myself in…”
“No, that’s okay. I’m glad Yuta is okay.” Mr. Ogawa answered while hugging Yuta. Then Mr. Ogawa reached out and held the man’s hand and said, “Mr. Ogino, I understand your feelings very well. I’m a doctor, and I’m also a father…”
Looking at the two passionate men in front of him, Mu Tianyuan whistled and said, “Everyone is happy, Mr. Xiaochuan and that fat uncle, you two can chat slowly. I have an appointment tonight, so I’m leaving first.”
As Mr. Ogawa and Mr. Ogino thanked him profusely, Mu Tianyuan ate marshmallows while holding the little fox in his arms as he and Uncle Maori strolled towards home. On the way, Uncle Maori began to ask Mu Tianyuan curiously what had happened. Mu Tianyuan did not hide anything and told him everything he could. Hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words, Conan breathed a sigh of relief, but thinking about his own experience, he couldn’t help but feel a little depressed. Damn, he had worked so hard to reason for a long time, but in the end, he ran like a dead dog, but it was not as effective as Mu Tianyuan’s walk. What the hell had he been busy with?!
Xiaolan, however, did not have as many thoughts as Conan. At this time, Xiaolan said with a look of relief: “Fortunately, Xiaomu met me, otherwise I don’t know how things would develop. It’s great that it didn’t develop into a vicious incident.”
“This wasn’t my credit. It was that little guy named Yucai who used his innocence to dissolve the fat uncle’s resentment and ultimately saved his own life.” Mu Tianyuan answered while eating marshmallows, and the little fox then complained on the hotline: “That wasn’t Yucai, it was Yuta. It’s only been a short time and you’ve already forgotten.”
Mu Tianyuan: “Sorry, people of the same sex repel each other!”
[Thanks: Zhishou Zhatian for the 1000 points reward]Chapter 45 A Wise Decision…? (Old Version)
The little fox was very skeptical of Mu Tianyuan’s explanation that same-sex repulsion meant he remembered Yuta as Yucai, so he squinted at Mu Tianyuan and said sarcastically, “I think you have a bad memory. Otherwise, how could a five-year-old kid like you be so same-sex repulsive?”
“Are you not a boy at the age of five? Gender has never been related to age, do you know?” Mu Tianyuan’s answer was so righteous and unreasonable.
Just as Mu Tianyuan and the little fox were bickering, Uncle Maori, who was walking beside them, said with his chin in his mouth, “Why did he wait until today, three years later, to take revenge?”
“I didn’t ask this question, and he didn’t say it.” Mu Tianyuan shrugged and answered. He didn’t have the time to ask this at the time. Besides, it was not an important question so Mu Tianyuan ignored it very simply. If Uncle Maori hadn’t suddenly brought it up, Mu Tianyuan might not have thought of it at all.
“He might be waiting until Yuta is as old as his son.” Conan interrupted as he walked with his hands behind his head. Although he had been busy all afternoon and didn’t help at all, at least he could crush these two guys in terms of IQ, especially Mu Tianyuan, the lucky guy!
“So that’s what’s going on!” Uncle Maori said with a hammer in his hand as if he suddenly understood what was going on when he heard Conan’s explanation. After thinking about it, it seems that this is really the case!
Mu Tianyuan nodded at the side and said, “So that fat uncle actually has obsessive-compulsive disorder.”
Conan: “…” Damn, is this considered obsessive-compulsive disorder? I clearly have a clear goal!
At this time, Xiaolan, who was following behind, suddenly interrupted and said, “It really deserves to be called a famous reasoning program!”
“Uh, ha, but I’m just a kid so I don’t really understand.” Conan realized after hearing Xiaolan’s words that his major crisis hadn’t been resolved yet, so he immediately started to act silly and cute. Then, without waiting for Xiaolan to say anything, Conan threw down a sentence saying he had something else to do and ran away. Uncle Maori looked at Conan running away and asked with a puzzled look: “What is this kid doing again?”
“Who knows? Maybe this kid has gone crazy again.” Mu Tianyuan shrugged nonchalantly while secretly glancing at Xiaolan, who was looking at Conan’s back with a sullen face. Then Mu Tianyuan said to the little fox on the dedicated line: “I always feel that Conan must have done something to make Xiaolan suspicious again. Look at Xiaolan’s face, she is really angry!”
“Yeah,” the little fox nodded quickly, then swung its tail and said, “Do you think Conan is done for this time?”
“Probably not. As far as I know, Xiaolan has suspected Conan many times, but in the end, Conan managed to fool them all without any danger.” Mu Tianyuan recalled and shook his head. Then suddenly Mu Tianyuan said proudly: “Well, am I very wise?”
“I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.” The little fox said that he really couldn’t understand Mu Tianyuan’s thoughts at this moment. What did this guy do to become wise?
“Don’t you think it was a wise decision to go to Aunt Yingli’s house for dinner today?” Mu Tianyuan replied with a smug look on his face. The little fox pondered for a moment and shook his head, “I still have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“Look at Xiaolan now. Do you think she’s in the mood to cook today? Who knows how terrible the food will be! And don’t you think Xiaolan’s house is a minefield today?” Mu Tianyuan kept glancing at Xiaolan while answering the little fox. Xiaolan was obviously not in the mood today. Who knows if Xiaolan would be in the mood to cook! So his decision to go to Kisaki Eri’s house for a free meal was so damn wise!
After arriving downstairs at Maori’s office, Mu Tianyuan waved to Xiaolan and Uncle Maori and said, “Goodbye, Uncle Maori, Xiaolan!”
“Huh? Aren’t you coming to my house for dinner today?” Uncle Maoli looked at Mu Tianyuan with some confusion and asked. Uncle Maoli was almost used to Mu Tianyuan’s behavior of running to his house for dinner, but Mu Tianyuan suddenly came downstairs today instead of going to his house for dinner, which made Uncle Maoli a little puzzled.
“I have an appointment to have dinner with a mature and beautiful lady, so I won’t go to your house today. Let’s go tomorrow. I will definitely come to your house for dinner tomorrow.” Mu Tianyuan smiled and looked at Uncle Maori and replied.
After hearing this answer, Uncle Maori took a lot of effort to control the urge to raise the middle finger to Mu Tianyuan. Damn, this is the first time I’ve seen you talk about eating for free so confidently!
Mu Tianyuan waved to Uncle Maori and the others and said, “Uncle, I’ve agreed to go to your house for dinner tomorrow. Bye!”
Uncle Maori: “…” What the hell did you agree on? Who the hell made that promise?!
After walking for a while, the little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan curiously and asked, “By the way, when did you say you were having dinner with a mature and beautiful lady? Are you talking about Xiao Jiaolan’s mother? Then, when did you make the appointment?”
The little fox has been hanging on Mu Tianyuan all day long. If she remembered correctly, the decision to go to Kisaki Eri’s house for a free meal was made on the spur of the moment in the small park. So where did he make the appointment with Kisaki Eri to have dinner together?
“Five minutes later.” Mu Tianyuan answered as he walked, and then added: “Of course, if we walk faster, it may only take three minutes.”
The little fox briefly converted the time and distance after hearing this, then looked at Mu Tianyuan speechlessly and said, “Isn’t that going home?”
Mu Tianyuan nodded and said confidently: “That’s right, we made the appointment after we got home. Otherwise, how could I, who is so miserable that I don’t even have a cell phone, make an appointment to have dinner with someone?”
Little Fox: “Why don’t you just say you want to make an appointment now?”
After running back home, Mu Tianyuan picked up the phone and called Fei Yingli’s office. When Fei Yingli heard that Mu Tianyuan wanted to have dinner at her place, she did not refuse. Instead, she warmly invited Mu Tianyuan to come over. Fei Yingli even said that she would cook for him herself. When Mu Tianyuan heard that Fei Yingli would cook for him herself, he smiled and said, “Thank you for your hard work, Aunt Yingli. To be honest, I have never eaten your cooking before.”
“Then today I’ll let you taste my cooking skills. You know, my cooking skills are not something that ordinary people can enjoy.” Fei Yingli immediately answered on the phone with a bit of pride. After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Mu Tianyuan hung up the phone and waved to the little fox and the cat lady, saying, “Let’s go.”
“Let’s go, let’s go eat!” The little fox jumped up to Mu Tianyuan’s shoulders as soon as he heard what he said, and the cat girl also jumped into Mu Tianyuan’s arms skillfully. The three of them closed the door and set off towards the apartment where Fei Yingli currently lived. After they arrived at Fei Yingli’s house, they rang the doorbell and the door opened soon. Then Mu Tianyuan looked at Fei Yingli in an apron and said, “Aunt Yingli, we are here.”
“Come in,” Fei Yingli smiled and welcomed Mu Tianyuan into the house. After closing the door, Fei Yingli smiled and said to Mu Tianyuan, “Please sit down for a while. The meal will be ready soon.”
Nearly an hour later, Mu Tianyuan looked at the various beautifully presented dishes on the table and said in amazement, “Aunt Yingli, did you make all this?”
“Of course.” Fei Yingli nodded with a smile. Mu Tianyuan stared at the dishes on the table with shining eyes like the little fox cat hero and the others, and said, “Aunt Yingli, you are really amazing. These dishes look just like the ones sold outside!”
Fei Yingli smiled slightly with satisfaction, then put some food into the bowls prepared for the little fox and the cat lady, then smiled at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Come on, don’t be polite and eat quickly.”
“I’m starting!” Mu Tianyuan said to Fei Yingli, and then he couldn’t wait to start eating with the little fox and the cat lady. However, after they took a bite and swallowed it, Mu Tianyuan, the little fox, and the cat lady were all stunned. Not only that, the fur of the little fox and the cat lady also exploded. Then, the cat lady started running around the room like crazy, meowing as she ran around. Fei Yingli didn’t understand what the cat lady was yelling, but Mu Tianyuan did. He heard the cat lady yelling over and over, “It’s so disgusting! I’m going to die, meow! I’m going to die, meow!”
The little fox was much calmer than Catwoman. She didn’t jump up and down to show off her agility, nor did she yell to show off her voice. Because at this time, the little fox was already lying on the ground. If it weren’t for her ears twitching occasionally and her tail twitching twice, she would have looked like a dead fox…
Mu Tianyuan was the calmest. He didn’t jump up and down like Miss Cat, nor did he play dead like the little fox. He just sat there blankly, thinking deeply about life. What does it mean to be all show and no substance? At this moment, he finally understood! Things that look good don’t necessarily taste good. Just like poisonous mushrooms in nature, they look good, but eating them can kill you! Clearly, these things made by Kisaki Eri are the poisonous mushrooms of the culinary world!
Fei Yingli didn’t know that Miss Cat was upset. She looked at Miss Cat running around the room with some surprise and asked Mu Tianyuan, “Xiao Mu, what happened to Fengye?”
Mu Tianyuan was just thinking about life and didn’t have time to answer Fei Yingli’s question. After waiting for a while without hearing Mu Tianyuan’s answer, Fei Yingli couldn’t help but turn her head to look at Mu Tianyuan. Only then did she realize that Mu Tianyuan seemed to be a little bit abnormal. So Fei Yingli immediately ignored Miss Miao and asked, “Xiao Mu, Xiao Mu, what’s wrong with you?”
Chapter 46: Fortunately, I know some first aid knowledge… (Old version)
“I… I’m fine…” Mu Tianyuan squeezed out three words with almost all his strength. Then Mu Tianyuan looked at Fei Yingli blankly and said, “Aunt Yingli, what did you say just now?”
“What happened to Fengye?” Fei Yingli pointed at the meowing and jumping cat lady and repeated her previous question. Mu Tianyuan turned his head to look at her and then looked at Fei Yingli and said, “It’s okay, she’s fine…”
Looking at the graceful and agile figure of Cat Lady jumping up and down, Mu Tianyuan was sure that she was absolutely fine! If she was in trouble, would she be able to jump around so happily?!
“Then what is it?” Although Mu Tianyuan knew where his judgment came from, Fei Yingli didn’t know. At this time, Fei Yingli was still looking at Mu Tianyuan with disbelief, and Mu Tianyuan nodded dully and said: “Don’t worry, she is really fine…”
Aunt Yingli, please don’t disbelieve me. There is nothing wrong with my judgment. Take the little fox and I for example. Now, even if we try to jump, we can’t jump at all!
Seeing that Mu Tianyuan was so calm, Fei Yingli didn’t think much about it, so she looked at Mu Tianyuan with a smile and said, “Xiao Mu, keep eating. Come and try the sushi made by Auntie.”
“Thank you…” Mu Tianyuan replied with a forced smile as he looked at the sushi that Hibiki Eri had placed in front of him. Then, he began to struggle. Should he eat it? Would he die? Even though he hadn’t collapsed after taking a bite, it was probably because he hadn’t eaten enough. If he ate more, would he be able to collect tributes during the annual Qingming Festival and the Ghost Festival?
Just as Mu Tianyuan was looking at the sushi in confusion, he saw Fei Yingli very elegantly picked up a piece of sushi and started to eat it. After finishing it, Fei Yingli nodded with a satisfied look. Seeing Fei Yingli’s reaction, Mu Tianyuan thought for a moment that he was hallucinating because of the food he had just eaten. However, Fei Yingli’s next words made Mu Tianyuan realize that there was nothing wrong with him. He heard Fei Yingli say with a little complacency: “Delicious!”
Seeing that Hibari Eri looked like she was about to cry because of the food she cooked, Mu Tianyuan swallowed back his blood after a long time. To be honest, Mu Tianyuan really wanted to ask Hibari Eri if there was really anything wrong with her taste buds?! Otherwise, how could she think the food she cooked was delicious? But when he thought about it, it seemed that Hibari Eri’s taste buds were quite normal when they went out to eat together before? So what was going on now?!
At this time, the little fox finally recovered. The little fox lying on the floor raised its head with difficulty and looked at Mu Tianyuan with a tearful tone, saying to him, “Do you still think it was a wise decision to come here for a free meal today?”
“Honestly speaking, I think this is the stupidest decision I have ever made in my life, and there is no other…” Mu Tianyuan answered with a tone that seemed like he was about to cry. Damn it, if I had known this would happen, I might as well have gone to Uncle Maori’s place to eat! Even if Xiaolan is not in good shape today, this is definitely better than what her mother cooks! Even if they don’t go to Uncle Maori’s place to eat, even if they eat instant noodles at home, it is better than this! At least even if this instant noodles is unhealthy, it will not kill them in a short time…
At this time, Fei Yingli looked at Mu Tianyuan who hadn’t touched his chopsticks and said enthusiastically: “Xiao Mu, come and eat. Why are you being so polite?”
“Okay, I’ll eat…” Mu Tianyuan nodded at Fei Yingli with a tragic look on his face, and then said to the little fox through the dedicated line: “If I die, my grandmother, my parents, and Fengye will be left to your care. And remember to find a way to transport my bones back to my hometown. Even if I die in a foreign land, I must return to my roots. Also, don’t avenge me, because Aunt Yingli didn’t do it on purpose, and… I found this myself…”
Listening to Mu Tianyuan’s instructions for his afterlife, the little fox’s original resentment towards Mu Tianyuan for causing them to suffer suddenly disappeared. The little fox immediately struggled to lie on Mu Tianyuan’s legs and said, “Wood, why don’t we run…”
“Oh…” Mu Tianyuan heard the little fox’s suggestion and looked at Fei Yingli’s expectant eyes, which finally turned into a long sigh. It is said that it is better to live a miserable life than to die. Mu Tianyuan also wanted to run away, but it was easy for the little fox and the cat lady. They couldn’t say anything if they ate a bite and didn’t eat Fei Yingli. But he couldn’t do this. Fei Yingli worked so hard for so long, how could he feel embarrassed to do this?
“Our company commander once told me that we can be beaten to death but not scared to death. Sometimes risking everything is a form of courage! Even if a person dies, the birds will fly to the sky. If he lives forever, I don’t believe that Aunt Yingli won’t die even if she eats it. I’m just so mean!” Mu Tianyuan said this to the little fox in a casual tone, picked up the sushi and threw it into his mouth. Then, in the face of Ki Yingli’s happy smile, the sad but admiring eyes of the little fox and the cat heroine who had been running around for a long time, Mu Tianyuan picked up his chopsticks and started eating quickly…
The next day, Mu Tianyuan, who had been half-dead since the bell rang, staggered into the classroom with his equally half-dead little fox. After apologizing to the teacher, Mu Tianyuan staggered to his seat and slumped there as if he was about to die.
After class, Xiaolan and Yuanzi gathered around curiously. Xiaolan looked at Mu Tianyuan, who was half dead and had dark circles under his eyes, with concern and asked, “Xiao Mu, what happened to you?”
“Don’t mention it. I had diarrhea until three o’clock last night. The fact that I can crawl to class now is a testament to my diligence and studious nature. The school owes me a little red flower just for my performance.” Mu Tianyuan replied weakly while lying on the table. Xiaolan and Yuanzi couldn’t help but look at each other after hearing what Mu Tianyuan said. Then Yuanzi looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Are you suffering from food poisoning?”
“I think so…” Mu Tianyuan nodded weakly, then rolled his eyes at Yuanzi and said, “Yuanzi, I told you I had food poisoning, but you looked so excited. What does that mean? Even though I don’t want to be your brother-in-law and it makes your sister sad, you don’t have to hate me so much, right? After all, we’ve been friends for so many years, why would you do that?”
“Uh, haha, I just didn’t think of it…” Yuanzi waved her hands awkwardly after hearing Mu Tianyuan’s words. Then Yuanzi looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Also, when did you make my sister sad? Can you please stop talking nonsense all day long?”
“Yes, yes, I agree to be your brother-in-law. Remember to go home and tell your sister that I agree, so she can have her wish.” Mu Tianyuan continued to talk half-deadly. Seeing Mu Tianyuan’s dying posture but still not quiet, Xiaolan smiled helplessly. Then, while comforting Yuanzi who wanted to have a good talk with Mu Tianyuan, she looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, “Xiao Mu, please say less.”
Then Xiaolan said worriedly, “Xiao Mu, are you okay? Do you want us to take you to the hospital?”
“No need…” Mu Tianyuan waved his hand and then lay on the table and said: “I think I just need a good rest now and I should be fine…”
“Didn’t you say you had a dinner appointment yesterday? What on earth did you eat to become like this?” After hearing what Mu Tianyuan said, Xiaolan gave up the idea of ​​sending Mu Tianyuan to the hospital. However, Xiaolan looked at Mu Tianyuan with some confusion. This guy was obviously still alive and kicking yesterday evening, how come he looked like he was about to be buried overnight?
Hearing Xiaolan’s words, Mu Tianyuan suddenly looked up at Xiaolan and said sympathetically: “Xiaolan, I suddenly feel that you have had a hard time. It is really rare that you can live until now…”
“What?” Xiaolan was stunned when she heard Mu Tianyuan’s words, and Yuanzi looked at Mu Tianyuan with a puzzled look on his face and said, “Are you okay? Why are you talking about Xiaolan all of a sudden?”
Mu Tianyuan was silent for a moment and then looked at Xiaolan and said, “Xiaolan, let me ask you, have you ever tried the food cooked by Aunt Yingli?”
“Uh…” Xiaolan shuddered when she heard this question, then chuckled dryly and said, “Xiao Mu, you wouldn’t…”
“That’s right!” Mu Tianyuan nodded vigorously before Xiaolan finished speaking. Then, Mu Tianyuan looked at Xiaolan with an almost desperate expression and said, “I became like this because of the dinner made by Aunt Yingli. Goddess, I never knew that Aunt Yingli’s cooking skills could be so bad. It looks good, but the taste is just…just…indescribable! And Aunt Yingli really likes to watch others eat her food! She keeps asking people to eat it! Let me tell you this, if I didn’t have some first aid knowledge to save myself in an emergency, I would really have died there!”
Xiaolan laughed dryly and said, “…Haha, Xiaomu, you’ve worked hard…”
Xiaolan said she had nothing to say about her mother’s cooking, and even wanted to say a few words to praise her, because she was also deeply affected by it! Although she hasn’t eaten it for many years, every time she thinks of her mother’s cooking, Xiaolan will wake up from her sleep!
At this moment, Xiaolan finally understood why Mu Tianyuan had said that it hadn’t been easy for him. Thinking back to her childhood, Xiaolan felt that it was really not easy for her to survive! Seeing Mu Tianyuan’s miserable appearance, Xiaolan was puzzled from the bottom of her heart. Was this because Mu Tianyuan had a low immunity or because her mother’s cooking skills had improved madly? This was obviously not the case when they ate before!
Hearing Xiaolan’s words, Mu Tianyuan lay on the table with a sad face and said, “Alas… I swear, I will never eat the food cooked by Aunt Yingli again. This is simply fatal!”