Conan: Ran, I really am Shinichi, you have to believe me!

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"Yukiko, what's wrong?"

Faced with Conan's concern and Hiromi Yabuchi's concern, Yukiko picked Conan up and threw him away, saying at the same time:

"I was disgusted by this strange child. Taking advantage of his young age, he rushed up to touch the thighs of any pretty girl he saw and even called her 'Mom.' It was really disgusting."

"By the way, Guangmei, who is this child? Is he yours? He's so ill-mannered."

"No, no, Yukiko, you've misunderstood. We don't have any children. This child is Conan. He's the child that Detective Mouri and his friends brought with them when they got lost and asked for lodging here last night."

My younger brother and I are both childless by choice; there are no other children in our family besides the five of us adults.

Because neither my brother nor I have children, my father is very dissatisfied with us. He scolds us all day long for being unfilial, saying that we are no good people, and he always says that after he dies, he will leave his inheritance to his brother, his adoptive uncle in Brazil.

"Yukiko, my father passed away a few days ago. He left a will, and tomorrow is the day the will is made public. That's why I urgently need your help to identify my foster uncle who has been living in Brazil for decades."

"Uncle Yoshifusa?" Yukiko tilted her head back and thought for a moment. After several seconds, she finally remembered who this person was:

"But I only met Uncle Yifang a few times when I was in elementary school, before he went abroad. I've forgotten what he looks like. Even you, his own niece, can't recognize him. How could I, someone who just often comes to your house to play, possibly recognize him?"

Just as Yukiko said, when a short, stout old man, shorter than Ran but a little taller than Conan, came out with a dark-skinned mixed-race youth, Yukiko couldn't tell at all whether he was really her Uncle Yabuuchi Yoshifusa, whom she hadn't seen for decades.

When Yoshifusa Yabunouchi brought the mixed-race youth Carlos out, Yukiko also met the Mori father and daughter, whom she had just met a few days ago, and Kojo Kita.

"Yukiko, what are you doing here? When did you return to Japan?"

"Hello, Aunt Yukiko."

Although Yukiko had stayed next door to the Mori family a few days ago, the Mori father and daughter didn't know that, and they were very shocked to see Yukiko here.

"Hello, Mori and Ran."

After replying absentmindedly to the Mori father and daughter, Yukiko finally found Jiang Chengbei, who looked distracted and worried, at the very end of their group.

Seeing Jiang Chengbei's current state, Yukiko couldn't help but take a few more glances. He was a perfectly fine young man, and she didn't know why he was acting like this today.

Meanwhile, Conan, after being thrown out and falling by Yukiko, suddenly regained his senses. In his current state, his mother still didn't know his condition and didn't recognize him.

Remembering what his brother and Jiang Chengbei had once said, he knew that the winery had a drug that could reverse aging, which was very dangerous for ordinary people. If anyone found out, it would lead to their death.

Thinking of this, Conan regretted his impulsiveness earlier. If he had thought of this sooner, he wouldn't have rushed up to call for his mother so rashly. If others found out, wouldn't it have brought his mother to her death?

Thinking of how his father was implicated and killed by the distillery because of him, Conan couldn't help but slap himself. He remembered that he must never be so reckless again!

Next, after everyone introduced themselves and got to know each other, Yukiko and Mori's group joined the Yabuuchi family for a big discussion, trying to find out if the Yabuuchi Yoshifusa who had returned from Brazil was really there.

Excluding the Brazilian, Yoshifusa Yabuuchi, there are now five people in the Yabuuchi family. The eldest sister is Hiromi Yabuuchi, Yukiko's childhood friend. Her husband, Hidekazu Yabuuchi, married into the family. Her younger brother is Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi, her sister-in-law is Keiko Yabuuchi, and her stepmother is Machiko Yabuuchi.

Although Machiko Yabuuchi is the stepmother, she is actually two years older than Hiromi Yabuuchi, making her the second oldest among the five of them, and two years younger than Hiromi Yabuuchi's husband.

The son-in-law, Hidekazu Yabuuchi, who is two years older than Machiko Yabuuchi, calls his stepmother, Machiko Yabuuchi, who is two years younger than him, "Second Mother." This hilarious scene almost made Jiang Chengbei, who was pretending to be profound and sad, break down.

Fortunately, ever since Jiang Chengbei developed the new chakra puppet substitute, he has been able to suppress his laughter, surpassing ordinary people in his ability to hold back laughter. No matter how funny the situation is, his puppet can maintain the preset expression.

Therefore, the reason he looks dazed, absent-minded, and distracted now is mainly because the one who remains quietly at the scene, not making a sound or moving much, is actually a chakra puppet substitute, not him.

He himself, now a little fat bird, is circling around the villa of this rural rich man, looking for any suspicious people.

Jiang Chengbei vaguely remembered that in the original drama, Kudo Yusaku came here with Yukiko.

Although Kudo Yusaku is now faked dead, there's no guarantee he hasn't come. So Jiang Chengbei left behind only one expression: a dazed and silly chakra doll substitute pretending to be deep, while he himself transformed into a chubby little bird to find Kudo Yusaku.

While everyone was enthusiastically discussing how to distinguish between the real and fake Yabunouchi Yoshifusa, only Jiang Chengbei, who remained silent and motionless, stood out the most. Therefore, Yukiko, who had some connection with him, often noticed Jiang Chengbei's unusual behavior.

While everyone was looking for information about Yabunouchi Yoshifusa in the warehouse, wondering if any of his belongings had been left behind, Yukiko secretly found an opportunity to chat seemingly casually with Ran beside her:

"Xiaolan, look at your neighbor, Mr. Jiangcheng, who came on vacation with you. He seems a bit mentally unstable. He doesn't seem very bright. Is he like that all of them?"

"Yukiko-neechan".

Originally, Ran called Yukiko "Auntie," but Yukiko didn't accept that title, so Ran has now changed her address to "Sister" at Yukiko's insistence.

"Jiang Cheng is probably missing Sister Zhenli, right?"

You might not know Yukiko-neechan.

Jiang Cheng had a girlfriend, and he had even successfully proposed to her. They were planning to get married soon when Sister Zhenli made an excuse to go home and then lost contact with him. They still haven't been able to find her.

Jiang Cheng is probably thinking about her right now.

Yukiko was shocked by what Xiaolan said. She originally thought Jiang Chengbei was a playboy. After she ran away, Jiang Chengbei might celebrate that he was single again and could go out and have fun again. She never expected that Jiang Chengbei was a sentimental person. It was unbelievable!

"Has it always been like this?" Yukiko felt a pang of guilt, but she didn't show it on her face. Instead, she said with a slightly pitiful tone, "Has he never gotten over it?"

Xiao Lan originally wanted to say that Jiang Chengbei was like this only occasionally, and that he only started acting this way after leaving Tokyo; he wasn't like this when he was in Tokyo.

Actually, Jiang Chengbei left the chakra substitute doll with everyone and flew away as a little chubby bird. That was because he couldn't stand it anymore after accompanying Xiaolan shopping, so he tried to use the substitute doll to deal with the situation.

Later, it was discovered that when using a stand-in doll, all he had to do was choose a melancholy expression. He didn't even need to come up with a reason; Kogoro Mouri and Ran would find one for him: he was acting this way because he was thinking about the truth.

With their help in finding a reason, Jiang Chengbei did not disappoint them. So, he would leave alone from time to time, leaving only the stand-in doll to deal with them.

Moreover, with Jiangchengbei in this state, Kogoro Mouri and his group have another excuse.

Originally, they came out on a trip to help Conan, who was still struggling to cope with the loss of his father, to clear his mind. However, they couldn't bring themselves to say that reason. Now, they seamlessly replaced it with the excuse that Jiang Chengbei's fiancée had run away, allowing Jiang Chengbei to get away and clear his mind.

At the same time, this reason can also cover up the most real reason: Conan is a grim reaper who dies wherever he goes during holidays, and they were kicked out of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

After confirming that Conan really does die wherever he goes, and that the corpses along the way proved it, they discussed it and unanimously decided to use the excuse that Jiang Chengbei's fiancée had run away and he was heartbroken, so they took him on a trip to cheer him up, in order to avoid being politely deported like they were in Saitama Prefecture.

Thus, due to Ran's unintentional misleading, Yukiko thought she had misjudged Jiang Chengbei and was prejudiced against him, which led to her having a stereotype about him.

After discovering that Jiang Chengbei was a sentimental person, Yukiko felt a lot of guilt, but she didn't show it on her face. She joined Conan in verifying Yabuuchi Yoshifusa's identity.

While Jiang Chengbei was searching everywhere for Kudo Yusaku to see if he had infiltrated the area, Conan became the backbone of the group. He first found a group photo of Yabuchi Yoshifusa and everyone else from decades ago when he participated in a baseball game.

Looking at this old photo from decades ago, Hiromi Yabuuchi and Yukiko recalled that baseball game when Yoshifusa Yabuuchi was injured on the field, with a large gash on his foot from a cleat.

With scars on their feet, things became easier. So, a large group of ten of them sneaked up to the door of Yabuuchi Yoshifusa and the young man Carlos he had brought with him.

Then, encouraged by everyone, Hiromi Yabuuchi carried in the tea and deliberately slipped, wetting Yoshifusa Yabuuchi's pants. While rushing over to wipe his pants, she checked Yoshifusa Yabuuchi's feet for any scars.

Because Hiromi Yabuuchi's behavior during the examination was too obvious, and the people eavesdropping outside were too excited, they started shouting excitedly as soon as they confirmed that there was no scar on the left foot facing them.

Seeing how happy the people outside were, Yabunouchi Yoshifusa gave them a severe scolding, reprimanding them as an elder.

Just as they were about to retort, Yabuuchi Yoshifusa pulled up his right trouser leg, showing them a scar on his right leg. He explained that it was from a baseball game decades ago when he was cut by a cleat. This immediately deflated the Yabuuchi family members, who had just been very happy.

Faced with this situation, Kogoro Mouri and the Yabuchi family members are now basically convinced that this person is real, but Conan is not so quick to draw conclusions. He starts pretending to be a child again, taking out a notebook and pen, and asking Yoshifusa Yabuchi to write "Happy New Year" in Chinese characters under the guise of seeking advice.

Upon seeing Yoshifusa Yabunouchi writing with his left hand, the Yabunouchi family members began to shout and yell again.

Hearing their shouts, Jiang Chengbei, who flew into the house, curled his lips. Even if he didn't remember the voices, appearances, or other information, he would forget such an obvious characteristic as whether Yabuuchi Yoshifusa was left-handed.

Jiang Chengbei still remembers a small incident from decades ago: one of his elementary school classmates was left-handed. This was just an ordinary classmate with whom he didn't often play after school, yet Jiang Chengbei still remembers it to this day.

As a result, Hiromi Yabuuchi and Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi didn't remember their uncle, who was also their living uncle. Their memories are really bad.

After leaving Yabuuchi Yoshifusa's room, Conan took out a New Year's card he had found in the warehouse that had been sent from Brazil before and compared the handwriting on it with the card; they were exactly the same.

Now it's finally confirmed that the person who's been writing greeting cards all these decades is the short, fat old man in the house. Thanks to Conan's actions, it's almost certain that the person in the house is indeed their uncle, whom they haven't seen for decades, and who's back to claim the inheritance.

Seeing that the entire verification process was conducted under Conan's supervision, Yukiko couldn't help but turn her gaze to her old classmate, Kogoro Mouri.

In the past few days, with Kogoro Mouri's amazing ability to solve cases wherever he went, coupled with the media's hype, Yukiko almost thought that Kogoro Mouri was a late bloomer who had suddenly had an epiphany.

However, during the process of verifying Yabuuchi Yoshifusa, although he did not remain completely hidden like Jiang Chengbei who was heartbroken after a breakup, he did not help at all. Instead, he caused a lot of trouble. She felt that the famous detective Mouri Kogoro, who had recently become famous, was a bit suspicious.

Conan is the son of her love rival and the other woman. Even if she doesn't want to transfer her hatred to him, Yukiko would still be willing to do so if she could find evidence to bring him to justice. So it's inevitable that she would pay more attention to him.

Chapter 188 In order to see his beloved, whenever he felt a deep longing, he would eat a meal of "Jian Shou Qing" (a type of herb).

With Conan's help, Yoshifusa Yabunouchi's identity was finally confirmed.

Conan confirms, he's real.

During the investigation, it was also learned that while in Brazil, Yoshifusa Yabunouchi had received threatening letters stating that if he dared to return to Japan to claim his inheritance, someone here would try to kill him.

Although Yoshifusa Yabuuchi produced the threatening letter, the words on it were cut from a newspaper, so even Conan couldn't find out who sent it. At most, he could only confirm that the sender was one of the five local Yabuuchi family members.

Besides learning that someone was threatening Yoshifusa Yabuuchi, Conan and his friends visited the villa of a landowner in the countryside of Gunma. When they saw a well surrounded by a wooden fence, they also heard about how the biological mother of Hiromi Yabuuchi and her brother drowned in it 15 years ago.

Next to the well stands a tall camellia tree with lush foliage, now in full bloom with vibrant and beautiful camellias. Fifteen years ago, Hiromi Yabuchi's mother slipped on the stone edge of the well and accidentally fell in and drowned.

Although the police later determined it was an accident, their mother's brother did not believe it was just an accident. He insisted that she was pushed and that it was murder, saying he would come back to find the killer and so on.

Seeing that everyone except Yabuchi Yoshifusa and Carlos had gathered together and listened to the story, Jiang Chengbei felt that he shouldn't listen for nothing, so he immediately flew out of the camellia tree.

Conan, who had just finished listening to the story, glanced around with a premonition and suddenly saw a person wearing a black cloak and a black mask hiding outside the back gate of the courtyard, secretly observing the situation inside.

"Who? Who are you?"

After shouting, Conan bravely ran alone to the back of the courtyard.

At Conan's prompting, the dozen or so people in the courtyard all saw the cloaked figure peeking from behind the door. Although they couldn't see his face, the Yabuchi family members were startled and involuntarily took a few steps back. Some even shouted nervously:

"Is it Mother's brother who's back? Has he come back to seek justice for Mother?"

Compared to the five members of the Yabuchi family who were terrified, the few outsiders who came to visit were not frightened at all. In addition to Conan rushing out to try to catch the mysterious person who was spying, Kogoro Mouri and Yukiko also rushed out after Conan.

Unfortunately, the mysterious person outside seemed to be more powerful than Conan and Kogoro Mouri. When they opened the back door and rushed outside, the place was empty, without a single person in sight.

"hateful!"

The mysterious man clearly waited until they were almost at the door before he started to slip away. In the short time it took them to open the back door, he had vanished. He was so fast that this was the only impression left in Conan and the others' minds.

Because Conan helped the Yabuuchi family confirm that the Yabuuchi Yoshifusa who returned from Brazil was real, and because Kogoro Mouri has recently gained some fame, he's considered a rising star.

In addition, it was getting late, and most importantly, a mother and brother who seemed to have returned for revenge appeared, so Kogoro Mouri and his group were invited to stay.

Moreover, tomorrow is the day the lawyer will announce the will, so Kogoro Mouri and the others can stay and be witnesses.

Of course, the reason they were on a trip was to help Jiang Chengbei, who was heartbroken, to clear his mind and cover up the fact that Kogoro Mouri and Conan were dying wherever they went. That's why the Yabuchi family felt so comfortable letting them stay overnight.

I heard we're having hot pot tonight. I flew around everywhere, searching all over Jiangcheng North. Before dinner, I pretended to go for a stroll and came back with a basket of Boletus luridus.

When Jiang Chengbei returned with a basket of mushrooms, even the Japanese, who don't eat these poisonous mushrooms, were stunned.

Matsutake mushrooms and truffles are popular among Japanese people, but these poisonous mushrooms that change color when touched are not eaten here. Whether in the mountains or on lawns and green belts, this delicacy from Yunnan Province is left to grow and die on its own in Japan.

Everyone took turns trying to persuade Jiang Chengbei, repeatedly telling him that the mushrooms were poisonous, but Jiang Chengbei insisted on not listening to their advice, and no one could do anything about it.

Yukiko: Is Jiang Chengbei thinking of doing something drastic? Should we prepare some soapy water and wash his stomach later?

So, while Yukiko went to wash her hands, she prepared a basin of soapy water for Jiang Chengbei, intending to let the kid experience the pain of having his stomach pumped later. He doesn't listen to women, and now he's suffering, hehehe...

Finally, when everyone sat in a circle to eat hot pot, Jiang Chengbei had a small pot by himself, while the other dozen or so people had a large pot.