bookbashuk Chapter 10: DNA Testing!
Chapter 10: DNA Testing!
Once she had a plan in mind, Xiaolan felt a sudden, empty hunger in her stomach.
She was about to go out to find something to eat when she heard a strange, intense fighting sound coming from the master bedroom as soon as she stepped into the living room.
Sex education in Japan begins very early, with dedicated courses in elementary school.
Even if a 16-year-old high school girl like Xiaolan has no practical experience, the necessary physiological knowledge has already been taught at school.
The sound coming from the bedroom made Xiaolan's cheeks flush red instantly. She had no mind to go to the kitchen to find something to eat. She turned around in a panic and ran out of Eri's apartment.
By this time, the night was deep, and a bright moon hung in the sky, casting its cool light.
The streets were sparsely populated, with only a few streetlights casting a dim yellow glow.
Xiaolan walked alone on the street, her mind in turmoil.
I can't go back to my mother's apartment for the time being, so should I go back to the Mouri Detective Agency, or...?
Ran hesitated for a moment, then remembered her plan and finally chose the latter: to go to the Kudo family's house!
……
Ran's small figure had been lingering at the front gate of the Kudo family's house for a long time.
I was too impulsive when I came here. I was only thinking about getting Shinichi Kudo's sample as soon as possible to confirm my origins.
But now that she's arrived, she suddenly remembers an important question: how can she, in her current seven-year-old form, obtain Shinichi Kudo's hair or blood?
If it were my seventeen-year-old self, as Shinichi Kudo's childhood friend, I could easily get close to him, and even openly pluck a few strands of his hair.
But now, her identity is Lin Xiuyi's seven-year-old daughter, Lin Xiaolan, a complete stranger to Kudo Shinichi.
"What should I do...?"
Xiaolan frowned slightly, muttering to herself, her heart filled with turmoil.
She paced back and forth at the gate, thinking of several solutions, but none of them seemed feasible.
After hesitating for a long time, Xiaolan finally decided to give up for the time being.
"Forget it, let's go back to the Mori office tonight and think of another way tomorrow."
She had just turned around, ready to leave, when suddenly a loud "bang" came from the yard next to the Kudo family's house, followed by a cloud of black smoke.
A chubby figure stumbled out of the smoke-filled house, coughing as he ran: "Cough cough... What happened? I followed the blueprints exactly, how could it explode..."
Immediately after, Shinichi Kudo's voice came through, tinged with helplessness and complaint: "Doctor, I told you long ago, don't conduct experiments without absolute certainty! Look, you've blown up the house again! Cough cough..."
Shinichi Kudo chased after him, coughing as he did so.
He complained for a while before noticing the small figure at the front gate of the Kudo family's house.
"Huh?" Shinichi Kudo paused for a moment, then quickly stepped forward and carefully examined Ran. "I remember you seem to be Ran's... little sister, Ran Lin?"
His expression was somewhat strange as he spoke, clearly not yet fully accustomed to the fact that his childhood sweetheart had suddenly gained a younger sister.
"You two sisters are really something, choosing such similar names. I wonder what Aunt Fei was thinking."
Shinichi Kudo crouched down to Ran's eye level and asked curiously, "By the way, little girl, why are you out alone so late?"
"Where are Aunt Fei and Mr. Lin? How could they let a little kid like you come out alone?"
"Shinichi..."
Ran instinctively called out the other person's name. As soon as the words left her mouth, she realized something was wrong. Seeing Shinichi Kudo's surprised expression, she quickly added a form of address.
"……elder brother."
"Huh, you know me?" Shinichi Kudo was even more curious, his eyes sparkling as he looked at Ran. "Have we met before?"
"Yes, I've heard my mother mention you."
Xiaolan composed herself and tried to make her voice sound more childlike.
As she answered, she secretly glanced at Shinichi Kudo's head.
If she could find an opportunity to pluck a few strands of hair from his head, that would be enough for her to do a DNA test!
Find an opportunity, you absolutely must find an opportunity!
Xiaolan's eyes darted around, and she quickly came up with an idea.
She deliberately tripped and pretended to stumble, falling forward.
"Watch out!" Shinichi Kudo was startled when he saw Ran about to fall. He quickly reached out and firmly supported her arm.
It's now!
Ran was overjoyed. Taking advantage of the close proximity between them, she quietly slipped her right hand behind Shinichi Kudo's head, her fingertips already touching his soft hair.
The hair is right there!
However, just as Ran was about to pluck out a few strands of hair, that round figure—Professor Agasa—suddenly walked over.
"Strange, the calculations were so accurate, how could it explode..."
Professor Agasa muttered to himself, then quickly noticed Shinichi Kudo and Ran standing to the side.
"Hey, Shinichi, who's this kid?"
"Doctor, this little girl is Lin Xiaolan, the half-sister of Xiaolan I told you about before!"
As Shinichi Kudo answered Professor Agasa's question, he helped Ran to her feet.
As he stood up, Xiaolan's right hand, which had been reaching behind his head, instantly missed its target.
hateful!
Xiaolan clenched her little fists tightly, her big eyes filled with anger and resentment.
Just a tiny bit more! Just a tiny bit more and we were done!
"This is Xiaolan's younger sister?"
Professor Agasa leaned closer and looked at Ran more closely.
"She really does look exactly like Xiaolan when she was little, they're practically identical."
He smiled and recalled, "I still remember when you were little, Shinichi, you would drag Ran around everywhere, sometimes solving cases, sometimes going on adventures, and you got into all sorts of funny situations. Haha, I can't believe how much you've both grown up..."
As Professor Agasa continued speaking, he finally noticed the angry expression on Ran's face.
He paused for a moment, then touched his face in confusion. "Strange, little guy, did I do something to upset you? Or did Shinichi bully you?"
"No!" Xiaolan gritted her teeth and uttered those two words curtly.
Seeing that her plan had fallen through, Xiaolan lost interest in staying there any longer.
She turned around and stormed off toward the Mouri Detective Agency.
Shinichi Kudo watched her departing figure, his eyes filled with confusion.
"That's strange. Why is Xiaolan's younger sister waiting at my front door so late at night? And the way she looked at me just now... it was weird. We only met for the first time today..."
Professor Agasa was also somewhat puzzled: "Yes, it is indeed strange for a little kid to be out alone in the middle of the night. Should we follow him and check on him? It wouldn't be good if something happened to him."
Shinichi Kudo hesitated for a moment, then shook his head in the end: "No need, she should be going back to the Mouri Detective Agency."
Even so, Shinichi Kudo still felt that something was amiss.
I always felt that this little girl named "Lin Xiaolan" was hiding some secret.