Ke Xue: An outlaw, a maniac who sets out to usurp the throne! Chapter 021

While saying polite words, Kogoro Mouri had already unceremoniously torn open the gift bag.

“Dad, that’s so rude.” Ran Mouri looked at Kogoro Mouri helplessly.

She looked at Jiang Heng somewhat apologetically and said, “Sorry, Jiang Heng, you’ve seen my father’s true colors.”

“It’s fine, Mr. Mouri is quite genuine.” Jiang Heng shook his head.

“The sweetness of the desserts is just right, I wonder if you’ll like them.”

“I’m really looking forward to things from Huaxia,” Ran Mouri said, a little embarrassed.

As she spoke, Kogoro Mouri had already opened his bottle of liquor.

Unlike the one or two bottles he had imagined—

There were six bottles of liquor neatly arranged in the gift bag Jiang Heng brought.

Although each bottle’s volume was only about that of a soda can, it was still much more than Kogoro Mouri had expected.

Kogoro Mouri’s eyes lit up, wishing he could open and taste it on the spot.

“But… is this Huaxia liquor? It’s my first time seeing this kind.”

Ran Mouri’s brow furrowed, somewhat worried that Kogoro Mouri would drink so much liquor in one go.

Jiang Heng gave Ran Mouri a comforting look: “These are Huaxia fruit wines.”

“The main ingredients are various fruits. The six bottles are different flavors of fruit wine…”

Kogoro Mouri subconsciously took a look: “Let me see—”

“Uh… it’s Chinese characters. It seems to be strawberry and…”

It seemed that Kogoro Mouri’s Chinese was not very proficient.

“The red one is strawberry flavored, there’s also yellow pineapple, white lychee, pink peach, purple grape, and light purple plum wine.”

Jiang Heng smiled and gave a simple introduction.

“The alcohol content of fruit wines is very low, only a few degrees.”

“As long as you’re not allergic to these fruits, you can drink them with confidence.”

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri’s eyes brightened even more: “Haha, I’m not allergic to anything.”

Ran Mouri looked at Kogoro Mouri helplessly, but also let out a sigh of relief.

Kogoro Mouri’s drinking capacity and manners were truly terrible; he was simply bad at it but loved to play!

Fortunately, Jiang Heng was considerate… he sent low-alcohol fruit wine.

“Cough, cough, you’re very thoughtful.”

Kogoro Mouri coughed twice, trying to compose himself.

“Since we’re neighbors, why don’t you stay for lunch and try Ran’s cooking? Ran is quite good in the kitchen.”

“That would be troublesome.” Jiang Heng did not refuse the invitation.

However, before lunch was ready, the Mouri Detective Agency welcomed a new visitor…

“Professor?” Ran Mouri greeted Professor Agasa with some surprise.

Professor Agasa’s house was next door to Shinichi Kudo’s, and Ran Mouri was quite familiar with Professor Agasa.

However, it was her first time seeing Professor Agasa come to the Mouri Detective Agency.

Since he was already there, Ran Mouri naturally invited him in first.

Only then did she realize that accompanying Professor Agasa was a child who looked like he had just started elementary school.

Ran Mouri felt that this child looked somewhat familiar: “Who is this?”

“Ran, this is my distant relative’s child, Conan Edogawa.”

Professor Agasa rubbed his bald head, smiling as he introduced him.

“Conan Edogawa?” Jiang Heng, who was sitting on the sofa chatting with Kogoro Mouri, looked over.

He seemed quite interested: “Edogawa Ranpo and Arthur Conan Doyle…”

“That name is quite interesting.”

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Conan’s expression stiffened.

Jiang… Jiang Heng? Why was this person at the Mouri Detective Agency?

Could it be, there’s a case?

However, looking at Kogoro Mouri’s seemingly good mood now, it didn’t seem like he was being targeted by Jiang Heng.

Professor Agasa knew about the grievances between Jiang Heng and Shinichi Kudo, and his tone was somewhat awkward.

“Haha, yes, Conan’s parents both really like detectives, so they named their child that.”

Oh my! Why was Jiang Heng, this lawyer, here too?

Thinking of Shinichi Kudo’s fate after facing Jiang Heng, Professor Agasa couldn’t help but shiver.

He then looked down at Conan with some worry, noticing that the child was uncharacteristically silent.

Although Professor Agasa spent most of his time at home, he paid close attention to the news.

Especially… news related to Shinichi Kudo, after all, this was the child he had watched grow up.

However, Professor Agasa was actually powerless regarding Shinichi Kudo’s experiences.

Shinichi Kudo was a child Professor Agasa had watched grow up, so Professor Agasa naturally sided with Shinichi Kudo.

However, Jiang Heng was able to overturn the case with sufficient evidence.

Such evidence, recognized by both the police and the prosecution, made it difficult for Professor Agasa to “go against his conscience” and say that Shinichi Kudo was right!

Therefore, although Professor Agasa would comfort Shinichi Kudo, who had suffered a huge blow from Jiang Heng—

In reality, he didn’t interfere too much with those matters, at most using his computer skills to help Shinichi Kudo research some information…

Before, Professor Agasa had subtly asked Shinichi Kudo if he wanted to focus on school.

Unfortunately, he was refused, so Professor Agasa tried not to bring up the matter again.

He never expected—

That he would run into Jiang Heng today, just as he was bringing Conan Edogawa to seek refuge with Kogoro Mouri…

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