Chapter 356: Ran's Sorrow

Not to mention Kaito Kuroba who kept sneezing and shivering on the other side.

Suito Sanso Lodge.

After calling the police, the detectives quickly arrived at the Lodge, and Senichi handed over the two criminals and Yoshitaka Nigaki to the local detectives.

No need to mention the two criminals; four years ago, they accidentally injured Ako's brother. After that, they committed the crime of causing an avalanche, killing Ako's brother and the former owner of the Lodge.

This time, seeing that the secret was not safe so they wanted to kill to silence people, although Senichi subdued them in time, the charges of attempted murder and assaulting a police officer were unavoidable.

The two charges combined were enough to give the two criminals a hard time.

And Yoshitaka Nigaki would also have to pay the price for his actions, at least an attempted extortion charge was unavoidable.

After completing the records with the local detectives, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief as they entered the Lodge.

Encountering such a situation right after arriving, it was inevitable for people to be psychologically tense.

But fortunately, this time "Kaito Kid" deliberately showed himself and warned them, successfully avoiding a tragedy. In addition, everyone was experienced in battles, so the absence of casualties was considered a minor incident, with no pressure at all.

As for the scare of the two criminals with guns trying to kill them?

Hmmmm...

Sorry, because Senichi pressed the other party to death as soon as they pulled out their guns, so the others didn't have any sense of reality at all, let alone any pressure.

After a brief rest and recovery, the group, having regained their spirits, began to make chocolates.

Because it was handmade, it wasn't a matter of buying chocolates, melting them into chocolate sauce, and then solidifying them into the desired shapes like that "evil" handmade chocolate.

Since it was chocolates made for lovers, it naturally had to be handmade!

After putting in a lot of effort, with a group of guys as laborers using a mixer, the girls felt relaxed and each prepared the ingredients for the chocolates they wanted.

"Alright, now it's our girls' turn."

Sonoko clapped her hands and began to shoo several boys who had just come out of the kitchen, "You guys just wait outside~"

The three boys, two big and one small, looked at each other and couldn't help but smile helplessly.

After the three boys chatted in the living room for an unknown amount of time, the three girls finally came out with their respective chocolates.

"Thanks, I'll savor it with care." Senichi smiled as he took the chocolate and began to taste it.

However, seeing Senichi accept it so generously, Kyogoku Makoto was extremely flustered. A red blush had already spread across his slightly dark face, and his confused eyes hinted at the turmoil in his heart.

"T-Thank you." Kyogoku Makoto stammered as he took the chocolate, "I will cherish it..."

"Oh... alright..."

After Sonoko handed out the chocolates, they both blushed shyly and lowered their heads. The performances of the two inexperienced young people made the people around them involuntarily reveal aunt-like smiles.

As for Ran, who was the only one who didn't give out chocolates, she felt a bit down despite being happy for the progress in her friend's relationship as she looked at the chocolates in her hands.

The next day, February 14th, Valentine's Day arrived as promised.

In the usually busy and cold Tokyo, today seemed to be tinged with a layer of pink.

Countless storefronts collectively created this festive atmosphere. Couples could be seen walking together on the streets, chatting and laughing freely. Some outgoing ones even participated in the couple activities around them, making everything look exceptionally sweet.

But for Ran, today was particularly unbearable.

When Sonoko saw that there was no writing on the chocolates she made, she asked her why. At that time, she just smiled and said she hadn't figured out what to write.

But only she knew her true feelings.

Because she couldn't write—after all, if the Valentine's Day gift couldn't be given on that day, the recipient wouldn't be able to feel the giver's intentions. And if she didn't even know where the recipient was, how could she deliver a gift she didn't know where to send?

Thinking of this, tears uncontrollably rolled down Ran's cheeks. She turned her head to look outside, finding no one there, and couldn't help but sigh in relief. Afterward, she quickly wiped away her tears.

On the other side, near the door, Conan leaned against the wall with a face full of sadness.

But at this moment, all he could do was to remain silent, only silence.

In the snowy weather, night quickly fell.

People staying in warm houses tended to get drowsy unknowingly. Ran, who sat on the sofa, gradually fell asleep with teary eyes.

Beside her, Kogoro Mouri was also drunk, lying on the desk, snoring loudly.

"Hoo..."

Ran slowly got up, yawned while covering her mouth with her hand, and the coat slipped off her shoulders.

"Huh? coat?" Ran looked at the coat covering her and guessed, "Did Dad or Conan put it on me?"

Then, Ran reached out to pick up her phone from the table to check the time. However, when the lit-up screen showed the time as "19:37,"

Ran couldn't help but be surprised, "Oops! I slept in so late!! I need to quickly prepare dinner..."

Just as Ran was about to panic and get up, she suddenly noticed a letter icon in the bottom right corner of the phone screen.

After clicking to view it, Ran found that she had received a video, and its content surprised her, "What's going on? Isn't this me?"

In the video, it was unmistakably Ran in her previous sleeping state. Seeing this, Ran couldn't help but blush.

"I saw your sleeping posture?? Detective Geek!?"

Just as Ran felt embarrassed watching the words on the video, her phone suddenly rang, and she quickly pressed the answer key, "Hello?"

"Good evening~ It's Detective Geek~"

"S-Shinichi!?" The familiar voice instantly made Ran recognize the person on the other end. She hurriedly ran to the window and pushed it open, "Are you still here, Shinichi!?"

"Well... I just left..."

"Really! Why did you bother with such a boring thing as secretly filming my sleeping posture? Why didn't you just wake me up!?" Ran, upon hearing Shinichi Kudo's words, couldn't help but feel embarrassed and anxious.

"Sorry~ Sorry~ Because you looked so peaceful sleeping, and you drooled a bit~"

From the other end of the phone came Shinichi Kudo's somewhat mischievous voice, making Ran exclaim, "Drooled!?"

Thinking about her crush seeing her sleeping face, Ran felt so embarrassed that she wanted to find a hole to hide in.

"Oh, by the way, there's something I want to tell you."

Seeming to sense Ran's embarrassment, Shinichi Kudo didn't continue teasing but changed the topic, "When I came over earlier, I was a little hungry... so I ate the chocolate on your desk."

"What!?"

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