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"Huh? This is interesting. The toys sent weren't new, but rather used ones. It seems these toys had other owners before they were sent to you." Hearing Mr. Ogawa's words, Detective Mouri, Conan, and Mu Tianyuan were all stunned. Then, while playing with the toy gun in his hand, Mu Tianyuan mumbled thoughtfully.
Following that, after carefully examining the types of toys, Mu Tianyuan mused, "The previous owner of these toys should also be a boy. And sending things, sending money, even knowing to use fake informationâthis is clearly not something a child could do. It should be the parents of these toys' previous owner or someone else.
But how could a child agree to give so many toys to someone else? Even if his parents were Santa Claus, there's no need to force their own child, right? Since the sender can send you money every month, they shouldn't be so stingy that they wouldn't even buy new toys, right?"
Originally, Mu Tianyuan was wondering if the reason someone was inexplicably sending Mr. Ogawa money and toys every month was because Mr. Ogawa was actually a "happy dad," and the reason for receiving these things was actually that the child's biological father, whose name was something like
"Ta", was sending monthly child support and living expenses, along with gifts for his son, to thank Mr. Ogawa for selflessly raising his son. But now, upon hearing that these toys had previous owners, Mu Tianyuan immediately overturned this idea. It couldn't be that the child's biological father used his other son's toys or stole other children's toys as gifts, could it?
"Yes, that's why I feel even more uneasy," Mr. Ogawa immediately nodded after hearing Mu Tianyuan's words. Mu Tianyuan frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "This matter does seem a bit off. It seems unlikely to be a gift from your patient, but that's not right either. Although the toys are old, the money is real."
Conan, who was beside them, also frowned in thought. As someone who was nominally a detective but in reality a Grim Reaper and jinx, Conan also felt something was amiss at this moment. He felt that there must be some hidden motive here, absolutely not as simple as he initially imagined!
"Maybe these toys are antiques?" Detective Mouri said, stroking his chin and pondering. But after thinking about Mu Tianyuan's words again, he denied himself, "No, that can't be it..."
"Yeah, who would give second-hand goods as gifts for no reason, and these things don't seem like valuable collectibles either," Mu Tianyuan also mumbled from the side. Mr. Ogawa already felt something was wrong with this matter. Now, hearing Mu Tianyuan and Detective Mouri's words, he became even more worried. So Mr. Ogawa immediately looked at Detective Mouri expectantly and said, "Detective Mouri, do you know what's going on?"
Hearing Mr. Ogawa's question, Detective Mouri pondered for a moment, then said very confidently, "Maybe someone is playing a prank!"
"A prank?" Mr. Ogawa was stunned when he heard Detective Mouri's words. Mu Tianyuan looked at Detective Mouri, who was nodding vigorously as if very confident in his deduction, and immediately rolled his eyes helplessly.
Although Mu Tianyuan didn't know the sender's purpose, he felt that this was definitely not as simple as a prank! Have you ever seen anyone send money as part of a prank? If there's such a prank, please give me a dozen of them every day!
And the little fox also scoffed at Detective Mouri's deduction. While silently rolling her eyes at the still smug Detective Mouri, she said to Mu Tianyuan, "How do you think this sleazy uncle deduced that answer? That answer just feels so bizarre!"
There was one more person who didn't believe Detective Mouri's deduction, and that was Conan. At this moment, Conan was also pondering what hidden secrets there were. However, although Li Junyang, the little fox, and Conan didn't believe Detective Mouri's deduction, Mr. Ogawa did. After Detective Mouri's few words, he immediately looked at Detective Mouri with admiration and said, "Your deduction is truly amazing, Mr. Mouri!"
"Hahahaha~" Upon hearing Mr. Ogawa's words, Detective Mouri immediately put his hands on his chest and burst into loud laughter. Seeing Detective Mouri's smug smile, Mu Tianyuan immediately thought of a lyric, "I laugh proudly and I laugh proudly." This lyric was truly too fitting for Detective Mouri at this moment. Detective Mouri's smug laughter even seemed to make the entire room tremble...
After laughing for a good while, Detective Mouri finally stopped his smug laughter. He picked up the letter on the table that Mu Tianyuan couldn't understand and said, "Is this letter the only clue about the sender now?"
Hearing Detective Mouri's words, Conan thought for a moment and then leaned next to Detective Mouri, saying, "Could someone be trying to buy something from Uncle Ogawa?"
"Buy what?" Detective Mouri was stunned. Conan then pointed at the letter and said, "Look, the content of the letter probably means that."
"Is that so? Why can't I see it?" Mu Tianyuan leaned his head in and asked curiously, looking at Conan. Conan, hearing Mu Tianyuan's words, just rolled his fish eyes and chuckled. It's right that you can't see it. I'd be surprised if you could. Don't forget you're illiterate!
Mr. Ogawa, after pondering for a moment, suddenly realized something and said, "Oh, by the way, there's a painting in the hospital that my grandfather left behind. I heard that painting is worth around twenty million."
"That's it!" Detective Mouri, hearing Mr. Ogawa's words and combining them with Conan's hint, immediately looked at Mr. Ogawa excitedly and exclaimed. Then Detective Mouri added, "I think the sender wants to buy that painting from you!"
And Conan immediately followed up, "In any case, let's go to the hospital first and take a look at that painting! Maybe we can find more clues!"
Detective Mouri, having nothing better to do, immediately agreed to Conan's suggestion. Then Detective Mouri called everyone to go to the hospital to see the painting. Mu Tianyuan walked out with them, whispering to the little fox, "I always feel like it's not about the painting..."
"I don't know, but I also think it's not. If they want to buy it, why don't they just say so directly? Who would be so foolish as to send so much money first? Aren't they afraid of losing both the money and the painting in the end?" The little fox replied, swaying its tail. Mu Tianyuan nodded and said, "Yeah, I think so too."
Then Mu Tianyuan sighed emotionally, "Speaking of which, I always feel that the request to go to the hospital to see a painting is quite strange. It's even stranger than going to the hospital to see the nurse sisters..."
"Then you can go see the nurse sisters later," the little fox rolled its eyes at Mu Tianyuan and then suddenly said, "Look what's wrong with Ran."
"Hmm?" Mu Tianyuan was about to continue chatting idly with the little fox, but when he heard the little fox's words, Mu Tianyuan immediately turned his head curiously to look at Ran, who was following behind. He found that Ran, who was walking at the very back, was staring intently at Conan, who was walking next to Detective Mouri, with an uneasy expression. The little fox then said, "Don't you think Ran is strange?"
"Hmm," Mu Tianyuan nodded, then slowed his pace. When Ran walked beside him, Mu Tianyuan looked at Ran with some curiosity and said, "Ran, what's wrong? You look troubled."
"Hmm..." Hearing Mu Tianyuan's words, Ran turned to look at Mu Tianyuan, then said with a conflicted and somewhat serious expression, "Xiao Mu, you..."
"Why don't you just say what you want to say? Why are you being so hesitant?" Mu Tianyuan saw that Ran had been struggling for a long time and couldn't say a complete sentence, so he urged her impatiently. Ran gritted her teeth after hearing Mu Tianyuan's urging and said, "Do you think Conan resembles Shinichi...?"
"Eh?!" As soon as these words came out, Mu Tianyuan was stunned, then he looked at the little fox. While looking at the little fox, Mu Tianyuan said, "Holy crap, it seems Conan might be at risk of exposure!"
The little fox also nodded, "Yeah, yeah, could it be that Ran discovered Conan's weakness?"
"Probably..." Mu Tianyuan nodded in response. Thinking about Conan's little display of deduction just now, it didn't seem like something a child should do at all! It seemed Ran's suspicion wasn't impossible!
"Xiao Mu, Xiao Mu?" Just as Mu Tianyuan and the little fox were whispering, Ran saw Mu Tianyuan not speaking for a long time and called him softly twice. When Mu Tianyuan turned to look at her, Ran finally said, "Do you think he looks like him?"
"Hmm..." Mu Tianyuan looked at Conan, who was bouncing around innocently ahead, and then fell silent. "That's right! If you hadn't said anything, I really wouldn't have noticed. This brat really is very similar to Shinichi! He loves deduction, he's just as arrogant, just as conceited, and just as fond of showing off! He's practically a spitting image of Shinichi!"
"You think so too, right?" Ran immediately looked at Mu Tianyuan expectantly when she heard his words. Mu Tianyuan nodded seriously, then suddenly realized, "I knew it! I always wondered why I couldn't help but want to bully this kid. So it's because he's like Shinichi! That explains it."
Ran: "..."Â Who can tell me how to continue this conversation?
At this moment, Mu Tianyuan propped his chin and looked at Conan, who was still unaware that Ran suspected him, for a long time. Then he suddenly turned and looked at Ran seriously, saying, "Have you noticed that Conan's eyes resemble Shinichi's?"
"Hmm?!" Ran was stunned when she heard Mu Tianyuan's words. She hadn't paid attention before, but now, hearing Mu Tianyuan's words, Ran suddenly realized that Conan's appearance also somewhat resembled Shinichi. And just then, Mu Tianyuan grabbed Ran's hand and said seriously, "Ran, do you think this Conan could be Shinichi'sâillegitimate son?!"