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"Huh?!" Hearing Mu Tianyuan's words, Ran immediately got dot eyes. Mu Tianyuan then suddenly pointed at Ran with a terrified expression and said, "Wait! Ran! Don't tell me Conan is actually your and Shinichi's child?!"
"Of course not!" Ran, who had originally been stunned by Mu Tianyuan's guess, immediately turned red and roared loudly upon hearing Mu Tianyuan's words.
Truth be told, Mu Tianyuan felt as if he were standing in front of a Category 12 typhoon at that moment...
Ran's roar, let alone Detective Mouri and the others walking ahead, could even be heard within a three-block radius. Detective Mouri, who was walking ahead, turned his head and asked Ran, "Ran, what's wrong?"
"Uh, nothing, nothing..." Ran, seeing that not only her own father was staring at her, but even people on the street were staring, immediately waved her hands awkwardly. After Detective Mouri turned around and continued walking, Ran, blushing, looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, "Xiao Mu, can you stop talking nonsense!"
"What?" Mu Tianyuan looked at Ran blankly and asked back. After Ran repeated herself again, Mu Tianyuan picked his ear, "Huh? What did you say? I can't hear anything now! I think I need to go to the hospital!"
Ran: "..."
Looking at Mu Tianyuan's blank expression, Ran didn't know what to do. This guy couldn't have gone completely deaf because her decibel level was too high just now, could he?
After a long time, Mu Tianyuan, while stroking the little fox, looked at Ran in surprise and said, "Ran-jie, that roar you just let out was probably on par with Third Master Changshan's roar in front of Changbanpo back then, you know?"
Conan, do you know? To cover for you, buddy, I almost went deaf! If you don't treat me to a trip to Kabukicho, you'll be letting down all my efforts!
After glaring at Conan, who was curiously watching them, Mu Tianyuan then held up the little fox in his hand and said to Ran, "Look what you've done to our little fox. It's really bristling!"
Mu Tianyuan finally understood the true meaning of "bristling." The little fox's fluffy fur instantly stood on end from Ran's roar, making the already fluffy little fox look like a fur ball...
Ran, hearing Mu Tianyuan's words, looked at the fluffy little fox and felt guilty. Then, regardless of whether the little fox was just an animal, she leaned close to it and began to apologize.
At this moment, the little fox's hearing hadn't fully recovered. Its ears were much more sensitive than Mu Tianyuan's, and the impact it had just received was also greater than Mu Tianyuan's.
At this moment, it only saw Ran's mouth moving, but completely couldn't understand what Ran was saying. The little fox immediately used its private line to say to Mu Tianyuan in terror, "It's over! I can't hear anything! Do you think I'm deaf?"
"Don't worry, you won't be. It'll be fine in a moment." Mu Tianyuan hastily comforted the little fox. Then Mu Tianyuan spoke with feeling: "Ran-jie is indeed Ran-jie. I can't afford to provoke her. Not to mention her extraordinary skills, just look at how powerful her roar is. Damn it, I swear I'll never tease Ran-jie again!"
"You've said that many times, but why haven't I seen you remember it?" The little fox glared at Mu Tianyuan in annoyance, then "whoosh" jumped onto Mu Tianyuan's shoulder and started furiously lashing him with its tail, yelling through its private line: "It's all your fault! Why did you provoke Ran for no reason? Huh! Are you bored? You know Ran is dangerous, yet you still provoke her! You're just asking for trouble, aren't you? You already swore not to provoke her, so why don't you learn your lesson?!"
"I just couldn't help myself..." Mu Tianyuan replied awkwardly, shielding his face with his hand. He didn't know what was going on. He hadn't had such a problem before coming to the world of Detective Conan. Why did he keep acting more and more uninhibited after coming to the world of Detective Conan?
Seeing Mu Tianyuan finally manage to stop the little fox's rampage, Ran looked at him with guilty concern, "Xiao Mu, are your ears okay?"
Although this was Mu Tianyuan's own doing, Ran's kind nature always made her instinctively care for others, even if Mu Tianyuan completely brought it upon himself!
"It's nothing serious," Mu Tianyuan scratched his ear, then, while tidying his hair which had been ruffled by Ran's roar, he said, "Ran-jie, please don't use that divine ability of yours anymore. It's too terrifying."
"Uh... who told you to talk nonsense..." Ran replied awkwardly. Mu Tianyuan, without thinking, immediately said, "It's mainly because if it wasn't you who gave birth to Shinichi's child, who else could give him a monkey..."
"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Ran immediately lost control of her voice again, but thankfully this time Ran wasn't as deafening as the first time. However, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox's ears, which had just recovered, were still ringing...
And then, the little fox was seen wielding its large tail, whipping Mu Tianyuan again. While whipping, the little fox continued to roar through its private line: "I'm just asking you one thing, how incorrigible are you? How incredibly incorrigible are you?!"
"I'm sorry, I was wrong! I'll try my best to correct it in the future!" This time, Mu Tianyuan sincerely apologized, then he bowed ninety degrees to the blushing Ran, genuinely saying, "Ran-jie, I'm sorry, I was wrong!"
Seeing Mu Tianyuan apologize so sincerely, Ran, who was originally fuming with anger, huffed, "Xiao Mu, don't talk nonsense anymore, understood?"
"Yes, Ran-jie, I've remembered it," Mu Tianyuan readily nodded to Ran. Then Mu Tianyuan looked at Ran and said, "Alright, no more joking. Let's talk about Conan's matter."
"Mm." Ran, hearing Mu Tianyuan's words, immediately nodded seriously. Then Ran, while looking at Conan who was walking ahead and occasionally turning back to watch the fun, whispered to Mu Tianyuan, "I always feel like Conan and Shinichi are very similar, it feels like..."
Before Ran could finish her speculation, Mu Tianyuan looked at Ran and said, "What did you say? Speak up, I can't hear you clearly."
"Uh..." Ran's mouth twitched as she looked at Mu Tianyuan, then she could only slightly raise her voice and say, "I said, I think Conan and Shinichi are very similar!"
"That's normal, after all, he's Shinichi's illegitimate son. This resemblance only proves that Conan isn't the son of Shinichi's next-door neighbor, Old Man Wang," Mu Tianyuan said with a serious nod.
Ran: "Uh..." When was it confirmed that Conan was Shinichi's illegitimate son?! Why didn't I know?
And just then, Mu Tianyuan suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Wait! Ran, Shinichi and us are about the same age, right? This kid already has an illegitimate son the size of Conan?! If that's the case, isn't he, at ten years old, no, factoring in the pregnancy period, this guy was just over nine years old when he... harmed a girl?!"
"Uh..." Ran's eyes immediately turned into dot eyes upon hearing Mu Tianyuan's words. Although what Mu Tianyuan said was different from her guess, Ran said she was stunned at that moment.
Mu Tianyuan knew the truth, but at this point, he had already gone off on his own tangent. He saw Mu Tianyuan gritting his teeth and saying, "Beast! Beast! Kudo Shinichi is simply a beast! No, this guy is even worse than a beast! Damn it, he knew how to harm girls at nine years old! How precocious must he be?! When I was nine, I was embarrassed to even see older sisters bathing, but Kudo Shinichi, that beast, is already a father! This is too enviable!"
"Uh, Xiao Mu..." Ran looked at Mu Tianyuan, who was righteously indignant, and for a moment didn't know what to say. Mu Tianyuan, after a second of envy, jealousy, and hatred, suddenly looked at Ran and said, "Ran, if we're talking about it, Conan shouldn't call me older brother, should he call me uncle?"
Looking at Mu Tianyuan's serious expression, Ran helplessly covered her forehead. The extremely patient Ran felt that she truly couldn't communicate with Mu Tianyuan at this moment...
And Mu Tianyuan, seeing Ran's expression, whispered to the little fox through their private line, "Why do I feel like I haven't successfully fooled her?"
"Because your reason is too ridiculous. If you said Conan was Kudo's father's illegitimate son, you might have been able to fool Ran," the little fox rolled her eyes and complained. Mu Tianyuan slapped his palm after hearing that, "You're right! Why didn't I think of that?!"
"Xiao Mu, what's wrong?" Ran couldn't hear the private line between the little fox and Mu Tianyuan, but she saw Mu Tianyuan's sudden realization, and immediately asked curiously.
Mu Tianyuan immediately turned to look at Ran and said, "I thought of another possibility!"
Then Mu Tianyuan furtively looked left and right, then said with a gossipy expression, "Do you think this could be Shinichi's younger brother? For example, Uncle Kudo made a mistake behind Aunt Yukiko's back. You also know that Uncle Kudo is very popular with women, so, well, you know!"
Then Mu Tianyuan clicked his tongue and said, "I never expected Uncle Kudo to look like such a gentleman, yet he actually has an illegitimate child. Aunt Yukiko, though a bit older, still has her looks, and doesn't look old at all. How could Uncle Kudo do something like this? In terms of relationships, Uncle Kudo is really inferior to Detective Mouri. Detective Mouri only flirts with words, but Uncle Kudo... sigh..."
Ran: "..."
To be honest, at this moment, Ran was both speechless and a little shaken. Could it really be true? After all, Shinichi's father did have quite a few female fans who cried and begged to have his children! It was even rumored that Shinichi said that in the letters his fans sent to his father, many female fans even attached photos of themselves in very revealing clothes, or even performing "the Emperor's New Clothes"!
However, after being shaken for a while, Ran still shook her head. Then, looking at Mu Tianyuan, she seriously asked, not giving him a chance to talk nonsense, "Do you think Conan could be Shinichi?"
"Uh..." Faced with Ran's direct question, Mu Tianyuan was stunned for a moment. He knew that Ran suspected Conan, and he had tried his best to cover for Conan, but at this moment, Ran still hadn't been fooled. This made Mu Tianyuan feel a bit helpless for a moment. However, although Mu Tianyuan was stunned for a moment, he reacted quickly.
Mu Tianyuan suddenly looked at Ran with a pained, sympathetic, and concerned gaze and said, "Ran, hold on, we're almost at the hospital. You must hold on. Once we get to the hospital, we'll definitely get you the best psychiatrist. Don't worry, medicine is so advanced now, you'll definitely get better!"
Ran: "..."