Mouri Detective Agency.
As soon as school was out in the afternoon, Baishi Hui came here and saw Conan flipping through a newspaper.
He walked over and asked, "What are you looking at, Conan?"
After giving a simple greeting, Conan said, "I'm looking at the news about Moon Shadow Island."
"It's been several days, and not a single media outlet has reported on it!"
"And there's no discussion about it online either!!"
Mouri Kogoro, who was drinking beer nearby, said, "You're usually quite smart, kid, can't you figure this out? It must have been suppressed!"
"Such a terrible incident happened, especially with the village chief involved in drugs, and bombs going off left and right."
"How could they dare to report on it?"
"Sigh..." Conan turned all his dissatisfaction with reality into a long sigh.
Just then, the doorbell of the agency rang.
"Oh? We have a guest!" Seeing this, Mouri Kogoro quickly ordered Conan, saying, "Quickly clear the desk!! Baishi, help me open the door!"
Saying this, he quickly tidied himself up.
"Okay, I'll open the door." Baishi Hui didn't say much else, got up, and went to open the door.
"Why do I have to clear the desk?" Conan put down the newspaper and began clearing the desk, full of complaints.
"That's because you're my assistant! Of course, you're the one who does this kind of thing!" Mouri Kogoro said as a matter of course while combing his hair.
"Sigh..." Conan sighed deeply, feeling like he was there to be free labor.
Just then, he heard Baishi Hui call out to him, "Conan, your Mother is here!"
"My Mother?" Conan was startled for a moment and turned to look at the plump middle-aged woman standing at the door.
He quickly said, "She's not my Mother!!"
"No, I am your Mother!" The middle-aged woman walked in and, without a word, picked up Conan.
She said very guiltily, "Conan, I'm so sorry to leave you here all alone, you must have been very lonely!!"
"!!" Conan was completely shocked.
His identity was fake, where would a Mother come from?
Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly felt something hard pressing against his lower abdomen!
His body stiffened, and like a marionette, he slowly lowered his head to look.
He saw the other person subtly holding a pistol pointed at him.
This still made Conan's hands and feet turn cold and a chill run down his spine!
He stared blankly at the smiling, plump face, filled with despair and terror!!
It's over, this time it's over!
I've been discovered.
At this moment, Conan's brain was consumed by fear, completely losing the ability to think.
He looked back at Baishi Hui and Mouri Kogoro in a panic, hoping they could understand the look in his eyes!!
Baishi Hui just laughed heartily and said, "Conan, you look very scared... Did you not tell your Mother about what happened last night? You're finished, you're going to get scolded when you get back!!"
Seeing that the visitor was Conan's Mother, Mouri Kogoro immediately stood up and said, "Hello, my name is Mouri Kogoro, are you Conan's Mother?"
Seeing that these two were completely unaware, Conan's hanging heart finally died.
"Yes, my name is Edogawa Fumiyo." The middle-aged woman simply introduced herself and then said with a face full of apology, "I'm very sorry, my husband and I usually work abroad and don't have much time to look after this child."
"I've always wanted to find time to thank you, Mouri Detective, for taking care of Conan for me, but I could never find the time."
As Edogawa Fumiyo spoke, she put Conan down from her arms; the latter stood there like a minion, not daring to move.
She took a thick envelope from her pocket and said, "Oh yes, this is a gift for our first meeting. Please accept it!"
Mouri Kogoro had originally intended to scold the other party properly, with words like "If you don't have time to look after a child, don't have one" already on the tip of his tongue.
But as soon as he saw the thick envelope, he changed his tune and said with a grin, "This... how can I accept this?"
Although he said this, his body honestly walked up and took the envelope.
Mouri Kogoro reached out and patted Conan's head, praising, "Conan is a very smart child, and very obedient!! It's really not easy to raise such an excellent child!"
"Haha! I also think this child has been smart since he was little." Edogawa Fumiyo covered her mouth and chuckled.
Mouri Kogoro suddenly realized something and quickly invited the person in, saying, "I was so caught up in chatting, Mrs. Edogawa, please come in and sit down! I'll pour you a cup of tea!"
"Maybe next time, I still have to go pick up my husband," Edogawa Fumiyo said apologetically.
"Oh, I see, then be careful on your way!!" Mouri Kogoro quickly said.
"Goodbye." After saying goodbye, Edogawa Fumiyo took Conan's small hand and went downstairs.
After a brief moment of panic, Conan gradually calmed down. He knew that in this situation, he couldn't rely on others and had to save himself!
He knew he couldn't act rashly now and had to wait for the other party to lower her guard.
After going downstairs, as he was being put into the passenger seat by Edogawa Fumiyo, he suddenly heard Baishi Hui's voice.
"Wait a moment!"
Conan sharply turned his head, watching the other person quickly walk down from upstairs, his eyes lit up, and a glimmer of hope arose in his heart!
"Conan, you forgot your schoolbag." Baishi Hui came down and handed Conan's schoolbag to Edogawa Fumiyo.
Conan only heard a 'snap'.
His state of mind collapsed.
"Thank you for specially bringing it down." Edogawa Fumiyo took the schoolbag and thanked him, "Otherwise, I would have had to come back again."
"You're welcome!" Baishi Hui smiled and waved towards the car where Conan looked like he had given up on life, saying, "Listen to your Mother when you get home, okay?"
"Uh... uh, I will." Conan forced out a smile that was uglier than crying.
"Be careful on your way." After saying this to Edogawa Fumiyo, Baishi Hui turned around and went back up to the agency.
He watched the car leave from the second floor, a hint of a smile playing on his lips.
Just then, Mouri Kogoro's exclamation came from nearby, "Wow!! Conan's Mother is really generous, she gave five million yen just like that!"
Baishi Hui turned back and watched the other person excitedly counting the money, while exclaiming, "I can't believe this guy is actually a rich kid!!"
Mouri Kogoro was about to put all the money into his pocket, but he thought about it and felt it wasn't appropriate.
So he counted five banknotes, pulled out two, and handed them to Baishi Hui, saying, "You've also been looking after Conan during this time... so you get a share too! Take it!"
"Then I won't be polite." Baishi Hui also accepted the twenty thousand yen without hesitation.
Mouri Kogoro stuffed the remaining money into his pocket and said, "About the money, you absolutely must not tell Ran... understand?"
Only then did Baishi Hui realize that the twenty thousand yen was a hush money!
He impolitely extended his hand and said, "Give me another fifty thousand yen, and I'll keep it a secret for you!"
"Oh my!!! You guy, you're really greedy! Twenty thousand yen isn't enough?" Mouri Kogoro reluctantly pulled out three banknotes and handed them to Baishi Hui.
"I said another fifty thousand yen, not fifty thousand yen total!" Baishi Hui couldn't help but laugh seeing his stingy look.
"You absolutely must keep it a secret! Otherwise, I won't forgive you!!!" Mouri Kogoro pulled out another twenty thousand yen for Baishi Hui.
"Don't worry, I won't tell Ran about this." Only then did Baishi Hui give a definite answer.
This finally put Mouri Kogoro's mind at ease.
With money in hand, he couldn't sit still and immediately said, "I'm going across the street to play mahjong, I'll trouble you to look after the agency here!"
After saying this, he didn't wait for Baishi Hui's reply and impatiently went downstairs.
Baishi Hui smiled, unhurriedly took out an earphone and put it on, then brewed a cup of coffee, sat down, and slowly read the newspaper.
Feeling this chapter was a bit padded, I made some minor revisions.