Conan: Ran turns into an elementary school student and calls me dad.

Is Chapter 3 Vermouth's revenge?

Despite her anger, Xiaolan still harbored a sliver of hope for this father she had never met.

Maybe Mom was just saying that out of anger?

Perhaps there really is some misunderstanding?

Maybe Dad has actually been looking for them all along?

However, her father's first reaction upon appearing today was to resolutely refuse to acknowledge her as his daughter.

Although she knew it was unbelievable that a sixteen-year-old girl could turn into a six-year-old girl, the scene of the other party denying it still felt like a thorn, deeply piercing Xiaolan's heart and shattering her last bit of hope.

Thinking of this, Xiaolan sighed softly, her voice carrying a melancholy that did not match her age.

She glanced at Lin Xiuyi one last time before turning to leave.

But before she could even move her feet, a hand suddenly grabbed her arm from behind!

Xiao Lan reacted almost instinctively, turning around, grabbing hands, bending over, and exerting force, completing a smooth over-the-shoulder throw in an instant!

"Bang!"

Lin Xiuyi fell heavily onto the wooden floor, her back aching from the impact, and she was stunned for a long time.

Isn't this child a six-year-old girl?

Where did you get such strength!

"...I'm sorry!" Xiaolan realized what she had done, hurriedly took a step back, lowered her head and apologized softly, then turned around and tried to run out of the bedroom.

"Wait a minute!" Lin Xiuyi endured the pain and got up from the ground. "Xiaolan, I'm sorry, it's all my fault. There are some deep misunderstandings between your mother and me. For so many years, we haven't had any contact at all, I didn't even know you existed..."

He spoke quickly, trying to explain before the girl ran away again.

However, before she could finish speaking, Xiaolan interrupted her softly: "Mom already told me..."

"It's good that she said it."

Lin Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and was about to reach out to hug this daughter she had never met before when she heard Xiao Lan continue speaking in a calm tone,

"Mom said you're a philandering bastard. She also said that when she was pregnant, you were still fooling around with other women, and in the end, you even abandoned us and went abroad for that woman..."

Lin Xiuyi coughed dryly and awkwardly withdrew her hand: "Um... there were many misunderstandings about what happened back then, and I will definitely explain them to you when I have the chance. But now..."

He suddenly became serious, reached out and gently placed his hands on the little girl's shoulders, looking directly into her eyes.

"You have to answer one question for me first! A very important question!"

Xiao Lan was startled by his serious expression and nodded involuntarily.

"Before your body shrank, did you see anything strange, or any strange people?" Lin Xiuyi lowered her voice. "For example, someone dressed entirely in black? Like wearing a black trench coat, a black top hat, or a black suit and sunglasses?"

Xiaolan blinked her big eyes and shook her head blankly: "No..."

"What about foreign women?" Lin Xiuyi continued to press, "Especially blonde foreign women, the really beautiful kind? Maybe they look like movie stars?"

"No," Xiaolan continued, shaking her head, her face full of confusion. "I went to school and came home normally those few days. I didn't see any foreigners. Why are you asking these questions?"

"It's nothing..." Lin Xiuyi breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Gin and Vodka have such unique personalities and appearances that Ran would definitely remember them if she had met them.

As for the blonde woman, she naturally refers to Vermouth, the thousand-faced witch from the Black Organization.

During the years of his amnesia, Lin Xiuyi had a relationship with this dangerous woman in the United States.

He still remembers what Vermouth said with a gloomy face when they broke up.

"Lin Xiuyi, I will not let you get away with this... I will never allow anyone to betray me."

Back then, Lin Xiuzhi thought Sharon Vineyard was a somewhat eccentric Hollywood actress and never took her threat seriously.

In terms of power and status in America, he was far superior to a movie star, not to mention that the actress died of illness not long after their breakup.

But now that he has regained all his memories, and after learning that the big star Sharon Vineyard is actually Vermouth, the witch of the Black Organization, all Lin Xiuyi can do is smile bitterly.

No wonder that when he pursued Sharon's daughter Chris after they had already established a relationship, it enraged Sharon and ultimately led to their breakup.

Back then, he thought Sharon was angry that he had seduced her daughter!

It now appears that these two identities belong to the same person!

Sharon, also known as Vermouth, was actually just angry that he had changed his mind.

However, if it wasn't Gin and vodka, nor Vermouth, then how did Ran manage to ingest APTX4869?

Or is there... other similar poisons in this world?

Just as Lin Xiuyi was lost in thought, the bedroom door was pushed open again.

Eri Kisaki stood at the door, her face still cold.

When she saw her daughter standing with Lin Xiuyi, her eyes immediately darkened. She quickly walked into the room, grabbed Xiaolan's hand, and tried to pull her out.

"Wait, Eri!" Lin Xiuyi quickly stepped forward to stop her. "It's okay if you're angry with me, we can talk about it slowly. But we need to find out about Ran's matter together, right? This is no small matter!"

"Hmph, Xiaolan is my daughter, it has nothing to do with you!"

Eri Kisaki didn't turn her head, her voice stiff.

"I'll figure out her situation myself, you don't need to worry about it."

"If that's the case, why did you write to me?" Lin Xiuyi took out the crumpled letter from his pocket. "You wrote to inform me, wasn't it so you could come back and help me figure out Xiaolan's situation?"

"I wrote you a letter?" Eri Kisaki abruptly stopped, then slowly turned around, a sarcastic sneer on her face. "Hayashi Shuichi, are you dreaming? When did I ever write you a letter?"

"This letter... wasn't written by you?" Lin Xiuyi looked at the envelope again in confusion, confirming that he hadn't misread the sender's name.

Eri Kisaki snatched the envelope, and her expression changed after just one glance at the mailing address and handwriting.

Those were handwritings she knew all too well, but they weren't hers; they were...

"Ruri! Kogoro!"

Eri Kisaki clutched the envelope tightly, then turned and stormed off into the living room.

Xiaolan watched her mother's retreating figure with a worried expression, and hurriedly chased after her.

Lin Xiuyi immediately followed suit. He had already realized that the letter informing him to return was not written by Eri Kisaki at all, but rather by Ruri and Kogoro.

In the living room, Ruri Doigaki and Kogoro Mouri were huddled together, whispering something to each other guiltily.

Seeing Eri Kisaki rush out with a dark face, the two of them froze at the same time, revealing expressions of "it's over".

Eri slammed the envelope on the coffee table, crossed her arms, and her eyes flashed with a sharp edge: "Give me an explanation!"