"Hahaha, it's not bad to be so lively occasionally.”Old Master Ah Man said with a smile when he saw the children eating happily.
"Yeah, that's right. Ever since Mom died in that fire, we haven't had any customers.”The noble young master held his wine glass and sighed.
"However, I heard from the servants that the two of you have been staying here since the fire.”Professor A'li was puzzled.
"Hehe, actually, I originally planned to return to this castle to live after graduating from university.”The noble young master said with a smile.
"From the beginning, I stayed here because I was worried about my mother-in-law who had lost her only daughter. "But as I lived, I grew to like this castle where my wife was born and raised," Old Man Ah Man said with a face full of memories.
Suddenly, a cold snort was heard. "Hmph, I think you don't like this castle, but the treasures hidden in this castle.”It turned out to be the Eldest Mistress who had arrived at some point in time.
"Grandma." The noble young master was stunned when he saw the Eldest Mistress and called out.
"Haha, that's true. If I said that I didn't care about father-in-law's last words, that would be a lie.”Master Ah Man said with a smile.
"I knew that my daughter was deceived by a greedy man like you.”Lady Wang said angrily. "I want to have dinner in my room. Bring my daughter here as soon as she arrives. I must talk to her properly.”With that, Lady Wang wheeled herself back to her room.
"Grandma is still the same. She always thinks that my mother is still alive.”The noble young master looked in the direction that Eldest Mistress left and said helplessly.
"No wonder her memory is bad. Ever since her foot hurt until today, she has been trapped in this castle for the past ten years.”Old Master Ah Man propped his chin with both hands and sighed. Suddenly, he looked at the doctor. Professor Ali?"
Dr. A'li was stunned by the sudden question. He stared blankly at Master A'man.
"Why? Have you not heard my father-in-law say before he died that as long as he could solve the mystery of this castle, he would give his most precious treasure to him?”Master Ah Man asked curiously.
"Ah, I've already heard about this from Mr. Tian Dian, the gardener. But I don't know where to start.”Professor A'li looked at Master A'man and scratched the back of his head with an embarrassed expression.
"The western chess pieces in the courtyard.”Xiao Ai suddenly said.
"Eh?" Professor A'li heard Xiao 'ai's words and turned to look at Xiao' ai sitting beside him.
"If the person who designed the chessboard in the courtyard is the one who buried the treasure. Then, there must be a way to unlock this treasure hidden in that western chess piece. I don't think it should be wrong." Xiao Ai explained.
After hearing Xiao Ai's explanation, everyone started to think. "Is it true? Xiao Ai." Professor Ali asked Xiao Ai in a low voice.
"Could it be that you already know the meaning of those chess pieces?”The noble young master asked excitedly.
Xiao Ai calmly picked up the teacup and took a sip." How could I know? You guys spent four years and still couldn't solve it. If there really is someone who can solve it, it should be the little muddle-headed detective who disappeared somewhere in this castle, right?"”Xiao Ai said mysteriously.
"Detective case? Little Muddle Head?" Master Ah Man and the noble young master were confused.
Suddenly, a maid appeared behind Bu Mei." Here's the bag. Is this okay?"”
"Thank you." Bu Mei took the bag from her and thanked her.
"What is this bag for?" Mitsuhiko asked.
Ayumi explained as she filled the bag with bread," Because I wanted to bring my bread to Conan later. I thought he must be hungry."”
"By the way, where did the boy with glasses go?”Master Ah Man asked Dr. Li curiously.
"I haven't been able to find that child since just now. I plan to look for him carefully after we finish eating.”Professor A'li said.
"This castle actually has quite a lot of traps. I think he must have lost his way somewhere.”The noble young master said.
"As long as we don't break into that tower.”Master Ah Man stroked his chin and pondered.
"What tower?" Professor Ali asked.
"It's the tower on the left side of this castle. I'm talking about the burnt tower that burned my wife to death four years ago and is now overgrown with weeds.”Master Ah Man suddenly thought of something." Right, I remember that two years ago, a new servant we hired to work here suddenly disappeared one night. After asking, I found out that he told a servant who was on good terms with him that there must be something strange about that tower. So I immediately went into the tower to look for him. Although there were traces of someone entering, I didn't see him. Then, we called the police and searched the nearby woods.”
"And then? Did you find anything?" Professor Ali asked curiously.
"Nine days later, we found him in the woods. He starved to death.”Master Ah Man said.
Hearing Master Ah Man's words, the children were shocked.
"How…how did this happen?" The doctor was also a little shocked.
" I don't know. The police later dealt with it as an accident where he accidentally entered the forest, got lost, and was trapped inside. However, during that period of time, there was a very strange rumor among the servants. They said that after my wife was burned to death, she lingered on that tower, and that hatred was transferred to him. From then on, they sealed the entrance to the tower.”
"Then, if we don't find Conan quickly, he will also have nothing to eat.”Bu Mei said worriedly.
"Then I'll put my bread in too.”Genta picked up his bread and handed it to Ayumi. "And mine." Mitsuhiko said. Yan Ze took a look and handed the bread to Bu Mei.
"Then let's split up and search. Otherwise, the sky will get darker.”The noble young master stood up and suggested.
Then, everyone began to search for Conan's whereabouts. It started to rain, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier, but he could not find it anywhere. Master Ah Man was afraid that Conan had run into the forest, so he suggested asking the police to come and look for him tomorrow.
Ayumi ran outside and called out Conan's name worriedly. Xiao Ai walked over and said," Don't worry. Conan Edogawa is definitely not the kind of guy you need to worry about. If anything really happens, she will find a way to escape." If you have time to cry here, you'd better hold that bag well, lest the bread gets wet from the rain.”
" Okay." Bu Mei wiped her tears and nodded. Then, she hugged the bag of bread tightly.
" Hey, you'll catch a cold!" Mitsuhiko Mota shouted from not far away. Yan Ze was also watching them from the side.
"Alright, let's go back." Xiao Ai said as she walked into the house.
"Why do you know Conan so well?”Bu Mei ran over to catch up with Xiao Ai and asked.
"What do you think?" Xiao Ai said lightly.
"Could it be that you like Conan?”Bu Mei stopped and asked.
"Eh?" Xiao Ai heard Bu Mei's reply and stopped in her tracks. For some reason, she thought of Yan Ze's dazed look. He was stunned for a moment before he joked,"So what if I am?”
"That won't do." Bu Mei said softly.
"Don't worry. To be honest, I've never felt this way about that kid.”Xiao Ai said lightly. She thought of Yan Ze for some reason and looked at him. Feeling Xiao Ai's gaze, Yan Ze looked up at her and tilted his head strangely. Seeing him like this, Xiao Ai's lips curled into a faint smile. Yan Ze stared blankly at Xiao Ai's smile.
" Really, that's great." Bu Mei ran forward happily." Is what you said true?”
The doctor walked over from behind." Cough cough, kids nowadays are really mischievous.”
"Just like you said, Shinichi should be fine. No news is the best news, right?”The doctor and Xiao Ai said as they entered the castle.
"What nonsense are you talking about?”Xiao Ai turned to the doctor and said," Think about it, he has disappeared for a few hours without contact. Would he be so bored that we would be so worried? Something must have happened to him now. Either he had been captured by someone in this castle and had no way to escape, or he had already been killed.”
" No way," the doctor said nervously.
"In short, don't attract the attention of the people here. Contact the police first and ask them to come here for a thorough investigation. And it's not in the forest, but in this castle. I already have a clue. You have to work hard, doctor. Since he's not here now, the only person I can rely on is you.”Xiao Ai walked towards the room as she spoke, but when she turned around, she saw Yan Ze standing not far away. She was looking somewhere, not knowing if he had heard what she had just said.
Xiao Ai walked over." Yanze, what's wrong?”
Yan Ze was still staring at that place.”
When Xiao Ai heard this, she ran over, but she didn't see anyone. She walked back and asked Yan Ze,"Yanze, are you sure there's someone there?"”
"Yeah."
Xiao Ai turned to Dr. A'li and said," Dr. A'li, it looks like we need to contact the police as soon as possible.”
"I understand." Dr. A'li agreed and went to look for a phone.
" A phone, a phone." Dr. A'li looked for a phone and found it at the corner." Ah, I finally found it." The doctor walked toward the phone with a smile. He was about to make a call when he saw something not far away. He put down the phone and walked over curiously.
He picked it up and looked at it. His face was full of surprise." This is Shinichi's hat."”Suddenly, a door opened on the wall beside him." What's this door for?”Professor Ali walked in curiously. "Where is this place?" Suddenly a person appeared from behind, holding an iron rod and hitting the doctor.
"Doctor, since we are looking for the police, I think we should look for the police we are more familiar with, or Officer Mu Mu.”Xiao Ai walked to the place where the phone was placed, but she did not see Dr. Ali.
"Doctor?"
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