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

Chapter 17 Sonoko Suzuki

If you're going to beat someone up with a club, why make her act like a fool on the street for half a day?

Speaking broken Japanese and pretending not to understand what they were saying, it's utterly shameful!

Was that lecherous man deliberately making things difficult for her, trying to embarrass her so that she would climb into his bed and beg him to let her go?

Judy thought about it more and more and it seemed very likely, and her disgust for Lin Xiuyi deepened even more.

The four bodyguards had no idea what Judy was thinking.

Li Long crouched down, plucked a few strands of hair from Shinichi Kudo's head, and carefully put them into a pre-prepared paper bag.

"Miss Judy, while you're with the boss, pay close attention to your surroundings. Although this is Japan, not America, there are still many hidden dangers, so we can't let our guard down."

"What about you guys?" Judy took the paper bag. "Aren't you coming back with me to protect the boss?"

"The boss instructed us to find a few houses with a wide view near the apartment we stayed at this morning, so that it would be convenient for protecting his fiancée and daughter." Li Long's tone carried a hint of confusion about the boss's arrangement. "The boss said that having you by his side to protect him is enough for him now."

Heh, that bastard!

Judy couldn't help but grumble to herself, "They abandoned their lover and daughter for over a decade without a care, and now they suddenly care and even arranged for someone to protect them."

This is utterly hypocritical!

She glanced sympathetically at Shinichi Kudo, who was lying unconscious on the ground, then took the paper bag and walked toward the black Audi parked by the roadside.

Before Judy could even reach the car, the back door was pushed open, and Xiaolan eagerly jumped out.

"Thank you so much, Judy!"

"Little sister, you have such a sweet tongue."

Although Judy doesn't like Rin Shuichi, she is quite fond of the cute and well-behaved Ran.

She also knew that she had pulled out Shinichi Kudo's hair earlier in order to do a DNA test with the little girl in front of her to determine if they were siblings.

This made Judy despise Lin Xiuyi even more.

Just as she was about to hand the paper bag containing the hair to Xiaolan, a girl suddenly lunged at Xiaolan's side.

"Wow, so cute!"

The newcomer, drawing out the last syllable of his voice, excitedly shouted as he leaned in and rubbed his cheek against Xiaolan's soft face.

"This child looks just like Xiaolan when she was little! They're practically identical!"

When Judy noticed the person lunging at Xiaolan, her expression instantly turned icy.

Just as she was about to make her move, she realized that the person who came was not malicious; they were simply showing affection to Xiaolan. She relaxed a little then.

While Judy was keeping an eye on Lan's safety, she didn't notice that as the person rubbed against Lan, a strand of her hair got caught in the paper bag.

"what!"

Xiaolan was startled by the sudden hug. Her body stiffened instantly, her little hands gripping the paper bag tightly, and she instinctively tried to back away.

But when she saw who it was, her already panicked face instantly became even more unnatural.

Because the other person was holding her so tightly, she still instinctively called out.

"Sonoko, no..."

"what?"

The girl who was holding Xiaolan stopped, let go, and looked at Xiaolan curiously.

"Little sister, do you know me?"

That's right, the one who suddenly pounced on her was none other than Ran's best friend since childhood, the second young lady of the Suzuki Group, Sonoko Suzuki.

She hadn't seen Xiaolan for a week and was missing her terribly.

After school today, she planned to go directly to the Mouri Detective Agency to ask Ran where she had gone and why she hadn't heard from her at all.

Unexpectedly, she saw a little girl on the way who looked exactly like Xiaolan when she was a child. Overwhelmed with excitement, she couldn't help but rush over.

Hearing her own name from the little girl's lips, Sonoko was even more astonished. She glanced at Ran, looking her up and down.

"Little sister, how do you know my name?"

"Well... actually..."

Xiao Lan blushed instantly. She wasn't the type of person who was good at lying, which was completely different from Lin Xiuyi.

When Sonoko pressed him for answers, he became so anxious that he couldn't speak.

"She heard about you from her sister."

Lin Xiuyi had noticed the commotion earlier, and the moment Yuanzi lunged at Xiaolan, he had already pushed open the car door and gotten out.

Seeing his daughter in a predicament, he immediately stepped forward to help Xiaolan out of the predicament.

Wow! What a handsome older man!

Sonoko's attention was instantly drawn to Hayashi Hideichi, her eyes sparkling with undisguised infatuation. Only then did she notice what he had said.

"Sister? Little sister, who is your sister? Do I know your sister?"

"My sister is Lin Lan..."

Xiaolan stammered as she answered, then quickly lowered her head, not daring to look Sonoko in the eye.

"Xiao Lan?"

Sonoko gasped, her face filled with disbelief.

"You're Xiaolan's younger sister? But I've never heard Xiaolan mention you before. By the way, little sister, what's your name?"

"My name is Lin Xiaolan."

Xiao Lan took a deep breath. Although she was still a little nervous, she was gradually getting used to her new identity and her speech became more fluent.

"You two sisters are both named Lan?"

Sonoko laughed heartily, then reached out and gently pinched Ran's soft cheek.

"To make it easier to tell us apart, I'll call you Little Orchid from now on! Isn't that a cute name!"

"Um……"

Xiaolan nodded gently, her cheeks still a little red, but her nervousness had eased considerably.

"By the way," Sonoko leaned closer, blinking her curious eyes as she asked, "Little Ran, are you Ran's cousin or her younger cousin? It's amazing how much you look like Ran when she was little!"

"she is……"

Lin Xiuyi stepped forward, shielding Xiaolan behind him, and repeated to Sonoko what he had said to Kudo Shinichi the night before.

"What?"

Sonoko froze on the spot as if struck by lightning, staring blankly at Lin Xiuyi, then at Xiaolan, unable to come to her senses for a long time.

It wasn't until Lin Xiuyi and Xiaolan were about to leave that she finally reacted, waving goodbye to Xiaolan with an expression of disbelief still on her face.

Like Shinichi Kudo, he clearly struggles to accept what happened to his best friend.

……

In the reception room of the Forensic Science Institute in Shinjuku Ward, Hideichi Hayashi and Ran are waiting for the results.

The results of a DNA paternity test generally take three to five days to come out.

But neither Lin Xiuyi nor Xiaolan wanted to wait that long.

So, under the onslaught of money, the research institute completed the authentication in just two hours...