Chapter 50

Then he put these books back into the box.

He leisurely sealed the box back up.

This was a relic left behind by this body.

It must be treated well.

Hoshino Ki picked up the box

and placed it among the items for moving.

“Throw it away quickly!”

Miyano Akemi didn’t seem willing to let Hoshino Ki take these books away.

“!”

Hoshino Ki was in a difficult position.

On the back of the books,

he saw the price.

The price of each book wasn’t cheap.

It would be a pity to throw them away.

Besides, he hadn’t read them yet.

A waste of precious things.

“...”

Hoshino Ki shook his head at Miyano Akemi,

indicating that he didn’t agree.

“!!!”

Miyano Akemi couldn’t do anything about him.

She could only tacitly accept Hoshino Ki’s book-hoarding behavior.

After all, Hoshino Ki wasn’t her younger brother.

She couldn’t force him to listen to her 100 percent.

After calming down,

she found that Hoshino Ki’s mood was always very steady at any time.

This made her feel that

even if the end of the world were coming,

she wouldn’t see any extra expression on Hoshino Ki’s face.

That was good.

However,

for a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy,

this personality was a bit too cold.

Her own sister, Miyano Shiho, usually had a “strangers keep away” look.

Now that she had met a boy even colder than her sister,

Miyano Akemi had an inexplicable, strange feeling.

Was she born with a worrying fate?

Before, she worried about her sister’s personality,

and now she had to worry about Hoshino Ki’s personality problems.

The comic book incident had passed.

The two soon finished packing everything in the house.

“Hoo... I’m so tired!”

Miyano Akemi stretched.

It had been over a month since Miyano Akemi came to Hoshino Ki’s place.

The wound on her abdomen had completely healed.

Not a single scar remained.

You couldn’t even tell there had been a gunshot wound here...

For this past month,

although the two lived under the same roof,

there was very little real communication.

The main reason was that Hoshino Ki spoke very little.

Living with him, you didn’t have to worry about being kept awake by noise.

In fact, if Miyano Akemi didn’t take the initiative to talk to Hoshino Ki every day,

he wouldn’t make a sound at all.

Even after waking up from sleep, you couldn’t feel his presence~

It was as if he had never appeared at all.

Although being quiet was quite nice,

after more than a month,

living in such a quiet environment every day,

Miyano Akemi couldn’t help but feel a bit lonely.

She wasn’t someone who could endure loneliness.

If she were,

she wouldn’t have found a boyfriend.

Speaking of her boyfriend,

Miyano Akemi gave a bitter smile.

Let’s just say they weren’t meant to be in this lifetime.

Given their current situation,

it was impossible for them to be together no matter what.

Miyano Akemi’s boyfriend was Akai Shuichi, a member of the Black Organization.

He had strong sniping, deduction, and intelligence gathering and analysis abilities.

And his driving skills were top-notch.

He was cold and rarely smiled.

If it weren’t for the barrier of being on opposite sides of the law,

they would definitely have been a recognized loving couple.

In the end, they might even have gotten married and had children.

Akai Shuichi was an undercover agent planted in the organization by the police.

Even if Miyano Akemi could leave the organization,

the criminal acts she had committed before couldn’t be wiped clean.

She and Akai Shuichi were destined not to be together.

In the anime,

the ending for both of them was death.

This could also be considered a complete question mark for their ending.

The next day,

in the villa’s living room,

“Wow! Zhao Si-kun, this house! Is it really only 5 million?”

Miyano Akemi looked up.

Gazing at the ceiling of this villa.

The large crystal chandelier on the ceiling poked directly at her eyes,

dyeing her originally blue pupils a dazzling golden yellow.

This was the Nth time Miyano Akemi had sighed since coming in.

She truly hadn’t expected

that Hoshino Ki could buy such a luxurious house for only 5 million.

And it was a villa, too.

One could only say Hoshino Ki’s luck was truly off the charts.

“Yeah!”

Hoshino Ki placed the cardboard box in his hand on the ground.

The moving truck outside had already left.

The two of them had moved all their things into this villa,

planning to move in today.

Thanks to the mother and son who had lived here before,

the house wasn’t too dirty or messy.

It only needed a simple cleaning to be livable.

Hoshino Ki had also taken the time to go out and buy a new mattress and bedding.

He had already thrown away the previous ones.

“Huh? Here?”

Suddenly!

A woman’s voice came from outside the door,

giving Miyano Akemi, who was tidying up, a start.

She immediately put down what she was holding,

and quickly flashed behind a pillar to hide.

Given her current situation,

she couldn’t be discovered by anyone.

“Hoshino-kun?!”

“...”

“What are you... doing here?”

Mouri Ran looked at Hoshino Ki with a shocked expression.

She was carrying a supermarket shopping bag in her hand.

The bag contained some bottles and jars,

as well as some vegetables and fruits.

Clearly, she had gone shopping.

It’s just that,

why would she come to such a far place to buy groceries?

This place was quite a distance from Mouri Ran’s home.

It was, however, not far from Kudo Shinichi’s house.

“Moving!”

Hoshino Ki opened the box at his feet

and took out the plates inside.

“Ah, so you’re the new owner living here!”

Mouri Ran realized suddenly:

“Conan and the others said they saw someone moving in. You don’t know that someone died here before...”

“I know!”

Hoshino Ki nodded indifferently,

turned his head, and continued tidying up the things in his hands.

“I see! Then let me help you!”

Mouri Ran said, taking the initiative to come over to help Hoshino Ki.

She placed the shopping bag in her hand on the cabinet,

picked up a broom nearby,

and started sweeping the dust on the floor.

Hoshino Ki didn’t stop her from helping.

He knew Mouri Ran’s personality.

Even if he were polite and didn’t let her help,

she would still fight to do it with him.

It was better to just let her do it.

Mouri Ran always felt a sense of pity for Hoshino Ki’s background.

Plus, after various rude behaviors before,

she had always wanted to find an opportunity to apologize to Hoshino Ki.

But unfortunately, he always had a cold look.

She had dreamed of him for several days in a row,

which made her feel an immense sense of guilt toward Hoshino Ki.

Today happened to be a day off.

Conan was clamoring to go to Professor Agasa’s house to play games.

Mouri Ran had nothing to do,

so she accompanied him over.

She hadn’t expected to see a new neighbor moving into this villa on the way back from buying groceries.

She hadn’t planned to come in and say hello,

because this villa was a famous “haunted house” before.

But thinking of how Conan and the other children had stayed out all night here,

and since the newspaper had already published the truth behind this “haunted house,”

driven by curiosity,

Mouri Ran walked into the villa.

As soon as she entered, she saw Hoshino Ki squatting in front of the box.

“This villa is so big, hahaha. Hoshino-kun, are you going to live here alone?”

Mouri Ran spoke up, wanting to break the awkward atmosphere.

“Yeah!”

Hoshino Ki just gave a muffled grunt,

not saying another word.

At this moment, Hoshino Ki’s black pupils were focused on the ornament in his hand.

He carefully placed it on the floor.

It was expensive,

so it had to be treated with care.

“Hehehe! This house must be very expensive...”

Mouri Ran pulled at the corners of her mouth,

looking awkward.

Facing such a cold Hoshino Ki,

she really didn’t know how to speak to start a conversation.

“It’s alright!”