Chapter 297: Fei Yingli's Surprise

"Hmph hmph~"

Mao Li Lan, busy in the kitchen, was in a rather good mood today as well.

The problem of her sudden surge in strength, which had been troubling her for a long time, finally had a chance of being resolved, and this weekend she could finally let loose and release the pressure she had accumulated over these past days.

Just thinking about it made her feel as if the weight on her shoulders had lightened quite a bit.

She glanced downward.

With less pressure on her shoulders, it must mean her physical condition had improved.

Her body had become more coordinated, her chest had grown a little, and it no longer felt like such a heavy burden as before.

In the past, Mao Li Lan truly hadn't realized that getting stronger physically could come with this kind of benefit.

Honestly, because her chest had grown so prominently, it actually had a big impact on her daily training.

When exercising, if it was too heavy, it really could easily throw her body off balance.

But now, it seemed she didn't have to worry about that problem anymore.

Although after gaining that power her figure had grown somewhat, her body's balance had also improved along with it.

It was almost as if that mysterious power had pushed her body to develop in a more and more well-balanced direction.

The only issue was her weight...

For Mao Li Lan now, that string of numbers for her weight alone caused her quite a bit of damage.

In the past, her weight bounced around between 45 and 50 at most, but now it had become 74 kilograms.

Gaining over twenty kilograms compared to before was still quite a lot.

Although Mao Li Lan still cared quite a bit about her weight, considering her current foodie constitution, there was basically no way to control how much she ate each day.

After all, the uncomfortable feeling when her stomach was growling was no lie.

So, no matter how much she cared about it, there was no way to change a fact that was nearly impossible to change.

Rather than continuing to obsess over her weight, it was better to think about how to better master her strength.

"Lan, something good happen today?"

Just as Mao Li Lan was humming a strange little tune, a voice suddenly came from behind her.

Mao Li Lan turned her head and saw her mother, Fei Yingli, leaning against the kitchen doorframe in a women's suit skirt.

"Mom, you're back."

"You're really early today."

"Yeah."

Fei Yingli smiled and straightened up, walking step by step to her daughter's side.

"It's the recent cases, you could say."

"A few cases I was handling have turned up some leads. At first it was a complete tangled mess, but now I've finally found the thread, so I don't have to keep struggling with it like at the very beginning."

For Fei Yingli, this counted as some good news.

Almost none of the cases on her hands were the simple kind.

Most of them were thrown her way because of her hundred-percent win rate, in the hope that she could help resolve the problems they'd run into.

Precisely because of that, most of the cases that landed on her desk were not easy to handle, and not very pleasant to handle either.

Finding the thread in these cases, and then slowly following the thread to track down the corresponding leads, was all very troublesome.

This also meant that every time Fei Yingli handled a case, she needed to spend a very long time on it.

But precisely because of that, once she found the thread and the leads, a case was pretty much nearly wrapped up.

Every time she finished a portion of it, Fei Yingli could come home early to rest.

Coincidentally, coming home today she saw that her daughter's mood was very good.

While preparing dinner in the kitchen, she was humming a song as she handled the ingredients.

"You're so happy today — did something happen?"

Actually, this kind of daughter she had been seeing quite often lately.

It seemed that ever since the name Kudo Shinichi disappeared, Xiao Lan's emotions had become much more stable.

Was it because she was getting used to the news of Kudo Shinichi's death, or had she gradually accepted it?

Fei Yingli shook her head — no matter the reason, she should be happy.

"This weekend the club's activity has already been arranged."

"Mm? The karate club? Or that mysterious research club you secretly joined?"

"The mysterious research club."

Fei Yingli naturally knew about the club Xiao Lan had joined.

If she didn't know, she wouldn't have agreed to let her daughter go on a weekend trip with the club to the archipelago near Tokyo.

Although Fei Yingli didn't know what kind of activities that mysterious research club actually had, the club seemed to be fairly influential, and it also had very ample activity funds within it.

Otherwise Xiao Lan wouldn't need to ask her for money to take part in activities.

"The mysterious research club... is it a club that studies paranormal phenomena? Things like divination?"

"Mm, there are activities along those lines, roughly."