Chapter 13: Before Words Are Spoken, Sorrow and Joy Are Already Present
Chi Feichi was silent for a moment.
2-22 Beika Town, 2-Chome…
Then the Phone Call was from Conan?
Home Delivery sent to the wrong place?
Well, Haibara Ai got her name after arriving at Doctor Agasa's House. Receiving a Home Delivery from Osaka the next day doesn't make sense Time-wise, so 'sent to the wrong place' is probably a misunderstanding.
He really didn't know what to write for the recipient at the time, so he simply had them fill in 'Ai'. Although he didn't care if he would be suspected of anything, he was still careful.
The recipient was Ai, not Haibara Ai. There might not be many people called Ai, but there's more than one in the world.
The reason was that he forgot to ask for her name, and couldn't he just give the Little Girl a nickname?
As for whether he would be suspected…
Suspected of planting a Bug at Doctor Agasa's House?
Not to mention that Bugs are impossible to find, he didn't even enter the door at the time.
Or suspected of precognition?
If someone really thought that way, they wouldn't be far from joining him…
Chi Feichi instantly sorted out his thoughts, "It wasn't sent to the wrong place."
Conan was choked by this answer and explained, "It was sent to this address, but the one named 'Ai'…"
"Sent to a Little Girl, the name is a nickname I randomly gave her," Chi Feichi said.
Conan felt Communication barriers for the first time, "Then you are…"
Chi Feichi: "I was the one who sent her to 2-22 Beika Town, 2-Chome."
Conan's face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly covered the Mobile Phone with one hand, asking Doctor Agasa in a low voice, "Hey, Doctor! You said before that the name 'Haibara Ai' was your idea, right?"
"Yes," Doctor Agasa was confused by Conan's question, "Didn't I say that? I and her took a female Detective's name as a template. The 'Hai' in Haibara is from Goddia Gray's 'GRAY', and 'Ai' is from V.I. Wolfsky's 'I'. Originally, I thought Ai sounded better, but she insisted on using 'Ai'… Is there something wrong with the name I chose?"
"The person who sent the Home Delivery, is the young man who sent her here, at least that's what he said. Although he said it was because he didn't know Haibara's name, so he just randomly picked a nickname, but…" Conan turned to look at Haibara Ai, and suspected, "Your original name had 'Ai' in it, right? He's actually an accomplice who knows your real identity, right?"
Haibara Ai was stunned for a moment, then speechlessly reached out, "No, give me the Mobile Phone."
Conan hesitated for a moment, but still handed the Mobile Phone to Haibara Ai.
Haibara Ai saw Conan's distrust, and besides, she and Chi Feichi were not accomplices at all. After taking the Phone Call, she directly turned on the speakerphone, "This is me…"
"Mm," Chi Feichi said, "What happened just now?"
Haibara Ai glanced at Conan, "The kid who answered the Phone Call just now suddenly had a headache and fell under the seat."
Conan: "…"
Chi Feichi certainly didn't believe it, but he didn't press the issue, "The Home Delivery is a Gift for you."
"Mm…" Haibara Ai responded, "Are you in Osaka?"
Chi Feichi said, "I'm already back."
"The recipient's 'Ai' is a nickname you gave me? Why 'Ai'?" Haibara Ai was also a little curious, is there really such a coincidence in the world?
Chi Feichi's voice was still calm, "Before words are spoken, sorrow and joy are already present."
Doctor Agasa, as a science and engineering guy: "…"
Haibara Ai, also a science and engineering guy: "…"
This is… what does it mean?
Conan's mind quickly went through ancient books and Waka poems, and then he thought of ancient Chinese prose and poetry…
However, there are too many ancient Chinese prose and poems.
Even if his knowledge reserves are amazing, he can say something about many of them, but there are also many he doesn't know.
Haibara Ai subconsciously looked at Conan.
Doctor Agasa also looked at Conan with a thirst for knowledge.
Conan was stumped for the first time, and silently took out his Mobile Phone, if he didn't understand, he would search online.
Silence.
Chi Feichi over there didn't mean to explain, nor did he continue to speak.
Doctor Agasa turned his attention back to driving, waiting for Conan to find out.
Haibara Ai saw Conan take action, so naturally she waited for the answer, but she just felt…
This moment of silence was inexplicably a bit awkward.
About ten seconds later.
On the silent road, the car happened to drive through a section with streetlights.
The car was pitch black. While the boy was concentrating on searching for Data online with his Mobile Phone, a calm male voice suddenly came from the back seat, "Have you found it yet?"
In a car with only three people, it was as if a fourth person had appeared…
Conan froze for a moment, then quickly threw the terrifying thought that popped into his mind aside.
Chi Feichi guessed that the silence on the other end of the Phone Call was probably because Haibara Ai didn't know the meaning of this sentence.
And with Haibara Ai's Personality, she would either ask directly, or be too embarrassed to ask and go check it herself, she would definitely not just stare blankly.
However, he didn't expect that Haibara Ai had turned on the speakerphone, and that the one searching for Data online was Conan, and he even startled Conan…
Conan's mind raced, the other party guessed that they were searching for Data?
Is it based on the sudden silence?
But why was the other party so sure that they would search for Data?
"It's normal to search if you don't understand," Chi Feichi thought Haibara Ai hadn't searched for Data, and reminded again.
Conan finally couldn't help but turn his head to look at the back seat, confirming that there wasn't an invisible person sitting in the back seat staring at him.
He had just thought about the problem of being embarrassed to search, and the other party just happened to respond, it was too eerie…
Haibara Ai didn't know what Conan was thinking just now, and how coincidental Chi Feichi's words were. Seeing Conan suddenly turn his head to look at the back seat, she was a little puzzled.
Does this famous high school Detective have some Problem? So jumpy…
Noticing Haibara Ai's strange gaze, Conan came back to his senses, coughed lightly, lowered his head and glanced at his Mobile Phone, and said in a child's tone, "I found it~!"
Haibara Ai: "…"
Doctor Agasa: "…"
On the other end of the Phone Call, Chi Feichi also fell silent.
What's with Conan's sudden exaggerated childish voice…
Faced with the strange silence, Conan suppressed the embarrassment and strangeness in his heart. Children are not afraid of silence, yes, he is just a child now, anyway, the other party doesn't know he is Kudo Shinichi, "Ahem, I found it, oh, this sentence is from Huang Zongxi's ancient Chinese prose 'Biography of Liu Jingting'. The original meaning refers to the skills of storytellers. What Brother Chi wants to say should be that before you even open your mouth, the emotions of sadness and joy are already fully expressed."
Doctor Agasa couldn't help but look sideways, this sentence was inexplicably warm, and the other party chose the word 'Ai', meaning—before you even open your mouth, sadness is already fully expressed.
Haibara Ai was stunned, all kinds of emotions surged in her heart, making her feel choked up and speechless.
Conan sized up Haibara Ai, and suddenly felt that maybe he had been… probably… possibly… thinking too maliciously of people before.
"That's what it means," Chi Feichi heard silence on the Phone Call again, considering that tonight was probably when Haibara Ai and Conan went to Professor Hirota's House and cried for the first time, he added, "Sometimes crying is also a good thing…"
That feeling of being completely seen through made Haibara Ai a little uncomfortable, "Don't be so self-righteous, I won't cry!"
Chi Feichi: "Okay, if you cry, you must call me…"
Haibara Ai: "…"
So sure she would cry?
What a stubborn and arrogant man!
Chi Feichi: "I'll record it for collection."
Haibara Ai: "…"
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"In short, the Things were not sent to the wrong place, that's it, this is my number, contact me another day."
"Beep…"
The Phone Call hung up.
Haibara Ai held the Mobile Phone blankly.
Call me when you cry… I'll record it for collection…
These two sentences kept echoing in Doctor Agasa's mind, he tried hard to restrain the strangeness in his expression, wanting to say something but stopped.
Haibara Ai came back to her senses, wrote down the number, and handed the Mobile Phone back to Conan, "By the way, what's his name?"
Conan's action of taking the Mobile Phone froze, "…"
"When you receive a Phone Call from a stranger, wouldn't most people introduce themselves first, and then ask what's the matter?" Haibara Ai's tone was understated, "Also, did he ask who you were? Did he ask Doctor Agasa's name?"
This…
Conan sweated, was this retaliating against his previous suspicion? But why did he feel like he had become a punching bag?
"The person who answered the Phone Call at the beginning mentioned 'Mr. Chi', his surname should be Chi or his name has the word 'Chi' in it… But since we have Contact Information, we can call and ask later, we should still go and get back the Disk that recorded the Drug Data first."
"Mm." Haibara Ai didn't tease Conan anymore, sat in the back seat and unpacked the Home Delivery's packaging box, took out the Doll and Plush Keychain inside to look at carefully, then put them back and tidied them up.
Before words are spoken, sorrow and joy are already present…
…
The next day.
Aoyama Fourth Hospital.
At 8:30 in the morning, the person who came to pick up Chi Feichi drove to the Hospital.
He looked to be in his forties, with a center-parted Short Hair, a square face, thick eyebrows, drooping corners of his eyes, and deep nasolabial folds. He seemed to be a serious person in normal Time.
"Sorry, it seems I came a little too early," seeing Chi Feichi and Zhi Ming Fukuyama come to the lobby, the man explained, "But the place we are going to is a bit far, and it may take a lot of Time in the car, oh, my name is Mamiya Mitsuru. My deceased father-in-law and Mr. Chi Shinnosuke's father were cousins, so in terms of seniority, Mr. Chi Feichi should call me Uncle."
"It's not too early, if the car ride is far, it's right to come a little earlier," Zhi Ming Fukuyama smiled kindly, "Does Mr. Mamiya have Time usually?"
Mamiya Mitsuru nodded, "My mother-in-law is old and has Dementia. My son and I are taking care of her at home, and it's no Problem to take care of Mr. Chi by the way."
"Judging from the current Situation, Mr. Chi's Situation is very good. Personality Switching has not occurred recently, and the test results last night also showed no Depression, but there are still some minor Problems…" Zhi Ming Fukuyama told Mamiya Mitsuru about the general Situation and things to pay attention to, then sent the two out the door, and instructed Chi Feichi again, "Mr. Chi, Kitagawa told me that you bought some Psychology Books. If you are interested, you can indeed read them yourself. You can usually adjust your mentality by yourself, but you must remember to take your Medicine and rest well. You can come to me at any Time if you have anything."
"Thank you." Chi Feichi's thank you was sincere.
"Go ahead," Zhi Ming Fukuyama smiled, "You should also go home to pack up your Things."
Chi Feichi nodded and walked towards the car with Mamiya Mitsuru, suddenly remembering something, "By the way, Mr. Mamiya, may I ask what day of the week it is today?"
It must be because he has been oppressed by Zhi Ming Fukuyama for too long, asking others this Problem made him feel a little happy…
(End of this chapter)