Guchuan: My Sister Won't Let Me Play With You

"You don't need to worry, Little Ai. Mr. Guchuan emailed me earlier; they'll be back soon." Ran poured a cup of hot water and placed it on the table in front of Little Ai.

"Thanks."

Little Ai picked up the cup and blew on it.

She touched the cup to her lips, then suddenly heard a commotion outside.

Outside the door, Guchuan stopped his electric bike. Conan, his legs feeling weak, leaned against the wall.

It was too thrilling. He really couldn't understand why Guchuan could make riding an electric bike so exciting and intense!

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Conan said, taking a moment to recover.

"If you're fine, let's go back."

"Guchuan, you took that drug from The Organization. You absolutely have to get checked out at the hospital," Conan chattered on.

"I know," Guchuan said, a little impatiently.

He'd been hearing about it the whole way. Do all these little brats have a mother hen complex?

Creak~

Little Ai opened the door and looked at Guchuan and Conan.

"Why are you only just now coming to pick me up?" Little Ai said, displeased.

"Sorry, we got a bit carried away playing," Guchuan said, touching the scratch on his face.

It really had been too wild. That guy Gin even used an Anesthetic Gun.

Heh~ Little Ai felt a surge of inexplicable anger.

A criminal group like The Organization should be handled by the Japanese Police or the FBI. What does it have to do with a lunatic like you? If you, you bastard, die, what will happen to your family?

Wouldn't it be better to just live our lives peacefully? Why do you have to bother with that troublesome detective?

And this culprit!

Little Ai's gaze towards Conan was undisguised disgust.

Conan didn't read anything into Little Ai's look; he just thought she was afraid her brother would be taken away.

Hmph~ Just a possessive little kid.

"Little Ai."

Ran followed Little Ai to the door and saw Guchuan and Conan returning.

"Mr. Guchuan, Conan, you're back."

"Yes, Miss Mouri. Now that Conan has been returned, we'll be taking our leave. Thank you for helping look after Little Ai."

"You're welcome." Ran bowed in response.

Taking Little Ai with him, Little Ai remained silent the entire time. She controlled her emotions until they were back home before finally addressing Guchuan.

"This electric bike, did you 'borrow' it from someone else?" Little Ai heavily emphasized the word 'borrow.'

"No, Conan borrowed this one," Guchuan quickly clarified, distancing himself.

Little Ai frowned. No wonder you two get along so well.

"You took that little brat to go fight?"

"No, I'm a good citizen," Guchuan denied, though the injury on his face was very unconvincing.

"Heh~"

Little Ai sneered, pushed Guchuan onto the sofa, and brought out the spare medical kit from the room, placing it on the table.

"Sit still," Little Ai said, her voice cold.

Guchuan obediently sat still, very well-behaved.

Little Ai knelt beside Guchuan, carefully applying medicine to his face. She used tweezers to hold cotton and gently dabbed, all while occasionally taunting Guchuan with sarcastic remarks.

"You bastard, sooner or later you'll get beaten to death out there."

"No, I won't. What would you do if I died? Even for Miss Haibara, I'll try my best not to die," Guchuan blinked.

Little Ai's face flushed slightly.

To say something so cheesy to a little girl who looked like she was only in first grade—this bastard really was a pervert.

"Ow ow ow, be gentler."

As Little Ai's mind wandered, her movements unconsciously became a little heavier.

"Who told you to say such lewd things? It serves you right to hurt."

"These are clearly very affectionate words from a brother to his sister. How are they lewd?" Guchuan protested, feeling wronged.

Heaven knows, he, Guchuan, had always been a gentleman.

As for someone interpreting such affectionate words as… Guchuan could only say, the dirty-minded see dirt.

Little Ai's face quickly flushed with shame.

That sentence, it seemed, wasn't necessarily meant for... it could apply to family and friends just as well.

Was I overthinking it?

"All done." Little Ai jumped off the sofa and put everything back into the medical kit.

After putting the medical kit away, Little Ai started lecturing Guchuan.

"You shouldn't play with that kid. He doesn't look like a good person, and I'm afraid he'll lead you astray."

Guchuan: ???

"Little Ai, is it possible that I'm your older brother?" Guchuan looked at Little Ai, completely bewildered.

This is outrageous!

My younger sister is lecturing me. And she won't even let me play with others. Is this something you should be saying at your age?

"Whose brother are you? We clearly aren't related by blood, are we?" Little Ai said, displeased.

After saying it, she felt her words were too harsh. She relaxed only after seeing Guchuan's expression remain unchanged.

Guchuan, his temper is surprisingly good.

Little Ai suddenly thought of her own sister, who also had a good temper.

Shaking off those bad memories, Little Ai continued to seriously educate Guchuan.

Although Guchuan enjoyed breaking the law and committing crimes, after spending this time together, she knew that Guchuan's character was actually very good. The reason he was like this now was entirely due to problems with his upbringing.

It was all because of a terrible childhood that he developed such a terrible way of acting.

Now, she was going to save Guchuan!

"That kid steals things and touches girls' butts; he's beyond saving. If you play with him, he'll lead you astray. Plus, you're so far apart in age, you'll eventually grow apart, you..."

Guchuan's head began to ache from Little Ai's incessant nagging.

He remembered his junior high teacher saying similar things in his previous life.

Because of that, he and one of his friends had a "secret friendship" before they even had a "secret relationship."

"Are you listening?"

"Yes, Little Ai Teacher." Guchuan pushed Little Ai's shoulders, trying to push her into the bedroom.

"Don't be so resistant to what I'm saying. Look how many injuries you've gotten just from going out with them once," Little Ai said, still scolding Guchuan with a stern face.

Guchuan had already shoved Little Ai into the bedroom and firmly shut the door.

Inside the bedroom, Little Ai was pounding on the door, fuming.

He can't stand any lecturing at all. It seems saving Guchuan will require more effort.

Unable to get out, Little Ai sat on the bed, her heart heavy with worry. Even after escaping The Organization, she had, by chance, become reconnected with it.

It's all that troublesome detective's fault! I wonder how much longer this peaceful life can last.

After getting rid of the nagging Loli, Little Ai, Guchuan hummed a tune and turned on the TV to watch a girl group performance.

[Conan: Guchuan, regarding that mysterious Organization, I...]

[Guchuan: Get lost.]

[Conan: ??? Has your email been hacked?]

[Guchuan: Don't contact me anymore. My sister won't let me play with you.]

[Conan: ???]

Throwing his phone aside, Guchuan continued to watch the girls dance.