Especially when the cold wind blew over, Conan could not help sneezing. If he stayed in the cold wind for too long, he might even catch a cold.
"Conan, do you have a cold? Why don't you go downstairs first?" Ran turned her head and spoke to Conan.
"I'm fine." Conan shook his head.
What a joke. He did not want to go downstairs. What if, after he left, Chen took the opportunity to do something to Ran?
Even with Sonoko and the others around, Conan still could not rest easy. He had to stay here and keep watch before he could feel reassured.
"All right, but be careful. Don't catch a cold, or it'll delay your schooling," Ran earnestly reminded Conan.
"By the way, Ran, Conan's been staying at your house all this time. Haven't his parents come to ask about him?" Sonoko looked at Conan, suddenly puzzled.
Conan had been living at Ran's house for quite some time now, right? Yet there had been absolutely no word of his parents!
"Actually, they really haven't." Ran shook her head.
"Then isn't that too strange? No matter how much they trusted their child, they couldn't possibly be this irresponsible, could they?"
Conan stood there awkwardly. But what could he do now? He had turned into this, so how was he supposed to tell his parents?
Never mind whether Yusaku Kudo and Yukiko Kudo would believe him—even if they did, Conan did not want to tell them.
He definitely could not tell Yukiko, because Conan knew she was somewhat unreliable. If that unreliable mother of his found out, she might expose his current identity.
In short, Conan did not trust Yukiko.
As for his father, Yusaku Kudo, Conan did trust him, but he still did not want Yusaku Kudo to get