Jiang Xia: "..." Organization Cadres rarely went out and about to begin with. Besides, Jiang Xia Tongzhi's mother seemed to have been a researcher. She sounded like quite a homebody.
Even if his parents had gone abroad, the Organization would not have let them take their son with them—no matter how loyal they were, they still needed to leave behind a hostage. What if the whole family ran away otherwise?
Conan had actually guessed Mouri Ran's train of thought. He gave a rather unhappy snort. "Jiang Xia's nanny when he was little seemed to have been a foreigner. If he'd been exposed to English from infancy, how could his pronunciation be bad?"
Then he stiffened and hurriedly added, "I heard that from Aunt Yukiko!"
Jiang Xia: "...That nanny was a foreigner?"
He thought about it for a long time, but remembered nothing. Jiang Xia Tongzhi's memory seemed to be rather poor, and he had not had a particularly happy childhood to begin with. The further back the memories went, the more he had forgotten.
...But it was not a big problem. It did not affect the Spirit Medium's ability to Collect Ghosts, harvest Killing Intent, and enjoy life.
Conan was somewhat surprised by Jiang Xia's question. "You forgot even that? Hmm... Though that's true, I don't remember much about her either. I only heard that she was a huge homebody who almost never went out. Whenever she did, she covered herself up so tightly, like she was allergic to sunlight... Th-this was also what Aunt Yukiko said!"
Mouri Ran: "..." Why did Aunt Yukiko always tell children these things...? Still, she did seem to like Jiang Xia quite a lot. After all, Jiang Xia as a child had been the complete opposite of Kudo Shinichi in personality. Maybe Aunt Yukiko