Thinking this, Conan randomly got off at one of the stops a few stops later.
He looked around, planning to hail a taxi back. However, this place was already close to the outskirts, and there were very few vehicles.
Conan waited for several minutes without any luck. Just as he helplessly prepared to get back on a bus, a taxi appeared around the corner like a savior and drove onto this stretch of road.
"!" Conan's eyes lit up, and he was about to flag it down. But as the taxi drew closer, he took a careful look and realized there was no "Vacant" sign in the car front window.
—There was a passenger in the taxi.
"Hah, figures. How could an empty taxi possibly pass through a place like this..."
Disappointed, Conan stepped back to the roadside and looked toward the bus stop again.
Who would have thought that the car would slowly pull up and stop in front of him?
"Hm?"
Conan looked over in confusion. Had the kindhearted passenger seen a child standing alone by the road and decided to give him a ride?
As he was thinking that, the door opened, and a Great Detective stepped out of the car.
Conan stared at the suddenly appearing Jiang Xia. "..."
Jiang Xia shut the door and walked toward him. "Why did you run just now?"
Conan turned the accusation back on him. "Why were you chasing me?"
Jiang Xia replied righteously, "I'm a Detective. When I see someone suspicious leaving in a hurry, I want to catch up and take a look."
"What suspicious person?" Conan gave an awkward laugh and changed the subject. "Actually, I arranged to go out with Ayumi and the others today. I was afraid of being late, so I left in a