Running into Lin Xinyi, Ran Mouri's eyes showed surprise.
And the boy who was inseparable from her, the Famous Detective Shinichi Kudo, was much more excited: "Mr. Lin Xinyi, I didn't expect we would meet again so soon!"
"Yes, quite a coincidence," Lin Xinyi smiled naturally.
For him, who had just arrived, Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri were the real acquaintances.
Meeting them twice in one day, morning and evening, was quite fated.
"Um..." After a brief surprise, Ran Mouri seemed to suddenly think of something.
Her big eyes quickly revealed an undeniable worry, and her tone became extremely tactful:
"Mr. Lin Xinyi, are you alright?"
"Uh," Lin Xinyi felt a bit helpless.
Hearing Ran Mouri's cautious tone, which sounded like a nurse comforting a terminally ill patient, he knew that Kudo must have told this kind-hearted girl about "his" failed suicide attempt.
Looking at her worried gaze now,
it was as if she was worried he might run into the road and crash his car to commit suicide the next second.
"Don't worry, it's all over now."
Lin Xinyi explained vaguely.
"Oh," Ran Mouri was slightly relieved.
Then, she noticed Shiho Miyano beside Lin Xinyi, who had remained silent:
"Is this Miss Miyano Mr. Lin Xinyi's girlfriend?"
Her eyes were full of curiosity; with such a beautiful girlfriend, why would he want to kill himself?
Shiho Miyano's eyes also flickered with surprise. She looked at Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri, then at Lin Xinyi:
This Lin Xinyi,
he actually makes friends with such normal students?
As a hound of the Organization deep in the darkness, he is still carefully maintaining the identity of a normal person in the outside world?
It's truly unexpected; it seems I knew too little about this outwardly gloomy guy before.
Lin Xinyi didn't notice Miyano's strange gaze; he just explained seriously:
"Girlfriend? No, no..."
"Her name is Shiho Miyano."
"I... I guess I'm her Bodyguard."
"Bodyguard?" Now it was Shinichi Kudo's turn to be surprised: "Mr. Lin's Work is a Bodyguard? No way..."
"Based on my Deduction, you should be a Doctor with professional background."
"This..." Lin Xinyi didn't know how to answer.
Shiho Miyano, however, glanced at Kudo with some concern:
She knew Kudo's Deduction was actually quite accurate.
When Lin Xinyi was monitoring her as a classmate at Columbia University, his major was clinical medicine.
Although the two rarely interacted during university, Shiho Miyano vaguely knew that Lin Xinyi's academic performance was actually quite good.
"I didn't expect to guess wrong."
"That shouldn't be right. How would a Bodyguard know so much medical knowledge?"
"Did he study medicine and then switch careers to Security?"
"But compared to income, Treatment, and prospects, a Doctor seems much better than a Bodyguard, right?"
Shinichi Kudo fell into Pondering, conflicted.
"Haha, Shinichi, you finally guessed wrong once."
Ran Mouri teased and Smiled on the side.
"Uh," Shinichi Kudo scratched his head awkwardly, finally accepting the fact that his judgment was wrong.
Then, he subconsciously directed his Gaze toward Shiho Miyano beside Lin Xinyi without stopping.
That focused "Detective Game" mode restarted.
It seemed that having made an unexpected mistake once, he wanted to regain his footing by scrutinizing this Stranger, Miss.
And that was indeed the case.
Observing Shiho Miyano from head to toe, in just a few seconds, a confident smile appeared at the corner of Shinichi Kudo's mouth:
"Mr. Lin's Profession is surprising."
"But I shouldn't get Miss Miyano's Identity wrong again."
"Oh," Shiho Miyano responded coolly.
Hearing the Famous Detective deliberately creating suspense, she showed none of the curiosity a normal person would possess.
"Uh,"
Feeling an awkward silence, Shinichi Kudo spoke directly:
"I noticed that there are faint circular Laceration marks on both of Miss Miyano's Wrists."
"Getting closer, one can also smell the scent of alcohol on her."
"The Laceration marks on her Wrists suggest she might have been Wearing Gloves, the sterile Latex gloves used in laboratories, until recently, and the smell of alcohol suggests she has come into contact with the 70% medical alcohol used to disinfect the experiment tables."
"So I Speculate that Miss Miyano must work in some kind of Medicine Laboratory."
"Oh?"
"How can you be sure it's a Medicine Laboratory?"
"Gloves and alcohol can be used by Doctors and Forensic Doctors, not just researchers."
"Even a waiter might, they also frequently wear Gloves and use alcohol to wipe down tables for disinfection."
Lin Xinyi appropriately interjected, raising a Question.
He was quite interested in the Great Detective's Deduction.
"That's because I also noticed Miss Miyano's pants."
Shinichi Kudo continued in an Orderly manner:
"When Miss Miyano gets off Work, she should change out of the white lab coat researchers wear, but she probably wouldn't change her pants."
"And on these dark-colored pants Miss Miyano is wearing, several short, white animal hairs are clearly adhered."
"These probably stuck to her when she came into contact with the White mice."
"I Guess Miss Miyano must have just finished an Experiment involving White mice not long ago?"
Midway through, Shinichi Kudo deliberately paused to observe Shiho Miyano's expression.
In reality, he couldn't be completely certain that the white animal hair came from White mice.
When facing a situation where he wasn't completely sure, he usually inserted a 'tactical pause' while explaining his Deduction, using the observation of the other party's subtle facial changes to indirectly Confirm his Speculation.
And this Small Trick worked again:
When mentioning the White mice, although the change in expression was minimal, Shiho Miyano slightly frowned.
Shiho Miyano knew that Shinichi Kudo had guessed almost correctly this time.
She had indeed come into contact with White mice recently, but not while conducting an Experiment; rather, during a break, she had idly petted the fur of a White mouse.
Living in the Laboratory offered little entertainment, and those White mice were somewhat her Pets.
She had even given names in her heart to a few White mice that were good-looking and relatively cute.
When Animal Testing needed to be done, she would keep these relatively cute ones as Pets and let the ugly, nameless Rats die first.
Of course, Shiho Miyano did all this secretly from the other researchers.
Lin Xinyi was even more unaware of this.
Miss Miyano would never let this guy, whom she didn't particularly like, see her childish side of secretly teasing small animals.
This was her own small Secret.
And now, a High School Student who enjoyed playing the Detective Game was impolitely Speculating about her Secret—worse still, he was speculating about her Identity, which should remain unknown.
Therefore, Shiho Miyano frowned slightly, appearing somewhat Resistant.
But Shinichi Kudo, conversely, saw the Reaction he wanted from this change in expression.
He felt confident in his direction of Deduction and continued:
"White mice are mostly used for Medicine Testing or medical teaching."
"And there are no Universities nearby. The Glove Laceration marks on Miss Miyano that haven't disappeared indicate she just got off Work not long ago."
"So, I Speculate she is highly likely a researcher at some Pharmaceutical Company."
"Oh, right, isn't there a 'Yabai Bio-Pharmaceutical' not far from here?"
"Miss Miyano, do you work at that company?"
After saying all this, he habitually displayed a confident smile.
As per custom, when someone had their Profession accurately stated by him like this, they would instinctively gasp in surprise and admiration.
And this was the time Shinichi Kudo enjoyed the most.
But this time, he completely failed to notice
that after he casually guessed the name "Yabai Bio-Pharmaceutical," Miss Miyano's expression had already turned somewhat stern.
And when Shinichi Kudo finished his Deduction and smiled confidently,
the atmosphere at the Scene had become somewhat cold.
Meeting his smile, Shiho Miyano uncooperatively showed mockery at the corner of her mouth:
"Do you really enjoy playing the Detective Game?"
"Uh," Shinichi Kudo's smile froze on his face.
He hadn't received the admired praise he imagined, but instead heard a tone of sarcasm:
"Then you must know the famous quote written by Agatha Christie:"
"Curiosity killed the cat."
Shiho Miyano recited the English sentence coldly, her Sound carrying an icy distance:
"Great Detective."
"Prying into other people's affairs will get you killed."