Chapter 40

Ai-chan's First Day of School Life

"good!"

With his goal achieved, Lin Ran was satisfied and stuffed the doll bodyguard into Ai's hands. "Keep it safe and carry it with you. Although it looks like an ordinary doll, trust me, Onii-chan, it's very useful."

Xiao Ai looked at the pink doll in her hand, which had a very girlish feel to it, and her lips twitched slightly. This thing... could really protect people? She seriously doubted Lin Ran's taste and reliability.

However, having already received the item, she still put the doll into her small schoolbag as instructed.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Ran took out a coin strung with a red string and engraved with a dollar sign, and put it around Ai's neck without saying a word.

"Wear this too, don't take it off when sleeping or showering."

Lin Ran's tone was very serious this time.

Following Conan and the Detective Boys, those Grim Reapers, normally, with the protection of the world's will, nothing unexpected would happen. But better safe than sorry, he only has this one little girl.

Similarly, Akemi, who was busy in the kitchen, also had a Easter coin hanging around her neck.

A gentle and capable maid, she's one of a kind!

Ai touched the coin on her chest that was still warm from her body, and then looked at Lin Ran's serious expression. Although she still felt a little confused, she unexpectedly felt a sense of relief.

At the same time, for some reason, I inexplicably felt like having some fun.

Please, those guys from the organization are still hunting her down all over the world. People will die, you know? How can she go out and mess around like that?

Ai shook her head, shaking off the strange thoughts in her head. She thought that the freedom she had enjoyed in the villa these past two days had probably made her lower her guard.

"understood."

She responded softly.

With everything arranged, Lin Ran smiled slightly.

He wasn't worried about anything happening if the system's items were leaked, because all the items he extracted from the system had his name written in their underlying code.

Simply put, he has the highest authority.

With a single thought, he can remotely shut down, retract, or even destroy any item he sends out at any time.

In terms of protecting the host, the system deserves praise.

……

7: 30.

After breakfast, the maid Akemi busied herself like a mother hen for the two of them, packing their school bags and stationery, putting their carefully prepared lunchboxes inside, and finally tidying up Lin Ran and Xiao Ai's clothes.

"Hmm... My young master and Shiho are just so good-looking."

Looking at the handsome and adorable big and little boy in front of her, Mingmei's mother took a step back, put her hands together, and her eyes were full of stars.

"Then, Mingmei-nee, let's set off."

Goodbye, sister.

At the entrance of the villa, Lin Ran reached out her hand to Xiao Ai.

The tea-haired loli glanced at him haughtily, hesitated for half a second, and then stuffed her soft little hand into his big hand. The two held hands and walked towards the school.

Early morning, sunlight, a handsome young man, an adorable little girl...

This scene is beautiful no matter how you look at it.

Mingmei's mother stood at the door, watching the two leave, a relieved and happy smile on her face.

That's great, we have Young Master Ran and Shiho.

She turned around and walked briskly back to the villa.

Today I'll also work hard to clean the house, tidy the garden, study Chinese and Chinese cooking, and then... wait with great anticipation for my son and sister to come home from school!

……

Teitan Elementary School.

Lin Ran led Xiao Ai directly to the dean's office.

It's important to know that Ai's school registration was obtained through connections with the Suzuki family, who are on the board of directors at Teitan High School. With this connection, the head of student affairs never stopped smiling.

From the moment they met, he kept praising Ai as a smart child.

Even Ai seemed a little awkward after being praised.

"Director, you flatter me. Xiao Ai is rather introverted, so we'll have to trouble the school and teachers to take good care of her in the future."

Lin Ran maintained a polite smile and dealt with Xiao Ai on her behalf.

"Of course, of course, it's our honor that Haibara-san can come to our Teitan Elementary School!" The head of student affairs assured him repeatedly, then stood up himself, "Come, I'll take you to see Ms. Kobayashi, the homeroom teacher of Class 1-B."

"OK."

In the classroom and office.

A young female teacher with glasses and a gentle and quiet demeanor was already waiting there. She was somewhat surprised to see that it was the head of the teaching department who had personally brought people over.

"Ms. Kobayashi, this is Ai Haibara, the new transfer student. She will be in your class from now on," the head of student affairs introduced. "This is Haibara's older brother, Ran Lin, who attends Teitan High School next door."

"Hello, Ms. Lin, I'm Lin Ran, and this is my younger sister, Ai Haibara." Lin Ran stepped forward and greeted her politely, while gently nudging Ai beside her.

Glancing sideways at Lin Ran, Ai Haibara raised her head and said in a clear, childlike voice, "Hello, teacher, I am Ai Haibara."

"Hello, Haibara-san, welcome."

Although she was curious as to why the brother and sister didn't have the same surname, Kobayashi Sumiko still bent down and smiled gently, "From now on, I'll be your teacher. You can tell me if there's anything you're not used to."

"Please take care of Ai, Ms. Kobayashi."

Lin Ran looked at the female teacher in front of her who looked somewhat like a certain beauty from the Metropolitan Police Department whom she had met once before, and spoke again.

"Don't worry, Lin, we'll take good care of Haibara," the head of student affairs assured him, patting his chest.

Lin Ran nodded, then squatted down, looked at Ai at eye level, and said, "Alright, Ai, now that you're at your new school, study hard and try to get along well with your classmates~"

Ai: "..."

Don't treat her like a child!

While internally complaining, she said, "I understand, Onii-chan."

This time, calling him "Onii-chan" came out much more smoothly than in the morning. Although it still didn't have much emotional connotation, Lin Ran still appreciated it.

"Okay, I'll be going now."

Lin Ran ruffled her hair, then stood up, said goodbye to the head teacher and Teacher Lin, and turned to leave, as he still had classes to teach.

Fortunately, Teitan High School and Teitan Elementary School are not far apart, so there is no need to worry about being late.

Meanwhile, in Class 1B classroom.

Conan Edogawa, who was lying on the table, lamenting that a famous detective like himself had been reduced to going to school with a bunch of real little kids, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine and shivered.

He looked up in confusion and glanced around.

The sun was shining brightly, and the students were making noise; everything seemed normal.

"Strange...why do I suddenly have a bad feeling?"

Conan muttered to himself, a strange chill creeping over him.

He had a feeling that some troublemakers wanted to harm him.

Just then, the classroom door was pushed open, and the homeroom teacher, Ms. Lin, walked in with a little girl with short brown hair, a cold expression, and a unique temperament.

"Class, please be quiet. We have a new student in our class today..."

"Hello everyone, my name is Ai Haibara."

A brief self-introduction.

Ignoring Genta's eager attempts to get her to sit next to him, Ai walked straight to the empty seat next to Conan and sat down.

The great detective instinctively shrank back.

"Wait, why would I be afraid of a little girl?"

Conan was a little annoyed. For some reason, he felt a bad aura from this new classmate, as if he were being watched by some extremely dangerous creature.

Is it just an illusion...?

From an angle unnoticed by anyone, the corners of the tea-haired loli's pink lips curved upwards almost imperceptibly, forming a subtle arc.

Ah, Shinichi Kudo, or rather... Conan Edogawa.

This is a "big fat sheep".