Taking the elevator to the sixth floor.
During the waiting time, Meimei couldn't help but repeatedly think about the elevator lady's last question.
She turned her head and asked Lin Yi: "I still don't understand, why are you so sure that that woman is also one of the robbers?"
"Moreover, what if they, like us, had sneaked in beforehand and come out after the department store closed?"
How would I know? I know it from anime!
As for the reasoning just now, it was all hindsight… Anyone can find the cause from the answer.
If I were that amazing, I'd be fretting over whether to go to Peking University or Tsinghua University.
Lin Yi muttered to himself, then said with feigned mystery, "Actually, it's very simple."
"Simple?" Mingmei didn't think it was simple at all. She still couldn't figure it out.
Lin Yi leaned closer and whispered, "Actually, it's like this… #￥%…"
Mingmei only heard the first half and not the second half.
"What is it?" Mingmei couldn't help but lean in.
"It's… #￥%#."
"Huh?" Mingmei couldn't help but lean closer again, "Can't you speak a little louder?"
"Of course not." Lin Yi chuckled softly, "Otherwise, how would I trick you over here?"
After Lin Yi finished speaking, he pecked Mingmei on the cheek.
Mingmei immediately realized she had been tricked!
She had been teased by a boy five or six years younger than her, which made her lose face.
"Lin Yi! You…"
Just as Mingmei was about to say something, the elevator arrived at the sixth floor with a 'click', and Lin Yi quickly left.
"Hey, wait, don't go… I haven't finished talking!"
Mingmei followed after him, fuming.
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Lin Yi and Mingmei turned on the lights in the watch area and each grabbed a backpack to start cleaning it up.
Logically, the two of them should have separated and started cleaning two different areas for faster efficiency.
However, Lin Yi insisted on sticking to Mingmei.
After doing those unspeakable things in the closet, Mingmei's heart had quietly opened a window for Lin Yi…
Mingmei watched Lin Yi move closer to her at every turn, and she was both happy and annoyed, "Hey, don't squeeze over here… Go search over there."
"It's faster to search together."
Lin Yi's skin was already super thick. How could he leave just because of these few words?
He glanced at Mingmei's pleated skirt and reminded her, "Your skirt… It looks like there's something stuck to it over there."
"Huh? What is it?" Mingmei subconsciously looked at her skirt.
"That spot… You can't see it. Forget it, I'll help you."
As Lin Yi spoke, he reached out and patted the inside of the skirt a couple of times, then casually pinched it a couple of times.
He suddenly realized, "Oh, I'm sorry… I misread it. It was just a flower."
Mingmei pushed him a couple of times in anger and said, "Okay, stop fooling around. Quickly pack things up and leave quickly… The longer we delay, the more trouble we'll have."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Lin Yi chuckled, "Then we'll go to your place first to count these things…"
Mingmei snorted and ignored him.
Lin Yi knew that this wasn't the place for romance, so he sped up his pace.
Suddenly, Lin Yi paused, took out his phone, checked the time, and frowned, "That's strange… It's been so long since Big Head went, why hasn't he finished yet?"
With that, Lin Yi called Wakabayashi Toshihide.
The call connected quickly, and Lin Yi lowered his voice and said, "What's going on? Haven't you dealt with those four kids yet?"
Wakabayashi Toshihide replied, "It took a while to find a mask… But now I've caught three. One with glasses ran away, and I don't know where he is… Damn it, I've searched the whole floor and can't find him."
"You've searched the whole floor?"
After hearing this, Lin Yi immediately thought of something and decisively activated Conan's third-person vision.
The surroundings were dark, with only one place in front brightly lit.
Lin Yi took a closer look and saw the backs of two people in that brightly lit area—wasn't that them?
Taking a closer look, Conan was holding a cell phone… He seemed to be recording a video.
This made Lin Yi raise his eyebrows—as expected of the protagonist, he not only evaded Wakabayashi Toshihide's pursuit but also ran to the sixth floor to collect their criminal evidence!
Impressive, impressive!
"What's wrong?"
Just as Mingmei was about to turn her head to look at Lin Yi, Lin Yi grabbed her to his side.
Mingmei thought Lin Yi was going to get physical with her again and was about to struggle when Lin Yi whispered, "Don't look back… Just stay like this…"
Mingmei said in confusion, "Why?"
Lin Yi looked down at Mingmei and smiled, "In my hometown, there's an ancient legend… If you're facing away from the darkness, you must never turn around if someone calls your name or you hear someone talking… Otherwise…"
"Otherwise… what will happen?" Mingmei couldn't help but ask.
"You will be punished by ghosts…"
After hearing this, Mingmei snorted, "Do you think I'm afraid of ghosts?"
Lin Yi smiled and said, "I think you'd better listen to me… You come down to the sixth floor to help search, and I'll find the remaining one."
The last sentence was directed at Wakabayashi Toshihide.
"Find?" Mingmei thought of something, "Could there still be someone here?"
"Yeah, a little kid… We have to catch him and stop him from running around."
As Lin Yi spoke, he put the backpack back where it was and said, "Big Head will come to take over my work later… Remember… don't look back, understand?"
Seeing Lin Yi emphasize it repeatedly, Akemi nodded: "Alright... I'll listen to you."
Lin Yi walked straight ahead, quickly leaving the brightly lit area, his figure disappearing.
In the darkness in the distance, Conan watched this scene and couldn't help but think to himself: The male robber left, leaving only a female robber...
When will the male robber return... unknown.
Perhaps, I can take this opportunity to use my anesthetic gun to subdue the female robber.
Conan is a daring person. After thinking of this possibility, he began to act.
He crept forward cautiously, trying not to make any noise.
However, after crawling less than ten meters, Conan suddenly bumped into something and stopped.
He was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously reached out to touch it—it was a person's foot.
Conan's expression changed. He finally knew where the male robber had gone.
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