Conan: Ran turns into an elementary school student and calls me dad.

Chapter 140 The Witch's Scheme

As Vermouth spoke, Lin Xiuyi's hand stopped on the lower right side of the witch's flat abdomen, where there was a scar left by a gunshot wound.

Although she has a curvaceous figure and a graceful posture,

However, Vermouth's body also has flaws; she is not perfect.

The flaws are that she has many scars on her body, most of which are gunshot wounds.

Back when she was just Sharon, Lin Xiuyi had asked about the origin of these scars.

Vermouth, however, only said that these were the marks left from when she was accidentally shot during a street shootout.

At that time, Lin Xiuyi had not yet regained his memories of the Conan world. He thought that in America, gunfights were a daily occurrence, and if you were unlucky, you might actually be held at gunpoint while taking a walk.

There was little doubt about Sharon's explanation.

At that time, Lin Xiuyi naturally wouldn't like these scars.

He once suggested that Sharon go to a hospital to have all the scars removed.

If you pay enough, hospitals in the United States can definitely do that.

But Sharon refused without hesitation, saying that the scars on her body were memories of her past injuries, and that erasing the scars would make those memories disappear as well.

Lin Xiuyi had no choice but to let her have her way.

However, after more than eight years of sharing a bed, Lin Xiuyi was very familiar with every part of Vermouth's body and every scar.

After the witch said she was almost killed, Lin Xiuyi quickly found the new scar.

"You were injured here a year ago?"

"Yes," Vermouth nodded slightly.

"Speaking of which, isn't that guy also named Shuichi?"

"But his surname isn't Hayashi, it's Akai."

Seeing that she looked somewhat serious because of the injury she had sustained a year ago, Lin Xiuyi wanted to lighten the mood, so he deliberately smiled and said...

"Heh, that Shuichi is clearly not as capable as me."

"Why do you say that?" Vermouth asked, puzzled. "Although I don't like that guy, in terms of strength, Shuichi Akai is still very powerful. Even in our organization, very few people can compare to him."

"Because he can only hurt you, while I just made someone shout that he was going to die!" Lin Xiuyi smiled ambiguously.

Seeing Lin Xiuyi's smug expression, Vermouth immediately understood what he meant.

Recalling her earlier indulgent behavior, the witch blushed slightly, but her expression remained defiant.

"Really? You're that good? How about we do it again?" Vermouth sneered.

"Sorry, let me take a moment..."

Lin Xiuyi, with a pained expression, decisively begged for mercy.

Seeing his completely drained look, the witch couldn't help but laugh out loud. She pinched Lin Xiuyi's cheek hard.

"You're shameless, with a skin thicker than any other man in the world."

"Without such a thick skin, how could I have withstood all your sarcastic remarks back then?" Lin Xiuyi hugged the witch and laughed smugly. "In America, so many people were pursuing you, but in the end, only I succeeded."

"Hmph, I'm the one who fell for your trick," Vermouth rolled her eyes at Lin Xiuyi. "I was just confused back then and that's why you fooled me."

After joking around for a while, the two got back to the main topic.

"Shuichi, do you know the other identity of the Miyano Akemi you just asked me to save?" Vermouth said in a deep voice. "She's the ex-girlfriend of Akai Shuichi, the one who almost killed me!"

"...Since she's his ex-girlfriend, it means they've already broken up. It's probably better not to put them together, right?" Lin Xiuyi advised cautiously.

"Don't put them together?" The witch sneered. "These two have only broken up on the surface, but they're still in contact behind the scenes. If the organization hadn't already confirmed this, why would they have had her dealt with?"

"this......"

Lin Xiuyi was truly at a loss for words.

Shuichi Akai injured Vermouth and nearly killed her.

If he insists on asking the witch to help save Shuichi Akai's lover,

That would not only be asking the impossible, but also showing a complete lack of consideration for one's own woman.

"Fine, I'll figure it out myself."

Vermouth patted Lin Xiuyi's somewhat serious face and asked softly, "Are you angry? Because I refused to help?"

"How could I be angry with you because of her?" Lin Xiuyi said with a smile. "I can understand if you don't want to help."

The witch was silent for a moment, then suddenly looked up and said, "...What if I help?"

"But didn't you just say..."

"I've changed my mind. Leaving Miyano Akemi alive might make Shuichi Akai suffer even more in the future."

Vermouth narrowed her eyes slightly. Being called a witch, she certainly wouldn't so easily forget the grudge of being injured by Shuichi Akai a year ago.

Vermouth originally intended to kill Akemi Miyano to make Shuichi Akai suffer and vent her anger.

But since Lin Xiuyi had spoken up, Vermouth didn't want to put him in a difficult position, so she abandoned her original plan.

Anyway, while she looked at Lin Xiuyi, who still seemed somewhat puzzled, she was secretly plotting a better way to get revenge on Akai Xiuyi that she had just come up with.

Moreover, doing this also allows me to disgust the lawyer next door.

What I can't have, no one else can have so easily either.

Vermouth thought maliciously.

After Sharon's identity died, Vermouth could no longer be openly with Lin Xiuyi.

Her current public identity is Chris Vineyard.

Although there had long been rumors of a romance between Chris and Hayashi Hideaki in America,

But these are all just rumors and haven't been confirmed.

However, if she were to be with Lin Xiuyi openly and honestly as Chris...

So, if the shocking news of a mother and daughter sharing a husband were to spread...

I'm afraid the two of them will immediately become the laughingstock and objects of contempt for the whole world.

......

Now that Vermouth had agreed, Lin Xiuyi breathed a sigh of relief.

After discussing it for a while, the two decided to have Miyano Akemi fake her death.

This way, they can both save lives and allow Vermouth to explain herself to the Black Organization.

"After that woman fakes her death, you must keep her by your side."

Vermouth spoke to Lin Xiuyi with a strange look in her eyes.

"The organization has members all over the world, and they have people in many places. If members in other places confirm that she is still alive, then I'm going to be in trouble..."

"Don't worry, I won't let her run around," Lin Xiuyi replied casually. "Actually, I originally planned to have her work as a maid in my house after she was free..."