The little girl couldn't bother to avoid the rain. She repeatedly checked the 13 photos that had been trimmed, trying to find clues from the 13 photos.
Since it was a clue left by my sister, it shouldn't be too complicated, and it must be a clue that I can understand.
The little girl repeatedly looked at the photos, focusing her attention on finding clues.
Finally!
She discovered a noteworthy thing.
That is, the trimmed edges seem to correspond to one or several store signs.
For example, in Minako Sushi, half of the letter m was cut off.
Following this rule, the little girl quickly obtained thirteen letters from the thirteen photos, and combining them, she obtained an address.
… … … … …
"Strange? Why hasn't anyone come yet?"
Lin Yi wondered as he wandered around the streets near Professor Agasa's house.
Looking at his watch, it was already six o'clock in the evening. So far, he had been walking for a good three hours, and his shoes were already soaked, but he still hadn't found Ai Haibara's whereabouts.
"Could it not be today?"
Lin Yi couldn't help but guess: "Or… did she take advantage of me circling around to perfectly miss me?"
After searching for so long without finding her, Lin Yi realized that there must be something wrong.
After thinking about it, Lin Yi simply went directly to Professor Agasa's door and knocked on the door.
After a while, footsteps came from inside.
The door opened with a click, and a stout, balding old man with a Mediterranean hairstyle looked at Lin Yi and asked curiously, "Excuse me, what's the matter?"
"Sorry to bother you, I'm looking for a little girl." Lin Yi gestured with his hand on his thigh and said, "She's about this tall, around ten years old, mixed-race, with brown hair… have you seen her?"
"No."
Doctor Agasa shook his head.
"I see."
Lin Yi nodded, while his eyes observed the entrance area. The floor was clean, with no traces of water droplets left behind.
Clearly, Doctor Agasa wasn't lying.
"If you see her... please give me a call."
Lin Yi left his phone number, saying, "I will reward you handsomely."
"I will keep an eye out."
… … … …
After leaving Doctor Agasa's house, Lin Yi didn't continue searching. He knew something had changed, but he didn't know where the change had occurred. Perhaps someone had witnessed Shiho Miyano shrinking.
Maybe she didn't even escape the organization's laboratory.
This made Lin Yi anxious. If that were the case, his troubles would be significant.
Taking out his phone, Lin Yi started posting messages in the extra group again, describing Ai's appearance and the approximate address where she might appear.
This time, he directly offered 100 million to motivate them.
After doing all this, Lin Yi went to find a restaurant and filled his stomach.
While eating dinner, he kept staring at his phone, hoping for some useful news.
However, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.
Out of the hundred-plus people in the group, not a single one could find a subject matching the description.
"Achoo..."
Lin Yi suddenly sneezed. He took a tissue to wipe his nose, and he now noticed that his clothes and pants were a bit wet.
"I have to go back and change..."
Lin Yi didn't want to end up catching a cold. After finishing dinner, he left with an umbrella.
However, when he returned to his doorstep, his footsteps involuntarily stopped.
A girl in a white coat was lying in front of his door.
That's right, it was Shiho Miyano after shrinking.
The person Lin Yi had spent three hours searching for in the rain that afternoon was lying in front of his door.
Lin Yi felt a burst of annoyance. If he had known she would come to his door, he would have waited at home.
Annoying as it was, he had finally found Shiho Miyano... Well, now he should say Ai Haibara.
Regardless of her being soaking wet, he directly picked her up, opened the door, and went inside.
He touched Ai's forehead, and her body temperature was normal, which was good news.
"Umm..."
After arriving in the living room, Lin Yi took off Ai's soaking wet clothes and placed them on the sofa.
Looking at the unconscious Ai, Lin Yi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Why would she take the initiative to come to his place?
Who gave her the address?
Akemi?
That's unlikely, because their sisters' conversation was being monitored.
Even if Akemi foolishly said it, his place would definitely become a monitoring point for the organization.
Ai couldn't possibly not understand this.
Suddenly, Lin Yi noticed that there seemed to be something inside Ai's white coat.
He reached out and felt it, pulling it out to see that it was a thick stack of photos.
Weren't these the photos he had taken for Akemi?
How could they be in Ai's pocket?
Could it be that Ai knew his address after seeing this?
Lin Yi had a guess in his mind, so he began to repeatedly check the photos.
After all, he had been obsessed with detective dramas for a while and knew some techniques for hiding information.
Soon, Lin Yi also noticed that the edges of some photos had been trimmed.
Following this clue, Lin Yi began to search and discovered the clues.
"So that's how it is..."
Lin Yi understood that Akemi had hidden his address on the photos. He couldn't help but admire her cleverness.
This method wasn't too clever, but it was hidden enough.
People who had no suspicion of the photos wouldn't realize there was something hidden in them.
Understanding this, Lin Yi put the photos back on the white coat.
"Ugh... cold..."
Looking at Ai curled up in a ball, muttering.
Lin Yi didn't blink, and after a long time, he said, "She's been in the rain for so long, I should help her take a hot bath to restore her body temperature."
Saying this, Lin Yi picked up Ai and walked directly into the bathroom.
Ai hadn't woken up yet, so there was no way to put her on a chair and have her sit alone.
Lin Yi sat down on the chair, holding her.
Turning on the shower and adjusting it to a suitable temperature, Lin Yi began to wash Ai's hair with no ripples in his heart.
Rinsing her hair with water, she should have woken up in theory.
However, Lin Yi didn't notice any signs of Ai Haibara waking up. Could it be that the scenes in the movies are deceptive? Or does it only work when using cold water?
Lin Yi didn't know, and he wouldn't be so heartless as to try it with cold water.
Fortunately, Lin Yi usually helped Kanae wash her hair, so helping Ai Haibara wash her hair wasn't too difficult.
Soon, the hair washing was done.
Lin Yi squeezed some body wash and began to wipe Ai Haibara's body.
Looking at the unconscious Ai Haibara, Lin Yi felt a sense of sympathy and pity arise in his heart for some reason.
Lin Yi knew about her past.
At a young age, she had experienced incredible things.
She lost her parents at a young age and had to rely on her sister.
The organization forced her to do things she didn't want to do.
She knew that the drugs she was making were dangerous, but she had to do it for her sister.
Then, her sister, who she relied on, died.
Lin Yi thought about writing the character 'miserable' on her foot.
And that's what he did.
Finally, Ai Haibara woke up and looked at Lin Yi, using her eyes to ask him: What are you doing?
Lin Yi: "..."
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