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

Chapter 120 Is Shiho Miyano my daughter?

Are you sure?

Lin Xiuyi raised an eyebrow, and asked with a half-smile, "..."

"That's a billion yen, no small sum. You're not so desperate as to rob a bank, are you?"

"How...how did you know?"

Miyano Akemi, like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on, blurted out instinctively,

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl suddenly realized that she had let something slip. Startled, she staggered back several steps, and her bright and gentle face turned ashen in an instant.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone because your parents saved my life back then."

Lin Xiuyi shook his head helplessly, stepped forward, and gently took Miyano Akemi's hand.

The girl's hands were ice-cold, clearly indicating she was extremely nervous.

He gently pulled the girl back to the table, pressed her shoulders, and made her sit down again.

Lin Xiuyi stopped beating around the bush and went straight to the point, asking:

"Tell me, what exactly is that thing you call important to me? Stop playing guessing games with me, I don't have the patience for that."

In Lin Xiuyi's mind, the only connection he had with the Miyano family in this life was that Miyano Akemi's parents saved his life twenty years ago.

Apart from that, he had no other connection with the Miyano family, let alone any "important things" between them.

Could it be that back then, when they were treating him, they discovered the abnormality of his body's extraordinary recovery and secretly kept his blood, tissue, or something similar for research?

What Miyano Akemi was referring to as important was actually the data they had gathered over the years from their research on his physical abnormalities.

While secretly speculating in his mind, Lin Xiuyi kept a close eye on Miyano Akemi, his tone carrying a mixture of threat and enticement:

"Tell me the truth, what exactly is it? If you tell me, I'll still give you the 1 billion yen, and I can guarantee that I will absolutely not interfere in your affairs with your sister, nor will I reveal any secrets about you."

"But if you don't tell me, don't blame me for being impolite."

Miyano Akemi was already panicking, and with Lin Xiuyi's coercion and enticement, her mental defenses collapsed instantly. She quickly couldn't hold on any longer and finally lowered her head, whispering the truth.

"Those are...those are some cassette tapes left behind by my mother before she passed away."

"A cassette tape?"

Lin Xiuyi's brows furrowed immediately, her tone filled with surprise.

"Shouldn't that have been left to your sister by your mother?"

"Huh? How...how did you know my sister's name is Miyano Shiho?"

Akemi Miyano suddenly raised her head, her eyes wide open, her voice trembling slightly.

"The things my mother, Elena Miyano, left behind—even the Black Organization doesn't know exactly what they are, and my sister's name too—how do you know them so clearly?"

Lin Xiuyi's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly realized that she had let something slip.

He subconsciously uttered Shiho Miyano's name, forgetting that in this timeline, few people knew Shiho Miyano's name except for the core members of the Black Organization, and Akemi Miyano would not easily tell outsiders.

Lin Xiu composed herself and casually made up an excuse.

"I naturally have my own sources of intelligence. You don't need to worry about that. Just tell me why those tapes are related to me."

Whether Akemi Miyano believes it or not is irrelevant now.

All he wanted to know now was what was on those tapes and why Akemi Miyano had said they were important to him.

"Why are you saying that the cassette tape your mother left for your sister is related to me? And that it's very important to me?"

Miyano Akemi felt uncomfortable under his gaze, and remembering the contents of those tapes, her cheeks flushed slightly as she whispered:

"Actually, my mother told me about my sister's background in the recording. My sister's background is what is related to you, Mr. Lin, and it is the most important thing to you."

"Your sister's background?"

Lin Xiuyi's confusion deepened, and she subconsciously asked in return,

"How could this have anything to do with me? I only had contact with your parents once, when I was injured back then. After that, I never saw them again, nor did I have any connection with your Miyano family. How could it possibly be related to your sister's background?"

"That was the one time."

Akemi Miyano slowly raised her head, a bitter smile on her face, her eyes filled with complex emotions, and said in a heavy tone,

"Not long after I saved you that time, my mother became pregnant. Mr. Lin, my sister, Shiho Miyano, is actually your daughter!"

"What?!"

Lin Xiuyi was struck as if by lightning, and his entire body froze on the spot.

The expression on his face changed from shock to astonishment, and finally to disbelief.

He felt completely stunned, from head to toe.

How did Shiho Miyano, the cool, intelligent, and drug-savvy scientist in the Black Organization, suddenly become his daughter?

This is outrageous!

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't understand how he could have had a daughter when he was seriously injured and unconscious back then.

"Hello!"

Lin Xiuyi snapped out of her daze, placed her hands on Miyano Akemi's shoulders, and stared intently into the girl's sapphire blue eyes, her gaze filled with annoyance.

"Ms. Miyano, you'd better think carefully before you speak! I was seriously injured at the time, shot in the chest, and completely unconscious. I didn't even have the strength to move a finger!"

"How could I possibly seduce your mother while she was unconscious? It couldn't be that she saw I was young and handsome and took advantage of me while I was unconscious, could it?"

Lin Xiuyi grew increasingly agitated as she spoke, and her tone became more and more aggressive.

"Even if it were forced, given my severely injured, unconscious, and near-death state at the time, there's no way I could have had a child! You're talking complete nonsense!"

"While I have indeed been involved with quite a few women, I cannot allow myself to be slandered like this! What makes you think you can claim that Shiho Miyano is my daughter? Do you have any evidence?"

"No, that's not how it is! You've misunderstood!"

Seeing Lin Xiuyi lose his temper, Miyano Akemi trembled in fear. Her shoulders ached from his pressure, but she dared not struggle.

"My mother has never betrayed my father. She is a very devoted person, and there has absolutely never been that kind of relationship between you!"

"I didn't slander you either, I'm telling the truth!"

"And you just said that Shiho Miyano is my daughter!"

Lin Xiuyi became even more furious and couldn't help but raise her voice, shouting loudly.

"Now you're saying nothing ever happened between us, so how could she possibly be my daughter?"