Stay away from Conan.

"Officer Chiba?"

After seeing that the person who came to greet her was Officer Chiba, Xiaolan greeted him with some surprise, and then naturally saw Officer Takagi behind Officer Chiba, so she also greeted him:

"Is Officer Takagi here too?"

"Oops!"

As a result, after meeting Xiaolan and others here, Officers Takagi and Chiba did not show the joy of seeing acquaintances. Instead, they expressed the embarrassment and tension of not wanting to be discovered but ended up not getting what they wanted.

So, after seeing that it was Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba, Maori Kogoro said with a bit of lack of interest:

"What?! Why are you two grown men eating here?"

"No, no..."

In response to Maori Kogoro's question, Officer Chiba was quite frank and explained directly to Maori Kogoro:

"It's a sorority party!"

"Wow! Idiot!"

As a result, after these words were spoken, Officer Takagi, who was following behind Officer Chiba, became even more nervous and complained about Chiba in his heart.

But Xiaolan was obviously very concerned about this topic, so she asked directly:

"Sorority party? Does Officer Sato know about this? Officer Takagi?"

After asking this question, Xiaolan knew that Officer Takagi had always admired Officer Sato, and it seemed that Officer Sato did not dislike Officer Takagi, so Xiaolan always thought that the two of them could actually be a couple, but now...

Why did Officer Takagi come to the social gathering? Is he no longer pursuing Officer Sato?

In response to Xiaolan's question, Officer Takagi pointed directly at Chiba and said nervously:

"Ah, no... I, I'm just here to make up the numbers. Chiba forced me to come here!"

After explaining this, Takagi quickly added a question to Chiba:

"Is that so? That's right, isn't it?"

"Ah, ah, yes!"

Faced with such a situation, Chiba finally reacted and helped Gao Mu to find a way out. However, seeing Gao Mu's reaction, Chiba couldn't help but feel a little anxious for Gao Mu. After all, judging from Gao Mu's nervous look, even if what he said was true, I'm afraid everyone would think he was lying...

But Gao Mu's focus was obviously not here. After getting Chiba's affirmation, he hurriedly said to Xiaolan:

"So! Please don't tell Officer Sato!"

"understood……"

However, although Xiaolan said this, she was obviously a little skeptical about Takagi Michi's attitude and looked at him with suspicion.

——"Hello, Chiba! Are you late?"

However, at this moment, a short-haired young man with dark skin walked towards Qianye and greeted him.

So, seeing the newcomers, Qianye hurriedly introduced them to everyone:

"Oh! You came just in time! He is the initiator of this social gathering and also my high school classmate, named Jiang Ben."

"Oh."

I'm not interested, Kogoro Mori replied after hearing Chiba's introduction.

The man named Jiang Ben, seeing Chiba talking to the mustache-wearing uncle with the girl and the child, asked a bit uninterested:

"Who is it?"

Then, he said to Qianye:

"The girls are already here, and they're drinking over there!"

In this way, Jiang Ben urged Chiba and the others to hurry over.

When Chiba saw Emoto talking to Maori Kogoro like this, he also hurriedly introduced Maori Kogoro out of politeness in front of Maori Kogoro:

"Ah, this... this is Detective Kogoro Mori! I just happened to meet him here."

Thus, after hearing the name of Maori Kogoro, Jiang Ben also followed up and said:

"Ah, I've heard of you! You are 'Sleeping Kogoro', right?" "Hello."

Being ignored at first but now trying to get close to him, Kogoro Mouri replied with a slightly impatient expression.

Then, Jiang Ben returned to the topic of the party and said to Qianye:

"Come to think of it, there was also a detective at the party. He was invited by a girl, but unfortunately he's a boy... By the way, Chiba, where's the companion you mentioned?"

"He is my colleague at work..."

In response, Chiba pointed to Takagi behind him and pointed to Emoto.

Then, Jiang Ben looked Takagi up and down and said thoughtfully:

"Look at the stupid brain... Never mind, it's better than nothing."

"That's the way this guy is. He's very mean, but he's actually a pretty good person!"

Seeing that Takagi looked embarrassed by Emoto's words, Chiba hurriedly helped to explain.

"Maybe……"

Takagi couldn't quite tell about this, but Kogoro Mori next to him felt the same way.

"By the way, Chiba! I'm so lucky today!"

Jiang Ben didn't care about Takagi and the others' reactions, and just started to explain to Chiba:

"There are two super cute girls here!"

"Oh, really!"

As a result, after hearing this, Chiba and Takagi were obviously interested, but this reaction was quickly met with Conan and the other three's rolling eyes, making Takagi a little embarrassed, and he could only say:

"Yes, yes..."

Chiba did not have too many concerns and continued chatting with Jiang Ben:

"Really? You don't count your sister in this, do you?"

"How is that possible? I automatically ignore my sister in this kind of situation, although she would be welcome to other men."

Jiang Ben said with a smile, then thought for a moment and began to analyze:

"One of the two I mentioned is an old friend of my sister, and the other is a good friend of this girl. Moreover, it seems that their jobs are both related to the police..."

"P-The police?"

As a result, when these words came out, not only Gao Mu, but even Chiba was stunned -

After all, if the other party is a police-related profession, then it wouldn't be possible...

You must have met someone you know!

……

"Yu, Yumi... Did you call Mr. Akechi here just to be a shield for you?"

While Chiba and the others were chatting in the hotel lobby, on the other side, in a private room of the hotel, Miwako Sato, who was wearing casual clothes, asked Miyamoto Yumi, who had drunk a lot of wine,

After all, at this social gathering, after Yumi and I arrived, many of the boys present there frequently came to us and tried to show their courtesy and get close to us. This situation made Sato Miwako a little overwhelmed, until Gao Yuan showed up just now.

Since Gao Yuan was an acquaintance of Sato Miwako and Miyamoto Yumi, Sato Miwako, who had already heard from Miyamoto Yumi that he had been invited this time, was not surprised.

However, Gao Yuan took the initiative to greet Miyamoto Yumi and chat with her for a while, which made the other boys who were ready to make a move restrained themselves a little. At the same time, Sato Miwako took advantage of Gao Yuan's momentum and chatted with him a few more words, which also relieved the pressure on her side.

Then, until now, Gao Yuan went out to the toilet... (End of this chapter)