Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Ah, are you disliked by that old gentleman again?"

After Miss Tomoda put down the butler's glass of orange wine and left the table, she met a wealthy woman in the aisle between the tables. She seemed to be her senior, and Miss Tomoda stopped very politely.

"Ms. Murakami, please don't say that. Mr. Shinjo just doesn't like the smell on me."

The woman named Murakami looked Tomoda up and down, and noticed that the people at the table that this junior had just entertained were looking over here. She deliberately said loudly: "Smell? Do you mean the smell of cheap cosmetics?"

"Hey, the cosmetics I use are already 5,000 yen..."

"Isn't that just low-quality stuff?" Ms. Murakami interrupted Tomoda directly, "That won't do. Now that we've decided to do this business, it's not appropriate to let customers smell the cheap smell."

After all, the drinks in this restaurant, the price of ordinary lemon soda alone is more than 800 yen. If it weren't for the fact that the soda water is quite good, it would be the kind of free pre-meal service in other izakayas. So when the butler chose lemon soda as a "thank you gift" just now, it also made everyone feel that he hated Miss Tomoda.

"As for me, I'm using high-end products worth 30,000 yen. Otherwise, why would customers be willing to let me sit next to them?" Miss Murakami adjusted her shawl hair with her hands, and noticed that some customers were silent, while others agreed with her, and she couldn't help but feel more complacent.

Customers come to consume and receive services, so they naturally want to get better returns for the same money. Therefore, even if someone is unhappy with Miss Tomoda's situation, they will not speak out to refute Murakami.

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Shinjo." After hearing what Murakami said, Ms. Tomoda turned to the housekeeper and bowed to apologize, then looked at Murakami with a smile: "I'm sorry for causing trouble to you, Mr. Murakami. I will change my cosmetics when I go back today."

"Tsk." Murakami smacked his lips a little dissatisfiedly as he watched Tomoda walk past him, ignoring the sarcasm in her words, and walk to the counter to pour herself a glass of lemon soda.

"What's wrong, Xiaolan?"

Kudo Shinichi saw Mouri Ran lowering her head and whispered in her ear, and because of the advantageous sitting position, Conan could also hear it.

"Shinichi, do you remember when my mother just moved out of the house?" Mao Lilan pinched the hem of her skirt: "That was the first time I went to the office where she was doing internship, and her predecessor was also like that..."

[Ms. Fei, how can you use such low-quality skin care products? If the client is offended, it will be your responsibility if the law firm loses the commission!]

"If you cry here, I'll have to comfort you. It's so troublesome." Kudo Shinichi took out a handkerchief from his pocket and held it directly in front of Mao Lilan. Seeing that the girl was stunned because this handkerchief was bought for Conan not long ago, he comforted her: "Auntie is the undefeated queen because she has experienced hardships."

"Yes, Sister Xiaolan, just think about it. Miss Tomoda will not stay here forever. Once she has saved enough money for tuition, she will move on to a new and better life." Conan nodded: "Even if it is Beihua University or Beido University, she can find a decent job after graduation."

"That's right."

"By the way, how did you observe?" Sato Miwako covered her mouth and asked Kudo Shinichi: "Although I don't know why you want to keep your identity secret, I should have some ideas about the person who threatened Mr. Mochizuki." "Well, I have a guess..."

Following Kudo Shinichi's instructions, Sato Miwako turned to Mochizuki again and said, "Mr. Mochizuki just said that you found the threatening letter in your mailbox at home, right?"

"Well, Xincheng gave it to me after seeing it." Wangyue glanced at the housekeeper: "I don't often tell people my home address."

"What about Ms. Tomoda? Does she know?"

Wangyue hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"You are suspicious of Tomoda, which is unreasonable. She has absolutely no reason to intimidate me."

"How can we rely on subjective assumptions to make such a decision?" Matsuda Jinpei said immediately, "I think we should ask Miss Tomoda to come over and have a seat."

"But this old gentleman is not..." Jin Yuanguang asked Matsuda at the right time.

"It's okay, I can sit at the next table." Butler Xincheng was about to take his wine glass to the next table, but because of his presbyopia, he accidentally spilled the orange wine, and the wine accidentally wet his and Wangyue's clothes.

"Be careful, Shinjo."

Looking at Mao Lilan who stood up and helped the housekeeper to the side, Mochizuki explained helplessly in a low voice.

"He was actually my late wife's old housekeeper. However, because my late wife's father died young, she asked me to do a few things before she died, one of which was to make sure Xincheng spent his old age in peace. I didn't argue with him."

"No wonder..."

Fujiwara scratched Huan's itchy arm and pointed it out in a voice that only Kanemoto Hikaru and Matsuda Jinpei could hear.

"In this way... he is also... a suspect."

Of course, the others all thought of this and couldn't help but guess.

If it was the housekeeper, it would be reasonable for him to threaten Wangyue after seeing her having an affair with a young woman. (End of this chapter)