The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1381 A Heart Big Enough
Faced with the questioning (interrogation) of this young lady from Kyoto, our young lady Suzuki from Tokyo naturally wouldn't back down.

She simply crossed her arms and said matter-of-factly, "I'm here to visit Xiaolan. After all, I often come here with Xiaolan as guests. What's so strange about that?"

Hearing this, Hongye curiously glanced behind her, tilted her head, looking rather cute, and asked curiously, "Where is Miss Xiaolan?"

"I forgot to tell her when I came over," Sonoko said seriously. "I just happened to run into you, so I forgot to look for her."

"Oh..." Hongye hesitated for a moment upon hearing this, then spoke her mind directly: "So you came here to see our Fujino, right?"

"Hey, hey, hey!" Sonoko's face immediately darkened. "Can you please stop talking about your family? It sounds like... like something!"

"Just like a wife?" Upon hearing this, Hongye smiled and glanced at Yuanzi's reaction with amusement.

This kid seems a bit trendy and has a dashing air about him.

But it's incredibly embarrassing...

She stroked her chin and said, "Because I am his fiancée, we just haven't gotten married yet."

As she spoke, she narrowed her eyes: "So, what brings you to my fiancé?"

"..."

Sonoko narrowed her eyes and felt that the person in front of her was utterly shameless.

How could someone say such a thing in public?
She gritted her teeth, wanting to retort, but after thinking about it, it seemed that she really couldn't argue with this guy.

"Ahem!"

Just then, Ai Haibara, who was sitting next to her, coughed lightly and said in a calm tone, "You two, could you please keep your voices down?"

As she spoke, she glanced around and said, "The other guests are watching. If you need to find Fujino, I'll go upstairs and call him."

"He hasn't gotten up yet."

"Oh……"

Feeling the gazes around them, the two finally realized that they had attracted the attention of the onlookers.

Upon hearing topics like "battlegrounds," the young women gathered in Snow King Ice City turned their excited gazes and listened intently.

Seeing this, both of them felt a little embarrassed.

So he quietly sat down in his seat and lowered his head.

Seeing this, the young women who had been enthusiastically gossiping around lost interest and went back to chatting about their own gossip.

"How terrifying..." Hakuba Saguru, watching this scene, couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead and mutter to himself, "How does Fujino even survive?"

Well, he felt that he was in a pretty good situation right now.

Fujino... well, I'm a little envious, but it's terrifying.

How did Fujino survive such a chaotic situation?

Once he was put into Fujino's perspective, he felt a sense of suffocation.

At the same time, a thought became even more firmly established in my mind: indeed, women only slow down the process of solving cases!

Once the atmosphere calmed down, Hongye glanced at the garden and then said with a hint of resentment in her voice, "So, you know... don't talk about these kinds of things when there are other people around."

Sonoko pouted, unconvinced: "Who's arguing with you? You were the one who started it, okay?"

"You were the one who started it... Never mind." Hongye sighed, but she didn't finish her sentence.

Because she deeply understands objective human nature, she feels that there is no definitive answer to this kind of thing.

Now is the time to reason with them, appeal to their emotions, and proactively defuse the situation to demonstrate your personal charm.

So, she crossed her arms and said calmly to Sonoko in a serious tone, "I think we should agree on one thing before we talk about anything else."

"What do you mean?" Sonoko asked, puzzled.

Hongye, still with her arms crossed, calmly said, "That means, next time there are people around, no matter what, the two of us should never do what we did just now..."

"After all, family scandals should not be aired in public."

"Just like that proverb, I think family matters should be resolved at home."

"What family scandal..." Sonoko's eyes narrowed, clearly displeased with the explanation, and she said with a hint of resentment, "Who's family with you?"

"Where did I say we were family?" Hongye explained softly. "I was talking about Fujino's matter. This would embarrass Fujino. Even if you don't consider the two of us, you should at least consider Fujino, right?"

"That's true..." Sonoko nodded upon hearing this, agreeing with Koyo's assessment. After all, they were in Fujino-senpai's shop, and saying such things did indeed feel a bit damaging to his reputation.

After all, he was a celebrity...

After thinking about it carefully for a moment, her expression turned strange again.

She inexplicably felt that something was wrong.

He immediately noticed something was wrong: "Wait a minute, damn it, how can you say these things so calmly?"

"Wouldn't that make me seem unreasonable?"

"And all of this is being blamed on me, you know...!"

"Do you really think you're some kind of matriarch?"

Sonoko suddenly felt as if she had become some kind of concubine, while the guy in front of her had become some kind of understanding and kind-hearted principal wife in ancient times.

Looking at the garden with its complicated expression, Hongye had nothing to say.

Just smile, and it's best if your smile has a touch of kindness in it.

In any case, she has already achieved her goal.

But after thinking for a moment, she looked at Sonoko again, brought her face close to her ear, and whispered softly, "However, if you want to become family with me or something, it's not impossible..."

"I have no objection to this."

"what?"

Hearing the warm breath and words in her ear, Sonoko suddenly froze for a moment.

After realizing what she meant, she immediately revealed her beady eyes: "What? No objections?"

Hongye tilted her head: "Wasn't what I said obvious enough?"

After thinking for a moment, she added, "I have no objection to the one you should have thought of."

"...?"

Upon hearing this, Sonoko's eyes widened slightly, as if she didn't quite understand the meaning of what she had just heard...

What do you mean by "with me"? No, I mean "with your family" is fine!
What inappropriate and lewd words are you spouting?!

Are you speaking Japanese?
I don't understand what you're saying!

Sonoko's little brain completely shut down; she couldn't understand what Koyo meant at all.

Hongye, however, disagreed, simply because her perspective, realm, and mind were high enough.

In her view, the Suzuki family was wealthy, and her own family had some power. Both families only had girls, and now they had come together.

So the result is obvious...

She couldn't even imagine what the outcome would be if the two companies were merged.

At that time, the Fujiwara family will be utterly insignificant.

We have to beg Fujino to go back.

Thinking about it carefully, what if we integrated the three companies...

Hongye thought about it and felt that such a family was a bit too scary.

Culture is represented by the Fujiwara family, politics by my own family, and economics by the Suzuki family.

With these three forces combined, ruling over all of Japan, she felt there was no problem with it.

As for Sonoko...

In her opinion, this little garden in front of her was at most a silly little girl who liked to throw tantrums.

When it comes to vision, breadth of mind, and level of understanding, it all comes down to oneself.

I dare not say anything else, but my magnanimity is definitely great.

As the old saying goes, one should have the world in one's heart!

If your mind isn't big enough, how can you encompass the world?
How then can one govern the world?

(End of this chapter)