Conan's self-cultivation of fake wine

Because Maori remembered the time wrong and made a big mistake, his pre-plan naturally failed by more than half, and he was completely unable to achieve the strategic goal of "driving Lan and the boring kid out of the room."

But it's not entirely a failure. After all, judging from the expression and actions of Eri Kisaki at the end, she was still quite happy.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have done that in public.

This is a pretty good ending for a love story. At least Mao Lilan is quite happy.

It’s a pity that this good mood didn’t last long.

When Lu Ren came to the office to punch in the next day, the atmosphere in the room was completely different from before.

The smile on Mao Lilan's face naturally disappeared. Even Mao Li, who was used to being heartless, lowered his head and said nothing.

Lu Ren didn't even need to verify to see that he was in a bad mood.

Because he didn't even turn on the TV to watch Yoko Okino's evening show on time tonight!
"What's going on?" Lu Ren sat on the sofa and poked Conan, the only one in the room who was in a normal mood.

"The gift was delivered to the wrong person." Conan whispered, "Uncle gave the Buddhist beads that were intended for the owner of the Poirot Coffee Shop to Aunt by mistake."

"Buddhist beads, to ward off evil. Does the owner of this store feel that he has been contaminated by something unclean?" Lu Ren looked at Conan and felt that a small string of Buddhist beads could not ward off such a big evil as Conan.

If you really want to exorcise the evil spirit, the best solution now is to open a store in another place.

"Well, maybe." Conan paused for a moment, then asked, "By the way, aren't you focusing on the wrong thing? Isn't the point of this matter that uncle gave the wrong gift?"

"I know, but what can we do? It has already happened." Lu Ren leaned back on the sofa, "Let's think on the bright side. At least Lawyer Fei opened the gift after she came back. If she had opened the gift right then, it would have been a bad ending."

It was a heavyweight scene with 200 to 300 people watching at the same time. If the gift was really opened on the spot, the scene would be like the woman watching the man kneeling on one knee holding a box, thinking that he was going to take out a diamond ring, and making corresponding preparations. In the end, she saw the man take out a lollipop.

If that were the case, the scene would be so beautiful.

Perhaps he and Lu Ren had the same idea, Conan couldn't help but shudder, and said with a sympathetic heart: "That's true."

“So, how was the follow-up resolved?”

"Sister Xiaolan went to get the Buddhist beads back. After all, they were specially blessed by a master. It would be difficult to get another one."

"Oh, and what about the necklace?"

Conan looked at the Maori father and daughter and chose to remain silent.

"understood."

Sometimes silence itself is the answer.

I was afraid that when the courier Xiaolan came to her door, Kisaki Eri simply chose to refuse to accept it.

It's not surprising. Remembering the wrong time and sending the wrong gift, this double blow is unbearable for most people, let alone someone as proud as Eri Kisaki.

But the good thing about this is that, although it is troublesome and tricky, it does not require others to worry about it. After all, love is a matter between two people. If you encounter other problems, you still have to consider how to help each other, but this is completely unnecessary.

After sitting for about another half an hour and confirming that there would be no work tonight, Lu Ren stood up and said goodbye.

Given the current atmosphere in the office, he might as well go and do the experiment with Ai.

He couldn't understand the parameters on the screen, but it didn't matter. Being together was enough.

……

The next morning, Lu Ren received a call from Mao Li.

"A commission from Gunma Prefecture, today? Okay, I'll drive over to pick you up."

After hanging up the phone, he turned and walked out of the house.

I didn't expect that after just returning from the territory of Maori's number two fan, I would immediately go to the number one fan's mountain village to take a look.

But I have to say that Maori is quite ambitious. If he encountered such a bad thing, he would have to rest for two days.

After a night of depression, he picked himself up and started working again. It's really admirable.

"You're going to Gunma to meet a murderer who's been on the run for eleven years?" After hearing the client's identity, Lu Ren was very surprised. "Is this necessary?"

"Yes, Dad. It's better to notify the police directly for such matters."

"I contacted Yamamura So yesterday. But he told me this morning that there was no murder at the place the client mentioned eleven years ago. There is no one named Lili Sanke on their wanted list."

"A non-existent murderer?"

"Hmm." Then this becomes interesting.

Lu Ren didn't believe in Shancun Cao's ability, but he believed in his character.

There is no need to think about this kind of thing. He must have ordered others to check. If the police under his command checked and said that there was no such information, then the credibility of this statement would be quite high.

And this is not the first time this has happened to Maori.

During the Tsukikage Island incident, Asai Makoto wrote the letter using the identity of a dead person.

Another example is the episode in Twilight Villa, where the client's name was "God's Abandoned Son". However, due to Lu Ren's interference, the letter of entrustment was not actually delivered to Mao Li.

The Detective Koshien, directed by Nanatsuki Koshimizu, borrowed the identity of a director from Nichimi TV.

Strictly speaking, there are not many such anonymous letters of authorization, but each one that appears is considered to be of great importance.

Either the scene is huge or many people die.

This naturally attracted Lu Ren's interest.

But Mao Lilan still opposes this.

"Since we can't find this person, then there's no need for us to go to the appointment, right?"

"I want to, too. But I've already spent the commission in advance."

"what?"

"Ah."

If you get paid, you have to work.

In terms of professional ethics, Maori is not bad. The same is true for Maori Ran.

The two reached an agreement, and the next thing became even simpler. They just had to drive the car over.

No matter what the client wants to do, as long as he has more money than he can spend, he will show up at the right time.

They just have to be patient and wait.

The only problem was that the Kuchibashi Village in Gunma Prefecture mentioned in the letter was really hard to find. Even with the map given by Yamamura Cao, it still took a lot of effort to figure out which way to go.

This also meant that the original two or three hour drive took more than four hours.

This also made Mao Li feel a little guilty, and he suggested to Lu Ren: "Why don't you take a break and I will drive."

"It's okay, we'll be there soon. Hey, there's someone in front."

Not far in front of them, a middle-aged man with a full beard was standing in the middle of the road with his hands outstretched.

This was a dirt road in the countryside, so naturally the road was not very wide. With this man blocking his way, Lu Ren had no way of getting around him, so he had to slow down and slowly park in front of him.

The bearded man trotted over and leaned over to the car window. "Hello, are you going to Guangluo Hotel?"

"Yes, you are?"

Guangluo Hotel is the final destination of their trip.

"My name is Tokubei Rokuro, and I used to be a teacher here. I'm going to the Kora Hotel tonight, too. Could you give me a ride?"

"Okay, get in the car."

"Thank you so much." Tokubei Rokuro picked up his bag and got on the bus. "I wanted to walk all the way from the station to the hotel, but I couldn't walk anymore halfway. I used to walk like this when I was a teacher, but now I'm probably too old to walk anymore."

"I see." Mao Li said casually, "From what you said, you don't want to be a teacher now?"

"Yeah. The school had too few students, so it was abandoned. I'm a painter now, trying to make a living."

Lu Ren was not in the mood to chat, so he went straight to the point: "Mr. Debei, since you used to be a teacher here, may I ask if there was a murder case around here eleven years ago?"

"I haven't heard of any murders, but a child died in an accident more than ten years ago. I came back this time just to sweep his grave and pay my respects to him."

Oh? Is this the trigger for the plot?
"Are you going now? I can drive you there."

"Of course, that would be great. Thank you."

Lu Ren smiled and said, "It's okay, it's my duty." (End of this chapter)