Ke Xue: My standards for dating are not problematic!

Chapter 435 Sachiko Katsuragi: This relationship is so complicated!

Women are emotional, especially those who have had similar experiences.

These women quickly become acquainted and then become close friends who can talk about anything.

Whether they truly talk about everything remains to be seen.

After all, it's not uncommon for girls in a dormitory to create more than a dozen chat groups.

So this kind of thing is a matter of opinion.

"Have you two gotten this close already?"

After school at Teitan Elementary School, Kitahara Natsuhiro looked at Ai Haibara and Sachiko Katsuragi, who were holding hands and looking very affectionate, with a surprised expression.

You women's relationships develop way too fast!

Men won't be that quick, unless you treat me to dinner, then maybe.

As for how much money to spend on the treat, that's fine. Guys are generally not picky about that; the key is that he treats you!

Hearing this, Haibara said with a wry smile, "We girls make friends so easily, unlike you boys!"

Hearing this, Kitahara Natsuyu curled his lip: "We boys have to protect ourselves when we're out and about, we can't make friends so easily!"

"Take care of yourself?" Sachiko Katsuragi asked, somewhat surprised.

Ai Haibara leaned close to Sachiko Katsuragi's ear and whispered, "Actually, that's what he meant."

Upon hearing Ai Haibara's explanation, Sachiko Katsuragi blushed and seemed somewhat flustered.

For a well-behaved girl like her, such things were very distant and she had only heard about them.

But are some men really like that?

She did want to ask, but she was too shy to do so!

Kitahara Natsuyu seemed to see through Katsuragi Sachiko's thoughts and couldn't help but laugh as he said, "Let me make it clear first, I am male, I like women, and I am definitely not some kind of lewd man!"

"Who asked you that?" Ai Haibara couldn't help but scoff, then pulled her new best friend along: "Come on, let's go to the restaurant. This guy's treating today, let's have a good meal!"

By this time, Katsuragi Sachiko already knew that Kitahara Natsuhiro had a side business of running a restaurant, so she said with a smile, "I'm sorry to have troubled you with this expense, Kitahara-sensei."

"It's alright!" Kitahara Natsuyu patted his chest and said, "It's just a meal, don't be so polite, eat as much as you want!"

"Alright, then I'll accept without hesitation."

"Ah, you're the teacher who arrived first?!"

Just then, Genta, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Conan arrived. Genta pointed at Sachiko Katsuragi and shouted something.

Upon hearing the voice, Kitahara Natsuhiro, Katsuragi Sachiko, and Haibara Ai all looked in the direction of the sound and saw the little kids.

"Genta, it's very impolite to point at someone, especially since she's your teacher!" Kitahara Natsuyu reminded him.

The next second, Yuan Tai withdrew his finger, stood up straight, and bowed slightly, saying, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that!"

He might not act this way in front of others, but in front of Kitahara Natsuyu, he was as obedient as a lamb, not daring to make the slightest move.

That's the kind of pressure Kitahara-sensei exerts!
"very good!"

Kitahara Natsuhiro was very satisfied.

"Teacher, are you our new art and craft teacher?" Ayumi came to Sachiko Katsuragi's side, jumping up and down: "Teacher, you are so beautiful."

Upon hearing this, Katsuragi Sachiko squatted down, patted Ayumi's head a few times, and said with a smile, "Yes, I am your new teacher. My name is Katsuragi Sachiko. Please take good care of me from now on."

Ayumi was delighted to receive a response and turned to look at Conan and the other two. They all said in unison, "Yes, Katsuragi-sensei."

"She really is a beauty, and an old acquaintance at that." Conan remembered who this woman was the moment he saw Katsuragi Sachiko.

It was the same girl he met at the diplomat's house when he went there with Hattori Heiji and Uncle Mori last time.

He remembered that the girl in front of him should be the girlfriend of the diplomat's son.

However, the girl's mother was the wife of a diplomat, and she killed the diplomat, leading to a series of tragedies.

Moreover, he remembered very clearly that before being taken away by the police, Tsujimura Kimie asked Tsujimura Takayoshi to take good care of his daughter.

However, judging from the current situation, Takayoshi Tsujimura has not done this, otherwise he would not have sent Sachiko Katsuragi to Teitan Elementary School as a teacher.

Although Teitan Elementary School is a top-tier elementary school with excellent teachers' salaries and benefits, it still cannot compare to the salaries and benefits of doctors.

If he remembered correctly, Sachiko Katsuragi graduated from the University of Tokyo's medical school, and was a top student who graduated first in her class.

As a result, she has now become a teacher, which shows that her current situation is not very good.

After all, no one would give up a multi-million dollar annual salary to become a primary school teacher. Although a primary school teacher's annual salary is also several million, it is incomparable to that of a doctor!

Conan's guess was correct; Sachiko Katsuragi's life is indeed not good right now, it's even a mess.

"Sigh, it seems something happened between her and Tsujimura Takayoshi." Conan sighed inwardly. "But that's not surprising. After what happened, how could they still be together? This isn't a TV drama."

Some things can't be let go of just like that; after all, many people can't get over that hurdle.

Takayoshi Tsujimura was in an even worse situation. His once happy family was torn apart. It was normal that he couldn't bear it; it would have been abnormal if he had!
"Forget it, I don't want to."

"Thinking about all that won't change anything. I just hope that Ms. Katsuragi Sachiko can live a good life and meet a good man!"

"Damn it, Kitahara Natsuhiro is here. Could it be that what I was thinking before is really going to happen?" Conan's lips twitched as he thought about this, but he was helpless.

He's just a kid, what can he do but watch the show?

"Conan, it's been a long time." Sachiko Katsuragi noticed Conan at this moment and greeted him by half-squatting down.

She still vividly remembers the little guy who was there back then!

After all, Conan played a significant role in solving the case and even suppressed the high school detective from Kansai, Heiji Hattori.

Although Kogoro Mouri ultimately solved the case, Conan gathered information from various sources and then informed Kogoro.

Katsuragi Sachiko saw all of this.

Kogoro Mouri: Hmph! I am the great detective!
"Yes!" Conan nodded vigorously. "It's been a long time, Katsuragi-neechan."

"Yes, so you go to school here."

"Yes, I'm a first-grader here," Conan said with a smile.

Ayumi, who was standing nearby, watched the two chatting and leaned closer to Mitsuhiko and Genta, whispering, "They seem to know each other quite well."

"Yeah, he's probably someone Conan and Uncle Mori ran into at some crime scene!"

"Great! I want to go to the crime scene too! I want to solve the case!" Yuan Tai muttered to himself.

Conan, who was chatting with Sachiko Katsuragi, couldn't help but chuckle inwardly upon hearing this, but outwardly continued his conversation as usual. "That Genta guy, when you actually saw the corpse, you started yelling and screaming, you weren't calm at all!"

Although Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko have encountered many cases and even seen quite a few corpses with Conan, they still get so scared that their legs go weak, their faces turn pale, and they scream every time they encounter a corpse.

To this, Conan can only say, you guys are really weak!

Don't ever say you know me, Conan Edogawa! I, Conan Edogawa, don't have friends like you!

Also, Xiaolan, go sit at the same table with them!
Yes, Xiaolan has been through a lot, but when she encounters a corpse, she still can't help but scream. She's gotten used to it.

"Alright." Just then, Kitahara Natsumi spoke up: "It's getting late, we should head back."

"You can continue chatting once you get to the store!"

Upon hearing this, Katsuragi Sachiko asked with some confusion, "Sigh, shall we continue chatting?"

"Does Conan live in that neighborhood?"

Hearing this, Kitahara Natsuyu laughed and kept everyone in suspense: "It's very close, but you'll find out soon enough. There won't be any surprises if I tell you now."

"Oh, oh." Katsuragi Sachiko paused for a moment, then nodded, without asking any further questions.

Conan stared at Kitahara Natsuhiro with dead fish eyes, cursing inwardly, "Kitahara Natsuhiro is a real bastard! Guys from the Metropolitan Police Department, hurry up and arrest this guy so I won't be forced into labor!"

Wait, I think I'm seventeen, so I'm not a child laborer. That's okay!

But then again, I am now Conan Edogawa, a first-grade student at Teitan Elementary School, and I am seven years old.

So, officer, it's him!

Only at this time will Conan freely switch his identity.

Normally, Conan acts as Shinichi Kudo and never admits that he is a first-grade elementary school student!

That's truly Schrödinger's age!

Beikacho, Kitahara Chinese Restaurant.

"Hello, we'd like to order."

"Okay, coming right away. Here's your iced water and barley tea. Please enjoy."

"Conan, I'll need your help here too!"

Watching this scene from the corner, Katsuragi Sachiko took a sip of the barley tea Conan had brought her and sighed, "So that's why Kitahara-sensei said we could continue chatting."

That's right, Conan is still working here, so of course we can continue chatting with Conan.

Is there a problem?

No problem!
“Yes, Conan is helping out here. His mother has a good relationship with Kitahara Natsuhiro,” Ai said softly, taking a sip of water.

Today, she is a customer, not a helper, so she is sitting here.

“But,” Sachiko Katsuragi pointed at Conan, “isn’t this employing child labor? That’s illegal, isn’t it?!”

For a moment, she was at a loss, feeling that her understanding of the law was flawed.

Upon hearing this, Ai smiled and said, "If you're not paid, it's not considered child labor. That's what Kitahara Natsuhiro said!"

Yes, Kitahara Natsuhiro said that.

"Besides, didn't I just say that Conan's mother and Kitahara Natsuhiro have a very good relationship, and Kitahara Natsuhiro is practically Conan's father? So it's normal for a son to help his father, right?"

"Hmm," Sachiko Katsuragi said, looking somewhat dazed. "It seems that's true."

Why is this relationship so complicated? It wasn't mentioned in the intelligence report at all.

The majority of the intelligence was about Kitahara Natsuyu and the names of those women; nothing else was mentioned.

At this moment, Sachiko Katsuragi was on the verge of collapse, even mentally cursing those who were gathering intelligence.

Couldn't you have gathered more intelligence?

This makes me look stupid!

Although members of the black organization could easily gather this intelligence, they did so deliberately.

The more information you have, the more mistakes you can make, especially for an outsider like Sachiko Katsuragi.

Professionals will be greatly empowered by such detailed intelligence, but laypeople will become hesitant and indecisive, and may even fail to react quickly enough after learning too much information, thus revealing their weaknesses.

That's why members of the criminal organization did this.

Sure enough, Sachiko Katsuragi's expression was incredibly genuine, as real as could be.

Even Ai Haibara didn't notice, and the Black Organization's radar wasn't even activated.

This is normal, because after being rescued by Kitahara Natsuyu, her radar had mostly stopped working, and Katsuragi Sachiko was not a member of the Black Organization, but just someone they were using, and she didn't have any trace of the Black Organization on her.

She couldn't possibly detect such a situation; it would be a miracle if she could!

"They have a good relationship. Is it that Conan's mother and Kitahara-sensei have that kind of relationship?" Katsuragi Sachiko whispered.

Although she had some information, she still wanted to ask because she was genuinely curious.

How exactly did Kitahara Natsuhiro manage to have so many women surrounding him?

"That kind?"

"That kind of thing."

"Yes, that's right!" Ai Haibara pondered for a while, then finally revealed a big smile.

Upon hearing this, Sachiko Katsuragi looked surprised, then lowered her voice and continued, "I heard that Mr. Kitahara has a girlfriend, so doesn't that mean they..."

“It’s exactly what you think,” Ai Haibara said. “So, Kitahara Natsuhiro is definitely not as serious as you seem.”

You'd better stay away from this guy!

If Kitahara Natsuhiro were here, he would definitely say: Ai, you've overstepped your bounds!

"Should I stay away from Kitahara Natsuyu?" Katsuragi Sachiko sighed inwardly. "Ai Haibara, I have no choice in the matter either."

"Although I don't want to steal your man."

She could tell that Ai Haibara was on guard against her.

"The food is here."

Just then, Conan walked over carrying the dishes!
(End of this chapter)