Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 16 15. Then haven’t I worked in vain for all these years?
"That's your sister, right? Go ahead, I'll wait for you at that coffee shop. If you want to go somewhere else, remember to call ahead."

After Lin Longma finished speaking, Jintian took out a business card and handed it to Shirley. This was Jintian's own business card.

The business card was handed to Shirley, but she did not take it immediately. She just stared blankly at Lin Longma beside her.

"Do you have any other questions?"

"Yes, you won't send someone to follow me?" Shirley moved her lips and finally asked this question.

"Why should I send someone to follow you?" Lin Longma understood what Shirley meant. Both Gin and Shirley knew the so-called escort mission.

This is spying on Shirley.

But it was Gin's job to monitor Shirley, and now Gin has transferred the task to Lin Longma, and also stated that it was an escort. Then Lin Longma will do it as an escort mission.

In low-risk situations, unless the person being escorted has a clear request, there is no need for Lin Longma to stay with Shirley all the time.

Lin Longma was not afraid that the two sisters would run away. If they decided to escape in such a hurry, Shirley and her sister would be caught by Lin Longma's men before they could run three blocks.

Since Lin Longma is not afraid that the two sisters will escape, why not give them some convenience?

His good reputation in the organization was accumulated bit by bit.

"I took over the escort mission, so I naturally have to follow the escort mission. Unless you have special requirements, or the higher-ups tell me to change the nature of my mission to surveillance. Otherwise, I have no intention of going shopping with two girls.

Well, now your sister seems to be waiting impatiently, and I can't wait to have a cup of coffee to refresh myself."

Lin Longma's attitude can be summed up in three points: What does it have to do with him? What does it have to do with me? What does it have to do with you?

There's a sense of distance between us, as if we've been colleagues for thirteen years, but there's no need to know each other when we meet.

The reason why I am giving you a favor is not because I have any intention towards you, but because I am too lazy to deal with this mess.

Director Shirley, please consider that I am doing you a favor. We should all cooperate with each other. This way, you can stay with your sister for a while longer, and I can report to you. This is a win-win situation.

To be honest, Shirley rarely sees this kind of work style of each department minding its own business in the research department.

Gin is an illiterate man with a strong desire for control. He would urge the progress without knowing anything. He didn't even know what Shirley was researching.

As for his subordinate Sanchuan, he is a "little black guy" who has been assimilated by the organization. He has great ambitions and wants to get a high position in the research department and challenge Gin and Rum. Unfortunately, he has limited talent and can only be her assistant.

It can be said that there is no normal person among the people Shirley can meet in the research institute.

At this moment, when he suddenly met Lin Longma, who was a little more normal, he stood out from the crowd.

Although Lin Longma thought this was a win-win "deal", Shirley still had to accept Lin Longma's favor. After all, if it weren't for Lin Longma, she would still only be able to meet her sister briefly in a small coffee shop near the research institute today.

Then she had to carry out the organization's investigation mission, and such investigation missions were the rare times when Shirley could go out and relax.

She even fought for this task herself.

Shirley, who had no expression on her face all the way, suddenly showed a faint smile. Lin Longma was not stunned, he just suddenly sighed: It turns out that this child doesn't have facial paralysis?

"You said that you would only follow unless the higher-ups told you to change the nature of the mission? Then am I one of the higher-ups you mentioned?" Shirley was a little bit treacherous. In her eyes, the internal hierarchy of the organization was strict. Even though she seemed to be imprisoned, that was outside. In the research institute, she was the director and she had the final say.

Lin Longma said that she didn't have a code name, so did she also need to be given some instructions by Director Shirley?
"I'm sorry Director Shirley, there aren't actually that many people I mentioned above, and you are not included among them."

Lin Longma smiled very reservedly. He had been climbing up the ladder ever since he realized the true face of the organization. Why?
Isn't the purpose of having your own place in this organization, isn't it to be able to say no to tasks you don't want to do?
Although Lin Longma didn't have a code name, there were only a handful of people in the entire organization who could give him orders. The unfortunate Shirley was definitely not one of them.

Otherwise, wouldn’t all Lin Longma’s efforts have been in vain?
"Okay, don't waste your time here. Your sister is getting anxious. See you in the evening."

Lin Longma waved to Shirley, indicating that she could get off the car now.

Shirley, who got down from the back seat, finally showed a helpless expression after seeing her sister. If nothing unexpected happened, she must have been disliked just now? !

Okay, okay, you really don’t play by the rules. There are no rules at all, right?

"Shiho!"

"elder sister!"

This is a touching scene of sisters meeting each other, but it is not that touching. After all, the two sisters just met last month. What big changes can happen in a month?

"Isn't it Gin who brought you here today?" Miyano Akemi looked curiously in the direction of the Mercedes-Benz's taillights.

Firstly, Gin always drives a Porsche when he goes out, and secondly, the person in the car just now had no intention of getting out, as if he just wanted to send Shirley over.

"Of course it's not Gin. Gin seems to be in some trouble. The person who sent me here is called Lin Longma. Sister, do you know this person?"

The two sisters walked hand in hand into the department store. As they walked, Miyano Akemi said:
"Lin Longma? I seem to have heard of this person. I remember that other peripheral members usually called him Brother Longma.

I heard that he was a big shot in the organization and had a very good reputation. If there were any troubles during a mission or any difficulties in life, Brother Longma would not hesitate to help his colleagues.

As for more specifics,

Miyano Akemi showed a helpless expression.

She has always been a marginal figure in the organization, a marginal figure among marginal figures, and a peripheral figure among peripheral members. In addition, she herself is not very enthusiastic about the internal affairs of the organization, so she has heard this information from others.

Her understanding of Lin Longma was limited to what she had heard, and she had no idea what he was actually like.

"So the one who sent you here is the legendary 'Brother Ryoma'?" Miyano Akemi suddenly smiled mischievously.

"Hey, Shiho. What does that Ryoma brother look like?"

"He's a very dignified person, isn't he?" Miyano Shiho gave her impression. Although Hayashi Ryoma didn't deliberately keep a straight face throughout the whole process, his temperament made people feel that he should be a big shot in a company.

It was as if Lin Longma was born to work in the workplace, rather than being a small middle-level manager in an organization.

"Oh? Is our Shiho moved?" After all, conversations between men will never be without women, and conversations between daughters will naturally not be without men.

Facing Miyano Akemi's teasing, Shirley showed a speechless expression. You can't have to look for food in the pit just because you are in the bathroom, right?
That's too outrageous?!
(End of this chapter)