Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 167 161. Lao Deng, people who are about to die should stop being riddlers
"Uncle Lin, Uncle Lin! You are here too!"

Suzuki Sonoko, who came to Hashimoto Island to attend Hashimoto Natsue's wedding, had shining eyes and saw Hayashi Ryoma bringing Kaneda and Shiraishi to the island from a distance.

Lin Longma, who was strolling around the island and subconsciously checking the terrain, heard someone calling his name from afar. He turned around and saw Suzuki Sonoko waving at him.

"Ms. Suzuki, what a coincidence." Lin Ryoma nodded to Suzuki Sonoko, then walked towards her.

This time, Suzuki Sonoko did not come to the Ryūmoto family wedding alone. There was another girl standing next to her - at least she was a girl to Hayashi Ryoma.

This is Suzuki Sonoko's sister, Suzuki Ayako, and the real eldest daughter of the Suzuki Group.

Well, Suzuki Sonoko is actually the second daughter, it’s because she was born late.

"Uncle Lin, this is my sister Ayako! I am here with my sister to attend the wedding of the Ryūmoto family."

To be honest, if Suzuki Sonoko didn't say it, it would be difficult for Hayashi Ryoma to regard the quiet and gentle girl next to her as Suzuki Sonoko's sister.

Isn’t the difference in personality between these two sisters a bit too big?

"President Lin, nice to meet you. I'm a little regretful that I missed meeting President Lin many times before.

I didn’t expect to meet you here today. It’s fate.”

"Yes, I'm lucky to meet Miss Suzuki Ayako here." In order to avoid the situation where Lin Longma called Miss Suzuki and both of them turned around at the same time, he decisively changed his words and called Suzuki Ayako Miss Ayako.

Suzuki Sonoko, who was standing nearby, pursed her lips.

Oh no, my sister is eating the ready-made food!

Although Suzuki Sonoko was helpless about her older sister getting there first, she was not an ignorant child.

At most, I feel a little unbalanced at this moment.

Suzuki Sonoko's little emotion did not escape Lin Ryoma's attention. After exchanging a few polite words with Suzuki Ayako, Lin Ryoma looked at Suzuki Sonoko:

"Has Miss Sonoko already met President Ryūmoto?"

Lin Longma quietly changed his address, and immediately Suzuki Sonoko felt as if spring had returned to the earth, and a bright smile climbed onto her cheeks again:
"Sister has already visited President Lu Ben, but I haven't. If Uncle Lin has just arrived, would you like me to take you to see President Lu Ben?"

"That's great, thank you, Miss Sonoko." Lin Ryoma smiled and nodded, agreeing to Suzuki Sonoko's proposal.

After all, the invitation from the Ryoma family to Hayashi Ryoma was just a courtesy invitation. If Hayashi Ryoma went to visit President Ryoma alone, he would not be ignored.

But President Ryūmoto would not take his words seriously.

It would be very different if Suzuki Sonoko had introduced him. Hayashi Ryoma, who was accompanied by the heir of the Suzuki family, was not a heavyweight at all compared to Hayashi Ryoma who was alone.

Even President Ryoma has to carefully consider what Lin Ryoma said.

"Then I'll go over there and take a look first. I won't disturb you anymore." Lin Longma said to the two sisters and then walked aside, leaving the two sisters space to talk.

After Hayashi Ryoma left, Suzuki Ayako said something that made Suzuki Sonoko blush.

After playing with her sister for a while, Suzuki Sonoko found Hayashi Ryoma in the direction he left.

"Let's go, Uncle Lin, Chairman Lu Ben should be staying in the Lu Ben family's ancestral home on the island right now.

Tonight's wedding will also be held at the ancestral home of the Ramoto family on the island." Although the island under Lin Longma's feet is called Ramoto Island, not everyone living on the island has the surname Ramoto.

Or it could be that the members of the Rakuten family had already moved away from Rakuten Island and settled in Tokyo, and they only regularly repaired and maintained the ancestral home on the island.

After years of renovation and expansion, the Hashimoto residence has a very large area. Otherwise, there is no way to accommodate so many guests who came to Hashimoto Natsue's wedding.

As for the original villagers on the Rakumoto Island, they obviously lived much better than the villagers on the Yueying Island because of the care of the Rakumoto family.

The villagers were not too curious about the sudden arrival of the guests. After all, the people of the Tomomoto family would return to Tomomoto Island during festivals or when major events happened in the family.

The outside world is not a mystery worth exploring for them.

When they arrived at the Hashimoto residence, Hayashi Ryoma and Suzuki Sonoko successfully met the Hashimoto family's butler who was in charge of the situation.

The butler obviously knew Suzuki Sonoko as well. After a brief introduction, the butler took Lin Ryoma and the others to meet the head of the Ryoma family, the current head of the family, and the chairman of the Ryoma Group:

The original Hao Zang.

In the tea room of the Ryoma family's house, Hayashi Ryoma met this old man who looked serious.

However, his serious expression did not last long. When he saw Suzuki Sonoko, a smile like melting ice and snow suddenly appeared on his face.

"Grandpa Gozo, long time no see!" Suzuki Sonoko greeted Gozo Hashimoto cheerfully, and received a warm response from Gozo Hashimoto.

"It's Sonoko. It's been a long time since we last met. Let me see you." Ryūmoto Gozo smiled and waved to Suzuki Sonoko and Hayashi Ryoma to sit down.

He personally handed them two cups of tea and said, "The last time we met was five years ago. At that time, the garden was only this high!"

Ryūmoto Gozo indicated the height with his hands and said with a smile.

Suzuki Sonoko is 17 years old this year and is in her second year of high school. Five years ago, she was 12 years old, about the age of an elementary school student or a first year of junior high school.

Then, Ryomato turned his gaze to Hayashi Ryoma, looked at him with a scrutinizing look, and said, "This is President Hayashi of Isshin Consulting, right?
Thank you so much for coming to my granddaughter's wedding."

When he found out that Hayashi Ryoma was introduced by Miss Suzuki herself, Gozo Ryoma secretly adjusted the importance of Hayashi Ryoma in his mind.

Although the age difference between Hayashi Ryoma and Suzuki Sonoko is more than ten years, almost a generation, the age difference is sometimes the least important factor in their mate selection criteria.

Both heirs of the Suzuki Group are daughters, so they believe that the probability of marrying a son-in-law is very high.

Not to mention that Lin Longma himself is quite capable. Not everyone can succeed from scratch these days.

"I should thank President Ryoumoto for his hospitality." After Lin Longma exchanged polite words with Ryoumoto Gozo, he asked calmly:
"Is President Ryūmoto in good health recently?"

"How can I say I'm doing well at my age? I just live one day at a time and earn one more day."

Gozo Uemoto didn't quite understand why Hayashi Ryoma suddenly mentioned his physical condition, but he continued the conversation without saying anything.

"I see. But I think you are still in good health, President Ryūmoto. As long as you pay more attention, there shouldn't be any serious problems."

Lin Longma rolled his eyes secretly. He really wanted to talk to Gozo directly. But this old guy seemed to like this kind of vague way of speaking.

You're almost dead, why can't you be honest?
(End of this chapter)