In the video, Lin Shen looks helpless as he tries to remove her hand from his shoulder: "You've had too much to drink, Officer Sato."

In the video, Sato Miwako waves her hand so hard she almost slaps Lin Shen in the face: "I'm not drunk! I'm serious!"

"I'm officially acknowledging you as my brother today! From now on, your problems are my problems!"

"If anyone dares to cause you trouble, feel free to come find me!"

"I'll take care of it for you!"

Akemi, standing behind, watched this scene and couldn't help but let out a chuckle-filled comment: "This is just like those middle-aged men who've had too much to drink... They all like to call each other 'brother'."

Miwako Sato's face was so red it was almost steaming.

She stammered, trying to defend herself: "This...this is something our seniors at the Metropolitan Police Department often do."

"I picked it up unintentionally through constant exposure..."

Lin Shen chuckled twice, turned to look at Sato Miwako, his eyes filled with a mixture of teasing and seriousness: "Officer Sato, how about it? Do you still stand by your word?"

Sato Miwako stood there, stunned, for about five or six seconds.

She could feel her cheeks still burning, but she was, after all, Sato Miwako, not someone who would easily break her promise!

She took a deep breath and nodded vigorously: "Of course! I keep my word."

Seeing her earnest expression as she agreed, Lin Shen suddenly laughed, put his hand on her shoulder, and said:

"That's great! Well then—sis, come on, let's have a couple more drinks to celebrate!"

Sato Miwako felt uncomfortable being called "older sister" by him, finding the term of address strange and awkward.

But she had already said it herself, and she was too embarrassed to go back on her word, so she could only nod reluctantly: "Okay... bro."

"Then let's have two drinks. But it's a deal—just two, no more."

Seeing this, Mingmei wisely stood up and said, "I'll go to the convenience store next door to buy a few cans of beer, and I'll also cook you a couple of snacks to go with them."

After she finished speaking, she picked up her wallet and walked out of the store. Not long after, she came back with a few cans of beer, then went into the small kitchen in the back and quickly cooked some snacks to go with the beer.

The three of them sat down again next to the bar.

Lin Shen took the initiative to pick up a beer, poured one for Sato Miwako, and one for himself.

After a few simple pleasantries, Lin Shen subtly steered the conversation toward what he was truly concerned about:

"Hey sis, didn't that cause a fire in the upscale neighborhood this morning?"

"A friend of mine told me that it didn't seem to be an ordinary fire; there's some other explanation behind it?"

He picked up his glass, took a sip, and continued in a casual, conversational tone, "I heard they also found guns or something at the scene?"

He wanted to know exactly what the police had found, whether the fire had burned away all the traces, and how the police ultimately handled the case.

He disliked the feeling of not knowing what had happened until the police arrived at his doorstep.

When it comes to news, the sooner you know it, the better.

Sato Miwako took a sip of beer and looked at Lin Shen with some surprise: "Lin...brother, you're quite well-informed."

She put down her glass and wiped the foam from the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand. "Yes, that was definitely not an ordinary fire."

"Based on the testimonies we have collected and the preliminary results of the on-site investigation, it is highly likely that a very serious fire occurred there."

Lin Shen feigned surprise: "Really? This kind of thing happens in places where rich people live?"

Miwako Sato took another sip of beer, her tone carrying the nonchalance typical of a detective: "Of course. And let me tell you, the richer a person is, the more unsavory they tend to be."

"I'm not saying all of them, but in all my years as a police officer, I've really never met many truly honest and upright wealthy people!"

Lin Shen smiled, picked up his wine glass and took a sip, silently adding to his mind: "Being a good person in a capitalist country?"

That's indeed quite difficult.

He didn't dwell on the topic for long, quickly steer the conversation back: "In that fire... did anyone survive?"

Miwako Sato shook her head, her tone firm: "No. By the time the fire department arrived, the fire was already very large."

"The local police officer who arrived at the scene first searched the area but found no survivors."

Upon hearing this, Lin Shen finally felt a weight lifted from his heart.

It's good that no one survived.

But then, as if remembering something, he asked again, "What's the situation with that family? How could something like this happen?"

Miwako Sato didn't think much of it, since this information wasn't considered sensitive within the police force: "That's the Kirishima family, quite a large family."

"There are quite a few family members, and they own quite a few businesses."

Lin Shen, holding his wine glass, continued to ask with pure curiosity, "Since it's a large family, there must be other family members traveling or studying elsewhere, right?"

"It's impossible for everyone to be staying at home, right?"

Miwako Sato held her wine glass, her brow furrowing slightly as if recalling some detail: "It's rather strange, really."

"I don't know what day it is today, but it seems that all the family members of the Kirishima family who live in other places have returned."

She took another sip of beer. "That's why everyone in the house is so well-gathered."

"And then this happened... There must have been something inside that outsiders don't know about."

After hearing this, Lin Shen finally relaxed.

In that case, there were no fish that slipped through the net.

He picked up his glass, took a big gulp of beer, and felt the cool liquid slide down his throat, making him feel incredibly refreshed.

He then inquired about some details from other angles.

Who is the person in charge of the police? Were any clues found at the scene that could identify the suspect? What is the direction of the subsequent investigation?

Sato Miwako told him everything she knew.

However, she also said that the scene had been taken over by the police, and the people from their First Investigation Division did not participate in it afterward, so she was not very clear about any further inside information.

Lin Shen did not press the matter further.

He knew that asking too many questions would only arouse the other party's suspicion.

He raised his glass and clinked it against Sato Miwako's, making a crisp sound: "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Come on, sis—have another drink."

Sato Miwako raised her glass and clinked it with his. She felt that although the way he called her "older sister" was still a little awkward, she had heard it so many times that it wasn't entirely unacceptable.

Moreover, she had her own selfish motives in accepting this younger brother.

Besides the case of the sorrowful lover, there is another case that is also lingering in her mind.

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