Conan: The Heart Thief

Lianzi called out to Lin Xiao who was in a daze.

"Hello, I'm Lin Xiao." Lin Xiao took the business card.

Akiba Reiko explained: "He is my good friend, he came with me..."

"I understand all of this."

Lan Zegang nodded. Akiba Reiko had already told Lan Ze Qian in advance that she would bring a friend over.

Chapter 318 Playing at the Beach

"I heard from my sister that he is a famous detective in Tokyo. We are able to invite such a famous person. The opening reception tomorrow night will definitely be unprecedented."

"Mr. Lan Ze, you are too kind. Miss Qiu Ting is the real celebrity." Lin Xiao said with a smile.

Lan Zegang continued, "Please come over here, Xiao Qian has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Oh well."

Lianzi hurriedly followed him, and Lin Xiao followed him, looking around the hall. Fujishima, who had come to the hall with them, was now nowhere to be found.

"Xiao Jun, what are you doing?" Lianzi's voice suddenly rang in his ears. "You are really rude! You look distracted."

Lin Xiao looked at the woman, somewhat confused.

Reiko Akiba said, "Xiaojun, let me introduce her. She is Lan Ze Qian, my good friend and the daughter of the person in charge of the Lan Ze International Ocean Development Group, which built this amusement park."

"Reizi, stop talking. I still don't feel like a rich lady at all."

Lan Zeqian has cute short hair and a full forehead that gives her a generous feeling. She has a petite figure and looks fresh and refined.

While everyone was chatting, a tall, handsome man ran in breathlessly and rushed to Lan Zeqian. Although there were other people present, he still finished his words in one breath.

"You had another fight with your mother, didn't you? I understand how you feel, but it's not a good idea for the two of you to continue to be at a stalemate like this. I hope you can acknowledge your family as soon as possible..."

"Mr. Zhou Fang, please stop talking."

Lan Zeqian's expression suddenly turned cold.

"I have a friend coming today, so don't talk about nonsense here..." After saying that, Lan Zexi immediately turned her head and left the room.

"Ah! Miss Aizawa Akane..." Zhou Fang wanted to chase after her, but then he noticed that Aizawa Tsuyoshi was also there. He then straightened up and bowed to him.

"Hello, Mr. Lan Ze, when did you come?"

Lan Zegang said in a serious tone different from the one he used to receive Lin Xiao and others: "Mr. Zhou Fang, you are just Xiao Qian's tutor. I hope you, an outsider, will not interfere in our family affairs."

"Yes, sorry, I'm too nosy."

Lan Ze Qian stood aside and watched Zhou Fang bow his head and apologize.

"Everyone, let's go! I have something to show you."

After saying that, she walked straight to the corridor.

Lin Xiao and Qiu Ting Lianzi followed.

"Xiao Qian, who is that Zhou Fang just now to you?"

Reiko asked Aizawa Akane in the elevator.

The elevator has passed B2, and the circular buttons on the left floor display are flashing downward in sequence, indicating that the elevator is descending.

Seeing the "AQ" light on the left side representing the aquarium, Lan Zeqian was silent for a while, then she sighed and said, "That Zhou Fang is my fiancé."

"Is he also one of your candidates for fiancé?"

"Yes."

Lin Xiao asked: "Miss Qian, how many candidates for your fiancé do you have?"

Lan Zexi said: "There are three. My father selected three people as candidates for my fiancé and asked me to choose."

Reiko Akita said, "Isn't this great? Choose one of the three fiancés."

Lan Zexi said: "Maybe."

When they walked out of the elevator, they saw a dim square in front of them. The dark blue walls still had a strong smell of paint.

There is a row of wall lamps in the corner, which project the reflected image of water on the wall, creating an atmosphere of deep-sea wonders.

At the end of the square there is a heavy blue iron gate, but this overly simple iron gate gives people a feeling that it is inconsistent with the image of the entire hotel.

Lin Xiao asked curiously, "Ms. Qian? Besides Fujishima, who we met on the road, and Zhou Fang just now, who is the other one?"

Lan Zeqian looked at the corridor beyond the iron gate and said, "He... is that person."

Looking in the direction she pointed, they saw a muscular man in a sports shirt and jeans walking towards them.

His dark arms showed off his well-proportioned muscles, his jeans had holes here and there, and his hair was messy and unkempt. Perhaps because of his dark skin, his teeth looked especially white when he smiled.

Lan Ze Qian walked closer and said, "Let me introduce him to you all. He is my candidate for fiancé. He graduated from the National Medical College, but he is not interested in becoming a doctor. He currently works in my father's company, Mr. Mitsui Fumiya."

"Hello everyone, I'm Sanjing. I've heard about you from Xiaoqian in advance."

"Mr. Mitsui, what are you doing there?"

At this time, a low male voice was heard, and a short man over thirty years old waved to them from the far end of the corridor.

"Sorry, General Manager, we'll be there right away."

After saying that, Mitsui immediately said to everyone: "Come together! The general manager is waiting for us."

Everyone followed Mitsui and stepped forward.

General Manager You Lanzawa opened his arms generously to express his warm welcome.

After everyone introduced themselves to each other as usual, Aizawa Yu led them through the corridor and said confidently: "... Because of this, the design of this hotel is completely my idea, and it can be said to be the result of my hard work. Although most of the zoos and botanical gardens outside the amusement area on the island, such as the sports field, are mostly under the charge of Aizawa Tsuyoshi, I still directly command them. What's more, the sales store is the focus of the entire amusement area. It completely realizes my ideas... Ah, these things sound boring to you! Come on! We are almost at our destination, everyone, please take a look!"

At the other end of the corridor, they saw another dark blue iron door. After opening it, Aizawa Yu said, "This is the most famous underwater aquarium in our amusement area. We can also see underwater ruins."

Looking at the magical and vast scene before him, Lin Xiao couldn't help but gasp.

It was a semicircular building that could accommodate about a hundred tourists.

The building is not surrounded by hard concrete walls, but by thick transparent glass covers. Inside the glass covers, long seaweeds sway with the waves, and various kinds of fish are swimming leisurely.

Lin Xiao looked up close to the glass surrounding the entire hall and could clearly see the dazzling sunlight projected from the calm sea. Looking straight out of the glass window, he could see the entire deep blue seabed.

But what made Lin Xiao marvel was not this.

Lin Xiao's gaze passed over the fish swimming leisurely around and was attracted by the reefs standing on the seabed.

No matter how he looked at it, he felt that it looked like a corner of a city, with city walls, stairs, squares, paths, ditches, and so on.

"Is this the underwater ruins?"

Lin Xiao murmured to himself. At this time, the short Lan Zeyou said in a low voice that was not in line with his stature: "Yes, this is the 'Deep Blue' underwater ruins. Everyone must be surprised!"

At this moment, no one could answer Lan Zeyou's words. Lin Xiao and Lianzi had already been mesmerized by the scene before them, and their minds were wandering somewhere else.

Halos descended from the sky, illuminating this blue fantasy world...

After admiring the underwater ruins, Lin Xiao and Lian Zi followed Lan Zeqian to the lobby on the eighth floor of the hotel...

After Lan Zeqian opened the door and entered, the first thing that caught Lin Xiao's eyes was a row of sinks on the left. Each sink was about one meter long and about sixty to seventy centimeters high.

Although the tanks are not big, they are all neatly arranged horizontally and embedded in the wall. There are orange-red fish swimming in them, which makes it look like an aquarium.

This room is quite spacious and can be used to hold banquets, small receptions or dances for about a hundred people. Although it has no official name yet, for convenience, Lan Zeqian temporarily calls it the "Arrow Wheel Hall".

"My two brothers never told me anything about the restaurant, so I didn't know much about it. I just knew that the orange fish were called arrowwheel fish."

Lan Zeqian's tone of voice was flat.

There is a room with the same decoration at the other end of the eighth floor. The tank inside is filled with tropical fish called butterfly fish. That room also has no official name.

After listening to this, Lin Xiao asked in confusion: "Ms. Lan Ze, why is the hotel building completed but the rooms haven't been named yet?"

"Lin Xiao, you can just call me Xiao Qian." Lan Ze Qian said while leaning against the large window. "I have only been named Lan Ze for two years, and I always feel uncomfortable with it. My mother was my father's concubine. Two years ago, my father's wife passed away, and I was officially adopted by the Lan Ze family. Before that, I was always called Yoshioka Qian, so I am not very used to the surname Lan Ze."

Lin Xiao suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Lan Zeqian told her good friend Akitana Reiko that she was not used to her identity as a rich lady.

"Yes, Xiao Qian."

"The Lan Ze family is actually very complicated. My father's first wife did not give birth to any children, and my two brothers were adopted by them. Therefore, the two sons of the Lan Ze family have no blood relationship with the Lan Ze family. But I, who was only recognized by the Lan Ze family two years ago, am my father's biological daughter. Isn't this interesting!"

After listening to this, Lin Xiao suddenly thought, maybe this is why her two brothers are so polite to her! To them, Lan Ze Qian, the only one who is related to Lan Ze Shuichiro by blood, might be a person they can't afford to offend but don't like!

Lin Xiao murmured, "It feels so complicated."

Qiu Ting Lianzi replied with a nonchalant expression: "Lin Xiao, you are just surprised by what you have seen. For the noble families, Xiao Qian's family affairs are nothing at all."

Lan Zeqian sighed softly: "My three fiancés were all involved in the factional struggles between my two brothers."

Xiao Qian said that Fujishima, Suho and Mitsui were all trying to win over the Aizawa brothers and Mrs. Aizawa in their fight for the position of heir to super entrepreneur Shuichiro Aizawa.

Just as Xiao Qian was about to continue speaking, the door was suddenly opened roughly, and a man yelled at the top of his voice: "Xiao Qian, so you are here! We are looking for you."

A handsome man in his fifties, dressed in a smart suit, walked over in high spirits, followed closely by a long-haired beauty in her thirties, dressed in a kimono.

"You must be the amazing singer, Reiko Akiba! Akane often mentions you! I'm Akane's father, Shuichirou Aizawa, hello!"

After praising Reiko, Shuichiro smiled kindly and extended his right hand.

"Hello...hello!"

Reiko Akiba shook hands with Xiu Yichu Lianhua generously.

"Akane's friends are my guests. Relax and have fun here. By the way, the person next to me is my wife, Yurie."

Shuichiro introduced them, and the woman in kimono smiled and nodded quietly.

"Hahaha! Because of the big age gap, we are often mistaken for father and daughter. She used to be my secretary, and she just got married a while ago."

After Shuichiro finished talking about household matters in one breath, he noticed that there were two other people present.

"Eh? Then who is this..."

He asked Xiao Qian.

"Dad, have you forgotten again? He is Lianzi's friend, Lin Xiao, a famous detective in Tokyo..."

"detective?!"

Shuichiro was surprised and looked quite flustered. He looked down at his watch and said, "Oh my God! I should take my medicine. Yurie, quickly ask Mitsui to come to my room."