I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

"Compared to this, Masamune, what were you looking at just now? You were so engrossed in it."

The girl with tiger teeth, who has always been carefree, is indeed easy to fool. As soon as he changed the subject slightly, Sera Masumi's attention was diverted.

"Oh, that's it, Bernie-chan, you're on the news~"

Bring your phone, the first piece of news: A vicious murder occurred at the Beika Town Nakadashi Art Museum! A trainee detective from the UK has made a name for himself! He may become the new savior of the Japanese police!

Huh?

While she was stunned, Serabelle was patted on the shoulder again, and the girl with tiger teeth could not hide her joy in her tone.

"Okay, let's go back and take a look first. We have to tell mom the good news right away. She will definitely be very happy when she knows it."

As she said this, she was about to turn off the screen and put away her phone, but she accidentally tapped the screen again and happened to click on the homepage option below the news APP.

Due to the logic of the software's own design, if you click the button to switch to this page again when you are already on that page, it will be considered a refresh.

So after a short loading circle, a new red headline appeared on the screen.

[At 10 o'clock this morning, a large amount of cash was stolen by robbers in a bank in Beihua Town. The estimated amount of money stolen is as high as 10 billion. ]

Chapter 25 She is anxious She is anxious

Under normal circumstances, Mary Akai's daily routine has always been very healthy. She always gets up when she should, eats when she should, and sleeps when she should.

Even if there are "special circumstances" that cause her to go to bed late, she will definitely make up for it by taking a nap in the afternoon of the next day instead of staying in bed until ten o'clock in the morning.

And it is precisely because of the consistent maintenance over the past few decades that she has been able to maintain her figure and appearance like a hot young woman in her early twenties even though she already has a 17-year-old pregnant daughter.

By the time Serabelle and Masumi Sera finished their lunch outside and slowly walked back to the hotel, Akai Mary, who had been staying in the double suite all morning, had already arrived at the stage of preparing afternoon tea.

Only black tea, no muffins.

Serabelle and Sera Masumi also each took a glass, and the three of them sat down at the dining table in the living room.

The girl with tiger teeth picked up the teacup, took a sip and couldn't wait to mention what happened in the art gallery in the morning.

"Mom, have you seen the news? It's about the case that happened in the Nakadashi Art Museum."

"Don't worry, I've already checked it out."

Akai Mari put down her teacup and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

Since Serabel and Sera Masumi have to go out on weekdays, and she has no reason to stay outside for a long time, it would be boring to go out alone, so most of the time Akai Mary has to stay at home.

It is easy to become disconnected from the outside world if you stay at home for a long time. In order to avoid this, Mary Akai basically turns on the TV and watches the news intensively during the day, so that she knows almost all the well-known events, big and small, happening all over Japan every day.

"But I saw in the news reports that only Bell was mentioned?"

The girl with short golden hair held up the teacup to cover most of her face, and her emerald green eyes glanced at her daughter intentionally or unintentionally over the rim of the cup.

Noticing his mother's gaze, Sera Masumi leaned forward slightly towards the table, supported his chin with one hand and said with a squint.

"Well, there's nothing we can do. Berni-chan solved the case so quickly this time. He just watched the surveillance video and everyone was still thinking about it, but he already knew who the murderer was."

"Oh?"

Akai Mary's voice rose slightly, and she seemed to be interested.

Then Masumi Sera recounted in detail the causes and consequences of what happened in the art museum, supplemented by a few additions from Serabelle.

Mary Akai drank her tea and listened to her daughter's words without saying a word, then nodded and said "hmm".

"Reasoning and solving crimes requires flexible thinking. It is not necessary to stick to finding clues and inferring the criminal's modus operandi. Sometimes you just need to eliminate all impossible options, and then the remaining ones, no matter how incredible, must be the truth."

"Yeah, yeah, I know. There's something more interesting than this, mom."

As the saying goes, no one knows a son better than his father, and no one knows a father better than his son. The same is true for mother and daughter in this matter. Sera Masumi's head shrank, knowing that her mother would definitely start preaching in this state. She responded hastily twice and quickly changed the subject.

"What's more interesting?" Akai Mary took a sip of her tea and motioned for her to continue.

"It's Sonoko who went to the art museum with us today. I told you about her before. She's the second daughter of the Suzuki Group." The tiger-toothed girl beamed with joy. "I think she seems to be interested in Berni-chan~"

"……Yeah?"

This should have been good news, but somehow, Akai Mari frowned slightly when she heard this.

There was a flash of displeasure in her emerald eyes that she herself didn't even notice.

……

After that, Serabelle did not go out again in the afternoon.

It's not that he was lazy, but he had basically posted flyers all over Haido Town in the previous week. If he wanted to post more, he would have to go to the neighboring Beika Town.

There were only two or three hours left until dinner, and it wasn't worth it to go there and back without getting much.

Besides, even in the inward-looking monster house in East Asia, working six days a week and having one day off is not an excessive thing.

It’s better to have a good rest today and start working with full energy tomorrow.

As day and night alternate, deep dusk descends upon Tokyo once again.

As the time on the wall clock quietly approached eleven o'clock, Serabelle took a shower early and prepared to look at her phone for a while before going to bed.

Today is the weekend, Akai Mary will not come over.

That's how it should be.

However, there are always exceptions to everything.

drop--

Serabelle on the bed had just turned off the screen and put her phone on the bedside table. Almost at the same time, the sound of the door being unlocked came from the entrance.

He looked up, and then he heard the sound of a door opening and closing. A girl with short blond hair, who had also taken a shower and was wearing a bathrobe with the hotel logo printed on it, walked into the room leisurely, her feet tapping in a pair of paper slippers.

"Sister Mary?" Serabell tilted her head.

With no intention of explaining, the girl walked straight to the bed and sat down with her back to it. Her shoulders rose and fell noticeably with her breathing, but her tone remained the same.

"…There is something I forgot to mention this afternoon. Regarding the second daughter of the Suzuki family, my advice is to not get carried away."

"Uh, oh?"

Serabelle was a little confused. He didn't know why Akai Mari would come to him and mention this matter again in the middle of the night.

But the latter obviously interpreted this confusion as hesitation and continued to explain.

"I never object to you developing feelings for someone of the opposite sex of your own age, but she is the second daughter of the Suzuki Group, especially since the eldest daughter of the Suzuki family is already engaged to the young master of the Tozawa Group. Have you ever considered what would happen if you two really get to the stage of discussing marriage?"

Without giving the person behind her a chance to speak, Akai Mary continued.

"There will only be two situations at that time. Either the other family disagrees and eventually separates you two, or you must marry into the Suzuki family. But are you mentally prepared by then?"

"I still say the same thing, Bell, you can have feelings for the opposite sex of the same age, but if you know that this relationship will not have a result, it is better not to start from the beginning, otherwise it will be a harm to both parties. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Um……"

Although Serabel was still a little confused, he did understand what Akai Mari meant.

"very good."

The blonde girl breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little relieved and at peace.

She shook her snow-white feet and took off her slippers, then turned around and climbed onto the bed. She skillfully spread her legs and sat on Serabel, wrapping her slightly slender arms around her neck, closing the distance and overlapping.

The process of savoring the food in the past, which was always slow and leisurely, now seemed a little urgent.

"Uh...Ms. Mary?"

"It's ok."

Her breathing became increasingly hot, and there was a hint of fiery joy in Akai Mari's misty eyes.

"Majuna... has fallen asleep."

Chapter 26

One billion, ten small goals.

This is by no means a small number.

It should be said that any amount involving hundreds of millions is not a small amount. After all, it is not Zimbabwean dollars.

For example, in Japan, if you are an ordinary corporate slave, your annual income is usually between 3 million and 4 million yen. In other words, just one small goal is enough for an ordinary corporate slave to work hard for the entire golden thirty years without eating or drinking.

Ten small goals are the lifetime earnings of ten office workers. In real life, it is a heavy blow that is enough to make an optimistic and cheerful person climb to the roof and jump down.

What's more, the money was not robbed from individuals but from banks. As a vulnerable group, banks should receive more help from the police.

However, there was nothing the police could do. The police were truly powerless, and until several days passed, there was no more mention of the billion-dollar robbery on TV news, as if the whole thing had never happened, and this piece of history had been erased along with it.

So two days later, as time came to the next Saturday, Serabelle, who had just woken up in the morning and was enjoying the breakfast made by Akai Mary at the dining table, suddenly received a strange phone call.

His previous mobile phone number was a British number, and only a few people knew that number, so in order to avoid trouble he applied for another local Japanese mobile phone number in Tokyo as a work account, which was also the contact information left in the promotional poster.

The advantage of this is that personal calls and work calls can be separated, but the disadvantage is that due to his recent large-scale posting of posters, many evil people have also paid attention to this number, and he often receives spam messages with content such as "Student girl xxxx yen a night".

As for the messy advertising calls, they are endless.

But I can't not answer it. After all, it's a work phone. If a commission really comes to me and I hang up, that would be troublesome.

Fortunately, Japanese telecommunications operators are not completely useless. For accounts that have been marked or reported frequently, a prompt such as "Marked as advertising by xxx person" will be attached to the caller ID.

Serabel would hang up on calls like this, but the number calling his work phone was not marked, so he could answer it.

"Hello?"

"……Hello."

There was a brief pause before a voice came from the other end of the phone. It was a rather deep and heavy male voice, and there wasn't much emotion in the simple two syllables.

"You are the newly emerged British detective, right? I have something I want you to investigate. Can you come out and meet me?"

"Of course, when and where?" Serabell agreed immediately.

He was not worried that the other party would mention some strange place names. In fact, in the past two weeks, he had only posted his promotional posters in Beido Town and Beika Town. Since the other party called him, he must have known the number after seeing the poster, so his residence must not be too far away.

"In an hour, at the Rice Flower Cafe, that's ok." The man on the phone said in a low voice.

"Understood. See you in an hour."

Serabelle agreed immediately.

Rice Flower Café, could it be said to be fate? The first case he encountered and solved was there, and he didn't expect that even the first serious commission that came to him was there.

really not bad.

After ending the call, Serabelle finished her breakfast in a few bites. She just picked up the empty plate and was about to go to the kitchen, but when she turned around, she saw Akai Mary walking out of the kitchen with a cup of freshly brewed black tea, sipping the tea elegantly.

The British girl with short light blonde hair raised her eyebrows slightly.

"…You need to go out for something?"

"Well, I just received a call. It seems that a client wants to commission me and asked me to meet at the Rice Flower Cafe." Serabel explained.

"Got it. Just put your plates by the sink. I'll wash them together with the teacups later." Akai Mary nodded.

"Oh, it's okay. Time is not tight. We agreed to meet in an hour. It's totally in time..."

"Just go over there, I'll wash the dishes."

"……All right."

Serabelle couldn't persuade her and had to agree.

He went to the kitchen and placed the empty plate by the sink, then returned to the living room entrance, changed his shoes and put on his coat.

"Then I'm going."

"Ah."

Without any extra words of farewell, the British girl who was drinking black tea at the table responded with a nasal voice.

Serabelle had long been accustomed to this way of getting along between the two, so she tightened her shoelaces and got up and went out.

Two seconds later, with the clear sound of a door closing at the entrance, Akai Mary, who was sitting at the table, put down the teacup in her hand, moved her moist lips, and tentatively said the words she had never said before in a somewhat awkward manner.

"Bon Voyage."

……

On the other hand, since time was not tight at all, Serabelle did not take the bus to Beika Town, but walked all the way as usual, and also bought some meat floss sushi on the way.