I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

"As for being a close friend of my mother, that's even worse."

"Why?" Serabelle was a little curious.

"I just said it, because she's hanging out with bad people..."

Yukiko glanced at him, pouted her lips cutely, and shrugged.

"Then Sharon severed ties with her daughter. As for other relatives, I don't think I've heard of them either. They all seem to have passed away."

Huh? All dead?

Hiss~ What kind of ultimate bad luck is this?

Serabelle couldn't help but complain.

"Then... Sister Yukiko, can you find out the itinerary of this Miss Chris?"

"Itinerary?" Yukiko was stunned. She lowered her head and thought for a while before nodding. "It's a bit difficult, but it should be possible. What are you going to do? Go find her secretly?"

"We can only do it secretly." Serabelle said, "Sister Yukiko, you also said that you are not familiar with Miss Chris at all. If she is a member of the Black Organization, it will certainly arouse vigilance if we rashly look for her. And it is difficult to make an excuse. You can't use an old-fashioned excuse like 'I held you in my arms when you were a child', right?"

“It seems… that makes some sense, right?”

Yukiko thought about it and felt that this seemed to be the case.

Just when Serabelle thought that the matter was settled and was about to proceed with the next specific plan, she saw a former female star make a surprising move.

He saw Yukiko grab a piece of opened letter from the coffee table in a flash, and then she moved forward decisively and handed the side with words to him.

"Look, Sera-kun, you have something you want me to help you with, and I agreed. Now I also have something I want you to help with, Sera-kun, shouldn't I~"

"Hashidou Masai, Sister Yukiko, you have to tell me what favor this is first."

Serabelle subconsciously leaned back to avoid the deep gaze.

Yukiko curled her lips and said, "It's nothing. A friend of a failed mystery novel author sent a letter this morning. He said that his family had recently received a threatening letter and he wanted to ask me to solve it. However..."

She suddenly changed the subject.

"The reward is quite generous, a full 10 million yen!"

Ten million, holy shit.

Before Serabelle could finish her inner sigh, Yukiko moved closer, almost bringing that deep abyss up to Lian again, her beautiful eyes sparkling.

"This is our start-up capital, Sera-kun. After we solve this case, we will get 10 million, which is about 70,000 US dollars. This will give us enough money to go abroad, and we can even have a good trip!"

……us?

……travel?

Chapter 70 The Resolute Female Lawyer (Sixth Update)

At the same time, in the Maori Detective Agency.

The unpleasant smell of alcohol filled the entire living room, and the deafening snoring was like the ebb and flow of the sea tide. The slightly scorching afternoon sun shone into the room through the windows on the second floor of the office, and the rising temperature made the smell even more pungent.

As the source of all the strange smells in the living room, Kogoro Mouri, at the moment, looked like he had just returned drunk, with his clothes in disarray and he was sleeping soundly on the sofa in the living room.

His hair, which was usually neatly combed when he went out on a case, was now as disheveled as a bird's nest. His shirt, which should have been white and clean, was stained with all kinds of strange colors like yellow and green, and it smelled like a mixture of wine and some other sauce.

The buttons on his collar were torn haphazardly, and the circle of his tie was bigger than the rosary beads hung around the necks of old monks in temples.

As for the coat, he simply threw it on the ground, along with the randomly scattered leather shoes, revealing two big stinky feet.

Conan was sitting on a single sofa at the corner of a coffee table, looking at the unconscious Kogoro Mouri beside him, rolling his eyes and sighing.

Xiaolan stood beside the desk, holding a microphone in one hand and a long stack of receipts in the other.

She looked at the last number on the receipt and was so anxious that tears were about to come out. Her usually gentle and soft voice trembled uncontrollably.

"Mom, something big has happened... Dad might be arrested."

"orchid?!"

The person on the other end of the phone was naturally Eri Kisaki.

She had just picked up the phone when she heard her daughter's voice and was shocked.

"Wait a minute, Lan, calm down. Tell me what happened slowly..."

"Ah."

Xiaolan nodded gently, tears in her eyes.

"It's like this. A few days ago, Dad received a commission. The client offered a reward of 10 million yen, and he paid a deposit of 500,000 yen right away. But before the case even started, Dad used the deposit to go out with his friends and spent a total of 3.4 million yen..."

"Three million four hundred thousand!?"

On the other end of the phone, Hibiki Eri almost spit out her tea.

This is not 340,000 or 340,000, but a full 3.4 million!

What a concept! It is equivalent to the total income of an ordinary Japanese working class person for a whole year without eating or drinking!

Just spend it so casually? Huh?

After being in a daze on the phone for a while, Hibiki Eri rubbed her forehead with a slight headache.

Three million is definitely not a small amount, but it is nothing to her, the undefeated queen of the legal world.

"Forget it, I got it. I'll find a way to deal with the money. Lan, ask him to write an IOU after he wakes up. I won't charge him interest, but just return the principal to me."

"But……"

Xiaolan's voice paused, with a hint of embarrassment.

Who is Kisaki Eri? As soon as I heard the tone of her voice, I knew there would be a sequel. I sighed after clicking my tongue in my heart.

"Tell me, is there any other account?"

"Yes……"

This time Xiaolan's voice was more hesitant.

However, after seeing her old father lying on the sofa several times, drunk and completely unconscious, she was forced to tell the truth.

"I told my father off before because he spent too much money. In addition, he attended a banquet hosted by the Suzuki Group last night and drank a little too much. In order to make up for the money he spent, he..."

"Going to gamble?"

Kisaki Eri had already guessed what was to come, and her voice suddenly turned cold.

"Um……"

"How many?"

"If you add up all the numbers, it's... five million..."

five million……

The knuckles holding the microphone tightened in an instant until they turned pale, and Kisaki Eri took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down.

She was rarely so angry, or rather, almost never. Even when facing the most difficult clients, she would at most feel a headache.

But... five million plus three and four hundred thousand, even if the five hundred thousand deposit was used to offset it, the total foreign debt was close to eight million!

And five million of it was gambled away!

Kogoro Mouri, you are really capable!

He is obviously almost 40 years old, but he is still so immature. He spends all the money he has, pretends to be rich to save face, and even resorts to gambling to recover his losses.

Really! There! Is! You! Ah!

When people are angry, they often lose their temper and yell, but when they are really furious, they will calm down.

After a moment's silence, Kisaki Eri's voice suddenly returned to its normal tone.

"Let me tell you, Lan. I need you to do something. Go back to your room right now and pack two sets of clothes for you and Conan. Then take a taxi to my place, just downstairs of the office. I will help you pay for the taxi fare."

"Eh?"

Xiaolan fell into a brief daze for a moment.

"Wait a minute, Mom, you mean... But if that happens, when Dad wakes up and finds himself alone at home, he will definitely..."

As someone who had successfully inherited the intelligence of Kisaki Eri, she certainly understood what her mother meant by that, but as a daughter...

"Listen to me, Lan."

On the other end of the phone, Kisaki Eri's tone became even softer.

"I remember that I taught you since you were little that gambling is something you should never touch, because it can easily destroy a person's values. I've been a lawyer for so many years, and I've seen countless people whose families were ruined by gambling, and some even sold their wives and daughters to sex shops to continue gambling... People who are addicted to gambling are hopeless, do you understand?"

"Eight million. It's not a big deal for me to take out this money right now, but the premise is that he needs this much money because of some force majeure. And for people who are addicted to gambling, if someone helps him once, he will think there will be a second time. In that case, even if I have more money, I can't help him."

"So I only have one request now. Ran, you go back to your room immediately, take all the necessities, and come to my place with Conan before the debt collectors come to my door. Although my house is not very big, it is definitely enough for three people to live in it."

After saying the last sentence, Kisaki Eri remained silent, quietly waiting for her daughter's answer.

One minute passed... Two minutes passed... Three minutes...

The silence on the phone lasted for five minutes, and Kisaki Eri did not urge anyone, but continued to wait patiently.

Then, Xiaolan finally spoke, in an almost pleading tone.

"As expected... it still doesn't work, Mom... can you please help Dad this time? The commission does have a reward of 10 million yen, as long as you can complete the commission..."

"Ok."

Unexpectedly, Kisaki Eri agreed quite readily, as if all her previous coldness had softened in an instant.

Xiaolan was also a little bit unbelievable. She had known her mother's attitude towards gambling since she was a child. Even the reason why Kogoro Mouri and Eri Kisaki had been separated until now was largely because of this.

There will always be more or less friction when living under the same roof. No matter how big the resentment is, it will accumulate bit by bit from daily life and finally explode completely.

"But I also said that gambling dogs are incurable."

Kisaki Eri changed the subject, and although she still used a calm tone, anyone could hear the determination between her words.

"So, this is the last time. I will complete the commission for him and let him pay off his debt... Of course, he doesn't have to write an IOU."

"Eh……?"

"If something like this happens again, I will completely cut off all ties with him and directly use legal means to take custody of you, Lan."

The female lawyer was decisive and did not show any reluctance.

Chapter 71 Brothers Can’t Kiss Sisters! (Seventh Update)

The scene changes, and a black Audi on the highway is blending in with the traffic and driving at a constant speed.

The one in charge of driving was naturally Serabel.

Yukiko was sitting in the passenger seat, flipping through a piece of letter paper and some recently printed documents. The seat belt she wore due to traffic regulations outlined a surprisingly soft curve on the chest of this older girl.

"So now we can talk about it, what exactly is the content of this so-called commission?"

Serabelle glanced at the instructions on the car's navigation system and turned on the left turn signal.

"Hmm~ Wait a minute."

Yukiko pulled up the baseball cap on her head to protect her from the sun and sorted out all the documents in her hands.

"Well, that's about it. I'm going to start talking next. Are you ready?"

"Hi hi..."

"Really? Can't you act a little more excited? If you go to a celebrity concert like this as a fan, you'll be criticized by other fans~"

“So I’ve never been to any concerts…”

"Shut up, you can't talk back to your sister!"

Why do we need to kiss?

Serabelle thought blankly.

There was no time to ask questions. Yukiko coughed lightly and began to explain herself.

"First of all, the client this time is a wealthy family named Fujieda. It is said that the current head of the family, Fujieda Mikio, recently received a death threat from someone, so they want us to help find the person who sent the death threat."