Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

"Um...can I ask the name of the play you are going to perform?"

Maori looked at the two drama actors who were about to cry but had no tears, and had a bad feeling.

"A romantic comedy about a Self-Defense Force elite who is reborn as a high school detective in Tokyo!"

The two actors replied unhappily, "One of us is the screenwriter and the other is the director!"

"..."

Maori didn't know how to respond to the two's answers. He could only look at Conan, who was touching the back of his head and laughing dryly, with a look that was resentful but also a little fierce. He decided to double the amount of nutritional drinks this kid had tonight.

He was thinking about returning to his alma mater to perform a play today, but now he is here to perform a play! The main creators of the play were almost killed by the police car he was riding in at the university gate!

Chapter 37: A lot of trouble at a rich family gathering

Not long after the campus festival of Teitan University ended, Maori, who had already become a celebrity, received a big job - the only daughter of the president of the Shijing Group, Shijing Rika, was going to have a birthday, and her father specially invited Maori, the famous detective, to attend and say a few words of birthday wishes, and the attendance fee he paid was quite astonishing.

To be honest, Mao Li didn't quite understand why her father, the CEO of this rich girl, invited a detective like him to her birthday party and even asked him to say a blessing. After all, from his point of view, there was no "lucky" luck at all for a detective who often dealt with cases. Of course, considering that the rich girl, Shii Reika, could just find a pet dog and give him a commission of 40 yen, Mao Li could also let go of her father's weird rich man thinking.

By the way, he was not only relieved, but also completely understood and praised him. Just like the private doctors and lawyers that rich people have, Mao Li was very willing to become a regular commissioned detective of the Shijing Group. Who can bring him considerable benefits with a commission from such a big client? I can only say that there will be many opportunities for cooperation in the future...

……

"Happy birthday, Miss Lihua!"

Under the cover of night, the luxurious villa was brightly lit, and many celebrities gathered, surrounding Sijing Lihua, the daughter of the president of Sijing Group, like stars surrounding the moon.

As the protagonist of today's banquet, the rich girl Rika Shioi wore a red veil, a red and black dress, and expensive jewelry. She looked radiant and was the unique focus of the venue.

Maori glanced at the gorgeously dressed Shii Reika in the crowd, and instead of going over to her like the others, he took the opportunity to eat and drink in the corner.

Anyway, his task today was just to say a few words of blessing, and he had basically nothing to do now. Besides, the food at this banquet was of really good standard and quite to his liking.

After wiping his mouth with satisfaction, Maori tasted the high-quality red wine that helped digestion with a slightly flushed face.

"Happy birthday to you!"

Blessings came one after another at the villa venue. Sijing Lihua smiled lightly and blew out 24 birthday candles in one breath in front of everyone. Immediately, another round of applause broke out.

"Happy birthday, Lihua!"

President Sijing happily walked to his daughter's side and smiled at the guests around him, "Today is my little girl's birthday. I am very grateful to everyone who has come all the way to this villa to celebrate for her. I also ask everyone to support our Sijing Group in the future!"

Everyone immediately gave a round of applause, and President Sijing paused with satisfaction, clapped his hands and said, "Well, before everyone enjoys the dinner, I would like to introduce a special guest for today!"

"Special guest?"

The guests began to discuss who the Sijing president had invited.

"This gentleman has solved many difficult cases,"

President Shijing searched for Maori in the crowd and continued, "He is the most sought-after detective in the Japanese detective world, known as the 'Akechi Kogoro of the Heisei Era' - Maori Kogoro! Hey... where is Mr. Maori? Detective Maori!"

"Huh? Is that famous detective here too?"

The guests looked around curiously.

"It seems to be very famous recently..."

Mao Li froze while tasting the wine. He didn't expect that President Shijing would suddenly mention him. He quickly put down his glass, smiled and met everyone's gaze, and nodded slightly:

"Hello everyone."

"Is he the famous detective? He does look very impressive!"

“The beard is so distinctive!”

"Didn't you say there was an elementary school student assistant around?"

"To be honest,"

President Sijing was also very proud when he saw the surprised looks on the guests' faces. He then smiled and said, "Mr. Maori helped my daughter a lot just now..."

"It's nothing, it's nothing!"

Mao Li quickly interrupted President Shijing.

The so-called big favor was to find a pet dog. Although it was indeed a commission he accepted, and he was very happy to receive the reward afterwards, no matter what, he always felt uncomfortable saying in front of so many people that he, a famous detective, was looking for a dog...

As the head of the giant Sijing Group, President Sijing is certainly not a fool who doesn't understand the ways of the world. He smiled at Mao Li with understanding and continued, "Anyway, let's have fun from now on! Have fun!"

……

Not long after President Shii finished his speech, Shii Rika walked near Maori, accompanied by several young men who were circling around this rich lady.

"Hello, Detective Maori,"

A young man wearing glasses and looking like a clerk took the initiative to hand over his business card and exclaimed happily, "My name is Yizhi Long. It is such an honor to meet you, a famous detective today..."

"That's right, the legendary detective has dominated all kinds of news media recently."

The elegant blond man next to him, Yuji Nikaidou, took over the conversation. He turned around and looked at Shii Reika who was chatting with a group of girls, and deliberately raised his voice, "No wonder Miss Reika chose you to help!"

"Are you two done yet? All you do is flatter and curry favor with others!"

Mifune Takuya, a handsome man with long hair and dark skin, snorted softly, his eyes swept past the two young men who were admiring him and landed on Maori, "They just want to flatter Miss Reika. It would be ridiculous if you, a so-called famous detective, took it seriously."

"Three ships..."

"Isn't it? The famous detective you're talking about looks like just an ordinary old man."

Mifune ignored the annoyed look on Nikaidou and the other man's faces, smiled, turned to Gojo Osamu beside him and asked, "You think so too, don't you, a top student who graduated from the University of Tokyo?"

"Yeah, I never judge people by their appearance, but... he is indeed just an ordinary uncle."

The person being questioned was 24-year-old Gojo Osamu, general manager of a trading company. He was not tall, and although he had a side-parted hairstyle and was dressed in a suit and tie, he looked like an ordinary college student.

"I'm really sorry, I'm not the famous detective you imagined..."

Maori shrugged his shoulders and did not take the words of these young men who were obviously inexperienced in the world too seriously - their idea that "a famous detective must not be mediocre" was as speechless and even laughable as thinking that 007 was the model for all agents.

Besides, a detective's abilities are never written on his face, nor can they be expressed by a few words from others - if Mao Li pays attention to them, or even competes with them, it will only make him look cheap.

"Don't say that,"

Ichiji Long, who is relatively knowledgeable about the ways of the world and not as eccentric, laughed and said, "Since Miss Lihua asked Detective Maori for help, there must be a reason!"

"Humph,"

Mifune turned around and looked at Yotsuba Rika nonchalantly, "Maybe the detective you mentioned, Mori, is also eyeing Rika. After all, there are many old men who are attracted to young girls nowadays... If he can marry Rika, he will be the next president of Yotsuba Group."

When the group heard this, their faces all changed and they all looked sullen and said nothing more.

Maori glanced at Mifune, quite speechless, but didn't say much, and continued to eat the food on the table.

Chapter 38: The bad-tempered daughter of a rich family will not survive one chapter

The banquet lasted until almost ten o'clock.

President Sijing looked at his watch and announced at the right time: "Everyone, tonight's banquet ends here..."

Mao Li was just worrying about who to get a ride from when a guard suddenly ran into the hall and shouted to President Shijing: "Chairman! The... Miss's car has a flat tire!"

"what?"

"What should I do?"

"That's good,"

Nikaidou seized the opportunity and said, "Let me take the young lady back in my Ferrari. Only a noble prancing horse from Italy is most suitable for the young lady's status..."

"No, Miss, please take my Porsche! It's late at night, only German craftsmanship is trustworthy! Nothing else will do!"

"You'd better take my Mercedes! The young lady is so delicate, she will feel uncomfortable sitting in an uncomfortable car!"

Ichieda Takashi, Gojo Osamu and others all rushed to show their affection, which made Maori's mouth twitch. As someone who knew the real situation, he knew that these guys were competing to show their affection to Yotsuga Reika, but others who didn't know the real situation probably thought at first glance that it was just stupid car owners from different departments talking nonsense to each other...

"But,"

The guard reminded them in time, "It seems that all three of your cars have flat tires..."

"what?!"

A few people who didn't believe in it rushed out to check their cars, and the guests also rushed to the parking lot with concern.

"hateful,"

Mifune looked at his flat tire angrily, "Even my car has been tampered with!"

"Mine too..."

A tall man in his 40s next to him frowned. He was Masashi Rokuda, the managing director of Yotsubo Co., Ltd.

"Who is playing this prank?"

After Liu Tian finished the statistics, he reported to President Shijing in a deep voice: "A total of six vehicles had their tires punctured..."

President Sijing said helplessly: "It seems that we have to let the passengers in these six cars take other cars to leave, although it is a bit crowded..."

"I don't want to! Today is my birthday!"

Lihua got angry and said, "I don't want to squeeze into someone else's car to go down the mountain!"

"Okay, Lihua,"

President Sijing is obsessed with his daughter and has no way to deal with her. "It was you who originally said you wanted to hold a banquet here..."

"I don't care! I'm going to spend the night in the villa with Grandma Mi. I'll ask someone to pick me up tomorrow!" Lihua said stubbornly.

"Then I think I'll stay too."

"Then I'll stay too!"

"And I!"

……

When the group returned to the villa, they finally confirmed that in addition to Yoshii Rika and Yoshii's maid Granny Mi, the ones who stayed behind included Ichieda Takashi, Nikaido, Mifune, Gojo Osamu and the tall middle-aged man Rokuta.

"These people's names are really interesting, from one to six they are all there..."

Mao Li secretly complained as he entered the living room. The group was still gathered together. Lihua found a deck of playing cards from somewhere and said happily to everyone, "Detective Mao Li, let's all play some poker and get through tonight together!"

"Humph, who wants to play with you!"

Mifune sneered, walked towards Maori and said, "Uncle Detective, there shouldn't be any problem with your car, right? Let's go back together."

"actually……"

Just as Mao Li was about to say that he came here by taxi, Shijing Lihua rushed forward and chuckled, "You want to go back? What a pity, I was considering a marriage candidate today, and you also had a chance..."

"Don't get me wrong, Miss!"

Mifune said nonchalantly, "The reason I came here today is entirely for the chairman's sake and for the benefit of my company... I'm sorry, I have no interest in you at all! Uncle Detective, let's go together..."

"Excuse me,"

Mao Li shrugged helplessly and said, "Actually, I came here by taxi, and I was planning to take your car back..."

"taxi?"

Mifune's expression suddenly turned strange and ugly. He never expected that the famous detective Mori would adopt such a simple way of traveling.

Sijing Lihua's face darkened, and she decisively pulled Mao Li behind her, saying arrogantly: "If you want to go back, go back, but in return, my dad will no longer have any business dealings with you in the future!"

Mifune's body was shaken, he clenched his teeth and looked straight at Shijing Lihua: "What did you say?"

"Hmph, Granny Mi, help me get ready. I need to go upstairs to change clothes."

Shijing Lihua did not continue to pay attention to Mifune, but turned around and gave an order, looking at everyone in the living room with a smile on her face, "Let me make it clear, except for Detective Maori, all of you here are birds in a cage. If I don't feed you, you won't be able to survive, so you'd better know how to please me, your master, and don't act on impulse, hehe..."

Shii Rika went to the second floor with a smug smile. Seeing this, Mao Li suddenly had an urge to go home.

This eldest lady's character is really bad. In comparison, the Sonoko sisters, who are also daughters of wealthy families, are much better - of course, this may be related to the fact that the size of the Shijing Group itself is neither big nor small. The smaller the size of a consortium, the more likely it is to cultivate such an arrogant and indescribable heir.