Gin likes me?

"James, do you like vodka?"

. . .

"It's really not easy. After being busy for a month and a half, we can finally have a good rest!"

Holding a wine glass in his hand, with his face flushed with excitement, Kimura Takashi cheerfully called on Uozuka Saburo and Mori Kogoro to drink with him.

"It seems that you have been very busy during this period."

Blinking his eyes and looking at Kimura Taka's exaggerated performance, Maori Kogoro nodded with emotion.

As colleagues who know each other well, this is not the first time that Kogoro Mouri has drunk with Kimura Takashi, and it is also not the first time that he has heard Kimura Takashi complain about the fatigue of the mission.

But this is the first time I've reached such a level today.

"Indeed, this mission is quite tiring. The difficulty lies in searching for the target. The people on the other side are all assassins, and their skills are not bad. It is not easy to catch their flaws every time."

They raised their glasses in agreement, even Uozuka Saburo was distracted by this stage of the mission.

Unlike most members who only need to stay in Japan to carry out missions, Saburo Uozuka, in addition to controlling Japan at Rum's request, also has to take time to participate in some assassination missions abroad.

“So the final result was relatively smooth?”

"It's about the same. After all, they are both assassin organizations. Both sides have suffered losses, but we have suffered less."

Seeing that Kogoro Mori was quite interested, Uozuka Saburo knew that he had not assigned any tasks to Kogoro Mori during this period because of his busy schedule. The only action he took was just a few glances at Daimon Miyuki with a sniper rifle. He had no chance to shoot, so he couldn't hold back.

Moreover, there is nothing secretive about this mission, so there is nothing wrong with letting Kogoro Mori listen to it to satisfy his curiosity.

"So that's how it is. Although I have come into contact with many underground dark organizations in recent years, I didn't expect that there are still so many forces hidden in Japan."

"Well, except for a few countries, most countries in the world are like this."

Shrugging his shoulders, if there was one thing that made Uozuka Saburo feel most at a loss when drinking with Maori Kogoro, it was Maori Kogoro's deep feelings for Neon.

After all, although Saburo Uozuka is a Japanese in this life, his heart is not. However, facing such a Kogoro Mori, Saburo Uozuka would not say anything extra or say anything that would make people unhappy.

"Okay, let's not discuss this kind of thing anymore. Let's talk about something lighter."

After another clink of glasses, Uozuka Saburo drank the wine in one gulp and looked at Maori Kogoro with amusement.

"Hey, Maori brother, it's Eri's birthday soon, you should have prepared all the birthday gifts."

"Huh? Why should I prepare a birthday present? Why should an old aunt celebrate her birthday?"

The expression on his face changed, and Kogoro Mouri, holding a wine glass, expressed his disdain in a stubborn manner.

"Hmm? Mr. Maori, you asked me about the gift for middle-aged ladies the other day. Wasn't it for your wife?"

Unfortunately, Kimura Taka, who was sitting on the other side, rudely revealed Kogoro Mouri's pretended toughness, and together with Uozuka Saburo, they watched Kogoro Mouri make a fool of himself with a smile.

"Tsk, what's wrong with you two? Why do you care about my wife's birthday?"

Slapping the table in annoyance, Kogoro Mori looked at Saburo Uozuka and Taka Kimura with a fierce look. Well, his more wary eyes were on Taka Kimura.

He knew very well how wide-ranging and dangerous the tastes of this beast in human form, Kimura Takashi, were.

"Hey, don't look at me like that. Even if I'm lustful, I won't be tempted by my friend's wife. That's a matter of principle!"

Looking at Maori Kogoro in shock, Kimura Taka really didn't expect that he would be so untrusted.

"I can guarantee this. Even if Kimura is dating women with families, he will make sure that their husbands won't know about it."

"Hey! Fish Mound!"

579: Storm is coming

"You have to ask me, Maori brother, why don't you just apologize? The situation is relatively stable now, and you don't need to worry too much."

After making a few jokes about Kimura Takashi's character, when the atmosphere among the three of them was getting heated again, Uozuka Saburo held up a glass of wine and spoke to Mori Kogoro in a somewhat subtle tone.

"The most difficult times have obviously passed, but you still want to separate because Sister Yingli's cooking is not delicious. Isn't this a joke?"

"It's just a dish, it will pass if you just bear with it for a while!"

"Kurosawa, it's not like you haven't eaten Eri's food before. Ask yourself honestly, is that kind of food something you can just put up with?"

With his eyes slightly narrowed, Kogoro Maori was not angry because of Uozuka Saburo's persuasion. He just calmly threw the question back to Uozuka Saburo.

As for Kogoro Mouri, although he learned Uozuka Saburo's real name after Uozuka Saburo's confession, he had been used to calling him Kurosawa for so many years. In addition, he also had to hide it from his daughter, so Kogoro Mouri was too lazy to change his words.

"Uh... well, there's really no way I can bear it."

The corners of his mouth twitched. As a good friend of Kogoro Mori, Saburo Uozuka was also fortunate enough to go to Kogoro Mori's home for a family dinner.

Of course, Eri Kisaki, who had not yet separated at that time, warmly welcomed Saburo Uozuka, a good friend who was rarely brought home by Kogoro Mouri and who had saved Kogoro Mouri's life.

And then... After spending that night in a fuzzy state, when Uozuka Saburo returned to the organization the next day for poison resistance training, he felt that the potions tasted so sweet.

"But now, Xiaolan's cooking skills have improved, so we don't need to let Sister Eri be in charge of cooking anymore."

"Forget it. Why should I bow down to that disgusting woman?"

Kogoro Mori pouted his lips, not wanting to be the first to give in in the relationship between husband and wife, and stubbornly rejected Uozuka Saburo's suggestion.

Such performance also made Uozuka Saburo and Kimura Taka, who knew the situation well, grin.

He obviously cares about his wife very much. He will find reasons and excuses to ask her out for dinner on important holidays throughout the year, and he will never forget to give her gifts on wedding anniversaries and birthdays.

He did a lot of things behind the scenes, but even when facing Eri Kisaki, his damn male pride made Kogoro Mori never choose to back down verbally.

Of course, this is also what Hibari hates the most!

The only word that Uozuka Saburo and Kimura Taka can describe Kogoro Mori behind his back is "pretentious".

When he discovered that Eri Kisaki had relatively frequent contact with men, he even used the intelligence lines he had gained over the years to conduct investigations to ensure her safety.

He looks lustful, and always casts his eyes honestly on the beauties he sees on the street. However, when faced with Kimura Takashi's repeated invitations to "play", he always breaks into a cold sweat and refuses on the pretext that he is worried that Xiaolan will not be safe at home alone at night.

Really, Uozuka Saburo and Kimura Taka had already seen through Mori Kogoro's heart and soul, and they just treated his current stubborn words as a joke.

"Alas, I can't persuade you. I just feel sorry for Xiaolan. She always wastes her energy on you two parents, even though she has a lot of things to do in her daily life."

Looking at Kogoro Mori with a smile, Uozuka Saburo skillfully played the card of Ran Mori to suppress the guilt in Kogoro Mori's heart.

"It's true that I don't have any experience in raising children, but if it's Xiaolan, even I think she will become a good wife and mother in the future."

He nodded in agreement, and when it came to Xiaolan, Kimura Ying was full of praise.

"She has a gentle and strong personality, is kind, has good cooking skills, and is good at karate. To be honest, Maori, if we weren't too familiar with each other, I would probably try to get her! In all these years, this girl is the first one that makes me want to get married."

"You dare! Kimura, if you dare to attack Xiaolan, I will fight you to death!"

He was so angry that he was about to stand up by holding the table. Although he knew that Kimura Taka was just joking, Maori Kogoro, who valued Xiaolan more than his own life, wanted to nip the danger in the bud at the first possible moment.

His Xiaolan is so innocent and bright. If she was really deceived by this old bastard Kimura Takashi whose mind is as smart as honeycomb coal, then Mouri Kogoro would have no place to cry!

"Yes, I said it was just an analogy."

He waved his hands in a helpless manner, and looked at Maori Kogoro who was pulled to sit down by Uozuka Saburo. Kimura Taka hurriedly raised his wine glass and clinked it with his, indicating that what he had just said was nonsense.

"Humph, of course I know how good my daughter is, but what kind of advantage is that karate! Ever since I agreed to let Xiaolan learn karate, she has become more and more violent!"

"Well, karate is of course an advantage. As a girl, of course I have to be able to protect myself."

"What Kimura said is right. If you didn't disagree, I would have wanted to drag Xiaolan and Sonoko to learn basic fighting and get familiar with firearms. Xiaolan's serious personality will definitely make her progress faster than Sonoko who works hard for three days and rests for two days."

"...Forget it. I can't get along with you two extremist organizations. I just want Xiaolan to have a happy student life and live a peaceful life."

"Well, you're right. This is what most fathers expect of their children."

Shrugging his shoulders, Uozuka Saburo thought that there was nothing wrong with Kogoro Mori's idea. After all, this was someone else's family, and no matter how good their relationship was, they had no right to get involved too much.

Besides, what's wrong with being safe? Uozuka Saburo doesn't even have the qualifications to be safe now.

"But I'm a little curious. Based on Xiaolan's personality and appearance, there shouldn't be a lack of suitors in junior high school, right?"

With his eyes narrowed and a wicked smile revealed, Kimura Takashi, who had just taken two sips, said something in a strange tone that made Maori Kogoro's face change. He no longer tried to hide his desire to watch the fun.

But there is no way around it. Compared to myself who is always working in an organization or hanging out in nightclubs, no matter what the content is, I can't bring it up at the dinner table.

As for Uozuka Saburo, well, you can't ask him to talk about the sweet years he spent with his different girlfriends, right?

Stop it, we are all men, we will be jealous!

So after much thought, in the end, only Kogoro Mori, who has a family and a daughter and apparently has a normal life, could be the person to start a conversation at the table.

"Humph, they are just in junior high school, and they are still just little brats, what's the point of dating!"

He snorted in dissatisfaction. As an old father, Kogoro Mori certainly couldn't stand hearing such topics.

However, he couldn't bear to hear it, because the other two bad friends present would not let him go!

"You can't say that. Kids nowadays mature early. Besides, even if nothing happened in junior high school, Xiaolan will be in high school soon, right? When she gets to high school, the world will be completely different."

Looking at Kogoro Mouri with a smirk, Kimura Taka, who knew that Kogoro Mouri and Eri Kisaki had been in a relationship in high school when they were drinking before, easily said something that Kogoro Mouri could not refute.

"If Xiaolan enters a rebellious phase and doesn't listen to discipline, won't you be unable to do anything if she finds a boyfriend, Maori? ~"

"If that's the case, I will definitely find a chance to have a good talk with the other party."

With his eyes lowered and his fingers groping the wall of the wine glass, Kogoro Mori said very scary words in plain words.

"Haha, okay, Maori brother, you don't have to worry so much."

He patted Kogoro Mouri's shoulder with amusement. Seeing that Kogoro Mouri looked like he was about to kill someone, Uozuka Saburo couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Sure enough, when it comes to issues concerning his own daughter, even Kogoro Mori cannot avoid falling into the alert state of an old father.

"Xiaolan is being watched by Sonoko. That girl has always been very hostile to the boys in the school who want to pursue Xiaolan. When Xiaolan is too embarrassed to reject her directly, Sonoko will come out and fight back."

"I know this too. I am very pleased that Xiaolan has such a good friend."

His mood improved a little. Because he loved the girl, Kogoro Mouri also liked Suzuki Sonoko, who had been his daughter's good friend since the amusement park, not to mention that her sister Suzuki Ayako was also the girlfriend of Uozuka Saburo.

"Besides, your Xiaolan's heart has long been tied to that boy Shinichi, and no one else can take it away~"

"You! Fart!"

"Oh oh oh! It's so urgent, so urgent, Maori brother, calm down!"

. . .

"Alas, it's something that everyone can see, I don't know why Maori is so resistant to it."

Sitting in his car, Kimura Ying recalled the farce that happened in the bar with amusement.

"I can't help it. Maybe this is the anger of an old father who is unwilling to let go."

Smiling and shrugged, Saburo Uozuka, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, couldn't hide the smile on his face when he thought of how furious Kogoro Mori was before, and how he wanted to rush directly to writer Kudo Yu and ask him to keep an eye on his son and stay away from his beloved daughter, Ran.

"Well, I think that in the future, the two kids will basically get together. They like each other, and their parents are too familiar with each other. They are childhood sweethearts, and they are inseparable. Isn't that great~"

"At least from what I know, Sister Yukiko and Mr. Yusaku have already treated Xiaolan as their own daughter-in-law. Almost every time they go on a family trip, they will ask Xiaolan if she wants to go with them. Even when they can't go together, they never forget to give Xiaolan a gift."

"Tsk, what an enviable relationship. But isn't there a popular saying nowadays that childhood sweethearts can't stand up to someone sent from heaven?"

He started the car. Even though he had drunk a lot of alcohol, driving was not a problem for Kimura Takashi. He just had to be a little careful about the traffic police.

"The level is different. Let me tell you this. Even though it's always Shinichi who takes Xiaolan around, as if everything is based on him, the one who really controls the rhythm is Xiaolan."

He lit a cigarette and put it between his lips. Thinking of these two children who had grown up under his care, Saburo Uozuka felt much better.

"That brat Shinichi is being held tightly by Xiaolan, and he can't run away. Didn't you see that other boys were kicked away by Sonoko, but Shinichi was the only one who didn't interfere with his and Xiaolan's affairs no matter how much he quarreled?"

"Oh, now that you mention it, that little girl Sonoko is quite amazing."

"Of course, don't be fooled by Sonoko's careless and sloppy personality. She is the second daughter of the Suzuki family and was taught by Mr. Suzuki, Mrs. Suzuki, Ayako and me. If you really think she is as simple as she usually appears, you are underestimating her."

"Children nowadays are really scary."

Shrugging with emotion, Kimura Ying opened the car window and lit a cigarette himself.

"Speaking of which, how are you going to handle the matter that Mao Li asked you to do because of his wife?"

"It's just that it involves some dirty things in the upper echelons of the Tokyo judicial system. They were the ones who didn't talk about fairness first, so it's too easy for me to deal with it."

After flicking the ash off his cigarette and controlling his phone with one hand, Uozuka Saburo confirmed his date for tomorrow and replied to Hagiwara Chisuga's email with a smile. The affectionate look on their faces made Kimura Takashi, who was driving nearby, feel sad.

"Letting Team Leader Hagiwara, who is very popular in the Japanese Public Security Bureau, help with the investigation will really make things very safe~"

"Okay, stop being weird to me. Take this time to have a good rest."

After giving Kimura Taka a displeased glance, Uozuka Saburo looked out the car window.

"I don't know why, but I've been feeling a little uneasy these past two days, as if something is going to happen."