"Ah, isn't this the Maori detective? Have you received the invitation too?"
In the lobby of the guest house, with a burst of laughter, Okino Yoko walked over with a glass of red wine, smiling.
"Oh! So it's Miss Yoko?!"
Mouri Kogoro looked over when he heard the sound, straightened his back immediately, and greeted him enthusiastically.
"Is Miss Yoko invited here too?"
Okino Yoko, a popular artist in Japan at the moment, got acquainted with the Mori family because of a previous incident, and has been sought after by Kogoro Mori ever since.
"Yes."
Okino Yoko and Mouri Kogoro gently shook hands and explained with a smile:
"The organizers wanted to invite me to come and perform some shows. I thought there wouldn't be any schedules recently, so I agreed to them. I didn't expect to see you, Detective Maori, here..."
"Hahaha! Me too! The organizer said they wanted me to come and participate in some kind of detective activity in the future, and I agreed without thinking too much..."
After the two chatted for a while, Okino Yoko turned his attention to Shimizu Shizu and Suzuki Ayako and asked doubtfully:
"Mr. Maori, may I ask who these two are..."
"Oh! Let me introduce you! This is Miss Suzuki Ayako, the daughter of the Suzuki family, and this is her fiancé, Mr. Shimizu Shizu..."
"Hello, Miss Yoko."
Qing Shuijing responded with a smile, and Suzuki Ayako beside him also smiled and nodded.
"Ah, hello you two..."
Luoluo greeted the two of them generously. Okino Yoko looked at the two of them curiously, then blinked and said with a smile:
"The two of them look really talented and good-looking, a perfect match."
"Thank you." Faced with her tone of voice, I didn't know whether it was serious or teasing, Qing Shuijing replied with a smile.
At this moment, two guests happened to pass behind Okino Yoko. The two people who were talking to each other did not seem to notice Okino Yoko who was right in front of them. When they walked behind her, one of them didn't notice. He bumped her back carefully.
"Well……"
"Ah! Sorry!"
Being hit by this sudden collision, Okino Yoko staggered twice on her high-heeled feet, and her body couldn't help but fall forward.
"Miss Yoko! Be careful!"
Mouri Kogoro shouted loudly when he saw this, and at the same time he quickly tried to step forward to help her.
At this moment, Qing Shuijing, who was standing in front of Okino Yoko, quickly took action, holding her arm with one hand and steadying the red wine glass in her hand with the other hand to prevent the wine inside from spilling.
He moved very quickly, and Mouri Kogoro, who was about to step forward, suddenly stopped when he saw this.
"Are you okay?" Qing Shuijing asked, looking down at the slightly flustered Okino Yoko.
"Well, it's okay." He breathed a sigh of relief, Okino Yoko looked up at him, smiled and shook his head.
Later, Qing Shuijing let go of his hand, and Okino Yoko also stood firm, and this small crisis passed just like that.
"Sorry, I'm really sorry..." The two guests who accidentally bumped into Okino Yoko kept apologizing behind her.
"It's okay, just pay more attention later."
Watching the two people leave, Okino Yoko turned to look at everyone again and said slightly apologetically:
"I almost made a few people laugh... Those few chatted slowly, so I won't interrupt. See you later."
"Well, see you later."
After a brief farewell, Okino Yoko returned to the place she came from before, where a beautiful woman also wearing a dress was standing.
Mao Lilan knew that woman, her name was Hoshino Terumi. She was also a very famous artist at the moment. She often appeared in various detective mystery dramas. She currently worked at the same TV station as Okino Yoko.
It is worth mentioning that these two people also belonged to an idol group called "Earth Ladies Team" a few years ago, so they are old acquaintances.
It's just that Mao Lilan and Hoshino Terumi just know each other and are not familiar with each other, but Karasuma Ying is very familiar with her.
"It was really dangerous just now."
Mao Lilan, who had witnessed the entire process just now, raised his hand and put it on his chest, with an expression on his face that seemed to be relieved.
She looked at Mouri Kogoro next to her and said with a smile: "For a celebrity like Ms. Yoko, if she falls on such an occasion, the consequences will definitely be terrible. Fortunately, Mr. Shimizu helped her in time...
But Mr. Shimizu's reaction speed just now was really fast. He should have practiced fighting regularly, right? "
As Mao Lilan said this, she suddenly realized that Mao Li Kogoro did not answer her words. After taking a closer look, she realized that her father's eyes were still on Okino Yoko, who had walked away.
"dad!"
Staring at him with his hands on his hips, Mao Lilan shouted dissatisfied.
"Why have you been staring at Miss Yoko?"
"Xiaolan, the relationship between those two people may be unusual." Still looking at Okino Yoko, Mouri Kogoro frowned and replied.
"Huh? Which two people?"
"Miss Yoko and that boy Shimizu Shizu." Mouri Kogoro said in a low voice as he leaned into Mao Lilan's ear.
"Dad, what are you thinking about?" Mao Lilan heard this and said helplessly: "You just saw it, Miss Yoko and Mr. Shimizu met for the first time today..."
"No, when the boy went to help Miss Yoko just now, the tone in which the two of them spoke to each other was definitely not the tone of people meeting for the first time.
Xiaolan, if it were you in the situation just now, and you were rescued by a stranger you just met, would you not even say thank you? "
"Eh?"
After being reminded by Maori Kogoro, Maori Lan suddenly noticed that it seemed that Okino Yoko had indeed not said thank you to Shimizu Shizu just now?
"Miss Yoko is not such an impolite person... I think this can only be explained by the fact that the relationship between the two of them is already very familiar. I think they are even familiar enough that they don't need to say thank you for such small things. to the extent!
That's right! That boy and Miss Yoko must have known each other before! "
Mouri Kogoro said with a serious look on his face and with great conviction.
"Dad, is it too far-fetched to judge Mr. Shimizu's relationship with Miss Yoko based on this alone..." Mao Lilan had a helpless expression on his face.
It was too far-fetched in her opinion to judge the relationship between the two by just saying thank you.
"It's really far-fetched."
Regarding Mao Lilan's doubts, Mao Li Kogoro nodded and acknowledged.
"However, my intuition still tells me that my guess must be right!"
Mouri Kogoro is very confident. After all, he almost never makes mistakes when investigating and analyzing various emotional problems between men and women, as well as various infidelity affairs between couples.
He believed this time would be no exception.
But Mao Lilan still didn't believe it.
"Then according to what you said, Dad, why do Mr. Shimizu and Miss Yoko still pretend to be strangers to each other?"
"I don't understand this either. Is there something they want to hide between them? Is it because...these two had a relationship that broke up in the past?!"
Mouri Kogoro's imagination is wide open.
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(End of chapter)
