Ke Xue: My standards for dating are not problematic!

Chapter 441

Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters Office.

"An invitation to a banquet hosted by the Tokiwa Zaibatsu?"

Hattori Heizo, who usually squinted, opened his eyes wide, staring at his phone with a furrowed brow: "Our family has no connection with the Tokiwa Zaibatsu, yet they invited me to this event and even mentioned Heiji."

Not long ago, he suddenly received a call from the secretary of the president of the Tokiwa Zaibatsu, who said that he would be visiting him in Osaka soon and invited him to a banquet hosted by the Tokiwa Zaibatsu. The secretary also said that if possible, he could bring his son along.

That's why Hattori Heizo opened his eyes, a rare occurrence for him. He didn't know what had gotten into the Tokiwa Zaibatsu, who suddenly invited his family to a banquet.

As the highest-ranking person in the Osaka police system, Hattori Heizo had indeed attended many banquets, including those of zaibatsu (financial conglomerates), and he also knew many company presidents and zaibatsu.

However, their family really has no connection with the Tokiwa Zaibatsu, so this sudden invitation is really puzzling.

Could it be...?
Hattori Heizo suddenly thought of something, and involuntarily closed his eyes, turning them into slits, or squinting eyes.

"Could it be that girl from the Ooka family?!"

He knew about Hattori Heiji and Ooka Momiji's relationship because Hattori Heiji had mentioned it casually when they were children, and he remembered it and even investigated it himself.

Furthermore, afterwards, the head of the Ooka Zaibatsu, who was also the former prime minister, jokingly mentioned this incident to him.

However, he didn't take it to heart.

After all, as the only son and heir of the Hattori family, Heiji Hattori naturally had to inherit his position in the Metropolitan Police Department.

After all, in Japan, the son of a bank president will become a bank president, the son of a politician will become a politician, and the son of a high-ranking police officer will become a high-ranking officer.

Unless the child reaches adolescence and chooses not to accept the family business.

Although Hattori Heiji was somewhat rebellious, he wasn't so much as to refuse to take over the family business.

After all, being a policeman still allows you to solve cases. It's just that this kid is a bit impulsive right now, but it's not a big problem. He'll become more composed as he grows up.

Therefore, it is impossible for Hattori Heiji, as the heir of the Hattori family, to be with Ooka Momiji.

Because Ooka Momiji needed to marry into the family, while Hattori Heiji needed to get married, and the best candidate for this wife had already been decided, which was Toyama Kazuha.

Kazuha Toyama's father was his old friend, even a good brother, and they worked in the same system and the same place. Under such circumstances, it was natural for them to become even closer.

Moreover, Kazuha Toyama and Heiji Hattori grew up together since childhood, and they are childhood sweethearts, so they will definitely be together in the future.

Furthermore, Heiji Hattori seems to have forgotten about this incident. It was probably just a trick to coax the little girl, and he didn't really care about it at all.

Therefore, it's impossible for Hattori Heiji and Ooka Momiji to be together, absolutely impossible!

The head of the Ooka Zaibatsu was aware of this matter, but after it was mentioned that time, it was never brought up again.

Only Ooka Momiji still kept this matter in mind.

“I think so,” Hattori Heizo analyzed. “I remember that the Tokiwa Zaibatsu and the Ooka Zaibatsu have a lot of cooperation, so they must have invited them to the banquet.”

"Then it makes perfect sense for Ooka Momiji to have Tokiwa Zaibatsu invite me to come along, in my name."

"That's about it."

After figuring it out, Hattori Heizo's complexion improved considerably, and he even showed a hint of a half-smile on his face.

"Why don't we send Heiji and Kazuha together? If Ooka Koyo sees how well they work together, maybe she'll give up on this."

"Hmm, that's a good idea. Let's just have Heiji go with Kazuha!"

Hattori Heizo has decided that Heiji and Kazuha will attend the Tokiwa Zaibatsu's banquet together, hoping that this banquet will dispel Ooka Momiji's unrealistic idea.

Of course, the whole thing was his son Hattori Heiji's fault. If he hadn't said those strange things, this wouldn't have happened.

As for the incident of making Ooka Momiji cry during the karuta tournament, it's nothing at all. It's normal for children to cry, so what? There's no need to worry about it.

Sure enough, he had raised Heiji too well, turning him into a considerate man.

Unfortunately, while Hattori Heiji was adorable and considerate as a child, he changed completely as he grew up, becoming impulsive and much ruder.

"Tell Shizuka about this first, and then tell Heiji when we get home for dinner!"

Hattori Heizo picked up his phone and called his wife, Hattori Shizuka, to tell her about the incident.

Just as Hattori Heizo had guessed, Hattori Shizuka also felt that this was impossible, not even remotely possible.

However, she was quite happy that her son was so popular with girls.

Fortunately, Hattori Heiji isn't the kind of guy who tries to please everyone, otherwise she would have had to stand up for her own family.

After all, Kazuha Toyama was not only Hattori Heizo's chosen daughter-in-law, but also Hattori Shizuka's chosen daughter-in-law.

"Okay, I understand. I'll have Heiji come straight home after school, and then I'll invite Kazuha to come over for dinner. We'll all go together."

"Well, I shouldn't have anything to do today, and I'll be home for dinner on time."

"it is good"

Osaka, Kaifang Academy High School.

At that moment, Heiji Hattori, with his dark skin, was leaning against the windowsill, talking on his phone to someone: "Hey, you're going camping this weekend, and then you're going to check out the twin skyscrapers in Nishitama City. Your schedule is really packed!"

Upon hearing this, Conan said, "Yes!"

"This is what the garden told us, and this is just a tour before the banquet. Only our group went to visit. There will be many more people when the banquet starts!"

"And the timing was just right, there were no problems."

"Even though Uncle Mori was already ecstatic, he still went to the beauty salon today to pamper himself!"

Xiaolan told him about this later, because Xiaolan had a membership card at the beauty salon, but today she suddenly received a text message on her phone that someone had made a purchase at the beauty salon.

After learning about this, Ran thought someone had stolen her membership card, so she called to ask. It turned out that it was her father, Kogoro Mouri, who had used it.

This result left Xiaolan speechless.

Because Kogoro Mouri has never been to a beauty salon for skincare or anything like that, even though the salons are full of young and beautiful women.

This was because Kogoro Mouri said that it was a place for women, and what would a grown man like him do there? But this time, he actually went.

However, this beauty salon card was obtained by Eri Kisaki for Ran.

In other words, Kogoro Mouri was spending his wife's money.

So Ran told Shinichi Kudo about it, and that's how Conan found out.

After all, Conan and Shinichi Kudo are essentially the same person, and quite a few people know this, but Ran, his childhood friend, is completely unaware.
"Huh?" Hattori Heiji's cheek twitched involuntarily, revealing a strange expression: "This old man actually went to a beauty salon? That's really outrageous!"

"But he's already this age, what's the point of taking care of himself? He might as well just get a haircut and a shave."

In Japan, beauty salons offer these services. He learned about them from his mother, and he had been there himself, but only when he was a child; he hadn't been there since.

There's nothing else to it, it's just shyness.

How could he possibly feel at ease letting all the women cut his hair in such an environment?
Moreover, all those women were covered in perfume, which was so overpowering that I couldn't stand it.

So he either gets his hair cut at home by his mom, or he goes to a regular barbershop, since men's haircuts are pretty simple!
Similarly, Hattori Heizo was the same.

As the highest-ranking official in the Osaka Prefectural Police, he still needs to pay attention to his image in public, so he always has his wife cut his hair.

“That’s what I think too.” Conan laughed. “And I even told Ran that.”

"Hahaha, that's absolutely right." Hattori Heiji laughed heartily.

Meanwhile, in a seat not far from Heiji Hattori, Kazuha Toyama rested her chin on her hand, looking at Heiji by the window with droopy eyes, thinking to herself, "Heiji is talking to Shinichi Kudo on the phone again. How can someone he's barely even met be having such a good time!"

Yes, Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama haven't seen each other since that skiing trip in the snow. Even when they saw Shinichi Kudo, it was only in the newspapers, and now there's no news about Shinichi Kudo in the newspapers anymore.

There are even rumors that Shinichi Kudo offended someone and was killed.

But Kazuha Toyama knew this was fake news, since Heiji Hattori was chatting enthusiastically with Shinichi Kudo.

However, one thing is certain: Shinichi Kudo must have offended someone and then fled to avoid trouble.

Otherwise, they wouldn't hide their identity and make themselves untraceable to anyone.

At the same time, Kazuha Toyama was also instructed by Heiji Hattori to never say anything about Shinichi Kudo, no matter who asked.

She kept this to herself and never told anyone about Shinichi Kudo.

She even thought that Shinichi Kudo was a woman before, but Heiji Hattori fell in love with Shinichi Kudo instead.

Then came the trip to Tokyo with Heiji Hattori, where they met Ran and Kitahara Natsuyu.

And from then on, she became good friends with Ran and Kitahara Natsumi as well.

"By the way, is it alright for you to make a phone call now?" Hattori Heiji teased. "Isn't your old man taking care of you?"

"Dad?"

Upon hearing those two words, Conan's forehead creased with two black lines. He said irritably, "Don't talk nonsense. Kitahara Natsuyu isn't my father. He's the only person after my father!"

"Hahaha," Hattori Heiji laughed loudly, then whispered, "But Kitahara Natsumi and your mother have that kind of relationship now, you can't just deny it, can you?"

"But Kitahara Natsuhiro seems very serious. I didn't expect him to be this kind of person!"

He also knew quite a bit about Kitahara Natsuhiro's relationships with other women, partly from Conan and partly from Toyama Kazuha.

Kazuha Toyama learned about this from Sonoko and Ran.

However, it's not a big problem; Kitahara Natsuhiro doesn't mind if other people know about these things.

After all, this is only a moral issue for him, not a legal one.

Conan scratched his head: "These are all adult matters. I'm just a first-grader, I don't want to get involved, and I can't help it anyway. Let them handle it themselves!"

"And my mom is enjoying it now, completely oblivious to everything else. Kitahara Natsuyu even gave her a billion yen to start her own business!"

"Ten billion?!"

Hattori Heiji's expression suddenly changed, and he shouted.

After that sound, all the students in the classroom looked in that direction.

Kazuha Toyama couldn't help but ask, "Heiji, what's this 1 billion?"

"No, it's nothing," Hattori Heiji chuckled, then left the classroom and went to a secluded spot to continue his phone call.

Kazuha Toyama, looking at Heiji Hattori, narrowed her eyes slightly, sensing that something was amiss, but she wasn't in a hurry; she could just ask him later.

And a billion dollars should be a worthwhile sum!

Could it be that Shinichi Kudo won the lottery, with a prize of one billion yen? Ran should know about this, right?
If Ran doesn't know, then Shinichi Kudo is hiding it from Ran?

Just as Toyama and Kazuha were lost in thought, Hattori Heiji spoke again.

"No, Kitahara Natsuhiro gave your mom a billion yen to start a company?" Hattori Heiji asked in a low voice.

It's recess time now, and there are students everywhere, so we need to keep our voices down.

“Yeah!” Conan chuckled. “Don’t let Kitahara Natsuhiro’s multiple relationships fool you. He’s really good to women. He can hand over a billion yen without batting an eye.”

"Although my mom was a celebrity, she knows absolutely nothing about business. He's not afraid that she'll lose all of the billion yuan."

"That's a billion, not ten thousand!"

Hattori Heiji smacked his lips, unsure of what to say about Kitahara Natsuhiro.

All I can say is, what a real man!
"You can't really comment on it, right?" Conan said. "Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Do you want to come to the Tokiwa Zaibatsu's banquet? You can even bring Kazuha along!"

Anyway, Sonoko and Kazuha know each other, so there's no problem!
"As for me and Kazuha," Hattori Heiji said, "I don't have any problems, but I can't say for sure about Kazuha."

"I'll ask her later!"

"If we're going, then we'll have to trouble Miss Sonoko!"

Having Yuanzi as a friend is truly a blessing they've earned through countless lifetimes!
(End of this chapter)