People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 983 Breakup
The diaries from my elementary school days were quickly turned over.

Skipping over his mischievous elementary school years, Xiang Yuanguang seemed to become slightly more diligent and mature during junior high school, but he had not yet completely transformed like he had in high school and college.

The diary entries mostly consist of things that Xiang Yuanguang found interesting.

The story shifted to documenting experiences shared with her grandfather, Xiang Yuanzhengtang, and the frequency of Xiang Yuanzhengtang's name appeared significantly higher, especially during winter and summer vacations.

However, things seemed to have changed a little during the summer vacation of my third year of junior high school.

"Father is back?"

Chiaki Nanami said with some surprise.

She wasn't referring to her own father, but rather to what Xiang Yuanguang had written in his diary, which clearly stated that Xiang Yuanguang's father had returned to the manor.

This was the first time Xiang Yuan Dongmi had returned to the manor when Xiang Yuan Guang was still a child.

This irresponsible father recorded in his diary that he was a prosecutor at the Tokyo City Public Prosecutors Office, but his reputation was vastly different from that of Mukai Gen-seido and now Mukai Gen-kō.

Judging from the entries in the diary, it seems that he doesn't care much about Xiang Yuanguang.

It would be more accurate to describe it as "disgust".

Upon seeing this, everyone except Xiang Yuanguang himself couldn't help but frown.

Their parents both love them, and it's the first time they've ever seen a biological father in the physical sense appear in someone they're close to; it's truly rare.

Conan recalls his experience on the train from Tokyo to the Shikoku region.

There was a musician in the restaurant carriage who called himself Master.

Judging from Xiang Yuanguang's reaction at the time, the Master seemed to be his biological father, Xiang Yuandongmi. However, Xiang Yuandongmi mysteriously disappeared in the end.

The Shikoku police, who came to receive the train, searched several times but could not find Xiang Yuan Dongmi.

Looking back now, I think that Xiang Yuandongmi was probably someone's disguised identity.

If it really is Xiang Yuandongmi, who dared to sit in the same carriage as Xiang Yuanguang after doing such a thing, then he is indeed this person, and it seems he has never been hit by a punch the size of a sandbag.

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The diary is currently recording one of the most significant events in Xiang Yuanguang's life.

Xiang Yuanguang looked at the contents of the diary.

I could almost recall that night, following the description in the diary.

It was a stormy night.

Although Xiangyuan Zhengtang knew Xiangyuan Dongmi's attitude towards Xiangyuan, he was still optimistic that Xiangyuan Dongmi would eventually change his mind.

No matter what, Xiang Yuandongmi is his son, and Xiang Yuan is his grandson.

He couldn't tell Xiang Yuan directly that his father hated him because of his mother's death and that their relationship was almost completely severed, so he fabricated a white lie.

Xiang Yuanguang still remembers that lie.

How should I put it? It was very clumsy, especially for someone of Xiang Yuanzhengtang's caliber.

However, this is not surprising. It seems that everyone can fall into a certain state of blindness when it comes to matters of family affection. It is normal for Xiang Yuanzhengtang, who has been smart all his life, to make a misjudgment in this matter.

—Xiang Yuanzhengtang told Xiang Yuan that Xiang Yuandongmi was simply busy with work, so he didn't come to see him.

However, no matter how busy you are with work, it's impossible to go for more than ten years without being able to go home even once.

Especially considering that Xiang Yuan attended elementary and middle school normally and had contact with other classmates, it shouldn't be difficult for him to realize that Xiang Yuan's words were a lie.

However, Xiang Yuan never questioned the truthfulness of this lie until that night.

Perhaps because Xiang Yuan never believed that Xiang Yuan Zhengtang would lie to him, he never considered the possibility of deception, which ironically led to the situation worsening. Xiang Yuan Dongmi returned this time because he had botched the case.

It was a rather tricky case with a wide scope.

He is the son of Mukai Genjiro, the son of the last Minister of Justice of the former Ministry of Justice. He is the focus of attention and is highly anticipated by both the public and the prosecutor's office.

Even if his previous performance was relatively unremarkable, or even mediocre.

Xiang Yuanzhengtang's reputation was enough to make up for Xiang Yuandongmi's lack of ability, allowing Xiang Yuandongmi to reach a position that he was not originally capable of achieving.

This led Xiang Yuandongmi to wrongly prosecute the suspect after the case investigation.

In the final, public trial, which was broadcast live to the public, the suspect produced an absolute alibi, shattering Xiang Yuandongmi's inferences.

This caused the filter of Xiangyuan Zhengtang on Xiangyuan Dongmi to shatter completely.

This also made Xiang Yuandongmi completely disgusted with the profession of prosecutor and the halo surrounding him.

Therefore, amidst the overwhelming public opinion, Xiang Yuandong returned to the villa overnight and confessed everything to Xiang Yuanzhengtang, just in time to run into Xiang Yuan, who was still awake.

A father and son's second meeting in life should have some warmth.

However, no.

Xiang Yuandong made no attempt to hide his disgust.

His wife died in childbirth, and he is now unable to pursue his dreams due to family constraints, all of which he blames on Xiang Yuan.

The second meeting between father and son led to an irreparable breakdown in their relationship.

In the end, an enraged Xiang Yuanzhengtang told Xiang Yuandongmi to get out of there.

Immediately after leaving, Xiang Yuan Dongmi resigned from his position as a prosecutor and flew to another country across the ocean. At the same time, Xiang Yuan Zhengtang used his connections to directly transfer a capable prosecutor to handle the matter.

The case was resolved satisfactorily after the prosecutor was changed.

The only thing broken was Xiang Yuan's heart.

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"I remember Ai saying that, right?"

"The son of a bank director will be a bank director, the son of a doctor will be a doctor, and the son of a prosecutor will be a prosecutor. Power has always been passed down through bloodlines."

Said this to Yuan Guang.

Ai Haibara, who had mentioned this matter before the start of the Cocoon game, nodded in agreement.

Xiang Yuanguang then said,
"Xiang Yuan also realized this."

Unlike him, who needed to rely on the system to gradually grow to the top ranks.

Xiang Yuan was a genius in this field from the beginning, but after seeing Xiang Yuan Dongmi's situation, he became completely disillusioned with the profession of prosecutor. However, in order not to disappoint his grandfather, he still decided to pursue law.

However, this time his goal is no longer to become a prosecutor as outstanding as his father.

Instead, I aspire to become a prosecutor who prevents the recurrence of prosecutors like my father who make baseless accusations, and to be a great lawyer who brings the truth to light.

This is why Xiang Yuan studied hard during high school and college.

"After six months of intensive study, I went from being a mediocre student to one of the top students in the country, got into the best high school, and then into the best university."

"Has this guy opened it?"

He whispered to Yuan Guang.

(End of this chapter)