Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 191 Don’t Eat Melon Rind
On the day of the wedding, after school, Tachibana Shizuka drove Sonoko and Ran to the wedding venue listed on the invitation.

"So, is this really the place where the wedding is going to be held?" After entering the venue, Tachibana Shizuka looked around and his expression became a little strange.

"Yes, it's here." Yuanzi took out the invitation and checked the address information on it, and found that there was no problem.

"Is there anything wrong?"

"There's nothing wrong, it's just that there are too many acquaintances here." Tachibana Seiji waved helplessly to a man in a blue suit in the crowd.

"Officer Shiratori!"

"Shizuoka? I didn't expect you to be here too." Shiratori, who was chatting with his colleagues, heard Shizuoka Tachibana's voice. When he looked up, he found Shizuoka Tachibana waving at him not far away.

"I haven't seen Officer Shiratori for a few days." Tachibana Shizuka couldn't even say "long time no see" at this moment, after all, they had just met two days ago.

"Yeah, it's been a few days since we last met, Jingsi." Shiratori almost couldn't hold it in. These words sounded so strange.

"By the way, Jingsi, were you invited here by the man or the woman?" Shiratori asked curiously.

"I came here with them." Tachibana Seiji indicated that he came here with Sonoko and Xiaolan to eat and drink for free.

"It's Sonoko and Ran." Shiratori nodded. They were also old friends of their Investigation Section.

"Hello, Officer Shiratori." Xiaolan and Sonoko greeted Shiratori and then said:

"We're here at the invitation of the lady from the house, Ms. Sayuri Matsumoto. By the way, Officer Shiratori, how about you?"

"As for me." Bai Niao took out two invitations from her arms: "To be honest, I was invited by both the man and the woman."

"Eh? Officer Shiratori also knows Teacher Sayuri?" Sonoko was a little surprised.

Logically speaking, elementary school teachers and police officers are unrelated professions. When they were in school, they had never heard that Sayuri Matsumoto had friends who were police officers.

"No, actually I don't know the bride today. But I know the bride's father."

"Father of the bride?"

"Yes, it's Inspector Matsumoto Kiyonaga, the manager of our 3rd Department. After all, our boss's daughter is getting married, and we subordinates have to come and offer our blessings."

Shiratori calmly revealed the bride's background.

"Eh? Teacher Sayuri is surprisingly similar to you, Ran?" Sonoko subconsciously looked at Ran, because Ran also had a father who was a detective.

"By the way, Officer Shiratori, do you know what kind of person the groom is?" Sonoko asked Shiratori curiously.

"The groom, Sonoko, you should know him too."

"I know that too?" Sonoko was stunned before reopening the invitation. To be honest, after receiving the invitation, Sonoko was completely focused on Matsumoto Sayuri's wedding, and she didn't take Nanfang's name to heart at all.

Now after Bai Niao's reminder.

"Takasugi Toshihiko. Could it be that Takasugi?" Sonoko asked Shiratori in surprise.

"Yes, that's Takasugi." Shiratori nodded.

"What's with the Takasugi and Takasugi?" Xiaolan listened with a confused look on her face. The two of them were chatting in a coded manner. Outsiders like them really couldn't understand a word.

Sonoko immediately explained to them: "Takasugi Toshihiko is the adopted son of the chairman of the Takasugi Group and the future heir of the Takasugi Group.

It's just that Takasugi Toshihiko's reputation doesn't seem very good. Many people say he's indecisive and that the Takasugi Group might fail under his leadership."

This is the downside of having a male heir in the family. If there is a female heir, you can choose an excellent husband to marry into the family. It's also possible to have the son-in-law take over the family business.

After all, they are all talents picked from thousands of people. Even if they cannot make the group develop, they are still very qualified to be the leader of the group.

But it's different if there's a male heir. Male chauvinism prevents him from handing over the management rights of the group to his wife.

Then the group's decline in this area becomes an inevitable consequence - of course they can take a gamble on the next generation.

The descendants of a conglomerate will still be a conglomerate anyway. The difference is simply between a large conglomerate and a small one.

The Takasugi Group was even more tragic. The chairman and his wife had no children, so they chose to adopt.

But the adopted son's abilities were just average, and before he even took over the family business, gossips started pouring in.

The reason for choosing to get married at this time may also be the desire to have a chance for the third generation.

As for why he chose a police inspector's daughter as his wife instead of a consortium marriage with a suitable family background?
Perhaps old President Takasugi is also worried that if he finds a consortium that is equally matched with him, the group will be swallowed up by the girl's family a hundred years later?
"Anyway, that's what happened. Speaking of which, I've met the groom a few times at banquets. Well, the outside world's comments aren't entirely groundless."

"I see." Tachibana Seiji and Ran nodded repeatedly as they listened. The credibility of the family feuds and entanglements told by Sonoko was still very high.

Although Tachibana Shizuka knew these two people, he didn't know the inside story. So when Sonoko explained the situation to them, he listened with great interest.

Things like family inheritance are something that will pass once heard, so Tachibana Seiji and the others just listen to it for fun.

But to be honest, Sonoko and the others are really curious about the love story between Sayuri Matsumoto and Toshihiko Takasugi.

He then asked Shiratori, "Officer Shiratori, do you know who is pursuing whom between Sayuri-sensei and Takasugi Toshihiko?"

From Sonoko's description above, it can be seen that the so-called Takasugi Group and the Suzuki Group are still at a different level.

The Takasugi Group is at most a regional group, and is far from a national or world-class group like the Suzuki Group.

Therefore, the Takasugi Group was not qualified to send an invitation to the Suzuki family. Instead, Sayuri Matsumoto was able to invite Sonoko to attend her wedding because she was Sonoko's teacher.

On the contrary, the Shiratori family and the Takasugi family were similar, so they received an invitation from the Takasugi family. Of course, if you must classify it, Shiratori should be considered as a guest of the bride's family. After all, he works for the bride's father.

"I actually know something about this." Bai Niao gave a mysterious smile. At this time, those who come early can enjoy fresh melons.

If others want to eat the melon, they can only eat their second-hand melon. The melon rind is not eaten and is kept to feed the pigs.

"They should be the couple Takasugi Toshihiko pursuing Miss Matsumoto, and I heard that..." Shiratori lowered his voice and moved closer to Tachibana Shizuka:

"When Takasugi was pursuing Ms. Matsumoto, he had just broken up with his girlfriend. Besides, Takasugi's ex-girlfriend was Ms. Matsumoto's best friend."

(End of this chapter)