Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 121 Zheng Yi: Vermouth, you need to pay.

"Is Xiaolan awake yet?"

Zheng Yi brought Ai to the hospital to visit Xiao Lan.

Conan looked dejected and said listlessly, "Ran-neechan has woken up."

"Then why are you still like this?" Zheng Yi asked, puzzled.

"Because Ran doesn't recognize me anymore," Conan said.

"Ok?"

"Ran has amnesia. She doesn't recognize us anymore, she doesn't even recognize herself," Conan said.

Conan led Shoichi and Ai into the hospital room.

Kyosuke Kazato asked Ran:

Do you know who you are now?

Xiao Lan sat on the hospital bed and gently shook her head.

"Do you remember what happened today?" Kyosuke Kazato asked again.

"Can not remember."

Then, Kyosuke Kazato asked Ran some common-sense questions, which Ran was able to answer.

After asking these questions, Kyosuke Kazato led everyone outside the ward and said:
"This is reverse amnesia, a type of memory disorder caused by a sudden illness or injury that makes it impossible to recall the injury."

"Can my daughter regain her memories?" Kogoro Mouri asked.

Kyosuke Kazato said, "I'm not sure I can say for sure, but she still has common sense and can continue living her life as usual."

However, I still recommend staying in the hospital for observation for two more days.

"it is good."

While everyone was listening to Kyosuke Kazato talk about Ran's condition.

Xiao Lan sat alone on the hospital bed, fumbling for her phone.

There were very few traces left on her phone.

She received the most calls and emails from two people, even more than from her parents.

One is a garden, and the other is Zhengyi.

She only talked to Sonoko on the phone, and she didn't know exactly what they were talking about.

He and Zheng Yi mostly exchange emails.

Zheng Yi loved sharing various delicious foods and entertainment venues with her, and even invited her to attend Zheng Yi's uncle's birthday banquet.

Are Masakazu and Sonoko her best friends?
Xiaolan scratched her hair; she couldn't remember anything.

Conan and his friends walked in from outside, and a group of people gathered around Ran's hospital bed, introducing themselves.

Xiao Lan smiled as she remembered their names.

Then he looked at Sonoko and Shoichi.

Besides her family, these two friends are probably her closest friends.

Sonoko held Ran's hand and said, "Ran, do you really not remember anyone?"

"I don't remember," Xiaolan said softly.

Sonoko smiled and said, "It's okay if you don't remember, I'll definitely still be your best friend!"

Feeling the warmth of the garden, Xiaolan smiled too.

Zheng Yi said, "Let's go outside first and let Xiao Lan get some rest."

"it is good."

Eri helped Ran lie down, covered her with a blanket, and then followed the others out of the ward.

As soon as we came outside.

Eri Kisaki said to Kogoro, "The doctor said that forcibly restoring Ran's memory may cause secondary damage to her brain."

So I decided to have Xiaolan stay at my office after she's hospitalized, so I can take better care of her and help her recover her memory in a relaxed state.

"What!? In that case, the pressure on me has increased!" Kogoro exclaimed excitedly.

Conan also gently covered his mouth with his hand.

This is bad.

But a child's words are often ignored.

He tugged at Zheng Yi's sleeve.

Shoichi immediately understood Conan's words and said to Eri Kisaki, "If that's the case, then Mr. Mori will be left without anyone to take care of him."

Conan was stunned.

What kind of talk is that?
"What does it matter to me how he is? I just want to take better care of Xiaolan."

Shoichi's words made Eri even less willing to let Ran return to the detective agency.

How can a carefree Kogoro Mouri and a small child possibly take good care of Ran?

Conan suddenly said, "Uncle Mori, do you think it's possible that Ran saw what the culprit looked like?"

"Well, that's possible," Kogoro Mouri said.

Conan said, "If that's the case, then the culprit might come back and continue to harm Ran, so we must protect Ran."

“You’re right!” Kogoro said.

Then he said to Eri, "Ran is still in danger and needs my protection!"

Eri Kisaki frowned.

This is indeed a problem that needs to be worried about.

That murderer will continue to threaten Xiaolan's safety.

Zheng Yi said, "Why don't you leave Xiao Lan's safety to me?"

"Give it to you?" Kogoro looked at Shoichi with a puzzled expression.

You yourself are not a safe guy.

Zheng Yi said, "I recently started a security company, and the staff were all poached from the United States and the Sicom Group."

Moreover, the company's security system was designed by the top software experts in Japan, whom I "hired," and it's absolutely world-class.

Kogoro Mouri was a little intimidated.

If that's the case, it must be very expensive, right?

Is this something that ordinary people like them can afford?
"That's wonderful," Eri said. "Then I'll leave Ran's safety to you."

The general public in Tokyo now has little trust in the Metropolitan Police Department.

"How much money will it cost?" Kogoro asked, forcing himself to speak.

“I don’t need money,” Zheng Yi said. “Xiao Lan and I are friends, and now that she’s in danger, I can’t just stand by and do nothing.”

If you think my security company is pretty good, just help me spread the word.

"This……"

"You don't need to say anything more," Shoichi interrupted Kogoro and Eri Kisaki.

Zheng Yi's behavior at this time is really endearing.

Even Kogoro has started to have a very good impression of Shoichi.

Those people might not have been the ones who killed him. The evidence clearly points to someone else, and the murderer has confessed. Why did I have that misunderstanding?

Kogoro grinned.

It must be those media outlets that keep calling him Zhengyi's lackey, which is why he inexplicably wants to compete with Zhengyi.

Damn it!
Their thoughts have been manipulated by these media outlets.

Even if he's a lackey, this great detective is still a lackey of justice.

Ai looked at Zheng Yi with surprise.

Would this guy actually do a losing business?

Zheng Yi tapped Ai's nose with his index finger.

"Ow~"

Ai covered her nose in pain and glared angrily at Masakazu.

Zheng Yi patted Ai's head and said to everyone, "I'm going to the restroom first."

He went to the toilet.

Seeing a tall woman enter the women's restroom, Zheng Yi followed her in.

When the woman was washing her hands at the sink, she saw a man washing his hands next to her and cried out in alarm.

"Uh! You!"

"What's the big deal?" Zheng Yi said with dissatisfaction, "I've always considered myself a woman, so what's wrong with going into the women's restroom?"
Are you discriminating against me?

"ill!"

The woman cursed and turned to leave the restroom.

She had never seen anyone so sick.

"Vermouth, what's so great about you pretending?" Zheng Yi said, watching Vermouth's retreating figure. The woman paused in her steps.

She turned her head and said coldly, "How did you recognize me?"

"Secrets make a man more attractive."

"Ah."

Zheng Yi shook his hands in the pool and said softly, "It's no big deal to tell you."

Actually, I have a radar in my head that can automatically detect employees who are absent from work nearby.

"Ha, you're a born capitalist," Vermouth said with a sneer.

“Everyone calls me a conscientious entrepreneur,” Zheng Yi said.

After wiping his hands, he said, "I'm going to give you another job."

Vermouth looked at Zheng Yi coldly: "Don't go too far."

“And there’s no salary, you’ll still need to pay me a sum of money,” Zheng Yi continued.

Too much bullying.

Vermouth had never been bullied like this before.

"It's all for Xiaolan's safety," Zhengyi said.

Vermouth stepped forward and grabbed Zheng Yi by the neck, saying, "I told you, you're not allowed to threaten me with Ran's safety."

"I didn't threaten you."

Zheng Yi pried Vermouth's hands off.

Honestly, she likes to get physical at the slightest disagreement. Even my cat has never scratched me like that.

Zheng Yi rubbed his neck and said, "Xiao Lan may have seen the murderer's face now, so she needs bodyguards to protect her."

I'm providing her with protection for free, so you have to pay me.

Zheng Yi reached out to Vermouth.

Vermouth gritted her teeth and finally placed a bank card in Zhengyi's hand.

Zheng Yi smiled and put the bank card into his pocket.

As he left the restroom, he turned back and said, "By the way, the bodyguard I'm going to send to protect Xiaolan is you. This is your new job."

“Are you a dog?” Vermouth asked.

They made me pay money and then made me work.

She was the first to experience something as advanced as paying to work.

“What? You don’t want to? I don’t like forcing employees to work. If you don’t want to, I can replace you,” Zheng Yi said.

"unnecessary."

Vermouth said coldly, then walked in front of Zheng Yi, turned her back to him, and asked, "When do I go over?"

"Um, let's wait until this afternoon. The company also needs to prepare some equipment," Zheng Yi said.

After saying that, Vermouth walked out of the restroom.

Zhengyi also walked out of the women's restroom and bumped into Sonoko, who was coming to use the restroom.

"Excuse me, I went into the wrong restroom."

Zheng Yi calmly said, "It's nothing."

Startled, Sonoko changed direction and went into another restroom.

"what!"

When Masakazu returned from the restroom, Ai looked at his neck and felt something was off.

Moreover, he had a strange perfume scent on him.

Soon, Sonoko returned from the restroom, and her gaze towards Masakazu became even stranger, especially when she saw his neck.

Ai walked up to Masakazu and whispered, "You wouldn't happen to be Sonoko..."

"What? Go on, tell me more."

Zheng Yi looked at Xiao Ai.

Ai noticed Shoichi's gaze and shrank back.

Shoichi said, "It's not Sonoko, it's someone else."

"Heh, you're quite thirsty."

You're acting recklessly in the hospital, and you even have someone you know there?
Sonoko's heart broke as she watched Shoichi whispering to Ai.

Why are there scratches from a woman's fingernails on Brother Zhengyi's neck?

Furthermore, why did Brother Zhengyi come out of the women's restroom, and what did he do inside?
Sonoko felt that her first love, which she had never experienced before, was over.

……

“Hello, I’m your bodyguard. You can just call me Chris,” Vermouth said.

"Chrissy?"

“That’s right, she shares a name with a Hollywood actress,” Vermouth said.

She smiled as she looked at Eri Kisaki and Kogoro.

"Then I'll leave Ran in your care," Eri said.

She secretly admired Zheng Yi's thoughtfulness; sending a female bodyguard would make things more convenient.

"Don't worry, I will definitely protect Xiaolan's safety," Vermouth said.

She was dressed in all black.

His clothes were covered with various accessories, and he was wearing sunglasses, looking very stylish.

Moreover, there were several other security personnel behind her. They had installed cameras around Xiaolan's ward and were operating some equipment that no one recognized.

Takagi and Chiba, who were sent by the Metropolitan Police Department to protect Ran, exchanged a glance.

Their police force seems pretty incompetent; they can't even compare to a security company.

Seeing that Vermouth seemed very professional, Conan then approached the other security personnel and asked them about the purpose of their equipment.

After understanding the situation.

Conan was relieved.

Masakazu is reliable; the security personnel he sent seem much more trustworthy than Takagi and Chiba.

With their protection, I can focus on investigating the murderer.

There's a saying: "You can be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't guard against thieve

"Alright, Sonoko, can you please stop crying?" Conan yelled at Sonoko, who was still crying and clutching Ran's hand.

"I'm just happy!"

Sonoko sobbed, "Ran is fine, I'm just too happy."

That's enough,
You don't look happy at all!

Conan was speechless.

Vermouth walked up to Ran and looked at her tenderly.

She never imagined that she would have the chance to see Xiaolan so closely again.

"Thank you for protecting me," Xiaolan said.

“You’re welcome, it’s what I should do,” Vermouth said.

Vermouth touched her equipment.

She also believes in the principle that one can be a thief for a thousand days but not guard against thieves for a thousand days.

Having already identified the murderer, she naturally wanted to eliminate this threat for Xiaolan.

"Di Di~"

My phone rang in my pocket.

Vermouth frowned as she glanced at the email; it was from that bastard Zheng Yi.

Even if you're going to protect Xiaolan, you can't neglect the movie, or your salary will be docked. —Zhengyi

Vermouth gritted her teeth.

That bastard, does she still get paid?
She's already in a paid employment situation, so there's no way she'd have her salary deducted from her paycheck.

"Understood. — Vermouth"

Vermouth turned to Conan and Sonoko and said, "You two go out first, don't disturb Ran's rest."

"it is good."

Sonoko and the others left the ward, leaving only Vermouth and Ran inside.

Vermouth said gently to Ran, "Sleep now, I will protect you here."

"okay, thank you."

Xiaolan lay in bed and smiled gently at Vermouth.

(End of this chapter)