Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

Chapter 3836 Silent Observation

When the kimono girl came forward, she took in the interaction between the two people in the car. She looked thoughtfully at Nanatsuki Koshimizu who was fixing her hair. When she got to the car, she smiled politely. When she saw the window was lowered, she looked at Nanatsuki Koshimizu in the car and said softly, "Excuse me, are you Miss Koshimizu?"

"It's me," Nanatsuki Koshimizu saw the kimono girl stepping away from the car door, opened the door and got out, "Hello..."

"Hello," the kimono girl smiled and lowered her head to greet him. "I'm Huashanyuan who contacted you earlier. Please take care of me."

"I'm Koshimizu, please take care of me from now on," Koshimizu Nanatsuki bowed her head and greeted the kimono girl, apologetically saying, "I'm so sorry to have you wait here for me!"

Chi Feichi got out of the car as well. When he heard the last name Huashanyuan, his mind quickly matched a person's information with it, and he looked at the girl in kimono standing in front of Koshimizu Nanatsuki.

It turned out to be Hanayamain Chiakura, the young lady from a noble family in Kyoto who was good at Go...

He had played Go with Chiakura Hanayamain once at a cherry blossom viewing party organized by a Kyoto family.

Chiakura Hanayama is a very skilled Go player with solid basic skills. She plays chess steadily and her style is not aggressive. She is like the warm water in the story of "boiling a frog in warm water", which seems gentle and harmless, but can accumulate advantages silently. If the opponent cannot detect it early or leaves a backhand early, by the time the opponent reacts, it will be too late to regain the advantage from Chiakura Hanayama.

The reason he was able to win the previous game against Hanayamain Chiakura was because he was too cautious. When it comes to uncertain things, he would rather make more preparations and waste them afterwards than get anxious when the time comes.

So, in his last match against Hanayamain Chiakura, both sides had prepared some back-up plans. When those back-up plans were revealed, the situation should have been quite interesting.

"No, I came early. Since you are not from Kyoto and may not be familiar with this street, I was worried that you would not be able to find the exact location of the teahouse, so I wanted to come two minutes earlier and wait for you at the door," Hanayamain Chiakura explained to Koshimizu Nanatsuki in a gentle tone, then turned to look at Chi Feichi, smiled and lowered her head to greet Chi Feichi, "Mr. Chi, we meet again."

A strange feeling flashed through Koshimizu Nanatsuki's heart, but she couldn't tell what was going on, and she couldn't help feeling a little confused.

Strange, what's going on...Why does she feel something is weird?

"Ms. Huashanyuan, long time no see." Chi Feichi greeted Huashanyuan Qianying.

Koshimizu Nanatsuki temporarily suppressed the doubts in her heart and asked curiously, "Mr. Chi, so you know Miss Huashanyuan?"

"We met at the cherry blossom viewing party organized by the Kyoto family before," Chi Feichi said, "Miss Huashanyuan is a Go master, and she learned from the Japanese Go Saint. When we met that time, we played Go together."

"I see," Koshimizu Nanatsuki said, "You usually like Go very much!"

Huashanyuan Qianying looked at Chi Feichi and said with a smile, "But I still lost to Mr. Chi last time... No, I should say that I am no match for you at all."

Nanatsuki Koshimizu looked into Chiakura Hanazawa's eyes and felt a little surprised.

Well, she seemed to know where the strangeness she just felt came from.

When Miss Huashanyuan smiled at Mr. Chi, it seemed that she was not just smiling out of politeness, but that she was truly happy in her heart. Such a smile seemed more intimate and natural.

In addition, when Miss Huashanyuan looked at Mr. Chi, the look in her eyes made her feel familiar.

When she reunited with Mr. Chi and had just moved to Tokyo, one day, she looked at Mr. Chi and inadvertently noticed her own gaze on the glass reflective object behind Mr. Chi.

That look was so similar to the one Miss Huashanyuan was giving Mr. Chi at this moment.

There is a hint of desire in him, a desire to get the attention and appreciation of the person in front of him, but also a bit of cautious exploration, as if he wants to confirm from the other person's reaction whether his clothes, manners, words and deeds have aroused the other person's favor or disgust.

Just like a flower bud about to bloom in spring, it wants to stretch out its petals and embrace the warm sunshine it has always dreamed of, but it stops and looks around shyly, worried that it will scare the sunshine away or get burned by it.

While Nanatsuki Koshimizu was observing silently, Chi Feichi responded to Hanayamain Chiakura, "I just won by luck. But then again, with Miss Hanayamain's family background, there should be no need to entrust an outside detective to help you investigate..."

Although the Hanayamain family was not as well developed as the Ooka family, it was also a well-developed Kyoto family. The family should have also made acquaintances with and won over some capable people, including those who were good at investigating and gathering intelligence.

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According to the consistent style of Kyoto aristocratic families, if Hanayamain Chiakura encountered any trouble, she should first seek help from her family. If her family really can't solve it, she should then seek help from friends from other Kyoto aristocratic families, such as the Ooka family, who are on good terms with the Hanayamain family. If even their friends from the aristocratic families can't solve the problem, then the children of the aristocratic families will consider seeking help from outsiders.

Of course, among the children of aristocratic families, there are indeed some who do not like the aristocratic family's style of doing things and are more casual about doing things, but such people are rare. In the eyes of the elders of each family, such people are also children who cannot be entrusted with important tasks and can only be allowed to develop at will.

If Hanayamain Chiakura was such a person, she probably wouldn't have been taken to the cherry blossom viewing party that day and interacted with other children of noble families and celebrities from all walks of life.

In other words, when Hanayama Chiakura commissioned an outside detective for something, it was definitely not as simple as just looking for a detective. There must be some more complicated reasons behind it...

"As expected of you," Huashanyuan Qianying said to Chi Feichi with a smile, "You actually saw the problem so quickly!"

Koshimizu Nanatsuki observed silently.

Sure enough... sure enough... sure enough!

Her previous judgment was indeed correct.

Miss Huashanyuan's eyes are almost shining as she looks at Mr. Chi.

Hanayamain Qianying didn't keep staring at Chi Feichi. She quickly retracted her gaze and explained gently, "Actually, what I want to find a detective to investigate is not a big deal. It should be said that it is a relatively childish thing that makes me a little embarrassed. I don't want too many people to know about it, and I don't want to have someone investigate it in a big way. So, I want to find a female detective to help me investigate quietly."

"Ms. Hanayama, if it's inconvenient to tell everyone, let's go to the tea room and talk about it," said Nanatsuki Koshimizu, then turned to Chi Feichi and said, "Mr. Chi, don't you still have to send Tuanzi to the zoo? Go ahead and do your work, I'll contact you later!"