Conan: The Unscientific Uchiha

"What does this have to do with it? If he is allowed to do it, why don't you allow me to say it! You said someone else accidentally rubbed it on at the party! Miss Mingmei, do you think I can believe this?!"

"Well, Ms. Yukiko, if I remember correctly, your husband is the famous mystery novelist. Well, if you are a fanatical fan, it is actually difficult to explain this situation clearly."

Miyano Akemi tried her best to comfort Yukiko, and Yukiko only looked angry, but she was eating and drinking, and she didn't seem to be affected at all.

"Humph!"

"This is not the point, it's just that I was very angry. He didn't want to explain to me at all in the end. I wanted to go back to Japan in a fit of anger, but he didn't react at all. He even gave me the phone and sent it to me, and he agreed on his own initiative. He asked me to help him investigate!"

"Such a man is so hateful!"

Yukiko gritted her teeth, but she still didn't look angry. On the contrary, she was still so cute and angry.

At this point, Miyano Akemi couldn't tell the situation and just smiled.

"So, what exactly is the content of the commission?" Koji Shimizu finally waited for the opportunity.

When Yukiko said that Kudo Yusaku didn't want to explain to her, for some reason, Shimizu Koji could vividly imagine what would happen if he and Yukiko quarreled after hearing her words.

I got in touch with her little mouth that never stopped as soon as it was served on the table.

This is understandable, although the specific relationship between the two is not known.

"The content, the content is very simple. It is that a wealthy man named Fujieda Mikio received a threatening letter and asked to help him find the sender."

Very good, after Yukiko finished speaking, Shimizu Koji didn't answer any more, and eating in silence became the tacit choice made by him, Miyano Akemi and Haibara Ai at the same time.

Chapter 269 The angry Fei Yingli

"So? In the end, did he find out that person? The person who wanted the rich man's life."

At the Fei Law Firm, Fei Yingli, wearing a white windbreaker jacket and a sky blue shirt, was typing on the keyboard with one hand and holding up the phone with the other, asking casually.

On the other end of the phone was Xiaolan, who was in the Mori Detective Agency of Miwa Fifth Chome.

Xiaolan's face was very complicated. She glanced at the drunken Mouri Kogoro and Conan who was smelling of alcohol and looked hopeless on the sofa opposite.

"Later, my father did go to that house to investigate, but the evidence the wife mentioned didn't seem to be of much use."

"Dad is so troubled by this that he is drunk and sleeping on the sofa."

Fei Yingli suddenly couldn't help but frown, and her tone became harsh, "If you still have time to sleep, why don't you quickly reject that commission?"

"Um, but before going to the client's house, Dad had already spent three million yen with people nearby."

"Three million?!?!"

Fei Yingli couldn't help shouting, she thought a lot in that moment.

Although she has almost no contact with Mouri Kogoro, because of Xiaolan, she still knows a little bit about Moori Kogoro's economic situation.

Xiaolan said that the commission fee this time was 10 million, so Mouri Kogoro was so excited that he asked someone to borrow money in advance to spend lavishly, which made her feel deeply powerless and headache in an instant.

It's not that she can't afford to pay back the three million, she can get the money by taking on a few more cases, but Mouri Kogoro is not like this once or twice.

"Huh - three million, right? I will find a way to help raise money."

After taking a long breath, Fei Yingli rubbed her eyebrows and spoke as calmly as possible.

"Hey, mom, wait a minute, there's one more thing."

"What? Is there anything else?" Fei Yingli frowned, having a bad feeling.

"Dad, he wanted to make up for the money."

"Nani!? Bet five million on horse racing?!!!"

"Well, the total loan amount is 8,057,000 yen. What should I do, mom——"

"What else should I do! Xiaolan, come to me right now. Leave that kind of man alone!"

Drinking, gambling, and lustful, Mouri Kogoro was already hopeless. Fei Yingli had expected this day, but she didn't expect it to come so suddenly.

Five million, betting on horse racing——

To be able to make such a desperate move is no longer an ordinary gambler.

Fei Yingli has seen many examples of families and people being destroyed because of gambling. She deeply understands that the only thing that should be done for these gamblers who have fallen into the endless abyss is to stay away.

There have been several cases where family members turned against each other and children were sold. There have been several cases like this in the cases she has handled.

When Xiaolan made this call to Fei Yingli, she was naturally well prepared. When she heard her mother's harsh words, her face became stern, but she still gritted her teeth and continued:

"But, dad said this in his sleep - Yingli, come and save me, Yingli."

"Ms. Murakami! Have another drink!"

On the sofa, Mouri Kogoro seemed to hear someone calling him and suddenly shouted.

And just for a moment, the expressions of Conan and Xiaolan changed drastically at the same time. Without Xiaolan's explanation, Conan quickly turned around, picked up the pillow and covered Mouri Kogoro's face.

It wasn't until Mouri Kogoro made no movement that Conan and Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"Mom? Are you listening?" Xiaolan asked cautiously.

Fei Yingli was silent for a while. She looked out the window, her eyes completely blocked by reflective lenses.

The blue sky and white clouds are the beautiful scenery that belongs to the huge city of Tokyo. The scenery that belongs to her seems a bit gloomy at the moment.

A moist arc traced across her cheek, and crystal tears disappeared in a flash.

If it weren't for Xiaolan, she would have permanently broken up with such a rotten gambler. But over the past ten years, when the Mori Kogoro Detective Agency had not improved at all, she didn't know how much living expenses she gave Xiaolan. Much of it was squandered by Moori Kogoro.

But in the past few months, watching Mouri Kogoro's rise in fame, she once thought that Moori Kogoro had regained his strength and had returned to his lost ways.

But now it seems that it is really ridiculous.

It’s been more than ten years and you still haven’t understood it?

Yingli

After a brief silence, Fei Yingli opened her lips lightly: "I understand, I'll be there in a moment."

After saying that, she hung up the phone. She took out a handkerchief and gently wiped away the tears on her face. For Xiaolan, she had to take care of this mess.

She could come up with eight million if she gritted her teeth, but asking her to use her hard-earned savings to pay for Maori Kogoro! ?

This is impossible, and there is no doubt that this will encourage Kogoro Mouri's gambling habit and make him even more aggressive and unscrupulous.

Fei Yingli wiped her glasses and stood up from her seat.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and Fei Yingli put away all her emotions in an instant.

The door opened and Midori Kuriyama walked in holding the information.

"lawyer?"

"I have to go out for something, Xiao Lu, so I'll leave this place to you for the time being."

"Eh?!" Kuriyama Midori was shocked when he heard this.

"Wait for the lawyer, but we have made an appointment with Mrs. Nishan at three o'clock this afternoon to discuss the case."

"Oh, please extend it to next week for me."

As Fei Yingli spoke, she picked up a simple makeup box from her desk and put on makeup carefully.

"Anyway, she just came to complain to me as usual, to scold my idiot husband who wanted to divorce her."

"This"

"As long as you tell her that I had to refuse the meeting with her in order to clean up my husband's mess, I think she will be able to understand me."

"Oh"

"Jia, Xiaolu, I'll leave the office to you."

"Hi Yi!"

Kuriyama Midori nodded seriously. Fei Yingli smiled and seemed to have regained her composure. She picked up her handbag and turned around to leave the office.

Half an hour later, Maori Detective Agency.

"Help me, help me quickly -"

On the sofa, Maori Kogoro was murmuring, and Xiaolan was accompanying Fei Yingli, looking down at Maori Kogoro with her.

Conan was sitting far away on the sofa opposite, not daring to express his anger. The last incident was still fresh in his mind, and he didn't want to leave any bad impression on Fei Yingli again.

"Has he always been like this?"

Fei Yingli's face showed no emotion.

Xiaolan nodded cautiously and put one hand on her chest. She was also a little scared when facing her mother, especially after telling such a big lie just now.

"I really can't eat anymore~~, Yoko~~~."

The atmosphere instantly became so cold that it could freeze. Xiaolan wanted to use karate on the spot to punch Mouri Kogoro twice in the mouth.

"Ahem, mom——."

"Well, uncle, maybe it's because of this program on TV." Conan pointed to the TV behind him, and by coincidence, it was indeed playing Yoko Okino's cooking program.

However, Fei Yingli's glasses reflected light, making it difficult for people to see her expression clearly.

"Mom, Dad, Dad just kept calling Yingli, Yingli."

"Well, Mom, you shouldn't be very angry and go back."

Fei Yingli finally reacted after hearing this. She lowered her head slightly and said, "Don't worry, I won't do such immature behavior."

"But, Xiaolan, you need to figure something out."

"Ok?"

"I came here specifically for you, not for that stupid-looking drunkard."

Fei Yingli's voice was light, and there was no hint of anger, but Xiaolan's heart couldn't help but beat.

She looked at Fei Yingli, who was very calm in front of her. She expected that her mother might be furious, but she never expected that Fei Yingli would react like this.

But for some reason, this reaction was far more terrifying than getting angry.

Chapter 270 Yukiko’s bad taste

"Oh, it turns out that the person who was premeditated to be killed was Mikio Fujieda."

Fei Yingli said while driving the car.

In the passenger seat, Xiaolan couldn't help but become confused after hearing this, "Mom, do you know him?"

"Well, it doesn't count as acquaintance, just hearing about it."

Behind the car, Conan also pricked up his ears curiously.

"I heard that he did a lot of bad things when he was young, but in the end, he skillfully captured the favor of the capitalist's daughter and successfully married into his wife."

"Later, he used the assets he got from his marriage to do some illegal business behind the scenes. All in all, he was a despicable person who made dirty money."

"So, is that young lady the client this time?"

"Huh? Probably not. I heard that his wife, the eldest lady, passed away due to illness half a year ago. The client this time should be his remarried new wife."

Fei Yingli said calmly, as if she was used to these things, but Xiaolan's expression suddenly became very strange, even a little ugly, "Zai, remarried, but his wife just passed away not long ago."

For women, especially young girls, this is almost unacceptable. After all, the dirty adult world is separated from them by a thick barrier called 'school'.

Fei Yingli's reaction to Xiaolan was predictable, and she did not comfort her or explain the matter. Xiaolan had grown up, and there was no need for her to cover up such things and create that perfect and illusory image for her. The illusion of the world.

"In short, it is certain that this client does not really want to protect the other party's life."

In the back seat of the car, Conan was stunned when he heard the words, but he quickly came to his senses. He felt secretly frightened. Fei Yingli's keen insight was simply not on the same level as Mouri Kogoro.

But he didn't think as deeply and comprehensively as Fei Yingli did.

Now, after hanging out with Mouri Kogoro for a long time, isn't his mind a little slow?

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Setagaya Ward, Fujieda House.