Conan Rick's Investigator

With an anxious mood, Toru Amuro began a day of waiting.

As for Qin Zhibo, today is the day he and Mao Lilan have agreed to visit the writer - Kinoshita Tomonori.

When she received a call from Mao Lilan, she was already waiting downstairs.

Qin Zhibo put on a brown windbreaker and turned back to give instructions.

"Xiao An, I'll leave it to you to take care of the office."

"No problem, teacher, please go ahead."

……

Qin Zhibo walked downstairs. Mao Lilan was wearing a cooler outfit, a denim top and a dark blue skirt, exuding a youthful and beautiful aura.

Of course, Qin Zhibo’s focus is not on Ran Mouri, but on Ran Mouri’s leg pendant - Conan.

As the jealous king of East Asia, Conan certainly would not allow Ran Mouri to meet her idol alone. Qin Zhibo had already calculated this.

Conan's outfit today is also quite eye-catching, a rather pleasing yellow hoodie.

"You, Conan changed his clothes today?"

Qin Zhibo said as he rubbed Conan's head affectionately.

"Ah... oh."

Conan was stunned for a moment and complained in his heart.

Why should I care? Aren’t you still wearing the same brown windbreaker that you’ve always worn?

……

The weather is nice today, sunny and windy.

Qin Zhibo drove a Mustang convertible and galloped among the mountains.

According to the address provided by Editor-in-Chief Iwata, Tomonori Kinoshita is currently staying with relatives in Shizuoka Prefecture, where he can be found.

Of course, they also told Kinoshita Tomonori about their planned visit, and he expressed his welcome.

After driving from morning to noon, from Tokyo to Shizuoka, the convertible finally stopped in front of a luxurious villa.

There were already several cars parked in front of the courtyard, and it seemed that there were more visitors than just Qin Zhibo and his three companions.

Qin Zhibo honked the horn twice and waited for a while, and then a beautiful woman in a pink business suit walked out of the villa.

The woman was tall and had a pretty face, with information floating above her head that only Qin Zhibo could see.

Ayaka Honjo, 24 years old, housekeeper, social credit 1300.

"Excuse me, are you the guests invited by Mr. Tomonori Kinoshita?"

Qin Zhibo nodded, "Yes, my name is Qin Zhibo, this is Mao Lilan and Conan."

"Hello."×2

The two people behind them bowed slightly in greeting, and the three of them followed the housekeeper into the villa.

The interior decoration of the villa is very exquisite, especially the various furniture, which is particularly luxurious.

Passing by the front desk of the villa, there were already three people sitting on the sofa in the living room of the villa.

Qin Zhibo's eyes immediately fell on the man with "Kinoshita Tomonori" floating above his head.

This person is of medium build and very tall, with long wavy hair that gives her an artistic air, and she is at the forefront of international fashion.

Seeing Qin Zhibo and others coming, the other two people on the sofa looked surprised, while Kinoshita Tomo stood up on his own initiative.

"This is Mr. Qin Zhibo, right?" Kinoshita Tomonori extended his hand. "I'm Kinoshita Tomonori. Nice to meet you."

"I have admired you for a long time."

Qin Zhibo was angry for a moment, and the two of them held hands together.

【Survey√】

Name: Tomonori Kinoshita

Sex: Male

Age: 28

Occupation: Writer

Social Credit: 4200

……

The two of them quickly let go of each other's hands, and Qin Zhibo did not find out much about the character cards.

Qin Zhibo didn't care about the writer in front of him. He was just here to complete a side quest, so he continued to introduce her: "Let me introduce you. This is Mao Lilan who came with me. She is a die-hard fan of your books."

"Hello, Ms. Mori." Tomonori Kinoshita nodded politely to Ran Mori.

Mao Lilan quickly took out the "Journey in Africa" that she had prepared long ago from her bag and handed it over with both hands with joy on her face.

"Please sign for me!"

Tomonori Kinoshita smiled and did not refuse. He took out a slightly old pen from his pocket and took the book "African Wanderings" from Ran Mouri.

He signed his name on the title page neatly and returned the book to Mao Li Ran, and Kinoshita Tomonori took the initiative to give her tickets.

"By the way, I'm going back to China this time to hold a photography exhibition."

"Here are the tickets. If you don't mind, please come and enjoy them."

"And Mr. Qin, and this kid wearing glasses."

"You want to give me tickets? Then I won't be polite!" Mao Lilan looked hopeful and took the tickets solemnly with both hands.

Looking at Ran Mouri's fan-girl-like expression, Conan felt a little disdainful.

Isn't it just writing a novel? As for this...

Speaking of which, I have been pushing Sherlock Holmes to Mouri Ran for ten years since she was a child, but Mouri Ran never read it. Instead, she took the initiative to read the books written by this pretty boy with a fancy hairstyle.

Bukaisen...

Ignoring the faint smell of jealousy in the air, Qin Zhibo glanced at the ticket that Kinoshita Tomonori gave to Mao Li Ran.

There were several tickets, and Tomonori Kinoshita said that he was inviting everyone to watch it together, but in fact there were more than three tickets.

I guess the photography exhibition's tickets weren't selling well, so the organizers started giving tickets away everywhere.

But he didn't even pick the person to give the ticket to, and let Conan go...

Qin Zhibo also said a few polite words, and then Kinoshita Tomonori introduced the people on their side.

The two people sitting on the sofa are the vice president and the president's secretary of "Kinoshita Furniture". They are here to attend the commemorative dinner of Kinoshita Furniture's first store.

This house is currently owned by a friend of Kinoshita Tomonori's father, who is also the current president of Kinoshita Furniture. Kinoshita is only living here temporarily.

Qin Zhibo felt relieved when he heard this.

In the villa, Conan and the president are a better match~

Chapter 663 Untitled

Several people sat down in the living room.

The vice president and the secretary were originally a little unhappy about the arrival of outsiders, but for the sake of the former president's son, they didn't say anything.

After a while, the owner of the villa, Doji Majima, came over.

Kinoshita Tomonori stood up from the sofa and introduced, "President Majima, this is Mr. Qin Zhibo whom I was talking about."

When he saw Qin Zhibo, President Madao's originally unhappy face immediately put on a smile and he extended his hand.

"You are the famous detective! I've heard so much about you..."

When Qin Zhibo's identity was mentioned, the vice president and secretary on the sofa suddenly changed their expressions, showing surprise, and then their faces became heavy.

Qin Zhibo caught this subtle change in expression, but did not say anything and continued to be polite with President Ma Dao.

"No, no, it's just some empty reputation..."

President Madao released his hand and said enthusiastically, "Since you're here, let's go see 'that'..."

"Ayaka, take the others over first, I'll be there soon."

"Yes, please come with me."

Led by the beautiful housekeeper, Qin Zhibo and the other two were led to the corridor on the other side of the villa.

When he was about to lose sight of the living room, Qin Zhibo looked back.

President Madao had a stern look on his face, holding a file bag in his hand, and seemed to be scolding the vice president.

President - Danger!

……

Following the housekeeper's instructions, Qin Zhibo, Conan and Mao Lilan came to the Japanese garden next to the villa.

Behind the courtyard is a large pond covered with white fine sand and a rockery in the middle.

The fine white sand is carefully laid out into rows of ripples, which looks very unique.

At this time, the housekeeper looked at the watch on her wrist and said, "The time is just right. Please look at the rockery."

Following her guidance, they saw the rockery in the middle of the pond.

A gurgling stream flows out from the cave at the top of the rockery, and the clear water floods into the pool, turning the originally dry white sand ground into the bottom of the pond.

When the water is completely covered, the white sand covering the bottom looks like waves, sparkling under the sunlight, which is full of artistic conception.

"So beautiful!" Mao Lilan couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "Right? Conan?"

"Yeah." Conan nodded heavily.

The housekeeper explained, "The pool is set up so that water from the rockery waterfall flows into the yard at 30 a.m. and p.m. every day. After minutes, the water will automatically drain out and return to its original state."

Qin Zhibo nodded appreciatively. This design was good in every way except that it wasted some water resources and a large area of the yard was blocked from walking in order not to disrupt the arrangement of the white sand.

At this time, President Madao also returned and introduced the landscape painting, saying, "Actually, this was designed by the previous president. Everyone saw it and gave it a good review, so we kept it."

Qin Zhibo glanced at President Madao. He was indeed a man worthy of being a president. He had just scolded his subordinates and came back to greet the guests with a kind face.

"It's really beautiful. I guess the maintenance costs are not low, right?"

Qin Zhibo's words hit home with President Ma Dao, who immediately nodded in agreement, "Indeed, the monthly maintenance fee for this facility is a significant expense."

"But after all, it was left by the former president, so..."

Ma Dao wanted to say that it couldn't be demolished so quickly, but he felt it was inappropriate and held back his words.

After a while, the housekeeper brought tea and they sat on the tatami and started chatting.

The content of the conversation was nothing more than chatting about trivial matters and exchanging a few compliments.

Speaking of Kinoshita Furniture, Qin Zhibo saw furniture of this brand when he was shopping in a department store last time. The prices were quite high.

However, since it was their first meeting, Qin Zhibo was too embarrassed to ask for a set of furniture in person.

Besides, who needs a dead man's promise?

President Madao also has some thoughts about Qin Zhibo.

When the conversation was almost over, Madao suddenly asked in a seemingly casual tone, but with a somewhat nervous expression on his face: "Mr. Qin, what is your relationship with Kinoshita?"

Qin Zhibo thought for a moment and answered truthfully, "I'm currently writing some novels for a magazine, and the editor-in-chief of the magazine recommended that I come to Kinoshita to discuss literary matters."

Hearing this answer, Madao breathed a sigh of relief and his tense facial muscles relaxed.

"Oh I got it."

"Then you can rest assured to stay here tonight. I have plenty of guest rooms..."

"Then excuse me."

In fact, even if Madao didn't say it himself, there would be no way to rush back to Tokyo from Shizuoka tonight, so staying here was inevitable.

When Conan looked at President Majima's face, he also quickly realized that President Majima had something hidden in his mind and was very concerned about Qin Zhibo's identity as a detective.