Chapter 52 I Want to Recruit a Cook
Yuki didn't actually have any intention of coming here. She was just troubled by the rumors, both true and false, and was curious to see what kind of person Ximen Sojiro liked.
"What kind of answer is 'out of curiosity'?"
Miss Suzuki was stunned for a moment, as if she couldn't understand her logic at all. She asked, "What are you curious about? Why are you curious?"
Yuki Matsuoka lowered her head and said nothing.
I always feel like if this person mentions Ximen, I'll inexplicably lose something...
She was a clean little girl, but she sat there stubbornly without saying anything, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
Suzuki Sonoko called the security personnel to take her to the main control room for observation, and then held a meeting with her own guardian angel and artifact.
Although Kurosaki Ichigo looks fierce and has considerable individual combat power, he is completely incapable of extracting confessions, and his reasoning ability is only a fraction of Kudo Shinichi's.
However, Yato finally finished his snacks and took out a small handbag from his pocket with a smile.
This handbag was hung out of Yuuki Matsuoka's backpack when she was unconscious.
Yato had no concept of privacy when it came to the suspect, and he quickly found her student ID from the mezzanine.
Yato followed along, word for word: "Matsuoka Yuuki."
"Are you sure that's your real name?"
Ichigo took it and looked at it, his brows furrowed. "I do know there's such a girls' high school, but could this be a fake identity?"
As a high school boy who watched movies and read comics, he always felt that a professional killer should have at least two fake identities that could withstand investigation and could be switched at will.
Suzuki Sonoko, another veteran movie lover, immediately felt that it made perfect sense.
"Even though we can't find anything out about this identity, we might be able to find a way if we find some professionals..."
After saying that, Yuanzi thought for a moment, took out a cell phone from his pocket, tapped the keys, and quickly made a call.
Thousands of miles away, Mimasaka Rei glanced at the number flashing on the screen and answered the call with a subtle expression: "...What do you want to talk to me about again, Suzuki-san?"
When Sonoko heard the alluring male voice, she belatedly asked, "Misaku Rei?"
On this side, Mei Zuo was in the lounge of a gallery, flirting with a beautiful woman who still had some charm.
It was already a disappointment to receive a sudden interruption call when the atmosphere was just right - it was clearly this person who called, so why did she sound so enlightened?
Perhaps because the veins that suddenly popped up on his forehead were too obvious, the woman sitting in his arms gently kissed his chin and then patted his shoulder lightly.
The beautiful lady whispered in his ear, "Don't be angry. Let me comfort Ling."
The gentle comfort calmed Mei Zuoling's anxious aura. He felt a little happier and asked in a calmer tone, "What's the matter, Ms. Suzuki?"
Suzuki Sonoko keenly heard his impatience, blinked twice in confusion, and did not dare to say that in her mobile phone address book, his number was marked as [Intelligence Specialist].
Yuanzi recently found that her memory was a little fuzzy. She remembered some things clearly, but some things seemed to have happened a long time ago and she could only remember the general outline.
She wanted to check something and then thought of this number, so she called it purely subconsciously.
However, after hearing the voice brought in by Mei Zuoling, she remembered a lot of things.
Ms. Suzuki paused and said without a flaw: "We had a pleasant cooperation last time, so I came as a repeat customer."
Over there, in between being teased by the beautiful woman, Mei Zuo Ling lazily replied: "Excuse me, it seems that Miss Suzuki hasn't paid for the last matter yet."
His tone was fairly normal, but his expression was very cold when he spoke. Suzuki Sonoko was unaware of it, but the beauty in his arms trembled subconsciously, patted his cheek gently, pulled over the man's fingers that were constantly tapping the armrest of the seat, and kissed him seductively.
Mei Zuoling curled her knuckles and mouthed to the beauty with a half-smile: Do you think it’s so easy to comfort me?
The beautiful woman smiled implicitly and placed his hand on her chest.
At the perfect moment, Miss Suzuki on the other end of the line was taken aback by his interruption and blurted out, "So what do you want as a reward?"
Mei Zuo Ling tightened her five fingers with interest, put them on the beauty's neck and said with a smile: "Of course I want you..."
The voice is hoarse and sexy.
But there was only a terrible silence.
Mei Zuoling touched the Bluetooth headset stuck in his ear, turned his head stiffly, and looked at the half-dressed woman sitting on his lap. He was serious as if he was ready to die. "Just now... were you talking?"
The beautiful woman's eyes were watery and she shook her head in a charming manner, as if she was pleased by his rare youthful and silly look, and she tapped his forehead in amusement.
Mei Zuo Ling stood up expressionlessly and threw the beauty to the ground.
——Why flirt at such a critical moment? How big a mess has she caused by this flirting?
I actually said that to Ms. Suzuki, whom Ximen had been obsessed with...
Mei Zuoling covered her eyes in annoyance: Besides feeling like I'm mentally retarded, what's going on with this subtle feeling of forbidden excitement?
After three minutes of self-contempt, he answered the call again as if nothing had happened.
Fortunately, Ms. Suzuki didn't die.
"I mean," Mimasaka Rei rubbed her brows and answered the previous question nonchalantly, "If I don't ask for anything in return, then accepting Ms. Suzuki's favor... doesn't seem to be of any use."
Suzuki Sonoko was stunned again by his sudden rejection.
"...So you don't want favors anymore?"
Mei Zuo nodded from a distance.
Miss Suzuki continued the second half of the sentence very hesitantly: "Want me?"
——Hey, so there's someone secretly in love with her?!
Mei Zuoling was struck by the surprised tone, which sounded like she had discovered a new species and had no pink aura at all. The corners of her mouth twitched uncontrollably, and she roared in despair, "Forget what you said right now!"
Suzuki Sonoko has never been yelled at like this in all these years.
——In fact, she had never been secretly loved by anyone, and the original novelty was completely destroyed by Mei Zuo's shout.
Miss Suzuki asked in disbelief, "It's not shameful to want me, so why do you sound so disgusted?"
Is this what it means to be secretly loved?!
Mei Zuoling on the other end of the phone slapped her forehead and simply shut up.
In fact, in this situation, he should have yelled back righteously, but to be honest, as far as Mimasaka Rei is concerned, he simply cannot say "I don't want Suzuki Sonoko".
It's so hypocritical to dare to say that.
This is not because he has any ideas about the daughter of the Suzuki family. The main reason is: Suzuki Sonoko is roughly equivalent to the Suzuki Group. Before saying that you don’t want her, please think carefully and replace the name Suzuki Sonoko with the Louvre.
To be honest, if I gave you the Louvre for free, would you want it?
The normal answer is, of course.
Misaku knew very well that when the major families, including their own, were choosing daughters-in-law, there were definitely many people who fantasized that the Suzuki family could marry their daughters without having to marry into the family.
Anyway, whenever Mimasaka thought about someone putting the Suzuki Sono Group in his hands, but he turned a blind eye and pushed it back, his heart would bleed.
——You don’t even have to do it, just thinking about it makes me feel sad.
The gangster rubbed his brow and asked the Louvre, which he had once coveted, "What's going on, Suzuki-san?"
"ah--"
The sound on the other end of the phone was a little distorted, and the phone seemed to have been thrown to the ground by the young lady.
Mei Zuoling heard a howling sound from afar, as if it was causing a headache. However, because the one howling was from a young girl and not a tiger, the sound was too delicate and cute to be intimidating.
The young lady cleared her throat with a gurgling sound and complained seriously, "Do you like me being so unpresentable? I'm going to be angry!"
Misaku Lingxin said, forget it, I'm not Ximen, it's no use for you to act coquettishly with me!
——Anyway, I will never coax you.
The next second, an equally ambiguous male voice came from the other end of the receiver.
"Aren't you working in intelligence? What did that person say to make you so angry? You're so angry... Come and have something sweet to cool off..."
Mei Zuoling pressed the tip of her tongue against the roof of her mouth, unable to tell whether she was relieved or disappointed: Ah, so... you're not acting coquettishly with me?
On the other end of the phone, Ms. Suzuki was still jumping up and down in that cute, non-threatening voice, saying incredulously, "How could anyone find it shameful to like me?"
Suzuki Sonoko sincerely believes that most people will not hate her.
People often say: "XXX, you are not a coin, why should everyone like you?" In this sentence, Sonoko felt that she could completely replace herself with money.
Even if you think, "This person doesn't pay me, so why should I please her?", when you meet such a person, you will subconsciously give her a friendly smile, because sometimes because of her insignificant words, you may not have the opportunity to make money in the future.
Mimasaka Rei patiently listened to this self-analysis and felt that this girl was actually quite self-aware...
Then the male voice sounded again.
[It’s okay, I love Sonoko very much! ]
This sound is actually different from the previous one!
Mei Zuoling looked at the beautiful woman who was sitting opposite her and starting to put on makeup, and thought to herself, I'm alone when I make a phone call, and she actually has two?
Five minutes later, Miss Suzuki, who had been successfully smoothed over, picked up the phone and continued.
Mei Zuo was no longer concerned about the remuneration.
In fact, favors from a big family are very valuable, especially when they are kept in hand, they give people peace of mind. The world is very magical, and you never know when you may need to rely on these favors to save your life.
He was arguing about the remuneration just to politely refuse to continue the cooperation; he refused to cooperate because even if there was nothing wrong, the feeling of contacting his gay friend's ex-fiancée and current lover in private was very subtle.
However, that hazy subtlety was nothing compared to the awkwardness a few minutes ago.
So Meizu Ling decided to make a quick decision and treat it as an ordinary business deal.
Suzuki Sonoko said, "I want to find out about a black organization."
The veins on Mei Zuoling's forehead throbbed: "What's the name of the Black Organization?"
Sonoko was stunned by his question. The Black Organization was just a code name that Conan called out casually...
Mei Zuo asked again, "Where is this organization's base? What do they do? You should know where they're active, right?"
Ms. Suzuki said honestly: "I don't know."
"I don't know anything... What do you want me to check?"
Yuanzi thought for a moment and said, "I only know the appearance of one of them. He's a blond-haired man who looks like a foreign mixed-race. He seems very handsome!"
Mei Zuo Ling yawned, sneered, and began to sneer: "Turn on the TV now and switch to the music channel. You'll just see someone who fits this description, Bu Po Shang, promoting his new album."
Suzuki Sonoko was furious and puffed up her cheeks as she retorted, "We still have someone on our hands, but we don't know if he's a member of the Black Organization..."
Mei Zuoling was immediately amnestied: "Okay, okay, okay, just send the person over quickly and I'll handle the interrogation. Before, at least we had a name, but now it's really getting more and more casual..."
Sonoko: "It doesn't matter where. The girl we caught is called Matsuoka Yuuki."
etc.
Mei Zuo, who was about to hang up, looked at the phone in disbelief and asked, "Who are you talking about?"
Sonoko turned around and saw Ichigo holding up the student card for her to see.
"Matsuoka Yuuki, she looks like an ordinary high school girl, but I don't know if she's an undercover agent. She's been sneaking around our house these past few days, and it seems like she has some special purpose—"
Before he uttered the word "of" (purpose), Mei Zuo's tired voice came from the other end of the line.
"She likes Simon."
Yuanzi blinked blankly.
"What did you say?"
Mei Zuo Ling sighed: "I said that girl has nothing to do with the Black Organization. She is just an ordinary female student. She only hangs around your house because she likes Ximen!"
When he said that, Yuanzi was even more confused: "Since she likes Ximen, why is she squatting in front of our house? Could it be... that she doesn't know the way to Ximen's house?"
He knew it would be like this...
Mei Zuoling didn't know whether to cry or laugh at this moment. He felt a sense of absurdity as if he had shot himself in the foot, and at the same time, he felt powerless as if this was the case.
——In Suzuki Sonoko's mind, Ximen Sojiro was just an ex-boyfriend who broke up with her because they were not suitable.
Mei Zuo knew that maybe Ximen's training strategy was useful, making the cold-hearted Miss Suzuki treat him as a good friend, but "friends" and "people you like" are two lines that you don't want to cross.
If this woman's logic pattern is really the same as Daomingsi's, then unless something particularly shocking happens and makes her realize that "this person is different to her, not just ordinary different", she will start to regard Ximen as someone who loves her.
Otherwise, someone has to wake her up directly.
The so-called shocking events are generally more dramatic: for example, before the car accident, Ximen risked his life to push Yuanzi away to save her life.
For example, Yuanzi was diagnosed with a terminal illness, so Ximen reluctantly donated a kidney or bone marrow to her.
——Given the family background of these two people, these plots are not scientific at all.
Therefore, the only way to make a breakthrough in this relationship is for someone to tell her this clearly.
Yuuki Matsuoka was the one chosen by Rei Mimasaka to do this job.
Firstly, he wanted to give Ximen a push - secondly, after several phone calls, whenever Suzuki Sonoko was mentioned, Misaku inexplicably had a subtle feeling as if he had been having an affair. He just wanted to quickly resolve Ximen's emotional problems and then let everything return to normal.
Most of what Misaku said in the Japanese confectionery shop was actually intentional. Based on Matsuoka Yuuki's stubbornness, she might very well look for the legendary Miss Suzuki, just like she did when she looked for the signal left by Hinata.
You see, when a security risk appears around the young lady and she is brought to the front by the bodyguard, she will definitely ask "What does this girl do?" right?
One was arrogant and about to get in the car to leave, while the other was exhausted and had his wrist twisted by the bodyguard. After being asked and provoked, the girl who still admired Ximen in her heart got angry and shouted, "How could Ximen like someone like you?" Didn't this expose the truth?
That's how TV dramas are played!
The failed director Mr. Mimasaka sighed helplessly: Instead of asking her what she wanted to do, you just arrested her as a killer?
Suzuki Sonoko is indeed poisonous...
However, these little thoughts must not be exposed, so Meizuo chose to talk about business.
"If there are no prisoners, it means that the sources of information will be reduced. It will be very difficult for the Black Organization to investigate, and it may take a long time to give you any information..."
This situation is the most troublesome. If no results are found, the favor will not be realized, and when the time comes to repay, you will have to worry about discounts.
Mei Zuo Ling thought for a moment and then asked, "Suzuki-san, is there anything else you'd like to know recently? If you want to know, just tell me and I'll help you deal with it."
"Other..."
Suzuki Sonoko pondered for a moment, then picked up the book "Breeding and Postpartum Care of Sows" and flipped through it. "I haven't been thinking about researching anything lately... I'm just trying to find a suitable chef. But for that, I can just contact a company specializing in human resources data. At most, I can just look through food magazines and recruit from each one..."
"Why are you looking for a chef?"
Sonoko said, "Oh," and replied, "I want to open a seasoning factory. I'll brew soy sauce, ferment miso, and season seafood sauce. Which one doesn't require a chef to be in charge?"
"According to the plan, my factory is going to be a high-end brand. Even if we do rely on a factory production line to mass-produce products, we'll have to find a world-class chef to enhance the brand's image when finalizing the recipe. It would be even better if he could be given the title of food consultant and be responsible for adjusting the recipe long-term..."
Mei Zuoling said indifferently: "I don't care about your seasoning factory at all."
Suzuki Sonoko was speaking proudly when she suddenly got stuck and snorted angrily.
It was just a light breath sound, but it was amplified by electromagnetic waves, and hit Meizuo's eardrum directly with a slight rustling sound.
He subconsciously avoided the phone call, thinking, what's wrong with this? Why is she so spoiled?!
Then he rubbed his ears and said in an even worse tone: "If you want to find a famous chef, I can give you some suggestions."
Ms. Suzuki subconsciously asked back, "...Are you more reliable than a food magazine?"
Subtext: Aren’t you a gangster?
Mei Zuoling sneered and took out some information from the handbag next to her.
Their family is indeed a gang. Recently, a small gang under their control has set its eyes on a piece of land and plans to demolish the old commercial street to develop a new district.
Because of his underworld background, he used various means during the demolition. Although it went smoothly in the early stages, when he demolished a small canteen, he was inexplicably counterattacked.
According to the female manager, she made a bet with the owner of the store and because she lost the bet, she gave up the plan to continue the acquisition and relocation.
The underworld boss who was assigned to cooperate with her just thought she was mentally retarded.
The small boss was a gangster, and he would not give up buying someone else's store just for a dish. He originally wanted to fight head-on, so he checked the basic information of the merchants in the shopping street and prepared to defeat them one by one.
However, the American writer's information channels are more well-informed, and generally he can only find some trivial information about demolition companies, but he also discovered something else by following the clues.
The registered owner of that small canteen was named Yukihira Joichiro, but after a quick comparison, the little boss discovered that this Yukihira Joichiro was the talented chef Caiba Makotoichiro who had once become famous.
The identity of this celebrity chef is very troublesome. They have no shortage of places to speak out. As long as the relocation involves some gray areas, this person will go back and find a three-star Michelin restaurant to take over, and go to a few food magazines to complain, and he can cause a lot of trouble.
The little boss passed the things up layer by layer. When Misaku saw the information of Yukihira Joichiro, he had already decided to give up.
In fact, he only gave up the hard push.
——If Yukihira Joichiro chooses to move out on his own initiative because he is hired by the Suzuki family, then it seems that the remaining stores will be acquired by whom, and it seems that there will be a happy ending for everyone.
Thinking of this, Misaku smiled slightly: "The person I recommend is called Yukihira Joichiro."
"A famous chef from Totsuki seems to have once sat at the second seat."
"It's definitely worth the money, Suzuki-san."
The author has something to say: Mei Zuo has considered what would happen if he married Sonoko, because he is very insightful and only cares about money. He would subtly care about Sonoko because she is the person Ximen likes, because he owes money for his moral integrity, and it is very likely that he has divergent thoughts because of simple reasons such as "I feel it is exciting".
Not serious yet.
In this article, Mei Zuo Ling is a qualified gangster, and playing with girls' hearts is a piece of cake.
The demolition plot picks up from the first episode of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, where Sonoko is the evil capitalist demolition agent...
Next chapter I will go find the protagonist's father :-D
Finally, as usual, please leave a message for me. Good morning everyone, muah＾3＾
Corrected typos.
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