Chapter 15891597 [The Eyes of a Lover]
Kinoshita Yoko originally thought that Jiang Xia's star-chasing attempt would fail miserably. She was thinking about giving up the commission and shamelessly using her own face to ask Jiang Xia for a photo or autograph... But now, when Makiri saw Jiang Xia, she changed her mind.
She looked at Jiang Xia, then turned back to look at Mu Shuli, and tilted her head in confusion.
Maki Shuli elegantly lifted her skirt and walked forward to shake hands with Jiang Xia. She pinched Jiang Xia's fingertips and looked up and down at the young detective, feeling very satisfied.
——Recently, Makiri felt that her lover was getting old and unattractive. So she privately asked someone to help her find a new target, but she couldn't find a satisfactory one.
Unexpectedly, she found something unexpected and it turned out to be a great success. Instead, she fell in love with this detective who came to her door on his own initiative at first sight.
"Are you Jiang Xia?" Mu Shuli showed a gentle smile and said in a sweet voice, "I've heard of you a long time ago."
This is not a lie. Maki Shuri has a long career and is a high-ranking figure in the entertainment industry. He is usually a busy man with a full schedule.
In her limited free time, she certainly would not drink coffee and read newspapers like those uncles, and she rarely watched the news. Only when she was bored on the road would she turn on the radio and listen to something casually.
In the news, she seemed to have heard of a detective named "Jiang Xia". Although Maki was not interested in these murders, she only listened to them as stories. Rounding it off, this was considered something she had heard of.
Beside her, Suzuki Sonoko stroked her chin and stared at Maki Shuli holding Jiang Xia's hand. She always felt that something was wrong: "..." Wasn't the handshake a little too long? And the way he was looking at her carefully with his fingertips was a little weird... Could it be that this star hasn't gotten out of the script yet and is waiting for a kiss on the hand from the knight... No! It's already the new century, why do we still have to follow those ancient etiquettes? She disagreed!
Perhaps the gaze from the high school girl was too sharp. Makiri smiled and let go of her hand.
The time the two of them spent together was actually not that long, and coupled with Maki Juri's dignified appearance, in the eyes of others, it seemed more like a generous elder appreciating some young people with great potential - after all, although Maki Juri still looked like a young and beautiful woman, she was actually almost forty years old. If you round it off, she was about the same generation as Kudo Yusaku and others.
After a few simple polite remarks, Makiri gently turned aside and pointed to the room behind him: "There are many people in the corridor. If you don't mind, come sit in my lounge. By the way, we can talk about the commission."
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Although the process was a bit tortuous, at least the group of people had something to do after visiting the magic venue.
There were sofa chairs for guests in the lounge, with a small coffee table in between. Jiang Xia and Maki Juri sat facing each other, and Conan also consciously jumped onto the stool and sat next to Jiang Xia, listening seriously and concentrating, trying to find some dark traces from it.
Then he saw Maki Shuli raised his chin towards his assistant. The somewhat dull assistant was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and under Maki Shuli's dissatisfied gaze, he ran to the drawer and took out an envelope.
Maki Shuli took it and pushed the envelope to Jiang Xia: "This is what I received yesterday morning."
"Is it a threatening letter?" Conan couldn't help but speak out.
Jiang Xia opened the envelope, took out the letter, unfolded it, and saw a Q-version avatar of a thief with a smirk on his face.
——This is a notice letter from Kidd.
Conan: “…”
...At this critical moment of digging out intelligence about the Black Organization, why did this phantom thief come to join in the fun!
Jiang Xia didn't seem surprised: "Kid has set his eyes on something next to you?"
Mu Shuli sighed as if in annoyance: "Yes, yesterday morning I wanted to go to the balcony to see the river view that the hotel advertised, but when I pushed the door open, I saw a large bunch of fresh roses on the small coffee table on the balcony, and next to it was this letter."
"The criminal notice was made to look like a love letter. That guy still likes to pretend..."
Conan was silent for a moment when he was halfway through his speech. He suddenly remembered the strange "father" he met last night.
Conan was actually very tired yesterday after encountering so many cases in a row and having to compete with the mysterious and terrifying organization leader. In addition, he was concentrating on thinking about other things, so he forgot to pay attention to the weird "Kudo Yusaku".
At this moment, he immediately understood, and his eyes twitched slightly: No wonder he ran into Kidd in London. So, Kidd is indeed an international thief, and it is normal for him to have business in the UK.
Conan: "..."Come to think of it, Jiang Xia must have recognized Kidd last night, why didn't he tell him?
Conan's eyelids twitched when he thought of the word "Dad" that he blurted out last night.
The first-grade student who mistook a thief for his father was about to condemn Jiang Xia, but before he opened his mouth, he suddenly remembered the embarrassing scene last night when he wanted to follow Jiang Xia to the bar but accidentally brought a bunch of people over.
After a moment, Conan silently closed his mouth, decided that the matter was even, and moved over to concentrate on reading the preview letter.
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Kidd's preview letter is as confusing as ever.
The letter had a few bold English words printed on it, and below it were the same confusing sentences:
[I will be in the 26 words flying and interweaving,
Go and take the jewel of destiny.]
In the lower left corner is a poker card split in half, and in the lower right corner is a familiar Q-version sketch. Kidd always draws his own head on the preview letter, which can be regarded as a kind of anti-counterfeiting signature.
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"The Gem of Destiny?" Jiang Xia glanced at the information and put the notice back on the table. "Is this Kidd's goal this time?"
Mu Shuli nodded, took out a dark blue velvet ring box from his body, opened it, and turned to show Jiang Xia.
As the lid of the box was opened, a bright blue light flashed. An extremely beautiful ring was revealed in the box. The ring face was a huge oval deep blue gem, as blue as the sea. The gem was inlaid with dazzling diamonds around it. In the middle of the gem there were three intertwined lines, forming several mysterious golden threads, making the ring look particularly unique.
Suzuki Sonoko's eyes lit up and she blurted out, "How beautiful."
After saying this, she suddenly felt that as a detective's companion, this kind of emotion seemed too unprofessional. Suzuki Sonoko cleared her throat, took out a notebook and held it in her hand, pretending that she had not said anything just now, but was just concentrating on taking notes.
(End of this chapter)
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