Chapter 3254 3266 [What a pitfall! ]
After ringing the doorbell at the gate, a white-haired old housekeeper walked out of the house, crossed the vast yard, and came to greet me.
Kisaki Eri habitually took out her business card, but after thinking about it, she put it away again and said seriously, "I'm Detective Maori's agent - he had something urgent to do, so he asked me to come over and take a look for him."
"Detective Mori?" The old butler thought for a moment and remembered the mustache detective who had come not long ago. He let the few people into the yard and then briefly introduced himself, "My name is Ueki Souhachi, and I have been the butler of the Fujieda family for fifty years."
Mao Lilan stood behind her mother and looked at the proud old grandfather: "..." Ueki Sohachi... It's really a very "steward" name, it sounds like a good gardener.
The old butler was obviously a little confused about the behavior of the "detective agent" bringing elementary school students and high school girls with him, but it was not him who hired Mouri Kogoro, but the current wife of the family.
So without saying anything, he led the three of them through the beautiful and tidy courtyard to the main house.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw a pot-bellied man in his 60s walking down the stairs in the spacious hall like a banquet hall, and was about to go to the bedroom on the first floor.
Seeing the guests coming in, he stopped and looked over with a frown.
The housekeeper saw him and gestured to the guests: "These are the detectives hired by Mrs. Suhua."
Then he introduced the three people: "This is Mr. Fujieda Kan'ao who received the threatening letter."
"Oh? It's a detective." Fujieda Kan'ao dragged his heavy body over. He looked at the three people and sneered, "The so-called threatening letter is just a prank. There are actually idiot detectives who would accept such a boring commission - why, are you so short of money?"
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Mao Lilan's fists hardened. What kind of commissions did my father accept? The quality of the clients was really poor! ——Compared to this, the clients in Jiangxia were more cultured. She passed by Jiangxia's detective agency several times and saw only ladies sitting elegantly on the sofa, holding kittens or dogs in their arms, speaking softly. It was more like attending a warm tea party than a commission.
Kisaki Eri had heard of the character of this rich man, and she maintained a polite smile, "It seems that you are a little dissatisfied with your wife's behavior of hiring a detective, but I'm sorry, the contract has been signed, and we will definitely investigate it seriously." - It's too late for you to go back on your word and take back the 10 million.
Fujieda Kan'ao obviously understood all this. Although he felt a little pain about the 10 million, he didn't care too much. He said, "Okay, then you can check it out. Anyway, we can guess that the senders must be those useless servants in my family. Such a simple thing actually cost 10 million. Humph, that woman Suhua..."
He complained about his second wife whom he had just married and left in anger.
As soon as he left, the smile that Kisaki Eri had been maintaining disappeared. She was about to complain to her daughter about this client, but at this moment, a delicate voice came from the top of the building: "Oh! I'm so sorry~"
The three of them were startled and looked up, only to see a young woman in gorgeous clothes skipping towards them along the ebony steps.
As she ran, she explained in a tender voice for Fujieda Mikio: "He's been in a bad mood recently, he didn't mean to scold you~"
Looking at this woman who was much younger than herself and slightly older than Mao Lilan, Kisaki Eri said naturally, "Are you Mr. Fujieda's daughter?"
"Oh! What daughter?" The short-haired woman held her face happily. "I am Kan's wife, Fujieda Suhua - you can just call me Suhua!"
"Ah?" Mao Lilan was stunned on the spot: These two people look 30 or 40 years apart in age, and they are actually husband and wife? ?
Hibiki Eri had seen a lot of things before, so she complimented him, "You look really young."
"In fact, I am young." Su Hua said, "But as long as there is love, why should we care about the small difference in age!"
Conan: "..." Is this a 'small' difference? This age difference, like the Mariana Trench, seems almost like a crime.
Just as she was thinking, Suhua looked at Hibiki Eri again and said happily, "But you are actually a detective agent, this is really great!"
Kisaki Eri: "Hmm? Why do you say that?"
"Because!" Su Hua giggled, "When you walked in, I thought you were Gan Xiong's lovers - if such a beautiful girl was his lover, he would be in trouble!"
"..." Even though Kisaragi was well-informed, her eyes twitched at this moment.
As he was speaking, the doorbell rang again.
The housekeeper hurried to the gate of the courtyard. After a while, he came back and said to Suhua, "Madam, there is a guest who wants to see you."
"Guest? Come to see me?" Su Hua was puzzled. "What kind of person? Apart from the detective, I don't think I have any other guests."
"This..." The old butler thought for a moment and intuitively described his first impression of the two guests. "It's a woman who is as beautiful as this lawyer Fei, and... her son? Or brother?"
Conan looked up at Mrs. Suhua, who was either obsessed with love or money, and whispered, "Maybe your husband's lover brought his illegitimate child to your house."
"What?!!" Su Hua believed it without thinking. She raised her voice, then suddenly entered a combat state, turned around and rushed towards the gate.
"Where did you learn all this, kid..." Kisaki looked at Conan in silence, and soon guessed the answer - who else could it be? It must be that guy named Maori Kogoro who never made up his mind.
She shook her head and quickly returned her attention to the business. "Forget it, let's go over and take a look. If he comes at this time, he might be the suspect who wrote the threatening letter."
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The three of them walked through the courtyard and towards the door.
At the gate, Mrs. Suhua had already rushed to the battlefield. She stopped in her tracks and took a closer look, and found that what the old housekeeper said was true—there was indeed a beautiful woman standing at the gate.
"How shameless! A mere secret lover actually dares to come to my house!" Mrs. Suhua angrily put her hands on her hips and pointed at Kudo Yukiko's nose, "I advise you to get out of here as soon as possible! As long as I'm here, don't even think about getting a penny from Kan'o!"
Kudo Yukiko was stunned.
Her beautiful but not very flexible brain worked for several seconds before she understood the current situation. She wanted to cry but had no tears: "..." She just wanted to maintain the sense of mystery of a famous detective, so she didn't tell the old butler who she was, and only asked him to invite the owner of the house out... In the end, how did things turn out like this?
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