Chapter 3370 3382 [Jiang Xia's Bribe] Ask for a monthly ticket ヽ(〃〃)~
“This apartment is quite high-end.”
Downstairs of Judy's new apartment.
Hattori Heiji and Conan got out of the taxi and looked up at the magnificent building. After a moment's scrutiny, Hattori Heiji touched his chin suspiciously and asked, "Is the salary of an English teacher really that high?"
"You don't really think she's just an ordinary English teacher, do you?" Conan said speechlessly, "This is definitely not her main job. It's normal for her to have other income."
"Actually, I heard from Sonoko and Xiaolan that Teacher Judy's father is very rich, and he must be a second-generation rich.
"Also, from what I remember, she'd already scrapped a few cars, yet she still had money to buy new ones, even though they gradually became used cars... But as long as she didn't ride a bicycle to work, it meant she came from a very wealthy family."
Hattori Heiji was a little confused: "Why are so many cars scrapped?"
"That's a long story." Conan obviously had no intention of reviewing everything. He stepped into the building and said, "Let's go and get down to business."
…
When two high school detectives, one big and one small, took the elevator upstairs.
On the other side, two other high school students rode their motorcycles to the coffee shop across the street.
Wearing a helmet, Mao Lilan sneaked into the store stealthily. She sat down behind the green plants, then looked around and whispered, "Is there any danger of being discovered?"
But when she turned around, she found that Jiang Xia had already taken off his helmet and was sitting opposite her with his face exposed.
The two sides looked at each other. The detective straightened his messed-up hair, smiled at Mao Lilan's shocked gaze, and shared his experience: "Sometimes the more you try to be low-key, the more likely you are to attract attention - it's better to be open and honest, so that you won't be noticed..."
"You, are you Jiang Xia?" Before he could finish his words, the waiter who came over with the menu excitedly said, "I'm your fan!"
Mao Lilan: “…” Not easy to be noticed?
"Oh, hello." Jiang Xia nodded to the waiter as usual, and then skillfully took out his business card holder. "I'm working on a commission. Please keep it confidential. As a thank you, you can choose a few business cards you like."
"Really?" The waitress was so surprised that she almost jumped up. Fortunately, she remembered in time that she was at work and quickly straightened her attitude under the store manager's gloomy deathly gaze.
She first solemnly helped the two customers take their orders, and then after the store manager looked away, she quietly and quickly took away the freshly signed business card.
——With this kind of reward, even getting fired by the store manager would be worth it! After all, this is just a part-time job after school.
The waiter left happily.
Jiang Xia looked at Mao Lilan across from him and said, "Just like this."
"Hmm..." Ran Mouri tried hard to study but failed. In the end, she silently moved the potted plant on the table next to herself to block her face.
Two high school students, one doing homework, the other leaning back in a chair, after looking at the customers in the store, began to look at the passers-by outside the window.
In the building, Conan and Hattori Heiji had already taken the elevator to the 21st floor.
"Room 214 on the 21st floor, 214..."
Hattori Heiji walked along the corridor and saw a room at the end of the corridor. On the doorplate were written the big numbers "2104" and below it was an English name, "Judie Saintemillion"
Hattori Heiji's English was pretty good, and since this was the only room of four occupied by foreigners, he quickly confirmed: "This is it."
Conan nodded, then whispered worriedly, "You must remember, today we are just here to explore the way - don't do anything rash."
"Got it." Hattori Heiji waved his hand nonchalantly, then he remembered something, "Speaking of which, if someone knocks on the door later, what should we tell her?"
"???" Conan was shocked, "You haven't even figured this out yet, and you brought me to her house?!"
"Shouldn't you be the one to think about this?" Hattori Heiji was also shocked. "She and I are complete strangers. But you, haven't you gone out with her a few times?"
"What a mess..." Conan didn't want to come here in the first place, but when he saw the current situation, he turned around decisively and said, "Let's go back. Given the current situation, let alone testing her, you'd be smart not to sell out all the information."
"You're here!" Hattori Heiji reached out to pull him, but Conan dodged and evaded. In the chaos, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Hattori Heiji hit the doorbell with his elbow with a "ding dong" sound.
"!!" Conan was startled, stopped and stared at the doorbell nervously.
At the same time, Judy's voice came from the voice doorbell: "Who is it?"
"..." Conan froze in place and began to wonder if he could escape from Judy's sight before she opened the door if he turned around and rushed towards the stairwell.
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly felt empty under him - Hattori Heiji picked him up and brought him to the doorbell.
Conan: "..." This idiotic teammate! !
However, things have come to this point, there is no way to escape, and it would be strange to say nothing.
After struggling for a long time, Conan finally managed to put on a child's voice and spoke through gritted teeth: "Hello, Teacher Judy! It's me, Conan!"
"Conan?" The man inside was silent for a moment, then quickly changed back to the cheerful voice a foreigner should have. "Oh! Handsome boy, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Conan's mind raced. "I came here to practice speaking with you! I want to speak English as fluently as you do!"
There was another brief silence, and then an enthusiastic voice came: "Ok, ok! Wait for me a moment!"
The doorbell hung up.
The corridor became silent again.
Conan and Hattori Heiji, who barely survived the disaster, also breathed a sigh of relief.
After a moment, Hattori Heiji looked at the doorbell, a little confused: "Is there a delay on this doorbell? It always feels like every time you finish speaking, the other party will wait for two seconds before answering."
For an ordinary person, this brief pause would be nothing.
But now, combined with Judy's lively and cheerful tone, this subtle gap is somewhat thought-provoking.
Hattori Heiji pondered over it for a while, then whispered to Conan, "I always feel that this teacher's attitude towards you seems a little strange - could it be that you have exposed your identity to her?"
"No." Conan blurted out at first, but then, remembering that he sometimes couldn't help but say a few words, he couldn't help but feel guilty, "No...right."
Hattori Heiji: “…” It seems so.
He was about to ask Conan to explain in detail what flaws he had revealed before so that he could respond accordingly. But at this moment, there was a click, and the door of the next room, Room 2103, was opened from the inside.
In the room, three people, two men and one woman, walked out, reeking of alcohol.
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Thanks to the big guys for the [monthly ticket] (σ≧▽≦)σ.
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