Chapter 47 Chapter 47 The Rich Family Banquet Murder Case (Part 1...
Suzuki Sonoko's words were shocking, and Yuyin finally realized how misleading such behavior was.
She quickly pulled her hand back and said, "Sonoko, you misunderstood. Atobe and I are classmates and just friends."
If it wasn't to help her avoid Chief Taneda and Mr. Ango, Atobe wouldn't have grabbed her and walked away in a hurry, causing Sonoko to misunderstanding.
"Yeah, really?"
Sonoko looked at the two of them suspiciously. Not to mention Miss Saionji, with Atobe's narcissistic personality, he usually keeps a long distance from the opposite sex in social interactions. When had she seen him behave so intimately with anyone of the opposite sex?
"Wait, classmate, Miss Saionji, you're from Hyotei..." Sonoko realized it belatedly and covered her mouth with her hands, exclaiming, "Doesn't that mean you're a third-year junior high student, two years younger than Xiaolan and me?"
"Sonoko, we misunderstood," Ran Maoli quickly explained. "Last time when I met Ms. Saionji in the mountains, she explained to me that she was actually younger than us."
In fact, it is not surprising that Xiaolan and Sonoko would mistake each other. Conan, who was completely ignored by everyone because of his short height, looked at Saionji Tamon twice. Miss Saionji is tall and her temperament is very mature. Even he, because the scene of their first meeting was too profound, invisibly estimated that she was several years older.
"I'm sorry, Sonoko," Tamane winked and put her hands together to apologize to them. "Although underage shrine maidens are common nowadays, when it comes to divination, it's easier for mature adults to gain the trust of customers, so I didn't clarify the age issue at the time."
"That's nothing," Yuanzi rubbed the back of her head. She was always cheerful and generous, and wouldn't bother with such trivial matters. "Work ability doesn't depend on age. Anyone who looks down on you because of your age is really ignorant. The fortune you explained is very accurate..."
In the island country, seniority is the norm, so after Yuyin explained it that way, Sonoko immediately understood.
Yuyin thought, this is why she likes to associate with considerate girls, whether it is Xingzi in school, Sonoko and Xiaolan here. Girls of this age are pure and innocent, and their world is extremely simple. Unlike her, she has to cover up the secrets of the past with lies all day long.
"Sonoko, Xiaolan, is it okay for me to call you like this?"
Yuyin asked tentatively. Although she looked younger on the surface, her real age was already much older after living in four worlds. In her eyes, Sonoko and Xiaolan were like juniors, and she couldn't bring herself to call them respectful titles for the elders.
Xiaolan and Sonoko quickly waved their hands to show that it was okay. Sonoko even said, "Xiaolan and I will also call you Yuyin. This way, we will be friends regardless of age, and there is no need to pay attention to those empty formalities."
Atobe was speechless: "That's not how you say friendship regardless of age. Suzuki, have you studied Chinese well?"
"Hmph, none of your business," Sonoko retorted immediately, "Someone should really practice some etiquette and manners. I've never addressed my seniors as 'Sang'."
Atobe: "You!"
Tamane now realized that the two of them really couldn't get along. After all, Atobe had politely called other seniors in school before, but since meeting Sonoko, he had been calling her Suzuki.
She quickly stepped forward to break up the fight and changed the subject to ease the atmosphere: "Sonoko-chan, why are you here?"
Mao Lilan said embarrassedly: "Conan and I are here with Sonoko. She said it's boring to come to this kind of party alone."
"It's boring to begin with," Sonoko said, shaking her hand in disdain. "The Matsudaira family and I have been competing for a development project lately. This time, the head of the Matsudaira family deliberately threw a big birthday party and even sent invitations to my parents, just to show off his power. My parents didn't want to come, but the Suzuki family couldn't just not have anyone come, so in the end, they had to let me, a junior, come."
Then you didn't want to waste time alone at the party, so you invited Xiaolan as your companion. Anyway, the invitation didn't specify the gender of the companion. And because Uncle Maori was not at home today, Xiaolan was worried about me being alone at home, so she took me along. Conan rolled his eyes. Please, he didn't want to waste time here either. Wouldn't it be nice to watch Sherlock Holmes at home?
Yuyin nodded in agreement: "No wonder you're hiding in this corner too..."
also?
Conan caught the word. Did it mean that she also felt that such a wealthy banquet was boring and wanted to hide away here for peace and quiet, or did it mean that they had to avoid someone for other reasons?
Thinking about how the two of them had just bumped into him while running in a hurry, Conan couldn't help but suspect that it might be the latter.
Sonoko was usually carefree, but at this moment she keenly grasped the information of her needs and said happily: "Since Yuyin has nothing to do, why don't you stay here with Xiaolan and me."
Atobe snorted lightly: "No matter what, we must greet the host."
After Shizuka Chang finally left, he was able to be alone with Tamane. However, Suzuki Sonoko, who had always been at odds with him, jumped out again and disturbed his and Tamane's world of two.
He wasn't angry that Suzuki Sonoko could call Yuyin, while he could only call Saionji. Isn't it just a gender advantage? It won't be long before he can do it too.
Sonoko knew that what Atobe said was right, and that this was basic social etiquette, but she still said disdainfully, "If you want me to go and say hello, at least wait until those two disgusting brothers leave."
"Two disgusting brothers?" Yuyin asked curiously.
Sonoko pointed to where the crowd was still gathering—the location of Matsudaira Yasuyo—and explained unhappily, "Those are the two brothers of the Matsudaira family, Matsudaira Ryoichirō and Matsudaira Kojirō."
Upon hearing this, Atobe Keigo was surprised and said, "I know Matsudaira Ryoichiro. He has always had a bad reputation, but Matsudaira Kojiro is okay. He is a coward and I have never heard of him causing any trouble."
Ryoichiro Matsudaira and Kojiro Matsudaira are the eldest and youngest sons of Yasuyo Matsudaira. The former is 28 years old and has taken over many businesses of the Matsudaira family. He is very likely to inherit the Matsudaira family in the future. Kojiro Matsudaira is 22 years old this year and has just graduated from university to join the family business. Yasuyo Matsudaira also has a daughter, Sachiko Matsudaira, who is 25 years old this year and is already married.
The three young men and women who looked similar to Matsudaira Yasuyo that Yuyin had seen following her were these three.
Sonoko said angrily: "The Matsudaira family is too bullying. Anyway, I don't want to see those two brothers..." If possible, she didn't even want to see Matsudaira Yasuyo.
Seeing that the Suzuki family only had two daughters, they came up with the idea of arranged marriage. First, Matsudaira Ryoichiro pursued her elder sister, and later when they heard that her elder sister had a fiancé and was engaged, his family turned their attention to her and wanted Matsudaira Kojiro to marry her. Anyway, this made Sonoko very disgusted.
The one who could make Sonoko so angry to this extent must have hurt the family she cared about, Conan thought, but if they were really hurt, with Sonoko's personality, she would never have set foot in this banquet, unless the hurt was invisible and not physical. Sonoko only said that she hated the two brothers, but did not mention the daughter of the Matsudaira family. It can be seen that she did not hate the entire Matsudaira family, but only the young male. Could it be that... the other party asked for marriage with Sonoko?
Although Tamane and Atobe didn't think so far ahead, they still guessed the truth like Conan did, but their guesses were almost right.
"What's wrong with Ryoichiro Matsudaira? From the tone of you and Sonoko, it seems like he is a bad person?" Tamane asked Atobe.
Atobe shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's worse than you can imagine. He has a bad reputation and everyone in high society knows about it. It's just that due to the power of the Matsudaira family, they don't usually mention it."
"He's so bad he's completely evil," Sonoko nodded, rarely agreeing with Atobe. "I heard he used to fight, smoke, and drink when he was in school, and even killed someone while speeding. He later found someone to take the blame and escaped legal punishment. And then he even showed off in front of the victim's family."
Upon hearing this injustice, Conan immediately perked up, not caring about maintaining the child's innocent appearance, and interrupted, "Couldn't the police at the time find out the truth? And there was no detective to solve the case?"
Sonoko didn't notice the question was from the brat, and said casually, "I heard that he destroyed all the evidence that was unfavorable to him. Then the person who took the blame was in the car at the time and insisted that he was the one who hit him. The police were helpless, and no one dared to overturn the verdict and risk offending the Matsudaira family. But I only heard this from my family. It happened ten years ago."
Hearing this, Yuyin looked at Matsudaira Ryoichiro from afar. If you only look at his appearance, he can be considered handsome, but if you look closely, you will find that his eyes are overly shrewd, so shrewd that he is even a little cunning. From the perspective of physiognomy, this kind of person is not suitable for close friendship. It can be seen that what Sonoko and Atobe said is definitely not just rumors, but may be true.
If the Matsudaira family is to be inherited by such a person in the future, she might consider persuading her senior brother not to continue making friends and investing. However, given her senior brother's personality, he would probably agree nicely while at the same time maximizing the benefits he would gain from the Matsudaira family.
"Actually, I've heard about Matsudaira Ryoichirō before," said Atobe Keigo, who, seeing Tamaon's interest in the matter, had a rare moment of gossip. "He had a bad history, and this incident happened back then, so the Matsudaira family head considered giving the heir position to his youngest son. However, Matsudaira Kojirō was kind and honest, even a bit cowardly. The Matsudaira family head was afraid he wouldn't be able to handle the responsibility, so he didn't make up his mind to change the heir. I heard that he later made a request to Matsudaira Kojirō: if he could successfully marry into a family of comparable status, he would consider giving him the heir position..."
Having said that, Atobe paused and then looked at Sonoko with a meaningful look.
There was nothing Sonoko didn't understand. Atobe already knew that Matsudaira Kojiro had asked her for a marriage alliance, and she didn't bother to hide it. She immediately said angrily, "Okay, so that's how it is. I said he had bad intentions. It turns out he was just after the position of heir..."
Sure enough, Conan understood and his guess was confirmed.
Seeing that Sonoko was still angry, Conan immediately said, "But that Kojiro-san, are you planning to give up the position of heir now?"
Yuyin looked down at Conan and said with a half-smile, "Why do you say that, Conan-kun?"
"Because he already has a lover, and she's not the lady from a wealthy family that the Matsudaira family head wants, a suitable marriage partner."
When it comes to reasoning, Conan's attention is instantly attracted. He doesn't even remember to hide it and points directly to a certain place in the field, where a lady has been exchanging glances with Matsudaira Kojiro.
"If my guess is correct, that young lady is Mr. Kojiro's lover. He is about to disclose this to his father, but he is worried that his father will be angry, so his face is full of worry and hesitation."
Atobe looked in the direction Conan pointed and indeed found a young woman. After careful observation, he quickly concluded that the relationship between the two was not simple.
But at this moment, rather than the secret that Matsudaira Kojiro gave up the position of heir and found a commoner lover, Atobe became more interested in the child he had just accidentally bumped into.
Thinking of the name that Mao Lilan blurted out just now, Atobe Keigo smiled and said, "Your name is Conan, right? Could it be taken from Conan Doyle's Conan? You have good observation and reasoning skills. Not to mention your peers, most adults can't do what you do."
It was rare for him to praise someone like this, which was even more surprising considering that the person he was praising was a first-grade student.
Conan then realized that he had been a little carried away, and quickly put on his acting skills, rubbing his head and laughing dryly, "Because, because the venue was boring, I had to look around and accidentally found it, haha..."
"He's just a little brat." Sonoko habitually contradicted Atobe. She reached out and ruffled Conan's hair. "It must have been taught by that great detective. This brat loves to imitate his brother Shinichi the most."
"Shinichi?" Yuyin asked when she heard the name again, "Are you talking about the famous high school detective Kudo Shinichi?"
"That's right," Sonoko immediately gushed when the topic was brought up. "Ran, Kudo Shinichi and I grew up together. That kid is Kudo's relative and adores him the most. He keeps calling him Shinichi-nii all the time."
Atobe Keigo rubbed his chin, looking very interested. "Oh? It seems that this Kudo Shinichi is very powerful. Even the children he teaches are so smart."
Conan finally breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that Sonoko wasn't on good terms with this Atobe Keigo, and that she hadn't forced him to act out his own story, instead diverting the conversation to his true self. Otherwise, if he were to act out his story in front of the mysterious Miss Saionji and this seemingly unremarkable Atobe Keigo, Conan doubted that it would backfire and only deepen their suspicions.
Several people were chatting in the corner, and the topic of course changed several times. In the end, Sonoko simply pulled Yuyin and Xiaolan to admire the handsome guy in the banquet hall, calling it the "Operation to piss off the famous detective who never comes back"
Conan Half Moon Eyes: Haha, I know everything.
Sure enough, the one who secretly thanked Yuanzi in his heart just now was a pig.
"Xiaolan, Yuyin, look over there!"
Suddenly, Yuanzi pointed at a couple who had just walked in and excitedly clenched her fists. "So handsome! He's my type of handsome man with glasses! If I didn't already have Ah Zhen, and he brought a female companion, I would definitely go up and chat him up!"
Conan couldn't help but complain, there is no limited style for what you like.
Yuyin smiled and looked away. She now understood Yuanzi's love affair with flowers and didn't take it seriously.
However, when her eyes fell on the handsome man and beautiful woman who came in, she was stunned.
This is a pair of old acquaintances who couldn't be more familiar with each other, none other than Scepter 4th Department Head Reiji Munakata and his second-in-command, Seri Awashima.
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Author's Note: I apologize for the long hiatus. This time, the storyline of the wealthy family case is quite important, and the plot needs to be coherent. I discussed several versions of the plot with my friends before finally settling on it. However, the plot for the next few chapters is already planned, so I'll be updating daily for the next few days!
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