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"Uncle, are you okay?" Suzuki Sonoko also showed a rare look of worry.
"Mr. Maori, I'll make you some coffee." Karasuma Ying walked into the house, put down her schoolbag, and went straight to the kitchen.
"Ok?"
As if he finally realized what was wrong, Kogoro Mouri opened his eyes, glanced at the people in front of the door, suddenly turned his head, threw his hands, and collapsed on the sofa.
"What? It turns out that only the naughty and willful young ladies from rich families came here..."
"Nonsense, are you being naughty and willful?!" Upon hearing this, Suzuki Sonoko gritted her teeth and was about to step forward to argue with Mouri Kogoro.
"Stinky uncle! Who are you talking about..."
"Ah! That's right! The person I'm talking about will be here in a while!" Mao Lilan quickly stood in front of Suzuki Sonoko and said with a smile.
"It'll take a while? Really, I wasted my energy and effort to welcome you..."
Muttering to himself, Kogoro Mouri got up, turned on the TV and started watching the horse racing program.
"Uncle, you're just a high school boy, why are you acting so pretentious..." Suzuki Sonoko rolled her eyes at him.
"The coffee is ready."
In the kitchen, Karasuma Ying came out with four cups of coffee and a glass of water. The water was for Conan because drinking coffee is not good for children.
"Huh? It's a boy?" Maori Kogoro's eyes widened when he heard that. "Isn't he a classmate who looks very similar to the female host Mizunashi Reina?"
"They do look alike, but the child is indeed a boy..." explained Mao Lilan.
"Oh, speaking of Rena Mizunashi..." At this time, Suzuki Sonoko suddenly said, "I heard yesterday that this female host seemed to have resigned a few days ago."
"Resigned? Why?"
"I don't know, maybe he's going back to his hometown to get married?"
"Will we never see her again? I think she's a pretty good host..."
"Ding dong!"
Just as a few people were chatting, someone rang the doorbell of the office.
"Ah! It should be that child coming." Mao Lilan said when he heard the voice.
"Please come in."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the office opened and a handsome boy with glasses walked in. He saw Kogoro Mouri in the room at a glance, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed deeply.
"Nice to meet you, Detective Mori! My name is Hondou Eisuke! It's an honor to meet you!"
"Well, hello." Kogoro Mouri closed his eyes, nodded slightly, and had a steady smile unique to middle-aged people on his face.
"Please give me your guidance!"
Hondou Eisuke bowed deeply again, and coincidentally hit Conan who was walking in front of him to get water.
"Wow!"
The two big heads collided with each other, Conan screamed and squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, while Hondou Eisuke leaned back, took several unsteady steps back, and directly bumped into the locker behind him.
"S-Sorry!"
He said something embarrassedly to Conan, but Hondou Eisuke didn't notice that the large cardboard box that was originally placed on the locker was shaken by his collision and fell on his head.
"Mr. Hondou! On your head..."
"Boom!"
The big cardboard box fell down without any suspense, hitting Hondou Eisuke so hard that his glasses fell off.
"No, it's okay! I'm fine! Don't worry..."
"Boom!"
There was another loud bang, and he was dizzy and his glasses fell off. He slipped and fell into the pile of debris in front of the locker and was completely buried.
"it hurts……"
Seeing this scene, even Kogoro Mori couldn't hold it anymore.
"I think I know why you call him that kid..."
"Ah ha ha……"
"Um, is this the Mori Detective Agency?"
At this time, a middle-aged man walked into the office and asked puzzledly.
The unlucky boy Hondou Eisuke appears
Group number, welcome everyone to come and play~
Chapter 38 A Call from Yoko Okino
"Sister Ying, you really won't go with us?"
At the door of the office, Mao Lilan turned around again and looked at Karasuma Ying.
"No need, Xiaolan, I'll just stay and look after the office. Don't worry, if you have any commissions, I will write them down for Mr. Mori." Karasuma Ying replied with a smile.
On the other side, Kogoro Mouri, Eisuke Hondou and Conan had already gotten into Mr. Sankaku's car.
Mr. Sankaku is the middle-aged man who just came to the office. He came to ask Mr. Maori to find his girlfriend.
According to Mr. Sanjiao, he had a big fight with his girlfriend last night, and his girlfriend drove away from home in anger in his car.
In order to find his girlfriend as soon as possible and also to get back the business plan he left in the car, Mr. Sankaku came to see the famous detective Mr. Maori.
After considering the quarrel between Mr. Sankaku and his girlfriend last night, Mr. Maori speculated that Mr. Sankaku's girlfriend might have driven to the place where they first met - the ski resort in Gunma Prefecture.
Therefore, in order to help Mr. Sankaku find his girlfriend who ran away from home, Mr. Maori decided to go to Gunma Prefecture.
In addition to Mr. Sankaku, there are also Ran Mouri, Conan and the unlucky kid Hondou Eisuke.
As for Suzuki Sonoko, she was just called back home by Shizuka Shizuka.
And Karasuma Ying decided to stay and look after the office.
"Xiaolan, get in the car quickly."
In the car, Maori Kogoro called Maori Ran and said to Karasuma Ying:
"Xiaoying, we shouldn't be back until one in the evening. If you can't wait, it's okay for you to go back first. You don't have to wait for us."
"Okay, I understand, Mr. Maori, please be careful on the road." Karasuma Ying smiled and nodded.
"Then Sister Ying, we'll leave first."
"Okay, be careful on the road, bye."
"Bye-Bye."
Mao Lilan also got in the car. After the two waved, Mr. Sankaku slowly started the car.
Watching everyone go away, Wu Wanying turned around, opened the mailbox downstairs in the office, and took out all the letters inside.
Now is a good opportunity for her to deal with the letters that have accumulated over the past few days. If there are any commissions among them, she will pick them out first and decide whether to accept them after Mr. Maori returns.
After returning to the office, an hour had passed by the time Karasuma Ying had identified the contents of each letter and sorted them out.
"Jingle Bell!"
Just when she got up and was about to make herself dinner, the phone in the office suddenly rang.
"Hello, this is the Mori Detective Agency. How can I help you?" Karasuma Ying answered the phone and asked with a smile.
"Eh? Isn't that Mr. Maori?"
There was a very pleasant female voice on the other end of the phone. Wu Wanying always felt that the female voice was somewhat familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before.
"Excuse me, are you ..."
"Ah, I'm Yoko Okino, a friend of Mr. Mori. May I ask who you are?" Yoko Okino asked on the other end of the phone.
"Hey? Miss Yoko?! It's me, Detective Mori's assistant, Karasuma Ying." Karasuma Ying was a little surprised to find out that it was Okino Yoko who called, and she quickly replied.
"Oh! It's Sister Xiaoying!" Yoko Okino also remembered and said excitedly.
The two had known each other before. At that time, Karasuma Ei had just become Maori Kogoro's assistant, and she met Okino Yoko during the first commission she and Maori Kogoro handled together - the idol locked room murder case.
At that time, Yoko Okino wanted to find Kogoro Mori to investigate the recent harassment incidents near her home, but she unexpectedly discovered that her ex-boyfriend had been killed in her own home.
Later, through Kogoro Mori's reasoning, the whole story was restored.
It turned out that the ex-boyfriend was unwilling to break up with Miss Okino Yoko, so he sneaked into Miss Okino Yoko's house and ran into Ikezawa Yuko who also sneaked into Okino Yoko's house to collect black material.
Because the backs of Yuko Ikezawa and Yoko Okino look very similar, the ex-boyfriend who mistook the person wanted to do something naughty with "Yoko Okino", but was met with strong resistance from Yuko Ikezawa.
The ex-boyfriend, who thought he had been completely abandoned by Yoko Okino, decided to disguise his suicide as homicide and put the blame on Miss Okino Yoko in despair.
That's how it was. After this incident, Yoko Okino became good friends with the Mori family, and also met Mori's assistant, Karasuma Ei.
"Ms. Yoko, do you have anything to ask Detective Mori?" After recalling her previous memories, Karasuma Ying asked.
"Well... a little bit, but it's not a commission. Sister Xiaoying, is Detective Maori not here now?" Yoko Okino asked on the phone.
"Yes, Detective Maori just took a commission and went out. He may not be back until later today."
"A little later? Hmm..."
On the other end of the phone, Okino Yoko seemed to be hesitating, and Karasuma Ying did not rush her, but waited patiently.
"In that case..." As if she had finally made up her mind, Okino Yoko said, "Then let's do this, Sister Xiaoying, can you replace Detective Maori and attend an engagement party tonight?"
"Engagement party?" Wu Wanying was surprised when she heard it and asked, "Could it be Miss Yoko, you..."
“No, no.” Knowing that Karasuma Ying had misunderstood, Okino Yoko quickly explained: “It’s a friend of mine. She has always been a fan of Detective Maori, so she wanted to see Detective Maori in person at the engagement party.
However, since Detective Maori has a temporary commission and cannot come, I can only ask Sister Xiaoying, you, Detective Maori's assistant, to come over!"
"Eh? Well... Miss Yoko, regarding this invitation, I would like to ask Mr. Maori about..."
"It's okay, it's okay! Sister Xiaoying, you are also famous~ the right-hand man of the sleeping Kogoro, the super high school level female detective, the beautiful and elegant goddess of reasoning...
I've seen you on TV and in newspapers a lot lately! My friend would be very happy if you come over!"
"That's too exaggerated. I'm far inferior to Mr. Maori... Anyway, let me talk to Mr. Maori about this matter, okay? Ms. Yoko?"