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"Compared to the photo, you are much more impressive in person..."
Being addressed by such a beautiful lady, Maori Kogoro felt as if his breathing was suddenly blocked. He quickly asked:
"Thank you, thank you. May I ask who you are?"
"Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself." With an apologetic smile, Igarashi Kiyoko replied: I am the host of this celebration, Igarashi Kiyoko."
"Oh! So it was you who sent me the invitation!"
Suddenly, a warm smile appeared on Kogoro Mori's face.
"Oh my! Thank you so much for your hospitality!"
"I should be the one thanking you."
In the face of Kogoro Mori's enthusiasm, Kiyoko Igarashi still had a decent smile on her face.
“It is my honor that a social celebrity like you is willing to attend this celebration. This shows that our project is indeed successful.”
"Hahaha! No way! I'm just a slightly famous detective..." Kogoro Mouri laughed out loud because of the flattery.
"You don't have to underestimate yourself... Well, Detective Maori, I have to go say hello to the other people next. See you later?"
"Okay! See you later!"
With the corners of his mouth almost stretched to his ears, Kogoro Mori looked silly as he waved goodbye to Kiyoko Igarashi with a smile on his face.
"Ms. Igarashi, you are such a beautiful lady..."
"father!"
Suddenly, Mao Lilan's voice sounded behind him.
"Xiao-Lan?!"
Startled by the sudden movement, Kogoro Mouri looked back and found his daughter standing behind him, with her hands on her hips, staring at him with a bad face.
The people from the Suzuki family were also there, among them Suzuki Sonoko was covering her mouth and looking at him with a smile.
"You, when did you come?" Kogoro Mouri asked subconsciously.
"Just got here. Who is that woman? You two seemed to be having a very happy chat just now?" Mao Lilan still glared at him fiercely.
"Ahaha! It's Ms. Igarashi, the one who sent me the invitation..."
"Really? In this kind of situation, you should at least pay attention to your image..."
Seeing Kogoro Mouri about to look silly again, Ran Mouri sighed helplessly.
"By the way, when exactly is the banquet going to start?" Suzuki Sonoko asked in confusion as she looked at the crowd gradually gathering in the hall.
"It's twelve o'clock noon, and the time is almost up." Qingshui Jing replied.
As he spoke, he went to the table next to him where the food was placed, brought over a few glasses of red wine, and handed them to everyone.
"That's great. I'll go find those little brats, before they disappear before the party starts..." Suzuki Sonoko said after thinking for a while.
"Hey? Sonoko, let me go with you." Seeing this, Mao Lilan suggested.
"It's okay, just have fun, I'll be back soon."
"Then you must come back soon?"
"I know~" Suzuki Sonoko smiled and rejected Mouri Ran, then turned around and quickly left the hall.
After Suzuki Sonoko left, everyone thought that they would just wait quietly for the banquet to begin, but they didn't expect to meet someone they didn't know very well here.
"Ah, isn't this Detective Maori? Did you receive the invitation as well?"
Following a burst of laughter, Yoko Okino walked over with a glass of red wine and a smile on her face.
Chapter 457 The relationship between the two must be unusual
"Ah, isn't this Detective Maori? Did you receive the invitation as well?"
In the lobby of the guesthouse, accompanied by a burst of laughter, Yoko Okino walked over with a glass of red wine and a smile on her face.
"Oh! It's Miss Yoko?!"
When Kogoro Maori heard the voice, he looked over, straightened his back immediately, and greeted him with enthusiasm.
"Did Miss Yoko come here by invitation as well?"
Yoko Okino, a popular artist in Japan, became acquainted with the Mori family because of a previous incident and has since been sought after by Kogoro Mori.
"Yes."
Okino Yoko and Maori Kogoro gently shook hands and explained with a smile:
"The organizer wanted to invite me to perform some shows. I thought I didn't have any time recently, so I agreed. I never thought that I could see you, Detective Maori, here..."
"Hahaha! Same with me! The organizer said they hope I can come and participate in some detective activity later, so I agreed without giving it much thought..."
After the two chatted for a while, Okino Yoko turned her attention to Shizumi Shizuka and Suzuki Ayako, and asked in confusion:
"Mr. Maori, may I ask who these two are..."
"Oh! Let me introduce you! This is Miss Suzuki Ayako, the daughter of the Suzuki family, and this is her fiancé Mr. Shizuka Shizuka..."
"Hello, Miss Yoko."
Shimizu Shizuka responded with a smile, and Suzuki Ayako beside him also smiled and nodded.
"Ah, hello..."
She greeted the two of them generously, looked at them curiously, then blinked and said with a smile:
"You two really look like a perfect match, a perfect match."
"Thank you." Faced with her tone that was unclear whether it was serious or teasing, Qingshui Shizuka replied with a smile.
At this moment, two guests happened to walk past Yoko Okino. The two people who were talking to each other did not seem to notice Yoko Okino who was in front of them. When walking behind her, one of them accidentally bumped into her back.
"Well……"
"Ah! Sorry!"
The sudden collision caused Yoko Okino to stagger twice in her high heels and her body fell forward.
"Ms. Yoko! Be careful!"
Seeing this, Kogoro Mouri shouted loudly and hurriedly tried to go forward to support her.
At this moment, Shizuka Shizuka, who was standing in front of Okino Yoko, quickly took action, holding her arm with one hand and steadying the red wine glass in her hand with the other hand to prevent the wine from spilling.
His movements were so quick that Kogoro Mori, who was about to move forward, stopped abruptly when he saw him.
"Are you okay?" Looking down at the slightly flustered Okino Yoko, Shizuka Shizuka asked.
"Yeah, it's okay." He breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at Yoko Oono, smiled and shook her head.
Then, Shizuka Shizuka let go of her hand, and Yoko Okino also stood firm, and this small crisis passed.
"Sorry, I'm really sorry..." The two guests who accidentally bumped into Yoko Okino kept apologizing behind her.
"It's okay, just be careful next time."
After watching the two men leave, Yoko Okino turned to look at everyone and said apologetically:
"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you all... Please chat slowly, I won't disturb you all. See you later."
"Well, see you later."
After a brief farewell, Yoko Okino returned to where she had come from, where a beautiful woman, also in a dress, was standing.
Ran Mouri knew that woman. Her name was Hoshino Terumi. She was also a very famous artist nowadays. She often appeared in various detective mystery dramas and currently worked at the same TV station as Yoko Okino.
It is worth mentioning that these two people also belonged to an idol group called "Earth Ladies Team" a few years ago, so they are old acquaintances.
It’s just that Mao Li Ran and Hoshino Terumi just know each other and are not very familiar with each other, but Karasuma Ying is very familiar with her.
"It was really dangerous just now."
Mao Lilan, who witnessed the whole process, raised her hand and placed it on her chest, with an expression of relief on her face.
She looked at Maori Kogoro beside her and said with a smile: "For a celebrity like Miss Yoko, if she fell down in such an occasion, the consequences would be terrible. Fortunately, Mr. Shimizu supported her in time...
But Mr. Shimizu's reaction speed just now was really fast. He must have practiced fighting regularly, right?"
As Maori Ran said this, she suddenly realized that Maori Kogoro did not respond to her. She looked carefully and found that her father's eyes were still on Okino Yoko who had already walked away.
"father!"
With her hands on her hips and glaring at him, Mao Lilan shouted in dissatisfaction.
"Why are you staring at Miss Yoko?"
"Lan, the relationship between those two people may be unusual." Still looking at Okino Yoko, Kogoro Mori replied with a frown.
"Huh? Which two people?"
"Ms. Yoko and that boy Shizuka Shizuka." Kogoro Mouri said in a low voice close to Mouri Ran's ear.
"Dad, what are you thinking about?" Mao Lilan heard this and said helplessly: "You just saw it. Miss Yoko and Mr. Shimizu met for the first time today..."
“No, just now when that boy went to help Miss Yoko, the tone they used when speaking to each other was definitely not the tone of two people meeting for the first time.
Xiaolan, if the situation just now was you, and you were rescued by a stranger you just met, would you not even say thank you? "
"Eh?"
After being reminded by Kogoro Mori, Ran Mori suddenly noticed that it seemed that Yoko Okino did not say thank you to Shizuka Shizuka just now?
"Ms. Yoko is not such an impolite person... I think the only explanation is that the relationship between the two of them is actually very close. I think it is even so close that there is no need to say thank you for such a small thing!
That’s right! That guy and Miss Yoko must have known each other before this!”
Kogoro Maori said this with a serious look and great confidence.
"Dad, isn't it a bit far-fetched to judge the relationship between Mr. Shimizu and Miss Yoko based on this alone..." Mouri Ran showed a helpless expression on her face.
Judging the relationship between the two based on just a simple thank you seemed too far-fetched to her.
“It’s really far-fetched.”
In response to Maori Ran's question, Maori Kogoro nodded in acknowledgment.