Chapter 17 Going to Detective Mori’s Office (Ch 17)

“Oh? Why do you think so?” Mochizuki was indeed a little surprised. How did the police find out?

After Xiaolan’s explanation, Mochizuki realized that the deceased Kenzo Hirota was a taxi driver. According to his colleagues, his behavior was very strange for a period of time before his disappearance – he would not pick up passengers at the appointed time every day, and would drive on the road at the fastest speed for no reason. He would not tell anyone when asked what he was doing.

Through research, the police discovered that the route he ran was exactly the same route that bank robbers used to escape. Then everything became clear: Kenzo Hirota was practicing for future robberies and escapes…

“The police said that Kenzo Hirota embezzled the stolen money, so Hirota Akira and Miss Masami pretended to be looking for a relative and hired a detective to find him. After finding him, they killed him and took the money…” When Xiaolan said this, her eyes became moist. “Is this really the case? Miss Masami turned out to be a robber and a murderer. I can’t accept this no matter what…”

Wangyue was speechless. Aren’t you too kindhearted? She is a bad person, why are you crying? She didn’t eat your rice.

“Well… maybe Miss Yamei has something to hide?”

Yes, she did have a secret. To be honest, Miyano Akemi is actually quite kind, but in order to save her sister, she had to accept the bank robbery mission arranged by the organization. As for the murder, it was actually Hirota Akira who killed the man.

“A secret that cannot be told?” Xiaolan wiped her tears, looking puzzled.

“Well, for example, her father was seriously ill and needed huge medical expenses, and because she couldn’t raise the money, she had no choice but to resort to crime…” Well, her father had died a long time ago.

Xiaolan was still very conflicted after hearing this. In her opinion, nothing was a reason to commit a crime.

Just as Wangyue was talking to Xiaolan, a murderous female voice suddenly rang out, “Wangyue! How dare you bully my Xiaolan!”

A girl wearing a headband and exposing her forehead came running quickly, bringing up a cloud of dust. The person who came was Xiaolan’s best friend Suzuki Sonoko. Before Mochizuki could react, Sonoko grabbed her collar and lifted her from her seat.

It’s not that Sonoko lifted him up with one hand, because Sonoko didn’t have that much strength. Mochizuki stood up by himself. After all, his collar was grabbed and it was difficult for him to even breathe without standing up!

“What did you do? You made Xiaolan cry!” Sonoko asked Mochizuki loudly.

“You misunderstood. Xiaolan cried on her own.”

“Nonsense, why would Xiaolan cry for no reason?”

At this time, Xiaolan came back to her senses from her shock and hurried forward to persuade them to stop fighting, “Yuanzi, let go, it’s not what you think. I was thinking about sad things, so I was crying…” Xiaolan also briefly explained the matter again.

“Ah?!” Sonoko was dumbfounded and looked at each other with Mochizuki.

Is it really not Wangyue who is bullying you? Then am I wrongly accusing someone?

“Hehehe, sorry… I was a little too excited just now.” Yuanzi quickly let go, then smiled awkwardly, “Xiaolan, you are really something, you are an adult, why do you cry so easily?”

Xiaolan also felt embarrassed.

Mochizuki looked down and saw that the buttons of his school uniform were broken – the school uniform of Teitan High School was a suit with a shirt, and the buttons that were broken were on the outer suit jacket.

“Ah!” Sonoko also noticed this, and it was obvious that this was her fault. “I’m so sorry… How about I pay for you to buy a new coat?” Miss Suzuki was not short of money at all.

“No need, I’ll sew the button myself when I get home.” Wangyue didn’t know how to sew, but sewing a button was no problem.

But Xiaolan picked up the button from the ground and said to Wangyue, “No, come to my house after school and I will help you sew it. After all, I was the cause of this incident.”

Go to the Maori Office? Mochizuki thought about it and decided that he should go there, so he agreed.

The bell rang, and the students in the classroom returned to their seats. Xiaolan and Yuanzi also walked away. On the way back to their seats, Yuanzi approached Xiaolan and said, “Xiaolan, I suddenly found that Mochizuki is quite good-looking.”

“Can you please stop thinking about this all day?”

“I don’t want to either, but my brain automatically thinks about these things and I can’t stop it!”

…

When school was over, Mochizuki was going to take the bus back to Asuka Town, but Xiaolan asked him to go to Mori’s office, so he walked there with Xiaolan and Sonoko.

The journey was not far and soon the office appeared in front of us. It was exactly the same as in the anime, with a cafe downstairs.

Amuro Toru shouldn’t be working here now, right? Mochizuki thought.

“I’m back!” Xiaolan pushed the door open, and Wangyue saw at a glance an uncle with a mustache leaning on a chair with his legs resting on the desk.

“Oh, you’re back… Eh? What’s going on? Is there someone else?” Kogoro glanced at the door casually, and then he found that it was not only his daughter Xiaolan who came, but also a man and a woman. He had also seen these two people before, Suzuki Sonoko and Mochizuki.

“Hehe, sorry to bother you, uncle.” Sonoko greeted with a smile.

“Hello. Detective Mori.” Mochizuki was naturally very polite, because he had another purpose for coming to see Kogoro today, so he had to leave a good impression on Kogoro.

Xiaolan explained to her father, “Sonoko accidentally ripped off the button of Mochizuki’s clothes, so I helped him sew the button.”

“What? The buttons are all torn off?” Kogoro instantly imagined a blockbuster movie that the website is not allowed to write, “Hey, hey, hey! What did you do in school?”

After Xiaolan’s explanation, Kogoro realized that things were not as he thought.

Of course, a simple girl like Xiaolan didn’t know that her father had just had the wrong idea. Only Sonoko guessed what Kogoro was thinking and couldn’t help but exclaim in her heart: We are like-minded!

“Let me help you take off your coat.” Xiaolan said to Wangyue, “Because it’s hard to sew buttons on clothes that are on your body.”

Mochizuki thought about it and felt that it was right, so he started to take off his coat, and Xiaolan helped him step by step.

At this moment, the door of the office was pushed open again, and a voice came into everyone’s ears, “I’m back!” Then a little boy with a schoolbag and black-framed glasses walked in.

This little boy is naturally Conan.

Elementary schools usually finish school earlier than high schools. Conan came late today, probably because he was on duty at school. As soon as he pushed the door open, he saw a scene that he couldn’t accept – Xiaolan was helping a boy take off his clothes. That scene was like a gentle wife taking care of her husband who had just come home from get off work.

“What are you doing?!” Conan shouted almost subconsciously.

After he shouted, the whole office fell silent for about two seconds, and no one knew why Conan was crazy.

Mochizuki looked at Xiaolan in front of him, then at Conan at the door, and suddenly realized.

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