"1.6 million yen for melons... more than 70,000 yuan... I've never eaten such expensive fruit in my life."
"I want to see if eating it will make me fly to heaven."
Lin Yi left the fruit specialty store carrying a pair of melons, during which countless people cast envious glances at him.
There were even some unreserved young ladies who directly came up to ask for Lin Yi's phone number.
Lin Yi, who had been firing cannons for a day, had already entered the sage mode.
He had no interest in these proactive girls at all. What was the point of looking at them, no matter how beautiful they were? It's not like he hadn't slept with them before.
For these girls, Lin Yi just wanted to tell them to watch more Korean dramas if they had nothing to do, and learn how the commoner girls in them seduce the domineering CEOs!
Relying solely on looks to seduce men is too low-level and ineffective on him.
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Arriving at the second floor of the Mori Detective Agency, Lin Yi knocked on the door.
"Come in!"
After Mori Kogoro responded, Lin Yi pushed the door open and entered.
"Excuse me."
Lin Yi immediately entered gentleman mode, becoming polite.
Seeing Lin Yi coming in, Mori Kogoro took the cigarette butt out of his mouth and asked, "Do you want to commission something?"
"I'm not here to commission anything... I'm here specifically to visit you."
Lin Yi said with a smile.
Mori Kogoro remembered. He said, "Visit? Wait... you're the classmate Ran mentioned?"
"If no other classmates have come... it should be me," Lin Yi said.
"You sit down first..." Mori Kogoro pointed to the sofa, then stood up from the chair and shouted towards the third floor hallway: "Ran! Your classmate is here!!"
"I know... I'll be right down!"
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Ran came down to the second floor wearing an apron.
Seeing Lin Yi, Ran revealed a smile. She walked over to introduce him to Mori Kogoro: "Dad, let me introduce you. This is my boyfriend... Lin Yi."
"Lin Yi, this is my dad... Mori Kogoro, he's a detective."
"Oh? Boyfriend?" Mori Kogoro sized up Lin Yi with some surprise. He thought it would be that arrogant brat Kudo Shinichi, but he didn't expect it to be someone else.
"Hello, Uncle Mori."
For the sake of his beautiful future mother-in-law, Lin Yi took the initiative to stand up, bow, and greet him.
Then, he handed the pair of Yubari King melons he brought to Mori Kogoro: "It's a pleasure to meet you. Please take care of me."
"Yeah, I will."
Mori Kogoro took the gift from Lin Yi's hand.
Hmm, polite, much better than that Kudo brat... He's never seen that brat bring a gift when he comes to his house.
As for Ran having a boyfriend, Mori Kogoro didn't have any objections. After all, when he was this age, he was also dating Eri.
Mori Kogoro casually handed the melons to Ran and said, "Ran, go pour some tea."
"Okay, Yi, you sit down for a while and chat with my dad."
Ran took the pair of 1.6 million yen melons and left.
In response, Lin Yi could only silently sit down, with ten thousand grass mud horses galloping through his heart.
Damn it.
He wanted to quietly show off, but he ran into two people who didn't know the value of goods... It was a full-force strike hitting cotton again.
If he had known this would happen, he would have had the salesperson put the price tag on the outside of the gift box.
Lin Yi didn't care about the million-plus yen. Anyway, the money came like a windfall, and he didn't feel bad about spending it. But what he cared about was his failure to show off. Seriously, brother, it's very uncomfortable.
Mori Kogoro sat down opposite Lin Yi, took a puff of his cigarette, and began to think about what he should talk about with this kid to ease the awkward atmosphere.
He was seeing Lin Yi for the first time today and knew nothing about him. All he knew was his name and his relationship with Ran.
Emmmm... Then let's start with a background check.
After having an answer, Mori Kogoro exhaled a puff of white smoke and then said, "Lin Yi... how old are you this year?"
"17 years old."
"Oh... not bad, not bad."
"....."
"....."
"How are your grades in school?"
"I'm best at English... I can now use English to communicate with foreigners without any obstacles."
"Oh! Amazing, amazing."
"....."
"..."
"How did you meet Ran?"
"Some time ago, I transferred to Teitan High School and was in the same class as Ran. She took good care of me… and she is also a very excellent girl, so gradually, we got together."
"That's right, my daughter is indeed very excellent."
"..."
"..."
Ahhhhh~~~
I really can't stand this kind of awkward conversation anymore! You are an adult, don't you have your own set of conversation plans?
Forget it, I'll take the lead in the topic.
Let you lead the topic, you can't even fart for a long time!
Before Kogoro Mouri could speak, Lin Yi asked with a smile, "Uncle Mouri, how long have you been a detective?"
"Um… let me think, has it been seven or eight years?"
"Oh? Seven or eight years? That is to say… you had other jobs before?"
"That's right… you have a pretty quick mind. Before becoming a detective, I was a police officer."
"Police officer?" Lin Yi deliberately raised his tone, with a slightly excited expression on his face: "You wouldn't have been a detective before, would you?"
"Oh? How did you know?" Kogoro Mouri was very pleased to see Lin Yi's excited expression, and felt a little proud.
"Because when I first came in, I felt uncomfortable being scrutinized by you… I think this should be the sharp eyes that only detectives can have! That's why I think you are a detective!"
"Ah hahaha… is that so? Your observation skills are also good… I hid it so deeply, but you were able to discover it!"
Those words were very pleasing to Kogoro Mouri, and he also praised Lin Yi in passing.
A typical case of mutual commercial flattery.
"I have always admired detectives since I was a child… Uncle Mouri, can you tell me, when you were a detective, did you encounter any tricky cases?"
Lin Yi asked with a serious face, full of thirst for knowledge.
"Cough cough…"
Kogoro Mouri coughed twice, moistened his throat, and then said in a low voice: "According to the rules of detectives, it is not possible to reveal the detailed process of homicide cases to irrelevant personnel."
"Is that so… that's a pity." Lin Yi said with a disappointed face.
"But! However! " Kogoro Mouri lengthened his voice heavily and said: "It's been so many years, and I'm no longer a detective… you are also Ran's boyfriend, I can tell you about those things back then… but you can't tell other people casually, you know?"
"I promise, I won't tell other people!" Lin Yi immediately raised his hand and swore.
Kogoro Mouri took a puff of cigarette, exhaled a white mist, he squinted his eyes, looked up at the ceiling at a forty-five degree angle, and gradually fell into thought.
"I remember it was one night seven years ago, it was just after 7 pm, it was just getting dark, I had just finished a murder case and returned to the Metropolitan Police Department to hand over some documents. After finishing, I wanted to go home to take a bath and drink a refreshing ice-cold beer, when suddenly, Inspector Matsumoto called me to the office and asked me to lead a team to a nightclub, where an accidental homicide occurred…"
"At that time, I didn't know that the complexity behind this accidental homicide was far from as simple as I imagined."
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