"What do you mean by my doing? What are you talking about!"
Nakamichi Kazushi certainly wouldn't admit it obediently. When most people do something wrong, their first reaction is definitely to cover it up.
"How did I end up in Yumi's room?"
Mouri Kogoro pressed his elbow against his chest and asked: "It must be your doing!"
"No! I didn't do anything!"
Nakamichi Kazushi denied it flatly.
"You didn't do anything?"
Mouri Kogoro narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded, saying: "Fine... Then I'll go ask the others, ask who it was that brought me upstairs last night."
Hearing this, Nakamichi Kazushi immediately panicked. He knew he couldn't hide it anymore and hurriedly said: "Mouri... I was helping you!"
Hearing that it was indeed this guy's doing, Mouri Kogoro angrily punched him in the face a few times.
Nakamichi Kazushi could only take those punches squarely. After receiving those punches, he felt much better inside.
At the same time, he quickly admitted his mistake: "Alright, alright, alright... I, I was wrong, I was wrong... I didn't expect your reaction to be this big. If I had known your reaction would be this big, I wouldn't have agreed to Yumi's request."
Mouri Kogoro was stunned and said: "What? This was Yumi's request?"
Nakamichi Kazushi nodded and sighed: "Yes... She begged me like that. No matter what, she is my ex-girlfriend. My heart softened, and at the same time, I thought about how you and your wife have been separated for so many years and have long since lost feelings... So I agreed to her request."
Upon hearing this, Mouri Kogoro's expression became somewhat complex. He slowly released his grip on Nakamichi Kazushi's hand, didn't say anything, opened the door, and left.
Nakamichi Kazushi was a bit dazed. He got off the hook just like that?
"Yi... don't you think my dad is acting a bit strange?"
Ran nudged Lin Yi, who was reading a magazine next to her, with her elbow.
"Hmm? Strange?"
Lin Yi glanced at Mouri Kogoro, who was sitting in his office chair, staring blankly at the beer in his hand.
It was indeed strange; his whole body exuded an aura of contemplating life.
Lin Yi feigned ignorance: "What's strange about him?"
"He's been drinking since he got home at seven..." Ran said.
"Isn't that just Uncle's usual habit?" Lin Yi replied.
"It's different!" Ran said worriedly. "From seven to ten, he hasn't even finished a single can of beer; he's just been staring into space... That's not like him."
"That's true."
Lin Yi nodded and said, "Maybe he Ran into an old classmate and suddenly felt sentimental."
"Is that so?" Ran didn't understand such things; she just felt Mouri Kogoro was being weird.
Lin Yi retracted his gaze and said, "You don't need to worry about Uncle. He's 39 years old and has experienced much more than you. If it's something even Uncle can't solve, telling you wouldn't help anyway..."
"That's true, but..."
Just as Ran was about to say more, Lin Yi decisively interrupted her, saying, "Don't overthink it. Maybe Uncle encountered something unpleasant at the class reunion... Let's wait two or three days and see."
"Okay."
Ran thought about it and nodded in agreement with Lin Yi's reasoning.
Lin Yi checked the time and said, "It's getting late, I'll head back first. You're probably tired from today, so go to bed early."
"Yeah."
Ran did indeed feel exhausted and wanted nothing more than to lie down and have a good sleep.
After seeing Lin Yi to the door and watching him leave, Ran went back upstairs. Seeing Mouri Kogoro still in a daze at the second-floor entrance, she couldn't help but remind him, "Dad, I'm going up to rest now. Don't stay up too late."
"Going to bed? Oh... okay..."
Mouri Kogoro snapped out of it and gave a perfunctory reply.
Ran really wanted to go and ask why, but thinking back to Lin Yi's words, she decided it was better to wait a couple of days and give him some time to think.
Back in her room, Ran changed into her pajamas. Just as she was about to lie down until morning, her phone rang.
"Ah... why does someone always call right when I want to sleep?"
Ran grumbled as she picked up her phone. Seeing it was Kazuha calling, she had to pull herself together and answer.
"Hello, Kazuha... what's wrong?"
Ran had just started asking.
"Ran! Heiji left me behind again!"
Kazuha's sobbing voice came from the other end of the line.
Ran knew exactly what had happened without even thinking.
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Lin Yi didn't go home; instead, he went to a Lounge Bar.
Before the Waiter could ask, Lin Yi had already spotted Horie Yumi.
"Get me a Vodka."
After stuffing some money into the Waiter's hand, Lin Yi walked toward Horie Yumi.
*Clack.*
Without much nonsense, Lin Yi came up and tossed the money onto the table, which gave Horie Yumi a start.
Lin Yi plopped down opposite her and said, "The remaining 600,000."
"Rude guy..."
Snapping out of it, Horie Yumi grumbled a few words of dissatisfaction, but grumbling was all she could do.
Picking up the envelope and counting the amount, a satisfied smile appeared on Horie Yumi's face.
After putting the envelope back into her bag, Horie Yumi took a sip of her drink and said somewhat gloomily, "Couldn't you just have transferred it to my account? Why the face-to-face transaction... My house is quite a distance from here."
Just then, the Waiter brought Lin Yi's Vodka. As for the change, Lin Yi waved his hand for him to keep it.
Taking a sip of the Vodka, Lin Yi chuckled, "Our cooperation has been very pleasant, so I want to do another deal with you."
Hearing this, Horie Yumi knew this guy was generous. Shrewd as she was, she immediately said, "I've been very busy lately..."
"Is that so?"
Lin Yi looked at her with a half-smile; she was just an ordinary office worker, busy my foot.
Wasn't she just trying to hike up the price?
"Since you're so busy, I won't bother you then."
Lin Yi swirled his glass and said indifferently, "Anyway, it's not like it requires any technical skill; any woman could do it."
Seeing that her little scheme had been seen through, Horie Yumi gave a dry laugh. She didn't want to miss the chance to make big money and quickly said, "No matter how busy I am, I'll make time... Just say it, what is it? Do you want to leak this matter and make Kogoro and his wife turn against each other?"
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