After drinking several more glasses, Kogoro Mouri asked Lin Yi again, "Kid, if this happened to you, what would you do?"
"Happened to me?"
Needless to say, he would obviously hire someone to hit her with a car and turn her into a vegetable so she could spend the rest of her life in a hospital.
Lin Yi pondered for a while, pretending to be deep in thought. After a long time, he finally said:
"If it were me... I think I would get a divorce. Even if I don't consider myself, I have to consider the woman."
"After all, women are different from us men. Their most beautiful years only last about twenty years."
"Dragging out a divorce is just wasting her youth. Since you once loved each other, doing this is a bit too much."
"It's better to let go, let her have a good new start, and have a new life yourself... This is better for everyone."
Lin Yi's words directly struck Kogoro Mouri's heart, causing him to freeze instantly.
Then he nodded and said, "That is indeed the truth... I know what to do now."
"Huh?"
Lin Yi asked in confusion, "What does that last sentence mean?"
After a pause, Lin Yi showed a look of surprise: "Could it be... Uncle... this is your story?"
"Yes," Kogoro Mouri nodded in admission.
Lin Yi quickly changed his tune: "What I just said... I was just speaking casually. I think, Uncle, you shouldn't give up just like that."
"After all, ten years have passed. Any grudge or resentment should be put aside... Go apologize to Auntie, say some soft words, and maybe she will forgive you."
Seeing Lin Yi change his stance so quickly, Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but laugh. "You really have a silver tongue... you can come up with a new set of arguments in a minute."
Lin Yi gave a dry laugh and asked cautiously, "Then, Uncle... what do you plan to do?"
"Divorce."
Kogoro Mouri said, "You're right. A woman's youth is very short, and I've already wasted ten years of hers... If I continue to waste it, I don't think I'd be human."
"That's not—"
Before Lin Yi could finish, Kogoro Mouri patted his shoulder and said, "You don't need to say anything... Those words earlier were your true thoughts, and the words after were just meant to comfort me. Even though I've drunk this much, I can still tell the difference."
"After making this decision, I feel a lot more relaxed."
"And Ran is always fussing over the two of us. Divorcing will completely end her hopes, so she won't keep messing around with all that nonsense."
After Kogoro Mouri finished speaking, he drank a few more glasses.
Lin Yi was still trying to save the situation from the side: "I think... this decision shouldn't be made so hastily. If Ran finds out you're divorced, she will definitely be very sad."
"Don't I have you?"
Kogoro Mouri said without looking back, "When the time comes, I'll have to trouble you to comfort her."
Lin Yi stopped talking and just silently watched Kogoro Mouri drink his sorrows away.
He took a moment to check his phone; the connection was good. If nothing went wrong, Ran had heard everything.
He estimated she was probably wailing loudly right now.
Silently putting the phone back, Lin Yi took a sip of wine and said with a worried expression, "Sigh, if Ran finds out, she will definitely blame me. She'll say I instigated your divorce, Uncle."
"Don't worry."
Kogoro Mouri patted Lin Yi's shoulder and said, "This has nothing to do with you. I'll find a time to talk to Ran."
"Besides, the kid isn't young anymore; she should have her own life. Constantly intervening in my life isn't right either."
Having received Kogoro Mouri's guarantee of indemnity, Lin Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Did you hear that, Ran?
This is your father's decision. It has nothing to do with me. I was just responsible for making a suggestion, and he just happened to take it.
"Glug, glug, glug..."
After having a few more drinks, Kogoro Mouri was clearly a bit drunk. He chuckled, "After the divorce, I can openly go out for dinner and dates with Yumi, and I'll have an excuse not to come home... Thinking about it, it's actually not bad at all."
Lin Yi, who was drinking, felt his hand tremble.
If he hadn't said that, and had just stopped and drank quietly, Ran might have been able to enter a state of self-reflection because of what had just been said.
Reflecting on whether she had thought about the reconciliation too simply.
Reflecting on whether she was doing something unnecessary.
Reflecting on whether she should focus on her own life.
Maybe she wouldn't even need Lin Yi to counsel her; she could have talked herself through it.
But as it turned out, Kogoro Mouri just had to run his mouth and say that extra, unnecessary sentence.
Now, Ran was definitely going to be angry.
Lin Yi hurriedly tried to remedy the situation, "Uncle, you've had too much to drink... you're starting to talk nonsense."
"A few drinks, and you call that too much? I'm perfectly sober!"
Kogoro Mouri "tsk"ed and looked at Lin Yi with disdain, "And another thing, this isn't nonsense... this is speaking from the heart!"
"I'm not bragging, Kid Lin! Over the years I've been a Detective, I don't know how many beautiful women and married women have been attracted by my abilities and captivated by my charm! Especially lately, since I've been on TV, my popularity has been shooting up!"
"Those beautiful women who were interested in me before have all been contacting me lately... wanting to rekindle our past relationships."
"Sigh."
Speaking of which, Kogoro Mouri shook his head, "But whenever I think about the fact that I still have a wife, and I don't dare let Ran know, I have to ruthlessly give them up... well, part of them. I pick a few and go see them secretly while Ran is at school."
Lin Yi twirled his glass, the worried expression on his face becoming more and more obvious. He was now worried that if he took Kogoro Mouri back to the Agency, he would be beaten to death by Ran.
"After the divorce, I won't have to worry so much!"
Kogoro Mouri gave a lewd chuckle, "A different beauty every day, I could go a whole month without repeating... I'm not afraid to tell you, Kid Lin, I've long wanted to do this... but I just couldn't get past my own conscience."
"Alright, alright... Uncle, you've had too much to drink."
Lin Yi hurriedly cut Kogoro Mouri off, lest he say something like, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have made up my mind to get a divorce."
You can go die if you want, just don't drag me into it. My future life is still going to be brilliant.
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