Chapter 1190: Social Gathering

"Officer Chiba?"

After seeing that the person who came to greet her was Officer Chiba, Xiaolan greeted him with some surprise, and then naturally saw Officer Takagi behind Officer Chiba, so she also greeted him:

"Officer Takagi is here too?"

"Oh no!"

As a result, after seeing Xiaolan and others here, Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba did not show the joy of seeing acquaintances, but rather the awkward tension of not wanting to be discovered but the result was contrary to their wishes.

So, after seeing Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba, Maori Kogoro said a little uninterested:

"What! Why are you two grown men eating here?"

"No, no..."

Faced with Maori Kogoro's inquiry, Officer Chiba was quite honest and explained to Maori Kogoro directly:

"It's a social gathering!"

"Wow! Idiot!"

As a result, after this, Officer Takagi, who was following Officer Chiba, became even more nervous and complained about Chiba in his heart.

But this topic obviously concerned Xiaolan, so she asked directly:

"Social gathering? Does Officer Sato know about this? Officer Takagi?"

After asking this question, Xiaolan knew that Officer Takagi had always admired Officer Sato, and it seemed that Officer Sato did not dislike Officer Takagi, so Xiaolan always thought that the two of them could actually be a couple, but now...

Why did Officer Takagi come to the social gathering? Did he stop pursuing Officer Sato?

In response to this question from Xiaolan, Officer Takagi pointed directly at Chiba and said nervously:

"Ah, no... I, I'm just here to make up the numbers. Chiba insisted on bringing me here!"

After explaining this, Takagi quickly added a question to Chiba:

"Is that right? Is that right?"

"Ah, ah, yes!"

Faced with such a situation, Chiba finally reacted and helped to find a way out for Takagi. However, seeing Takagi's reaction, Chiba couldn't help but feel a little anxious for Takagi. After all, judging from Takagi's nervous look, even if what he said was true, I'm afraid everyone would think he was lying...

But Takagi's focus was obviously not here. Instead, after getting Chiba's affirmation, he quickly said to Xiaolan:

"So! Please don't tell Officer Sato!"

"Got it..."

However, although Xiaolan said this, she obviously didn't believe Takagi's attitude and looked at him with suspicion.

——"Hello, Chiba! Are you late?"

However, at this moment, a short-haired young man with dark skin came towards Chiba and greeted him.

So, seeing the newcomer, Chiba hurriedly introduced him to everyone:

"Oh! You're here just in time! He is the initiator of this social gathering and my high school classmate, named Jiang Ben."

"Oh."

Hearing Chiba's introduction, Maori Kogoro said this without much interest.

And the man named Jiang Ben, seeing Chiba talking to the uncle with a mustache and a girl and a child in front of him, asked a little uninterested:

"Who is it?"

Then, he said to Chiba:

"The girls are already here and are drinking over there!"

In this way, Jiang Ben urged Chiba and the others to hurry over.

When Chiba saw Emoto talking to Maori Kogoro like this, he also hurriedly introduced Maori Kogoro to Maori Kogoro out of politeness:

"Ah, this... this is detective Maori Kogoro! I just met him here."

So, after hearing Maori Kogoro's name, Emoto also followed up with a conversation:

"Ah, I've heard of you! Are you 'Sleeping Kogoro'?"

"Hello."

Because the other party ignored him at first and tried to get close to him again, Maori Kogoro replied with a slightly impatient expression.

Then, Emoto returned to the topic of the social gathering and said to Chiba:

"Speaking of which, there is also a detective who came to the social gathering. He was invited by a girl, but unfortunately he is a boy...By the way, Chiba, where is the companion you mentioned?"

"He is my colleague at work..."

In response, Chiba pointed to Takagi behind him.

Then, Emoto looked at Takagi from head to toe and said thoughtfully:

"He looks stupid... never mind, it's better than nothing."

"This guy is like this, he's very mean, but he's actually a nice guy!"

Seeing that Takagi was embarrassed by Emoto's words, Chiba hurriedly explained.

"Maybe..."

Takagi couldn't tell, and Maori Kogoro beside him felt the same way.

"By the way, Chiba! I'm so lucky today!"

Emoto didn't care about Takagi's reaction at all, and just started to explain to Chiba:

"Two of the girls here are super cute!"

"Oh! Really?"

After hearing this, Chiba and Takagi were obviously interested, but this reaction quickly brought Conan and the other three's eye rolls, making Takagi a little embarrassed, and he could only say:

"Yeah, yeah..."

Chiba didn't have too many concerns, and continued to chat with Emoto:

"Really? You didn't count your sister in it, did you?"

"How is that possible? I automatically ignore my sister in this kind of situation, although she should be popular with other men."

Emoto said with a smile, then thought for a while and began to analyze:

"The two I mentioned, one is an old friend of my sister, and the other is a good friend of this girl. Moreover, their jobs seem to be related to the police..."

"Police, police-related?"

As a result, when this was said, not only Takagi, but even Chiba was stunned -

After all, if the other party is a profession related to the police, then it wouldn't be...

I met an acquaintance!

…

“Yu, Yumi… You called Mr. Akechi here, didn’t you just want him to be a shield for you?”

While Chiba and the others were chatting in the hotel lobby, on the other side, in a private room of the hotel, Sato Miwako, who was wearing casual clothes, asked Miyamoto Yumi, who had already drunk a lot of wine, this question—

After all, at this social gathering, after she and Yumi arrived, many boys sitting there frequently came to her side to show their courtesy and get close to her, which made Sato Miwako a little overwhelmed, until Gao Yuan appeared just now.

Since Gao Yuan was an acquaintance of Sato Miwako and Miyamoto Yumi, Sato Miwako, who had heard from Miyamoto Yumi that he was also invited this time, was not surprised.

However, Gao Yuan took the initiative to greet Miyamoto Yumi and chatted with her for a while, which made the other boys who were ready to move restrained a little. At the same time, Sato Miwako also took advantage of Gao Yuan's momentum and chatted with him for a few more words, which also relieved her own pressure.

Then, until now, Gao Yuan went to the toilet... (End of this chapter)