Chapter 659 Love is a light
"Wedding anniversary? Tomorrow?" Hearing the unexpected line from her mother, Mao Lilan opened her eyes wide, "Then why don't you hurry up and give it to him?"< br>
In Fei Yingli's hand, a slender and exquisite gift box lay quietly there. It was easy to determine the contents by simply tracing the size.
Perhaps, that was the line Fei Yingli drew on Saku Hoshi when they met in the afternoon.
"You went shopping with Mr. Saku Hashi, and you were actually looking for a gift? Why don't you hurry up and give it to dad..." Mao Lilan recalled the conversation that happened when they met by chance, and she was worried for Fei Yingli, " Dad has a serious misunderstanding.”
Mouri Kogoro has been quite peaceful these days and has not had any confrontation with her due to the control. Today, he suddenly complained in public that he had no drink. There must be a reason.
"I feel that he has been quite pitiful recently, and Xiaolan has worked so hard, so I want to forgive him a little and give him something to ease the situation." Fei Yingli secretly exerted force on her fingertips and tightened the thing tightly. Holding it tightly in his hand, "It's just a moment of soft-heartedness."
"If you don't send it, I will open the door for you!" Mao Lilan pinched the other side of the gift box unceremoniously, pretending to The thing was taken away, "There are some things that you will regret if you don't speak out!"
Recently, she has also experienced a lot of things, and she has different feelings from before.
The most important one is that if you don’t be honest when you should be honest, you will miss the opportunity, even if it is just for one night, it will be too difficult to find the opportunity again.
As important members of the family, my parents have not contributed much to the family. Considering the current situation, they can be said to be holding each other back and working together to make the marriage like this.
However, she always believed that their meaning to each other was like a lighthouse in the ocean at night, an existence that could illuminate the future course, and they would never give up on each other easily.
Maybe this soft and thin tie at this moment is the key to the ending!
"Xiaolan, don't!" Fei Yingli, who felt that she could not surpass her daughter in terms of strength, begged for mercy, "I won't give it away until tomorrow. This gift box is very fragile and will be broken if I pull it again. "
"Let's send it today, it's getting late!" Pointing to the clock above her head, Mao Lilan said plausibly, "It will be 'tomorrow' in less than an hour. It's time to send it. The gift above is so sincere!”
"Anyway, you better let me deliver it myself..." Fei Yingli turned away, her voice getting weaker and weaker because of embarrassment.
Well, the reason why she excused herself from the table was precisely because she didn't know what to do with this gift.
She is actually quite satisfied with Mouri Kogoro these days. Although the quarrels will not disappear completely, and they can easily develop into choking when they meet, she has been feeling happy for the other party's concession in her heart.
Seeing him with a frustrated face, but obediently following their arrangements, whether the underlying reason is to save the family, or the regulators’ iron fist really hurts, everything makes this seemingly... The relationship that had long since reached a dead end has turned around again.
She wanted to take the initiative to bow her head once, to get closer to each other, and to encourage Kogoro Mouri and tell him that the current direction was correct.
But every time she wanted to lift her legs or open her mouth, the subtle distance brought about by the ten-year gap would make her shrink unconsciously.
At this point, isn’t it a little too late to talk about recovery and change?
"Are you really going to send it off?" Mao Lilan looked at the suspicious blush on her mother's face with distrust, "I'll go with you. Well, it's also convenient to be a witness for you guys. !”
She didn’t quite believe in this ex-couple who hadn’t said a good word to each other for ten years. Even if Fei Yingli really sent her there, it would be unpredictable what would happen next.
In order to prevent her mother from denying her account, or the two of them arguing about something awkward, it was still necessary for her to go along with them.
"...Okay, okay, you let go first." Fei Yingli said softly, "If you don't let go, how can I take it over?"
"Humph, their wine table should not be over yet. , don’t even think about running away!”
“It’s like I’ve run away in the past. You should ask your dad what he looks like at times like this.”
“These things. Things, when we sit down as a family, we will have plenty of opportunities to chat slowly, so let’s go first!”
“Okay, Xiaolan, don’t push me——”
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"The concubine's lawyer strictly ordered you not to drink, but you really don't drink... You are really a family man."
Stretching from the bathroom to Kogoro Mouri, who was walking towards the izakaya, heard such compliments and turned his head in confusion, looking for the source of the sound.
He hasn't seen this kind of praise in a long time.
It’s not that no one will follow him and compliment him, it’s just that he praises him for everything, and he didn’t expect to praise him for caring about his family.
"A man from the Gu family will not be divorced." Seeing the smiling Ritsuko Usui, Kogoro Mouri complained bluntly.
"Yes, strictly speaking, the lawyer is just your ex-wife now." Ritsuko Usuhiro saw Mouri Kogoro take over the conversation, covering her mouth and laughing softly.
Mouri Kogoro is about the same age as Fei Yingri. She thinks she has some skills in dealing with men of this age group.
At his age, coupled with his current reputation and popularity in the industry, the topics these men like will become very narrow.
If you elevate the other person by subtly disparaging the other person's spouse, or give him a certain amount of space to show his ability in career, they will easily talk endlessly and easily generate intimacy and rapport from the conversation. A sense of superiority.
This is what is called, "She understands me better".
As a lawyer, even when facing a client, you must always be on guard against him. Don’t underestimate me, Fei Yingli!
"In a loose sense, she is also my ex-wife." Not understanding the subtext of her words for the time being, Mouri Kogoro's answer was still sharp, "If we don't get divorced, we will have been separated for ten years. No matter who you think about it, it’s a fact that our marriage broke up.”
“That’s right. You have been separated for many years even though you have children... The reason is because. Are there any differences in career planning or other aspects? " Ritsuko Usui tentatively guided the topic, "Lawyers are a busy profession, and I am still single because of work. "
This is clear. He posted the information that he was single in an attempt to bring the topic into a prelude to a more private discussion.
Based on what she learned about Mouri Kogoro's character, it was unclear what his working ability was. He was certainly greedy for money and lustful.
Ritsuko Usui is full of confidence in her tea skills, oh no, her mature and considerate charm.
"Ah, well..." Mouri Kogoro looked away and touched his neck sheepishly, "Maybe it's because I didn't take the initiative to tell her a lot of things when something happened to me back then."< br>
A marriage in which both parties still love each other will break up, and unilateral efforts alone are not enough.
Thinking about it now, he accused Fei Yingli of speaking sharply and disregarding his own face, but he was no better than the other party.
"Being able to take the initiative to admit one's shortcomings is already better than many people, Mr. Mori." Praising her without falsehood, Ritsuko Usui quickly changed the direction of attack, "Even if the marriage continues, or even the relationship between husband and wife is very good, if you are willing to do it for It’s really rare for a husband whose wife really quits drinking.”
It’s not like she didn’t hear Mao Lilan’s statement during the dinner, but she chose to pretend to have amnesia.
When the reason for quitting drinking changes from subjective feelings to complying with medical advice, it sounds a bit greedy. According to her understanding, this kind of idea that is detrimental to manliness should never be brought up. .
"If you say that, it's rare, it's rare..." Touching his nose, Mouri Kogoro was embarrassed to answer more, "It's the children who have been urging me. If I were to do it by myself, it would be very difficult. It’s hard to control.”
Said he has successfully quit drinking. In fact, he is not very successful. He still drinks a little wine occasionally.
In other words, judging from the way Karasawa occasionally turns a blind eye and only uses it for liquidation when needed, when it comes to alcohol, his supervisors maintain control over the frequency of his intake and allow him to have fun. , to stop his addictive attitude.
Thinking about Karasawa who made the plan, Mouri Kogoro occasionally felt a slight sense of terror.
Obviously, the original power was taken away from him, and it was miserly leaked through the fingers in a different way, borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha, which did not give him any substantial benefits at all.
No matter how he thought about this situation, he should not thank the other party, but he had to admit that every time he used some method to secretly drink wine, he could not help but feel jealous of Tang Ze. gratitude.
It’s really scary, that guy’s ability to control other people’s emotions.
If Karasawa suddenly changed his mind and tried to use women's natural affection for him to earn something for himself, I can't imagine what would happen...
I don't know that Mouri Kogoro's thoughts have gone astray. In the famous direction, Ritsuko Usui saw that he finally took the initiative to answer her questions, and felt that the progress was going well.
“Alcohol is not a scourge. We are all adults, how can we still not know the good and bad? It’s just that at our age, some troubles inevitably need to be expressed through alcohol, right?”
"That's true." This was a relatively vague emotion, and Mouri Kogoro had no choice but to nod.
"So, are you going to play the second game later?" Showing the small ticket in the palm of his hand, Ritsuko Usui finally finished pulling out the long map of Yan Kingdom, revealing his fundamental purpose, "I feel I didn’t enjoy the drink very much. I just secretly bought the wine from the boss. Do you want to come with me, Detective Maori?” She took the bait, and she knew that there was no type of middle-aged man that she couldn’t deal with!
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“She looks so confident.”
At the other end of the corridor, three heads poked out half of their heads next to each other, observing silently. Looking at the two people talking in the corridor.
Seeing Ritsuko Usui holding up the bill in her hand as if holding a medal of victory, Haihara Ai complained softly: "She seems to firmly believe that Aunt Fei Yingli is forcing Mr. Mori to quit drinking, and she only needs to Mr. Mori took the bait casually when he brought out the wine he could drink secretly.”
Coupled with the fact that Ritsuko Usui had just found a place to touch up her makeup, she was full of momentum and looked like she was preparing to go to the battlefield. She had already guessed the woman's thoughts.
If you can't win in the workplace, then change the track and go to love.
Trying to use your feminine charm to overcome your insurmountable and powerful colleagues in your career is quite sad if you think about it.
"When he is not drinking, Detective Mori's IQ is relatively normal." Karasawa said calmly, "He has caught so many cheaters, how can he still not understand the pain points of this kind of thing? He is If you want to steal something, you can't do it so directly. "
"It's hard to say, don't we all say that you will drown? It's also very common to be negligent because you think you're professional. "Hui Yuan Ai retorted.
"...Compared to these, let me tell you," Conan, whose head was pressed at the bottom, tried to raise his head and protested, "Why do we have to come out here to follow?"
Kangze is sneaky Sui, acting like he had something serious to say, dragged himself and Haiyuan out to follow others, couldn't he just want to listen to the love and hatred of these middle-aged people, right?
Well, it would be a good choice to inquire carefully and go back and tell Xiaolan, so he listened attentively.
"In order to protect Uncle Maori, I also protect that Green Tea, oh no, that lawyer Usui." Tang Ze said bluntly.
"Ah? Is Karuizawa so dangerous?" Not understanding the words "green tea" that Karasawa mumbled in his mouth, Conan could only ask other questions.
"I don't know if Karuizawa is in danger. With so many detectives and lawyers present, someone must be in danger. I believe it." Haibara Ai, who had fully accepted the halo setting of the detective accident, nodded solemnly.
"Hey, don't say that the detective lawyer is like a disaster star..."
"I didn't say that the detective lawyer is like a disaster star, I just said that the detective is like a disaster star. You have I haven’t considered the possibility that you are following Detective Mori. You start with two detectives, so that’s why you encounter so many murders, Kudo?”
“You seem to be talking about us. The disaster is the same..."
"Isn't it?"
Listening to the essence of the conversation happening below, Karasawa pushed the two heads back behind the corner with one hand and then retracted their heads to continue their previous conversation.
"I can only say that if you try to seduce the detective if your destiny is not strong enough, you may easily encounter mishaps."
"You are more exaggerated than what she said!"
"In order to prevent a murder, we can only keep an eye on people more urgently. When Uncle Maori walks back, follow him immediately. Do you hear me clearly?"
"Are you serious?!"
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"You said Detective Maoli went back early?" Fei Yingli was very shocked when she was dragged back to the table by Mao Lilan.
"Yes, you let me play with you, and you don't let me drink a sip of wine. It's normal for him to feel that he doesn't want to go back early, right?" Sakubo Fashi joked, "Can't you tell, you She is also as authoritative as a queen in marriage, Lawyer Fei.”
“Don’t make fun of me, Saku,” Mikasa Yuji patted his colleague whose cheeks were red from drinking to stop him from making fun of Fei Yingri’s marriage situation. , "Anyway, if you want to talk to him alone, just go back to the hotel and find him. I just asked, he is on the same floor as Ui Bing."
"What a coincidence?" Hearing this After hearing the news, Fei Yingli frowned instinctively.
"But, it's impossible." Mao Lilan reached into her handbag and took out two cards. "I also have dad's room card. If he goes back, how will he get in?"
Did you go back to the hotel first without taking the room card?
Fei Yingli pursed her lips and began to feel something bad.
"Which room did he live in? Who did you hear it from?" Fei Yingli turned her head and looked seriously at Mikasa Yuji, who was still considered to be sane, "He just said it on the table "
"Huh? It doesn't seem to be..." Mikasa Yuji scratched his head blankly, and after a while, he calmly responded, "It's what Lawyer Usui said. . She also said that when she checked in, she found that the people living across the door looked familiar. When she thought about it, it was Mr. Mori and his daughter, which was very coincidental. "
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After adjusting the chest-high straps of her dress, Ritsuko Usui brought her face closer to the makeup mirror and looked at it carefully.
She has a pretty face, and she knows it well.
Any condition, as long as it can be used, will become a lawyer's weapon, and she also knows this very well.
Only those who are fully prepared are qualified to reap the fruits of victory, she was absolutely convinced.
Now she is a warrior who has already prepared her weapons and is ready to fight.
Sorry, lawyer Fei, I know very well that no matter how hard I try, I may not be able to win against you. If I want to climb higher than you, I have only one choice.
——That means you fall down first.
If a loving couple who trusts each other suddenly has a rift in their relationship, even the iron-blooded legal queen will be frustrated and depressed, and she will lose her focus on her career, right?
Putting everything in her hand back into her bag one by one, Ritsuko Usui walked out of the hotel bathroom, walked through the lobby, walked into the elevator with her head held high, and walked towards her victory.
Not to mention an adult of this age, even a minor who is inexperienced in the world should have understood how ambiguous the next situation was the moment she gave out the room card.
Her victory is close at hand, all she needs to do is raise the horn of charge!
Usui Ritsuko, who was in a high mood, unlocked the door with her room card, pushed the door open and walked into her room.
For this trip, they booked a standard double bed room. The room is not very large. The walkway through the entrance is the bed and desk, and a little beyond is the sliding door connecting to the terrace outside. .
The main light in the room was not turned on, but the ambient lights beside the bed were on. The dim and ambiguous light allowed people to roughly distinguish the situation in the room.
The atmosphere in the whole room had an indescribable tenderness, which was perfect for two people to have a drink intimately.
Detective Mori is quite sentimental.
At a glance, he passed through the floor-to-ceiling sliding glass door and saw Mouri Kogoro sitting on the terrace with his back to the door. Ritsuko Usui smiled, threw her coat directly on the bed, and turned the collar down He pulled some more and walked straight towards the terrace.
"Mr. Mori, I..."
Usui Ritsuko gently opened the terrace door with her invincible, sweet and slightly hoarse voice.
——Then she met three pairs of clear and penetrating eyes, and the next words stuck in her throat.
"Lawyer Usui." Mouri Kogoro, who was holding the cards in his hand and thinking hard, turned his head belatedly, "You are back."
There were scattered items on the small coffee table on the terrace. playing cards, and the drinks prepared by Ritsuko Usui were placed on top.
I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but an ultraviolet mosquito repellent lamp was placed in the corner of the terrace, facing the direction of her entrance, illuminating her face with a green light.
With the thickness of the makeup on her face, she almost looks like a night pearl now.
"Good evening, Aunt Ui Bing." Tang Ze looked at the green tea that exuded authentic green light and asked thoughtfully, "Is your throat uncomfortable?"
He hummed something in his heart that could easily reveal his age. The tone, such as what is different from any meaning, you are the green light, so unique and so on, I admired the scene in front of me in my heart.
Now love is really a ray of light.
(End of this chapter)