Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

Chapter 205 The Greedy Suzuki Jirokichi

"welcome!"

After leading Xiaolan and the three of them into the villa, Suzuki Jirokichi walked straight to the collection room. He opened the door and saw Yuji and Yuko admiring the collection. The old man nodded with satisfaction.

"Long time no see, Mr. Suzuki."

After Yuji bent down to salute, he patted his head sheepishly: "I took that Porsche from your garage."

A hearty laugh burst out of Suzuki Jirokichi's mouth. He waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "You are too outspoken. Just call me uncle like Sonoko. Cars are meant to be driven. , if you don’t take it away, I will have to let Suzuya drive out for a run from time to time.”

Old man... When did you become so familiar with this guy?
Yuko froze for a moment, her eyes became even more strange.

Putting his hands behind his back, Suzuki Jirokichi saw Miss Suzuya walking in, picked up a bunch of keys from her hand, swung it and threw it to Yuji.

"this is…"

The young man caught the key chain, looked at the three keys on it, and glanced at Yuko for a while, only to find that she shook her head too, before waiting for Suzuki Jirokichi's explanation.

"The green one is the key to the villa, and the red one is the key to the garage."

The attendants came in with the juice, and left after everyone took the cups, and turned on the headlights in the collection room.

"Then what about the pink one?" Yuji didn't see Yuko's face at the moment, and took the pink key in his hand.

"Oh...this is the key to Yuko's room."

Suzuki Jirokichi passed Yuji and Yuko, and stretched out his arms to embrace them, seeming to forget the three Sonoko who came with him.

"I said Kudo boy, what do you think of Yuko?"

By now, Yuji also understood what Suzuki Jirokichi meant. Just as he was about to speak, Yuko grabbed his butt from behind. In the eyes of the old man, the boy's mouth twisted.

"Is that so, there is no way to express it in words..."

Jiro Suzuki laughed, standing in front of a pane of glass, pointing to the gold artwork inside.

"Yuanzi, the little Maori girl and that little man, this is what I told you about the bait."

In the glass closet, a golden goddess kneeling on the ground held a huge blue gem in her hands. She looked up at the sky, seemingly praying for something.

"This statue is a golden goddess statue that was decorated on the bow of a ship called the Sea Goddess in the past when pirates were rampant."

Suzuki Jirokichi tapped the button next to it, and the glass was stored, exposing this artwork directly to everyone.

"What the goddess is holding is a huge sapphire that was transformed from the tears of the mermaid in legend. It is also called the Blue Miracle because it is said to prevent shipwrecks."

It turns out that this blue miracle is the bait Mr. Jirokichi Suzuki said. Since it is a gem, then the "fish" is that guy...

Conan immediately figured out who Suzuki Jirokichi's target was. His exuberant curiosity was just aroused, but he was immediately dispelled the moment he saw Xiaolan.

Coaxing the girlfriend well is the top priority now, and put the monster thief aside.

"This thing is also very valuable in the art world, so I spent a little money to buy it. It's not expensive, only 3000 million US dollars."

Pressing the button again to restore the glass to its original position, Suzuki Jirokichi took out a commission letter from his pocket, and handed a check for 5000 million yen to Xiaolan.

"So, little Maori girl, I would like to entrust your father, Maori Kogoro, to be the bodyguard of this treasure. Let's have some fun with that flying guy."

Without going to accept the check, Xiaolan shook her head: "The entrustment is nothing, but I can't accept the check. Yuanzi and I are good friends..."

"The garden is the garden, and I am me."

Suzuki Jirokichi threw the check to Sonoko and hugged Yuji again: "Since you are friends, small things don't matter. If such big things are not calculated clearly, it will affect the friendship."

"Yes, Xiaolan, just accept it." Sonoko stuffed the check into her best friend's pocket, squinted her eyes and smiled: "And this 5000 million is not only for uncle, but also for the help of Shinichi and Yuji. It's a good deal for us. .”

Watching the four people leave, only the father, daughter and Ms. Suzuya were left in the exhibition room. Seeing that there was no one else, Yuko angrily slapped her father on the shoulder.

"Old man, what are you doing superfluously, you actually gave that guy the key to my room!"

Pressing his ears with his fingers, Suzuki Jiroki glanced at his daughter with disgust: "Because I quite admire him."

Then why don't you give him your room key!
"Yuko, you know, although you have made some achievements now, you are still the daughter of the Suzuki Foundation after all."

The old man's expression finally became serious, he put his hands behind his back and stared at the ceiling.

"But didn't you promise me before that as long as I make a name for myself, I don't need to get married?"

"That's right, your uncle and aunt also agreed to do so, but recently several consortiums are putting pressure on Suzuki. They say that you don't have a romantic partner yet, and hope that you can choose a second-generation marriage from other consortiums."

Of course...it's fake...

Yuko's face instantly turned ugly. She clenched her fists and gritted her teeth and asked, "Aren't the heirs of other consortiums almost 30 years old?"

"Japanese girls can get married at the age of 16, right?" Suzuki Jirokichi looked at Yuko, took out several photos of middle-aged men from his pocket, and placed them in front of Yuko together with Yuji's.

"Now you can only get married quickly to shut their mouths. In this case, just choose a boy who doesn't hate you. Kudo Yuji and you have a good relationship."

Lowering his head, Yuko ruffled his hair unwillingly.She originally thought that as long as she did well enough, she would not need to get married, but the result was still...

"But I don't like men..."

"This is not an excuse to refuse the marriage, they just want the fact of a marriage."

Suzuki Jirokichi put Yuji's photo into Yuko's hand. Looking at his trembling daughter, his tone softened.

"As long as you say a word, I will take care of the rest."

The door of the exhibition room was opened again. Sitting on the sofa, Suzuki Jirokichi quietly looked at the Blue Miracle and took the coffee brought by Suzuki.

"Is this okay? Master." Suzuya stood beside Jirokichi, staring at the stack of photos on the coffee table: "There is no need to use such a radical method to deceive Miss Yuko, right?"

"Suziya, I left you in Japan with Yuko in the hope of helping her recover from her mental problems."

"I'm very sorry, I failed in my duty."

"By the way, I heard that someone likes Kudo Yuji, how did you find out?"

"The young lady of the Tokiwa Foundation, the daughter of the famous director Usami Daiharu, and the granddaughter of the master of Chinese painting Nan Masamune. By the way, there is also a girl named Akiko Okiya in his family, who seems to have a good relationship with him."

After hesitating for a moment, Miss Suzuya glanced at the door of the exhibition room: "Not talking about girls, Miss Yuko also has a slight liking for him."

This kid is pretty lucky...

"Anyway, can you take him down to see Yuko herself?" Looking at the file of Kudo Yuji in his hand, Suzuki Jirokichi grinned: "Go and change this kid's age to 17 years old."

That's the marriageable age...

　Yuko cannot be the heroine, don’t get me wrong.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)