At this moment, the atmosphere was exceptionally quiet!
He bought that hotel!
In order to solve a kidnapping case and investigate one of the suspicious points, he bought a five-star hotel?
Not to mention Mao Li and his daughter, even President Gu, who had an astonishing net worth, was so shocked that he could not speak.
This was no longer something that could be simply described with the word 'wealthy'.
He was simply inhumane and rich!
"No, it can't be, right?"
The corners of Conan's mouth twitched, and he did not know how to describe the awkward expression on his face.
Who in the world could do such a ridiculous thing?
Wait a minute!
Perhaps there really was such a person!
Conan inexplicably thought of a certain Suzuki guy.
"That, that doesn't prove anything.”
Masheng tried his best to explain.
However, his panicked expression and the beads of sweat on his forehead revealed everything!
"Prove that you're lying!"
"This time, there are not two kidnappings, but three.”
"The first kidnapping case was Gu Jingzi's idea to put on an act. She wanted President Gu to put down her work and play with her.”
"However, you must have hinted at this idea to her, right?”
Makoto Higashino sneered and continued his deduction.
"The second kidnapping case was the kidnapper that Uncle Mao Li caught.”
"But don't you think that all of this is too much of a coincidence?”
"How does a stranger know that this little girl is the daughter of President Gu's family? How did he coincidentally meet her when she was out alone? How dare you extort 1 billion yen?”
Maori Kogoro opened his mouth as if he had thought of something.
Conan, on the other hand, was enlightened. He suddenly pointed at the butler, Masheng, and shouted,"It's a mole!"
"Only Mr. Masheng, who planned the first act of kidnapping, would know when Gu Jingzi went, where she went, and who was around her!”
"In other words, only Mr. Aso, the mole, could have created the kidnapper for the second kidnapping case and allowed him to commit the crime so successfully!”
As soon as he said this, even Mao Lilan and Mao Li Kogoro understood.
President Gu hurriedly picked up his daughter and took a few steps back.
His eyes were filled with vigilance and disappointment. It became very complicated.
"That's right. Using the excuse of acting as a kidnapping to create a real kidnapping environment.”
Makoto Higashino continued to explain.
"Then what benefits does he have? What is it for?”
"Even if the kidnapping is successful, the 1 billion yen is still the kidnapper's!”、
Maori Kogoro asked in confusion.
"Hmph, so tired?"
"In my country, there's an ancient saying called 'atone for one's sins by meritorious deeds!”
"I think that's Masheng's plan, right?”
Makoto Higashino took out his phone.
On the screen, there were four Chinese characters written in bold capital letters-" atone for one's sins."
"What do you mean by atone for your sins?"
Xiao Lan tilted her head and asked in confusion.
Obviously, she was a black belt in karate, which limited her results in cultural studies.
"It refers to a person who has made a big mistake but wants to atone for his sins by making a contribution.”
"I think what Higashino means is that Mr. Aso's plan is to ask President Gu to bring a ransom of 1 billion yen to negotiate with the kidnappers to make up for his mistake.”
Conan had a complicated look in his eyes and his tone was heavy.
It was unknown whether he was lamenting over Aso's scheme or regretting his own mistake.
"But what if I don't agree?”
President Gu asked.
He was still unwilling to believe this fact.
After all, the old butler had served them for many years, and they had a deep relationship.
"Even if he doesn't agree, even if the plan fails, what will he lose?”
"Punishing me for preparing for a one-week trip to Australia?”
"Or three months of salary?”
Makoto Higashino sneered." But if we succeed, it'll be 1 billion yen!”
"I, I…"
Plop!
The butler, Masheng, knelt down on both knees as if he had confessed his guilt. He cried bitterly and explained the reason.
One night, he secretly browsed a small website and accidentally clicked on an advertisement.
After that, he became addicted to gambling. As a result, he lost more and more and owed a lot of money. Only then did he think of the idea of kidnapping and extortion.
Soon, Officer Megami and Officer Takagi, who had just returned to the police station and were about to go home from work, drove the police car and worked overtime to take away the old butler, Aso.
"Five million yen?"
"Hahahaha…"
"Dongye, you're really my lucky star!”
Back home, Maori Kogoro patted Makoto Higashino's shoulder and laughed.
As expected of an entrepreneur, he was generous. He gave him 5 million in one go, which was more than what he usually earned in a year.
"It's nothing. It's all Uncle's credit.”
"Thanks to Uncle's bravery, the criminal was subdued in a few moves!”
Makoto Higashino's flattery was natural and reasonable.
With one sentence, the key to solving the case was shifted from finding the criminal to catching the criminal.
He pushed all the credit to Maori Kogoro to please his future father-in-law.
Even the butler, Masheng, came to investigate Maori Kogoro because the detective was stupid enough.
Otherwise, why would Maori Kogoro be involved in such a serious kidnapping case?
At that time, Makoto Higashino didn't say it out loud, purely because he wanted to save face for his father-in-law.
Compared to a famous detective, he just wanted to be an ordinary scumbag!
"Uncle's only credit is that he received this case!”
"That butler must have investigated beforehand and knew that uncle's reasoning ability was very poor, so he deliberately looked for you.”
Conan pursed his lips in disdain.
"Brat, what are you talking about?"
Maori Kogoro angrily punched him with his iron fist, letting him know who was the real boss.
"Conan, you're here again!"
"Can't a child eat properly?”
"No wonder he never grew tall!"
Xiao Lan placed a bowl of rice in front of him and glared at him.
"I'm obviously telling the truth!”
Conan lowered his head and ate his rice with a wronged expression.
It seemed like he really wanted to eat more rice to grow taller.
"Don't mind the words of a child."
"Besides, after this kidnapping case, Uncle has already become famous.”
"In the future, the business of the law firm will get better and better. Uncle will be even busier.”
Makoto Higashino flattered.
After all, he was her future father-in-law, and the one who was really sucking up to him was Xiaolan.
"Sincere!"
Xiaolan looked at Makoto Higashino with a tender gaze.
She knew that it was all thanks to her boyfriend.
However!
For her, Makoto Higashino did not care about fame or profit. He gave all the credit to his father.
As expected, Cheng was a very gentle person.
Compared to him, that reasoning idiot only knew how to show off proudly and did not forget to mock her father for being incompetent.
No, that guy was not qualified to compete with Cheng at all!
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