Chapter 320 The Hotta Family Incident
On the afternoon of Friday, January 10th, on a mountain road in the outskirts of Tama Town, Mori was driving a car for seven people, with Ran, Conan and Yamazaki in it.
"Are you sure you didn't go the wrong way?" Lan asked, "Dad?"
"Of course," Molly said, "we'll definitely be back for dinner."
Conan whispered: "It's better not to go back."
"Your performance time is tomorrow." Yamazaki said with a smile.
"Really, I knew I would have accepted the commission." Maori said, "In this way, I can come back after dinner."
"I don't know who it is, but it's not the work of a famous detective to find a pet." Lan said, "It's detrimental to the identity."
"Of course." Maori said, "I'm a famous detective now, and people know me everywhere I go."
"It seems to be a negative reputation." Conan muttered again.
"It's not thanks to you, kid." Maori turned around and said the lesson.
"Ah!" Lan shouted quickly, "Be careful."
"What?" Mao Li turned his head and saw the figure standing in the middle of the road in front of him, and he slammed on the brakes.
"What's the matter?" Looking at the middle-aged fat man walking over, Maori asked loudly.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong." The man said, "You see, my car has a problem, can you please take me to the villa in front?" He pointed to the front.
"Uh," Mao Li looked at the villa in the mountains in the distance, looked back at Lan and the others with a guilty conscience, and then said to the man, "Come up."
"I will definitely thank you well." The man introduced himself, "My surname is Hotta, please give me your advice." He handed a business card to Mori, and got into the car.
"No problem, I'm happy to help." Mao Li took the business card while talking, and muttered in a low voice, "Hotita Heavy Industries, it should be a big company." Then the car started.
Ten minutes later, the car arrived at the villa. A middle-aged man was cleaning the yard. Seeing the car coming up quickly, he found Mr. Hotta getting out of the car. He quickly bowed and said, "Master."
"Yamauchi, my car broke down halfway," Mr. Hotta said, "Remember to tow it back later."
"Understood." The butler Yamauchi said, and then saluted Mouri who was sitting in the car, "My surname is Yamauchi, and I am the housekeeper of this villa. Thank you for sending the president back."
"You're welcome," Molly asked, "this car?"
"The parking lot is over there." Mr. Hotta said.
After Yamazaki, Ran and Conan got out of the car, Mori started the car and drove to the parking lot.
Mr. Hotta said to Butler Yamauchi again, "They will stay for dinner today."
"I'll be ready." Yamauchi Butler said.
Mr. Hotta looked at the villa and asked, "Have Koichi and the others arrived?"
Shanuchi said to the butler: "Here, they see that the master has not arrived yet, and they are worried about you."
"Is that so? I think they probably hope that I will die early in a car accident." Mr. Hotta said, and then smiled at Mao Li who came over, "By the way, Mr. Mao Li happens to be my birthday party tonight, so let me Let me treat you guys as a thank you."
"Then I'd rather be respectful than obedient." Mao Li smiled happily, and then asked,
"I don't seem to have introduced myself, have I?"
"With your reputation as detective Mori Kogoro," Mr. Hotta laughed, "how could I not recognize your face."
"Oh, yes." Molly laughed.
However, Yamazaki and Conan noticed that Mr. Yamauchi's face turned pale in an instant, and they looked at each other, and Conan whispered, "It seems that something has been done." Then he said, "I can't go back today. "
Yamazaki asked with a smile: "It's okay, I can send you back by courier, how about it?"
"Forgive me," Conan said with a wry smile, "I feel uncomfortable when I think of wearing a peacock suit."
"I was pulled here right after school today, without a phone, you'd better pray that there is a phone here," Yamazaki said with a smile, "Otherwise..."
Lan smiled and said, "Conan, I really want to see you in that dress, it must be very cute."
"Sister Lan." Conan shouted dissatisfied.
After entering the villa, Mr. Hotta went to change clothes. Yamazaki asked the butler Yamauchi, "Is there a phone?"
"Sorry, we don't have a signal here." Butler Yamauchi looked at Maori and said, "Mr. Maori, please follow me."
After the housekeeper Yamauchi settled the four of them in a room, he left.
"Okay, let's take a break and prepare for a big meal," Maori said, "I'm so lucky that I can meet a president whenever I go the wrong way."
Lan said, "You finally admit that you went the wrong way."
"Well," Mao Li said, "Anyway, there is a big meal, so don't worry about it."
"I'm going out for a walk." Conan just wanted to leave when Maori picked him up and threw him on the bed, "Don't cause trouble for others."
Conan looked at Yamazaki, and Yamazaki shrugged to indicate that there was nothing he could do.
Conan walked to Yamazaki and asked in a low voice, "Aren't you going out to have a look?"
"If you want to do it, you have already done it," Yamazaki said, looking at the yard outside the window, "either waiting for time, or waiting for someone."
"He has been here as a housekeeper for a while," Conan said, "Will anyone come today?" He also looked out the window.
After dark, the four of Mori were invited to the restaurant by the butler Yamauchi. There were two young people in the restaurant besides Mr. Hotta.
Mr. Hotta introduced Mouri. These two people are his sons, Koichi Hotta and Ryoji Hotta.
After the four of Maori took their seats, the housekeeper Yamauchi pushed out a bottle of red wine and said, "Master Haoyi specially prepared this for the master."
Mao Li's eyes widened when he saw the sign, and he unconsciously took a mouthful of saliva, which made Lan's face turn red.
The housekeeper Yamauchi poured wine for Hotta and his son and Mori one by one, then put the wine on the table, and poured juice for the three of Yamazaki.
Mr. Hotta said: "Yamauchi, you can come too." He raised his glass as he spoke.
"Ah, thank you very much, President." The butler Yamauchi said and poured himself a glass.
Horita Hiroshi smiled and said, "Then, let's wish Dad a happy fifty-eighth birthday."
Mao Li paid a respectful farewell, and poured it into his mouth impatiently.
"Wait," Hotta Ryoji said, "I think it would be better for you to take a sip first."
Koichi Hotta asked very angrily, "What do you mean?"
Hotta Ryoji said: "If it's poisonous, it's not very good."
"Pfft!" Maori immediately spit out the wine that he hadn't swallowed after hearing what they said just now.
Hotta Koichi said: "You are too rude in front of Dad, Ryoji."
Hotta Ryoji said: "Come on, I've heard long ago that your father's overseas business has been greatly affected by your obvious childish actions, and you were ordered by your father to disqualify you from being a director and sent to the branch. "
"Are you saying that I will kill my father for this?" Hotta Koichi said, "I heard that you have been addicted to the casino recently and borrowed a lot of money from outside."
"Crack!" Mr. Hotta slapped the table, "You two bastards." Then he lifted the tablecloth.
Watching the table full of delicacies and wine bottles fall to the ground, Maoli said eagerly: "My dinner." Then he found that Yamazaki grabbed the wine bottle with one hand and a plate of sashimi with the other, and put the wine bottle and The sashimi was placed in front of him, so he smiled happily again, "That's great."
At this time, a woman in her thirties came in and said, "You two brothers still love each other as before."
Brother Hotta said in surprise: "Sister!"
Mr. Hotta asked angrily, "Funny, what are you doing here?"
"Oh, is this your way of hospitality?" Hotta Fumiko said, "You sent me an invitation yourself."
"We broke off the relationship between father and daughter five years ago, how could I invite you?" Mr. Hotta roared, "I don't want to see your face at all, get out of here."
"The person who wants to tell me something is you, Dad." Hotta Fumiko said.
Mr. Hotta shouted very angrily: "I have nothing to say to you." After speaking, he left the restaurant. ...