Stay away from Conan

Chapter 204 The banquet begins

Following Saeki Masaru outside the villa, Hanada Emi was wearing a pink evening dress, noble and elegant.

The slim-fitting dress highlighted her perfect figure, and paired with her beautiful blond hair, immediately attracted the attention of many people present.

"Miss Hanada, long time no see."

Arriving at the banquet hall, before entering, Hanada Emi heard a familiar voice calling her.

"Ah, it's Lawyer Shimada. It's been a long time."

Xun Sheng looked around and saw who the other party was. Hanada Emi replied politely - the person who came was the lawyer Shimada Kaoru who had notified Hanada Emi to return to the country to receive the inheritance.

Seeing this, Saeki Masaru entered the banquet hall first without interfering too much.

"I really didn't expect to see Miss Hanada here."

Shimada Kaoru stepped forward and asked.

"Me too."

Smiling, Hanada Emi said.

After just a few brief greetings, Shimada Kaoru and Hanada Emi walked into the banquet hall together.

In the banquet hall on the second floor, there are twelve round tables in three rows and four columns, with various food and drinks on them, like a buffet, for the guests present to enjoy, and there are also several uniformed service staff. , walking around with a tray.

Looking at the guests who had already arrived in the banquet hall, Shimada Kaoru said goodbye to Hanada Emi, and then went to say hello to a few familiar people among the guests.

In this regard, Hanada Emi said nothing and walked to the banquet hall alone.

"News about Asami Taro..."

Just after walking a few steps, a name that people cared about suddenly appeared from the chat of several people nearby. Hanada Emi couldn't help but stop and looked at the sound, only to see a man in a blue windbreaker following him. Who are you chatting with——

interesting! Interesting! I haven't taken the initiative to come to you, but you actually gave me such a big surprise! If I didn't still need you, just because you might be the person "Shirley" cares about, I really couldn't help but want to destroy you quickly - wise and lofty!

"Mr. Wise?"

With this thought in mind, Hanada Emi walked straight up.

"I didn't expect Mr. Akechi to be here too!"

Hugging Takato's right arm, Hanada Emi showed a sweet smile and put her face as close to the other person as possible——

The obvious heartbeat, the flash of fear in the pupils, the nervous expression...

All the changes in expressions are visible at this moment.

"Miss Hanada?"

The other party seemed to have reacted and began to use force to break away from the embrace. However, after Hanada Emi used a little more force, the other party seemed to give up and no longer resisted. However, at the same time, the other party's heartbeat, mood, and expression were no longer abnormal.

In response, Hanada Emi took the initiative to let go of her hand.

"Has Mr. Akechi been invited too? I didn't know."

Hanada Emi said slightly surprised, and then with an idea, she leaned into Gao Yuan's ear and whispered: "Or is there some entrustment to handle the case here?"

"I just happened to meet an acquaintance and came over together."

Blushing slightly, Gao Yuan glanced away and said.

"That's right."

Hanada Emi said, took a step back, put her hands behind her back, leaned forward slightly, and said with a playful smile: "By the way, do you know who I just met here?"

Somewhat confused, Gao Yuan shook his head.

"It's Lawyer Shimada Kaoru."

Hanada Emi said.

"Huh? Lawyer Shimada is here too?"

Gao Yuan said slightly surprised.

Standing up straight and walking to Takato's side, Hanada Emi pulled Takato's cuffs.

"How about I take you to find him!"

With that said, Hanada Emi pulled Gao Yuan towards where Kaoru Shimada was, and Gao Yuan did not resist.

"Lawyer Shimada, long time no see."

Following Hanada Emi, she walked to Shimada Kaoru. When she saw Shimada Kaoru just finished greeting someone, Gao Yuan stepped forward to say hello.

"You are...Mr. Wise!"

Seeing Takato and recalling it for a while, Shimada Kaoru recognized who Takato was, so he responded. But at the same time, he saw Takato and Hanada Emi coming together, and Hanada Emi was still holding Takato's cuffs. Shimada Xun couldn't help but asked curiously:

"you……"

"Feel sorry!"

Seemingly frightened, Hanada Emi let go of her hand and waved her hand quickly, "Lawyer Shimada, don't get me wrong, we just happened to meet here."

With that said, Hanada Emi hurriedly said goodbye and left.

"I'm really surprised to meet Mr. Akechi here."

Seeing Hanada Megumi not leaving, Shimada Kaoru couldn't help but say.

"If I must say, I'm surprised. Lawyer Shimada is not in Osaka, so why are you here?"

Gao Yuan asked.

“It’s hard to refuse hospitality.”

Shimada Kaoru said, "Besides, there is something a little curious about."

Saying that, Shimada Kaoru looked at Gao Yuan and asked:

"Did you find the whereabouts of that diamond?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shimada Kaoru seemed to realize that there was something wrong with what he said, so he added:

"Of course, I'm not doubting the original result. After all, before applying for the inheritance, I found five more institutions to do five appraisals, and I can confirm that Miss Hanada's identity is definitely worthy of her name. But now suddenly... By the way, Akechi Sir, do you know what’s on offer today?”

Gao Yuan nodded, "If I have to say it, I am really not sure that I have found the whereabouts of the gem. To find Miss Huatian, I relied more on other clues."

After getting this answer, Shimada Kaoru nodded.

"Forget it, it's been more than 20 years, things have changed, who knows."

Calmly, Shimada Kaoru said this.

Right, then it seems...

Silently, Gao Yuan looked back at Hanada Emi, who was not far away with Saeki - it seemed that there was no need to investigate further.

Just as I was thinking about it, the organizer of this charity auction dinner and the owner of this villa finally arrived.

This was an old man who looked to be in his sixties. There were two other people coming with him, one was a middle-aged man in a black suit, and the other was a girl in her twenties.

At this moment, Gao Yuan looked at the time and saw that it was already eight o'clock in the evening, which meant that the charity auction was about to start.

But at this time, there were still people coming in and out of the banquet hall. The old man seemed a little dissatisfied with this. After the girl next to him said something to him, she picked up the microphone in the hand of another middle-aged man and said, Start announcing the start of the charity auction and reminding everyone present to keep quiet and silence their cell phones.

As he said that, everyone present fell silent, and at this moment, a person's cell phone rang, and the sound was particularly obvious, so that person hung up the phone in a hurry after being looked at by others.

Now, the banquet hall was finally quiet, and the old man announced that the charity auction had begun!

After saying that, the service staff present walked around the banquet hall and turned off the lights in the hall, and the entire hall suddenly fell into darkness.

"In order to better display this lot, therefore..."

"Bang!"

In this dim hall, the old man was just about to announce something when a gunshot rang out from nowhere. The old man's words stopped abruptly and were replaced by a painful groan.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the banquet hall.

"Everyone, stay calm! Stay where you are and don't move!"

Someone in the crowd shouted loudly, it was Nakamori Ginzo's voice.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the sound of a broken window came from not far behind Gao Yuan——

"Hurry up and turn on the lights! No one is allowed to leave!"

Gao Yuan also reacted immediately, shouted, took out his mobile phone for lighting, ran to the entrance of the banquet hall, and stopped here.

After Gao Yuan's reminder, the service staff turned on the lights again, and the situation in the banquet hall was revealed to everyone at this moment——

The old man had fallen into a pool of blood.

And a window in the banquet hall has been shattered...