Chapter 142 Hanai Akiko

Sonoko was really surprised to see that such a rare guest as Hanai Akiko was also present.

You know, as the chairman of a famous top conglomerate in the island country, Akiko Hanai is also a big shot. Normally, she would never attend such a banquet.

Hanai Akiko is a rather aloof person and seldom attends such banquets. Even if she is invited, she will not give face.

Not to mention the banquet of the Yotsubishi Group, even for the banquet of the Suzuki Group, it is basically impossible to invite the chairman of the Hanai Group.

But today, she suddenly attended the banquet of the Shijing Group. It was normal for Sonoko to be surprised.

It's like an ice beauty who has been silent for many years suddenly becomes talkative one day, which always surprises people.

According to Sonoko, with the strength of the Yotsuba Group alone, even if an invitation was issued, they were not qualified to invite Hanai Akiko to come here in person.

So, why did Akiko Hanai suddenly appear here? This is worth further investigation.

Yuanzi was thinking secretly.

To be honest, the fact that the chairman, Akiko Hanai, sat next to Sonoko made her feel very pressured, and her attitude became a little restrained.

Although the age difference between them is not big and they are considered to be of the same age, their identities are different.

As senior executives of one of the country's top conglomerates, Sonoko is just an heir, while Hanai Akiko is a chairman with a noble status. There is a generation difference between the two identities.

Although Hanai Akiko is young, she is at the same level as Sonoko's parents and is a big shot at the top of the pyramid.

Facing her, Sonoko felt like she was facing her own parents. How could she not feel restrained?
Sonoko was originally planning to get up and go over to say hello to Xiaolan and the others, but Hanai Akiko suddenly appeared, which made Sonoko feel embarrassed to leave, so she had to give up the idea of ​​saying hello to Xiaolan and the others.

After all, Hanai Akiko had just appeared, but Sonoko left and went to greet others. It was obvious that she looked down on Hanai Akiko and did not take her seriously.

This kind of behavior will offend people.

Sonoko didn't want to bring an enemy to her family because of such an action.

The power of the Hanai Group even slightly exceeds that of the Suzuki Group. Although the gap is not big, it is best not to offend the other party easily if you can avoid it.

Otherwise, if the Hanai Group is offended, even the Suzuki Group will have a headache.

Yuanzi is not stupid.

She sat in her seat obediently, suppressed the surprise on her face, and then put on a smile and asked, "Ms. Hanai Akiko, how come you have time to come to this party today?"

"I had no intention of paying attention to the invitation from the Shijing Group. After all, they are not qualified to waste my time." Hanai Akiko shrugged her shoulders and said helplessly: "But there is no other way. Someone asked me to come, so I had to come."

At this point, her attitude seemed somewhat helpless.

If that person had not personally given the order, Hanai Akiko would not have wasted her time at such a low-level and boring banquet.

"Huh?" Yuanzi was stunned.

Who on earth has such enormous power that he can even make Hanai Akiko, who always values ​​time, choose to bow her head, compromise, and come to attend this banquet in person?

In the island nation, there are only a handful of people who possess this ability.

There are only a few people...

And why did that big shot do this?

Could it be that there is some hidden secret in this birthday party hosted by the Sijing Group?
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the other side.

After wolfing down the chicken drumstick in his hand, Maori Kogoro picked up the wine glass and drank the full glass of red wine in one breath. "Ha, high-end famous wine is really different!"

Uncle Maori was very happy and looked a little drunk.

At this time, the chairman of the Sijing Group was still saying something to the guests around him with a smile on his face.

"... Well, before we all start chatting, I would like to introduce today's special guest to you. He is..."

"Mr. Kogoro Mori!"

Chairman Shijing said the name of the special guest, turned quickly, raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Uncle Maori.

At the same time, Uncle Maori had just finished eating, rubbed his stomach, and said to the waiter next to him: "Can you pack these dishes for me? I want to take them home."

Chairman Sijing, who originally wanted to give everyone a surprise, turned pale and lost his smile when he saw this scene.

He felt that Kogoro Mori's impolite and vulgar behavior really lowered his style.

If he had known that the great detective Mori, who was famous throughout Tokyo, was such a person, he would not have asked him to embarrass himself.

"Mr. Mori!"

Chairman Sijing said with a dark face, reminding the other party to pay attention to his image.

"exist."

Uncle Maori responded subconsciously, then looked towards Chairman Shijing.

The guests around were originally disgusted by Uncle Maori's vulgar behavior and felt that someone like him was not worthy of being at the same banquet with them.

However, after they learned about Kogoro Mori's identity, their views immediately changed, and their attitude towards Uncle Mori changed from "bad" to "friendly".

They even felt that Uncle Maori's behavior just now was no longer vulgar, but rather spontaneous, not bound by rules, and had his own style.

That's the benefit of identity.

Even though Uncle Maori is just a detective and his status is not as high as those professional elites, even these large groups and forces sometimes need detectives and will naturally establish good relationships with Uncle Maori.

"Is he the famous detective?"

"The sleeping Kogoro..."

There was a burst of exclamations from the crowd around.

Uncle Maori smiled and accepted everyone's compliments.

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"Ms. Hanai Akiko."

Looking at Uncle Maori who was stealing the show and attracting everyone's attention, Sonoko couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why aren't you the special guest tonight?"

Sonoko felt that Miss Hanai Akiko was more suitable as a special guest than Kogoro Mori.

It's not that she looks down on Mouri Kogoro, but because tonight's banquet is a banquet between many groups and forces. After all, Mouri Kogoro is not a person who mixes in this circle, so he is not suitable to be a special guest.

As the chairman of a large conglomerate, Hanai Akiko is more suitable as a special guest.

(End of this chapter)