Chapter 144 Reality
Ze Yu noticed Hanai Akiko's nervousness, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. He smiled and said, "Hello, Sister Hanai."

Hanai Akiko took a deep breath, suppressed the complicated emotions in her heart, and returned to her natural expression. She smiled and responded, "Hello, little friend."

As the chairman of a large conglomerate, she has some ability and her acting skills are very good. She was nervous for only a few seconds, and then quickly got into the role and put herself into the role of an older sister.

After taking on the role, Hanai Akiko treated Sawaha as an ordinary child, so she naturally didn't feel nervous anymore.

"Children, you can call me 'Sister Sonoko'." Sonoko blinked her eyes and asked playfully, "What about you?"

"My name is 'Aragaki Sawaha'."

"My name is 'Graybara Ai'."

Ze Yu and the other man said their names with a normal expression.

"Sure enough, just as I expected." Sonoko showed a look of understanding, and thought to herself: "This blond kid is indeed named 'Aragaki', he must be Mr. Twenty-foot's younger brother."

Thinking of this, Yuanzi had no intention of asking. She just looked at Ze Yu quietly, and the smile on her face became even brighter.

"Well, Ze Yu, it's our first meeting. Thank you for your guidance."

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the other side.

After Uncle Maori revealed his identity as a famous detective, he received favor from several professional elites, who handed over their business cards.

At the same time, these professional elites started a discussion around Shijing Lihua, the eldest daughter of the group.

The content of their discussion was roughly - I wonder which lucky guy will be able to win the favor of Sijing Lihua, successfully marry into the family, and become the next chairman of Sijing Group.

In order to flatter, they discussed loudly, and the sound reached Ze Yu's table.

Hanai Akiko twisted her hair with her fingers and said nonchalantly, "There is no future for those who live off others. These guys have no vision, they don't know how to fight, they only know how to climb high, and that's how their lives will be."

"Yeah." Sonoko nodded in agreement.

She doesn't like this kind of boy.

Every time she goes on a date, Sonoko never tells the other person her identity, but disguises herself as an ordinary girl.

She didn't want to let interests mix with her love.

If those boys approach you for profit, then forget it.

Sonoko also has her own conditions when choosing a boyfriend. She looks down on people like that.

"In this society, if you don't have any connections and relationships, it's very difficult to build a career relying solely on your own strength." Haibara Ai calmly expressed a different point of view.

"Even if they are geniuses, if they are not valued, they will encounter obstacles everywhere. It is normal for them to want to climb up the social ladder." Haibara Ai said that she has seen through the nature of this society, so her tone was calm.

What Haibara Ai said is very true.

After all, there are very few people who can achieve success by relying on their own strength. Most people, if they don’t have connections, are destined to never get ahead and can only remain ordinary people.

this is the truth.

"That's true." After hearing what Haibara Ai said, Sonoko thought about it and felt that her point of view was also correct, so she nodded to show her agreement.

"But even so, I still look down on them," Sonoko added.

Having said that, Sonoko looked at Haibara Ai with a hint of surprise in her eyes. She had not expected that such a little kid who was still in elementary school could see the world so thoroughly.

She can be considered a genius. "Yeah." Ze Yu nodded, looked at Hanai Akiko, and said meaningfully: "If I'm not mistaken, Sister Hanai should be the chairman of the Hanai Group, right?"

"According to the information I received, the reason why the Huajing Group was able to rise rapidly in just over a decade and become one of the top financial groups in the country was because of their connections."

Ze Yu's words scared Yuanzi.

Except for special guests like the Maori family, those who could attend this banquet were all wealthy and powerful social elites.

It can be said that this is an exchange meeting at the top of the pyramid. Since Sawaha and Haibara Ai can come here, in Sonoko's opinion, the parents behind them must have considerable power.

It is normal for them to know some secrets of the Hanai Group in the past.

But even so, revealing Hanai Akiko's past in front of her would offend people.

According to Sonoko's guess, even if Sawaha and Haibara Ai have some special backgrounds, they should not be able to compete with the powerful Hanai Group.

If they reveal the truth to their faces, aren't they afraid of offending the Hanai Group?
Thinking of this, Yuanzi decided to act as a peacemaker and try to reconcile the situation.

Sonoko knew that Aragaki Sawaha was Mr. Riboud's younger brother, and by helping Sawaha, she was actually helping Mr. Riboud.

As a friend, Sonoko doesn't mind helping out.

As a result, before she could say anything, Hanai Akiko smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, that's right, the Hanai Group did climb up the social ladder, and this is an undeniable fact."

"Hey?"

When Yuanzi heard this, his eyes widened in surprise, his face full of astonishment.

She didn't expect that after being exposed by Sawaha, Hanai Akiko was not angry but admitted it instead.

Does Hanai Akiko have such a good temper?
"But..." Hanai Akiko said seriously: "Although the Hanai Group climbed up the ladder, the fact that the Group has been able to develop to this point is also inseparable from my efforts."

In front of Sawaha, Hanai Akiko tried her best to prove her own weight.

Ze Yu smiled slightly and did not comment.

He had read Hanai Akiko's information and knew that she was a very hard-working person.

Hanai Akiko was telling the truth.

Even with the help of the Fang Group, it would not have been possible to develop to its current scale if Hanai Akiko herself had not worked hard enough.

With the background of the Fang Group and its own efforts, the Hanai Group was able to defeat many opponents and grow rapidly.

…………

While Uncle Maori and those professional elites were talking to each other, Conan left the hall and went to the bathroom.

As a result, he discovered a strange phenomenon.

All the light bulbs in the corridor near the toilet were out of work. The entire corridor was dark and the switches didn't work at all.

This is very strange.

Logically speaking, as a wealthy large group, Sijing Group should not make such a small mistake.

If there was a problem with the light bulb in the hallway, they should have noticed it long ago and replaced it promptly.

But the fact is, they didn't change the light bulb.

(End of this chapter)