"Ryoko... do you mind if I call you that?"
As soon as they left the Mori Detective Agency, Lin Yi began to use his tactics, gradually closing the distance with her.
First, he started by shortening the distance in terms of address.
"Yes, you can."
Akagi Ryoko couldn't resist Lin Yi's charm and nodded shyly.
"Then, Ryoko, is the place you live far from here?"
"Not far, it's only half an hour's walk."
"Half an hour... then it's better to take a taxi."
As Lin Yi spoke, he began to wave for a taxi.
"No need... it's fine to walk this distance." Akagi Ryoko quickly waved her hand.
Readers who like to watch Japanese dramas should know a term called "Japanese drama run."
Running is almost an indispensable scene in all Japanese dramas.
You can always see such characters in Japanese dramas, they are chasing lovers who are drifting away, chasing friends who are transferring to another city, chasing parents who wave goodbye, chasing opportunities that are about to be obtained but are lost in an instant...
Japanese drama runs can evoke many emotions from the audience, such as passion, emotion, expectation, and so on. But after watching too many Japanese drama runs, I believe many people will have such questions—"Why run?" "Can't you just take a taxi?"
In fact, taxis in Tokyo are not easy to take.
The starting price is 730 yen (about 48 yuan) for two kilometers, and then 90 yen for every 280 meters (that is, about 16 yuan per kilometer).
A normal adult's walking time per hour is about five kilometers.
Akagi Ryoko's apartment is half an hour away from here, so it should be 2.5 kilometers.
If you take a taxi, about a thousand yen will be gone.
That's equivalent to working for an hour at a convenience store.
"I'm too lazy to walk... it's faster to take a car."
Lin Yi replied very considerately. After hailing a taxi, he opened the car door and let Akagi Ryoko get in.
Since she didn't have to pay, Akagi Ryoko didn't decline and thanked him before getting into the car.
After Akagi Ryoko gave an address.
Lin Yi sat next to her, which made Akagi Ryoko a little nervous.
Lin Yi couldn't get close, after all, now is not the time to get close, he said: "Then, on the way, can you tell me about the difficulties you have encountered?"
Akagi Ryoko saw that Lin Yi was approaching to ask these questions, and she was immediately relieved, but also a little disappointed.
Akagi Ryoko lowered her head and said: "This... let's talk about it after we get there."
Akagi Ryoko didn't say what trouble she encountered.
Lin Yi still had some impression of this case, probably her younger brother? Seems like a younger brother, well, that's not important.
The younger brother was kidnapped, and the kidnapper demanded that the older brother lose that football match, otherwise, he would kill the hostage. He also demanded that this matter not be made known to the police, otherwise he would also kill the hostage.
Akagi Ryoko is young and inexperienced, and was frightened by the kidnappers in a few words, and really didn't call the police.
But she couldn't think of any other way, so she came up with this idea of using the identity of "Kudo's girlfriend" to seek Kudo Shinichi's help.
From this point of view, she is still somewhat smart.
Lin Yi estimated that she didn't directly tell him the difficulties she encountered, but wanted to let him go to her house to see before talking.
Obviously, she was worried that the detective she hired was not up to standard, and wanted to see if they could draw conclusions based on clues.
Otherwise, if they mess things up and anger the kidnappers, and then the kidnappers kill the hostage in a fit of anger, then she will have no place to cry.
Understanding this, Lin Yi immediately entered the pretending mode... oh, no, the detective mode.
He slowly put away his smile, with an expression of "I know what you're thinking", and said lightly: "Ryoko, just now... you were lying, right?"
"Huh?" Akagi Ryoko was taken aback, and she looked at Lin Yi with a guilty conscience: "I... what lie did I tell?"
"You're not Kudo-kun's girlfriend, are you?"
"I... I was before, but we broke up later, so I didn't save his phone number."
"Actually... I was just lying to you." Lin Yi took a deep look at Akagi Ryoko, as if he could see through her heart: "There's no rumor that he has a girlfriend at all, and he hasn't been seen going in and out of hotels with his girlfriend..."
"Ah?" Akagi Ryoko was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect things to be like this, but she refused to admit it, insisting: "I really am Kudo Shinichi's girlfriend..."
Lin Yi continued to mislead: "You might not know, right? Kudo-kun's secret..."
"Kudo's... secret?"
"Yes."
Lin Yi slowly said, "Actually... he's gay."
"Huh?" Akagi Ryoko was completely dumbfounded when she heard this.
After regaining her senses, she was a little incredulous about the news: "Kudo Shinichi... how could he be gay?"
"It's unbelievable, right?" Lin Yi said, "To be honest... I was devastated when I heard this news."
"But think about it, Kudo-kun was already very famous in high school, and he wasn't short of girls around him."
"But... why hasn't he had a girlfriend for so long?"
Lin Yi issued a soul-searching question.
"This... this."
Akagi Ryoko opened her mouth, then began to ponder this question—that's right, Kudo Shinichi is handsome and smart, and there must be many girls who confessed to him, so why hasn't he ever had a girlfriend?
"Please keep this news... a secret." Lin Yi made a shushing gesture, then said, "The reason why I insisted on coming with you just now was because I noticed you were lying... but later I gave you a hint, asking you to tell me your difficulties."
"And you didn't do that... which means you've encountered a big trouble, a big trouble that ordinary people can't solve. Am I right?"
Akagi Ryoko looked at Lin Yi in surprise. She didn't expect that he could "deduce" so much from these details!
Instantly, the way she looked at Lin Yi changed.
She nodded, clutching her skirt tightly, and said, "You're right... Lin-kun."
"You can also call me by my first name directly, it'll seem more intimate."
"Okay... okay, Yi... the thing is like this... yesterday evening..."
Lin Yi's excellent "deductive" performance successfully conquered Akagi Ryoko, and Akagi Ryoko revealed all the information.
This was no different from what Lin Yi remembered.
However, there were some differences in the relationships between the characters. The one who was kidnapped was Akagi Mamoru, who was a brother to Akagi Hideo.
As for Akagi Ryoko, she was their distant relative.
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