Ten minutes later, Onodera Eri took the temporary shrine maidens to change their clothes.

The main responsibility of the shrine maidens is to provide guidance and reception services. If you have any questions, you can ask the security personnel nearby. These security personnel have become familiar with the shrine after spending these days there.

The reason why I invited the witch over...

Well, a young girl is always more pleasing to the eye than a bunch of rough guys, right?

Ye Qiuxin brought the remaining Conan and Maori Kogoro into the lounge.

There were rich fruits and drinks on the coffee table. Maori Kogoro sat on the soft sofa, put a piece of fruit into his stomach with a fork, took a gulp of tea, drank it as if it were beer, put down the cup and shook his head regretfully: "It would be nice to have beer..."

"By the way, classmate Qiuxin." He looked at Ye Qiuxin with shining eyes, "Please bring me a bottle of cold beer, okay? I won't tell my daughter!"

"Hehe, sorry, no one in the shrine drinks alcohol, so we don't have any alcohol in stock." Ye Qiu was dumbfounded, thinking to himself that he was thinking about drinking even while eating fruit in the early morning. How the hell didn't this uncle fall into the wine barrel?

"Oh." Kogoro Mouri sighed and continued to eat.

Conan sat next to Kogoro Mouri, touching his chin with one hand, looking at Ye Qiuxin quietly.

He also had a lot of questions in his mind, but he didn't know how to start. Even if he was with Ye Qiuxin one-on-one, he couldn't say the questions he wanted to ask. Now there was not only a middle-aged uncle eating and drinking next to him, but also a cold-faced little loli...

I can’t even ask all the questions I wanted to ask!

There was actually a ghost floating in the air in the house, but Conan didn't know it.

At the same time, Huiyuan Ai was also observing the experimental subject that she indirectly created. Ye Qiuxin told her not to do anything too blatant to Conan, and she didn't do it at this stage because the laboratory has not been established yet...

But from the naked eye, it seems that Edogawa Conan has some side effects and has not completely retained the mind of an adult.

For example, this furtive expression in front of me, like holding back pee...

Is there a problem with kidney function?

Or can't go to the toilet by yourself?

Chapter 97: The Shrine's First Business

Conan didn't know that he was almost diagnosed with kidney problems. He was thinking about creating an opportunity to be alone with Ye Qiuxin and starting with the conversation about Hirota Masami's bank robbery. This topic was relatively simple and would not make people alert.

Suddenly, the door to the lounge opened.

Yamabe Koichi stood at the door, holding the door handle in his hand: "Master Akishin, President Fukuda of the Sumiyoshi-kai is here to visit."

"I'll be there right away." Ye Qiuxin stood up from his chair immediately. He was not surprised that the Sumiyoshi Society came at this time. You have to know that these gangs travel with great fanfare. Strong men in black line up in two rows, and the gang leaders walk through them...

If ordinary tourists come here during the shrine's opening hours, they will definitely mistake it for a gathering place for some underworld gang.

In a sense, that scene was second only to Conan: The Grim Reaper.

Maori Kogoro, who was still eating fruit, raised his head and asked in a puzzled and surprised tone: "Akishin-san, why did the Sumiyoshi Association come to your place? Do you want me to go with you to take a look?"

"That's not necessary." Ye Qiuxin laughed. He knew that Uncle Maori was worried about him. "The president of the Sumiyoshi-kai has a good relationship with my parents. They came here just to meet me."

"Okay, as long as there are no conflicts between you." Kogoro Maori nodded. He understood that it was quite common for yakuza societies like the Sumiyoshi-kai to have connections with the religious industry. Besides, it was not his turn to be an eyesore since that was the friendship between the previous generations.

Ye Qiuxin walked towards the door, and Huihara Ai naturally stuck to him.

Seeing Ye Qiuxin's actions, Conan was extremely anxious, as if there were ants crawling in his heart. He followed Ye Qiuxin out and said anxiously, "Brother Qiuxin, wait for me."

"Huh?" Ye Qiuxin looked at Conan catching up and said in annoyance, "Why are you following me, little brat?"

"Didn't she follow us too?" Conan widened his eyes and pointed at Huihara Ai and said that he felt Ye Qiuxin was discriminating against him.

"Hmph..." Huibara Ai snorted disdainfully.

"She is my sister, how can she be the same as you?" Ye Qiuxin said unhappily, reaching out to chase her away, "Alright, go back and eat your fruit!"

"I'll be back, I just want to ask a question!"

"What? Ask quickly, I'm going to meet the Yakuza society in a while, if you follow them they will scare you to death!" Ye Qiuxin pretended to intimidate, determined not to reveal the fact that he knew Conan was Kudo Shinichi.

"Hehe..." Conan rolled his eyes, but his disguise worked, making him think that his identity had not been exposed. He then pretended to be naive and asked, "Um... Brother Qiu Xin, you dug out the inside story of the 1 billion yen some time ago. How did you find the clues of the 1 billion yen? And did you find anything else when you were investigating the hiding place?"

Haibara Ai couldn't help but look at Conan, thinking that what Ye Qiuxin said was true, this Conan was indeed extremely curious.

"Ah? What are you talking about?" Ye Qiuxin didn't know anything about the question and answered casually, "I just had some friendship with Miss Hirota Masami, and wanted to find her location and persuade her to surrender. After she died, I went home to rest. I was depressed for a long time, so I didn't have the energy to investigate the case.

"Besides, why do you ask me about these things? Go ask the police."

"But……"

"Okay, I really don't understand what you're talking about." Ye Qiuxin stopped him and said impatiently, "I'm telling you straight, Officer Takagi came to see me this morning, and I got the inside information about the 1 billion yen from him. If you don't believe me, you can go ask him."

Conan looked at Ye Qiuxin speechlessly.

He could see that Ye Qiuxin had no interest in discussing the robbery with him, a primary school student.

"There's really nothing to talk about. Don't poke at my sad story, okay?" Ye Qiuxin pressed Conan's forehead, making him stand still. Then he took out a peach wood talisman from his pocket and threw it to Conan, "I'll give you the peach wood talisman first. Don't ask any more questions."

Under Conan's death gaze, Ye Qiuxin turned around and grabbed Huiyuan Ai's hand, "Xiao Ai, let's go."

"Ah."

Seeing the two people's backs gradually going away, Conan's face turned green. How could he send people away like this? He held the peach wood talisman in front of his eyes and took a look. He complained in his heart again. This thing is not even made old...

How many fools would spend half a million to buy this thing?

Huihara Ai looked back and glanced at Conan in the distance, "This famous detective has a very keen sense of smell."

"Let him investigate however he wants. It's his ability to find out what he wants." Ye Qiuxin said firmly, "Anyway, I won't reveal any information about the winery to him."

The meeting with Sumiyoshi-kai Chairman Fukuda later also went smoothly.

On the way to the reception room, the scene was similar to what Ye Qiuxin had imagined. Two rows of big men in black stood neatly on both sides of the road, serious and stern. When they saw Ye Qiuxin, they bowed and saluted. After the greeting, the men in black automatically walked behind them. From a distance, they looked like a large crowd.

This made Ye Qiuxin and Huihara Ai feel very uncomfortable. As a result, others thought that they were the leaders of the underworld.

"Fortunately Conan didn't come, otherwise he might have been scared to death after seeing this group of men in black." Ye Qiuxin joked in a low voice. You know, Conan is still in a state of PTSD caused by men in black. Seeing so many men in black gathered together, he might really be scared to death.

Huiyuan Ai said calmly: "I'm scared too. Are you sure your relationship is really good?"

"Don't worry, it's okay." Ye Qiuxin thought about it carefully again. What Huiyuan Ai said made sense. He really couldn't blindly trust the gang of the Yakuza Society. He secretly instructed in his mind, "Sister Mingmei, please search these people to see if they have guns and what's going on in the reception room."

"Okay." Miyano Akemi agreed readily. As a soul, she was very convenient for investigation work, and she reported quickly, "Qiu Xin, I checked, no one has a gun, they are all very well behaved, there are only three people in the reception room, everything is normal."

"That's good." Ye Qiu felt relieved.

In front of the reception room, strong men in black automatically spread out around to keep watch.

Ye Qiuxin held Huihara Ai's little hand and walked into the reception room. Fukuda Haruyo was sitting on the sofa waiting, and next to him stood the brothers Fukuda Akinosuke and Fukuda Tounosuke. The old man was wearing a dark kimono and had his eyes closed, looking intimidating without even being angry.

However, when he heard the door open and opened his eyes to see Ye Qiuxin, the scorching light projected from those eyes made Ye Qiuxin feel ashamed.

This is really fooled...

Futian Qingliao stood up and saluted respectfully: "Master Qiu Xin, hello."

Fukuda Akinosuke and Fukuda Tounosuke beside him bowed and greeted him with a very sincere attitude.

"Hello to you too, please take a seat." Ye Qiuxin smiled awkwardly.

Fukuda Haru didn't sit down, but looked at Huihara Ai, trying to make his tone as gentle as possible: "This little friend is..."

"I am the younger sister of Akishino's girlfriend, my name is Haibara Ai." Haibara Ai's self-introduction seemed to have become a habit.

"My girlfriend's sister..." Futian Qingliao pondered for a while. In fact, he felt quite regretful that there was no woman of the right age in his family. He was the only son in the family and had two sons. Most of his children were sons. His only granddaughter was only six years old. He used to be complacent and said that there would be no worries about inheriting the family business. But after meeting Ye Qiuxin's family, he was secretly annoyed that they didn't have more daughters.

For such extraordinary people, the relationship of family ties is even stronger.

Maybe the descendants of Fukuda's family will also be able to be influenced by the Onmyoji's glory and become some legendary Onmyoji figures.

"Hello." Fukuda Haruyoshi suppressed his regret.

"Hello." Huibara Ai was neither humble nor arrogant. She said she was afraid on the way here, but in fact she was not afraid at all. She had experienced death once, so how could a few yakuza gangs still scare her?

"Lord Qiu Xin, we are here to congratulate Yuehua Shrine on its reopening. It is a blessing for everyone that Yuehua Shrine can open." Futian Qingliao said devoutly, "Here, we have a gift to give."

Fukuda Akinosuke and Fukuda Tounosuke immediately opened the large box beside them.

Thick stacks of old 10,000 yen bills were neatly placed in the box.

"These are the 12 million yen that were taken by the remnants of the Ghost Tiger Gang. Those idiots had no ability to digest them. When we checked their residence, we found the money, and it was untouched." Fukuda Haruryo said, "Now, it has been returned to its original owner."

"Thank you so much to everyone in the Sumiyoshi-kai." Ye Qiu was overjoyed. He thought that the twelve million would never be recovered.

"You don't have to be polite. After all, it was our carelessness that gave them the opportunity to impersonate us. We have already issued a notice within the Sumiyoshi-kai that we will give these villains a heavy blow!" Fukuda Haruyo knocked the floor heavily with his cane, and his attitude was extremely stern. "From now on, we must put an end to such incidents!"

Fukuda Haruyo really hated those remnants of the Ghost Tiger Gang.

When he knew that those four bastards had provoked Ye Qiuxin under the banner of Sumiyoshi-kai, his heart almost lost its ability to beat.

If I hadn't promised Ye Qiuxin to send them to prison and try them according to the law, I would have dragged these people out and killed them long ago!

Ye Qiu was a little confused. He really didn't expect Futian Qingliao to be so radical. It seemed that the influence of the original owner's parents on Futian Qingliao's heart was not ordinary. He put on a formal smile and took out a primary jade talisman from the wooden box. "President Futian, you have helped me a lot, and I have to give you a gift."

"This is..." Fukuda Haruyo keenly felt the difference on the jade talisman.

"Yes, this is a superior product of the peach wood talisman, similar to the jade pendant my parents gave you." Ye Qiuxin said, "Recently, my practice has improved a bit, and I have reached the level of being able to make jade talismans. I specially reserved one piece for you."

"Okay, okay... Thank you very much, Lord Qiu Xin." Fukuda Haruyo took it solemnly, held it in his palm and looked at it cherishingly.

"Master Qiuxin, why don't you make it directly on the jade pendant?" Fukuda Tounosuke suddenly thought of what Ye Qiuxin said when they met last time, and couldn't help asking, "I remember you said that you can replenish the energy of the jade pendant."

Upon hearing this, Fukuda Haruyo scolded: "Fuyunosuke! Stop talking too much!"

"I'm sorry, Lord Akishino, I was rude!" Fukuda Tounosuke bowed smoothly to apologize.

"It's okay, Mr. Fuyusuke is just curious. I can see that he is just confused." Ye Qiu was also shocked. The family education of this old-fashioned Yakuza club is so strict. He paused and explained, "In fact, I have also considered replenishing the energy of the jade pendant, but after thinking about it, I feel that it is a bit presumptuous. After all, this is something my parents left behind. It is not suitable for me to refresh and reset it. It is better to keep it as a simple keepsake."

Futian Qingliao pondered: "What you said makes sense... Regardless of whether it has spiritual power or not, I will pass down the jade pendant given to me by Master Lingyao as a family heirloom, and the same goes for the jade talisman you gave me."

"The jade pendant is fine, but the jade talisman doesn't need to be so exaggerated. It is also a mass product in itself."

"Mass production?"

Ye Qiuxin opened the wooden box beside him, revealing a ton of peach wood talismans, jade talismans, and amulets inside. These had not yet been put out for sale. He chuckled and said, "It is indeed mass-produced, but it is consuming my energy."

Futian Qing looked over and asked in surprise: "Master Qiu Xin, what are the functions of these items?"

Ye Qiuxin briefly introduced them: "These things can also be used by ordinary people, and we are also preparing to sell them to the outside world."

Hearing this, Futian Qingliao was extremely surprised. He suddenly realized that this was a good opportunity for both parties. He could not only please Ye Qiuxin, but also get a glimpse into the threshold of the dark world. "Master Qiuxin, please tell me the price. I will buy all these items!"

"Buy them all?" Ye Qiuxin was stunned.

Not only was he stunned, Huiyuan Ai was also in a trance for a moment. She knew how much Ye Qiuxin's things cost. Let alone buying all of them, even if she sold five of them, she could be considered rich. Before, when they were at the mall, she teased Ye Qiuxin and asked him to save money, saying that he would feel bad about his wallet in the future. Who would have thought that after one day, Ye Qiuxin earned so much...

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