"They are all letters addressed to Dad, probably from his detective fans."
In order to prevent his identity from being exposed, Conan did not dare to live directly in his own home, so he could only ask Dr. Ali to clean the letters in his mailbox every once in a while.
Dr. Ali smiled and said: "Who makes your father the world's top mystery novelist? I heard that the Night Baron series of detective novels he wrote some time ago are very popular in the United States and are even on the best-seller list."
"That's true~ But he is in Switzerland now, and he and his mother often travel around the world. It's really troublesome for me to send these letters from detective fans to him!"
Conan complained subconsciously, and then his eyes were attracted by what was in front of Dr. Ali. He couldn't help but asked curiously: "Doctor, what are you doing? Are you making some new props for me?"
"Sorry, I'm not making new props for you this time. I'm researching a new insect toy."
Dr. Ali touched his beard, pointed to the mantis toy on the table and said: "Humans have developed products like airplanes by studying the flight of birds, but no one has yet developed a mechanism for insect flapping.
theory.
If the Mantis No. 1 toy I develop is successful, it will definitely be loved by children all over the world, and I will be a billionaire by then, hahaha..."
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When Conan heard this, he immediately lost interest.
Dr. Agasa's desire to become a billionaire was something Conan told him countless times when he was very young, but unfortunately it never came true.
"Huh?"
Conan, who was casually looking through the letters, suddenly found a letter addressed to him, and opened it curiously to check it out.
The general content on the envelope is that Kudo Shinichi is expected to attend a private afternoon tea party on April 29, and the sender's name is Moritani Teiji.
After reading the content of the letter, Conan said with some confusion: "Doctor, do you know who Moritani Teiji is?"
In Conan's impression, he seemed to have never come into contact with Moritani Teiji before, and he had no impression of this name at all.
"You mean Moritani Teiji? Of course I know him!"
Dr. Agasa said without looking back: "Moritani Teiji is one of the top architects in the country, and he is also a professor in the Department of Architecture at Toto University."
"That's strange. Why would such a famous architect invite me?"
"Since you are an architect, you can also be considered an artist. You must be constantly accepting new stimulation~"
Dr. A Li thought for a while and said, "Maybe I want to find some creative inspiration from you, a famous high school detective?"
"Is it really?"
Conan didn't believe Dr. Ali's words, but he didn't get too entangled.
Anyway, with Conan's current state, it is impossible to go to the appointment as Kudo Shinichi.
Conan secretly thought about it for a while, and decided to make a call later as Kudo Shinichi and ask Mao Lilan to attend the afternoon tea party on his behalf, so that he could take the opportunity to follow.
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Tuesday, April 29th, sunny weather
"Wow~"
Looking at the British-style castle not far away, Mao Lilan couldn't help but sigh: "It's a place where the architect lives. It's really great!"
"This is indeed a traditional British building from the seventeenth century, the orthodox Stuart dynasty era!" Mouri Kogoro said.
!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ
When Conan and Mao Lilan heard this, their faces were filled with disbelief.
After a brief shock, Mao Lilan couldn't help but wonder: "Dad, when did you know so much about architecture?"
"People used to call your father's walking library. Do you really think that I, a famous detective, am a vegetarian?"
Seeing the surprised expressions of Mao Lilan and Conan, Maori Kogoro looked proud, but secretly cursed in his heart: "Nonsense! This is a historic meeting between a famous detective and a famous architect. If you don't know anything about architecture,
Isn’t that embarrassing? I’ve read a lot of architectural books these days, and you think they’re all for nothing?”
"That's great! Dad, you really have a way with it!"
"Look carefully at the left and right sides. The gardens and lawns here are designed to be symmetrical, which is the so-called symmetrical design."
Facing Maorilan's admiring gaze, Maori Kogoro became more and more proud, pointing to the surrounding gardens and said: "As far as I know, Professor Moritani Teiji spent his time in England until high school. It is precisely because of this.
, so the architectural style he designed tends to be British architectural style. And this symmetrical design is a typical British design."
"It's true! Whether it's the gardens or the castle buildings, they are all symmetrical. They are exactly the same."
Looking at Mouri Kogoro's proud expression, Conan thought to himself: "How much architectural knowledge has uncle Mouri crammed in these days? It's really hard for him."
"Xiaolan, you are here too!"
A cheerful voice suddenly sounded, and Sonoko, who was wearing a light yellow dress, held Suzuki Seimei's little hand and walked towards Mao Lilan and the others.
"Yuanzi, Qingming, why are you here too?"
"There is no way~ Because Professor Moritani Teiji also cooperates with our Suzuki Group, and he helped design many of the buildings under our Suzuki Group, so after receiving the invitation letter from him, I could only take Seimei with me.
Come and join in~"
To be honest, Sonoko really didn't have much interest in the afternoon tea party held by Moritani Teiji.
After all, Emperor Moritani is not handsome, and the afternoon tea parties he holds are not as lively as the parties held by young people.
Originally, Suzuki Ayako was basically responsible for handling boring afternoon tea parties like this.
It's just that Suzuki Ayako and Tomizawa Yuzo have reached the point of discussing marriage. When she actually marries Tomizawa Yuzo, it will no longer be possible for her to attend various banquets as the eldest lady of the Suzuki Group as before.
If there is another invitation to a banquet, no matter whether Suzuki Sonoko is willing to attend or not, as the second lady of the Suzuki Group, she will have to accept it.
That's why Suzuki Ayako specially asked her to bring Suzuki Seimei to attend today's afternoon tea party.
"Miss Yuanzi, Master Qingming, I am very glad that you came to attend the afternoon tea party I held. It really makes my place shine."
After hearing the news of the arrival of Suzuki Seimei and Sonoko, Moritani Teiji, who had a beard with a bifurcated beard, quickly stepped forward to warmly entertain them.