Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 203
Hearing the other party's question, Xia Mei smiled and touched Xiao Ai's hair beside her and said, "She is my adopted daughter Hui Yuan Ai, that is, the Miss Hui Yuan you are looking for."

"Hello, Uncle Thomas. My name is Haibara Ai. Nice to meet you." After Natsumi introduced her, Xiao Ai also showed a well-behaved and polite manner and greeted the two people in front of her. "And Hiroki-kun. , I’m relieved to see you’re okay.”

"Ah, I'm also very happy to meet you, Ms. Haibara." Looking at the cute girl in front of him who seemed to be younger than him, Hiroki Sawada was also stunned for a moment before he realized, "Although the call before I thought you should be young when I was young, but I really didn't expect you to be so young..."

At this time, Thomas on the side also recovered from the shock, and praised with a pleasant smile: "I thought Hiroki was a rare genius once in a hundred years, but I didn't expect there to be such an unborn prodigy like Miss Xiao Ai, It seems that the Kasaka Foundation has a successor, and the future is bright."

"You're flattering me. Compared with Mr. Hiroki, I'm still far behind. The success of defeating the terrorists' plan this time was all due to Mr. Hiroki's sacrifice. I just helped him with some small favors." Listen. Seeing the compliment from the other party, Xiao Ai responded modestly.

Seeing that the other party behaved decently at a young age without any pride, Thomas liked it very much, looked at Natsumi and Ishino and laughed heartily and said, "Hahaha, Miss Natsumi, Mr. Ishino, to have such an outstanding adopted daughter, the two You are so lucky!"

"You are right. Not only Xiao Ai, but also Xiao Saki are also our pride. It is indeed our blessing to have such outstanding two daughters." Ishino caressed the eldest daughter next to him, smiling proudly. road.

After finishing speaking, Ishino glanced at Hiroki Sawada on the hospital bed behind him from the corner of his eye, and noticed that he looked at Xiao Ai and Xiao Saki with a hint of envy in his eyes, and then said: "Compared to us, Mr. Thomas You must be even more proud of having such an excellent adopted son as Hiroki-kun, after all, he was able to develop the world-famous results of the DNA tracking system at a young age."

Hearing what the other party said was obviously praising his adopted son, Thomas, who had a ghost in his heart, froze unconsciously for a moment, and then immediately pretended to be useful and said: "Where is it, Hiroki can achieve today's achievements just by standing It’s all on the shoulders of his predecessors, of course I’m quite proud of him being able to do this.”

Just when Thomas said these words without blushing and heartbeat, Hiroki behind him changed his face and his eyes dimmed, as if thinking of something bad, he grabbed the quilt vigorously with both hands .

Naturally, his movements and expression changes at this moment did not escape Shi Ye's observation, and Xiao Ai, who was closest to him, also saw it, making her aware of the strange atmosphere between the adoptive father and son.

After bragging about the talents of their adopted sons, Thomas Schindler, as a successful business tycoon, immediately shifted the topic to something he is more interested in at the moment: "Miss Natsumi, as far as I know, Kasaka Recently, the consortium has shown a tendency to expand its strengths in the IT industry. I wonder if your consortium intends to find strategic partners overseas?"

Hearing such an obvious hint from the other party, Natsumi responded decisively: "Well, we do have plans to develop new industries in this area, but after all, we are starting from scratch. If we can cooperate and develop with senior companies in related fields, If you want to study, that would be great.”

"Since this is the case, why not hit the sun? Our Schindler Group is currently preparing a project to cooperate with a Japanese game development company. We have already found a development team. If the Kasaka Foundation is interested, you are very welcome here." Participate in development and operation." After hearing the other party's positive reply, Thomas took the opportunity to propose cooperation.

Seeing Natsumi cast an inquiring look at him, Ishino responded with a smile: "It's really a dream to be able to cooperate with the industry leader Schindler Group. We are very interested in hearing about your project." "Hahaha, then. That's great." Glancing at Hiroki, who was looking poorly on the hospital bed, Thomas proactively suggested, "But it's not convenient to talk about this here, so why don't we find a suitable place to sit down and talk slowly."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the two little girls at the side, smiled and said to Xia Mei: "If you don't mind, I want the two ladies to stay here and talk to Hiroki, I think Hiroki will be very happy I am glad that there are peers who can exchange topics of interest.”

"As for the safety issue, you two don't have to worry. My bodyguard is quite reliable. In this incident, he was the one who took the lead in killing a terrorist with his bare hands, and led the people on the plane to control the situation." Thomas laughed. He patted the shoulder of the bodyguard beside him and boasted.

Thomas, who regards Hiroki Sawada, who knows the secret of his own life experience, as a threat, originally planned to secretly kill the opponent after he developed the artificial intelligence "Noah's Ark" to prevent future troubles.

But at this moment, he discovered the remaining value of the other party, and planned to let Hiroki and the youngest daughter of the Kasaka family establish a good relationship, so as to close the cooperative relationship between the two companies, and then resolve it after gaining more benefits for him.

And Ishino, who heard Thomas's suggestion, couldn't guess what the other party was thinking. He had already decided to let the other party lose his wife and lose his army. Follow each other out of the ward.

Seeing several adults leave, Sawada Hiroki relieved some nervous expressions, greeted the two little girls with a smile: "Miss Xiaoai, Miss Xiaosaki, if you don't mind, you can tell me something about Japan. The changes and interesting things that have happened in the past few years?"

"Of course." Hearing the other party's request, Xiao Ai nodded, moved a stool and sat down in front of the bed, and complained in a relaxed tone, "But you can just call us by our names, Mr. Hongshu." , it’s too outlandish to use honorifics, how can we count as comrades-in-arms?”

Xiaosaki who also moved a stool to sit next to her sister also nodded her head in agreement: "Xiao Ai is right, we call you Hiroki, and you call us by our name too, how nice it is."

Seeing the resolute attitude of the two, Sawada Hiroki, who has always been inexperienced in getting along with friends, also felt that he was a bit too formal, so he smiled shyly and agreed with the other party's proposal.

Seeing Hiroki's shy smile, the two sisters smiled at each other, and then began to tell each other the interesting things they encountered when they were young and what they had seen in various places in Japan.

At the same time, the two of them keenly noticed that when they mentioned the happy times they had experienced with their parents or friends, Hiroki's eyes unconsciously revealed an unconcealable look of envy.

(End of this chapter)