Kinoshita Yoko had originally thought Jiang Xia's latest attempt at chasing a star would end in failure. She had been considering whether to simply abandon the commission and shamelessly use her own connections to get Jiang Xia a photo or autograph... Who would have thought that when Maki Juri saw Jiang Xia, she would change her mind again?
She looked at Jiang Xia, then turned back to look at Maki Juri, tilting her head in confusion.
Maki Juri elegantly lifted the hem of her dress as she walked over and shook Jiang Xia's hand. Pinching his fingertips, she looked the young detective up and down, thoroughly pleased.
—Recently, Maki Juri had begun to feel that her young lover was getting old and losing his charm, making him utterly dull. So privately, she had been having people help her search for a new target, but she had never found anyone satisfactory.
Who would have thought that a chance encounter would bear such fruit? This detective who had delivered himself right to her doorstep had won her over at first sight.
"You're Jiang Xia?" Maki Juri smiled gently, her voice sweet. "I've heard much about you."
That was not exactly a lie. Maki Juri was a veteran with considerable status and influence in the Entertainment Circle. Usually, she was extremely busy, with a packed schedule.
Of course, during her rare free time, she did not sit around drinking coffee and reading Newspapers like those old men, nor did she often watch the news. Only when she was bored on the road did she turn on the radio and listen to whatever happened to be on.
She seemed to have heard news about a Detective named Jiang Xia. Although Maki Juri had no interest in Murder Cases and at most listened to them