But then Curacao thought of Hashimoto Maya's miserable life and understood: someone who was practically losing his life probably had no energy left to maintain workplace relationships. Just surviving under Uzo was already hard enough.
Thinking that, she immediately stopped fussing over such trivial matters. She merely turned and walked to Mrs. Tatsumi's other side, physically refusing any further communication.
Hashimoto Maya still wanted to chat, but before he could speak, he suddenly noticed someone.
—Outside a street-side watch shop ahead, a slightly plump middle-aged woman stormed out.
Gripping her phone, the woman snapped, "You got dragged into a theft case and had to sit at the Police Station? Why didn't you tell me earlier?! I'd already made an appointment, and now you suddenly flake on me. Where am I supposed to find another Detective on such short notice?!"
Jiang Xia halted and looked at her, finding what she said very familiar. Not long ago, Lawyer Tatsumi seemed to have been flaked on by a Detective too, also because that Detective had gotten caught up in a theft case and was forced to remain at the Police Station. Could it actually have been the same Detective?
Jiang Xia: "..." Who was so good at taking commissions? Taking them and then flaking on them—what a waste of good fortune.
As he was thinking, Mrs. Tatsumi let out a surprised "Huh?" behind him and stepped forward uncertainly. "Etsuko?"
Furukawa Etsuko hung up heavily. Already irritated, she heard someone greeting her.
She frowned and turned around. Once she recognized the person, she put on a professionally friendly smile. "It's you. I'm so sorry, I was busy on the phone just now and didn't recognize you. Why did you suddenly come to Tokyo? One of the films under my company was planning to use