Conan couldn't help saying, "But not long ago, you drove until you fell asleep on the spot."
"..." Mrs. Yoshino said awkwardly, "Um, I'm a negative example! Little friend, when you grow up, you mustn't learn bad habits from me. Luckily, my car was insured, or this would've been real trouble—speaking of insurance, would you like a policy too? At critical moments, it can..."
Halfway through, Mrs. Yoshino looked at the young faces across from her and suddenly came to her senses.
"I almost forgot. You should still be students, right? You wouldn't need this kind of insurance."
She smiled sheepishly. "My husband works at an insurance company. I wanted to help him boost his performance, so without realizing it, I developed a habit of selling insurance to everyone I meet... Still, not to brag, but these policies really are a good deal—my husband even took out a policy for me a while ago with coverage of 100 million."
"A hundred million?" the high school students blurted out. "Your husband took it out?"
...For some reason, words like "insurance," "100 million," and "husband" strung together gave people a faintly ominous feeling.
Mrs. Yoshino misunderstood the reason for their surprise and hurriedly explained, "Although it sounds expensive, the premiums actually don't cost that much. And the money already paid won't be wasted—my husband said that once a certain number of years have passed, we can apply to have the premiums refunded. It's basically like saving a fixed-term deposit without interest. That's a benefit only insiders get."
The high school students: "..."
Akai Shuichi, who was eavesdropping through the listening device: "..."
"It sounds like you trust your husband a lot." Jiang Xia took a sip of tea. "By the way, when did you start feeling dizzy?"
Mrs. Yoshino hadn't managed to