In the darkness, a tiny point of light suddenly appeared. Curacao wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but the next second, the police officer who had spoken added, "Just as expected of Mr. Jiang Xia."
The others sincerely agreed. "Just as expected of Mr. Jiang Xia!"
Curacao: "..."
...Forget it. What had she even been expecting? The moment she heard that line, shouldn't she have anticipated this?
Beside her, Kisaki Eri looked at this strange colleague and lowered her head slightly. A gleam flashed across her gold-rimmed glasses. "..."
Could Miss Shirai... be a Jiang Xia fan?
—Such a reserved person had actually become so restless upon hearing the officers praise Jiang Xia in unison, shuffling back and forth by the railing. Was she trying to ask Jiang Xia for an autograph but too embarrassed to do so?
If that's the case, I'll show her the Jiang Xia clipping collection I made another day. If Miss Shirai really is a Jiang Xia fan, I'll find a chance to get her a signed photo with him, as compensation for misunderstanding her today, Kisaki Eri thought to herself.
Still, although the whole case seems unrelated to Miss Shirai, and the logic before and after does fit together... the fact that Miss Shirai postponed the meeting is still a little strange.
Though everyone still had some lingering doubts, it was already getting late. With the case solved, the group did not stay any longer and headed home separately.
Kisaki Eri remembered that she had driven them here from the law office, so she called out to "Lawyer Shirai," "I'll take you home. Where do you live?"
"..." Curacao did not want anything to do with any of these people. She politely shook her head. "My friend brought my car over for