Chapter 37: Li Ze's Introduction, Both of Them Were Dumbfounded!
Li Ze was sincere.
Yes.
Perhaps at the very beginning, he was indeed using them more.
But after spending time together, he had truly come to regard them as friends.
The reason was simple.
As he said, in this world.
To have rich people who could be as kind as them was truly a rare sight, a phoenix feather and unicorn horn.
Would they not befriend such a good person, and instead go to those capitalists?
"A rich second generation, huh?" Conan was taken aback, then chuckled: "It seems so."
"But Li Ze is telling the truth, I really can't refute that point."
"Holmes..."
"What Li Ze said is actually quite right. My thinking was indeed too arrogant."
"In the future, when facing cases, I do need to consider things from multiple angles."
Conan fell into deep thought.
Ran, on the other hand, had a gentle smile on her face, not caring about the topic of rich second generations.
After pondering for a while, she finally smiled and spoke.
"Before, I never thought about it."
"But hearing Li Ze-kun say it, I realized that I used to think too simply."
"However..."
"I'm not a rich second generation!"
Ran was quite playful.
It was obvious.
On the one hand, she recognized Li Ze and truly accepted him as a friend.
But, at the same time.
Seeing the atmosphere become so heavy, she immediately wanted to ease it.
However, regarding this.
Li Ze just rolled his eyes and shrugged: "Ran, you're kidding, right? The Mouri family isn't ordinary?"
"Ah? Isn't it?" Ran was a bit confused: "Could it be that my family..."
"No, wrong!"
"My family is poor!"
Conan nodded upon hearing this.
He and Ran had grown up together, and Ran's family was indeed not well-off.
Especially that old man.
He wouldn't work properly every day, and the whole family relied on Ran to manage.
But, regarding this.
Li Ze twitched his mouth and couldn't help but say: "Ran, come on?"
"You don't really know the origin of your family?"
Ran was completely clueless.
Could it be that her family's origin was unusual?
Even Conan became interested.
He considered himself to know Ran very well, and she was indeed just from an ordinary family!
"My family's origin?" Ran asked in astonishment.
Li Ze shrugged and couldn't help but say: "Your family is surnamed Mouri, have you heard of the Western Mouri Clan?"
"Mouri Clan?" Ran was still confused.
But Conan, on the other hand, felt a jolt and couldn't help but ask: "The Western Mouri Clan, the famous Mouri?"
"Yes, the Western Mouri Clan!" Li Ze nodded upon hearing this: "This surname is quite rare, only the Western branch exists."
"But from what I understand, Ran's family should be a collateral branch."
"Otherwise, hehe."
"Teitan High School is a top national high school, you two wouldn't know, would you?"
"Ordinary people can't get in!"
"And the three-story ancestral home of Ran's family, if it weren't for being from the Western Mouri Clan, with the old man's lazy nature, he probably wouldn't even be able to pay the property tax."
"You know, this is Tokyo, a city where every inch of land is gold!"
"With Mouri-san's ability, is it possible for him to buy property on his own?"
Almost instantly.
With Li Ze's words, Conan and Ran were instantly dumbfounded.
It was clear.
They had never thought about these things before.
This was normal.
After all, they were just ordinary teenagers, only in their second year of high school.
If they were born into this, it was natural to think it was ordinary.
Now?
After being reminded by Li Ze, they realized.
They... weren't ordinary!
"This... is really unimaginable." Ran was helpless and couldn't help but say: "Am I not an ordinary person?"
On the other hand.
Conan and Ran had different points of focus, and then they couldn't help but retort: "I won't say anything else, but you said that Teitan High School is a top national school, how could I not know? Besides Sonoko's connections, there don't seem to be any top rich second-generation kids in Teitan High School, right?"
Ran was also puzzled.
She always thought that Teitan High School was just an ordinary school.
And regarding this.
Li Ze sighed and rolled his eyes upon hearing this.
"Hehe, no?"
"Is your impression of top second-generation kids just bankers and members of parliament?"
"Members of parliament rely on votes, and banks are controlled by chaebols, what kind of top second-generation kids are they?"
"If I say anything else, you wouldn't understand."
"Just take the police headquarters you interact with the most!"
"You probably only know that police officers, unless they pass the Class 1 national exam, can only reach the rank of Police Superintendent at most, which is Mouri-kei's position."
"But, you don't know."
"There's actually another unwritten rule, unless you're from Teitan High School or Kaifang Academy, then even if you pass the Class 1 national exam, you can only reach the rank of Chief Inspector at most."
"The positions of Police Commissioner, Chief Inspector, Deputy Director and above must be from Teitan High School or Kaifang Academy!"
"Now, do you understand?"
Ran was completely dazed.
It was obvious.
Being just a high school student, she had no concept of these things.
On the contrary, Conan.
He was more familiar with the police headquarters, so after hearing these words, he immediately started calculating in his mind.
Then, hiss!
He couldn't help but gasp, it seemed to be true.
In the end.
The two could only fall silent again, their hearts filled with a mixture of emotions.
This was unavoidable.
They used to think they were ordinary, now after hearing Li Ze say this, they realized that their family was so amazing.
"Then, Li Ze-kun." After a moment of silence, Ran spoke: "What's your situation?"
"Why were you able to transfer to Teitan High School?"
Conan was also curious.
After all.
Although Li Ze's company seemed to be doing well now, it didn't reach the level of a chaebol, did it?
So.
Why was this guy able to get in?
And regarding this.
Li Ze shrugged, not bothering with it, and immediately spoke.
"Chief Inspector, Criminal Department Chief, Odaギリ敏郎."
"He's my uncle."
"I just found out!"