Chapter 377: Completely Erased All Traces

"Miss Suzuki, thank you very much for your help."

An old man with a head full of white hair bent deeply at the waist toward Suzuki Sonoko, expressing his gratitude with the utmost respect.

The old man was dressed in a standard kimono, a deep-blue haori over it, a light-gray inner garment, and a pale-yellow hakama on his lower half.

The thanked Suzuki Sonoko, meanwhile, was waving her hand in a very casual manner.

"Oh, old man, I've already told you, this cruise ship isn't mine—it's the Kaguya Sigong family's."

"If you want to thank someone, you should really go thank Kaguya Sigong."

The old man, whose personality was slightly rigid, did not consider this an embarrassing matter at all.

"Not at all. I will go thank Miss Kaguya Sigong in person later."

This rigid behavior made Suzuki Sonoko express~ that it was quite a headache.

"Old man, your stubborn personality really hasn't changed one bit."

The old man in front of her was so rigid when he got angry, and his attitude toward people was equally rigid, and also very classical.

No matter how young a person was, as long as they were not of the same social class, the old man's attitude would change, becoming respectful to the extreme.

This could be considered a form of stepping on the low and lifting up the high.

But sometimes, knowing when to bow your head is also an art.

Facing a superior with arrogance is not a good attitude; often, one's attitude decides the success or failure of business.

Isn't this judging people by who they are? Of course it is.

Does this count as bootlicking? Of course it does too.

But the problem is, when your own ability and your family's ability are insufficient, you need to strike your own pose; all your humility is in itself a kind of business.

While Sonoko was dealing with this old man, Mao Li Lan was looking at her father sitting in front of her with a face full of curiosity and helplessness.

"Dad, how did you and this child end up appearing on the sea?"

"That should be the question I should be asking."

Mao Li Xiaowulang could not help but want to ask this question.

"I brought this child out because I took on some commissioned work on a nearby island, and had the bad luck of running into a murder case."

"After finally solving it and preparing to head home, the ship at the port we ran into on the way had some problems."

"If we hadn't run into a ship whose kind captain took us in, we would have had to stay on that island for at least half a month."

Because of the island's remote location, ships would only appear half a month later; if they hadn't been taken in, Mao Li Xiaowulang would probably have had to stay on the island for half a month.

Mao Li Xiaowulang was nearly driven to despair by this.

Fortunately, they ran into a large cruise ship chartered by a wealthy family, but who would have thought they'd still run into an accident and break down at sea.

If they hadn't then run into another cruise ship, Mao Li Xiaowulang felt he would probably have had to drift at sea with this kid Conan.

But on the second cruise ship they ran into, he actually saw his daughter's figure, which truly gave Mao Li Xiaowulang a lot he wanted to say.

"By the way, how did you end up on a cruise ship on the weekend?"

"Also, what's this Kaguya Sigong the young lady mentioned just now?"

Mao Li Lan then began to explain.

"The reason I'm on this cruise ship this time is because today is our club's outdoor activity."

"The Mystery Research Society will go out during normal free time to do some outdoor activities, investigating some mysterious things, as well as some corresponding outdoor trips and the like."

"Outdoor trip?"

Mao Li Xiaowulang looked completely incredulous.

"Last time it was on Moon Shadow Island, this time it's on a cruise ship. Mao Li Lan, is the club you're joining right now even reasonable?"

"Would the principal of Teitan Gao Zhongsheng actually approve such an outrageous club activity?"

Indeed!

As a former Gao Zhongsheng detective, Edogawa Conan was not unaware of Teitan Gao Zhongsheng's style; the school would definitely not approve such an outrageous club.