Conan: Ran, I really am Shinichi, you have to believe me!

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"Our boss is very fierce and strict with the employees. You'd better be prepared to suffer, to suffer a lot, and to be tortured. If you really don't want to face it, I advise you to find another store to work for."

I think the Poirot Cafe next door is pretty good. The owner is very kind, and the waitress, Xiaozhi, is also very friendly. You should consider working there.

"Touko, what are you doing? Are you slacking off again?"

The sun's out, aren't you going to put on your mascot costume and go hand out flyers on the street?

Startled by Jiang Chengbei's shout, Amuro Tooru shrank back, then silently mouthed to Yukiko:

"Making us wear such heavy mascot costumes on such a hot day is just deliberately torturing us, am I right?"

You should also be prepared, it'll be your turn soon. I just saw two mascot costumes in the store, so I guess you'll be coming out to sunbathe with me soon. Good luck!

After reading Amuro Tooru's lip movements, Yukiko rolled her eyes: You don't need to tell me that, I already investigated it.

Damn Jiang Chengbei, you're jumping around so happily now, but one day I'll send you and Conan to jail!

Chapter 160 Yukiko said "Oh dear," and Jiang Chengbei said "Ah-leh-leh."

Picking up his own black bear mascot costume from the ground, Amuro Tooru felt the deep care that Jiang Chengbei had shown him, as the costume was clean and fresh from being washed and dried.

If the boss doesn't care about him, why bother going to all that trouble to clean his mascot costume?

Mascot costumes aren't ordinary clothes that you can just throw in the washing machine and be done with.

The thick support material inside the mascot costume is a real pain to clean, especially the inside. Amuro Tooru can imagine how troublesome it would be to wash it; it's no easier than standing in the sun wearing it himself.

Not long after Amuro Tooru stood in the sun handing out flyers, a person dressed as a chimpanzee mascot appeared next to him.

The other mascot costume he had seen in the store before was this chimpanzee costume. He didn't understand why the shop owner insisted on choosing black. Didn't he know that black absorbs a lot of heat under the sun?

Upon seeing his new colleague arrive at his shop, Amuro Tooru chatted with her very enthusiastically. Because of the two thick mascot costumes blocking his voice, Amuro Tooru shouted loudly:

"Miss Mari, this dress must be very heavy."

That's how our boss is. He's hard to please, and he puts tests on new employees. The internship period is tough and difficult. I think you should try somewhere else.

Tokyo is so big, there's bound to be a good job out there, why are you hanging on to this one?

After hearing Amuro Tooru's advice, a muffled voice came from inside the chimpanzee costume: "Then why don't you leave?"

"The boss said I'm a cursed star, and if I go to work elsewhere, I'll bring bad luck to the boss and my colleagues."

But the boss here said he's tough and I can't bring him bad luck, so I stayed.

Moreover, there's a kid in our shop with a similar fate to me. His name is Conan, and like me, he's a cursed loner who brings death to people.

Have you seen the news about the Metropolitan Police Department dying and being embroiled in scandals every day? That was because Conan lived there at the time, which led to these terrible consequences.

The fact that no murders or deaths occurred in the Metropolitan Police Department after Conan left is the best proof of this.

With us two jinxes around, you should probably change jobs, change bosses, and find a proper job somewhere else.

"After all, Conan is a jinx even more powerful than me. It's not safe for you to stay here. It wouldn't be good to risk your life for such a small amount of money."

Perhaps it was because Amuro Tooru spoke so truthfully that the people around him broke down.

Then, the chimpanzee next to Amuro Tooru leaped up and jumped onto him, punching him while loudly retorting:

"Who are you calling a jinx? You're the jinx! Your whole family are jinxes!"

"Miss Truth? What's wrong? Mind your image, you're a lady, mind your image..."

Amuro Tooru felt that being hit by a woman riding on top of him was not good, even though it didn't hurt at all through the two layers of thick mascot costume. It was bad for his image, so he kept yelling and begging for mercy, hoping that this new colleague who didn't act like a woman would stop.

“Miss Truth, you’re a girl, mind your image…”

"You're the girl! Your whole family are girls!"

"If you don't stop, I'm going to fight back!"

"Then fight back! Do you think I'm afraid of you?"

So, the black bear and the chimpanzee finally ended up fighting.

……

Inside the fruit shop, Yukiko was cutting a fruit platter as instructed by Jiang Chengbei when she saw the two dolls from her own shop fighting outside, and she was so surprised that her mouth dropped open.

Then I saw them clumsily fighting each other, and it was so funny that I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Her smile immediately turned into tragedy, as she accidentally cut her finger.

As soon as she felt pain in her hand and her finger started bleeding, Jiang Chengbei immediately took out a first-aid kit from the solid wood counter, rushed over, grabbed her finger, treated the wound, and helped stop the bleeding and bandage it.

Looking at the anxious, nervous, and handsome Jiang Chengbei, Yukiko curled her lip, her heart filled with contempt:

When the young and handsome boy Amuro Tooru works as a shop assistant, she tries every means to mess with him. But when a young and beautiful girl like herself arrives, things are completely different.

I originally thought I would encounter the same fate as Amuro Tooru, and I had mentally prepared myself, but it turned out that all my preparations were in vain. This heartless boss was completely different. Not only did he not mess with me, but he was also very attentive!

Double standard dog, simp, not human... but I like him!

Especially when Conan is dressed in a heavy chimpanzee costume and keeps Amuro Tooru company under the blazing sun, I, Fujimine Yukiko, love it!

Soon, under Jiang Chengbei's careful care, Yukiko's finger wound was healed.

So, despite inwardly criticizing Jiang Chengbei—she'd seen this kind of little boy trick many times before—and secretly laughing at Jiang Chengbei's clumsy movements, Yukiko, displaying her superb acting skills, timidly said:

"Boss, thank you so much for treating my wound. It hurt so much, it really hurt me."

Faced with Yukiko's top-notch acting skills, Jiang Chengbei, whose acting skills were only at level 1, was no match at all. He stared blankly at the timid Yukiko, then wiped his drool and said:

"My wife, don't be afraid, don't feel sorry, I've already taken care of everything for you."

Also, with a professional like me there, I can treat wounds very quickly.

See, I bandaged your wound before it healed, so even if it has healed, you can pretend it hasn't and continue to act cute towards me.

My wife, haven't I been good enough to you?

Yukiko: "..."

"How could you say that to me? I'm injured, how could you say that to me?"

And you were the one who rushed over to bandage me just now!

"I know you've come to work at my shop and you have ulterior motives towards me, so I have to show my appreciation and cooperate with you, right?"

Otherwise, if I let you perform a solo act, wouldn't I be disrespecting a beautiful woman like you?

My wife, let me tell you the truth, I am a man you can never have in this lifetime. Don't even dream about it; I will never submit to your charms.

"Stop calling me 'my wife, my wife,' it's too formal to keep calling someone by their surname. Why don't you just call me Zhenli?"

(Note: "Iza" and "Goza" are normal Japanese surnames and do not mean "my wife".)

"Truth is too hard and uncomfortable, and our relationship isn't that close yet, so calling you by your surname would seem too distant. So I'll just call you my wife."

Besides, I'm afraid Xiaolan might misunderstand if I call you by your name.

I'll let you in on a secret: Mori really wants to set me up with Ran. He hopes I can replace Shinichi Kudo, or at least drive Shinichi out of Ran's heart.

Therefore, I will still keep my distance from you and call you my wife, so that Xiaolan won't misunderstand. I am still very devoted to my feelings.

"Nani?!"

When Yukiko heard that Kogoro Mouri wanted to matchmake Kojo Kita and Ran, and even wanted Kojo Kita to drive Shinichi away, she was shocked and almost said "impossible".

Because of her newly acquired incredible skills of calling a deer a horse and being blinded by a leaf, Yukiko believed it without anyone else providing evidence or Kogoro Mouri personally refuting it.

After believing Jiang Chengbei's words, she immediately decided to sabotage his operation and prevent him from succeeding. She had to nip this new rival in the bud!

Fortunately, on the first day of my undercover mission at the fruit shop, I managed to gather such important information, which allowed me to intervene in advance and still have time.

Moreover, Jiang Chengbei doesn't know his true identity. He might not even know if Fujimine Yukiko exists, let alone that she is Shinichi Kudo's mother, or that he himself is Shinichi Kudo's mother.

I know him, but he doesn't know me. I'm in the dark, and he's in the light. Plus, I'm a professional actor who's been working in the entertainment industry for over twenty years. What haven't I seen?

She was experienced and had a wide social experience, while the other party was still a kid who hadn't even grown up yet. In front of this old auntie... ptooey ptooey, beautiful sister, wasn't she easy to manipulate?

With favorable timing, location, and popular support, the advantage is on my side!

Shinichi, Mom... I'll help you eliminate all your potential rivals!

After making this important decision, Yukiko stole a glance at Jiang Chengbei's handsome face, her eyes darted around, and then she looked at the cut fruit in the box and said:

"Oh dear, the freshly cut fruit has been stained with my blood! The fruit is dirty and can't be sold. Boss, I'll go throw it away!"

"Huh? You're throwing it away just because it's stained with a little blood? My fruit came for free, didn't it cost me money? I can't throw it away!"

Yukiko saw Jiang Chengbei shudder when she said "Aiya!" and then soon her karma came back to bite her. When she heard Jiang Chengbei say "Ah-leh-leh," she felt disgusted and shuddered three times involuntarily.

Honestly, you're such a grown man, yet you're saying "ah-le-le" in such a childish voice. Don't you feel ashamed?

"Oh my, boss, you're so stingy! They're all dirty and you still can't bear to throw them away. Do you actually want to sell them?"

"What if a customer gets food poisoning? How will you compensate them?"

"Then I won't sell it, I'll just eat it myself, okay? Hehehe..."

"vomit……"

When Yukiko heard Jiang Chengbei say "hehehe", she almost threw up.

Just as she calmed her disgusted heart, she saw Jiang Chengbei take the box of cut fruit from in front of her and eat it with relish while watching the two idiots fighting outside.

Originally, Yukiko didn't care. When she said her blood had dripped onto the fruit, she was just saying it casually; she didn't think her blood could actually have splattered on it.

However, when she casually glanced at the fruit box, she was surprised to find a small red dot on a slice of melon.

Moreover, Jiang Chengbei was about to put this slice of melon into his mouth, having just picked it up with a toothpick.

"Shut up! Stop!"

Jiang Chengbei put the melon in his mouth, chewed it twice and swallowed it, then looked at Yukiko with a confused expression: "I didn't say anything, why are you telling me to shut up?"

"It's fine, do as you please." Yukiko rolled her eyes and turned her head away from Jiang Chengbei.

"No, your expression is strange. Could it be... that this box of fruit really has your blood on it? And I just ate some of it?"

Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey…

Seeing Jiang Chengbei throw down the fruit box and start spitting it out, Yukiko's face turned pale.

"You're reacting so strongly, is it because you think my blood is dirty? Too bad you've already swallowed it, you can't spit it out anymore, no matter how hard you try!"