Chapter 4 One Hundred Ways to Get Close to Artists

 Before being dragged to work overtime by Gin.

Jiang Xia is on her way to the "Yoko Kinoshita filming studio".

 —He needs to create an opportunity to get up close and personal with Yoko Kinoshita.

 Because he had to touch a ghost fetus.

Judging from the programs in recent days, the ghost fetus has always been quietly coiled around Kinoshita Yoko's wrist.

If the ghost fetus is weak or has a gentle temperament, Jiang Xia can use the "catch and run" method to abduct it home directly.

But if the ghost fetus is stronger than he thinks... he must first explore the specific situation, and then make a plan and figure it out slowly.

 …

Jiang Xia checked the itinerary announced by Kinoshita Yoko. She has not had any fan meetings recently.

If he went directly to the company to block people...their company's security was quite strong. If the matter escalated and caused a commotion, Jiang Xia would run the risk of entering the police station to drink tea.

As a member of a black organization, "about to go to jail" is about the same as "about to be silenced by gin".

  Model workers are very skilled at killing their own people. Never give Gin a chance to shoot...

 In short, it is best to find Yoko Kinoshita to "solve it privately".

 …

 Shanping Town, next to the abandoned building.

Yoko Kinoshita was sitting in the car with her agent, planning to wait for her assistant to come back from picking up her things before catching up on the next announcement.

This is the set of Kinoshita Yoko's new drama, a passionate high school drama. The director chose a place where bad guys gather in a very realistic way.

 In the past, the delinquents and the crew stayed on the same page and were very peaceful.

 But today, the situation is different.

Through the car window, the agent saw a group of unfamiliar gangsters carrying baseball bats and riding motorcycles, circling around menacingly, as if they were blocking people.

 While the gangsters were searching separately.

The agent saw a handsome young man who acted suspiciously and was highly suspected of being the target of gangsters, avoiding the crowd and running quickly towards their car.

This person is Jiang Xia.

The agent doesn’t know him. She frowned, guessing that this person was probably stuck in a traffic jam and had nowhere to run, so he wanted to take advantage of their car and leave. She didn't want to get involved in the matter and planned to refuse.

Who would have thought that when Jiang Xia approached, she didn't say "help" or beg for help.

 Instead: “I am the paparazzi who has been following you recently.”

 Agent, Yoko Kinoshita: “…?”

In the shocked and confused eyes of the two people, Jiang Xia looked at Kinoshita Yoko and whispered: "Sister, have you had an abortion?"

As he spoke, he shook a CD in his hand, giving people the illusion that "this is evidence."

The agent was startled and looked at Kinoshita Yoko hesitantly.

At this moment, more than ten meters away, the golden-haired gangster who was leading the blockade glanced around and saw Jiang Xia beside the car.

He whistled arrogantly and turned the accelerator. The motorcycle approached with a bang, and Jin Mao let out an excited shout and swung his stick towards Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia ducked sideways. Golden Retriever's motorcycle couldn't stop and rushed far away.

Jiang Xia glanced over there, then looked at the car again, and spoke faster:

"Those are people hired by the rival newspaper. If my things fall into their hands, the price will only be higher - now help me escape and I will give you a 40% discount on these materials."

The agent frowned, but he didn’t really believe it.

But at this moment, Kinoshita Yoko looked at Jiang Xia through the car window, then at the gangster blocking the crowd, and suddenly said: "Let him get in the car."

The agent was stunned. After a moment, she turned her head sharply: "Yoko, can't you really...?!"

Yoko Kinoshita repeated in a soft tone but firmly:

 “Let him get in the car.”

　　——

five minutes later.

Jiang Xia held the fake information in her hands and sat in the back row with an obedient expression.

 Kinoshita Yoko’s car was driving on the road leading to the city.

The agent held the steering wheel, holding a cigarette in his mouth irritably and sneered: "Boy, you are very courageous. I asked you to get in the car, but you really dare to get in - without asking where I want to take you?"

Jiang Xia also knew that he was a bit ungrateful today, so he followed the other person's words very thoughtfully and asked: "Where are you going?"

“Tokyo Bay.” The agent took a puff of cigarette with a deep look in his eyes, exhaled the smoke faintly, and said with great depth, “Tonight, there will be another piece of cement in Tokyo Bay.”

 Jiangxia: “…”

He continued to adopt the tone of a good student and said sincerely: "You are all good people and you wouldn't do this."

The agent held back two short sounds: "Haha."

 After shaking off the tail and driving on the road.

 The agent glanced at Jiang Xia in the rearview mirror and asked him about the price of the information in his hand.

 …Such a big piece of information, whether it is true or false, it is absolutely right to stabilize people first.

“Fifty thousand, maybe.” Jiang Xia actually gave him a bargain price, and then added a request as if he was embarrassed:

"Can I talk to Ms. Yoko alone? After following her for a long time, I found that she has many charming shining points. Now I actually appreciate her, otherwise I wouldn't keep holding on to the news and refuse to take action."

The agent was shocked when he tasted the meaning of Pin Jiangxia's words.

 …The paparazzi turned into fans?

And from what it sounds like, does he want to use the idol’s dirty stuff to exchange for a good time alone with the idol?

　　The agent peeked at Jiang Xia in the rearview mirror, and felt a tug on him.

 Zoozai has very beautiful thoughts and is still talking alone. Does that leave you with the opportunity to seduce your idol with your beauty?

 She decisively refused.

 But her teammate Yoko Kinoshita thought about it and said: "Okay."

 Agent: “…”

She almost ran through a red light, slamming on the brakes just before crossing the line, staring at her artist in the rearview mirror with an expression of indifference.

 Kinoshita Yoko looked back firmly. After more than ten seconds of silence, the agent sighed and looked away.

 …

 After a while, the agent parked the car in a relatively secluded place and got out of the car: "I'll give you five minutes."

 Then he turned to Kinoshita Yoko: "Explain it to me later."

 After saying that, she slammed the car door.

 The soundproofing of this car is pretty good.

Through the car window, Jiang Xia glanced at the agent standing on the street, lighting up a cigarette in frustration, then turned to Kinoshita Yoko next to him and confessed: "I'm sorry, actually I don't have any bad information about you."

Yoko Kinoshita was lifeless. She leaned back in her chair and smiled Buddhistically: "I know."

 She did have a miscarriage. But it was a natural miscarriage. At that time, she had a decadent attitude of life and death and never went to the hospital.

 So just now, as soon as Jiang Xia took out the "CD with evidence", Kinoshita Yoko knew that this young man was making something out of nothing.

 But she still let Jiang Xia get in the car.

 On the one hand, because this man is young, it would be a pity if he was beaten and disabled by some gangsters, so I wanted to save him.

 On the other hand, she had something else to ask.

She looked at Jiang Xia and said hesitantly: "Did you...really take pictures of me during this time?"

—Recently, Yoko Kinoshita encountered an unidentified stalker and suffered a series of frenzied harassment: not only threatening letters and threatening phone calls, the man even entered her home and moved her furniture without permission.

Yoko Kinoshita originally planned to hire a detective to investigate.

But just now, when she met Jiang Xia, she suddenly thought: If that "stalker" was Jiang Xia, then if she had a frank chat with him, the matter might be solved.

 …

At this time, the "stalking suspect" was sitting next to her, and Kinoshita Yoko had already made up her mind.

However, as she spoke, she turned to face Jiang Xia's eyes that looked very clear at first glance, "Are you the perverted stalker who harassed me?" She couldn't ask the question.

Yoko Kinoshita: “…” I heard that the minds of today’s minors are more fragile than egg shells.

 In case the incident was not actually done by Jiang Xia. When she asked this question, Jiang Xia had the secondary thought of "Since you all think I'm bad, then I'll really be a bad person!"...

 She simply harmed others and herself, and her sins were grave.

 …

Jiang Xia sat next to her, watching Kinoshita Yoko hesitate to speak, and then hesitate to speak... After a minute, she still didn't say anything.

Jiang Xia is inevitably a little confused.

However, from Kinoshita Yoko’s question just now, he guessed something.

 Many details of this world are actually different from the "Detective Conan" that Jiang Xia has watched.

 —For example, Yoko Kinoshita and her very attractive female agent.

  But there is more that is the same.

For example, Jiang Xia has a fellow detective named Kudo Shinichi.

 For another example, Kudo Shinichi has a beautiful and cute childhood sweetheart who can punch through steel plates with one punch. This is also Jiang Xia's classmate, named Mao Lilan.

According to Jiang Xia's "prophecy", one day in the future, Kudo Shinichi will be beaten and given drugs by Gin, and he will become Conan.

 Then Conan will move into Mao Lilan's detective agency, live with Mao Lilan, and solve cases along the way.

One of those cases was "Miss Yoko's" stalker commission.

 Although there is a difference in time, the details are not exactly the same.

But Jiang Xia still intuitively felt that the Kinoshita Yoko in front of her was the "Miss Yoko" who was harassed by the stalker.

 …

The broker did not give them enough time to talk.

After figuring it out, Jiang Xia did not let Kinoshita Yoko continue to struggle. He took the initiative and said, "You want to ask about the stalker?"

 Kinoshita Yoko was startled.

"..." Jiang Xia knew it before he said anything. Could it be that... the stalker is really him? !

Jiang Xia looked at her frightened expression and waved her hand, "It's not me."

Yoko Kinoshita: "..." Huh?

Jiang Xia started to talk nonsense: "But when I was filming you, I did see suspicious people." He suggested, "Why don't I help you solve this matter - just think of it as a thank you gift for giving me a ride just now."

Yoko Kinoshita looked at him and thought: Is this young man planning to change his career from paparazzi to detective?

 Kinoshita Yoko is, after all, a resident of the detective world. In her eyes, detective is indeed the right path.

Although Jiang Xia sounded like a novice, Kinoshita Yoko hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Okay."

 On the one hand, it’s because she doesn’t want to dissuade Jiang Xia from changing careers.

 On the other hand...originally, she also planned to find a detective to solve the problem. But now, with the help of Jiang Xia, a person who has seen the "stalker" with his own eyes, maybe he can handle it faster.

 …

 After the negotiation, Kinoshita Yoko left Jiang Xia’s personal mobile phone number and address.

Jiang Xia wrote it down carefully, and then naturally stretched out his hand to her to shake hands.

 —This was his original purpose. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the "jelly bracelet" on Kinoshita Yoko's wrist, a ghost that ordinary people couldn't see.

 Kinoshita Yoko didn’t think much, raised her hand and shook his hand.

Originally, according to the position where the little ghost baby was lying, Jiang Xia could just touch it with such a hold.

Unexpectedly, Guiying seems to dislike Jiang Xia. When Yoko Kinoshita raised his hand, it silently moved back a little.

 …suddenly became untouchable.

 (End of this chapter)