Chapter 40: Keiko's Tips

"Didn't you say you were going to meet in Marunouchi, why did you suddenly call me to Yurakucho again?"

Lin Xiuyi sneered while hurrying to the location sent by Jingzi. When he finally found the location marked on the map, Keiko was sitting in a second-hand bookstore in Yurakucho, leisurely reading a book to pass the time. She saw Lin Xiuyi standing in front of the window outside the store and waved hello to her, so she quickly stood up and walked towards the counter at the entrance of the store.

"Hmm...... Is this the only one?"

"Hey!"

"It's 1460 yen, do you need me to wrap it up for you?"

"Hmm...... No need, I'll just put it in my bag!"

"Thank you, I will charge you a total of 2,000 yen, this is to find your change, welcome to come again next time!"

……

Jingzi took the change handed over by the boss, then pushed open the door of the bookstore, and said to Lin Xiuyi with some apologies:

"I'm really sorry, it was a little cold outside just now, and when I saw a bookstore here, I came in to pass the time a little!"

"Hmm...... I'm sorry, but I haven't been here before, so I've been delayed for some time, so we're going to eat now?"

"Well, it's rare to sneak over here for lunch in your busy time, what do you want to eat?

"For lunch, it's nothing more than ramen, Chinese food, or something, by the way, I just saw that you seem to have bought a book?

"It's a travelogue called "Tokyo Scenery", and after a few pages, I felt that there were many places mentioned in the book that I hadn't been to, so I decided to buy it and take it home to learn more. If I have the opportunity in the future, I would also like to see the places mentioned in the book with my own eyes......"

Jingzi said while quietly glancing at Lin Xiuyi, when she saw Lin Xiuyi's preoccupied look, and didn't seem to listen to what she had just said, Jingzi's heart couldn't help but feel a little lost.

"Xiu Yijun?"

"Huh?"

"How about eating ramen?"

"Yes, yes, I can actually eat anything!"

……

Lin Xiuyi agreed to Keiko's suggestion with some restraint, and then the two walked into a standing ramen shop on the corner of the street together. Jingzi and Lin Xiuyi habitually took off their coats almost at the same time and hung them on the coat hook behind them. Keiko then placed her handbag on the shelf above her head. Only then did he raise his head and look at the menu on the wall, and said to the store with some hesitation.

"Please bring me a yuzu soy sauce ramen, and if you want a drink, a cup of oolong tea!"

"Hi Woo, a yuzu soy sauce ramen, a cup of oolong tea. What about this gentleman?"

"Shall I have a mentaiko seafood ramen, and if you want to drink, please ask if there are any carbonated drinks here!"

"Coke?"

"Well, that's good for Coke!"

……

After Lin Xiuyi and Keiko finished ordering the ramen they wanted, they just waited for a while, and the store brought the ramen to each other.

The ingredients in the ramen are very sufficient, such as soft-boiled eggs and barbecued pork. There are quite a few of them in Chikuwa and Mentaiko. Keiko picked up the soup spoon and chopsticks, first picked up a small pinch of noodles, and then couldn't wait to suck it up, and then, she picked up the barbecued pork in the bowl and took a bite gently.

"Hmm...... It's been a long time since I've eaten such delicious ramen!"

Jingzi said to herself, Lin Xiuyi glanced back at her, and then asked with some uncertainty:

"It's because you're abroad!"

"Hmm...... It took a lot of hard work, but I finally got what I needed and now I can finally relax and catch my breath!"

"Huh?"

Hearing Jingzi suddenly say such sincere words, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but feel a little surprised. He stopped his chopsticks and turned his head sideways to look at Jingzi with some confusion, not knowing what she was thinking about this time.

"If I'm not mistaken, I think it's easier to get the information you need than the manager who lives in the public works store!"

"Hey, that's exactly what I thought about at the time, so I went to the flower cage house to find out the news......"

As soon as Lin Xiu heard that Jingzi had finally said the right thing, he hurriedly responded to the other party.

"On the Hanalongya side, the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office also tried to obtain information through them, but unfortunately, the result was in vain. Now that I think about it, is it really a meaningful thing?"

"Interesting?"

"Don't you think it's ironic that the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office, which dared to arrest the prime minister, was helpless against the small flower cage house?"

"Wait a minute, do you mean that the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office has been secretly investigating the Hanalongya for a long time?"

"Hmm...... Speaking of which, this is the information I had before I left Japan, and as for the current situation, I think the ultimate winner should be the humble Hanalongya!"

"Ah...... I knew that even the famous Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office couldn't handle that club, so I wouldn't have wasted more than 200,000 yen, which is the most expensive bottle of wine I've ever drunk in my life!"

"Well, it seems that you have also been teased by the club's mother-san! Don't you know that the woman has made a fortune from the best politicians and businessmen in the country? You may not believe it, but the mother-san named Aki has a very good idea of the secrets of the country that are more detailed and rich than the prime minister himself. You suffered at her hands, and I think it's actually to be expected. ”

"That...... Can I ask you why the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office investigated the Hanalongya before?"

Hearing Lin Xiuyi's question, Jingzi quietly looked at the surrounding environment, and saw that the conversation between her and Lin Xiuyi did not attract the attention of the shopkeeper and the guys, and at the same time, no other customers paid attention to them, Jingzi whispered into Lin Xiuyi's ear and explained to him in a low voice.

"The local prosecutor's office suspects that the five major domestic construction companies have long secretly formed an alliance and are suspected of monopolizing the domestic construction contracting industry through collusion!"

"Eh, skewers...... Collusion!"

As soon as Lin Xiu heard this key piece of information thrown out by Jing Zimeng, he couldn't help but feel the seriousness of the matter.

"Well, it's collusion, but that time, the Special Search Department of the District Prosecutor's Office still failed to find evidence of collusion between the five major construction clubs, and in the end it could only be in vain. However, this is not the same as in the past, and now the construction of Toshima has reached the point of life and death. Moreover, the domestic construction market is shrinking year by year, do you say that the remaining four of the five major construction companies will take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to kick out the construction of Toshima, which participated in the cake?"