Chapter 10 third quarter

The funeral was over in the evening.Mizuho and Qingjiang go home in Kaori's car.Kaori's car is a van that has been remodeled to accommodate a wheelchair. It seems that Zong Yan was driving it before, but today it is Nagashima who is sitting in the driver's seat. "I think it's better to let me drive." Qing Jiang, who was sitting in the passenger seat, glanced at Yongdao and said. "I have to get acquainted with the car now to prepare for the future." Yong Dao remained silent indifferently, but it was Kaori behind him who had an opinion. "What are you going to do to prepare? Stop talking nonsense. We are going to Mr. Yongdao's shop now. Of course, Mr. Yongdao will drive the best."

After the funeral, Jiazhi suggested that everyone go to the new store in Yongdao, which opened just a month ago, to change their mood.Kaori seems to have visited the store when it first opened, and she seems to have given some advice on the interior decoration, so I want Mizuho to go sightseeing as well. "Forget it, I'll give in for now. But my uncle has passed away, and Kaori needs a new driver." "Then why must it be you?" "Am I not competent?" Kaori ignored his question and looked at Mizuho. "Miss Shuisui, can you drive?" Shui Sui just nodded, "Shui Sui can't do it." Qing Jiang turned around and said.

"She can't stay in the Cross Mansion forever, right? You're going back soon, right?" "Indeed..." Mizuho was a little embarrassed. "I don't want it!" Kaori shouted from the side. "Please, stay a little longer. At least wait until this nasty incident is resolved... ok?" When Kaori pleaded to this point, Mizuho could only nod silently.Even if Jiazhi didn't ask, she herself wanted to stay and pay attention to the progress of the incident. "But anyway, this is temporary. Mizuho will go back sooner or later." It seems that Qingjiang is determined to become Kaori's driver candidate.

"In this way, Qingjiang, you are the same? You will graduate this spring, right? You will leave this family as soon as you graduate. " "Not necessarily leaving? What? Does living under the same roof as me make you uncomfortable?" "I don't feel anything." "What a heartless line." Qing Jiang turned back to the front, and his body sank deeply into the cushion, "But you'd better be careful. In that mansion, there are people who need more attention than me." "I can't pretend I didn't hear that." Yong Dao, who has been driving silently until now, said to Qing Jiang when he braked and waited for the red light.

"Are you talking about...the incident?" "That's right." Qing Jiang was melancholy for a moment, "Indeed, this is included in my meaning." "It sounds like you are doubting our own people. Do you have any basis?" Mizuho said to Qing Jiang's back. "There is no basis yet. But at least what is certain is that the police are suspicious of the people around us. After all, there is a precedent for me being followed by them during my morning jog." "It is the responsibility of the police to refer to all possibilities." Yong Dao said, "You can't draw conclusions based on this alone. Besides, if it was really an insider crime, with such a small range of suspects, the murderer should have been caught long ago, right?"

When the green light came on, Yongdao stepped on the gas pedal again. "So, it is indeed a common sense point of view. But isn't it a bit too common sense?" "what do you want to say in the end?" Kaori suddenly roared, and the body in the wheelchair leaned forward excitedly. "Don't put on such a scary expression. I just want to say that this common sense point of view is too rational. Everyone knows that only our own people were gathered in the mansion on the night of the crime, so everyone may be subconsciously Cover up the murderer. No matter who you are, you don’t want a murderer to appear among the people around you, do you?”

"It's too much for you to doubt everyone like this! Obviously there is no basis at all!" Jiazhi bit her lower lip and stared at Qingjiang's profile sadly, but Qingjiang didn't seem to care at all. "Is it really too much? Besides, it's not groundless. This is the only conclusion that can be reached after considering many aspects...Forget it, just pretend I didn't say it. I don't want to see my sweetheart cry. " Qing Jiang grinned and turned back to the front.Jiazhi glared at him angrily for a while, then turned to look at Mizuho, ​​as if she wanted her to say a few words for her.

But Shui Sui remained silent, because she, like Qing Jiang, believed that the murderer came from inside the mansion. Moreover, Yongdao's unusual gloomy expression on the side also made her a little scrupulous. A "Temporarily Closed" sign hangs on the door of the Yong Island store.Opening the glass door, a burst of shampoo smells in the face.There are only four seats and the floor area is not very large, but the wall inside is completely designed as a mirror, giving people the illusion that the storefront is still extending. "Actually, I like the color of the walls to be simple. But my father hopes to design all the walls as mirrors, saying that this will make the store look more spacious."

"uncle?" "The construction company belongs to our family, so Dad has come to inspect it several times. But it's really rare for Dad to personally take care of such a trivial matter. What kind of wind is it?" After finishing speaking, Jiazhi added in a low voice, "But my mother never came here once." Mizuho and Qing Jiang sat on the sofa in the waiting seat, Kaori drove the wheelchair beside them, and Nagashima was making coffee for them.There is a small bookshelf next to the waiting area with some comics and magazines on it. "How many employees do you employ?"

Qing Jiang looked around the store and asked Yongdao Dao. "One male and one female. The male employees worked together before, and the female employees were interns." "Female intern? Still young, right? Shouldn't be more than twenty years old?" Kaori saw the apron hanging on the wall and asked. "Well, very young. She just graduated from high school and is still in professional school. A benefactor put her here and asked me to take care of her." "It must be cute..." Kaori sighed depressingly. Nagashima served the coffee cups on four trays.Judging by his skillful technique, this store must be full of customers.

"Owning such a store at Mr. Yongshima's age is not an easy task." Holding a coffee cup in his hand, Qing Jiang looked around the store again. "Yes. If you don't have the inheritance from your parents, you will have to suffer a lot." While talking, Yong Dao touched the coffee cup to keep warm, "I am really grateful to Uncle Takemiya." Everyone here knew that the Uncle Takemiya he was referring to was Koichiro.Koichiro wrote his last words before his death, which clearly stated that he would give Nagashima his due share of property.The store was built on that legacy. "But to be honest, Mr. Yongdao's share is obviously missing a zero, right?" Qingjiang looked at Yongdao tentatively, "Although you are from the concubine, you are still your own son. It is not too much to charge a little more, right? Look now, after you build this shop and pay the taxes, you can There's only a fraction left, isn't it?" "I am very satisfied. No matter how much the amount is, I am very grateful that Uncle Takemiya has the idea of ​​leaving me an inheritance." "Is that really the case..." Qingjiang curled the corner of his mouth meaningfully, "But Zonghiko, who has no blood relationship with Grandpa Kotaro, turned out to be the biggest beneficiary in the end. This really makes people laugh, right?" Yong Dao looked up from the cup and was about to speak when he said, "Qing Jiang, what you said is too rude!" Kaori cuts in on their conversation. "Then what do you want me to say?" His tone was steady, but Yong Dao looked stiff. "Tell me." Qing Jiang took a sip of coffee as if nothing happened. Yong Dao and Kaori looked at Qing Jiang silently.Mizuho looked at the embarrassment of the three of them, and raised his coffee cup. At this time, there was a knock on the door.Mizuho turned her head and saw a man knocking on the entrance glass door. "He couldn't see the notice to suspend business..." Nagashima recognized the man who knocked on the door, and stopped in the middle of his sentence unnaturally.This man is the detective Yamagishi.Yamagishi waved towards the store with a warm smile. "I didn't expect to find this place, this heavyweight policeman." Qing Jiang said with a smile. "Which one of us is he following?" Nagashima got up to open the door, and Yamagishi's fat body invaded the store. "There are quite a lot of people." Yamagishi smiled slyly.The tall policeman Nogami came in after him.Nogami's expression was a little nervous, and Mizuho's intuition told her that the police's trip was not good. "Excuse me, what's the matter?" Yongdao asked. "Of course I only visit when there is something to do. We want to ask you something." "What's up?" "Did you go to the Cross Mansion the night before yesterday?" "Yes... so what?" Yongdao's voice rose slightly, and Yamagishi's eyes showed a sharp edge. "Then, did you stay overnight?" "I stayed late and they suggested I stay overnight. Is there anything wrong with that?" "I didn't say no. But trespassing on the crime scene made it a little difficult for us." Yong Island was speechless for a moment.Even Mizuho knew that his eyes were moving from side to side. "Hey, where did you let me go..." Yamagishi tentatively reached into his pants pocket, took out a small plastic bag, and placed it in front of Yongdao. "This, you should be familiar with it?" Yamagishi asked, still with that uncomfortable smile on his face. Yongdao stood up and looked at the plastic bag.Mizuho also stood up, and there seemed to be a jigsaw puzzle in the plastic bag. She didn't understand what this meant, but what was certain was that Yongdao's attitude after seeing this thing was unusual. The corner of Yongdao's mouth twitched a few times, "Is there any problem with this puzzle piece?" He spoke to the police in a slightly trembling voice. "What's the problem!?" The policeman widened his eyes in astonishment. "Is there even a need to ask!?" Detective Yamagishi held the plastic bag in his left hand, and pointed to the debris with his right hand, "Keep your eyes open! There are some black stains on the edge, right? After inspection, it's Zongyan's blood stains!" "And," continued the policeman, "and, we've found someone's fingerprint on this piece of the puzzle. That's you! Mr. Nagashima!" Yong Island looked at the part pointed by the policeman, closed his eyes in a panic, and raised his left hand to wipe the corner of his mouth.He sneaked a glance at Shui Sui and the others, then turned his gaze back to the policeman. "How could you..." Yong Island muttered. "You want to ask how we noticed this fragment? Because you made a mistake!" "Mistake?" "More on this later. First, you have to tell us why you touched this piece of the puzzle?" Yong Dao was overwhelmed by the courage of the police, and couldn't help taking two or three steps back. "This is hidden!" he shouted in a very hoarse voice. "Of course there is something hidden!" Shan'an's voice was an octave higher, "When things have developed to this point, everyone knows that there must be more than one or two hidden secrets." "Please give me a chance to explain!" "That's what nature will give." Yamagishi put the plastic bag back into his arms. "It's just that we have to ask you to go to the bureau first. I'm afraid this matter won't be resolved in a short while." After finishing speaking, he winked at Nogami next to him, and the tall Nogami immediately moved to Qing Jiang's side, pushing him and urging him to leave quickly. Nagashima took two or three deep breaths to calm himself down, then turned to Mizuho. "Please help close the store. Is it okay to entrust you with the driving task?" After speaking, he handed Mizuho two keys.One is a store key and the other is a car key.Mizuho nodded and took the key. "Mr. Yongshima..." Kaori finally couldn't help shouting.Yong Island looked at her and nodded slightly. "I'm fine, I'll go back when I go." Then he said to the police, "Let's go." Yamagishi looked serious, nodded slightly to Mizuho and left the shop first, and then Nagashima also followed out under the urging of Nogami, "Mr. Nagashima..." Kaori couldn't help calling again, but this time, Nagashima And didn't look back.