"Teacher, forget it. You are too old and you will make people laugh." "Ha, ha... It doesn't matter, it can also be a feast for the eyes." "Teacher, please don't be like this, it would be bad for the students to see!" "It doesn't matter. Instead of standing on the podium and saying something that even I can't understand, it's better to feel the enthusiasm of the students to celebrate their youth here, which will be more conducive to my major." "I really don't understand you!" "Ha, ha, I can't tell that Kato-san is quite good at putting on a show. Ah, we're hugging each other. Look, on that boat!"

"I beg you, hey, I can't help it!" Kosuke Kindaichi had been smiling and listening to the sound of arguing at the next table - so loudly that it seemed it wasn't just a man and a woman, sipping orange juice through a straw. This is a seaside bathhouse in the suburbs of Tokyo that developed rapidly after the war - Jingpu Beach.Kosuke Kindaichi is now on the roof of the "Bokairo" hotel on this beach. It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon. The scorching summer sun has begun to set, and the shadow of Jiuchao Ridge standing behind Gyeongpo is gradually elongating and slowly pressing down.The roof terrace of Wanghai Tower has been shrouded in this shadow.

There are a total of more than 20 tables on the roof of Wanghai Building, and each table is covered with a sun umbrella.Therefore, even the next table cannot see the appearance of the speaker. But Kosuke Kindaichi knew that there were two people next door, a man and a woman, because he glanced at that table just now when he passed by that table. The man was a gentleman of about sixty.In such hot weather, he was still wearing a white linen suit and a cool bow tie around his neck.The white sun hat was off on the table, revealing a head of pure white snow-like silver hair.The hair is combed tightly behind the head, which is impressive.

The woman was about thirty years old, with brownish hair combed back carelessly, exaggeratingly exposing a broad forehead.Most notable are the pair of large square-rimmed glasses and the protruding jaw.As a woman, her shoulders are too broad and her lines are too rough, but what wraps her body is a ridiculously small dress. Judging from the content of the conversation heard through the parasol just now, the man seems to be a university teacher; the woman is his student. Regardless of whether Kosuke Kindaichi had been listening to the conversation between the teacher and the student just now, anyway, it sounded like the university teacher (it was later confirmed that he was indeed a professor of a certain university) was playing the game of "Iga Koshimichi Chu Shuangroku" wholeheartedly.The so-called game refers to the "sun family" behavior of young men and women who can be seen everywhere on the Gyeongpo sea from the roof of Wanghai Tower with a telescope.

"Oh, it's so boring, why did they break up and just kissed each other." Hearing the old professor's frustrated complaints under the parasol, Kosuke Kindaichi finally couldn't help laughing. How sad! "Teacher, you are really rare. What do you want to see?" "Don't you understand? Kato, of course I use my sharp eyes to find out where the 'season of the sun' is going on!" "Forget it, teacher, it will affect your reputation." "What's the influence? I'm a modern celebrity who was specially invited from Tokyo to be the judge of the 'Miss Gyeongpo Contest'. It's normal to be interested in the sun behavior of the sun family!"

"I really can't help you. God knows what connection there will be between child psychology and the 'Miss Gyeongpo Contest'!" "Don't be stupid, there is a big relationship here. Speaking of modern young people, they are no different from children, so I, Professor Jiang Chuan..." Ah, it turned out to be him, Kosuke Kindaichi who was eavesdropping on the parasol Can't help nodding. Tomorrow, which is Sunday, this beach will hold an annual wonderful program - "Nepton Festival". "Nepton" is of course the name of the sea god in Greek mythology.Every year, grand performances are held simultaneously on both sides of the water and land for Poseidon, which has become the practice of the beach.And the biggest event in this "Sea God Festival" is the "Miss Gyeongpo Contest".

Kosuke Kindaichi learned yesterday that a well-known child psychologist, Professor Ichiro Egawa, will also serve as a judge for this contest. In fact, at first, the proprietress of the "Wanghailou" hotel also kindly invited Kosuke Kindaichi to be a judge, but Kosuke Kindaichi, who didn't understand the taste, was really not good at this, so he finally turned down the invitation of the proprietress. Ah, so this is the famous Professor Jiang Chuan. Kindaichi Kosuke couldn't help smiling from the bottom of his heart. "However, it's too whimsical to invite you here from Tokyo to be a judge of some kind of beauty contest."

"Oh, don't be silly. Isn't that why you have so much fun here?" "Oh, thank you so much, ho ho, but seriously, please stop looking at that telescope, sir..." "Oh, it's okay, it's okay!" From the above conversation, it can be seen that Professor Jiang Chuan is still looking at the sea with a telescope. At this time, although the vicinity of Wanghai Tower has been shrouded in the shade of the mountains, it is still hot summer at sea.The sails on the sea are dotted with red, yellow, and white... Because each of them reflects strong sunlight, it hurts to look at it for a while.

At this time, autumn is approaching and summer is about to pass.People probably want to seize the time to enjoy the season when there is not much sun left. Today is the weekend, and tourists flock from Tokyo. From the beach to the shore, there is a sea of ​​people. Kosuke Kindaichi is also anxiously awaiting one of these weekend visitors. "Oh, I said teacher, haven't you seen enough?" After a brief pause, the conversation began again from under the sun umbrella of the neighbor. "I really beg you to stop. People say that the 'age of reason' has passed, and now it's the 'age of openness'. Teacher, no matter how obsessed you are, you won't pay so much attention to the scenes of these solar seasons."

"Ahaha, it's so sad. But Kato-kun, what I'm looking for with the binoculars is not just the young people's debauched behavior during this solar season, but to secretly observe how this kid, Garner, is pretending , showing his chivalry." "Mr. Garner, isn't he the one who recommended you to be the judge of tomorrow's beauty contest?" "That's right, it's him." "I heard from the waiter just now that he seems to have gone out to sea on a sailing boat with the proprietress here!" "That's right. I invited people here, but I went out on a boat with the beautiful proprietress. It's outrageous...Of course, I'm not jealous! In fact, Garner is a girl who always wants to see a girl." A blushing man, that's why I wanted to see what he would look like when he was on the same boat with a beautiful woman."

"However, I heard that Mr. Garner has been abroad for a long time." "Yes" "Then why are you afraid of seeing girls?" "Ha, ha... It seems that living abroad and being shy are completely different things. Although I am not young, once I fall in love with a certain woman, I will become at a loss in front of her. That is really annoying. I love you so much, that’s why I was able to ask the proprietress out smoothly today. Hehe, maybe the proprietress took the initiative to ask him out.” "Hehe... so the proprietress is still single?" After all, other people's private matters were involved, so the female student's voice suddenly dropped, but Professor Jiang Chuan still had no scruples. "Ah, she is a widow. It is said that she is the widow of the Viscount... what Viscount Yiliu is. The standard 'Sunset Clan'. After the war, the only inheritance she got from her husband is this villa. I heard that it was originally Viscount Yiliu. The family’s villa, which was later converted into J. Pukan. Soon after it opened, this Gyeongpo was hyped as a first-class summer resort, and eventually attracted a large number of tourists flocking from Tokyo. This—everything is said to be true This boss lady's masterpiece. What a powerful character!" "Is she pretty?" "Of course, that's why Ghana, which only came here occasionally, has completely taken root here!" "How old is the proprietress?" "Probably around forty. It's hard to guess a woman's age, but it can't be more than forty-two or three-year-old, maybe less than forty." "Does she have any children?" "There is a daughter who is about twenty-four or five years old this year." "Oh, according to what you said about the proprietress' being 'less than forty', wouldn't that mean she got married at a very young age?" "No, that's the stepdaughter. The proprietress is Viscount Yiliu's second wife, and his ex-wife gave birth to a girl." "I heard that Mr. Garner has been single abroad. Are they planning to get married?" "Well, Garner actually got married once in the Mainland when he graduated from school. Unfortunately, that marriage failed. His wife is very annoying. Hey, there are such wives in the world. If it's the woman who doesn't Well, but Garner has always been notorious. In the end, he was desperate, and Garner fled from Japan to the United States. He didn’t come back until the year before last, and more than 30 years have passed in a blink of an eye!” "What does he do? I heard that he is a teacher, your classmate in the first year of high school?" "He's an engineer, an electrical guy. Don't tell me he's a genius! He's got a lot of patents and made a lot of money. It's a pity that he's been a gypsy since his first marriage failed, Always adrift. I really hope he can marry a satisfactory wife here and settle down!" The old professor Jiang Chuan's tone was full of deep friendship, which made Kindaichi Kosuke, who was eavesdropping, feel a little warm in his heart. Kosuke Kindaichi has been staying at the Wanghailou Hotel since August, so he also knows Mr. Kano Tatsuya who was talking just now.The two talked a few words in the restaurant, lobby and other places.Although he was a little shy, he was generally a relatively calm and steady gentleman.Kosuke Kindaichi had known for a long time that he had lived in a foreign factory for a long time, and he could also see that he was interested in the proprietress here, Etsuko Liu. However, it was the first time for him to hear such a detailed account of his origins like just now.In the past, Kosuke Kindaichi always wondered why he was always downcast and sullen. Now this mystery was finally solved by Professor Jiang Chuan's words - it seems that the shadow of marriage misfortune is still lingering in his heart. "And what about that gentleman, Mr. Garner's family?" Ms. Kato's voice came from the parasol again. "There is a nephew who is an orphan left by his sister. After returning to China, he was brought up by his side immediately, and he loves him very much... Huh?" Professor Jiang Chuan's voice suddenly stopped. "What's the matter, sir? Did you see Mr. Garner's boat?" "No, no, don't worry, don't talk yet." There was a deafening silence after a burst of "cracking" sound like flipping paper quickly. Suddenly, Kato screamed loudly, with strong reproach in his voice, "God, teacher, you can't do this! You can't! How can you eavesdrop on others casually."