Chapter 3 Chapter 3 The Dining Room in the Morning

The next day is a sunny day, which is most suitable for the "Poseidon Festival". Kosuke Kindaichi, who talked late at night with the police department of Bodouli last night, did not appear in the restaurant with this police officer until nine o'clock.It happened that a group of people were eating breakfast lively around the proprietress, Etsuko Liu.Kano Tatsuya, Professor Jiang Chuan and Kato Nyodo are also among them. Kosuke Kindaichi glanced over and just found an empty table when he heard Etsuko shout: "Mr. Kindaichi, please come and sit here. How about that guest come over too?"

Kosuke Kindaichi hesitated for a moment, but he still called the police department and went to Etsuko's table together. "Mr. Kindaichi, let me introduce you. This is Professor Jiang Chuan, a child psychologist, and this is the professor's assistant, Ms. Kato Tatsuko. Professor Jiang Chuan, this is Mr. Kosuke Kindaichi, a well-known private detective." Hearing the name of Kosuke Kindaichi, Professor Jiang Chuan couldn't help but widen his eyes.Ms. Kato also squinted her eyes from behind her glasses in surprise, and looked up and down at this short, poor-looking detective with disheveled hair and a blue floral dress on a white background and a summer skirt.

Kosuke Kindaichi smiled shyly, "Then let me introduce to you too. This is the No. 1 Police Department of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division. He is here for the weekend." Hearing the word "police department", everyone's eyes could not help showing the color of alert.Kosuke Kindaichi didn't care about this, and continued: "Mr. Police Department, this is the proprietress of the 'Wanghailou' hotel—Ms. Etsuko Ichiliu, and beside her is her daughter, Ms. Fusako." Knowing that the girl sitting next to Etsuko was actually her daughter, the Waiting Police Department couldn't help but frowned slightly.

Compared with Etsuko, who is as bright and beautiful as the summer sun, her daughter Fusako looks weak but too old, giving people the feeling of a fox.She doesn't look like a girl her age, but looks like Etsuko's younger sister. "Next, sitting next to Fusako is the late Viscount Iktanagi's younger sister, Minko Ryu, the wife of the proprietress. Ah, by the way, I met Ms. Minko on the roof yesterday evening." Kosuke Kindazu continued to introduce road.Mr. Police Department didn't say a word, just nodded and compared Yiliu Minzi with Fusazi sitting next to him.Thin, old-fashioned, and fox-like, the two are indeed very similar, obviously the relationship between aunt and niece.

"Come down again, sitting on the left of the proprietress is Mr. Kano Tatsuya who lives in this hotel like me." Although Kano Tatsuya is Professor Jiang Chuan's freshman classmate in high school, he is a slightly fat man with a red face.Although he is a little bald, his hair is very black, his red cheeks are as smooth as a child's, and he has a vigorous energy that is not commensurate with his age. After being introduced by Kosuke Kindaichi, he nodded with a smile.After all, he has lived abroad for a long time, and his generous demeanor reveals a kind of experience.Besides, he was not this morning; he was very happy for some reason, with a big smile on his face.

In addition, there is another Kindaichi Kosuke who did not introduce, that is, a young man in his thirties sitting in front of Fusako.It was also the first time Kindaichi Kosuke saw him. "Oh, by the way, Mr. Kindaichi doesn't know Mr. Toyohiko yet. This is Mr. Toyohiko Okada, a distant relative of my husband and a friend of Fusako." Toyohiko Okada has fair skin and a thin body, giving people a feeling of fragility.The tone of speech is also sweet and soft like a woman's.Although he is a handsome man, he makes people feel like a kitten. Kosuke Kindaichi and the police department finally sat down at the table.As soon as they finished ordering from the waiter, Professor Jiang Chuan, who was sitting in front of Kosuke Kindaichi, couldn't wait to speak.

"Mr. Kindaichi, we met on the rooftop yesterday evening, right?" Professor Jiang Chuan asked in a tentative tone. "Yeah, I'm really rude, because I don't know Professor Jiang Chuan very much..." "Where, where. Uh, when did you live here, sir?" "Oh, it's been almost twenty days since I came here at the beginning of this month." "But I never saw you when I came here before?" "Ah, it's like this, Professor Jiang Chuan," Etsuko hurriedly added from the side, "When the professor came here, Mr. Kindaichi just went back to Tokyo."

"Oh, no wonder...but I never dreamed that I would meet such a famous person as Mr. Kindaichi here. Garner, do you know Mr. Kindaichi?" "Ah, of course." Kano Tatsuya seemed a little panicked, "I said a few words, but I didn't expect it to be such a famous person... It's really rude." While talking, Garner quickly saluted, once again showing childlike innocence, and he was completely different from the usual dejected him.Kosuke Kindaichi couldn't help smiling in his heart: This is probably due to yesterday's sailing trip. "But, Mr. Kindaichi—" Professor Jiang Chuan cast another probing gaze, "Why did you come here, sir? Is it just for rest? Is there any case?" Jiang Chuan said this to the Waiting Force Police Department.

"Hey, it's alright, alright, you're too rude, even a famous detective needs to take a break once in a while. Didn't I say that Mr. Kindaichi has been hanging out here since the beginning of the month... Oh, I'm sorry!" Kano Tatsuya quickly retracted his thick and short neck. "But, Mr. Kindaichi doesn't seem to play in the sea much?" "Oh, I'm a landlubber." Kindaichi Kosuke replied nonchalantly.As soon as he finished speaking, he was scooping up half-boiled eggs with a spoon and so on, and the Police Department burst out laughing. "Ah, this is rare nowadays." Kano Tatsuya replied as if nothing had happened.That demeanor made the proprietress Etsuko and Ms. Kato couldn't help lowering their heads and sniggering, and Professor Jiang Chuan couldn't help laughing mockingly.

Toyohiko Okada, who was breaking the bread, also laughed at first, but when he saw Fusako's expression on the opposite side, he swallowed the smile back and lowered his head at the same time. The relaxed smile quickly spread throughout the table, only Fusako didn't smile.That serious look seemed to say, what's so funny.Fusako just tore the bread nervously with her fingers. The proprietress Etsuko also noticed this, the smile on her face disappeared without a trace, and a soft sigh escaped from her lips. "By the way, Mr. Kindaichi, Professor Jiang Chuan doesn't seem to know at all, sir will also participate in today's 'Miss Kyungura Contest'?"

"Oh, no, no, I can..." "Professor Jiang Chuan," Etsuko resumed her natural bright smile, "Mr. Kindaichi is very timid, no matter how much you beg him, he won't listen, saying that he is not that material..." "Isn't it just Ms. Kyungpo... Ah, I'm afraid the proprietress will be angry, but what are the advantages and disadvantages of being a beauty pageant judge, isn't it even good for an old bone like me? How about waiting? Police Department , discuss with you, how about participating with Mr. Kindaichi?" "No, no, no, if we were to judge, I'm afraid we would choose a 'beauty with a big head and a short body', ahaha..." "Hey, I'm not kidding, I'm telling you the truth. Mr. Kindaichi, you won't be so shy, right? Even our Kana participated..." "Hey, Jiang Chuan, look at what you said. What do you mean 'even our Ghana is participating'? Don't you know that I am no worse than anyone else in appreciating beauties. Haha..." Ghana Tatsuya blamed Said. "Okay, okay, stop joking," Professor Jiang Chuan seemed to ignore this over-excited old friend, but looked eagerly at Kosuke Kindaichi, "Mr. Kindaichi, what's the matter, come and join us. Maybe something interesting will happen..." "Maybe something interesting will happen." Kosuke Kindaichi noticed that there seemed to be something more in these words, and couldn't help but start to look at Professor Zaichuan again. Jiang Chuan just smiled gently, but Ms. Kato next to him kept staring at him intently.Kindaichi Kosuke also noticed that when Jiang Chuan said this, Kato's gaze behind the square-rimmed glasses suddenly flickered, which shocked Kindaichi Kosuke. Is Professor Jiang Chuan's persistent invitation to himself related to yesterday's "lip-reading incident"? "Understood. Then, Mr. Police Department, we might as well join in." Kosuke Kindaichi subconsciously nodded quickly after speaking.