Chapter 13 Section 5

Ten days have passed since the incident.Because of Xiaosan's sudden death and Yuzhi's suicide, the Shanshang family was devastated, and it was difficult for them to resume their old life rhythm. Toshihiko will live here until he marries Yuriko.This is because Michiyo said that so many terrible things had happened, she was a little scared, and asked Li Yan to stay here to embolden her courage. This afternoon, Li Yan received two strange uninvited guests: a man in his mid-thirties and a woman who looked ten years younger than him. The man is tall, wearing a very decent black suit, which inevitably makes people think of him as a foreigner; and the woman is also wearing a black dress, which is also different from the local Japanese dress, with long hair. Left a deep impression.

"We belong to the club." The man said to Li Yan, "Is Madam at home?" "The club you're talking about is—" Li Yan looked at the two uninvited guests in surprise, "Is it related to the Lyons club?" The man kept staring at Li Yan's face, then nodded slowly, "Exactly. As long as you say that, I think Madam will understand." Toshihiko still didn't understand, but it would be too much to keep asking, so he had to go in and tell Michiyo. After hearing Toshihiko's words, Michiyo suddenly showed a nervous expression on his face. "It's a detective club." She said, "It's a professional detective serving some wealthy people. Because it's a membership system, it's only responsible for accepting commissions from members."

"What did you entrust these detectives with?" Li Yan asked. "One thing. I'll tell you later. Anyway, I have to go see them right now." Saying that, Dao Dai took a deep breath. Michiyo met two visitors in the living room.While pondering about the other party, she nervously confirmed: "Are you two from the Detective Club?" "Yes." It was the man who answered.It was an expressionless, dry voice. "Is there anything you need us to do?" Dao Dai breathed out lightly.For some reason, she suddenly felt dependent.Although I heard Xiaosan talk about the detective club before, but it was the first time that I commissioned them to do something.Before the meeting, she was worried about what would happen if they were unreliable, but now that they met, she felt that they could be trusted.

"What I want to talk to you is about my husband who died a few days ago." Dao Dai said after making up his mind.She saw the tall man nodded slightly calmly. "Ten days ago, he died suddenly of heart failure." "I heard it was in the shower." The detective replied in a confirming tone. Obviously, they already knew about Xiao San, which undoubtedly increased Dao Dai's trust in them.Because she felt that if there were no necessary preparations before meeting the client, the client would feel very uneasy. "On the face of it. Because it was known that my husband had a heart condition, a lot of people expressed sympathy to me."

"However, this is not the case." The woman's voice was like an announcer, with clear articulate and gentle tone.She seemed to be the detective's assistant. "There's nothing wrong with heart failure," Dodai said, "but it wasn't an accident." "That means," said the detective, "that the crime was committed by the servant who committed suicide?" Michiyo stared at the other party: "You really deserve to be a detective, you even know this!" "You have won the prize." The detective lowered his head. "It was the servant named Yuzhi who killed my husband."

So Michiyo told the detectives how Yuzhi used electric wires and later committed suicide.The detective listened with interest, and nodded emphatically when she was done. "Indeed." Then, he let go of the arms that had been clasped across his chest, and took out a notebook from the pocket of his black jacket. "The servant committed suicide after being exposed. So what do you want us to do?" "In a word——" Michiyo looked at the faces of the detective and his assistant, as if comparing something, and then said, "Investigate the truth of the matter." The detective narrowed his eyes strangely: "What's going on?"

"Because there are still many unexplainable things." She said, "For example, my husband has never had the habit of getting into the bathtub without washing his hair, and also, he never locks the door when taking a bath, and he can't find Yuzhi A motive for killing my husband." "But it's true that Yuzhi killed your husband?" "That may be true. Otherwise there would be no reason for her suicide." "But you say there are other truths?" "Yes. I always feel stuck somewhere, maybe it's a psychological effect." "Maybe." The detective nodded heavily, still expressionless. "I think it's better to investigate Yuzhi's motive for killing. Can we just investigate from here?"

"Can." Then Michiyo told the detective the names of the guests who came to the house that day while thinking, and of course their relatives.The detective wrote it all down in his notebook. "For reference, can you describe in detail what happened at the party that day?" said the detective. So Michiyo described the situation that day in detail. When she mentioned that Atsushi and Yukio were fighting, the detective's eyes suddenly lit up. "Do these two people usually have a bad relationship?" "No, there's nothing wrong with it." Dao Dai said, "Tunji's temper is a little more irritable, but fighting like that day is rare."

"Oh?" the detective tapped his ballpoint pen on the table and nodded thoughtfully. "And the bathroom—" the detective said, staring at Dawdy's face, "can you show us? I wonder to what extent the bathroom forms a secret chamber." "OK." The bathroom has been thoroughly cleaned.Michiyo didn't dare to go in for several days after the incident, but it was really troublesome to go to the public bath outside, and he used it again only two days ago. "It's really rare to install such a strong lock in the bathroom. It has some special meaning."

"In the past, our family hired a young servant. She said that it would be uncomfortable to take a shower without locking the door, so she installed a lock." "Oh, then, has this key been kept by Madam?" "Yes. It's always been in my room and never given to anyone else." The detective nodded and walked into the bathroom. There was a large bathtub, big enough for an adult to lie down comfortably, and there was a small window above it. "What did the window look like then?" "It is open." Dao Dai said, "But there is a screen window, and it is fixed with screws inside, so it cannot be opened from the outside."

"Sturdy indeed," said the detective, examining the window carefully. "I'll report the results to you in three days." The detective said after returning to the living room, "I don't think the issue about the secret room is that complicated." "yes?" "It's very simple," said the detective. "There is only one problem that can be considered. Your husband locked the door by himself, so there is a reason for that. And this point is directly related to solving the truth of the case."