Chapter 12 Section 5

Seeing Chiaki Maeda who was about to do two-and-a-half-week mid-air twists, Riko Kanazawa couldn't help clenching her fists.Qianjing raised her right leg and jumped up.The spin action is good, but the landing is a bit uneven. Lai Zi raised the mike style to his lips. "The speed is too slow, and the take-off strength is not enough!" Probably because of hearing the instruction, Qianjing accelerated her taxiing speed.She did a good job in the combined dance. There are a total of 20 primary and middle school students practicing skating in the "skating training ground", among which Chiaki Maeda, a second-year middle school student, is the most outstanding.It can be said that Lai Zi placed all his bets on Qian Jing.One way or another, she hopes to put this kid on the world stage one day—she really does.

At this time, Yuri Ishihara, the primary school student instructor, came over. "Mr. Kanazawa, you have guests." "At this time, who is it?" "...Looks like the police." "Policemen?……" Ishihara Yuri pointed behind him, there were two men in windbreakers standing at the door, one of them nodded after seeing Lai Zi.She felt a cloud of black mist filling her chest. The detectives introduced themselves, one named Kusanagi and the other named Makita.It can be seen that Kusanagi's position is higher.In the lounge where the vending machines were placed, Lai Zi sat down with them facing each other.

"Forgive me to get straight to the point. Do you know the suspect, Koichi Kosugi?" Kusanagi asked, "And what happened to him, do you know?" Thinking that pretending to be confused is not the best policy at this time, Lai Zi replied: "Well, I know something." "May I ask when and where did you know what happened to him?" "When did it come? Ah, maybe the next day. I only found out from watching the TV news." "Surprised you?" "Of course..." "Is it because of this blow that you asked for leave?" "what?"

"Just now I learned from your office that you didn't come to work the day after the case happened. This is really rare for you as the head coach." Although his tone was soft, he did not leave any leeway. I have to hold on - Lai Zi thought to himself.If you can't stand this step, everything will be meaningless. "I'm just not feeling well, and it has nothing to do with Xiaoshan." "However, the relationship between you and the suspect Kosugi is not very common. As far as I know, even if there is no interview mission, he often comes here." "He's just paying attention to Chiaki Maeda here, and he didn't come to look for me." Her voice couldn't help but sharpen.

"Really? But the case happened in the middle of the night between the 10th and 11th of this month. I heard that your club did not rest on the 10th. May I ask where you were at that time?" He threw out the truth in a very flat tone. It is a very acute question. "As I said, I was not feeling well during that time, and I stayed at home that day." "Didn't you go out even a step?" "yes." "It would be great if you could prove it." Kusanagi looked at Lai Zi closely. Lai Zi frowned. "What the hell do you mean? Are you saying I did something bad that day?"

In an instant, the smile on Kusanagi detective's face disappeared. "On the night of the incident, someone witnessed a suspected figure of you in a strange place. It was near the residence of the suspect Kosugi. But the witnesses did not recognize you, but mistook you for Nagai Kiyomi." Bang - Lai Zi's heart seemed to be hit hard. "It's funny, why did I go there?" When she said this, her expression was a little stiff. "We consider that you are trying to create an alibi for Xiaoshan." "what……" "Our reasoning is this: You plan to disguise yourself as Kiyomi Nagai and go to the suspect Kosugi's house around 1:00 in the middle of the night. Of course, he is not at home. The person who is at his house is entrusted by him to watch the house for him. Yamashita. Yamashita doesn't know Nagai Kiyomi, so if you claim to be Nagai Kiyomi, you won't arouse his suspicion. As long as Yamashita replies that Kosugi is not at home, you plan to leave his house. On the other hand, just a little A little earlier, the suspect Kosugi had already killed the real Nagai Kiyomi, and even pretended to commit suicide. He also made an appointment with his colleagues to meet at 1:00 in the middle of the night and go to Osaka for an interview. If everything goes well, Kosugi’s criminal suspect will have a perfect alibi. Of course, the police will show Yamashita’s photo of Nagai Kiyomi and ask him if this person is here. But people’s memory is relatively vague. It’s completely different from the attire, but once the clothing, hairstyle, and makeup are the same, and the age and figure are similar, Yamashita will generally not be able to tell that the previous visitor is another woman. You are betting on this kind of memory. Ambiguity."

"Stop joking, do I have a reason to do that?" Lai Zi desperately tried to keep calm, but his voice was trembling with despair. "Do you have a cell phone?" Kusanagi asked. "The suspect, Kosugi, also has a cell phone. We checked. He called you at 1:15 that night. The call lasted about 5 minutes. Please tell me, you talked what?" Telephone-- Lai Zi recalled the sound of the cell phone calling at that time.Because they were worried that there would be a record of the call, they made an appointment in advance and tried not to use the phone if there were no important things, but the phone still rang.Her intuition at the time told her that his plan had also failed.

Lai Zi lowered his head.She thought about how to reverse this passive situation.However, facing this criminal policeman who must have conducted a thorough investigation, how can he justify himself? At the same time, she began to consider the possibility of making him alone for all the crimes. But Kusanagi immediately asked, "The cause of the incident was the hit-and-run incident, right?" Lai Zi raised her head involuntarily, facing Kusanagi's soft eyes. Seeing this, the line of defense she had built in her heart finally collapsed. Kusanagi was right, all of this stemmed from the accident that happened that cold night.

She didn't expect that someone would suddenly cross the road in that kind of place, and at that time, Laizi was only thinking about Chiaki Maeda, who was in a bad state recently, so she was a few tenths of a second late when she stepped on the brakes.By the light of the headlights she saw that someone had been knocked away. She immediately got out of the car to check the situation.What fell was a man who seemed unable to move.He is dead. "I killed him—" her blood began to flow backwards. After regaining consciousness, she fled the scene. "I'm sorry, I still have a lot of things to do—" she repeatedly defended herself in her heart.

"The police will come to the house sooner or later—" This thought has dominated her since then. But the police didn't show up, but Ami Nagai did. She showed Lai Zi a photo, and the situation when Lai Zi got off the car from that place was clearly photographed.At that time, Lai Zi did feel a flash of light, but she didn't expect that someone took the picture, and she didn't have time to confirm it at the time.In the photo that Kiyomi showed her, even the name of the skating club was clearly printed on the jacket.From this, it is not difficult to imagine how Qingmei found out the identity of the perpetrator.

"You can give 10 million for the time being," Qingmei said, "this is the hush money." "What do you mean temporarily? After I give it to you, will you continue to blackmail me?" "I can't say for sure, I'll see when the time comes." Laizi said that she couldn't afford that much money all at once, and Qingmei said that payment in installments was fine. "Hurry up, my credit card overdraft is increasing, and I'm worrying." Qingmei's tone sounded a little naive. A few days later, Lai Zi took out the 2 million deposit and handed it to Qing Mei. "When you have more money, remember to contact me. If you make me wait too hard, I will come to remind you." Qingmei threw a wad of money into the bag. It's impossible to go on like this, and she will be entangled with her for the rest of her life.In distress, Lai Zi consulted with Xiao Shan.She and Kosugi began to have a special relationship a year ago, but the two have been closely guarding the secret. After hearing the two problems of hit-and-run and being blackmailed, Xiaoshan's expression was quite painful.But he finally said to the lovely and pitiful Lai Zi: "Okay, let me figure out a way." For Lai Zi, this sentence is nothing more than a spiritual support to support all her hopes. But what Xiaoshan conceived was an ill-considered plan.He wanted to get close to Qingmei first, and after getting acquainted with her, he wanted to get back the evidence of Laizi's hit-and-run.But for him who lacks experience in interacting with women, it is not known how difficult it is. During this period, Qingmei made another urging phone call to Laizi, threatening her to spend at least another 2 million this month, otherwise the photos would be handed over to the police. It was Kosugi who finally made up his mind. He said that the only way was to make Qingmei disappear from this world. "But, can this work?" "It works. I haven't made a mistake so far." Kosugi's plan is more complicated.What surprised Lai Zi the most was that he asked her to come to Kosugi's house disguised as Qingmei. "It doesn't matter. The person I hired, Yamashita, is very careless. Because you and Kiyomi have a similar body shape, you can fool him as long as you have the same clothing and hairstyle." "What costume?" "Yellow is her representative color. As long as you wear yellow clothes, everyone will think that the woman you see under the mountain is Qingmei." "But wouldn't the police be suspicious if that wasn't the same as what she was wearing when she died?" "Qingmei will die in her own home, so they will only think that she changed into other casual clothes after returning home. If she is wearing a suit of another color, I will find a way to change it for her." It's best for the two to negotiate. After Lai Zi sees Yamashita, she should show a melancholy expression as much as possible, and tell Yamashita that she is here to ask Xiaoshan to discuss borrowing money.This is all to create proof that Kosugi is not at the crime scene, and at the same time to make Qingmei's suicide more realistically disguised. Turning Qingmei's false death into suicide sounds dangerous—he first ambushed at the door of Qingmei's house, and when she came back, he used medicine to make her unconscious, and then used her key to open the door and enter the house to find out Laizi's hit-and-run evidence, and finally slit her wrists and soaked her in the bathtub. He said it was dangerous but it had to be done or they would lose everything. Since he said so, Lai Zi had no choice but to obey.All the responsibility was originally on him. The messenger of the incident finally came. She took a taxi to the vicinity of Xiaoshan's house, took a deep breath and walked towards Xiaoshan's house.It's 1:00 a.m. in a few minutes. She was ready to ring the doorbell, but at that moment, a soft voice came from inside: "Hey, Yamashita, are you asleep?" - it sounded like this. She immediately realized that there was another person, and felt a little anxious at the same time.If there is more than one person inside, the risk factor will increase. Then the lights in the room went out. Lai Zi came to the window, wanting to spy on the situation inside——who is inside. At this moment, her eyes met the eyes of another man in the darkness.The other party also yelled softly: "Qingmei——" It seemed that the other party knew Nagai Kiyomi, and she immediately realized this and left there in a hurry.As she came to the street and stooped, she heard a louder cry than before - Kiyomi! Not long after that, she received a call from Xiaoshan. "Sorry, failed." His voice was gloomy as if coming from the bottom of a well. "Didn't kill it?" "No, it's done." After a pause, he continued, "I killed Qingmei." "Then..." "I failed to fake her suicide. She opened her eyes and screamed during that process, so I had to..." "how come……" "But it doesn't matter. I found the evidence and destroyed it immediately after I found it. The wound on her wrist has also been disguised by me as an old wound." Lai Zi bit her lip, not knowing what to say. "How are you doing?" "My side..." Lai Zi explained the situation.There will be two housekeepers in the family, which Xiaoshan did not expect. "Really? But there's nothing you can do about it, let's resign ourselves to fate." "What will happen to us?" "Don't be afraid, nothing will happen," he said in a relaxed voice. But luck was not on their side.