Chapter 25 Section 3

Fujimura left Yukawa alone in the guest room and went to the lounge by himself.Kuniko came out of the kitchen wearing an apron and asked him, "Does Mr. Yukawa really want to live in that room?" "You heard it too. This is where the guy wants to live. It's more comfortable to live on the first floor. Of course, I told him about the previous case, but that guy is a scientist through and through, and he doesn't seem to care at all. Someone committed suicide in that room. But it helped us a lot, because the room couldn't be empty all the time." "That's right." Kuniko rubbed the hem of the apron with her fingers as she said, "You said he was a friend of your badminton club, right?"

"In college. That guy was the ace player in the department." "You haven't seen each other for a while, have you? Why did he suddenly think of coming here to see you?" "Didn't I tell you that he heard about my situation from other friends, and the work at hand just came to an end, so he wanted to come here to relax and take a look at our business situation by the way." "Well... he is really a warm-hearted person." "Curiosity is just strong. All in all, we don't need to be too polite to him. Let's surprise him with our delicious food. He must have looked down upon us in his heart, as if we were laymen. Nothing delicious."

Kuniko smiled and nodded, but looked behind Fujimura.Fujimura turned his head and saw Yukawa standing at the door, already wearing cold-proof clothing for mountaineering. "I'm going for a walk around." "Shall we take you there?" "I want to walk alone first." "Really. Come back before the sun goes down, because there are no street lights around here." "I know that." Yukawa bowed to Hisako and walked towards the entrance. "I'm going out to buy something." Fujimura said to Kuniko, "there's not enough red wine, that guy is an alcoholic."

"Does that store have high-end red wine?" "There is no need to be too advanced. Although he is always picky, he is actually a taste idiot." Fujimura said, put on his coat, and picked up the car keys. Fujimura drove down the mountain and went straight back to the hotel after shopping in the supermarket where he usually buys ingredients.When he walked into the lounge with a plastic bag in each hand, Tang Chuan was already sitting at the bar drinking coffee.Kuniko, who lowered her head to wash things, looked up at Fujimura, with an unhappy expression on her face. "You're back." Tang Chuan greeted him.

"How does it feel to walk in the mountains?" Fujimura asked. "It feels good, even the air has a special aroma. I also understand why you want to live here forever." "You can live here for a week or two, if you like." "I really want to, but there is still research work waiting for me at the school." Tang Chuan drank his coffee in one gulp, put the cup on the bar, said "Thanks for the hospitality" to Hisenko, and walked out of the lounge . "What did you and Yukawa talk about?" Fujimura asked Kuniko. "He asked me something about the case." Her voice sounded slightly sharp.

Fujimura felt his cheeks twitch: "Why did he ask?" "I asked about the situation that day. I even asked what kind of customers lived in the store at that time." "Did you tell him about the other guests?" "I can't lie, can I? I said, why do you keep staring at that case and asking? Did you tell him something?" "I didn't tell him anything. Didn't I tell you, he's very curious. He probably got excited when he heard about the case." "That's really it?" "What else can there be? Don't think too much about it." Fujimura squeezed out a smile, and put the plastic bag in his hand on the bar counter, "I bought red wine and things that can be used as a platter. "

"Thanks for your hard work." Jiurenzi smiled, picked up the plastic bag, and walked into the kitchen. Fujimura took off his coat and came to the corridor.He walked to the door at the top of the head, reached out and knocked on the door, only to hear "come" from the room, the door opened, and Tang Chuan appeared at the door. "Have you found out about the case from Kuniko?" Fujimura asked as he walked in. "Can't you? I didn't tell her that you asked me to help solve the mystery of the secret room." "Why do you ask her? If you don't know anything, just ask me?"

"Because you went out at that time. And ask as many people as possible to get relatively objective information. If you only listen to one person's side, it will be easy to cause misunderstanding and prejudice." "Even so, you don't even need to inquire about other guests' affairs, do you? What I want to know is if there is any way to get in and out of this room when the door is locked from the inside. In other words, it is just a It's purely a matter of physics, so you don't have to worry about who was living in the store at the time." After hearing this, Yu Chuan frowned in surprise, looked at Fujimura standing by the window and said, "You only remembered to ask me for help after hearing Kusanagi's introduction?"

"How to introduce... That guy said that you are a genius who can use professional knowledge to solve unsolved mysteries." "Professional knowledge. There are indeed many cases that need to be explained by physical knowledge, but almost none of the mysteries can be solved by physical knowledge alone. Leaving aside natural phenomena, if you want to solve man-made mysteries, you must be familiar with Its people. It is extremely important to me that there were people here on the night of the incident." "Those residents have nothing to do with the case." "Whether it matters or not is not up to you." Tang Chuan said coldly, "And you didn't tell me the truth."

"How to say?" "You said there were still two rooms occupied, a single man and a father and son, but that's not exactly the case. The father and son were indeed tourists, but the man who came alone was a relative of yours. I heard he is your wife's younger brother, right? His name is Yusuke, right?" Fujimura's expression was a little distorted, and he sighed and said, "Is there any problem? Whether he is a relative or not, he is a guest who comes to stay with me." "You can't say that. The fact that the innkeeper's relatives are staying at the inn is no small matter."

"I can guarantee that my brother-in-law has nothing to do with this case." "Didn't I say that this matter is not up to you?" "Listen well, when my brother-in-law came that day, Mr. Haraguchi had already entered the guest room, and after my brother-in-law came, he stayed with us until he found Mr. Haraguchi's body. No matter how you look at it, he is related to this case unrelated." "What you said just now, I will also keep it in my mind as important information. All in all, don't hide anything from me anymore, if you still want to solve the mystery of the secret room." Yu Chuan stared at the other party with sharp eyes, causing Fujimura to turn his face away. "I don't want to hide anything from you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked you for help in the first place. But can you stop asking Kuniko about this? She has already been greatly stimulated by the strange death of the passenger. .” "I'll consider that." "Please." After Fujimura finished speaking, he walked out of the room without even looking at Yukawa.