Chapter 56 Section IX

(Now) Four days after the body of Yukiko Ando was found, the criminal police came to my house.I was putting on my shoes and was about to go to Kishida's house when the doorbell rang. In fact, Mrs. Shizhi had already called me yesterday and told me that the police had gone to their house.It seems that the police identified the identity of the corpse much faster than we expected.But the criminal police didn't pester and ask endlessly, they just took out the photo of Ando Yukiko and asked if they had seen this woman.It is said that the photo is the one that Ando took out last time. Of course, the wife replied that she had never seen it.

There are two detectives, who call themselves Takano and Oda.Takano is tall and always looks dignified.Oda, on the other hand, looks like a bank clerk, but his eyes are piercing under the gold-rimmed glasses.The two said they wanted to inquire about something, and I replied that they only had ten minutes. "Do you know the Kishida family?" Takano asked.I deliberately replied with a blank face: "Yes. I work as a tutor in their home." "It seems so. Do you go there every day?" "I go every day except Saturday and Sunday. Actually, I'm planning to go there now."

"I'm sorry for interrupting your trip." "It's fine. Speaking of which, did something happen to the Kishida family?" The criminal police took out a photo from the pocket of the gray waterproof suit and handed it to my eyes. "Excuse me, have you ever met this man?" Here it comes, I thought.That photo seemed to be the one that Ando had before, and Yukiko was smiling all over the photo. "I've seen this picture before," I replied. "A man showed it to me a few weeks ago, but I haven't seen the woman in the picture." "A man showed you?"

"The other party said that he is the elder brother of this woman, which feels a little wretched, um..." "Ando?" the detective asked. I nodded my head twice, "Yes, that's the name." Detective Takano glanced at Detective Oda, who was recording something in the handbook with a sad face.This action of theirs had the effect of disturbing my mind. "Excuse me, is something wrong?" I try to act as nonchalant as possible, but I don't know if it will work. Detective Takano looked at me with slightly bloodshot eyes. "This woman was killed."

"..." I half-opened my mouth and looked back at the criminal policeman. If the time is too long or too short, it will make people feel a little unnatural.Seeing the timing, I asked aloud, "Is that the case?" "Do you know that four days ago, someone found a dead body in the woods in Saitama?" Seeing that I nodded, he went on to say: "The corpse is the woman in the photo. At that time, her brother, Mr. Ando, ​​came to us and asked if the corpse could be his sister. After checking the teeth and waiting We have confirmed that the deceased is his sister."

"Hey……?" I had a confused expression on my face, pretending like it had nothing to do with me. Speaking of which, that guy named Ando, ​​as soon as he saw the news in the newspaper, he immediately ran to inquire. Does he care about his sister so much?When we met before, I felt that he didn't seem like a person who loved his sister. "Well, if the two of you have nothing to do, I think it's about time I set off." "Ah, I'm really bothering you." Detective Takano hurriedly moved away from the side.I walked out of the hall and locked the door.The two of them kept staring at me from the sidelines, which made me feel a little creepy.

"Is there anything else you two want?" I frowned slightly unhappily. "No, it's nothing. Before going to Kishida's house, are you planning to go somewhere else?" This question made me feel a little inexplicable, so I shook my head and said "no". "Then let us take you there, we are also going to Kishida's house, we came by car." "Huh? But..." My eyes flicked back and forth between the two of them, Takano had an unpleasant smile on his face, and Oda was still standing blankly. "please." Takano stretched out his palm in front of me, urging me to get in the car.For a while, I couldn't think of any reason to reject him.

A few minutes later, Takano and I sat side by side in the back seat of the car driven by Oda. "We investigated some things about Ms. Yukiko Ando and found many puzzling things." Not far from the car, Takano said: "After graduating from the short college, she has been working in the cultural school, but she resigned suddenly half a year ago. Later, she worked as a barmaid. But about a month ago , she quit the job again and was unemployed at the time of her disappearance." I remained silent, and it was best not to speak easily until I figured out the purpose of Gao Ye and me talking about this matter.

"What's puzzling is what happened in the week before her disappearance." There was a faint smile on the corner of Takano's mouth, and I didn't understand what was behind his smile.Although Oda has been silently controlling the steering wheel, it is estimated that he is also listening to our conversation with his ears up. "During that week, she saw almost no one. Of course, people saw her, but they didn't talk to her. So, no one knew what she was doing at all." "But... isn't this kind of thing quite common?" My answer is neither painful nor itchy.

"Yes. It's true recently. However, the working lady who lived next door to her testified that Yukiko Ando went out almost every night at that time. The working lady saw her go out when she came home, and came back two hours later , It seems that I heard the sound of the door opening and closing. How is it? Is this interesting? Where did she go?" "I don't know." I shook my head.This action meant to tell him.I'm not interested in this matter. However, the policeman went on to say. "There is another puzzling thing. From her bank passbook, it can be seen that she had a deposit of 7 million yen a year ago, but she has withdrawn it many times since then, and now only Tens of thousands of yen."

I looked at the scenery outside the car window, which was still far away from Kishida's house.I couldn't help becoming anxious, feeling how the road was so long, and the car was driving too slowly. "Of course the more you spend, the less money you spend." Takano said, "But we investigated Yukiko Ando's surroundings and found no large expenditures. So, where did the money go?" I turned my eyes away from the scenery outside the window and turned to Takano's face.Then I blinked slowly and spoke as calmly as possible. "Why are you telling me this?" Hearing what I said, the other party opened his eyes wide in surprise and said, "It's just a small talk. If it makes you feel uncomfortable, then I won't say it." Is he trying to tell me that I'm not feeling well? I decided to go one step further into the opponent's territory. "Is there any relationship between the case and the Kishida family?" "It's not clear yet," Takano replied. "We asked Ando if his sister was dating someone. He didn't know very well at the beginning. But because he looked suspicious at the time, we monitored his actions and found that he went out early yesterday morning. I went. After tracking, it was found that he was going to Kishida Sosuke's office. Our people stopped him on the spot, and he looked very panicked at the time." Takano stared at my face, probably trying to test my reaction, so I tried my best to pretend to be expressionless. "Miss Yukiko Ando seems to have met Sosuke Kishida before." "yes?" "Yes. According to Ando, ​​Miss Yukiko has disappeared since meeting Sosuke Kishida." "Oh……" "You should understand by now, the reason why we keep an eye on the Kishida family, right?" I didn't answer, but turned my gaze out of the car window and asked, "Then why didn't Ando tell you about Kishida right away?" "Are you talking about this?" Takano snorted and touched his chin with a wry smile. "He said that because the other party is a celebrity, it is not easy to mention the other party's name, but who knows whether this is true or not. He also feels a little weird." The criminal police have something to say. My head was spinning rapidly.What information did the police have?Maybe my side also has to follow suit.Worst case scenario - my mind is already on that. After a while, the car arrived in front of Kishida's house.After Gao Ye and I got out of the car, Xiao Tian still held on to the steering wheel tightly, "I'll park the car in the parking lot of the police station." Watching the car drive away, I felt a sense of foreboding.It seemed that what they came here to solve could not be solved in a short while. "A bell flower?" Takano beside him suddenly said that the detective touched the fence of Kishida's house and tore off a leaf. "I like fences," Takano said. "I don't like brick walls. If there is a big earthquake, brick walls will become a weapon. Many places in Tokyo are encouraging the use of fences." I don't understand what the policeman's purpose is for saying this.With a smile on his face, I didn't answer, but reached out and pressed the doorbell of Kishida's house. My wife appeared outside the porch, and when she saw my face, she smiled in relief.But after seeing the policeman following me, my expression immediately became sullen again, and I brought the God of Plague. "We have something to ask." Interpol said. Perhaps because they heard the doorbell, at this time, Masami and Takao also came down from the second floor.Yami was packing up and preparing to go back, and Longfu and I were preparing to go upstairs. "Can you delay your studies a little bit?" Takano said behind me.I turned my head away, and the detective smiled at me, then he turned his face to Yami again, "Please wait a moment, if you are afraid that it will be too late to go back, we will see you off." Masami looked at me, and I looked at the detective. "I have something to say to you all," he said, "and it's important."