Chapter 40 Thirty-nine, the grandfather's confession

Grandpa's house is easy to find.I remembered that my grandfather once told Mr. S's mother that his home was on the other side of the oak forest.Walking there, I saw a small house with a name plate saying "Furu" in front of the door. I rang the doorbell, and there seemed to be a sound in the house.After a while, the door opened slowly, revealing the old man's face looking very old and dejected. "you--" "Grandpa, I have something to ask you. It's about those kittens and puppies that were killed." I didn't do any cover-up or foreshadowing.Straight to the point.

"Grandpa, you did those things, right?" Grandpa looked down at me, his eyes narrowed.Those were a pair of eyes that were as indifferent as cloudy glass beads. "come in." The old man bowed his waist and motioned for me to go in. "I was going to speak to the police. The officer in charge is not here, so I have to call again." The old man let out a long breath. "I'll never do that horrible thing again, don't worry." "That……" "I'm never doing it again." I walked in. A small, empty living room.The tatami has warped up in many places and is extremely rough.Outside the window is a dark oak forest.There is an open space between the oak forest and the house, overgrown with weeds, it should be a yard.But there is only a small storage box there, and there are no flower beds or potted plants.

"There is no cold drink at home." Holding a steaming teacup in both hands, the old man walked towards me from the sink, sat opposite me across a small table, and pushed a teacup on the table towards me. "This is the teacup my wife used to use. I'm sorry." The two tea bowls are the same shape, but different in size. "Grandpa—" As soon as I opened my mouth, the old man held his own tea bowl and drank it. "Before I was arrested, I really wanted to talk to someone. This person seems to be you. This is also fate." I waited for the old man to continue talking.The old man kept staring at the center of the small table, as if he was trying to remember something, and remained silent for a long time.Finally, he opened his dry lips and asked me: "How do you know that I am the murderer who killed those kittens and puppies?"

Of course I can't answer truthfully.How can I tell that Mr. S told me. "I remembered that day when I met Grandpa at Mr. S's house, Daji rushed towards you. In fact, Daji has been trained to react to the smell of rotting animals—" "Is that the case?" The old man showed a very surprised expression. "Yes. I can't explain the reason. Mr. S trained Daji like this before. So I thought, the reason why Daji jumped at the old man was because the old man smelled of rotting animals? Then I Thinking, could it be that the old man killed those kittens and puppies?"

"I killed those kittens and puppies?" The old man said to himself, looking at my face again.Then he said "Oh" softly and nodded in agreement.His behavior puzzled me.After a while, the old man suddenly asked, "Were you and Mr. S very close?" "How should I put it, let it be." "Really? Then don't tell anyone what I'm going to tell you now, can you guarantee it? Of course. I will never tell anyone except the police. " Although I couldn't figure it out, I nodded.The old man looked at me and spoke slowly.That voice was full of pathos and emptiness.

"It was Mr. S who killed the kittens and puppies." I was taken aback, feeling the innumerable thoughts mingling in my head suddenly turned upside down. "But, didn't you just say..." "What I did was just break the legs of the kitten and puppy that Mr. S killed."