Chapter 2 1. Iron trap

In a residential area in Azabu, there is a large house covering an area of ​​several hundred square meters. The high concrete courtyard walls—about four meters—stretch as far as the eyes can't reach.Walking into the imposing and solid iron gate, there is a dense row of Pteris pine standing upright in front of you.Through the luxuriant pine leaves, you can see the magnificent main entrance. I don't know when, the spacious and boundless Japanese-style building forms a right angle with the two-story western-style building covered with yellow decorative tiles in the courtyard.Behind the mansion, there is a vast courtyard comparable to a park.

This is the residence of Mr. Hashiba Sotaro, a business tycoon.Recently, "one blessing and one misfortune" fell from the sky, just hitting the heads of Hashiba's family. They were suffering from extreme joy and fear. Joy, because the eldest son, Soichi, who ran away from home ten years ago, will return to Japan from Borneo in Southeast Asia in order to apologize to his father. Zhuang is adventurous by nature.After graduating from middle school, I planned to cross the sea to Nanyang with another classmate and start a brilliant career in Xintiandi.But his father, Sotaro, strongly opposed it, and finally Souichi left home without permission and went to Nanyang on a small sailboat.In the past ten years, there has been no news of Zhuang Yi, and his whereabouts are unknown.About three months ago, he suddenly sent a letter back from Sandakan in Borneo, saying that he had finally made a name for himself and wanted to plead guilty to his father in person.Soichi now runs a large rubber estate near Sandakan.The letter also included a recent photo of Soichi and a photo of the rubber estate.He was thirty years old, and with a contrived moustache under his nose, he had grown into a respectable, well-built man.

Father, mother, younger sister Sanae, and younger brother Soji, who is only in elementary school, are all happy.Zhuangyi said that he would disembark at Shimonoseki, and then transfer back to the passenger plane, so the whole family is eagerly looking forward to the arrival of this day. As for the disaster that made the Hashiba family terrified, it was the terrifying notice letter received from "Twenty Faces".The content of the notice letter is as follows: My humble self, you must have known a thing or two from the newspapers. It is said that Your Excellency regards the six large diamonds adorning the crown of the Romanov royal family in the past as family heirlooms and treasures them.

This time, I am determined to ask you to transfer the above six diamonds for free.In the near future, it will be received at the door. The exact date will be announced later. I also hope that you will take strict precautions.