Naoki Suikawa could understand the difficulty of Akashi Shusaku painting the portrait white and replacing it with someone else's portrait.

After all, he has only been famous in the past two years. When he painted that portrait, he might have had difficulty even finding money to buy the canvas.

He might have done that because he was forced by life.

But what he couldn't accept was why Shusaku Akashi knew that he had painted the painting white with someone else's portrait on it and sold it, but he refused to tell Xiaokui the truth.

If he was willing to confess all this to his wife, perhaps they would have an argument and Miss Xiaokui would be angry, but that would be better than such a tragic ending.

Naoki Suikawa couldn't accept Akashi Shusaku's behavior of locking himself in the room to paint without saying anything.

Given the situation at the time, it is hard to say whether Xiao Kuiqiao's anxiety caused by not being able to find the painting eventually led to a heart attack.

Even without the emotional impact, if she had not been looking for paintings in the warehouse when she had the heart attack, she would not have died so helplessly.

And this also became his motive for murder.

He wanted to let the other person experience the helplessness that Xiao Kui felt at that time, so he chose to lock the other person in the room and starve him to death.

"How could this happen...Miss Xiaokui is so pitiful..."

After hearing this story, Xiaolan's face was filled with pity and confusion: "But why didn't Mr. Zhou Zuo explain it clearly? Otherwise, the tragedy could have been avoided..."

“But this was actually a misunderstanding.”

Zhu Fu Gaoming’s tone was filled with regret and sighs: “On the second day after Miss Xiaokui passed away, when I went to the annex to pay my respects, I found a painting being burned in the yard.

The paint on the painting hadn't dried yet, and it was clearly a portrait of Miss Xiaokui.

"So, the paintings that Mr. Akashi has been drawing in the room before..." Xiaolan hesitated.

"I think it's that painting."

Zhu Fu Gaoming spoke calmly with a hint of melancholy, "The reason why he didn't tell Miss Xiaokui was that he stayed in the room quietly painting.

I'm afraid it was just to make it in time for Miss Xiaokui's birthday the next day and give her a surprise.

In other words, this was not what Mr. Cuichuan thought, and he did not deliberately tell Xiaokui, leaving her to work hard to find the portrait.

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there is also the technique of not interfering with close relatives, which means that for those who are close to each other, outsiders should not get involved at all, and there is no reason or room for them to get involved.

After Zhu Fu Gaoming's words, there was silence. Everyone felt helpless and sighed about this tragedy.

But I wanted to say something, but I couldn't, so I could only silently digest the sadness and helplessness brought by this story.

But fortunately, everyone has experienced many cases and seen many tragedies. After silently digesting them for a while, they let go of the sad emotions and quickly adjusted their mentality.

"Everyone has a droopy face. You guys have helped us a lot."

Seeing the silence, Yui Uehara, standing nearby, quickly said with a smile, "Everyone has come all the way to Nagano, so please let us show some hospitality!"

"I have prepared some good local wine from Nagano tonight, I believe it will satisfy you two." Yamato Gansuke also noticed that the atmosphere was not good, and quickly spoke up to agree.

"Ah!" Maori Kogoro's eyes lit up immediately when he heard there was wine: "I've been looking forward to it for a long time!!"

"Sorry, my girlfriend and I planned a trip together last night." Tang Ze said sheepishly, "I think she'll be here at noon today. We'll be taking a plane together."

"What's wrong with being one day late?" Maori Kogoro said dissatisfiedly, hugging Tang Ze. "We're in Neon anyway, so it won't take us long. We can leave anytime."

"No, I'm going to France." Tang Ze smiled sheepishly, "So the journey will take quite a long time."

"Hey, why are you leaving like that?" Maori Kogoro was surprised when he heard this. "Isn't this too sudden?"

"Well, although I originally planned to play around in the surrounding area, Ayako suddenly wanted to go to France, so I had to accompany him." Tang Ze shrugged.

"A trip just on a whim? That's so romantic~" Xiaolan clasped her hands together with a look of longing on her face.

"In that case, why not do it at noon?" Yamato Gansuke said, "It's a good opportunity to treat your girlfriend, Detective Karasawa, as well."

"That's fine. I have no objection to being able to drink good wine earlier!" Kogoro Mouri agreed.

"Then let's do it at noon. We can go shopping in Nagano Prefecture in the evening!" Xiaolan also nodded in agreement.

"Then let's get going without further delay." Uehara Yui stood up and walked towards the parking lot, smiling, "It's getting late now, and we can leave now."

"Ayako should be on the plane too."

Tang Ze thought of the departure time that Ayako had texted this morning and calculated, "I'll send her the address. She'll be a little later than us at most."

"Then I'll tell you the address." Uehara Yui waited for Tang Ze, and the two walked towards the parking lot together.

Kogoro Mouri, who was standing by, was anxious to drink, so he quickly followed him to the parking lot to drive.

"Hey, Gao Ming, you can have lunch, but please don't drink."

Seeing that everyone was driving, and Ranyue and Conan were chatting on the side, Yamato Gansuke looked at his friend and said, "Go back and submit the report on the case."

"Hmph...as expected."

When Zhufu Gaoming heard what Yamato Gansuke said, a look of astonishment appeared on his face. "This time, you specially invited Detective Karasawa and Detective Mori to help me solve the case smoothly, right?"

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