Chapter 1248 Chapter 1256 [Case Closed]

Next to her, Sato Miwako poked Jiang Xia and showed him the phone interface.

After handing over the phone, she felt something was wrong - this was the first time she met this high school student, so she shouldn't treat Jiang Xia the way she usually does, immediately handing over any information she gets and happily waiting for the answer. But... there was a vague sense of familiarity.

When Sato Miwako thought about this, she began to hesitate whether to take the phone back. After all, this was Hayase's personal privacy and it seemed that it should not be seen by irrelevant people.

But at this time, Jiang Xia had already taken the phone.

He glanced at the message above and found that it was information about "Hayase Tatsuo", the owner's deceased husband.

Tatsuo Hayase was a bank clerk. A year ago, he was climbing a snowy mountain to shoot a scene when he encountered an avalanche and unfortunately went missing.

During the time he disappeared, he was actually suspected of embezzling huge amounts of public funds and was being investigated by the police.

Therefore, some people suspected that Hayase Tatsuo actually faked his death in order to embezzle a huge sum of money. However, suspicion is suspicion, after all, no evidence has been found.

So one year later, Hayase Tatsuo was still certified as "dead" - generally, a person is considered dead only after seven years of disappearance. However, if the missing person is clearly involved in some disaster or catastrophe, then as long as one year has passed, the status can be changed to "dead".

Jiang Xia: “…” The detailed information was obtained so quickly and openly. The police subordinates are so useful. Where can I get an exclusive one... There is indeed a policeman among the ghosts, but he is dead. If he wants to see the information, he can only float in and take a peek, blending in with the other ghosts.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xia couldn't help but look at Matsuda Jinpei, feeling a little regretful.

Matsuda Jinpei pushed his sunglasses up in confusion, and after a moment, he felt that he understood something, so he floated to Jiang Xia's side and looked at the phone screen. However, after thinking for a long time, he couldn't remember who this guy named "Hayase Tatsuo" was, so he became more confused.

Jiang Xia: ...It's okay.

"It seems now that Hayase Tatsuo really encountered an avalanche, but he did not die at the time. Instead, he lost his memory and began to wander." Sato Miwako whispered to Jiang Xia, "In addition, Hayase Tatsuo is an orphan without any relatives. It is difficult to confirm the identity of the homeless man by comparing DNA. Unless we can find traces of him here, but..."

She looked at the two confused cleaners at the door and sighed helplessly.

Inspector Megure was not giving up yet. He looked towards the bedroom and storage room, trying to see if there was anything left by Hayase Tatsuo. Maybe he could extract useful clues from them.

Hayase Kimika glanced at him and keenly noticed the police's helplessness.

She forced the smile on her lips and revealed a heavy look: "Don't look at it. I threw away all his things a long time ago. Until now, people have accused me of embezzling public funds. I just want to get out of the shadow he left on me as soon as possible."

"Does the shadow left on you also include the huge amount of public funds whose whereabouts are still unknown?"

Jiang Xia came back to his senses and felt that the waiting time as "Kuroba Kaito" was long enough, so he could fast forward appropriately.

He handed the phone back to the policeman and looked at Hayase Kunika again: "If Hayase Tatsuo regains his memory and returns to modern society, he will immediately face police investigation again, and it will be difficult to hide the public funds. But if he dies, both you and the inheritance you received will be completely free."

Hayase Junka snorted coldly: "This is just your guess."

Next to him, Inspector Megure was holding the phone that Jiang Xia handed back to him, looking at the words typed on it at some unknown time, looking a little confused.

However, making good use of his brother's experience, he decided to do as stated above.

He took out his pipe, lit it and took a puff.

As the smoke started to rise, Hayase Junxiang, who was attracted by Jiang Xia, suddenly stood up and looked over angrily: "Don't smoke in someone else's house!"

At the same time, she stood up, walked to the French window unhappily, and opened it to dispel the smell. She couldn't stand the smell of cigarettes.

Jiang Xia looked past her and saw the ginkgo leaves falling in the wind outside the window: "I heard that there was a ginkgo leaf stuck to the sole of the corpse's foot. Also, there seemed to be traces of a cigarette extinguisher on the cabinet in front of your picture frame."

"!?" Hayase Kunika turned around and looked at him nervously, having a bad feeling in her heart.

And that hunch soon came true.

Jiang Xia leaned on the sofa, looked around her living room, and said like she was telling a story: "After Mr. Hayase was sent to the hospital, his memory unexpectedly recovered. He escaped from the hospital and hurried back home to visit this home that had completely changed after a year away. He had always been interested in painting and was a heavy smoker, so he might have smoked a cigarette while looking at the paintings."

"..." Hayase Junxiang stared at him with a look of surprise and doubt, as if she had seen a ghost. How could he know so clearly? Could it be that this person was hiding nearby and peeking at him at that time? !

Jiang Xia continued, "Judging from the glasses in his portrait, he was very nearsighted, and he lost his glasses after the avalanche, so he developed a bad habit of looking at paintings - just like when he was in the gallery before, not only did he get very close, but he would also subconsciously pinch the paintings with his hands." He suddenly looked at the two cleaning company employees who looked innocent, "When you cleaned the living room, you probably didn't wipe that painting."

The cleaning staff looked at each other and said hesitantly: "We only wiped the picture frame."... How could they wipe the painting directly? If it was damaged, it would not be enough to pay for the car outside.

Sato Miwako listened for a while, then suddenly understood what Jiang Xia was trying to say: "In other words, when Mr. Hayase was looking at the painting, Mrs. Hayase couldn't stand the smell of cigarettes and ran to open the French window. When she turned around, Mr. Hayase took a closer look at the painting, and because of his uncivilized habit of looking at paintings, he left his fingerprints on the painting? - If Mrs. Hayase didn't notice this, the fingerprints would probably still be there!"

Inspector Megure stood up and looked at his subordinates: "Quick, let the forensic department come in!"

"Check the vacuum cleaner as well, and the trash can." Jiang Xia looked at the forensic police officer who rushed in. "Since the body was dumped not long ago, there's still hope that the hair and dandruff that were collected might be found."

“…”

thump.

Beautiful sound of kneeling.

…

When Mrs. Hayase made her grief-stricken confession to the police.

Jiang Xia took a look at the garbage dragged out by the forensic personnel, pretended to be disgusted by the dirt, and walked towards the bathroom.

Nakamori Aoko rarely saw a suspect kneeling on the ground and crying. She was stunned for a moment and didn't have time to stop him.

When she came to her senses, she felt it was not appropriate to follow him into the restroom in front of so many policemen, so she had to stay outside.

(End of this chapter)