"Where is this large pot?"
The approachable young lady of the Sonoko family then set her sights on a large pot that was placed alone in the middle of the room.
"This teapot has already been purchased by art collector Mr. Sawatami Munetake," Kenzo Ukishima explained as he walked over, holding a cat that seemed eager to jump into Hanyu Kusunoki's arms.
“Zetian is…” Sonoko frowned, quickly searching her memory, then suddenly seemed to remember something, her eyes lighting up, “Oh, I remember now.”
"You know Sonoko?" Yuzuru asked casually.
Sonoko quickly leaned close to Yuzuru's ear and whispered, "He's a very rich man, but not as rich as my family."
Yuzuru looked helpless: "..."
What kind of talk is that? Who can compare to your family's wealth?
No other company in Japan is currently as wealthy as the Suzuki Group, which is headed by Ayako Suzuki, and the Suzuki Group's reach is now actively expanding from the business world into the political sphere.
The reason for all of this was simply because one afternoon, in a villa, a little girl had a sudden inspiration while having afternoon tea with her older sister and young master.
Unknown little girl: Sigh, I have a great idea!
Unknown young master: I think it's okay.
Unknown Maid: Agreed!
…
"I heard he's been buying up art everywhere lately. He's really stingy with money, so nobody likes him much," Sonoko whispered to Hanyu Nanasu.
Kenzo Ukishima, who was holding a kitten, used one hand to open the window of the room to ventilate it.
As the window opened, a gust of wind suddenly blew in.
The wind was so strong that the curtains were blown high into the air, and as the curtains moved dramatically, a ping-pong ball rolled off the windowsill.
Upon hearing the crisp sound of the ping-pong ball hitting the ground, the cat nestled in Kenzo Ukishima's arms seemed to have discovered a new and exciting toy. It suddenly darted out, jumped to the ground, and happily chased after the ping-pong ball.
"Hmm?"
The garden attracted attention.
Then, the kitten nimbly leaped and slapped the ping-pong ball at Yuzuru's feet, but accidentally bumped into the shelf in the middle of the room where the large pot was placed.
"careful."
Yuzuru narrowed his eyes, reached out and steadied the swaying frame, successfully preventing the large teapot, which had already been ordered, from breaking.
The little cat seemed to realize she had gotten into trouble, so she stepped on a can against the wall and dashed out through the ventilation opening.
"Ah-le-le!"
Sonoko was startled when she saw the jar wobbling from being stepped on by the kitten, and she quickly ran over and caught it.
The commotion inside the room also attracted the attention of those outside.
A man and two women rushed in through the door and asked, "What happened?"
"Phew, almost there!"
Startled, Sonoko put the jar down and then rushed into Yuzuru Nanami's arms, pitifully begging for comfort, "Nanami, I was so scared."
Kenzo Ukishima breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Are you guys alright?"
"Yes, we're fine." Yuzuru gently rubbed Sonoko's head, his gaze lingering briefly on the three people who entered.
Of the man and two women who came in, after understanding the situation, the woman with the high ponytail looked at the large pot on the table and said, "No matter what, at least the pot is alright."
The short-haired woman wearing glasses next to her chimed in, "After all, this teapot has already been ordered. What if it gets damaged..."
"No."
Yu Shengnan interrupted her, and amidst the puzzled gazes of the crowd, calmly walked to the shelf, reached out and grasped the large pot. With a gentle force, the seemingly intact pot was instantly split in two.
"This teapot has been broken for a long time."
"You... what did you say? What do you mean by that? Why did you call me 'early'..." The young man among the one man and two women, Adakko, a disciple of Kenzo Ukishima, instinctively wanted to vehemently refute Hanyu Nan's words.
But when he saw the calm and indifferent look in the eyes of the boy in front of him, he felt a sudden panic and swallowed back the words he was about to say.
Yu Shengnan ignored what the other person said and simply pointed to the large pot that had been split in two on the shelf, saying, "There's tape stuck inside the pot, probably to hold it in place."
Everyone looked over instinctively, "It really is..."
"Also, someone placed a ceramic shard under the table, so the table wasn't level, which is why the pot tipped over when the cat bumped into it even slightly." Yu Shengnan bent down and took out a ceramic shard from under the corner of the table.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present was stunned and fell silent for a moment.
Sonoko looked at her boyfriend with adoration, her eyes filled with admiration and pride, as if Yuzuru was her one and only hero.
Kenzo Ukishima and his three apprentices stared wide-eyed in astonishment at the handsome young man before them.
So many clues were discovered in such a short time.
Whose detective is this?
Before they could continue to be shocked, Yuzuru took a few steps forward unhurriedly, bent down to pick up the ping-pong ball from the ground, and gently played with it in his hand. "Teacher Ukishima, do you know where this ping-pong ball came from?"
“This ball is the cat’s favorite toy,” Kenzo Ukishima replied with a puzzled look on his face. “But I usually keep it in the yard.”
"Teacher Fudao opened the window for ventilation, the wind blew the curtains, the curtains moved the ping-pong ball, the ping-pong ball attracted the cat, the cat bumped into the shelf, and all of this was connected together. It was really a coincidence."
Yuzuru held the ping-pong ball, looked at everyone, and smiled faintly, a smile that seemed to carry a mysterious magic.
Listening to her boyfriend's words, the clever Sonoko also thought of something and said thoughtfully, "But is it really possible to make the ball roll to the table by chance?"
"Does the teacher open the window every time he enters this room?" Yuzuru asked.
Kenzo Ukishima replied, "Yes, for ventilation."
"Ah! I understand."
The woman with the high ponytail, Miyuki Tachibana, Kenzo Ukishima's disciple, exclaimed with a look of sudden realization, "When the window is opened, the wind will blow in, and when the wind blows in, the ping-pong ball will fall down..."
"The cat chased after the ball as soon as it saw it. The already unstable frame collapsed immediately after the cat touched it," added Natsume Tomoko, a short-haired woman wearing glasses and a disciple of Kenzo Ukishima, her expression excited.
Yuzuru Nan listened to their conversation, his lips twitching slightly. He had a strange sense of déjà vu.
Are you two here to replace Kogoro Mouri?
At this moment, Yuzuru had already remembered which plot this was. Because no one died in the original plot, there was no need for Kogoro Mouri, the Grim Reaper, to appear.
After all, even the Grim Reaper needs an appearance fee.
You can't get Kogoro Mouri to show up unless a few people die.
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