"So what's it like for the recipient?"
After listening to the fairy tale told by Sato Miwako, this thought flashed through Tang Ze's mind and he blurted it out.
The first time I put myself in Mrs. Matsushita's shoes was when I thought about it from her perspective. It was incredible that she could tolerate such a greedy and demanding guy.
So naturally, this only person with a motive for murder became the key target of investigation by Tang Ze and the others.
At the beginning, their investigation focused on Mrs. Matsushita, to see if she had any evidence against her.
Mrs. Santori's constant greed and demands triggered the other party's murderous intentions.
But as they investigated, Tang Ze gradually discovered some "abnormalities" in Mrs. Matsushita.
Just like the mental illness of obsessive-compulsive disorder (Note 1), Mrs. Matsushita's inability to refuse what others want seems to be a symptom similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder.
In fact, Tang Ze could almost understand the other party. He also had obsessive-compulsive disorder about turning on and off the lights in his previous life.
And there's a reason he's obsessive about light switches.
The initial cause was that one day Tang Ze did not press the switch properly and the light switch was stuck in the middle.
The light then flickers back and forth between "on" and "off."
The result, of course, is that the light bulb burns out.
Although his parents said that the light bulb broke naturally over time, Tang Ze always pressed the button a few more times every time he turned off the light.
Over time, it gradually became more serious and I had to tap the switch many times.
Although he no longer had this problem for some reason after traveling through time, he still understood this mentality very well.
According to his speculation, Mrs. Matsushita must have experienced something, which is why she has developed this kind of "alternative obsessive-compulsive disorder" where she will give things to others if they ask for them.
What happened to her daughter May downstairs in the piano class and what May said when she asked Tang Ze to help keep her hat also proved this point.
But such an abnormality actually weakened the opponent's murderous intent.
Because OCD is such a painful condition, you know it is wrong, but you still can't help doing it.
Mrs. Matsushita may be dissatisfied with Sanae Mitori's demands, but she knows that part of the reason is because of herself.
Instead of having the courage to kill someone, she could just turn against the other person and end it. The conflict between the two was not enough to make Mrs. Matsushita take the risk of killing someone.
It is even possible that the other party is waiting for her husband to come back. Presumably, the other husband is also aware of his wife's problems. Perhaps Mrs. Matsushita is just enduring it temporarily.
When her husband comes back, he can stop all this by either warning Sanae Mitori not to come to her house again or taking his wife and daughter to the embassy to hide abroad.
Therefore, Tang Ze felt that there were other factors that at least intensified the conflict and gave Mrs. Matsushita the reason to "commit impulsive murder."
Tang Ze had been confused by Mrs. Matsushita's "abnormal" questions before, so when he tried to think from her perspective, he always thought from her perspective.
But now, after most of the doubts were solved, he suddenly found that he did not seem to be looking at the problem from Mrs. Santiao's perspective.
Just like in the fairy tale, when the prince gives gold coins to the poor, he will naturally be appreciated by the poor.
But what if the “poor person” who accepted it did not get “happiness” as the prince expected?
We always tend to stand on the superior side and unilaterally think that it is a happy story, just like the title of the fairy tale "The Happy Prince".
But what if the person receiving the charity doesn’t feel “grateful” but “humiliated”?
“What will the person who receives the gift think?”
After hearing Tang Ze's words, the three of them looked at each other. They had never thought about this problem before. Everything happened so smoothly.
But after thinking carefully about Tang Ze's words, he couldn't help but understand what he meant.
"Karazawa-san, are you saying that Sanae Mitori is actually unhappy with Mrs. Matsushita for giving her the gift?"
After all, Takagi was Tang Ze's partner in investigating the case, so he quickly sorted out his thoughts and understood the meaning of Tang Ze's words.
"Well, when we were investigating, Mrs. Mitori got quite a few things from Mrs. Matsushita, even including something expensive like a necklace."
Tang Ze touched his chin and said, "But what did Mrs. Mitori do with the items she got from Mrs. Matsushita?"
"Well... I feel like most people would keep it safe, right?" Miyamoto Yumi interrupted. "After all, it was something she had the audacity to ask for."
"In that house?" Tang Ze's mind flashed back to the messy room, and he couldn't help but frown. "Both the giver and the receiver, their minds are in a fog."
"Ah...well..." Takagi smiled bitterly. From what Tang Ze said, the work of the two this afternoon was self-evident.
Although Mrs. Matsushita knew about the other party's "abnormality", she still didn't understand what was going on in her mind, and she had no idea what Mrs. Mitori was thinking.
Tang Ze is now unable to confirm whether Mrs. Matsushita is the murderer. Judging from the current situation, the other party does have this motive, but that is all.
At this moment, the investigation has reached a bottleneck. Since there are other ideas and clues, Tang Ze can only continue to follow this clue even if it is troublesome.
There may be gains later, but there may also be nothing at all. However, it is much better than being at a loss.
After finishing his meal, Takagi, who seemed to have come to his senses from "love", felt the countless murderous gazes around him, and fled the cafeteria in a panic, pulling Tang Ze with him.
Arriving at the office, Gao Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief. "What should we do next? It's lunchtime now, so it's not a good time to visit..."
However, after waiting for a long time, Takagi still did not receive a reply from Tang Ze.
When he turned to look at Tang Ze, he found that Tang Ze was holding the hat that Wu Yue gave him, and was concentrating on looking at something...
……….
After lunch, the two drove all the way to the Santori family's house.
The male owner of the Santori family is not at home at the moment. After all, it is a sudden change that his wife was murdered at home. Even if he cannot take the body back for funeral because of the case, he still needs to contact her family.
When the two contacted each other, Hideji Mitori was discussing matters such as the funeral at his father-in-law's house.
Fortunately, there was a cordon outside the house and police officers were standing guard outside, so the two men entered the room smoothly after showing their ID.
But it became very embarrassing afterwards. When he arrived at the crime scene again, Tang Ze couldn't help but frown at the messy room in front of him.
It feels like it will take a lot of time.
PS: Obsessive-compulsive disorder is medically classified as a psychiatric disease rather than a mental illness.
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