Ayako made dinner, which was the traditional Japanese cuisine that she is best at.
Fried shrimp tempura, beef with mixed vegetables, mackerel fillets cooked with tomatoes, white mushroom cream vegetable soup, and pickled vegetables.
Three dishes, one soup and a small pickle, with meat, vegetables and seafood, is undoubtedly a luxury for two people.
After filling his hungry stomach with these dishes, Tang Ze lay on the sofa contentedly after the meal.
"Let me rest for a while, then I'll go wash the dishes."
Looking at Ayako cleaning up the dishes, Tang Ze quickly called out to her, telling her not to wash the dishes.
After all, the other party has already cooked, so it is natural for him to clean up the dishes.
Although it doesn’t matter who washes the dishes, division of labor can make relationships function better.
"No, you seem very tired when you get home today, I can just wash the dishes."
Hearing Tang Ze's words, Ayako smiled and declined: "It just so happens that I'm free this afternoon, so washing the dishes isn't too tiring."
"Is it that obvious?" Tang Ze touched his face and asked, "Could it be that I look really bad?"
"That's not the case, it's just that when you think about something, your brows will slightly furrow."
Ayako smiled and said, "When we were having dinner today, I noticed that your brows were constantly furrowed, and from time to time you were in a daze, as if you were thinking."
"You've become a detective too."
Tang Ze smiled helplessly upon hearing this: "Well, I do have some questions to think about regarding the case.
I always feel like I’m missing something, but I can’t figure out what it is.”
"I'm just too familiar with you at work."
Ayako smiled and said, "If you still haven't remembered it by now, why don't you tell me about it?
Maybe while you're talking, you'll suddenly have a flash of inspiration and realize what you've been overlooking."
"OK."
Tang Ze smiled and agreed, "I just wanted to review the case and sort it out again. You should listen too. Maybe it can give me some extra inspiration."
"I don't have that much ability."
Hearing this, Ayako walked into the kitchen with her plate in hand. "All I can do is listen to you talk about the case. Don't hold out too much hope for any inspiration."
"It's okay." Tang Ze said with a smile, "It's enough that I can listen."
Isn't it a happy thing to have someone listen to what you say?
So Tang Ze gave up thinking for the time being. After Ayako finished washing the dishes, he pulled her to sit on the sofa, and Tang Ze began to tell the story from the beginning of the case.
"The old lady is so pitiful..."
After listening to Tang Ze's retelling, Ayako sighed and said, "I have a son and a daughter, but I am not happy at all.
I even have to place my affection on cats.
However, because of the cat, he was disliked by his neighbors and became a weirdo in their eyes.
Perhaps her only consolation is that the two cats she has poured her affection into have lived up to her expectations."
Speaking of this, Ayako couldn't help but sigh: "Come to think of it, this is the first time I've heard of a cat being so protective of its owner. I used to think of cats as being very cool and aloof."
"It's my first time seeing this, too."
Tang Ze nodded after hearing this: "But all things have spirits. I think it's because of the old lady's careful care that she would stay in the center to protect her when she was threatened."
"But it seems that both humans and cats are so fragile."
Ayako lamented, "If a cat scratches a person, they'll get cat scratch disease, and if a cat's wound gets contaminated with human blood, it can cause the wound to fester."
This was originally just a very common sigh, and Tang Ze knew what Ayako said.
But this time, the moment he heard Ayako's words, Tang Ze's mind seemed to be struck by lightning, clearing away the fog that had been lingering in his mind!
The prisoner's blood entered the cat's wound, indicating that the other party seemed to have been scratched by the cat.
The blood stain caused the cat's wound to fester...
In that case, the criminal should also suffer from cat scratch disease like Shunsaka Tachibana.
This should have been a problem that he had realized long ago, but because Shunsaka Tachibana had been ill before, it interfered with Tang Ze's thinking, causing him to place his suspicion on the other party.
It was not until the other party denied this, Shunsakayama Ken's suspicion was ruled out, and the possibility of a third suspect emerged that Tang Ze analyzed the case from a more objective perspective.
The vague awareness that I had overlooked something before was the subconscious correction of my wrong understanding.
Simply put, he previously knew that the probability of cat scratch disease being the culprit was very high.
Then the suspicion was placed on Shunsaka Tachibana, but when he realized that there might be a third person, he did not use the cat scratch disease clue to attribute it to the criminal.
Now the logic is harmonious, and the direction of reasoning and investigation has become clearer.
Then what he has to do next is very simple.
That is to provide concrete evidence to prove that everything he speculated was correct.
"Thank you so much."
After everything became clear, Tang Ze hugged Ayako and kissed her: "You are really my lucky star!"
"You thought of that?"
Ayako was also slightly surprised, but then a smile appeared on her face: "That's great."
"You've really done a great job."
Tang Ze wanted to tell Ayako what he had realized, but she laughed and said, "You are confused because you are involved. In fact, even if I were not there, I think you would realize this point if you waited a little longer."
This is true. After all, Tang Ze was just confused for a moment because there was a possibility that a third person suddenly appeared among the two people he originally suspected.
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