Chapter 047 Birthday Party (I)
At night, after Dong Yexi lay down, he received a system task update reminder.
【Upcoming Event】：Tōno Teru was attacked and killed at his birthday party
【Murder weapon】: Pistol
Cause of death: Excessive blood loss
[Suspects]: Higashino Teru, Higashino Natsue, Higashino Tao, Kawatani Kenji, Obara Haru
[Death Countdown]: 23:59:59.59
Higashino Xi: This... there are quite a lot of suspects, and three of them are family members.
[Dongye Zhao]: The third son of the Dongye Group. He has always been jealous of you and is very dissatisfied with you.
[Hitsuno Xiajiang]: The wife of the chairman of the Hitsuno Group. She craves power and wealth, which is one of the reasons she's targeting you. She also harbors a grudge against your mother, and her malice is about to reach its peak.
Dongye Tao: Founder of Xinhe Group and the fourth brother of the Dongye Group Chairman. He left home in anger after losing a power struggle. He is deeply disappointed with the Dongye family and bears no ill will towards you.
[Kawatani Kenko]: Captain of the Higashino Mansion security team. He has served for 25 years without a single mistake, guaranteeing the Higashino family's safety. While he doesn't appear to favor a particular young master, he's actually allied with Higashino Natsue. His hostility towards you stems from Higashino Natsue's influence.
[Ohara Osamu]: A member of the Black Organization, codenamed "Disano." He infiltrated the Higashino family to carry out a mission, but his target wasn't you.
Higashino Xi: ...As expected, there are people from the Black Organization.
But don’t panic, he has escaped so many disasters, let’s analyze it rationally first.
Recalling the previous tasks carefully, the countdown was long and short. It should be that the system made a prediction based on the murderer's behavior.
If the murderer suddenly decides to harm him, the countdown will be very short. The fastest record is half an hour.
If the murderer had planned it, the countdown would have been very long, even dragging on for days. The longest countdown was when he was targeted by the Black Organization, which lasted three days. This was probably related to their mission deployment.
This time the countdown was 24 hours, which was a relatively long time span. This showed that the murderer had planned it and was going to cause trouble at tomorrow's banquet.
Since the murderer had premeditated the crime, he must have had malicious intent towards him, so we can temporarily rule out the suspicions of Fourth Uncle Dong Yetao and Di Sarno, a member of the winery. However, they may be involved in other matters, so we need to pay attention to them.
But the focus will be on the other three.
The third brother is a typical green tea character who likes to be sarcastic. Judging from his guilty conscience when the eldest brother suddenly confronts him, his mental endurance is not high. When faced with a big thing, he will be frightened at first, but he may also go crazy.
It can be seen that Dongye Xiajiang is much more powerful than her son. Moreover, the security captain Kawatani Jiankang has already turned to them. If Dongye Xiajiang has any plans, he can completely use his hands to implement them.
So these two need special attention.
Dong Yexi tossed and turned in his thoughts for a long time, and finally felt sleepy in the early morning. When he woke up after getting enough sleep, he found that the entire Dongye family had been busy for a long time.
However, the busiest people are the two butlers, who are supervising the progress of work everywhere.
Dong Yexi was neither the protagonist of the party nor wanted to help, so he ate breakfast very leisurely.
My eldest brother got up early and went to the company again. He will come back from get off work early in the afternoon.
Dong Yexi thought: This is the leader of the group, he has no days off at all!
After eating and drinking, he went to see what the security team was doing. He found that Chuan Gu Jiankang was assigning tasks to the security guards. He looked righteous, and it was impossible to tell that he had any ulterior motives.
Alas~ Since he can't see it, there is no need for him to stare here.
So, Dong Yexi strolled out into the garden. Part of the huge garden was used as an outdoor venue, so it was the busiest and most crowded place.
Dong Yexi stood aside and watched a group of people build the outdoor venue bit by bit. It matched the garden very well and was very beautiful. He inexplicably felt a sense of satisfaction.
Is this what it feels like to be an overseer? It feels kind of good.
The busy crowd: ...How long will the Second Young Master keep watching?! ! With him here, they dare not rest at all! QAQ
Fortunately, Dong Yexi's legs felt sore after standing for a long time, so he returned to his room.
After lunch, a team of stylists came to the house to style the people of the Higashino family.
Higashino Higashino has excellent facial features, so the stylist didn't need to put makeup on him. And he can hold any hairstyle, so he finally got a 3:7 split.
The hairstylist even specially adjusted the curvature of his bangs on both sides, which looks a bit like a heart from a distance.
Higashino Xi: ...Since I'm handsome, I won't comment.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on Dong Yexi's door, and a little head popped in.
"Wow~ Second brother is so handsome!" Tono Hanasaki saw his appearance in the mirror and exclaimed sincerely, "Second brother's face is so great! Such a handsome guy is actually my second brother. I envy myself just thinking about it!"
Dong Yexi was at a loss for words and said, "You're exaggerating too much. If you tell anyone, you'll get beaten up."
"Hehe~" Tono Hanasaki stood in front of him and asked with a smile, "Do I look good?"
Dong Yexi glared at him. "Why are you so sweet? So you want me to praise you too?"
"Then just tell me that I don't want to look at it?" Higashino Hanasaki said with a pout.
"Turn around." Dong Yexi said.
Higashino Hanasaki spun around gracefully. She was wearing a mid-length, puffy dress in a gradient yellow that gradually darkened from top to bottom. A closer look revealed that the yellow was embroidered with tiny flowers, seemingly simulating the process of flowers falling from the sky.
The hem of her skirt bloomed like a flower as she moved.
Dong Yexi nodded and gave a thumbs up: "It looks good!" Although he didn't quite understand the little girl's aesthetic taste, the color of this princess dress was very fresh and suited her very well.
Hanasaki Tono was instantly satisfied after receiving the praise.
"Brother, are you done? Let's go downstairs and have something to eat. I see there's already some desserts set out downstairs~"
Dong Yexi looked at the stylist, and after receiving a positive answer, he led the little girl downstairs, saying as they walked, "Didn't you have lunch?"
"I ate it. I was just greedy." Higashino Hanasaki said righteously.
Higashino Hi: ...Okay.
The venue downstairs had basically been set up. Tono Hanasaki did not destroy the design of the dessert table, but went directly to the kitchen and took a few items from the replenishment warehouse.
The little girl took the plate to the garden, enjoyed the flowers while eating dessert, and asked someone to pour her a cup of tea. She looked very comfortable.
Dong Yexi looked at her and gave her a loving smile.
Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.
Dong Yexi was stunned: No way...is he dazzled?
Seeing him staring blankly at one place, Tono Hanasaki turned back curiously, but saw nothing. So she asked, "Big Brother, what are you looking at?"
Dong Yexi came back to his senses: "Ah... nothing." He thought about it and was really a little concerned. Then he stood up and said, "I have something to do, you eat slowly." Then he walked towards a corner of the garden.
Higano Hanasaki took a bite of cake and said to herself, "Brother, this is weird."
Dong Yexi wandered around in the garden and finally found the person who looked familiar to him.
It was indeed Hatori Yuiichi! He recognized her the moment he saw her from behind!
Dong Yexi immediately rushed up and grabbed his arm, whispering, "Come with me!" Then he pulled the man to a dead corner.
He leaned one hand against the wall, the other on his waist, and asked angrily, "Why are you here? Tell the truth!"
When Higashino Hijiri grabbed him, Hatori Yui almost fought back. But when he turned around and saw it was him, he immediately stopped. Now that he was being pressed against the wall by his senior, he felt an inexplicable urge to laugh.
He lowered his head slightly and said, "Because I was worried about you, I found a chance to come in."
When Dong Yexi heard this, he felt like a balloon that had been punctured, and the air suddenly deflated. But the air wasn't completely gone yet, so he could still pretend for a while. He said, "If you want to come, you can just tell me! It won't take much trouble to send you an invitation."
Hatori Yuiichi said, "If you wanted me to come, you would have invited me long ago." He chuckled, "If you didn't mention it, it means you don't want me to get involved. Right?"
Dong Yexi's anger had completely subsided. He silently withdrew his hands from the wall and crossed his arms over his chest. He said, "Then why didn't you come after all?" He tilted his head and looked at Hatori Yuiichi. "You're quite impressive. You actually found a way to get in here?"
Hatori Yui touched his nose and said, "We need a lot of manpower for this banquet, so we've hired temporary waiters. However, people with unknown origins won't be able to get in, so I've left my student ID with the person in charge." He smiled and said, "A Toudou University student ID is quite valuable."
Dong Yexi couldn't help laughing when he thought about the person in charge seeing his student ID card. "I guess he imagined a lot of 'excellent student has to work hard to earn tuition because of poverty' scenarios."
After he finished speaking, Hatori Yuiichi thought of what his aunt had said.
The senior wore a silver-gray suit and had his hair done today, he really looked like a little prince!
Hatori Yui regained his composure, coughed lightly, and said, "Perhaps that's true. He offered me a higher salary than others." He smiled, "However, because I'm too tall, I'd stand out in the venue, so he didn't assign me to wait tables, but had me work in the back. Also, I can't fit into a waiter's suit, so I borrowed this one from the security team."
Only then did Higashino Hi have time to take a look at Hatori Yui's outfit.
I have to say, he's a real clothes hanger. The security guard's tacky suits look like something straight out of The Matrix on him. And even through his clothes, you can clearly see the shape of his muscles.
Higashino Xi rubbed the fingers of his right hand together, but finally couldn't help himself and slapped Hatori Yui on the chest, then quickly withdrew his hand.
Hatori Yui:? ? ?
Dong Yexi said calmly, "There's a mosquito." He clenched his right fist slightly, and the elastic touch would probably linger in his mind for a long time.
Hatori Yui looked down at his chest in confusion, but didn't see the mosquito's body, but still said, "Thank you."
"Since you're already here, I won't let you leave." Dong Yexi said with a serious expression, "But you have to promise me that no matter what you find, you must inform me immediately and not take risks alone."
Hatori Yuiichi nodded immediately: "Okay, I'll listen to you!"
Dong Yexi was satisfied.
The two talked for a while. In order to avoid arousing the suspicion of the person in charge, Yui Hatori quickly returned to his post, and Higashino Hiroshi turned and walked towards the garden.
Unexpectedly, he had only taken a few steps when he ran into Tono Hanasaki who was hiding behind the bushes.
When Tono Hanasaki saw him, she didn't feel guilty at all. Instead, she looked him up and down and said, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, I've never seen anything like this before. I actually saw my second brother teasing someone!"
Higashino Hi:!!!
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