Chapter 11 Are you willing to talk to me now?
Maori Kogoro's eyes lit up: "Is there really such a person?"
The old housekeeper looked uncertain. After a long while, under the gaze of everyone, he slowly said: "Mrs. Lianshi did have a child back then..."
Time passed, and the early spring sunshine was pouring down on the garden of the villa. Among the brightly blooming flowers, a black-haired child was holding a small shovel, burying something. At the outskirts of the garden, a beautiful lady watched the scene with a smile on her face. After waiting for a while, she walked up and wiped the mud off his face with the silk scarf in her hand.
"Look, this is a bug with a shell!" The child took out a small black dot and said happily.
The lady leaned back, but she quickly ignored the little thing. "Your father will be home tonight and will have dinner with us. It's a long-awaited dinner. Are you happy, Yuri?"
The child first raised his eyebrows, but the next moment, he wrinkled his nose: "Can I not eat broccoli?"
"No." The woman stretched out her finger and tapped his nose. After that, she took his hand and walked into the house, "Let Aunt Mei Nei clean you up. You can't let your father see you like this."
The child mumbled something, and the two of them disappeared in the garden, leaving only the empty sunshine.
"I don't like broccoli at all," said the small voice that no one heard, "and Yuri."
The warm color gradually faded, revealing the old butler's aged face. "Madam loved her child very much and raised him carefully. If everything went well, he would be like the current master, walking out of this house, studying, making friends, bringing back his lover, and then giving birth to new children. Unfortunately," the old butler said in a heavy tone, "that night, Madam unfortunately fell from a height and lost her life. The master... the master was heartbroken, and everyone panicked. They didn't know what to do. When they came to their senses and dealt with the matter, they found that the young master who was originally in this mansion had disappeared without a trace."
"You mean," Conan asked, "he had a child, but he disappeared a long time ago?"
"Yes." The old butler nodded.
"Didn't you look for it?"
"...Of course there is." The old butler lowered his head slightly, his pupils moved, and his gaze moved downward.
Conan sighed, "There is a murder case now. The man was extremely cruel and cold-blooded. It is very likely that he has a deep hatred for your master. If you know anything, you should tell us as soon as possible. The police will also investigate these things, but in the period before they come, the man may strike again. At that time, it is hard to say who will die."
The people around shuddered. Ikeda, who was the most nervous, hurriedly urged, "Yes, hurry up and tell me. Anyway, the person is dead. It's better to tell me or avenge him."
The old butler smiled bitterly and said, "Actually," he said in a bitter voice, "we have known about that place for a long time, and we have been there before."
"Ah?" Kogoro was a little confused.
Conan reacted faster: "You mean the crime scene in the woods!"
"That's right." Since it has been said, the old housekeeper no longer hides it: "We have lived here for decades, and that place is not far away, how could we not know. The master has been there, and Mrs. Lianshi has also been there, and they both like it there very much."
Regardless of how shocked the people were, the old butler continued, "The master likes to draw materials from his surroundings when writing books. He regretted not writing about that place in his last book. When he wrote the new book this time, he told me that that place is a very important place."
A vague clue flashed through Conan's mind. He hurriedly tried to grab it, "Who else knows besides you?"
"And," the butler looked at the people around him. The maid was a little confused. He shook his head: "And the gardener in the villa, Tian Shouren."
"You have a gardener here?" Luo Zhi Xingzi questioned: "Then why have we never seen him?"
"He asked for leave, saying he was going to pick up a friend," the housekeeper said. "He is not only the gardener in the mansion, but also the master's driver. He is responsible for purchasing and delivering some daily food and daily necessities from the town."
"When did he ask for leave?" Conan suddenly thought of something: "Was it an emergency leave?"
"It was Ellie who found the leave request," the housekeeper now said whatever he had to say. "He left so suddenly that we had no preparations."
"Ah!" Maori Kogoro's mind raced at this moment: "That's why we had to rent a car to get here the day before yesterday, and that's why I was caught by that profiteer..."
"You were also raised in price by that unscrupulous businessman?" Reporter Shinji Inada's eyes lit up.
Luo Zhi Xingzi said coldly: "I don't believe you, I drove here by myself."
The housekeeper was a little apologetic: "We didn't handle it well."
Conan ignored their digression and all the information he had collected was intertwined in his mind. Suddenly, he remembered the book "Moonlight Celebration" written by Nagakawa Usuke that he brought with him. The heroine in the book died in the same way as Mrs. Hasumi in reality. A flash of lightning suddenly lit up in his mind!
"So that's it," he murmured, "I finally know why it's there."
"What where?" Maori Kogoro, who was overshadowed, came over with some dissatisfaction. He said, "Speaking of which, you are quite active tonight..."
Conan looked around at everyone and his gaze stopped on one of them. Just as he was about to run away, another figure caught his attention.
Pei Zhen was sitting by the window, and the borrowed book was placed aside, apparently having been read. He looked out the window. It was pitch black outside, but the silver moon was silently and lovingly spreading all the light. It was watching everything, the sin and justice, the absurdity and reality. From beginning to end, it remained silent.
"Isn't he curious?" A vague thought flashed through his mind. Before Conan had time to think about it, he ran into the room where Nagakawa Usuke disappeared. The traces he had checked before came into his sight again. "Sure enough, these traces," he said with a gleam in his eyes, "are too deliberate."
The darkest moment of the night has passed. Although the murder was horrific, human energy is limited. I dare not leave the living room, but I can still take a nap. In the silence, someone approached quietly and asked in a low voice: "Brother, brother."
Pei Zhen looked at Yoshihiro Ikeda in surprise. The TV station employee said a little embarrassedly: "Brother Maori and the kid ran upstairs... I just want to ask, can't we escape first? It will take time for the police to arrive, but we don't care about that if we escape, as long as we have a car..."
Pei Zhen shook his head and said with a smile: "There's nothing to be ashamed of about running away. It's just that we checked the vehicles before we came up." He looked regretful: "The tires were all punctured, not a single vehicle was intact."
"It's still fine in broad daylight." Yoshihiro Ikeda walked away in despair.
After a while, Pei Zhen stood up and left, being careful not to alarm anyone.
Although it is a well-maintained old villa, there is still a dull and cold feeling in the air. This feeling is even more severe when standing in the corridor facing away from the sun. Pei Zhen kept walking forward until he saw a panicked figure.
The figure was startled when she heard the voice, but soon she relaxed: "It's you."
"Are you willing to talk to me now?" Pei Zhen said calmly: "Ms. Imai Airi."
Maid Ai Li looked dazed: "I, I didn't mean to ignore you. It's just that you said you came here on my sister's behalf. Didn't she...didn't she tell you about the relationship between her and me?"
It turned out that this was not the first time they had a secret conversation, but the last time was not here, nor at this time. At that time, the reason why Pei Zhen did not choose to have a meal as soon as he got off the car was because of Miss Ai Li, who worked as a maid in the Changchuan family.
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