Chapter 808 Waiting until next spring
To be honest, as Yukawa Kiyomi's husband, Yukawa Masaki was furious when he learned that she had built a basement and was raising a child, but he couldn't feel any anger towards Akiyama Rei, after all, he knew that the child was a victim.
He pursed his lips and glanced at Yukawa Kiyomi's corpse.
No wonder she suddenly suggested living here more than a decade ago; she must have known all along that there was a basement here suitable for hiding people...
He took a deep breath, looked at Akiyama Reiichi, and asked in a softer voice, "Where is your father?"
"my father?"
Akiyama Rei repeated the sentence in a daze, and after a long silence, she finally spoke: "Dad... he fell from a very high place..."
"......"
The room, which felt somewhat cramped after being crowded with people, fell into silence.
After a long while, Yukawa Masaki finally spoke with some difficulty: "First, take him to wash up. His clothes are covered in blood, and he must be feeling very uncomfortable wearing them."
The police had no objection; the blood on his body was clearly that of the deceased, but that did not mean he was the murderer.
After all... how could a frail boy possibly deal with the well-off Yukawa Kiyomi? Moreover, he had been tortured by the deceased for so many years, and his heart was filled with nothing but fear. How could he possibly have the will to resist?
Some people even secretly thought it was a good thing that Yukawa Kiyomi died.
Qianzhu helped Qiushan Lianyi leave the place.
He seemed very curious about his surroundings, his eyes frequently landing on objects he had never seen before.
There were many paintings hanging in the corridor, and his gaze eventually fell on a pink one.
"What's that?" he asked Qianzhu in a low voice, pointing to something in the painting.
Qianzhu glanced at it sideways and replied with a smile, "Those are cherry blossoms, which bloom in spring."
"Cherry blossoms? Spring?" A look of doubt flashed across Akiyama Rei's eyes. "Is it spring now?"
“It’s summer now,” Qianzhu replied.
"...So that means we won't be able to see the cherry blossoms?"
Akiyama Reiichi's emotions were all written on his face; his disappointment was clearly visible at that moment.
"You'll see it next spring," Qianzhu smiled gently, as if to reassure him.
"Next spring?" Akiyama Rei murmured softly, glancing sideways at Chizuru, whose amber eyes were clear like Chizuru's. "When will spring arrive?"
Ran Mouri, Naya Kuno, and Conan, who were following behind them, listened quietly without making a sound to disturb them.
The boy, who had been trapped in the small space for a long time, was like a simple child, knowing nothing about anything and curious about everything.
Qianzhu answered softly, "There are still five or six months left."
“Five or six months...? That’s a very long time to wait…” Akiyama Rei murmured softly.
Qianzhu led him to their room, took a new towel and clothes from the maid, handed them to him, and smiled at him, "Go take a shower first, I'll wait for you here outside."
“Okay.” Akiyama Rei nodded and obediently accepted the clothes.
Not long after, he cautiously peeked out of the bathroom, his eyes filled with timidity. "Um... I don't know how to use those things..."
Qianzhu was slightly taken aback, then stood up and walked towards him, smiling helplessly, "Let me help you."
"good."
Akiyama Rei nodded and opened the door to let him in.
After fiddling around inside for a while, Chizuru came out. Conan and the others could still hear his instructions and Akiyama Reiichi's obedient response.
"Call me if you have any questions."
"good."
They waited outside for a while, and when they heard the bathroom door open, they turned their heads to look.
They were stunned at first glance.
Because apart from hair and eye color, Akiyama Reiichi's eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to Chizuru's, but compared to Chizuru's gentleness, he is more like a timid little deer.
Seeing that they were all staring at him, Akiyama Reiichi felt a little flustered and whispered, "W-What's wrong...?"
"Ah, no, it's nothing." Ran Mouri waved her hands repeatedly, then explained, "I just think you're very good-looking."
Her words sounded like she was coaxing a child, so Conan wasn't consumed by jealousy.
"Th-thank you..."
Akiyama Reiichi looked even more nervous.
Qianzhu stood up, walked to his side, and gently patted his shoulder with a smile. "It's late now, do you want to get some sleep?"
Upon hearing this, Akiyama Reiichi shook her head. "I'm not sleepy."
After saying that, he glanced at Qianzhu cautiously, and then, as if mustering his courage, asked, "I want to go out and have a look, is that alright?"
"Of course, let's go."
Qianzhu smiled, took his wrist, and led him outside.
Kuno Naya and the others followed behind.
As for Conan, he was thrown out of the basement by Kogoro Mouri.
Conan rubbed his still-aching head and grimaced.
However, this time it was Officer Nakai who came. The murder case shouldn't be unsolvable. At worst, he can sneak off and investigate again later.
Thinking this, Conan took out his phone again and sent a text message to Kawasaki Maru to test whether he was asleep.
[What's wrong? —Kawasaki Maru]
[I'd like to ask you to look up the name Akiyama Reiichi. — Conan Edogawa]
[good. ]
They stood in the courtyard, looking up at the bright moon.
Akiyama Reiichi raised his head slightly, and the moonlight and starlight made his eyes shine even brighter.
"What a beautiful sky."
"Do you like the starry sky?" Kuno Naya asked softly.
Akiyama Rei paused, lowered his head, and shook his head slightly. His eyes dimmed for a moment. "I don't know. I just... really want to see."
Kuno Nayatsuki's eyes flickered slightly, and she suddenly moved a little closer to him. "By the way, didn't you just say you wanted to see cherry blossoms? How about we take you to see them after the case is over?"
"W-Is it okay?" Akiyama Rei blinked, her clear eyes brightening for a moment, but then quickly filled with disappointment. "But, didn't we say we had to wait until next spring?"
"But in some places, you can also see cherry blossoms in the summer. Do you want to go?"
Kuno Nayazuki snapped her fingers, a sound so loud that it startled Akiyama Rei and made her flinch.
However, his eyes were very bright, like they were filled with stars, like a cosmic nebula compressed in his eyes.
"Really?"
“Of course it’s true.” Kuno Naya nodded, looking at Chizuru. “Right?”
Qianzhu smiled and nodded.
So they made a pact that after the case was over, they would take Kogoro Mouri with them and set off.
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