"Why do you think Ms. Maeda stole your boyfriend?"
Hearing Takashi Sosuke's question, Hirata Hitomi felt that the question was ridiculous. She smiled and took a puff of her cigarette, and her tone was mixed with a hint of mockery:
"Why else could it be? She hasn't come back yet. She simply ran off with Xi Yongshantai under my name. It's ridiculous to say that. She always pretends to love her boyfriend in front of me, but in the end it's all fake. What is love in front of money~"
"You said that Miss Maeda used your name to date Zenta Nishi? Why?" Fujiwara Yu quickly noticed something strange and asked with a frown.
Hirata Hitomi felt a little regretful when she thought of this. She put out the cigarette in her hand and told everything that happened four nights ago. It was also after that phone call that she could not contact Maeda Fumika.
It turned out that the night before Ozaki Koji reported his disappearance, Hirata Hitomi planned to meet with Nishi Takeshita, but considering her status as an idol, it was very inconvenient for her to eat in public. Moreover, she had never met Nishi Takeshita before and was worried that he was not a good man. So, under her persistence, Maeda Fumika attended the dinner on her behalf.
Hearing this, Fujiwara Yu and Takagi Wataru looked at each other. If what Hirata Hitomi said was true, then this man named Nishi Isamu Zenta was a great suspect. He should be the last person to see Maeda Fumika.
"At 8:20 pm, Fumika called me from the bathroom and said that Mr. Xiyong was a very gentleman. Although he was over 35 years old, his behavior was very good. She also thought that Mr. Xiyong liked pets and was probably the type who would take good care of people.
But after this phone call, Fumika, who was supposed to be home at 21, didn't come back. In a hurry, I called Mr. Xiyong. He was initially confused about who I was. After I explained, Mr. Xiyong said he had said goodbye to Fumika at the restaurant and asked if I needed any help.
Hirata Hitomi sighed at this point, she stood up and poured herself a glass of water, holding the glass she continued:
"At first I really believed it, but then I called Mr. Xiyong and his phone was turned off. Then Fumika never came home, and even her boyfriend came to me... Oh, they must have eloped. Fumika thought Mr. Xiyong was so outstanding that she didn't want to let him go. That must be it!"
Her jealousy of Maeda Fumika, combined with Nishi Isamu's refusal to contact her, led Hirata Hitomi to concoct a fictitious story to discredit Maeda Fumika.
Fujiwara Yu extracted the parts of this fictional story that were useful for the missing persons case. He looked up at Hirata Hitomi and asked:
"Actually, I've wanted to ask you from the beginning. You and Ms. Maeda don't have a good relationship, so why are you still living in her house? And now that Ms. Maeda is missing, why are you... exchanging rooms and even wearing her clothes?"
Takagi Wataru silently gave Takashi Sosuke a thumbs-up in his heart. He really hit the nail on the head. His eyes fell on Hirata Hitomi's face, which really changed from yellow to red, and from red to white... It was a colorful scene.
Hirata Hitomi shut her mouth tightly. She hadn't expected her little trick to be exposed. She took out her cigarette case and lit it again. After a long silence, she smiled bitterly.
"I don't know where she's gone now. Can't I just enjoy her for a few days?"
"Ms. Maeda was very kind to you, and she disappeared, not eloped." Fujiwara Yuu stood up, one hand in his pocket, looking down at Hirata Hitomi, who was smoking dejectedly, and said sarcastically, "Someone who was so kind to you disappeared, and you still tried to spread rumors...Ms. Hirata, you have a very good grasp of how to behave."
Fujiwara Yuu didn't bother to care what Hirata Hitomi would think after hearing this. He just wanted to find Maeda Fumika as soon as possible. After feeling the vibration of the phone in his pocket, he walked to the entrance while checking his mailbox.
The mailbox was filled with personal information of Zenta Nishiyong, but no one matched the person completely in terms of height, hair color or occupation. This made Fujiwara Yuu come up with a not-so-good guess, that is - Zenta Nishiyong was a pseudonym.
"Inspector, your expression... could it be that no one can match the name?"
"Well, Nishi Yong Zenta might be a pseudonym." Fujiwara Yu threw down this sentence and hurried back to the living room. He leaned over and looked at Hirata Hitomi seriously, and said in a serious tone: "Hirata, do you remember where the restaurant Maeda went to is?"
Hirata Hitomi pursed her lips and didn't want to answer, but thinking of what Takashi Sosuke had just said, she still opened her mouth and said:
"That restaurant is located at 2-chome, Toyosa-cho, Mihama-ku, Chiba City. It's a high-end Western restaurant."
After getting the address of the restaurant, Fujiwara Yu and Takagi Wataru did not stay there any longer. They drove to the restaurant where Maeda Fumika had an appointment. Who knows, this might be the place where she disappeared.
Hirata Hitomi stood at the window and watched the police leave. She suddenly thought of what Sosuke Takashi said, "Nishi Yong Zenta might be a pseudonym." Could it be that... Fumika's disappearance was because of her?
Her hands couldn't stop shaking, and she didn't want to admit that this was true. She turned her head to look at herself in the mirror, still wearing the luxury dress she took out of Fumika's closet, and fell silent.
The Western restaurant called "Ichihara" is less than 30 kilometers away from Maeda Fumika's residence. Taking the Metropolitan Expressway No. 7 Komatsugawa Line, you can reach the destination in less than 30 minutes.
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