Chapter 529: Xiuyi's Survival Instinct Please vote for the monthly ticket (▽` )
Hearing what Amuro Toru said, student Tadokoro Shunya was startled, then he looked down at his phone and indeed found relevant urgent news: "…It seems that the other guests will have to stay today. I will go and clean up the rooms for you later. Please come in first."
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Although the process was a little tortuous, Jiang Xia finally moved into the villa smoothly.
After pushing open the door, the hall reveals a medieval European style decoration, which matches the gloomy sky outside, the bottomless cliff behind the villa, and the howling blizzard...the environment is reassuring.
After entering the hall and taking a few steps, the door on the right was suddenly pushed open.
Etsuko Torakura came out wearing her coat.
Toru Amuro glanced at her and found that, as expected, this was the mystery novelist they met when they went hiking together a few days ago, and she was also the hostess of this villa.
...Fortunately, Torakura Etsuko seems to only know Jiang Xia unilaterally, and is not very familiar with Jiang Xia, so it should not have much impact on the observation.
Speaking of which, I always feel that in addition to his tendency to get into trouble, Jiang Xia's tendency to run into acquaintances when out and about is even more troublesome, and it's hard to guard against...
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Torakura Etsuko had wanted to find Jiang Xia for something before, but her plan was interrupted by a sudden murder and a landslide.
At this moment, when she found that the person she was looking for had come to her doorstep, she was so surprised that she ran out subconsciously. Then she suddenly remembered that it was inconvenient for her "commission" to be heard by others.
...So she had to stop again, smiled awkwardly at the guests, and pretended that she was just a hostess who came out to welcome guests.
After a few polite words, she returned to the room, looking back every few steps.
Tansho Toshiya looked at Torakura Etsuko in confusion, then looked at Jiang Xia, not wanting to ask about his teacher's family affairs. So in the end he said nothing, pretending that he hadn't seen it, and walked with the guests to the other side of the reception room.
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Before Jiang Xia and the others entered, there were already three people in the living room, two men and one woman.
Among them, a middle-aged man and a young man sat opposite each other at the same table, talking in low voices, and seemed to know each other.
The other woman in cheongsam sat alone on one side.
Amuro Toru glanced over and his eyes stopped at the woman in the cheongsam. He thought numbly in his heart: Jiang Xia has met more acquaintances...
In my impression, this is a private detective named "Yurumi Gunda".
"Qiantian Detective Agency" is located not far from "Amuro Detective Agency".
After Jiang Xia came, the number of customers at Qiangtian Yumei gradually decreased. But she already had a lot of savings, so she simply pushed all the customers who came to look for cats and dogs to Jiang Xia, and only took big orders. In this way, her income did not decrease, but she had a lot of free time for entertainment and travel. Not only did she not become haggard, she looked much healthier than before.
At this time, seeing Jiang Xia and Amuro Toru coming in, Qiangda Ikumi did not stand up, but just nodded as a greeting.
——A few days ago, she received an invitation from Torakura Daisuke, saying that he had an important commission for her to discuss. Today, she came a little earlier than scheduled, and Torakura Daisuke was still in his favorite study and had not come out, so she had to wait here for the time being.
Compared with the slightly aloof Qingtian Yumi, the middle-aged man next to her seemed much more enthusiastic.
Doi Bunri looked at Jiang Xia with a little surprise and quickly recognized the detective.
He took the initiative to stand up and walked over, introducing himself: "I am the editor-in-chief of the "Terror Times Monthly", my last name is Doi."
As he spoke, he distributed a few business cards to the people who came.
In the impression of editor Doi, the young detective in front of him always encounters some cases with thriller or horror elements. And Jiang Xia is also very famous. If there is an opportunity to cooperate...
Seeing Editor-in-Chief Doi do this, the young man next to him, although he didn't know Jiang Xia, also followed suit and walked over.
He adjusted his simple pince-nez and handed out business cards to everyone who came:
"My name is Yucun. I work in the Folklore Research Office of Dongcheng University. I mainly conduct research related to vampires. If you have any questions in this area, you can always come and talk to me."
Jiang Xia took the business card and looked at it politely.
Then, he fell into silence for a moment when he heard the full name of "Hamura Shuichi".
Almost at the same time, Matsuda Jinpei, who was lying on his shoulder, twitched his nose, and suddenly he jumped up.
But even earlier than it, the mermaid had already swam gracefully to the side of Amuro Toru, and opened her arms ungraciously, hugged the coffee-smelling murderous aura that appeared, and happily shook her tail.
"..." Hamura Shuichi vaguely felt that the atmosphere was not right. His hair stood on end. He instinctively stared at Amuro Toru and took a step back: "...What's wrong?"
"...Hmm? No, I just think the subject matter you're researching is very interesting."
The keyword "Shuichi" brought back tragic memories for Toru Amuro, but he was interrupted by Shuichi Hamura's words.
He put away the business card with a smile, and the murderous aura on his body also subsided.
The mermaid and Jinpei Matsuda sighed in disappointment at the same time.
The other ghosts were a little more reserved, but although they didn't sigh, they all looked a little disappointed - the high-quality rations came too quickly and were cut off too quickly.
On the other side, Shuichi Hamura had no idea why the atmosphere was so strange, so he could only temporarily regard the sense of crisis as his own illusion.
He hesitated for a moment, moved away from the group of guests, and returned to his seat.
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Suzuki Ayako has not encountered many cases, so her sense of murderous intent is a little dull.
After seeing the few people exchange business cards peacefully and barely get to know each other, she looked at Tadokoro Shunya who was like a butler: "Sorry, something happened on the way, and we arrived much later than the scheduled time. Is it free now, Mr. Torakura?"
When a guest arrives, he or she should greet the host, and the host should come out to receive the guest... or chase the uninvited guest away.
This is the proper process.
But Daisuke Torakura is a writer with an eccentric temper and is not bound by worldly rules.
Tanosho Toshiya hesitated: "At this time, the teacher is writing in the study and may not be able to receive guests..."
"It's okay." A mature female voice interrupted.
Qingtian Yumei turned her wrist and looked at her watch, and stood up from the table: "There are still three minutes before the meeting time that Mr. Torakura and I have agreed to meet. If you go over and say hello now, it won't affect his writing ideas."
After providing this information, she looked at Jiang Xia and said the second half of her sentence to this fellow detective. Compared to before, her tone was relatively gentle:
"Mr. Torakura is looking for a detective recently. I don't know what kind of difficult case he wants to investigate... He might be happier to see you."
(End of this chapter)
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