Chapter 60 Don't Run Around
Jiang Xia entered the room, put away his luggage, and tidied up for a while.
When I went downstairs again, everyone else had already gathered in the living room.
Except for the four of them who came to stay in the villa, the rest were all Suzuki Ayako's classmates in the university club.
…
There were three men and two women among the adults. In addition to Suzuki Ayako and the three boys who were visited one by one, there was also a short-haired woman - Ikeda Chikako.
Chikako Ikeda seems to be a celebrity.
When the star-chasing expert Mao Lilan heard her name, she became excited: "Are you the author of "Blue Kingdom"? I really like this novel!"
…
"Blue Kingdom" was Tomokako Ikeda's debut work during her college years, and won the Best Newcomer Award.
This should have been an achievement worth showing off, but at this time, when Ikeda Chikako heard Mao Li Ran talking about this, her face turned ugly and she changed the subject unnaturally.
This is also inevitable.
Because Jiang Xia remembered that "Blue Kingdom" was a work plagiarized by Tomokako Ikeda.
The girl she plagiarized was called "Atsuko". Like all the adults here, she was also a member of the film research club.
Two years ago, on the day that Tomokako Ikeda won the award for "Blue Kingdom", Atsuko hanged herself.
…
Just as Jiang Xia was thinking about this, he heard Suzuki Ayako sighing beside him: "It's great to be reunited. It would be even better if Atsuko was fine..."
"That's enough!" Ikeda Chikako reacted greatly. She slapped the table and stood up suddenly. "It's a rare gathering, can you please not mention that dead guy who spoils the fun!"
Jiang Xia paused slightly as he stretched out his hand towards the biscuit box. He secretly glanced at the fat man next to him and felt that there was more murderous aura in him.
"..."It's a pity that the quality of the murderous aura has not been upgraded and the taste is very ordinary.
Suzuki Ayako saw her classmate getting angry, and she felt confused and embarrassed. She quickly stood up and said, "Well, I'll go to the kitchen to check on dinner."
The fat one among the three male classmates also scratched the back of his head and said with a silly smile: "The weather forecast said it will rain tonight, so I'll go and reinforce the roof. When I came here, I saw that it was a little broken and it might leak water."
——Although Ryoichi Takahashi is a little fat, he is a flexible fat man with strong hands-on ability.
So whether it was repairing the roof or dismembering a body, his movements were very efficient.
…
Jiang Xia ate biscuits and looked at Takahashi Ryoichi who was walking towards the balcony.
Whether it was the murderous aura from the fat brother or Jiang Xia's "predictive ability", these all told him that Takahashi Ryoichi was the "bandage man" they saw on the bridge.
The Bandage Man has a normal build, but Takahashi Ryoichi is very fat, so it is difficult for ordinary people to associate them with the same thing.
But in fact, Takahashi Ryoichi is only fat in the face. His huge "beer belly" is actually just a bunch of fillers.
——Ryoichi Takahashi planned to kill Chikako Ikeda to avenge Atsuko.
The padded fake belly was the prop he intended to use to carry the corpse and blur the time of death.
…
Ryoichi Takahashi took his tool kit, quickly climbed to the roof, and disappeared from everyone's sight.
No one noticed him except Jiang Xia.
At this time, next to the dining table.
The long-haired handsome boy among the male classmates looked at Mao Lilan and was quite fond of this beautiful girl. He hit the wall and invited Mao Lilan to walk in the mountains with him.
Mao Lilan hesitated and didn't want to go.
She has absolutely no interest in flirting with men.
And although the long-haired guy is indeed very handsome, but after looking at Jiang Xia's face for so long along the way, her immunity to ordinary handsome guys is inevitably doubled.
Mao Lilan didn't refuse on the spot simply because she was not good at saying no.
…
The long-haired handsome guy saw her hesitation. Based on the street stall pickup principle of "helping women make a choice when they are hesitant", he grabbed Mao Lilan's wrist and pulled her towards the door: "Let's go, the air in the mountains in the evening is very fresh."
Jiang Xia sat beside the dining table, glanced at them, and said quietly:
"There is a damp smell outside the window, and it smells like it's going to rain soon. Once the branches and leaves are wet, the insects clinging to them will not be able to hold on tightly and will fall down with the rain.
"Don't worry about ordinary bugs. You can hang them on your hair as decorations... But if it's a tick or something like that, remember to get rid of it in time. Oh, and don't pull it out with your hands, otherwise you might pull its body off and leave its head in the flesh.
“Also, I heard there are a lot of snakes around here—snakes like heat and humidity, and they’ll come out of their dens before and after the rain. When you’re walking, watch your step and don’t step on them, as they can easily bite you.
"But there are a lot of dead leaves now, so it's really difficult to completely avoid snakes... If you get bitten, don't panic or run. Once the blood flow speeds up, the venom will spread faster..."
…
Following Jiang Xia's casual words, the handsome guy with long hair stood firmly at the door.
It’s not that I’m scared by insects or snakes, but that I can’t move in the physical sense.
——A huge resistance came from his hand. The high school girl he was holding could have been easily pulled away just now, but at this moment, she stopped firmly.
The long-haired handsome guy looked back in shock, and secretly exerted a little more force in disbelief.
However, the delicate girl behind him remained motionless.
Seeing him turn around, Mao Lilan said in a pale face: "Or, or we should not go there first." The forest at night is too scary...
In his heart, the boy with long hair actually doesn't want to give up.
But he really couldn't pull anyone.
…
After a stalemate of half a minute, the handsome guy with long hair silently let go of his hand that was numbed by Mao Lilan.
He flicked his hair with trembling fingers and said in a forced nonchalant manner, "Haha, that's right, you must be tired from the journey, so take a good rest first."
At the table, Jiang Xia withdrew his gaze and poured himself a cup of black tea comfortably.
Conan looked at him gratefully, and helped Jiang Xia push the sugar cube closer.
However, after a while, Conan suddenly became alert.
...Why did Jiang Xia stop Xiaolan from taking a walk with another handsome guy? He wouldn't...
As Conan thought about it, his face turned pale.
(End of this chapter)
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