Chapter 876 Selling Myself to Pay Debt
But if you think about it carefully, there are actually a lot of black cats, and cats are such agile creatures that it is unlikely to be caught by people with bare hands. This is probably just a coincidence - the cat held by the detective opposite may be the detective's own.
So the security guards pretended not to see the cat and continued, "But don't worry, we have driven the cat away."
"Is that so..." Jiang Xia nodded, and couldn't help but glance at their tool kit containing the capture net: What do you mean by chase away? The cat clearly walked away on its own and even knocked on the door...
But on second thought, what does the misunderstanding between humans and cats have to do with him, a passing detective?
He was just an enthusiastic passerby who didn't know the truth.
After pretending to understand the situation, Jiang Xia said goodbye to the two people.
…
After the two security guards loaded the tool bag into the car and drove away.
Jiang Xia put the knocked out cat on his shoulder and temporarily had a handsome cat-branded cape.
Afterwards, he glanced at the words "Kojima" on the doorplate and remembered something. Instead of going back directly, he went to the nearby vending machine for a look.
He hesitated for a while over the various drinks to kill time, but in the end he didn't buy anything and took a shortcut back to his apartment.
When I passed through the alley between the courtyard wall and the parking lot, I suddenly heard footsteps following behind me.
The sound echoed in the narrow alley, getting closer and closer.
Jiang Xia originally wanted to pretend not to hear it.
But the person following him seemed to have no intention of concealing his presence at all. He ran with great agility, and his high heels clattered on the ground, making only a slightly more covert movement than Gin's shooting.
Jiang Xia: “…”
He had no choice but to turn around and take a look.
Almost at the same time, a figure rushed over quickly and grabbed his arm as if it was a life-saving straw.
Then the woman stopped, bent down and gasped, as if something terrible was chasing her from behind.
Jiang Xia held the person with one hand, and used his other hand to hold the black cat that was about to slip, and meaningfully glanced behind the woman.
Then he sighed with regret: Although the person involved looked extremely frightened, there was no murderous pursuer behind her.
Jiang Xia looked down at the person in front of him again and remembered that this was an acquaintance - a woman with straight long hair, a slender figure, but quite strong, who always came to the detective agency every now and then to look for cats. Jiang Xia had a deep impression of her. In the days when he didn't have a cat, he often stole and rubbed this client's stuffed doll.
In addition, in the case when interviewing Okiya Subaru, the jewels in the woman’s store were robbed - it was the unlucky jewelry store manager, Chihiro Kojima.
"Manager Kojima?" Jiang Xia asked with concern, "Are you okay? What happened? Just now I saw the alarm of a single-family house over there went off. The sign hanging on their door also happened to be Kojima's last name."
Chihiro Kojima pulled Jiang Xia, her heart beating unusually fast for various reasons.
When Jiang Xia mentioned "alarm", her expression suddenly became a little frightened.
But it was late at night, and when her long hair was let down, it just happened to block her face from the side. Theoretically, Jiang Xia should not be able to see the changes in her expression.
Thinking of this, Chihiro Kojima gradually calmed down.
She stood up and looked at Jiang Xia, then looked back at the road she had come from, and hesitated to speak: "Actually..."
Before she could finish.
A flashlight suddenly came over and illuminated her face.
This was followed by a stern questioning voice: "I am a police officer, what happened here?"
Chihiro Kojima was startled and shut her mouth tightly.
She looked over Jiang Xia's shoulder and towards the direction where the light was coming from.
With the light behind her, her vision was obstructed, but Chihiro Kojima could still vaguely see some flashing police lights. It looked like a patrol motorcycle.
…
This section of the road is quite narrow, and the people living around here are all people of some social status.
Therefore, patrol police will pay special attention when passing by here.
Just now, a young policeman who was patrolling nearby vaguely heard the sound of running and heavy breathing. He suspected that something had happened, so he turned on the light and observed suspiciously.
Beams of light illuminate the alley.
After a moment, the patrolman looked at a man and a woman in the alley and fell into deep thought.
Contrary to what he thought, there didn't seem to be any vicious incidents like "robbery" or "hooliganism" here - looking at the postures of the two people in the alley, it was obvious that the woman was holding the man tightly. When they suddenly saw the police, it was the woman who was more frightened.
And... the patrolman touched his chin and reasoned rigorously: And the lady was quite pretty, and the man didn't ask for help when he heard the police coming... No matter who was harassing whom, it doesn't hold true.
...It seems that I am overthinking?
The panic on the woman's face just now might not be because she was afraid of the police, but simply because she was shy.
After coming to this conclusion, the patrolman was a little embarrassed and politely retreated: "Sorry to bother you. If there is anything, please contact the police in time."
Then he turned off the flashlight, got on his bike, passed through the alley, and rode away in a flash.
Jiang Xia: “…”
Chihiro Kojima was also stunned for a moment. She didn't expect the police to leave so decisively.
Just as she was thinking, Jiang Xia patted her on the shoulder and said, "How about we go sit on the bench first? Relax and talk slowly."
…
A few minutes later.
Chihiro Kojima fell down on the bench with weak legs. Thinking of the stupid things she had done tonight, her forehead throbbing with pain.
Jiang Xia walked to the vending machine nearby, bought two cans of hot coffee, unscrewed one and handed it to her. His actions were full of humanistic care, and he was still the friendly private detective.
Chihiro Kojima held the coffee in both hands, carefully absorbing the heat from it.
She felt Jiang Xia's meticulous attitude, the same way he treated a customer, and drank the can of coffee slowly, feeling a conflicted feeling in her heart.
After drinking half a can of the drink, Chihiro Kojima had sobered up a lot. She became bolder again and gradually began to regret running over and grabbing Jiang Xia.
After a moment, she finally made up her mind.
"Actually, I..." Chihiro Kojima gritted her teeth, "Actually, it's nothing serious. I was just walking in the alley just now, and I was scared by the echo of my footsteps. I thought someone was following me. I saw you in front of me, so I caught up with you..."
Jiang Xia stood beside her, opened the can, took a sip, and nodded with an expression that said, "Take your time, talk. I'm listening."
Chihiro Kojima secretly breathed a sigh of relief and was just about to find an excuse to end the conversation and go home quickly.
However, at this moment, several chaotic flashlight lights, accompanied by chaotic footsteps, approached quickly from the corner.
Jiang Xia turned his head and saw a familiar-looking patrolman rushing out of the corner, followed by a group of people.
——The young patrolman who had just met looked around and his eyes quickly fixed on Jiang Xia and Chihiro Kojima.
After a moment, the patrolman suddenly raised his hand and pointed at them firmly: "Officer Sato, these are the two people! The long hair of the woman and the cat on the man's shoulder are very distinctive. They must be right!"
(End of this chapter)
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