Ke Xue: Ai-chan and I have an agreement

Chapter 9 The dust has settled

Twenty years ago, when Matsumoto Kiyonaga was chasing a criminal, the criminal's car had an accident.

Without a means of transportation, the prisoners had no choice but to run away.

Matsumoto Kiyonaga, who was eager to catch the criminal, did not notice that the criminal's car hit a mother with a boy.

By the time he later learned about the accident, the family had already moved away.

The boy at that time was Takasugi Toshihiko, who was later adopted by the Takasugi family.

Everything that happened at that time was simply a nightmare for Takasugi Toshihiko, and Matsumoto Kiyonaga's cold face at that time planted the seeds of hatred in his heart.

Seven years ago, he met Sayuri Matsumoto who was with Kazumi. After learning that she was the daughter of Kiyonaga Matsumoto, the seed buried deep in his heart sprouted.

In order to get revenge, he chose to get close to Sayuri Matsumoto. After seven years, he made the choice of revenge today.

Until now, he thought that Sayuri Matsumoto was with him because of the Takasugi family's property after he left her.

Listening to Takasugi Toshihiko's self-narration, Kazumi couldn't stand Takasugi Toshihiko's disgusting speculation about Matsumoto Sayuri and slapped him.

Then, he told the truth of the matter.

In fact, Sayuri Matsumoto knew Takasugi Toshihiko when she was a child.

At that time, every time he saw someone bullying Sayuri Matsumoto, he would protect her without hesitation and even secretly bring warm lemon tea from home for her to drink.

This is also the reason why Sayuri Matsumoto prefers lemon tea.

In other words, the two of them were actually childhood sweethearts who had formed a bond more than 20 years ago.

Later, after what happened to Takasugi Toshihiko's mother, he moved away.

Later, the two met again by fate, but unfortunately Takasugi Toshihiko could no longer recognize that Matsumoto Sayuri was the little girl she once was.

The flames of hatred flooded his heart.

After investigating the whole thing, Sayuri Matsumoto was worried about how to face Takasugi Toshihiko.

She didn't know what to do to get Takasugi Toshihiko's forgiveness.

After the truth came out, Takasugi Toshihiko's face was full of regret. Fortunately, because she was sent to the hospital in time and after the operation, Matsumoto Sayuri is no longer in danger of life.

At least for now, it seems to be a happy ending.

However, Shiina Yuichi felt a little complicated.

It was not Matsumoto Kiyonaga who directly killed Takasugi Toshihiko's mother, and at that time Matsumoto Kiyonaga did not know that his mother was in danger of her life.

During this period, it is his duty as a policeman to give priority to hunting down criminals.

Even if Takasugi Toshihiko holds a grudge against Matsumoto Kiyonaga, what's the matter with you harming someone else's daughter?

Since ancient times, every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor.

Sayuri Matsumoto herself is innocent.

After seven years, even a dog would have feelings, so you just poison him?

Shiina Yuichi couldn't understand Takasugi Toshihiko's behavior.

And after listening to Kazumi's story, Yuichi Shiina also understood why Sayuri Matsumoto had such a strange expression at that time.

She should have noticed the groom's little trick at that time, but she did not expose it and chose to drink the bottle of poisoned lemon tea.

Sodium hydroxide is extremely corrosive and can easily damage the respiratory and digestive tracts.

If you are not careful, you will die.

Is this love? Or is this her atonement?

But the root cause of this tragedy does not lie with her.

What a silly girl.

"Hey, brother Shiina, I always thought you were a scoundrel who just ate and drank for free, but I didn't expect you to be so good at reasoning."

Afterwards, Inspector Megure laughed and patted Shiina Yuichi on the back, his tone very relaxed.

After solving the case related to my boss, the pressure disappeared all of a sudden.

Brother? No, you call everyone brother, right?

Brother Kudo, brother Mori, brother Takagi...

Yuichi Shiina complained in his heart, but relying on his intuition, he caught the real murderer.

Reasoning is not that difficult. It seems that I have the potential to be a detective.

Shiina Yuichi thought proudly.

"Yeah, I didn't expect Mr. Shiina to be so amazing." Mao Lilan also walked forward and praised.

"That's right, he's much stronger than a certain disappearance mystery geek, and he's also very handsome." Suzuki Sonoko also echoed.

A certain mystery geek who was named: ...Hey, hey, I can hear you, okay?

"No, no, it's just a little superficial knowledge." Shiina Yuichi said modestly, but the pride on his face was obvious.

Listening to their flattery, Shiina Yuichi felt like he was about to fly.

No wonder Uncle Maori in the anime was so confused when he heard others praising him.

This feeling...is really good.

"Thank you, Mr. Shiina." Matsumoto Kiyonaga walked over and bowed to Shiina Yuichi with gratitude.

"There's no need to do that, Manager Matsumoto." Shiina Yuichi was not used to this kind of craftsmanship and spoke quickly.

In fact, compared to this, he wanted to ask if he could have a meal.

His purpose of coming to this wedding was to get a free meal.

However, Matsumoto Kiyonaga probably didn't have time to care about him now. After simply saying thank you, he hurried to the hospital.

Because Inspector Megure had to take Takasugi Toshihiko back to the Metropolitan Police Department, he did not explain the matter in detail to Shiina Yuichi.

He asked Shiina Yuichi to find a time to take the statement.

Metropolitan Police Department? Transcript?

Damn it, I forgot about this. If I go to the Metropolitan Police Department and their real identity is discovered, I’ll be done for.

I should have kept a low profile. It’s all that guy’s fault for staring at me.

Annoying little devil.

The protagonists of the wedding had all disappeared, and there was no point in Shiina Yuichi staying here any longer, plus he was hungry.

He had just been praised to the point of being ecstatic, but now he felt even more annoyed.

In the parking lot, Yuichi Shiina was driving his car and was about to leave.

I just happened to see Mao Lilan and a few others stopping on the side of the road.

It seems he is waiting for a bus.

Shiina Yuichi drove the car next to them.

"Where are you going?" asked Shiina Yuichi.

"Mr. Shiina." Mao Lilan saw that it was Shiina Yuichi and explained, "We were planning to go see Mr. Matsumoto, but after waiting for a while, we couldn't get a taxi."

"Then I'll take you there."

Upon hearing this, Shiina Yuichi invited him directly.

Suzuki Sonoko's eyes lit up immediately and she said, "Thank you, Mr. Shiina."

"Really?" Mao Lilan hesitated and asked, "Won't it be too much trouble?"

"It's okay, I'm free." Shiina Yuichi patted the car door and motioned for them to get in.

"Then thank you for your help." Seeing that there were no taxis nearby, Mao Lilan agreed.

The Mazda owned by Shiina Yuichi is a two-door, two-seater car, but you can still fit in if you squeeze in. (As for how you squeeze in, you can see the picture in the book review.)

Suzuki Sonoko opened the car door and sat directly in the passenger seat, while Mouri Ran and Conan sat in the back seat.

After getting the address given by Mao Li Ran, Shiina Yuichi started the car and drove towards Beika General Hospital.

"Brother Shiina, you have such a nice car, why do you still go to the wedding to eat and drink for free? This car must be very expensive." Conan opened his eyes wide and asked innocently.

"Conan, stop being rude."

Mao Lilan listened to Conan's question and blamed him somewhat embarrassedly.

Shiina Yuichi didn't care and started to explain.

"Is it expensive? Not too bad, it's only about 8.4 million. Because of work, I often need to go outside of Tokyo."

“So, a good mobility vehicle is very important to me.”

"As for why we should go there to eat and drink for free."

"Don't you think it's challenging? In a wedding banquet full of new and old friends, a stranger who has nothing to do with you can eat and drink and leave safely."

“I think it’s very interesting.”

Eh?

Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Li Ran both have small eyes. Is this how it is?

Did they think there would be any other reason?

Who on earth has so much free time?

The two of them looked at Shiina Yuichi in tacit understanding.

It really does.

Mr. Shiina seems to have a somewhat eccentric personality, but when he is reasoning, he seems to be a different person, sharp and incisive.

It seems a little... unpredictable.

"Hey, what does Shiina brother do for a living?" Conan asked again.

"Conan!" Ran Mouri was a little angry. Normally Conan would not be so nosy. What happened today?

At the same time, she was also afraid that Shiina Yuichi would be unhappy. After all, her first impression of Shiina Yuichi was very good.