"The girl in the photo is... the granddaughter of my grandfather's friend."

The fatter man hesitated for a moment, then looked at Maori Kogoro calmly and narrated with a simple smile:

“Not only that, my grandfather would often take my brother and me to the golf course.”

"So say it."

Maori Kogoro turned to the left, took three steps forward and stopped beside the wooden cabinet near the wall. He bent down, put his left hand in his trouser pocket, picked up the golf bag that had been standing upright on the ground and leaning against the wooden cabinet with his right hand, and said calmly:

"The golf bag here also belongs to Wen Shi... huh?"

Maori Kogoro pretended to be surprised when he looked at the word "Demon" written on the surface of the golf bag, and pretended to be puzzled and read:

"Demon?"

Actually...

Maori Kogoro thought calmly:

"I want to see if you can tell me the origin of this bag."

at the same time.

Xiaolan and the other three gathered behind Kogoro Mori on the left, looking at Demon with different emotions.

The fatter man turned around and looked at Kogoro's broad back, opened his hands, and explained with a casual smile:

"Demon means devil. You must have heard that a person who swings the golf club hundreds of times is called a hide-and-seek ghost.

We gave this golf bag to our grandfather to make fun of him because he had been playing golf for many years but had not improved at all.”

Dongfang Haoyue heard this, dropped his hands to his sides, turned to look at Kudo Shinichi, and asked curiously in a low voice:

“Why is a guy who takes a hundred golf swings called a hide-and-seek ghost?”

"I remember......"

Kudo Shinichi recalled a little and explained seriously in a low voice:

"Because the pronunciation of "三つケタ (three-digit number)" is the same as "见つけた (found it)", people who swing the golf club hundreds of times are called "隠れん坊の鬼 (hide-and-seek ghost)"

"Oh~"

Dongfang Haoyue smiled as if he suddenly understood something.

During this period.

"Oh......"

Maori Kogoro casually put the golf bag back, looked down at it, and said with a long tone of disinterest, carefully analyzing in his mind:

"The fat guy doesn't look like he's lying. He and the thin guy probably already knew Yuan Wen Shi Lang, and they even have a close relationship.

After learning the news of Wen Shilang's death, the fat man and the thin man came eagerly to snatch the treasure, but unexpectedly, Wen Shilang's granddaughter invited me to her house in advance.

In a hurry, the fat man and the thin man chose to entertain us well, hoping to get away with it. "

Thinking of this, Kogoro Mori nodded slightly.

Xiaolan stood behind Kogoro on the left, looking down at the golf bag. She gradually remembered something and looked up at Kogoro, uncertainly seeking his approval:

"I remember there was a gang of thieves called Demon, right?"

"what?"

Kogoro Mouri put his hands in his pockets and looked at Xiaolan in surprise.

Xiaolan let her left hand fall to her left side, and with her right hand on her hip, she introduced charmingly:

"Oh, they are gangs of thieves who specialize in robbing illegal businesses and dodgy merchants!"

"Fool."

Maori Kogoro looked at Xiaolan helplessly and corrected her seriously:

"That's not Demon, but the Gale Thieves' Goblin!"

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi stood side by side on Xiaolan's left, with their hands in their pockets, looking up at Maori Kogoro, and guessed thoughtfully in their hearts:

"It seems that this plot may be related to Gale's bandit gang and goblins."

at the same time.

Princess Mira stood on the left side of Dongfang Haoyue, with her hands upright and clasped behind her back. She looked at Xiaolan and then at Maori Kogoro with relish, as if she was listening to an interesting story.

Nakamura So stood outside the open door, steadily holding a dark brown tray carrying several cups of tea.

He walked towards the crowd slowly and suddenly heard the goblin tremble uncontrollably, and the tray slipped and fell to the ground, with the tea spilling out in a panicked "splash!"

Nakamura Cao hurriedly knelt on the ground and picked up the white ceramic cup at a loss until the next second.

"what."

Xiaolan hastily turned around to look at Nakamura So, and kindly noticed that he accidentally spilled the tea, and apologized sincerely:

"I'm so sorry. I should have brought you some tea since you are not feeling well."

As Xiaolan was talking, she walked lightly to the left front of Nakamura Cao, knelt on the ground, picked up the ceramic cups one by one and put them on the tray, and said gently:

"Let me clean it up now."

"Ah, thank you."

Nakamura Cao withdrew his left hand and looked at Xiaolan embarrassedly.

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi quickly walked to the right front of Nakamura, squatted down, and properly helped Xiaolan pick up the ceramic cup and put it on the tray, and unexpectedly found...

Except for one ceramic cup that does not have an animal-like figurine on the handle, all the other ceramic cups have animals on them.

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi witnessed this scene and said subconsciously in confusion:

"what?"

at the same time.

Kogoro Mouri and the fatter man turned around and looked at Xiaolan with different emotions.

Princess Mira turned around, her hands dropped to her sides, and she looked down at Xiaolan, sighing helplessly in her heart:

"Xiao Lan is too kind, she will take responsibility for the mistakes made by outsiders.

I heard from Haoyue that...from a psychological point of view, it might be because Xiaolan lacked family care since childhood that she became a person who gives unconditionally.

In other words, Xiaolan's father doesn't do housework and her mother is not around, so Xiaolan not only has to take care of herself but also her father. Over a long period of time, Xiaolan has developed a selfless character.

It’s a headache. Xiaolan is so wronged. I feel sorry for her…”

As Princess Mira thought about it, she lowered her head, closed her beautiful eyes, and sighed with deep sorrow.

Dongfang Haoyue was still squatting on the ground, supporting himself with his right hand and holding the handle with his left hand. The wall of the ceramic cup without any animal sculptures was hanging not far in front of his right shoulder, and his thumb was embedded in the gap of the handle.

Kudo Shinichi squatted on the right side of Haoyue, supporting himself with his left hand and his little finger against her little finger, his right hand holding the wall of the ceramic cup she was holding, his thumb embedded in the gap of the handle and against her thumb, and the other four fingers wrapped around her green jade fingers.

They looked down at the handle of the ceramic cup between their shoulders, carefully observing the uneven marks on the surface of the handle, and described it in confusion in their hearts:

“It’s strange that the other ceramic cups have handles with animal statues, but this one doesn’t have any animals.

Not only that, the handles have been carefully polished. If the animal statues just fall off by accident, they can just be glued back on. Why bother polishing the handles?"

at the same time.

Kogoro Maori stared at the ceramic cups held by Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi with his excellent eyesight, then looked at the ceramic cups on the tray, and a thoughtful look appeared on his mature face.

Princess Mira's emotions calmed down a bit, she opened her beautiful eyes and looked at Xiaolan with sympathy, and suddenly she noticed that Haoyue and Shinichi were kissing each other, her pupils shrank suddenly, she clenched her fists in her heart and waved them until her waist was weak, she said indignantly and jealously:

"Damn it, why is Shinichi the first one to win Haoyue's heart!!!

If I had appeared in front of Haoyue earlier and snatched his love, how could you, Shinichi, be qualified to stick to Haoyue! !

snort! "

at the same time.

Xiaolan was kneeling on the ground the whole time. When she was about to pick up the water-stained tray and take it back to the kitchen, she felt that the arrangement of the ceramic cups was not neat enough and it seemed that one ceramic cup was missing.

She looked for the ceramic cup but found Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi kissing each other. Her pupils dilated and then returned to normal. She stared at them with narrowed eyes and criticized them unhappily in her heart:

"Even though Haoyue is still young, Shinichi is too close to her.

If Shinichi and Haoyue were high school students, I would definitely stop them mercilessly, humph!"

The thought just fell.

"and then?"

Maori Kogoro curled his lips, retracted his shameful gaze towards Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi, and focused on Nakamura Sou, and impatiently went straight to the point:

"We have wasted a lot of time. You should tell us about the strange thing mentioned in the letter."

"Oh."

Nakamura Cao stopped looking at the ceramic cups held by Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi, stood up, turned to look at Maori Kogoro, and answered casually:

“It’s a clock thing.”

"clock?"

Kogoro Mori made a puzzled sound.

"It's 10:48 AM."

Nakamura So crossed his left hand across his chest, looked down at his silver watch, then looked at Maori Kogoro, and invited him in a friendly manner:

"The time is just right. Please follow me to the study and let me show you."

"it is good."

Kogoro Mori nodded slightly, very calm.

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi placed the ceramic cups on the tray and stood up in unison.

Xiaolan held the tray in front of her chest, stood up gracefully, turned her head to look at Princess Mira who was standing there, and smiled friendly and asked:

"Mira, can you help me wash the cups and tray?"

"Good~"

Princess Mira walked to Xiaolan's left side, put her hands upright behind her back, clasped her hands, and smiled sweetly.

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi looked at Xiaolan and Mira, and commented gently in their hearts:

“Their relationship became closer and closer, and they even washed the cups and trays together.

But Xiaolan asks Mira for help when she does good things, which is causing trouble for Mira."

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi thought of this, looked at each other, and spread their hands helplessly.

--------

After a very short time.

A spacious study room with a closed wooden door.

Except for Xiaolan and Princess Mira, everyone was scattered in the long corridor outside the door.

Nakamura So held the door handle with his left hand and tried to turn it but couldn't open it. He complained unhappily:

"Damn, this door is stuck again."

"Hey, hey, did you forget something?"

The fatter man stood to the left of Nakamura So, facing him, and reminded him seriously:

"The key to this door is in the lower right corner."

The fatter man walked in front of Nakamura So, who took a step back, reached out to grab the door handle, turned it, kicked the lower right corner of the wooden door, and pushed the door open with ease. He turned back to look at Nakamura and confirmed casually:

"Just like this, do you see it clearly?"

"Oh, I see."

Seeing the door open successfully, Nakamura So smiled happily.

The fatter man shook his head helplessly and strode towards the tightly closed double pink curtains further to the front right of the door.

Nakamura So followed closely behind.

Kogoro Mouri glanced at the fatter man and Nakamura vaguely, looked straight ahead, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and followed leisurely behind Nakamura on the left.

Dongfang Haoyue dragged the thoughtful Kudo Shinichi to follow Kogoro's left side as usual, without closing the door.

Maori Kogoro walked and turned to look at the curtains, and asked casually:

"Why did you close the curtains when it's so hot?"

"Oh, didn't I mention that in the letter?"

Nakamura So walked forward at a leisurely pace, his left fist swinging naturally, he looked back at Maori Kogoro, and narrated with a smile:

"I always feel like someone is spying on me lately."

Kogoro Mori has not responded yet.

The fatter man stopped inside the curtain on the left, with his back to the side of the desk. He calmly opened the curtain, letting the warm sunlight scatter into the room. He turned his head to look at Maori Kogoro who was standing on the other side of the desk, and echoed in an approachable manner:

"My brother is right. It was the peeping of outsiders that made us close the window..."

The fatter man hadn't finished speaking yet.

Kudo Shinichi dragged Dongfang Haoyue on his left and walked forward leisurely, looking around for clues. He stopped steadily behind the desk, with his back to the desk, his eyes fixed on the round hole in the wall below him, which let in bright sunlight, and uttered syllables in surprise:

"Ok?"

“There’s a hole here!”

Dongfang Haoyue knelt on the ground, bent over, supported himself on the light brown tatami with both hands, and looked at the lush greenery outside the cave with curiosity.

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