The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"Oh, my client is the granddaughter of Shitara Choichiro, Ms. Shitara Renki." Mouri Kogoro opened the invitation letter in his hand to confirm his name, and replied, "Yesterday, at Mr. Kisaragi Minesui's Some issues were discussed at the banquet. She wanted me to come over today to check on the situation."

The Shitaku family's mansion was also a little far away from the city. After handling the procedures for the previous case in the morning, he rushed home almost non-stop and brought a few more children over. It was already afternoon.

Also faced with the stereotype of a stereotypical butler, the current Mouri Kogoro couldn't help but lack some patience, so he immediately came up with a weighty name.

"Mr. Ruyue Fengshui's banquet..." After repeating the name, Jinqu Hongsheng's expression immediately softened, "It is indeed the master's schedule yesterday. Then I will take you to the annex building to meet Miss Lianxi."

"Sorry to trouble you." Mao Lilan finished the honorific for her father, pulled Mao Li Kogoro's sleeve, and quickly followed the woman's pace.

Tsugumi Hongsheng may have sensed Mouri Kogoro's faint displeasure, and explained while leading the way: "Sorry, I didn't mean to embarrass you, Mr. Detective, it's mainly because Miss Renxi has an important performance recently, and she shouldn't be disturbed recently. I didn’t get any similar notification.”

"It's a very important performance. Do you want to participate in the competition? If I hadn't heard her mention it." Mouri Kogoro touched his chin.

"No, tomorrow is the master's 72nd birthday party. Huh? Didn't the lady tell you?" Jinqu Hongsheng frowned and gradually understood the true nature of the invitation. He shook his head with a helpless expression.

If no one else who went to the banquet knew about the invitation, then it should be just Shitara Renxi's personal invitation.

Of course, as the only third generation in the family, Shitara Renxi still has the right to hire a private detective to solve some of her troubles. Therefore, although Jinqu Hongsheng looks disapproving, his pace of leading the way has not changed. .

Hearing what she said, Conan's expression turned strange, and he looked up at Tang Ze, who had an equally subtle expression.

Although the birthday of an elder in the family is indeed a very important event, it is not necessary to make it look like an international competition or something.

"Not very capable, but not very impressive." Tang Ze complained in a low voice.

"I felt it yesterday..." Conan shrugged, not too surprised.

Obviously, the only person in the family who can stand up to the family's lintel is Haga Kyosuke, the second son of the second family. When these people went to greet Mr. Kisaragi, they still had the same arrogant and arrogant attitude. This family style can be seen.

"It is indeed an important performance." Mao Lilan pinched Conan's wrist and reminded in a low voice, "Stradivarius..."

To say what is the most outstanding thing about the current music player, it is not the musical talent or outstanding talents, but the fact that this instrument has had many outstanding achievements in the world. It was almost tossed around and finally fell into his family. violin in hand.

This violin is said to be worth hundreds of millions of yen, but don’t forget, this was the price that the second son of the Shitaku family bought it for, thirty years ago.

The purchasing power of hundreds of millions of yen thirty years ago was not the same as it is today.

"Oh, you're right." Conan nodded, his expression still somewhat disapproving.

It's not that he doesn't like Qin, he mainly dislikes the family's way of doing things.

Just by looking at the attitude and appearance of their housekeeper, combined with what he saw and heard yesterday, he already had a hunch that this would not be a very pleasant commission.

Fortunately, the lively and cute Shitara Renki is an easy client to get along with.

After hearing the explanations from several housekeepers, she who was standing in the piano room playing the violin hurriedly put down the instrument, ran over in three steps, and approached Mouri Kogoro with anticipation: "Oh, are you really here?" Yes! I saw you were so busy yesterday, so I thought you wouldn’t be interested in such a small commission from me.”

"You have sent a formal letter. Of course I have a reason to help you, beautiful lady." Mouri Kogoro had no resistance to such a young girl, but with his daughter's eyes on him, he was too embarrassed to rely on her. If you are too close, politely take a half step back to maintain social distance.

Shitara Renxi nodded happily, glanced at the expression of the housekeeper, and felt annoyed: "I didn't even go to greet you myself. It's so rude. I'm really troublesome. You should have called me first to inform me."

Mouri Kogoro spread his hands: "I really want to do this too, but the fax you sent didn't include your personal phone number..."

Shitara Renxi blinked twice blankly, then her face turned red, and she folded her hands in a pleading manner: "Yes, I'm sorry! I was careless in my work..."

She is a cheerful and generous girl who looks quite cute.

Several people felt the youthful vitality in her body for the first time, and their expressions also softened.

Seeing them begin to chat, Conan followed his detective instinct and began to observe the surrounding environment.

This is obviously a room specially used for musical instrument practice. In addition to the violin that Shitara Renxi has at hand, there are also several musical instruments such as pianos. Thick original music scores are neatly placed on the bookshelf, which looks very sophisticated.

The interior decoration of the room is the same as the exterior, in a gorgeous and elegant European style. It is very clean, but from the color and luster, the obsolescence caused by the years cannot be concealed.

This is an old house, and it is an old house that was suspended in time many years ago and has lost its glory.

And what stays with it in the past is obviously not just the material things such as decoration and interior.

After Conan looked around, he looked at the middle-aged man who opened the door on the other side and walked in.

The man wearing a well-dressed suit and neatly grooming his beard didn't even notice the strangers who appeared in the room. Instead, he walked straight towards Renki Shitara who was still chatting with Kogoro Mori. .

"Hey, Lianxi, you can't do this. Now is not the time for you to be lazy." A smile appeared on Shitara Xiansanlang's face, and the wrinkles on his face cut the expression that should have been kind into a bit mean, "Tomorrow you The task is very important. You have to play for Brother Tiao Yilang on behalf of your father, and you will still use the same piano. If you do not perform well, your brother will scold you severely. "

"Ah, yes, I just..."

"Mr. Gensaburo!" Tsugumi Hongsheng, who was just standing quietly at the door, frowned and strode over, stopping his suppression of Shitara Renki. "If you don't notify us before you come back, we will be in trouble. of!"

"What you said is so outrageous, it makes me seem like an outsider." Shitara Xingsanlang looked disappointed, "I turned down a very important meeting and came back early."

"No, Mr. Xian Sanlang, your schedule should be planned in advance instead of suddenly changing your mind when the date is approaching." The butler Jinqu Hongsheng's brows almost knitted into a ball, and he objected with a sullen face, "You can do this too. It makes the orchestra unhappy."

The middle-aged man snorted and ignored her words. He just waved his hand and said, "You didn't touch my room, did you?"

"Of course not, just keep it messy. I don't want to be scolded for tidying up the room like your late wife did."

As if he felt the butler's protection for Shitara Renxi, Shitara Xiansanlang glanced at her, finally raised his feet and left the piano room.

The few people who were ignored the whole time looked at each other with different expressions.

"What is this, the personality of an artist?" Mouri Kogoro rolled his eyelids, "He is also a famous musician? It sounds like his schedule is quite full."

"Oh, as for Grandpa Genzaburo, he is now the conductor of the orchestra. He is considered a slightly famous conductor." Renki Shitara tilted his head and showed an apologetic smile, "That's just his character. He didn't do it on purpose. Ignore you."

Mouri Kogoro was noncommittal, but the purpose of his coming here was not to curry favor with any musicians. He was mainly looking for commissions and remuneration, so he nodded and dismissed the question: "Let's talk about commissions. You said yesterday, Something strange happened in the family..."

Before he could finish speaking, the door to the piano room was slammed open again.

This time not only people came in, but also sharp shouts.

"Surrender, surrender!" the old woman with curly and slightly messy hair shouted at the top of her lungs, "Where are you, why don't you come out! I heard the sound of your violin, don't hide, come out quickly!"

"Grandma!" Shitara Renxi looked a little flustered and rushed up to hold her arm. "Grandma, wake up. Dad has been dead for a year and he is not here!"

"No, it's impossible. He surrendered to him and he still...I clearly heard..."

The woman shook her head, obviously unable to accept Shitara Renxi's words. Just as she was about to push her away and continue to rush into the piano room to search, the old man behind her grabbed the hem of her clothes.

"Xuanyin, please wake up and don't embarrass me again!" The old man on crutches used a louder voice to suppress the woman's hysterical shouting, "Our son has been laid to rest in the grave, please don't continue Looking for the shadow of the dead everywhere!"

"Grandpa!" Shiro Lianxi supported the old man who was walking tremblingly, and became even more frantic, "Didn't the doctor say you can't come out casually?"

This is undoubtedly Shitara Renxi's grandfather and the current head of the Shitara family. Shitara Tiaoyilang.

Within a few minutes of the meeting, they saw a wave of chaos in the Shitara family. Mouri Kogoro raised his eyebrows, obviously wanting to complain, but for the sake of Shitara Renxi, he held back. .

Tang Ze, who was playing the role of a transparent person behind with his hands in his pockets, shook his head. He was not surprised by this colorful appearance.

This is not only an appearance for the detectives to quickly get to know and understand the family's style, but also fully demonstrates the reason why Haga Kyosuke was forced to this point.

I don’t know if their big family has the strength and advantages of the clan. Anyway, the big family disease is all over the place.

Growing up in such a family and losing the protection of his father, Haga Kyosuke would be taken away by his mother so early and change his surname. It seems that his mother expected that it would be difficult for her son to feel in such a family. Feel the warmth of family affection.

Now looking at Haga Kyosuke's mental state, this is indeed the case.

With the depressed mood caused by such an environment, coupled with the impact of learning the truth about his father's death, it is not surprising that Kyosuke Haga, who has the personality of a musician who is good at empathy, will embark on a road from which there is no turning back.

"Sorry Detective Mori, I'll send my grandparents back to their room first. Aunt Jinqu, please help me take them to my room." Shitara Renxi weighed it up and ordered the housekeeper on the side, "I'll be back in a moment, give them Look at things related to commissions.”

Watching Shitara Renki leave, Mouri Kogoro gasped in sympathy.

As the only daughter of the eldest son in such a family, he could only imagine what kind of life Le Lianxi must have lived. It must have been very hard.

"This way, everyone." Jinqu Hongsheng helped Shiro Lianxi help her grandparents downstairs, then returned to the piano room to show them the way.

She still spoke in a serious and old-fashioned manner, like an old nun, but Moori Kogoro's dislike has been reduced a lot.

Judging from her behavior just now, compared to the main members of the family, this housekeeper is obviously more partial to the young lady Shiro Lianxi. She is quite defensive in her actions, words and deeds. This kind of rigidity and toughness is more important than having a high self-esteem. , more like a more protective attitude.

"I made you laugh." After walking out of the annex building, Jinqu Hongsheng explained a few words about the scene just now, "Last year, at Master Tiao Yilang's birthday party, Master Jiangren died in some accident. Everyone was very sad. The atmosphere at home is not very good. In the past, Mr. Tiao Yilang’s birthday party was very lively. Not only the family would perform, but also many like-minded colleagues would be invited. It is a pity that no one will host the event this year. "

Regardless of whether the reason she said was true or false, Mouri Kogoro just listened to it. When the group of people walked to the main stream, they bumped into two young men walking in from outside.

One of them looked familiar to them. He was Haga Kyosuke who was singled out by Kitagawa Yusuke yesterday and pulled out for a long talk. The other one was dressed a little out of the ordinary.

What he was wearing was indeed serious, similar to formal performance clothes, but his mid-length shawl hair was parted in half in the middle, and the left side was dyed white, and he wore a large pair of clothes on his face. sunglasses, covering half of his face.

The term for high emotional intelligence is that every gesture is full of the temperament of playing music.

Jinqu Hongsheng's brows suddenly wrinkled, and his tone of voice was very helpless.

"Master Xiangsuke, is this your guest?" Seeing this guy with dyed hair and a strange temperament, whose gender was difficult to determine at a glance, Jinqu Hongsheng instinctively pushed up his glasses to hide the expression on his face, "I know you are involved in many fields in music, but..."

But no matter what, when the head of a classical music family celebrates his birthday, it is still a bit inappropriate to invite a visual kei band over...

Kyosuke Haga clearly felt the second half of what she didn't say.

He laughed dumbly, reached out and patted the shoulder of the person next to him, and took the initiative to introduce: "You misunderstood, this is the Chief Secretary, a pianist friend of mine. You may not be familiar with him, because he rarely When I was active in Japan, I used to attend performances in Europe with my father.”

Following his introduction, the young man took off his sunglasses, revealing a face that was slightly neutral but full of energy.

"Nice to meet you." The pianist, known as Chao Haji, nodded calmly.