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Chapter 452 Alibi Proving Gao Yuan's Attempt

In the banquet hall, when the art supervisor was very sure that at :, after the fact that Miss Hualian was still alive, Hualian's sister Meimei also continued to talk:

"Before the official performance, together with Shinichi, I went to the elevator room to look for Hua Lian at about... around 45:. At that time, there was no sign of Hua Lian anywhere."

Mimi looked at Shinichi and said to Officer Megure.

"Is that so? Shinichi?"

Police officer Meguro couldn't help asking Shinichi for proof.

"Yes, it should be that time."

Xin nodded and replied.

"Then, please tell me in detail how you saw Hua Lian three minutes before the official performance."

Police officer Mu Mu asked about the art supervisor again.

"Ok."

The art supervisor nodded and answered:

"I went from the stage to the lift platform again. I don't know when Miss Hualian was already there. At that time, I said to Miss Hualian, 'Miss Hualian, are you ready?' After that, I sat alone Miss Hualian on the lifting platform waved to me."

"Did Miss Hualian bring Wia with her?"

Inspector Meguro asked.

"Yes, during the rehearsal, she also brought Wia herself. We had no chance to help her at all."

The art supervisor said with some frustration.

"So... when he waved his hand, did he do anything strange?"

After listening to the narration of the art supervisor, Shinichi couldn't help asking in thought.

"Do not……"

The art supervisor thought for a while, then shook his head confidently and said:

"I don't think there's anything wrong with it."

"Is it possible that Miss Hualian was dead at that time?"

At this moment, Shinichi suddenly said something surprising.

"Hey?"

Hearing this, the art director was startled.

"You can see it on Miss Hualian's wrist."

Xinyi pointed to the kite string tied to Hualian's wrist, and said involuntarily:
"There must be a kite string on it. Is it possible that someone in the elevator room, where you can't see, pulled the kite string, so that you think it's Miss Hua Lian who is waving?"

"This one……"

Hearing this, panicked sweat flowed from the art supervisor's face:
"Because it was very dark in the elevator room, and I was very anxious... I didn't notice such a subtle place... But I never thought about the fact that she might have died!"

As he talked, the art supervisor became a little incoherent.

"Well, if you just wave your hands, you can easily do it with this thread."

Officer Mumu looked at the kite string tied to Hua Lian's wrist, and nodded thoughtfully, affirming.

"Yes. In this way, everyone really saw Miss Hualian alive when she said she was going to take a bath and left the stage for a while. It should be around 08:30?"

Shinichi explained.

"Well...it seems, yes."

After hearing what Shinichi said, the art director and the people around couldn't help but nodded.

"So, I think it is necessary to expand the scope of the investigation to those who do not have an alibi between 08:30 and :. It would be better."

Shinichi suggested to Police Officer Megure.

"oh, I understand now."

Officer Megure nodded to Xin, then looked at the other people around:

"Then, I'm very sorry. First, let me start with my mother, Mei Ling. Please tell me what you did between 08:30 and :?"

"OK……"

Asked like this, Meiling, who was no longer as crazy as before, replied with some sadness:

"At that time, after Meimei called me and told me about Hualian's disappearance, she desperately went to find her."

"Can anyone prove this?"

Inspector Mumu asked.

"No……"

Mei Ling shook her head in confusion, but soon thought of something again, and couldn't help saying:
"No. After I went to her suite on the th floor to look for Hualian, and because I heard Meimei said that I found Hualian, I happily went downstairs to watch her performance. It happened to be in the elevator. I met the old gentleman, and because he praised the cake as delicious, I gave him all the rest of the cake... Before that, I was upstairs all the time... Does this count? "

Mei Ling said, pointing to Dr. Ali who was standing aside.

"Ah, indeed."

Dr. Ali couldn't help but smiled awkwardly and said:
"I really missed the taste of that cake, so I wanted to ask if there were any cakes left. As a result, when I went upstairs, I happened to meet Ms. Meiling... At that time, it should be after nine o'clock."

"Is that so..."

Police officer Mumu couldn't help saying:
"Unfortunately, this can only prove that Ms. Meiling was upstairs during that short period of time. It is still a bit far-fetched to prove the alibi for the entire period... However, at that time, my sister went to Where is it?"

With that said, Police Officer Mumu looked at Meimei.

"Because my mother went to Hualian's lounge to look for it, so I mainly looked for it behind the stage."

Meimei couldn't help lowering her head and said sadly.

"So that's how it is. You acted separately... It's a pity that you don't have a clear alibi."

Officer Megure said in a slightly apologetic tone, then slowly took out a rolled up weekly magazine from his jacket pocket, looked at Meiling and explained:
"Ms. Meiling, in fact, my subordinates accidentally saw a report about Hualian in the weekly magazine that was sold this morning..."

As he said that, Police Officer Meguro opened the magazine, and saw the headline "Miss Hefeng's Most Promising Candidate--Shou Hualian's Private Life!" was prominently written on the cover.

"From this report, Hua Lian's clothing color, makeup, diet, and even daily life are all managed by you, is that right?"

The police officer Mu Mu asked seriously.

——"It's all... so the cake recipe?"

Hearing this, Xin subconsciously blurted out, but soon realized that the occasion was wrong. Fortunately, because the voice was too low, Mei Ling who was being questioned could not hear.

On the other hand, Dr. A Li couldn't help but stepped forward, and whispered to Shinichi:

"Xinyi, in fact, the cake recipe seems to have been sold to a pastry shop in Yamate. Because of the signing of an agreement, we can't tell us. But the cake made with that recipe will be sold in that pastry shop under Hualian's name in the near future. sell."

Hearing this, Shinichi couldn't help being overjoyed, and whispered:
"In that case, as long as you go to that pastry shop to buy cakes, you can always change back!"

"It's too beautiful for you to think."

At this moment, Zhibao, who didn't know when he came to Shinichi's side, said coldly, as if pouring a basin of cold water on Shinichi's head:
"Just like white dry wine, I'm afraid your body will soon develop resistance to this cake."

Regarding this, Shinichi couldn't help but give Shiho a blank look, and didn't pay much attention to her, and continued to watch Officer Megure's questioning of everyone present.

On the side, Sonoko saw Zhibao coming in suddenly, and he was whispering to Shinichi, he couldn't help but grab Xiaolan beside him, and reminded quietly:

"Hey! Xiaolan, although that Miss Haili is a classmate of Mr. Sensible, you have to be careful when you look at her and Shinichi. After all, compared to Mr. Sensible, Shinichi is better at deceiving girls. Too high."

"Sonoko, what are you talking about!"

When Xiaolan heard Yuanzi's words, she couldn't help but respond helplessly:
"Actually, I saw Mr. Wise and Miss Haley just now..."

As she said that, Xiaolan couldn't help leaning into Yuanzi's ear, and told about the scene she saw in the kitchen just now...

……

At this time, in the "women's dressing room" on the eighteenth floor, Gao Yuan, dressed as Shuichi Akai, was facing the mirror, putting on eye makeup for himself——

After all, what Shiho said was correct, even if a mask covered most of his face, it would still be too easy to see through if his eyes were not the same.

So Gao Yuan is now trying to make up his eyes to look like Shuichi Akai.

However, since he does not have a photo of Akai Shuichi, Gao Yuan can only try to come——

And the template for trying makeup is a photo of "Taiko Celebrity", Haneda Hideyoshi!

After all, as Akai Shuichi's younger brother, there are probably similarities in appearance that can be referred to, and, compared to looking for Akai Shuichi's photos, Haneda Hideyoshi's photos are much easier to find!

(End of this chapter)