Ke Xue: I picked up a bottle of sherry at the beginning.

The pendulum of the living room wall clock swung back and forth, and time passed little by little. Xiaolan went upstairs and found that the light in the room was still on, so she quietly went downstairs again.

Hiroto Akashi is teaching Sonoko the techniques of playing tennis.

Baiquan Yi was still watching TV, while Xiao Ai was by his side, and now there was Xiao Lan as well.

As for Conan, he was still absorbed in studying "Fishing Basics," a true studious detective. He was so absorbed that he even ignored Ran.

Time gradually came to ten o'clock in the evening.

"Well, the curry rice should be finished anyway," Xiaolan checked the time and stood up, saying, "I'll go upstairs and collect the tableware."

"Ah?" Akashi Hiroto smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry to bother you. Usually my dad should be asleep by this time, so just don't disturb him."

"it is good."

Xiaolan nodded and went upstairs cautiously.

"what--!"

Suddenly, Xiaolan's scream was heard from the second floor of the villa. Bai Quanyi immediately stood up and subconsciously said, "Something happened?"

Everyone hurried to the second floor. In the dim room, there was an old man hanging from a beam by a rope.

The old man's eyes were white, his mouth was wide open, and blood was still dripping from the corner of his mouth. His death was quite horrific.

20. Xiaolan is a healthy girl

"There's still some residual body temperature, but he's already starting to stiffen. He died about thirty minutes ago..." Bai Quanyi walked into the room first, put on gloves, and shone a flashlight around. Then he pulled the light cord behind the body to brighten up the entire dormitory.

The deceased was named Akashi Takeo, the father of Akashi Hiroto.

When others wanted to come in, Bai Quanyi immediately stopped them.

"Wait, none of you are allowed to come in." Bai Quanyi took out his police ID and gestured in front of everyone, "I am a criminal police officer. None of you are allowed to come in without my order."

When Akashi Hiroto learned that Shiraizumi Masu was a detective, his body shuddered noticeably.

Bai Quanyi looked at Conan coldly and said, "Especially you little brat, get out of here right now."

Conan said cutely: "Hey hey hey... Officer Bai, I'm not an ordinary kid, I'm a detective!"

Bai Quanyi said, "I don't need a little devil's help. I say, do you look down on policemen?"

Conan was about to say something but was interrupted by Xiaolan.

"Sorry, Shiro-kun, I'm taking Conan out now."

Xiaolan complained, "Conan, stop making trouble!"

Conan said aggrievedly: "Sister Xiaolan, I didn't make any trouble."

Yuanzi had already taken out her cell phone to call the police, but was told that they could only come tomorrow.

Bai Quanyi asked the others to wait outside, and he stayed inside alone to find out the truth.

The body was hanging in front of the pull-out lamp, with a bed underneath and a partially eaten curry rice placed next to it. There was also a fallen stepladder on the other side, and a handkerchief with curry on it that seemed to have been used to wipe the mouth was lying on the side.

Bai Quanyi came closer, covered his nose, and examined the strange old man's mouth. Blood mixed with saliva seemed to be flowing from his gums.

Izumi subconsciously looked outside at the frightened Akashi Hiroto. Recalling how he had previously returned to the living room and said his father was in dire straits, it seemed rather abrupt. Was this a plan from the beginning?

"Mr. Akashi," Shiraizumi said solemnly, looking at the bleeding gums, "Did your father have a tooth extracted recently?"

Akashi Hiroto came back to his senses after hearing this and said, "I think I went to the dentist a few days ago because my dad said that tooth decay is very painful and I need to see a dentist..."

Bai Quanyi stood up and looked up at the rope hanging on the beam. He paused and turned his gaze to the light cord hanging next to him.

Unlike the other rooms, the draw cord here is shorter and the knot in the middle of the extension cord is also different.

This guy rope is tied with a simple knot, while the one in the living room is tied with a fishing line knot. All the guy ropes in this house are made of fishing line, so a fishing line knot would be the most appropriate choice...

And under normal circumstances, a person wouldn't use multiple methods to tie a rope... Bai Quanyi already knew the truth.

Shiraizumi then asked, "Mr. Akashi, the light cords in the house have all been lengthened because of the old man, right? But the cord in this room is obviously much shorter."

"Oh, that," Akashi Hiroto explained, "is because my dad finds this cord annoying when he gets up at night, so only the lamp cord in his room is shorter."

"This is..." Bai Quanyi raised the old man's arm, "It seems to have been tied up by something! It seems..."

"They're probably rubber band marks," Akashi Hiroto interrupted, a cold sweat dripping down his face. "My dad always uses rubber bands to tie everything up. He always has them on his wrists..."

"Rubber band?"

Then, Bai Quanyi did put a lot of rubber bands under the pillow.

"Your father is really weird."

"My father did have some mental problems," Akashi Hiroto said, looking at the old man's body. "He said some strange things during dinner, so I talked to him for a long time before leaving."

"Is that so?"

"Yeah, he said he'd just die, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this..."

At this time, Xiaolan interrupted and said, "When I went upstairs for the first time, I heard a sobbing sound coming from the old man's room, as if he was crying..."

"Crying, crying?" Bai Quanyi fell into deep thought.

"She must have been crying when she decided to commit suicide," Sonoko said listlessly, supporting her chin.

"No, the old man didn't commit suicide. He was murdered." Shiraizumi looked at Akashi Hiroto with a sharp gaze. "The murderer must be you, Mr. Hiroto."

"How is it possible? Officer Bai. How could I be the murderer? I have always been with you."

"Actually, I should have thought of this when I met Mr. Akashi this day," Izumi said, looking at the nervous Akashi Hiroto. "Mr. Akashi didn't go to the tennis court entirely out of nostalgia for his late wife. He was planning to have someone over from the beginning, right?"

“I want to invite students…”

"To be more precise, it was to ask someone to help me provide an alibi."

Quan Yi confirmed, "The students we were supposed to look for left the tennis court because of the rain, leaving only a few of us. That's why they wanted to find us. The proof is that they prepared a huge amount of curry rice in advance..."

"I usually make a lot of curry," Akashi Hiroto said with a stiff smile, "because I often treat students I'm close to to dinner. It just happened to be raining today, so no one came to the tennis court..."

"Is that so?" Quan Yi stared at Akashi Hiroto and said, "I was just about to ask you, you said Akashi Yanfu saw a dentist a few days ago, right?"

"Yes, yes..." Akashi Hiroto, who didn't understand why Izumi asked this question, nodded in confusion.

"You can't eat spicy food after a tooth extraction. How could you, a former athlete health coach, prepare spicy curry for your father?"

"That's true, but I didn't know Dad had his teeth pulled," Akashi Hiroto said with sweat. "And the spicy curry was Dad's own request... Officer Bai, I really didn't kill my dad..."

"I found a tooth in that leftover curry," Izumi continued, looking directly at Akashi Hiroto. "And I also checked Mr. Yanfu's mouth. If the tooth had been extracted a few days ago, the root wound would have shrunk to a certain extent, and the blood in the wound should have coagulated. But the actual situation is not like that. Even the teeth next to it are loose and uneven..."

In other words, Mr. Yanfu lost his tooth after eating curry. To be more precise, he bit the rope with all his strength, which caused the tooth to fall out. "

"Rope?" Xiaolan and Sonoko looked at each other and both felt strange.

"That's right. Mr. Yan Fu was actually hanging from the beam while biting the rope with his mouth. When he ran out of strength and could no longer hold the rope, he was officially strangled to death. His teeth fell out and fell into the curry at that time." Quan Yi looked at Xiaolan and continued, "Xiaolan, what you heard was not Mr. Yan Fu's crying, but a cry for help. He just couldn't scream because he was biting the rope..."

Xiaolan's face turned pale: "How could this happen?"

Akashi Hiroto argued, "In that case, why didn't my father just hold on to the rope with both hands and use his mouth to call for help?"

"Mr. Yanfu has thin binding marks on his wrists. What if those aren't rubber bands, but chandelier cords?

Use the chandelier pull rope to tie Mr. Yan Fu's wrists, tie a slipknot, and then connect the pull rope to the chandelier in the second-floor bedroom.

In this way, when Mr. Yanfu uses up all his strength and falls, the rope will turn off the chandelier at the same time, and the noose will be torn off..."

Sonoko froze, staring intently at the silent Akashi Hiroto: "Is that really the case, Mr. Hiroto? That's why you asked Xiaolan to collect the dishes, and specifically said you'd be back when the lights were on?!"

Akashi Hiroto was speechless and bowed his head to confess: "No mistake, I am the murderer who killed my father."

Xiaolan asked in disbelief: "Mr. Akashi, why did you kill your father?"

Akashi Hiroto said in a daze, "Even if you hadn't come, I would have ended Dad's life today, because today is the anniversary of my wife's death. Three years ago today, my wife fell down in this forest and died in a flash flood...

It was a rainy day when I was driving to Tokyo for work. My father suddenly woke her up from her rest due to a cold and said he wanted to eat matsutake rice.

She could have just refused, but I am my wife. She forced herself to go to the supermarket three kilometers away, and on the way back she collapsed on the road like that..."

"But you can't blame your father for this..." Xiao Ai, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

Kuanren laughed self-deprecatingly. "The day after my wife's funeral, my father, unaware of my presence, was muttering to himself in front of the altar... Damn it, it's finally broken. Next time, I want a toy that can last a long time, something as sturdy as Kuanren..."

Before this, I always believed in him. Even though he made so many unreasonable demands on me, it was proof that he treated me like his own son..."

Conan was stunned and asked, "You are not his biological son?"

"Yes, I'm his adopted son," Akashi Hiroto said, looking up at the chandelier, his eyes still filled with unresolved resentment. "It was his request to build a house in these deep mountains, for my wife and I to live here. He said he wanted to live a life away from the world..."

Shiraizumi Masu had nothing to say about what happened to Akashi Hiroto.

Don't persuade others to be kind to others without suffering.

Shiraizumi Masaru silently took out handcuffs, handcuffed Akashi Hiroto's hands, locked him in his bedroom, and waited for the police to arrive tomorrow.

After the incident was resolved, it was already very late, and everyone went to the guest room and made the beds together.

The room is not big, but it is big enough for five people to sleep.

Xiaolan and Sonoko were the first to seize the high ground and spread their beds on both sides of Baiquanyi.

"Mr. Bai, I'm a little scared. Can I sleep next to you?" Although she was very shy, Xiaolan still told Bai Quanyi what she was thinking because of fear.

"Bai Jun, I'm scared too. I want to sleep next to you." Yuanzi simply wanted to sleep with Bai Quanyi.

As for Bai Quanyi, he naturally accepted everyone who came.

Seeing this, Xiao Ai pouted and said, "How abominable! Xiaolan and Yuanzi, two shameless women, have taken away my exclusive spot."

Xiao Ai jumped directly into Bai Quanyi's arms and said, "Brother, I'm scared too. Can I sleep in your arms tonight?"

"Hey, hey—is that really the case?"

Conan was dumbfounded, speechless and angry.

At the end of the day, everyone was very happy, left a good impression on each other, and made an appointment to come out and play together next time.

Of course, apart from Conan, Conan is now guarding against Baiquan Yi, just like guarding against a thief, reminding Xiaolan everywhere to be careful of Baiquan Yi.

However, Xiaolan disagreed. She preferred playing with her peers rather than elementary school students. Xiaolan was a healthy girl and had no tendency to be a coppersmith.

21. Mrs. Kudo actively seduces Shiraizumi Masu

Kudo Yukiko made up her mind and stood in front of the Kudo family residence, waiting for Shiraizumi Masu.

Every day when Bai Quanyi got off work and parked his car in the parking lot, he would pass by her house. She knew it and wanted to talk to Bai Quanyi alone, but she couldn't make up her mind.

This time she finally made up her mind. Kudo Yukiko calculated the time and waited for Shiraizumi Masu to come home from get off work.

"Officer Bai, what a coincidence." Kudo Yukiko pretended to have met her by chance.

"Ah...Mrs. Kudo, good afternoon." Shiraizumi Mashi greeted with a smile, revealing his white teeth.

"Um...Officer Bai, would you like to come to my house and have a seat?"

"No, it's quite late, and I have to go home and cook."

"Come to my house for dinner."

"Eh? That's not good."

"What's the matter?" Kudo Yukiko looked hospitable.

"Uh... I'll send a text message to Ai to let her know."

"No, I want to have dinner with you alone, a candlelight dinner for two."

Bai Quanyi swallowed his saliva: "Mrs. Kudo, are you kidding me?"

Yukiko Kudo smiled gently, her eyes were bright and her teeth were white, full of sweetness.

"Bai Jun, didn't I tell you? I'm often alone at home and feel lonely..."

Shiraizumi Masu was instantly fascinated by Mrs. Kudo and became her lover.

Mrs. Kudo was once a super star. She is definitely not a small internet celebrity, small model or small star. She is a T0-level beauty. Her unique temperament and innate cultivation are one-of-a-kind.

"I see. I'll send a text message to Ai to let her know I'll be working overtime tonight."

"Hehe... come with me."

Kudo Yukiko was polite on the surface, but she was thinking in her heart: This Shiraizumi Masaru is just as I thought. He looks sunny and decent on the surface, but he is actually a little pervert who is greedy for my body.