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

Snowflakes fell on the surface of the warm hot spring pool and immediately melted into water. Yukiko and Shiraizumi Mashi walked into the water together, enjoying the romantic feeling of soaking in a hot spring on a snowy day.

"Bai Jun, this is really great. It's more comfortable than I imagined."

"Yes. The scenery here is also great, and the natural hot springs have a unique advantage. Everyone likes to soak in natural hot springs."

"Yeah. I'm happy now."

Yukiko said happily.

Shiraizumi's heart moved, and he hugged Yukiko and said, "Sister Yukiko, can I do something extra with you?"

Yukiko was stunned for a moment: "Unnecessary things?" She didn't react at first, but soon understood what Baiquan Yi meant. She felt a heat approaching her lower body.

Yukiko's face flushed, and she said in a sweet voice, "Young people's bodies are so good. It's hard to imagine..."

After submitting his homework, Kudo Yusaku takes at least a month to recover, which is completely incomparable to Shiraizumi Masaru. What's even more outrageous is that every time Kudo Yusaku finishes his homework, he only takes three seconds to finish it, which is really perfunctory.

Yukiko used to be naive and thought all men were like this, so she didn't pay much attention to it. But now that she has met Shiraizumi Masu, she realizes that she has fallen into a serious misunderstanding.

It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. That is why Yukiko said she can't turn back.

"Is it okay? Sister Yukiko..."

"Well...Bai Jun, I'm yours now."

Yukiko spread her arms and embraced Shiraizumi's tall figure.

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52. Stay with me for another night

The weather is cold in winter and people's activities are reduced, which can easily lead to blood stagnation and blocked meridians. Soaking in hot springs can enhance blood circulation and activate meridians. Soaking in hot springs will make you feel relaxed and comfortable.

Yukiko's eyes were full of affection, and her eyes were like water: "Bai Jun, you are really amazing. I am so happy."

Shiraizumi Masu said: "Yukiko...I will always treat you well."

Soaking in the hot springs in the snow, admiring the snowy mountain scenery, and enjoying the gentle and beautiful Yukiko, Shiraizumi Mashi couldn't imagine anything happier than now.

The willows slant in the winter wind, and the spring shadows cover the houses.

Sometimes it rains a little, and there are flowers blooming everywhere.

……

Winter is the season for nourishing and recuperating. Soaking in hot springs for too long will damage your vitality. After soaking in the hot springs, Shiraizumi Masushi and Yukiko returned to the guest room to rest.

The heater was on in the room. Yukiko was only wearing a thin yukata. She and Qin Yu were whispering in each other's ears and lying with their arms around each other, showing their love for each other.

Shiraizumi Mashi leaned on Yukiko's lap, enjoying the warmth in the room. He had just released his body and now felt relaxed.

"Are you going back to Tokyo tomorrow?"

"Why? You can't bear to leave me."

"Your house is right across from mine. Why would you be reluctant to leave? I'm just lamenting that happy times are too short."

"That's okay. Come to me anytime you feel lonely, and I'll make sure you're well fed."

"That's annoying... Don't take advantage of your good health, or you might get prematurely old."

“I’m different from ordinary people.”

Shiraizumi Masaru's comprehensive abilities far surpass those of ordinary people, so he can handle anything without any pressure. An ordinary person would definitely not be able to finish his work so late. Kudo Yusaku looks like he has kidney deficiency, and it's likely that his kidneys were drained when he was young, and he's long been in trouble.

In fact, Shiraizumi guessed wrong. Kudo Yusaku has been a bad person since he was a child. He is just a little old man.

If you really think about it, it's clear. Japan hasn't fought a war in decades, yet Kudo Yusaku still has a mustache that he's rubbing like crazy. Back then, even young men wouldn't grow a mustache because it was unsightly! He got hurt wearing a gas mask during World War I, so he had no choice but to grow a mustache. In modern Japan, aside from the elderly Japanese men who survived World War II, no one else has a mustache. So, Kudo Yusaku is just a little old man. He was born 28 years old and couldn't do that.

Yukiko Kudo marrying Yusaku Kudo was purely a plot requirement, just like Tomoko Suzuki marrying a pig, and Chikage Kuroba marrying a flashing person who had been missing for more than ten years and becoming a widow.

Then there's Eri Kisaki... She also married Kogoro Mōri due to plot requirements, but she despises him and only stays married for the sake of her daughter. Kogoro Mōri is also a talented man, incredibly patient. Even after his wife abandoned him and their daughter for over a decade, he still refuses to divorce. Either he's a good father to his daughter, or he's a complete coward.

As for Hattori Shizuka, that's even more problematic. Hattori Heizo isn't black, Hattori Shizuka is very fair, and Hattori Heiji looks like he came from an African tribe. It's obvious that Hattori Heiji isn't his biological son, but rather, he was adopted. As for why Hattori Heizo adopted a child when he couldn't have had one himself, it was definitely because he had no other choice.

Do you believe that a son looks like his grandfather? You are a yellow-skinned person, but you married a beautiful white-skinned woman, and your son is African.

You also say that your son is African because he looks like his grandfather. Do you believe that? Is it fun to lie to yourself?

But when Heizo Hattori said his son looked like his grandfather, that was why he was so dark, no one dared to object. Heizo Hattori was the Superintendent of the Osaka Prefectural Police, a high-ranking Japanese official, so who would dare to object? Everyone knew it in their hearts, but no one said it out loud, and those who couldn't figure it out were facing the wall and thinking about it.

All in all, in short, Bai Quanyi, as the chosen one of the system, has a heavy responsibility.

"Yes—Bai-kun is the best."

Women just like men who can satisfy them, and Bai Quanyi is such a strong and good man.

Yukiko looked out the window and saw a police car approaching. She warned, "Bai-kun, the Sapporo police are here."

Bai Quanyi said, "Let's go down and take a look. The police will definitely come to question us."

Yukiko nodded and said, "Okay."

The two changed their clothes and went downstairs.

As expected, the Sapporo police called the hotel staff down and questioned them one by one.

Later, the police found Miss Sakuko's body in a pond below the cliff behind the hotel. The pond was actually a hot spring, which would not freeze in such cold weather.

After the wind and snow completely stopped, it was almost evening and a group of criminal police gathered by the pond.

"The victim was Ogura Sakuko, 22 years old..."

The dripping body of the female university student with droopy eyes was found by the pond. A police officer examined the student's testimony and said, "This fourth-year art student was found floating in the middle of the pond. The cause of death appears to be drowning... Let's send her to the judiciary first, Officer Ezomatsu."

"Well, let's do this."

Ezomatsu sighed and looked at the body that was pulled ashore. The body looked very ugly and uncomfortable.

“Is this female student traveling alone?”

"He came with three classmates from the Academy of Fine Arts. They are..." The police officer pointed to several college students standing nearby.

"The one on the far right is Mr. Motoyama Kazuji, followed by Ms. Onoue Maka, and Mr. Itabashi Kazuya..."

"Three of you," Ezomatsu perked up and looked at them. "Well, could you explain to me in detail what happened from the time Ms. Sakuko disappeared until her body was discovered?"

"Ah, okay..."

"The last time I saw Sako was in the hotel lobby. It seemed to be around 12 o'clock, and Sako went back to her room by herself..."

"We had agreed to have lunch together in the hotel cafeteria at around 1:4, but she was the only one who didn't show up, so we went to look for her..."

Ma Hua, the girl with brown hair, explained, "We went to her room and knocked on the door but there was no response, so we asked the hotel staff to help open the door, but she wasn't there. After that, we all split up and looked for her in the hotel..."

Yezomatsu frowned and said solemnly: "The body was wearing ski boots, and there were skis floating in the pond. It shouldn't have fallen into the middle of the pond..."

The horse-faced young man, Banqiao, looked up at the cliff and sighed, "I think Shuozi must have accidentally fallen down while skiing and drowned in the pond..."

"Miss Sakuko was really skiing at the time?" Bai Quanyi interrupted Banqiao and examined the body. "She wasn't wearing a hat or ski goggles..."

"Ah? Maybe it was blown away by the wind when it fell?"

"What about the gloves? It's unlikely that even the gloves would be blown away so easily." Shirazumi glanced at the three university students. "The reason they're missing is actually pretty easy to explain. Miss Sakuko didn't plan to go skiing. We should be able to find them if we look in her room. We might even find a hood, a hat, and ski goggles... if they haven't been thrown away in the meantime."

Ezo Matsuso's eyes lit up, and while he hastily arranged for the police to investigate, he asked the three people, "So, can you tell me where you were between the time you separated from Miss Sakuko and the time the body was discovered?"

"I'll stay in my room."

"Me too……"

Benshan and Mahua responded one after another, and Banqiao said at the end: "I am making a snowman behind the hotel, and I will go back when it snows heavily..."

"Make a snowman?"

"Yes, it's right on the cliff. It's the test product for our graduation project..."

"That means there's no alibi." Ezo Matsuso nodded and took notes carefully.

"By the way, Ms. Sakuko rented a snowboard, did you guys do the same?"

"right……"

“I rented skis,” Motoyama said, “but I didn’t ski.”

"He was taking care of me," Ma Hua explained, "I couldn't ski because of my leg injury last year..."

"But even if you can't ski, you can still push someone down," Ezo Matsumoto stared at Mahua and said, "It's possible that the three of you secretly called Miss Sakuko here and pushed her down from up there, right, Officer Bai?"

"impossible."

Quan Yi observed the cliff and the pond, then shook his head. "The cliff is at least five meters away from the pond. If you push someone down from there, they'll just land on the snow. It looks like you'll have to ski down at high speed..."

"I get it!" Ezomatsu said excitedly, "Except for Miss Mahua, the other two can ski. This way, we can carry the petite Miss Sakuko down and then throw her into the pond..."

The horse-faced young man, Banqiao, said helplessly, "That's unlikely, isn't it? Even if they could slide down successfully, it's impossible to climb back up easily in such a heavy snowstorm... If you don't believe me, you can check the skis and boots we left in the hotel lockers. If they've been used, they'll definitely be wet, right?"

"Locker? Is that what you three share?"

"Any questions?"

"Then you guys can take out Miss Sako's skis and ski boots anytime..."

"Hey, hey, what do you want to say?" Several people were dissatisfied under the questioning of Ezo Matsu, "We can't kill Sakuko!"

Although the blizzard has stopped, a cold wind still blows from time to time by the pond.

Yukiko, who was standing by, asked quietly, "Bai Jun, did Miss Sakuko encounter an accident?"

Bai Quanyi said: "No, this is a murder case."

The victim's body has been taken away by the police for forensic autopsy. Under such circumstances, it is impossible to determine a more specific time of death, so the work is mainly focused on the cause of death.

Even if someone drowned, it doesn't necessarily happen in this pond, and then the question is whether there are any medicines.

There are two possibilities in the current situation. One is that Satoko rushed down with her skis, and the other is that she was deliberately pushed down by someone.

Judging from the clothes of the body, he must have been suddenly called out of the room by someone, so he was only wearing a ski suit. The skis and ski boots placed in the shared locker might have been taken out by the criminal.

Taking all factors into consideration, Sako may have lost consciousness or died before falling into the pond.

The key is to wait for the autopsy report. If the truth can be found, the only option left is to throw Sako from the cliff into the pond...

Above the cliff, everyone returned to the edge of the cliff where the incident occurred.

A section of the fence that was originally used for safety protection was missing, and a "Danger" sign was erected in the middle.

"This is probably the place where she fell..." Ezo Matsuso carefully looked down at the pond.

"Really? The railing is broken, is this the only sign you put up?"

"It broke last week, and they said they were going to fix it this weekend..."

"Hmm, it looks like there's no trace of skis."

"With such heavy snow, if there were any, they would have disappeared, right?"

"That's true," Ezo Matsuso put his hands behind his back and nodded in a serious tone.

Shiraizumi pointed at the snowman behind the inn, of which only a head remained, and asked, "Has Mr. Itabashi been making snowmen here before? Did you hear any noises?"

"Well, I was here until 1 o'clock because we had an appointment for lunch at 1 o'clock... But I was so focused on this work, and the snow was blowing hard and the wind was very loud, so I didn't hear anything..."

"I think I already know the truth." Bai Quanyi said.

Ezomatsu asked in surprise: "What, you already know the truth, could it be... you are a detective!"

Baiquanyi said: "I am not a detective, I am a criminal police officer."

540 Ezomatsu was even more surprised to run into a colleague: "You are also a detective! Then tell me, who is the murderer?"

Bai Quanyi pointed at Banqiao and said, "The murderer is Banqiao!"

Banqiao certainly couldn't admit it, and quickly defended himself, "Don't talk nonsense. How could I be the murderer? Don't accuse me so casually."

Ezomatsu said in confusion, "Yeah. Detective Bai, what's going on?"

Shiraizumi said: "Itabashi first drowned Miss Sakuko in the room, and then carried the body to the pond."

"What!" everyone was shocked.

Ezomatsu asked, "But how will Banqiao transport the bodies?"

Quan Yi walked over to the half-finished snowman and said, "The reason why only the head of the snowman is left untouched is because Banqiao needs a big snowball under the head to stuff Miss Sakuko inside and push her off the cliff. Once the snowball rolls into the pond, since the water in the pond comes from hot springs, it will melt quickly, and Miss Sakuko's body will naturally float on the water as it was when she was found..."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Banqiao defended himself. "Sakuko is small, sure, but there's no way she could have rolled down the cliff in a snowball like this. If the snowball wasn't strong enough, it would have broken along the way. How did she end up in the pond?"