Ke Xue: I was raised by them in Mihua.

She didn't even bother to greet the people outside the door, and ran straight back inside.

When Luo Tian and the others went inside, they found her chanting in front of a shrine.

"Darling, our daughter finally has someone who wants her, she finally has a boyfriend..."

"Mother!!!"

Now it was Miwako's turn to break down.

Why does it sound like she'll never get married?

Chapter 158 Taking Advantage, Miwako's Feelings (Third Update)

　"So, did you find anything?"

Inside the Sato family's study, the two were searching for something.

After Sato Masayoshi's death, his belongings were organized by Sato's mother and placed in the study.

If we're looking for any clues, this place definitely has the highest probability of being the best fit.

Of course, the only one they were really looking for was Miwako; Luo Tian, ​​who already knew the truth, was just going through the motions.

He had originally planned to chat more with Sato's mother to improve his relationship with her.

But as soon as she heard about Miwako's funny stories from fifth grade, the policewoman couldn't hold back any longer and dragged him into the study.

"Seriously?! You really want to hear embarrassing stories from my childhood?!"

Seeing Luo Tian's leisurely figure, Miwako felt a surge of embarrassment and annoyance.

Honestly, is her own mother really that satisfied with this future son-in-law?

Even though it was only their first meeting, he had almost revealed all of her secrets.

If she hadn't stopped us, we probably wouldn't have had a single secret left!

"I just want to know more about you."

Luo Tian casually placed a photo frame down, took Meihezi's soft little hand in his hand, and gently squeezed it.

"And making Mom happy is the right thing to do!"

"That's my mom, not your mom!"

Miwako gave a soft snort, but the corners of her mouth involuntarily turned up a few degrees.

Clearly, she was quite pleased with Luo Tian's sweet words.

"Well, with the relationship between us, it's only a matter of time before I start calling you 'Mom'!"

Luo Tian smiled dismissively and brazenly wrote words in the policewoman's palm.

Miwako's current level of affection for him has clearly reached a very high level.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have tacitly accepted his boyfriend declaration in front of Takagi Shiratori's two colleagues from the Metropolitan Police Department.

Even in front of her own mother, she did not deny it.

However, there was still a knot in her heart that prevented her from fully expressing her inner emotions.

Once the "Sorrowful Lover Incident" is resolved and this knot in one's heart is untied, everything else will fall into place naturally.

Thinking this, Luo Tian straightened his expression and looked at the policewoman.

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. I've made some discoveries. Would you like to hear them?"

The act is almost over; it's time to tell the truth.

If this drags on any longer, he'll probably shrink in front of everyone again.

"real?!"

Upon hearing this, Miwako's eyes lit up, and she no longer cared that she was being taken advantage of.

"Of course it's true. When did I lie to you?"

Luo Tian smiled and continued to play with the policewoman's small hand.

He is usually very dashing, and whether he is holding a gun or beating someone, he uses these hands. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they are as strong as steel.

At this moment, however, it seemed as soft and boneless as a ball of cotton, changing shape in his hands.

Upon hearing this, Miwako's pretty face was filled with excitement and joy, and her gaze towards Luo Tian softened even more.

This is the man she has her eye on!

A cold case that had troubled him and the police for more than ten years was solved with just a few glances!

Isn't this way much better than that high school detective?!

"Let's go find Mom and have her listen too!"

With that in mind, Miwako prepared to share this exciting moment with her mother.

Of course, before leaving the study, she blushed and broke free from Luo Tian's large hand.

There are other people in the living room!

The thought of being noticed by her mother, best friend, and that little girl made her extremely shy.

But as soon as she broke free, she found herself missing the feeling of being held by Luo Tian's hand.

Be patient! Let's talk about it when no one else is around!

……

In the living room, having heard that Luo Tian had solved the mystery, everyone sat around the sofa, waiting for his reasoning.

Let's start with the three characters 【愁思郎】 (chóusī láng).

Picking up the little girl, Luo Tian wrote down the pronunciation of the three characters "愁思郎" (Chou Si Lang) on ​​a piece of paper.

However, instead of stringing them together, he separated each syllable and (cieg) recombine them with slashes.

"Looking at it this way, how do you think it should be pronounced?"

Luo Tian pushed the paper in front of Miwako and the others, a faint smile on his face.

"...Go, go turn yourself in?!"

Following the grammar and pronunciation of the land of cherry blossoms, Miwako tentatively pronounced the words.

"That's right! I think that when my uncle was hit by a truck and was on the verge of death, he uttered these words intermittently. When passersby heard him, they misinterpreted it as 'the sorrowful lover'!"

Luo Tian gave an affirmative answer and shared his conjecture.

"Then the next question is, if it's just an ordinary prisoner, Uncle could have simply said his name while he was on his last breath. Why didn't you do that?"

This time, he turned his attention to Sato's mother.

No one present knew the deceased Sato Masayoshi better than her.

"I think he probably believed that person would turn themselves in, so he..."

Although more than ten years have passed, Sato's mother still couldn't help but show her grief when talking about it.

"I understand! The culprit is someone Sato-senpai knows, and they're quite close, so they believed he would turn himself in, right?!"

Now that things have come to this point, even Yumi Miyamoto can deduce some clues.

This is a major discovery!

This narrowed the target from the vast sea of ​​people to the social circle of Sato Masayoshi during his lifetime.

If we take the condition of having a very good relationship into account, we can basically narrow down the suspects to single digits.

"Mom, Dad's good friend must be..."

"It must be them, right?"

Luo Tian interrupted Miwako and placed a photo frame on the table.

This is something he brought from his study; it's a group photo of a baseball team that Sato Masayoshi formed in high school.

A baseball team can have a lot of members, but in this photo, there are only four people besides Masayoshi Sato.

The fact that they can take individual photos together is enough to show that the five of them have a very good relationship.

"Yes, after graduating from Zhengyi High School, he went to the police academy and then worked directly at the Metropolitan Police Department. His social circle is basically there, except for a few of them."

Sato's mother nodded, her gaze towards the photo filled with a mixture of nostalgia and confusion.

Once upon a time, when her husband was still alive, these people would often come to visit.

Now that time has passed and she suddenly heard that the people who killed her husband were among these individuals, she felt a great deal of melancholy.

"You should have already figured out who it is, right?"

Xiao Ai tilted her head up and saw Luo Tian's confident smile.

She gently bumped him with the back of her head and asked curiously.

Chapter 159 Miyamoto Yumi Who Wants to Steal a Man (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe!)

　"Is this where it is?"

As they moved from the Sato residence to the outside of a restaurant, Miwako's face turned cold, and her delicate body trembled slightly.

"This is it. Your father and I had a candlelight dinner here years ago."

A hint of reminiscence flashed in Sato's mother's complex eyes.

She never imagined that the owner of the restaurant she and her late husband frequented was actually a murderer.

They were such good friends back then!

"The rest is up to you!"

Luo Tian stood to the side holding the little girl, with no intention of going in.

He has said everything he needed to say; it's better to leave the rest to the mother and daughter and let them handle it themselves.

No, I want you to come in with us.

Miwako suddenly tugged at Luo Tian's sleeve and whispered a request.

"Hmm? This isn't convenient, is it?"

"What's inconvenient about it? We're all family now!"

Sato's mother walked over with a smile, taking Luo Tian's arm with one hand and her daughter's arm with the other.

Having been a widowed housewife for many years, she immediately rallied the two of them.

Seeing that everyone had gone into the restaurant, Yumi Miyamoto wanted to follow them in.

Kazuko suddenly turned around and uttered a sentence.

"Yumi, please keep watch here!"

"Ugh?!"

Yumi Miyamoto's eyes widened, unable to comprehend how her best friend could utter such cold words from a mouth that was 37 degrees Celsius.

So love doesn't disappear, it just shifts, shifting to your man, right?

This time, she's the one who brought people to help!

Why are they already discarding us after we've served our purpose, before we've even fully understood the situation?!

With a pout, Yumi Miyamoto sat down on the bench outside the shop.

She could somewhat understand what her best friend meant; she was probably afraid that if the person ran away, she could wait for them to come to her.

But I still feel sad!

"Having a boyfriend isn't all that great! Wait until I find one too... no! Wait until I steal yours away! Let's see what you do then?!"

Muttering defiant words to herself, she instantly felt much better.

……

"Oh! Miwako, and sister-in-law too! What rare guests we have!"

The owner of this restaurant is a thin, middle-aged man named Shuji Kano.

Upon seeing Sato and her daughter, he paused for a moment, as if startled, before standing up to greet them.