Conan's First Love is a Profiler

Chapter 127 The Cornerstone of Trust

After leaving the office, Conan found Qinghai Chuantang.

By asking questions, he successfully obtained some interesting clues.

"Mr. Shimizu asked for leave the night before yesterday two months ago, saying he had an appointment."

"so what?"

Qinghai Chuantang put down the book, looked at him, and looked forward to what would follow.

"I think I have made an appointment with you. Besides, I have also investigated it."

The second half of the sentence was naturally Conan's trick on her.

After hearing this, Qinghai Chuantang had a blank expression on his face.

After a long time, he smiled.

Said: "Little friend Conan, if you want to lie, choose a smart one."

But she had no intention of hiding anything.

"That day I suddenly remembered that something important happened, so I came here, around 11:15."

The guardrail separates people and the sea.

In the distance, there are trams passing by.

"Then I returned home immediately. I arrived home at 11:55."

"Going home soon?"

She responded softly.

"I was originally prepared to leave it alone, but I was worried that the other party would do something stupid and wait in the cold wind all night, so I came here. But when I saw that no one was there, I went back immediately."

Before I turn thirty, I will become a man worthy of you.

So, can you wait until then?

It was here that they said their final goodbyes the night before they broke up.

"I'll be waiting for you here on the night of my 30th birthday."

In the end, Qingshui Wenyu did not wait for her, and Qinghai Chuantang did not see him.

She was just being kind-hearted and wanted to see if that foolish man was really foolish enough to come and wait for her.

After all, at that time, I clearly rejected him and said it was impossible.

Unfortunately, what he finally waited for was the coming of death.

The other shoe of Qingshui Wenyu was not salvaged in the water, so the search team members turned their attention to land and searched along the weeds upstream.

Next to it, there is a yellow warning sign indicating danger.

"Could it be that he fell in here?"

Conan guessed and ran over quickly.

There was indeed a lost shoe below, exactly the same as the one worn by Qingshui Wenyu.

"The other shoe that was not found fell here."

Sato pointed at the mark B on the map and said.

"If the person was drunk and fell from here, and was washed by the current to where the body was found, it makes sense."

The place where the body was found was naturally location A.

"But, Location B is far from home and the gym. There should be other women's homes nearby, right?"

Pingyuan Xingzi was captured by surveillance cameras at 7:55 that evening and 8: the next morning, proving his alibi.

As for Akiko Ueto, her statement that she was at home was not enough to serve as an alibi, but she was not found to have cheated with anyone, nor was there any evidence pointing to the issue.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like an accident.

Conan pondered for a moment at the place where the body was found, then took out his wallet to see if it was thinner.

After all, appraisals and such require money.
In addition to the water at the site where the body was found, Conan also sampled the water downstream from the site where the body was found.

Because he always felt that this was not an accident.

And the final result was exactly as he expected.

"When comparing the water in the river where the body was found and the water in the lungs of the body, we found that the types of plankton were different."

However, the river water flowing downstream has the same composition as the water in the lungs.

In other words, the place where Qingshui Wenyu drowned should be near the downstream.

"Brother Maoli?"

When he heard the voice, he knew it was another familiar old friend.

"But why would the people who died there go upstream? The river doesn't flow upstream. And this case has been ruled as an accident."

The found shoes are the best evidence of the fall accident.

"Inspector Megure, you care too much about the saying 'a river only flows in one direction'."

"what?"

It is also possible that someone drowned downstream and then moved upstream and abandoned the body.

If the wounds and internal bleeding on the body were not caused during the drifting process, there must be other reasons.

And this is the key to successfully solving the puzzle.

"There may still be traces of the murder nearby. In an hour and a half, there will be cumulonimbus clouds passing over there, and the evidence will be washed away. So, Inspector Megure, I'm counting on you."

"Wait a minute, Maori brother!"

Megure Jusan looked at the hung up phone and was silent for a while: "Why do I always feel that Brother Maori is a little strange today? And the tone of his voice is also strange."

But based on his trust in him, Megure Juzo still arranged for people to take immediate action.

After coming out of the public telephone booth, Conan looked at Qinghai Chuantang who was standing next to him. He saw that the other party looked like he wanted to make him into a clay pot rice, and fear immediately appeared on his face.

He couldn't help but take a step back.

"Sister Xiaotang."

Conan smiled and said, "After all, he is your ex-boyfriend. It is worth paying a little money to find out the truth. After all, we can't let the real murderer go unpunished."

Qinghai Chuantang said expressionlessly: "It's only a few days, I can't be considered a boyfriend. But..."

She leaned over him and said, "Your power of death is so useful, when are you going to film an episode at my ex-boyfriend's house?"

"what?"

Conan blinked in confusion.

Because I am a little concerned about Akiko Ueto's matter.

So under the leadership of Qinghai Chuantang, he came to the gym where the other party was.

He also successfully tricked a woman into giving him makeup remover wipes by acting cute and coquettish.

"I have to say, you're becoming more and more like a child."

Qinghai Chuantang looked down at him, "I really hope that after you change back, you won't do anything like this again."

After all, a man who is almost an adult, saying "ah lie lie" and acting cute and innocent in various ways always makes people feel nauseous.

Conan smiled awkwardly, not having the heart to tell the other party that he had done something similar during his school trip because he forgot to take the antidote.

"There was news about it online before, but it was deleted not long after. But I remember that it seemed like it was during the school trip that you transformed back and successfully solved the case."

Conan froze in place.

He raised his head mechanically and looked at the other person: "Did you see that news at that time?"

At that time, there were media and reporters surrounding Kudo's house and blocking the school.

Fortunately, Hattori Heiji used a photo of Okita Souji to trick the person. With the help of his parents, the poster deleted the message and said that he had made a mistake.

The incident was finally settled.

Now that it was brought up, Conan wondered whether the people in the Black Organization had also seen the news.

But if you saw him, why didn't you come and look for him?
"After all, it's public information, so it's normal to see it."

As if remembering something, Qing Hai Chuan Tang said: "Gin sometimes surfs the Internet. You should pray that he didn't see it at that time."

Conan looked at the gym in front of him, then looked up at Qinghai Chuantang.

I just feel that the other person's smile at this moment is comparable to the devil from the abyss.

I don’t know if I will get used to being scared in the future.

"Hey, aren't you the kid who has an IQ 20 points higher than Leonardo da Vinci'?"

Akiko Ueto looked at him coming, somewhat puzzled.

Then he looked at Qinghai Chuantang standing beside him, and his confusion grew even stronger.

"You'll obviously sweat a lot when you come to the gym, but you still put on makeup."

Conan smiled innocently and said apologetically, "Sister, I'm sorry."

The makeup remover wipes in his hand were very effective and quickly cleaned every area they touched.

"What are you doing!"

The other person stretched out his hand to cover it, but he still caught the bruises on his face.

After getting the answer, Conan left the gym and came to the place where Qinghai Chuantang had brought him before.

However, Qinghai Chuantang himself returned home, saying that he was too sleepy and wanted to rest early.

The indifferent expression on his face could not be connected with the person who had said before that he was worried that the other person would catch a cold in the cold wind.

The sky gradually darkened.

The street lights also lit up with warm lights at fixed times, guiding the direction.

At this time, a food truck stopped nearby, which specialized in selling drinks.

People waiting in the cold wind do need a cup of warm milk tea or coffee as comfort.

So Conan ran over and ordered a cup of hot milk tea.

I also took the opportunity to ask the other party a few questions.

The next morning, Conan called Qinghai Chuantang to the same place.

The food truck was also nearby, with a few tables set up around it.

"Hello, please give us two cups of cappuccino."

"Ok."

After the boss finished speaking, he noticed Conan standing beside him and said with a smile: "Little brother, it's you."

Conan smiled and said, "Big sister, can you tell her again what you said yesterday?"

"Ok."

The boss looked at her and said, "You are not Miss Qinghai Chuantang, are you?"

Qinghai Chuantang nodded.

"I'm sorry. Someone asked me to bring you a message, but I didn't."

Qinghai Chuantang showed a puzzled expression.

But vaguely, I guessed something in my heart.

"That person seemed to be waiting for someone since the evening."

Suddenly I received a call from Shimizu Atsuhiro, and it seemed that because of the other party's anxious condition, I was ready to leave here temporarily.

But he took the agreement into consideration, and when he was struggling, he remembered the food truck where he had bought coffee in front.

So he ran over and asked his boss for a favor.

"A very beautiful and gentle woman will come over later. Can you talk to her and ask her to wait for me for a while?"

The other party's expression was sincere, and it was such a small favor, so the boss naturally agreed.

"By the way, her name is Qinghai Chuantang. I'll be back soon, please!"

After saying this, he ran away in a hurry.

That day, the boss waited until closing time, but in the end he still didn't get to see the woman named "Qinghai Chuantang".

After expressing his thanks, Qing Hai Chuantang picked up the cappuccino on the table and handed one of them to Conan.

The two of them walked to the guardrail with paper cups.

"Mr. Shimizu, he kept his promise to you and has been waiting for you here."

He stared at her, not missing any expression on her face, even for a moment.

"Well, I know."

However, she just replied calmly.

“Really”

Conan felt a sense of frustration and powerlessness that he had never felt before.

He pressed his forehead against the cold railing.

"Don't you care at all? Or, aren't you touched at all?"

After realizing that he has killed someone by mistake, the murderer may still kneel down.

However, the person who knew that the other person had been waiting for her for a long time in the cold wind remained calm, as if this matter had nothing to do with her.

Conan took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to her.

Inside was an admission letter.

"He will be working as a physical education teacher at his high school starting in the spring. Mr. Shimizu is waiting for you here just to tell you this."

Because of the injury, I had to give up my dream.

But he did not give up on himself, because he said he would try his best.

"He kept his promise to you, which spanned four years."

"If I stay with him for a long time, maybe I will be moved or something."

She did not read the contents of the letter.

"But yeah, I was with him for less than a week, and I didn't think we were in a relationship at the time."

So in a sense, she didn't think the other person was her ex-boyfriend.

Conan looked at her and finally spoke out the words that had been suppressed in his heart.

"How come Mr. Shimizu thinks you're gentle? Why do you keep thinking about you even though we've only been together for a few days?"

And made such a promise.

It makes people think that they must be a couple who have been together for a long time.

Qinghai Chuantang leaned against the railing and took a sip of the cappuccino in his hand.

"People are complicated."

With some people, it feels like years after just a few days together; with others, they’ve been together for several years, but it still feels like they’ve only known each other for a few days.

"The impression a person leaves on another person's heart is not determined by the length of time. It depends on how the other person places you in their heart and what you have done to make the other person remember you and leave a mark on them."

"It's like, if there's a man who's willing to take a bullet for me, I'll definitely be touched."

Conan, on the other hand, seemed a little confused.

“Why is it touching, not heart-throb?”

Qinghai Chuantang thought about it.

"She blocked the bullet for Big Brother, and then became his woman. It wasn't because she became a bullet that made me fall in love with her. It was because she blocked the bullet for me and I didn't die, so I could use her to block the bullet next time."

If a person happens to like you or has fallen in love with you.

Then, make good use of the other person's feelings for you and squeeze out their value.

Whether you are a man or a woman, love is a double-edged sword. It depends on how you use it.

"I don't know."

What he didn't understand was why the topic had gradually deviated so much?
At the same time, the police also arrived at Ueto Yutani's office.

"What's going on?"

Ueto Yutani stood up from his chair.

"Ma'am, you met with Mr. Shimizu on the evening of February 2th, right?"

Megure Juzo said as he looked at Ueto Akiko standing beside him.

"Stop talking nonsense."

"Yes."

After saying this, Akiko Ueto looked at her husband and said, "I'm sorry,

"you!"

Ueto Yutani walked out from inside, scaring Ueto Akiko so much that she instinctively took a few steps back.

Sato stood in front of her, looked directly at Ueto Aburaya and said, "Are you going to hit her again?"

"Madame has told us everything."

Megure Jusan looked at him and said.

Ueto Yutani looked annoyed and shouted, "Nonsense, she's lying!"

"Madam did not lie."

There was a hint of anger on Megure Jusan's face.

It is really sad that a lawyer would behave like this.

"That day, you also domestically abused Ms. Ueto. So, the lady called Mr. Shimizu and said that the course would be adjusted. Mr. Shimizu, who noticed something was wrong, rushed over."

So, Shimizu Onyu met her on the riverbank near Kamio's house.

I saw the wounds and tears on the other person's face.

No one expected that Shang Tengyou Gu was watching this scene nearby, and he became more determined in his inner thoughts.

So he picked up a stone on the ground, walked over, and smashed it hard at Qingshui Wenyu.

Then, he dragged the man's head into the water, attempting to drown him.

"Don't go too far! You don't even have any evidence, and you're still here."

"Yesterday we found stones stained with the blood of the deceased on the river bank."

At this time, Gao Mu walked in.

"You moved the deceased upstream and dumped the body. You also tried to make it look like he fell into the water by mistake, so you threw away one of his shoes. This is consistent with Ms. Ueto's testimony."

Ye Jiusheng behind him looked at Takagi with an admiring expression, as if the other person could glow.

As a senior, Takagi has become more mature and stable since having this junior.

Even his ability to get things done is a bit better than usual.

It's like being reborn.

This made Megure Jusan think of the time when he was also stared at and admired by his juniors.

"Not only Mr. Shimizu, your life is over too."

"It's a fact that she cheated on me!"

Ueto Yutani roared.

"The reason why it seems true to you is because you have a suspicious heart. And all that is just your wishful thinking."

Because he doesn't trust his wife, he easily falls into the abyss of suspicion.

“No derailment.”

Ueto Yutani pointed at his wife and yelled, "Do you have any evidence? There is no evidence of cheating!"

Akiko Ueto looked at him and felt that he was completely unreasonable.

"What evidence?"

Her eyes were filled with disappointment and her face was filled with despair.

"Yes. He has no romantic feelings towards your wife."

After saying that, Takagi looked in the direction of Sato: "But he loves a woman wholeheartedly."

Sato thought it was his illusion, so he blinked his eyes desperately.

In her eyes, Takagi was indeed looking in the direction of Ueto Aburaya.

It seems that I am indeed seeing things.
Suspicion and trust.

Even if the wife really did not cheat.

As long as her husband becomes suspicious, everything she does will become ironclad evidence of her infidelity.

Therefore, once you have made up your mind and chosen to trust, you must believe it unconditionally.

Otherwise, allowing trust and suspicion to coexist will only become contradictory.

But it is rare to be able to trust someone so wholeheartedly.

People are contradictory. It is as if they are constantly creating contradictions, so they themselves are also full of contradictions.

Conan trusts Qing Hai Chuantang, but also doubts her.

It was just like what she herself had warned him.

So he was worried, would there really come a day when the other party would become the person standing on the opposite side?

And this is exactly what Conan doesn't want to see.

Whether it is for long-term considerations or personal selfishness.

So, after finishing his last cappuccino, Conan looked at her.

"Sister Xiaotang, we won't become enemies, right?"

"We were never enemies."

"So, can you be trusted?"

"You can choose to do so."

This time, her answer changed.

(End of this chapter)