Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 286 The Truth of the Twists and Turns

Four dishes and one soup were quickly eaten up by three people.

After they finished eating, the man who had been sitting by the table watching them in the mirror quietly stood up and cleared the dishes.

Jing's wife Lin Yuemei went upstairs to rest while they were having dinner.

"Mr. Jing, let me help..."

Jinpei Matsuda felt a little embarrassed - he had eaten a meal for free, but the host didn't even eat it, and he even had to wash the dishes for them.

However, Jing looked at him with a bit of disdain:
"You can't wash as fast as I do."

Matsuda Jinpei: "..."

He is not slow in washing dishes at home...

However, after Jing entered the kitchen and came out a minute later, Jinpei Matsuda sat back in his chair silently.

Well, he certainly couldn't wash four plates and three bowls in a minute.

"Uncle Jing, don't you want to eat?"

Hiroki had seen Jing before and was not nervous at all when facing him.

"Wait for Lele to come back." Jing looked up at the time.

Anyway, it’s not even seven o’clock yet, and they don’t usually eat very early.

Now that there are no outsiders at home, Jing casually calls his son by his nickname. He usually calls Cang Fengao by his other name, Lin Changle.

"Speaking of which, today's case should have nothing to do with Mr. Jing, right?"

Jinpei Matsuda hesitated for a moment, but still asked.

He originally thought it was okay...but Cang Fengao's words and actions just now made him feel a little weird.

"No."

Jing's calm voice made Matsuda Jinpei breathe a sigh of relief.

However, the next sentence made him lie on the table:
"With Lele."

"..."

Jinpei Matsuda raised his eyes weakly.

Can he take people away?

Jing said calmly: "No."

Matsuda Jinpei: "..."

Does Mr. Mirror have the ability to read minds or something? If so, won't this case become an unsolved case again?
"Three days ago, the woman next door knocked on the door." Jing looked at Matsuda Jinpei as if he really had the ability to read minds and said hoarsely, "She cried and said that she had accidentally killed her husband and didn't know what to do."

Jinpei Matsuda didn't expect Jing to reveal the source of the matter, so he immediately pricked up his ears and listened quietly.

Hiroki and Haibara Ai also listened attentively to Jing's story.

Jing is not actually a very cold and taciturn person - but like most people, he will not show any kindness to "strangers". What's even worse is that he will show a certain degree of malice towards "people who are not his own".

Jinpei Matsuda, Hiroki Sawada, and Ai Haibara are already official members of the organization.

From an emotional perspective, the mirror includes them in the category of his own people, so when outsiders are not around, he will show a certain kindness... This can be considered one of the characteristics of the mirror.

Jing then told them the story of Mrs. Honda:

"Lele was there that day... He was too soft-hearted. Under the woman's crying and begging, he went to help deal with the scene and the body. Before going to school yesterday, he threw the body at the garbage point."

"...So, what happened between Mr. Honda and Mrs. Honda is true?" Jinpei Matsuda frowned slightly.

He also despised this kind of domestic violence... Although Mrs. Honda was a bit pitiful, she still killed someone in the end.

However, from Jinpei Matsuda's own standpoint, it is not right for him to torture, and it is not right for him not to torture.

"Le Le had quarrels with that man several times because his swearing was too loud and disturbing to others." Jing's answer showed that what Cang Fengao said just now was 70% true.

"Then he said that he had an argument with Mr. Honda last night..."

"In order to satisfy his own evil taste, he used to record conversations with others, and then listen to them while grinning." Jing's eyes were filled with speechlessness towards his son. "He put the recording across the street these past few nights and cursed into it."

Matsuda Jinpei: "..."

This operation is really cool.

But if you think about it carefully, doesn't that mean that the testimonies of Mrs. Honda and Cang Fengao are both false?

Jinpei Matsuda observed a moment of silence for those who were going to solve the case. It was too difficult, this incident was too difficult.

Hiroki and Haibara Ai also showed expressions of realization.

"So, he must have used that ability to delay the transformation of the corpse, right? So even though he's been dead for three days, it only looks like about one day."

Jinpei Matsuda has now completely sorted out his thoughts.

Cang Fengao's expression management was so good that no one probably suspected that he was giving false testimony. Moreover, with this clever move, as long as the neighbors heard the quarrel, it would have implicitly confirmed that Mr. Honda was still "alive" last night.

This makes things a bit weird - the body was judged to have died between yesterday afternoon and evening, but the witness said the deceased was still alive last night...

Anyone with normal thinking would think that the criminal used some method to advance the time of death of the deceased.

But in fact, this was a dead end. Once the police followed this line of thought to solve the case, even if they thought Mrs. Honda was a suspect, they would not be able to find any relevant evidence.

Anyway, Mrs. Honda, the murderer, will definitely not be arrested in the end because of the presumption of innocence.

This feeling of knowing who the murderer is but not being able to catch him...

Jinpei Matsuda grabbed his hair and looked dead.

If he had known this earlier, he wouldn’t have asked!
Bald.

And he was a little confused: "But why did you, Mr. Jing, and Master Ling both say that Mrs. Honda was the murderer?"

"If you've killed someone, you have to be prepared. We have no obligation to cover up for her." Jing said indifferently, "Le Le helped her out of pity, but that's all."

Either do it perfectly, or be more conscious and turn yourself in... Mrs. Honda could not do either, yet she still wanted to get away with it.

Their Five Star Group is not a charity. Cang Fengao has done his best by helping to give false testimony and will not conceal the identity of the murderer.

But Jinpei Matsuda didn't quite understand this train of thought, but he didn't ask any further.

Sawada Hiroki changed the subject at this time: "By the way, Uncle Jing, Brother Ao... and Sister Chang Huan are also members of the organization?"

He previously thought that Jing was the only one in Jing's family who belonged to the organization.

"Their previous affiliation was not in Japan, and their names cannot be seen on the member list here."

Jing didn't answer directly, but his meaning was clear.

Huiyuan Ai, who had been silent all this time, also whispered:
"Um... Uncle Jing, can my sister...?"

"No."

Haibara Ai:"……"

She hasn't finished yet!

Jing seemed to be able to see through her thoughts, "During this special period...don't even think about the two of you meeting. I won't agree."

"...I understand." Huibara lowered her head dejectedly.

Her sister is right in Yokohama but she can’t go to see her... It’s so painful.

"Night has fallen." Jing suddenly lowered his voice, and his hoarse whisper was chilling. "When walking on the road at night, please be careful."

(End of this chapter)