Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 58: The Swindler Who Defrauded the Elderly (Please Read and Vote)
"Prosperous wealth?"

Lingzi was still wondering why the stupid dog suddenly went crazy, but Lin Xiuyi had already reacted and quickly ran towards the phone booth.

Just as he thought, when he got closer, he saw Mr. Fujimori leaning on the pay phone with a dazed look on his face.

Lin Xiuyi wanted to control him, but seeing his appearance, he could only help the red-nosed, bald old man to sit on a public seat.

"Retribution, it's all retribution..."

Mr. Fujimori suddenly seemed to be crazy, yelled loudly, and then laughed.

Lingzi was startled and subconsciously hid behind her brother.

Seeing that the old man might go crazy if he continued like this, Lin Xiuyi quickly held his shoulders and shouted, "Mr. Fujimori!"

This loud shout startled the bald old man, and his eyesight gradually regained clarity.

"Lin-san, it's you... Hehe, you were right when you guessed on the rooftop just now. It was indeed me who killed Miura," Mr. Fujimori murmured. "Do you know how I killed him?"

"First, you knock him unconscious. Then, you secure a thin line to the water tank on the rooftop. Wrap the other end of the line around the man's neck and push him to the edge of the rooftop, letting his upper body stick out."

Lin Xiuyi said slowly,

"Because of the thin line's obstruction, the person did not fall off the building. Then you fixed this end of the thin line to the gap of the rooftop security door."

"The wind was very strong on the rooftop, and the occasional gusts of wind would have caused the man's upper body to sway from side to side, giving the people below the building the illusion that he was struggling and considering jumping off the building."

"At this point, if someone opens the emergency door, the fixed string will loosen, and the person's already unbalanced body will fall immediately without the string to stop it."

"After you set up the trap, you went to the first floor to find the two security guards. Firstly, it was to create an alibi for yourself, so that they could see with their own eyes that jumping from the building had nothing to do with you."

"Secondly, I'll take advantage of the two security guards not paying attention and retrieve the thin wire."

"Am I right?"

"Haha, you're worthy of being Mr. Lin. You got it all right," the old man praised. "I've seen your news on TV before. Your reasoning skills are really amazing."

"As for the reason why you killed him..."

Lin Xiuyi glanced at the pay phone next to him, and thinking about what the old man said in the izakaya last night, it was not difficult to guess.

"Your friend was defrauded of a large sum of money by that person and was even hospitalized. You came to Tokyo this time to get the money back."

"But after negotiations, the other party refused to return the money. Furious, you chose to kill..."

"Basically, that's all correct," Mr. Fujimori nodded slowly. "But, there's one thing I lied to you about last night."

"That person is not my friend, she is my sister and my wife."

"you……"

Lin Xiu was stunned for a moment, thinking he had encountered some unethical marriage, but then he understood: "You married your cousin?"

According to the Japanese Civil Code, direct blood relatives or collateral blood relatives within three generations are not allowed to marry, but cousins are fourth-degree relatives and are not subject to restrictions.

Compared to her brother, who was a beat slower, Reiko's face remained calm, having clearly anticipated this. "Yes," the bald old man said, leaning back against the public seat, his expression lost in reminiscence. "We were childhood sweethearts, growing up together. When we were old enough, it was only natural for us to get married."

"We have been married for more than 50 years and our relationship has always been good."

"Even though she's already old, that old woman still likes to call me Onii-chan when no one is around..."

"Although we don't have children, we live a happy life."

"I originally thought that this kind of life would continue forever, but half a month ago, I suddenly received a phone call."

"The person on the other end of the phone told me that I had won a jackpot of 100 million yen! To claim the 100 million yen prize, I had to pay 10 million yen in taxes first."

"This must be a scam," Lingzi said in surprise, "The old woman actually fell for it?"

"My child, the countryside is different from the city. Many things that you city people take for granted are still very new to us country people," the old man sighed. "Young people in the countryside are all like this, not to mention us old people."

Lin Xiuyi nodded in agreement. In this era, without the Internet, relying solely on television and radio, it is still difficult to break the cognitive differences between urban and rural areas.

In fact, even after another 20 or 30 years, when the Internet becomes popular, this situation will still exist.

"When the old woman heard the news of our winnings, she immediately believed it. She went to the bank to withdraw our retirement money and rushed to Tokyo."

"It's my fault too. I happened to be out fishing with a friend that day. If I had been there, we could have discussed it and maybe things wouldn't have gone smoothly..."

At this point, the old man patted his knees in regret, and turbid tears flowed from his eyes.
"When I got home, the old woman had already gone to Tokyo. She only left me a note explaining the situation."

"After arriving in Tokyo, the old woman called me and said she had met the other party and was going through the procedures to claim the award."

"She was so sure of it that I thought I had really won the prize. I was looking forward to waiting for the old woman to come back so I could travel around with her and spend our old age leisurely."

"But I didn't expect that two days later, the old woman came home in a daze. The first and last words she said after seeing me were: I'm sorry, Onii-chan..."

"After that, the old woman passed out. I rushed her to the hospital. The doctor said she had a severe cerebral congestion caused by anger. No one could say whether she would wake up."

"As a brother and a husband, I would never abandon her no matter what. But the hospital expenses are too high. In just two days, all the remaining savings at home were gone."

"I could only ask the doctor for two days' grace period, and then, following the information the old woman had given me, I came to Tokyo alone, hoping to find the scammer and get my money back."

"I wandered around the place where the old woman and the liar met for several days and finally found someone who looked like the one she described."

"But I'm not sure he's a liar. I'm afraid if I speak up, I'll probably lose him if he denies it."

"Luckily, yesterday, I saw him meeting an elderly man again. After he left, I went over to ask him about it and found out that he, too, had received a call at home about winning the lottery and had come to Tokyo to claim the prize."

"He and the scammer agreed to meet at the entrance of that office building today to go through the procedures for claiming the prize."

"I told the old man about the old woman and told him not to be fooled and to stop paying attention to the liar. Then I came here by myself..."

　Dear gentlemen, this book is on the second round of recommendations on Qidian this week. I hope you will read it more and vote for it. The author thanks you very much.

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