Conan: The Heart Thief

"If you don't have any musical instruments, you can use my violin." Shitara Renxi said, pointing to the violin beside her.

The annex of the Shitara family, which was hit by a fire, looked particularly desolate under the moonlight. The broken walls and charred furniture all told of the sudden disaster. Lin Xiao shuttled through the ruins, carefully searching every corner, not missing any possible clues.

Just as Maori Kogoro was jumping up and down like a headless fly, Lin Xiao had already discovered something. He carefully put the cigarette butts left in the ashtray into a sealed bag, frowned, and showed a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Detective Lin, have you discovered anything?" Seeing this, Yuga Kyosuke came closer to him and asked curiously.

Lin Xiao raised his head, stared at Yuga Kyosuke sharply, and then nodded slowly. "Well, I did find something." He deliberately kept it a secret, paused for a moment, and then continued, "At least, I can now confirm that Mr. Genzaburo's death in the fire was not just a simple accidental fire, but there is a possibility of deliberate murder."

Yuga Kyosuke's eyes instantly became sharp, but he quickly regained his composure and said casually, "Ah, is that so? But when we broke in, the doors and windows were all locked. This room is completely in the form of a secret room. It seems unlikely to kill someone from the outside and then disguise it as a fire scene, right?"

Lin Xiao smiled slightly and did not answer his question directly. Instead, he changed the subject and asked, "Have you found a usable instrument? I remember that every time a relative of your Shitara family passed away, a family member would play a requiem."

Having been diverted from the topic, Yuga Kyosuke's expression was a little unhappy, but he quickly concealed this emotion and showed a look of regret instead. "No, there is not even a violin that can be played." He shook his head with a little sadness, "It seems that this time the performance of the Requiem will have to be abandoned."

"Is that so? Then from now on, the Requiem can only be performed with Lian Xi's violin." Lin Xiao also felt quite regretful.

Chapter 415 is outrageous

When the exquisite clock quietly pointed to midnight, Yuga Kyosuke picked up Renxi's precious violin, walked to the window, and leaned against the window frame through which the moonlight was pouring.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what I am about to present is an immortal chapter in the history of music, the Requiem in D minor, K626, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart..." Kyosuke Haga's voice is gentle and magnetic.

As his arm slowly rose and fell, the violin seemed to be given life, and a soft yet powerful melody flowed out. Between the notes, there was both deep sorrow and a glimmer of hope.

"So amazing..." Kogoro Mouri opened his mouth involuntarily, with amazement and admiration flashing in his eyes.

"Yes, Uncle Xiangfu studied at a famous music school in Germany and graduated with excellent results. He has always been an indispensable principal violinist in our troupe!" Lian Xi's face was filled with pride and admiration.

"Hey, Renxi, why does Mr. Kyosuke leave the window open?" Reiko Akiba asked Renxi, pointing at the half-open window.

"It's always like this when playing the Requiem," Lian Xi explained, "so that grandpa and grandma can hear it too... This is grandma's bedroom up there."

"Since grandma's dormitory is across the storage room from grandpa's dormitory, can the rooms be connected?" Lin Xiao continued to ask.

"The dormitories are locked from the inside, so you can't get in from the storage room." Lian Xi didn't care that this was family privacy, and generously told Lin Xiao everything she could, "However, you can get in from the corridor using the master key kept by Jin Qu's housekeeper."

"Why do grandpa and grandma sleep in separate rooms?"

"Ah, that's because grandpa is a heavy smoker, but grandma doesn't like the smell of cigarettes." Lian Xi replied with a wry smile, "Grandpa was a smoker before he got lung cancer."

"So, if grandpa passes away, who will inherit that very valuable violin?" Lin Xiao's questions became more and more personal and excessive.

"It was supposed to be given to Uncle Genzoro, but now it may have to be given to grandma. However, grandpa also mentioned this and said that he wanted to take the zither into his coffin."

"But as far as I am concerned, I think it would be best to give the guitar to a talented musician like Uncle Xiangfu. Hehehe..." Lian Xi stuck out her tongue embarrassedly.

"Xiao, what do you want to ask so clearly?" Qiu Ting Lianzi looked at Lin Xiao suspiciously. Could it be that he fell in love with her best friend? Speaking of which, her best friend was also very beautiful, and younger than her, so she had to be on guard.

"I just want to help. I'm a detective too." Lin Xiao smiled bitterly. Akiba Reiko has not yet understood his universal love and still needs his enlightenment.

click!

A crisp voice suddenly came from upstairs.

Before Lin Xiao and Maori Kogoro could react, a figure quickly fell from the window.

Everyone looked towards the window with horrified expressions.

But Yuga Kyosuke, who was playing with his eyes closed, did not notice anything unusual.

It was not until he heard the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground that he came back to his senses from his immersion in the music.

"Hey? What was that just now?" Putting the violin down from his shoulder, Yuga Kyosuke asked with a confused look on his face.

"That is..." Everyone rushed to the window, pushed open all the half-open windows, and leaned out to look downstairs.

"Grandma, grandma!" Lian Xi's scream pierced the night sky.

Then she covered her face with her hands and squatted down weakly, not daring to look at the scene downstairs anymore.

Lin Xiao supported her and let her bury her face in his arms.

"Call an ambulance quickly!" Yuga Kyosuke turned his head and shouted loudly to the butler Tsukuro behind him.

"Yes!" After the initial panic, Butler Jinqu quickly regained his composure.

Everyone ran outside in panic, only Lin Xiao was still comforting Lian Xi who was crying bitterly.

When Lian Xi stopped crying, she still held Lin Xiao's arm tightly and refused to let go.

Akita Reiko saw this and could only let Lian Xi do what she wanted. Originally, she should have been the one to comfort Lian Xi, but it was Lin Xiao who did it. Moreover, Lin Xiao's movements were very mature, and he didn't look like a simple high school student at all.

"Don't be afraid...it's going to be okay..."

"why why?"

Shitara Renxi buried her head in Lin Xiao's arms, looking frightened.

"Please grief……"

"Detective Lin, is it my turn next?"

Shitele Lianxi opened her big round eyes and looked at Lin Xiao.

"No. I'm here, no one can hurt you."

"Ah."

Shitele Renxi's emotions gradually calmed down.

Lin Xiao comforted Shitara Renxi and looked at Akiba Reiko helplessly.

Reiko Akita also sighed. She really didn't expect that such a tragedy would happen when she brought Lin Xiao to the birthday party.

After some time, the police arrived.

Lin Xiao and Akiba Reiko did not go anywhere. They just stayed here with Shitara Renki, so they ignored the arrival of the police.

"Detective Lin, Lianzi, let's go over and take a look."

When Lian Xi saw that the police had gone to the crime scene to investigate, she decided to find out what was going on.

Did grandma commit suicide? Or was it really like what Maori Kogoro said before, that this was a series of murders with a long interval between them?

When we arrived at Grandma Lianxi's dormitory, the police were already there.

"Hey? Detective Hayashi? It's not just Detective Mori!" Looking at the person walking in from outside the house, Takagi's expression immediately twisted.

"Oh, Brother Lin, you are here too." Inspector Megure's face immediately showed joy. He could lie down and be a jerk again.

"Yes, I'm there too." Lin Xiao said with a wry smile.

When Renxi first saw the broken violin on the floor, her face turned pale, until she learned from Yuga Kyosuke that it was just a replica, she felt relieved.

“It turns out to be just a replica!”

But then her expression changed again.

"Why is there a Stradivarius replica here?" Lian Xi looked at the others nervously and asked, "Is the reason why grandma jumped out of the window because of this replica?"

"Sorry, we can't draw any conclusion from this at the moment." Inspector Megure shook his head and replied to Renxi.

"Although the piano is a replica, the case that holds the piano is real." Butler Jinqu said as he checked the case beside the bed.

"Then the question is, if the violin case is real, then where have the authentic items that were supposed to be inside been moved to now?" Yuga Kyosuke asked, pinching his chin with his fingers and staring at the violin case.

"Isn't it right here?" An old voice came from behind the crowd.

"Cough cough, cough cough..."

"Grandpa Diao Yilang?" Lian Xi looked in astonishment at her grandfather who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and the violin in his hand.

"This violin is hidden behind the bed curtain..." Old Mr. Diao Yilang fumbled with the violin in his hand and muttered, "This woman Xuanyin is so reckless..."

"Please let me take a look." Yuga Kyosuke walked over quickly, took the violin from Choichiro's hand, and examined it carefully. "It's the Anthony Stradivari label, it should be authentic."

Would you like to try playing a piece? We should be able to confirm whether it is authentic by playing it. "Haga Kyosuke propped up the violin with his shoulder, then turned his head and looked at Inspector Megure and asked.

"Ah, no, that's not necessary." Inspector Megure refused with a wry smile. He didn't come here to listen to live performances by musicians.

"But what about this broken replica?" Takagi muttered as he picked up the smashed replica.

"Could it be that she wanted to give everyone a surprise, so she secretly bought a Stradivarius violin, only to find out it was a fake and committed suicide out of anger?" Kogoro Mouri speculated with a serious expression.

What's even more outrageous is that Inspector Megure actually expressed his agreement.

Chapter 416 Gentle but passionate

"Are you kidding me?" Lin Xiao rolled his eyes and looked at the two of them unhappily. "The Setara family is a musical family. How could she buy a counterfeit product without even noticing that the words on the label were wrong? How stupid do you think she is?"

Kogoro Mouri's face turned red and blue. Inspector Megure also coughed a few times in embarrassment. Takagi was glad that he didn't say anything more, which made him look less stupid.

Akita Reiko also noticed something was wrong: "Maybe someone took the opportunity to replace the real thing with a fake one."

Inspector Megure's expression suddenly turned serious: "Is that so? Takagi."

Takagi desperately brainstormed, trying to reconstruct the crime scene: "Yes! Inspector Megure, just as Miss Akiba said, someone swapped the real thing."

While everyone was wondering who had swapped the real thing, Lin Xiao came to the window. He looked up and saw traces of transparent tape on the top of the left and right windows. Lin Xiao shook his head and turned to walk out the door.

Seeing this, Qiu Ting Lianzi trotted off to chase Lin Xiao.

"Xiao, do you know anything?" Following Lin Xiao, Qiu Ting Lianzi asked. ...

"Yes. In fact, I knew who the murderer was from the beginning. Now I'm just looking for evidence to prove the murderer." Lin Xiao said calmly.

"Xiao, do you know who the murderer is?" Akita Reiko smiled, "Tell me, who is it?"

"It's Yuga Kyosuke." Lin Xiao replied.

"It's him! The first time I saw him, I felt that he was not a good person. My hunch turned out to be correct."

"It shows that your intuition is very accurate, Lianzi."

Lin Xiao gently and tenderly kissed Akitana Reiko's soft and seductive lips. This unexpected kiss was like a spring breeze blowing across the lake, instantly staining Akitana Reiko's fair and delicate skin with a shy blush. She trembled slightly, her eyes flashing with a mixture of surprise and shyness.

"Hmm... That's so sudden."

Lin Xiao chuckled, his eyes full of affection and doting.

"It's already late at night. If it weren't for this unexpected murder, I would have been unable to resist hugging you tightly in my arms and feeling your warmth."

When Reiko Akiba heard this, her face turned even redder, and her voice was filled with a hint of panic and sweetness.