Science: The Little Shota of the Maori Family

After a short silence.

"It's okay, her father will take care of her."

"Oh, that's good."

"Xiao Che."

"Ok?"

"When I grow up, I must be a man who is responsible for my family."

"Eh?"

"Nothing." Perhaps thinking this was too profound for Watanabe Toru at his age, Mrs. Yoshida changed the subject: "You have an exam next week, right?"

"Uh-huh."

"Are you confident you can take first place?"

"Have."

"Really? Xiao Che is really amazing."

Watanabe Toru said dejectedly, "When I got first place in the exams before, my mother would always kiss me and encourage me, but... I don't have a mother anymore, and I can no longer get encouragement from her."

Mrs. Yoshida felt a dull pain in her heart. She could understand the pain of a seven or eight-year-old child losing his mother. She hugged Watanabe Toru tighter and comforted him, "Although your mother can no longer encourage you, I will. I promise you that as long as you get the first place in this exam, I will be like your mother, kissing and encouraging you, okay?"

It was just a kiss on the child, and Mrs. Yoshida didn't think there was anything strange or wrong with it. If it could help Watanabe Toru regain his confidence, she would be happy to do it.

In the darkness, Watanabe Toru's eyes suddenly lit up.

What an unexpected surprise.

He calmly shrank into Mrs. Yoshida's arms and said softly, "Thank you, Auntie."

"Silly child... go to sleep."

"Well, good night, Auntie."

"Good night, Che."

The next morning, Toru Watanabe and Mrs. Yoshida had breakfast together and then said goodbye at the hotel entrance.

After not seeing her daughter all night, Mrs. Yoshida was still a little worried. Although there was a man in the house whom she didn't want to see, she didn't think it was a big deal to suffer a little for her daughter.

Watanabe Toru didn't go home. He wanted to take advantage of the weekend to walk around and see more, so that he could get familiar with the place as soon as possible.

016. Mrs. Yoshida's murder plan

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The system, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly flickered.

Toru Watanabe stuffed the last bite of sushi into his mouth and slowly opened the system.

Temporary event: Game time: On the morning of May 12th, Yoshida Akiko will poison her husband Yoshida Fujiya with potassium cyanate and fake it as suicide. The police will be called at 4:5 PM.

[Activity content: Assist Yoshida Akiko and exonerate her]

[Event time: before 23:59 on May 12th]

[Activity Reward: Master - Voice Changing Technique, 1 points]

[Activity Restrictions: Players are not allowed to interfere with this activity in advance. If the activity is disrupted, the consequences will be at their own risk.]

Two days later, on May 12, Mrs. Yoshida would kill her husband.

Watanabe Toru could more or less guess Mrs. Yoshida's motive for murder from the bruise on her face.

However, this is not the point. The point is that Watanabe Toru cannot know Mrs. Yoshida's specific murder plan, which means that he has no way to fill the loopholes. The only hints given by the system are poisoning and disguising it as suicide. It is not easy to complete the task.

Watanabe Toru began to organize his thoughts.

First of all, I have to go to Ayumi's house and see if I can get some clues from Mrs. Yoshida or Ayumi through indirect inquiries.

Secondly, since he wanted to disguise it as suicide, the crucial suicide note was essential. He could imitate anyone's handwriting now, and all he had to do was look at the handwriting of Ayumi's father, Yoshida Fujiya.

……

At dusk, Toru Watanabe came out of Beika Station. The rain that had been falling for several days had finally stopped, and the air was filled with a damp smell. Under the backlight of the setting sun, he went directly to Ayumi's house.

"Toru? Why are you here?" Ayumi opened the door and saw Watanabe Toru standing at the door, and she smiled in surprise.

"I came to play with you." Watanabe Toru said with a smile.

"Great! I was bored at home. Xiao Che, you came at the perfect time. Come in."

"Excuse me."

There was a TV playing in the living room. Watanabe Toru glanced at it and asked, "Ayumi, are you home alone? Where's your aunt?"

"Mom went out to buy something, I stayed to look after the house." Ayumi took out a large bottle of drink from the refrigerator, and brought over two cups. She filled the cups with water and handed them to Watanabe Toru: "Tetsu, have a drink."

"Thank you."

Mrs. Yoshida's absence was actually a good thing for Toru Watanabe. After all, it was much easier to fool Ayumi than to fool Mrs. Yoshida.

After finishing his drink, Watanabe Toru put on an envious look and said to Ayumi, "Ayumi, your house is so big. Your father must be very capable to be able to afford such a big house."

Ayumi was holding the cup. When she heard Watanabe Toru mention her father, her lips suddenly curled up and she puffed out her cheeks and said, "Dad has been so annoying lately. He always quarrels with Mom."

"Huh? Why?" Watanabe Toru asked in surprise.

Ayumi shook her head: "I don't know either. It seems to be because of some mortgage or reversal."

"Mortgage? Turn over?"

Watanabe Toru was stunned. The only thing that could connect these two words together was money.

Did the Yoshida couple quarrel over money?

He continued to ask: "Does uncle often come home late?"

"Well, Mom said Dad works very hard and has to meet clients after get off work. Sometimes he hasn't come back even though I'm asleep."

The meeting with the client must be fake, Watanabe Toru speculated in his heart, wondering what Yoshida Fujiya did after get off work. This is the key point, and he has to find a way to investigate it clearly.

Toru Watanabe asked Ayumi a few trivial questions, and then changed the subject.

"Ayumi, my uncle said that people with great talents have very beautiful handwriting. So your father's handwriting must be very good too."

Ayumi tilted her head and thought carefully, then said uncertainly, "I don't know if my father's handwriting is beautiful."

"Do you have your father's handwriting? Can you let me see it?"

"Hmm...it should be in the study. If Che wants to see it, I'll go look for it."

"I'll go with you."

The two eventually found a notebook that Yoshida Fujiya had used in the study. Watanabe Toru flipped through two pages, and after confirming that he could imitate Yoshida Fujiya's handwriting, he returned it to Ayumi and said with a smile, "Uncle's handwriting is really beautiful. In the future, I want to be as good as you."

As he spoke, he glanced at the shelf next to him, on which glass bottles of various shapes were neatly arranged.

"Is this uncle's collection?"

"Well, my dad likes to collect beautiful bottles. These are his treasures, and he usually doesn't even let mom touch them."

"Ayumi, I'm back."

Mrs. Yoshida's voice sounded outside.

"Mom is back." Bu Mei said crisply, "Xiao Che, let's go out."

"Okay." Watanabe Toru nodded, and while Ayumi was not paying attention, he wrapped a thumb-sized bottle in a handkerchief and put it in his pocket.

The two walked out of the study. Mrs. Yoshida walked into the living room from the entrance carrying a bag. Seeing Watanabe Toru there, she was surprised and said, "Huh? Toru is here too?"

"I'm here to play with Ayumi." Watanabe Toru smiled and walked towards Mrs. Yoshida: "Auntie, let me help you get it."

"Thank you. Then, please help Auntie put this bottle of red wine in the wine cabinet next to the refrigerator." Mrs. Yoshida handed a bottle of red wine to Watanabe Toru and said, "Hold it carefully. This is Uncle's favorite wine, and it's not usually available."

"Don't worry, Auntie." Watanabe Toru walked towards the wine cabinet holding the red wine. After putting the red wine into the wine cabinet slot, his body suddenly froze.

Mrs. Yoshida bought Yoshida Fujiya's favorite red wine and poisoned him...

Could it be that……

Watanabe Toru looked back at Mrs. Yoshida as she walked towards the kitchen, and vaguely guessed her murderous plan.

017. Anonymous Letter

"Uncle Maori, Sister Xiaolan, I'm back."

At seven o'clock in the evening, Toru Watanabe returned to the office after being away for two days.

Maori Kogoro was sitting on the tatami reading a newspaper. When he heard the noise, he looked up and asked, "Is your uncle gone?"

"Well, my uncle wanted to come up with me to thank Uncle Maoli for taking care of me during this period, but he suddenly received a call saying that he had an urgent matter, so he can only visit next time."

"It's okay, your uncle's business is more important." Kogoro Mouri waved his hand.

Xiaolan walked out of the kitchen, wearing a cartoon-patterned apron around her slender waist. Her exquisite oval face was covered with a gentle smile like a spring breeze.

"Xiao Che is back. Did you have fun these past two days?"

"Happy." Watanabe Toru greeted with a smile: "I just miss Sister Xiaolan very much. Sister Xiaolan, let's go together next time."

"Okay."

"Oh right." Watanabe Toru patted his head and took out a letter from his pocket: "When I went upstairs, I found a letter in the mailbox. It seems to be sent to Uncle Maori."

As he said this, he handed the letter to Kogoro Mouri.

"A letter?" Xiaolan asked in confusion, "That's strange. There was clearly nothing in the mailbox when I came up. And it's so late, will the postman still deliver letters?"

"It's an anonymous letter. The sender's name and address are not written on the envelope." Kogoro Mouri discovered the secret.

"Huh? Isn't this a threatening letter?"

"How is that possible? We haven't offended anyone." Kogoro Mouri shook his head and opened the envelope.

"Dad, what did the letter say?"

Seeing Kogoro Mouri looking puzzled, Xiaolan asked anxiously.

"This is a letter of commission," Maori Kogoro said. "They want me to investigate a man named Yoshida Fujiya. The more specific the better. I just need to send the results to the email address he specifies. He also sent me a payment, a check for 20 yen."

It's not unusual for a client to commission a detective to investigate something, but it's unusual for them to do so anonymously. Xiaolan was a little worried: "Dad, is there something wrong here? Otherwise, let's just return the check."

"Stupid, how can I get a check returned when I don't even know who the sender is?"

"Then, what should we do?" Xiaolan said with a distressed look: "How about asking the police for help?"

Watanabe Toru interrupted, "Sister Xiaolan, I think you might be overthinking it. There are many clients who don't want to reveal their information to avoid complications. Right, Uncle Maori?"

Watanabe Toru was certainly so sure, because he had written the letter and brought it with him. He had originally wanted to investigate Yoshida Fujiya himself, but due to the inconveniences of his current body, he thought it would be safer to ask Maori Kogoro to help investigate.

Although this confused uncle is not able to solve the case, he should have no problem investigating some simple matters.

Maori Kogoro felt that what Watanabe Toru said made sense. How could he return a check that had been delivered? The child was still young and didn't know how hard it was to make money these days.

Putting the check away, Maori Kogoro coughed lightly and said, "Xiaotetsu is right. The client has the right to conceal his own information. Since he only wants me to investigate the information of this man named Yoshida Fujiya, then I will do it."

"But..." Xiaolan still felt something was wrong, but with Kogoro Mori and Toru Watanabe singing the same tune, she couldn't say anything to refute, so she had to acquiesce to her father taking over this commission of unknown origin.

……

July 5, cloudy.

Monthly testing begins.

Because it was only the first grade of elementary school, the scope of the exam was limited to Chinese and mathematics.

The exam was over in just one morning.

"It's over! I think I'm going to fail again this time." Yuantai lay down on the table, holding his head with his hands, wailing in pain.

This scene happens almost every month, and Mitsuhiko and Ayumi are no longer surprised.

"Xiaotuo, how did you do on the test?" Ayumi asked Watanabe Toru with concern: "I feel that the math problems this time are a bit difficult."

"I think so too." Mitsuhiko agreed, "Especially the last question. I think I got it wrong. It's a pity that I can't get a perfect score this time."

The last question?