Chapter 48: A Brand New Clothesline

Chapter 48: A Brand New Clothesline

The owner of the fish pond was soon brought over.

As soon as they arrived at the deceased's home, visible panic appeared on the fish pond owner's face.

"Officer, officer, what do you want me for?" the owner of the fish pond said hesitantly.

Everyone couldn't help but look at Youya.

Youya coughed lightly and said slowly: "If I'm not mistaken, you are the boyfriend of the deceased, right?"

The fish pond owner's eyes widened: "You... No, I'm not, officer, what are you talking about?"

The owner of the fish pond and the deceased's mother seemed to have mistaken Yuya for a young policeman, but Yuya was too lazy to explain since Inspector Megure didn't say anything anyway.

Yuya raised the corner of his mouth slightly, pointed at the bed and said: "I don't like to waste time, so I'll just say it directly. You have been here today, right? At noon..."

The fish pond owner's expression changed instantly. He looked at Youya in horror: "You..."

Youye smiled and said, "You have been raising fish for a long time. Even if you pay attention to cleanliness, you will inevitably have some fishy smell on your body, and this quilt and bed have a faint fishy smell.

But the deceased didn't like fishing, so why is there a fishy smell on it? There is only one reasonable explanation, that is, it was left by his boyfriend, that is, you.

Do you want me to have someone check it to see if there is any trace of your hair or skin debris on it?"

The owner of the fish pond stopped talking, lowered his head and clenched his fists.

"You! You are of such a poor origin!" The deceased's mother rushed over and started beating and kicking the fish pond owner. "She was so young, how could you have the heart to do that to her! Give me back my daughter, give me back my daughter!"

The fish pond owner snorted coldly and pushed the deceased's mother away: "She volunteered."

"Voluntary?" Youya raised an eyebrow, "I'm afraid not?"

The owner of the fish pond trembled and said nothing.

Yuya turned and walked to the desk, opened the drawer, and took out the accessories inside with his gloved hands.

When he checked the room just now, he found several exquisite ornaments in the drawer, which looked very expensive.

But where does a girl who lives in such a shabby old house and whose family is not well-off get the money?

You didn't know much about things like jewelry, and originally thought that they were imitations. After all, girls love beauty, and it's normal for them to be a little vain. What should they do if they can't afford expensive jewelry?

Then buy a replica.

Although buying and selling high-quality imitations is illegal, there are always some people who dare to do it.

But after smelling the fishy smell, he knew he was wrong.

The fish pond owner suddenly became dejected when he saw the ornaments. He knew he could not make excuses any more.

The mother of the deceased knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "How could you have the heart to do this? My daughter is so young, how could you kill her!"

The fish pond owner turned pale and shouted angrily: "Don't accuse me, I didn't kill anyone!"

You also shook his head: "Auntie, he didn't kill your daughter."

"Ah?" The mother of the deceased raised her head and looked at Youye in surprise, "If it's not him? Then who is it?"

Yuya looked out the window, his eyes falling on the brand new clothesline in the yard, and said slowly, "I'll know almost everything when Officer Takagi comes back."

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Soon, Takagi Wataru came back.

He saluted Inspector Megure, then walked up to Yuya and said, "Kamiya-kun, I have asked everything you asked me to investigate."

Youya nodded and said calmly, "Tell me more about it."

Takagi Wataru opened his little notebook and began to narrate: "I just visited the neighbors nearby. The deceased and his mother moved here about a year ago.

The relationship between the mother and daughter was a little subtle. The neighbors had never seen them talking to each other, and the deceased seemed to be very afraid of her mother. Some people also saw the deceased's mother locking the deceased at home and not allowing her to go out.

In addition, some people saw the fish pond owner and the deceased shopping, in a jewelry store, and later went to a love hotel. "

Yuya asked curiously, "How did he see her go to a jewelry store and a couple's hotel again?"

Gao Mushi coughed dryly and said, "Because both mother and daughter are very beautiful, the men nearby pay a lot of attention to them."

Yuya showed a look of realization.

"Also," Takagi Wataru turned a page and looked up, "The neighbor next door met the mother of the deceased when he went out today. It was around 2pm, and she came back in a panic."

The deceased's mother shuddered violently.

"Is that so?" Youya looked out the window and his eyes fell on the clothesline in the yard again.

"Lan." Youye suddenly called out.

Mao Lilan was stunned for a moment, then responded, "What's wrong?"

Yuya thought about it and asked, "How long do you usually use the clothesline at home?"

Mao Lilan looked puzzled, but still answered: "It can be used for a long time. If you buy a better one, it can be used for two or three years."

"That's it."

Yuya looked at the mother of the deceased with a sharp gaze: "Can you explain what you did when you returned home?"

The deceased's mother shuddered slightly and said, "Sir, I forgot to bring an important document for the company meeting, so I went home to get it."

Yuya nodded and said calmly, "Go check it out."

A police officer responded and trotted away.

The deceased's mother lowered her head and seemed a little uneasy.

Miyano Shiho glanced at the police officer and asked Mao Lilan in a low voice: "Mauri-san, does Kamiya-san usually solve cases like this?"

Mao Lilan nodded: "Yeah, what's wrong?"

Miyano Shiho organized her words and said, "I saw that those policemen, um... seemed to be very cooperative with Kamiya-san."

Mao Lilan smiled and said, "Of course, because Kamiya is very good at solving cases, much better than my father, and even better than Shinichi!"

Conan on the side shouted in his heart: There are not that many, just be a little bit stronger, okay?

Mao Lilan continued: "Moreover, when Yuya's expression becomes like this, it means that he has understood the truth and is almost about to solve the case."

Miyano Shiho observed Yuya carefully and found that he had indeed changed. When he first arrived here, he seemed very gentle and even called the deceased's mother aunt.

But now it has become sharp and aggressive, just like a sword drawn from its sheath.

Miyano Shiho said calmly: "You know him very well."

Mao Lilan smiled and said, "We grew up together."

Miyano Shiho nodded, muttering to herself: Childhood sweethearts... But the one she likes should be that Kudo Shinichi, right? Her expression is different when she mentions him.

You was also walking around the room, opening one exercise book after another.

Inspector Megure didn't quite understand: "Brother Kamiya, what are you looking for?"

Yuya kept muttering, "This shouldn't be the case. Why are they all the same? Is my reasoning wrong?"

Inspector Megure's face was full of question marks.

Yuya suddenly turned his head and looked at Inspector Megure.

Inspector Megure was startled for a moment: "What, what's wrong, Brother Kamiya?"

You ignored him and walked straight over, looked at the calendar on the wall past Inspector Megure, and then flipped through it quickly.

After a while, Youya stopped and showed an expression of "as expected" on his face: "This is really a big deal."

Yuya looked at Inspector Megure and said, "Inspector Megure, can you give me a piece of paper and a pen?"

Inspector Megure was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Takagi Wataru beside him.

Takagi Wataru quickly handed over his pen and notebook.

Yuya walked up to the mother of the deceased with a small notebook and a pen, and said slowly: "Auntie, can you please write a sentence on this?"

The deceased's mother trembled, looked up and asked, "Write, what to write?"

Yuya smiled and handed over the notebook and pen, saying, "Just write this sentence - What's the point of living? It's better to die."

The deceased's mother's face turned pale, but she still tried to pick up the thing with her trembling left hand.

"Hey wait," Yuya moved the things to the left, "please use your right hand."

The deceased's mother suddenly looked up and looked at Youya with horror. Finally, she dropped her hands weakly, covering her face and sobbing.

Inspector Megure looked at this scene with a puzzled look on his face, and couldn't help asking: "Brother Kamiya, what are you doing..."

Yuya stood up and said with a smile: "Just confirming an idea. By the way, could you trouble Inspector Megure to send someone to find the murder weapon?"

Inspector Megure perked up: "Do you know where the murder weapon is?"

Yuya nodded, tilted his head slightly, looked at the person kneeling on the ground with the corner of his eye, and said slowly: "Starting from here, follow the road to the fish pond, and... follow the route that the deceased's mother took to work."

"?!" Inspector Megure widened his eyes and subconsciously looked at the mother of the deceased, "You, what do you mean???"

Yuya nodded and smiled confidently: "Yes, the murderer is the mother of the deceased. In addition, if my reasoning is correct, the murder weapon is..." He pointed out the window and said firmly, "A somewhat old clothesline."

Everyone looked in the direction of the finger and saw a brand new clothesline.

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The deceased's mother was a top student who graduated from a university. After graduation, she met the deceased's father and the two quickly fell in love.

After getting married, the deceased's mother became a full-time housewife, and the two were extremely loving.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. The deceased's father hooked up with his boss's daughter and abandoned her and her mother. This caused the deceased's mother to become devastated and she had thoughts of suicide many times.

However, for the sake of her daughter, she gritted her teeth and persevered.

However, her husband's abandonment caused her great psychological trauma. She worried all day long that her daughter would abandon her, which led to her developing a strong desire for control. She kept an eye on her daughter all the time, fearing that she would leave her one day.

Excessive control made the daughter feel suffocated. It happened that at this time, the daughter fell in love with a senior student and they started dating.

When the deceased's mother learned about this, she was horrified and afraid that her daughter would follow in her footsteps, so she decided to move.

After moving here, the two naturally broke up because the distance was too far.

The daughter, who had tasted love, began to yearn for freedom and rebelled against her mother but was locked up at home and not allowed to go out.

The daughter broke the glass and escaped, and met the owner of the fish pond on the road.

The beauty of the mother and daughter had long attracted the attention of the men in the neighborhood, but the deceased's mother was very wary of men and kept a close eye on her daughter, so no one could get close to them.

When the fish pond owner got the chance, he pretended to care about his daughter, bought things for her, gave her money, and asked about her well-being in various ways. His methods were much more clever than those of the senior.

The daughter, who had been living under the oppression of her mother, suddenly fell into it and secretly started to have contact with the owner of the fish pond.

This relationship was not hidden for long and was discovered by the deceased's mother.

However, this time, the deceased's mother's mentality changed - what else could she do with her disobedient daughter?

Moreover, she not only wanted to kill her daughter, she also didn't want to let the owner of the fish pond go. But how could a weak woman like her kill a strong man?

It would be better to put the blame of my daughter's death on him.

The deceased's mother began to plan.

She was left-handed, so she practiced writing with her right hand. Then she bought the same exercise book as her daughter's and copied all the contents with her right hand. Finally, she forged a suicide note.

On that day, the deceased's mother did go home to get some documents, but the time was not after 2 o'clock, but more than an hour in the morning.

She returned home and heard noises coming from her daughter's room. She went over and saw her daughter making her bed and there were several pieces of bubble gum scattered on the floor.

The deceased's mother exploded on the spot, scolding her daughter for being shameless. She wanted to get a rope to tie her daughter up and start the last part of the plan directly.

But I couldn't find the rope, so I could only untie the clothesline, but my daughter had already run out.

The deceased's mother chased after her daughter and found her by the fish pond.

At that time, there happened to be no one near the fish pond, and the deceased's mother wanted to tie her daughter up and take her home, but the daughter resisted, ran to the water's edge, and pretended to commit suicide by jumping into the river to threaten her mother.

The mother of the deceased had already had the intention to kill her. Seeing this, she rushed forward and strangled her daughter to death with a clothesline from behind.

After strangling her daughter, the deceased's mother did not have the strength to carry her daughter back home, and was afraid of being seen on the road, so she pushed her into the fish pond.

Next, he threw away the clothesline, replaced it with a new one, rushed home to put the suicide note away, messed up the room, and then left home and returned to work.

Until the police were notified.

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After resolving the incident, Yuya made an appointment with Inspector Megure to take the statement another day, and then he and his friends got on the car back.

The car was an 8-seater commercial vehicle. Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran sat in the middle, Yuya and Miyano Shiho sat at the back, and Conan was ruthlessly thrown to the front by Yuya.

Miyano Shiho and Yuya were whispering in the back row.

Miyano Shiho lowered her voice and said, "I feel like this case is too simple."

Youye smiled and said, "Most cases are like this. They are mainly impulsive crimes. There may be some planning, but there are many loopholes and clues left, which can be easily solved. There are very few real high-IQ crimes."

"After all, most people with high IQs have achieved a lot and have a good life. Why would they commit crimes?"

Miyano Shiho looked at Yuya's calm demeanor and couldn't help but admire him: "Haven't you ever encountered any difficult cases?"

Yuya smiled, looked into her eyes and asked, "Ms. Shiho, don't you know what my crime solving rate is?"

Miyano Shiho was stunned for a moment, then looked away slightly: "I know, 100%."

Yuya stretched, a look of reminiscence on his face: "Indeed, but in fact, I have encountered several cases that were almost not solved."

Miyano Shiho immediately became interested: "What kind of cases?" Seeing how easily he solved the cases, were there any that he found difficult?

Youye rubbed his head and said, "Well, the case is quite complicated. I really can't explain it clearly in a short time. I'll tell you slowly when I find another time."

Miyano Shiho nodded gently: "Okay."

Youya was delighted: "You agreed?"

Miyano Shiho was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion: "What?"

"Hmm," Youye coughed lightly and said softly, "That's right, let's find a time and a place, and I will slowly tell you the case."

Miyano Shiho tilted her head, looking at Yuya's somewhat nervous expression, and suddenly understood. She pursed her lips and finally nodded: "Yeah."