Stay away from Conan.

"when……"

When Kudo Shinichi asked the question about when the chef started to act a little strange, the chefs in the kitchen couldn't help but start thinking about it, and after a brief thought, they gave a response:

"It's hard to say... It seemed like it was like this before Miss Wang He came..."

"Hmm. Chef Honma's child has been sick recently, maybe because of this..."

"But, everything was fine at the beginning. Occasionally, there were customers who wanted to meet the chef, and Chef Honma would greet them with a smile..."

The chefs in the kitchen were talking one after another, each telling everyone about the situations they knew.

Kudo Shinichi, who listened to these words, probably understood. Although it is understandable that Chef Honma looked a little strange due to family reasons, the child's illness is a recent thing. If he looked panicked because of such a thing, it shouldn't have suddenly changed when he was in a good mood. If there really was a sudden situation, I'm afraid Chef Honma would not want to stay here any longer, right?
Therefore, the key point is what made Chef Honma suddenly look nervous?

Moreover, this incident happened before Wang Hemei and Zi arrived...

Kudo Shinichi thought about it thoughtfully, and then asked the police to take him to meet the manager of the restaurant. Unlike ordinary staff, because of the incident this time, people like the chef and manager in the restaurant were confined to their own areas by the police for questioning, and there was no possibility of communication between them.

Therefore, after learning some things about the head chef from the chef in the kitchen, Kudo Shinichi turned to ask the restaurant manager and asked him...

……

"When did Ms. Wang Hemei and Zi arrive at the restaurant?"

On the other side, Gao Yuan looked at Tatsumi Taiji and others in front of him, and then asked such a question -

After all, if my impression is correct, when Taiji Tatsumi called Wang Hemihezi out, Wang Hemihezi was in the passage leading to the back kitchen. Therefore, it can be seen that Wang Hemihezi did not enter the store directly from outside the store at that time, but should have entered the store long ago. She only chose to show up after Taiji Tatsumi called her.

Therefore, Gao Yuan couldn't help but want to know when Wang Hemeihezi appeared in this store.

In response to this, Gao Yuan suddenly asked this question instead, which inevitably made Tatsumi Taiji, who was originally troubled by not knowing how to explain why there was poison in Wang He Mengyan's cup, unable to react immediately.

After he was a little slow for a moment, Tatsumi Taiji said:
"This... Actually, I'm not very clear about it."

Hearing this, Gao Yuan obviously didn't believe it. After all, he had called Wang Hemei and Zi directly to the back kitchen passage. If he hadn't known that Wang Hemei and Zi were there, how could he have done that?
Therefore, Gao Yuan couldn't help but look at Tatsumi Taiji with a puzzled look, hoping that he could explain it clearly. Otherwise, if he continued to deny it, he would be prepared to ask more questions -

For example, why do we need to introduce Ohba Satoru to Wang Hemi and Kazuko?

Obviously, Tatsumi Taiji realized that his explanation could not satisfy Gao Yuan, so he immediately changed his words and explained:
"Well... Anyway, Miwako had already arrived here before Ohba and I. After all, President Wang He is about to acquire this place, and as the daughter of Wang He Group, Miwako often comes here to check on the operation of the restaurant, so...

"Before I came here today, I had actually contacted Miwako and knew that she had already arrived here and was checking the situation in the kitchen. So she told me at the time that if I needed her to be here, I could just call her." Just like that, Taiji Tatsumi explained why he knew that Wang He Miwako had already been in the kitchen.

Therefore, Gao Yuan, who received this information, couldn't help but think about it -

If, that's the case...

……

"That is to say, Ms. Wang Hemei and Ms. Zi have already arrived at the restaurant a long time ago, right?"

On the other side, when Kudo Shinichi asked the restaurant manager, especially about Wang Hemeihezi's arrival time, Kudo Shinichi also learned from the manager that Wang Hemeihezi had actually arrived at the restaurant long before she went to the table.

As the daughter of the president of the Wang He Group that was going to acquire the restaurant, the restaurant manager and staff certainly could not stop her from coming to inspect the work in advance. Therefore, upon hearing the news, Kudo Shinichi also knew that this was extremely important intelligence, which could almost turn the situation in another direction.

After all, according to the chefs, Chef Honma's expression was not right before Wang Hemihezi arrived. So according to the original analysis, if the subsequent incident of the chef taking the initiative to bring the dishes forward and knocking over the cup was related to the initial change in expression, then this matter should be traced back to before Wang Hemihezi arrived.

That is, the period after Taiji Tatsumi and his companions arrived here and before Kazuko Ohami arrived.

But now, new clues have emerged. Wang Hemi and Kazuko arrived at the restaurant much earlier than Tatsumi Taiji and others arrived, which inevitably made Kudo Shinichi realize a huge problem in terms of timing.

So, after Kudo Shinichi found the chef in the restaurant's kitchen to confirm, he confirmed that the so-called "before Wang Hemihezi arrived" referred to the time when Wang Hemihezi came to the store alone to check, and not after Tatsumi Taiji and others arrived. So in this case...

Chef Honma-san, why did you look so strange at that time?
At that time, none of the guests at that table showed up...

So, could it be that the chef’s strange demeanor at the time had nothing to do with what happened later?
No, that's not right, there is one more thing that needs to be confirmed!
So, thinking of this, Kudo Shinichi found the manager of the restaurant again and asked him:

"After Wang Hemei and Miss Zi arrived at the table, a waiter had a conflict with her. This incident attracted the attention of many people in the restaurant. So, that waiter..."

……

"What's going on between that waiter named Lin Zhengchen and Wang Hemeihezi?"

Gao Yuan asked this question to Tatsumi Taiji and the others. At the same time, after asking this question, Gao Yuan deliberately looked at Tatsumi Sakurako -

I feel like maybe she knows some details... (End of this chapter)