Stay away from Conan.

Through conversations with Tatsumi Sakurako and others, Gao Yuan gradually understood the logic behind Wang Hemeihezi's actions. As for the remaining doubts in the incident, he still needed to inquire from other places.

Therefore, Gao Yuan decided to ask the restaurant manager to see if things were actually as he thought.

So, just when Gao Yuan was about to tell Taiji Tatsumi and the others that this was over and to leave to ask other people, the atmosphere between Taiji Tatsumi and Satoru Ōba became increasingly weird. Even Sakurako Tatsumi, who was obviously a little drunk, seemed to have sensed something. She glanced at the two people on her left and right who had different expressions, then lowered her head slightly, as if she was a little uneasy.

In this case, Gao Yuan is no longer able to say anything about the situation here. It all depends on what decision they make now.

After all, at least we have to deal with the current problem now.

So, when Gao Yuan found the manager, he happened to meet Kudo Shinichi who was also asking the manager questions.

Therefore, seeing Gao Yuan coming over, Kudo Shinichi and Gao Yuan nodded slightly to each other, without talking much at first. Just with a tacit understanding, Kudo Shinichi let the manager continue to talk about what he knew.

So, at this moment Gao Yuan heard that when Wang Hemeihezi came to the store to inspect the work in advance, Mr. Lin Zhengchen did not have any contact with Wang Hemeihezi, which led to the conflict between Wang Hemeihezi and Lin Zhengchen before the dishes were served.

"So, Mr. Lin Zhengchen deliberately didn't meet with Miss Wang Hemei and Miss Zi at the beginning? Then why was it Mr. Lin Zhengchen who served them the food later?"

Now, Kudo Shinichi naturally asked this question -

After all, Lin Zhengchen and Wang Hemeihezi already knew each other, and because of their elders, there were irreconcilable conflicts between them. Therefore, the best thing to do was not to meet, otherwise there would be a great possibility of conflict. However, their current identities were waiter and guest, and it was obviously wrong to take the initiative to approach at that time.

In this regard, facing this question, the manager was a little nervous and seemed to have difficulty answering the question. He just said:
"This... I can't say for sure... Maybe Lin didn't know that Miss Wang He was also at that table at first? This, we should ask Lin himself..."

In this case, the manager obviously doesn't want to say more on this issue, or it may be that he really can't explain it clearly.

In response, Kudo Shinichi nodded and said:
"That's natural, we'll ask him directly."

Then, at this moment, Gao Yuan took the opportunity to ask another question:
"So, when Mr. Taiji Tatsumi came here to reserve a seat, did you know that he also invited Wang He and his daughter?"

So, after hearing this, the manager was also stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Gao Yuan to ask such a tricky question -

After all, it was Taiji Tatsumi who decided the position, so what does this have to do with Wang He and his daughter?
But since he was asked this question, the manager had to think hard for a while, and finally he seemed to realize something and responded:

"Ah... if you put it that way, it seems to be true! Because President Tatsumi wanted to book a bigger position, so I asked him who he was going to invite, and then I heard from President Tatsumi that he was going to invite our new boss!"

The new boss is Wang He Mengyan, who is about to acquire the restaurant. That is to say, as people in the store, they know that Tatsumi Taiji wants to invite Wang He Mengyan today.

Therefore, after receiving this answer, Gao Yuan seemed to understand a little, and then asked:
"So, Mr. Lin Zhengchen also knows that President Chen Mi wants to invite Mr. Wang He and others today, right?"

"This..." After thinking about this question for a while, the manager nodded and said:
"I think so. He was there when President Tatsumi came to reserve a seat that day. He probably heard what he said."

So, after hearing this answer, Gao Yuan smiled and nodded, then continued to ask along the same topic:
"So, when did you decide on the spot reserved for President Tatsumi?"

"Well... because President Tatsumi reserved the table around 8pm, and he wanted a large table, and we have limited seats like this in the entire restaurant, so we started asking people to keep an eye out after 6pm. If there is a vacant seat like this, then it will be reserved and new guests will not be allowed to sit at the reserved table."

As the manager of the restaurant, he gave very clear answers to Gao Yuan's questions.

But then Gao Yuan asked further questions:

"So, when was the table vacant? Who cleared the table? And who rearranged it?"

Because Gao Yuan also came to the dining table as a guest, he knew very well that the newly tidied dining table had already been laid out with basic tableware when the guests arrived. Things like wine glasses were placed in front of this position in advance.

Therefore, if there was poison in the cup in front of Wang Hemengyan at the beginning, but someone did not poison it afterwards, then it is possible that someone had poisoned it at the very beginning, because that person knew that the guest who would sit at this table at that time would be Wang Hemengyan.

After hearing this, the manager was obviously at a loss for words about this issue. After all, he did not have the knowledge of such detailed issues.

So the manager could only say:
"This... I'm not sure. Maybe I need to ask the waiters who cleaned up the mess."

Just like that, seeing that the manager really seemed to be unaware of the situation, Gao Yuan stopped asking any more questions and turned to look at Kudo Shinichi and asked, "Do you have any other ideas?"

Then, seeing that Kudo Shinichi also shook his head and had no more questions, Gao Yuan and Kudo Shinichi left here temporarily, preparing to ask the staff in the store about the question that Gao Yuan had just asked.

As a result, after asking a few people, Gao Yuan and Kudo Shinichi got the answer -

It’s Lin Zhengchen.

——"So, next we should ask that person directly?"

After getting these clues, Kudo Shinichi seemed to know what Gao Yuan was thinking, so he asked this question.

But Gao Yuan shook his head and responded:

"No... not yet. We currently... have no evidence..." (End of this chapter)