Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 209 The old-fashioned bathtub can’t speak
After listening to Yabuuchi Hidekazu's straightforward explanation, Yukiko finally understood the real reason and purpose of her good friend Yabuuchi Hiromi inviting her this time.

- Investigate whether this "Yabuuchi Yoshifusa" who suddenly appeared is the real uncle Yoshifusa.

No wonder Guangmei didn’t explain the situation clearly over the phone.

When it comes to inheritance issues, it is indeed not easy to talk about them over the phone.

But this is also human nature. After all, no one wants the inheritance left by their parents to be taken away by outsiders who are not relatives.

Before Yukiko could continue to ask, a yellow-haired man in a blue coat came over from not far away and said, "My father's will will be announced at ten o'clock tomorrow night. If we don't expose the old man's mask before then, it will be difficult."

"That's right. In that case, we will get much less!" A blonde woman also walked over slowly and added.

After the two finished speaking, Yabuuchi Hiromi also introduced Makino and Yukiko:
"These two are my younger brother, Yabuuchi Yoshiyuki, and his wife, Yabuuchi Keiko. Yoshiyuki, Keiko, the one next to me is the worker who used to come to our house often... Makino Yukiko, and her husband Makino Ryuichi, and this child is Conan."

After Hiromi Yabuuchi finished her introduction, everyone simply bowed their heads and greeted her.

At this moment, a mature woman in a purple kimono walked out of a nearby room and said, "You should be the people Guangmei hired to investigate the impostor, right? I am Yabuuchi Machiko, thank you for your help in this matter."

After Yabuuchi Machiko spoke, other members of the Yabuuchi family also spoke up:

"That's right, we have to expose the impostor's identity!"

"In short, his identity must be ascertained before the will is published tomorrow."

"..."

Yabuuchi Hiromi did not join the discussion of "how to confirm that this Yabuuchi Yoshifusa is a fake", but took the time to quietly introduce her to Makino and the other two: "This is my stepmother Machiko."

Makino and Yukiko glanced at the Yabuuchi family members who were discussing the matter and nodded silently.

With the exception of Hiromi Yabuuchi, the impressions left by the other members of the Yabuuchi family were similar to those left by the others.

Unlike Hiromi Yabuuchi who wanted to confirm the authenticity of Uncle Yoshifusa, these people seemed to have confirmed from the beginning that Uncle Yoshifusa was a fake.

In other words, they all desperately hoped that this adoptive uncle was a fake.

Because only in this way can they inherit more inheritance.

Perhaps only at this special moment would these people be so "united".

Watching her family members discussing the inheritance, Hiromi Yabuuchi looked at Makino and Yukiko sheepishly and smiled awkwardly.

Conan looked at the adults in front of him who were discussing something and blinked in confusion.

……

Half an hour later, in the Yabuuchi family's warehouse.

At Yukiko's suggestion, everyone went to the warehouse together, trying to find evidence to confirm the authenticity of "Uncle Yoshifusa".

Not long after, Yukiko found an old black-and-white photo in a green notebook.

After seeing herself in the photo, Yukiko pulled Yabuuchi Hiromi behind her and chuckled, "Hiromi, look! Isn't this a photo we took when we were little? Isn't this Uncle Yoshifusa!"

Hearing this, Hiromi Yabuuchi and other members of the Yabuuchi family who were searching for "evidence" nearby quickly stepped forward and carefully examined the photo in Yukiko's hand.

"That's right! The one in the middle is Uncle Yoshifusa! It really brings back memories~" Yabuuchi Hiromi nodded, "But he was still young at that time, and his face was covered by a baseball cap..."

At this time, everyone in the Yabuuchi family shook their heads:

"No, he's wearing a baseball cap and I can't really see what he looks like."

"What a pity! It seems that this photo cannot be used as evidence..."

At this time, Yabuuchi Hiromi recalled: "Come to think of it, I remember this photo was taken at a baseball tournament in town, right? Yukiko, do you remember that my uncle was stepped on the foot by a runner with spikes during this tournament and suffered a serious injury?"

"Yes, I remember he went to the hospital and got several stitches!" Yukiko nodded.

Hearing this, Hiromi Yabuuchi's husband, Hidekazu Yabuuchi, suddenly thought of something and said, "If that's the case, he should still have the wounds from that time, right?"

Upon hearing this, the others present immediately showed excitement.

Yabuuchi Yoshiyuki also directly put forward his own suggestion: "Sister! Why don't we pretend to be delivering tea for Uncle Yoshifusa and deliberately spill the tea, and take the opportunity to check his wound!"

After hesitating for a moment, Hiromi Yabuuchi nodded and agreed to the proposal.

Not long after, Yabuuchi Hiromi came to the Japanese-style room where Uncle Yoshifusa was, holding a cup of tea, and pushed open the door: "Uncle Yoshifusa, would you like a cup of tea?"

"Thank you for your help!" Yabuuchi Yoshifusa slowly put down the newspaper in his hand and nodded to Yabuuchi Hiromi.

After approaching Yoshifusa Yabuuchi, Hiromi Yabuuchi pretended to fall and spilled tea on Yoshifusa Yabuuchi's trouser legs.

The next second, before Yabuuchi Yoshifusa could react, Yabuuchi Hiromi pulled up the hem of Yabuuchi Yoshifusa's trousers under the pretext of helping to wipe up the tea.

After seeing that there were no scars on Yabuuchi Yoshifusa's calf, Yabuuchi Hiromi immediately shouted: "No! There are no scars on his feet!"

After hearing Hiromi Yabuuchi's voice, Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi who was outside the house immediately rushed into the room, and the others also looked inside the house curiously.

Seeing this, Yabuuchi Yoshifusa seemed to have remembered something, slowly pulled up his right leg's pants, and said, "Scar? This is what you are talking about, right?"

Everyone turned to look at Yabuuchi Yoshifusa's right leg.

To everyone's surprise, there was indeed an old wound on the calf of Yabuuchi Yoshifusa's right leg that looked like it had been stitched.

Seeing the surprised expressions on everyone's faces, Yabuuchi Yoshifusa's eyes flashed with an inexplicable smile: "In that baseball game 30 years ago, my leg was accidentally stepped on by a runner. This is the wound left at that time."

Upon hearing this, the Yabuuchi family members immediately showed an unwilling expression.

Yabuuchi Yoshiyuki frowned and said, "What? There are actually scars on his legs!"

Since the adopted uncle in front of them really had this old injury and remembered the source of the old injury, it means that he is very likely the real "adopted uncle".

After seeing the unwilling expressions on everyone's faces, Yabuuchi Yoshifusa slowly put down his pants and snorted, "You guys really are doubting me! What big brother said is absolutely right, there is not a single good person here! I was right to bring Carlos here!"

At this point, Yabuuchi Yoshifusa took a breath and continued, "To be honest with you, he is actually the personal bodyguard I hired in Brazil!"

After hearing the words "personal bodyguard", everyone in the Yabuuchi family showed a look of astonishment.

They didn't expect that this sturdy dark-skinned man was actually the bodyguard hired by Uncle Yifang.

It turns out that Uncle Yifang had been on guard against them from the very beginning!

After a moment of silence, Yabuuchi Hiromi asked, "Uncle, why do you want to hire a bodyguard?"

Hearing this, Yabuuchi Yoshifusa sneered twice and reached into his pocket to pull out a piece of paper: "Of course I am not doing this without reason. Look! This is the threatening letter I received in Brazil!" The content of the threatening letter was very concise:
——"We have no inheritance to give you. If you want to survive, you'd better not come back!"

After reading the contents of the threatening letter, everyone in the Yabuuchi family showed complicated expressions.

Yukiko also pulled Makino's arm, her eyes full of worry.

The emergence of this threatening letter marks that this "legacy incident" has reached a new level and has become more complicated and terrifying.

Seeing that everyone was frightened by the threatening letter he had taken out, Yabuuchi Yoshifusa closed his eyes and said, "Well, if there is nothing else, please leave first!"

The people of the Yabuuchi family looked at each other and silently left Yabuuchi Yoshifusa's room.

In order to communicate, Makino and Yukiko deliberately kept a distance from the Yabuuchi family.

Seeing that they were about the same distance away, Yukiko quickly whispered, "Ryuichi, what do you think about this?"

Makino turned his head and glanced in the direction of the courtyard, then whispered, "Judging from the location of the wound, this Yabuuchi Yoshifusa is indeed a fake. Judging from the old photo and his subconscious movements just now, he is obviously left-handed."

Hearing this, Yukiko's eyes immediately lit up: "I see, his left leg should have been injured when he was accidentally stepped on by a runner! But the injury is on his right leg!"

Makino nodded and said, "That's right, but the threatening letter he just took out might also be real."

"What? So what you mean is...?" Yukiko asked confusedly.

Before Makino could answer, Yabuuchi Hiromi suddenly turned around and looked at Makino and the others, pointing at the ancient well in the courtyard and said, "Yukiko, do you remember this ancient well?"

Hearing Hiromi Yabuuchi calling her, Yukiko had to temporarily put aside her doubts and turned to look in the direction Hiromi Yabuuchi was pointing.

In the courtyard, an ancient well and a flowering tree caught the eyes of Makino and Yukiko under the moonlight.

The moment she saw the ancient well, Yukiko was also lost in memories: "I didn't expect this well is still there. The accident that year..."

The conversation between Hiromi Yabuuchi and Yukiko was also heard by the Yabuuchi family members walking in front, and they all turned to look at the ancient well in the courtyard.

After a while, whether to explain to Makino and Yukiko or to remember her, Yabuuchi Hiromi slowly spoke: "It was snowing 15 years ago. When we woke up in the morning, we suddenly found that our mother was missing."

"Just when we were about to call the police, we discovered my mother's body in this ancient well. When she was found, she was holding a camellia in her hand. If she hadn't fallen into the well to pick flowers from the tree..."

At this point, Hiromi Yabuuchi's expression also became extremely sad.

Her husband, Hidekazu Yabuuchi, sighed and closed his eyes, saying, "We originally planned to dig this dangerous well, but my father-in-law threatened us with his own life so that we would not forget our deceased mother. In the end, we left this well."

At this time, Yabuuchi Yoshiyuki on the side also showed an angry expression: "At the funeral, one of my mother's brothers suddenly came to make trouble, insisting that my mother's fall into the well was not an accident, and that she was pushed into the well by one of us!"

Seeing that the atmosphere was gradually becoming wrong, Yabuuchi Hiromi put away the sadness on her face and forced a smile, "Well, it's all in the past. It's getting late. Let's go eat first. Conan should be hungry too, right?"

After noticing everyone's gaze, Conan nodded blankly.

At this moment, Yabuuchi Machiko, who was walking in front of the crowd, suddenly spoke up: "That person seems to have always hated you, especially Yabuuchi Yoshifusa who planted this flower tree. I heard that he has always wanted 'revenge'. But when the previous wife died, I was not a member of your family, so this matter has nothing to do with me."

After finishing speaking, Yabuuchi Machiko turned around and said, "By the way, Hiromi, I have to attend a friend's wedding celebration today, so I'll leave the house to you~"

"Okay, mom, don't worry." Yabuuchi Hiromi nodded.

After Yabuuchi Machiko left, Yabuuchi Hiromi said, "Okay, let's go eat. We're having Sukiyaki tonight~"

……

After meal.

Hiromi Yabuuchi walked up to Makino and Yukiko and said, "There are plenty of rooms, please stay here tonight~"

"I'm so sorry~ Not only did you treat us to such a sumptuous meal, but you also let us stay here." Yukiko said with a smile.

Yabuuchi Hiromi chuckled and waved her hands: "Really, Yukiko, you are too polite. You came all the way from abroad to help me! Compared to this, I should say sorry... The bathtub at home is still the old-fashioned one. Everyone has to line up to take a bath, which may take some time..."

Before Hiromi Yabuuchi could finish, Yukiko excitedly held her hand: "It's okay, I really like this old-fashioned bathtub! But speaking of queuing... We are already very grateful to be able to take a bath! Conan just took a bath yesterday, so he doesn't need to take a bath today. In order not to waste everyone's time, let's take a bath together~"

After saying that, Yukiko smiled and winked at Makino.

Makino: "?"

……

Shortly after.

Yukiko smiled and took Makino's arm as they walked towards the bathroom.

Just when he was about to reach the bathroom, Makino did not step into the bathroom door, but walked straight to the end of the corridor, then pushed open the door at the end and walked towards the side door in the yard.

Just as Yukiko was about to call out to Makino, a familiar figure suddenly walked into the yard from the side door.

At the same time, Kudo Yusaku took off his hat and scarf, and looked at Makino in front of him with a smile: "As expected of you, you should have noticed me a long time ago~"

Makino nodded and said, "Well, but..."

Before Makino could finish, Yukiko quickly ran up to the two of them, hugged Makino's arm, and smiled with narrowed eyes: "My 'ex-husband', please don't harass me again! If you do this again, my husband Ryuichi will not let you go easily!"

"Long Yi, let's ignore this cheating stranger~ If we don't take a shower, the water will get cold~"

Makino: "..."

Kudo Yusaku: "..."

After two seconds of silence, Kudo Yusaku sighed softly and gave Makino an apologetic look: "It seems that you are still angry... Makino, I'll leave Yukiko and the things here to you. I feel relieved when you are around. In fact, tomorrow night is the deadline. Since you are here, I will go back to finish the manuscript first."

After finishing speaking, Kudo Yusaku nodded to Makino, turned around and left through the side door.

After riding the motorcycle, Kudo Yusaku shook his head silently.

In fact, if he had known that Makino was there, he would not have risked exceeding the deadline and rode a motorcycle all the way here.

He was well aware of Makino's abilities, and no matter what happened, Yukiko's safety would be guaranteed.

After Kudo Yusaku rode away, Makino looked helplessly at Yukiko beside him and squinted his eyes and said, "Sister Yukiko, since your 'plot' has succeeded, there is no need to continue acting, right?"

Yukiko leaned close to Makino's ear and whispered, "Plot? Acting? Is this how you always see me, Ryuichi? Not everything I do is just acting! Let's not talk about this, the guy who's in the way has left, let's go take a shower~"

After saying this, Yukiko almost put all her body weight on Makino, and used more strength with her arms.

Makino: "..."

(End of this chapter)