Rebirth from Conan

Chapter 35 Was it manslaughter? Or...

What on earth does this woman want to do?
Is she helping me?

and also……

How did she know that there was a bug inside the Pi Xiu?
In the cloakroom, Xia He, who was looking for clothes for Wakasa Rumi, really couldn't understand.

As for coincidence...

That's even more nonsense.

How could such a coincidence happen in this world?
"This is my mother's dress, you wear it first..."

Xia He went downstairs with a black skirt. Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Wakasa Rumi, who was already wearing a short T-shirt and shorts, standing at the door. She waved at Xia He and said, "Thank you, Xia He. I feel much better after taking a shower. Also, I'll help you throw the ornament into the trash can, and I'll definitely buy you a new one later."

After saying that, he closed the door.

Xia He was left standing in the living room, looking at the door speechlessly.

"I... seem to have been tricked by someone?"

"Wang!"

……

"That woman should not belong to the winery camp."

"Otherwise, there would be no need for her to come and help me get rid of the bug..."

On the way to school, Xia He muttered to himself.

I was wondering what the woman's purpose was when suddenly, as I passed by the river, I noticed a crowd of people gathered on the shore, all of them looking anxious and hurried.

He walked closer and saw that someone had fallen into the water.

"This is how to do ah?"

"Is there anyone who can swim? Please save that child!"

Noisy voices rang out from the crowd.

Two middle-aged men with big bellies and briefcases were hesitating whether to go into the river to save people.

At the same time, Xia He had taken off his school uniform, revealing a muscular upper body that was not suitable for his age group, and dived into the water.

"Someone went down to rescue people!"

The onlookers on the shore exclaimed when they saw this.

Especially after seeing the school uniform left by Xia He on the shore, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"It seems that he is still a student..."

"This school uniform should be from Teitan Junior High School, right?"

"Can that kid really do it?"

Everyone was anxiously looking at the situation in the river.

However, Xia He looked indifferent.

Like a dolphin, he quickly and lightly approached the struggling girl, then put his arms through the girl's armpits and easily dragged her back to the shore in a backstroke position.

Seeing this, the crowd quickly gathered around and pulled the two men to the shore.

But before they could say anything, Xia He immediately stood up, wiped the water off his face and said, "Please help me call an ambulance. I'm going to be late for school."

After saying this, he walked away on his own under the gazes of everyone.

……

Xia He, wearing only a pair of shorts, found a convenience store on the roadside, ignored the clerk's look that was five parts of astonishment, three parts of shyness, and two parts of desire, bought a towel, dried his body, and then put his clothes back on.

Then I jogged all the way to school, but when I walked into the classroom, I was still about ten minutes late.

However, the teacher did not make him stand at the door as punishment like other late students. Instead, he let him return to his seat without even asking the reason.

All I can say is that no matter where you go, students with excellent grades will always be favored by teachers.

What's more, Xia He is a good-looking student with aristocratic temperament.

……

4:30 p.m.

As usual, Xia He stuffed the snacks given to him by the girls in the drawer into his schoolbag.

Even though they were not sent by Yuanzi and most of them were not to his taste, he chose to accept them all out of politeness.

After all, even if you can't eat it, you can just throw it to Meatballs, right?

At the same time, he actually quite enjoyed this feeling.

If being handsome is a burden...

He hoped that he would be able to carry on carrying the burden throughout this life and the next. …

[Unlock mission: Caring for single aunts living alone]

[Gain Wakasa Rumi's favor, and when the accumulated favorability reaches 100, you can obtain a talent]

[Current favorability: 25/100]

On the way back, Xia He had a task prompt pop up in his mind.

He thought that this task could be done.

only……

What's up with this 25 points of favorability that comes with it?

Xia He scratched his head in confusion.

"I guess it's because I'm so handsome."

Thinking of this, he immediately opened his schoolbag and placed the snacks that he didn't like, which were supposed to be meatballs, at the door of Wakasa Rumi's house.

About half an hour later.

Wakasa Rumi returned home with a shopping bag. When she saw the snacks and milk piled at the door, she was stunned at first, and then she found that there was a note on the snacks.

The note read: "Sister Liumei, it must be very hard for you to live away from your family and live alone. These are my favorite snacks, for you! Also, you should pay more attention to rest and don't forget to eat on time after work."

A smile appeared on his face.

Picking up the snacks, Wakasa Rumi couldn't help but whisper, "This child is exactly the same as when he was a child..."

So kind and lovely, it makes people feel warm...

[Current favorability: 30/100]

……

In a blink of an eye, the final exam is over.

Xia He has passed the test again and will skip to the third grade in the next semester.

Now, it is summer vacation, and Xia He had originally planned to travel to China with Shinichi and others. However, on the night before the trip, he unfortunately received bad news - his aunt who was in charge of cooking died.

The cause of death was sodium hydroxide poisoning.

As we all know, the sodium hydroxide in the scientific world is completely different from what Xia He knew in his previous life.

This thing, as long as it is exposed to the air, can quickly absorb water molecules and become a liquid, highly toxic substance.

It is an excellent weapon to kill people without being seen.

After some investigation, the police calculated that the time of taking poison was around 7:30 in the evening.

That is the time when the aunt had dinner with Xia He and Nakatsuru Hirota at Xia He's house and was washing dishes in the sink.

Afterwards, just five minutes after leaving his home, he fell into the grass by the roadside and lost consciousness.

By the time he was found and rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment, he had already been dead for a long time.

At that time period, the only two people who had the opportunity to poison were Xia He and Nakatsuru Hirota.

For this reason, they were all taken to the local police station for interrogation one after another.

Xia He was lucky because, although he was a minor, he was also an excellent student in both conduct and academic performance and had done many heroic deeds. Therefore, he only had to answer some simple questions and was released home by the criminal police.

Only Nakatsuru Hirota was regarded as the main suspect.

But no matter what the police asked him, he was always confused. His bewildered look didn't look like he was acting. In addition, there was no evidence to prove his suspicion, so after 24 hours, they had no choice but to let him go.

……

"Could it be that the winery did this?"

In the room, Xia He sat cross-legged on the bed.

This sudden murder disturbed his mind and made it impossible for him to enter his previous meditative state.

"And if the original goal was to kill me, but they accidentally killed the cook instead..."

Doesn't that mean that they might strike again?

Thinking of this, Xia He couldn't help but frowned.

It was not until a moment later that the figure of Wakasa Rumi appeared in his mind.

"Maybe... it's really that woman who's causing trouble?"

Once again he began to doubt his neighbors.

This time, he even made plans to take the initiative and go to the other party's house to find out the truth.

(End of this chapter)