Conan: The Heart Thief

"Me, my wife, the maid, and my son Yasuie," Itami answered.

"Your son? Where is he now?" Yumi Miyamoto continued to ask.

"He should be in driving school now, because he recently said he was preparing for the driver's license test," said Yidan.

Ito, who was standing by, seemed to have thought of something and said, "There is a spare key in the mailbox on the first floor, but the mailbox is locked with a dial combination lock. If you don't know the combination, you can't open it... Eh? Wait a minute!"

Ito's expression suddenly changed: "Besides us, there is another person who knows the password!"

Miyamoto Yumi was surprised: "Who is it?"

Ito began to recall: "Yesterday, I was trying to take out the mail from the mailbox, but I forgot to bring the note with the password. When I was worrying about it, that person suddenly appeared and told me the correct password."

"I asked him how he knew the password to the mailbox, and he replied... 'Last time when you opened the mailbox to get the mail, you accidentally dropped the password paper. I was the one who picked it up for you. Did you forget it?'"

"I asked him again, it was just a moment, less than a second, right? How could he remember the contents of the code paper? He replied...'For me, that amount of time is enough, because I am very good at memorizing that kind of thing, the best in the country... No, the best in the world, right?'"

"That's it." Ito finished his recollection.

Miike Naoko couldn't help but complain: "How can there be such a narcissistic person."

When Miyamoto Yumi heard this, her face turned very ugly, as if she had eaten a bitter melon: "I guess I know who that guy is."

Lin Xiao also chuckled: "Sister Yumi, you don't mean to say that guy is...Heda Hideyoshi."

"Yes." Yumi Miyamoto looked bitter. She had to meet the annoying guy again so soon.

Miike Naeko didn't notice her partner's reaction and couldn't help asking, "Is that person a resident of this building?"

"Yes, I live next door." Ito replied.

"Okay! Without further ado, let's go knock on the door and check!" Miike Naoko said, and pulled Ito out directly.

More than ten seconds later, Miike Naeko rang the doorbell next door. ...

"Coming!" A young male voice came from inside the door.

Lin Xiao and Miyamoto Yumi also followed outside.

Then, a young man wearing a casual jacket, somewhat unkempt and glasses poked his head out.

"Excuse me, what's the matter?"

As soon as Yumi saw the man's face, she held the door helplessly. It was indeed Haneda Hideyoshi.

After the man looked around, he also noticed Yumi who was holding the door.

The man's eyes widened instantly, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and he shouted: "Yumi!? Have you changed your mind and come to see me? I knew it, I knew it!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Miike Naeko looked at Yumi in confusion: "Yumi-sister? Do you know him?"

"Excuse me, do you know each other?" Chitose Ito was a little confused for a moment.

Seeing her ex-boyfriend's slovenly appearance, Yumi leaned against the door helplessly, covering her face. She felt that knowing such a slovenly man and almost developing a relationship with him was a dark history of hers. She said in a muffled voice: "Ten years ago, we were friends, and ten years later, we are strangers."

Lin Xiao couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha...Haneda Hideyoshi is even more miserable than Eason Chan. We can still be friends ten years later."

Then, Inspector Megure arrived with his men...

I see. I now roughly understand the whole story." After listening to Lin Xiao's detailed account, Officer Megure nodded slightly, then turned his gaze to Itami and asked gently: "Then, may I ask what the focus of your dispute is?"

"It's about stock investment," Itami replied, with a hint of helplessness in his tone. "My wife has been addicted to stock trading recently. I just kindly reminded her to be cautious, but I didn't expect that this would make her so angry."

“In addition, our son, who is about to graduate from college, has not yet found a job, which may be another factor in her emotional instability,” Idan added.

"Do you live with your son?" Officer Takagi, who was taking careful notes, interrupted.

"No, he's been living alone in an apartment near the school since he went to college," Idan responded.

"But I remember your son called and mentioned..." Ito interrupted, with a hint of reminiscence in his voice, "He said that once he gets his driver's license, he hopes you can buy him a car, and he plans to visit with a car catalog."

"But his wife strongly objected, thinking that he shouldn't enjoy such luxury before finding a job. The two argued for a few words and then hung up the phone," Idan continued.

"Is that so... Huh? Wait, you're not the one in that case..." Officer Megure seemed to suddenly recognize Ito, with a hint of surprise in his words.

Ito's expression was a little gloomy: "Yes, I didn't expect that I would encounter such an unfortunate thing while doing housework here."

"Uh, haha..." Inspector Megure smiled awkwardly and wisely changed the subject.

He turned to look at Officer Miike Naeko: "By the way, why was it Officer Miike Naeko from the traffic department who contacted us?"

"Ms. Ito, the first person to discover the case, was frightened and immediately contacted her friend, Officer Miike Naeko. We happened to be nearby and when we learned that a murder had occurred, we immediately rushed over to find out what happened." Lin Xiao came over at the right time and explained the whole story in detail.

Officer Megure looked at Lin Xiao with a look of surprise and a hint of ridicule: "Brother Lin, you are really something... You always get involved in cases inadvertently."

Inspector Megure thought to himself that Lin Xiao was indeed a famous detective; wherever he went, incidents would occur.

Chapter 457 Shameless

"Ahem!" Inspector Megure coughed lightly, his expression suddenly becoming serious: "In short, at the time of the crime, there were only the wife, Mr. Itami, and the maid in this room, right?"

"Yes, my son and I haven't seen each other for more than a year," Idan responded.

Inspector Megure turned his gaze towards Yumi and the young man beside her: "So, Yumi, who is the gentleman behind you..."

"Uh, he..." Yumi didn't know how to introduce herself, but the man spoke first: "I live in the building next door, Yumi's..."

"Huh?" Yumi immediately cast an extremely dangerous look.

The man's expression froze, and he said dejectedly: "I am Yumi's friend, Haneda Hideyoshi, please give me your guidance." He originally wanted to shamelessly call himself Yumi's boyfriend.

"So they're just friends?" Inspector Megure thought this sloppy man was someone special to Yumi Miyamoto. "Anyway, why don't you tell me why Mr. Haneda is here?"

Yumi said helplessly, "Because this person who can barely be called my friend, he just happens to know the password to the mailbox where the spare key is kept, so I brought him here! He is a major suspect in the murder, Inspector Megure, I think he is the murderer."

As she said that, she grabbed Haneda Hideyoshi and pulled him to the front: "Hadea Hideyoshi, just admit it honestly."

"I'm not the murderer. Yumi, you misunderstood!" Hideyoshi Haneda felt very wronged because he was misunderstood by his beloved woman.

Lin Xiao also said: "No, Sister Yumi, you can't say that Haneda Hideyoshi is a murderer just because you hate him."

Yumi said seriously, "But Hideyoshi is a big suspect. Hideyoshi was idle all day and had an affair with the lady next door. Later, the emotional dispute escalated and he killed the lady next door."

Haneda Hideyoshi felt even more heartbroken. His beloved woman actually looked at him like this. He acted like he was about to cry: "Yumi, how could you slander me like this."

Inspector Megure thought what Miyamoto Yumi said made sense, and said, "So that's how it is, you are the murderer, Mr. Haneda Hideyoshi!"

Haneda Hideyoshi said: "I am really not the murderer, and I am a professional chess player, not like Yumi said I don't have a legitimate job."

Officer Takagi stared at Haneda Hideyoshi and suddenly showed a puzzled look: "Eh? Strange, I seem to have seen you somewhere before?"

Officer Megure was stunned for a moment, and also showed a thoughtful look: "Hearing what you said, I seem to have heard this name somewhere."

Yumi suddenly grabbed Haneda Hideyoshi's ear nervously and asked, "Is he on some wanted list?"

"How is this possible!" Haneda Hideyoshi denied speechlessly.

Haneda Hideyoshi coughed and said, "It seems that I can no longer hide it. I am the six-time champion of the Japanese shogi world. I already have six titles, and I am only one step away from the seventh title, 'Taiko Meijin'."

Ikeda Naeko said, "So when you say collect all seven, you mean collect all seven titles of shogi?"

Haneda Hideyoshi scratched his head and laughed, "Ahaha! So that's it, you're right, I have indeed collected all six, and I only need the last one."

Miyamoto Yumi said coldly: "It doesn't matter what happens. Anyway, I have nothing to do with this guy."

"Okay! Now is not the time to deal with personal matters." Officer Megure coughed again, "Anyway, although the suicide note has been found, Detective Lin believes that there is something wrong with the suicide note, right?"

"Yes! You will understand if you compare the suicide note with the notebook on the table." Lin Xiao nodded.

Inspector Megure then placed the suicide note on the notebook and found that it did not match.

"Hmm... it's indeed inconsistent with what's in the notebook..." He looked at the contents of the suicide note again and read in a low voice: "Husband, I'm sorry for hurting you. I hope your injury can heal soon. Good luck on the exam, son Jingjia. I think you will be fine. Remember to let Ichiko wear my kimono during the Shichi-Go-San Festival. Please forgive me for leaving first - Itami Chiyoko."

"Is there anything unusual in the contents of this suicide note?" asked Officer Megure.

"Yes!" Idan took off his glasses and said, "As you can see, my eye was hit by an ashtray thrown by my wife yesterday. My son is currently taking a driving lesson and is preparing to take a written test. In addition, my sister's daughter is indeed turning seven this year."

"But why did your wife throw the ashtray?" asked Officer Takagi.

"Because my wife likes to throw things around when she's angry," Idan replied.

"Yes! I saw it that time, too." Ito echoed, "So, after I saw the phone dropped at the door, I guessed it was my wife who threw it out."

"Oh? Cell phone, when was it found?" Lin Xiao asked.

"I found it on the floor at the door when I knocked on my wife's bedroom door for the first time when I came back," Ito replied.

"Where is that cell phone?" asked Officer Megure.

"I put it away." Itami took out a cell phone from his pocket and handed it to Officer Megure: "I wanted to wait until my wife calmed down before giving it to her."

Officer Megure took the phone and checked it for a moment, then handed it to Officer Takagi in disappointment: "There is no record of making calls or sending text messages. I thought if it was a homicide, the murderer would use the phone to set a trap."

"It seems that the cell phone has nothing to do with the case." Officer Takagi was also a little disappointed.

"But I still think the suicide note is weird." Ito still had doubts: "Because my wife caught a cold when she was seven years old and couldn't participate in the Shichi-Go-San Festival, she didn't have the chance to wear a kimono until she became an adult."

"Oh? Is that so?" Lin Xiao's eyes moved slightly, and a flash of enlightenment flashed through his mind. "It's a prepared step!"

The investigation was underway when suddenly, a doorbell rang from the direction of the main door.

Everyone went to the entrance and opened the door.

A young man walked in. He was wearing gray clothes, dyed non-mainstream yellow hair, and a hat. He was the son of this family, Yasuie Itami.

"Hey, why are there so many guests at home? Even the police are here?"

Itami Yongxin walked forward and said, "Jingjia, why did you come back suddenly?"

The blond young man picked up the car model catalog: "Dad, didn't I tell you on the phone? I'm going to show you the car models when I get home."

Itami Naginobu immediately scolded him: "Didn't I tell you it's impossible? You don't even have a job now, and you still want us to buy a car?"

"I think you need to find a job first. What future do you have if your hair is dyed like a pudding?"

Itami Yasuie's face changed slightly, and he retorted: "Dad, what are you talking about? Didn't you support me getting a driver's license before? Did something happen at home?"

Chiba, who was standing next to him, stood up and began to recount the case.

After hearing this, Itami Yasuie looked incredulous and tears welled up in his eyes.

"What? You said my mother hanged herself. That's impossible!"

Having said this, he rushed into the bedroom, saw the body of his mother Chiyoko, and suddenly broke down and cried.

After Itami Yasuie's emotions calmed down a little, Chiba began to ask questions.