I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

"No."

Qianjian Jiangdai shook his head sadly.

"It was already 20 years later when I discovered this. I found it by accident while sorting out the letters left by my father. My father used a needle to poke a lot of holes on the letter paper, and in this way he conveyed the truth to me."

"I thought this matter would just pass, but I didn't expect that when I accidentally mentioned this to Da Shang Zhu Shan during a meal, he actually showed great interest. He soon found this Dusk Villa and bought it with a loan at a high price, and actively started a treasure hunt."

"But he didn't expect that after a few months, Da Shang Zhu Shan's loan was about to be overdue, and the treasure was still nowhere to be found. In order to prevent the villa he bought with the loan from being reclaimed by the bank, he told me that he had come up with a last resort."

"'Go get a detective to find the treasure,' is what he said to me."

"If that's all, then it's fine."

Chijian Jiangdai clenched his old fists.

"But the degree of madness of Ogami is beyond my imagination. He even intends to repeat the tragedy of forty years ago and kill all of you one by one after you find the treasure, including the maid and me. I have no choice but to resort to this desperate measure and kill him first."

"But if that's all, there's no need for you, Sister Qianjian, to direct and act in this show yourself, right?" Mogi was puzzled.

"Actually, this is just like what Brother Sera said."

Qianjian Jiangdai's expression and tone were like an old man on his deathbed summing up his life.

"Perhaps deep down, I also hope that one of you can solve the mystery and see the treasure that my father risked his life for... Maybe the person possessed by the ghost of Karasuma Renya is actually me."

No, I think your father had already solved the mystery back then, Grandma Qianjian...

Serabelle turned her head and looked at the clock hanging in the middle of the wall at the end of the restaurant and thought.

However, it is better to keep some things as secrets forever.

Chapter 268 Watch Me Break It

The thrilling night at the Dusk Villa passed without any danger.

Early in the morning, when the golden morning sun slowly rose from the horizon at the end of the sky and illuminated the mountains, the roar of police helicopters resounded through the mountains and forests.

In front of the annex, a black and white helicopter with the words "Gunma Police Station" printed on it was parked in the open space, and Kogoro Mori and others were queuing up to board the helicopter one by one.

"Eh? Mom, aren't you going with us?"

"Well, I can't. I took Sera-kun's car when I came here before."

Yukiko smiled and waved to her son, then pointed to the boy holding a cane beside her.

The Gunma Police Station was well prepared. For a simple rescue operation deep in the mountains, they not only brought all the rescue supplies, but also some repair tools to repair the wooden bridge that was broken by a bomb last night.

Although it cannot be completely restored to its original strength, it is still fine for temporary use as a vehicle.

It may sound a bit exaggerated at first, but if you think about it carefully, among the trapped people there is the son of the White Horse Police Chief, so this level of treatment seems nothing special.

"That's it..."

When Conan heard that his mother was not going to walk with him, he did not force her. He just looked back at Kogoro Mouri who was calling him to board the plane not far away, and responded hastily. He turned around and gave Serabell a look to signal her to be careful on the road, then boarded the police helicopter and left together.

Watching the helicopter fly farther and farther away until it shrunk into a black dot on the horizon, Yukiko reached out and patted the boy's shoulder.

"Okay, so it's about time we get going, right?"

"Well, let's go."

Serabelle nodded, walked down the steps in front of the entrance of the Dusk Annex, and headed towards the main entrance.

However, before he could take two steps, a hand grabbed him from behind.

With my fingers clasped together, I turned around and looked back, and what caught my eye was an older girl with a mischievous smile on her face.

"Hey, that's right, let's go~"

As she spoke, Yukiko took the lead, pulling Serabel along and trotting forward.

Just like when the two of them arrived at the annex last night.

After leaving the villa and walking along a mountain road, and then crossing a temporarily repaired wooden bridge, the black Audi was parked quietly by the side of the mountain road. It was exactly the same as when I got off the car last night, except that there were more fallen leaves and dew on the roof after a night of rain.

"Get in the car."

Serabelle opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat, while Yukiko sat in the passenger seat.

The car door closed again, and a slight engine sound spread throughout the car. The Audi, which had been silent all night, started up again.

Yukiko skillfully reached out and pulled the seat belt, but before she could buckle it, she glanced at Serabel who was also fastening her seat belt in the passenger seat.

"Speaking of the secret code last night, did you finally solve it?"

"perhaps."

Serabelle told the truth.

But Yukiko was obviously not satisfied with this answer and couldn't help pouting.

"Probably? Can't you be a little more certain?"

"This...I really can't do that."

Serabelle shifted the car into reverse gear and pushed the steering wheel back a little bit.

"I say probably because I do understand all the information in the code and I know how to open the mechanism and find the treasure. But I also say probably because I only know it in my mind and have not confirmed it through actual actions."

"But I can explain the meaning of the poem now. First of all, the first line of the poem, about two travelers in a hurry looking up at the sky at night, actually refers to the hour and minute hands of the only clock in the restaurant. Because they are looking up at the sky at night, they are all adjusted vertically upward to zero o'clock and zero minutes."

"If you look closely at the following sentences, you'll find that they're actually talking about playing cards."

"First, the king took the baby away. In playing cards, the treasure is represented by diamonds, and the king is K, which is the K of diamonds."

"Then the princess shed tears into the Holy Grail and begged for mercy from God. The princess is the queen, and the Holy Grail is the heart, which is the queen of hearts."

"In the end, the soldier died and slashed his own sword, and the ground changed color. The soldier is the Jack, and the only card in the deck that represents death is the Spade, which is the Jack of Spades."

"Among these three cards, the characters on the King of Diamonds and the Queen of Hearts are facing left, and only the character on the Jack of Spades is facing right. In other words, if you move the minute hand thirteen squares counterclockwise, then twelve squares counterclockwise, and finally eleven squares clockwise, you can unlock the mechanism of the annex."

"Oh--"

After hearing this, Yukiko had an expression of "I see."

"What will happen after the mechanism is unlocked?"

"I don't know about that. After all, I didn't actually open the mechanism." Serabelle was very honest. "Besides, I'm not interested in the secrets of the annex anyway."

"Is this true? I thought you came here because you were interested in the secrets of the annex, Bell?" Yukiko said in surprise.

"No, I came because I had no other choice..."

Serabelle freed one hand and touched her forehead.

After all, they not only sent him an invitation letter, but also sent him the two million yuan as a reward, which clearly did not give him the opportunity to refuse. What's more, they signed him with something mysterious like "The Phantom of a God-forsaken Child".

Even if you don't want to receive this thing, there's no address to send it back!

There's no other way, I can only come here to join in the fun.

To put it bluntly - you invited me, so I came. It may not be helpful to solve the puzzle, and I may not find the treasure in the end, but I am here anyway.

As long as you come, that's enough.

The only thing that could arouse Serabelle's slightest interest during the entire trip to the Twilight Villa was probably the discovery that the original owner of the villa was the former Japanese tycoon Karasuma Renya.

But this has nothing to do with the treasures in the annex.

After all, even Karasuma Renya himself didn't know what the treasure was until his death, so it's a bit far-fetched to say that he could be related to the Black Organization.

As for other places in the museum, they have changed owners several times over the years, and the traces of life left over from the Karasuma Renya period forty years ago have long been almost erased.

"It's a wasted trip..."

Serabelle smacked her lips helplessly.

"It wasn't a completely wasted trip." Yukiko heard from the side and counted on her fingers, "Look, first of all, I made two million, secondly, I had a very nice and delicious dinner, and then I stayed in a luxurious villa for a night... Although the environment is a little creepy, the most important thing is that I, a super beautiful girl, was by your side, right?"

"I never thought that at my sister's age, she still has the confidence to call herself a beautiful girl..."

"Um?!"

The willow-shaped eyebrows of the outdated female star suddenly counted down.

She quickly took off her shoes and socks, lifted her legs, and placed her bare feet over the barrier between the passenger seat and onto Serabelle's legs, then skillfully hooked the zipper and pulled it open.

"Look, I'm going to break it..."

Chapter 269 Women's Intrigues

We left the Dusk Annex in the morning, and it was already noon when Serabelle returned to Tokyo.

A black Audi stopped at the door of the villa at 21-, Beika-cho.

Yukiko was moving her toes to put her socks back on in the passenger seat. From the corner of her eye she saw someone in the passenger seat still wearing his seat belt and holding the steering wheel, as if he was ready to drive away at any time. She curled her lips.

"What? Are you planning to go back so soon? Don't you want to have lunch before leaving?"

"It's too late...right?"

Serabelle put it quite mildly.

It's not that he doubted Yukiko's cooking skills, but given her lazy personality, she would probably do whatever she could when eating alone, and her main concern was to make sure she was full. The standard for takeout was to just not eat enough to kill her, so there would never be any semi-finished products in her refrigerator.

It's already dinner time now, and if I have to prepare something at the last minute, the time will be very tight, so in the end I can only order takeout.

and--

Serabelle glanced at the phone on the phone holder next to the dashboard, which was placed on the air-conditioning vent.

Before he left yesterday, he told Akai Mari that he would be back in one night, and now it was already noon the next day, and if nothing unexpected happened, it would be almost time...

Thump~thump~thump~thump~

Just like telepathy, Serabelle had just thought of it when the next second, the phone screen automatically lit up and a caller ID appeared on it.

【Caller: Mary】

"Haha~"

Yukiko raised her eyebrows in understanding and drew out her tone meaningfully.

But she did not leave tactfully. Instead, she took the initiative to press the answer button and turned on the hands-free mode.

The voice of a certain blonde British girl came from the phone.

"Have you settled your work? When will you be back?"

"It's been resolved." Serabelle looked at the older girl next to her and told the truth, "Now... I'm back in Tokyo."

"Oh, like this."

As if she sensed something on the phone, Akai Mari paused for a moment, then changed her tone to one that was even more unyielding.

"Since you're done with work, come back early. I've prepared lunch and we'll eat together when you come back."

After saying this, without even needing Serabel to reply, she took the initiative to cut off the call.

In the passenger seat of the car, Yukiko looked at the words "Call Ended" displayed on the phone screen and shrugged with a smile.

"Oh my, what a strong and scary sister. As the saying goes, it's not the behavior of a good woman to make things difficult for a man, but it doesn't seem like my character to silently endure the bullying like a little wife."

"So long—"

She suddenly stood up from the passenger seat, moved her upper body over the obstruction of the gear lever, put one hand around Serabelle's shoulders, and gently lifted the boy's chin with the other hand.

The soft touch can be clearly felt.

From lips to cheeks, to neck, to collarbone.

Yukiko's movements were not fast. She was not in a hurry to leave more marks of her own on Serabel, but was looking for a suitable position.

Then inhale slightly harder.

chirp~

"Well, that's fine."

Gently letting go of the seemingly helpless boy, Yukiko looked at her "masterpiece" with satisfaction.