Conan: The Self-cultivation of Fake Wine

So...it's time to let go.

Lu Ren let go of his hand, and Conan landed on his feet. He breathed a sigh of relief and bent down slightly. He kicked off his calves and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Bei Dao, who followed after him, even looked at him with some suspicion. "This kid looks very lively."

With the scene of the crime so lively, it was difficult to tell whether Bei Dao's words were a compliment or a derogation.

Lu Ren smiled nonchalantly, "Don't worry about him, he's always been like this."

"Yes." Bei Dao nodded, and also noticed the plate of pickled ginger in the sink. He couldn't help but let out a chuckle, "Did Ms. Qichuan eat sushi last night?"

"I guess it's because she doesn't seem to like ginger slices very much, so there's a whole plate left."

It's a pity that this thing may be a little uncomfortable when you first eat it, but it's quite refreshing once you get used to it.

Recalling the smell, Lu Ren considered buying a few bottles of canned pickled ginger to keep at home.

In addition to eating it yourself, you can also feed it to Xiao Ai. The lady's acceptance of this should be okay. Anyway, Lu Ren saw that Bei Dao was enjoying his meal and was reluctant to give it to him.

The soft pink color looks cute, and the taste is sour, sweet and refreshing. Xiao Ai should like it...

No, now is not the time to think about this. Lu Ren regained his energy and returned his attention to the case.

Even if he had no memory of the case, Conan seemed to have more information than he did. Lu Ren didn't want to admit defeat and hand over the case directly.

If a person loses too much, he doesn’t know how to win; if he wins too much, he wants to keep winning.

When he first came into contact with solving crimes, Lu Ren also considered leaving the case to Conan to handle if he forgot or couldn't remember the subsequent plot.

But now, this idea has long disappeared without a trace.

Now Conan is trying to beat him once for the umpteenth time, and he has won so many times, why can't he continue to win?

"Officer Megure, the vacant room is ready." Manager Murata left and returned.

"Okay, let's go then."

This temporarily vacant room was said to be a conference room, but it was actually used to facilitate the police to temporarily interrogate the suspects to see what they had done at the time of the crime and whether they had alibi.

Although Mumu had whispered to Lu Ren before when they were outside the house, the possibility of Bei Dao committing the crime was very small, but no matter how small it was, she was still one of the suspects, and the process had to be followed.

Lu Ren and Bei Dao entered the conference room, while the other two suspects stayed outside waiting to be summoned.

After entering the room, Mumu sat at the dragon's head. He raised his chin and said in a deep voice with a rich voice only for a body weighing more than 200 pounds: "Let's get started."

"Yes."

The person responsible for explaining the details of the case is Police Officer Chiba, who was also the one who followed Murata to find and tidy up the vacant houses. As for Officer Takagi, he is responsible for recording the case.

He sat on the first chair on the right, next to Maori and his son-in-law.

Lu Ren and Bei Dao were sitting on the left side together.

After wiping off the writing that had been left on the whiteboard for an unknown period of time, Chiba picked up the marker and stretched out his hand to draw a straight line like a textbook.

Then he divided the straight line into many segments, marked each segment with a number, and a clear and definite timeline of the crime was born.

Qianye said as he wrote: "The deceased died between seven and nine o'clock..."

Before Bei Dao could speak, Lu Ren said directly: "Let me tell you."

"Bei Dao and I left the newspaper office around six o'clock yesterday afternoon and went to a nearby sushi restaurant to eat sushi. It was less than seven o'clock after finishing the sushi, and then we went to the restaurant next to the sushi restaurant to eat pork chop rice and fried chicken."

It is undoubtedly against the rules and procedures to speak on behalf of a suspect, but who cares?

The person now endorsing Bei Dao is Lu Ren, the great detective who has solved countless cases. If even his credibility cannot be guaranteed, then everyone in Miwa Town should consider the possibility of world destruction as soon as possible.

Qianye took up his pen and marked the characters and events under the time period given by Lu Ren.

Considering that there would be other people telling him what happened last night, he deliberately made the words smaller, but they were still clearly visible and did not affect reading.

Everyone present had no reaction. Old acquaintances all knew that Lu Ren was a foodie, well, he had a good appetite.

"I didn't remember the name of that pork chop restaurant. The name of the sushi restaurant is Takarazushi." As he said that, Lu Ren took out a business card from his wallet and handed it to Memu, "It has his contact information on it."

"Okay, we'll find someone to verify it right away."

"Yeah. After dinner, it was about half past seven, and then we drove to Mihua Pet Hospital to check Noble, the cat yesterday, and bought some pet supplies."

Lu Ren took out the receipt from his pocket again this time, "The bill was settled at 8:15. Then I drove for ten minutes to take Bei Dao home."

Mu Mu put away the receipt and also sent someone to Mihua Pet Hospital to verify. Then he looked at Bei Dao and said, "According to Brother Lu Ren, Miss Bei Dao, you will get home at half past eight."

Bei Dao nodded.

"Then what were you doing between half past eight and nine o'clock? Is there anyone who can prove it to you?"

Bei Dao hesitated for a moment and then replied, "After I got home, I called Ms. Qi Chuan first. When I couldn't get through, I left a message and went to take a shower. After I took a shower, I found that Ms. Qi Chuan still didn't call back, so I dealt with it for a while. The file rests.”

"That is to say..." Mumu crossed his hands and looked deeply, "No one can prove it for you after half past eight."

"Um……"

"Okay, there is no problem for now. Thank you for your cooperation. Please call the next person in."

"Yes." Bei Dao stood up and left. Lu Ren thought for a while and remained seated on the chair.

After a while, the administrator of Murata walked in. He said that he still had things to do next and was pressed for time. Tono asked him to come first. There was nothing to rush over in this kind of thing, it was all a matter of time.

It was still the same process, but Mu Mu said a little more, "I heard that you seem to have some conflicts with Ms. Qichuan."

"What kind of conflict can I have with her? As for what I said last night, I have been in the management room and no one can prove it to me."

"Well, okay, you can go out first."

Megure did not signal Murata to call the next suspect Tono in this time. Instead, after he left, he reached out and closed the door tightly.

"As you can see, this administrator didn't behave right. Either he lied, or he deliberately concealed something."

Others present also agreed with Megure that the administrator's performance was too poor.

He spoke with a loud voice and an indifferent smile on his face, but his face subconsciously turned aside, leaving only half of his face for everyone. A textbook case of guilty conscience.

Just when Megure was about to call Tono in, his phone suddenly rang, "Yeah... OK, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, Megure's face darkened, he stood up and came to Lu Ren's side, whispering: "The results of Shimazaki Yasunobu's investigation are out. The president worked overtime until late at night yesterday, and did not leave the publishing house in the middle. Many employees of the company can vouch for him.”

Lu Ren: "..."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 477: Small is also very cute

Strictly speaking, this was the first time that Lu Ren had an in-depth understanding of the details of a case and tried to solve the case through his own efforts.

As for the so-called first time, there will always be some unaccustomedness, discomfort, and various unexpected difficulties.

Lu Ren also had certain psychological expectations for this, but he still didn't expect that his first time would be so troublesome.

It is clear that Mr. Shimazaki Yasunobu has a sufficient motive for committing the crime. But the results of the investigation were not as expected.

He has a clear alibi. This result itself does not need to be doubted.

Since someone from a publishing house can testify for him, it cannot be said that he has been willing to perjury for the president for so many years, right?

In real life, Lu Ren has never seen anyone with such a charming personality.

Wait, charisma?

Lu Ren seemed to have caught something and thought quickly.

Maze Press is a small publishing house that is not doing well. But small does not equate to bad.

Lu Ren had been in contact with them in his previous life, and some small companies had quite a good atmosphere.

The relationship between employees there is not so much that of boss and subordinate. To put it another way, they are a group of like-minded entrepreneurs.

They work together and work tirelessly towards the same goal. Some people even shine with the brilliance of idealism. When they talk about their careers, their eyes are bright and their mouths are smiling.

Before I had any contact with him, I would have thought that this kind of person and this kind of thing were fake. After real contact, he would still be reluctant to spit out, "It's so fake."

But whether they want it or not, admit it or not, they are there.

So what if Maze Press is such a company?

President Shimazaki Yashin is able to work overtime with his employees until late at night, which is undoubtedly in line with this point.

Of course, even so. Shimazaki Yasunobu's personality charm will never be so great that everyone is willing to give false testimony for him.

However, it is possible for some employees to go astray and go astray.

In most ordinary companies, the money earned by employees from work is their own labor income.

Apart from the need for self-improvement, they are rarely willing to take the initiative to do something beneficial to the company.

But like that kind of company that shines with idealism, the efforts and time that employees put in are not just for the salary.

They are for dreams.

If this is the case, Editor Tono's suspicion and motive can barely be explained.

He killed Ms. Qichuan for marketing purposes, but it was not all about money.

The money gained in this way is not for material satisfaction, but for the poorly managed Labyrinth Publishing House to survive better and even expand its scale, so as to realize one's dreams and gain spiritual satisfaction.

That makes sense. But it is not as reasonable as the original version of the reason for "seeing money", and it can even be called twisted and weird.

Because Tono is a fan of Ms. Saikawa's books after all. Would anyone really kill their idol for such a thing?

A truly pure idealist, would he really do whatever it takes to pursue his ideals?

Lu Ren couldn't figure it out for a while, and obviously he wouldn't get any interesting answers if he continued to think about it.

He came to his senses and whispered his revised thoughts to Memu.

Lu Ren hopes that the police can investigate the whereabouts of other employees of the publishing house last night, as well as... Shimazaki Yasunobu's family.

Regarding this request, Mu Mu hesitated, "Brother Lu Ren, this scope is a bit too big."

"I know, but there is no better way for now."

In ordinary Ke Xue cases, the scope of investigation does not need to be so wide. Because the murderer will basically stay at the scene of the crime, the police only need to check a few people at the scene.

But this is obviously not a typical Ke Xue case. It does not look like a choice of three, nor does it look like a proof question.

Then the past experience is naturally not applicable.

In addition to investigating the publishing house, Lu Ren also once again doubted the possibility of Murata's administrator committing the crime.

In the interrogation just now, he acted too suspiciously.

Just when Lu Ren was equally suspicious of everyone, Mu Mu also made up his mind. He nodded, "Okay, I will organize people to investigate now."

"Well, let's first check those employees who did not work overtime that night. The number should not be too large." After defining the scope, Lu Ren added, "I remember that Ms. Qichuan's body was sent for autopsy?"

"Yes. Sent to Mihua Medical University. If all goes well, we should be able to get the exact time of death."

"Please hurry them up a bit, and ask them to do it as quickly as possible. Otherwise, things might get out of hand."

"Row."

"Um, Officer Megure, have you discovered anything new?" Maori asked aloud.

Seeing Mu Mu and Lu Ren whispering in front of everyone in the conference room made Mao Li feel a little uncomfortable.

If it’s information related to a case, shouldn’t it be shared and brainstormed? They are solving a case now, a case where lives are at stake!

If it was a private matter, it would be somewhat inappropriate to talk about it while solving a case.

This is true for Maori, let alone Conan.

He held the edge of the chair with both hands, raised his ears and tried his best to lean towards Lu Ren.

If he hadn't been worried about Lu Ren hitting him, he would have run over and eavesdropped. But patience, after all, has its limit.

If Mao Li kept quiet, he would really be ready to run over, or directly ask loudly what they were talking about in private.

Anyway, he is a child, and childish words are unbridled.

"Sorry, I'm really sorry." Lu Ren also realized that something was wrong and told everything about the information just now.

Maori talks about this, so it would be inappropriate to hide it. There will be a long time to come, and there is no need to make trouble with Maoli over such a case.

Of course, it's just talk.