Chapter 18 Surveillance
"May I ask if the lady Fujiki who provided us with the cleaning service yesterday lives nearby?"
At breakfast, Lin Shuichi suddenly asked the waitress who was serving him and Miki about the situation of Minato Fujiki, which surprised the waitresses.
"Hi...... Excuse me, guest, do you have anything to contact Ms. Fujiki?"
The hostess asked worriedly, as if wondering if it was some of Minato's actions that had angered the guests.
"Ah...... Please don't get me wrong, we just found something in the bathroom and don't know if it was left by Ms. Fujiki, so we planned to contact each other to ask!"
In order to dispel the hostess's concerns, Lin Xiuyi hurriedly made up a new excuse. And hide his true thoughts with a smile.
"How can you bother you with such a thing, if you have permission, we might as well contact Ms. Fujiki." ”
The waitress hurriedly took the initiative to ask.
"Uh...... We're going to take a walk around the town today, and I'd like to ask Ms. Fujiki about cleaning the bathroom, so if you can, please tell us Ms. Fujiki's contact address......
"In this case, then it will trouble you!"
"It doesn't matter!"
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After successfully extracting Minato Fujiki's address from the mouth of the waitress, Lin Shuichi and Miki picked up the rice and started eating breakfast. There's nothing special about breakfast at Keeungunkan, just grilled mackerel, pickles, rice, and miso soup. Although it doesn't look good, the taste is very different from what you usually eat at home. In particular, the rice bran pickles here taste particularly refreshing and crisp, don't look at the pickled vegetables, because they are pickled with rice bran, so from the nutritional point of view, not only retain the fiber and vitamins rich in the vegetables themselves, but also absorb rich minerals from the rice bran, so it can definitely be called a healthy food.
"Police, after breakfast, are we going to visit Ms. Fujiki?"
Miki swallowed the food in her mouth, and asked Lin Xiuyi about today's work plan with some curiosity. At this time, Miki didn't know if it was because of the word hot spring, but her skin and cheeks looked like she was feeling healthy. Although it is plain-faced, it looks particularly cute because of its youth. Of course, Lin Xiuyi's age is naturally not too old, and both of them are wearing the bed rolls of Qingyun Pavilion, so they really look like a couple CP.
"Don't worry, we can stay here and slowly learn about the living habits and social relations of Minato Fujiki. As for our task today, it is to follow Minato Fujiki to see who she is in contact with here, what hobbies she usually has, etc., as for the official visit, let's talk about it when we are sure!"
After understanding Lin Xiuyi's plan, Miki nodded clearly, after sleeping in the same room last night, Miki felt that it might be embarrassing at first, but now it seems that the main thing between him and Lin Xiuyi is about work, which makes the originally awkward atmosphere between the two gradually become much more natural.
After breakfast, Shuichi Hayashi and Miki drove away from Keiunkan and headed in the direction of Hayakawa Town. Despite its reputation, Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan is located on a road far from the town. It is not in the same direction as the busiest central town of Hayakawa Town.
According to the address provided by the hostess of Keiunkan, Mina Fujiki lives south of Keiunkan, on the street near Sanno Shrine. Lin Xiuyi drove for only about ten minutes to find the neighborhood described by the hostess. However, when they arrived, they suddenly found that it was an old neighborhood, not suitable for cars. So Lin Shuichi and Miki had to leave the car and go on foot to search for the address of Minato's house.
In this way, Lin Shuichi and Miki walked along the road into a complex of wooden buildings. As you can see, this is the old town of Hayakawa Town. The streets are still old stone pavement, and the wooden buildings on both sides are one after another, coupled with the signboards hanging on the outside of the buildings, which looks quite like a period drama.
Because this is a mountainous area, many buildings are built against the mountain. So Lin Xiuyi had to climb up the mountain along the stone steps one by one. Soon, Lin Shuichi and Miki left the commercial street lined with shops and came to the vicinity of a residential area with buildings along the street.
"Look, police department, it looks like it's there!"
Miki quietly pulled Lin Xiuyi to stand behind the wall on the side of the road, and then reminded Lin Xiuyi in a low voice. Lin Xiu had always followed the place where Miki's finger pointed, and on a high platform flat ground 100 meters away from the two of them, there stood a beige two-story iron building. The house doesn't have a lot of land, and the iron sheet on the outside is also showing mottled rust, yes, this house looks a little dilapidated. But there are a lot of houses like this on this street.
Next to the house is a public parking lot, which is also small enough to park three or five cars. On the other side is a vegetable patch. The tin house had a row of sliding glass doors on the first floor and a row of tiny windows on the second floor.
"Well, I didn't expect to live in a place like this!
Lin Xiu muttered in a low voice, and then checked the surrounding situation. It's all residential, and it's a sight to see two people in formal attire here. Lin Xiu looked around, and then finally saw a place that looked like a drink shop at the end of the street.
"Let's go somewhere and take a break!"
Lin Xiuyi said as he patted Miki's shoulder. Then the two of them walked towards the storefront.
"Is anyone there, please?"
Lin Xiuyi came to the door of the store and saw that the door was closed, so he knocked lightly on the door, and then called.
"Ah...... Hey!"
After about a minute, the door of the store suddenly opened from the inside, and an old woman who looked to be about seventy years old looked up. looked at Lin Xiuyi and Miki with some doubts.
"You are ......"
"Do you have soft drinks and ice cream here......
"Ah...... It's a guest, please wait a moment, we have everything here......"
The old man returned to the store as he spoke, but at this moment, Lin Shuichi suddenly saw that the window of the second floor attic of the house where Minato Fujiki lived suddenly opened, and a hand holding a cigarette stretched out from inside and gently flicked the cigarette ash outside.