After leaving Suruga-juku, it was already time for lunch. According to Lin Xiuyi's usual temper, he naturally wouldn't deal with a lunch casually. So they left the car where they were and walked to the famous harmonica Yokocho near Kichijoji.

The name of the harmonica yokoban is derived from the fact that Katsuichiro Kamei, a famous writer from Musashino City, used the harmonica as a metaphor for the many shops in the city in his municipal speech in the 37th year of Showa (1962). The narrow roads can only accommodate three people alongside each other in most places, but that doesn't stop it from becoming one of Tokyo's most famous shopping districts.

"Police, are we going back to Sakurada Gate in the afternoon?"

Miki followed behind Lin Shuichi and strolled among the shops in the harmonica hall. But he couldn't whet his appetite at all. If nothing else, just because the case at hand is still standing still, under the huge pressure, Miki is almost uneasy to sleep, how can she settle down to accompany Lin Xiuyi to enjoy the food?

As soon as Lin Xiu heard Miki's inquiry, he suddenly stopped, he turned around and said to Miki:

"Reina told me that one of her classmates suddenly hadn't been in class for several days. I'm a little concerned about this, so I want to go to Morimura School again in the afternoon. ”

After Lin Xiuyi said this, he casually opened the door of a Chinese restaurant next to him, and motioned for Miki to go in with him.

"Welcome!"

When Miki and Lin Shuichi walked into the Chinese restaurant, the store immediately offered them water and wet wipes.

"There's a menu over there, what do you want to eat?

"No need, please bring me a Chinese fried rice, a dumpling, a mapo tofu, what do you want to eat for Miki-chan?" Lin Xiuyi did not hesitate to report the dishes he wanted to eat, and it was not until the end that he remembered to ask Miki's preferences.

"I just want rice!"

"That's a serving of rice, by the way, what's the soup today?"

"Pork miso soup with a lot of vegetables!"

"Okay, let's get on these first!"

After recording the dishes Lin Xiuyi needed, the store left first. Lin Xiuyi carefully looked at the surrounding environment, and then asked Miki in a low voice:

"What do you think of the teaching assistant who resigned?"

"Police, do you mean that Ono-kun? He's really suspicious, and the timing of his resignation was too coincidental, just before we arrested Sousuke Tomosaka......"

As soon as Miki heard Lin Xiu mention the case, she immediately became serious.

"Miki, don't you think that all the evidence now points to Sousuke Tomosaka, and this incident itself is strange? It's not so much the evidence we found, but the evidence that we sent to the door ourselves. Even I can't tell the difference between the clues being intentional and the killer's ...... unintentionally."

The steaming fried rice, paired with the popular mapo tofu in Japan, awakens the familiar taste in Hayashi's heart. Although this taste has been modified by the Japanese, it still retains the essence of Chinese cuisine. In fact, Japanese dishes such as sashimi are also dishes that originated in China. It's just that now in China, this ancient dish has withdrawn from the Chinese table.

Dumplings are eaten like rice and are considered strange in China, but in Japan there is nothing unusual.

……

Almost at the same time, during the lunch break at Morimura Middle School, most of the students were discussing where to go to see the cherry blossoms during the upcoming spring break, and Reina quietly called Takasaka Kaede's friend Rei Mori to the side and asked why Takasaka Kaede didn't come to school.

"Excuse me, Takasaka-san...... Why didn't you come to school?"

"Ah, I heard you right, Kurako-san, why did you suddenly care about her?"

Rei Mori glared at Reina in surprise. To be honest, Mori Boring has been deliberately avoiding Takasaka Kaede these days, because she is afraid that Takasaka Kaede will organize something to fight against Reina. Rei Mori knows very well how powerful Reina is. Although she is very good with Takasaka Kaede, she is reluctant to continue to work against Reina like Takasaka Kaede, because she already feels that in Morimura Middle School, Reina is a very popular guy with everyone. If Takasaka Kaede has to go against everyone's liking, the fate of Mori Bori is very clear.

"I just...... It's just a little concerned, in fact, it's quite boring when she's not at school!" Reina scratched her hair at a loss, although she didn't say it explicitly, but in fact, Reina felt that if she let Takasaka Kaede give up her studies because of her own reasons, her heart would actually be uncomfortable.

"Actually, Ah Feng is still good, he didn't say anything to his friends, but it's really scary to be crazy. I'm afraid she's going to do something lately, so I've been avoiding her all this time......"

Mori Baoling saw that Reina actually had this attitude towards Takasaka Kaede, and a hanging heart was put down. The reason why Moriyasu rei cooled down the relationship between her and Takasaka Kaede during this time. The main thing is that I don't want to get involved in the battle between Takasaka Kaede and Reina. But Rei Mori never imagined that Reina would care about Kaede Takasaka. Doesn't that mean that your worries are unnecessary?

"Could you please contact Takasaka-san and ask when she will go back to school?"

"Ah, no problem, I'll call now. ”

Moriho motioned for Reina to wind her up with her eyes, and then she pulled out her phone from the pocket of her clothes and pressed the power button.

Rei Mori flipped to the address book, and then dialed Kaede Takasaka's number.

"The phone you made cannot be connected, please leave your name and phone number after the beep, so that the other party can call you again at a convenient time......"

At first, Mori thought it was the phone signal, but after trying several times in a row, Takasaka Kaede's phone never got through. This made Mori a little worried.

"What's the matter, it doesn't work, does it?"

Reina asked Takasaka Kaede in surprise.

"Yes, it's really strange, Ah Feng is a mobile phone controller, and I have never tried to use my mobile phone to contact her ......"

"Well, do you know where her house is, or let's take the initiative to visit Takasaka......

Under the care of Reina, she no longer cares about her face. She was not the kind of person to be competitive, and naturally she did not want to base her happiness on the pain of others. Reina, who has experienced the death of her parents, is far more mature than her peers.

"This ...... Not too ...... Forget it, that's all it takes......" Mori Baoling was surprised and reluctantly agreed to Reina's request.