Chapter 22: The Tragic Past of the Kikuchi Family

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"I thought you had given up on pursuing the 'curse' of the Love Letters?"

After Lin Xiuyi got into the car, he first fastened his seat belt steadily, and then put the thermos cup full of coffee on the cup holder between the two, and then said to Yuan Zhizhu with a little surprise. Vertex updates are the fastest

"I'm sorry, there are a few scum from the Metropolitan Police Department waiting for me to deal with recently, and it took a lot of delay, but now, I have finally completed the matter at hand!"

Yuan Zhizhu looked at Lin Xiuyi, and then drifted his eyes to the thermos cup he was carrying. I saw Yuan Zhizhu smile helplessly, restarted the car, and drove in the direction of the Sekietsu automatic lane.

Since the last time he broke up with Gen Zhizhu in Marunouchi, Lin Xiuyi has never received news from Gen Zhizhu. Although he had something about the "curse" in his heart, because he lacked the necessary reason to continue the investigation, and Lin Xiuyi also wanted to take a good rest, he didn't take the initiative to ask Yuan Zhizhu about the follow-up. Who would have thought that just when Lin Xiuyi was going to take advantage of the holiday to go on vacation with his family, he received a call from Yuan Zhizhu again.

"Shuichi-kun, I've found someone who knows about the Kikuchi family's past, but we have to go to Sakado City in Saitama Prefecture because the other party lives there now!"

Yuan Zhizhu said a few words to Lin Xiuyi ominously on the phone, and then hung up the phone. This made Lin Xiuyi, who had already begun to pack his luggage for the upcoming trip, feel extremely embarrassed.

"So, Mr. Inspector, you must know that I have given up a rare opportunity to travel with my family for your sake!"

Lin Xiuyi, who was sitting in the passenger seat, kept complaining to Yuan Zhizhu.

"I understand Shuichi-kun, so you can also consider our trip to Saitama as a trip, don't you think it's actually a very interesting thing to go out with me?"

Yuan Zhizhu rarely joked with Lin Xiuyi and said.

After leaving Kichijoji, the car headed north onto the Kan-Etsu Expressway to the northern region. Along the way, the car driven by Gen Zhizhu began to speed in the direction of Sakado. Within an hour or so, the car was off the Kan-Etsu Expressway. It entered the city area of Sakado City.

Gen Zhizhu slowly parked the car on the side of the road, and then flipped through the notebook he carried to the address of the insider, and after repeated confirmation, Gen Zhizhu finally successfully found Ms. Satomi Mizuno, who had worked as a maid in the Kikuchi family, a former Foreign Ministry official.

"I take the liberty to visit, I beg your pardon, we came from Tokyo to ask you about the old things about the Kikuchi family, this is my business card, please smile!"

Lin Xiuyi said as he handed over his business card. Mizuno Satomi took the business card handed over by Lin Xiuyi with some doubts, and then read it silently in her heart.

"A lesson in searching, Lin Xiuyi?"

"You ...... You're a police officer!"

"Hey, because we have some doubts about the accident that happened at Mr. Kikuchi's house, we have come from afar to ask you about the situation before and after the accident. ”

Gen Zhizhu briefly explained the purpose of his visit, and after hearing his explanation, the surprise on Ms. Mizuno's face gradually disappeared, and was replaced by an expression of sudden realization.

"Well, but that's what happened years ago!"

Satomi Mizuno said with some uncertainty.

"Don't worry too much about that, just say what you remember, anything. ”

Lin Shuichi then added to Satomi Mizuno. With his encouragement, Satomi Mizuno gradually gained some confidence.

"It's a long story, and that year was my third year at the Kikuchi family. He is mainly responsible for the daily cleaning and maintenance of the Kikuchi family's villa near Lake Hakone......"

"Now that I think about it, Mr. Kikuchi is really an easy person to deal with! Don't look at him as a respected diplomat. But people don't have any shelf, I really can't understand why such a good person should suffer such an unfortunate thing!"

I heard that Satomi Mizuno made such a high evaluation of Kikuchi Ryoma. Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but be a little surprised, but then he asked about the other person involved in the incident, that is, Kikuchi Takashi, who lost his life because of a fall.

"Excuse me, what kind of person is Mr. Kikuchi who died suddenly due to an unfortunate accident?"

"Well, I don't really know much about this. I just knew that at that time, Young Master Zhigui had just returned from studying abroad, and he was planning to discuss his marriage with Mr. Kikuchi. ”

"So, have you ever seen a woman who has made a marriage contract with Mr. Shiki?"

"Well, this is not true, in fact, when an accident happens. The old man was eating out with his friends, so he didn't see the young master rolling down the stairs with his own eyes. I thought that after the incident, Young Master Zhigui's fiancée would also come over to take a look, but I didn't expect that the other party directly canceled the marriage contract that had been set, and even the other party did not attend the funeral of Young Master Zhigui......"

"Then you mean, from beginning to end, you haven't seen Young Master Zhigui's fiancée?"

"Well, don't say it's me, even the master wanted to ask the other party to meet one, but the other party refused. ”

Hearing Satomi Mizuno's introduction, Lin Xiuyi and Gen Zhizhu couldn't help but glance at each other. This fiancée is so suspicious. This couldn't help but make Lin Xiuyi question the authenticity of the accident.

"Excuse me, after Mr. Shiki Kikuchi died, did the police investigate his accident?"

"Well, yes, the police announced at the time that there was no possibility of homicide, and then they all left after notifying the people in the hospital. ”

"I see!"

Lin Xiuyi thought secretly in his heart.

……

After leaving Ms. Mizuno's house, both Hayashi Shuichi and Gen Zhizhu became extremely suspicious of Kikuchi Takashi's fiancée, after all, the series of actions made by the other party after Kikuchi Shiki's death were too suspicious.

"What kind of person is that fiancée?"

Lin Xiuyi asked with some confusion.

"It's not clear. However, I'd be interested in going back and reading the investigation report on the Kikuchi Shiki accident. Maybe there's something unexpected......"

Yuan Zhizhu said seriously.

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