"Stop, there's a cliff ahead!"

In the mountains and forests, a woman riding a small motorcycle suddenly caught up and shouted anxiously, almost colliding with Gao Cheng.

"Huh?" Gao Cheng stepped on the brakes, only to find that there was a warning sign on the side of the road that read the danger of the cliff.

"How can there be a road to a cliff in a place like this?"

"Who are you?" The woman stopped the motorcycle, took off the helmet and looked at Gao Cheng curiously, wearing a shirt and a refreshing ponytail, probably in her 20s.

"I'm sorry, I got lost," Gao Cheng asked as he reversed, "Can I ask if there's a house named Inufu in the neighborhood?" ”

"I'm from the Inufuji," the woman said dumbfounded, "what's the matter with you?" ”

……

Inufu's house is halfway up the mountain, and it is called Inufushi Castle nearby, like an ancient Japanese-style castle, and it seems that it used to be the place where the castle lord lived, and the highest place can overlook the entire village below the mountain.

"Okay, I'll take you to see Suochen's mother."

The little motorcycle woman I met in the mountains is named Inufushi Yukihime, one of the eight adopted children of the Inufu family, since the death of the head of the Inufu family 5 years ago, that is, the chairman of the Inufu Group, the illegitimate children of the past have been taken back, and they were adopted by the old lady as adopted children to live together.

Now it seems that there are only old ladies in the Inu Fu family, and there are eight adopted children.

"But," Inufushi Yukihime took Gao Cheng and the old man who had never been silent through the corridor, stopped outside a room, and turned back with some worry, "Mom fell ill a few days ago, and has been bedridden, and she can't speak......"

The old man looked shocked: "How, how come?" She ......"

"Who are these two guests, Yukihime?" A middle-aged woman with fluffy short and medium hair appeared on the other side of the corridor and asked after seeing Gao Cheng.

"Ah, Sister Kaoko," Yukihime Inufushi quickly explained when she saw the short-haired girl, "This is the famous detective Joto Takanari from Tokyo, and Mr. Seto, and they said they wanted to meet their mother......"

"Detective?" The woman looked at Gao Cheng unexpectedly, "But mom is unconscious most of the time now." ”

"What's going on?" The old man asked eagerly.

"It's a cerebral infarction ......"

The woman pushed open the door, and in the spacious and empty tatami room, an old lady with silver hair was lying in a coma in the quilt, her face was not particularly wrinkled, and she could still vaguely see the beauty of her youth, but this would be strangely haggard.

A middle-aged doctor wearing a white coat and glasses was taking care of the old lady next to him, and when he saw Gao Cheng, he introduced: "My name is Inufu Zhihuang, I work in the Inufu Hospital near here, and I will come back to take care of my adoptive mother as long as I have time...... Well, do you have anything to do with her? ”

The old man Seto knelt on the tatami mat beside him, tears streaming down his cloudy eyes, and his body trembling.

"It's really her...... Princess, it's been all these years......"

"Oh?" The middle-aged doctor Fu Zhihuang helped his eyes and said in surprise, "Do you also know the name of the adoptive mother?" ”

"This ......"

Gao Cheng smiled awkwardly, he couldn't say that the old man was here to find his first love.

"Actually, Mr. Seto was friends with your adoptive mother when he was a child, and he kept calling the princess ...... at that time."

"I see," Inufushi Yukihime said happily, "Although everyone calls Suohime's mother and princess, I heard that it was because my father kept shouting like this at first, and I thought it was because of Inufushi's relationship." ”

"Yes, yes?" Gao Cheng looked at the old man on the side.

The old man Seto has been choking and crying, as if he has completely forgotten the people around him, and there is both regret and nostalgia between the old tears, and at the same time there is a faint relief.

Although I didn't even have a chance to say a word, I finally met each other.

It's not easy.

In the evening, Gao Cheng was ready to stay at Inufu's house, and then take the old man away the next day, but the old man seemed to be a different person after seeing the old lady, and suddenly lost his original spirit, his face was full of gray, and he was hurriedly sent to Inufu's hospital at the foot of the mountain without even eating dinner.

The unexpected change caught Gao Cheng a little off guard.

"It's terminal cancer," the middle-aged doctor Inufu Zhihuang shook his head and explained to Gao Cheng outside the ward, "It's a miracle that he can drag it out until today, it's hard to believe that he can follow the Chenghu detective and you all the way to find our Inufu's family, I'm afraid it's going to be difficult tonight...... Does he have a family? ”

"I didn't hear him say, it seems that I have been alone all along."

Gao Cheng quietly looked at the unconscious old man Seto in the ward, the old man with his eyes closed completely lost his spirit along the way, and finally couldn't dislike him anymore, and then hung the sleeping Kogoro on his lips from morning to night.

This bastard old man, when he came, said that he wanted to add some commission fees, but now he has to pay the medical expenses in advance......

"Is there really no hope?" Gao Cheng looked at Inufu Zhihuang again and asked.

Inufushi shook his head silently.

"I'm afraid he already knows his situation, if he has been in the hospital, he can still hold on for a while, now ......"

Gao Cheng looked at the old man in the ward who was breathing weakly and sighed: "This is also his own choice, at least for the last time." ”

"Huh?" Inufushi Zhihuang was a little confused, "Look at my adoptive mother? ”

"It's nothing, let him be at peace at last."

Gao Cheng walked out of the hospital and looked up at the night sky outside.

Sure enough, the starry sky that can't be seen in the city is much clearer in the mountains, and the rooftops of Inufu Castle bathed in the moonlight on the mountain can be vaguely seen in this direction.

In any case, this commission was completed......

The old man Seto still didn't make it to the next day, and it seemed that he was really alone, even if Gao Cheng dragged the relationship with the police, he couldn't find the old man's family, and Gao Cheng was with him until the last moment.

However, he found the hospital where the old man was originally staying, and after contacting, he entrusted a relative who worked in the hospital to help deal with the aftermath.

A week later, seeing the old man's ashes being placed in the funeral home, Gao Chengcai bowed seriously and left to return to Tokyo.

Even if he is used to seeing life and death, he still doesn't like death, even if the old man is just an ordinary client, so even when he goes back to the office, he is in a heavy mood, and he doesn't regain his mood until he sees Xiao Ai.

"I'm back."

"What's wrong?" Xiao Wai, who stayed at home to watch TV during the holiday, was unprepared for Gao Cheng's return, and when he heard the sound of opening the door, he reacted when he saw the high-cost talent, and was about to clean up the messy snack bag, but found that Gao Cheng was a little absent-minded.

Gao Cheng smiled and changed his coat, and went into the bathroom to wash his face a little tired.

"Encountered some ......"

"So the commission fee is gone?"

"The deposit was also returned to ......"

"Missed?"

"The commission is complete, but it's ......" Gao Cheng sniffed, looked at Xiao Wai and said, "Do you have anything to eat?" I'm hungry. ”

"Wait for me," Xiao Ai quickly jumped off the sofa and opened the refrigerator to find ingredients, "I have prepared a lot of materials for the garden today......

"Huh? Aren't you supposed to live in the garden's house? Gao Cheng was stunned.

"I can't sleep on the bed outside," Xiao Ai put on an apron with her eyelids slumped and reminded her head, "By the way, the one in Osaka came to look for you today, and then went to the house next door." ”

"I'm sure I'll bring you to play with Ye again, or if there's anything troublesome," Gao Cheng looked at the dark sky outside and said sleepily, "Let's talk about it tomorrow, I need to take a good rest." ”

……

"Curse, curse?"

Maori Detective Agency,Xiaolan, who was watching TV with her uncle and Conan in the living room, was panicked by Hattori and Kazuha who suddenly visited.。

"Yes," Ye Sha said in fear, "It seems that those eight people are mixed in with impostors who have a grudge against the Inufu family, and plan to use the cursed demon dog to make the Inufu family lose their children and grandchildren!" ”

Xiao Lan, who has always been super concerned about things like ghosts, turned pale when she said this, and said in shock: "Do you want to deal with demon dogs?" ”

"Actually, that person was looking for my father, who was the head of criminal affairs in Osaka Prefecture, but he couldn't leave Osaka," Kazuha smiled helplessly, "So we had to see what was going on first?" ”

"Then what ......are you doing in Tokyo?"

"That man lives in Tokyo, and he thought he would be killed, so he gave up his inheritance and left the Inufu family, and even changed his surname back to his mother's surname, and we'll visit tomorrow," Hattori grinned, "You'll be absolutely shocked to see that person's name." ”

Mori Kogoro drank tea next to him without a cold heart, raised his eyebrows and hummed: "Anyway, don't beat my idea, I still want to watch a TV series starring Miss Yoko." ”

Hattori heard the words and looked at Heye and Xiaolan, who were basically impossible to go together, and pulled Conan and said, "Then this little ghost will go with me." ”

Tokyo is not his territory after all, in fact, he really wants to take Gao Cheng with him, but the young lady who is alone at home says that Gao Cheng is on a business trip.