"Me?"

Gao Cheng was just about to take a chicken leg, and when he found that everyone was staring at him, he couldn't help but withdraw his hand in embarrassment, seeing that the host seemed to want to invite him to come forward to play, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Actually, I'm not very good at piano, because I learned a little bit because I would encounter piano-related cases......"

"Oh, I see."

"The first time Detective Joto came across a piano-related case seems to be the Moonshadow Island incident, right? I still remember leaving a code with the score. ”

"Yes, yes, I also remember, that Dr. Chengshi is really impressive."

"Whew." Gao Cheng watched everyone shift their attention and talk about the previous case, breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly went to the side to wipe off the grease stains and food residues on his mouth.

It's so dangerous, I'm almost about to lose face......

Xiao Ai teased on the side: "I didn't expect you to be very famous in the music industry, big detective." ”

"This view is not scientific at all, and the musicians present are only a small group of people, not to the point of the entire music industry."

Gao Cheng retorted and returned to the dining table, suddenly feeling that someone was still looking at him, and when he turned around, he saw the innocent eyes of the little boy.

Keita Onoda, who is known as a piano prodigy, had been looking at this side curiously since just now, and he also looked interested in the case that everyone was talking about, but he was quickly pulled away from the hall by his mother.

"What's wrong?" Gao Cheng said strangely, "Did you leave so early?" ”

"Yes," said Shirakuren, customarily, "because I have to continue practicing the piano." ”

Yuan Zi listened and watched the little boy mother and son leave through the corridor window: "It's so pitiful, if I live like this every day, I will definitely go crazy......"

"yes."

There was a faint sadness in Shiraku's eyes.

"Although I'm not a genius, but I am a child born in a musical family, I can actually feel that feeling, maybe the reputation of the piano prodigy has become a heavy mountain for this child, and it seems that he hasn't laughed much since he moved here."

"I can understand very well," Xiao Ai came with her arms crossed, and also looked outside and said softly, "That mother's mood ......"

"Hey, Hey, ......"

Gao Cheng saw that Shele Lianxi was a little dazed, and hurriedly pulled Xiao Ai.

At least pay attention to your identity as a child outside......

"This kid likes to pretend to be an adult, haha."

"Yes, yes?" Shile Lianxi saw Xiao Ai's unhappy face, and her forehead was slightly sweaty.

Sure enough, the detective's child is not simple.

From the beginning to the end of the party, someone played the piano, sometimes light and sometimes low, it was like attending a concert, but the atmosphere was much more casual, Gao Cheng was eating and drinking most of the time except for listening to the little boy at the beginning, but the garden listened very happily, and said that he wanted to practice the piano at the end.

Gao Cheng sighed lightly.

It's actually okay to play the piano in the teaching garden, but the thought of dealing with either Suzuki Tomoko makes my head big.

"I think I'll find a chance to teach you later......"

……

The next time I saw Onoda Keita's mother was a few days after the banquet, and suddenly ran to the Joto Detective Agency in a haggard state, looking like she was on the verge of collapse.

"Please, Detective Joto!" Mrs. Onoda had red and swollen eyes, and only then did she see Gao Chengcheng begging, "Please be sure to help me......"

Gao Cheng and Xiao Ai glanced at each other and asked, "Calm down, madam, what happened?" ”

"Megumi is gone," the woman choked up, "since the 20th, I can't find it anywhere, at first I thought it was just a game to go out, but it's been a few days, and the game is about to start......"

"Missing?"

Gao Cheng remembered the figure of the piano prodigy on the day of the banquet.

In other words, something happened the next day of the banquet...... Have you already called the police? ”

"I've reported it, but the police can't find any clues, so if you can't find Megumi again......"

"Can you tell me more about it?"

Gao Cheng's face became serious.

If a child runs away from home just because he is forced too hard, he usually won't last long, and since even the police can't find clues, there is a high possibility of being kidnapped.

But in that case, the kidnappers should be able to contact the family, whether it's for ransom or whatever......

It needs to be investigated again to see if there are any clues that have not been noticed.

On the weekend, Dr. Asa had to take a group of children to the mountains to dig bamboo shoots, but Xiao Ai stayed because he had to work with Gao Cheng.

"Actually, it's enough for me alone, why don't we go digging bamboo shoots together......"

"I know that someone has been kidnapped," Xiao Wai glanced at Gao Cheng, "How can you still be in the mood to play?" In this case, of course, hurry up and help find the child. ”

"Wouldn't they find it strange? You didn't say anything about it......"

"Don't worry, I said I would take care of you, and they all understand."

"What the hell is this reason ......?"

Gao Cheng lowered his eyelids, and after getting into a rented car with Xiao Ai, he checked the time on his watch and said, "It's not early, let's hurry over, I hope nothing happens to that kid." ”

Although Xiao Ai was worried, she didn't have much hope: "Even if you have been missing for almost 4 days today, and there has been no contact with the prisoner, the chance of surviving in this case is almost equal to ......."

"There's still hope, if I'm right." Gao Cheng concentrated on driving the road.

He had already done his best to investigate, and finally locked the suspicion on another talented child who would also participate in the piano competition.

Judging from all kinds of signs, it should have something to do with the little girl, through screening, the little girl's divorced father is very suspicious, after the music banquet of the musician, he has not participated in any activities in the past few days, and seems to have been staying in the villa in the mountains.

The car drove along the road into the mountains, and suddenly it rained heavily, but fortunately, the road was repaired in the mountains, so as not to cause any trouble, but the gray and gloomy sky and the good people were not in a good mood.

Gao Cheng's destination is in the villa area of this mountainous area, judging from the map, you can pass directly along the road, fortunately it is not the kind of rich man who likes to find a random place to build a big villa, otherwise it is really enough.

After a while, the villa area appeared in view, and then a piano sound suddenly came from the rain, and the clear tone was not drowned out by the rain.

"This is ......" Gao Cheng was slightly stunned, and looked at the rows of villas in the rain

Xiao Ai was also attracted by the sound of the piano, and subconsciously said: "The melody on the G line...... is Orchestral Suite No. 3 composed by Johann Sebastian Bach......"

"I know."

Gao Cheng's cheeks twitched.

At this time, you don't need to give him science popularization......

"It seems that we have arrived at the place," said Xiao Ai, looking calmly at the villa, "to play the piano in this kind of place, and the player is probably a professional pianist, and the girl's father does live here." ”

"It's hard to say right now."

The car stopped in front of the villa where the piano sound came, according to the address, it was indeed the father's villa, Gao Cheng opened the car door and accidentally saw some children's backpacks at the door of the villa.

"Wait," Gao Cheng frowned, turned around and asked Xiao Ai, "Doctor, where they dig bamboo shoots, could it be this mountain?" ”

"Possibly."

"It shouldn't be such a coincidence......"

"I think that's it," Xiao Ai checked his backpack, "the bamboo shoots and their things are here, and the mobile phone is also ......"

"Really."

Gao Cheng opened the door and slowly walked into the entrance.

The room was dark, it seemed that the power was out, only the sound of the piano was still ringing, and the playing room was in a room on the right side of the aisle, Gao Cheng followed the sound to the door of the piano room and looked inside.

"Strange," Ayumi inside the villa, nervously hiding behind Conan, looking down into the dark hallway, "Is there someone in front of you?" ”

"How is that possible?" Conan was speechless, "The prisoner should still be playing the piano in that room, and the doctor can't have come here so quickly......"

"But maybe there's more than one prisoner."

"Most of them are a person, the diary is in the first person, and there is no trace of an accomplice in the text, and there is only one wine glass......"

Conan was holding a notepad with considerable certainty, and was about to say something when he suddenly heard the piano stop, and it was only after a while that it sounded again.

"Huh? This time it seems a little different......"

"How-how?" Yuan Tai was terrified, "Are the prisoners coming to arrest us?" ”

"Stupid, it's enough to catch us just now," Conan frowned and thought, "And he probably didn't want us to see what he looked like, in case someone escaped and told the police, that's why he played the piano in the dark to scare us away......"

"But as long as you investigate the owner of this villa, you can also find out who the prisoner is?" Mitsuhiko wondered.

"Maybe it's not the owner of this villa," Conan judged, "or maybe it was pry open the villa and sneaked in, after all, it's the off-season for vacations, and the villas around are empty and there are no people, right?" ”

Ayumi was still looking at the dark corridor in front of her in fear, and when the piano stopped, she grabbed Conan in a trembling voice and said, "No, no, it seems that someone is coming......"

"Da-da."

In the darkness, footsteps sounded clearly on the wooden floor, and Conan's face also changed, and his eyes trembled.

3 kinds of footsteps, 3 people coming.

Damn, what the hell is going on? The Doctor should still be on his way over...... Could it be the owner of this villa?

"I said ......"

A flashlight shone on Conan's faces, and Gao Cheng's scolding voice sounded: "What are you guys doing?" What about Dr. Asasa? ”

"Huh?"

Conan blinked stupidly, his gaze swept over Xiao Ai and a little boy beside Gao Cheng.

"Y-Why are you here? This kid is ......"

"I'm here for this kid, I've been staying here for the past few days, and his mother is worried to death......"

"Sorry, sorry." Keita Onoda lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Alright," Gao Cheng shook his head, "what about the guy who captured you?" Do you remember? ”

"Huh? It's Chiaki's father, because Chiaki has shown me pictures," Onoda Keita explained, "But I wasn't arrested, it was Chiaki's dad who helped me, and because I was about to participate in the competition, my mother kept forcing me to practice the piano, and I didn't have any fun......"

Conan took a while to regain his strength, looked at Onoda Keita, who had nothing to do, and said with a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth: "So you just walk in the corridor while eating snacks, pushing carts and playing games...... Is it a mess everywhere? ”

"Because my mother doesn't usually allow me to do this, but no one here will scold me." Megumi Onoda said happily.

"I see," Conan wondered to the flashlight, "and what about this diary?" Wrote 'I had to kill him' and 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, forgive me'......"

"Diary?"

Gao Cheng took the notepad and found that he had started writing on March 20, the time when Keita Onoda was taken away.

"On March 20th, Qing, I tried to talk a little, what a child, laughing a lot, and playing by myself all the time...... I don't know if he understands his current position, this kid's life is also quite depressing...... Anyway, there are two days left, so bear with me......"

"March 22, cloudy, Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven...... One more day, a peaceful pass......"

"March 23rd, rain, bad, this little imp seems to know who I am, if he tells this thing it will become an obstacle in the future, although it is pitiful, I can only kill him......"

"March 24th, rain, little ghost, I'm sorry, forgive me......"

There is a page of dates on the left, a page of diaries on the right, and finally the diary for March 24 with red wine stains on both sides......

It is very problematic that the diary of March 21 is missing.

And that's not the only problem, the journal closes with two side edges exposed.

In addition, the diary on March 24 seems to have been wet with red wine stains twice, and the second time is still very new......

Gao Cheng flipped through the diary again.

The book didn't use any glue.,But fold a stack of paper in half.,Staple it in the middle.,And then cut the inner pages neatly along the edge.,The reason why there are two pages of paper protruding.,Because someone has opened the staple.,The paper inside has been replaced.,From the middle staple, there are traces of being pressed back.。

Gao Cheng looked back at Keita Onoda.

"This diary has been tampered with, and the time is not long, I think it should be a child's prank, there is a page of white paper and pen marks on the back of the diary, which means that the paper on which something was written on the previous page was taken away, so there should have been a diary on March 21, and the piece of paper that was taken away was actually replaced by a position, so the edges will not be aligned......

"I think March 21 should have been changed to March 24, so the diary content on the previous page is actually March 20......"

Gao Cheng returned the notebook to Conan and said: "Yes, the diary of March 23, which says 'I can only kill him', is actually March 20, because Keita recognized it at once, and 'try to talk' is the diary of March 21, so the order becomes that I wanted to kill at the beginning, but gradually changed my mind." ”

The little boy was stunned and opened Gao Cheng, scratched his hair and said with a smile: "Because I accidentally drew a map on it when I was playing a game, I had to remove the ......"

"Really, what the hell are you thinking," Gao Cheng looked at the little boy who didn't look worried at all, and asked speechlessly, "Is the page you pulled out still there?" ”

"Well, it's still there," the little boy took out a piece of origami from his suspender pocket and handed it to Gao Cheng, "It's the same as everyone else, big brother, you're so good!" ”

"Hehe......"