Chu He really didn't want to repeat the heavy fact, but fortunately, the old woman didn't really fail to hear it clearly, she just couldn't accept this fact for a while.

The old woman's lips trembled, looking at the bracelet in a daze, "Such a good little girl, just gone?" She bought something from me yesterday, hey. ”

Sure enough, I bought it here, it seems that the old woman still has an impression of Xiaohua, which is a good thing!

Chu He suppressed the emotions in his heart, and then said to the old woman: "Mother-in-law, I will go to the detective entrusted by the police now, Xiaohua's case happened in Karaoke in Nara, now I need to ask you, is it convenient for you to cooperate?" ”

"Little flower? The girl I sold the bracelet to her wasn't called Xiaohua, she was called Eri Ghosthead. And my special bracelet is a pair. The old woman said.

Eri Onitou? It's great to finally know the name of the deceased.

Chu He's eyes lit up, and he didn't bother with the surname "ghost head", he immediately explained to the old woman.

"Mother-in-law, we don't know the name of the deceased, but we found out that her nickname is Xiaohua, so we call her that."

The old woman nodded, and then cooperated with Chu He's question.

Through inquiry, Chu He gradually knew the truth of the matter.

It turned out that the old woman's bracelets were all made by herself, and only a few strings were sold every day.

And this bracelet in the ghost head painting is actually a pair.

The meaning of a pair of bracelets bought by Eri Devil's head is that she is a best friend, and when she came to buy the bracelet, she was the only one.

Not only was the old woman impressed by the deceased's ghostly head painting, but the two were also friends, of course, just friends they had just made.

Ghost Head Eri once told the old woman that she would come to see the old woman again, but in the end, the old woman waited for the death of Ghost Head Eri.

After finishing speaking, the old woman's expression was a little sad. The older I get, the more I can't bear parting, although, the friendship between Eri and the old woman is less than a day.

The old woman took out a small fruit bowl from under the stall and said very sadly: "This little girl in Eri likes the bayberry I grow very much, and she ate a lot of it here yesterday." Originally, she told me that she would come back today, so I prepared so much, but who would have thought, hey. ”

Chu He looked at this bayberry native in China, and was speechless.

Who would have thought that such a fruit as bayberry would appear in Japan! It's the end of June when the bayberry is ripe.

If you eat too much bayberry, you won't even be able to bite the tofu, and that's what it means to lose your teeth.

So the truth of the fruit in the stomach of the ghost head painting has also been cracked, it is the bayberry.

Chu He asked, "Mother-in-law, where did you come from?" ”

The old woman sighed: "My father used to be a soldier, and then he went to Huaxia, fell in love with the bayberry there, and then when he returned to China, he brought some seeds back. Later, I had bayberry trees at home, and when I couldn't finish eating them at home, I would bring them here and give a little to the guests. ”

Soldier? Chinese? Was this old woman's father a soldier who invaded China?

I don't know what the old woman will think when she knows that Chu He is a Chinese.

Now that the case is clear, as Chu He expected, although Koike Shinto and Sasaki Yuki both committed suicide, Eri Ghost Head did not commit suicide, otherwise she would not have made a promise with the old woman today.

So, why did Eri Devil's Head appear in Karaoke in Nara and die in it?

In the autopsy report, the immediate cause of death was excessive blood loss, but she had taken an overdose of sleeping pills before, so how did the knife on her body appear?

If you want to commit suicide, why choose such a complicated way?

There are only so many doubts left in the whole case.

Chu He came to the right place this time, as long as these doubts are solved, the case will be solved.

The information on the old woman's body was far more than that, and Chu He decided to continue to ask.

"Mother-in-law, can you tell me more about that day?"

The old woman nodded, and she recalled it carefully before she continued.

"I was setting up a stall that day, and then Eri-sama came over, dressed beautifully and with a gentle voice. As soon as I saw the bracelets I sold, I couldn't put them down. She stood alone in front of the stall, chatted with me while picking out bracelets, and ate the bayberry I gave. In the end, she chose a pair of bracelets when she left, saying that she wanted to give them to her best friend. ”

Chu He frowned slightly and grasped the point.

He asked, "Friend? Mother-in-law, have you seen any of your friends in the Onitou Painting? ”

The mother-in-law sighed, "I saw it, but I didn't see the face of the young lady clearly, Miss Eri bought the bracelet from me, and her friend bought the cake at the cake shop, which is the cake shop about a hundred meters ahead." By the time Eri had bought the bracelet, the lady had just finished buying the cake and came to her. ”

The deceased also had a friend! And he was still with that friend before the deceased went to karaoke.

Chu He felt that he was about to grasp the truth of the matter soon, and he hurriedly thanked his mother-in-law.

"Mother-in-law, thank you so much, if it weren't for you, Ghost Head Eri might have been wronged, or the worst kind of wronged person who doesn't even know his name."

The old woman covered her mouth and was very surprised, "Is the situation so serious?" Fortunately, my wife can play a little role in this society, and it can be regarded as atonement for my father's sins. ”

Chu He glanced at the old woman deeply, knowing that this old woman was also a person with a lot of stories, but now Chu He was not interested in the old woman's story at all, and he said goodbye to the old woman.

"Mother-in-law, I'm going to investigate that friend in Guigu Eri, so I won't bother you for now, I'll go."

After finishing speaking, Chu He directly turned around and prepared to leave.

But the mother-in-law stopped him, "Eh, Mr. Detective, there's one more thing I forgot to mention." ”

Chu He turned his head and was very puzzled, "Mother-in-law, if you have anything to say, just say it directly." ”

The mother-in-law said, "Mr. Detective, in fact, the bracelet in your hand is not Miss Eri's, but her friend's. Miss Eri's bracelet has the word friendship on it, and on this string it is the word friend. ”

Chu He picked up the bracelet and looked at it, and the word friend was indeed walking on the bracelet.

He asked, "Mother-in-law, is there a fastening strap for this bracelet?" ”

The mother-in-law nodded very seriously, "When Miss Eri left, I specifically told her that she should not be wrong. ”

Chu He's heart felt as if he had suffered a thunderous blow, and this bracelet was actually from Eri Guigu's friend.

(End of chapter)