"Wise Detective?"

Noticing Takato's state at this moment, Mitarai Soxu couldn't help but ask, and at the same time, after putting away the cross-shaped gem in his hand, he stepped forward and checked Takato's condition-

"It's okay......"

In this regard, Gao Yuan, who felt that his body was abnormally weak, and knew that he was a side effect of "strength", and he forcibly held on to prevent himself from resting and falling asleep like this, and couldn't help but explain:

"It's that I spent too much effort just now, and I'm a little tired."

After all, using the iron rod, especially the force used at the end of the duel with Mitarai Soxu, and the pinching of the blade of the short sword, was a force that was completely impossible for me to use.

"yes......"

And for such a statement, Mitarai Soxu nodded, because he could see that Gao Yuan's current state was indeed too consumed-

"But I really didn't expect that in addition to having a good kendo level, a wise detective even has a strategy for throwing weapons?"

For the two hands that Gao Yuan finally blocked the throwing of the monster thief Kidd just now, Mitarai Zongxu was a little admired.

In this regard, Gao Yuan just smiled faintly and did not explain-

With the knowledge given by the "magician", you can really throw things by yourself.

But in fact, in addition to the quasi-head, in terms of lethality, the two hits just now are not to worry about at all.

If it weren't for all the scenes just now that he had rehearsed with the monster thief Kidd, without the cooperation of the monster thief Kidd, it would have been impossible to leave the monster thief Kidd with the means of throwing the broken blade twice.

And then again, this rehearsal was deliberately intended to raise doubts about the cross-shaped gem.

With what the strange thief Kidd said in front of Mitarai Soxu just now, about the past of this gem, now, it is easier for Takato to use this as a conversation and start asking-

"That's right, Mr. Zongxu. About that gem ......"

Looking at Mitarai Zongxu, Gao Yuan thought thoughtfully, and couldn't help asking:

"It just so happens that I have something to ask about that gem, too. Mr. Zong Xu, I can ask you everything about the agreement just now, right? ”

Hearing this, he took out the cross-shaped gem and looked at it, Mitarai Soxu thought about it, and then nodded towards Takato, affirming:

"It's nature."

In this regard, after getting such a response from Mitarai Zongxu, Gao Yuan nodded slightly, and then began to ask:

"The strange thief just now said that this gem was bought by Mr. Zong Xu at an auction in the United States twenty years ago, but now, the gem set on it is not the one set on it when this gem was auctioned twenty years ago. Is this true? ”

Faced with this question, Mitarai Zongxu thought for a while, and then nodded in response:

"That's right. The largest gem on it had been removed from the auction and replaced with the one it is now on. ”

"Why is that?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan asked in deep confusion.

"This thing ......"

In the face of such an inquiry, Mitarai Zongxu hesitated slightly.

In this regard, Gao Yuan tilted his head, puzzled.

However, after waiting for a while, when Mitarai Zongxu seemed to finish thinking, he said very solemnly:

"Wise Detective...... About the gems you asked, or even about the little color kid before...... At the end of the day, it's all about what happened more than 20 years ago. In that case, why don't I tell you everything as it is, how about it? ”

Hearing that Mitarai Zongxu actually said this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel very surprised, but in the face of such a statement, Gao Yuan naturally couldn't refuse, so he also nodded seriously and responded:

"Good. Please say ......"

So, Mitarai Soxu began to tell:

"As I said before, Xiaocai's pregnancy was caused by her gambler professor. Originally, after we stopped their marriage, that guy wanted to find Xiaocai several times, and wanted Xiaocai to give everything for him completely.

"However, we, who already know everything, how can we let him get his wish. Therefore, during that time, the elder brother confined Xiaocai at home, and did not let that guy have any way to contact Xiaocai. And, after we learned about his arrears, with the power of the Mitsubishi Foundation, we asked the institutions that borrowed his arrears to put pressure on him, and in the end, feeling that he could not withstand the pressure, he chose personal bankruptcy and quit his original job, and just left our sight. ”

Saying this, Mitarai Soxu felt as if what he said was a bit cumbersome, so he changed his mouth and continued:

"Of course, as mentioned before, we originally thought that he couldn't stand the pressure of repayment and debt collection, so he chose to do that, but in fact, after he went through personal bankruptcy and resigned, he didn't know where to get a new identity, and wanted to use this new identity to get closer to Xiaocai again-

"After all, the fact that Xiaocai is pregnant with his child is a certainty. He thought that as long as the child was still there, Xiaocai would sooner or later help him for the sake of the child.

"For this reason, although we found out about his plan, but several times in succession, especially after Xiaocai's production, he began to frequently switch identities to approach us, and more and more times, and it was impossible to prevent it, so that my brother and I wanted to completely end the matter several times. But ......"

Speaking of this, Mitarai Soxu's face showed a trace of helplessness:

"He always managed to find a way out, and we didn't manage to catch him several times. So later, thinking that his only support now is that child, I even thought about it when I discussed it with my brother......"

At this point, Mitarai Soxu did not continue, but first looked at Mitarai Rui on the side.

At the same time, after hearing this, Mitarai suddenly seemed to remember something, and hurriedly said:

"I ...... I remember! At that time, I did seem to hear my second uncle talk to my father about my sister's children...... I remember, as if it was something ...... something like 'the child died'. I didn't understand what the situation was at the time, but I knew that what my second uncle told my father was about my sister, so I went to my sister and told my sister what I heard......"

Speaking of this, Mitarai suddenly seemed to understand something, and the whole person began to retreat-

"Xiaorui, don't think about it."

Seeing Mitarai's reaction, Mitarai Zongxu immediately said with a sigh:

"You were too young to understand anything. And your sister had just given birth to a child at that time, and she was confined to us for a long time, and her mentality changed too much, so it led to the tragedy that happened later......"

In this regard, looking at the conversation between the two people in front of him, Gao Yuan was slightly puzzled, but faintly, there seemed to be a kind of speculation-

"Wise Detective, let me move on......"

After seeing that Mitarai was emotionally stable by his own words, Mitarai Soxu continued:

"At that time, after the child was born, due to the identity of the child, we did not let Xiaocai take care of the child, but found a nanny to take care of it. Therefore, Xiaocai's mentality at that time, because after experiencing such an incident, the state of the whole person was very unstable, so after she heard Xiaorui mention to her about my conversation with my brother, because Xiaorui said it was unclear, coupled with Xiaocai's mentality, it was inevitable to think in a bad direction-

"At that time, Xiaocai thought that my brother and I wanted to completely dispose of the child, so she was not allowed to contact the child.

"Anyway, although the child's father is a scumbag, after all, it was also born in October by Xiaocai. Therefore, when she thought about it like this, she went mad, rushed out of the room where she was grounded, found the child, and as if she wanted to protect the child, snatched the child from the babysitter, and escaped with the child in her arms......

"Then, the unexpected happened."

Speaking of this, he lowered his head silently, and Mitarai Soxu said as if he was very remorseful about it.

And hearing this, Gao Yuan also roughly understood what was going on, and couldn't help but think of a picture of a mother who was about to be driven crazy, holding her child, and escaping from her cage under house arrest-

It's just that although I can imagine such a picture, I can't really experience that feeling.

But then again, if the mother in the picture is the mother of my own body in my mind, I can't feel that feeling at all now.

Simple, just like listening to other people's stories, there is a trace of sympathy and pity, but it has nothing to do with yourself.

In this way, Gao Yuan thought so in his heart, and couldn't help but feel a little cold, but instead asked curiously:

"So, did that kid die after that?"

In this regard, Mitarai Soxu pondered for a moment, then nodded, and affirmed:

"That's right."

Then, after thinking for a few more moments, Mitarai Soxu began to explain:

At that time, Xiaocai snatched the child and escaped from the villa...... It's the villa in the suburbs now. ”

After deliberately emphasizing the location, Mitarai Soxu continued:

"There, even now, after leaving the villa, there is a large area of the countryside, and there are no people at all, so when Xiao Rui saw Xiao Cai running out like crazy, Xiao Rui was scared and cried, so he ran to tell me and my brother. So at that time, I chased it out.

"However, when she saw me chasing her, Xiaocai thought I was here to catch her and go back with the child, so she kept running away, and finally ......"

Saying this, Mitarai Zongxu looked regretful, closed his eyes, and said with deep remorse:

"On the edge of a cliff, when I was about to catch up with Xiao Cai, Xiao Cai didn't listen to my explanation at all, so he jumped off the cliff......

"At that time, I only had time to catch Xiaocai, but the child in her arms fell off the cliff and died......"

Saying this, Mitarai Zongxu also raised his head, looked at the cave where he and the others were now, and then said abruptly:

"It's near this cave......"

"That's why you buried the child's body here?"

When Gao Yuan heard this, he immediately figured out what the text written under the base of the spirit tablet was, so he asked.

"Hmm."

Nodding, although Mitarai Zongxu showed regret, he still replied calmly at the moment:

"From the standpoint of the Sitsubishi Foundation, as the eldest lady of the Foundation, I can't tell anyone about the birth of that child. Although it is very ruthless to say this, after seeing that child die like this, my brother and I immediately thought of erasing all traces of this child's existence, so as to hide Xiaocai's unbearable past.

"And, after doing that, even if that scumbag wants to say this kind of thing, he won't let anyone believe it because he doesn't have evidence. Probably, that guy will choose to disappear later, and he will no longer be entangled with Xiaocai as before, also because he knows that the child has died, right?

"Moreover, the most he can know is that the child is dead, but he can't know what happened to the child's body......"

"So what does this have to do with that gem? Besides, you didn't say the gender of that child? ”

Hearing this, Gao Yuan thought for a long time, and then asked.

"Gender?"

Faced with this problem, Mitarai Soxu couldn't help but say:

"It doesn't matter. Even Xiang and Yun didn't know the gender of the child, and even the follow-up happened, we didn't let anyone else know, except for me and my brother, only Xiao Rui, who chased it out together at that time, knew where the child fell off the cliff, and knew that there was this cave.

"Therefore, when I saw my brother mentioning the cave in that letter, Xiaorui and I immediately thought of this cave, wondering if it was my brother's plan to make everything public after his death......

"But for the sake of the reputation of the Mitarai family of the Mitsubishi Foundation, even if it goes against my brother's wishes, we don't want anyone else to know about it, so we will come and see in advance what my brother left here."

In this way, Mitarai Soxu roughly explained that they would be able to find this place after seeing the cave mentioned in the letter.

"As for the gem......"

Muttering, Mitarai Zongxu recalled the past and continued to speak:

"After the child's death, Xiaocai was decadent for several months. Then, one day, after all of us didn't have that kind of strict grounding for Xiaocai, Xiaocai took advantage of our lack of attention, took the family's money, and ran away from home......

"Later, when we found her again, she was with Taro...... That is, her later husband, and the damage caused to her by that unfortunate past seems to have been healed after meeting Taro.

"And that gem was later photographed by Xiaocai, who asked us to help take it, and removed the blue diamond originally set on it, which was also made by Xiaocai...... But as for the reason for doing this, Xiaocai didn't tell us. ”

"Running away from home? And then when they saw each other again, they were with her future husband? ”

Gao Yuan was a little puzzled by such a statement:

"During this period, haven't you looked for Ms. Cai's whereabouts?"

"Yes, of course."

Mitarai Soxu nodded and responded:

"Originally, in the period after Xiaocai left, the Mitsubishi Foundation used various means to find Xiaocai's whereabouts, and in the end, we found out that Xiaocai had gone through the procedures for leaving the country and was going to take a passenger ship to the United States in Muroran Port. However, just when we learned this clue, we were going to look for Xiao Cai......

"On that day, a sudden typhoon hit Muroran Port without warning, stopping us in our tracks. And afterwards, no one expected that the horrific tragedy would happen there in Muroran Port......"

(End of chapter)