"Looking for someone? No problem, just leave it to me! Maori Kogoro patted his chest with confidence, "At the end of the earth, I promise that there is no one I Maori Kogoro can't find - ahaha- uh, in short, I promise to complete the task." ”

The confused detective's laughter was cut back by Fei Yingli's eye knife.

The kind old man smiled and shook his head: "It doesn't matter if you can't find it, it's been so many years, and frankly I don't have much hope." ”

Nobuyuki Kawano got up, walked slowly to the closet in the living room, carefully opened the top drawer, and took out a brand new envelope from it.

He pulled out a black-and-white photograph from the envelope, a family portrait of a couple with warm smiles holding a small baby—the photograph was already yellowed and brittle, and the corners were rubbed white, judging by the new envelope that did not match the old photograph in the slightest, the owner of the photograph must have changed several stubbles of the envelope and took a lot of effort to preserve it intact.

"This is my sister, Aiyuki Kawano." Nobuyuki Kawano had a nostalgic smile on his face.

Concubine Yingli's eyes widened in surprise: "Aizhi-is it Esaka's predecessor?" ”

Kawano Shinyuki's jaw: "It's her, her husband's surname is Esaka, you have been in the legal profession for so many years, you should also know her." ”

Fei Yingli's expression was complicated: "When the two seniors, Aiyuki Esaka and Kazuhiko Esaka, were showing their prominence in the legal profession, I was still in elementary school, and the two of them had a great influence on me. ”

Mr. and Mrs. Esaka were also famous figures in the industry back then, she grew up listening to the legends of the two predecessors, and it was because of this that she aspired to become a lawyer, but unfortunately when she really entered the legal profession, she never had the opportunity to see the two again.

"Aiyuki Esaka and Kazuhiko Esaka...... I always feel like I've heard these two names somewhere," Mori Kogoro scratched his head in confusion, and then regained his confident expression.

"Forget it, I don't want to—anyway, I'm looking for your sister Aiyuki Esaka, right? Wrap in my Maori Kogoro-"

As if she remembered something, Fei Yingli's face was not very good-looking, she glared at Maori Kogoro fiercely, and opened her mouth to interrupt him: "Wait ......"

"It's okay," Nobuyuki Kawano shook his head with a smile and turned to Mori Kogoro to explain, "Aiyuki has been dead for more than ten years. ”

"Sorry, sorry." Mori Kogoro looked sneered.

"It's normal that you don't know," the old man smiled softly, "Although they were well-known in the industry at the beginning, they didn't report much when they passed away - but that's fine, neither of them nor their husbands and wives cared about these things, and they didn't care about the name in front of them, let alone after their deaths." ”

"So you're looking for ......?" Kogoro Mori's gaze returned to the photo.

Nobuyuki Kawano nodded: "It's my nephew - Aiyuki was only six years old when he had an accident, I was abroad at the time, and it was a year after I received the news." Over the years, I have been returning to China every once in a while, hoping to find out what happened to my nephew. ”

The old man paused, and sighed softly: "It's a pity that many of the photos of the year are gone, and this family photo in my hand is still sent to me by Aizhi just after it was produced." ”

The sunlight shone on Nobuyuki Kawano's body, and suddenly there was a hazy sense of loneliness.

"But he hasn't heard from him for so many years, I don't even know he's still alive, and I don't plan to leave again when I return to China this time, if there is fate, I hope to see my last relatives."

"Since it's a child, haven't you considered going to a relative's house or a welfare home to inquire?" Maori Kogoro frowned slightly.

More than ten years is enough time for a child to grow up, and the original neighbors have been scattered everywhere, and the clues in their hands are only a photo and a few names, and it is not easy to find someone in the vast sea of people.

Mori Kogoro scratched his head in annoyance.

Tsk, if it weren't for Yingli's teacher, he wouldn't want to take this kind of troublesome commission at all.

"Kazuhiko Esaka has no brothers and sisters over there, and I am the only brother who loves him," Nobuyuki Kawano shook his head regretfully, "I've been to various places all these years, but I still haven't found anything. ”

“...... I'll do my best. Mori Kogoro pressed the shutter on the old photo and returned the original with both hands, "By the way, what is your nephew's name?" ”

"His name is Tetsuya Esaka."

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The talks between the adults were long and boring, and long before Fei Yingli and Mori Kogoro sat down, Kawano Nobuyuki waved his hand to let Kudo Shinichi and Mori Ran take care of themselves, there was no need to sit there and chat with the old man.

The two of them walked up the stairs on the second floor together.

"Well, the second door on the left on the second floor, this is the reading room that Mr. Kawano said." Shinichi Kudo was the first to open the door.

The reading room was still neatly lined with several rows of bookshelves, leather chairs and desks were arranged in the brightest places, Kudo Shinichi jumped on the chair with the complete Sherlock Holmes collection that he had already selected, and Mao Lilan stood aside and looked at the entire reading room curiously.

"It's huge!" Mao Lilan looked around, his eyes shining, "I thought there were enough books in the living room, but they were put in the living room because they couldn't fit in the reading room." ”

"Cut," Kudo Shinichi pouted, turning the pages of the book in his hand, "Even if there are so many books, it is not necessarily Mr. Kawano who reads it himself. ”

"Huh? Why? ”

The little detective jumped out of his seat, led Qingmei to the bookshelf, and pointed up: "Look, the left half of the wall is a normal book on law and philosophy, many of which have also been published in recent years, although there are no new books in the last year, but it should be because Mr. Kawano's eyes no longer support reading." ”

"But the right half of the wall is very strange, and some of the law books overlap with the left half of the wall, so it stands to reason that a family shouldn't have two identical books - and in addition to the law books, there are also home economics guides, women's novels, and even children's books, which don't look like Mr. Kawano's own books."

"And the book on the right wall was published sixteen years ago, and there is no trace of reading it at all, but it looks like it has been yellowed after being newly bought—strange, is it commemorating someone?"

Kudo Shinichi took a few steps forward and pulled out a children's book, in which a yellowed postcard fell with a click, the handwriting was round and lovely, but it was very neat, and it looked like it was written by a well-educated child.

【Uncle of the Letter and Mother of Love/Love】

Did Mr. Kawano's nephew write it?

"But faith and love...... At first glance, it is a name that contains expectations, should I say that Mr. Kawano is worthy of being born in a scholarly family? Kudo Shinichi took the postcard in his hand and glanced at it casually.

"Compare, compare to this, new, new ......" Xiaolan stood in front of the window, her eyes shining with water, and she trembled with fright.

A scream pierced the air—

Kudo Shinichi ran to the window to see a corpse lying in the bedroom next door, and a half-haired black-haired young man downstairs was looking up with a serious expression.

"Dead man!!"