Takeshi Nanahara walked briskly to the living room and turned on the TV and VCR. The video camera starts playing last year's footage from Sayoko Sukada's birthday, and Takeshi Nanahara presses the remote control and starts rewinding, returning the scene to when Mai Sukada goes to the study to "interview" Yukio Sukada.

In the picture, Yukio Sukada is reading a book in the study, and when he hears Mai Sukada ask, "Father, what birthday gift did you prepare for your mother", he closed the book, took off his glasses, and bit the leg of his glasses with a smile, as if he was thinking about whether to "spoil" the lively adopted daughter in advance.

At this point in the picture, Nanahara Takeshi pressed the pause button, and Kiyomi Ruri also reacted, and said in surprise: "Toxin smeared on the temples of glasses? ”

It's common sense that glasses can't be eaten, and although the glasses are next to the corpse, no one even thinks that the temples are poisoned. If it weren't for Mai Sukada's reminder, she was still silently missing her father before, and she was watching this video, and she happened to be seen by Takeshi Nanahara who came by chance, and it is estimated that everyone can't figure out how the murderer poisoned him even if he wants to break his head.

Qiyuan Wu just glanced at it casually a few times before, and he didn't remember it carefully, but now that the picture is verified, he said with a slight chin and said: "Probably, otherwise there is no other possibility." ”

Kiyomi Ruri also felt that eight or nine were inseparable, but she was still a little afraid of making a mistake, so she asked carefully: "That's just a bite on the leg of your glasses, is the toxin enough to kill?" ”

"Enough. The rumor that 1 gram of cyanide is enough to poison 500 people may actually be an exaggeration, but a lick is enough to kill people. Nanahara Takeshi ordered, "Call Miss Nakano, ask the forensic class to check Sukada-san's glasses, and remind her by the way, if she also has this little habit, it is best to change it quickly." ”

It's too unjust to be poisoned like this.

"Okay." Ruri Kiyomi hurriedly went to call Eri Nakano.

Nanahara Takeshi's gaze turned to Mai Sukada, and when he saw her staring at the TV screen in a daze, he raised his hand to turn off the TV with the remote control, and sighed, "Did your father's glasses always carry with him?" ”

"Ah, no." Mai Sukada came back to her senses and subconsciously said, "My father is not very dazzled, and most of the time he doesn't use glasses, so he usually puts them in the study and uses them to read books and newspapers."

Nanahara Wu nodded, and said again: "Don't think about it, let's continue to eat first!" ”

Mai Sugata also nodded lightly, and smiled at Takeshi Nanahara, "Thank you, Nanahara Nissan." ”

Kiyomi Ruri also returned soon, and the three of them continued to eat. She saw that Mai Sukada was a little dull, thinking that she was worried about the test results, so she opened a new topic and asked curiously, "Mai-chan, which school are you studying in?" ”

Mai Sugata looked up and smiled, "In the middle of the country at the Hirano Special Security Education School. ”

"Special Security Education School ......" Kiyomi Ruri didn't understand at first, but it took a moment to react, this is a special school for people with disabilities.

Theoretically, having a physical disability does not affect schooling, but in reality, there are many difficulties.

For example, Mai Sukada, she has difficulty moving, what if she studies in an ordinary school and goes upstairs? Even if there are classmates and teachers who help carry it up every day, what about going to the toilet?

You can't always cause trouble to others every day, and it's still irregular.

So she can only go to a special education school set up by the government, but it is more like a vocational school, and the teachers and hardware conditions are relatively weak, so it is more difficult to go to university, and it is even more difficult to go to a famous school.

Kiyomi Ruri was secretly annoyed, feeling that the new topic initiated was really stupid, and he wanted to change the topic for a while but didn't know how to turn it around mellowly, and he froze there for a while, but Mai Sukada smiled: "Sister Kiyomi, you don't have to be so cautious, although my legs and feet are inconvenient, but I live well." ”

The implication is to let Kiyomi Ruri not have to be so shy about speaking.

Kiyomi Ruri smiled embarrassedly, and then looked at her face carefully, and found that she really didn't seem to pay much attention to her paralysis, or that she had already accepted the reality, and couldn't help but admire: "You're so strong, Mai-chan." ”

Mai Sukada smiled back: "Wailing and sighing can't change reality, Sister Kiyomi." ”

Kiyomi Ruri liked her more and more, and asked curiously, "Then what do you usually do?" Do you have any other hobbies besides cooking? ”

Mai Sugata replied cooperatively, "I don't usually do anything except go to school, but I usually go home to accompany my mother, or play Sudoku, crossword and other intellectual games, and occasionally play chess with my father." During the holidays, I work part-time as a librarian in the library. ”

Sounds like a good girl, but her hobbies aren't very uniform.

Kiyomi Ruri thought for a moment and asked, "Do you usually work with manga?" ”

"Look once in a while, but not much. What kind of sister Kiyomi likes. ”

"Ah, me? I'm more into reasoning. ”

"Then I've read ......"

Mai Sukada immediately said a few well-known reasoning books in recent years, and Kiyomi Ruri finally found a common topic, and immediately discussed it with her with great interest, but Nanahara Takeshi was eating next to him, laughing and not saying a word.

After dinner, Eri Nakano also called, and traces of cyanide were successfully detected on Yukio Sukada's temples, and only one of them had them.

The murderer's modus operandi has basically been confirmed, and I think the murderer is a guest who has recently been to Sukada Yukio's study, but the relevant people who have been questioned so far don't seem to be too suspicious, and they can't even find a reluctant motive for the crime.

I can only visit slowly.

Nanahara Takeshi hung up the phone, pondered for a moment, and smiled at Kiyomi Ruri: "Okay, it's time for us to leave." "Mai Sukada doesn't need them at all, and now that the modus operandi has been figured out, there's no point in staying.

Kiyomi Ruri was a little regretful, she rarely met a peer who could discuss reasoning with her, and wanted to have a good chat again, but Nanahara Takeshi had no choice but to say goodbye to Mai Sukada with regret.

Mai Sukada sent them out, and Kiyomi Ruri was still reluctant to leave, and agreed to send a few classic reasoning and manga to Mai Sukada to pass the time, and seemed to be ready to develop her into a fan.

Well, she really likes Mai Sukada's little girl.

Mai Sugata naturally wouldn't object, and nodded with a smile: "Okay, Sister Kiyomi, I'll wait for you." Then she said politely to Takeshi Nanahara, "Nanahara Nissan too, you are welcome to play again." ”

Nanahara Takeshi smiled politely, turned to look at the empty-handed Kiyomi Ruri beside him, and reminded, "School bag." ”

"Ah, yes, the bag!" Kiyomi Ruri was stunned, she was reluctant to patronize just now, and forgot to take her schoolbag, so she hurriedly went back to the living room to find her schoolbag

Nanahara Takeshi shook his head at her back, and smiled at Mai Sukada, "I've worked hard for you today." ”

Mai Sukada smiled back: "It's nothing, Sister Kiyomi is very good." ”

Nanahara Takeshi smiled dumbly, but he had a little bit of the same topic with her, "She also has the advantage of being a good person." ”

Mai Sukada thought about it, also covered her small mouth, and smiled shyly.

Kiyomi Ruri was very fast, and in a blink of an eye, he came back with two schoolbags, and when he saw the two of them looking at each other and smiling, he couldn't help but wonder: "What are you laughing at?" ”

"Nothing." Nanahara Takeshi was even happier.

Mai Sukada also bent her eyebrows and smiled.

Kiyomi Ruri didn't know why, and she didn't bother to ask, so she said to Mai Sukada: "Okay, Mai-chan, we're leaving, call us if you have something......" Speaking of this, she remembered something again, "By the way, I haven't left you your contact information yet." ”

As she spoke, she wanted to take out a pen and paper from her school bag, but as soon as she pulled it out, the ballpoint pen, pencil, and eraser in the stationery bag fell to the ground.

"It's hairy all day." Nanahara Takeshi bent down to help her pick it up.

"Here's the eraser." The rubber bounced under the wheelchair, and Mai Sukada shook the wheelchair and took a step back, leaning hard to help pick it up.

"I'll do it!" Nanahara Takeshi took two steps forward, reached out and touched the eraser, was slightly stunned, and then acted as if nothing happened, and threw it to Kiyomi Ruri.

"Don't throw it away, can't you give it to me?" Kiyomi Ruri muttered, hurriedly packed up the stationery bag, left contact information for Mai Sukada, and also remembered the phone number of Sukada's family, and then went out.

Well, yes, if you make a new friend, you may be able to develop into a girlfriend in the future.

She pondered in her heart to go home with Nanahara Takeshi, and after walking for a while, she couldn't help but wonder when she saw that he didn't move at all: "What's wrong?" Why is there no movement at all, what are you thinking? ”

"Nothing." Nanahara Takeshi came back to his senses and responded casually.

Kiyomi Ruri really wanted to chat, and sighed with two schoolbags: "Mai-chan is really good, it's the first time I've seen such a well-behaved child, so polite, and very modest." ”

There is still a sentence that she didn't say, she felt that Mai Sukada respected her a lot, anyway, more than her sister and little apprentice.

Nanahara Wu was noncommittal about this, but reminded: "It's quite modest, it's a little too modest, and it's not well-behaved, it's accommodating you." Usually such people have a high morale and sufficient confidence, and they will not be simple. ”

"Ah, is that so?" Kiyomi Ruri recalled it and somewhat agreed, "It seems that yes, she is quite smart, and she is much better than when I was fourteen." ”

Nanahara Wu glanced at her and said angrily: "She is much stronger than you now." ”

Kiyomi Ruri was a little unconvinced, but he didn't bother to bother with him, so he pouted and said, "Cut, I won't compare my skills with my friends." ”

Nanahara Takeshi glanced at her again, didn't say anything more, and started chatting about a different topic.

…………

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, the nephew played the lantern, everything was as usual, Kiyomi Ruri and Nanahara Takeshi had breakfast together, and were about to go to school with him, only to find that Nanahara Takeshi was not wearing a school uniform, and was still dressed casually at home.

She looked at her watch and said strangely, "Why haven't you changed your clothes yet, we're going to have time." ”

Nanahara Wu waved his hand and said: "I have something to do today, so I won't go to school, you go to school to help me ask for a leave!" It's okay to ask for personal leave, and if the teacher asks about something, you just say you don't know, and I'll tell the teacher myself when I get back. ”

"Why are you skipping school all of a sudden?" Kiyomi Ruri was taken aback, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Go check things out."

"What's the matter? Is it related to the case? Kiyomi Ruri became more and more strange, "Why didn't you tell me in advance?" ”

You guy, why do you think it's one out of one, tell me in advance, we can skip school together!

Nanahara Wu glared at her: "I can do whatever I want, I have no obligation to inform you, now you hurry up and go to school, don't ask questions here." ”

Kiyomi Ruri was not very happy, and said unhappily: "What are you going to do, aren't we partners?" If there's something, we should go together, why should I go to school and you can skip school? ”

"I'm taking a leave of absence, not skipping school! I'm the first in the grade, and whether you go to class or not doesn't affect your grades, are you preparing to go back to the bottom of the list if you don't go to class? And whoever is your partner, I am your boss! Nanahara Takeshi didn't talk nonsense with her, and directly began to threaten, "Go to school and attend classes honestly, otherwise be careful that I will call your mother to report you." ”

Kiyomi Ruri looked down at him for a moment, and said angrily: "Then at least tell me what happened!" ”

"I'm not sure now, I'll have to check it out!"

Kiyomi Ruri had no choice, picked up her schoolbag, glared at him angrily, scolded him in her stomach, and reluctantly went to school - she didn't dare not go, Nanahara Takeshi was inhumane, she really dared to call her mother, she didn't want to be shoveled by her mother and take off on the spot.

She didn't like Qiyuan Wu to hide something from her, so she went to school with a straight face, first went to the teacher's staff room to find the supervising teacher of class A to help him ask for leave, and wanted to give him some eye medicine, such as some slander, so that the supervising teacher of class A would turn around and clean him up, but he didn't dare, for fear that he would retaliate against her when he turned back.

If they retaliate against each other, she felt that she might not be the opponent of Nanahara Takeshi, who usually pretended to be very good, a faction of excellent character and learning, polite, and the teacher would definitely be towards him.

However, when she left the door of the classroom, she regretted it a little, thinking that she might be too timid, so she became more and more angry, and went back to the classroom to attend classes aggrieved, so she survived the day.

After school, she changed her shoes and habitually walked two steps to Class A's shoe kitchen, only to realize that she didn't have to wait for Takeshi Nanahara today, she turned around and walked out of the school gate directly, hesitated, didn't choose to go home, and went to Mai Sukada.

Originally, she said last night that she would borrow a few books to read, and she would have gone there this afternoon, but it happened that Nanahara Takeshi ran away by herself, so she simply went straight and went home later.

Cut, if you don't take me, you won't take me, as if I am rare!

I'm going to have fun with new friends, and you can eat at home by yourself!

…………

She ran to Sukada's house familiarly, and as soon as they met, Mai Sukada showed a slightly shy smile and welcomed her very warmly: "Sister Kiyomi, hello, thank you for coming to see me again." ”

Kiyomi Ruri took the initiative to reach out to help her push the wheelchair, and hummed: "Come and play with you, and the manga was also brought to you." ”

"Thank you, Sister Kiyomi." Mai Sukada said with a smile, "I'll read it well." ”

"Just read as a pastime, just read it, and don't take it too seriously." Kiyomi Ruri pushed Mai Sugata into the living room, looked left and right, and asked, "Are your mother and Asaeda-san back?" ”

It's almost time to help, and if the elders are there, out of politeness, she has to go and greet them.

"I'll be back at noon." Mai Sugata pointed to the second floor of the villa, "They haven't rested well in the past two days, Aunt Mitsuko has returned to her house, my mother is resting, Sister Kiyomi will come to my room and sit!" ”

"Okay, what were you doing?" Kiyomi Ruri pushed Mai Sugata to her room again, it was on the first floor, she knew the location, after all, she accompanied Takeshi Nanahara to go around Sukada's house.

"I'm doing my homework."

"Is there a question that you can't know?" Kiyomi Ruri's spirits lifted, she is not the same as before, Nanahara Takeshi took her to review the junior high school curriculum, and now if she goes back to junior high school, she is sure that she will be admitted to the top ten in the class, and she may be able to help Mai Sukada tutor her homework.

Mai Sukada smiled: "It's okay, the homework is not very difficult, and it is almost finished." ”

"Then you write your homework first, and we'll talk after finishing your homework." Kiyomi Ruri felt that she could also write her homework by the way, and she had to write it sooner or later anyway, so she wrote a little more here, just in time to go home and have time to quarrel with Takeshi Nanahara.

"Okay, Sister Kiyomi."

The two of them entered Mai Sukada's room while talking, Mai Sugata continued to write her homework, and Kiyomi Ruri didn't rush to open her schoolbag, so she took a look at her homework first - it was a math paper, and it was indeed almost finished, and it had already reached the additional questions at the back, that is, if you do it right, you will get extra points, and if you do it wrong, you won't lose points.

It was estimated that it was a little difficult, so she couldn't help but want to help, and read the question silently: "There is a bag of fake silver coins mixed in several bags of silver coins, and on the surface all the silver coins look the same, only the weight is slightly different. Now there is an electronic scale, how do you find out the bag of fake silver coins when you weigh it only once? ”

What kind of weirdness is this? Do you want to bite into it to see the color?

It shouldn't be that simple, but what does it have to do with math?

Isn't it too difficult to do it for junior high school students?

I can't be a college student!

Kiyomi Ruri was contemplating and thinking, Mai Sukada had already tilted her head and thought about it, and wrote the answer casually, and then didn't check the paper, just folded it and put it aside.

She turned her head and was about to chat with Kiyomi Ruri, but she saw Kiyomi Ruri's mouth open slightly, her eyes widened, and she couldn't help but wonder: "Sister Kiyomi, what's wrong?" ”

Kiyomi Ruri came back to her senses and hesitated slightly: "Uh, the question of the silver coin...... Have you seen this before? ”

Mai Sukada said strangely: "It doesn't seem to be, what's the matter, Sister Kiyomi, is there anything wrong with that question?" ”

"You're so smart, Mai-chan." Kiyomi Ruri couldn't help but admire, she didn't even think about it and finished it, she was really smart.

Mai Sukada was stunned for a moment, her white little face was slightly red, and she said shyly: "It's nothing, it's not as good as Sister Kiyomi, only a little older than me, she is already helping the police solve the case." ”

Kiyomi Ruri was also embarrassed: "I'...... I'm just following ...... Well, do some ancillary work. ”

Mai Sukada didn't believe it, and said with a sincere face: "This is already very powerful, I want to be an excellent girl like Sister Kiyomi in the future." ”

Kiyomi Ruri's face became redder and redder, the corners of his mouth bent and bent, and he snorted: "It's not much better, Mai-chan will definitely be stronger than me in the future." ”

The hard work was not in vain, and it was not in vain that I was angry with the dogs, and I accidentally became the object of longing for the younger generations, which is really ...... It's so fun.

(End of chapter)