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At the bar, Vermouth put down her glass and glanced at him.
"nothing."
Putting away his phone, Bai Heqing sat back in his chair, his face returning to his usual smiling expression.
"It's just that some unexpected circumstances occurred."
"It's so rare that I can hear the word 'accident' from your mouth?"
"Humans are different from monsters, that's normal...Okay, let's talk about our personal matters first."
"So there is still a private affair between us? I thought it was over ten years ago."
"Sharon."
Ignoring Vermouth's ridicule, Bai Heqing looked at her, his eyes gradually darkening.
"I really want to know why Xiaoying is in Japan? Can you explain it?"
Who is this Miyano Shiho? The answer will be revealed tomorrow
Chapter 79: Family Ethics
"Excuse me, who are you?"
Inside the meeting room, Inspector Megure frowned slightly as he looked at Miyano Shiho who suddenly broke in.
"Miyano Shiho, a detective passing by."
With her hands in her pockets, under the gaze of everyone, Miyano Shiho looked at Shan Qizhe, with a slight smile on her lips, and began her reasoning.
"Mr. Shan Qi, Ms. Shimizu could not possibly be the murderer of President Yamatoda, because she had a clear alibi before and after President Yamatoda was murdered."
"W-what did you say?"
"At about four o'clock this afternoon, Ms. Shimizu went to visit an artist in the neighboring town..."
"Artist, is that so?!"
When Kenta heard what Miyano Shiho said, he suddenly remembered the agreement his father made with him this afternoon.
It is said that a famous artist made an important comment on his pile of composite doll sculptures.
For this purpose, President Yamato even called him and asked him to go to the banquet hall at five o'clock this afternoon.
Could it be that the artist that Dad was talking about...
"That's right, Master Kenta. The artist that Ms. Shimizu visited is the one that President Yamatoda mentioned to you."
Confirming Kenta's guess, Miyano Shiho suddenly changed the subject.
"But this was not a simple visit, it was a bribe."
"Bribe? Could it be that Dad is doing this for me..."
"You may be wrong, Master Kenta."
Looking at this young master Kenta with a little sympathy, Miyano Shiho slowly opened her mouth and said faintly:
“President Yamato’s bribe is not to get the artist to praise your work.
On the contrary, what he really wants is for the artist to denigrate your work..."
"Slander, slander?"
“That’s right, President Yamatoda never wanted you, his only son, to pursue a career in art, and this has never changed.
The reason why he put your work in such a prominent place in the banquet hall for everyone to see is the reason why he bribed the artist to belittle you.
It is to give you the most fatal blow when you are happiest and most proud, so that you will completely lose confidence in your pursuit of art and willingly return to Ed's company to inherit the family business he left you."
"This is impossible, right? Dad, he, Dad, he actually..."
This was not the first time Kenta had suffered a blow tonight. He turned his head and looked at Chie Shimizu who was standing behind Miyano Shiho, and he seemed to have lost his soul.
But Chie Shimizu avoided his gaze.
Miyano Shiho looked at him and just sighed softly.
Young Master, the crueler truth is still to come...
"In order to ensure that his bribery would not be leaked, President Yamato even asked Ms. Shimizu, who was closest to him, to go to the neighboring town in person.
There, Ms. Shimizu successfully obtained the derogatory evaluation that President Yamatoda wanted, and faxed it back to the fax machine in the president's office.
However, because it was Ms. Shimizu's first time using a fax machine, incorrect operation resulted in only a piece of white paper being transmitted, with nothing on it.
Officer Sato, you should have found a similar blank piece of paper with no words on it, right?"
Miyano Shiho looked at Kuroba Kaito standing beside her.
"Ah, there is indeed one." Kuroba Kaito nodded.
At that time, this piece of white paper was covering the suicide note. If he hadn't picked it up and taken a look at it, he wouldn't even have noticed the suicide note underneath.
"So that piece of white paper was actually Ms. Shimizu's fax?" Karasuma Ying was a little surprised.
She did notice the fax record of the white paper on the fax machine, but her attention was drawn to the suicide note at the time, and she subconsciously ignored it.
“After sending this fax, Ms. Shimizu did not return from the neighboring town immediately, but instead made several consecutive calls to Master Kenta from a public phone on the roadside.
Her original intention was to ask Master Kenta out and tell him about President Yamato's bribery of the artist.
But unfortunately, Master Kenta was probably busy setting up the venue for the party at the time, so he didn't receive these calls."
When Kenta heard this, there was suddenly a glimmer of light in his eyes as he looked at Chie Shimizu.
But soon, the glimmer in his eyes was extinguished by Chie Shimizu.
"I'm sorry, Master Kenta, the reason I wanted to tell you this is actually to stir up a bigger conflict between you and the master."
"W-what?"
"Master Kenta, you like Sandong, right?" Chie Shimizu asked directly.
This question not only stupefied Kenta, but also stunned Mrs. Sandong, who had been silent all the time, and looked a little unbelievable.
"Aunt Shimizu, are you kidding me?"
Glancing cautiously at Mrs. Sandong, Kenta said in a panic, "Sandong is my father's wife. How could I possibly like her..."
"Kenta..."
Looking at his reaction, how could Yamatoda Sanfuji, as a person who had experienced it, understand it?
"Really……"
Chie Shimizu did not force him any further. She just closed her eyes and said to herself:
“My purpose in doing this is very simple, I love Yamato Ichiro, but I also hate this greedy man.
I have always known that you, Master Kenta, have special feelings for this woman named Sandong, so when I learned that this man wanted to bribe artists to slander and belittle you, I suddenly had an idea.
Doesn't he want everything? I'm going to tell you this. I want you to hate him and make your father-son relationship irreparable. It would be best if you could snatch this woman away from him. I want to see you father and son turn against each other, and I want to see your family destroyed...hahahaha!"
"Please be quiet, Ms. Shimizu."
"Well……"
Miyano Shiho glanced at her, and Shimizu Chie immediately became quiet, seeming to be very scared of her.
Kenta, who was standing by, fell to the ground after suffering such a series of blows. He said nothing and seemed to have truly lost his soul.
Seeing him like this, everyone in the venue couldn't help but feel a little sad for him.
“Well, that’s enough of Ms. Shimizu’s private affairs with the Yamatoda family.
As for what Ms. Shimizu just said, the police only need to check the traffic records to the neighboring town later to confirm that she does have an absolute alibi and cannot be the murderer. "
With his hands in his pockets, Miyano Shiho turned sideways to look at Shan Qizhe and asked:
"Mr. Shanqi, do you have anything else to say?"
"me……"
"Shanqi."
On the ground, Kenta suddenly raised his head, looked blankly at the flustered Shan Qizhe, and asked faintly, "Why did you kill Dad?"
"Master Kenta..."
Looking at Kenta's eyes that seemed to show his heart was broken, Shan Qizhe finally couldn't hold it anymore and broke down and told the final truth.
"I didn't want to do this! It was the master who called me to the president's office yesterday and said that there was a huge amount of embezzlement in the company's accounts!
The master, the master suspected that I did it! But I didn't do it at all! No matter how I explained, the master wouldn't listen. He also said that he would fire me after the party tonight!
Master Kenta, you know, my wife has been ill and hospitalized, I can't lose this job... I'm sorry, Master Kenta, I'm sorry..."
Chapter 80 Sister!
The case of President Yamatoda's murder came to an end, and the murderer was none other than the old butler Shan Qizhe.
In the subsequent interrogation by the police, Shan Qizhe also revealed another truth that was hidden deeper -
The reason why he murdered Ichiro Yamato was not an impulsive act after being angry, but a deliberate murder after being instigated by someone.
According to him, he received a mysterious letter from an unknown person last night.
The letter contained detailed instructions on how to murder Ichiro Yamato tonight, and also included a sum of cash.
The letter stated that as long as he could kill Ichiro Yamato tonight according to the above method, a huge sum of money would be transferred to his account, a sum that was enough to fully pay for his wife's medical expenses.
Afterwards, the police found the mysterious letter in Shan Qizhe's home, and the cash attached to the letter had been sent to the hospital by Shan Qizhe last night.
As for who sent this letter and where it came from, we can only wait for the police's follow-up investigation...
"Xiaoying, this time it's all thanks to you guys."
At the party venue, as Shan Qizhe was arrested, the remaining guests gradually dispersed. Kuroba Kaito found Karasuma Ying and said with a smile:
"If it weren't for your and Conan's help, there's no telling how this case would have turned out..."
"You're welcome, Officer Sato."