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"Just a greeting?"
"If I have to say anything, Mingmei only used the toilet on the first floor. Other than that, she really didn't do anything."
After recalling it again, Mr. Dejima nodded with certainty.
[The toilet on the first floor? It seems that the things are hidden in there...]
Considering the word "home" that Miyano Akemi repeated at the end, Shirakawa Kiyoshi didn't believe that she really just came here to use the toilet.
"Thank you for your help, Mr. Dejima. You have a really good memory."
"Haha, no way." Mr. Dejima laughed and said, "The reason why I remember it so clearly is mainly because a strange thing happened near us the night Mingmei came."
Then, without waiting for Shirakawa Kiyoshi to ask, Mr. Dejima said:
"It was already dark, and I was just about to go home from get off work when suddenly a loud noise rang out nearby. It sounded a lot like the gunshots you see on TV!"
"Gunshot? What's going on?" Miyano Shiho looked at him nervously and asked.
The gunshot happened near her old house, on the same day her sister came here, which made her associate the gunshot with her sister.
"I'm not sure about this either." With an awkward smile, Mr. Dejima continued:
"After that gunshot, maybe a few minutes later, several more gunshots were heard nearby, but this time they were much smaller, and the sound was a little different, like different guns were firing, with the difference between bang bang and bang bang.
At the time, I thought there were gangsters or terrorists nearby. I was so scared that I didn’t dare go home. I ended up sleeping in the office that night..."
"Didn't you call the police?" Miyano Shiho asked hurriedly.
Mr. Dejima's description made her more certain of her guess.
Bai Heqing just sat quietly by the side and did not interrupt her.
"I definitely called the police. I reported it that night, but they didn't find anything. Apart from some bloodstains, they didn't even find a body. In the end, they just hastily closed the case as a gang fight nearby..."
【really……】
Although he had already had a premonition of this, when Mr. Dejima actually said this, Miyano Shiho couldn't help but feel disappointed.
[How could an organization leave behind such tricks that could be easily traced? Even if there really were, it would not be something that those people from the Metropolitan Police Department could find...]
Thinking of this, Miyano Shiho turned her head and secretly glanced at Shirakawa Kiyoshi beside her.
Contrary to her expectations, Bai Heqing did not look at her with that smiling expression this time.
On the contrary, he was looking down at the ground at the moment, in a very bad mood.
Although there was not much expression on Shirakawa Kiyoshi's face, other than being a little gloomy, Miyano Shiho, who was familiar with him, knew that for Shirakawa Kiyoshi, who seldom made such an expression, this was already a sign that he was in a very bad mood.
[Could it be that the gunshots have nothing to do with the organization? ]
This idea suddenly popped up in Miyano Shiho's mind.
"However, I did secretly hear two detectives who came to investigate the next day talking about something..."
Mr. Dejima suddenly said again.
"They said that the gang war was actually just the police's explanation to the public and the media. The real situation was that the two daughters of the Suzuki Consortium happened to attend a banquet that night and drove past the area.
The police suspected that the gunshots that night might be some criminals who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to kidnap the two daughters of the Suzuki family and use them to extort ransom from the Suzuki Group...
Of course, this is just the police’s version of events. After all, the shooter was not caught, and the two daughters were not in any danger. In addition, the Suzuki Group, concerned about the impact, put pressure on the police and did not want them to publicize this matter, so the case was eventually dropped…”
"All right."
Having said everything that needed to be said, Shirakawa Kiyoshi turned and looked at Miyano Shiho.
"It's time to go get the things Mingmei left here."
As for Miyano Akemi, all the information has been given, but it is scattered between the red and black sides. You can try to guess first (if there is no skipping chapter, just skip it...)
Of course, no matter what, it will be explained later.
Chapter 546 A Moment of Familiarity
Those tapes were sealed in plastic bags by Akemi Miyano and stuck under the float of the toilet tank.
After entering the bathroom of the villa, Baihe Qing first searched all possible places in the bathroom, and finally found it here.
"This is what your mother left you."
After opening the plastic bag, Shirakawa Kiyoshi handed the tapes to Miyano Shiho who was standing behind him and watching him quietly.
But Miyano Shiho did not reach out to take it, but looked at him with a slightly suspicious look.
"Why do you know this?"
She had just heard Shirakawa Kiyoshi talk about these tapes alone, and her sister had never told her about such a thing before.
She is still doubting that all this might be a drama directed and acted by Shirakawa Kiyoshi himself. As for the purpose... maybe it is just a deliberate "warmth card" to let her continue the organization's research?
"Your sister told me this when I took you to the United States ten years ago."
Baihe Qing didn't care, but took her out of the bathroom and explained:
“The suggestions I gave you later on the direction of research progress were also obtained from your sister, including the few tapes here, which were left by your mother.
However, I only took the tape about the research direction that your mother left behind, and the remaining tapes specially for you will be kept by your sister. "
"Then why have I never heard my sister talk about this to me before?" Miyano Shiho asked the question in her mind directly.
"Because your sister and I had agreed at the time that she would personally hand these things over to you when the time was right. But I didn't expect that she would never have another chance after waiting like that, and in the end she had to ask me to take you back..."
As Shirakawa Kiyoshi spoke, he sighed softly, his tone sounding a little helpless, while Miyano Shiho remained silent again and did not respond to him.
The two of them walked like this, passing through the first floor of the villa and heading towards the main entrance.
"Ah! Mr. Lei! Please wait a moment!"
At this moment, Mr. Dejima came out and called out to him.
"Anything else, Mr. Dejima?"
As soon as he opened the door, Bai Heqing stopped, didn't turn around, but just looked at him sideways.
Miyano Shiho also looked at the middle-aged man who was suspected to be her father's childhood playmate with confusion.
"Well, I actually wanted to ask, has Atsushi told you anything about the rent? Ahem..."
Mr. Dejima looked quite embarrassed at this moment.
Seeing him like this, Miyano Shiho suddenly realized.
No wonder this middle-aged man answered all of Bai Heqing's questions and was extremely nice. She had previously suspected that all of this was a trap set by Bai Heqing specifically targeting her...
Now it seems that Mr. Dejima is worried about the rent?
After all, the ownership of this villa still belongs to the Miyano family, and the contract that Dejima and her father signed was also a rental contract.
Now it has been almost twenty years. Even if the rent for a single month is not very high, the accumulated amount is enough. For this small office in Dejima, this is probably not a small amount.
"what……"
Upon hearing this, Bai Heqing also made an expression of sudden enlightenment.
He really hadn't considered this. After all, the Miyano couple had passed away more than a decade ago, and no one would come to him to collect rent in the future...
Well, maybe not.
Thinking of this, Shirakawa Kiyoshi looked at Miyano Shiho beside him and asked with a smile:
"Shiho, what do you think?"
Miyano Shiho just looked up at him, then reached out and snatched the tape from his hand.
"What does this have to do with me? It's up to you to decide."
After saying that, she turned around and walked out without caring about Bai Heqing.
"Um, Mr. Lei..."
Mr. Dejima behind him was still staring at Shirakawa Kiyoshi, his eyes moving back and forth between Miyano Shiho and Shirakawa Kiyoshi.
Why did Mr. Lei ask the little girl about this kind of thing?
So, what was the meaning of Mr. Lei bringing this little girl here today? Mr. Lei looked so young, this couldn't possibly be his daughter, could it?
Shiho...hiss, looking at it this way, this little girl does look a bit like Atsushi?
Is it...
"Since she has said so, let me decide for myself..."
While Mr. Dejima was brainstorming, Shirakawa Kiyoshi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then looked at him and said with a smile:
"Then Mr. Dejima, you should continue to save this money."
"what?"
"This money is so clean, who knows, she might need it someday in the future. After all, it is written in black and white that she has rented the house for 20 years. Mr. Dejima, don't think of shirking your debt when the time comes..."
"That, that won't happen! Mr. Lei, please rest assured..."
Although he felt bitter in his heart, Mr. Dejima still nodded in response. But then, his curious eyes bypassed Shirakawa Kiyoshi and looked at Miyano Shiho outside the villa, and asked tentatively:
"Um, Mr. Lei, this little girl named Shiho, could she be..."
"Shh, don't ask any more questions."
Bai Heqing put his index finger in front of his mouth and deliberately interrupted him in a mysterious tone.
Without waiting for him to ask any more questions, she turned and left, closing the door.
However, this action of his made Mr. Dejima freeze in his tracks. Shirakawa Kiyoshi's actions and expression just now gave him a strong sense of familiarity, as if he had seen a very similar scene somewhere before...
Subconsciously, I stretched out my index finger and raised it in front of my mouth. Mr. Dejima suddenly looked up with an incredible expression on his face.
He remembered!
It was almost twenty years ago!
The morning when Atsushi and his family were picked up by that black car!
[Atsushi! Where is the address of your new research institute? I'll go check it out when I have time! ]
【Shh, don't ask any more questions. 】