Chapter 568 The murderer in red
Youya touched his chin. The pets raised by the old lady seemed to be very smart. Like Pochi and Tuanzi, they could understand human language and knew to take the ball to the nest after the game.
It seems that the old lady fell down the stairs yesterday not because she was tripped by the ball as Ping Zhonghui said, but because she was tripped by the rope tied to the nail.
The fact that the nail was taken away afterwards also indirectly confirmed this.
Thinking of this, Yuya looked at Amuro Toru: "Mr. Amuro, what was the result of your inquiry yesterday?"
Amuro Toru was stunned for a moment, then pinched his chin and recounted the situation he was asked yesterday.
When the incident happened, everyone was doing their own thing: the eldest son and his wife were talking in a room on the second floor. During that time, Miss Hui went out to the bathroom for about 5 minutes; the second son was playing with his mobile phone in the living room; and the granddaughter was taking a nap in her room on the second floor.
The doctor was checking the medicine supplies in the storeroom; the housekeeper and maids were cleaning the rooms.
No one noticed the old lady when she went downstairs. It was only when she fell down the stairs with a loud noise that others realized what had happened.
When they gathered together, they saw the old lady lying unconscious on the street.
Youye frowned slightly: "According to what you said, the three people on the second floor are all suspects?"
The second son was in the living room at the time, and the housekeeper and the maid could see each other as they walked around. He should not have had the time or opportunity to commit the crime.
My granddaughter, Rina Hiranaka, was taking a nap in her room alone. No one could prove it to her. Her room was close to the stairs, so no one would notice her if she sneaked out.
Hiranaka Kei left the room for 5 minutes. The second floor was not big, so there was plenty of time to set up the trip rope; similarly, Hiranaka Keisuke also had enough time to set up the trip rope.
Amuro Toru raised a question: "But there is one thing that is very strange. How can the person who sets the trip rope ensure that the person who is tripped is definitely the old lady, and not someone else? After all, there were four people on the second floor at the time, including herself."
Yuya smiled slightly: "This is very simple. Elderly people often have some fixed habits in their lives. If I guess correctly, the old lady may have the habit of drinking milk at that time."
This was confirmed after asking the housekeeper.
The old lady would take a nap for about an hour every day, and the time was fixed. After getting up, she would go downstairs and pour herself a cup of hot milk. This was something everyone in the family knew.
In this way, the three people on the second floor at that time all had time to commit the crime.
Yuya pondered for a while and said, "Mr. Amuro, can you accompany me for a while? I want to ask those people again."
Amuro Toru nodded: "Of course no problem."
The two first came to Rina Hiranaka's room on the second floor.
The door was not closed. The two men standing outside could see Rina Hiranaka lying on the table, her shoulders twitching as if she was crying.
Yuya raised his hand and knocked on the door, only to notice that the door was actually broken and was just leaning against the wall.
Hiranaka Rina looked up and saw Yuya and Amuro Toru standing at the door. She quickly took a tissue and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, forcing a smile: "What's the matter with you guys?"
The two walked into the house, and Amuro Toru said, "We want to ask more details about what happened when the old lady fell down the stairs yesterday."
Hiranaka Rina was stunned for a moment: "Didn't I ask you yesterday?" Her face suddenly turned ugly, "You don't suspect that I killed grandma, do you?"
Amuro Toru quickly explained: "No, because I didn't expect the old lady to have such an accident at that time, so I just asked a simple question. Miss Rina, please cooperate. You don't want the murderer who killed the old lady to go unpunished, right?"
"Of course not!" Hiranaka Rina sobbed, "My grandma was so good to me, and someone would actually kill her, wuwuwuwu..."
As he spoke, he started crying again.
Yuya's eyes moved slightly and he found that there were several tissues thrown into the trash can at her feet. He saw that Hiranaka Rina was very sad because of the old lady's death.
After a while, Rina Hiranaka calmed down, took a tissue to wipe her tears, and then said: "I'm sorry, I can't control my emotions."
"It's okay. Everyone will be sad when a loved one dies." Amuro Toru comforted him.
Hiranaka Rina nodded, took a deep breath and said, "When grandma fell down the stairs yesterday, I was taking a nap in my room. I was woken up by the noise of Doctor Yamato and the others, so I went downstairs to check the situation and saw the scene at that time."
"Is that all?" Youya couldn't help but ask.
Hiranaka Rina didn't seem to feel guilty at all, and replied as a matter of course: "I was sleeping and woke up when I heard the noise."
"Is that so..." Yuya nodded slightly and asked, "Ms. Rina, I noticed that the door of your room seems to be broken?"
Hiranaka Rina nodded, "Yes, the chain broke a few days ago and couldn't be opened properly, so the butler temporarily removed it. However, since there are no replacement parts, we have to wait until tomorrow when he goes to the city to purchase supplies to buy a replacement."
"That's it..."
"Then I won't bother Miss Rina anymore."
The two were about to leave, but at this moment, Youye suddenly noticed that he could see the decorative mirror on the wall diagonally opposite him from where he was standing in the room, and he couldn't help but stop.
Amuro Toru looked at him with some confusion.
Yuya pondered for a few seconds, and suddenly asked: "Ms. Rina, when you were woken up, did you see anything through this mirror?"
Hiranaka Rina was stunned.
You also gestured and said, "I noticed that this angle seems to be just right to see the location of the stairs."
Hiranaka Rina's expression changed slightly, she lowered her head, and after a while she said, "At that time... I saw a person in red clothes, holding Pochi, standing at the stairs."
"Oh? Did you see who it was?" Youye's eyes narrowed slightly, thinking that she had indeed concealed some information.
If he guessed correctly, the man in red was most likely the culprit who caused the old lady to fall down the stairs.
Hiranaka Rina shook her head: "No. But I saw that Pochi didn't struggle, so I guess that person must be someone Pochi knows. And when that person turned around, I saw a rose on the chest of his clothes."
"Oh, thank you for the information." Yuya nodded slightly, then left with Amuro Toru.
In the corridor, Amuro Toru frowned slightly: "You are right, Ms. Rina concealed some information from me. It seems that Keisuke and his wife may also know something?"
Youya narrowed his eyes, looked back at the decorative mirror, and a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes.
"Then let's go visit Mr. and Mrs. Keisuke again."