Chapter 967 Three People with Motives
Inspector Megure began to conduct routine questioning on the three persons separately.
The person in charge of making tea at that time was Juri Kosaka who was being visited.
Of course, in addition to Kousaka Juri, the others who touched the teacup included Beppu Hanazuki, who was responsible for taking the cup from the cabinet, and Happo Tokiie. As a result, the cup was covered with everyone's fingerprints.
The tea was brought by Happo Tokiie. Kousaka Juri, who likes scented tea, thought it was a rare opportunity and wanted to try different types of scented tea.
Kousaka Juri made the tea in front of everyone, so there should have been no chance to poison it at that time.
It is also unlikely that poison would be applied to the teacups and then exchanged while drinking tea.
Because judging from the color of the scented tea, the one that Kousaka Juri drank was a kind of scented tea called butterfly pea, which was blue; the one that the deceased Suto Reina drank was red roselle scented tea; the one that Happo Tokiie drank was brown peppermint; and the one that Beppu Kagetsu drank was chamomile.
Kousaka Juri was sitting on the hospital bed, followed by Happo Tokiie, Suto Rinna, and Beppu Kagetsu in clockwise order, sitting around the small table.
Beppu Kagetsu suggested looking at the photos that had been taken in the past, but Suto Rinna was very selfish and monopolized the phone and was unwilling to let go. Happo Tokie and Beppu Kagetsu could only sit on both sides and lean forward to look, which was also the reason why they sat like this.
Happo Tokiie was very angry about Sutou Rinna's behavior, and even revealed a big piece of news, that is, Sutou Rinna's husband is Happo Tokiie's ex-boyfriend.
In other words, Sutou Reina is the third party.
Facing everyone's strange expressions, Happo Tokiji covered his mouth and laughed dryly: "Of course, I won't kill anyone because of such a thing. In the end, that man is unreliable."
Everyone was speechless for a moment - after something like this happened, can you still continue to be friends?
Happo Tokiji said: "But compared to me, Huayue should hate Lingnai more, right? After all, Huayue lost a lot of money because of her!"
Beppu Kagetsu directly admitted this matter. She bought a stock based on the recommendation of Suto Rinna, but the stock price suddenly plummeted and she ended up in debt.
However, Suto Rinna sold all his stocks when the stock price just started to fall, and made a huge profit.
Beppu Kagetsu glared fiercely, and Inspector Megure, who was standing at the front, had no choice but to comfort her casually: "That, that is really a sympathetic thing!"
He coughed lightly, then said, "So, you killed him?" This incident was enough to be a motive for murder.
Beppu Huayue snorted coldly: "If she died and the money could be returned, I might do that!"
Everyone was shocked and immediately speechless - are these people really friends? Why do they hate the deceased more than the other?
Of course, these are just complaints.
Beppu Kagetsu said, "Speaking of resentment, Juri should be the same, right?"
Kosaka Juri's son and Suto Rinna's son are classmates. On the day before the entrance examination, Suto Rinna's son went to Kosaka Juri's house to study.
However, he had already contracted the flu, which he passed on to Kousaka Juri's son, preventing him from taking the exam the next day.
"Even then, Juri was still smiling and saying that his son would definitely be able to get into a good high school!"
After saying this, Beppu Kagetsu glared at Inspector Megure again.
Inspector Megure: "Well, this is really another sympathetic thing!"
At this time, Yuya asked, "Excuse me, did any of you leave the room at that time?"
Beppu Kagetsu recalled, "Yes, it was me and Happo. I went to the bathroom, and Happo went to buy some desserts to go with the tea. Juri and Reina should have been in the room the whole time."
"Although Lingnai left to get hot water, that was before Bafang and I came."
Yuya nodded slightly and asked again, "Are those cups from the hospital?"
Beppu Huayue shook her head: "That's from Juri. She even used baking soda to wash the cups until they sparkled!"
"I see." Youya pinched his chin and thought.
After a moment, he turned his gaze to the table again, where there were still three cups of scented tea of different colors, a plate of sliced lemons, and unfinished desserts.
If his idea was correct, then the only person who could have poisoned him should be that person.
The question is, how did she make the victim, Suto Rinna, drink the poison?
Wait, Youye suddenly noticed that there was a plate of lemon slices on the table, but there were no lemon slices in the three cups. He recalled that there was a slice of lemon in the red scented tea that was spilled on the ground.
So, only the deceased Suto Rinna's scented tea had lemon slices in it?
Vaguely, Youya felt that he had overlooked something, but he couldn't grasp that feeling for a moment.
Just then, Yuya's cell phone rang. It was Miyano Shiho who called and said that she was ready to go back and asked where he was.
The two met in the corridor.
"What, a murder occurred?" Miyano Shiho covered her mouth in surprise.
Youye nodded and looked out the window. It was already evening before he knew it, and the sky turned red under the setting sun.
"So what's the progress of the investigation?" asked Miyano Shiho.
Yuya crossed his arms and said in a deep voice, "I roughly know who the murderer is, but there are still some things I don't understand about the method."
Yuya briefly told Miyano Shiho the information he had discovered, omitting the fact that his train of thought was interrupted by the phone call.
Miyano Shiho thought for a moment and asked, "You mean, only the dead person's cup had a lemon slice in it?"
Yuya nodded.
Miyano Shiho tapped her chin with her finger and said tentatively, "You should know, Yuya, that certain substances will undergo chemical reactions when they encounter acid, and the common external manifestation is a change in color."
"Chemical reaction? Color change?" Youya froze for a moment, a flash of lightning flashed through his mind, "I see, that's what's going on!"
Yuya immediately grabbed Miyano Shiho's waist and kissed her on the face: "Mio, you are awesome!"
Miyano Shiho blushed. Although she knew that Yuya was thanking her for the reminder, this was a little too strange.
Yuya returns to the ward.
The interrogation has ended, and Takagi Shigeru has also brought back the results of the on-site investigation.
The results showed that there was no toxic reaction in the scented tea drunk by the deceased, but there was a reaction on the edge of the teacup, almost where the lipstick mark was.
Hearing this, Yuya's mouth curled up slightly, which was exactly the same as his previous speculation.
"Memu Police Department, I already know who the murderer is."
While everyone in the room was still pondering, Youya suddenly said this.
Suddenly, everyone looked over in shock.
"Brother Shen Gu, you again?"