Conan's self-cultivation of fake wine

interesting.

Lu Ren looked carefully at Xiaolin Orange's emotional panel.

This kind of human-shaped revolving lantern is rare.

He clearly remembered that the last person who had such a rich inner drama before the appraisal was none other than Sato Miwako, who looked very similar to Kobayashi.

At that time, Sato Miwako was mourning her first love, Matsuda Jinpei.

As for Xiaolin Orange now...

Lu Ren looked at the white bird that didn't know where to put its hands and feet, and he probably had the answer in his mind.

Most likely, that kid Shiratori said something wrong.

Apart from him, Lu Ren couldn't think of anyone else present who had the ability to make Xiaolin Chengzi so excited.

But it has nothing to do with him, it's not like he's in love.

Lu Ren pulled out a chair next to Xiaolin Chengzi and sat down, looking relaxed and saying, "Shiratori, play the recording."

Previous speculations are just speculations after all, and ultimately the facts will have to speak for themselves.

Lu Ren felt that the motives of the first two suspects were low, but there was no guarantee that they were the ones who killed the person.

As a normal person, you cannot have any expectations about the thoughts and ideas of a murderer.

To put it simply, murderers are sometimes really different from other people.

"Hmm? Hmm." Shiratori seemed to have just come back to his senses. He nodded repeatedly after a moment's reaction. He looked at Kobayashi Orange and asked tentatively, "Then Mr. Kobayashi, I'll start playing the recording."

"Yeah." Xiao Lin responded woodenly.

Hearing the sound, the white bird pressed the play button.

"This is the first recording... Next, the second..."

Taking time and other factors into consideration, Bai Niao only captured a portion of the recording of each suspect.

So after a while, the recordings at both ends were played, and Kobayashi Orange remained silent throughout.

"Next is the recording of the third suspect, Jianyu Liujie. However, he is a man, so it should have nothing to do with him, but it's better to listen to it anyway."

"If it doesn't matter, there's no need to let it go."

Xiaolin Chengzi said this quickly and urgently, and her tone was inexplicably heavy.

This attitude of refusing to cooperate not only stunned Shiratori on the spot, but also caused Conan and others to look at her.

Lu Ren also frowned.

For him, this willful behavior of not cooperating in solving the case directly affected his personal interests.

However, you cannot force the cow to drink water if it doesn’t want to.

Given Xiaolin Chengzi's already extremely unstable mental state, it's impossible to lecture her and force her to listen to the third recording.

It will only backfire in the end.

Not only rebellious psychology, but also excessive emotional fluctuations will affect thinking and judgment.

Even if you want her to listen to the recording, you have to wait until this period of time has passed and her emotions have calmed down.

Shiratori may have realized this, and after a moment of silence, he quickly changed the subject, "Then which of the first two suspects do you think is more similar to the voice you heard on the night of the crime?"

Xiao Lin lowered his head and remained silent for a long time before he spoke, "Neither of them sounded like that. What I heard was a deeper, more threatening female voice."

"That's it."

"So we should look for other suspects, or the moving company truck I saw at the beginning. That might be more helpful."

As soon as Xiaolin finished speaking, Chiba pushed the door and walked in.

Compared to Shiratori, Chiba's ability to read the atmosphere is much worse. Of course, it is also possible that he is used to seeing witnesses with heavy faces and thinks that this is a matter of course and nothing worth worrying about.

Qianye got straight to the point: "We can't find the truck with the numbers 0 and 9 printed on it that you mentioned." "What? How is this possible?"

"Is it possible that you are seeing things? If you can't see clearly because of the wall, 5 and 9 are very similar. It could also be the number 05."

"Even if they are similar, I will definitely not make a mistake, I'm sure!" For some reason, Kobayashi's tone became heavier and his emotions became more excited.

Shiratori saw this and hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "It could also be that a moving company's vehicle temporarily stopped there for personal reasons. What do you think, Chiba?"

"I have considered this possibility. I have also asked specifically, but it is true that no one has done so. I have also asked the residents living near the crime scene, and no one nearby called a moving company that day."

"Then, it was me..." Xiaolin suddenly raised his head, glared at Shiratori, and his voice kept rising, "I was just talking nonsense to make you believe it, so as to fool you police into investigating the case. Is this what you mean now?!"

"No, no. How could it be possible?"

"Anyway, I've told you everything I know." Xiaolin stood up with the help of the table, "I'll take my leave now."

"Then I'll drive you back." Bai Niao also stood up hurriedly, "If you go out now, you might run into the murderer."

"No, I'm still capable of protecting myself. So could you please stop interfering in my affairs? Bye."

Kobayashi left the meeting room and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

Looking at Shiratori standing there in a daze, Conan couldn't help but remind her, "I think you'd better go and send her off. After all, her face has been seen by the murderer, and it's very dangerous."

"That's right." Shiratori came back to his senses, "Qianye, can I ask you for a favor?"

"Of course. But is this okay?"

"Well, it seems that she hates me."

"Okay." Chiba took the job and quickly went to catch up with Kobayashi Orange.

After he left, Lu Ren gently closed the door and said, "Tell me, what did you say that made her so angry?"

Generally speaking, those who can be good primary school teachers, especially primary school class teachers, are usually people with a good temper.

Otherwise, facing a group of energetic naughty kids all day long, people with a bad mentality can easily get sick from being angry.

"I do not know either."

"There's only one possible reason. She saw Officer Sato."

"Officer Sato?"

"Yeah." Huiyuan nodded, with rich theoretical experience, looking like an experienced person, "Plus, if she happens to know that you were once very fascinated by Officer Sato, she will definitely think that the reason you treat her so well is because you regard her as a substitute for Officer Sato."

"How is that possible? Xiaolin is my destined one."

Tsk tsk tsk, the destined one.

How can these people say such things so naturally and seriously?

Lu Renguang was listening at the side and felt a little overwhelmed.

Maybe this is what it feels like to be in love? He just couldn't figure it out, and couldn't understand it.

Lu Ren: "Since it's just a misunderstanding, just explain it to her."

"It's not as easy as you say."

"Is it easy? Actually, it's not easy. In my opinion, all misunderstandings are due to insufficient communication. If words can't explain it, then call her. If the phone doesn't work, then go and talk to her in person.

Once is not enough twice, twice is not enough three times.

But if communication can't be established and misunderstandings can't be cleared up, then so be it.

If you can't make any progress despite your best efforts, it means that her feelings for you are limited to this. If she doesn't even want to communicate with you, then I advise you to stop in time."

"Yeah. But when it comes to love, it's not that easy to let go..."

ps: I felt okay when watching the animation, but when I wrote it myself, I always felt that Kobayashi Touko's series of questions when she was angry was weird. It felt like a shrew scolding and throwing a tantrum (bushi). I can understand it, but I just feel that it is inappropriate to be so emotional during a murder investigation.

Maybe it's because when the anime showed this part, it was from the first-person perspective of Xiaolin as the protagonist. When the author wrote it, it was from the third-person perspective of Lu Ren as the main character. So I can't empathize with him. (End of this chapter)