Women only affect the speed of my reasoning!

"Well, in that case, Shiina and I will be ranked behind Usama Shu." Yukiko followed.

"Then I'll boil the water again, and you and Mashiro will wash it first?" The high school detective cast an inquiring look.

"Okay." The girl agreed happily.

The other spectators all had black lines on their heads.

Didn’t you just say that you are not used to sharing bath water with others...

"Then I'll be the next one." Yabuuchi Keiko said.

"also."

As soon as Guangmei finished speaking, the phone in the restaurant rang again.

She immediately turned around and answered the phone, glanced at the number on the caller ID and picked up the phone.

"Hello? Second mother?"

"It's Guangmei, great. You should have found the new firewood I bought, right?"

Machiko Yabuuchi's voice coming from the other end of the phone was still a little noisy, as if she was still at the banquet.

"Yeah, I found it. Now the water has been boiled. Uncle foster brother went to take a bath." Guangmei replied.

"Oh, that's good."

There was a hint of drunkenness in Yabuuchi Machiko's voice on the phone.

"By the way, it's probably going to be some time before my party ends. It might be past eleven o'clock when I get home. Can you please help me keep the hot water warm by then?"

"Um……"

Hearing this, Guangmei looked up at the clock hanging on the wall and estimated the time in her mind.

"Okay, second mom, I understand."

"Thank you then~"

The call was hung up at this point.

Ten minutes later, Yabuuchi Yifu opened the door from the outside and walked in after finishing his bath.

“It’s so comfortable to take a bath in the winter!”

He had a towel from the shower draped over his shoulders, smelling slightly of firewood smoke. The relaxation of his body seemed to make his spirit less tense. He couldn't help but sigh as soon as he entered the door.

"Then I'll go."

However, no one answered his words, and Jingzi just stood up and walked out after speaking lightly.

Then there’s Hiromi Yabuuchi…

Then there’s Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi…

Taking baths one after another like this is undoubtedly extremely inefficient, but it's actually not too slow.

Counting half an hour per person, dinner ends just before seven o'clock. It only takes three hours at most to queue up one by one. Besides, not everyone likes to take such a long bath.

When the hour hand on the clock approached nine o'clock, Guangmei, the last one who had finished taking a bath, walked in from outside.

Seeing this, Qin Shanshu stood up from the table, gave his legs a little bit that were numb from sitting cross-legged for a long time, then turned and walked out of the room.

"Then Shiina and I will go back to the room to get clothes first." Yukiko said from behind.

Qin Xianshu said nothing and only made an OK gesture.

After leaving the heated indoors and going outside, the cold winter night air suddenly hit his face. The high school detective took a deep breath to wake up his already drowsy brain.

The bathhouse is in the middle of the yard, with the well on the left and the woodshed on the right.

Qin Mianshu glanced at the bright fire reflected in the stove hole under the wall of the bathhouse from a distance. After confirming that the firewood inside would not be burned out for a while, he turned and walked towards the well, preparing to get some water first. .

But when Qin Xianshu came to the well, he suddenly noticed something was wrong.

The well at Yabuuchi House requires a bucket to draw water.

In order to prevent the bucket from accidentally falling into the well along with the rope when using the bucket, some people who didn't mind the trouble would build a wooden crank at the mouth of the well, wrap the rope around it and tie it at the end.

When not in use, pull up the bucket and roll up the rope, and put it down when you need to use it.

But at this time, the bucket was indeed on top, but the rope connected to the handle of the bucket was no longer on the cradle. Instead, it went around the cradle and fell straight into the well, as if something heavy was hanging on the other end. Same.

Emmmmm, what's going on with this inexplicable and ominous premonition...

Qin Mianshu touched his chin and thought for a moment, and finally reached out to hold the bucket rope and pulled it.

It was relatively easy at first, but soon there was a distinct feeling of weight from the other end of the rope, and at the same time there was a splashing sound from the well, like a large number of water droplets dripping when a heavy object surfaced.

About ten seconds later, Qin Ushu stood at the edge of the well, holding the rope with one hand, facing the body of Machiko Yabuuchi, who was dragged out of the well mouth with half her head hanging by the neck at the other end of the rope, disheveled and wet like a female water ghost. After staring for a moment, he let out a villager's voice.

Chapter 293: You fuck your brother in society...

When fetching water in the middle of the night, the water did not come up but a female corpse came up. For most people in the world, this was a super exciting experience that would scare them to the point of yelling and causing them to lose sleep all night.

But for Qin Sanshu, it was a daily routine.

The only thing he was struggling with was how to convey this matter to everyone in the room in a relatively tactful and convincing manner.

You can't open the door. The first thing you say is that I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first? Then start with what. The good news is that I found out that your second mother came back early. The bad news is that she is now hanged in the well. Is it in?

What a hell joke, sir...

What a headache.

After thinking quietly for a few seconds in the face of Yabuuchi Machiko's tragic death, Qin Ushu made a very steady move.

He... slowly put the rope back, sank the body back into the well, restored everything to its original state, and then calmly returned to the restaurant.

In the restaurant, Kiko and Mashiro had not had time to leave. As for the others, they were still there. Seeing that Qin Ushu, who had said he was going to boil water again, suddenly came back, they couldn't help but be a little curious.

"What's wrong?"

"Well, a small situation happened. The bucket on the well seemed a little abnormal. The bucket was stuck, and something seemed to be tied to the other end and fell into the well. I just pulled it with a little force, and it was a little heavy. , and because the light was too dark, I could only see an outline."

Qin Ushu paused deliberately at this point, glanced at the faces of everyone present, and then slowly exhaled.

"If I read it correctly, it should be...a person."

"Hey! Are you kidding! How could there be someone in my well!"

Yabuuchi Yoshiyuki was outspoken. When he heard this, he slapped the table and stood up.

"Do I need to make this joke with you?"

Qin Xianshu glanced at him and said calmly.

"And I also said that because the light was very dark, I couldn't see clearly. I was just inferring based on the blur."

"Then just fish it up and have a look."

Yabuuchi Hidekazu also stood up from the table as he spoke, lifting up his suit sleeves as if he was ready to help salvage.

"Then let's all work together so we can figure it out." Guangmei said worriedly, "No matter what, it's too scary to say there's someone in the well."

So everyone, who had been preparing to chat for a while and then go back to their rooms to rest, came to Leng Sa Sa's courtyard.

The bucket above the wellhead was indeed as Qin Sanshu said. It was hung high and awkwardly pinned there, while the other end of the rope went straight into the well.

"This...how could this happen?"

Yabuuchi Hidekazu, who was taller, walked closer and looked into the well, but it was pitch black and couldn't see anything.

He stretched out his hand to hold the hanging rope and pulled it with some force, and suddenly there was a sound of water in the well below.

"It's quite heavy..."

Yabuchi Hidekazu waved to his compatriot brother.

"Here, help me."

"coming."

Yabuuchi Yoshiyuki immediately stepped forward after hearing the words, and the two brothers began to pull the rope with a squeak.

Qin Ushu, who had known what was going to happen, also took this moment to adjust his position, cleverly blocking the sight of Yukiko and Mashiro towards the entrance of the well.

A few seconds later, accompanied by two tragic screams, Qin Sanshu stepped forward and quickly grabbed the rope before the two brothers subconsciously let go. This way he avoided Machiko Yabuuchi's fate of falling into the water three times.

When they saw the body of a woman with disheveled hair hanging in mid-air with a hemp rope tied around her neck at the wellhead, everyone present showed expressions of horror and disbelief.

"Second mother...how could..." Hiromi covered her mouth with both hands to prevent herself from screaming.

Qin Uanshu, who had already known the outcome in advance, had no emotions in his heart.

"Okay, call the police."

……

If in Chiba we always call the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department police because they are close, then this rule does not apply at all in Gunma.

Hearing that there had been a murder case at a wealthy family within their jurisdiction, the local police station in Gunma quickly dispatched people overnight to investigate.

The person in charge of leading the team is a young male detective named Yamamura Cao. He has a middle-parted oval face and a sharp mouth. At first glance, it is easy to give people the impression of a "smooth-haired young man".

However, Qin Xianshu concluded that it was "unreliable" at the first sight.

For no other reason, the other party spent a full 10 minutes after entering the door. The topic he asked was still on finding out the identity of the deceased. The police manual was always in hand, with a handbook and a ballpoint pen. No matter what he asked, he always asked. I wrote down everything without writing down the words. The excessive process records greatly slowed down the progress of the case.

It’s just like a newbie starting out.

"The name of the deceased is Machiko Yabuuchi. She is 39 years old. She is the step-in-law of the head of the Yabuuchi family who died of illness last month, right?"

"Yes."

Facing inquiries from the police, Yabuuchi Hidekazu answered one by one.

While the case was still being investigated, Qin Ushu came to the body.

At this time, the body of Machiko Yabuuchi had been lowered from the hanging rope and spread flat on the grass in the yard. Two forensic officers from the Gunma Police Department gathered around it to collect evidence and take notes.

"How is the situation? Did you find anything?" Qin Sanshu squatted down and put on his gloves with ease and asked.

"Have."

The forensics officer from Gunma Police Station nodded.

Logically speaking, he should not have answered such questions from non-police personnel, but Qin Ushu's tone was so matter-of-fact that they subconsciously had the illusion that the person squatting next to them was their immediate boss.

"Based on the injuries on the victim's body, the cause of death should not be drowning or suffocation, but stab wounds... Please see here."

As he spoke, he pulled away the clothes on the corpse's chest, revealing the pale skin underneath with a touch of dazzling crimson.

It was a penetrating wound that looked like it had been stabbed by a sharp blade. The wound was short, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and extremely deep, almost completely destroying the heart.

"I see. Where is the murder weapon?" Qin Ushu asked again.

"As for the murder weapon, we don't have it yet..."

The forensic officer suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

They finally realized something was wrong.

"Wait, you are..."

"Qin Xianshu, an introverted high school detective from a poor family."

"Oh, detective..."

The forensics officer obviously didn’t understand the joke.

Fortunately, Qin Xianshu is not the kind of person who will feel uncomfortable if the other party doesn't understand what he says.

"Then it's up to you to find the murder weapon." He tried to send the tool man.

"Of course, this is our job, but..."

The two forensic officers suddenly looked embarrassed and glanced at Cao Yamamura, who was not far away and was still catching other people to learn more about the case but not just to see the body.

"what……"

Qin Xianshu also looked at it, understood immediately, and said.

"Um, Officer Yamamura?"

"I'm...waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!"