Chapter 284
On the outskirts of Tokyo, in front of Ogata's house.
Fujino stood at the door, looking at the courtyard in front of him, his eyes narrowed slightly.
Judging from the appearance, this courtyard is in Japanese style, with an overall wooden building that has a neon retro feel.
Judging from Fujino's feeling, it's quite similar to Shinide Chiming's family.
It seems to be a wealthy family.
"sorry for disturbance!"
Hiroki Haruna greeted the room, "I'm Yuki Haruna who called before."
"coming!"
A middle-aged woman in the room came to greet her.
But after seeing Fujino, he frowned slightly and asked in surprise, "Didn't you come here alone?"
"I'm Haruna's friend. I sent her here this time."
Fujino chuckled, looking at the woman with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Not alone, this sentence is a bit interesting.
Generally speaking, normal reception of guests should not be such a reaction, it seems a bit strange...
Could it be that he was trying to kill her?
Fujino thought for a while, and felt that the Mihua people might be able to do this.
If that's the case, then he's come to the right place this time.
After all, Chun Cai's final payment has not yet been settled. If this is given to the shark by the rice flower people, the remaining 20 will probably become a bad debt.
Just as Fujino was thinking, a young man in a blue shirt with a parted hair came out of the room: "Mom, you are really in a hurry, you can talk about it later if you have anything to do."
The young man's name is Shiro Ogata, the second son of the Ogata family, and the woman just now is the wife of the current head of the family, Kazuko Ogata.
"When Miss Haruna, whom grandpa has always talked about, comes to our house, she naturally needs to be treated well first."
Ogata Shiro seemed a little familiar, "After all, she has been my grandfather's spiritual support for these years..."
"grandfather?"
Both Fujino and Haruna were taken aback.
Although Haruna thought that the other party was an uncle, but it is not so old...
They are all grandpas.
"That's true."
Ogata and Zi also nodded when they heard the words, and then echoed: "No matter how you say it, I have to help you burn the incense first."
The puzzled two followed the mother and son of the Ogata family to a niche in the room inside the house.
On the black wooden niche, there is a Buddha statue. In front of the Buddha statue, there is also a tablet of [Ogata Qiuwu].
On the top of the tablet, there are black and white portraits of an old man and an old woman.
Obviously, this is a neon shrine dedicated to the dead at home, and according to the custom, the two people in the photo should be husband and wife.
Fujino looked up at the coffin: "Is Mr. Qiu Wu dead?"
"Well, my father-in-law left at the end of last year." Ogata Kazuko responded.
"how so……"
Ogata Haruna looked at the portrait on the top, looking sad and surprised.
Fujino turned his head and asked, "May I take the liberty to ask, how did Mr. Qiuwu pass away?"
"Grandpa died of illness."
Ogata Shiro said, "Speaking of which, even before he died, he still missed Miss Haruna."
"That, Miss Haruna."
Ogata Kazuko suddenly looked at Haruna, "My father-in-law should have given you a music box before he died, right?"
"Well, Mr. Qiu Wu did give me a music box."
Haruna took out the music box from the bag and handed it to the other party, "However, I really didn't expect that he had passed away..."
Even without consolation, Ogata Kazuko took the music box and opened it, looking a little impatient.
As the music box was opened and ethereal music sounded, she seemed a little surprised: "This piece is..."
"Come spring."
Before she could finish speaking, the sliding door of the room was opened, and the head of the family, Tsuneo Ogata, wearing a blue shirt, walked in and recalled: "I remember my mother used to play this song a lot."
"Speaking of which, grandma's name is also Haruna."
Ogata Shiro said with emotion, "Grandpa must have connected Miss Haruna with grandma at the time. I remember he told me happily that Haruna came back. Since grandma passed away three years ago, I haven't seen her." He was so happy."
"Is that so?"
Fujino narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this, finally understanding the whole story.
It seems that this commission has nothing to do with the mistress. It’s just that the name Haruna is somewhat similar to the old man’s deceased wife, so he regards her as his sustenance...
But if that's the case, it still feels a little weird.
This family seems to take the music box very seriously.
But as far as the music box is concerned, it's not worth much, so...
While Fujino was thinking, Tsuneo Ogata looked at Haruna with embarrassment: "Well, Miss Haruna, is there nothing else in the music box my father gave you?"
"something else?"
Haruna shook her head, "Mr. Qiu Wu gave me only this music box, did you leave something in this music box..."
"My dad he meant stamps or something."
At this time, a man wearing glasses suddenly appeared at the door, "It's the kind of four stamps with a current market value of [-] million yen."
"Brother!"
Ogata Shiro looked at the man resentfully, "What are you talking about?"
"Hmph, just talk to outsiders."
The man snorted coldly and looked at Yuki Haruna with evil intentions. His tone was a little unpleasant, "I think this woman must have heard about the treasure that grandpa left behind before he died, so she Will make a special trip to steal those stamps."
"Ugh?!"
Hiroki Haruna felt aggrieved, "But I don't know about treasures..."
"Okay, you don't have to argue anymore."
The man interrupted Haruna, "Anyway, sooner or later, I will take off the mask of you, a vixen, so that everyone can take a good look at your true face."
"Enough said?"
At this moment, Fujino couldn't stand it anymore, looked at the man and said in a deep voice, "Don't you think it's very uneducated to call the person you met for the first time a vixen, a thief or something?"
The man was speechless for a while, glanced at Fujino and changed the subject: "Who knows if the couple of you guys who came here together are here for the treasure?"
"If that's the case, then there's no need for us to talk."
The client was bullied, and he was also involved, Fujino's face darkened a bit, "We don't know what treasure you are talking about, this time I came here just to return the music box, if this is your hospitality That’s the way, Haruna and I will leave now.”
Speaking of this, Fujino's aura soared, and the temperature in the room even dropped a lot. He took two steps forward and said in a deep voice, "But before that, you have to apologize to us first."
"it's nothing……"
At this time, Haruna also noticed something was wrong, and quickly came over to grab Fujino.
"Nim!"
At this time, Ogata Changxiong, who is the head of the family, couldn't stand it any longer, and quickly smoothed things over, and said in a deep voice to the man named Ren: "After all, he is also a guest, and Miss Haruna is still your grandfather's friend before his death. This is too much, please apologize quickly!"
"Sorry……"
Minoru Ogata said something helplessly, then turned and left.
"I'm really sorry, this kid, Min, hasn't managed the company well recently, and he speaks very aggressively, forgive me."
Tsuneo Ogata sighed and apologized: "If possible, you two can stay here for dinner tonight, as an apology for what happened just now."
"Miss Haruna?"
Fujino didn't pay attention to that kind of person, because in his impression, such people would generally not survive tonight, and turned to Haruna to ask.
…………
After returning the music box, Fujino and Haruna were left at Ogata's house for dinner.
After dinner, it began to rain and the sky gradually darkened.
Originally, Fujino planned to drive home directly, but Haruna didn't care too much, and wanted to stay here for one night instead.
He, who was pretending to be a traveler, could only call home and tell Miyano Akemi that he would have to stay here for the whole night.
The sound of rain came pattering from outside, and entered the room through the paper sliding door.
Fujino was lying on the quilt on the tatami floor, with his hands around the back of his head, feeling a little depressed.
There is no air-conditioning in this Japanese-style courtyard room, and the only breeze from the fan in the room is the same as the decoration, which can't take away the humid and stuffy feeling of irritability at all.
And the old electric fan was very noisy, which buzzed in the ears, making the already noisy environment even more noisy.
In fact, these are nothing, with Fujino's endurance, Renren can get by.
The key is……
His room is the one where the coffin was placed before!
Fujino glanced at the coffin in the corner of the room, with a strange expression on his face.
Although he is not afraid of ghosts and gods, sleeping with this kind of ancestral hall that is comparable to other people's homes at close range does make people feel a little creepy.
Fujino Youyou sighed, closed his eyes, recalled what happened at the dinner table just now, trying to divert his attention.
His impression of this family is not very good.
Ogata Changxiong is okay, but it's a bit embarrassing. Ogata Shiro has always been polite, but I don't know why he always likes to stare at him and Haruna.
Ogata Kazuko had a feeling of intrigue, and that Ogata Minoru was the obvious target.
From the reaction of the family, Fujino analyzed that what they were looking for should be a few valuable stamps that Qiu Wu hid before his death.
The stamp's secret secret is most likely hidden in the music box, which is why the family is so weird.
If this is the case, then those previous messages should also have been sent by them.
At the dinner table just now, these people have been asking Haruna about stamps, and even he was involved without saying a word...
In fact, it is true when you think about it. After all, it is 2 million yen, which is a huge sum of money.
"what!"
Just as Fujino was thinking, a scream suddenly came from the next door.
He raised his head and opened his eagle eyes, but frowned, looking a little puzzled.
In Hawkeye's world, Haruna's vital signs were still there, and there was nothing else around that could threaten her.
But why scream?
No one died...
With doubts, Fujino opened the sliding door next door: "Miss Haruna, what happened?"
"Just now, I saw a black figure in the corridor walking towards the left quickly..."
Haruna curled up in a corner, pointing at the corridor in front of her, looking scared.
"Dark Shadow?"
Fujino opened the sliding door of the corridor, a bright light flickered in his eyes.
Under the observation of Eagle Vision, no vital signs were captured around.
However, nothing was discovered.
Fujino walked to the side window and tore off a piece of black paper that had been cut into the shape of an old man.
Then, looking up at the half-open door outside the window, he quickly figured out what was going on.
"It seems that this family is a bit dishonest..."
Fujino thought to himself, then turned around, pulled the fluorescent lamp on the ceiling of Haruna's room, and comforted: "This is just a prank."
"mischief?"
At this time, Haruna also calmed down and looked at Fujino doubtfully.
"Ah."
Fujino showed the black paper to Haruna, "Miss Haruna, what you saw just now should be something in this shape, right?"
"That's right! What I saw just now is a person of this shape."
Haruna nodded, "But, the figure I just saw can move."
"It's just an optical illusion created with light."
Fujino glanced out the window of the corridor: "The door outside is open. As long as a car drives by, the light of the car lights will shine in. As the light deflects, the figure will also move."
"So that's the case, as expected of Detective Fujino..."
Haruna understood as soon as she heard it, "But, who would make such a joke?"
"From the very beginning, I felt something was wrong with this family."
Fujino said in a deep voice: "Their purpose of doing this may be to prevent you from spying on the stamps left by Mr. Qiu Wu. The previous text messages should also be sent by them."
"Ugh?!"
Haruna was surprised for a moment, and then said a little lowly: "But I have no idea of wanting those stamps... I have obviously already explained it."
"This is [-] million yen. Some people will kill people for this money."
Fujino glanced at Haruna and felt that this college student was too naive, "Even if you don't, they won't believe that you don't have any ideas about the [-] million yen..."
"May I ask what happened?!"
Before he could finish speaking, Ogata Shirou hurried over, followed by Ogata Kazuko and Ogata Tsuneo.
"nothing……"
Fujino glanced at the few people, but he didn't see Minoru Ogata, "It's just that someone pasted black paper on the glass, which just gave Ms. Haruna a jump."
"Who the hell is playing such a silly prank..."
Ogata Shiro took a look at the black paper, and suddenly remembered something, "Could it be my brother who did it?"
"If you think about it carefully, the two of you brothers seem to have been frightened by this kind of thing before... But Minoru wouldn't make such low-end jokes.
Ogata Kazuko looked a little dazed, she walked towards the sliding door on the other side of the room as she spoke, and opened the sliding door by the way, "It seems that some people who live here have said that they have encountered similar things before, shouldn't they Could it be that children from other nearby families broke in and played a prank?"
"Maybe so..."
Ogata Tsuneo also had a strange look on his face.
"Boom!"
At this moment, the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground suddenly came.
It was followed by the sound of strings breaking.
(End of this chapter)
