"It can't be helped. When feelings arrive, it's a matter of course.”
Ye Fan waved his hand and did not think it was a big deal.
"To be honest, I really envy Akiko for being liked by a handsome person like you. Sigh…I'm sorry, I lost my composure."
"Auntie, you and Yukiko have a very deep relationship. I was worried that you would tell Kudo Yusaku about me and Yukiko.”
"If I do this, Youxi will definitely not feel good. No matter what others think, I support you and Yukiko being together.”
Guangmei said firmly to Ye Fan.
"Thank you for your support."
Ye Fan felt the warmth of the human world...
At night, the clock was about to strike ten. Everyone was gathered in the room, waiting for the lawyer to announce the contents of the will.
"Cough, cough cough…"
The lawyer pretended to cough and said," From now on, I will announce Mr. Yabouchi's will in front of everyone. Please listen carefully."”The lawyer took out a tape recorder and said,""This is a tape prepared by Mr. Yabouchi. He recorded the same content in his will with his own voice.”
After the lawyer finished explaining, he pressed the play button.
However, after waiting for a long time, there was not even a sound.
"Hey, what's going on with you?"
Yoshiyuki Yabouchi was getting impatient. He had waited for this moment for so long, but there was no sound at all.
"What happened?" The lawyer was also confused.
"I say, lawyer, that should be the recording button.”
Hiromi Yabouchi had already noticed the problem.
"Then we have to press it down quickly.”
At this moment, Yabouchi Yoshiya suddenly became agitated. He reached out to press the button, but he accidentally pushed the cup in front of him and spilled it all over the table. He was so scared that he quickly retreated.
Ye Fan turned his head and realized that the voice came from the tea cabinet behind him. Not only that, but he also caught a glimpse of a cold light. When he noticed that the cold light was aimed at the Yabouchi mortuary, Ye Fan dodged and caught an arrow.
Yabouchi Yoshiya couldn't help but turn pale with fright. She took three breaths in a row before she regained her composure."Young man, you are really my savior. You saved me twice in a row. I don't know how to thank you?”
Kudo Yusaku looked at Ye Fan suspiciously. Who was this guy? To be able to catch an arrow with his bare hands, was this really something a human could do?
Yoshiyuki Yabouchi followed the direction of the flying arrow and came to the inner room. He opened the tea cabinet and saw that there were these things inside.
"This, this is a crossbow. There's an alarm clock beside it."
"This is a timer. Once the time is up, this crossbow will shoot the arrow out of this tea cabinet on time.”
Kudo Yusaku, who had followed behind, deduced.
"Who could have done this?"
"Who could have installed such a thing?”
"Who would install such a mechanism?”
One by one, everyone speculated about the possible culprit. In the end, it involved the person from 15 years ago.
"If it's really him, then he does have an inexplicable hatred for our Yabouchi family." Yabouchi Yoshiyuki rubbed his chin and said.”
" I see." Yabouchi agreed." He knew when the will would be published and that our whole family would be gathered here, so he set this crossbow here first."”
"So, he can kill anyone he wants?" Yabouchi Keiko asked curiously.”
Kudo Yusaku displayed his powerful reasoning ability and said,""No, that shouldn't be the case."
" Mr. Kudo, what are you saying..."
"If you don't believe me, you can go to the room next door and take a look. There are many small holes on the tatami mat. This is the evidence left by the murderer in order to determine the direction of his attack.”
Kudo Yusaku paused and continued,"It's all to deal with that person sitting somewhere. Hadn't they already decided from the start that the will would be held in the temple hall when it was published?”
Hiromi Yabouchi nodded, indicating that this was indeed the case.
"There shouldn't be any problems."
"But, Kudo-san, how did the murderer know who would be sitting there?”
Yabouchi Yoshiyuki still did not understand.
"Of course I know, because the arrow passed through the furthest place from the door, the upper position. Therefore, the person sitting here was naturally an elder. In other words, the prey of the murderer who had set up the crossbow was Mr. Yoshiya from the beginning.”
Kudo Yusaku pointed at the Yabouchi Yoshiya and said,"You are the main target of this murderer.”
Hearing this, Yabouchi Yoshiya sneered,"I didn't expect that the people of this family would want my old life time and time again. It's really unbearable."”
After a moment of silence, Yabouchi Hidekazu looked at the Yabouchi Yoshiya with a dark face.
"According to what you said, if you think from this perspective, this mysterious person who set up the crossbow could also be you, uncle!”
However, it was immediately denied by Kudo Yusaku.
"That shouldn't be possible. If Ye Fan hadn't caught the flying arrow, it's very likely that he would have already been hit by the arrow.”
Everyone thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed so.
"So, the murderer is still the same person from 15 years ago.”
"Perhaps?"
Kudo Yusaku glanced at someone nonchalantly.
"I say, is it really okay if you don't press the recording button on the recorder?”
Just as they were chatting enthusiastically, Ye Fan pointed at the recorder helplessly.
"Ah! Oh no, everything they said just now was recorded.”
The lawyer was also shocked by the sudden accident just now. When he heard Ye Fan's words, he came back to his senses.
"What? If that's the case, my father's last words wouldn't have all been erased, right?”
Yoshiyuki Yabouchi was furious and wanted to settle the score with the lawyer.
"It's alright." The lawyer suddenly heaved a sigh of relief." Fortunately, I put side A and side B upside down just now. In that case, the person who had recorded the voice just now was on the B side, and the person who had recorded the will on the A side was completely unaffected.”
Everyone was shocked and didn't trust this lawyer.
"Then hurry up and show us your will!”
Yoshiyuki Yabouchi started to urge him again. He was really annoyed now. He waited and waited, afraid that if he waited any longer, an accident would really happen.
"Everyone, don't be anxious. I'll rewind the tape now.”
The contents of the will on the tape began to play.
" I, Yoshikin Yabouchi, have decided to divide my inheritance among the following six people: my wife, Machiko; my daughter, Hiromi; my son-in-law, Hidekazu; my eldest son, Yoshiyuki; and his wife, Keiko. The other is Karlous."
The first five were naturally within everyone's expectations, but they were all confused by the sudden appearance of Karlous.
"What's going on? If there was no Yabouchi Yoshiyuki, why did it have to be Karlous?”
Kudo Yusaku stood up and said to everyone,""Next, I will tell you about my discovery.”
Kudo Yusaku took out a stack of letters from his pocket.
"This is what I found in the warehouse. I'll tell you the contents of the letter, and you'll understand. In fact, this old man was not the foster uncle, but a bodyguard hired to protect Karlous.”
"What did you say?"
Hearing this, everyone was shocked. However, at the same time, they felt deeply puzzled. They felt that the matter was even more complicated.
"Look at the contents of these letters and you will understand.”
Kudo Yusaku passed the letter to Yabouchi Hiromi and the others, then said,""Carlos is actually the son of Uncle Fang and a Brazilian woman, your cousin. As for the real foster uncle, he had passed away half a year ago.”
"How could that be?"
When Hiromi Yabouchi heard that another relative had passed away, she could not help but feel sad. After all, among them, she was not particularly concerned about the inheritance.
"This old gentleman also wrote in the letter that he is an old friend of Uncle Fang. He runs a farm in Brazil with Uncle Fang. But unfortunately, because of a tornado ten years ago, the village was destroyed. Perhaps it was because of this concern that his adopted uncle had given his inheritance to Karlous to show his appreciation for his nephew.”
Hearing this, everyone roughly understood. However, there was one thing that they were not very clear about. Why did this old man pretend to be the Yabouchi Yi Fang? Couldn't he have just brought Karlous back and told them the truth?
"The reason is because of that threatening letter! If people knew that Karlous was actually the son of Uncle Fang, then the person who sent the threatening letter would target him. That was why this old man took the opportunity to play the role of the uprising uncle, so that this scarer would point the spearhead at him alone.”
Hearing this, many people present were deeply moved. Who could trade their own safety for the safety of others?
When Yoshiyuki Yabouchi and the others thought about what they had done these past few days, they couldn't help but feel guilty.
" Finally, I have one more thing to remind everyone. Don't be hostile to Karlous. If anything happens to him, you will be the biggest suspect and will be questioned by the police. Don't take any chances.”
Kudo Yuusaku turned to the old man and said," Is that the truth? Old man, no, I should call you Mr. Tanaka Hickson, the second of the Japanese."”
"You're absolutely right, detective.”
At this moment, he seemed to have put down the heavy burden in his heart and became much more relaxed.
"No, strictly speaking, I'm not a detective. I'm just an ordinary novelist.”
Kudo Yusaku put on a cool pose and looked at Yukiko, hoping that she could see his handsome performance. However, Akiko was completely worried that her secret affair would be exposed, so she was not in the mood to watch Kudo Yusaku act cool. Hiromi Yabouchi deliberately said that Ye Fan was a relative to protect her. It was obvious that Hiromi Yabouchi already knew the true relationship between her and Ye Fan, which made it impossible for Akiko to continue staying here.
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