hotmtlnovel Chapter 387 Ayumi repays kindness with enmity?
Chapter 387 Ayumi repays kindness with enmity?
A shrill scream was heard along with the sound of shutter clicks, and the originally arranged poses were scattered.
The expressions of the children in the photos all showed different levels of surprise and fear.
Damn, how could I forget there is a bad luck god here.
Yin Jiu's expression was also very stiff. He lowered his head and looked at Huihara Ai who was standing below and gave a bitter smile.
So... Ayumi brought Conan to the house of the uncle who gave her the doll. In a sense, can this be considered as repaying kindness with enmity?
Haibara Ai's thoughts ran far away, and she walked into the room stiffly with Yin Jiu, and heard the bad news - the painting of the Guanye family was stolen.
"But we didn't see any strangers coming upstairs just now."
Ayumi and Genta Mitsuhiko were originally looking for a shooting angle in the stairwell, and it took less than half a minute for them to go in and call Yin Jiu and the others out.
I didn't expect that just by turning my head, the whole hall was in chaos.
"The thief was obviously rummaging through items, but the only thing that disappeared here was the painting. It seems that the thief is well aware of the value of this painting." Conan looked at the counter of the Girl's Festival dolls thoughtfully.
"Then I understand. Maybe it was the uncle Tsukuda who came to buy the painting just now. Mrs. Kanno was unwilling to sell the painting, so he found a way to steal it?" Mitsuhiko stretched out a finger.
"It shouldn't be." Huiyuan Ai walked to the outside of the balcony and looked down on tiptoe. "This is the sixth floor, not very high. You didn't see anyone going down the stairs, so maybe the thief escaped through the window. If it was Mr. Jinqu just now, he would definitely be well prepared and would not bring an appraiser with him. And..."
"And I haven't left yet!" The slightly plump Mediterraneo Qu Shuigui followed behind the appraiser, raising both hands to his chest and spreading them out, indicating that he hadn't taken anything. "Sanchong can testify for me that I was in the tea room the whole time and didn't walk outside."
"Yes, that's right." Sanchong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
The case appears to be at a stalemate.
"Anyway, let's call the police first." Yin Jiu's eyes also swept across the storage rack. In comics, plots involving young detective teams without adult supervision usually try to avoid murder cases as much as possible.
Although the floor of the room seemed to have been rummaged through and was extremely messy, this was precisely what was unreasonable.
The painting was hung on a slightly inconspicuous position on the wall of the room and was not blocked by any anti-theft device.
If the thief's original intention was to steal the famous painting, there would be no need to go through so much trouble. He could just take the painting away without anyone noticing. By the time the owner finally felt like viewing the painting, it might be days later.
The only explanation for the mess in the room was that the thief's original target was not the paintings, but something else, such as cash.
So what would a normal thief do after searching in vain?
He thought he was unlucky and left in shame.
Or, if you're even more arrogant, just destroy things to vent your anger.
In short, Yin Jiu didn't think that the thief who "took great pains" to break in from the window on the sixth floor would be willing to just take away a painting hanging in the corner.
Then the answer is obvious - this was directed and performed by the Guanye family themselves.
"I'm sorry that this happened, but these children still have to go to class tomorrow. Please allow me to take them home first." Yin Jiu's expression suddenly turned cold, and even his tone became distant.
"But aren't we staying to help find the paintings?" Ayumi held the camera, her eyes secretly glancing at the Girls' Festival dolls.
Obviously, in addition to wanting to help the Guanye family find the heirloom, she was also a little worried that the gift of the doll would no longer be fulfilled after she left.
"Ayumi, now is definitely not the time for us to make trouble." Haibara Ai patted the back of Ayumi's hand soothingly and shook her head.
What Yin Jiu could see at a glance, Haibara Ai and Conan could also see.
As for Yin Jiu's sudden coldness, Haibara Ai has her own understanding. She roughly thinks that the Kanno family is taking advantage of the children.
Brother Yin Jiu is always like this. He doesn’t say anything but he sees everything clearly and finally keeps everything in his heart.
"Let's go, Ayumi, Haibara is right." Conan finally withdrew his gaze from the cabinet.
He didn't think that the Guanye family was deliberately taking advantage of the children, but since Yin Jiu suggested leaving, perhaps this was a good idea.
If the Kanno family deliberately caused the theft in order to politely reject buyers, then if they stayed to look for the painting, they might end up getting in the way.
"Indeed, it's getting late." Mrs. Guanye was a little hesitant when she heard Yin Jiu say he wanted to call the police, fearing that the matter would become a big deal. Unexpectedly, before she even got through the call, the young man took the initiative to ask to leave.
If a house is robbed, shouldn't the owner stay at the scene and wait for the police to arrive to avoid suspicion?
This thought only lasted halfway before Grandma Guanye reacted. There was a buzzing sound in her ears and her wrinkled cheeks turned visibly red.
Did they guess it?
Granny Kanno maintained a decent fake smile, and combined with the words of Haibara Ai and Conan, this old lady who had lived for a long time and experienced a lot finally had to admit that her plan did not last a second before it was seen through by these children.
Next, she had to call the police... Granny Guanye's hands behind her back began to tremble.
Some people are like this, when they do bad things secretly, they can act as if it is completely natural and justified.
But once he finds out that his plan has been discovered by others, even the best of his acting skills will be damaged by nine out of ten percent.
Grandma Guanye is neither a professional actor nor a professional deadbeat. Faced with such a predicament, she felt so helpless that she wanted to lock the door and hide in the bed to recuperate.
"Then it's settled. Let the children come visit you again on the weekend." Yin Jiu received a few strange emotional points, blinked gently, and finally gave out a little bit of "understanding" with great reluctance.
Guanye obviously wouldn't refuse any more.
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"So, all of this was directed and acted by Grandma Guanye herself?"
On the way back, several children followed Yin Jiu, and Bu Mei tilted her head with a confused look on her face.
"Yeah, that's why I said that. If we stay any longer, we might cause trouble for them." Conan put his hands behind his head.
"Tsk, if you don't want to sell the painting, just refuse directly. You are really troublesome, sir." Yuan Tai sorted out his thoughts after listening to the whole process. He curled his lips nonchalantly, "This makes it seem like all of us are suspects."
"Yes, no one else knew that it was Grandma Guanye who was directing and acting. When they were chatting in the room, we were all in the stairwell." Guangyan also reacted and paused, "That won't work, Brother Yinjiu, we have to go back, otherwise we will be suspected of theft."
"It's too late." Huiyuan Ai crossed her arms and shook her head regretfully, "It's too late to go back now. We have every opportunity to hide the paintings during this period of time. By then, we will appear to be guilty of something."
"Ah!" Several children made bitter faces and showed conflicted expressions at the same time.
"Well, you don't have to worry too much about this. The Kanno family probably has no intention of putting the blame on us."
Yin Jiu spoke at the right time, and seeing the surprised looks from Conan and Huiyuan Ai, he paused and took the initiative to admit, "I did suspect that the Guanye family was deliberately using you at the beginning."
"But when I saw how readily Grandma Guanye let us go, I felt that it was probably just that we came at the wrong time."
As he spoke, Yin Jiu chuckled and looked lovingly at the children who had just contributed a lot of emotional points to him by releasing their emotions.
"I think Grandma Guanye had planned this for a long time, and it just happened that we and the buyer came at the same time."
"That's right, otherwise why would Grandma Guanye keep us for a while longer, at least until the police come and compare the statements with us 'witnesses'." Conan also nodded in agreement.
"So it's just because we're unlucky."
"It can also be understood that way."
Yin Jiu's explanation quickly made everyone's mood turn from cloudy to sunny, and they waited to send all the children back home.
Yin Jiu took a detour from the path beside Dr. Agasa's house and was about to call a car to return to the organization's base, when he saw Toru Amuro wandering behind a bush at the corner with a stealthy look on his face.