detective world detective

Chapter 96 The Greedy Dead

Conversation is an art.

Since it is "art", it naturally requires skills.

And in the conversation between Tangze and others asking for information from relevant people, conversational skills are even more needed.

A lot of information was revealed through casual chatting. This was why Tang Ze and the others did not rush to ask the main questions first, but instead gathered information in a casual chat.

And in this process, the cooperation of the two people is indispensable, so that they can guide the other party to continue the topic in a tacit understanding.

And it can also reduce the other party's vigilance when asking key questions at the end, lest the other party refuse to answer the question.

Therefore, in the previous chat, Takagi and Karasawa guided the topic in tacit cooperation.

This routine is basically to chat about family matters first, then learn some information about other people from the side, and then get into the topic.

Even if the other party reacts strongly, is unwilling to answer, and starts "seeing guests off", the two of them will not be kicked out without gaining anything.

Of course, this is also a measure for the general situation of the other party. Fortunately, Mrs. Katori falls into this "normal situation" and even revealed a lot of information unconsciously during the conversation.

Seeing that the conversation was almost over, Karasawa and Takagi looked at each other, and the good old Takagi looked at Mrs. Katori and said, "Um...I heard that the one who introduced Mrs. Mitorori to everyone is you, Mrs. Katori, right?"

"I...um...actually, I just met Mrs. Mitori at the shopping mall..."

Seeing that the topic was getting to the point, Mrs. Katori hesitated a little, but she still spoke slowly.

"Shopping mall of your choice?" Tang Ze didn't understand the name, "What's the specific situation?"

"Well, it's a kind of bazaar or flea market opened in a nearby square." Mrs. Katori explained: "That's where we met, but actually our relationship isn't close..."

"do not touch!!"

"But!!"

Just when the atmosphere was somewhat silent for a while, the two children, one large and one small, who were playing in the side room, had a slight conflict.

"Haha, do you all like trains too?"

Takagi saw that the two children had a tendency to quarrel, so he smiled and stepped forward to divert their attention.

The two had already identified themselves when they picked up the two children from school, so the two boys were not afraid of them.

"It's Pioneer One." Takagi came to the two of them, pointed at the running train and smiled.

"That's awesome, you deserve to be Mr. Criminal!" The older child praised, stood up from the ground, and held a sign from a box on the side to show it to the two of them.

"Look!"

"This is really cool, it's the brand of Pioneer One!" Takagi seemed to know a lot about railways. He took the plaque and explained to Karasawa in surprise.

Pioneer 1 was a train from a long time ago, and this plaque was its license plate number at that time.

"Authentic?" Tangze said, taking the plaque handed over by Takagi. The heavy weight in his hand showed that it was not an imitation plaque. "That's really awesome."

Mrs. Katori on the side saw the two coming to comfort the children, and also walked over with a smile.

But when he saw the pile of debris on the ground clearly, he immediately panicked, "Ah, I'm talking about you two!!"

As she said this, Mrs. Katori immediately picked up a vase carefully from the ground and taught the two children a lesson: "Hey! Didn't I tell you not to play with this?! What if you break it!!" said Katori. The wife also turned the small vase back and forth, and was relieved when she saw that the bottle was not damaged.

"Um... may I ask if this is..." Tang Ze asked curiously, "Is it an antique?"

Judging from the other party's performance, it should be an expensive vase after all, otherwise there would be no such big reaction.

But unfortunately, I knew nothing about antiques in my previous life, let alone neon antiques, and my eyesight went dark, so I had no choice but to ask.

"It's a small vase from Kutani porcelain. It's quite old and has great commemorative value." After Mrs. Katori explained, she smiled and said, "Actually, Mrs. Matsushita gave it to me."

"A gift from Mrs. Matsushita?"

Takagi was surprised. After all, although this vase is not a precious item worth tens of millions, it is still valuable enough.

"Well, I heard from Mrs. Matsushita that this is the vase that her grandfather bought when he was the ambassador." Mrs. Katori touched the small vase and said, "This vase was placed in her home without care."

"Then she gave this little vase to you?" Takagi exclaimed, "Should I say that she is worthy of being a celebrity?"

"Ms. Matsushita is actually very generous." Mrs. Katori smiled with a bit of embarrassment: "But maybe it's also because I look like I want it very much.

Ah, of course, I didn’t accept them all just because she said “for you”. It’s just that I liked this one very much, so I accepted it. "

Speaking of this, Mrs. Katori seemed to have thought of something, and her expression became a little unnatural.

After hearing the meaning of the other party's words, Karasawa said: "In other words, is there anyone who accepts Mrs. Matsushita's generosity without any courtesy and accepts all the other's kindness?"

"Well..." Mrs. Katori said with a somewhat unpleasant expression, "Although logically I shouldn't say bad things about people who have passed away..."

Although the other party did not say it clearly, everyone present knew who the other party was talking about.

"So, is it Sanae Sanae?"

"It's Mrs. Mitori. She didn't reject Mrs. Matsushita's kindness. She was even greedy and had no conscience at all."

Faced with Takagi's question, Mrs. Katori finally spoke and told Karasawa and the others what was pressing in her heart.

Not long after the other party came to Mrs. Matsushita's house in Qiu, she fell in love with an item just like Mrs. Katori.

But after Mrs. Matsushita gave her that item, the convenience became even worse.

He even deliberately said that he wanted Mrs. Matsushita's necklace, which made the scene ugly for a time. But then Mrs. Matsushita gave the necklace to her, and the other party said hypocritically, "This is not good, is it okay?"

This kind of statement is almost the same as sarcasm. As the saying goes, "taking advantage of others" means you can just take someone's things and still ridicule them.

And this is also the reason why Mrs. Katori never looked so good when she was at Mrs. Matsushita's house in Qiu.

Because she felt that it was her fault for introducing Mrs. Santori that changed the originally harmonious gathering.

Then Mrs. Mitori died again. When Karasawa and the others visited, the reason why Mrs. Katori was silent was because she didn't want to mention this matter.

Because this will make her feel very sorry for Mrs. Matsushita.

Because the person she recommended brought so much trouble to the other party, Mrs. Katori felt that she was unworthy of such a good person as Mrs. Matsushita.

(End of this chapter)