Conan’s Corpse Picker

   Chapter 159 Prayer

  Suzuki Sonoko failed to leave with her little friend - the landline in the Yotsui family villa was useless at all, it seemed to be just a decoration.

   And just now, when they came to look for the phone, they found that the light in a corridor of Yotsui's house was broken.

   This made Suzuki Sonoko pondered, and even a little sympathetic - it seems that the Yotsui family is not easy. The birthday party has invited so many people, and it was so beautiful, but behind the scenes, he was so poor that he couldn't pay the phone bill...

   couldn't get through on the phone, so a few people had to go back to the living room first. Anyway, until the next morning at the latest, Chairman Yotsui will send a car to pick him up.

   Jiang Xia walked downstairs with the other three.

   In the hall downstairs, Yotsui Reika and her suitors were sitting at the table, playing cards.

   Jiang Xia took a look at the past, and gradually put this group of people with obvious characteristics on the number. The names of the suitors are also very distinctive, Ichiji Takashi, Nikaidou Yuji, Mifune Takuya, Gojo Osamu, Rokuda Shogi - just looking at this huge number, more than one person will die tonight.

  Sijing Lihua was holding a handful of cards. Seeing Jiang Xia and the others approaching, she casually invited: "Are you playing?"

  Jiang Xia thinks it's ok, he just needs to get a little summary of the previous situation from this group of people, so that it can be reasonably spoiled later.

The    table is huge, the figures sit in a circle, and there are spaces around everyone.

   Jiang Xia lifted the stool beside him, walked to the side of Ichilong, who was full of murderous aura, and sat down—the environment here was very comfortable for a psychic.

  Suzuki Sonoko doesn't want to play with Yotsui Reika and her harem.

   But seeing that Jiang Xia had integrated into it in seconds, she silently swallowed her refusal and went to drag the stool.

   Both of them have joined, and of course Mao Lilan followed. Not to mention Conan, he didn't have the right to choose, he didn't even touch the cards, and he was regarded as an accessory of Mao Lilan.

The    scene turned into a group of people playing cards together.

   On the way to the fight, at the end of the game, Yotsui Reika felt that the dress on her body was not very convenient, so she went back to the house to change into her regular clothes.

   The others sat at the table, chatting and waiting for her.

   We spit out a lot of information while chatting—this group of people, including Reika Yotsui, used to be members of the yacht club and often went out diving and fishing together.

   The word "before" is used in a subtle way, as if everyone has now withdrawn.

  Suzuki Sonoko nodded unconcernedly: I understand, it should be because the Yotsui family is in financial difficulties and cannot afford to repair the yacht, and of course the club cannot maintain it.

  Conan always felt that there was another secret.

   He was about to ask, but at this time, a man with a ponytail took the initiative to plant the flag: "Yeah, that time was really beautiful... It's a pity that such a tragedy happened two years ago."

   The others were startled and hurriedly stopped the conversation. They made a pact not to mention the incident again.

Conan's expression changed slightly. He couldn't help but glanced at Jiang Xia, and he had some bad premonitions in his heart - I don't know if it was a coincidence or what. On the topic, something bad can happen easily.

   But... the world is scientific, no matter how coincidental it seems, it's just pure coincidence, it doesn't matter if Jiang Xia is present or not. Yes, it must be so.

  Conan recited the theory of materialism several times in his heart, but he was still a little false.

   In the end, I had to pray secretly, hoping that tonight would be a Christmas Eve.

  …

  The digital harem refused to reveal the details, so Jiang Xia didn't ask any further questions. Anyway, he could ask sooner or later.

   And he wasn't curious either. With spoilers in hand, Jiang Xia knew what that mysterious "tragedy" meant.

  ——Two years ago, the members of the yacht club were unexpectedly hit by a storm, and they were separated from Yotsui Reika. At that time, a girl named Yaeko Nanao went to rescue Yotsui Reika alone, but was robbed of her life jacket by Yotsui Reika and Nikaidou and died tragically in the sea.

   Takashi Ichiji likes Yaeko Nanao, he guessed the situation at that time and decided to avenge his love.

   At the same time, because Nikaidou and Yotsui Reika shared this disgraceful past, afterward, Nikaidou privately threatened Yotsui Reika to choose him as her husband.

  …

  Under the obstruction of others, the ponytail man finally did not speak out about this "tragedy".

   But the old members of the yacht club knew that after this episode, the atmosphere in the living room inevitably became dull.

   The digital harem lost their minds to play cards, and only then did they realize that there was one person missing.

   They looked at their watch: "Why hasn't the eldest come down yet?" How long does it take to change clothes?

  The helper, Granny Mi, stood up: "I'll go up and have a look."

five minutes later.

  The aged old woman walked back in a daze: "...The eldest miss is not in the room."

"...Oh!" A young talent had a whim, guessing that this would happen because Shijing Lihua felt that she was being left out, so she took the initiative to hide and wait for them to find it - this is a trick A wonderful opportunity to have a high favorability, marry Lihua Sijing, take over the Sijing Group, and reach the pinnacle of life...

   He jumped up: "I'll go look for it!"

   When the others were stunned, they quickly reacted, shouting "I'm going too!" "Wait for me!" and chasing them out.

   Jiang Xia looked at their backs, hesitated for a moment, and did not get up.

   He didn't come to choose a son-in-law today, and he didn't know Sijing Lihua well, so it would seem a little abnormal to follow him now.

   And... anyway, those people will have to come back here later.

  ——If I remember correctly, although Yotsui Lihua is still in the villa, she has been stunned and is hidden for slaughter, so it is difficult to find out easily.

   Sure enough, ten minutes later, the digital harems ran back in a chaotic manner.

   This time, their expressions were finally a little more serious - after some searching, they could not find Yotsui Reika.

   (end of this chapter)