Conan’s Corpse Picker

Jiang Xia entered the room, put away her luggage, and tidied up briefly for a while.

When they went downstairs again, other people had already gathered in the living room.

Except for the four high school students who came to the villa, the others were all students of Suzuki Ayako's university club.

...

There were three men and two women among the adults. In addition to Suzuki Ayako and the three boys who were visited one by one, there was also a woman with short hair—Tomokako Ikeda.

Tomokako Ikeda seems to be a celebrity.

As soon as the star chasing star Mao Lilan heard her name, she became excited: "You are the author of "The Blue Kingdom"? I really like this novel!"

...

"The Blue Kingdom" is Tomokako Ikeda's debut work in college and won the Best Newcomer Award.

This was supposed to be an achievement worth showing off, but at this moment, Tomokako Ikeda's face turned ugly when she heard Mao Lilan talking about it, and she changed the topic unnaturally.

This is also inevitable.

Because Jiang Xia remembered that "The Blue Kingdom" was copied by Tomokako Ikeda.

The girl she plagiarized was called "Atsuko". She used to be a member of the film research club like all the adults here.

Two years ago, on the day Tomokako Ikeda won the award for "The Blue Kingdom", Atsuko hanged himself.

...

Just as Jiang Xia thought of this, she heard Suzuki Ayako sighing beside her: "It's great to be able to reunite, and it would be even better if nothing happened to Atsuko..."

"Enough!" Tomokako Ikeda reacted tremendously. She slapped the table and stood up abruptly, "It's a rare gathering, can you forget about that dead man who spoils the fun!"

Jiang Xia paused for a while when reaching for the biscuit box, and secretly glanced at the fat brother next to him, feeling that his murderous aura had increased.

"..." It's a pity that the quality of murderous aura has not been upgraded, and the taste is very ordinary.

When Suzuki Ayako saw her classmates getting angry, she felt a little embarrassed while being puzzled. She got up quickly: "Well, I'll go to the kitchen to see dinner."

The fat man among the three male classmates also scratched the back of his head, and said with a silly smile, "The weather forecast says it will rain tonight, so I'll go and strengthen the roof. When I came here, I saw that it was a bit broken, and it might leak water."

——Although Takahashi Ryoichi is a little fatter, he is a flexible fat man with strong hands-on ability.

So no matter whether it is repairing the roof or dismembering the corpse, the movements are very neat.

...

Jiang Xia ate biscuits and looked at Ryoichi Takahashi who was walking towards the balcony.

Whether it's the murderous look on Brother Fatty or Jiang Xia's "prophetic ability", these all tell him that Ryoichi Takahashi is the "bandaged man" they saw on the bridge.

The bandaged man has a normal body shape, but Takahashi Ryoichi is fat. It is difficult for ordinary people to associate them together.

But in fact, Takahashi Ryoichi is only fat on his face. His huge "beer belly" is actually just a bunch of fillers.

——Takahashi Ryoichi intends to kill Ikeda Tomokako to avenge Atsuko.

And the padded fake stomach is the prop he intends to use to carry the corpse and obscure the time of death.

...

Takahashi Ryoyi took the tool bag and quickly climbed to the roof, disappearing from everyone's sight.

No one noticed him except Jiang Xia.

And at this time, beside the dining table.

Among the male classmates, the long-haired handsome guy looked at Mao Lilan, and was quite fond of this pretty sister. He hit the wall with a wall and invited Mao Lilan to walk in the mountains and forests with him.

Mao Lilan hesitated and didn't want to go.

She has absolutely no interest in flirting.

And although the handsome guy with long hair is indeed handsome, but after looking at Jiang Xia's face for a long time, her immunity to ordinary handsome guys will inevitably double.

Mao Lilan didn't refuse on the spot, just because she was not good at refusing.

...

The handsome man with long hair saw her hesitation. In line with the principle of "helping women make choices when they hesitate", he grabbed Mao Lilan's wrist and pulled her towards the door: "Let's go, the air in the mountains in the evening is very fresh."

Jiang Xia sat at the dining table, glanced at them, and said quietly:

"There is a damp outside the window, and it smells like it's going to rain soon. Once the branches and leaves are wet by the rain, the insects that cling to them won't be able to hold on to them, and they will fall with the rain.

"Don't worry about ordinary bugs, they can be used as decorations if they hang on your hair... But if it's something like a tick, remember to get rid of it in time. Ah, by the way, don't pull it out with your hands, or it may pull its body off Yes, the head is still in the meat.

"In addition, I heard that there are many snakes around here—snakes like humidity and heat, and they will crawl out of their nests before and after it rains. When you take a walk, pay attention to your feet, don't step on them, they are easy to be bitten.

"However, there are a lot of dead leaves now. It is really difficult to completely avoid the snake... Then if you are bitten, don't panic and don't run. Once the blood flow accelerates, the venom will spread faster..."

...

Following Jiang Xia's understatement, the handsome man with long hair was firmly fixed at the door.

It's not that I'm scared by bugs or snakes, but that I can't walk anymore in the physical sense.

—— Huge resistance came from his hand. The little sister who was a high school student he was pulling could be easily dragged away just now, but at this moment, she stopped firmly.

The handsome long-haired guy looked back in shock, and secretly exerted some strength in disbelief.

However, the delicate and soft girl behind her remained unmoved.

Seeing him turn around, Mao Lilan turned pale and whispered, "Either, why don't you go first." The woods at night are too scary...

In his heart, the long-haired boy actually didn't want to give up.

But he really can't pull people away.

...

After half a minute of stalemate, the handsome man with long hair let go of Mao Lilan's numb hand.

He flicked his hair with trembling fingers, and said forcefully, "Haha, that's right, you must be tired from the journey, so take a good rest first."

At the table, Jiang Xia looked away and poured himself a cup of black tea comfortably.

Conan glanced at him gratefully, and helped Jiang Xia push Fang Tang closer.

After a while, though, Conan suddenly became alert.

...Why did Jiang Xia stop Xiaolan from taking a walk with other handsome guys? Should he not...

Conan thought about it, his face turned pale.