Coroner Ke Xue

Chapter 638 There’s no going back

"I killed the person."

"I bought oolong tea in advance and injected potassium cyanide into the can of oolong tea."

"Medicine bottles, syringes, these tools were all thrown into a trash can in the Mihua Commercial Development Zone."

"Then I will hide the jar of poisonous tea in my briefcase, and if nothing happens, I will walk back with Mr. Dejima—"

"We have been busy at the client's company these days, and this is not the first time we have come back like this."

"I know that based on his habit over the past few days, he will definitely stop at the vending machine halfway to buy a drink."

"So I found the opportunity and deliberately queued in front of Mr. Dejima. Then when I bent down to get the orange juice, I secretly put the poisonous oolong tea in the bag into the outlet."

"He likes drinking oolong tea very much, and he loves to take advantage of it."

"So I know that Mr. Dejima will definitely pick up this can of oolong tea and drink it, and I can also use this to disguise the case as an indiscriminate poisoning and murder similar to the 'Poisoned Coke Incident'."

"And in the end, I did 'succeed'."

He told the story of his crime in full.

There seemed to be desolate music playing in the dark.

Tetsuo Imai talked about the past with tears in his eyes:

"It is true that I have been Sohei Shima's assistant for 30 years, but this is not what I want."

"As early as 20 years ago, I tried to quit my job and start my own independent studio."

"But then"

But at that time, Dejima Sohei felt that his tool assistant was too useful, and he was jealous of his junior's talent and talent.

Sohei Dejima is not an ordinary designer.

He is a master of design.

The kind of Japanese design master who can sell a logo for 2 million yuan.

As a well-known figure in the industry, his status in the publishing industry is comparable to that of academic tycoons in universities and plutocrats in the market.

The consequences of offending such industry seniors are serious.

So Dejima Sohei used his connections in the industry to block Imai Tetsuo, causing the designer studio he opened with all his savings to declare bankruptcy in just a few months.

His dream of getting ahead was shattered, and even his life became a problem.

So Imai Tetsuo could only swallow his anger and come back to continue working for Tsujima Sohei, and eventually he continues to work as an assistant until today.

This was his motive for killing.

"How, how could this happen?"

After hearing Tetsuo Imai’s motive for murder, Miyano Akemi still instinctively refused to believe it:

"Did you really kill Mr. Dejima?"

"Why? It's been 20 years since the incident you mentioned. Why did you suddenly start murdering me now?"

"And weren't you trying hard to persuade Mr. Dejima not to drink tea?"

"I can see that it's not a lie!"

Since he was the one who poisoned me, why did he try so hard to dissuade her?

If Sohei Dejima really listens to the advice and stops drinking, wouldn’t the poison be in vain?

"Because... I really regretted it at that time."

"Regret?" You carefully planned such a meticulous murder plan, but regretted it at the last moment?

"Yes." Imai Tetsuo sighed deeply: "Because of Miss Asai."

"Me?" Miyano Akemi was a little surprised.

"Well, because your voice and your temperament remind me of someone."

"That person means a lot to me."

"she"

Okiya Subaru perked up his ears, and Miyano Akemi held her breath.

"Her name is Miyano Akemi. Just like you, Ms. Asai, she is a very cute little girl."

Okiya Subaru: "??!"

Although he was mentally prepared, he still couldn't help but secretly clenched his fists.

The uncle in front of Mingmei really knows Mingmei!

He couldn't wait to learn more.

At this time, Imai Tetsuo recalled with emotion:

"Ms. Asai, I can answer your last question now:"

"Actually, I didn't hold back until now and suddenly wanted to kill someone. As early as 20 years ago, I already wanted to kill Sohei Dejima."

"At that time, all I could think about was how to kill people."

"But at that moment, Miss Mingmei, who was still a little girl, appeared in front of me."

"She innocently asked me why I looked so scary, and asked me to smile more. So somehow, the murderous intention in my heart disappeared."

A murderer with deep hatred and bitterness.

He was actually cured by Miss Mingmei with just a few words of "Simailu, Simailu".

Lin Xinyi heard something familiar:

Isn’t this a weakened version of Mao Lilan?

It turns out you are also Miss Angel.

He looked calmly at Belmod next to him, and saw a complicated look on her face that seemed to empathize with her.

And Tetsuo Imai’s narration continues:

"It was her smile that stopped me at the last moment."

"And 20 years later, when I was about to attack Mr. Dejima again, her voice suddenly appeared in my ears again——"

"Miss Asai, it was your voice that reminded me of her and dispelled all my murderous intentions."

"I regretted it and my instinct was to stop it."

"It's a pity. It's too late."

Imai Tetsuo sighed deeply.

There was no joy of revenge on his face, only deep shame.

Miyano Akemi opened her mouth slightly with a complicated expression, but in the end she didn't speak.

And just then.

Okiya Subaru suddenly spoke out of turn:

"Mr. Imai, didn't you say that Miss Akemi who cured you 20 years ago was just a little girl?"

"Miss Asai's voice is not very similar to that of a child, right?"

"Huh?" Imai Tetsuo was slightly startled.

Lin Xinyi, Huiyuan Ai, and Belmod all became vigilant again.

Even Miyano Akemi noticed something subtly with her eyes.

"Sorry, I'm just curious."

Okiya Subaru also knew that his question was a bit abrupt.

But there is no way.

Imai Tetsuo felt that Miyano Akemi had little connection with the case, so he had no intention of talking more about this "Miss Akemi".

He just said that Miyano Akemi cured him 20 years ago.

He didn't say what the relationship between Miyano Akemi and him was.

He didn't say why he met Miyano Akemi 20 years ago.

They didn’t say why they could still hear Miyano Akemi’s voice 20 years later.

Since he could recognize Miyano Akemi's voice when she grew up, he should have met Miyano Akemi when she grew up.

When did you meet? Where did you meet? When was the last time we met?

Imai Tetsuo did not talk about these issues.

And this guy happens to be a murderer.

He will be imprisoned soon and no one will have a chance to question him.

What's worse is that Subaru Okiya knows it.

Lin Xinyi also knows Miyano Akemi!

Maybe he doesn't remember what happened more than ten years ago and doesn't know that he and Miyano Akemi were classmates in elementary school.

But not long ago, he had cooperated with the police officer Furuya to handle the case of "Hirota Masami".

It was because of that case that Okiya Subaru met Lin Shinichi and started to keep an eye on him.

So he knew that Lin Xinyi knew Miyano Akemi.

Now that I suddenly heard the name "Miyano Akemi", who knew if Lin Xinyi would think of that case and contact the Japanese police immediately?

If the Japanese police intervene, then he may never have the chance to find out about the situation from Imai Tetsuo.

So if you want to ask, you can only do it now.

He pretended to be Okiya Subaru and tried to understand the situation as much as possible.

"This" Tetsuo Imai had some hesitation on his face, but finally answered: "Of course I mean Miss Asai's voice is very similar to Miss Akemi when she grows up."

"I understand that."

Okiya Subaru sighed with pretense of emotion:

"I want to say that since she still has contact with you when she grows up, she is still by your side."

"And she is so important to you, Mr. Imai."

"Even just hearing her voice makes the killer stop."

"Then why did you still have murderous intentions in the first place and get to this final step out of control 20 years later?"

He pretended to feel sorry for Imai Tetsuo.

At the same time, he concealed the anticipation and urgency in his eyes very well.

At this time, Imai Tetsuo sighed softly:

"This may be a joke of fate."

"Actually, after that meeting 20 years ago, I tried my best to give up my murderous intention and calmly accepted my fate as Mr. Dejima's assistant.

"And Miss Mingmei hasn't seen me again for 20 years since then."

"But just a few months ago"

"She suddenly came to Mr. Dejima's office——"

"By the way, Mr. Dejima and her father were childhood friends. The house where he opened his designer office was borrowed from her father."

"That house is actually her family's ancestral home, where her father grew up."

"So Miss Mingmei's day can be regarded as her 'going home' after a long absence."

Imai Tetsuo unknowingly opened the chatterbox and revealed a lot of information that Subaru Okiya cared about very much.

"Anyway, she paid a surprise visit to the office that day, with a smile that hadn't changed in 20 years."

“This smile brings life to my dead heart.”

"I thought about the dream I chased 20 years ago."

"So I tried to resign from Mr. Dejima, hoping that I would not be old enough to retire, and then use my savings over the years to go out and make a fortune——"

"I have been his assistant for another 20 years. It's time for Mr. Dejima to let go this time, right?"

"That's what I thought at the time."

But Sohei Dejima rejected him again.

Not only did he reject him, but he also mocked him very maliciously:

"Working alone? Haha, your current creative level is not qualified to be an independent designer."

"It was about the same 20 years ago."

Deliberately suppressing and blocking him 20 years ago drove him to bankruptcy.

20 years later, they still laughed at him for not having the same talent as before, and laughed at him for being too late to go it alone.

Isn’t this bullying an honest person? !

Hearing this undisguised humiliation and the perpetrator's triumphant display, Imai Tetsuo's long-dormant murderous intention could no longer be suppressed.

He thought about killing again, and after months of entanglement and struggle, he was completely swallowed up by the rage of revenge.

"I originally thought that Miss Mingmei would appear in front of me again with her healing smile."

"And that's what she said -"

"When she visited the office a few months ago, she said that she would bring her sister to see us all in a week."

"But then Miss Mingmei never showed up, as if she had forgotten about it."

"My anger has completely gotten out of control after months of suppression and struggle."

Having said this, Imai Tetsuo let out a long sigh.

His story has been told.

"Put handcuffs on me."

"I'm sorry. Miss Akemi's smile."

Tetsuo Imai actively cooperated in putting on the handcuffs, and then slowly walked to the police car under the escort of the police.

Miyano Akemi looked at his back with a complicated expression.

I wanted to say something, but I couldn't.

I want to cry, but I can only hold back.

In the end, thousands of emotions can only be condensed into a complex gaze.

And at the last moment when Imai Tetsuo left the scene completely and went to accept the legal trial calmly.

He couldn't help but stopped again, turned back and looked deeply at Miyano Akemi:

"Ms. Asai, thank you"

"You really look like her."

Tetsuo Imai was escorted away by police officers.

This tragedy has come to an end.

But Okiya Subaru was still immersed in those complicated thoughts.

First, we finally have a clue about Miyano Akemi, and we need to think about it carefully.

The second reason is because of the last words left by Imai Tetsuo:

"You really look like her."

Yes, it's really similar.

The appearance is obviously different, and the voice is only 70% or 80% similar, but it makes people feel inexplicably that she is her.

Okiya Subaru originally thought that this was just some kind of illusion he had because he missed Akemi too much.

But now Tetsuo Imai feels the same way.

Then that weird idea popped up again.

She, could it be her?

Okiya Subaru suddenly thought about the inexplicable trust Miss Asai showed in Imai Tetsuo just now, and the complicated look on her face when she heard Imai Tetsuo confess his crimes.

This can be interpreted as a woman's sensibility.

But at the same time, it seems that it can be explained that she is Mingmei? !

With that weird thought that he couldn't suppress, Subaru Okiya finally couldn't help but walked up to Miss Asai:

"Ms. Asai, can we have a chat?"

"Talk about, what are you talking about?"

Miyano Akemi was only nervous about his appearance:

"Isn't this case already solved? Is there anything else you need to know from me?"

"No." Okiya Subaru shook his head: "I just want to have a chat with you. It's personal."

He instinctively wanted to get close to Miss Asai.

Get to know her better.

"This" Miyano Akemi quietly held her breath.

She thought of her previous conversation with Lin Xinyi——

During the two hours she was waiting for the evidence to arrive, she couldn't help but look for an opportunity to talk to Lin Xinyi alone.

At that time, Miyano Akemi expressed her doubts.

She said that she had a feeling that seemed to come from a sixth sense, and she felt that Subaru Okiya was very similar to Shuichi Akai.

Lin Xinyi's answer to her at that time was:

Not like.

Most likely it is.

Because he had already asked Noah's Ark to monitor Okiya Subaru's mobile phone signal, and found out:

Every time Akai Shuichi showed up, Okiya Subaru's cell phone signal would stay in the Metropolitan Police Department.

He stayed there until the next morning, during which time colleagues called him but no one answered.

It seemed like he had forgotten his cell phone in the office.

But it was normal for such a situation to happen once, and it happened twice in a row, and each time it happened on the day Akai Shuichi showed up.

This had to make Lin Xinyi and Belmode think more.

They had long suspected the connection between Okiya Subaru and Akai Shuichi.

Today, Subaru Okiya's unusual interest in Tetsuo Imai's so-called "old friend" further confirmed their speculation:

"Okiya Subaru is probably Akai Shuichi."

This is what Lin Xinyi guessed.

Of course, he also said that this is just a guess and has not been confirmed yet.

But Miyano Akemi had an inexplicable feeling. She felt that this might be the truth:

"Shuichi"

"Sure enough, is it you?"

Memories from the past came to her mind.

This man had been her only hope in the darkness.

She risked her life to leave the organization, not only for her sister, but also to see him again.

If she had known that Akai Shuichi might be in front of her before, she would have shed tears of joy.

But now, the appearance of this man...

But it only portends danger.

Miyano Akemi thought of her sister who finally enjoyed freedom, and of Lin Shinichi who brought new life to both her and Shiho.

And they are by her side now.

The man Akai Shuichi is no longer her only hope, her only light.

You can't let him know your identity, let alone the existence of Shiho.

Otherwise, what she is waiting for is probably not the care of her lover, but the FBI.

It’s time to make a decision:

It is what is called true love.

I still want her and her sister to have a happy life now.

"Feel sorry."

Miyano Akemi forced out a somewhat forced smile:

"Private chat?"

"Mr. Okiya, I think we haven't gotten to know each other that well yet, right?"

"I" Okiya Subaru choked slightly.

The indifferent attitude shown by the other party made his heated mind finally calm down.

And the cold water is far from being poured out:

"Please don't say such reckless things again in the future."

"It's impossible for us."

Miyano Akemi turned her head indifferently and tried to leave:

"goodbye--"

"It's getting late, I still have to go home and cook."

"By the way, Mr. Lin."

She never looked at Okiya Subaru again.

Instead, he walked slowly to Lin Xinyi:

"Mr. Lin, I'm a little tired now."

"If you can, could you give me a ride?"

"Of course." Lin Xinyi smiled like a gentleman.

Then he ignored Miss Chris's appropriately resentful look.

Naturally, he helped Miyano Akemi carry the heavy shopping bag and left side by side with her.

At this time, the pair of men's slippers that impressed Subaru Okiya were still eye-catchingly exposed from the shopping bag.

Okiya Subaru: "."

He instinctively wanted to catch up.

But I could only hear faint conversations such as "Today I'm cooking your favorite Chinese cuisine, Mr. Lin" and "I've bought a razor, so I don't need to bring it myself next time I come to stay overnight."

Okiya Subaru's pursuit stopped.

Now he finally woke up completely.

What are you thinking about?

Why do you always think of her as Mingmei?

It's obviously impossible.

She couldn't be.

"Huh" Okiya Subaru sighed longly.

He stood there with a dejected expression and did not move for a long time.

What he didn't know was that "Miss Asai" who had left him indifferently behind her, didn't look good at this time either:

"Sorry, Shuichi"

Miyano Akemi walked beside Lin Shinichi.

Trying hard not to look back:

"We're already."

"There's no going back."