I'm Not a Detective

Takeshi Nanahara quickly came to the living room and turned on the TV and VCR. The video recorder began to play the scene from Suda Sayoko's birthday last year. Takeshi Nanahara pressed the remote control to start rewinding, making the scene go back to when Sugada Mai went to the study to "interview" Sugada Yukio.

In the picture, Yukio Sugata was reading in the study. When he heard Mai Sugada asking, "Father, what birthday present have you prepared for your mother?", he closed the book, took off his glasses, bit the temple of his glasses and smiled. It seems that he is thinking about whether to "spoiler" the lively adopted daughter in advance.

At this point in the screen, Takeshi Nanahara pressed the pause button. Qingjian Liuli also reacted and said in surprise: "The toxin is applied to the temples of the glasses?"

It is common sense that glasses cannot be eaten. Although the glasses are next to the corpse, no one even thinks that the temples of the glasses are smeared with poison. If it weren't for Sugada Mai's reminder, she was still silently missing her father before, watching this video, and happened to be seen by Takeshi Nanahara who came over by chance, probably no one would be able to figure out how the murderer poisoned her.

Qin Yuanwu just glanced at it casually and didn't remember it. Now after verifying the picture, he slightly nodded and said: "It's probably it, otherwise there is no other possibility."

Qingjian Liuli also felt that they were inseparable, but she was still a little afraid of making mistakes, so she asked carefully: "It's just a bite of the temple, is the toxin enough to kill?"

"Enough. It is rumored that 1 gram of cyanide is enough to poison 500 people. In fact, it may be a bit exaggerated, but a lick is enough to kill people." Takeshi Nanabahara ordered, "Call Ms. Nakano and let the forensics department check it. Check Sugada-san's glasses and remind her that if she has this little habit, she'd better change it quickly."

It was too unjust to be poisoned to death like this.

"Okay." Qingmi Ruri hurriedly called Nakano Eri.

Takeshi Nanahara's eyes turned to Sukada Mai and he saw her staring at the TV screen in a daze. He raised his hand to turn off the TV with the remote control and sighed: "Does your father always carry his glasses with him?"

"Ah, no." Sugada Mai came back to her senses and said subconsciously, "My father is not very dazzled. Most of the time, he doesn't need his glasses. He usually keeps them in the study room for reading and reading newspapers."

Qin Yuanwu nodded and said: "Don't think too much, let's continue eating first!"

Sugada Mai also nodded slightly, smiled at Nanabahara Takeshi and said, "Thank you, Nanabahara Nissan."

Qingjian Liuli came back soon, and the three of them continued eating. Seeing that Sugada Mai was a little bored, she thought she was worried about the test results, so she started a new topic and asked curiously: "Mai-chan, which school are you studying at?"

Sugada Mai raised her head and smiled: "It's in the middle section of Hirano Special Education School."

"Special protection education school..." Qingjian Ruri didn't understand it at first, but it took a moment to realize that this is a school specially designed for people with disabilities.

In theory, having a physical disability does not affect schooling, but in reality, there are many difficulties.

For example, let's take Sugada Mai. She has difficulty moving. What if she studies in an ordinary school and goes upstairs? Even if classmates and teachers help carry it up every day, what about going to the toilet?

You can't cause trouble to others every day, or from time to time.

So she had no choice but to go to a special education school set up by the government, but it was more like a vocational school, with relatively weak teaching staff and hardware. It was more difficult to go to university, and even more difficult to go to a prestigious school.

Qingmi Ruri was secretly annoyed, feeling that the new topic she started was really stupid. She wanted to change the topic but didn't know how to change it smoothly. She froze for a moment, but Sugada Mai smiled and said: "Sister Qingmi, You don’t need to be so cautious, although my legs and feet are inconvenient, I live a good life.”

The implication is that Qingjian Liuli doesn't need to be so shy when speaking.

Qing Jian Liuli smiled sheepishly, and took a closer look at her face, and found that she really didn't seem to care much about her paralysis, or that she had already accepted the reality, and couldn't help but admire: "You are so strong. Mai-chan.”

Sugada Mai smiled back: "Sighing and lamenting can't change the reality, Sister Qingmi."

Qing Jian Liuli liked her more and more, and asked curiously: "So what do you usually do? Besides cooking, do you have any other hobbies?"

Sugada Mai responded cooperatively: "Besides going to school, I usually don't do much. I usually go home to spend time with my mother, or play Sudoku, crossword and other intellectual games. Occasionally, I also play with my father. Play chess. During the holidays, I will work part-time as a librarian in the library."

She sounds like a good girl, but her hobbies are not uniform.

Qingjian Liuli thought for a while and asked, "Do you usually read novels and comics?"

"I read novels occasionally, but not too many. I see what kind of novels Sister Qingmi likes."

"Ah, me? I prefer mystery novels."

"Then I've read..."

Sugada Mai immediately named several well-known mystery novels in recent years. Qingmi Ruri finally found a common topic and immediately started discussing with her with interest. However, Nanabahara Takeshi was eating next to him, smiling and saying nothing.

After dinner was over, Nakano Eri also called. Traces of cyanide were successfully detected on Sugata Yukio's temples, and there was only one temple.

The murderer's method of committing the crime has been basically confirmed. It is thought that the murderer is a guest who recently visited Sugada Yukio's study. However, the relevant people who have been interviewed so far do not seem to be very suspicious, and they cannot even find a reluctant motive for the crime.

We can only check slowly.

Takeshi Nanahara hung up the phone, pondered for a moment, and smiled at Qingmi Ruri: "Okay, it's time for us to say goodbye." Sugada Mai didn't need them to come at all. Now that the modus operandi was figured out, there was no point in staying any longer. .

Qing Jian Ruri felt a little regretful. It was rare for her to meet a peer with whom she could discuss mystery novels, and she wanted to have a good chat with her. However, she had no choice but to say goodbye to Sukada Mai with regret when Takeshi Nanahara left.

Sugada Mai sent them out, but Qing was still reluctant to leave after seeing that Ruri was about to leave. He agreed to send some classic mystery novels and comics to Sugada Mai later to pass the time, and seemed to be preparing to develop her into a fan.

Well, she quite likes this little girl Sukada Mai.

Of course, Sugada Mai would not object, she smiled and nodded: "Okay, sister Qingmi, I'll wait for you." Then she politely said to Takeshi Nanabahara, "Nanahara Nissan too, you are welcome to come and play again."

Takeshi Nanahara smiled politely, then looked at Qingmi Ruri, who had empty hands next to him, and reminded: "School bag."

"Ah, yes, schoolbag!" Qingjian Liuli was stunned. She was reluctant to leave just now and forgot to take the schoolbag. She quickly went back to the living room to find the schoolbag.

Takeshi Nanahara shook his head at her back, smiled at Sugada Mai, and said, "Thank you for your hard work today."

Sugada Mai smiled back: "It's nothing, sister Qingmi is very nice."

Takeshi Nanahara laughed dumbly, but he had something in common with her, "The only good thing about her is that she is a nice person."

Sugada Mai thought for a while, covered her mouth and laughed shyly.

Qingjian Liuli was very fast and came back with two schoolbags in a blink of an eye. Seeing the two of them smiling at each other, she couldn't help but wonder: "What are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing." Takeshi Qiyuan was even happier.

Sugada Mai also had crooked eyebrows and smiled without saying a word.

Qingjian Ruri didn't know what was going on, and was too lazy to ask. She said to Sukada Mai, "Okay, Mai-chan, let's go. If you need anything, call us..." At this point, she remembered something again, "That's right, Mai-chan. , I haven’t left you my contact information yet.”

As she spoke, she wanted to take out pen and paper from her schoolbag, but as soon as she took it out, the ballpoint pen, pencil, and eraser in her stationery bag fell to the floor.

"I've been fussy all day." Takeshi Nanahara bent down to help her pick it up.

"The eraser is here." The eraser bounced under the wheelchair. Mai Sugada rocked the wheelchair and took a step back, leaning hard to help pick it up.

"I'll do it!" Takeshi Nanahara took two steps forward, stretched out his hand to touch the eraser, was slightly startled, and then casually threw it to Qingjian Ruri as if nothing had happened.

"Don't throw it away, can't you just give it to me?" Qingmi Ruri muttered, hurriedly packed up the stationery bag, left the contact information for Sugada Mai, and also took note of the Sugada family's phone number before going out.

Well, that's good. If you make a new friend, you might become a best friend in the future.

She was thinking about going home with Takeshi Nanahara. After walking for a while and seeing no movement from him, she couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong? There's no movement at all. What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing." Qi Yuanwu came back to his senses and responded casually.

Qingjian Ruri wanted to chat, so she held two schoolbags and sighed: "Mai-chan is really good. This is the first time I have seen such a well-behaved child. She is so polite and very humble."

There is another sentence that she didn't say. She feels that Sugada Mai respects her quite a bit, more so than her sister and her young apprentice anyway.

Takeshi Nanahara did not comment on this, but reminded: "It is quite humble, a bit too modest, and it is not obedient, it is to accommodate you. Usually such people are very ambitious and confident, and they are not simple."

"Ah, is that so?" Qingjian Liuli recalled it, and somewhat agreed, "It seems so, she is quite smart, and she is much better than I was when I was fourteen."

Takeshi Nanahara glanced at her sideways and said angrily: "She is much stronger than you are now."

Qing Jian Liuli was a little dissatisfied, but she didn't bother to argue with him. She curled her lips and said, "Tch, I don't compare my abilities with my friends."

Takeshi Nanahara glanced at her again, said nothing more, and changed the topic to chat.

…………

A night of silence.

Early the next morning, his nephew lit a lantern, and everything was as usual. Qingmi Ruri and Takeshi Nanahara had breakfast together, and were about to go to school with him. Only then did he realize that Takeshi Nanahara was not wearing a school uniform, and was still dressed casually at home.

She looked at her watch and said strangely: "Why don't you change your clothes? It's almost time."

Takeshi Nanahara waved his hand and said: "I have something to do today, so I won't go to school. You go to school and ask for leave for me! Just ask for personal leave. If the teacher asks you something, just say you don't know. I will tell the teacher later. .”

"Why do you suddenly want to skip school?" Qingjian Liuli was surprised, "What are you going to do?"

"Go check something out."

"What are you investigating? Is it related to the case?" Qingjian Liuli became more and more strange, "Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

You guy, why do you think it's so easy to come out? Tell me in advance, we can play hooky together!

Takeshi Nanahara glared at her: "I can do whatever I want. I have no obligation to inform you. Now you go to school quickly and don't ask questions here."

Qing Jian Liuli was not too happy and said unhappy: "What on earth are you going to do? Aren't we partners? If something happens, we should go together. Why can I go to school but you can skip school?"

"I am asking for leave, not skipping school! I am the first in my grade. Whether I go to class or not will not affect my grades. Are you preparing to return to the bottom if you don't go to class? And whoever is your partner, I am your BOSS!" Takeya Nanabahara Without talking to her any more nonsense, he started to threaten her directly, "Go to school and attend class diligently, or else I'll call your mother and report you."

Qingjian Liuli lowered her head and glared at him for a moment, and said angrily: "Then you should at least tell me what it is!"

"I'm not sure now. I'll have to check it out before I know!"

Seeing that Liuli had no choice, Qing Qing picked up her schoolbag, glared at him angrily, scolded him in her stomach, and went to school reluctantly - she didn't dare not to go, Nanabaru Takeshi was inhumane, how dare you She called her mother. She didn't want to be shoveled away by her mother.

She didn't like Takeshi Nanabaru hiding something from her, so she went to school with a straight face. She first went to the staff room to find the supervising teacher of Class A to ask for leave for him. She wanted to give him some eye drops, such as slandering him and asking the supervising teacher of Class A. She wanted to give him a good meal when she turned around, but she didn't dare because she was afraid that he would retaliate against her if she turned around.

If they wanted to retaliate against each other, she felt that she might not be a match for Takeshi Nanahara. Takehei Nanahara pretended to be very good in fashion, and he was a well-educated and well-mannered teacher. The teacher must be looking towards him.

However, she felt a little regretful when she left the classroom door. She felt that she might be too timid. She became angrier and angrier, and went back to the classroom angrily. At least she got through the day.

After school was over, she changed her shoes and took two steps to the shoe kitchen of Class A as usual. Then she realized that she didn't have to wait for Takeshi Nanabahara today, so she turned around and walked out of the school gate. After a moment's hesitation, she did not choose to go home and looked for Mai Sukada. went.

I had originally agreed to lend her some books last night, and I was going to go there this afternoon, but Takeshi Nanahara ran away on his own, so she just went directly and had to go home later.

Yep, if you don’t take me, you won’t take me with you, as if I’m so rare!

I'll go play with new friends, and you can eat at home!

…………

She ran to Suda's house with familiarity. As soon as she met, Sugada Mai showed a slightly shy smile and welcomed her warmly: "Hello, sister Qingmi, thank you for coming to see me again."

Qingjian Liuli took the initiative to help her push the wheelchair and hummed: "Come here to play with you. I also brought you novels and comics."

"Thank you, Sister Qingmi." Sugada Mai said with a smile, "I will read it carefully."

"You can read casual readings, and you don't need to take it too seriously." Qingmi Ruri pushed Sugada Mai into the living room, looked around, and asked, "Have your mother and Asae-san come back?"

It was almost time to finish assisting, so if the elders were there, she would have to say hello out of politeness.

"I'll be back at noon." Sugada Mai pointed to the second floor of the small villa, "They haven't had a good rest in the past two days. Aunt Manzi went back to her home, my mother is resting, and sister Qingmi came to my room to sit down. Bar!"

"Okay, what were you doing just now?" Qingmi Ruri pushed Sugada Mai to her room again. It was on the first floor. She knew the location. After all, she had walked around Sugada's house with Takeshi Nanahara.

"Doing homework."

"Are there any questions that you don't know how to answer?" Qing Jian Liuli perked up. She is no longer what she used to be. Takeshi Nanahara took her to review the junior high school curriculum. Now if she goes back to junior high school, she is sure to be among the top ten in the class. , maybe I can help Sugada Mai with her homework.

Sugada Mai smiled and said: "Fortunately, the homework is not very difficult, and I have almost finished it."

"Then you do your homework first, and we will chat after you finish your homework." Qingmi Ruri thought that she could also do her homework by the way. She had to do it sooner or later anyway, so she could write more here, and she would have time to go home and have some time to quarrel with Takeshi Nanabahara. .

"Okay, sister Qingmi."

The two of them entered Sugada Mai's room while talking. Sugada Mai continued to do her homework. Qingmi Ruri didn't rush to open her schoolbag. She first took a look at her homework - it was a math paper, indeed. I'm almost finished writing, and I've reached the additional questions at the end, which are the kind where you get extra points if you get it right, and no points are deducted if you get it wrong.

It was probably a bit difficult, so she couldn't help but want to help, and silently read the question: "There was a bag of fake silver coins mixed in several bags of silver coins. On the surface, all the silver coins looked the same, with only slight differences in weight. Now there is an electronic scale, How do you find out the bag of fake silver coins when you only weigh them once?"

What kind of weird question is this? Do you want to bite it to see how good it is?

It shouldn't be that simple, but what does this have to do with mathematics?

Is it too difficult to do it for junior high school students?

Even I, a high school student, can’t do it!

Qing Jian saw that Ruri was concentrating on thinking, and Sugada Mai had already tilted her head and thought about it, then wrote the answer casually, then folded it and put it aside without checking the paper.

She turned her head to chat with Qingjian Liuli, but she saw Qingjian Liuli's mouth slightly opened and her eyes widened. She couldn't help but wonder: "Sister Qingjian, what's wrong?"

Qingjian Liuli came back to her senses and said with slight hesitation: "Uh, that question about silver coins... have you seen it before?"

Mai Sugada said strangely: "It seems not. What's wrong? Sister Qingmi, is there anything wrong with that question?"

"You are so smart, Mai-chan." Qingmi Ruri couldn't help but admire, she did it without even thinking about it, she is indeed very smart.

Sugada Mai was startled for a moment, her fair little face flushed slightly, and she said shyly: "It's nothing, she can't compare to sister Qingmi. She's only a little older than me and she's already helping the police with the case."

Qingjian Liuli also felt embarrassed: "I...I just follow...well, do some auxiliary work."

Sugada Mai didn't believe it and said sincerely: "This is already very impressive. I want to be an outstanding girl like Sister Qingmi in the future."

Qing Jian Liuli's face turned redder and redder, the corners of her mouth curved again and again, and she hummed: "It's not that powerful anymore. Mai-chan will definitely be better than me in the future."

All the hard work was not in vain, and I did not suffer from the cowardly attitude of the dog in vain. I accidentally became the object of admiration of the younger generation. I am really... so happy.