Chapter 18 I Saw the Death on Your Face

Xinfan and Xiaoben Xiajiang finalized the repertoire to be played at the wedding, and after demonstrating it to her again, the time has almost passed.

Fortunately, he didn't have anything to do today, so he simply stayed for two more hours and explained some details and fingerings to Xiaoben Xiajiang in detail.

However, this kind of "presumptuous assertion" obviously aroused Xinfan's dissatisfaction with the old man.

"Because of me, Mr. Asano was delayed for so long, so I left him at home for dinner." Somoto Xiajiang explained to her grandfather.

The old man seemed to like his granddaughter very much, but this didn't affect him in the slightest to vent his air-conditioning towards Xinfan: "I guessed it a long time ago, I deliberately procrastinated and failed to give lectures, just to stay at my house for a few more hours. People like you I've seen a lot!"

"Father." Before Xinfan said anything, the middle-aged woman in a kimono who was sitting across from him persuaded him, "Ms. Asano is a guest, so please stop saying a few words."

"What's the matter? You're not willing after I just said a few words?" Mr. Ben Ben glared at the middle-aged woman, "If you are so capable, just take care of your husband and son! Look, what kind of painting can you draw after dinner? ?”

The roar of the old man Zhenben made the young man who had been drawing sketches tremble all over, and the drawing book fell to the ground.

He immediately picked up the notebook in a hurry, and deliberately covered the paper to prevent others from seeing it.

portrait...

Does he seem to be sketching someone?

Xinfan judged the direction, and if he followed the young man's line of sight, he seemed to be right next to him...

"Ms. Asano?"

Su Ben Xiajiang's exquisite and delicate face suddenly appeared in front of Xin Fan.

It turned out to be her?

Xin Fan had an answer in his heart, but he couldn't see anything on the surface: "What's wrong, Miss Xia Jiang?"

"No, it's nothing, I just saw that the teacher seemed to be distracted, and I was worried that you would mind my grandpa's words." Xiao Ben Xiajiang sighed, "Actually, he didn't mean anything malicious, but his personality is just like this. And my grandpa treats the married son-in-law The family has a lot of opinions, and they usually vent their anger like this."

"The married son-in-law, is that lady in kimono, her husband?"

"Yeah." Sumoto Xiajiang lowered his head, and softly introduced the group of people in the family to Xinfan, "That's Aunt Mariko and Uncle Beilang, and it was their only son Ichiro who was reprimanded by grandpa for painting just now.

"There's also a young woman with short hair over there. Her name is Akie Sarumoto. She's my older sister. The man sitting next to her is Tatsuo's brother-in-law. And the man next to Grandpa is my uncle Shoji Sarumoto. He didn't marry."

While listening, Xinfan sighed in his heart.

This big family is really chaotic. It feels like just memorizing the names, the meal will be over.

But... why did he remember the names of these people? ? Obviously, if you do it again at most, you can forget each other in the rivers and lakes, can't you?

The atmosphere of the dinner at Zhenben's house was very weird, except for the old man scolding everyone at the beginning, basically no one spoke during the whole process.

Seeing Mr. Ichimoto put down his chopsticks after eating, Mariko Urumoto, who hesitated for a long time, said, "Father, speaking of which, Xia Jiang is getting married, and Ichiro of our family hasn't even had a girlfriend yet. "

"Who is to blame for this?" The old man directly yelled back, "As long as he doesn't daydream, how can he not find a girlfriend with his surname?"

Mariko Harumoto's face became ugly because of these words, she glared at her son who was not up to date, and said, "But father would rather leave all the property to Xia Jiang, but he would not let Ichiro inherit it. How can he..."

Oh, so we're talking about property inheritance?

Xin Fan silently pricked up his ears.

Hearing this, Mr. Ben Ben cast a sharp gaze over the past, and said angrily: "Didn't you say that there are guests here? I think you and your husband just wish that I would die soon! Even if I take all the money to give away People, I won’t give you a penny!!”

Xin Fan looked up, and he noticed that after the old man said these words, the atmosphere of the whole restaurant changed again.

It seems that everyone's expression is very complicated, full of a lot of malice.

Coupled with the unforgiving character of Mr. Ben Ben, and the family's property and other issues. The bad premonition in Xin Fan's heart became more and more serious.

Even in his eyes, the face of the old man who was sitting on the main seat was covered with black lifelessness, and the game would be over if he was not careful.

Xinfan's hands trembled, and he felt that he should leave as soon as possible, otherwise if something happened, he would have to stay and make a statement and record...

But after thinking about it, he felt that it shouldn't be.

After all... the Shinigami elementary school student is not here!

Just in case, after saying goodbye to Zhen Ben Xiajiang, Xin Fan just got in the car and called Mao Lilan.

"Hello, Mr. Asano?" Mao Lilan's pleasant voice came through the receiver.

Over there, the sound of horse racing on TV and Uncle Maori's yelling could be faintly heard.

Maori Detective Agency is still as lively as ever.

In fact, as long as they stay in the office well and don't go anywhere, the world will be quiet.

The results of the Mihua Town Police Department will also jump from the bottom to the top in Japan, and Police Officer Megure will not have to go to the scene several times a day.

Thinking of this, Xinfan couldn't help asking directly: "Recently, you should have stayed at home well?"

"Ah?" Mao Lilan was stunned before answering, "Conan and I both go to school, and we usually cook for Dad when we come back. In fact, we are still very busy. I really don't have time to go to other places recently."

Oh, so I still have to go to school.

"That……"

Xinfan thought about it, but he was still not at ease with the Yanben family. No matter from which point of view, Yanben was the birthplace of the standard Conan version of the victim and the murderer.

"Has Mr. Mori recently received a client surnamed Yanben?"

"Zhenben... Let me ask, wait a moment."

Soon Mao Lilan picked up the phone again: "No, Dad is very busy these two days. That's why he reads newspapers, watches TV and drinks every day."

"Well...the client may have used a fake name. But his purpose should be the investigation of Xiaosan, or something else. In short, the commission will be quite a lot. Is there such a client?"

Mao Lilan laughed: "There must be none. If there is a large amount of entrustment money, Dad will not stay at home and not go anywhere."

"Is it brother Asano's phone?" Conan's voice came from over there, and Mao Lilan handed the microphone to the child.

"Brother Asano called so late, what's the matter?" Conan deliberately pretended to be tender and cute.

Xinfan has already driven the car out of the area where the family is located: "Have you received any strange invitations recently? For a wedding or something, the inviter's surname is Yanben."

"How can a wedding invitation be a strange invitation? There will be no cases."

Listening to Conan's natural voice, Xinfan had a word stuck in his throat and didn't know whether to say it or not.

But at least I can be sure that the old man will be fine recently, and Miss Xia Jiang can also have a complete wedding that is at least not so scary.

"Well, I'm fine. Say hello to Mr. Maury for me, if you can."

Xinfan was ready to hang up the phone after speaking.

"Okay. Also, Brother Xinfan, Uncle Mao Li plans to take me and sister Xiaolan to a nearby island to play next Monday. Do you want to come together?"

Xin Fan shook his hand.

Wait, what did this elementary school student say, and who is he going to harm? ?