"Ah, as expected there is no one..."
In Mei Ling's room on the other side of the annex, Kevin, Kitakami Kazuhiko and Tone Kosuke all came here.
Mei Ling's room was empty. Her suitcase was placed beside the bed. The buckle of the suitcase was not closed, and a strange-looking leather case was casually placed on it.
"Strange, where did Mei Ling go?"
Kitakami Kazuhiko stepped forward, picked up this strange leather case and looked at it with doubtful eyes.
"By the way, the shape of this leather case is so strange. What is it used to hold?"
"Oh? That's what you're talking about..." Kevin looked over and casually replied: "That's a holster for holding a pistol."
As a retired soldier, he could recognize this thing at a glance.
"Gun, holster?!"
Kitakami Kazuhiko was shocked when he heard this, and his whole body trembled.
"Mei Ling is actually wearing a holster?!"
"Well, a woman carrying a gun? It's really surprising..."
Kevin nodded, then walked straight to the suitcase, opened it unceremoniously, and started searching directly.
Although it was unethical to randomly search through a lady's suitcase, at this time, neither Kitakami Kazuhiko nor the second young master Tone Kosuke had any intention of stopping him. They just stood back and watched the scene silently.
"Oh, there's also a dagger?"
Soon, Kevin dug out a dagger that was also sheathed from a pile of women's clothing. He pulled the dagger out and wiped it gently with his fingertips.
"The blade is very sharp..."
"Who is Mei Ling?"
Looking at this scene, Tone Kosuke frowned and looked a little ugly.
"Bringing these things to the island, is she the murderer of Mr. Yang and others?"
"Well, there is no conclusive evidence now, so it's better not to rush to a conclusion..."
Kevin put the dagger back, stood up and said to the two people behind him: "But no matter what, Mei Ling does have quite a mystery.
Detective Bai He should still be in the old housekeeper's room now. Let's tell him what we found here first. It's better to leave this kind of reasoning to the detective..."
As soon as Kevin finished speaking, a voice suddenly sounded from the door of the room behind the three of them.
"What do these grown men want to do when they come to my room? Could it be that they have been holding back on the island for a long time and finally couldn't help but want to attack me?"
The three of them looked back and found that Mei Ling had returned at some point and was leaning against the door frame with her arms folded, looking at them with a smile.
"Well, Mei Ling, we..."
"Good morning, Miss Mei Ling."
Compared to Kitakami Kazuhiko who was slightly flustered, Kevin's behavior was much more normal. He greeted Mei Ling with a smile and then asked:
"There was a murder just now in the villa. The petty young master was found dead in his room. Only you and the old housekeeper were not there at the time. We want to know where you were this morning?"
"Did something like this actually happen..."
When Mei Ling heard this, there was an obvious look of surprise on her face. She lowered her head and frowned. After thinking briefly, she raised her head again and looked at the three of them with a smile.
"Don't think too much, the murderer is not me. I just went out to look for something this morning, and I came back after I found it..."
"Why do you need to bring a gun to find something?" Kosuke Tone asked, looking wary.
"Oh, so you guys have already discovered it?"
She pretended to be surprised and replied, but Mei Ling did not explain. She suddenly locked her eyes on Kitakami Kazuhiko, her eyes sharp.
"Don't worry, I will explain this to you later, but before that... Master Yiyan, please come with me first. I have something to talk to you alone."
On the other side, Shirakawa Kiyo and Mari quickly rushed towards Mei Ling's room after leaving Kurahashi Motoaki's room.
As soon as the two of them walked to the lobby corridor on the second floor, they saw Kazuhiko Kitakami and Mei Ling leaving the annex through the main entrance in the lobby on the first floor below.
"Mei Ling is back?" Mary frowned slightly as she watched this scene.
Shirakawa Kiyo also stopped, and after just a moment's hesitation, he handed Mary the suicide note he found in Kurahashi Motoaki's room.
"I'll follow you and take a look. Mary, take this suicide note to other people in the annex and ask them to quickly find out the whereabouts of Kurahashi Motoaki."
"Okay, take care of yourself."
"Um."
"..."
After saying goodbye to Mary, Bai Heqing followed Mei Ling and Kitakami Kazuhiko who left the annex, and went all the way to the cemetery at the top of the back mountain.
The two walked to a tombstone in the cemetery, while Bai Heqing hid sideways behind the pillar at the entrance of the cemetery, quietly listening to the conversation between the two.
"What on earth do you want to tell me? Why did you call me here specifically?" Kitakami Kazuhiko looked at Mei Ling and asked suspiciously and warily.
"Don't be nervous, I just want to tell you something about your father..." Mei Ling looked at the tombstone in front of her and replied.
"My father? What do you mean?"
"Look carefully, this tomb belongs to your father."
"Father's... tomb?"
Only then did Kitakami Kazuhiko realize that the name of his father "Kitagami Haruki" was written on the tombstone in front of the two of them.
"You may not remember it now..."
Looking at the tombstone with a sad look, Mei Ling slowly said:
"Fifteen years ago, on the day the Singapore police stopped searching for your father, you became a helpless child in Hong Kong..."
"Why are you suddenly telling me this? What on earth are you..."
"You really don't remember..."
Sighing slightly, Mei Ling turned to look at him with helpless eyes.
"I was also your father's friend. Fifteen years ago, I was the one who sent you to the Singapore Airport alone, holding your mother's ashes..."
With that said, Mei Ling stepped forward and squatted down, forcefully opened the stone slab in front of the tombstone, and took out a large porcelain jar.
"This is your father's ashes. Fifteen years ago, after Tone Eijiro obtained the treasures buried under your house, Haruki was also brought here, and was finally killed by Tone Eijiro. Such a man died quietly on this island."
"Then why did you suddenly disappear this morning..."
"Just to find Haruki's remains."
Mei Ling stood up and handed the urn in her hand to Kitakami Kazuhiko.
"After listening to Kevin's speculation yesterday, I was wondering if Haruki might have been brought here by Eijiro Tone, and sure enough, I actually found him..."
"In that case, why haven't you come to meet me before?" Kitakami Kazuhiko asked doubtfully.
"Because there are still some things that need to be confirmed, but...that's all in the past!"
The sensational plot was instantly turned over, and Mei Ling's eyes suddenly became extremely sharp. She lifted up her cheongsam, quickly took the pistol she had prepared from her thigh, and aimed it at Kitakami Kazuhiko beside her.
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(End of chapter)
