Hattori Heiji was out for more than an hour, from lunch to lunch break. Finally, he returned to the box empty-handed.
"Brother Gengyi... there's no more coffee."
"Um."
There was silence for more than ten seconds.
Hattori Heiji asked again: "Aren't you curious about what I found?"
Ye Gengyi: "Yeah."
Hattori Heiji:"......"
He is really talkative...
"There are very few guests in box three."
Hattori Heiji automatically ignored the previous question and answer: "However, I found that there seems to be a No. 4 carriage connected to the back, but I don't know if there are other passengers in it."
"Um."
Ye Gengyi responded, still lying on the bed with his eyes closed to rest.
"I couldn't get in."
Hattori Heiji said: "There is a lock on top, and the conductor with a particularly bad attitude is guarding there."
"So, you said you got lost looking for the toilet and left?" Ye Gengyi asked.
"ah?!"
Hattori Heiji was surprised: "Brother Genichi...you, how do you know that?"
"Don't worry, I just think this excuse is cliché. If you still want to say it, then go ahead."
"Well..."
During this one-hour outing, it was obviously impossible to just go to the end of the carriage to take a look.
Hattori Heiji scratched his head and continued:
"Then I went to the restaurant to ask for coffee for you. However, the chef uncle was grinding meat powder for the old lady who looked super rich. He said that if you want to grind coffee beans, you will have to wait a while because the whole car There is only one grinding cup on the train."
When Ye Geng heard this, he opened his eyes and asked, "Besides her, is there anyone else eating in the restaurant?"
"Oh, her servants and housekeepers are also there. As for the others...the only one left is the wealthy businessman."
Hattori Heiji recalled:
"Originally, I wanted to investigate whether he had a pistol, but as soon as I got close, he picked up the box and kept staring at me. It was really... as if I would steal his things."
"That rich businessman is also waiting for the chef to make ground meat sauce for him?" Ye Gengyi asked.
"How is that possible?"
Hattori Heiji smiled and said: "I think that old woman only eats like that because she has lost all her teeth, and the rich businessman is also eating, eating pasta."
"What's the sauce?"
"Uh... it should be just ordinary sauce, right?"
Hattori Heiji sweated. He really didn't notice this, "Saraichi-nii, are you hungry?"
"No, the toast rolls for lunch are pretty good."
"Well, it's just that the food is too light. Why don't we have steak tonight?" Hattori Heiji was also taken off topic.
The two were chatting.
There was a sudden knock on the door outside the box.
"coming."
Hattori Heiji ran to open the door, but was startled when he saw the person coming, "Uncle Chef..."
"Guest, you want the coffee."
The chef smiled and handed over a tray.
Hattori Heiji took it and said a little embarrassed: "I actually asked you to deliver it. If I had known it would be so soon, I would have waited there for a while."
"No, you are so polite."
The chef continued to have a smile on his face, and he just stood there without leaving, as if waiting for Hattori Heiji to close the door.
Well...
Hattori Heiji was stunned for a moment and had to close the door slowly.
The two of them stood separated by a door panel. After about a few seconds, the footsteps of the chef leaving were heard in the corridor.
Hattori Heiji breathed a sigh of relief.
Are you being nervous?
"Brother Gengyi, your coffee."
"Thank you, let's put it on the storage table first." Ye Gengyi still had no intention of getting up.
"Um."
Hattori Heiji sat down on the bed, took out his mobile phone and pressed it twice. After finding that the signal was beyond the sending and receiving range, he had no choice but to imitate Ye Gengyi, lie on the bed and start to relax with his eyes closed.
However, his thoughts never stopped.
What's in Car No. 4?
The key must be on that flight attendant's body. Even if he could get it, it seems he wouldn't be able to lure the other party away and sneak in quietly to investigate...
Just thinking about it.
Suddenly, a fist-sized paper ball hit his face.
Hattori Heiji suddenly opened his eyes, looked sideways, and found Ye Gengyi making a 'silence' gesture towards him.
He hurriedly picked up and opened the wad of paper, and saw what was written on it:
[Hush, there is someone outside the door. 】
Hattori Heiji was shocked.
He was about to get up subconsciously, but he noticed Ye Gengyi throwing another pen over.
He quickly picked it up and wrote:
【Someone is watching us? Is...the reason why I investigated Car No. 4? 】
Ye Gengyi wrote:
[Perhaps we are not the only ones being monitored. 】
Hattori Heiji:
[They must be hiding some secret! 】
Ye Geng replied:
[Can you restrain your curiosity? 】
Hattori Heiji took the pen and pondered for a long time before writing:
[It’s a bit difficult. 】
Ye Gengyi looked at him silently for a few seconds:
[Isn’t it enough that you were beaten severely by that lawyer last time? Not every time you have the good luck to turn danger into safety, and sometimes the truth is not beautiful, but cruel. 】
After Hattori Heiji read it, he wrote quickly this time:
[If we don’t try it, how will we know? 】
He suddenly thought of the experiences of several people who had solved the case. He did not hand over the paper immediately, but added another sentence:
[...Could it be that, Brother Gengyi, you already know the secret of this train? ! 】
Ye Gengyi wrote:
[I borrowed the research results of a guy, and there may be some clues about it, but I don’t want to tell you. 】
Well...
Hattori Heiji was depressed:
[Although I don’t know why you knew so many secrets just lying in bed, Brother Gengyi, but... As a detective, I think it’s better for me to investigate the truth myself! 】
Handing it back again, the paper was already filled with chat conversations.
Just when Hattori Heiji was waiting for Ye Gengyi to take out the second piece and continue writing, the other party suddenly said: "Do you know what you want to investigate?"
"ah???"
Hattori Heiji subconsciously looked towards the door.
"Let's go, but you still have to lower your voice when chatting."
As Ye Gengyi spoke, he soaked a corner of the paper in coffee. In an instant, a weak arc of electricity shot out, and then the entire paper burned directly.
"The big detective next door told me that the registered nationality of this train is British and is protected by local laws. Although I don't know where the bottom line is, what you think may not be illegal here."
"That middle-aged man is also a detective?"
Hattori Heiji was confused again, "When did he tell you?"
"While you're out investigating."
Ye Geng said:
"In addition to leaving a note, you should also remember that he knocked on the partition a few times and looked at the time on his pocket watch when he left. Maybe during the old lady's dining time, this would not be monitored. And just now...she came back from dinner."
