Chapter 40 A sincere lie
"To sum up, that's probably what happened."
Fushimi Shikama paused and added: "Instructor Bai Tian asked all the students to return on foot. They are probably still on the way now."
"So...we are in a hotel now?" Yuan Yuzi was still a little confused.
"Yes."
Fushimi Lu gently put down Minamoto Tamako's little head and let Minamoto Tamako lie on the pillow. His thighs were numb from the pressure, but now he could finally stretch them out and put them into the kotatsu to warm them up. The soreness made people feel painful and happy at the same time.
Last night, he tried to put Yuan Yuzi on the bed, but this guy grabbed him like an octopus and refused to let go. His whole body was as red as boiled shrimp. In desperation, he could only serve as Yuan Yuzi's human pillow, warming Yuan Yuzi's bed for most of the night.
Minamoto Tamako shrank into the quilt and whispered: "I knew that Fushimi-san is actually a gentle person at heart."
When he heard the word 'Asasi', Fushimi Shika suddenly recalled his emotional experience in his previous life. He got up in the middle of the night to take care of his sick girlfriend, and made ginger soup after busy work. The other party didn't say anything, but he just thought it was what a boyfriend should do.
"If you can't even provide this kind of emotional value, what do I need from you as a boyfriend?" This seemed to make sense, but he always felt that this was treating feelings like a business.
Fushimi Shika shook his head to clear his mind of distracting thoughts.
He also fell in love once when he was in college, but later found it too troublesome and never thought about it again. Especially after he took over many criminal cases involving couples, he became more determined in his heart to not fall in love or get married.
"Nonsense, isn't this an obvious thing? After all, you are paid. Since you are a partner, you have to be responsible." Fushimi Lu lay on the tatami and yawned. He has always adhered to the spirit of contract, "I remind you in advance, As of 2pm tomorrow, our employment relationship ends.”
Brothers have to settle accounts clearly, and he doesn't like to talk about friendship with others.
Yuan Yuzi was about to say thank you properly, but after hearing these words, she was stunned.
Could it be that Fushimi-san is only partnering with me for money? Fortunately, I was so touched just now, and I was still thinking about how to repay...
Think about it carefully, Fushimi-san never said he wanted to be friends with me, right? Maybe it was just wishful thinking on my part...
Yuan Yuzi's nose felt sore, and the more she thought about it, the sadder she became. She covered her head with the quilt and shrank up like a caterpillar.
Fushimi Shika noticed that the quilt was twitching, and wondered if this guy was secretly crying under the quilt, right? He reached out to lift the quilt, but unexpectedly, Yuan Yuzi wrapped the corners up and clamped them so tightly that he couldn't even pull them away.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?" Fushimi Lu asked.
"No, it's okay... I feel much better," Yuan Yuzi's sobbing voice came out, sounding muffled: "Thank you very much for coming to pick me up... Wuwu... I will pay... Next Monthly employment fee... I will pay it... In order to repay the favor, no matter how much you want..."
Fushimi Shika feels guilty about blackmailing an elementary school student.
He patted Yuan Yuzi on the head across the quilt, wanting to say something but not knowing how to comfort her. He held it in for a long time and finally said: "Do you really think I care about your three melons and two dates?"
The room suddenly became quiet.
Fushimi Lu vaguely felt that he had said something wrong. Before he could think of what to say to make up for it, he heard Minamoto Tamako weakly ask: "Then, you are my partner, not for money?"
Ah, so it’s because of this.
Fushimi Shika was suddenly enlightened. He thought that little girls are just pretentious. They will understand after being severely beaten by society. If you don't have money, who will call you a brother? When poor people go out to eat, they have to fight each other to pay the bill. When rich people go out to eat, there are always people rushing to pay the bill. This is the reality of the adult world.
However, since the employment period has not expired, as a partner, he still has the obligation to take care of Minamoto Tamako's emotions.
"Of course not."
Fushimi Lu suddenly discovered that he had a talent for lying. In the past, he would have some uneasy conscience when he lied. But now, he was telling this lie very smoothly, as smooth as a constipated patient using Kaiselu.
"Then, what's the reason?" Yuan Yuzi said reluctantly.
Is Fushimi Shikashin’s talk over? He felt that his patience was about to run out, so he shamelessly said: "Because Yuzi is very smart and has world-class reasoning ability, it is very interesting to investigate the case with you."
When he said this, he felt vaguely guilty. "Hey, really?"
Gentamako broke down in tears and laughed under the covers. She thought that Fushimi-san thought so. Kawai was indeed right. She had really misunderstood him.
And he praised me for being smart! You must be impressed by my efforts! Humph, my fixed-point search method must have made him feel more stressed, right?
Although she lost this graduation exam duel, she was honored to lose! As the saying goes, a hero should not be judged by his success or failure. Fushimi-san admitted that her reasoning ability is world-class, which shows that her performance is remarkable!
Yuan Yuzi giggled happily in bed, and after a while, she couldn't help but sneeze.
Fushimi Lu forcibly pulled her out. Seeing that she had regained her energy, he felt relieved and let her blow her nose.
no! Yuan Yuzi, you can't be complacent!
Yuan Yuzi came back to her senses, alerted herself, and said with a serious face: "Now I am still a little far from the world's best."
"If you blow your nose and then talk, it will flow to your mouth!" Fushimi Lu frowned.
Yuan Yuzi wiped her nose with a tissue and lay back on the quilt, feeling much better. The stupid hair on her head stood up again and she said: "Speaking of which, how should I repay Fushimi-san? Is there anything you want?"
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"Money." Fushimi Shika said.
"It's too tacky! I can't express my gratitude at all!" Yuan Yuzi frowned: "Can't it be something meaningful?"
"Is that entirely because you want to impress yourself? Money itself is very meaningful!" Fushimi Lu stood up, sat beside the kotatsu, reached for the fruit plate, and planned to peel an orange for himself to eat: "Do we want to discuss this now? Meaning, you’d better take care of your body first.”
"That's right."
Yuan Yuzi lay down and looked up at the ceiling.
After a moment, she suddenly screamed and sat up again.
"Ah!"
Fu Jian Lu's hands trembled, thinking that she had faked the corpse. He looked back and saw Yuan Yuzi's eyes widening, as if she had just remembered something, and said: "By the way! I forgot to tell you, I found a corpse in the snowy mountains!"
"What's all the fuss about..."
"It's not the corpse arranged by the instructors!" Yuan Yuzi clenched her fists with both hands and said excitedly: "It's the remains I found during the targeted search. He has been dead for at least two years, and he died of murder!"
Fushimi Lu had a bad premonition in his heart: "No way, are you saying that you want to..."
"That's right! It's time for the reasoning team to appear again!"
Yuan Tamako wiped the tip of her nose with her thumb, imitating a gang member and pretending to be cool, and said: "Since a murder has occurred, we cannot ignore it! It is the mission of our reasoning team to lift the cloud of doubt and bring justice to the victim!"
As soon as he finished speaking, subtitles automatically appeared in front of Fushimi Lu's eyes.
"Criminal Commission Triggered"
"Mission details: Find the murderer of the unknown corpse"
"Mission Reward: Obtain Lv1 Pistol Specialization"
"Remarks: Subsequent missions are not unlocked"
(End of chapter)