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Chapter 298 My Brother Robbed a Bank (8000 words)
Chapter 290 Eight.
"There is a washing machine." Higashino Chihaya looked at the washing machine in front of him, with a look of disbelief on his face.

She held her breath, then stretched out her hand carefully, and gently turned the switch of the washing machine.

With a slight roar, the washing machine started to work.

Higashino Chihaya couldn't help but took two steps back, with a look of astonishment on his face: "It really moved."

She was really a mess in the head.

It is normal for the washing machine to shake.

But
"Is this really my home?"

She turned her head and stared blankly into the house from here.

Spacious living room, next to the corridor of the living room, the master bedroom and the second bedroom also have a utility room
She gives people the feeling now, just like the ancients looking at modern technology, completely confused, unable to understand the situation at all.

I'm still using "Zhihuzheye" here, and you've used all the simplified Chinese characters there.

For her, it was such a big gap.

But the current Higashino Division is probably changing clothes. Higashino Chihaya thinks that as a sister, she should not go in casually.
After all, Asi is also a mature male high school student.

So she walked to the porch, and muttered to herself from memory.

"I remember that my room was entered from the entrance. Then it was in the direction of the living room. Then turn left, the innermost room? Is it the utility room? My room was not so big before, right?"

Fortunately, there is still a room number of 'Chihaya Higashino', Chihaya Higashino can at least find her own room
".Did my room look like this before?"

Higashino Chihaya glanced at the big bed inside, and then at the stuffed puppets inside.
She used to like this kind of puppet, but she never collected so many
And the furnishings of this room are basically according to her preferences.

With an inexplicable emotion, Higashino Chihaya stepped into this room, and came to the dressing table, and glanced at the mirror restlessly.

After all, the surrounding changes were too great, and she couldn't accept it for a while, and began to wonder if she was dreaming.

She was wearing pale white pajamas with no pattern, and she was wearing slippers, her face remained unchanged, with a pair of peach blossom eyes, and a beauty mole beside her. At this moment, she was staring at herself in the mirror uneasily, showing a bit of worry .

Originally, Higashino Chihaya belonged to the embryo of a beauty, and this worried and weak appearance added a bit of charm.

Exquisite and beautiful oval face, long black hair, slightly curled at the end of the hair, making people particularly protective.

"It's okay. At least the face hasn't changed."

Chihaya Higashino covered her chest, and 'pressed' back the heart that was about to jump out.

But my hair is a bit too long. I used to have medium-length hair, but now it almost reaches my waist.

Chihaya Higashino thought about it and shook his head.

So that means I'm not lucid dreaming.
I really live in this bright and spacious home.

But why are you still wearing pajamas?Isn't this too ugly?It was already past eleven o'clock.

She rummaged in the closet and found that the clothes she had worn before were still there.

After putting it on, she returned to the living room, sat on the sofa and waited for Dong Yesi to come out.

But in the process of waiting, she still looked around from time to time.

At the same time, I became more and more suspicious.

I felt like I was just in a coma for a few days, and the whole world changed.

The most important thing is, how did Higashino bring himself to such a place?
Was it the bank that was robbed?

This can only be done by robbing the bank, right?
No. If you sell the old house in Adachi Ward and rent a new house here, you can do it.

Yes
That makes sense.

Perhaps Higashinoji just sold the old house in Adachi Ward, and then used the money to rent a new house here, which is a reasonable explanation.

The results of this analysis are based on a very realistic perspective.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for her family to suddenly take out such a large amount of money.
You must know that a lot of savings at home were used to hold funerals and purchase parents' tombs.

"If that's the case... then we can only live here temporarily."

Chihaya Higashino lowered his head and thought.

For her younger brother Higashino, she has always been tolerant and tolerant. No matter what, she is unwilling to lose her temper with her younger brother.

Similarly, she also had many doubts in her heart.

But now that his parents have passed away, the only thing Higashino can rely on is himself.
If Dongyesi really sold the old house, then she must keep calm, at least not panic in front of Dongyesi.

Thinking of this, Higashino Chihaya felt enlightened, and at the same time made up her mind not to lose her temper with Higashino Si no matter what, but to communicate with him calmly.

After about a minute or two, Higashino, who finally changed his clothes, opened the door and walked out.

Chihaya Higashino glanced at it subconsciously, and then felt his heart skip a beat.

Did Asta look so good-looking before?

Why does it feel like a different person?

Although the former Higashino Division was not very picky in terms of appearance, he always had a top-notch appearance wherever he was placed.

But at that time, Higashinoji always had the childishness of a young boy.

Therefore, girls who see Higashinoji basically don't regard him as a male youth, at most they regard him as a student, a role similar to a younger brother.

It's not that there is no masculinity, but more than masculinity, it means that he is immature.

After all, the former Higashino Division was still in the rebellious period of youth, and many things were taken care of by his sister Higashino Chihaya.

but now
Higashino Division really made Higashino Chihaya feel a little different.

She couldn't tell exactly what was different.

It's just that Higashino Division does look a lot better than before.

It feels like a different person, Higashino Chihaya believes it.

Seeing that Higashino had noticed him and was walking towards him, Higashino Chihaya immediately coughed: "Asi, you came just in time for my sister to ask you something."

"Well, I see."

Tonoji didn't say much about it.

Higashino Chihaya has just woken up, and it is normal for many things to be unclear.

"So. First of all, there is the problem of this house, Asi, this shouldn't be our house in Adachi District, right?"

Chihaya Higashino raised the question she is most concerned about at present.

"This is located in Meguro District, because it is relatively close to Beiyijuku, so I moved here."

Tonoji replied simply.

Sure enough, the place was changed.
Higashino Chihaya murmured something in her heart, but because she was mentally prepared, she didn't show any flustered or dazed expression.

So she asked again: "Is this the house that Asi sold the old house in Adachi District and rented?"

As soon as she asked such a question, she was keenly aware that there was something wrong with Dongyesi's expression.

But Higashino's expression didn't show 'anxiety, surprise, and astonishment' as she imagined, but more like surprise, or accident.

This expression change made Higashino Chihaya a little confused about what her younger brother was thinking.

But the story has come to this point, Higashino Chihaya can only continue to say: "A Si, don't worry, even if the old house is really sold, I don't mean to blame you."

She comforted Dong Yesi, and then said:
"It's just that our current living environment is a bit too luxurious, and it's a little thoughtless. We don't have that much money, right? Let's move to a cheaper place?"

Chihaya Higashino made suggestions according to his own ideas.

This made Higashino Division on the other side a little inexplicably funny.

But besides being funny, he was also a little moved.

He originally thought that the first thing Chihaya Higashino had to do when he cleared his mind was to ask him about school and parents.

Unexpectedly, she directly proposed to move to a cheaper apartment
And I didn't even scold me about "sold the old house and rented an expensive apartment", I was just discussing with myself seriously.

Although he hadn't done this before, he settled the apartment in full with the money he earned from the comics.

But Higashino Chihaya's heart, Higashino Division still felt it.

But it's better to tell her the specific situation here, so as not to get rid of the scapegoat when it happens.

Higashino organized his sentence a little bit, and then said: "Actually, I didn't sell the old house."

"Not sold?"

Seeing Chihaya Higashino's frowned and unclear face, Tsukasa Higashino also smiled, intending to tell her about the manga.

But the words were not out yet.

Higashino Chihaya over there seemed to understand something: "It turns out that this is the case, Asi, have you recovered the insurance money of your father and mother?"

Higashino's parents naturally pay national insurance every year.

After their death, Higashino Chihaya and Higashino Division should also receive a sum of insurance money.

However, the insurance company temporarily refused to give high insurance compensation.

In their words, there are doubts about the death of Higashino's parents.

Because when Higashino's parents died, there were no witnesses around, and there were no surveillance cameras either.

So it is difficult to conclude that the whole incident is a homicide case.

In other words, they felt that this might be a method used by the Higashino family to defraud high insurance premiums——

Higashino's parents probably committed suicide in order to defraud the insurance company of insurance compensation.

Perhaps many people think it is impossible, how could there be such fraudulent insurance cases in Japan.

But in fact, Japan has, and there are many similar insurance fraud cases.

For example, a wife kills her husband in order to pay high compensation.

Or a village where farmers secretly cut off their own fingers with a lawn mower to cheat insurance.

Even in Japan, defrauding insurance premiums is a felony, and they are willing to do so.

After all, who is willing to work hard when they can lie down and make money?

To sum up, the insurance company used this reason as an excuse to refuse to indemnify the insurance.

Said that only when the murderer was arrested and the whole incident came to light, would he be willing to hand over the insurance money belonging to the Higashino family to Higashino Division and Higashino Chihaya.

At that time, Higashino Chihaya went to the insurance company many times for this matter, but basically they all returned without success.

From her point of view, perhaps Higashino Division had caught up with the generous insurance money, so she was able to bring herself to live in this kind of house.

But Dong Yesi on the other side listened to Chihaya's analysis, but was a little speechless.

How can he recover the insurance money?

After all, it was the first time he heard Chihaya Higashino mention such a thing when he came to this world.

And now that he knew, he would definitely want to get the money back.

——Although Higashino Division does not lack this little money, it must belong to the Higashino family if it belongs to the Higashino family.

If it's a big deal, go to court and make things bigger.

This group of insurance companies in Japan are some bastards. Although there are cases of insurance fraud, there are also things that insurance companies refuse to pay, and there are many.

They won't give in unless something is tough.

Thinking of this, Higashino shook his head at Higashino Chihaya again, indicating that she was wrong: "I didn't recover any insurance money."

"Isn't the insurance money back?"

After receiving Higashino Tsukasa's answer, Higashino Chihaya was completely stunned.

Why not?
It shouldn't be.?

How did Higashinoji bring himself to move to this brand new apartment?
Could it be that he robbed the bank?Or did you do other shady things?

After all, the method of getting rich is clearly written in the criminal law.

Could it be that Higashino has really learned bad things and done some bad things?
The more she thought about it, the more she worried about Dong Yesi, and her face was covered with sweat.

Seeing that Chihaya Higashino seemed to want to cry, Tsukasa Higashino did not hesitate, and simply explained: "Miss Chihaya, I actually make money by drawing manga."

"drawing comic?"

Higashino Chihaya heard Higashino Division's words, but felt that it was too outrageous.

Manga. Chihaya Higashino is known as Japan's tertiary industry.

But she had seen Higashinoji's work in sketch class before.

It felt more like an alien than a person.

Can't even draw sketches well, but still want to draw comics with a background?Isn't Higashinoji just kidding himself?
Is it possible that the comics industry has begun to accept 'abstract art'?

And buy this apartment through comics
This is even more of a joke.

At least Higashino Chihaya didn't believe it.

It's not that she doesn't have confidence in her brother, it's just that these words are too outrageous. Compared with drawing cartoons, she thinks that her brother may be able to rob a bank more easily.

Dong Yesi obviously understood that his sister didn't believe it.

This made him couldn't help but sigh.

really.

When his sister suffered from mental symptoms before, he felt that the other party was a little dumb.

Results are back to normal now.

It feels like this dull personality doesn't mean to improve at all.

He didn't bother to argue, so he thought for a while and went straight into the room, flipping through the samples sent to him by Urashima Publishing House, as well as posters of some comic products, and hand-made peripherals.

He put these things into a box and placed them directly in front of Chihaya Higashino.

"Miss Chihaya, you can take a look."

Facts speak louder than words.

And Chihaya Higashino, who was next to him, glanced at him.

She still felt that it was more likely that her younger brother would rob the bank.
(End of this chapter)