Protect our prophets

Time seemed to pause for a moment, and Yagyu turned to Yukimura in disbelief, only to see his secretive face and silence.

"What do you mean?"

Hasn't Yukimura been helping Matsuyuki since she lost her memory?Why now has it suddenly become a tit-for-tat position?Or... what did he do wrong?

Liu Sheng frowned slightly, recalling the question Songxue asked him before coming here: "Which side are you on?"

He replied, the truth.

There is no doubt that he said it completely without thinking.

But now, seeing Yukimura's slightly weird reaction, Yagyu's heart sank.

What does the minister mean...

Could it be that the prisoner was really someone from the tennis club?

After this thought emerged from Liu Sheng's mind, he immediately shuddered.Among the teammates who lived with them day and night and fought side by side, there would be a murderer?

Seeing that the teammates beside him were at a loss, Yukimura sighed softly and shook his head, with a trace of unresolved sadness in his eyes.

"I don't mean to mislead you. I just," he said slowly, his voice becoming jerky, "I'm just a little scared..."

He stopped feeling disappointed.

What is a proud man like Yukimura afraid of, or in other words, what is he afraid of?

They didn't need him to make it clearer, they could already guess it.

Liu Sheng's face darkened, and he said in a low voice: "This is just the worst possibility. But what if it's not as we thought..."

He looked at Yukimura, then at Matsuyuki, hesitating for a moment.

"Maybe, the murderer is someone else." His voice became firmer, "I don't believe they would do such a thing. And even if, in the worst case, one of us did it, that's okay." It's definitely not your fault."

Yukimura raised his eyes quickly, but instead of looking at him, he cast his eyes on the lake, and asked softly, "You really think so?"

But no matter what Yagyu or others think, he still thinks he has a responsibility.

"Let's take a walk." Songxue sat quietly for a while, then suddenly proposed, and then added, "Your family is very big."

This topic is too heavy, you should relax and change your mood.

Yukimura probably understood her intentions, nodded, and she said, "But after talking so much, I'm a little thirsty..."

Songxue raised one eyebrow, just as he met Liu Sheng's gaze, he had already noticed it clearly, and pushed his glasses: "I'll go to the house to have a look."

……

They parted at the fork in the corridor, Yagyu turned to the side where the maid was leaving, and Matsuyuki followed Yukimura, watching while walking along the lake.

"There are no people living in the yard here," Yukimura said. "It's very windy and humid at night by the lake, but if the weather is fine during the day, it's very suitable for entertaining guests."

Songxue was slightly shocked: "Uh, isn't there a reception room in front?"

"The functions are different." He explained, "Well, sometimes I have a banquet at home and invite friends over to play...it will be useful."

"Oh, have you all been here?" Songxue quickly calmed down, thinking, don't panic, the routine operation of the rich, "Everyone in the tennis club, and Matsumoto Yuko?"

Yukimura nodded.

Obviously, their family and the Matsumoto family are family friends, so they naturally have contacts.She nodded thoughtfully: "So, you are still childhood sweethearts."

"It's just a relatively early acquaintance," he said lightly, "Actually, it can't be said that they are very close."

Yukimura waited for her to continue asking, but Matsuyuki just focused on thinking and cast his eyes on the rockery across the lake. After a while, he brought up the topic again.

"You just said that you and Yuko are not very familiar, but you still know each other's recent situation?"

He was a little puzzled, thought for a while, and replied, "That's right. Do you need to know anything about her?"

"I don't know if it's convenient." She paused here, coughing twice to cover up, "Has she ever had a boyfriend?"

Yukimura glanced back at her, paused for a moment before saying, "No."

Songxue said "Oh": "I haven't confessed to you either?"

"..."

She didn't hear a response for a long time, caught up with the first two steps, and saw Yukimura look away uncomfortably, with a helpless tone: "No."

Okay, it can be seen that she is an innocent DT who has never been in a relationship.Songxue nodded, if it wasn't for the wrong occasion, she would have laughed a few times before speaking.

"That's much easier," she said. "It's pretty clear."

"I don't quite understand." Yukimura hesitated, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"What I mean is," Songxue stated calmly, "If she didn't like you that much, then she definitely wouldn't be able to do anything against me or Ayanokouji for you."

The two looked at each other.

"I didn't suspect it was her before." Yukimura stopped and lowered his eyelids, as if his eyes were stung by the reflection from the lake, "If you can be sure, I'm relieved."

"If the real culprit can't be found, she will be suspected just like me." Songxue reminded.

"..."

"But if you can hand over that evidence, it's a different story."

Yukimura didn't respond.

His gaze seemed to freeze on the water.At some point, part of the group of koi followed the footsteps and swam over, making tiny ripples and slowly spreading around.

Songxue watched the school of fish swimming happily, and continued unhurriedly: "I believe that Marui-kun didn't drop that tennis ball."

Yukimura finally raised his eyes, slightly taken aback: "Wenta told you all?"

"Yeah." She nodded and blinked quickly, "So, you really guessed it?"

"It's just a bad premonition subconsciously." Yukimura said slowly, "Maybe I should trust them more, but even if I trust them, if their fingerprints are found on something at the scene of the crime, I'm worried..."

He really thought it through.Songxue sighed.

"But you can't hide the evidence, Yukimura-kun. If you trust them, then you have to trust me and the police." She looked up at him, "Isn't this the reason you asked me for help in the first place? I will help Yours, the premise is that you have to cooperate with me."

After a long time, Yukimura said, "I believe in you."

He reached out and took her hand gently.

Songxue was stunned for a moment, and heard him say: "Come with me."

In the reception room, Liu Sheng drank his third cup of tea when he heard footsteps.

Songxue is back.But Yukimura was not there, she asked the servants to find her on the way.

"What is this?" Liu Sheng raised his head and saw a small transparent evidence bag in her hand, which contained a tennis ball, which looked ordinary and unremarkable.

Rao was also stunned for a while, looked around hesitantly, and confirmed that he read it correctly: "Uh, this is what you are looking for?"

In their tennis club, that's hundreds of...

"Well, but this is the only difference." Songxue said seriously, "Where is the water, pour me a glass."

"You don't like tea. I found orange juice in the kitchen, chilled." Liu Sheng said, pushing the ceramic cup on the table over, "Thanks for your hard work."

"It's not hard." Songxue was surprised at his thoughtfulness, and while sitting down on the sofa next to her, she shook her head with emotion, "But their house is really too big."

Yagyu said tactfully, "You need to exercise more."

"Literary girls don't need exercise," she said firmly.

Liu Sheng didn't want to fuss over this issue, so he changed the subject: "You guys have also chatted for a long time."

"We haven't talked for a long time. Mr. Yukimura is still very clear-headed. As long as I explain the truth to him, he will hand over the things." Songxue waved his hand casually and said, "It means that his house is too big. It took 10 minutes to walk to his room! Then I came to get you and—"

"You went to his room?" Liu Sheng keenly grasped the key information, was slightly taken aback, stopped pouring tea, and raised his head vigilantly.

"..."

Songxue asked sincerely: "Is this the point?"

Liu Sheng had a strange expression on his face, disapproving: "But you have already broken up, I don't think it's very good... Your father and Lingtang are not in China, and my parents are very concerned about you."

"I said," she sighed deeply, and said impatiently, "I'm more interested in Ayanokouji than in him."

"..."

Typical detective thinking, Yagyu was also convinced.

He suddenly realized a problem very clearly, in Songxue's eyes, there may be no difference between men and women.Only criminals and victims.

but……

"But what about Yukimura?" He couldn't help but asked again, without losing his momentum, "What is he thinking, are you sure? I think a normal man would not invite the opposite sex to a room alone. If it's too gentle and harmless, relax the police..."

Songxue said seriously, "Everyone is still underage, so don't keep getting warnings from the FBI, okay?"

Liu Sheng frowned: "Already 17 years old."

"A few months younger than me." She said casually while drinking juice.

"..."

Don't just say that men are small, okay?

Liu Sheng hesitated for a moment, but said, "Don't tell him that."

"Ah? Do you care so much?" Songxue was slightly surprised, and nodded, "Okay, I will pay attention."