Nagai Hikaru's Ke Xuexing

Chapter 231 Shogi Study Session

"Thank you, Sister Xiaoguang, for treating us to donuts." The Junior Detective Team followed behind Nagai Hikaru, and each of them said happily while holding a box of donuts.

"I just happened to meet you guys after school. I heard from Sonoko that this donut shop is very famous." Nagai Hikaru walked out of the donut shop with a few children and said goodbye to them with a smile, "Okay, you guys can go home now."

Watching the kids walk away, Nagai Mitsuru complained in his heart: Isn't it summer vacation? Why did they start school again after just a few days?

"Ah, Hikaru?"

Nagai Mitsuru turned around when he heard the voice: "Mr. Haneda? Are you really here to buy donuts from this store?"

"Yes, I heard your recommendation last time, and when I got home, Mimi also mentioned this store. I looked it up, and the best thing is that there is no queue." Haneda Hideyoshi nodded, "And it's not far away. Have you bought it?"

"No, I just bought some for the kid. I was planning to buy more later. After all, it would be embarrassing to let the kid see me buying so many donuts." Nagai Hikaru stuck out his tongue, "I was planning to bring some for my brother and my colleagues."

After communicating with the clerk about the order of more than 300 donuts, two people would come to pick up more than 100 donuts each in an hour. After signing the order, Nagai Mitsuru took a photo of the receipt and sent two emails, asking the person to use it as a receipt when picking up the goods.

"Did you buy it for the people in your company?" Hideyoshi Haneda asked curiously.

"Yes, everyone in the company who works today. Consider it an afternoon tea snack."

"I can't believe you're already working, and you're a decision maker in such a big company. I feel like you've only been digging holes on the beach for a short time." Haneda Hideyoshi said, holding two bags of donuts.

"Oh, come to think of it, I called you uncle at that time..." Nagai Mitsuruya recalled and said with a smile.

"Don't call me uncle now."

"Yes, yes, Brother Haneda." The two walked out of the donut shop with a smile, and saw two people outside with eyes filled with anger.

"Oh~~Brother Haneda~~" Yumi Miyamoto repeated in a rhythmic manner.

"Ah~ Sister Xiaoguang~" Conan shouted in the same tone.

Miyamoto Yumi grabbed Haneda Hideyoshi's collar with veins popping out of her head: "I can't believe you would cheat on such a young girl! Shame on you!"

Conan angrily stepped on Haneda Hideyoshi's foot: "You actually came out to date Xiaoguang? Unforgivable!"

Nagai Hikaru explained with sweat all over his forehead: "No, no, we just happened to meet in front of the donut shop. He came here to play chess with someone and bought some snacks to eat while playing chess. It was just a coincidence that he met me."

Conan and Miyamoto Yumi turned to look at Nagai Hikaru at the same time. Conan said first: "Since it was a coincidence, why did you know that he came to buy snacks for playing chess?"

Miyamoto Yumi let go of Haneda Hideyoshi's collar and nodded: "I didn't know he would come here to play chess..."

"Because it's happened once before..." Nagai Mitsuru hurriedly lifted Conan up by the collar, and Haneda Hideyoshi then jumped on one foot and screamed, almost dropping the donut in his hand.

"You came here to buy donuts, why is he the only one carrying them, but you don't have any? Are you going to take them somewhere to eat together?" Conan asked the second question, "Did you just buy donuts for us, and then go back to the store to wait for Taiko Meijin to come and meet you after we left?"

"..." Nagai Hikaru could no longer bear it and punched Conan on the head, "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you up! I bought too many donuts, so I sent someone to pick them up in an hour."

Conan held his head with a half-moon eye: "You obviously beat him."

Haneda Hideyoshi hopped on one foot and screamed for a while before he said, "Yumi, I really came here to play chess with someone."

"Where are we getting off?" Yumi Miyamoto crossed her arms and said, "Tell me where your date is going."

Nagai Hikaru wordlessly took out his phone and sent an email to ask Hamura Shuichi in the parking lot next to him to pick him up, then said, "Don't drag me into your quarrels as an engaged couple. I was just unlucky to run into one. Mr. Haneda can take you to the chess place, but I won't accompany you."

"Wait a minute, Xiaoguang! Don't run, you have to explain it to me clearly!" Haneda Hideyoshi shouted with exaggerated tears.

Conan touched the bump on his head and said, "So you said he came here to play chess. Where did he go to play chess? There's no shogi hall nearby."

"It's a shogi study group. There are a few players who want to compete with masters to improve their skills. I come here occasionally to play with them." Haneda Hideyoshi pointed in a direction while holding a donut. "If you don't believe me, you can come with me and take a look."

"Why did you come here specially to play chess with others?" Conan held Nagai Mitsuru's hand to prevent him from leaving and continued to ask.

"It's the King General Katsumata who played against me in the last Yamanashi Meijin Tournament." Haneda Hideyoshi led Miyamoto Yumi in one direction, "He asked me to play against his daughter Katsumata Mizuna and some of his apprentices to improve my chess skills. These donuts are desserts that can be eaten during the game."

Hideyoshi Haneda and a few others walked a short distance before arriving at an apartment building. Nagai Hikaru followed them, pulled along by Conan.

"Ah, they are all back first?" After entering the apartment, Haneda Hideyoshi raised his hand and greeted the three people inside, "You are back."

"Celebrity, ah, we just arrived too, who's behind this?" Two women and one man were standing in the lobby downstairs of the apartment building and greeted them.

"This is Yumi." Haneda Hideyoshi said happily, "She's jealous and came out to find me."

Miyamoto Yumi reached out and grabbed Haneda Hideyoshi's lower back, gritted her teeth and whispered, "What are you talking about?"

"Oh, are you You Meimei? Celebrities often mention you to us and show off their love." The woman with short hair and green dress who was waiting inside said with a smile.

"Are you... playing chess with Xiongji here?" Yumi Miyamoto asked again.

"Yes, I've always been honored by celebrities. Oh, did you buy the Star Donut? It seems to be very famous recently." The long-haired woman who was waiting said with a smile, "I'm really looking forward to it. I bought ice cream."

Nagai Mitsuru took out his cell phone and sent the location to Hamura Shuichi: "Okay, is the misunderstanding resolved? Can I leave now?" Looking at the two women and one man in front of him, alarm bells rang in his heart. This was a three-choice situation.

“Oh, Miss Xiaoguang, I’m so sorry!” Miyamoto Yumi seemed to have really misunderstood. She smiled and turned around and put her arm around Nagai Hikaru’s shoulders. “Sorry, sorry. I was wondering how a beauty like you could possibly be interested in someone like Xiong Ji. Hahahahaha.”

"Oh no." The fat man waiting inside turned around. "This is a bit troublesome. I just bought coffee according to the number of people. But the taste of the coffee in this shop is getting worse and worse. It's no different from instant coffee."

The automatic door at the entrance of the apartment building opened at this time, and Hamura Shuichi walked in and went straight to Nagai Hikaru: "Miss, someone has been arranged to get the donuts in a while. Who is this? Miss Miyamoto?"

Nagai Hikaru nodded and tried to take the hand off his shoulder: "Ms. Yumi, Shuichi is here to pick me up, so I'll leave first."

Miyamoto Yumi blushed and held Nagai Hikari's hand, saying sincerely: "Ms. Hikari! I'm so sorry! Please accept my apology. I'll treat you to dinner later."

"No... no need."

"Please don't refuse! Ahhhh, I feel so embarrassed just now." Yumi Miyamoto held her forehead with her hand.

"Ha..." Nagai Mitsuru curled the corner of his mouth.

On the other side, the short-haired woman took the coffee and took a sip: "Really, the taste is really not that good, and it's lukewarm. It really tastes like instant coffee."

Shuichi Hamura noticed the conversation on the other side and looked at Hideyoshi Haneda: "Mr. Haneda, what is this?"

"Ah, Mr. Hamura, this is a shogi study session. We each brought some snacks and desserts that are easy to eat."

Shu Hamura nodded and looked at Hikaru Nagai again.

Nagai Hikaru shrugged and said helplessly, "Let's go in with them. By the way, they didn't buy enough coffee. After we go in, Shuichi, go buy a few more cups."

"Okay, Miss."

The three men then noticed Nagai Hikaru: "Ah, celebrity, who is this?"

"This is our Nagoya Shogi Hall's sponsor, Ms. Hikaru Nagai."

The three of them introduced themselves in a somewhat reserved manner, and then said, "Let's go up first."

The man called himself Hishinuma: "But I rang the doorbell several times just now, and Genda didn't open the door."

Nagai Hikaru glanced at Conan and then sighed heavily.

Ms. Katsumata picked up a key and said, "It's okay, I have a spare key, let's go in together."

Several people went upstairs together: "Actually, this is the room that the five of us rented together, specially for playing chess, so it's convenient for communication."

"Five people?" Miyamoto Yumi was surprised. "Xiongji, did you pay as well?"

"No, there is another person from the association who didn't come today. He seems to be suffering from depression."

"That's it."

The door was not locked, and several people took off their shoes and walked in. For some reason, the atmosphere was a little tense, and Yumi Miyamoto hugged Nagai Hikaru's arm.

"Your fiancé is in front..." Nagai Mitsuru was speechless.

"No, I'm afraid you'll be scared." Miyamoto Yumi glanced behind her, "Hey, where's Mr. Hamura?"

"After he confirmed the room number, he went downstairs to buy coffee," explained Mitsuru Nagai.

There was a shout from inside the house, Conan ran over, and Genda confirmed the death.

Miwako Sato and Wataru Takagi arrived very quickly with the police.

Several people quickly told the police their alibis and said they had gone out to buy things.

Takagi Wataru looked at Nagai Hikaru expectantly.

Nagai Hikaru looked at him innocently.

"This time... there is no such thing either?" Takagi Shigeru sighed, "So those two times were just coincidences?"

Shuichi Hamura, who had returned with coffee, was a little confused: "So you three went shopping at the time? Mr. Hishinuma bought the coffee, right?"

"Yes...yes."

Haneda Shuichi showed a strange expression: "But the coffee shop with the label on Mr. Hishinuma's bag that I went to, they didn't sell any orders for five cups of coffee in the last three hours."

"I...I'm not from that coffee shop. There are many chain coffee shops like this one." Hishinuma said nervously.

Hamura Shuichi took a sip of the coffee that Hishinuma brought back, and the police officer next to him shouted nervously: "Ah, that's evidence."

Shuichi Hamura took another sip of the coffee he bought: "The taste... is very different. This is Morikawa brand instant coffee, right?"

"But...but my coffee is still hot, and there's no place to heat up coffee here."

Shuichi Hamura said nothing more and walked to Mitsuru Nagai.

Miwako Sato quickly searched on her phone: "Except for the one nearby, the round trip to other coffee shops will take more than 30 minutes. Which coffee shop did you buy the coffee from? We will send police officers to verify it."