Across from him, Mrs. Asahi's attention had never been on Hashimoto Maya. Instead, she had been studying Jiang Xia intently the entire time.
Mrs. Tatsumi was her distant cousin. The two had not interacted much, only gradually reconnecting after Mrs. Tatsumi married into a wealthy family.
Having lived in Tokyo for a long time, Mrs. Asahi had seen much of the world. After meeting them only twice out of courtesy, she had guessed at the Tatsumi Family's dirty secrets from Tatsumi Seimaru and Tatsumi Ryunosuke's faces, as well as her cousin's personality.
So the moment the Tatsumi Family Head died, she received the news.
As it happened, Mrs. Asahi had been very interested in Jiang Xia, the Detective constantly entangled in Murder Cases. So she casually brought Jiang Xia up while chatting with Mrs. Tatsumi, intending to use her cousin for a little experiment. Sure enough, Mrs. Tatsumi was quickly tempted, bringing her fake son over with the attitude of trying anything in desperation.
"I never expected that after traveling together outside for so long without incident, they'd die the moment they returned to the Tatsumi Family home."
Mrs. Asahi pondered to herself, "And both mother and son died. It seems I gave up too hastily before—maybe that wish of using a Detective to bring death upon business rivals really can come true?
"In any case, whenever I run into an annoying rival in the future, I'll invite Jiang Xia to their home first and see what happens. If it works, I profit. If it doesn't, I lose nothing."
Across from her, Hashimoto Maya snapped out of his thoughts about the land. Seeing Mrs. Asahi's gaze, he became wary: The last time this woman had taken an interest in Jiang Xia, it could still be explained as wanting to hire