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Moreover, their earlier chance encounter had given Okiya Subaru an opportunity to observe Jiang Xia up close.

That had also confirmed it.

—Jiang Xia had not really been reciting a script. He had clearly gone through a process of observation and deduction, and a lack of information had delayed his progress in solving the case. So...

I really had been overthinking it.

Even as Okiya Subaru relaxed, someone else's heart leaped into their throat.

"What did you say?!" At Central Hospital, Mian Guan Yi Yi slammed a hand onto the desk and glared at the receptionist. "The call urging me to come in for an examination wasn't from you?!"

The receptionist nodded cautiously. "Sorry, but we really didn't make such a call." She glanced at Mian Guan Yi Yi's age and couldn't help lowering her voice in warning. "Phone scams seem to be common lately. We haven't seen one using this particular excuse yet, but you should be careful."

Mian Guan Yi Yi: "..."

His expression twisted. Then, as if he had suddenly thought of something, he spun around, rushed out, and took a taxi home.

However, by the time Mian Guan Yi Yi reached his front door,

everything that was supposed to happen had already happened.

—A large number of police cars surrounded his home.

The officers seemed to have only just arrived and were hurriedly getting out of their vehicles.

Meanwhile, someone stood in the courtyard.

—Koda Masao tossed aside the thin rod he had used for digging and smiled at the arriving police. "I want to turn myself in."

Behind him, countless small holes had appeared across the neat lawn of Mian Guan Yi Yi's home.

"I buried the stolen gems separately in the courtyard at this place. To be honest, there were quite a