The main reason why everyone gathered in the lounge to play was actually what Rika Shii said earlier.
Although she actually had no intention of coming down, she still stated loudly before leaving that she was going upstairs to change her clothes.
What this sentence meant was that after she changed her clothes and washed up, she had to go downstairs to join them. In other words, she deliberately wanted everyone to wait for her downstairs, looking up and hoping, and they could not rest without her approval.
Although she may not be talented in other areas, she is probably too good at this. She is full of creativity and ingenuity when it comes to tormenting people.
Now, after getting two confirmations from the detective she had just met and the servants in her house, Shii Rika was probably so angry that she had no intention of paying any attention to them and just let the matter go.
Tang Ze turned his head and checked the time on the antique clock.
The hour hand has pointed to XI, it is almost eleven o'clock.
That's true, that's true.
After all, it's almost tomorrow, so even if she can't figure it out, she has to figure it out.
Almost just when everyone finished their greetings and were preparing to continue playing or sleep, another crisp sound came from above.
“Hey, what’s the lady doing…?” Granny Mi, who was clearing the cups and plates for them, was stunned, then she straightened up and looked up at the ceiling.
When she left the room, an angry Si Jing Lihua was walking towards the big bed, looking like she was going to sleep.
What's going on now? The more I think about it, the angrier I get. Should I just stand up and smash something more?
"Well, I, I'll go up..."
"Ms. Lihua!"
Before Granny Mi could finish her words, Conan, who had been highly focused since Goro Akechi came downstairs, suddenly raised his voice and shouted.
The child's voice was particularly sharp and piercing at this moment, and everyone's attention was involuntarily following Conan's gaze outside.
Countless rain-like debris was sliding through the huge window and falling towards the bushes below. If you look closely, you can tell that what is falling are many large and small pieces of glass.
Rika Shii used something to smash the glass of her window, so the lounge directly below could naturally see the rain of glass.
But the person Conan was really calling out to was Rika Shii, who was dressed in black and jumped down from the building along with the glass.
The height of the first floor of the manor is already quite high. Jumping from the second floor here is almost the same as jumping from the third floor of a residential building.
If there wasn't grass underneath and shrubs of all sizes to act as a cushion, it would have been impossible to jump down so recklessly without getting hurt.
"Lihua! What are you doing!?"
"Ms. Lihua! Where are you going!?"
Everyone in the lounge was shocked by this sudden change. Without thinking, several people rushed to the window, pushed it open, and called out a few times.
The barefoot Sijing Lihua staggered a few steps, as if she heard their shouts, and turned her head in their direction.
This is indeed Shii Reika.
Even after removing her makeup, this beautiful face, which was created with expensive skin care products and money, did not lose much of its beauty. Instead, it exuded the freshness and purity of a young girl.
But that face was now full of fear and exhaustion. When he turned around and saw the people standing at the window and shouting, he even screamed as if he had seen some evil spirit, and ran out even faster.
"What's wrong with her?!"
"I don't know, maybe it was a nightmare?"
Some people who were not so active, such as Takuya Mifune, had no intention of coming to the table and still had time to guess the logic of her behavior. Those who were eager to get to the window no longer cared about so much and turned over to chase her.
Then they quickly understood each other's intention of breaking the window.
"Hiss, my shoe got stuck... Damn, there are glass fragments all over this grass..."
"The bushes, the bushes over here, too..."
Rika Shii originally jumped out of the window, and she could use the tops of the bushes to gain momentum to move forward, so even though she was barefoot, she was not affected and ran very fast.
However, the few people who went out directly from the lounge window were not so lucky.
The windows upstairs were large, and the fallen glass pieces formed an interception belt full of traps and anti-theft devices, making it impossible for the people in the lounge to catch up with Shijing Lihua in a straight line.
The main door faces the other direction of the villa. If you go out from there, you may lose sight of Yotsugu Reika, who seems to be in an unusual mental state.
"Conan! Don't go out directly!" Realizing the danger, Mouri Ran immediately rushed forward in two steps, grabbed the little boy who was already climbing out the window and held him up in her arms.
She put her foot on the window sill, exhaled, gathered her strength, and jumped out with a huge amplitude, landing in the bushes more than two meters away, relieving some of the impact force and putting Conan down.
"Hey, Xiaolan! Tsk, you two shouldn't go after them alone!"
"It's a deep forest outside. It's easy to get lost. Be careful!"
After Mouri Ran left, Mouri Kogoro could no longer sit still. Seeing a high school girl showing her heroic spirit of saving people, the others also could no longer sit still.
Soon, they either stepped on the broken glass and walked out with their teeth bared, or imitated Ran Mouri, stepped on the tops of some bushes as a cushion, and chased in the direction where Yoshii Rika left.
"Let's go, Mifune. We're not sure which direction she went yet, so let's go out the main gate."
Tang Ze's expression did not change as he watched them leave. He just stretched out his hand and patted Takuya Mifune and Takashi Ichieda who were standing on his left and right.
Takuya Mifune simply didn't understand why Yotsugu Rika was crazy, and he also didn't understand why the others were crazy.
"She likes to run around in the middle of the night, so let her run around. Why chase her?" Mifune Takuya complained in a low voice, "By the time others haven't found her, she will be gone first."
Undeveloped forests are very dangerous places. Sending such a small number of people in there is like throwing a handful of beans into the sea. It is impossible to complete the search and rescue.
Maybe the people from the Shijing family will come tomorrow, and we will have to prepare a few more search and rescue teams for them...
Ichiji Takashi's expression was one of extreme shock.
The last person Yotsui Reika saw was Goro Akechi, right after she had a conversation with him about the past.
After just one meeting with Akechi Goro, Yotsuika left the safe and warm villa for some unknown reason and was in danger...
At this time, any accident is understandable, and since other people tried their best to participate in the search and rescue, the Shijing family had no way to hold them responsible.
Tang Ze shrugged, but quickened his pace.
"Don't you understand yet? If something happens to Shijing Lihua when surrounded by so many people, can they escape the blame of Shijing President? If they try their best to rescue her, if something still happens in the end, it can't be blamed on them. They just reacted quickly."
"What? Damn, these people are so cunning..."
"No, it's you... Forget it, hurry up, if you don't get out, Miss Shijing will disappear soon."
All the people split into two groups and entered the dense forest outside the villa.
As Takuya Mifune complained, searching and rescuing a missing person in the mountains is not an easy task.
And I don't know if it was a coincidence or intentional, but Shii Rika was not wearing any shoes when she ran, so it was very difficult to accurately capture her route by following traces such as footprints.
Not to mention the silk nightgown she was wearing that fluttered like a cloud.
It is comfortable and attractive to wear at ordinary times, and it is a natural camouflage at times like this, and you can’t even find it in the dark forest.
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"Miss——"
"Where are you, Lihua——"
"Please answer when you hear me——"
"Ms. Lihua! No matter what happens, you can discuss it with us!"
The group ran into the woods, calling out continuously.
Of course, Sijing Lihua would not answer. The group of people shouted at the tall dark trees without any response, as if they were roaring at a nightmare, and they could not find the direction or purpose at all.
So, with no other choice, everyone could only divide into groups of two or three, take out flashlights or mobile phones, and search in different directions.
"It seems like they don't really want to save people." Protecting Conan from the grass and branches that could easily scratch him, Mao Lilan couldn't help but complain in a low voice, "If Ms. Shijing wanted to answer, she should have spoken right after she jumped down."
"Some people are worried that something will really happen to her and their future prospects will be ruined, while others are worried that something unexpected will happen and their boss will take it out on them..." Maori Kogoro, who was running out of breath, answered without thinking, "If you find a man like this in the future, I won't care about your feelings and will beat him up."
"Dad, what nonsense are you talking about!"
Conan, feeling that he had been hit, looked away and quickly searched with the infrared and zoom capabilities of his glasses. He soon found a suspicious direction.
"Hey, look over there! Are there any torn pieces of pajamas over there?"
"Let me see. It's black. It's indeed the damaged silk..."
"Then speed up. The terrain here is not just mountainous. There are also many cliffs and caves. It's easy to kill an unconscious girl by falling down."
They quickened their pace, while over there, Nikaido Yuji, who was in the same group with Gojo Osamu, was also walking in an anxious pace.
After shouting with Gojo Osamu for a while, Nikaido Yuji, who was finally tired of running, took a breath, bent down slightly in the open space surrounded by several trees, and rested for a while.
"It's late at night, and everyone is so worried that they run into the woods to look for someone. This is really in line with the eldest lady's temperament..." Gojo Osamu smiled bitterly, "Maybe by the time we get back, she will have already returned to the villa and will laugh at us."
"Stop slandering her." Nikaidou Yuji raised his eyebrows, obviously displeased with his evaluation.
"…That's not necessary, Nikaidou." Gojo Osamu was stunned for a moment, "She can't see now."
Not to mention her, other competitors including irrelevant bystanders can't see it. Isn't this the best opportunity for Boss Cricket?
He didn't believe that anyone pursuing Sijing Lihua could be indifferent to her unrestrained temper. Who had not been tortured by Sijing Lihua?
It’s not that his affection for Shijing Lihua is fake, but to be able to fall in love with her wholeheartedly is really a bit of a masochist.
"You don't understand." Nikaidou Yuji sneered, "Ms. Reika has already decided on her marriage partner, and that person is me."
"Stop dreaming." Gojo Osamu didn't believe it at all. "What impossible conditions did she promise you again? You know her style..."
"You don't understand!" Nikaidou shouted angrily.
When others lost Sijing Lihua, they just lost a ladder to heaven and a pipe dream, but he was different.
He has been a secret lover with Shijing Lihua for two years. Wealth, fame and status are almost right in front of him and within his reach.
Even because of their common secret, Shijing Lihua has already agreed to his half-begging, half-coerced marriage proposal, which has been announced publicly at the banquet tonight. She only needs to delay for some time and make some gestures before informing President Shijing of the decision and officially getting engaged.
What you have never had will not make you so anxious, but the feeling of believing that you have it firmly in your hands but having to watch it slip away is truly painful.
"Okay, okay, I don't understand." Gojo Osamu rolled his eyes and turned his head away, not intending to pay attention to this guy who was dreaming of wealth and fame. "Then you should hurry up and find her. If you can be a hero and save the beauty again, she will definitely fall in love with you..."
Gojo Osamu made a few sarcastic remarks, but unexpectedly received no response.
When he turned around again, Nikaido Yuji, who had just been standing not far from him, had disappeared without a trace.
Gojo Osamu was stunned.
Are you really going to find her yourself?
This Nikaidou Yuji, in terms of temperament, is quite compatible with Reika...
After being speechless for a while, Gojo Osamu did not have any questions about his missing companion. He just thought that Nikaidou Yuji had run away in anger, so he changed direction and continued to look for someone.
And high up in the trees behind him, hidden among the branches in the dark night, Nikaidou Yuji, whose neck was firmly held by a pair of soft, feminine hands, struggled and kicked in vain, but he could only watch Gojo Osamu, the only person who might have noticed his abnormality, walk further and further away.
"Let me teach you a proverb that was taught to me by someone I respect very much." A gentle female voice leaned close to his ear and said, "You are saying, 'If you do too much evil, you will eventually perish.'"
"Ugh! Ugh!" Nikaidou Yuji seemed to have sensed the undisguised malice of the person behind him and struggled desperately.
His fear was not only the sudden attack and the terror of being subdued by violence, but also the voice itself.
No one could recognize it better than him; this was the voice of Shii Reika.
"Okay, don't move."
But soon, his movements were suppressed by the opponent.
Shimabukuro Kimie, who had completely disguised herself as Yotsugu Reika, knelt on a thick tree branch and steadily controlled Nikaidou Yuji.
Her hands were twisted around his neck, just like how Shijing Lihua usually hugged him. If someone could see this scene, they might really think that this was a loving couple whispering to each other.
"Your Miss Lihua has been waiting for you for a long time. Don't let her wait too long."
Although she actually had no intention of coming down, she still stated loudly before leaving that she was going upstairs to change her clothes.
What this sentence meant was that after she changed her clothes and washed up, she had to go downstairs to join them. In other words, she deliberately wanted everyone to wait for her downstairs, looking up and hoping, and they could not rest without her approval.
Although she may not be talented in other areas, she is probably too good at this. She is full of creativity and ingenuity when it comes to tormenting people.
Now, after getting two confirmations from the detective she had just met and the servants in her house, Shii Rika was probably so angry that she had no intention of paying any attention to them and just let the matter go.
Tang Ze turned his head and checked the time on the antique clock.
The hour hand has pointed to XI, it is almost eleven o'clock.
That's true, that's true.
After all, it's almost tomorrow, so even if she can't figure it out, she has to figure it out.
Almost just when everyone finished their greetings and were preparing to continue playing or sleep, another crisp sound came from above.
“Hey, what’s the lady doing…?” Granny Mi, who was clearing the cups and plates for them, was stunned, then she straightened up and looked up at the ceiling.
When she left the room, an angry Si Jing Lihua was walking towards the big bed, looking like she was going to sleep.
What's going on now? The more I think about it, the angrier I get. Should I just stand up and smash something more?
"Well, I, I'll go up..."
"Ms. Lihua!"
Before Granny Mi could finish her words, Conan, who had been highly focused since Goro Akechi came downstairs, suddenly raised his voice and shouted.
The child's voice was particularly sharp and piercing at this moment, and everyone's attention was involuntarily following Conan's gaze outside.
Countless rain-like debris was sliding through the huge window and falling towards the bushes below. If you look closely, you can tell that what is falling are many large and small pieces of glass.
Rika Shii used something to smash the glass of her window, so the lounge directly below could naturally see the rain of glass.
But the person Conan was really calling out to was Rika Shii, who was dressed in black and jumped down from the building along with the glass.
The height of the first floor of the manor is already quite high. Jumping from the second floor here is almost the same as jumping from the third floor of a residential building.
If there wasn't grass underneath and shrubs of all sizes to act as a cushion, it would have been impossible to jump down so recklessly without getting hurt.
"Lihua! What are you doing!?"
"Ms. Lihua! Where are you going!?"
Everyone in the lounge was shocked by this sudden change. Without thinking, several people rushed to the window, pushed it open, and called out a few times.
The barefoot Sijing Lihua staggered a few steps, as if she heard their shouts, and turned her head in their direction.
This is indeed Shii Reika.
Even after removing her makeup, this beautiful face, which was created with expensive skin care products and money, did not lose much of its beauty. Instead, it exuded the freshness and purity of a young girl.
But that face was now full of fear and exhaustion. When he turned around and saw the people standing at the window and shouting, he even screamed as if he had seen some evil spirit, and ran out even faster.
"What's wrong with her?!"
"I don't know, maybe it was a nightmare?"
Some people who were not so active, such as Takuya Mifune, had no intention of coming to the table and still had time to guess the logic of her behavior. Those who were eager to get to the window no longer cared about so much and turned over to chase her.
Then they quickly understood each other's intention of breaking the window.
"Hiss, my shoe got stuck... Damn, there are glass fragments all over this grass..."
"The bushes, the bushes over here, too..."
Rika Shii originally jumped out of the window, and she could use the tops of the bushes to gain momentum to move forward, so even though she was barefoot, she was not affected and ran very fast.
However, the few people who went out directly from the lounge window were not so lucky.
The windows upstairs were large, and the fallen glass pieces formed an interception belt full of traps and anti-theft devices, making it impossible for the people in the lounge to catch up with Shijing Lihua in a straight line.
The main door faces the other direction of the villa. If you go out from there, you may lose sight of Yotsugu Reika, who seems to be in an unusual mental state.
"Conan! Don't go out directly!" Realizing the danger, Mouri Ran immediately rushed forward in two steps, grabbed the little boy who was already climbing out the window and held him up in her arms.
She put her foot on the window sill, exhaled, gathered her strength, and jumped out with a huge amplitude, landing in the bushes more than two meters away, relieving some of the impact force and putting Conan down.
"Hey, Xiaolan! Tsk, you two shouldn't go after them alone!"
"It's a deep forest outside. It's easy to get lost. Be careful!"
After Mouri Ran left, Mouri Kogoro could no longer sit still. Seeing a high school girl showing her heroic spirit of saving people, the others also could no longer sit still.
Soon, they either stepped on the broken glass and walked out with their teeth bared, or imitated Ran Mouri, stepped on the tops of some bushes as a cushion, and chased in the direction where Yoshii Rika left.
"Let's go, Mifune. We're not sure which direction she went yet, so let's go out the main gate."
Tang Ze's expression did not change as he watched them leave. He just stretched out his hand and patted Takuya Mifune and Takashi Ichieda who were standing on his left and right.
Takuya Mifune simply didn't understand why Yotsugu Rika was crazy, and he also didn't understand why the others were crazy.
"She likes to run around in the middle of the night, so let her run around. Why chase her?" Mifune Takuya complained in a low voice, "By the time others haven't found her, she will be gone first."
Undeveloped forests are very dangerous places. Sending such a small number of people in there is like throwing a handful of beans into the sea. It is impossible to complete the search and rescue.
Maybe the people from the Shijing family will come tomorrow, and we will have to prepare a few more search and rescue teams for them...
Ichiji Takashi's expression was one of extreme shock.
The last person Yotsui Reika saw was Goro Akechi, right after she had a conversation with him about the past.
After just one meeting with Akechi Goro, Yotsuika left the safe and warm villa for some unknown reason and was in danger...
At this time, any accident is understandable, and since other people tried their best to participate in the search and rescue, the Shijing family had no way to hold them responsible.
Tang Ze shrugged, but quickened his pace.
"Don't you understand yet? If something happens to Shijing Lihua when surrounded by so many people, can they escape the blame of Shijing President? If they try their best to rescue her, if something still happens in the end, it can't be blamed on them. They just reacted quickly."
"What? Damn, these people are so cunning..."
"No, it's you... Forget it, hurry up, if you don't get out, Miss Shijing will disappear soon."
All the people split into two groups and entered the dense forest outside the villa.
As Takuya Mifune complained, searching and rescuing a missing person in the mountains is not an easy task.
And I don't know if it was a coincidence or intentional, but Shii Rika was not wearing any shoes when she ran, so it was very difficult to accurately capture her route by following traces such as footprints.
Not to mention the silk nightgown she was wearing that fluttered like a cloud.
It is comfortable and attractive to wear at ordinary times, and it is a natural camouflage at times like this, and you can’t even find it in the dark forest.
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"Miss——"
"Where are you, Lihua——"
"Please answer when you hear me——"
"Ms. Lihua! No matter what happens, you can discuss it with us!"
The group ran into the woods, calling out continuously.
Of course, Sijing Lihua would not answer. The group of people shouted at the tall dark trees without any response, as if they were roaring at a nightmare, and they could not find the direction or purpose at all.
So, with no other choice, everyone could only divide into groups of two or three, take out flashlights or mobile phones, and search in different directions.
"It seems like they don't really want to save people." Protecting Conan from the grass and branches that could easily scratch him, Mao Lilan couldn't help but complain in a low voice, "If Ms. Shijing wanted to answer, she should have spoken right after she jumped down."
"Some people are worried that something will really happen to her and their future prospects will be ruined, while others are worried that something unexpected will happen and their boss will take it out on them..." Maori Kogoro, who was running out of breath, answered without thinking, "If you find a man like this in the future, I won't care about your feelings and will beat him up."
"Dad, what nonsense are you talking about!"
Conan, feeling that he had been hit, looked away and quickly searched with the infrared and zoom capabilities of his glasses. He soon found a suspicious direction.
"Hey, look over there! Are there any torn pieces of pajamas over there?"
"Let me see. It's black. It's indeed the damaged silk..."
"Then speed up. The terrain here is not just mountainous. There are also many cliffs and caves. It's easy to kill an unconscious girl by falling down."
They quickened their pace, while over there, Nikaido Yuji, who was in the same group with Gojo Osamu, was also walking in an anxious pace.
After shouting with Gojo Osamu for a while, Nikaido Yuji, who was finally tired of running, took a breath, bent down slightly in the open space surrounded by several trees, and rested for a while.
"It's late at night, and everyone is so worried that they run into the woods to look for someone. This is really in line with the eldest lady's temperament..." Gojo Osamu smiled bitterly, "Maybe by the time we get back, she will have already returned to the villa and will laugh at us."
"Stop slandering her." Nikaidou Yuji raised his eyebrows, obviously displeased with his evaluation.
"…That's not necessary, Nikaidou." Gojo Osamu was stunned for a moment, "She can't see now."
Not to mention her, other competitors including irrelevant bystanders can't see it. Isn't this the best opportunity for Boss Cricket?
He didn't believe that anyone pursuing Sijing Lihua could be indifferent to her unrestrained temper. Who had not been tortured by Sijing Lihua?
It’s not that his affection for Shijing Lihua is fake, but to be able to fall in love with her wholeheartedly is really a bit of a masochist.
"You don't understand." Nikaidou Yuji sneered, "Ms. Reika has already decided on her marriage partner, and that person is me."
"Stop dreaming." Gojo Osamu didn't believe it at all. "What impossible conditions did she promise you again? You know her style..."
"You don't understand!" Nikaidou shouted angrily.
When others lost Sijing Lihua, they just lost a ladder to heaven and a pipe dream, but he was different.
He has been a secret lover with Shijing Lihua for two years. Wealth, fame and status are almost right in front of him and within his reach.
Even because of their common secret, Shijing Lihua has already agreed to his half-begging, half-coerced marriage proposal, which has been announced publicly at the banquet tonight. She only needs to delay for some time and make some gestures before informing President Shijing of the decision and officially getting engaged.
What you have never had will not make you so anxious, but the feeling of believing that you have it firmly in your hands but having to watch it slip away is truly painful.
"Okay, okay, I don't understand." Gojo Osamu rolled his eyes and turned his head away, not intending to pay attention to this guy who was dreaming of wealth and fame. "Then you should hurry up and find her. If you can be a hero and save the beauty again, she will definitely fall in love with you..."
Gojo Osamu made a few sarcastic remarks, but unexpectedly received no response.
When he turned around again, Nikaido Yuji, who had just been standing not far from him, had disappeared without a trace.
Gojo Osamu was stunned.
Are you really going to find her yourself?
This Nikaidou Yuji, in terms of temperament, is quite compatible with Reika...
After being speechless for a while, Gojo Osamu did not have any questions about his missing companion. He just thought that Nikaidou Yuji had run away in anger, so he changed direction and continued to look for someone.
And high up in the trees behind him, hidden among the branches in the dark night, Nikaidou Yuji, whose neck was firmly held by a pair of soft, feminine hands, struggled and kicked in vain, but he could only watch Gojo Osamu, the only person who might have noticed his abnormality, walk further and further away.
"Let me teach you a proverb that was taught to me by someone I respect very much." A gentle female voice leaned close to his ear and said, "You are saying, 'If you do too much evil, you will eventually perish.'"
"Ugh! Ugh!" Nikaidou Yuji seemed to have sensed the undisguised malice of the person behind him and struggled desperately.
His fear was not only the sudden attack and the terror of being subdued by violence, but also the voice itself.
No one could recognize it better than him; this was the voice of Shii Reika.
"Okay, don't move."
But soon, his movements were suppressed by the opponent.
Shimabukuro Kimie, who had completely disguised herself as Yotsugu Reika, knelt on a thick tree branch and steadily controlled Nikaidou Yuji.
Her hands were twisted around his neck, just like how Shijing Lihua usually hugged him. If someone could see this scene, they might really think that this was a loving couple whispering to each other.
"Your Miss Lihua has been waiting for you for a long time. Don't let her wait too long."
