Chapter 62 second quarter

On that Saturday at the end of October, Shengichiro attended a jazz concert. This is not a pleasing concert.Not to mention being out of tune, the tempo is also messed up.If you play seriously, you can forgive it. There are five people in the band, and each of them looks like a deflated ball.Even so, most of the audience gave warm applause and laughter after each song was played.Those who neither clapped nor changed their expressions, the nurses around them clapped instead. In the cafeteria of a private "Home for the Elderly", an activity to attract business is being held. The advertisement says that there will be a professional jazz band performing, and it is also said that you can get a discount for living in the Home for the Elderly.Sheng Yilang decided to come here after hearing about the living conditions and the working attitude of the nursing staff.

The "Home for the Elderly" is close to the city center with convenient transportation.All people living here can enjoy a single room, and they can move in at the age of 50, which is 15 years younger than the general state-run homes for the elderly.Sheng Ichiro came to visit with great expectations. A one-off payment of 60 million yen is required upon check-in, and 450,000 yen per month for food and nursing expenses, and 5.4 million yen per year, to be paid in advance.However, with so much money to live in, can the elderly really get the care they deserve?Elderly people with severe dementia are said to be strapped to their beds at night.

Before the jazz concert was over, Sheng Ichiro walked out of the cafeteria silently.Although it is already autumn, the temperature in Tokyo has been as high as twenty-five or six degrees in recent days. Yesterday I took the time to go to Tama Sakura Hospital.At that time, Mariko was in a wheelchair, and Yuki pushed her into the yard for a walk.Mariko has a good face, she can catch the ball Yuki throws, and she can also throw the ball to Yuki.Seeing Sheng Yilang, with that coquettish expression, he yelled loudly: "Dad!" Shengichiro asked Yuuki how he was doing, and Yuuki replied with a smile that it was reasonable.As for Mariko, the treatment still had no effect. Although Yuuki interceded with the hospital and asked to allow Mariko to stay in the hospital, she could only stay until the end of the year at most.

Therefore, Sheng Yilang must find a nursing home that can take care of Mariko as soon as possible.After seeing the "Home for the Elderly" who was playing jazz in the cafeteria just now, Sheng Ichiro took the train to a nursing home in Chiba County, east of Tokyo, that can accept Mariko's dementia.The nursing home was in the hilly area of ​​the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, three hours by train from Shengichiro's apartment. Shoichiro reversed the car at Ichihara Station and headed for Chiba Prefecture.The train went into the mountains and followed a river.Looking out the window, the red leaves on the mountains on both banks have turned deep red.Sheng Ichiro got off at a small wooden station.There are two shops in front of the station, but no one is there.It seems that there is still a long way to go to the nursing home, and the bus only leaves every few hours. Sheng Yilang asked the station staff to call a taxi for help.

The taxi drove for 15 minutes on the quiet road and finally arrived at the nursing home.Considering the problem of going back, Sheng Ichiro asked the driver to wait for him at the door.The person in charge of this nursing home promised to arrange for Mariko to stay as much as possible.Sheng Ichiro thanked the person in charge, and rushed back to the office in Tokyo around 9 o'clock that night. Sheng Ichiro sat on the leather chair in front of his desk, lighting a cigarette.This nursing home in Chiba County costs 35 million.For money that is impossible to raise, whether it is thirty million or one hundred million, it is the same.Similarly, it doesn't make any difference whether the money obtained by some means is 10 million or one billion. The important thing is to see if you have taken the first step.Now, Sheng Ichiro has taken the first step.

There is a safe in the small warehouse inside, and 50 million is neatly placed in the safe.That was the reward Sheng Ichiro got for providing information and information about the imminent bankruptcy of a certain company to the businessman introduced by Hiraizumi.The businessman couldn't fill his desires, and asked Sheng Yilang to provide more things, and said that the reward in the future would be more than 50 million.Sheng Ichiro vaguely refused, but the businessman still called frequently.What if I refuse?Sheng Yilang felt an invisible threat. Having taken the first step, what qualifications do you have to be a lawyer?Who still recognizes you?What's the point of living?

Just as the pack of cigarettes was exhausted, the doorbell rang.It's Hiromi Maki.Sheng Yilang fired Hiromi and all the part-time students before meeting the businessman.He was reluctant to involve these young students in crime. "Passing by below, I saw that the light was on here, so I came up...can I go in?" Guangmei couldn't bend her tongue when she spoke. It's past 10 o'clock.Sheng Yilang hesitated for a moment, and let Hiromi in.Hiromi is dressed very plainly today.Wearing a beige trouser suit, neither necklace nor earrings.His body was shaking, maybe he was drunk, maybe he was pretending to be drunk.

"It's so late, are you still working?" Hiromi pushed Shengichiro into the room, locked the door behind him, leaned against the door and looked at Shengichiro, "How about my clothes?" "How about what?" Sheng Ichiro said as he stepped back. "Doesn't Nagase-sensei like plain, monochromatic women?" Sheng Yilang shrugged: "I'm basically a bad person, and I especially like to see those women who wear revealing clothes." "Cheat!" Hiromi stared into Sheng Yilang's eyes and said, "Everyone can lie! Mr. Nagase, Hisaka Satoshi, and his sister... except for lying, it turned out to be a mess, even here. It's over!"

Sheng Yilang was taken aback: How did she know? "You drank too much, I'll call a taxi, you go downstairs and wait!" As he spoke, he was about to make a phone call. Hiromi threw the bag in Shoichiro's arms, but Shoichiro didn't catch it, and the bag fell to the ground. Hiromi shouted in a low voice: "The office is about to close, right?" Sheng Yilang smiled and prevaricated: "What nonsense!" "There is no one in the office except you, can it continue to operate?" "Re-employment. College students should prepare for the judicial examination next year. If everyone's future is delayed because of working here, my firm will not be criticized by others. This is a major matter related to the survival of the firm. !"

"... Whether the firm survives or dies, I'm afraid you don't care anymore!" "It doesn't matter? What do you mean?" "I'm so close to you, can't you tell? You are no longer the energetic Nagase-sensei you used to be. Of course, because of your mother, you have changed a lot...but now you are completely different from before Hisaka Satoshi is dead, and I can understand why you can't keep up your spirits... But, just because that person moved out of your apartment, are you going to close the office?" "Why do you talk more and more out of bounds? It seems that you have drunk too much, go home!" Sheng Yilang turned around and walked towards the back room as if fleeing.

"Who are you working for?" Hiromi's question made Sheng Yilang stop, "For whom do you live for? Is it for that person? Do you love that person so much?" Hiromi was aggressive. Sheng Yilang lectured without turning his head: "You know what is..." "I understand!" Hiromi interrupted Sheng Yilang, "If you really love that person so much, you should cheer up quickly! Why did you close the office and retreat..." Sheng Yilang sighed deeply: "Didn't I say it! You don't understand anything!" "So, you've given up on that person? Are you done with her? " Sheng Yilang couldn't answer. "It's not over yet, is it? If your days of living for that person are over...is it okay to start a new life with someone else?" Sheng Yilang was about to shake his head, but Hiromi had already turned in front of him, and threw herself into his arms: "Start a new life with me, is that okay?" Hiromi's body temperature spread to Sheng Yilang's body, as if he was being roasted by fire. Who is that person, the person Hiromi mentioned?Is the purpose of my life for that person named Yuki?Since we met 18 years ago, I have always hoped that she would think highly of me and love me, so I have lived seriously until now.However, if you think you are not qualified to love her, do you want to say goodbye to your life? Or, is that person Mariko... the mother who put herself at home since she was a child?Studying hard, obtaining the qualification of a lawyer, and opening a law firm, all in order to make my mother think highly of me?Now, for the rest of her life, would she destroy the position she had so hard to gain? "Is that person so different?" Hiromi caressed Shengichiro's hand and squeezed his fingers. "Don't say that, I don't want to hear you say that." Hiromi pulled Shengichiro's right hand to her face, and pressed it to her lips.Sheng Ichiro's hand felt the heat of her exhalation.Hiromi let go of Shoichiro's hand, and pressed his forehead to Shoichiro's chest coquettishly.Sheng Ichiro stroked her hair and closed his eyes.Suddenly, Sheng Ichiro's hand fell on Hiromi's shoulder and pushed her away. When Sheng Yilang opened his eyes, he saw Hiromi looking at him in surprise. He said coldly: "You go back." Sheng Ichiro felt that he was too cruel, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry, I don't feel like being with you at all." After speaking, he picked up Hiromi's bag from the ground , turned his head aside, and handed it over. After a moment of silence, Sheng Yilang felt that the bag in his hand was gone, and then he heard the door opening and footsteps running down the stairs, and at the same time, he heard Hiromi's crying faintly. Sheng Yilang kicked the table next to him hard, then reached out and brushed all the documents on the table to the ground. Ten minutes later, Sheng Ichiro locked the door of the office, came to the street, hailed a taxi, and drove towards Takanawa.In the car, Sheng Yilang used his cell phone to book a room in a hotel, and after entering the room, he called a prostitute in a nightclub in the red light district. 20 minutes later, the hooker came.The whore wore a neat white dress, a pink overcoat slung over her arms, very light make-up and no perfume.Everything was done according to Sheng Ichiro's request. There was one hundred thousand yen on the bed, and there was only a bedside lamp in the room that illuminated the entire bed, and Sheng Ichiro sat in the dark and smoked.The prostitute reported to the nightclub owner on her mobile phone before stuffing the money into her bag and asking: "Do you still do it like you used to?" Sheng Ichiro silently exhaled smoke rings, did not speak... The prostitute stopped talking and put on her dress in silence.Just put it on and then took it off: "If you want to do it... just come up. You will be paid 100,000 for just looking at it. Isn't it too bad for you? The boss only charges me 10,000, and you have really helped me. Others If you don't want to do it, I will do it for you." Sheng Yilang became irritable: "Why do you want money so much?" "what?" "Even if you have more money, you can buy what you really want?" "Sincerely..." The prostitute blinked uneasily. Sheng Yilang grabbed a pack of cigarettes and threw it at the prostitute: "How much sacrifice do I have to make to get what I really want? Let me ask you!" The prostitute was so frightened that she quickly put on her dress, picked up her bag and coat, and slipped out of the room as if fleeing.Sheng Yilang ran into the bathroom and vomited out the contents of his stomach.He feels sick to himself.After flushing the toilet, Shoichiro looked up at himself in the mirror. It was a face resembling Mariko. "Where are we going?" Sheng Ichiro looked at the dark circles under his eyes and said to himself, "Giraffe! Where should I go?" There is no escape!What other world does not exist!It doesn't matter where you run to! "Giraffe, I'm tired..." Sheng Yilang coughed suddenly, and couldn't stop coughing for a long time, until he coughed so much that he was about to vomit again, then he finally stopped.There was a mouthful of phlegm in his throat, and when he spit it out, the phlegm was mixed with red blood.