Chapter 6 Chapter 4: June 1990: Tokyo-Yokohama
"What do you think? Mr. Jiangnan!"
Lu Gumen was lying on the table, with a piece of black paper folded.After Jiang Nan finished reading the "Notes", he raised his head. A cigarette had been dangling from the corner of his mouth for a long time, and even the filter tip was deformed by biting. He lit it up.
"I don't know what to say. As an editor, I hope he doesn't write so many uncommon Chinese characters."
Lu Gu smiled wryly: "Yes. Seriously. Do you think the content in that diary is a real record, or is it a fictitious novel by Ayuta?"
"Yes." Jiang Nan looked at the open notes.The words on it were written vertically in blue ink.Slightly to the right, not very pretty.
"I don't think it's his fiction."
"Really? You mean that last summer, what was recorded in that notebook did happen?"
"I think so. Where's Lugu-kun? Don't you think it's wrong?"
"No. My opinion is basically the same as yours." Lu Gu no longer made origami, and rubbed his big eagle nose with his hand, "Although there is no evidence to prove that the content in the notes is true, I don't think it is completely fictional." .”
"Didn't the name of Nakamura Qingji also appear in that note?"
"Yes, there is. However, we can think about it this way: before Ayuta was caught in a fire and was hospitalized, he had already read "The Temptation of the Labyrinth Pavilion" written by me, so of course he knew the name and characteristics of Nakamura Qingji, so he used it into his creations. If that's the case, then 'Ayuta Fuyuma' might not be his real name."
"That makes sense."
"But, Mr. Jiangnan, I don't think so. To be precise, I don't think so."
"why?"
Hearing Jiangnan's question, a smile appeared on Lu Gu's dark face: "Because of that, we won't be able to see the 'Nakamura Seiji' Black Cat Pavilion." He said half-jokingly, and put his origami work It was thrown in the middle of the table—it was a "cat" folded out of black paper.
It's late at night on Thursday, June 28th.The location is room 409 of an apartment called "Green Heights" in Uenoge, Seya-ku.Since the year before last, Lugu has used this place as his bedroom and office.
At 3:30 that afternoon, they visited Ayuta Touma at the Parkside Hotel in Shinjuku.After chatting for a while, the old man Ayuta showed a tired look, and the two hurriedly left.Lu Gu borrowed the notebook back.Of course, he also made an agreement with the old man that once he finished reading the notes and had a relatively complete idea, he would contact him immediately.
Jiang Nan still had work to be done, so he temporarily broke up with Lu Gu and went to work.An hour and a half ago, he left the publishing house and ran directly to Lugu.It's already 11 o'clock at night.
"Didn't the police conduct an in-depth investigation after reading this note?" Jiang Nan stubbed out his cigarette.
"There are several ways to investigate whether the content of this note is true. For example, you can interview the owner of the house—the real estate owner who lives in Saitama Prefecture; or look at the records of unnatural deaths in August last year, etc. .”
"They probably looked into it too, but they didn't get a satisfactory result."
Like a whistle, Lugu pursed his lips and flicked the "black cat" with the toilet paper.
"And the police, there's everybody. There's a lot of wage earners who don't bother themselves as much as possible. And a lot of idiots who just follow the manual."
"No way?"
"Often that's the 'reality'." Lu Gu nonchalantly concluded, "In addition, the old man Ayuta will definitely not take the initiative to ask the police to conduct a thorough investigation. I think he is a shrewd person. When he regains consciousness, after reading the After taking notes, I am afraid that he also understands that if those are facts, he will be in a rather disadvantageous situation. Therefore, he consciously believes that it is his own fictional creation, and he also said the same to doctors and policemen. And in the notes At the beginning, there is indeed a subtle sentence-'This can also be called a novel', which greatly enhances the persuasiveness of Ayuta's claim."
"You have a point."
"Today, when he was saying goodbye to us, he also solemnly asked us not to talk about this notebook with others. Before the matter is revealed, he does not want the police to intervene." Lu Gu looked at Jiangnan who kept nodding, "Okay , now..." Lu Gu continued, "The key now is what we should do and what we can do."
"We should first find out whether the contents of that note are true. Right?"
"Yes. The ultimate goal is to restore the old man Ayuta's memory. Anyway, let's act with this idea first." His words seemed to have some meaning, and Lu Gu took the notes in front of him, "If you want to find out the contents of the notes Whether it is true or not, there are several ways. What the two of us can do is... First, as you said just now, find the owner of the house named Kazama. I don’t know if there is such a person. If there is, we will go straight to it , and asked him if he had a house called Black Cat House."
"Do you want to get the phone book for the Saitama area?"
"That alone may or may not be able to find it. Saitama Prefecture is very large, and we don't know the name of his company. It would be more effective to find clues about his son Hiroki Kazama. He Isn't it a student of M University? We can easily find out if there is someone with the same name and surname at the school. The same method can be used to find Hikawa Hayato. Just ask the graduate school of T University. As for Kinouchi Shin And Aso Kenjiro, their school is not mentioned in the notes. And the one named Tsubakimoto Reina seems to use a different name, so it is difficult to find out the result with our strength."
"So……"
"However, even if we find and meet those young people, don't expect them to tell the truth easily. I'm afraid they will just deny the truth. Say there is no such thing, and they don't know anything. Even if they admit the existence of 'Black Nekokan' and the administrator Ayuta Touma, they will bite to death the contents of the notes and say they are made up."
"Maybe."
"Because of this, Mr. Jiangnan, I think it would be more effective to launch an attack from another direction."
"Another direction?"
"That's how it is." Lugu paused, picked up the notebook, and flipped through it casually, "I want to approach the building of the Black Cat Pavilion directly."
"What's the meaning?"
"Just to find out where the Black Cat House is." Lu Gu no longer flipped through the notes, "There is no mention of the location of the Black Cat House in the notes. This is self-evident to the old man Ayuta who has lived there all year round. There is no need to write it. Besides, when he wrote this note in September last year, he did not expect that he would lose his memory."
"It's an hour and a half drive from the port city. Surrounded by uninhabited forests. In the notes, there are narratives like this that can be used as clues to find clues. But it is difficult to deduce the place name based on these alone. In this article In the notes, at least for me, the biggest problem is here." Jiangnan thinks that's true.Because from the beginning to the end, what Lugu is most interested in is nothing else, but the Black Cat Pavilion designed by Nakamura Seiji. "I think the biggest shortcut to solve this problem is to find the location of the Black Cat House first, and then take Old Man Ayuta there to have a look. What do you think of this idea? Jiangnan-kun."
"I agree with you. But even then, shouldn't we first find the real estate owners in Saitama Prefecture or those young people?"
"No, that's not necessary." Lugu propped one hand on the table and smiled mischievously, "The Black Cat House was designed and built by Nakamura Seiji, an associate professor at Sapporo H University in 1970. If you can find the relevant Just the data. Or..."
"Will Seiji Nakamura's design records be preserved?"
"Those records are gone. Five years ago, in the fire at the Blue House on Jiaodao Island, the materials Qing Si kept were reduced to ashes along with himself."
"Will there be archives in the relevant government agencies?"
"That won't happen either."
"When building a house, isn't it necessary to submit an application report?"
"I thought about that too, so I did some research beforehand. When building a house, you have to submit two types of documents, namely, a confirmation application and a plan outline. This is required in big cities, but in rural areas, as long as there is a construction project It is enough to apply. In addition, the construction project application and confirmation application form are kept in the relevant government agencies for five years, and the plan summary is ten years. However, the Black Cat House was built 20 years ago, so the relevant information may be earlier. destroyed."
"..."
"For the rest, we can only check the building registration form of the Legal Affairs Bureau, but the name of the designer will not be recorded on it. Therefore, through government documents, it is impossible for us to find the location of the building designed by Nakamura Qingji."
"Yes. Then what should we do... Should we go to Sapporo and find Dr. Tianyu's friends?"
"That's a way too. But before that, we have to find someone."
"Who are you looking for?"
"Kamidai Shunnosuke."
Jiang Nan had never heard of this person's name before, tilting his head in wonder, Lu Gu looked at him and smiled mischievously.
"Of course you don't know this person. I only recently obtained this information."
"yes?"
"Do you remember Red Jiro?"
"Kenjiro...are you talking about Nakamura Kojiro? Of course I remember."
As Lugu just said, five years ago, in the autumn of 1985, Seiji Nakamura was burned to death in his own house called "Blue House".Nakamura Kojiro is his younger brother, Lu Gu's senior in college.It is precisely because of Lu Gu's acquaintance with him that he has a strong interest in Nakamura Qingji.Moreover, four years ago, Jiangnan also met Kazuya at the home of Kojiro Nakamura in Beppu...
"This spring, when I went back to Kyushu, I met Red Jiro. We haven't seen each other for a long time. Since that incident, I haven't been able to talk carefree like before."
"Is he all right?"
"It's okay. He is still studying Buddhism, and the room is full of Sanskrit and Pali literature. He has recovered from his grief and received me warmly. When I was studying architecture at the university, I was very impressed by him. How do you know that Aiji Nakamura admires Professor Shunnosuke Goddai."
"Professor... so it is like this."
Is Professor Jindai the mentor of Nakamura Qingji?
"In 1970, Nakamura was 31 years old. He had already lived in seclusion in Tsunoshima at that time, but he seemed to have kept in touch with Professor Jindai. Therefore, maybe he could know a thing or two about the buildings designed by Nakamura at that time. And commissioned Tian Yuchen, who designed and built the house in Nakamura, is also a biologist who graduated from T University, so it is speculated that there might be a discussion between Nakamura and Shindai at that time about Tian Yuchenya and the house."
"It makes sense, it should." Jiang Nan took out another cigarette and put it in his mouth, "Do you know where that Professor Jindai lives?"
"Even if there is no matter about the old man Ayuta, I would like to find an opportunity to visit Professor Jindai, so I investigated in advance. He has retired and currently lives in Yokohama."
"Do you want to pay a visit?"
"I'd like to call tomorrow and ask. Are you coming too?"
"I can only stay with you to the end."
"Okay then. Let's try to meet him on the weekend—have a cup of coffee."
"I'll do it, I'll do it."
Jiang Nan went to the kitchen and when he was preparing coffee, Lu Gu opened the notebook again and looked at it silently.Soon, the sound of the coffee machine stopped, and Lu Gu slightly twisted his neck, looking at Jiang Nan who was younger than him.
"Jiangnan Jun!" Lu Gu's voice was even softer than before, "Did you find anything wrong after reading the notes just now?"
"What's wrong?" Jiang Nan tilted his neck, and Lu Gu's eyes shifted to the notes again.
"It should be said to be a sense of awkwardness. In this notebook, there are many narratives that just make me feel puzzled."
"Really? I don't."
"Then what do you think of the events recorded in the notes?"
"Well—of course I don't quite understand it, especially the last secret room incident."
"Yes, I am also very puzzled. Why did old man Ayuta write this note?"
"Didn't the notebook say 'written for myself' at the beginning? Probably the same thing as a diary?"
"Yes, I understand what you said. I also understand the meaning of the phrase 'it can be regarded as a novel written for myself'...but what makes me wonder is: why did old man Ayuta take this book in February this year?" This diary came to Tokyo? And the old man Ayuta also said that he only took this diary when the fire broke out and escaped for his life. Why does he cherish this diary so much..."
"Please drink coffee."
"Ah, thank you. Take your time thinking about these things."
Lu Gu took a sip of his coffee, and slowly took out something like a black seal box from his shirt pocket.This is his beloved cigarette case. In order to reduce smoking, there is usually only one cigarette in it.Last year, after the watch house incident, Lu Gu, who had been pursuing "one cigarette a day", relapsed, but starting this year, he made the same vow again.
He lit "the first and last cigarette of the day" and took a puff with pleasure.
"Oh! It's so late." Lu Gu looked at the wall clock on the wall, "Are you still going to work tomorrow? Mr. Jiangnan! Why don't you just stay here with me."
Saturday afternoon, June 30.Shikatani Kadomi and Jiangnan Xiaoming came to the home of Nakamura Aoji's mentor, Professor Shindai Shunnosuke.Since the morning, the sky has been gloomy, like it is going to rain, and it is still very hot, and the clothes are soaked with sweat, sticking to the body.They met at Jiyugaoka Station and took the Toyoko Line together to Yokohama.Then transfer to the JR Negishi Line and get off at the fourth station, Yamate Station.A few days ago, Lu Gu was on the phone and asked about the route. They climbed a steep ramp surrounded by residential buildings.
After walking for about 20 minutes from the station, a highland with a good view appeared, and Professor Jindai's house was at a corner of it.His house looks a bit old, but it is very small, different from the surrounding residential buildings, it is an elegant two-story western-style building.On the milky white walls, there are some dark brown wooden frames, forming a geometric pattern.This is probably the "Luming wooden skeleton" style.Inside the gate, on both sides of the porch, there are two Himalayan fir trees, swaying in the heavy rain.The courtyard door was open. They went all the way to the entrance and pressed the doorbell. A crisp voice came from inside, "Here we come." It seemed to be a young woman.
Soon the door opened and someone came out.Sure enough, it was a young woman—a girl, I should say—in a lemon yellow dress, which suited her slender figure very well.The face is very fair, with a bit of childishness, and the beautiful long hair is neatly cut around the eyebrows.If she is put on a kimono and shrunk several times, she will look like that lovely Japanese puppet.
"So you are the Mr. Writer who called yesterday." After Lu Gu reported her home, the girl smiled, revealing two lovely dimples, "Please come in, Grandpa has been waiting for you for a long time."
Jiang Nan pondered: Is she the granddaughter of Professor Shendai?Although he is only in his teens, he is really sophisticated in dealing with people.
"Is this house designed by Professor Jindai?" Lugu followed behind the girl, walking in a somewhat dark corridor.
Hearing his question, the girl tilted her head slightly: "I don't think so. Because I heard from my grandfather that his major is architectural history."
The two were taken to a spacious room.
In the interior of the room, there is a long and narrow space, where a large easy chair is placed, like a solarium.Shindai Shunnosuke was sitting on that chair, watching the heavy rain outside the window.
"Grandpa!" The girl walked to him and shouted, "There is a guest here, the one who called yesterday."
Kamiyo let out a "hmm" and turned around.Just now, when the two of them walked in, he didn't seem to notice.
"welcome."
He stood up neatly and sat down on the sofa in the middle of the room.He was dressed in casual kimono and was tall.The hair is all white, but not bald yet.The face is angular.Although he is over 70 years old, he looks much younger than the Ayuta I saw two days ago.
"We met for the first time." Lu Gu lowered his head and handed over his business card, "My name is Lu Gu, and I like to write something. This is my friend, the editor of Rare Tan Society, named Jiangnan—your house is really beautiful. I asked her, this room is..."
"Hao Shi! Bring the coffee. Make it stronger." The old man said to the girl, as if he wasn't listening to Lu Gu's speech at all.
"OK."
"This is my granddaughter, her name is Haoshi. She is pretty, and she is very similar to me, very smart. She doesn't have a boyfriend yet, and your friend still has a chance. But if you want to associate with her, you must get my consent "Kindai said with a loud voice, and then burst out laughing.
"I'm sorry." The girl whispered, "Grandpa's ears are a little hard of hearing. Please raise your voice when you talk to him."
"Ah, I understand." Lu Gu seemed a little worried.
"Don't worry. Grandpa's mind is still very clear."
The girl smiled mischievously, said another sentence, and then hurried to the corridor.
"Aiji Nakamura...Of course I remember. Among my friends, he is one of the few weirdos." Shunnosuke Shindai said loudly, narrowing his eyes, immersed in memories, "When I was an associate professor At that time, I used to teach Nakamura-kun. He was an excellent student. The professional professor strongly recommended him to go to graduate school. gone."
Jiang Nan was relieved, it seemed that the old man's memory was indeed outstanding.Lu Gu sat next to him and continued to ask: "At that time, what class did you teach?"
"The history of modern architecture. It's not his major, but we have the same temperament. He often comes to my research room to play. He also came to my house a few times."
"Qingji—Nakamura-kun has been here before? I see." Lu Gu looked around the room with emotion.
"Do you know an architect named Julian Nicholas?" The old man Jindai stuffed tobacco into a white meerschaum pipe and asked abruptly.
Lu Gu tilted his head: "This..."
"He is an Italian architect in the first half of this century. Not many people know about him in Japan, but I have been interested in him before, consulted a lot of information, and wrote some papers. I don't know if it is influenced by me, Nakamura You are also very interested in him."
"What kind of architect is Nicrodi?"
"It would be a long story... Simply put, he was a very cynical man."
"Cynical?"
"I may have exaggerated a bit." Professor Jindai paused, and slowly lit his pipe, "At least he hated the modernist architecture that was rising at that time, that's right. Modernist architecture is based on The so-called rationalism was based on the mainstream of the architectural world at that time. Nicholas hated this mainstream very much. Not only architecture, he also hated the continuous modernization of society—and furthermore, he hated himself and felt that he was also involved in into a society like that."
"It's such a person."
"These are just the subjective interpretations of researchers like me. Maybe he didn't think about it that way. In my opinion, his work may be an extension of the building block game in his childhood." After finishing speaking, the old man Snickerd alone.But Lu Gu leaned forward with a serious face.
"What kind of buildings did he build?"
"They are all buildings with no practical value." The old man Jindai said coldly, "Rooms without entrances, stairs that cannot be climbed, corridors that make no sense, twists and turns, etc. Because of this, few The building survives to this day."
"I see."
Lu Gu nodded vigorously alone.Listening to the conversation between the two, Jiang Nan couldn't help but think of the famous "Er Xiao Pavilion".
The girl named Hao Shi came in with a cup of coffee.She put the coffee in front of the three of them, and was about to go out, but was stopped by the old man Jindai: "You stay here." The girl was not angry at all (she seemed very happy), smiled, and pulled out beside the piano next to the wall chair and sat down.
"I heard that after graduating from Nakamura University, he still has contacts with you." Lu Gu continued to ask.
"Yes. Occasional correspondence... that's about it."
"Have you been to his home in Kyushu?"
"I've only been there once. It's a small island called Tsunoshima. He built a weird house there and lived there by himself." Komyo happily drank the coffee made for him by his granddaughter, and suddenly looked keenly at Kaguya and Jiang Nan, "Your name is Lu Gu, right? You said you were a writer. Then why did you come to me and ask about him?"
"It's the writer's interest. Is that okay?"
"Yes. It's convenient to answer this way." The old man laughed loudly, his face was wrinkled.He looked at his granddaughter sitting on the piano chair, "Haoshi has been looking forward to today. He didn't even participate in the activities of the high school club, and hurried back."
"Grandpa!" The girl put her hand on her cheek embarrassingly.
The old man laughed again: "She likes to read detective novels. She seems to have read all your books. After receiving your call yesterday, she was so happy. After a while, please sign for her as a souvenir. "
"Then...then, I am deeply honored."
Lu Gu was also like a girl, feeling embarrassed and scratching her head.Seeing his appearance, Jiang Nan almost burst out laughing.
"Last night, I also read the novel you wrote. It's called "The Temptation of the Labyrinth Hall". The person named Kiyoshi Shimada in it is probably yourself?"
Lu Gu hurriedly nodded in agreement.Jindai picked up the pipe from the pipe rack and took a puff, milky white smoke curled up.
"Since then, have you been looking for a house designed by Nakamura?"
"Yes, that's it." Lu Gu sat upright, took out a cigarette from his cigarette case, and put it in his mouth, "Then, professor, let's get to the point now."
"I will try my best to answer your questions and meet your requirements."
"Twenty years ago, around 1970, you still kept in touch with Nakamura Qingji, right?"
"yes."
"You know the building he was designing at the time? A house called the Black Cat Pavilion."
"This..." For the first time, the old man had nothing to say.
Lu Gu continued to ask: "It seems that an associate professor at H University at that time, a person named Tianyu Tatsuya, commissioned Nakamura to design it. Do you know these things?"
"Haha." The old man put down his pipe and was about to take a coffee cup. After hearing Lugu's question, his hands stopped in mid-air. Come out one by one."
"Huh? So..."
"Ama Yuchen is also my friend." Said Shunnosuke Kodai, "He is nine years younger than me——after the war, the university adopted a new academic system, and he was the first batch of students to enter the school. At that time, I was still an auditor student. While completing my studies, I also participated in the activities of the doujinshi club.”
"A fan magazine?"
"I'm a little embarrassed to say it in front of you, a writer. I'm quite interested in literature."
"Grandpa seems to only write that kind of very romantic love novels." Hao Shi interjected from the side.
"Oh, oh." This time it was the old man's turn to smile embarrassingly, "Tian Yuchen and I met in that fanzine."
"Does Tian Yuchen also write novels?"
"He, how should I put it? He likes to write fairy tales and the like. There is no resonance with my novels at all, and we often quarrel."
"Oh, is it a fairy tale?"
"Besides, he also likes to read detective novels very much, like those you wrote. He likes to read works by Edogawa Ranpo, Yokomizo Masashi, etc. I don't know if he will write them himself."
"I see—I heard he was a fine scholar."
"He often talked about the theory of evolution. We also helped to beat the drums, saying that it was Tianyu's theory of evolution. In the end, no one in the academic world paid any attention to him. Even so, after two years of studying abroad, he was hired as an associate professor by H University, which is very remarkable."
"What kind of person is he?"
"He has a good appearance. He is a little shorter than me, but he looks tall and thin. When he came back from studying abroad, he had a beard under his nose and chin."
"Married?"
"As far as I know, although there are many women who are obsessed with him, he seems to have always been celibate."
"So that's how it is." Lu Gu lit Yan Yan, "So, you know that Tian Yuchen also commissioned Nakamura Qingji to design that villa."
"Yes. Tian Yuchen was also introduced to Qingji Nakamura by me."
"Is it you? This..."
"It's better to start from the beginning." The old man closed his eyes, took a breath, lowered his voice, and started talking.
"After he was hired as an associate professor at H University, his sister who was also in Sapporo became pregnant. Unfortunately, she died after giving birth, and Tian Yuchen adopted the child as an adopted daughter. At that time, I was in Tokyo, and he was in Sapporo, the two places are separated, so the contacts are naturally much less, and we seldom see each other. After a while, Tianyu happened to come to Tokyo for an academic conference, so he contacted me, saying that he wanted to build a villa, and asked me if I knew any good ones. Architect."
"So, you introduced Qingji Nakamura?"
"Yes. At that time, I half-jokingly said that there was such a strange person, so I talked about Nakamura Seiji. Unexpectedly, that guy Tian Yu seemed to like it very much, so he went to Kyushu to find Nakamura."
"That's right."
"When that villa was completed, it was about 20 years ago—at that time, a postcard came that invited me to visit."
"Where?" Lu Gu keenly asked the question, "Where is that villa built?"
"In Akan." Kamyo replied.
Suddenly Lugu's eyes lit up: "Ahan? Is it Ahan from Lake Akan?"
"I heard that Tianyu was originally born in the Kushiro area. It is probably because of this reason that he is so obsessed with that land."
When he was in college, Jiangnan visited Akan and Kushiro.Kushiro is a port city.From there, it takes more than two hours by bus to reach Lake Akan.There are uninhabited forests all around.
"Is it Ahan? So it's there." Lu Gu touched his pointed chin, repeating the place name repeatedly, "Have you ever been to that villa?"
"The year the villa was built or the year after that, I was invited to visit once. The villa is located in an old forest deep in the mountains between Kushiro and Lake Akan."
"Do you know the exact location?"
"Then I can't remember."
"Do you remember what kind of house it was?"
"Pretty nice and elegant."
"That villa wasn't called the Black Cat House at that time, was it?"
"I've never heard of this name."
"Is there a weathercock chicken in the shape of a cat on the roof?"
"Cat shape? Then it can't be called a weathervane chicken."
"Yes, yes, it should be called a weathervane cat."
Hearing Lu Gu's serious speech, Hao Shi giggled.Kojiro glanced at his granddaughter and narrowed his eyes.
"As soon as you remind me, I also feel that there is such a thing..."
"Have you seen the basement?"
"No, I didn't read it."
"Really? - Did you meet Tian Yuchenya's adopted daughter at that time?"
"At that time, she was still a child of four or five years old. Her name was Lisako, yes, she was called Lisako."
Lu Gu threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray and didn't speak for a long time.The old man was tucking tobacco and looked over his shoulder at the large sunroom window.It seemed to be a back garden outside, with lilac hydrangeas in full bloom swaying in the rain.
"When was the last time you saw Tian Yuchen?"
After a while, Lu Gu asked softly again.The voice was too low, and the old man Jindai shouted loudly with a pipe in his mouth: "What did you say?"
Lu Gu asked again, the old man nodded, and replied: "After we went to that villa, we never met again."
"Do you know what happened to Tian Yuchen and his adopted daughter?"
"It's not very clear. Sometimes it's been years, and we only occasionally contact. Heard that something happened to him, resigned from the university, what did he do after that... I heard that he went bankrupt and heard nothing. Other than that, I I don't know."
"Bankrupt?" Lu Gu muttered, looking at Jiangnan Xiaoming who was sitting next to him, "Jiangnan Jun, you have nothing to ask
"Well, hey..." Jiang Nan was a little nervous, and consciously raised his voice, "About the villa that Tian Yuchen also commissioned to design, did Nakamura Qingji talk to you about anything?"
"I don't remember." Jindai shook his head, "Nakamura-kun is quite secretive about the work he took over. And usually, we don't communicate often. But he did tell me a word, not about the house, It's about Tian Yuchen himself."
"About Tian Yuchen himself?"
"Yes. He said that in a mocking tone when he called me. 'Your friend Dr. Tianyu—he has a special hobby.'"
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