Chapter 5 chapter Five

Don't come home again! Erdu recalled the scene when he was kicked out of the house by his father after stealing change from his father's wallet when he was a child, and the sadness that he hadn't had for many years revived in his heart. Now Erdu feels that the police department seems to be an existence very far away from him. They simply treat me like a child running errands!Michio Osakabe's answer, which was more difficult to understand than Buddhist scriptures, made him even more confused, and he couldn't analyze the meaning of those words at all. It was completely dark, and Erdu was driving on the highway.He is going to "W Apartment", and he plans to find out about the situation with Maejima Yasuo, a classmate of the police academy.He thought that Maejima knew Michio Osakabe very well.I called Maejima just now, and he happened to be at home.

As long as it can be used to attack Michio Osakabe, no matter what kind of information it is!Erdu knew that he was in a very impetuous mood now, but the anger in his heart overwhelmed everything, and he couldn't care less. "Apartment W" is a four-story building that serves as a dormitory for the families of the Twin Police Departments.It used to be a one-story house with only four households.In order to effectively use the land, it was converted into a building last spring, housing 16 households. The red-faced Maejima said "Yo, here we come" and let Erdu into the house.

It was not yet 7 o'clock, and Maejima had already finished taking a shower.He was wearing pajamas, and his hair smelled like shampoo. Maejima is the Chief of the Criminal Section of the W Police Department, and it is rare for him to return home so early.It should be said that Erdu was lucky, Maeshima said, not only was he not on duty tonight, but his wife had also gone back to her natal home with the child.It's fine if Maeshima's wife isn't there, because the matchmaker for the Maeshima couple is Michio Osakabe, and it's inconvenient for Maeshima's wife to hear about Michio Osakabe.

"Come in, my house is quiet today." After Erdu sat down in the living room, Maejima went to the kitchen to get two bottles of beer and two glasses. "How's things going with you?" Maejima uncapped the bottle and wanted to pour wine into the glass in front of Erdu. Erdu sighed: "There is no progress," he said, pushing the wine glass to Maejima's side, "I don't want to drink today, you can drink if you want, and leave me alone." While pouring wine into his glass, Maejima teased, "Is the black and white photo blurry this time?"

The black-and-white photo is the combined nickname of Dahei, the police chief, and Baitian, the chief of the police department. Only criminal policemen call it that, and no one in the police department dares to call it that. "By the way, the female owner of the bar called Kikyo said she missed you, and said that you have been indifferent to her recently." The joke-loving Maeshima changed the topic again.He has a lot of topics, he is willing to express his opinions on everything, and he is good at being sarcastic, but he never talks about the cases he is responsible for solving.He is already a mature old detective.

When they were in the police academy, Erdu and Maejima were classmates, and they were like brothers.They once lived in the same dormitory, received cruel and rigorous training together, cried together, encouraged each other, and vowed to dedicate their lives to the security of this country.Now, Erdu is in the Police Department of the County Police Department, and his rank has been promoted to Superintendent, while Maejima is in the Criminal Division of W Police Station, and his rank is Police Department, which is one level lower than Erdu.However, these did not affect the relationship between the two of them. As soon as they met, it was as if they had immediately returned to the dormitory of the police academy that was filled with the smell of sweat.

However, I don't know when it started. When they were together, no one talked about their work. Brothers seemed to have become cousins. "How is the minister?" Maejima asked with a blushing face.In his eyes, his matchmaker Osakabe Michida will always be a minister. "Oh, we met by chance and talked to each other." Erdu was about to bring the topic to Michio Osakabe. Hearing Erdu's words, Maeshima happily leaned forward: "Minister, are you okay?" "Very good, same as before." "Last year he seemed to have some liver problems." "Do you see him often?"

"Usually I go during the Ghost Festival and the end of the year. Every time I go, I get scolded. You don't need to come and see me. Go and handle your case!" Maejima smiled happily, and asked suddenly: "The minister said he decided to stay in office. Yet?" Maeshima's question was beyond Erdu's expectation, and he felt a little out of breath: "Well... Who did you listen to?" "My wife's cousin works in the Abolished Prison Association, last week? Maybe last week, he told me." Maejima was still talking enthusiastically, I'm afraid he couldn't even dream that Erdu was Came to him for this.The news that Minister of Crime Prevention Kudo will replace Michio Osakabe as the full-time director of the association has not yet reached the W police station.

Erdu felt that he was a little sorry for his old friend, but he continued to talk about Michio Osakabe with Maejima: "His little daughter seems to be getting married?" "Yes, Xiaohui will get married in June." "June? It's almost here!" Erdu has already learned from Osakabe Doufu's file that Xiaohui graduated from a private university and is now an employee of a travel agency in Tokyo. She is 30 years old this year.Erdu thinks that 30 years old is too late to get married. In fact, girls nowadays don't want to get married early, and 30-year-old brides are not uncommon at all.

The wedding date is set in June, is there any special significance?The marriage of the youngest daughter is a big event for Michio Osakabe. "Maeshima, are you attending Megumi's wedding?" "Of course I will, I want to see the Minister's tears." "The minister still cries?" "I think so." "I can't imagine what it's like when the minister is crying." "This time he will definitely cry, because he loves Xiaohui the most. Xiaohui was born weak, and that kind of thing happened again..." Maejima said this, and his relaxed and happy tone disappeared without a trace.

"That kind of thing? What's the matter?" Hearing Erdu's question, Maeshima knew that he had slipped his tongue, so he blinked: "what?" "What kind of thing do you mean?" "What kind of thing? Did I say that?" Maejima pretended to be stupid and asked in a daze. Erdu stared into Maejima's eyes for a while, then quickly shifted his gaze to the peanuts in front of him.He reached out and grabbed a few peanuts and began to eat slowly.He knew that it would be impossible to compete wits with Maejima, who had been a criminal policeman for so many years. However, Erdu's brain was spinning rapidly: perhaps the crux of the problem lies here.Michio Osakabe's youngest daughter is getting married in June. Does he want to appear at the wedding ceremony as a full-time director? Er Du felt that this was a ridiculous reason.Even if he retired, he was also the head of the criminal department of the former county police station and the full-time director of the former Abolished Prison Association. He could play the role of the bride's father with a straight chest.However, from Erdu's point of view, this may be the case. Osakabe Michio himself does not think so. He may be a person who values ​​work more than life. Erdu's father is such a person.My father was an office worker who knew how to work hard during the period of rapid economic growth in Japan.Later, after he lost his job because of severe stomach and liver problems, he stayed at home depressed all day long. He was getting older day by day, but when he read the newspaper every morning, the first thing he looked at was the page with job advertisements. After Erdu attended the graduation ceremony of the police academy, he rushed home immediately. He wanted to tell his father, I have graduated and I can go to work to earn money, so you don't need to worry about me!Before he could speak, his mother spoke for him. "His father, my son is going to work to earn money!" However, the father didn't even smile, but asked instead: "What about me?" There was an expression of disgust or jealousy that could not be determined in the cloudy eyes. From then on, Erdu knew that a man is a kind of animal whose life is work.He kept saying to himself, don't be that animal. Erdu felt that Moro Osakabe belonged to the same kind of person as his dead father, so although he had always disliked him, he felt that he seemed to be able to understand him to some extent. Erdu has an intuition that Moro Osakabe is not interested in the title of full-time director.Erdu always feels that what Moro Osakabe cares about is not "current job", but "active duty".The marriage of the youngest daughter, Xiaohui, made Michio Osakabe's inner world more complicated. Even if you don't want to cater to the world, getting married at 30 is a bit late, and the reason for the lateness must have something to do with the "that kind of thing" Maejima said.For a girl who is about to marry, the meaning of "that kind of thing" can be inferred.That is to say, in "that kind of thing", there must be another man on the stage, and Xiaohui played the role of shedding tears. Michio Osakabe has always loved Xiaohui very much. Now, Xiaohui who has been hurt has finally found her own happiness.As Xiaohui's father, Michio Osakabe was full of emotions, and wanted to send the blessings he could give to his daughter without reservation.Therefore, he hopes to wear the "active duty" medal that can be called life, and send his daughter out beautifully. Er Du felt his throat was parched. All of this is just Er Bo's subjective conjecture.However, just two hours ago, Michio Osakabe said: "This matter has nothing to do with you!" The matter that has nothing to do with the organization, does it mean the matter of Osakabe Michio's family?Specifically, does it refer to Megumi who has been hurt? Thinking of this, Erdu suddenly thought of his family.Is being a policeman's wife happy?He has never had the courage to ask his wife who has lived with him for so many years, because he knows that a wife who lives under strict surveillance from inside and outside is sometimes so depressed that she wants to scream loudly.Therefore, he does not want his daughter to marry a policeman when she grows up.Erdu has a daughter who is in the fifth grade of primary school, whom he regards as the apple of his eye, and who is probably already asleep with orthodontics on.He hopes that his daughter will not live under pressure like her parents in the future, and hopes that her daughter will fly to a world without any constraints and live freely.This is his only wish. "It seems that the minister is also an ordinary father!" Erdu said thoughtfully.For the first time, he felt that Michio Osakabe was not a monster from the criminal department, but an ordinary person with flesh and blood. "Of course!" Maeshima, who had been silent since the gaffe, said loudly as if he had been liberated. "But, when he was a criminal policeman on the front line, he didn't have a home at all, right?" Hearing what Erdu said, Maejima said it again: "Of course!" But this time his heart seemed heavy. "Hey, what was the minister like when he was a criminal police officer on the front line?" "In a word, it's amazing!" "Which aspect is great?" "Excellent in every way!" "So the Minister is Superman?" "You can put it this way..." Maeshima originally wanted to say, "Of course you people in the police department don't know!" But he swallowed the words back. "Let me give you an example. The Minister has a famous saying: The murderer will never return to the scene of the crime!" "Is this the minister's famous quote?" "right!" "Maybe not?" "Absolutely not! I have been a criminal police officer for more than ten years, and I have handled so many cases. None of the murderers has returned to the scene of the crime." "The minister's famous words shocked everyone?" "The minister didn't say it publicly in front of everyone." Maejima became serious, "People who like to watch TV dramas about solving crimes generally think that the murderer has the habit of returning to the scene. In fact, it is not the case. I have interrogated so many murderers, and none of them returned. The crime scene, because they all subconsciously believe that they will be found once they return to the scene. Got it?" "The minister quietly imparted his experience to every young policeman. He told us that in this day and age, the knowledge of the police leaked far beyond our imagination. As a result, the wisdom of the murderer Even higher than the policeman! If you want to be a good policeman, you must throw away the narcissism of 'I am a policeman', otherwise you will never be a good policeman!" Under the influence of alcohol, Maeshima's tongue became more and more flimsy.The anecdote about Michio Osakabe is becoming more and more interesting.He admires Michio Osakabe and is proud of an elder like Michio Osakabe.Seeing this, Erdu couldn't help but envy him. Erdu said "Let's talk next time" that he didn't know how long he would have to wait, and left Maejima's house. As he walked towards the parking lot against the cold wind, a warm current surged in Erdu's heart, and the anger he felt when he left Michio Osakabe's house disappeared.Originally, he came to the Maejima house to find a breakthrough to attack Michio Osakabe, but now he suddenly felt that he came here just to meet his old classmates from the police school. When passing through the parking lot, Er Du suddenly saw a familiar woman's face in a parked van, and beside her were two children, the two sons of Maejima.The car didn't start, but they didn't mean to get out of the car. Erdu turned his head to look at the W apartment, and thought: "This boy Maeshima, in order to be alone with me, kicked out his wife and children, but lied to me that he went back to his mother's house!" It's not difficult to understand, right now is the season of personnel transfer, who doesn't want to know early whether they are moving or not?Maejima was no exception, and wanted to get information from Erdu, so he spent his wife and children. Erdu started the car while praying for the Maeshima family.He stepped on the accelerator and sped off towards his home.