Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Shacheng

"The predecessor of Ashiko Company was Shirateng Manufacturing Co., Ltd., which was founded in 1948. It was a small company founded by uncle Ryuta's father." Toko said. "I saw this in some magazines. At that time, it seemed to be a small factory specializing in lathes and machining." "The factories are all in the countryside, and my father often goes there. In the early days of the business, my uncle Ryuta was still a high school student, and his younger brother, Uncle Xing Er, was a middle school student. Uncle Qiren was only a primary school student."

In the following ten years, Shirateng Manufacturing Co., Ltd. experienced many ups and downs, but the impact was not great, and it finally survived. At that time, brothers Ryuta, Kouji and his cousin Hiroshi Chino graduated from university and worked in different companies. They all studied science, and only Kouji went to work in a bank.The youngest person did not work immediately after graduating from university, but stayed in the Electrical Theory Laboratory of the Faculty of Engineering as a teaching assistant. However, due to a bad relationship with the professor, he resigned a year later and joined the company run by his father. carry out independent research work.

In 1965, Qiren was twenty-five years old. At that time, someone discovered that he was very enthusiastic about research work and was very effective. As a result, he couldn't get along with others, and his personality became more and more withdrawn and arrogant. The founder devoted himself to the development of electronic computers, shutting himself up in the research room day and night to work hard. In the second year, the world's first office computer was born; in 1967, a desktop computer made of semiconductors was also available. In order to mass-produce this new product, they began to build a new company.

After discussing with the three sons, the father decided to dissolve "Shirateng Works" in 1968 and establish a new "Ashiko Co., Ltd." Long Tai, who was thirty-five years old at the time, was the manager of the company, and Xing Er, who was thirty-two years old, was the deputy manager.Due to his elderly father's poor health, he served as the managing director of the company together with a founder who was not interested in business. "I heard that the word 'Lu Gao' is spelled from the first letters of Longtai, Xinger and Qiren respectively." Touzi said to A Xiao.

"So that's it. So when did your father join the company?" A Xiao asked while driving. "I remember it was 1971. I was just four years old at that time. Before that, my father worked as a mechanic in another electric motor factory; and Lu Gao's new products were gradually selling well, and the company was getting bigger and bigger. Uncle Ryuta I think it is best for the board of directors of the company to be held by members of the family, so I brought my father in." "Isn't he the active Shisaku called Shirato Qiren since then? It was the late 1960s, right? People call him a genius inventor!"

"Yes! In short, he has new inventions in the world almost every year, and the most important thing is the invention of 'ultra-small electronic computer'." In 1974, Shirato invented the world's first personal computer; the next year it was released under the name "Super-mini". With this explosive hot product, the name of Lu Gao Company is well known all over the world. Before that, general electronic computers were large machines for offices.Electronic computers in the 1950s were about the same size as mainframe computers today. Later, after the use of semiconductors, electronic computers were about the same size as telephones.People in the industrial and commercial circles have always believed that computers are business machines used in offices and cannot be carried around at will.

It is Shiratoki who thinks that computers can be made smaller and lighter for personal use and portability, and has realized this ideal. He cooperated with the LSI Institute in the United States, which used IC (Integrated Circuit) for space development and military use, and succeeded in manufacturing an epoch-making small electronic computer. Strictly speaking, the "ultra-miniature computer" is not an invention, but a low price due to the ever-changing technological progress. At the beginning, the electronic computers made by other electric motor manufacturers cost 500,000 yen a piece in 1965, and new products came out every year at a very low price. By the spring of 1973, the price had dropped to 500,000 yen. One million yen.

However, when the ultra-small electronic computer came out, it was sold at a price of 12,000 yen, which shocked the business community at once. This is not only in Japan, but even foreign companies are puzzled by Ashiko's move. Long Tai and Xing Er did not let go of this opportunity, and officially started exporting to Europe and the United States; in China, they used various news media including TV to publicize. With luck, things are going well.By March 1976, the company's turnover had increased 160 times compared to the previous year.Since then, the performance has been leaping year by year, and "Lu Gao" company has also been rated as the first-class enterprise ranked first by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

"It is regrettable that with the completion of new factories and buildings, the increase of employees, and the development of the company, Uncle Qiren's situation is getting worse..." "Didn't he keep making inventions after that?" "Yes. However, when I was in high school, I heard from my father that since the advent of minicomputers, Uncle Qiren suddenly lost interest in computers. Maybe it's the opposite of everything! The company has also cultivated many talented researchers, many Later new products also have their research results, but in order to expand their influence, they all use the name of Uncle Ren to publicize..."

"Yeah, whether it's an artist or a scholar, the golden peak era will not be undefeated forever!" A Xiao said with some frustration. "Yeah! So Uncle Qiren should do nothing and live comfortably. You can travel around the world, drive a private jet, like Uncle Ryuta..." At this time, Touko couldn't help but think of Ryuta's call from Chofu Airport in the morning, and unconsciously looked at the sky. The sky in May is as blue as washing.She tried her best to search, but of course she couldn't see the "Lu Gao". Tokyo Bay on the right is reflecting the afternoon sun.Their car drove across the iron bridge in Arakawa, and soon approached Urayasu, the location of Disneyland.

"After the computer, what did Mr. Qiren study again?" A Xiao asked cautiously. Because in the past ten years, due to his lack of ambition, very few people have publicly introduced and reported everything about him. "I don't know too well. It is said that his goal is the new energy revolution." Seeing that A Xiao was puzzled, Touzi continued: "It seems to be a theory that minimizes the size of the power supply and maximizes the power. For example, if a family installs a power supply as large as a battery volume, it can be used for twenty years... I heard Uncle Ren say that if this research is successful, it will be an epoch-making energy revolution in human history, and it will definitely win the Nobel Prize." "Smaller size, larger capacity, and the theoretical concept of small electronic computers have something in common." That's right.However, it is said that this research will cost a lot of money. First, a large factory needs to be built, in which various compressed chemical substances and materials must be installed, and various mechanical and synthetic devices must be prepared.In the past ten years, he has immersed himself in these preparations, changing time and time again... "Did you make it?" "Before he succeeded, he had no funds." Shirato started these new studies in 1977 and 1978.At the beginning, Long Tai, Xing Er and others were very active in supporting them, spending large sums of money as research funding.Because no matter how the company can be today, people play an important role in it.Therefore, they also hope that this time can be like the birth of the best-selling product of the ultra-small electronic computer last time.But this time, Ryuta and the others did not get immediate results. Three to five years have passed, and more than half of the funds have been spent on research funding alone. The results did not come out, but Qiren's bad character was revealed again. The young researchers who once respected him and were his loyal assistants also left him one by one because of their arbitrariness and never listening to other people's opinions. In the end, this huge research institution located in Nishi Oizumi, Nerima District, was the only one left by Bai Tengqi. Two years ago, research funds had accumulated more than one billion yen.When he applied for new funds from the company again, Ryuta convened the company's board of directors.It was decided at the meeting that the proposer surrendered the company stocks he held as collateral.In fact, companies no longer believe that human research can be done.If the promoters apply for funds again, the company will not grant funds unconditionally, but will provide funding in the form of loans. He didn't learn his lesson and was eager to buy new equipment. His mind was full of research and research. This was the beginning of his troubles. However, the 200 million yen loan obtained on the condition of handing over his company stocks to purchase new machinery and equipment did not bring him good luck, but instead made him bear a large debt. At this time, he had entered the late forties, and perhaps reached the limit of his research ability. Thinking of this, Touzi's heart aches. "From three years ago, Uncle Qiren began to drink heavily and took a lot of sleeping pills. He lived alone in Jianggutian, with no one to take care of him, and no one paid attention to his health." "Where's his wife?" "He married an older woman when he was a student, and soon had a son. However, his wife died of illness ten years ago, and he has never married since then." "Oh?" Ah Xiao was a little surprised. "But I heard that he is extremely indiscreet in his private life, and his relationship with the opposite sex is very complicated. This is the evaluation of him by the world. In fact, he is easy-going and simple, unlike those tricky people, so those who plot against him are not few." There was an obvious protective meaning in Touzi's tone. "How is his baby?" "After his wife died, he was brought up by his mother, but now the child's grandparents have also passed away. Uncle Qiren's son is named Qiuren. He went to study in the United States in high school and has been living abroad. I have also been living abroad for ten years. Haven't seen him." "But the matter of Mr. Ren's death..." "Of course I contacted him right away, but it is said that he is traveling in other places, and no notice will be forthcoming, so he did not make it to the funeral." Qiuren came back a few days after the funeral.But Touzi didn't meet him either.Before Qi died, he must have wanted to see his son very much. Thinking of his poetic temperament and his lonely death, Touzi couldn't help heartache and tears. The company stock in his hand was taken away by the company. After that, he applied to the company for funding several times, but the company no longer agreed to allocate funds. Research has stagnated, private life is in a mess, and Qiren no longer shows up in Xidaizumi's research institute.Occasionally, on a whim, I go to the head office of Marunouchi to show my face.At this time, others began to show dissatisfaction with him. Finally, he was promoted from executive director to "consultant". During this period, Ryuta and Xingji advised Qiren many times, telling him to close the research institute in Nishi Oizumi and return it to the company, and then go to the research institute in Kurihama to cooperate with other personnel, but Qiren ignored it. . Therefore, Ryuta and the others were no longer interested in Qiren, and adopted an attitude of letting him slide down. "Eldest uncle and the others are not hard-hearted, but as the leaders of the company, they have a heavy responsibility, so it is impossible to put all their efforts on uncle Ren. Regarding this point, my father..." Touzi hesitated to speak, hesitated for a while and finally said, "He is Uncle Qiren's cousin. My father is two years older than him. He grew up together. It can be said that he is the one who cares about him the most among relatives. It's-" Hiroshi Chino is also one of the executive directors, a technician who is cautious in everything, and usually listens to Ryuta's opinions in terms of management. But he was worried about Qiren's affairs, and advised Longtai and Xing'er many times to reuse Qiren, and often visited Qiren to give him various help. "But then he didn't accomplish anything, and he couldn't help anything," said Touzi. "It's a pity. Mr. Qiren should understand your father's thoughts, right?" "Really? A Xiao, the most uncomfortable thing for me is that Uncle Qiren might end up with hatred? He hates uncle Longtai and everyone in the company!" A Xiao was a little surprised, "Why do you have such an idea?" "I... had a strange dream last night." Uncle Qi Ren stood in the middle of the tumbling dark clouds——Touzi wanted to speak out the dream, but the words fell back on his lips.Because suddenly there was an ominous omen in her heart, like a cold wind blowing through her heart. Touzi looked at the sky again, the sky was still clear, with only a few thin clouds drifting past with the wind. "Forget it, forget about them all!" Touzi accidentally turns on the radio in the car.The radio station is broadcasting music and news. "Now report the news just received. At 10:32 this morning, a small propeller plane crashed in the Fuji Five Lakes. The pilot has died. The deceased is Mr. Shirato Ryuta, the manager of Ashiko Co., Ltd., 50 Five years old..." When Touzi and Axiao heard the news, their car happened to drive to the Urayasu highway entrance and exit. Touzi immediately asked A Xiao to drive off the highway, stop in front of a telephone booth, and make a call to Nakameguro's home. Mother Sachiko is at home, and she doesn't seem to know the news just now. "How is this possible? Did you hear me wrong?" Sachiko panicked a little. "I did hear it, though!" Even though he said that, Touzi really hoped that he had heard wrong. "I'll call the company right away..." Touzi hurriedly called Lu Gao's company and Long Tai's family who lived in Xihuo. But both places occupy the line.There was no other way, and Touzi had no choice but to call home again. Sachiko was also uneasy, "Anyway, you should come back first! If something really happens, your father will call right away!" So A Xiao immediately turned the car around.At this time, the roads in the urban area were still so crowded, and it was already three o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at Nakameguro's home. "It seems that troubles will happen one after another, you have to be careful." A Xiao reminded. "Don't worry, I'll call you if something happens." After getting off the car, Touzi turned around and waved to A Xiao. She walked into the house, and her mother, Sachiko, looked pale. "I just watched the TV news, and your father also called. It seems that something happened to the manager's plane." "Then... uncle..." "The details are not yet known." Sachiko shook her head desperately, as if trying to shake off the uneasiness in her heart. "I'll go to Xihuo to have a look, so I may understand more in detail." "Okay, I'll wait for the news at home." When Touzi was about to turn around and go out, Sachiko stopped her again. "Touzi, you can't go out dressed like this." Touzi was wearing a red checked shirt, a white miniskirt, and a backpack with books on her back. "You always have to change into something a little more dignified." Touzi discovered that her mother, who is usually careless, can also be careful. So, she immediately changed into a beige shirt and black skirt, and Sachiko drove her to Meguro Station. Touko took the Yamanote Line and the Chuo Line to Nishakuwa, and changed into a taxi at the station.It was already half past four when we arrived at Longtai's house. Baiteng House is located in a corner of a high-end residential area near Zenfuji Pond. It is a Western-style building, and the central building is surrounded by a courtyard full of lush green plants. Longtai and his wife have no children, and their room is not very spacious.The tiles on the Spanish-style roof shine dark blue, the gray walls, and the roof are designed in a steeple style, which reminds people of the blue fortress. The roses in the yard climb on the white brick wall, showing the bold character of the owner of the house. Touzi got out of the car in front of the door.In an instant, an indescribable longing surged into my heart. When she was young, Touzi and her father came here countless times, but after she entered high school, she seldom came here.Because Ryuta often took her to Ginza, Karuizawa, and even to Hawaii. Four cars parked in the lilac-blossoming front yard seemed to indicate that something was up here. She trotted to the gate, and saw a circular lawn and sandy field in the corner of the yard opposite the cars, and couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion again. Twenty years ago, around Toko's birth, Ryutaro liked to play golf, so he designed this bunker and lawn at home.And then he really became a golf expert.Later, his interest turned to private jets, and the sandpit and lawn gradually became "deserted" and became a meadow. When she was a child, Touzi regarded it as a playground, probably when she was three or four years old, and she was still in kindergarten. Whenever Mrs. Long brought her here to play, there would always be someone who was six or seven years older than her. brother was there. Once, Touzi built a castle with sand alone on the sandy ground.This big brother squatted beside her and helped her "build".His hands were very dexterous, and he quickly made the spire and the gate.Touzi was very happy and fought for the fate of the sand. However, when the castle was about to be completed, the big brother suddenly destroyed it with his hands, and destroyed it very thoroughly, and then entered the house without looking back. Touzi let out a loud cry, but the big brother didn't come out to comfort her at all. The tall and straight back of this big brother is still clearly imprinted in Touzi's mind. He is Qiren's son Qiuren. Later, when relatives got together, Touzi would meet Qiuren's eyes from time to time.In short, in the later exchanges, Qiuren sometimes treated her very well, and sometimes seemed to deliberately tease her, but Touzi was "pulled" away by Qiuren step by step. When Touzi was in the second and third grades of elementary school, Qiuren went to the United States to study abroad. Since that farewell, they have never met again, and now they can't even remember his appearance... The scene by the grassland and sandpit seventeen or eighteen years ago quickly flashed in Touzi's mind, and then passed away. Maybe it's because he hasn't been to Longtai's house for a long time, Touzi subconsciously wants to avoid the scene of that year. She came to the corridor, and Ren stood in front of the door paneled with heavy copper plates.When Touzi was considering whether to ring the doorbell or go in directly, the door opened, and it was her father Chino Hiroshi who came out. "Ah, Dad!" "It's you, Touzi..." Chino Hiroshi, who is just fifty years old this year, is of medium build, with gray hair combed in a "three to seven" style, and the outline of his face is as soft as himself. "You also heard the news?" Hiroshi Chino asked. "Yes. So... where is Uncle Long?" Hearing his daughter's question, Hiroshi Chino frowned and shook his head again, "It's the same as what was said in the news. Uncle Xing Er has rushed to the scene. He will probably bring it back tonight or tomorrow." "Uncle, he..." "Father is going to the company, and reporters will come to ask questions soon. You can stay with Shouzi for a while." Shouko is Ryuta's wife.Hearing this, Touzi couldn't say anything more. She watched her father drive up the highway before pushing the door open. There are several pairs of shoes at the gate.The air swishes cool. Touzi walked in lightly. The lights were on in the spacious living room, but there was no one there. There were two Japanese-style houses facing the courtyard, and Toko went to open the sliding door of one of them, and saw Shouko sitting there. Shouzi is two years younger than Longtai, with an introverted personality, reserved and gentle.She has no children, so like Ryuta, she loves Touzi very much and regards her as her own daughter. Touzi ran up, hugged Shouzi and cried loudly. "Auntie! What to do... what to do..." Touzi whimpered and shouted indiscriminately, and she couldn't help being shocked when she heard Shouzi's whisper in her ear, "It's okay, Touer. Your uncle will be back soon. Others will crash, but Nothing like that will happen to your uncle. He's immortal, and he's getting ready to go home now!" Touzi raised his head involuntarily, looking at Shouzi's face.There were no tears on her cheeks, her eyes were fixed on the ceiling, and there was a twitching smile on her lips. Shouzi didn't believe the news of her husband's death at all.No, even if she knew it in her heart, she was unwilling to accept this reality.She uses it to support herself... "That's not necessarily the case. Ordinary people have accidents when they fly." Hearing the voice behind him, Touzi turned around in surprise. A woman in her forties, with dyed blonde hair, walked up to Shouko and sat down. Her face was sharp and cold, and her slender figure was wrapped in a high-end silver-gray kimono.Touzi saw at a glance that this was a relative's funeral. "Brother Long often boasted that nothing would happen to him and he would never make a mistake. How can you say that. One should not be too confident, thinking that the world is in his own hands. This kind of thinking is the most dangerous. The danger is the same for everyone !" The woman said in a crisp tone with ups and downs. "Flying a plane is a dangerous thing. As a leader of a company, you should not fly a private jet casually. Because if he has an accident, the loss will not be his I don’t know how many times I have reminded him of it alone!” The woman's eloquent babbling could not help arousing a kind of nameless anger in Touzi's heart, and he really wanted to interrupt her loudly, or plug his ears. Who is this woman?One mouthful of "Brother Long", and she also said how many times she reminded her uncle! Thinking of this, Touzi was suddenly startled. Could it be another managing director, Yaeko Ichihara? Come to think of it, she was sitting on the director's seat of the company during the wake-up ceremony for Uncle Qiren. At this moment, my mother remembered what she accidentally said: "Ya Rongzi turned out to be the proprietress of the Ginza Club, and was once the mistress of Uncle Qiren. Later, after Qiren went downhill, she acted according to the wind and hooked up with him." Uncle Long Tai. And Long Tai unexpectedly fell in love with her, promoted her to be a director of the company, and finally climbed to the position of managing director." Maybe she sensed Touzi's contempt and dissatisfaction with her, Yarongzi said more and more. "Simply put, Brother Long may not be the material for an operator. I think he is right. He is too indecisive. Think about it, the men in Baiteng's family are a bit crazy. Let's talk about people. He is a once-in-a-century man. The genius I met, but died so shamefully! Brother Long once said that he did it to himself, and now he himself..." At this time, there was the sound of walking in the corridor outside, and Touzi looked towards the sliding door as if asking for help. A thin figure walked in from outside the door, and walked in quietly. Long hair, high nose bridge, thick eyebrows, a pair of deep sunken eyes that radiate sharp light, and a pointed jaw, all of them look a bit European at first glance. Uncle Qiren—— Probably a dream.He is dead…… Touzi suddenly came back to her senses, her eyes widened.calm!calm!Otherwise, I will be delirious too! The black figure stood motionless at the door, looking back and forth at Shouko, Touko, and Yaeko. "Are you the one who said Bai Tengqi was ashamed?!" The black shadow asked Yaeko in an unusually calm tone. "What qualifications do you have to evaluate the way a person dies?! Do you know how you will die?!" Yarongko was surprised and didn't speak. "Whether a method of death is suitable for you, only the deceased knows. At least I think my father knows. Maybe he is standing among the clouds at this moment, laughing at you people who are living in the world!" Hearing him mention the word "father", that distant scene suddenly revived in Touzi's heart. He is the long-legged boy who brutally destroyed the castle made of sand and walked into the house without looking back——Bai Teng Qiuren! The funeral of Ryuta Shirato, the manager of Ashiko Company, was held at Zenfukuji Temple near his home at one o'clock in the afternoon on May 14th, the third day after the accident. Ryuta's body was sent back after 9:00 p.m. on the 12th after a vehicle inspection by the Fuji Five Lakes Police Station.Wake up the next night.The funeral was held on the 14th, and it was decided to hold the company funeral in Qingshan Qichang two weeks later. After May 13th, the sunny weather for many days suddenly turned bad. The sky was gloomy, with strong winds and heavy rain from time to time. If this kind of weather had come one day earlier, maybe my uncle would not have gone out to fly.Touzi kept repeating this thought in his mind. In name, it was a secret funeral within the family, but in fact, senior cadres of Lu Gao Company and representatives of major customers for many years were also present, and the scene was very grand and grand. Funeral at three o'clock in the afternoon. Hisako holds Ryuta's urn.When people came to Shanfu Temple from the crematorium, it was exactly six o'clock. A dinner party followed in the living room at the back of the monastery.About 30 people attended, all relatives of the deceased and personnel of Lu Gao Company or people with business relations. Relatives include the deceased's wife, Kotoko, the deputy manager Xing'er and his wife, the family of his two married daughters, Qiren's son Qiuren, Chino Hiroshi and his wife, and Toko, etc. The others are the managing director Yaeko Ichihara, her eldest son Hikari Ichihara and his wife, as well as the old employees and cadres who have been working for Shirato Manufacturing since its days. Generally speaking, the gathering after the funeral is often a harmonious reunion scene, but today it is not the case. Because Shirato Ryuta is the veritable commander-in-chief of Ashiko Company, and he has the intelligence, judgment and leadership of an operator, coupled with his open-minded and bold personality, which supports the continuous development and growth of this enterprise, so the current enterprise he leads There are as many as 3,000 employees in China. What will happen to the company when such a wise leader dies suddenly?Who will be his heir?People can't help talking about it. From Gu Xu's point of view, Xing Er should be the next manager, but does he have the ability to succeed? In addition, just over fifty days ago, the company also lost a genius inventor, Qiren Shirato. Is there any ominous sign shrouded in the family of Lu Gao Company? A mysterious horror of unknown origin gripped everyone present. Xing Er, who had to temporarily replace Ryuta to maintain the situation, was just in a daze at this moment, at a loss for what to do. Xing Er is fifty-two years old this year. He looks a lot like Ryuta, with a strong appearance, but his figure is a circle smaller than Ryuta.Using his working experience gained in banking, he is mainly responsible for handling corporate business.But outsiders commented that he was not pioneering, and everything was up to Ryuta. In order to stabilize everyone's fluctuating psychology, he focused on the detailed report on Ryuta's death. "At first, the company received the notification at 10:47 am the day before yesterday. It was a call from the Chofu Airport office. I happened to be at the company, so I remembered it clearly. I rushed to the scene immediately. "Thirty or forty minutes after I arrived at the scene, investigators from the Ministry of Transport's Accident Investigation Committee arrived. They immediately took pictures of the scene, inspected the scattered wreckage, and began to investigate the cause of the accident. They plan to live there for two or three years. Today, I will conduct a thorough investigation of this incident, and at the same time, I will also ask the police of the Fuji Five Lakes to understand the process of the incident." "Is there any progress in the investigation?" Hikaru Ichihara leaned out and asked. Yaeiko's son Ichihara Hikari, who is twenty-four or five years old this year, took advantage of his mother's influence to serve as the deputy director of the Propaganda Department of Ashidaka Company.He wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his oily face, but he doesn't look mature enough in the company. "There is no conclusive conclusion yet. At present, as originally speculated, the fault is caused by frost in the fuel tank." "Didn't the manager tell the control tower it might be frost?" "Yes. The communication conversation at that time was recorded on the console." "It can also be said that the accident was caused by an irresistible force?" "Whether it is an irresistible factor or not, we have to wait for the final investigation results." Of course, everyone is now very concerned about whether this incident was an accident.Xing Er has stated many times that he does not rule out accidents. At first, everyone nodded to show his respect, and then everyone started eating after the food was served; but then people started whispering. Touzi sat alone in the seat closest to the corridor.The father sat with the company people, and the mother helped the female staff prepare refreshments for everyone in the kitchen. Touzi also wanted to help in the kitchen, but she was so exhausted physically and mentally that she found it hard to bear even talking to people. The morning before yesterday, Ryuta's call from Chofu Airport seemed to be a very distant thing, but it suddenly rang in his ears. Maybe I was the last person to talk to him besides the people in the airport control tower. I remember I said to him; "Don't fly today!" Why didn't you persuade him more forcefully? At the end of the phone call that day, Mrs. Long said, "Maybe I will meet Uncle Qiren in Yunjian!" What happened in the clouds?If there is nothing wrong, the "Lu Gao" will never fall.Ryuta is not a very careless person, because he is immortal... What Shouzi muttered to himself unknowingly occupied Touzi's brain. Touzi looked for Shouzi, and saw that she was sitting on the position of the mourner with her back to the alcove, she didn't touch the food on the table at all, she just lowered her head and kept wiping her face with a handkerchief.It seems that she has accepted the reality of her husband's death. The evening before yesterday, due to the unexpected appearance of Akito Shirato, Yaeko's rapping, which offended Shouko's spirit, was interrupted. "Even you yourself don't know when and how to die!" After being scolded by him, Yarongzi was too frightened to speak for a long time, and then asked Qiuren again. "Are you Qiren's child, Qiuren? When Qiren passed away, you were free and at ease abroad, and I couldn't get in touch with you. At that time, Xinger was anxious to death. Did you still miss the funeral? At that time Where the hell are you?" A few days after Qiren's death, Qiu came back.Yarongzi should have met him in later rituals, but today he spoke like a stranger who had never met. "Qi Ren's old age is not good, you should stay by his side and accompany him. What are you doing abroad?" Qiu Ren turned a deaf ear to her unceremonious questioning and didn't answer. He just kept frowning and disappeared into the dark hallway. Qiuren must have come here after hearing the sad news about Ryuta.He won't be going back anytime soon.Maybe he's looking at the room here right now, remembering his childhood... Touzi suddenly had an urge to look for Qiuren; but she finally endured it and continued to sit there... Today I heard Yarongzi gossip again. After the vigil last night, at dawn, Yaeko returned to Jiyugaoka's home, changed into a very plain mourning dress, and put on a black pearl ring on her left ring finger. The acquired Baiteng family. Touzi's mourning clothes were brought by Sachiko who came later, and she stayed in Xihuo after changing them, entertaining guests for Shouzi, or issuing wake notices, etc. "This ring? Brother Along gave it to me! He said he saw such a rare black pearl by chance in a jewelry store in Ginza, so he bought it impulsively, and said that this ring is very suitable for me .This is his usual style, and I accepted it too. I didn't expect to wear it to attend his funeral so soon..." This unique high-pitched sound reached Touzi's ears again.Yaeko was sitting in the middle of the room, talking endlessly to the guests... "Maybe it's because Qiren felt too lonely and called my brother away!" "I heard that the two brothers are very close..." "That's right. The two of them are better than ordinary brothers. The eldest son and the younger brother are quite different in age. Brother Along loves him very much! For both of them, it can be said that they died young. Especially He is a genius, he is really a genius!" Will these words anger Qiuren?Touzi quickly glanced at the dining table arranged in a "U" shape.Sure enough, Qiuren wasn't here. While the monks in the monastery were chanting sutras, Qiuren sat alone among relatives and friends.After returning from the crematorium, he seemed to have just arrived at the door of the room, but he disappeared in a blink of an eye.It can be seen from his movements and expressions that he doesn't like to be with everyone.As he sat there in silence, it was clearly glaring. Fortunately, what Yarongzi said just now was not heard by him. After being overly shocked and sad, Touzi's mood was heavy.But what is very strange is that she pays close attention to Qiu Ren's emotions. "That was a long time ago. At that time, everyone was still young, and the company was in its initial stage. At that time, I opened a shop in Ginza to do business, probably around 1968 or 1969. Brother Along brought people together When we got to the shop..." Yaakako's voice suddenly stopped.Since she was sitting in the same row as Touzi, and there were several people in between, Touzi couldn't see the expression on her face... After a while, Yarongzi continued: "Brother Along was thirty-five or six years old at that time, and Qiren was not yet thirty... Brother Along said that Qiren made a great invention not long after, Lu Gao Today, the company is entirely due to this genius inventor...and his...sorry, excuse me..." Yaeko stood up suddenly, walked behind Touko, and walked into the corridor. She was wearing mourning clothes that showed her slender figure, and when she walked, she waved her hands lightly, as if she was balancing her body.The black pearl on the finger of his left hand glistened. Everyone thought she was going to the bathroom, so they didn't care. But Touzi had a strange feeling and stood up subconsciously. Yaeko pushed open a door at the end of the corridor. After Yaeko walked in, she closed the door with her hands back, and continued walking in the corridor. Touzi followed behind and also pushed open the door. Yaeko was walking down the long corridor.太阳刚下山，左手边的寺院照出朦胧的灯光。院子里的路灯已亮起了灯，灯前开着不知名的紫色花朵。 弥荣子在走廊的拐弯处拐了弯。这时她脚步有点零乱。 走廊还再延伸。中途有一个身穿丧服的男人独自仁立在那里。 是秋人——透子看到了他的侧脸，并轻轻地叹了一口气。 秋人紧紧皱着眉，抿着嘴，目不转睛地盯着庭院的黑暗处。也许他满脑子都被父亲和伯父的事占据了，来人竟也没有察觉。 弥荣子的步子越来越不规则。透子隐隐约约记起来，走廊的尽头有洗手间和化妆室之类的小房间。 也许她觉得不舒服要去洗手间？或想到没人的地方休息一会儿？ 但是，当她来到距离秋人两三步的地方时，秋人突然醒悟过来似地转过身子；突然，弥荣子身子一晃。 她自然地扑向了秋人，而秋人也急忙伸出双手扶住了她。 但弥荣子还是跪在了地上，接着又倒在了地上。 “伯母！” 秋人和透子几乎是同时喊了出来，并冲上前去。弥荣子的脸色异常黑红。 秋人晃了晃弥荣子的肩膀，并把手贴在了她的额头上。 “发烧了……” "real?" 透子也扶住了弥荣子的右手，果然十分热。 “马上叫医生！”透子刚说到这里，突然又发现了异常，“有血——” 秋子也随着透子的目光望去。 弥荣子的左手瘫在地上。从她戴着黑珍珠的无名指根部，流下了一条血痕。 “她受伤了！” "how come?" 血淋淋的手指上，那直径两厘米的黑珍珠，发着阴森的光泽。