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Chapter 37 Chapter Thirty-Seven

Solomon's Perjury 1 Event 宫部美雪 7187Words 2018-03-16
On the morning of Monday, April 22nd, Fujino Ryoko just arrived at school, and found that the whole class was talking about something, it was like a pot exploded.Ryoko couldn't understand what they were talking about. Ryoko was almost late.Early in the morning, Hitomi and Shoko were arguing about which spring sweater to wear to school.At that time, my father had already gone to work, and my mother had made an appointment early in the morning to meet someone, and she was in a hurry.But the two younger sisters were still arguing about trivial matters.In the end, the defeated Totoko grabbed Xiangzi's hair, making Xiangzi cry, and hid himself in the bathroom, refusing to come out.

Ryoko calmed down the situation with her mother.Seeing her mother leading the two younger sisters out of the house, Ryoko rushed to the school after checking the doors, windows and gas.The third-grade classrooms are all on the third floor. Just as Ryoko rushed up the stairs leading to the third floor, the class bell rang.What a close call.This is the first time this has happened to Ryoko. After Ryoko sat down on her seat panting, the students immediately surrounded her. "Hey, Fujino, you were in the same class as Asai in second grade, right?" "What is she like? Is she a little different?"

Ryoko rolled her eyes when she heard that.who? Asai?Are you talking about Asai pine nuts? "What, didn't you read the morning news? It even appeared in the newspaper." Liangzi wanted to tell them that she was very busy this morning, but everyone was so excited that they didn't want to hear her explanation.Seeing that they couldn't get the information they wanted from Liangzi, they immediately shifted their positions and went to other circles to make noise.Those surrounded by them were all classmates who used to be in the same class as Asai Matsuko. Classification in the third grade is based on good or bad grades.In terms of specific practices, the school will leave room to evade parents, emphasizing that the school is not grading students.When classifying, there will be similar little tricks hidden: students who are expected to be recommended to enter public and private high schools will be placed in class two; It is the advisor teacher of various clubs.

In Chengdong No. 3 Middle School, Liangzi's class 1 gathered the most promising students to enter key high schools.Those assigned to this class are naturally good students with outstanding grades.Asai Matsuko was assigned to the fourth class, and everyone could only grab the students who were in the same class as Matsuko in the first and second grades to inquire about the news.It is estimated that every class other than Class 4 has such a scene now. After all, the new semester has just passed two weeks. Listening to the noisy chatter around her, Ryoko gradually began to understand what they were talking about.Although Ryoko who ran all the way to school was no longer out of breath, her heartbeat became more intense.

At around 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, the 20th, Matsuko Asai was involved in a car accident and was seriously injured.He is still unconscious and is still undergoing emergency rescue. According to witnesses, she took the initiative to rush to the car. Is she trying to commit suicide? Is someone chasing her behind? Or had someone pushed her across? The events of The Fog pack quite a punch.In today's Chengdong No. 3 Middle School, no one would regard this as an isolated incident, and neither would the parents. Kashiwagi Takuya's death and the ensuing riots are all related to the Songzi incident.Everyone believes that this must be the case.It is completely reasonable for everyone to be so excited.

Could the "witness" who wrote that report letter be Asana Songzi? There are two distinct speculations here.One opinion is that Matsuko really saw the scene where Takuya Kashiwagi was killed, and sent a report letter for the purpose of reporting.Therefore, she was silenced by the gang of three who killed Kashiwagi Takuya. Another opinion is that the report letter was fabricated out of thin air.In order to punish the gang of three who always bully the weak, Asai Matsuko took advantage of Kashiwagi Takuya's death to write the report letter.The consequences of the report letter far exceeded her expectations. Seeing that the incident was getting bigger and bigger, she was terrified, so she committed suicide.

The former statement made Daide and the others bear all the guilt, while the latter put the blame entirely on Matsuko Asai.Each student espouses a different narrative based on their own position, character, experience, and way of thinking.But no matter what kind of statement it is, it will undoubtedly seriously disturb the minds of Chengdong No. 3 Middle School, especially the third grade students. At the beginning, in order to understand the situation, Ryoko kept asking the students around her.But gradually, she became speechless.She sat in her seat with her eyes wide open, her consciousness fully submerged deep inside, mentally isolating herself from her surroundings.

Excitement and curiosity, terror and indignation.Everyone's feelings are also churning in Ryoko's heart.However, what is fundamentally different from them is that Ryoko received the report letter directly.Due to her father's accidental intervention, she did not open it to read.However, among all the students in Chengdong No. 3 Middle School, only Ryoko was selected by the informant. This fact shocked Ryoko, unable to move. So far, she hadn't thought about it deeply, perhaps on purpose.is not that right?The report letter was not actually addressed to me.The reason why the sender took a fancy to me was because my father was a policeman.

Until this morning, up to this moment, Ryoko has always understood it in this way.Liangzi knows that the school is in chaos now, and she really wants to know the truth, but in the end, this is just an inevitable feeling for an ordinary student in No. 3 Middle School.She has participated in discussions about the authenticity of the content of the report letter, and has also inquired about the real identity of the whistleblower.But as a third-year student in No. 3 Middle School, and as a former classmate of Kashiwagi Takuya, this is obviously a very normal reaction. Ryoko is skeptical about the statement that "Daide and the others killed Kashiwagi Takuya".She felt that those three people would not have acted like that, and Bai Muzhuo was not a person who would be easily manipulated by them.

To be honest, Ryoko doesn't know Kashiwagi Takuya very well, and her memory of him is very vague, at most, she only talked to him two or three times.However, she had heard some interesting things about him from Akiko Furuno.Bai Muzhuo is also an honest and law-abiding boy, but has a connotation beyond ordinary people.At least Zhang Zi thinks so, and Liang Zi trusts Zhang Zi's intuition very much.Kashiwagi Takuo could also see Furuno's distaste for the weird tastes of the drama club, and he could comfort her half-jokingly: You are right.I know.How could such a person submissively be at the mercy of Da De and them?

What is there about him?Yes, intelligence.This word may not be accurate for junior high school students, but I can't find a more appropriate word.This is the connotation of Kashiwagi Takuya. That being the case, suicide is obviously more in line with Kashiwagi Takuya's character.Ryoko has come to similar conclusions, though it is imprudent to say so.Later, after communicating, she found that Akiko Furuno thought the same way. "So, the question is who wrote that report letter." Zhang Zi said. Ryoko thought so too.Is it because of the fear that the world will not be chaotic, or has the whistleblower been seriously injured, so that similar retaliatory actions have to be taken? "No matter how hurt you are, it's wrong to take such a method, because it will implicate irrelevant people. Xiao Liang, you are just..." Ryoko only told Zhangzi about receiving the report letter.Zhang Zi was very worried about Liang Zi's psychological burden.Ryoko herself didn't take it seriously.After all, it was actually sent to my father.But since I know my father is a policeman, it means that the whistleblower is still a classmate... In the process of speculation and discussion, the name and appearance of the whistleblower could not come to the minds of the two girls.They can only assume that it could be "this person" or "that person", but this assumption cannot be made in flesh and blood. But now, things suddenly changed. Asai pine nuts.This girl was Ryoko's classmate last year, and she could immediately recall her features.Compared with Kashiwagi Takuya, Ryoko is closer to her and understands her better. It was a girl who was nothing special except that she was fat. She was indeed too fat, and Ryoko thought she should pay more attention.Bringing up the pine nuts, there's not much else to draw attention to. Ryoko also sighed: This person is really kind. By the way, Asai Matsuko and Miyake Juri have a good relationship, and they often stay together.Whenever she sees the two together, Ryoko always marvels at Songzi's approachability, gentleness and kindness. Miyake Juli is a classmate who is not easy to get along with no matter how you look at it.Paranoid and self-centered, there are many girls who hate her, Ryoko is one of them.For some reason, Jyuri always regards Ryoko as a competitor.It's not that Ryoko is careless, Zhang Zi and Kurata Mariko both mentioned to her: Miyake always looks at you with scary eyes, don't you think? Of course Ryoko could feel it, but she didn't take it seriously.Why bother to get acquainted with such a person?Out of girlish instinct, Ryoko sees Miyake Juri as a scary and troublesome existence.Just stay away from her. Ryoko believes that she is not the only one who has such thoughts.Everyone should keep a distance from Shuli.And so it is. Only Asai Matsuko will be close to Jyuri. However, Ryoko felt that Juri was not good to Songzi, and kept talking to Songzi in a commanding tone.Once after school, Ryoko overheard the conversation between the two and was stunned.Shuli, who doesn't join the club, doesn't want to go home alone, so she asks Matsuko from the music club to give up club activities. "For a person like you, if you can't make music well anyway, what does it matter if you quit the music club?" But in fact, it's not.Songzi is a very good member of the music club.The music club of the No. 3 Middle School is very active, and will participate in performances at major events such as the opening ceremony, graduation ceremony, sports meeting and cultural festival.Everyone knows their level very well. Song Zi's music class is also very good, and he can read staffs.Except for those special students who started to learn piano when they were in kindergarten, junior high school students like her are rare.She knows classical music very well, and sometimes makes speeches that surprise even the teacher in music class. Shuli actually asked Songzi to quit the music club for himself.At that time, her tone was very arrogant, and she didn't take the pine nuts seriously at all: "The fat girl is holding a musical instrument, and it doesn't look good at all. Besides the big drum, what other musical instrument is suitable for you?" Songzi can play the percussion instrument, but she is mainly responsible for the clarinet. She has been taking on the important role of instrument solo since the first grade, and her level is quite high.It is impossible for Shuli not to know this, but still say that casually. Songzi replied with a smile: "But, I like music, and I don't want to quit the music club." No matter what Shuli said, she was always smiling, and said to Shuli: "You should also join the music club. After this activity is over, we will Can't we go home together?" Shuli didn't listen to her suggestion at all: "Are you kidding me? I'm so stupid to line up for 'boom-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha', I won't do it." Even so, Songzi still had a smile on his face.Ryoko was about to faint, but she would have been angry a long time ago, and must break up the relationship. Ryoko found out that Miyake Juri had no other friends except pine nuts.Songzi couldn't bear to leave Juri behind, right? Ryoko can't learn this open-mindedness.Pine nuts are really kind-hearted.But she didn't understand that it was a waste of such kindness to be used on Miyake Juri. Mariko Kurata once asked Ryoko quietly: "Xiao Liang, Asai or I, who is fatter? You have to tell the truth." "Why tell a lie? No matter how you look at it, you are fat with pine nuts." After answering the truth, Mariko smiled happily, but then became panicked again: "But we can't speak ill of Asai. She is a good person, a very, very good person." Very very nice nice guy. What should I do if such a person is a whistleblower? Some boys always laughed at Songzi for being fat, and the one who took the lead was naturally bigger than them.Ryoko didn't know what happened in the first grade, anyway, she saw it with her own eyes a few times in the second grade. Each time, Songzi didn't seem to take it seriously, nor did she show much irritation, but only showed an expression of "why is it coming again", and then avoided it.The other party didn't seem to expect any violent reaction from Songzi, and just called "fat girl" a few times casually.Songzi must have understood how stupid those who laughed at her were. But what if this is just Ryoko's wishful thinking? In case the pine nuts were actually hurt? What if the injury becomes more and more serious, the old injury is not healed and a new injury is added, and finally on a certain day, Songzi can no longer bear it? What if she wrote a report letter about it? Should Ryoko, who was chosen as the recipient, be treated more sincerely?Even if it meets the sender's true intention, she shouldn't use "because her father is a policeman" as an excuse to escape, right? If Songzi wants Liangzi to receive the report letter. So, what action should Ryoko take at the moment of receiving the report letter?Should I pay attention to this report letter sent to myself, observe the situation carefully, and think about countermeasures?However, from the very beginning, I pushed everything to my father, school and teachers, pretending that I had nothing to do with it, and even didn't know anything about it. When she heard that Juli wanted Songzi to quit the music club, Ryoko was very shocked, and involuntarily glanced at them, and then met Songzi's eyes. Songzi responded to her puzzlement with his eyes.Fujino, don't be surprised, I don't care. Even if it was only for a short moment, Ryoko really felt Matsuko's heart, telling her not to be angry about Juri. Ryoko thought to himself: What a good man.Well, it's none of my business. This time it was different.I must intervene, right? "What's wrong with you, Xiaoliang?" A classmate put his hand on Liangzi's shoulder, leaned over to look at her face and said, "Your face is so pale." The other girls also turned their heads worriedly when they heard the sound.Ryoko waved his hand, wanting to say "I'm fine" to everyone, but found himself trembling. At this time, the door in front of the classroom opened, and Mr. Takagi walked in.She was fifteen minutes late. When Ryoko was in the second grade, Mr. Takagi was the grade teacher, but now he is the head teacher of the third grade class.Although the third middle school is in a special situation, the war-like high school entrance examination is still waiting ahead.Therefore, for the sake of the third middle school, for the students who have just entered the third grade, and for the group of outstanding children in the classroom, the school arranged the most experienced teachers to be the class teachers. "What are you all doing? Sit down!" Teacher Gao Mu's face was tense.How long will this chaotic situation last? Now, no matter what good words come out of this teacher's mouth, I don't want to hear them.Before Takagi-sensei could say a second sentence, Ryoko raised her hand. "I'm sorry, teacher, I'm not feeling well, please allow me to go to the health room."
Before that, Ryoko had never been to the health care room except for scraping her knees to put on Band-Aids during physical education class. Ozaki-sensei wasn't surprised when he saw Ryoko's face, and didn't react at all to express surprise.She hugged Ryoko's shoulders and led her to two side-by-side hospital beds, letting her lie down and rest. There seemed to be someone already on the hospital bed in the back, and the white curtain was drawn in front of the bed.Receiving the thermometer from Teacher Ozaki, Ryoko asked in a low voice, "Are you also in the third grade?" Teacher Ozaki nodded, and replied in the same low voice: "It's Asai's friend. Although I insisted on coming to school, the blow was still too great." Teacher Ozaki's words are also aimed at Ryoko.Ryoko thought, Ozaki-sensei might know that she had received a report letter.It is not surprising to know. Teacher Ozaki felt Ryoko's pulse. "It's a bit fast." She nodded slightly, "Fujino, are you on your period?" "no." "Is it disgusting?" "No. Just a little cold and dizzy." "It seems to be anemia." It seemed a bit early to take out the thermometer, Ozaki-sensei sat down beside the bed. "Is the classroom in a mess?" Ryoko nodded. "Will it be connected with Kashiwagi?" "It's hard to dismiss it as a coincidence." Mr. Ozaki smiled slightly: "A cautious person like you shouldn't say such things. Everything happens by chance." "But teacher..." "Don't keep digging into the horns. You are still junior high school students, and you don't need to take on the same responsibilities as adults" She did know.Not only that, Mr. Ozaki has seen through his own heart. Thinking about it, Ryoko burst into tears.This surprised her very much.However, with tears streaming down his face, he couldn't stop the car at all. Mr. Ozaki patted Ryoko on the shoulder lightly, comforting her like a mother: "Don't force it, go home and have a good rest. Do you want me to call my family to pick you up?" Liangzi shook her head: "There is no one at home." "Is mom working too?" "Yes. She is a judicial scrivener. She said in the morning that she is very busy today." "It's a judicial scrivener." Ozaki-sensei raised his voice, "It's amazing." "Really?" Ryoko said in a strange voice on purpose, laughing through tears. Ozaki-sensei fetched tissues from a nearby table and asked Ryoko to blow her nose. "Teacher, you misunderstood. It is a very common job." "No, the qualification certificate is very difficult. A friend of mine failed the exam several times, so he had to give up. Ordinary people can't do such a job." "My mother is just an ordinary person." Just as we were joking, it was time to take our temperature.The thermometer reads normal. Ryoko has calmed down a lot.Regarding the accident of Asai pine nuts, Mr. Ozaki may have a more detailed understanding?Should I ask her? Can't help but think of the classmate on the bed next door, Ryoko squinted over there. The suspicion in Ryoko's heart was guessed by Mr. Ozaki again.She whispered next to Ryoko's ear, "It's Juri Miyake." Ryoko's eyes widened suddenly. Mr. Ozaki nodded: "They have a very good relationship." Ryoko looked at the neighboring bed without hesitation.Behind the tightly drawn curtain, is Juri crying, or asleep?Quietly, there was no sound at all. Maybe just coming to school, she had exhausted all her strength, and ran here directly without entering the classroom.How much should Shuli be stimulated?After all, Songzi was her only friend. Ryoko had just recalled the scene where Juri was domineering to Matsuko, but now she is full of sympathy for Juri.No, it is precisely because of the relationship between Juli and Songzi that Juli is so pitiful now. Juli, who relied too much on the soft cushion of pine nuts, suddenly became alone, and probably couldn't even stand up.Who else will take care of Shuli? Does Shuli know that Songzi is the whistleblower?Maybe you've noticed it?Will Songzi tell Shuli everything? It seems a little unimaginable.Because when Shuli and Songzi are together, Shuli is the only one talking, and Songzi will only be the one who answers. Ryoko looked at Ozaki-sensei, and saw that she was staring at the closed curtain, her eyes narrowed slightly, as if she was lost in thought. Ryoko's heart skipped a beat. At this time, the phone in the health room rang.Ozaki-sensei said "I'm sorry" and left Ryoko's hospital bed.She stuffed the thermometer into the pocket of her white coat and walked quickly towards the table. What was the meaning of Ozaki-sensei's expression just now? The expression when holding Liangzi while comforting her and picking her into the health room; the expression when taking Liangzi's pulse; the look in the eyes when looking at the thermometer.It's all tender and caring.Ozaki-sensei should be like this.It's as much a part of her character as it is the nature of her work.Some students will hide in the health room directly after coming to school, which is the so-called "going to the health room for school".They know that the warmth they cannot get from the class teacher can be obtained from Mr. Ozaki. However, Ozaki-sensei's eyes just now were completely different, not even what she should have, like a cold light from something sharp. Is it an illusion?Am I out of order today? Ozaki-sensei is answering the phone.She answered a few words, then put down the phone receiver.She returned to Liangzi and said, "I'm sorry, I need to go over to the teacher's office..." She seemed to be in a dilemma, maybe she didn't want to leave Juri and Ryoko behind. Liangzi sat up and said, "It's okay, I'll come and see the door." Mr. Ozaki smiled: "Look, you are also a patient yourself." "I'm fine." It's not a lie.After talking with Ozaki-sensei for a few words, Ryoko felt much more relaxed. "Until you come back, I will stay here. I won't abandon Miyake. If someone else comes, I will give up this bed. Don't worry." Ryoko said and patted her chest. "Okay. I'll be back in five minutes." After speaking, Mr. Ozaki walked out quickly.Opening the door and going to the corridor, she looked back again. This move touched Ryoko's heartstrings again.Teacher, it's all right.What are you worried about? Ryoko glanced at Juli.The curtain was motionless. Ryoko sighed and lay down on his back on the hospital bed. With a "huh", a gust of air ran out from the pillow covered with a white cover. Ryoko lay flat and looked at the ceiling.On this ordinary day, nearly 400 people are studying in this school.However, the surrounding area was extremely silent, like a cemetery. Graveyards are often taken for granted as the setting for ghost stories.The same goes for school.why?The cemetery is silent and devoid of living things, and any sound or movement is sure to be very frightening; the school is sometimes silent and equally frightening. Asai's injury is unknown.Can she still come to school?Wouldn't it be a straight transfer from school to another haunted place?Ah, it's too unlucky to think so. Feeling someone watching her, Ryoko rolled her eyes. The next moment, she almost jumped up.At some point, the curtain separating her from the neighboring bed was opened by about 30 centimeters.Miyake Juri was looking at himself from there. Juli's whole body turned around, and the left side of her head was pressed against the pillow.The pillow was so soft that half of her face was buried in the pillow, and her outstretched arms rested on the edge of the curtain. She stared straight at Ryoko without blinking.She looked up from the bottom up, but Ryoko felt oppressed, and her chest was tight. Terrible. Why are you looking at me like this?What's the point of fighting against me here?Is it because of Asai?Only you are Asai's good friend, so don't allow me to be stimulated by this and come to the health room? Liangzi gulped down a mouthful of saliva with a "gudong". Shuli's eyes didn't move, he stared at Ryoko, but still didn't say a word. "Miyake." From Ryoko's throat came a hoarse voice that even made him feel embarrassed, "How are you doing? Mr. Ozaki has gone to the teacher's office and will be back soon, don't worry." Juli's expression remained unchanged.Ryoko's eyes were firmly attracted by her.Shuli's body is thin and slender, and the acne on his face has become more serious, and it has grown all the way to his throat. "Miyake." Ryoko moved her body, making Juri's eyes move a little bit.Her feet dangled from the edge of the bed, and she turned to Juri. "Is it cold? Do you want another blanket?" The corner of Shuli's mouth moved, and half of his lips were buried in the pillow.Perhaps because of this, Ryoko couldn't hear what she was saying. "What?" Ryoko asked as softly as possible.She wanted to smile, but it was impossible to smile. Shuli moved. With a "swipe", the cloth curtain swung across the tip of Liangzi's nose, abruptly blocking her sight. On the inside of the curtain, Jyuri let out a short, sharp and wanton laugh. Laughed.Ryoko heard correctly, Juri smiled. Ryoko sat on the edge of the bed blankly.
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