Chapter 3 third quarter

The leisure time before Dianzi noon can't be spent.That doesn't mean doing nothing.I wanted to call Muratani Asako to inquire about the progress of the manuscript writing, but considering that she must have been writing late last night, I picked up the phone and put it down again. At least until around 11 o'clock.Agreed to deliver today.Whether it can really be completed, I still don't feel at ease, but there is no way, I have to wait until near noon to know the ending.Even if you are restless, you must be patient, and you cannot vent your anger on the author. Dianzi looked at the newspaper, flipped through the book, picked up the newspaper again, and waited for the hands on the clock to move.Although I didn't do anything, I was still mentally exhausted.In foreign movies, there are scenes of people pacing back and forth in a room like a bear spinning round and round. Noriko felt that feeling personally today.

It was finally 11 o'clock.Noriko thought "Finally here", while picking up the microphone. Ask the service office to pick up the Suginoya Hotel, the other party answered, and asked them to pick up the room of Asako Muratani. "Excuse me, is this Miss Shiihara?" The voice of the male waiter at the service office changed. "Yes." Shiihara replied. "Then please listen to me. Mr. Muratani moved to Taixizhuang on Fangdao this morning. She told me that if Ms. Shiihara calls, she will tell her so." "Hello, hello." Dianzi was taken aback.Unexpectedly, Muratani Ashazi changed his residence early this morning.

"Fangdao's, yes..." "It's on Xizhuang." "Where is this Duixizhuang?" "Not far from here. Down the valley, there is a dedicated cable car." The phone hangs up. Hearing that the hotel where Ms. Muratani moved to was not far away, Noriko was a little relieved, and she moved out but asked someone to tell her, so she couldn't doubt her sincerity.But in this way, the manuscript makes people have to worry again. Dianzi immediately called Duixizhuang. "Is Mr. Muratani who lives there?" Noriko heard the voice of the hotel hostess.

"Yes, here, please wait!" In less than 3 seconds, I heard Muratani Asako's voice: "Ah, Miss Shiihara, did you sleep well last night?" Compared with sleeping, Dianzi wanted to know the reason for her hasty change of residence, and also wanted to know earlier what would happen to the manuscript due to this influence. "Good morning sir, you have worked hard!" Dianzi greeted her, but Ashazi's voice seemed to be trying to cover up: "That matter, Miss Shiihara, is still not going well." Dianzi was taken aback. "Ok?" There was displeasure in his own voice.

"Sir, what's the matter?" "The promise is to hand in the manuscript today. However, no matter how hard I try, I still write too slowly. Even though it's rude, please forgive me again, and the manuscript must be handed in tomorrow morning. I don't know if I can wait a little longer." Muratani Asako's voice was also bewildered.Sure enough, the ominous premonition came true.Because of this premonition, a day's room for procrastination has actually been considered.However, this is the final deadline.If it fails again tomorrow, it will be too late. "It's not easy, sir. I'll wait until tonight, and leave it to me anyway, will you?"

Dianzi begged.It cannot be said that there is a margin of one day.As soon as the author relaxes, it is likely to procrastinate for another day. "It's really not tonight. Because there is still half of it to be finished! Oh, Ms. Shiihara, please allow me to allow you to wait until tomorrow morning, no matter how early you come to pick it up." "It's not easy." "Although I'm really embarrassed, please help me once, okay?" "It's not easy, sir." After repeating this question and answer two or three times, Dianzi finally gave in.She reminded repeatedly that the deadline for submitting the manuscript tomorrow must never be changed.This is also the last position where I can't take a step back.

"thanks!" Muratani Asako let out a long breath of relief. Noriko reported to Tokyo immediately after the call.She has this responsibility for the manuscript.What if it fails again tomorrow morning?She seemed to be in a situation where she was cornered. After the call was connected, editor-in-chief Shirai spoke directly to her. "Changed hotels? Why?" Shirai said angrily.Then he asked for the name of the hotel. "Hey, then, I'm going to call Ms. Muraya too. But it would be bad if you loosen her restraint too. You can't live far away from her. Move to the hotel where Ms. Muraya is staying!"

"However, Ms. Muratani hates the editor staying in the same hotel to rush her." "Ah, ah, is that so? This is a troublesome matter." The editor-in-chief smacked his lips. "Then, if it doesn't work, you can stay in a nearby hotel. If Mr. Muratani comes out for a leisurely walk, it means that the manuscript has been completed, and your task will be over when I hand it over to you. From now on, every three hours, Just call to inquire about the progress of the manuscript writing." "That is to say, surveillance was carried out?" "So to speak. If there is another mistake tomorrow morning, the printing office will be waiting in vain again. If you don't do this, there will be trouble. Do you understand?"

"yes." Dianzi was reprimanded by the editor-in-chief, feeling depressed. Even so, she was still thinking, why did Muratani Asako change his address in such a hurry this morning?Was there anything there that displeased her? Dianzi now recalls the two figures she saw in the morning mist.One is Asako Muratani, and the other is Yoshizo Takura who collects insider documentary literature materials.The voice can be heard clearly, so there is no doubt about it.Although the content of the conversation is not clear, it is definitely extraordinary.That is to say, it is not a simple small talk like a random encounter while walking.This was an intuitive feeling at the time.There is a certain secret hidden in it, which Dianzi grasps through eyes and ears.That's why Dianzi didn't even dare to turn his head, and ran back in one breath.

The combination of Muratani Asako and Tiankura Yoshizo is also quite peculiar.One is a novelist, the other is a nobody in the publishing industry, not completely missed, but anyway, standing and talking in such a place in the morning is not normal.Muratani Asako must have been writing manuscripts late last night, but why did she get up early to meet Tiankura Yoshizo? Dianzi recalled what he said when he met Tian Cang on the way here yesterday: "Ah, it's Ms. Muratani's business." At that time, he thought that "he knew that Muratani Asako came to Hakone", but now it seems that he came to Hakone for the purpose of meeting Asako.For some reason, there is always this strong feeling.

Ashazi's meeting with Tian Cang and his subsequent change of residence - these two events will not seem to be completely unrelated. Thinking of this, I recalled another strange thing, that is, in the fog last night, I saw Ashazi's husband Muraya Liangwu and an unknown woman.Whether that person is indeed Liang Wu is still difficult to determine, but it is generally not wrong. From this point of view, it cannot be said that there is no connection between the figures of the two couples last night and this morning and Ashazi's change of residence.This cannot always be regarded as natural.Or is this my own paranoia caused by the hallucinatory effect of the fog?Where did that Takura Yoshizo live? But, no matter what, he had to move to the hotel next to Muratani Asazi. Noriko called the waitress on duty. "There are only two hotels in the hot spring area of ​​Fangdao." The middle-aged waitress told her with a smile. "Ah, such a remote place?" "No, it's not because it's remote, but because it's at the bottom of the valley, and you have to take a cable car down from the hot spring area in Miyanoshita." Noriko, who is not very familiar with Hakone, has never heard of this before. "The two hotels, one is Duixizhuang and the other is Junli Pavilion, both of which are connected by dedicated cableways." Cungu Asazi lives in Duixizhuang, so Dianzi can only stay in the hotel called Junli Pavilion."Let me get in touch with you," said the waitress. Dianzi asked her for help, and replied that there happened to be a room. "Are you going to move there? It's really sad!" said the waitress. The distance is not far, there is no need to call a car, Dianzi walks, the morning fog has cleared, and you can really enjoy the scenery of the valley.On the opposite side stands the star mountain like a steep wall.Two high-end cars passed by, this is a golf fan going to Xianshiyuan. The aerial cable car dedicated to the hotel is divided into two locations due to different accommodation locations, and one has a sign leading to Duixizhuang.This is the place where Muratani Asako moved this morning. Looking from Dianzi, it is only about 100 meters away from here, and there is a sign leading to Junli Pavilion.A young male waiter stood in front, bowed after seeing Nianzi and asked: "Is it Miss Shiihara?" It seems that when we set off just now, the hotel has already contacted here. The cable car is small and exquisite. The capacity is six people, but the only passenger is Noriko, a young man standing on the console.As soon as the foot stepped into the compartment, it shook slowly. The driver rang the bell as a signal, and the bell rang twice.Then the hotel below sent a response signal.The small carriage began to descend along the ropeway. Looking from the window, the cliff is about 40 meters high, and the tiny roof of the hotel can be seen shining.Perpendicular to the ropeway, the flowing water of the Hayakawa River is like a belt.Such a dramatic ups and downs of space create instant fear visually. "Hasn't there been any accidents before?" asked Nianzi, the only passenger. "Absolutely not." The driver said with a smile. At this time, the scenery below gradually became larger.When the trees grow bigger, so do the houses.The aerial cable car stops at a safe location.The hotel hostess came to welcome Noriko.Dianzi asked how long it would take to descend. "About three minutes," replied the waitress. Noriko was placed in a room overlooking the river.The courtyard of the hotel turned out to be a river beach, and the river water cut through the white pebble area and flowed gurglingly.The foothills on the opposite side are cut off by a small piece of steep red stone cliff.However, it is surrounded by dense dark olive woods. When the side windows are opened, the line of sight is blocked by the high board walls of the wing room, and only the roof of the adjacent Duixizhuang can be seen. Anyway, you should tell Muratani Asako about coming here.At the same time, you can also urge the manuscript again. Called from the hotel, Muratani Asako answered right away again this time. "Sir, what happened to the manuscript?" "Ah, just now, when I was bored, Shirai-kun called again to give encouragement." Ashazi's voice sounded high and clear. "Is that so? I'm so sorry. So, er, how many pages are left?" "How many pages? There is less than half left." Ashazi replied immediately.Dianzi was still worried.The manuscript is agreed to be 50 pages, and if half of it is not completed, will the manuscript be delivered by tomorrow morning? "To tell you the truth, sir, I have now moved to the hotel next to yours. Here again I must disturb you." "Yo, you, you live here? I didn't expect that." Muratani Asako was deeply surprised. "Are you here to supervise the team? Is it Shirai-kun's order?" She clearly understood the intention of this move. "yes." The other party seemed to think for a while, and then said: "Well then, welcome. Let's have lunch here!" Noriko asked the waitress who brought a replacement yukata: "If you want to go to Duixizhuang on the opposite side from here, how should you go?" The waitress had a wry smile on her face: "I'm sorry, but it's hard to get through from here to Duixizhuang." "Why, can't we make it through?" "Yes. It used to go through there, and it did a lot of harm." She turned her head and pointed to the bamboo wall. "So a wall was added to separate it." "Then, if you want to go to the opposite side, you still have to take the cable car up, and then change to their special cable car to get down, don't you?" "Yes, I'm so sorry!" The two hotels are adjacent to each other, and there will still be disputes.Dianzi thought to himself that it is too inconvenient to take two kinds of cable cars to go up and down when they are so close to each other. Dianzi first went up by the cable car of Junli Pavilion, walked more than 100 meters, and then took the aerial cable car dedicated to Duixizhuang to get down. The size of this cable car is about the same as that of Junli Pavilion, and the signal is also beeping and beeping twice when descending.She also found that when ascending from Junli Pavilion, the signal was three bells.Probably three beeps for rising and two beeps for descending.For the cable car in Xizhuang, there are two bells for the descent, and three bells for the ascent signal. When we came to the gate of Duixizhuang, besides the waitresses, the maids of the Muraya family who had met three or four times also came out to greet them. "Welcome. Sir is waiting." The maid of Muratani's house smiled and said to Noriko.He is about 20 or 21 years old, with a slender body, not too particular about his hair, but with pretty eyes.Dianzi has a crush on her. Guided by the maid, Dianzi walked in, stepped on the red carpet in the corridor, and after a while, came to a room that looked like a single room. "Arrived." The maid said from outside the door.The weather is so hot, but Muratani Asako closes the door of the corridor to work. "Come in!" Hearing Ashazi's voice, the maid opened the door. This was a compartment with only three seats, and next to it was the main room with eight seats. In the center of the room, Ashazi's fat body was sitting leisurely in front of the table. "Sir, I'm really sorry to disturb your work." Dianzi saluted Ashazi. "Please sit down. Come, come here. Ah, Hiroko!" Ashazi called her maid. "The guests are here, tell me to bring the prepared things here!" "yes." Maybe it was lunch, Dianzi hurriedly said: "Oh——, if it's lunch, I, I already..." "Why, have you already eaten?" Under the gaze of Ashazi's small eyes, Dianzi couldn't help tightening his shoulders.I really don't want to eat with such an uncomfortable person. "yes." Ashazi was a little unhappy. "let it go." He said to the maid again, "You don't need to notify me." "yes." The maid just turned around. "Oh, Guangzi." Ashazi called again, "Where's Mr.?" "Now, it's time to take a shower." "Going to take a bath again?" Ashazi said with a little displeasure. "Sir, that manuscript..." Dianzi asked timidly.She quietly glanced at the manuscript paper spread out on the table, half of which was written in delicate words.There are no traces of deletions or alterations in Muratani Asazi's manuscript, which is a definite comment in the editor.Although the writing is clumsy, it is easy to organize. "The manuscript is already halfway through, so there is no problem." Ashazi faced Dianzi and said solemnly to her. "In that case, thank you so much!" Dianzi said sincerely, relieved. "You, do you live next door?" Ashazi smiled slightly on both sides of his flat nose. "Then, this is really causing you trouble. Anyway, thinking of the gazes of the neighbors here, I will feel anxious, so I have to work hard tonight!" There is something ironic and sarcasm in these words. "Then, please take care of me!" Dianzi felt that there was no point in sitting for a long time, so he left in a hurry.To be honest, she couldn't get close to this Muratani Asazi no matter what. On the way back, I saw a man in a bathrobe walking back with a hand towel in the corridor.Accidentally saw that this was A Shazi's husband, Muriya Liangwu. Liang Wu seemed to be concentrating on something, walking with his head down.Dianzi was thinking about saying hello, but fortunately Liangwu looked downcast and looked very tired, so he didn't notice him, so he walked past silently.Fortunately, the corridor is relatively wide. Dianzi turned his head and saw Liangwu's back, looking weak and miserable.Dianzi thought of the shadowy dark figure of light ink seen in the fog.There is no doubt that it is him. Put on your shoes at the door. "Go back now?" At some point, the maid from Muratani's house came to her, with a smile on her brows and eyes, and bowed her knees to salute Noriko. Noriko rides the ascending cable car.Here is the same as Junli Pavilion, the signal is three bells. Looking down from the window of the cable car, the roof of Xiangxizhuang gradually shrinks and falls.The roof of the adjacent Junli Court is also getting smaller and smaller. While looking at the gradually descending scenery, she thought again: Where does Tian Cang live?