Chapter 19 Nosedive

There was a harbinger of some uneasiness. The maid came and said there was a call from the newspaper office. "Please return it." Lai Zi said to the maid. "It will be done in a while." The maid came back with an embarrassed expression. "In short you say: there is nothing to talk about." Phone calls like this came from all directions.Not only newspapers, but also magazines. Not only that, there are also reporters who come directly to the door. "Madam just went out," said the maid as Lai Zi ordered. "When will you be back?" "I don't know about this."

"I'll wait a minute." The other party was very stubborn. Lai Zi knew why he was so noticed by others.That is to say, because she is Yuuki Yuo's wife.The corruption case is now reaching its climax, and Yuuki has become the center of discussion. However, this is not the case. When Lai Zi read the morning paper the next day, he completely understood.The headline on the third page of the paper was the news in large print.The typography is so striking that you can see it when you open the newspaper. The meaning of the newspaper headline is: Prosecutor Onogi's sudden suspension casts a shadow over the prosecution department.

Photos of Onogi himself were also published. Lai Zi read the message in one breath: The Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office is now doing its best to investigate and expose the corruption case in Province R. At the time when it was in its infancy, Prosecutor Joo Onogi was suddenly transferred from the department of the Special Investigation Department a few days ago.Furthermore, the prosecutor was suspended again yesterday.The inside story of this matter is that the prosecutor has a very close relationship with the wife of the suspect in this case, Mr. Mou (whose name has not been named).The matter was disclosed by the defense team, and the local prosecutor was also in a panic, so he hastily made this disciplinary decision.

The local prosecutor was surprised by the seriousness of the matter and was asking the prosecutor for details.If the facts as stated by the defense team are true, it seems that the prosecutor will be punished more severely.The prosecutor's department has already stated that even if the prosecutor has the facts told by the defense team, he will consider it irrelevant to the nature of the case investigation, and will firmly follow the predetermined policy to get to the bottom of it. However, it has been observed that, no matter what, if it is found out that this is the case, it will cast a huge shadow on the procuratorate; it will probably inevitably have an impact on the future of the current investigation of corruption cases.

Lawyer Lin's conversation: The wife of a certain suspect maintains a close relationship with prosecutor Onogi. I have conclusive evidence on this issue.The fact that the suspect's wife is in such a relationship with the interrogating prosecutor would be a great misfortune for the prosecution service.Given the circumstances, there can be no hope of a fair trial.Even if we estimate that the case will make favorable progress, in order to maintain the authority of the law, we must not ignore the relationship between the prosecutor and the suspect's wife.Needless to say, Prosecutor Onogi is ready to boldly pursue the responsibility of the leading cadres of the prosecutorial agency who are his bosses.

Statement by Prosecutor Ishii, Director of the Special Search Department: At this time, there is nothing to say.I do not deny that the lawyers have requested to disclose the truth of the matter.However, even if it is just a rumor, it cannot be ignored in terms of legal prestige, so prosecutor Onogi was temporarily suspended.As to the existence of facts, it is intended to hear and investigate the specific circumstances with the Prosecutor subsequently.If it is true, how to deal with it has not been decided yet, and of course the issue of responsibility has not been considered.At the present stage, there is no doubt that this question will be considered separately from the disclosure of the case, and every effort will be made to investigate the matter according to the established line.

There is another situation.With regard to this matter, although his defender had made a probe to the prosecutorial department through Mr. Mou, we, for our part, did not want to give the public an ambiguous impression; proceeding from this premise, we resolutely rejected that probe, and temporarily The decision to suspend Prosecutor Onogi was announced first. Regardless of the authenticity, it is indeed regrettable that such problems have occurred. Conversation of Prosecutor Onogi: I don't want to say anything.Everything is left to the superiors to handle. When Lai Zi first read this report, the typeface did not jump into his eyes immediately, he could only read it here and there intermittently.Emotions cluttered her vision.

After reading it three times, she finally understood the whole content of the news.Even the newspaper in front of him was blurred and darkened. Lai Zi threw away the newspaper, his legs could no longer support his body.The atrium was beating violently, and everything he saw was tilted. Lai Zi wanted to yell loudly.She felt as if something alive in her breast was about to cry out.Lai Zi knew that his face had lost all color, and even his fingertips were numb. She felt that she had something to do, so she stood up quickly, but her knees felt weak and her body was swaying. Lai Zi went to the phone and dialed the dial, but his fingers didn't work and he redialed three times.The other party was Onogi's apartment, and he replied, "Mr. Onogi went out early this morning."

In order to find out her whereabouts, she went to the local police again and hung up the phone. "Prosecutor Onogi is off today." Lai Zi almost dropped the phone receiver to the ground.She returned to the room, covered her face and knelt down.The rapid beating of the atrium has not stopped.The poor heart was still beating violently. The facts that appeared in front of my eyes were simply unimaginable.In fact, she didn't want to think about it. Lai Zi would like to see this as a continuation of a nightmare he had long ago.Although a bad premonition had repeatedly assailed her nearly a week ago, she did not expect this outcome.

Lai Zi hopes to have someone to rely on.My body has fallen into a state of collapse, and I need something to fully support it. Lai Zi had already made up her mind to go through the divorce procedures with Yu Cheng five days ago.For this reason, she also went to the family court to inquire about the legal procedures. Even so, she prepared things for Yuuki in the detention center to bring when she visited.Although it is a husband who is about to divorce, this is the last duty of a wife, not out of love. However, this matter had to fall through halfway.Lai Zi already knew that there were two other women in Yucheng who would come to the detention center to deliver things to him.Those were two women Lai Zi didn't know.

Although Yuki didn't go home for several days, or found evidence that he was wandering outside, Laizi had never wavered over the years.Her attitude was that no matter what Yuuki did, she would ignore it completely. Even though she knew that the two women were enthusiastically sending things to her husband, there was no emotional disturbance. Lai Zi knew for the first time that even if he left, there would still be a woman to take care of Yuki.It reassured her instead.She can take the experience of serving Yuuki as a distant past without having anything to do with herself. However, the newspaper reports about Onogi caused Lai Zi to fall into a state of insanity. When I think of Onogi's figure, I feel as if I am standing on a cliff watching the stones that are about to fall from my feet.The rock tumbled along the steep cliff while falling down.Following that, it seemed as if the other sand, soil and rocks under his feet were also rolling up smoke and dust, making a bang, and the sand and rocks all fell down and fell straight to the bottom of the valley.The sand engulfed Lai Zi and collapsed... During the fall, as if reminiscing about the past, the scene of his hometown appeared before Lai Zi's eyes.That had nothing to do with today, but that scene was the only one that flashed various colors strangely.Dry and cracked red clay walls, stone walls crawling with lizards, gatehouses that are about to collapse, and streets where no one walks... These scenes connect some intermittent scenes together, including the silhouettes of childhood friends, the face of the mother, and the dead Brother's face. The body seems to be sinking in this way.All kinds of thoughts popped up in my mind, and all of them were strangely unrelated to the real problem before me. There is a huge gap between her thinking and reality, separated by an invisible void. There was a sound in the distance. Lai Zi raised his head.The maid was standing at the sliding door. "Ma'am, your phone number." Lai Zi didn't even have the strength to answer. "What should I do? It's Mr. Onogi calling." The maid said with concern.Lai Zi woke up.Walked almost unconsciously towards the phone. "I'm Onogi." Maybe it was a hearing problem, Onogi's voice was a little hoarse.Lai Zi couldn't answer immediately, his chest was so stuffy that he couldn't make a sound. "Did you hear that?" Onogi said again. "...I heard it." She reluctantly opened her mouth. "Did you see the newspaper?" Onogi asked.The voice was flat and flat. "Read it." Onoki was silent for a while.Lai Zi really wanted to cry out, but he didn't know what to say. "I must see you. May I come out?" "Can." She wanted to say: "I don't care anyway..." The words came to her lips, but she felt that she had to shout before she could speak. "Thank you." Onogi thanked and said, "I'm still waiting for you at the old place." That's it for the phone call.Lai Zi went back to his room and started to prepare for going out.She was flustered and didn't know which clothes to choose to wear, and she even wondered if she was out of her mind. Seeing that she was getting ready to go out, the maid came in to help as usual. "I'll do it myself." She made a stern refusal, and let the maid back out. Only today, she wanted to live in a secluded place alone for a while, and she didn't want anyone to stay by her side. Before meeting Onoki, Lai Zi just wanted to live alone.Ready to go out. She looked around the room again.Suddenly she felt that this was no longer her own room, as if she had an illusion, as if she had entered someone else's room to handle her own affairs. A bell rang in the distance.The maid answered the phone, quickly opened the sliding door, and said panickedly in the corridor, "Mr. Lin is calling." "Just say I'm out!" Lai Zi could hear the sharp voice in his own ears. Everything was ready, she came to the corridor.This is clearly my home, but at this moment I don't know where to go to the door. After getting into the taxi, Lai Zi regained his senses a little. The scenery I have been used to for many years flew backwards.The pedestrians and all the scenery on the road have nothing to do with me, and they all become another world.Only the typeface on the newspaper flashed in front of my eyes. ...Prosecutor Joo Onogi was suddenly transferred from the department of the special investigation team a few days ago.Furthermore, the prosecutor was suspended again yesterday.The inside story of this matter is that the prosecutor has a very close relationship with the wife of the suspect in this case, Mr. Mou (whose name has not been named).This matter was disclosed by the defense team, and the local prosecutor was also in a panic, so he hastily made this disciplinary decision... Time has passed, and the typeface in my memory at this moment is even more distinct than when I saw the newspaper with my own eyes. "Where are you going?" The driver turned his head and asked.Lai Zi told him the destination.The flow of people on the street may go or stop.Under a building on the opposite side, the figure of Onoki can be seen from a distance. He stood on such a small piece of land. In Lai Zi's eyes, all other scenery was excluded, leaving only the isolated island where Onogi stood. When Lun Xiangzi saw the newspaper, a figure immediately appeared in his mind, and this was the Laizi whom he had seen in the woods of Shendaiji Temple. It is incomprehensible to say that this image is always vividly imprinted in my mind.After the encounter at Jindaiji, she saw her at the highland house, met her by chance at the Ginza store, and was honored to receive tea from her.However, what impressed Lu Xiangzi the most was the image of Lai Zi walking with Onogi in the woods of Jindaiji Temple. When she first saw the news of prosecutor Onogi's suspension, Lu Xiangzi fell into a state of bewilderment for a moment.Lai Zi's figure appeared in front of him in this state. The impression of this news in the newspaper slipped from her mind in a short while.It turned out that Onogi and Laizi were like this, and she felt as if she knew it before; so, her heart felt at ease because of it. Lunxiangzi thought of Onogi who was walking alone at Kamisuwa Station with his old schoolbag on his back.At that time, she had thought that the profile of this man's face had a strange sense of loneliness, with some complicated shadows.Perhaps because this had always been the case, the news in the newspaper did not particularly surprise her. The image of him lying in the hut of the ancients, the image of him sitting up in surprise when the incense sticks entered, and the image of him walking in the wheat field, all these images are pure and upright. However, Rinkako also has a kind of kinship with Laizi who can be considered to cast a complicated shadow on Onogi. This is a woman who is like his big sister, and her dignified beauty and elegant demeanor have even made me yearn for it.From the perspective of Lunxiangzi, it can be said that it has been conquered by Laizi.It didn't make her feel bad, though.She thinks Lai Zi is beautiful in appearance and kind-hearted. Regarding the combination of Laizi and Onogi, Lu Xiangzi once had a thought of criticism in his heart. She likes both Onogi and Laizi.She even realized that it made sense for the two of them to go this far. Therefore, this kind of mentality made her very angry at Onogi's fate as described in the newspaper.According to her own mood, she also felt something like indignation at the insane way of putting Onogi in such a situation... At this time, mother came to Lun Xiangzi's bedroom. "Xiao Xiangzi, let me disturb you a little." Mom looked cheerful.Lun Xiangzi was taken aback, because she hadn't seen her mother's expression like this for a long time.Recently, my mother's face is very scary, and her complexion is also very ugly. Even Lun Xiangzi can't get close to her. "Have you read the newspaper?" The sadness on my mother's face disappeared. "Here, that's it." Mom quickly glanced at the newspaper in front of Lun Xiangzi, "There really are lawless Mr. prosecutors! However, if this kind of problem occurs, things will be easy to deal with. The case that I worry about all day is finally settled. It can be resolved satisfactorily.” She finally understood why her mother was overjoyed. "I was worried about your father for a while, but because of the problem of the prosecutor, it seems that I can rest assured." As if to comfort herself, my mother poked her finger at the headline on the newspaper and told Lun Xiangzi, "Look! Doesn't it say: 'The prosecutorial department is also very embarrassed'? Whenever there is such a thing, there will be a problem of responsibility. So, maybe the current prosecutors will be replaced!" Lun Xiangzi has never been annoyed with her mother like she is now.Of course, she remained silent.But Mom didn't even notice her displeasure. "Your dad seemed relieved when he saw the news this morning! It's rare to see dad's smiling face!" Mom made the report one by one, and then said, "Dad said to come back early today, so you might as well beg, we three Let's go out for dinner alone." Lun Xiangzi really wanted to say something to her mother unceremoniously.Never before had she scorned her mother's ignorance so much.Lun Xiangzi feels hatred towards both her father and mother.She couldn't even stand being with her happy mother any longer. However, something happened that made her mother have to leave Lun Xiangzi's room.The maid came to call her mother and said she had a phone call.Mom responded with "Hey", stood up and walked out, her movements showed a briskness that was rarely seen recently. The telephone is placed in the hallway. Mom is answering something.The tone of voice is abnormal.Lun Xiangzi quietly went to the corridor to have a look.Mother cupped the phone receiver with her hands, and was lowering her back to listen to the conversation inside.The appearance is very different from before, with a serious expression. "Ah!... Is this... true?" Mom made an unusual voice. "Ah, ah!" Mom promised in a high-pitched voice, looking panicked.There was a strange atmosphere around her.Lun Xiangzi was so nervous that she held her breath, when her mother put down the phone receiver with a "click". For the next moment, Mom was stunned.Looking at the sky with both eyes, he stood motionless.His hand rested weakly on the phone he had just put down. Noticing that Lun Xiangzi was standing to the side, my mother turned towards her.Mom's face was pale. "Father, he..." Mom suddenly called out, "It is said that Dad was taken to the police. Just now, it was Mr. Bianjian who called." Mom was shaking and crying. "It is said that an arrest warrant may be issued in the evening, so I hope to contact the selected lawyer..." Mom bites on the sleeve of the kimono, with a choked sound of "Woo, woo" in her throat. Lai Zi was sitting on a chair in the reception room of S Detention Center. In the reception room, there were twelve or three people waiting on long chairs facing only one direction.The room was as spacious as an auditorium, with white walls and a ceiling of bagasse laminated with soundproofing; just looking at it, one felt as if one were in a bank or a large company. The chairs were covered with purple cloth.In order to avoid the rabbits facing each other, people sat facing one side. The people who came to visit the detention center were strangers to each other.There are poorly dressed people and women dressed as if they were at a theatre.No one made a sound.Some people were whispering to each other, while others were sitting silently with their heads bowed. The announcement calls for visitors to come in.The rest of the people watched the man's back with different feelings. Forty minutes had passed since Lai Zi submitted the application.Just now, relevant personnel came to inform me that because I am doing sports, I cannot come to the meeting for the time being. Those who came after her had left first.However, doing so now has greatly helped Lai Zi's mood.If you immediately go to the place where you meet your husband as soon as you apply, you will not be able to calm down. I don't know if it's because the room is spacious and empty, or because the floor is paved with cement, the room looks very deserted.The sunlight outside the window illuminates the walls of the opposite building.Lai Zi absently looked at the carefully manicured lawn and neatly arranged green tree branches in the courtyard. At this time, there was a creaking sound, and the broadcast called: "Mr. Yuki." Lai Zi got up and left the bench.The people sitting side by side seemed to be looking at her together. A staff member in uniform walks in.Seeing Lai Zi stand up from the chair, he stepped forward and urged, "Please." On the way to the visiting room, the staff explained to her: "The visiting time is five minutes. Please be mentally prepared. Please put the important things first." For this reminder, Lai Zi nodded silently, not trembling as expected in advance. The staff opened the door.As soon as you enter the door, you will be faced with a barbed wire fence.This room is very small, only about one-tenth of the reception room.For some reason, the two chairs came into view first.A chair is placed in front of the barbed wire.Lai Zi thought to himself, ah, this is what I was sitting on.Another chair sits in a corner of the room. As soon as Lai Zi stood in front of the barbed wire fence, a door on the opposite side opened immediately.The husband walked in, wearing the suit she knew well.She was not surprised to see her husband in such a place.Lai Zi also remembers the shirt. The suit was really wrinkled and there was no tie.The only point is that my husband has changed after entering the new environment, and he always pays attention to the appearance of clothes.Hair combed and beard shaved off.His complexion was dark, but not haggard. The husband stared at Lai Zi intently.The expressions in the two eyes are complicated, and the eyes are very restless. "Are you in good spirits?" Lai Zi sat on the chair and said to her husband.This is the first sentence when I see my husband. "Very good." The husband also sat down on the chair and said, "I did some exercise just now." Her husband's voice was unexpectedly cheerful.However, Lai Zi knew in her heart that that expression showed that her husband was bluffing. However, the impression of her husband's face seen through the barbed wire was quite different.The barbed wire acts as a filter.This filter is slightly black in color.The husband's face moved back and forth in this slightly black color. "The appetite has increased, so I feel more energetic." Her husband's tone was calm.The sound was also very loud, as if it was transmitted through a occluder. "You look very good," Lai Zi said. "Because you can't do whatever you want here." the husband replied.This phrase does not seem to imply only restrictions on diet and movement.Lai Zi understood what her husband wanted to say. "Did anything change at home during my absence?" He asked again through the barbed wire. "No, nothing special has changed." Lai Zi answered through the barbed wire.This is a completely ordinary conversation between ordinary couples.A guard in the corner listens in on their conversation. Lai Zi's feelings did not fluctuate.Strangely, there was no excitement like fear. "Your underwear and so on are brought. Please change later." When Lai Zi mentioned the things he had brought, he couldn't help but see the figures of two women.She met these two people yesterday, when she was with the staff responsible for delivering things to the detention center.Before Lai Zi went through the entrustment procedures, the two women were saying Yuuki's name, entrusting underwear, daily necessities, lunch boxes, etc... "thanks." The husband in front of him simply replied.Lai Zi suddenly thought, who would send him to the detention center first? Yuki didn't say anything to Laiko.There is no particular reference to the situation where such a situation is reached.It wasn't just that there was a guard nearby, who was sitting there listening to the couple's conversation.The husband probably knew that Lai Zi had read the news in the newspaper, and he never said a word of explanation or justification. He turned out to be a husband who didn't tell Lai Zi anything.Regardless of work or what he does outside, he doesn't talk about anything... For more than ten years, he has lived like this.My husband still maintains the habit formed over the past ten years. Visiting hours are limited to five minutes.If there is anything that oppresses Lai Zi's emotions, it is the limited concept of time. "what would you do?" Yuuki asked suddenly.Lai Zi was stunned for a moment.She didn't know how to understand her husband's words.If you think about it more simply, this sentence can be understood as: "How do you live while I'm not at home?" However, the husband's tone can also be regarded as questioning his wife, which means: Divorce yourself, or Just maintain the status quo? Lai Zi was unable to answer for a while. She came here to tell Yuki something.That is to hope to get the promise of her husband, and at the same time clearly express her determination.However, she didn't say it easily. Because Lai Zi remained silent, the guard sitting in the corner stood up from his chair. "Ma'am," said the guard, "only two minutes left. If you have something important to say, hurry up!" Lai Zi nodded.She came here with something important to say.Of course, two minutes can't explain clearly; however, a few words seem to be able to explain clearly, even two minutes can't be used up! "It's my fault, I'm really sorry." Lai Zi lowered his head and said only this sentence, how does Yuki feel about this sentence?Through the filter, I still couldn't see the slight change in the expression on the husband's face.There was no immediate reaction from the husband either. "Forget it!" the husband reluctantly said. "Forget it." — Lai Zi didn't know how to understand the meaning of her husband's short words. Did this mean that he, who had already mastered all the details of Lai Zi, expressed that he had forgiven everything?Or, is that matter no longer worth mentioning?It is difficult for Lai Zi to make a clear judgment. No, compared with the above two possible meanings, it seems more understandable, that is, the husband who framed Onogi is saying that I have already taken revenge, and it is over. Lai Zi once wanted to say a few more words about her feelings to her husband.However, the conversation between husband and wife, there is a third person present to observe, this situation always makes people feel worried.The guard was looking the other way, pretending not to listen.However, it was clear from that expression that he was concentrating on his ears. The guard looked at the watch on his wrist. "I said," Lai Zi called her husband, "I'm going back, it's time." At this time, for the first time, an unpredictable expression appeared on her husband's face. "Are you going back?" The voice was different from before.For the first time there was a certain weakness in his voice.Yuki's unfathomable expression gave people a feeling in itself, as if the other face he used to treat Lai Zi in his previous life suddenly collapsed at this moment. "I say." Lai Zi called her husband and stared into his face.At this moment, various scenes of life with her husband so far, both in the distant past and in the recent present, came to mind one after another.The shots don't appear sequentially, but interlaced in disorder. "Please take care of yourself." She felt gradually empty in her head. "I'm prepared for this." The husband immediately replied, "It's useless to go in here. Only the body is the capital." The husband's words seemed to have returned to the previous tone. "I'm relieved, you seem to be in good health." Lai Zi said. "You too..." When he said this, the husband fixed his eyes on Lai Zi's face. Lai Zi felt as if he had been stabbed in the heart.She thought, did her husband see what she was thinking?Just listen to the husband say: "How careful are you?" Lai Zi raised his eyes.The husband's gaze and the wife's gaze met in mid-air, and both were irresistible. Neither the husband nor Laizi looked away.She felt that her husband's face seemed to be gradually deformed.The entangled eyesight at this moment is also a mutual exploration of each other's state of mind; for Lai Zi, this is the last battle of a long struggle with her husband. The guard pulled up the chair noisily. "take care." Lai Zi bowed.This is the last gift given to the husband. The husband nodded silently. Lai Zi watched the back of her husband who opened the door and left accompanied by the staff.His habitual posture is still the same as before.The husband didn't look back even once on his way away.After the door closed, the figure of the husband disappeared.At this time, Lai Zi's chest was rapidly filled with emotion. "Then..." the guard urged Lai Zi. "Thank you very much." Lai Zi thanked the guard and went back to the original corridor.Then another visitor who was about to use the room came along.This is a middle-aged woman with red and swollen eyes and a pale complexion. The husband's face that I saw in that room just now seemed to be still in Lai Zi's vision, and it didn't disappear for a long time. The courtyard is still bathed in bright sunlight.The ground is reflected white, and the green grass is even more verdant.It was clear that she had just met her husband, and as she walked, she felt as if she was in a dream. Lai Zi is so tired... This is a long struggle between couples.The struggle ended in an instant.Everything is over.The previous life was like a dream, disappearing without a trace. The sense of reality is strangely lost.The corridor I was passing through now, the scene outside this building, and all the people I saw in my eyes, almost didn't seem to be in the real world.Just like the hallucinations produced during a high fever, all objects lost their three-dimensionality and took on a sallow color. As for Lai Zi, the divorce procedure with her husband has been completed.The rest is left to the courts to decide.The relevant staff of the family court told Lai Zi at that time that the divorce case is likely to be established. Originally, this matter should have been told to her husband.It wasn't out of sympathy for the tie-less husband standing across the barbed wire that he didn't talk about it during the visit.For Lai Zi, there is no need to talk about divorce with her husband. Lai Zi knew exactly what her husband had done.The plummet of Onogi's social status was planned by her husband alone.The husband is born with such skills. When the husband came back from the hot spring, he already had the first signs of this.He made careful arrangements at that time, so that Laizi could see the towels from the S Hot Spring that he and Onogi had been to together.From that moment on, the shadow of her husband has been constantly cast on Lai Zi's heart. However, Lai Zi is not qualified to blame her husband for this practice.She was still Yuuki's wife, despite the fact that the name of the couple had been ostentatious over the years; from a secular point of view, that fact had not changed.What Yuki did was also his right as a husband. Lai Zi realized several years ago how unreasonable it is to live in the same family with a person of the opposite sex who has no love for her.She had asked her husband for divorce many times before.The husband always scoffed at it. And, as the final punishment, he made such a vicious move! When she started dating Onogi, Lai Zi realized that she would be punished.And Yuki's punishment is now imposed on her in this form.During a meeting with her husband at the detention center, Lai Zi asked for his forgiveness.However, that is not asking her husband to forgive her sins.She knew she would not be forgiven, and she did not want to be forgiven.However, as a couple, no matter how unreasonable and desperate the life with Yuki is, as a wife, she has to make a final apology. She did not tell Yuuki about the divorce, nor did she tell him that this meeting in the detention facility would be the last.For Lai Zi, this kind of necessity is no longer necessary. All in all, it's been a long struggle... Today, when everything is over, Lai Zi feels as if a heavy burden has been lifted suddenly, and his body seems to be suspended without support. There was neither joy nor sadness in her, just a sense that all was well, that it was the end of a struggle that had been lost for years. Lai Zi is so tired... Even when Lai Zi was walking towards the main entrance, there were still visitors coming in one after another. These people were all relatives of the suspects in the detention center. No matter who's face, it seems that there is joy in the sadness.This kind of joy is to be able to see the person you are looking forward to in the next five minutes, and to be able to talk.When these people went back, they probably walked away with swollen eyes and dejected heads.However, there is also a certain sense of fulfillment that is filled.Even if people in the world are in the midst of tragedy, they will inevitably have a corresponding sense of fulfillment. However, it does not exist in Lai Zi.All Lai Zi felt was a vast emptiness. The road under his feet was so bright that it hurt his eyes a little. Stepping out of the main entrance of the detention center, there is a row of shops in front of it, including shops selling items needed by visitors.In these stores, too, there are crowds of people buying things.Some brought their children with them, and some supported the elderly.On any face, the eyes when shopping are very serious, which cannot be seen elsewhere. Since the taxi was already waiting there in advance, Lai Zi got into that car.The driver closed the door for her from the outside, and walked around to the driver's seat from the front. During the extremely short time of waiting for the driver, a car happened to arrive in front of the main gate.Lai Zi stared out the window half-seeing, and the driver of the car opened the door. Suddenly seeing someone getting out of the car, Lai Zi's eyes quickly regained consciousness, and he almost yelled "ah".The one who got out of the car was none other than Tazawa Rinkoko.Lai Zi still had a fresh memory of her. However, today is different, Lun Xiangzi has lost the cheerful and lively energy of young people.The impression I met before was not like this.She was waiting for the people who got out of the car after her, looking listless. Of course Lun Xiangzi would not notice that Lai Zi was looking at her in the car.In Lai Zi's field of vision, a figure of a young man who then got out of the car appeared. The young man was carrying a bundle in one hand.Judging from the condition of the bag, it can be seen that the contents inside are underwear sent to the detention center.The young people put on an optimistic look.When he got out of the car, he patted Lun Xiangzi lightly on the shoulder and smiled at Lun Xiangzi.This action is to cheer up Lun Xiangzi. The two walked side by side to the gate of the detention center, when Lai Zi's car also started.Lai Zi turned his head towards the rear window, watching the two of them receding away.The young man was still next to Lun Xiangzi, encouraging her. Lai Zi's car turned a corner, and the scene disappeared from her eyes.Lai Zi remembered the news in the newspaper, which had reported that Lun Xiangzi's father had been locked up in a detention center. With the deepening of this case, an arrest warrant was finally issued to Director Tazawa. Lai Zi felt that despite this incident, the lady was still happy.She was young and had such a close friend.The image of Rinko Koko, who she and Onogi met for the first time at Jindaiji Temple, appeared in front of Laiko's eyes. It was the profile of a face watching rainbow trout on the bank of a trickling stream.绿叶和青草映得她年轻的面颊呈现着翡翠般的颜色，给人以一种异常清新纯洁的感觉。这一切都还栩栩如生地铭刻在赖子的记忆里。 当时，曾听小野木说，他与轮香子有一面之识。赖子还记得那会儿自己讲过的一句话：“小野木先生若是也能和那位一样的年轻小姐结婚就好啦。”是的，小野木那样做就好了。 如果是那样一种局面的话，小野木也就不会在人生的第一步就使其命运落得个如此不可收拾的下场了。那时，她对小野木讲那样的话，是因为她凭直感注意到，轮香子两眼看小野木时，脸上流露出一种特殊的感情。 赖子相信，这一直感如今也没有错。然而，一切的一切都无法挽回了。 尽管轮香子现在身处悲伤哀戚的境遇，却尚有来自其他方面的精神安慰。刚才的亲眼所见，便清楚地表明了这一事实……赖子思绪万千，坐在出租汽车里继续向前飞驰。