Chapter 27 third quarter

The next morning, Hong Yi walked out of the house with Ya Mei who was going to work.Ami works part-time at a cafe in Horiruma, which is very close to Kodenma. Hong Yi rode on the bicycle that Ami used to ride alone, and let her sit on the back seat.When he was working part-time at the bento shop under Tokyo Station, he often took Ami by bike like this. Now that the play is about to be performed, he has no part-time job. They came to Edo-dori and headed southwest, Kodenma-cho was just ahead. In less than ten minutes, the two arrived at the intersection of Kodenmacho.Hongyi stopped and changed to Yamei to ride.

"I have class tonight." She said, stepping on the pedals.This means she will be back later today. Hong Yi nodded. "I see." Ami left along Ningyocho Avenue.There are many banks here, because the head office of the Bank of Japan is nearby.Each bank has at least one branch in a region. After watching Ami leave, Hongyi looked around, found a convenience store, and walked over there. There are no customers in the store.A young clerk is stocking the shelves with items such as sandwiches and rice balls. "Excuse me, may I ask..." Hong Yi greeted, "There was a murder case nearby the night before yesterday, do you know where it is?"

The clerk with the tawny hair shook his head indifferently. "I don't know. I wasn't there then." "Ah... is it? I'm sorry." Yi bowed and walked out of the convenience store.He forgot that this kind of store operates in shifts, and the clerks are different in the morning and evening. Hong Yi went to many nearby stores to inquire, but he couldn't even find anyone who knew about the murder.And when they learned that he was not a customer, the shop assistants all looked impatient, as if he had interrupted their work. But he still found a meaningful clue in a stationery store.

"You mean a case where a woman was killed? It's in the apartment over there." The bald shopkeeper pointed to the distance and said, "The criminal police also came to my house and asked me if I saw any suspicious people. It seems to be nine o'clock in the evening Left and right. I said we were already closed by then, so it was impossible to see anyone." "Do you know what room number it is?" "Then I don't know. Are you connected with the case?" "I have a relationship with the victim..." "That's really pitiful." The shopkeeper became serious.

Leaving the stationery store, he walked to the apartment the owner said.It was a white, square building that looked very new, it should have been built only a few years ago. Why did mother move here?Hong Yi thought.Her natal family was in Yokohama, and Hong Yi always thought that she had returned to Yokohama after the divorce, but he never expected that she would live here alone. But he also felt that his mother could do such a thing.She has always wanted to be freed from housework and get in touch with the outside world. Fengzi majored in English in college, dreamed of being a translator, and even planned to study in the UK after graduation.But an unexpected pregnancy disrupts everything.Of course, she knew that the child's father was Naohiro Kiyose.Naohiro started a company in his early thirties, and his career was very successful.

Knowing that Mineko is pregnant, Naohiro decides to marry her.Fengzi accepted his marriage proposal, and no one around him objected.What is now called marriage with a child was probably already common at that time. But Fengzi seems not very willing to get married, at least Hongyi thinks so. When he was in junior high school, he heard his mother say to an old classmate on the phone: "I also want to step into the society, you know? I am only thirty-seven years old, and I feel upset when I think of continuing to live like this. How much do you care?" Well, work all the time. If I hadn't been pregnant, I wouldn't be where I am now, and I probably wouldn't have married that person. Pregnancy was such a miscalculation, but I couldn't abort the child. Raising and educating the child is also It's valuable, but that's not enough. I don't live to be a mother. If I spend my whole life caring for my husband and raising my children, what is my life worth?

That pregnancy was a miscalculation - this sentence pierced into Hongyi's heart like a thorn. Hongyi originally thought that only his father did not value the family, and he never doubted his mother's love for him.Mother not only cooks on time, but also takes good care of Hongyi in every way.Although sometimes complain.But Hong Yi always felt that it was his mother doing it for his own good. But while playing the role of mother, she harbored dissatisfaction in her heart.This is no longer a matter of a day or two.The problem started when she was pregnant, that is, when she gave Hongyi life.

From then on, Hongyi tried not to let his mother take care of him.He didn't want his mother to feel like he was ruining her life. Of course, Hongyi's thinking has changed slightly now.He didn't think his mother didn't love him.What my mother said on the phone was just a momentary complaint, and everyone would want to complain sometimes.But she definitely wants to do it all over again.For this reason, it may be necessary for her to live alone in the city center after the divorce, instead of returning to her natal family. But why here?Hongyi looked up at the apartment, puzzled.He didn't know what his mother had gone through, or why she chose Nihombashi.

He stood in front of the apartment for a moment and saw three men coming out of it.One of them surprised him a lot, his father Naohiro. Zhihong also saw Hongyi and stopped. "Why are you? What are you doing here?" Zhihong asked sharply. "Dad, what are you doing here again?" "I'm cooperating with the police investigation, and I just checked Fengzi's room." "Is it your son?" The man in a suit asked Naohiro, who seemed to be a criminal policeman. "Who told you you were here?" "I found out about it nearby. A criminal policeman also came to look for me yesterday, but he didn't tell me the location."

"Oh." The detective nodded and turned to Naohiro, "There's no need to let your son see the room, right?" "It's not necessary. This guy probably hasn't spoken to Mineko for two years." "That's good. Mr. Kiyose, can I trouble you to come with me?" "understood." The detectives completely ignored Hong Yi, as if to say that they were too lazy to pay attention to people who could not provide information.Naohiro left with them, stopped on the way, turned around and said: "You will hinder the investigation if you hang around here, hurry up and go to the rehearsal."

Hong Yi glared at his father. "Don't worry about it!" Naohiro didn't answer, and followed the criminal police.Hong Yi snorted. Just then, a voice sounded from behind: "I'm sorry..." He turned around and saw a man in a black T-shirt and a blue shirt coming out of the apartment.This person has a dark complexion with sharp edges and corners. "I happened to hear you talking, are you Ms. Mitsui's son?" "Yes, who are you?" "This is my ID." He took out a police ID from his back pocket, with "Kaga" written on it, belonging to the Criminal Division of the Nihonbashi Police Station. "You came here because you wanted to see the scene?" "Yes, it's not far from my house." "Not far? Excuse me, where do you live?" "Asakusa Bridge." "Ah, that's really not far, did you come on foot?" "No, the girlfriend who lives with me works here, and we came here by bike together." "I see." Kaga looked at Hongyi after thinking for a while, "Do you want to watch the scene?" Hong Yi blinked his eyes. "is it okay?" "I'm in charge of protecting the site today." Kaga said as he took out the key from his pocket. Fengzi's room is on the fourth floor, with an area of ​​about 20 square meters. There are single beds, computer desks, bookshelves, sofas and tables inside.The room was tidy, but undeniably cramped.Hongyi couldn't help feeling emotional that his mother, who was used to living in a spacious house, could endure such a place. "How was my mother killed?" Hong Yi asked standing in the entrance where he took off his shoes. "It was a female friend of Ms. Mitsui Mineko who found the body. They made an appointment to have dinner together. She came to find Ms. Mitsui, but there was no movement after she rang the doorbell. When she opened the door, Ms. Mitsui was lying on the ground. At first she thought it was a stroke, but When he found a strangle mark on his neck, he immediately called the police." Without looking at the notepad, Kaga fluently told what happened.To Hongyi's surprise, unlike yesterday's two criminal policemen, he did not hide the case. "What kind of person is that female friend?" Hong Yi said as if talking to himself. "A friend from college days who worked as a translator. Ms. Mitsui helped her after her divorce." "It turned out to be like this..." Mother's long-cherished wish was almost fulfilled.It seems that the mother did not lose hope in life after the divorce.Thinking of this, Hong Yi felt somewhat better. She wanted to take her first steps as a translator in this room.Hongyi looked around again, and noticed that there was a newspaper shelf in the corner, which obviously had nothing to do with Mineko - parenting magazines.Hongyi has seen it in TV commercials. "What's wrong?" Kaga asked. "I was wondering why there is that kind of magazine in the room." Hong Yi pointed to the magazine rack. Kaga picked up the magazine with gloves on. "Indeed." "My mother won't be pregnant again?" "I haven't heard of it so far." Kaga replied seriously, and then put the magazine on the newspaper rack. By the way, it is said that Ms. Mitsui Mineko moved here about two months ago. Before that, she lived in a house rented by a friend. , in the Kamata area. "" That's it. " "Also, according to the discoverer of the remains, Ms. Mitsui moved to Kodenma-cho suddenly. She asked why, and Ms. Mitsui replied that it was inspiration." "inspiration..." "Can you think of anything? About why Ms. Mitsui chose to be here." "This... I'm also very cold, I didn't expect that we live so close." "Is your living in Asakusabashi related to this?" "A criminal policeman asked the same question yesterday, and I don't think it's relevant." Hong Yi immediately denied, "It's impossible for my mother to know that I live in Asakusabashi. I think it's just a coincidence." "yes?" "Is the mother's move here related to the case?" "It's hard to say now. But everyone involved in this case doesn't know why Ms. Mitsui chose to come here, which makes me feel strange." "Have you also gone to my grandparents' house to inquire?" "Someone should have gone there, but no useful information was obtained." Hong Yi didn't quite understand what Kaga meant. "Is it alright?" Kaga asked, as if asking Hong Yi if he had fulfilled his wish after watching the scene. "Okay." Hong Yi walked out of the room, Kaga also came out, and locked the door. "Uh...Mr. Interpol." Kaga turned his angular face and looked at Hongyi. "What's up?" "Mothers are not people who make enemies. Families of the deceased often say that, but my mother is really not that kind of person." There was a smile on Kaga's face, but his eyes were very sharp, which even made Hongyi's heart tremble. "But you haven't known anything about your mother these two years, have you?" "Ok……" Seeing that Hongyi was at a loss for words, Kaga withdrew his serious gaze. "What you just said, I will use it as a reference. But those who do not make enemies will also be killed, this is also a fact. No matter what, we will definitely catch the murderer. I promise." Hongyi didn't know what basis Kaga had for such asserted, but the words reassured him.He bowed to Kaga and said, "Then I'll leave it to you."