Chapter 21 third chapter

As soon as Akashi and I appeared, the room became lively.Dashiro, who sat on the top, didn't seem to speak to the other three. I was arranged to sit next to Xuezi. "I heard you mentioned Gu Teng?" Xuezi said after everyone drank a glass, "I wanted to listen to your speech, but unfortunately I couldn't leave. Before my daughter comes home from school, there must be someone at home." Saito, who was a teacher in elementary school, introduced from the side: "Her daughter is in the third year of high school, and she is a famous beautiful girl in our town."

I heard that Saito has been living in the old house. "Kikuchi moved to the suburbs, where he opened a store selling books and renting out video tapes. The only people who still live in that area are Yukiko and I, and Akashi has also moved to an apartment." I sighed: "In that area It’s not as quiet as before. It used to be a residential area, but now it’s full of hotels and restaurants, turning it into a bustling commercial street.” Saito nodded and said: "The river on the street has been filled. Now it costs 1.2 million yen per ping, which is nothing according to the land price in Tokyo, but it is a first-class location in this small town, so everyone They all sold their houses to build houses in the suburbs. Kikuchi stopped working because of this, and became a successful person who became his own boss."

Juchi smiled wryly: "What is success? It's hard to breathe because of the pressure of the loan." "I really miss Guto." Saito returned to this topic, "I almost want to cry. On the way here, I told Kikuchi that whenever I mentioned playing hide-and-seek, the first thing that comes to mind is the scene of that day." Akashi and I looked at each other in unison. "It didn't happen after listening to your speech." Saito continued, "It's been like this since a long time ago. When I teach, I often tell children about old games, such as the game of domination, one-legged jumping, and spikes. ...I explained it to the children while thinking about it. Memory is really strange, maybe it has been diluted by time. Although I played Seize the Battle and Spike every day, I didn’t leave too many memories. Every time I think of it, it’s the same The scene of glass balls is also the same. The children in the neighboring streets brought big glass balls to challenge. Two groups of people competed in the shrine. But I just think I played it, and I can't remember the specific situation. If it was stabbed...it would be Xuezi."

"Me? I don't seem to have played spikes before." "No. At that time, Yukko, the elastic band of your underwear was loose, this guy was very 'concerned'." Everyone except Dacheng laughed. "As soon as Xuezi squatted down, it was all exposed, which made me always want to play nails opposite you. So, when it comes to nails, I think of that day." "It was the day I was injured." Juchi interjected. "In the school yard, the nail I threw with all my strength bounced off a rock, and stabbed my palm. Everyone sent me to the school hospital. I’m back home. As Saito said, there are almost no other memories about the spikes. Is it because I play every day? Only when something impressive happens, can I remember it? Is this the reason?”

"So, the most impressive time becomes the representative of that game." Saito and Kikuchi nodded at Akashi's words. I also nodded.At this age, looking back on the past, games really account for a large part of the memory. For us back then, games were just a part of everyday life.Who won, who was drawn as a "ghost", there is no need to keep these in mind.This is the same no matter who you ask. Playing cards, double six, jumping back, pitching, bamboo horses, playing cards... There are too many childhood games to count, but when it comes to the memory of these games, the content that can be clearly remembered in each game is Very limited.If I look back, it's mostly memories of playing poker with the girl I like, and having a big comeback in the game because I hit a home run.

As Kikuchi said, our memories have little to do with the game itself, the most important thing is that something special happened at that time.The memory will not be blurred just because it is a childhood event, just like the scenes of outings and sports games will be remembered no matter how many years pass.Where the first grade went, where the second grade went, and where the third grade went, I remember clearly.Few people have a vague memory of the outing location. "Speaking of..." Akashi stared at me, "What happened the day we played kick-can hide-and-seek?" "Why are you asking that suddenly?"

"That is to say," he looked a little anxious, "Why do everyone remember what happened that day? Something must have happened. To explain why everyone remembers, it can only be that something special happened." Akashi looked at everyone. "Is it because Gu Teng was injured that day?" I thought of this right away. "Why don't I remember." Saito objected to the fact that Guto was injured. "I remember that day after the rain, there was a rainbow, and Gu Fuji was hiding by the boiler waiting to catch us. However, the leg injury was before, otherwise he would not have run so fast that day. The tactic he used was the same as It doesn't matter if you get hurt."

"I don't remember him wearing a bandage either. A lot of people I didn't know came to play with him that time. Maybe that's why I remembered it. Xuezi, do you remember anything?" Juchi asked Xuezi. "Kick can? I remember that everyone has been looking for someone very late, probably the day when they played kick can hide-and-seek." "This...is another time." Akashi nodded and denied again. "If you're looking for someone, it was the night of the typhoon, right? The police also came to my house. I was sleeping and was woken up by my mother. Yes, yes, it happened. Whenever there is a typhoon, I will think of it. The typhoon was so strong that time that the river behind flooded, causing many houses to be flooded, and I heard that some houses were washed away by the flood.” Saito finished speaking and drank his beer in one gulp.

"Just like Xuezi said," Juchi thought thoughtfully, "I remember that night." "But it was sunny after the rain that day. Could it be that there was another typhoon after that?" Saito disagrees. "It seems to have just entered the eye of the typhoon. The school has been closed since the day before because of the strong wind, but the sun was shining brightly the next day, and the children all went to the square to play, and the uncle pulling foreign films was also there. Not only our children on the street, but also the little friends along the river came here... That's it, so I started playing hide and seek with kicking cans. I was supposed to use my fists to decide who would be the 'ghost', but there were too many people that day, I don't know who said Let Gu Teng be a 'ghost'."

Having said that, Kikuchi suddenly looked at Oshiro. Dashiro, who had been silent all this time, nodded. "Dacheng, were you there at that time?" Dashiro smiled wryly when he heard Juchi's words.A chill ran down my back.Before Yukiko and Kikuchi talked, I never thought that the game of kicking cans and the typhoon were on the same day. (No wonder Dashiro is coming to the welcome party...) I suddenly understood Oshiro's intentions, and adjusted my glasses with trembling hands. "Who is missing?" Akashi asked Kikuchi as if remembering. "This... I don't remember."

Xuezi said, "It's not the kid from our street, maybe he got lost." "We played so much that we even forgot to eat dinner. When we finally went back, it was too dark, so we got lost." When Saito said this, everyone laughed. Akashi asked while pouring beer, "Dashiro, do you remember?" The other party whispered: "Of course I remember." Everyone was surprised and looked at him. "The missing child is my sister." Akashi and the others looked at each other. Xuezi exclaimed, "Ah, that girl who drowned in the river! That girl... is your sister?" Dashiro nodded slowly. The palms of my clenched hands were filled with sweat. "It's unbelievable." Akashi finally spoke. "That is to say... your sister disappeared after playing hide-and-seek with the can?" "Well, because of the typhoon, the search operation had to be stopped halfway. Her body was only found in the lower reaches of the river three days after the typhoon passed. Six people died in that typhoon. When I found out that my sister was missing, the wind was blowing very hard. So the police concluded that she fell into the river on the way home." "It's so pitiful." Akashi said with emotion, "I also know about the drowning of a girl in the river. It turned out to be like this. No wonder everyone remembers that time playing hide-and-seek. I only heard about it after the fact. , I didn’t think of it as a day with playing kick-can hide-and-seek. It seems that everyone didn’t mention that they were on the same day? So I just remember that Gu Fuji was chosen as a ‘ghost’ or something.” He asked me for advice, obviously hoping that I would go along with him. "This... probably so." I answered cautiously, breaking out in a cold sweat. "Dianzi had a good relationship with you at that time." Dacheng toasted me with a glass of beer, "I still have a lot of photos of you and Dianzi here, I would have brought them if I had known." "yes?" I pretended to be calm and drank beer. Dashiro’s younger sister, Dianzi, was two years older than me. She was only in the sixth grade when she died. She was tall and often helped look after the store, so she was more mature than her peers.At that time, some people even said that the relationship between her and the head teacher was not normal.Of course I don't believe this kind of rumor, but Akashi and the others don't know it at all.Noriko and we are not students in the same school. I often see them because of the relationship between my grandfather and Oshiro's father. "Dianzi didn't know where she was hiding. I met a friend in the middle of the game, so I went to his house to play. I didn't know she was missing until I got home at night. My parents thought Dianzi was following me, so they were very relieved. Later, the house became a mess. Tuan, I called your house first. I thought it was raining too much. You asked her to go to your house to shelter from the rain...but she was not there. You also helped find her with someone who seemed to be your apprentice .” "That man was my elder brother from a relative's family. He went to university in Tokyo and stayed at my house for half a month during the vacation. He got hepatitis and died when I was in junior high school." "You really weren't with Dianzi at the time?" Dashiro stared into my eyes, "It's weird no matter how I think about it." I looked at Oshiro, not knowing what to say. "I've always had a scene in my mind - you and Dianzi ran to your backyard hand in hand, didn't it happen that day?" Akashi asked, "Dacheng, what exactly are you trying to say?" "I said let me look for the backyard, but..." "result?" "It said that I searched for the backyard as soon as I got the call. I forgot who said it, but it was definitely not you. I wanted to search forcibly, but my father didn't think we could just let it go. It's a pity that the backyard is too big, ten minutes We couldn’t finish the search, and it was night, and we were in a daze, thinking that you would tell us the truth, so we didn’t pursue it any further.” Dacheng glared at me, and continued: “Parents will desperately search for their children, and most people will search for their children desperately. Parents, feel at ease and allow the search, even if you search it all by yourself, it doesn't matter. I didn't realize the strangeness here until I became a father, but it was too late. The house was demolished long ago, and you moved to Tokyo. I I thought I couldn't solve this question after all, so I planned to give up, but I heard that you were coming here to give a speech. I was thinking about how to speak just now, but you ended up talking here. Maybe this is the guidance of my sister. I like this When I think about it, I even feel a little scary." "You think too much." Akashi suppressed a smile, "Just like you thought before, she will naturally answer when you call her name. If she doesn't answer, it means that she is not in the yard. What's so strange? What if If your sister doesn't answer in that backyard, then she is hiding. How can a girl hide in the yard on the night of that kind of typhoon? Everyone must think so. In short, your idea is really ridiculous .” Saito and the others relaxed upon hearing this. Oshiro asked Akashi, "What if my sister couldn't answer?" "Since he died by drowning, what does it have to do with their family? Blame your father as well. If you have doubts, you can forcefully search for it... No, maybe it's just your child's imagination, and your father has long accepted this answer Lah. You suspect that your sister was killed in that backyard. Are you crazy? What reason does he have to kill your sister?” Akashi shouted at Oshiro, “We always go to his house and often play in that backyard. Everyone remembers that Kind aunt and grandma who always give us delicious snacks, their family is very kind to children, especially Xuezi." Yukiko nodded at Akashi. "Really, you go away. We got together after a long time, but you messed it up. The saying 'thiefs worry about thieves' is true. Your temperament is really weird." "Has the hut in the backyard been demolished?" Oshiro ignored Akashi's complaint and shouted to me, "The day after Noriko's funeral, my father and I went to your house. At that time, your whole family was busy packing things, and you said it was after the demolition. To build a glasshouse. It was when my sister had just died... so sad." Tears flowed from Oshiro's eyes. "It wasn't until the 21st anniversary of Dianzi's death that my mother told me...I always thought it was an accident. My mother said that Dianzi might have been killed and thrown into the river." "..." "The police also said that Dianzi did not die from drowning. Her skull was broken. The hospital said that she may have fallen off a cliff and hit a stone. But the abrasions on her body did not bleed! The police station discussed it several times, but they dare not say for sure Did she die unexpectedly!" Dacheng slammed the table down. "I always insisted that it was an accident," he added, "It was your grandfather. He was the vice president of the hospital at the time, right? He was the one who performed the autopsy on Dianzi." My face turned blue, and everyone was dumbfounded. "My mother has been taken care of by your grandfather since she was young, and she has always trusted him, so she didn't pursue it any further. The police have asked for another inspection, and I suspect it's a matter of course!" "I don't know...they didn't tell me anything." I shook my head desperately. "Enough is enough!" Akashi grabbed Oshiro's tie, "So what if that's the case? His grandfather was a doctor, so he should be in charge of the autopsy. You ignored the most important issue! As you said just now, why? ? Is your sister the kind of girl that everyone hates? Does anyone hate her so much that she wants to kill her? If not, it doesn't make sense!" "Don't talk nonsense!" Oshiro slammed Akashi's arm away.Saito and Kikuchi stood up immediately, Yukiko was so frightened that she wanted to escape.The waiter in the store heard the movement and hurried over. "Xiaodian, she...is scary." When everyone heard this, they looked at me in surprise. "It's okay, there will be no more trouble." I let the waiter out first. "You said Dianzi... what?" Oshiro asked, big drops of sweat appearing on his forehead. "I didn't intend to tell anyone about this." My voice trembled a little.This is indeed an unspeakable memory, and it happened on the day of the typhoon. I swallowed, glanced at everyone, and couldn't help looking away when I saw Xuezi. "If I'm here, is it convenient to say?" Xuezi understood immediately. "I... was violated by Dianzi." After I made up my mind to speak out, everyone froze. "On that day, she took me to hide in the backyard. She said that even the ghosts dare not search the hut. I thought it was fun, so I went with her. The lock of the hut is digital, so I can open it naturally, and the lock with my hand It opened as soon as I touched it, someone must have forgotten to turn the number when locking the door. I was a little scared, and suggested to go to another place, but she walked in openly. It said it was a small room, but it was actually very big inside, piled with medical examination papers. table and closet. I never came in, but Xiao Dian kept going in. I was scared, and told her to go back, and she turned around and called me a coward without a dick. She wants more than me It's a lot taller..." I looked at Xuezi, and then at Dashiro. "I said I have it, and she immediately said let her see it, so I took off my pants to show her. But she suddenly grabbed my thing, smiled and said it was too small, I'm afraid it won't work. I said It will get bigger in the future, but she said that she can make it bigger now, and then...she held it and let go, and did it a few times. I felt it moving, and it hurt so much. Dianzi said it was it For the sake of the upper crust, I suddenly pushed it up after speaking, as if pulling it hard. I looked again, and the foreskin was really rolled up... I thought she used a knife or something to cut the foreskin. Yes, I was so scared that I cried. She hurriedly put the foreskin back. My thing gradually became big and hard, and the top hurt as if it had been twisted off. I was so scared that I was afraid that if it continued like this, I would die. Xiao Dian slapped me on the face, told me to shut up, and then grabbed the thing and pulled it up and down, so that it gradually became smaller." Xuezi lowered her head slightly, her ears turned red. "I didn't feel pleasure at the time, I just felt that the place where her hand touched was hot. My thing was bent almost to the belly, just like a pencil... Then, she insisted on taking off her panties..." Dacheng shouted: "Stop talking!" I nodded and said no more, only sighs and silence remained beside me. "And then... what happened?" Did Dacheng ask?I'm afraid I have to listen to it to understand. "That... she spread her legs and straddled me." "..." "I thought she was scary, like a ghost, so I pushed her away and ran out of the hut. When I locked the door from the outside, the numbers turned in a mess. Xiaodian knocked on the door from the inside, and I knew she was very strong." I was too big, so I ran away from the hut regardless of the consequences. Later, my thing finally retracted, maybe it was scared, and the pain gradually disappeared. I think she must have a way to get back in front of everyone, after a long time It was a long time before I was surprised that she hadn't shown up. After dark, I sneaked to the hut to see, only to see the door was opened a crack, and I couldn't help but feel glad that she had gone home. I called her name softly from outside Unexpectedly, my aunt came out of the hut suddenly. I was terrified at the time. I guessed that my aunt heard Xiaodian’s cry, so she came to help her open the door. Unexpectedly, my aunt looked ignorant, and only said that it was from a relative’s house. My brother was helping her tidy up the hut. I was afraid that Xiao Dian would not come out, so I had the courage to go in and check, but I didn’t see her after all. I was sure she had already run out from here, so I was relieved.” However, Oshiro heard the pain in my words. "Where did she come from?" he asked. "There's a window in the hut." I confessed, "I didn't worry about Dian until I got the call and heard she was missing. Really, I really believed she had gone home." "..." "When I thought that she might climb out of that window, I felt that everything was dark. There was a cliff outside the window, and there was only a river below. If it was too dark outside and she couldn't see clearly..." Dashiro punched me and shouted: "You bastard! Why didn't you tell me?" He cried and hit me a few more times. "What responsibility does he have?" Akashi and Saito pulled away from Oshiro, "Could it be that your sister is right?" "Everyone is hiding it, everyone is covering him! Their whole family is lying! If I had told you sooner, maybe my sister wouldn't have died..." Dashiro whimpered, and Xuezi cried too. "No!" I argued, "My family members didn't know that Xiaodian was hidden in that hut, and I didn't think of that place until later. Besides, I didn't mention it to them. I was afraid that if I said it, I would be caught by the police." Capture it and keep it a secret..." Another factor is to protect the reputation of the grandfather. "Dashiro..." Akashi sat cross-legged in front of Dashiro, "There is no conclusive evidence to prove that your sister fell into the river from that window and drowned, and there are no witnesses, so it's hard to say whether she fell from somewhere else .I understand your pain... But, let's stop here. After all, this guy has been tortured by this incident for more than 30 years. What would happen if it were you? If it were me, I would He also chose to remain silent. After all, he is only a fourth-grade student. If it is near his home, it will be fine. After such a long time, he must have rushed to another place, so that he will not doubt himself. This is what the child thinks. So what if you blame me now?" "That's right, forgive him." Xuezi bowed towards him, "Both of you, neither one is feeling well." I can't help but shed tears.It's really uncomfortable. Later, I dreamed about that day more than once, and I was always awakened by the mistakes I made. I kept bowing and apologizing.In this way, even if there is an explanation to Dianzi, I can't help but feel relieved.