Chapter 19 fourth quarter

Qiu Nei and Zhi Jia found a round table in Nicholas and sat down facing each other.For Qiu Nei, this is the first time he has a "one-on-one" meal with a woman.And it's still He Zhijia.How should the back rest against the back of the chair?Where should the hand be placed?Qiunei couldn't answer any of these questions. "You just said that there was a waiter who was grumpy?" Zhijia looked around the store.Qiu Nei hurriedly looked around for the bad-tempered waiter, but unfortunately, there was no such person in the store. "Who knows—could be off work." After getting away safely, Akunai picked up the glass and took a sip of water.Zhijia also brought the glass to her lips.

Then fell silent.Qiu Nei waited with bated breath for Zhijia to speak. "That, I..." Zhijia finally spoke.But at this moment, the waiter came over.The two ordered dishes separately, and the waiter entered the names of the dishes into the electronic orderer, and then repeated them one by one.After the waiter left the table, the two fell into silence again.Zhijia stared at the empty mid-air, and her two black eyes glanced at Qiu Nei from time to time. Surrounded by the sound of pop music on the radio, the laughter of the surrounding guests, and the sound of a child sneezing from some table.Qiu Nei took a small sip of the water in the glass.Gradually, the water was gone.The waiter made a gesture and asked Qiu Nei if he wanted more water.Qiu Nei nodded.The waiter finished filling him with water and put another hamburger patty in front of the fork.

At this time, Zhijia suddenly said: "Yang Jie-kun was killed by me." The next day, Sunday morning, the asphalt on the road almost melted the soles of sneakers.Akinuchi and Mamiya walked side by side in the scorching alley. The weather is unbelievably hot, and the noisy cicadas make people feel even hotter. "I wanted to bring Obi with me. But it still didn't dare to come out, and Shiizaki-sensei might feel even more pain after seeing Obi." Mamiya, wearing a pair of jeans cut above the knee and a crumpled T-shirt, is a slovenly man.This attire is not a holiday attire, and it is not much different from his usual appearance when he goes to college for classes.For Mamiya, it seems, the difference between work and casual attire is simply the length of the jeans.

"Speaking of which, I really didn't expect Obi to get acquainted with Mr. Mamiya so quickly, much faster than I thought. I always thought this matter would be very difficult." "As long as you use the same language as the other party to communicate with it thoroughly, things will be much easier. It doesn't matter what animal the other party is." "The same language? Is it the previous method of disguising yourself as a dog?" "That's right... No, no, that's not pretending to be a dog, that's called a signal." ——It’s just another way of saying it.

"As long as the language is the same, no matter what can be done. God didn't want humans to build the Tower of Babel, so he made humans speak different languages." "what?" "Tower of Babel, do you know?" Mamiya's style of suddenly changing the subject made Akina unable to adapt to it. Despite Akauchi's confused look, Mamiya didn't care at all.He continued: "This is the story in the Old Testament "Bible·Genesis". A long time ago, human beings spoke the same language. One day, human beings planned to build a tower that could lead to heaven. This is the Tower of Babel. However, this Doing it offended God. God does not allow such blasphemy, so he wants to stop the construction of the Tower of Babel. Guess what God thinks?"

"how could I know……" "God made human beings speak different languages. The effect of this trick appeared immediately. Human beings could not continue to build the Tower of Babel, so they scattered all over the world. Thus, the current world came into being." "Oh……" "God knows that there is power in the communication of languages. Of course, this is the story between humans. But I think it is the same between humans and animals. If you have the same language, you can do anything, you can build Raise a tower to heaven." "Ah, so it is like this."

——This is the so-called paradox. Mamiya squinted, looking up at the summer sky with glee.Qiu Nei looked at him and thought, this pose really looks like a scarecrow. "Although God will prevent it, I still want to see the completed Tower of Babel. How high is the height to heaven?" Qiu Nei followed Mamiya's line of sight and looked absently. "Yangjie-kun, I killed it." Yesterday, in Nicholas, Zhijia, who was sitting across the table, said solemnly. "That day, when everyone left the fishing port, I told Yang Jie-kun..." Zhijia confided to Qiu Nei in a voice that suppressed emotion.

"Be careful, don't let go of the dog leash." According to Zhijia, on the day of Yangjie's accident, Zhijia met Jingye and the others at the fishing port.They were chatting for a while on the dike when Obi suddenly stuck his nose in the basket of bait. "I think Obi might have smelled it. At that time, because of Obi's sudden action, Yosuke-kun accidentally let go of the dog leash..." That being said, exactly the same thing happened when Akunai was at the fishing port. Seeing this, Zhijia suddenly became uneasy.It would be dangerous if this happened on a road with heavy traffic.Obi rushed out suddenly, Yang Jie didn't pay attention, if the dog leash was loosened, Obi might be run over to death by passing vehicles.Zhijia seemed to think so at the time.So when leaving the fishing port, she reminded Yang Jie to be careful not to let go of Obi's dog leash.

"So... it can be said that I killed Yang Jie-kun..." At Nicholas' dining table, Zhijia took a deep breath.Otherwise, she might cry. "When the accident happened, if Yang Jie-kun hadn't wrapped the dog leash around his hands, even if Obi rushed out suddenly, Yang Jie-kun wouldn't have been pulled into the driveway, wouldn't he?" it's true.Qiu Nei nodded inwardly. However, he suddenly remembered one thing. "Hazumi-san, there is something I want you to recall for me." After sorting out in his brain for a while, Qiu Nei asked Zhijia: "At that time, Yosuke-kun immediately wrapped the dog leash around his hand, didn't he? I mean, at the exit of the fishing port, when Hasumi-san reminded him to pay attention to the dog leash..."

"I don't remember exactly... At that time, I remember him smiling and saying 'it's okay'. But, it was the same in the end. After that, Yosuke-kun must have remembered what I said, and put the dog on the leash... ..." Qiuuai racked his brains.The brain was working violently, uncharacteristically. ——When the accident happened, I remember that Yosuke had indeed wrapped the dog leash around his right hand.That's why Yosuke had that kind of accident.In a sense, Zhijia was right.If Yang Jie had only held the dog chain in his hand, the tragedy might not have happened.

But…… That scene appeared in Qiuuai's mind.Before the accident, Akauchi sees Yosuke and Obi on the sidewalk.Obi sat on the ground, unwilling to move.Seeing Obi's appearance, Yang Jie frequently tugged on the dog's leash while talking... Yang Jie was right in front of Obi. That's right, at that time, Yang Jie was next to Obi. Akinai turns to Tomoka with confidence. "The reason why Yosuke-kun wrapped the dog leash around his hands was not because of Hazumi-san's reminder!" Qiuuai quickly told the confused Tomoka what he saw at that time, and then continued: "Before the accident, Yang Jie-kun was standing next to Obi, and he was pulling the dog leash. But Obi didn't want Dongtang. All in all, at that time, the length of the dog leash was very short!" "Well, what then?" "The reason why the dog leash is so short is because most of the dog leash is wrapped around Yosuke-kun's hands. However, in that state, it is impossible to take the dog for a walk. That is to say, that At that time—the time when Obi Lai refused to walk on the sidewalk—Yang Jie had already wrapped the dog leash around his hands. Yang Jie wrapped the dog leash to pull Obi. Because of this, Ou Bi Yosuke-kun didn't have time to react the moment he rushed out. But it wasn't Hasumi's fault. Yosuke wrapped the dog chain around his hand not because of Hazumi's reminder, but because Obirai was on the sidewalk I don't want to move." "Wrapped shortly before the accident..." Zhijia muttered softly.After a while, she seemed to understand what Qiu Nei wanted to express, and a look of relief gradually appeared in Qiu Nei's almond eyes.However, her eyes suddenly returned to their previous look before becoming completely relieved. "However, before that incident, Yosuke-kun might have wrapped the dog leash around his hand—to a certain extent—this possibility is not impossible. He may have remembered what I said to him... ..." "Well, this, that..." "So, even if Obi didn't hang around, the two of them might have an accident..." Qiuuai didn't know how to answer.Because what Zhijia said is completely reasonable. So, when did Yosuke wrap the dog leash around his hands?It seems that only Obi knows the answer. The dishes on the table were already cold, and they were barely touched.The two looked at the dishes in front of them separately, but neither of them spoke. Qiu Nei is thinking hard.If the other party wasn't Zhijia, he might have said what he said yesterday again.The other party told him that he probably caused Yang Jie's death; but he really wanted to say to the other party - "You are wrong", even if the other party was a guy he hated at ordinary times, even if the other party was a criminal with a criminal record. people with a criminal record. or-- Even if the opponent is Kyo... ...