Chapter 9 Chapter nine

Even though he had sent a text message to inform him that he would be late, Yohei was still angry. In the same "barely a family restaurant" restaurant as the day before yesterday, after eating his own plate of meat, half of my share of meat, and black fig pie, he finally burped and patted his belly with a smile on his face. "Hey... man, you won't be unhappy if you fill your stomach." Also because I drank wine, I felt a little relaxed. I didn't want to get more drunk, so I ordered two cups of coffee and handed Yohei the stolen notes. The younger brother looked left and right for a while,

"Sure enough, it's still a novel, right?" He returned the book to me. He retorted so bluntly that it surprised me. "I said you, at least for my sake, you should take it a little more seriously." "Come on, of course I read it. In short, it's a whore's love story." "Then, you should show evidence that it's a novel, show evidence." "How can I have any evidence? Just look at it and you'll know." "You knew it after reading it? You just glanced at it casually just now. I have honestly read three books, and I even read the ending of the fourth book first. Based on these, I judge that what is written in it is true."

"Oh? How did you write that ending?" I recited that passage, but Yohei didn't seem particularly interested. "I'm thinking, in fact, you are the same. If you read this notebook in this kind of restaurant, and in a slightly drunk state after eating a full steak, you probably won't think it's true." I wanted to refute, but Yang Ping stopped me and told me to take it easy and continue talking about him.This kid is really annoying at every turn. "Speaking of which, what actually happened? In an unoccupied home, the sliding door of the closet, which is rarely opened, was actually opened a crack. This alone is a common plot in horror movies, plus the closet in the closet In the cardboard box, there are many old things from the past, as well as suspicious women's purses, and even a lock of hair, and the notebook was found from the bottom. If I look at the contents in this situation, I might not I'll think it's the confession of a true murderer."

It seems that he has his truth, but I can't obediently back down and admit that what he said is right. "What on earth are you trying to say? If there are different judgments depending on the situation when you read it, wouldn't it be impossible to judge which one is correct in the end?" "So, what I mean is that judgments made under abnormal circumstances are usually not correct." This is not a question that can be dealt with with reason, but I don't know how to answer it.Seeing that I was silent, my brother gradually became angry. "Why, you don't have to put on that kind of expression. Tsk, there's nothing you can do about it. The originally good atmosphere has lost interest. Well, I get it. If everything written in this notebook is true... in Under this assumption, I will seriously cooperate with you from now on. Is this okay for the head office?"

Yohei, who was clearly a younger brother but once again pretended to be an older brother, nodded at me repeatedly. Since I will have to rely on Yangping's help in the future, I have no choice but to hold back and tell him the contents of the three notebooks in as much detail as possible. The eyes of the clerk who came to ask us if we needed a refill of coffee seemed to be blaming us for not leaving, but I didn't care and decided to stick to it. "Hmm..." After listening, Yohei rubbed his chin, and frequently plucked his beard even though he didn't have a beard. "At this juncture, Xiao Liang, let's assume that the hypothesis of your mother's subcontracting has actually happened."

"it is good." "Then, in order to distinguish it from your mother, the mother before you was hospitalized is temporarily called mother X. In order to avoid confusion during our discussion." I nod.Yohei said it frankly, but I always feel that my younger brother mourns the death of his mother, and I feel hurt because I asked such a question, and I can't help but feel sorry. "Then, according to your explanation, you think that the writer of the notes is Mom or Mother X, and you are Dad. These two points are almost certain." "yes." "Suppose, then, that both are also true."

"Why is everything assumed?" "I can't help it, otherwise I can't live and talk." "Alright alright." "Based on these assumptions, what you want to know now is, which mother wrote the notes? Is the child born to you? Generally speaking, these two points." "Yes, so to speak." "Let me confirm with you again, when the two met, the author was twenty-two years old. This is not entirely correct." "Yes. The author, who was not sure about his own age, answered the date of birth in the Western calendar." "Well, but I often feel a little suspicious myself, and I don't know how old I am for a moment. Then, the author and you are five years apart."

"That's what you said in the article, so it shouldn't be wrong." "There is a five-year age difference, which is consistent with the real parents. Indeed, I remember that my mother got married at the age of twenty-four and gave birth to you half a year later." "Yes, it's a typical marriage first." The younger brother rubbed his chin again, pondered for a while, and then said slowly, "Uh... I think it's my mother who wrote the notes." "You, why did you say that suddenly?" "This is of course the result of my review based on the information you provided."

"What review?" "If you think about it, Dad and Mom registered their marriage when he was twenty-nine years old. We all know this in the household registration transcript. On the other hand, in that notebook, it is also mentioned that Dad and the others The marriage registration has been done, right? It is mother X who does not write notes in Rutian, which means that father has registered for marriage with mother X and mother for the second time in just two or three years. And both of them are married first and then married. Although this cannot be said without a detailed investigation of the transcripts before the move, it is a bit hard to imagine that situation."

"Ok……" "So the 80% mentioned in the notes is the only marriage registration. In this way, it is the mother who officially married the father, so the mother is the author of the notes. The statement that I was 22 years old when we met is wrong. It should be Twenty-four years old, or met on the eve of twenty-four years old, and turned twenty-four years old at the time of registration." I didn't expect such a simple thing.Although Yang Ping has retaken the exam for one year and has been repeated for one year, it is doubtful whether he can graduate smoothly in the future, but after all, he is studying in the Faculty of Engineering, and he is worthy of a science brain.

"According to this inference, of course it is most natural to judge that the child is you, but it is best to check the old household registration to confirm. In case there is another child besides Xiao Liang, even if it is dead, there should be a birth record. " As the older brother, I could only keep silent, Yohei glanced at me slightly sideways, and tilted his head. "However, if Mom wrote it, having a younger sister is not suitable. Because she is an only child." Seeing Yang Ping deflated, for some reason, I was brought back to life. "Just, that's right. Look, this matter is not that simple. Basically, if the author is really a mother as you said, then how to explain the mother's transfer." "Ah...that." His extremely lazy tone irritated me again. "Well, I do have a hypothesis with a fairly high probability." "Tell me, what is the assumption." "This is purely hypothetical. If you hear it, don't make trouble." "Don't be a fool, just say it!" "If you think about it, since you insist on being transferred, it can only be said that Mother X was the mother before you were hospitalized, but only for a period of time. In other words, there were two transfers. The months or at most a year before your hospitalization, Mother X swapped with Mom to become a mother. You were too young to remember the first switch.” "Wait a minute, hey, so you mean Mom wrote the notes. Then in the months before I turned four, Mom disappeared and Mother X showed up and lived with Dad and me, and then I was hospitalized. Wait for me When I was discharged from the hospital, Mother X disappeared, and Mom returned." "Yes, yes, you still understand." "Who is mother X who has only lived with us for a few months?" "Pa's mistress, of course. Didn't the notes say, 'That's how it went for a few years. Then it started to fall apart.' Didn't you forget that the mistress showed up and ruined everything. From that epilogue you skipped reading, no Can you also imagine the tragic scene of looking for death and life? The sad mother just left her notes and left alone." "Is that right?" "But then you got sick, and there were various twists and turns. In the end, my father and his mistress also broke up, and they reunited with my mother who had already left home. Hey, this is a common situation." I got up and tried desperately to find a flaw in Yohei's assumption.Being explained too perfectly by him, it feels unreal. "So, what is that thing that looks like a leftover hair?" "It should be Mom's hair when she was young. It must have been left in Dad's hand with the notebook when she left home. Maybe Mom planned to commit suicide. Didn't the notebook write something at the end that you can't let me continue to live and I will be killed by you?" Is it something like that? In other words, what those words mean is that although I am committing suicide, it is also equivalent to being killed by you." It is indeed reasonable, almost too reasonable. "What about the one where Mom hugged the pillow and watched me sleep?" "Although it was only a short time, Mom still can't forgive you for being so close to the vixen. When you were discharged from the hospital and saw Mom, you must have blurted out that this is not your mother, right?" "But it will be ten years before she hugs the pillow to see me." "Of course, Mom usually forgets about it long ago, but once in a while, the jealousy of Dad and you will come back. The more she loves you, the more fuel will be added to the flames, and the hatred will increase a hundred times. She was originally a murderer, so she couldn't suppress the impulse for a while. Send this child to the west too..." From under the too long bangs, my younger brother looked at me with eyes that looked like he was watching a living fossil coelacanth in a tank. "Are you indifferent to this? Yang Ping. Your mother is a murderer who killed many people. Can you accept it?" Yang Ping giggled.Showing his canine teeth, although he is still young, there are already smile lines under his eyes. "Please, didn't I emphasize that it's a hypothesis? It's a hypothesis. And the premise of that hypothesis is that every hypothesis is divorced from reality. But, how? This hypothesis covers the premise you provided, and there are no flaws, and Did you explain it realistically? Well, even I think it’s quite clever.” "Mum has a younger sister, which is a major contradiction." Seeing his complacency, I deliberately poured cold water on him, but Yohei was not discouraged. "But Mom might have a younger sister." "Really?" "The note mentions that my sister has a fiancé, right?" "And it's not just one, it's several, and they also said that my sister is passionate." "Then maybe he caused some disaster that insulted the family tradition, and was kicked out of the house before mom and dad got married." "That's a hypothesis anyway, isn't it?" "Anyway, there is still some basis." "How do you say, what do you mean?" "Well, oh, it's grandma." "Ah, by the way, how is grandma today?" I was supposed to ask this first when I met my brother, but I forgot.I was deeply ashamed of my ruthless and selfish self for wasting my grandmother's love for me when she was still healthy. "It seems to be a little thinner. But I am more energetic than I imagined. I am willing to eat dinner." "Thank you for your hard work. I will also visit her old man in a few days." "Well, I will go again. I will go as often as I can now. By the way, haven't you heard about the topic just now? Grandma will call mom strange names." I couldn't understand what Yohei was talking about for a while, but I immediately remembered that it was about a year ago. "It was only when you told me that I remembered that when I went to visit her with my mother, I did have that kind of thing. Si... It seems to be Yingshizi. Grandma has been calling Yingshizi to come? Yingshi Is the kid here? Even crying." "Yes, yes, it was the same when I went. Mom looked very embarrassed at the time, and told grandma in a good voice, Mom, it's me, I'm Misako. But grandma cried and clung to mom's hand , Shouting Yingshizi, Yingshizi. Similar situations have happened several times.” "So, you mean, in other words..." "Yes, Yingshizi might be the name of Mom's younger sister." This possibility is extremely high, and grandma still can't tell Yang Ping from me. My younger brother's point of view once again surprised me, but at this moment I also suddenly had a flash of inspiration. "...You just mentioned Dad's mistress, that mother X. Could it be Mom's sister?" "Please, please don't look so scary in your eyes. Let me say it again, it's a hypothesis, everything is purely a hypothesis, don't forget this. As a hypothesis, it is of course fully possible. Rather, the probability may be quite high. "