Chapter 10 Chapter 9 Tank Bottom

"—Hey, they're here anyway, do you want to drop by and have a look?" The next night, when I was finally getting ready and waiting to go back to the city, Senior Piao Pao suddenly proposed this; I understand his feelings very well. When we woke up the next day, it was a few minutes before seven in the morning. The actual sleep time was less than two hours, and I slept on the bare floor, so I was sore all over. As I expected, it was quite cold in the morning; maybe just waking up from the wine was also one of the reasons. Looking at the condensed milk-like smoke outside the window, I sneezed several times.

Suddenly, my body was wrapped in a sheet, but I don't remember putting it on myself. I held my aching head and looked around the room; the Yebisu beer, which was shining golden last night, was blunt this morning.Saw piles of empty cans exposed to the white morning light.It gave me a feeling of desolation and loneliness but inexplicable fulfillment. I counted in a daze, and there were forty-nine empty cans.I don't remember how many cans I drank, but just thinking about it gives me a splitting headache. It's just too scary.I put aside the good things I did, and shook my head violently at the messiness of everyone.

Gao Qian and Xiaotu were wrapped in the same blanket, leaning against the wall and sleeping next to each other. Senior Drifting fell asleep hugging the pillow in an annoying posture. He also seemed to feel cold, sometimes sneezing and sometimes having a runny nose. It's funny to say that there is no one sleeping on the bed.It's not that we're being polite to each other, it just happens naturally.There was a suggestion to take turns using the beds, but it turned out to be a hassle for everyone. I went to the sink to wash my face, and when I came back, Senior Piaopao had already gotten up to smoke.I feel like it's been a long time since I saw the old smoker, Senior, puffing away; it seems that he was busy consuming a lot of beer last night, not to mention lighting a fire, he even forgot to hold a cigarette.

"—Yo! Did you sleep well?" "I had no dreams all night. Did the senior cover the sheets for me?" "Huh? No, it's not me. It's still possible to cover girls, I'm not bored enough to be so nice to a girl with handles!" "Exactly." "Besides, instead of building it for you, I might as well build it myself." "I guess so. So I put it on myself without knowing it?" "Huh? Wait a minute, just mentioning this, it seems that my stomach was covered with a sheet before I fell asleep..." "Ah? Is that so?"

"It seems that there is, and it seems that there is no..." "Could it be that I snatched it from the senior when I was sleepy?" "Maybe that's the case. Really, why are you such a bastard, you ignore the seniors in life. You will be punished tonight for a treat, understand?" The senior is still the same, always making his own decisions and completely disregarding the wishes of others; the most terrible thing is that he was already drunk last night, and he plans to continue his efforts tonight. Not long after, Gao Qian and Xiao Tu also woke up one after another, both of them yawned big; their dark circles faithfully showed the dilemma that although they wanted to sleep, they couldn't take a good rest.

Although the physical strength is a bit harsh, it is better to start sooner rather than stay in a place where it is difficult to fall asleep for a long time-this opinion was unanimously agreed, so we packed up and prepared to leave. Before we left, we left behind the broken glass window and the money for forty-nine cans of Yebisu beer, and wrote a note explaining the process and reason of the illegal invasion of the villa. His name and contact information.Originally, we thought it would be okay to keep anonymity, but the senior usually has a loose personality, so he is strict about this kind of thing and refuses to be sloppy.

Before leaving this villa where I stayed overnight, I casually glanced back at the doorpost, and found that there was nothing on the place where the door plate was placed. Take a closer look, there is some dust gathered around the rectangle, forming a frame; it seems that the original house number was not put on it at the beginning, but the original house number was deliberately removed. Although I found it strange, my head ached from the hangover and lack of sleep, and I didn't even think about it, so I turned and left. After a long talk all night, we tend to fall into a state of natural excitement, even when we encounter unhappy things, we laugh louder; at this time, we also appear extremely excited due to the reaction of hardly sleeping.

The senior drifting and the little rabbit even held hands, waving their hands high like kindergarten students, singing songs while walking on the mountain road. "...Aren't they too energetic?" I followed behind them, already out of breath. "I'm very haggard." "Oh, is that so?" Gao Qian still held his head up high, full of vigor, but couldn't hide his tiredness. "If they are going on their way now with a sad face, I think you will be even more haggard." "Well... that's true." "They are using this method to divert attention, and we should follow suit."

"Huh? Do you want me to sing? Please spare me, I'm a sound addict." "Xiao Piao is also a sound idiot, listen!" "I'm not as generous as he is." "Then let's play Word Solitaire?" Although I don't understand why she suggested playing Word Solitaire at this moment, anyway, Gao Qian and I followed behind the little rabbit singing nursery rhymes and the seniors, and started apples, jams, pickles, vegetable buns, parcels— - Pick up dragons endlessly.If the four of us were in our bibs, it would look like a real kindergarten excursion. It was eleven o'clock in the morning when we arrived at the National Hotel on the R plateau.I don’t know if it’s because of the clearing of the morning fog and better vision, or the diversion of attention from nursery rhymes and text solitaire, but we walked much faster than expected.

Senior Drifting immediately used the phone in the lobby to contact the juniors indiscriminately.As a result, Mr. Koike, who is also a sophomore with us, is the only idler who has a car and can come to R Plateau today. No, in fact, Mr. Xiaochi also claimed that he had some important business tonight, so he couldn't come here; but Senior Biaobao insisted that if he turned back immediately, he would be in time, and insisted on forcing him to agree.Although Mr. Xiaochi's experience is sympathetic, at this time, we can only ask him to swallow his hatred and tears.Because I miss my bed too!

Now that help has been secured, we decided to settle for lunch before Mr. Koike came to pick us up.We all crowded into the restaurant of the National Hotel to enjoy a long-lost meal. Funnily enough, everyone ordered dishes they wouldn't normally order; for example, Xiaotu ordered steak.It doesn't matter, what's frightening is that Senior Piao Pao actually ordered draft beer at the same time. You have to drive later!What are you thinking in your head!The senior drifting became the target of public criticism, but he leisurely said that it was okay, anyway, Xiaochi's partner would arrive later, and the wine would wake up early.It's just that he was embarrassed to drink alone after all, so he ordered wine for others on his own initiative. I just drank so much last night, and now I started to drink again in broad daylight... After thinking about it, I still drank beer dry, and even I felt terrible.As for Gao Qian and Xiao Tu, although they complained about their senior being troublesome, they drank up the wine as if nothing had happened while we were not paying attention. Is this really okay? After dinner, we occupied the sofas in the saloon and took a short nap.At around 2:30 in the afternoon, Mr. Koike showed up. "—Why should I do such a thing? Really!" When we got into the white RV, Mr. Koike grumbled as he pushed his chubby body into the driver's seat. "I'm sorry!" Perhaps it was because I sat in the assistant's seat, which created an atmosphere where I had to apologize. "I owe you a favor." "Oh, don't say that, Xiaochi. I will make it up to you someday." The senior who was sitting in the back seat was in a good mood; of course he was happy that there were two girls, Gao Qian and Xiao Tu, sitting on the left and right. "Compensation?" Koike straightened his glasses and snorted; his mood was extremely bad. "The compensation the senior said must be spiritual, right?" "spiritual?" "I've already thanked you over and over again in my heart, so I'll just write it off or something—" "Ah, this is good! Well, I will use this trick next time." "Hey, I knew it." "—By the way, Mr. Koike." "yes!" As soon as Gao Qian asked, Mr. Xiaochi's tone suddenly became flattering, and his mood seemed to improve. "Is there a problem?" Even though they are both sophomores, Mr. Koike is as nervous when facing Gao Qian as if he is facing an elder.In fact, he is not a special case. Most male students, including me, have mixed feelings of fear and longing for Gao Qian. "Which way did you take when you came?" "Which way? What do you mean? It's just a normal way!" "Didn't you take a detour?" "A detour? Is there a detour?" "Hey, hey, Xiaochi, why don't you wake up? Didn't I explain it just now? My car was thrown on that detour." Senior Piaobao interrupted: "Please drive hard, don't go the wrong way!" "I know. Well, when you encounter a fork in the road, you should go left, right?" "Yes, then go to the right! If you still turn left, you will go to the county road." "Understood, understood." "So..." Gao Qian thought about it, and brought back the topic. "Is the main road not closed?" "No traffic? No!" "And no signs of falling rocks or landslides?" "No, I didn't see it at all. What's wrong?" "It's nothing, nothing is fine." Of course, this is not enough to support Gao Qian's hypothesis last night, but at least the possibility of a false prohibition sign has greatly increased. I think, except for Mr. Koike, everyone should have this idea at this time - to confirm whether there is another villa as Gao Qian reasoned. Not long after, we arrived at the place where Senior Piao Pao abandoned his car.Looking at it in broad daylight, the cars are parked in a mess, which seems to be a hindrance to traffic. The senior put the gasoline brought by Mr. Koike into his car and started the engine, looking very satisfied. "Then I'll go back first." Seeing that the car started smoothly, Mr. Xiaochi planned to get in his own car, but the senior left the driver's seat and chased after him. "Hey, wait a minute, don't be in such a hurry!" "Huh? What else is there?" "Well, can you take Xiaotu and Carpenter back together by the way?" Really, I thought he was going to say something, so he wanted to go for a ride with Gao Qian alone?To treat others as a burden. "Stop joking," Mr. Koike said, closing the car door indifferently. "Did I say it on the phone? I have something important tonight, very important thing." "What's your business?" "A date! A date!" "Shrimp?" Mr. Xiaochi had already started the engine, but Senior Piao Piao slammed on his car window with a loud sound. "Wait, Xiaochi, wait! Why can you go on a date?" "How do you want me to answer?" "Why? Ah? Why can you go on a date when I was blocked by the craftsman and my love path was so bumpy?" When did I stop you?Just when he couldn't help but was about to refute, this line was actually uttered by Mr. Xiaochi. "Senior's love path is blocked? Don't be kidding, it should be the senior who hinders others!" "What words!" "You're obstructing my love right now! I'm late for an appointment and annoyed her. It's all the senior's fault! Speaking of which, I will hate you for the rest of my life!" "Okay, alright! Alright!" Mr. Xiaochi's low growl became more menacing, and Senior Piaobao quickly raised his arms and took a few steps back. "Don't be so fierce! Then you work hard! Mmm." "Okay, everyone," Mr. Koike ignored the senior, showed a polite smile to the three of us, and waved. "See you at school! Goodbye, goodbye!" "--What are you doing! That kid, Xiaochi." The senior watched the white RV going away while scratching his head. "Talking about going on a date is actually slapping a swollen face to pretend to be fat?" "Oh, that's not necessarily true!" Xiaotu said while stuffing his luggage into the rear compartment, "I saw him chatting with Xiao Lun from the Department of Education in the student cafeteria before, and they had a great chat!" "Xiao Lun? Is that Hirosue Rinmi?" "right." "No, no, no!" "What doesn't work?" "Her bar is too high." "threshold?" "Rummi Hirosue, known as the 'Flower of the Department of Education', do you know how many people are chasing her?" "That should be called the competition rate!" "It doesn't matter what it's called, Xiaochi will definitely not be able to catch up with her anyway!" "Why are you so determined? Mr. Xiaochi is so pitiful." "No matter how pitiful, facts are facts." Regrettably, we later learned that the prediction of the senior is very correct; but this is another story, which is not directly related to this work. Afterwards, everyone got into the car and followed the winding mountain road down the mountain; after a few minutes, Senior Piao Pao made this suggestion. "—Hey, they're here anyway, do you want to drop by and have a look?" "Look at what?" Gao Qian on the assistant's seat asked back, but her tone clearly knew the answer already. "Need to ask? Of course it's the other villa that Gao Qian mentioned! Let's go and see if there is really a villa in the place Gao Qian guessed!" "How could there be?" Although smiling wryly and shaking his head, Gao Qian's voice was full of anticipation—if there was, it would be fun. "It's just imagination, and the basis is very weak." "However, the sign prohibiting passing is indeed a fake!" "That's not imagination, it's an inference based on the favorable evidence of the weather." "Anything is fine, anyway, let's go and see!" We drove past the scene of the car accident last night. The fire that almost caused a forest fire seemed to have been successfully extinguished. Although there were sporadically scattered forest scorches on the side of the road, and tire tracks interlaced with linear functions on the road, the scenery was roughly the same as It's the same as usual.Of course, the police cars and fire trucks are gone, and the roadblocks have been removed. The drifting senior was driving slowly on the smooth road. "It could be on the left, it could be on the right—" We rolled down the windows and looked around the side of the road.Shortly after-- "...There is!" The one who made the noise was the little rabbit sitting on the left side of the back seat.Everyone's eyes focused on the left side of the direction of progress, and even the car body almost fell to the left. There was indeed there—the same two-story villa as last night. "It's not right..." Huh?After hearing Gao Qian's muttering to himself, we all screamed in surprise. "No?" Xiaotu, who was the first to discover the villa, pouted her lips in dissatisfaction with the feeling of being criticized. "What's wrong?" "Look carefully, it looks completely different from last night's villa!" "what……?" Senior Drifting slowly drove the car close to the gate post; although no one gave orders, once the car stopped, everyone got out of the car at the same time. "...So that's how it is," Senior Piao Pao looked up at the building, rubbing his chin with regret. "It's a little different from last night's villa." "That's to say, it's not right at all! I really laughed out my teeth." Gao Qian herself showed no regrets at all, but seemed relieved that her assumption had failed; judging by her appearance, it should not be a forced smile. It's incredible to me.So she, who is keen on hypothetical reasoning, is so indifferent to whether her claims are correct?It seems that for her, the process of logical deduction is the fun. As for the truth, she is neither interested nor attached; to be honest, I can't understand it. "I said a lot of groundless theories, but I didn't expect that there happened to be an irrelevant villa at the place where the inference was made—that's what happened!" "If that's the case," I thought the chances of a coincidence were relatively low. "What an amazing coincidence!" "But," the little rabbit strode into the courtyard. "It's too early to conclude that it has nothing to do with it. After all, the problem is not the appearance, but whether the internal structure looks like it! Right? That's the point." "That's true." Senior Piao Pao nodded in agreement, and then fell into deep thought again. "However, the appearance is already so different, so the inside should be quite different too!" "Besides," Gao Qian persuaded: "We can't just enter the house like last night!" "Huh...?" I passed in front of the doorpost, and suddenly stopped. "……this is?" "What's wrong with you, Carpenter." "Look at this." "Well?" Senior Floating turned his head in the direction of my finger, and glanced at the house number on the doorpost; no, to be precise, it was the space where the house number was hung. It was empty above. "What? What's the matter?" "It's the same with the villa just now." "What kind?" "Look carefully, there are traces of dust frames on it; it doesn't look like the door plate hasn't been hung, but it looks like it was hung but deliberately removed, right?" "Huh? Well... I have this feeling when I mention it like this, but so what?" "The same is true of the villa we stayed in last night. There is no house number on the doorpost, as if it was taken down deliberately—" Gao Qian suddenly grabbed my shoulder, as if she wanted to ask something, but she didn't have time to speak. "Hey, hey," Xiaotu's sharp voice suddenly sounded. "Look!" Under Xiaotu's beckoning gesture, everyone looked in the window on the first floor; they saw an empty room inside, with no curtains, no carpets, no tables and chairs, only—— There is only one single bed.It was not clearly identifiable from where we snooped, and it seemed that there were cartoon-patterned pillow cases and bed sheets attached. I don't remember when Senior Piao Pao touched the entrance door, because I have been in a state of trance. The door didn't seem to be locked, but opened after a menacing creak.