Chapter 8 chapter eight

Sender: Minoru Receiver: Kazumi Theme—Stop pretending to be good Good baby, Kazumi good baby. Do not you upset?Where the hell is it? Sender: Mom Receiver: Dad Subject: Thank you! Thank you for your mail today!Thanks to you, I was able to have a good day today. Don't you think we became a family somehow, it's really amazing, but I'm glad. In the past, although I knew the fun of making friends online, I never expected to have a family. In fact, Kazumi sent me a letter just now, we went to chat in the chat room, she seems to have quarreled with Minoru. I want to resolve the dispute between siblings, which is also the responsibility of parents, so I try to comfort her.

But I hope Dad can also listen to the opinions of both sides. Well, work hard today.Let's talk tomorrow. Admiral Wu hung his presbyopic glasses back on the bridge of his nose and asked Ren. "Not only do you interact frequently on the Internet, but you have also met in person? This kind of gathering seems to be called 'Internet Gathering', right?" Minoru Hojo didn't respond immediately.Just now he yelled to express his protest, but he was appeased later, and now he is observing Wu Shang's attitude carefully.His eyes remained on the table, and he asked, "Mr. Interpol, do you go online?"

"I have an e-mail address, but I'm not familiar with the Internet." "I knew it, it sounds like a temporary supplement!" "Is the name 'Wangju' wrong?" "That's right. Well, we did meet. The four of us got together for a family meeting." "When did that happen?" "April 3rd or 4th. The first Saturday in April, anyway." "Saturday, April 3rd. Mr. Sorada was killed just three weeks later. You must be terrified?" Ren pursed his lips and let out a "hmm". "Nonsense, of course I was taken aback. Maybe you were expecting some other answer from me, but I had nothing to do with the murder. I was scared to death, nearly killed."

He reluctantly replied in a mocking tone, and then carefully peeped at Takegami's expression and asked: "You also know about the online gathering from Mr. Sorada's computer, right?" Wu flipped through the documents at hand and continued to ask questions. "Since you have already met, it shouldn't matter if I bring Miss Kazumi here?" "Is she here? With me?" "Not available?" "It won't be inconvenient..." "Didn't you just say that it would be quicker to ask Ms. Kazumi about how you became a 'family'. However, we are worried that she is too lonely by herself."

"You are so considerate." "After all, you are just teenagers." Wu Shang deliberately showed a strange smile. Tokunaga picked up the intercom phone, and immediately heard a knock on the door after hanging up.An inspector came in carrying a folding chair and placed it next to Ren.Ren grabbed his chair and moved together, making an empty seat. "Come in. Come in and sit down." Hearing the sound, a young woman walked in timidly, and the pair of high-heeled sandals on her feet made a knocking sound on the floor. Takegami couldn't believe his eyes, because the young woman in front of him looked so much like Kazumi Soda.

No, actually observing calmly, her appearance and body shape are not similar.If you take a closer look, you can find that she is not Yimei, but the temperament of the two is too similar.She is good at showing the curves of her figure with clothes, she has bright brown shoulder-length hair, and the necklace hanging on her chest is exactly the same as Kazumi's, maybe the same style.Is this a recent trend? There was a strong smell of perfume. "Please sit down." Wu Shang said, hastily stopped sneezing at the beginning. Hojo Minoru sneered at her with displeasure. "Your perfume is too strong."

The young woman didn't smile back, she was clutching a small black nylon backpack like her shield. "Are you Ms. Ritsuko Kahara?" Takesami called her in a calm tone. "Thank you for your hard work. Sit down first, don't be afraid, it's okay." Perhaps Wu Shang's tone was a little ridiculous, and Tokunaga, who was sitting in the corner, snickered secretly. Ritsuko Kahara's tensed eyes slightly relaxed, and she made a weak voice——Hello, everyone!She said a greeting that didn't fit the occasion but was extremely respectful, and then sat down on the chair

Wu Shang first introduced himself to her, then said: "I think the relevant personnel have already reported to you", and then briefly explained the purpose of inviting her to attend.Ritsuko rested her backpack on her lap and fidgeted with her fingers, when she suddenly spoke, as if trying to drown out Takegami's voice. "I'm so sad that Mr. Sorada passed away. But, I really don't know anything." Her weak and rapid manner of speaking seemed at odds with her self-expressive attire. "Why were you summoned by the police...? We didn't do anything bad."

As she spoke, her hands kept moving, as if she wanted to crumple up the words and hide them immediately. "We're sorry to ask you to take a day off." Wushang said kindly, "We hope to hear your opinions as soon as possible, but the other one really can't cope with the Saturday and Sunday of the weekend." "The other one?" The two said in unison, but their subsequent reactions were quite different. "You mean 'Mom'?" "Is that woman coming too?" "That woman," Kahara Ritsuko repeated Minoru's words, and immediately cast him a reproachful look.Ren pursed his lips in obvious displeasure.

"Don't think about playing the trick of being a good baby again, don't you hate that woman too?" Ritsuko was startled and froze. "Didn't you suspect her too? You even sent her an email? It turned out that the woman came to me crying and complaining. It's really bad luck." "What are you talking about?" Ritsuko blinked desperately, her eyelids covered with bright blue eyeshadow trembling. Ren raised the corner of his mouth maliciously. "Didn't you ask that woman? Did she kill Mr. Soda?" (Did you kill it?) Ritsuko Kahara yelled. "No! Not so!"

Kazumi Soda stretched her neck again and leaned forward.She made too much movement and moved the chair.Chikako instinctively pressed the back of her chair. "Ah, I'm sorry." Yimei was startled. "It's not good to make a sound, is it?" "No, it's okay. Even if you make a little noise, you won't be able to hear it on the other side." "Oh, that's good." She waved the hair around her eyes, tilted her neck and asked, "Is she 'Kazumi' Luo?" "probably." "It's completely different from your real name, why is it called Kazumi?" "Take your time and wait for them to ask these doubts." In the interrogation room, Takegami was comforting Ritsuko who was waving her hands wildly.Ritsuko kept yelling to go home, while Minoru on the side didn't pay any attention, sitting with his legs stretched out, staring at the double-sided mirror with prickly eyes.That look instantly caught Chikako's eyes, and then passed by. "Annoying guy!" Kazumi muttered.Which part of her body did that voice full of resentment come from? It took Takegami a while to get Ritsuko to sit down.She covered her face with her hands, and tears seemed to glisten in the corners of her eyes. "Fake crying." Yimei insisted. "She thought that as long as she acted pitifully, all the old men would listen to her, and most of the idiot old men would take the bait." "It's not that easy in the interrogation room." Inspector Yuan Shang corrected her tactfully.But Kazumi still insisted on her own opinion. "Who knows. Aren't the police just a group of old men, maybe they are the easiest to defeat." "Perhaps. However, I think Mr. Takegami should be fine." "How to say?" Kazumi looked at Chikako with sharp eyes. "Because he has a daughter. I remember his daughter is a college student, so he knows some tricks that girls usually use." "How is it possible! I think it is even more impossible for him to understand his daughter!" Chikako didn't speak.In the interrogation room, Takegami finally began to confirm his identity, and asked for Ritsuko Kahara's address, name, school name and other information. Kazumi still stared at the double-sided mirror, observing every move inside.At this time, she suddenly came back to her senses, took out her phone and waved her thumb again. Zhijiazi took a look at Yuanshang patrolling, and the young policewoman also looked at Zhijiazi. "Although the situation is a bit chaotic," Wu Shang coughed and continued, "but please calm down a little bit. Maybe it's the wrong place. This is indeed an interrogation room, but it doesn't mean that we regard you as suspects. We just want to find out The murderer of Mr. Sorada, so we must ask the people who were close to him during his lifetime to find out the details of the past." Hojo Minoru crossed his legs impatiently, dangling his toes.Ritsuko Kahara wiped away her tears, but her expression was still stiff, her hands were tightly clutching the backpack on her lap. "Then, Miss Kahara." Wushang called her, and she clutched the backpack even harder, pale knuckles appearing in her fingers. "According to Hojo, you were the one who met Mr. Sorada first, isn't that true!" Ritsuko squinted at Minoru reproachfully, then nodded slightly. "When? Under what circumstances did you know him? You started using the Internet. It shouldn't be a long time ago, right?" Takegami waited silently for her answer, but Ritsuko pressed her lips tightly together.When Wu Shang tried to repeat the question, she finally spoke. "More than a year ago... someone bought me a computer." "Did your parents buy it?" Ritsuko brushed back her flowing brown hair. "My mother bought it, but it wasn't for me." "Oh, can your mother use a computer?" "Not at all." She said nonchalantly, "She just wants to show off, pretending that she knows it well. She is this kind of person, she must preempt others in everything, otherwise she will not be reconciled." "But I only started surfing the Internet a year ago, so it must be too late, right?" "That's right. My mother has a friend who set up a gardening website by herself, and she also wants to compete with others. It's naive! She only played for a while, and then she found out that setting up a website and managing it is very difficult and she stopped playing." "So that computer is yours to take over." She nodded. "Because my friends told me that the Internet is fun." "How to say?" "What's the meaning?" "You're not just looking for fun things, are you?" "I didn't think too much about going online. I just browsed various websites... It's like flipping through magazines. However, websites are different from magazines, because they have interactions, so it's very interesting. Websites are not just a bunch of text, there are people there interaction. However, I’m always in ROM status on message boards or chat rooms.” "ROM?" Ren said in a sneering tone: "Read only member only reads but does not participate." "I see. It's really like flipping through a magazine." Wu Shang nodded. "Do you have a cell phone?" Ritsuko replied: "Yes!" She raised her guard slightly and glanced at him. "Why do you ask?" "It's nothing, maybe I'm too old-fashioned, I can't quite understand why girls like to surf the Internet. If you just send emails, make friends, and use your mobile phone to surf the Internet!" It turned out to be asking this, Ritsuko finally laughed. "It costs a lot of money to use a mobile phone. If you use a computer, your parents will pay for the Internet access, because the computer is at home." "Are your parents very strict about how you spend your money?" "Very verbose, very very verbose, and petty." Ritsuko Kahara has three members in her family, her father is an office worker, her mother is a housewife, and she is the only child.She has no siblings, and thought that her parents would spoil her only child and provide generous financial support, but she didn't expect the opposite. "Are you petty? If so, wouldn't it hurt that you have to spend your pocket money on clothes or accessories?" "This kind of expenses is another matter. As long as I go shopping with my mother, she will pay for most of it." "Oh, that's really generous." "She also likes shopping, so she can't stop me. Our clothes are all shared." "You share it with your mother?" "Yeah, my mother often goes out to play, so it costs a lot of money to dress up." "What you are wearing now is also bought by your mother for you?" Ritsuko glanced at her attire. "Yeah, only this necklace is not." She was referring to the necklace very similar to the one worn by Kazumi Soda. "Is that a recent fashion?" "You mean this?" Ritsuko grabbed the necklace and shook it. "Is it popular recently? I don't know. I saw it in a department store and bought it just because I liked it." I see!Wu Shang clasped his hands. "Again, what kind of opportunity did you, who was originally a Read only, start to leave a message?" For some reason, Ritsuko looked at Minoru asking for help.I don't know what she wanted to ask, but Min didn't notice it at all, just looking at his fingertips. "For movies, um..." Ritsuko said. "Movie?" "Yes. I found the fan forum, the atmosphere there is good, I think everyone's feelings are very good...so I wrote some words on it." "When did that happen?" "It's been about two months since I started using computers..." "So it was around June last year, about ten months ago." "yes……" She slurred her words and looked unconfident, and then looked at Min again to try to confirm.Minoru also found out this time. "Is there a problem with Hojo?" Takegami asked her immediately. "Ah? No, it's nothing. Mr. Interpol, why do you ask?" "Because you've been looking at him since just now." Wu Shang smiled gently. "Is there anything you want to ask him?" "That's not the case!" Ren spit out, pointed at Ritsuko with his chin and said, "This guy has this kind of personality, he is timid, and he has to rely on others for everything." "But……" Ritsuko immediately looked frustrated and started playing with the backpack on her lap again.Bei Jiren looked at her with hatred on his face, sighed deliberately, and then turned to Wu Shang. "It's a fan site called 'Movie Paradise', and the owner is not from the movie industry, but he's kind of like a film critic who runs test screenings. Radio or TV shows don't often have test screenings News? Provide one hundred viewers to participate in the preview event." "Ah, ah, yes. There are also lottery postcards on the taxi." "That's right. That person really likes to participate in this kind of event, and it's easy to win prizes. It is said that he has some skills. He will put his impressions of the new movie on the website first, such as describing the status of the preview meeting, etc. Wait, the content is not very interesting, but it is updated frequently, and it is quite convenient, so many people go to browse or leave a message.” "I see." "The netizens gathered on this website are not professional movie fans who talk about movie theories, so the atmosphere is very relaxed, and you can write about the movies you have watched on TV." Hojo Minoru leaned back on the chair, and after crossing his feet again, He continued: "I go shopping occasionally, so I also know the ins and outs of this guy's understanding of 'Papa', but you still want to hear her say it? There must be a sequence in telling stories." "That's right. Would you like to tell me?" Takegami asked Ritsuko gently. "Just now, after listening to Kitasai's explanation, you met Mr. Sorada in the 'Movie Paradise', right?" "yes……" "Don't pretend to be Miss Qianjin, you can't speak clearly!" Minor scolded Ritsuko and roughly elbowed her.Ritsuko's backpack on her lap almost slipped, she hurriedly held it down. "I didn't." The voice became smaller and smaller. "However, if we're telling the truth, I'm afraid Mr. Interpol will be taken aback and think we're weird." "We have seen too many strange things, and we have nothing to fear. We will not point fingers at will." Takesami's tone was gentle, looking at Ritsuko's uneasy eyes, he deliberately turned his body to Tokunaga's direction and asked, "Is that right?" "You can say that." Tokunaga replied. "Miss Qianjin with too much self-awareness." Minoru satirized Ritsuko in a singing tone. "Don't speak so harshly." Wu Shang tried to smooth things over. "Miss Kahara is very pitiful." Ritsuko seemed relieved with great difficulty, she stopped pressing her backpack tightly, pulled the chair closer to the table, and sat down again.The distance between her and Takegami was shortened by about twenty centimeters. "Mr. Interpol, have you seen the movie "Love in the Headband"?" Wu has never seen it. "I hardly ever go to the theater." "Me too, I watched it on TV, on BS. It was a movie made in mainland China, and it was only shown in one theater, so almost no one knew about it. But the next one by the director of this movie His works were shortlisted for the Japanese Academy Awards, so the TV station broadcast his previous works." "Sounds like a romance movie." “It’s true that it’s partly a love story, but it’s a family-themed movie. The heroine is a young Shanghainese girl who left her a headband after her boyfriend’s mother died. The mother was very opposed to her son. Marry the heroine. But I don’t know why, but I left her the hair band that I treasured. This hair band seems to be a memory of her boyfriend’s mother when she was young. The heroine felt strange, so she and her boyfriend went back to his mother’s past. The result The boyfriend found out that he was not the mother's own flesh and blood, so he embarked on a journey to find his mother." "Sounds like fun." "It was later discovered that the headband belonged to her boyfriend's biological mother, and there were many other plots. Finally, the mystery was revealed. They finally knew why the deceased mother opposed her son marrying the heroine." Ritsuko finished speaking smoothly, paused for a while, and pressed her lips with her fingertips.Wushang saw that her well-manicured nails were rubbed with light pink nail polish. "This is the first time I have watched a Chinese movie, but it moved me very much. How should I put it...it reminds me of my parents. It turns out that my parents were also young, and their children can also have the opportunity to understand their past. Look, I think this is great! I never thought about this kind of thing before, I didn’t think about things before I was born, and I didn’t think about my parents’ life before marriage.” "Don't you often go shopping with your mother, don't you talk a lot?" Ritsuko shook his head vigorously. "Never talked about this kind of thing, we never talked about anything seriously." Ritsuko is getting more and more talkative. "Our family has always been like this. The three of us just live together and don't interfere with each other. My dad is very busy and is away almost all day. My mother only cares about herself and only talks about boring things, such as dressing up and gossip about celebrities. So, even if I have something to discuss with her, it’s useless. It’s the same when I was in high school. I recommended admission, but my mother put it all on the teacher. Her attitude is that the teacher said which high school to take. Just do it. "When a child encounters troubles or has trouble with friends, doesn't he always ask his mother to discuss it? But my mother never listens to my troubles seriously, and she will show an impatient look. She likes to take care of my pocket money and also It’s just that I’m reluctant to let me spend money at home. For example, if a friend gave me an expensive gift, I just need to say that it’s from someone else, and she won’t talk much. I’ve always been lonely at home. It’s not just me, my dad is lonely, I Mom is lonely too." "How is your relationship with your parents?" "They don't quarrel, because they don't care about each other. So after I watched "The Love of the Headband", I felt very puzzled. My parents also experienced the period of lovers, right? What was it like then? They don't care now Me, but what about when I was a baby? What was the family to me? What were the parents?" She wrote these thoughts on the message board of "Movie Paradise", and immediately received responses from several netizens. “It was the first time I knew what a joy it was to be able to speak my mind and have someone respond. It wasn’t a perfunctory ‘yeah, you’re happy’, but an honest response to my thoughts , this feeling is really good." Ritsuko's eyes lit up. "Afterwards I said: How my parents don't care about me, how lonely I am, etc. I wrote a lot of thoughts that I have never said to anyone before, and there are still many people who express their opinions. Some people have suggested that I can watch it. Movie, someone cheers for me, I'm really happy..." Ritsuko's expression finally brightened. "Did you use the nickname 'Kazumi' on the site from the beginning?" "Oh, yes." "Why did you use this name? It's an inconspicuous nickname!" "That's the name of my childhood friend, Kazumi, peaceful and beautiful. I transferred to the school in Osaka in the fourth grade of elementary school." "You miss her, so you use her name?" "Hmm..." Ritsuko thought for a moment. "It shouldn't be... It's a kind of envy. When I was young, I wished I could become Kazumi. She is a wonderful girl, considerate and cute, and very good at expressing her thoughts. Everyone likes her very much. I went to her house to play , Her mother is also very gentle to me." Min said again in a nondescript tone: "Am I right? This guy is always like this. I read too many shoujo manga!" Wu Shang continued to ask questions. "So there's no deeper meaning to this 'Kazumi'?" "Not at all." "Sorada-san's daughter is named Kazumi, is this purely a coincidence?" Ritsuko opened her eyes wide and nodded emphatically. "It's really a coincidence, it's incredible. But this coincidence is the beginning of our acquaintance." Ritsuko began to disclose her inner world as "Kazumi" on the message board or chat room of Movie Paradise.She said that she has no confidence in herself, that campus life is boring, that her friends are just casual acquaintances, and that she has neither close friends nor boyfriends.If this continues, I am very worried about my future.Fear of wasting life like this. Being so uneasy but having no one to confide in, the relationship with her parents is getting more and more alienated.The father doesn't care about the family, and the mother's attitude is also very cold.The mother regards her daughter as a friend, because it is easier to deal with, at least not to ask for trouble.Her parents would never give real care, no matter to anyone. "I don't have a sense of belonging... I said that I will always be in such a mood. As a result, many people comforted me and gave me a lot of advice." She said "Daddy" was one of them. "Kazumi, I am your father.... That's what he started with." Ritsuko's eyes were instantly moist. "I just recently found out that you often visit this website. Dad was very surprised when I read your message. Dad doesn't know you at all, and it makes you feel lonely because of it. I'm sorry." The end of her words trembled slightly, and her expression of emotion was exaggerated, as if she was putting on a stage play. "He said this to me. I..., I almost cried with joy." Takeshi puffed up one cheek. "You are really touched. But why is that? Is it because you expect that 'dad' is your real dad?" Wow haha!Ritsuko laughed out loud. "How is it possible! I have never thought about such a thing!" "Absolutely not?" "Complete, complete, no, yes! How could such a thing happen on the Internet." "Is that so?" Takeshang asked Minoru Hojo. "It's not impossible for parents and children to meet by chance on the Internet?" Ren said helplessly, "If the two parties don't know each other's nickname in advance, even if they meet on the website, they won't know who the other party is." "But he claims to be Kazumi's father." "Who would claim not to. In fact, this 'father' is Mr. Soda." Yes, it is.But Takegami was puzzled, could it be that Ritsuko didn't have the slightest expectation, thinking "maybe it's his real father".That is, can she completely dismiss the possibility and yet be deeply moved by it? "Mr. Criminal Police will find this strange, but I can understand it. It's like this on the Internet. If someone claims that 'I am the one everyone is talking about', most of them are lying. This is common sense." "That's right, that's right, that's it." Ritsuko continued happily, "So when 'Papa' appeared, after I started contacting him, there was a heated discussion on the message boards. Say no to bullying Kazumi; some nosy guys say to me 'don't take this seriously', 'stop playing family games'." Wu Shang asked her back: "But you don't accept these advices..." Ritsuko immediately admitted. "Yes, I don't listen at all." "Then how do you respond to 'Papa'?" Deyong interjected, looking curious. "I said: I am very glad that my father understands me. From now on, I am willing to confess everything to my father and become the most obedient daughter in my father's heart." Ritsuko recited it backwards.Facing her narcissistic tone, Hojo Minoru became more helpless and frowned.Tokunaga was enjoying himself comparing the expressions of the two. "So you became father and daughter?" "Yeah, don't you think it's great?" "Don't you think that this is a father-daughter relationship that cannot exist in the real world?" "Why do you care about this kind of thing? Whether it exists or not, to me, it is a very beautiful thing, what does it matter." "However, you were worried just now, saying that you were afraid that we would misunderstand you." Ritsuko was at a loss for words, and gave Tokunaga a stern look. "I don't want you to get it wrong." "yes?" "Yeah. Hey, aren't you just in charge of recording? Don't talk so much, shut up, okay?" De Yong smiled bitterly, and said silently: "Yes, yes, sorry!" Wu Shang took off his presbyopic glasses. There was no fog on the mirror, but he wiped it carefully and asked: "You rejected the advice of netizens, presumably they are not feeling well?" "There are a lot of criticisms, but it doesn't matter." "learn." "'Dad' and 'Kazumi' are a father-daughter pair. I have a dad on the Internet, he is my dream father, why should outsiders criticize us?" Ritsuko has a father who is willing to listen and cares sincerely. The other party expresses that he cares most about his daughter's happiness and tells his daughter these wonderful words. However, this "father" is also an outsider. "So I said to other people, leave our business alone. Then people stopped criticizing." "Everyone thinks these two are idiots." Ren pointed at Ritsuko with his thumb and said, "If you want some wine from the player's house, it's up to you." Suddenly, Ritsuko showed a different smile than before, and looked directly at Minoru, with a half-smile expression full of malice. "Yeah, other people think so, but you are different from everyone!" Ren snorted, spread his legs with a straight face.Before he could speak, Ritsuko spoke to Wu Shang first: "After 'Daddy' and I became father and daughter, within half a month, this man named Ren claimed to be my younger brother."

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