Chapter 2 first quarter

First, let me start with a man who originally visited my home.That was the king-sized ace of spades that we drew at the beginning. That man, if you want to say he is a god of good fortune, looks really bad, and he didn't come by treasure ship.The day he came was July 6th, a cloudy Saturday afternoon when the rainy season had not yet ended, and it was not a suitable season for Fukujin to visit. Although he was flushed, he was not a Dionysus (for he could not drink at all); if he was a poor god, he was too well dressed and fat. That person is a lawyer. "Oh... Maekawa Law Firm?"

Mom looked at the business card on the table in the living room, with an extremely serious expression on her face, as if she was thinking that it had been a long time since anyone had presented a business card to her so formally, except for the salesman selling waterless pots and feather quilts. I introduced myself.It used to be so often— Ma seemed to be thinking about that too, because she used to be a secretary. Mom and Dad have been married for fifteen years.To find the commemorative photos of their wedding ceremony, you have to take out two suitcases from the closet, add an electric fan that is no longer in use but can’t bear to throw it away, and then open the drawer pushed to the back of the wall On the top shelf of the cabinet, I blinked vigorously to resist the smell of dust and mothballs, and only after I moved the photo album containing my baby photos could I take it out.

So far, as far as I know, Mom never seems to have planned to go to such lengths to look at wedding photos.As for whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, I will not comment here. "So, lawyer Qianchuan has something to do with me?" "Yes, if you are indeed Ms. Satoko Ogata." "Indeed I am." Mom replied seriously. "However, I should have mentioned it to you on the phone. I hope your husband will be there, right?" So, Mom knew in advance that this lawyer was coming?I was a little surprised by this.If so, why didn't you tell me first? Not to mention dad.Dad took golf clubs to the golf driving range by the river bank an hour ago.Mom didn't tell Dad not to go either.

To the lawyer's question, Mom replied with a smile: "No, since it happened when I was still at work, my husband wouldn't understand it." "So, your husband is not at home?" Lawyer Qianchuan quickly deduced, and then said with a look of embarrassment, "I hope your husband must be present. If possible, Mr. Ling will also be with you..." Having said that, he put on his reading glasses (I think it should be) and flipped through the documents at hand. "Your child is only the handsome boy from Shangguoyi right now?" Mom looked very surprised and said, "Have you investigated all these?"

The lawyer nodded and said, "Of course." "But why..." "I mentioned this to you on the phone before. This is a very important matter, not only related to Mrs. Ogata, but also related to your whole family." Mom seemed to be very troubled, and kept touching the tip of her nose with her index finger. "But I don't understand. You said on the phone that it had something to do with something that happened when I was single; if that's the case, it has nothing to do with my husband or my child." Mr. Lawyer took off his glasses, clasped his fat hands on his lap, then tucked in his round chin, straightened his upper body and turned to Mom.

"It's inconvenient for me to reveal too much on the phone, and you won't be able to accept it for a while if I tell you everything all of a sudden. If you mistakenly think it's a prank and hang up the phone, I will be very troubled." "Is that something that could be mistaken for a prank?" "Exactly." "What the hell is going on?" "Mrs. Ogata," Attorney Maekawa sighed, "Please bring your husband back. If it's too far away, I'll visit you another day. This matter is so important." Seeing the lawyer's seriousness, Mom seemed to take the lawyer's words seriously.Her silly expression, practiced in fighting off hordes of newspaper salesmen, backed off a little.

"Ya Nan! Xiao Nan!" Mom turned around and called me back. "Are you in the kitchen? Do you hear me? Boy!" Mom Mingcha, I am in the kitchen.It's rare that the football club doesn't have to practice this Sunday, so I let him sleep until midnight, and now he is having a very late breakfast.However, instead of sitting at the dining table, I held a toast in one hand and a glass of tomato juice in the other, peeking through the crack of the door leading to the living room. I sneaked back to the dining table, put down the toast, took a sip of tomato juice, pretended to be concentrating on breakfast, and went back to the door.

"what?" As soon as I showed my face, my eyes suddenly met Lawyer Maekawa's.I felt right away that he saw through me.This lawyer knew I was eavesdropping. "Excuse me, can you call your dad back? I think he's gone to the 'Hole in One Club'." "Well," I nodded, "I saw Dad go out just now." "Excuse me, let me run for my mother. I will arrive in a short time by bicycle." "What am I going to tell Dad?" Hearing what I said, Mr. Lawyer didn't speak, but just smiled slightly, with an expression of "you obviously heard it" on his face.

"Just say that there is something very important, and there are guests at home." Only then did I realize that there was a bad atmosphere behind Mom's cheerful expression.Because the corners of her eyes are hanging up. This expression is really frightening.I remember when my mother's father, that is, my grandfather, was diagnosed with liver cancer and would not live long, my mother came back with this expression.Last year, Dad found something wrong in the company's health checkup, and was advised by the doctor to have a close-up checkup. Mom also had the same expression.Until it was found out that it was an initial gastric ulcer, and it would be cured as long as I took medicine, my mother would show this expression from time to time.At the moment, I feel as if I was yellow carded by the referee in the game (that is to say, I have only participated in the practice games within my own club).That's a warning!be careful!

"Then I'm out." I said. The golf driving range "Hole in One Club" by the river bank is always crowded with people no matter what time of day you go.The two-story building is surrounded by a large net. There are 80 battering seats for individuals to practice their swings. There are also two sandpits for practice at the back. It takes about 20 minutes to ride a bicycle from my house. The green net that symbolizes the golf driving range can be seen from a long distance.That net is just that high and that big.It is impossible for the Ozaki cannon to come, so this equipment is obviously too exaggerated and wasteful.But according to my father, the net also has the function of Xuanfu, so it doesn't matter if it is bigger.

I asked the pretty lady to broadcast at the practice range counter, and I got a nonchalant response: "You go in and find yourself, little brother." No. Strike seats there. Dad is acting as an interim coach. A woman in a pink golf outfit with long hair and a shawl was hugged by her father from behind, and the two held a club together.Needless to say, she is of course very young and has a plump figure. She is the sister I most hope to appear in the kind of dreams I have often dreamed recently, and I am not able to tell others. I turned right and walked back to the counter.The pretty lady carelessly trimmed her nails, ignoring all the guests waiting for vacant seats in the lobby. "Sorry, I still want to trouble you to broadcast." "Oh, didn't you find it?" "I don't want to see my dad be at a loss because I'm a kid." "Like my dad, I've been at a loss since I was born. Because..." As the lady spoke, she picked up the microphone and quickly said twice, "Mr. Yukio Ogata, Mr. Yukio Ogata, please go to the counter, we have your visitor" before continuing to finish speaking. "He doesn't remember anything he did to have a baby." "He has sleepwalking?" "No, because my mother is the Virgin Mary." Then Pa came, one hand still gloved.He saw me right away, maybe I was thinking too much, I think Dad looked a little flustered. "So it's Ya Nan. Why did you come here?" "A lawyer has come home." Sometimes facts speak louder than words (taught in school, but I forget where).When cockroaches are found on the floor of a fancy restaurant, conversations are cut short: the look on Dad's face disappears just as quickly. "what?" "I don't know either. Anyway, Mom told Dad to go back immediately, saying it was something important." Dad said "What?" again before finally returning to normal. "Wait a minute, I'll be right back. Got it?" Then, he disappeared in a hurry in the direction of the batting mat. Dad's appearance is really not ordinary.He and the woman under his guidance didn't just happen to be at the next table today, but they made an appointment every time——I began to think about this possibility seriously. Also, the connection between that incident and the lawyer running to the house. I looked up at the pretty counter lady, her elbows resting on the counter, fingers up, drying her freshly manicured nails. "I heard it all" was written on her face. "A lawyer came to my house, it's an exaggeration." I said to her. "Makes it feel like something serious is going to happen, doesn't it?" The counter lady responded with a "yes". "Excuse me, can two people who come to play can reserve seats together every time?" She immediately replied: "No, there is no way to do this." "Yes." "However, if you come together, the seats will definitely be next door." After finishing speaking, the young lady blew the invisible dust on her right nail, "Meet in the hall first, and then come to the counter together." "Yeah." I nodded, staring at her again.After a closer look, I realized that she was actually not a few years older than me.They are also teenagers, the only difference is the head to the tail.But because she's sitting here, she seems to know a lot of things that my mother doesn't. "Excuse me, that woman in the pink golf suit..." As soon as I said it, she nodded and said, "Her." "I guessed from the beginning that she must be your dad's confidant." "How many times have they come together?" Hearing my question, the young lady silently raised a hand and stretched out five thin, white fingers. "How many times have they gone back together?" The lady smiled: "Your brother should know this better than me, right?" I thought about it.Sunday when Dad went out until late at night... The most clear one should be mom. "Can you cheer me up?" The lady at the counter propped her chin with her hands, leaned out, and said so in a low voice. "Be patient and study hard. After graduating from school, join a big company with a dormitory, so that your parents' divorce will not affect your life." "thanks." Just as I was thinking about the lady's teaching, Dad came back to the counter.

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