Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen

The Fujiyoshida Bureau listened to their reports.If it is said that the belongings of the lost congler were found, the police might not take it as a big deal, so they said that they found a physical evidence related to a criminal who was wanted all over the country (the arrest warrant has been lifted after Sumiya's death), so the police really Attention was drawn, and a search was decided. If the search is to be centered on the spot where the purse was found, it will not require a lot of manpower. In the end, 20 police officers were sent from the Fuji Yoshida Bureau, one police officer from the Motosu Lake Police Station, and more than 30 fire brigades and volunteers from Shangjiuyi Village formed a search team.Since it took a lot of time to deploy personnel, it was decided that the operation would start tomorrow morning.And since it's not looking for a living person, there's no need to do it right away.Introduced by the local police, the three of Ando lived in a hotel by Lake Kawaguchi.They bumped into each other again in the hall before taking a break.

"You must be tired. Tomorrow is very important, so you must have a good rest tonight." Ando especially told Yaozi. "Mr. Section Chief, is the work of the company all right?" Yoko worried that Ando would not go to the company to ask because the search would be carried out tomorrow. "This is my job, because Takahara-kun is my direct subordinate. Don't worry about work matters, I also want to find him personally. But how is Mr. Sanzhi? It doesn't matter, right?" Ando said and turned his gaze to Sanzhi.What he meant was that he hoped that Sanzhi would not stay here.

Because he didn't intend to let a third party join in from the very beginning, Yaozi also clearly opposed the three branches together. But Sanzhi still "blocked" Yaozi at Shinjuku Station and came together.Since Yoko didn't see Rie with him, she had to agree.Without Lizhi, it's not good for Yaozi to firmly refuse Sanzhi to go with her. Anyway, having one more man will increase her confidence. "It doesn't matter to me, I'm unemployed anyway!" Sanzhi said briskly.He was sensitive to sudden changes in Yoko's attitude towards him.And I think it happened after I returned to China with Rie.He also noticed that Yoko started to get close to Ando.

This is what Saneda realized from the situation when Yoko fell into Ando's arm when she suffered from anemia or hypotension. "In that case, she should be leaning against me. But that fellow Ando was right next to her at the time... But, did Ando have that kind of intention towards Yoko?" Since it was Ando who got the clue about the plateau relic at the beginning, and he proposed to go to the scene to check it, the initiative of this matter was in his hands from the beginning.Today Yaozi fainted suddenly, and he "took the opportunity" to hug Yaozi again. It can be said that Ando has firmly grasped the "initiative" over Yaozi.

Sanzhi has no "right" to have any advantage over Yaozi, but he is very disgusted with Ando's "hate for love".If this becomes a reality, Saneda is determined to regain Yaozi again. In any case, at this time Yaozi's heart is undergoing changes.Unless you understand the reason, you will never give up.Sanzhi secretly made up his mind. At 9 o'clock at night, the three of them returned to their rooms.Since the real "tourist season" has not yet arrived, the hotel is very quiet at this time, and it seems that there are only three of them in this hotel today.

Ando's room is located in the middle of the rooms of Yoko and Saneda.Yaozi simply took a shower and lay down on the bed.But she couldn't sleep at all.Although the body is a little tired, but the mood is in a state of excitement at this time, which prevents her from falling asleep. One more thing, I don't know how Xianyi is doing at his grandma's house?He usually sleeps with himself, but suddenly there is no mother by his side, the environment has changed, can he adapt? Usually, there is always a lovely space around me, just like another self, but it was removed all of a sudden, so it seems to be weak to support.Thinking of it, Xianyi has never slept separately from him since he was born.

Tomorrow the news of her husband's death may be confirmed.This night, she has been going to sleep with the memory of her husband. There is no child around her, so Yoko has to turn her thoughts to her husband. Generally speaking, most families are couples plus one child.As if a tripod is indispensable, Gao Yuan and Xianyi have always lived by their side, forming a stable form of this family. But tonight, neither of them was around.I can only talk to myself alone.Yoko seemed to see Gao Yuan standing behind Xianyi and talking to herself. Yaozi was thinking wildly like this, tossing and turning restlessly on the bed, unable to fall asleep no matter what.She gave up, thinking that instead of being unable to sleep, she should not force herself.

Maybe doing something will make you fall asleep from exhaustion.So Yoko decided to get up and go for a walk in the yard, and then think about something.The moon is not visible in the night sky, but it is full of stars and filled the night sky. The hotel is built on a high ground by the lake, where you can clearly see the whole picture of Mount Fuji and the lake in the distance.A lot of low shrubs were planted in the front yard of the hotel, and a path for tourists to walk was built.The mountains here are shrouded in night, hazy.The water surface of the lake is rippling, reflecting a faint silver luster.

Yaozi stood at the end of the path, where a watchtower was built.She stood here blankly, looking at the lake for a while. What if Gao Gao's remains were found tomorrow?Yoko looked at the calm lake water and didn't know how to answer this question.She hoped that she could hold her husband's body, which was also the purpose of her insistence on coming.But will he be able to hold back when he finds her husband's body?Facing Gao Yuan's corpse, does it mean that his sad and good memories of him will become the end of history? I hope that the feeling of finding the plateau one day earlier, and the result of not being able to appear in front of me as a real person will eventually cancel out the memory of my husband.

While Yaozi was staring at the lake, she felt that the surface of the lake gradually became clearer.The near silver lake surface gradually turned into a huge black whirlpool, like a person's eye socket, making people feel unfathomable. Yoko suddenly felt that those were her husband's eyes, calling to herself.Involuntarily she took three or four steps forward. "Danger!" When she was about to step out of the observation deck, a voice suddenly came from behind.Then a pair of strong hands pulled her back from the edge: one more step and she would be over the fence of the lookout.

There is a steep cliff from the observation deck to the lake below. Although there is a fence, ordinary adults can easily cross it. "Too dangerous!" When Yoko woke up from the dream, she realized that the person who saved her was Ando. "I couldn't sleep, so I came out and walked, and then I saw my wife standing on the lookout. I kept staring at you, and realized that you were about to cross the fence, so I stepped forward and grabbed you." Ando said nervously. "Sorry, this lake is so beautiful!" Yoko said apologetically.But she didn't explain her illusion just now.Indeed, if Ando hadn't come a step earlier, he would have merged with the lake. (What if that happens?) Thinking of this, Yoko felt a cold sweat running down his back. (Is that uncanny attraction the call of the highlands?) As if to confirm his own idea, suddenly there was a breeze.A small wave suddenly surged on the surface of the lake.The soundless surging sound also "filled" into my ears.Even the lights in the distance and the damp smell of the lake seemed to reach Yoko's ears. She couldn't help but took a few steps back, and whispered in her mouth: "too terrifying!" Ando should not have heard her words, but as she stepped back, as if waiting there, Ando gently hugged Yoko. There is a sense of comfort in Ando's arms that is protected.Ando hugged Yoko from behind, then whispered to her: "lady." His voice made Yaozi feel heartbroken. "I lost my wife last year." This is the first time Ando told Yoko about his "life experience". "Wait, please wait." Yoko began to tremble in Ando's increasingly strong arms. "Why wait?" Ando asked closely. "Be sure to confirm the news of Gao Yuan's death——" The strength of Ando's arm weakened. "Really? I've been to Ma'am from the beginning—" "Don't talk about that yet." The water surface of the lake became even more "turbulent". Maybe Gao Yuan was angry after hearing this?The deep eye sockets seemed to be staring at Yaozi tightly, and there seemed to be a fishy smell of lake water in the wind. At 9 a.m. the next day, a group of people gathered at the place where the bag was found. 21 police officers from the Fujiyoshida police, 30 local firefighters and youth volunteers, plus three others, made a total of 54 people.They decided to search in eight directions around the place where they picked up the bag. The on-site commander is the Murakami Police Department of the Fuji Yoshida Station.His plan is to search for the camp step by step from the place where he picked up the bag to the depths of the forest, that is, to the south, every five meters. "After searching for an hour, if there is no result, return to the original point, and search in the three directions of north, west, and east in turn. If there is a corpse, this search should find it." After Murakami announced his plan, all the police officers took action.The leather bag was found in the south direction from the Wind Cave.It is a waste road called "dirt road" by the locals for about one kilometer.I don't know how it was formed, but this "dirt road" is relatively wide.But there is no way to go any further.So no one goes this way except the natives and explorers and suicides from the city. "Let's act now." As soon as Murakami gave an order, several people started to act immediately.Since the three of Yaozi were not familiar with the local terrain, they were sandwiched among the local volunteers. Yoko was separated from Saneda and Ando.Because she didn't want people to know that she participated in this operation as a "survivor". Although there are so many people, there is still the danger of getting lost in such a lush and dense virgin forest.So the group of people kept greeting each other while searching deep into the dense forest.The pedestrians are tied to the treetops with a red plastic rope from time to time as a mark when they return.Because the terrain here is too complicated, so many locals can't guarantee that they can return smoothly without marking when they come back.As it got deeper, the sound of passing cars outside gradually became inaudible.So people once again felt the greatness of Aokigahara. From time to time, a few hares and squirrels ran past people.As a result, Yaozi was often taken aback. We searched for an hour and found nothing. The density and undulation of the forest became more and more obvious, and the pace of progress became more and more difficult.There are many large pits hidden in the bushes.So police officer Murakami ordered everyone to return to the origin in order to avoid danger. After returning to the original point for a short rest, this time we continued to search according to the formation just now, but still found nothing.So everyone changed the search direction again, but everyone's hope of finding it was gradually lost.Police officer Murakami changed his method of action and divided into several small teams. The small team consisted of four or five people, and searched in a fan-shaped manner. The most likely direction to hide the body is south.As it goes deeper, there are fewer and fewer people.When the search direction was changed to the north, there were obvious traces of people coming near the nearest road.Because there are several tourist routes near the highway.If the body is thrown here, it is very likely that other tourists will find it. Since the ground is formed of lava, it is basically not considered that the murderer will dig the ground and throw the corpse. In the afternoon, the whole group showed signs of exhaustion, especially Yaozi, who could barely walk.I don't know how many times this is the first time to rest. When she returned to the origin with the team, she unexpectedly found someone waiting for her. It turned out to be Rie and Yoko Komura.It was Yoko's first time meeting Yoko Komura.The manager introduced that Yaozi knew that she was the one who found the bag, but Yaozi didn't know how the two of them knew about the search, maybe it was Sanzhi who reported it. "It's Mr. Sanzhi, you..." For Sane who "betrayed" her, Yoko clearly showed her dissatisfaction.She stared fixedly at Sanzhi.In an instant she forgot that she was extremely tired. On the one hand, Lizhi also stared at Sanzhi with obvious resentment. It seemed that she was also very angry that Sanzhi followed Yaozi here without telling her. She thought that Sanzhi had "betrayed" herself on this issue. Lizhi also thinks that Sanzhi is "his own", because when he was in Istanbul, Lizhi made a promise to Sanzhi, and vowed in his heart that he would not marry.Although she didn't say it publicly, letting Sanzhi "brand" her body is the clearest proof. Rie and Yoko, who had a "friendship" because of the highlands, at this time became hostile to each other because of Saneda. And it's not a simple triangle.Yoko has clearly announced her decision to Saneda and Rie: break up with them.After breaking up, she would never allow Sanzhi to call Lizhi over.Because of this fact, Yaozi's lingering affection for Sanzhi disappeared immediately. "Why are you here?" Sanzhi also asked Lizhi in surprise. "Why is Mr. Sanzhi here?" Rie's angry eyes stared at Sane without showing any sign of weakness.At this moment, a small group of people returned here with nervous expressions. Judging from their expressions, they must have discovered something.The people who had come back in advance immediately went up to greet this scene. "A natural cave was found ahead, and we sent people down to have a look." Said one of the front team members.His voice was hoarse with excitement. "Did you find anything?" Murakami asked nervously. "A human-like corpse was found inside. But it's not very clear because of the lack of light." The forest is full of scattered caves formed by lava.Because the terrain becomes more complicated as you go deeper, it is difficult for ordinary people to approach. "Is there a cave?" Murakami immediately tightened his lips.The cave is also within the scope of the search in this operation, but if we search all the natural caves, today's manpower is far from enough. "Take us there." Murakami said to the team member who had just returned.I also prepared some climbing ropes and flashlights for this operation.The cave is about 100 meters due west of the place where the leather bag was found. Since the entrance of the cave is small and covered with dense vegetation, it will be passed if you don't pay attention.The opening was between two rocks, just about as wide as you could walk sideways.There are still a lot of water droplets at the entrance, so it is wet. "where?" "It's right there, about 5 meters deep, and you can see the bottom of the cave." "But you can't go down without a rope." "Because there is no fulcrum, I can't go down." "Okay, get the rope and the flashlight." Murakami and another team member successively went down to the bottom of the cave.Yoko and the others waited above the entrance of the cave, it seemed like a long time passed. Everyone couldn't help it anymore, so a person lay down at the entrance of the cave and looked down, and asked loudly: "See anything?" "It's being tied up, and I'm going to find a few more hands, and I'll pull it up later." So immediately a few more players came.After a while, a team member stood at the entrance of the cave. "Is it okay? Bud" Another question came from the bottom of the cave. "All right." So they lowered a sleeping bag to the bottom of the cave. "People up there must be careful, because the body is already frozen hard." At this time, the team members at the entrance of the cave all concentrated their energy and prepared to pull out the corpse.After everyone carefully pulled out the corpse, the team members who went down into the cave slowly climbed up. Those who came up were all pale and their lips were purple with cold.At this time, it is probably because the temperature at the bottom of the cave is too low.The Murakami Police Department was the last to come up.The sleeping bag with the dead body was placed flat on the open space beside the entrance of the cave. "Because the temperature in the cave is very low, the corpse has hardly deformed. Madame, please come and confirm." Murakami said to Yoko in a businesslike tone. "If it's your husband, you must persevere!" he added. One of the team members then unzipped the zipper, revealing the face of the dead body. "please." Yoko was so nervous that his heart was about to jump out.Only one Rie seemed unable to support her, so Sanede also came to support Yaozi together.A breeze blew by, and the branches above the head "squeaked".Because it was too dark in the depths of the dense forest, everyone's faces looked very pale, while other parts seemed to melt into the dark dense forest. Yoko took a deep breath, and looked at the face exposed by the sleeping bag as if driven by fate.The light of several flashlights is concentrated there.Yoko stared and looked again and again. It really was her husband!Due to the long period of freezing, his complexion was pale and looked very stiff.And it seems to be asleep. "what!" Yoko let out a scream and covered her face tightly with her hands. "Is that your husband?" Murakami asked again as if confirming. Yoko nodded.There was also a whimper behind her.That was Lizhi's cry, Xiaocun Yezi, who didn't know the relationship between Lizhi and Gao Yuan, looked at Lizhi in surprise. Yoko unexpectedly didn't feel that grief.There is just a sense of collapse that has lost its purpose. "everything is over!" Yoko seemed to be thrown into a deep hole in this bottomless forest forever.Although there were Ando, ​​Saneda, and Rie around, and dozens of search team members, she still felt alone and helpless. "We found significant trauma to your husband's body, so a forensic autopsy may be required." Murakami's voice seemed very far away, Yoko no longer knew where she was. After an autopsy, it was confirmed that Gao Gao suffered blow injuries to his head, hands, and legs.Since it was a typical traffic accident trauma, the identification result was "increased intracranial pressure and brainstem compression resulting in death due to skull fracture".After he was injured, he was not rescued, which delayed the timing, caused intracranial hemorrhage, intracranial hypertension, and compressed the breathing and heartbeat centers, resulting in death. As originally expected, Sumiya drove into Gao Yuan on the way home during his escape, and then he pulled Gao Yuan on the verge of death. Instead of going to the hospital for rescue, he threw the body and threw Gao Yuan in the cave in Aokigahara. Plateaus are dead when thrown into caves.The body has been kept frozen.The temperature in the cave is also around zero in summer, so there is almost no change in the body. Gao Gao's body, which had been dissected and stitched up, was sent back.Funerals are very lonely.Only Ando came from the company.And brought the settlement procedures between the company and Gao Yuan.Yoko listened to Ando's explanation as if she had collapsed. At the farewell ceremony, Rie and Saneda also came.After meeting once in Aokigahara, Yoko decided not to pay attention to them, and no longer interacted with them.When in Aokigahara, Saneda still looked at Yaoko with fiery eyes, as if he wanted to say something to her; of course he only dared to do so when he was hiding from Lie.The relationship between Saneda and Rie has already become a fact. After Yoko distanced herself from the two of them, she got closer to Ando.Ando gradually "invaded" Yoko's heart after confirming Takahara's death. The emptiness after leaving the plateau can't be filled for the time being, and the arrival of Ando can't completely make up for the grief in Yoko's heart.Takahara and Ando are two completely different types of people.Although Yoko still loves Gao Yuan in her heart, she also thinks that she cannot refuse her love for Ando. Ando "intruded" into Yoko's heart without confirming Gao Yuan's death.Yaozi knew that this "physical" "intrusion" would eventually lead to physical "intrusion".Because no matter which party has such a requirement.They were all married people, there was no way to hide that. Especially for Yaozi, Gao Yuan betrayed herself first, and now that the news of his death is confirmed, she no longer needs to "observe the chastity" for her "traitor" husband, and she will not have any responsibility for Gao Yuan from now on. Due to the notification from the police, the time of Gao Gao's death was indicated in the household registration booklet.Yoko set the date of her husband's death on July 3, when the body was found. On the traditional "seventy-nine days" death day, Ando clearly expressed his marriage proposal to Yoko, and Yoko was ready to agree. It is very difficult for a single woman to compete in life.If it was Ando, ​​Yoko thought it would be more appropriate.He still has a small status in the company, and he is an irresistible man.Since he didn't have so many "things", their remarriage was not particularly troublesome.Maybe Xianyi will also "approve" this choice of mother. However, when it came to the last step, Yoko was a little shaken again.For this reason, she decided to wait a while before replying to Ando. "Miss Yoko, why can't you answer me right away? Do you hate me?" Ando no longer calls Yoko "Madam", but calls her by her name.Like a passionate young man in his 20s, he couldn't restrain his desire for Yaozi and asked her. "I don't hate you!" "Then why?" "Wait a little longer!" "Wait? Wait until when?" Ando stopped Yoko with one sentence, but she couldn't answer.She really didn't know how to answer. It was Kenichi who caused Yoko to hesitate.Will he accept Ando?Xianichi's personality is relatively introverted, so he will show abnormal dislike for Ando's arrival, right?Usually, when Ando came, Xianyi would hide in another room, and he would not come out no matter how many times he was called.Every time Ando came to buy some Transformers, beautiful picture books, etc. for Xianyi.Although Xianyi looked unhappy, he still accepted it.But after taking these things, he ran back to his room. "Axian, do you hate Uncle Ando? You see he often buys you so many things you like. How nice is this uncle? Isn't he?" When Yoko asked this question, Xianichi answered loudly: "Anyway, I hate that uncle!" This is purely a physical rejection. If Xianyi had such thoughts in his heart, Yoko would not be able to agree to Ando's marriage proposal.Otherwise, Xianyi becomes a psychological orphan.Because he would "lose" his mother too. Yaozi's remarriage must make Xianyi agree to accept a new father.This is an absolute condition. "Don't rush to get married, maybe Xianichi will accept Ando after a while!" In the face of Ando's passionate marriage proposal offensive, Yoko calmly refused to agree to the matter immediately, but Ando launched the "offensive" of marriage proposals to Yaoko step by step. Next, she acquiesced to Ando's kiss to her, but resolutely rejected his further request.Yoko worried that she would not be able to resist his "offensive" soon, and would "open up" to Ando in an all-round way. "What do you think?" Yaozi repeatedly asked her husband's tablet.She knew she couldn't go on living without a man.