Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Extortion Price

Sanzhi was employed, and he joined a large travel company through the introduction of the senior crew members who were on the same ship.In this line of work, he is like a fish in water, and the treatment is reasonable.This is a career he is quite satisfied with. He is assigned to the Overseas Tourism Department, and the company may want to take advantage of his past experience as a crew member to receive tourists. While he was employed, he also got engaged to Rie.Her parents also recognized Sanzhi.It was the first time for her parents to meet such a satisfactory son-in-law as Sanzhi since they came from the plateau.And they were relieved to see their daughter consenting to the marriage.

Since there is no conflict between the two people, although it is said to be "engaged", it is actually no different from getting married.It's just that Rie feels that there is still Yoko's shadow between her and Saneda, but as she gets closer to Saneda, this shadow becomes more and more indifferent.The "Plato" type of spiritual love is far less durable than this kind of physical love. "Yaoko will marry Ando sooner or later." Sanzhi predicted. Having got Lizhi, he has no right to stop Yoko from falling in love with Ando.Yaozi Bijing is "behind" Lizhi, and Sanzhi is currently in love with Lizhi sincerely.

"She is the woman of my dreams."Sanzhi thinks that the ideal woman he has been looking for for so many years is Lizhi.When Ando and Yoko "closed", Yoko didn't seem to refuse, so in Saneda's heart, Yoko's favor was greatly discounted. Therefore, he didn't feel that he had suffered such a big blow in his heart, as if he had finally got rid of a heart disease. It was Ando who played this role, and he was trying to get close to Yaozi.But from Sanzhi's point of view, they are not as harmonious and well-matched as he and Lizhi. "After all, she is a woman who has nothing to do with her! She doesn't even know what kind of man she should marry."

Sanzhi mocked himself, but he couldn't help but feel a little bit "bumpy". "She can be with any man, but it's not suitable for Ando." Sanzhi always had this idea in his heart, but he didn't know why. "Probably because her original husband is Mr. Gao Yuan." When Sanzhi met Lizhi, Lizhi was sensitively aware that in the depths of Sanzhi's heart, there was still a little bit of "commemoration" for Yoko. The wedding ceremony with Lizhi is scheduled for the end of October, even the location has been found, and basically everything is prepared for the wedding, of course, it is mainly prepared by Lizhi.

For Sanzhi, all that remained was to choose an ideal location for two people to live in.But at this moment, the "commemoration" of Yaozi in his heart seems to be getting stronger and stronger, so that he has no intention to do this thing. As the date drew nearer, he visited Rie's house more and more.Saneda likes Liede's house.Moreover, the whole family welcomes Sanzhi very much every time he comes, and the atmosphere is harmonious when the family is together.Because for Lizhi's parents, Sanzhi is simply their daughter's savior. Seeing that Sanzhi has not found a new home, they earnestly persuade Sanzhi to live with them.And they didn't want to completely let go of Lizhi, so that a very spacious new room was vacated for them.

Sanzhi couldn't refuse, so he wanted to obey Lizhi's parents' kindness.Sanzhi came to Lizhi's house every day after work, which provided a nutritional supplement for his perennial celibacy. Rie also often comes to the apartment where Sane lives.But that was to replenish Sanzhi's physical "hunger".But such "supplements" later became less necessary. For the sake of Sanzhi, Lizhi cheered up as soon as he entered the kitchen.She didn't like "cooking skills" at first, but since she got engaged to Sanzhi, she devoted herself to learning the "skills" of cooking from her mother every day, and she even planned to go to a "home economics school" to learn.It can be said that she has officially entered the "pre-war" state of a "housewife".

In the love with Takahara back then, Rie had never worked so hard.At this time, she has already felt that she has transformed from "being pampered". "Rie, take the semi-finished product out of the refrigerator first." Hearing his mother's call, Rie immediately opened the door of the refrigerator.She suddenly saw a black bug the size of a fingernail quickly crawled out of the refrigerator and burrowed into a crack in the wall.She screamed, opened the refrigerator door and fled into the kitchen. "What's the matter? The refrigerator door is still open!"

"Cockroaches! There are cockroaches! I feel disgusted when I see cockroaches!" Rie stood pale in the kitchen looking at the refrigerator. "What are you talking about! There are no cockroaches!" With a wry smile, my mother went to the refrigerator to take out what she needed, and then closed the door of the refrigerator. At this time, Sanzhi came over and heard the conversation between the mother and daughter. "Mom, I want to take a break." When Li Zhi saw San Zhi approaching, he quickly said aggrieved. "Go, anyway, I'm enough alone." Mother said kindly.Maybe after the daughter is married, she will never hear such words again.

"Are there cockroaches in the refrigerator?" Sanzhi came over and asked. "No, how can there be cockroaches in the refrigerator? They are bugs that are afraid of cold!" "But I did crawl out when I opened the refrigerator door just now. Or I wouldn't even have time to close the door!" "you!" "What's the matter, why are you so loud!" Li Zhi was taken aback, she saw that San Zhi's eyes looked fierce. "Do you have a classmate named Komura from a few grades?" "What happened to Miss Komura?" "When she found Gao Yuan's leather bag at the scene, was the zipper of the bag open?"

"Then I don't know." "Why don't you ask Miss Komura." "It's okay to ask, but for what?" Rie doesn't like bringing up the topic of plateau again, especially in front of Saneda.She didn't want to hide anything about herself and Gao Yuan from Sanzhi, in fact she couldn't hide anything either.But in front of the new "buyer", she was unwilling to let him know that the "commodity" had more flaws. Rie is a smart girl.No matter how dizzy a woman is in love, she will never forget to protect her privacy in front of her new "love rival".Perhaps this is due to the inherent weakness of women's physiology.

"It's nothing, but let's ask, preferably right away." "I don't know if she is at home at the moment, how can I ask?" "Ando went to the place where Takahara's leather bag was found as she said, but Mr. Takahara's wife opened the zipper to see what was in the bag. But Ms. Komura was the first to find the bag. Because of her I threw the purse away because I was scared, did I zip it up on purpose?" "No way?" Rie was also brought up on this topic by Sanede.Probably Sanzhi thought of it from when Rieda opened the refrigerator door just now and found the cockroaches and was so frightened that he ran away without closing the refrigerator door. "Then I'll ask right away." Li Zhi also came alive. "Then ask her again, when did she contact Ando after she found the purse? Ask for the exact date." Sanzhi added another sentence. Komura Yoko happened to be at home.As Sane guessed, she opened the zipper and dropped the purse to escape.But she firmly grasped the business card in her hand, and only then did she get in touch with Ando. "She told Ando the day after she came back, that is, around 3 pm on June 30." "In this way, there will be a lot of articles in it." "what happened?" "Mr. Takahara's wife received a call from Ando at around 5 pm on July 1. Why did Ando take more than a day to notify his wife?" "It's a little suspicious." Both of them fell into deep thought. "If you say that, Miss Komura also said that after she told Mr. Ando, ​​he also asked Miss Komura not to call the police for the time being. He said that he was afraid of being spread by curious classmates." "Yes, didn't you also hear that Ando said to Ms. Komura, 'Is Gao Yuan gone out'?" "It's a little strange to think about it now. Didn't you say that Ando took you there? Isn't it actually the first time he went there?" When Lizhi said it, Sanzhi sighed again and again: "Actually, there's an important fact here." "Yes. Ando shouldn't know about that place. But we went as if Ando led the way..." "—It should be like this. When Komura Yeko called, he should have asked Miss Komura to lead the way. Doesn't this prove that Ando didn't know that place? But how did he know that place in advance? And he still delayed It took more than a day to notify Takahara Yoko." "Could it be that Ando went to Aokigahara by himself after learning the news? So it was too late for him to inform Mr. Gao Yuan's wife..." "So it's the zipper that Ando pulled..." Before they knew it, they called Ando by his first name without any respect. "But what then?" "I think he'll go ahead and see what else is in the purse." "Isn't the purse empty?" "Maybe he just wanted to make sure it was empty." "Why would he do that?" "Maybe it contains something bad for him? Wait a minute!" As Sane said this, he stared at Lie closely.He looked at Lizhi, but he seemed to be thinking about other things, and Lizhi could also see that Sanzhi was thinking about other things. "Sumitani disguised himself as Takahara and fled abroad. When he found Takahara's body, he had almost nothing on him. In order to completely disguise himself as Takahara, Sumiya took everything he had on him. This is just in case Takahara is found. It can also delay the time to discover Gao Yuan’s true identity. And Sumiya took all the contents of Gao Yuan’s purse. Is it because the empty purse was thrown away because it was useless? Anyway, it is true that Gao Yuan’s things were taken by Sumiya. He After taking away the "props" that need to play Gao Yuan, they threw away the useless ones. On the one hand, Gao Yuan carried things that were dangerous to a person. Once these things were disclosed, the person would be ruined immediately. In order to find To retrieve these things, this person has been chasing to Istanbul to find Sumiya. This person does not know whether he can completely retrieve those "dangerous goods" from Sumiya. Maybe he finally found them, and killed Sumiya in order to silence them. But being a 'dangerous item' is definitely not just a Sumiya. At this time Gao Yuan's leather bag appeared. Maybe there are still 'dangerous items' in it, so he has to check it anyway!" "Isn't this person Ando?!" Hearing Saneda's bold reasoning, Rie was stunned.She didn't expect Ando to be related to Sumiya's murder.According to Sane's reasoning, "this person" matches Ando in many ways. "But how did Ando know that Sumiya had replaced Mr. Takahara? Did you think at first that the two of them looked alike in the photos? But Ando shouldn't know about this!" Influenced by Saneda, Rie called Ando by his first name. "Madam Gaoyuan's words may be the reason. About this, you can know it by asking." So Sanzhi immediately called Yaozi on the spot, and Lizhi was not angry when she immediately "contacted" Yaozi with Sanzhi's clues. "Understood! Ando went to her house the second day I went to Athens, and she told Ando that Sumiya might use the photo's resemblance to go abroad." "what!" "Not only that, she also said something more important just now." "what's up?" "Ando took back the relics that the company had just returned under the pretext of guaranteeing Takahara's position." "It seems that Gao Yuan still has some evidence in his hands." "Yes, very suspicious!" "So he is the one Japanese who is always ahead of us in Athens and Istanbul?" "Yes. This matter is also easy to find out. If he is that person, then he must have registered at the departure control office of Haneda Airport from the end of May to the beginning of June." "But there will be no registration from the Greek and Turkish side." "There will be entry and exit stamps in the passport." "But he's throwing away his passport?" "It's late, after we report to the police, they will go to Haneda Airport to check immediately." It was time to eat, but neither of them had any appetite at all. The police endorsed their reasoning.Since the discovery of Gao Yuan's body increased the police's trust in them, they actively conducted an investigation. As a result, it was found out about Ando's going abroad.That is, he left Japan on June 3 and returned to China on the night of June 9.Sumiya was murdered on the night of June 7.Even taking into account the time difference, Ando has no "alibi".The company also confirmed that Ando had asked for a week's leave from June 3. Especially in the Passport Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was found that Ando had applied for passports for going abroad many times.The 5-year valid passport he applied for has been abroad many times. As a result, the suspicion of murder against Ando became more and more serious, but he did not seize evidence that he had entered Turkey many times, so an arrest warrant could not be issued.The quickest and most efficient way is to check his passport.If he had the Istanbul entry stamp and date in his passport, he could be arrested. But can't find an opportunity right now.If he is forced to show it, he can be said to have lost it. The police cannot forcibly search without evidence. However, at this time he has not reported the missing passport to the police.To apply for a replacement passport, he has to state when and where it was lost.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs can reissue the passport only after the police certificate. He did not file a loss report, indicating that the passport was still in his hands.If he was called to investigate at will, he might pretend to be confused to prevaricate it.So a policeman quietly took a look at the situation. "I heard that Ando is going on a business trip to Europe recently, but he has not applied for a new passport." "That's the old one that I plan to use." The head of the search team's eyes lit up. "I looked it up, and he didn't seem to know the exact departure date, so he went to Haneda to ask." So the chief issued a new order.Passports must be presented at the Immigration Office at Haneda Airport.But unlike the pre-boarding check at the airport, it is not mandatory. So the police can only deploy and control in Haneda, and at this moment they are just waiting for Ando to show up. In early September, Yoko was called out by Ando.Although she hadn't accepted his marriage proposal yet, Yoko couldn't refuse Ando's every date at this time. Ando's appointed meeting place was a restaurant in a quiet alley with bushes.In order to come to see him, Yoko had already left Xianyi at her mother's house.In order not to alienate her son because of her date with Ando, ​​Yaozi can only put Xianyi in her natal family whose "breath" is very similar to her own. Yaozi rushed to the date after making arrangements.She walked through an unassuming door of the quaint building, and could see the lights of the room leaking from the gaps of the lush Jiangnan bamboo and fir trees planted in the courtyard.She walked in on the scarlet carpet and came to the room where Ando was waiting for her. This is a Japanese-style room with murals on the walls of ancient Japanese cities. "Ah, we finally meet again." Ando greeted him with a smile. "It's such a quiet shop!" It was only then that Yoko realized that this was a secret room with only her and Ando completely isolated from the outside world. She felt that the air in the room was full of anxious heat as if Ando had been waiting anxiously for a long time.Maybe it was the feeling produced by the excitement that I couldn't suppress in my heart.As if to break Yaozi's embarrassing situation, the waiter brought the food at this time. "Excuse me, what wine do you want?" the waiter asked. "I do not want." "Let's have a little more." Ando interjected, "I'll take you home." He said something irrefutable.He said to Yoko like a "guard" who often sent her home.It seemed that Yaozi had to drink a little to give up tonight.After being persuaded by Ando for a few drinks, Yoko's heart gradually warmed up. "Where is Xianichi tonight?" Ando asked while pouring wine for Yoko. "It's at my mother's house." "Is it because of me?" Ando asked a little drunk, "I'm going on a business trip to Europe recently." Ando said after taking another sip of wine. "Ah, to Europe?" Yaozi heard it suddenly and couldn't help being surprised.It seemed that he would never come back after he left. "Is it going to be a long time?" Yoko asked holding his breath. "Ah, have another drink." Ando didn't answer right away, but poured Yoko another glass of wine. "I don't think it will be very long, but maybe not right away." "I……" Yoko drank the drink that Ando poured just now in one gulp. "I'm going to be lonely." She said to Ando.This is her sincere words. Since losing the plateau, Ando has become the only man who can fill the emptiness in her inner world.Because she felt that the void caused by her loneliness was expanding day by day, and even a cold wind appeared around the void, which gradually cooled her heart.She couldn't bear the cold caused by loneliness. Even lying with Xianyi couldn't fill her heart, because Xianyi is a child after all, and Ando and Xianyi are incomparable. "You came to me today to talk about this?" Yoko's wine glass was filled again by Ando at some point. "Before I leave Japan, I must get your answer." Ando put down his wine glass and looked at Yoko solemnly.Taking advantage of the drunkenness, Yaozi's face was also very rosy. "Miss Yaozi, please don't look away." Yoko was embarrassed by Ando's stare, and when she was about to shift her gaze to another place, Ando said something loudly. "Don't go back until you hear your answer." "This is too embarrassing for me, I..." Yoko covered her face shyly like a girl.It seemed that she had drank a lot of wine and was no longer able to judge how she should answer. "Promise to marry me." Ando unknowingly sat beside Yoko.When Yoko realized Ando's hand was stroking her breasts, she couldn't push him away.Before I get drunk, the spirit is first anesthetized. Maybe at this time she was completely devoted to Ando's caress, Yoko didn't notice the arrival of the waiter.Ando, ​​who immediately understood that Yoko was in a "coma" state, became even more unscrupulous. "Wait a moment." Yoko was about to say something, but was immediately blocked by Ando's kiss.Drunkness ignited Yoko's passion.Both of them have had the experience of having sex between men and women, and they have long been unable to control the catharsis of their emotions. At some point, the lights in the room were turned off.In the dark, Yoko was stripped of all her clothes by Ando and pressed down, she felt that her new life was about to start again. The police at Haneda's Immigration Office and Japan Airlines Registration Office confirmed that Ando entered Turkey by plane from Istanbul's Yesil Airport on June 7, and returned to Japan from the same airport on June 8. Ando's criminal facts are almost certain.The police began to investigate what happened around Ando again.As a result, it was found out that he had committed crimes while taking advantage of his position.The police had a warrant ready to arrest him as soon as he returned home. Ten days later, Ando returned home from Europe on time as planned.The police found his name from the passenger list and waited at the arrival channel of the "international flight". Ando's flight arrived at 9 o'clock at night. According to the airport situation announced on the radio, the flight did not seem to be delayed, and arrived almost on time.If the arrival time is at the peak time, even if you arrive in the sky above Tokyo on schedule, you will have to turn to Chiba in most cases because of the busy ups and downs at the airport, and you will be circling on standby. While "waiting" for Ando, ​​passengers who disembarked from other planes went through quarantine, immigration control, and customs and then came to the lobby.Many people who came to greet passengers gathered at the entrance and exit of the hall, waiting for the arrival of husbands, wives or friends. Returnees who carry overseas specialties like hills with them will warmly shake hands, hug, or pat each other on the shoulder when they see the person who greets them. Maybe some celebrity arrived, and suddenly there was a burst of flashing lights and dazzling lights.One could also hear someone cheering.Foreigners from abroad made their way through the crowd to the outside of the hall. The time is approaching, and the announcement in the lobby says that Ando's flight is about to arrive.After a while, another group of new passengers walked into the hall from the passage. "finally come!" The detectives stared wide-eyed and searched the crowd.Behind a team with cameras hanging around their necks and imported "foreign wine" in their hands, a gentleman-looking man in his 40s came out.He was carrying a medium-sized travel bag in one hand, in the relaxed attire of a domestic tourist. "coming!" Just as the criminal police were about to make a move, a woman in a kimono suddenly walked out from the crowd at the front of the gate.She quickly walked to Ando's side. "I'm back, I've been waiting for you for a long time." There was an eager look in her eyes. "Miss Yaozi." The two of them were ashamed that the people around them didn't hug each other, and they just leaned lightly together.But the detectives "ruthlessly" "inserted" between the two of them. "You are Takahiko Ando?!" "It's me, you..." Ando looked suspiciously at the sudden "surrounder". "We are the police. I want to ask you a few questions about the killings in Istanbul, please come with us." As if suddenly being held back by a murder weapon, Ando's expression suddenly changed. "Here's the arrest warrant." The "arrest warrant" shown by the police to Ando was charged with "suspected murder".At the same time, Yoko was also asked to go together. "You really……" Yoko stopped after speaking half a sentence, and the travel bag in Ando's hand dropped to the ground. Ando was taken to the police station.He immediately confessed the crime.Probably because he was arrested in front of Yoko, he completely lost the will to resist. "I have been embezzling for several years by taking advantage of my position. In order to collect kickbacks from the small and medium-sized enterprises below, I raised the price of the purchased goods without authorization. Since the contract for signing the document product cannot be valid without my signature, so in the In each transaction, the other party gave me a 3% rebate. But later it actually reached 10%. At first I was worried that I would show my feet by doing so, but because my appetite was getting bigger and bigger, I couldn’t take care of it any more. That's a lot. Since I made a lot of money, I want to quit. Recently, I heard that I may be promoted to the minister, and I can also be promoted to the level of executive director if I get it done. Although the kickbacks in the past few years have really made me My heart is moved, but I also have to think about my future. All of this was discovered by Mr. Gao Yuan. Moreover, Mr. Gao Yuan conducted a secret investigation on me and gave me advice before reporting to the company. He asked me to 'confess' , surrendered to the company, and returned all illegal gains. His investigation was very accurate, and he also found out the amount of my kickbacks. Until the day Mr. Gao Yuan disappeared, he was still persuading me to surrender to the company. But we We didn't talk about this issue, and we broke up in front of Tokyo Station. After we broke up, I knew he would go home, and he might report me to the company the next day. At that time, Mr. Gao Yuan told me everything about me It's all in that briefcase of his. If it was released, I'd be ruined. I was so worried about this after we broke up with him that I called his home, but he didn't come home. He's been around ever since. Missing. Later, I found an excuse and asked his wife to return the relics of Mr. Gao Yuan that the company had just sent back. I wanted to check if there were any materials about me. At that time, I learned about Sumiya from my wife. It is possible that Takahara-kun’s passport was stolen and fled abroad. So I used my passport to track Sumiya to Istanbul. Because I thought that my materials and passport must have been snatched by Sumiya. Especially when I thought of If "Highland Notes" falls into the hands of someone like Sumiya, the consequences will be unimaginable. I also learned from Mrs. Gaoyuan that Saneda is also looking for the whereabouts of Sumiya. Because I started later than Sanedani, in order to improve efficiency, I I followed closely behind Sanzhi. And when I knew that Sumiya lived in the Sandoria Hotel in Istanbul, I was the first to trick Sumiya out. The reason why I used the phone instead of going to the hotel to find him was because I didn’t want to be caught by others. Discovered. Because I used to stay at that hotel a few years ago, maybe the waiter there will remember me. Sumiya was a little surprised when he got my call, but then he was overjoyed immediately, he was off guard because he had seen Gao Yuan’s notes, he knew about me and my affairs. Probably he was intoxicated by the joy of “a pie fell from the sky”. So he planned to blackmail me. I haggled and we finally agreed that I would 'redeem' my materials for 30 million yen. That's basically all the money I've gotten through dishonest means over the years. I'm actually only going to pay Sumiya 10 million. But it is actually impossible. Because I have already spent a lot, and I can only come up with this 10 million.But Sumiya smiled coldly, he called me not enough 'friends'.I asked him where he got Mr. Gao Yuan, but he just laughed and didn't answer.Like a cat that has caught a mouse, he proudly dangled Gao Yuan's notebook in front of me.I don't intend to kill him.While negotiating, we came to the shore of the Golden Horn Bay where there was no one.At that time, I suddenly lost my head, grabbed the notebook, and started fighting with him.When I woke up, I found that Sumiya had fallen to the ground with a bloody head.And I was still holding a blood-stained stone in my right hand, and I was stunned.I later picked up Sumiya, but he was dead.Since it was already dark, no one would have seen all this.So I hid the notebook on my body, threw Sumiya's body into the Golden Horn Bay, and quickly left the scene.I came to the main road, drove to the airport, took the nearest flight to Athens, and returned to Japan from there.The reason why I didn't destroy that passport was because I knew that I was about to go on a business trip and reapplying for a passport would be suspected instead.There may be other notebooks of Gao Yuan left in Sumiya's room, but I suddenly killed someone and had to escape, so I didn't care about that much.Later, when I heard the news of Sumiya's death, I was really nervous for a while, but I didn't hear the news that Takahara's notebook was found in his room, and I didn't realize that anyone was following me.When I was finally relieved, a female college student called and said that she had found Gao Yuan's purse.When I asked about the shape of the purse, I decided that it was the purse that Gao Yuan carried with him after we broke up that day.Perhaps some of my material remains in there.Although the college student said it was empty, I was always worried if I didn't take a look at it with my own eyes.If those materials are seen by others, they will definitely think that I killed Gao Gao in 'self-defense'.So I set off overnight and went to look for the purse early the next morning.At first I didn't drive, I planned to rent a car from Tokyo.But then I was afraid of leaving 'footprints', so I changed buses, trams, and trains all the way to Aokigahara.Although this takes time, it is also impossible.That day happened to be Sunday, and there were a lot of tourists, which was convenient for me to hide in the crowd.At first I was worried that the bag would be picked up by other tourists, but luckily it was still there.I found the leather bag, confirmed that there was nothing in it, and threw it where it was.After I returned to Tokyo, I got in touch with Mrs. Takahara. " "Did you zip up your purse when you dropped it?" asked the clerk. "Yes. But it was zipped up at the beginning, so I zipped it up after I saw the inside." The clerk tilted his head and thought puzzledly: The female college student who reported the case said that she fled by opening the zipper and dropping the purse. "Is there anyone else in the forest besides you?" "I didn't see anyone at the time, but I saw traces of someone resting nearby. I think maybe someone went there on Saturday." The clerk nodded.Yoko Komura found the bag on Friday, the 29th.The next day, Saturday, was also a rest day. Maybe other tourists found the purse when they went in, but he checked it was empty and threw it away.And inadvertently closed the zipper. Ando arrives after that, and he thinks it's Komura who zipped up. Ando confessed all his crimes.The police thought it was "seamless".