Chapter 8 Chapter Seven Revisiting Old Dreams

Kumiko increasingly thinks that Amamura was killed.However, this is only her imagination and speculation after all, because his body has not been found yet. As a murder case, there must be a dead body or sufficient materials to prove that it was murder.Only in such cases can the police be investigated.The grounds that caused Kumiko to be killed may not be the actual evidence of her killing. The only obvious traces of crime that remain today are raids and searches of unoccupied homes.This time, the raid only messed up the interior, damaged the carpet and some furniture, and did not find anything of value stolen.

Report this situation to the police, and the police may come, but it seems too far-fetched to pull this kind of victimization into a murder case.Speculation by family members alone will not induce police authorities to act. However, Kumiko firmly believed in her speculation, and she was completely focused on this sudden incident, eager to find out who the murderer would be.Because of the ransacking of the house, she postponed her planned departure for the next day, and decided to return to her natal home temporarily to find out the truth about her husband's possible murder. Yucun is an honest and knowledgeable person.You can't just think that you were killed because of a woman. Besides, Yucun didn't have a rival in love when he married him.Although there were people who expressed affection for her before marriage, none of those people were madly infatuated people who would get rid of Yucun in order to get her.Even if there is such a person, it should not be done after we are married, but before we are married.

So maybe it has something to do with women I don't know?However, she felt that although she and Yucun hadn't lived together for a long time, he was not the kind of person capable of doing that kind of thing.His love for himself is sincere.Until his whereabouts are unknown, he has been tirelessly immersed in scientific research, and it seems that there is no room for another woman to squeeze in. At this time, her husband's expression suddenly flashed in her mind, and she was suddenly startled.She thought of the way her husband seemed to be looking at someone behind her when he proposed to her and the wedding trip in the Alps.

Kumiko's thousands of thoughts came flooding in.She thought of that time when Yucun drank unconsciously for no reason, and when he got home, he used to call herself Dongzi as if it were another woman.So she felt that Yucun might have something else to like. Amamura married Kumiko, and sometimes used her as a substitute. Maybe when he was passionately in love with her, Toko's face often overlapped with Kumiko's.As a wife, this is a great shame.Kumiko can hardly deny that Amamura's love for her is a "substitute" love.However, even so, it has nothing to do with murder.Even though he and Touko were in love in the past, he finally married Kumiko, which shows that Amamura has changed his attitude.After marriage, she never turned against Kumiko or expressed dissatisfaction.As a husband, he found his wife very gentle and satisfied.Only that time when I called Dongzi's name when I was drunk, maybe due to the effect of alcohol, I lost control in front of my wife and blurted out when I missed my first love.

Kumiko feels that there is no ties between Fuyuko and Amamura, at most they are just lovers at first love.Thinking of this, she felt that it seemed a bit reluctant to force Dongzi into her speculation. So, besides women, are there any people who have grudges with Yucun personally?Yucun is an excellent engineer in Wuyan. Because he invented the latest method of refining uranium enrichment, he has become an outstanding engineer and is the trump card of Wuyan.As far as this point is concerned, it may make many people jealous of talents.In the first few days, I came to visit unexpectedly and asked if there was any "relic" left by Umura, and I was really a little jealous.A boss who has subordinates who are more capable and of a higher level than himself is always in a uncomfortable mood!

Yucun was afraid that his research would be used in the military, so he tried his best to keep it secret.The Monobe speculates that it is "grabbing fame", perhaps because he regards this kind of person who keeps secrets from his superiors as a threat to himself. Because Kumiko had worked in Wuken for several years before marriage, she had seen the jealousy of the staff there and the extremely boring philosophy of protecting herself.As soon as Yucun became the first trump card of Wuken, the position of the immediate boss Monobu was immediately shaken.But can this lead to murder?Although those employees are secretly fighting each other for personal prosperity, starting from protecting themselves, and fighting for superiority in that small world, they will not engage in murder and illegal activities.They clearly understand that they cannot break the law, and they don't have the courage.No matter how you think about it, the Monobe cannot do that kind of thing.Kumiko believes that the most likely cause is not an individual, but a larger group.

There are many manufacturers who pay attention to the research results of Yucun.Not only domestic capitalists and government departments want to get it, but foreigners are also very interested.His new method of enriching uranium will put all the methods of the past into the museum, and countries naturally cannot remain indifferent.This is illustrated by the fact that more countries participated in this year's meeting than in previous years. Now, the government and major private companies are eager to obtain his scientific research results, but Yucun wants to make it disappear according to his wish, which will naturally be prevented.

Those companies have their own huge organizations, and they are much more powerful in blocking. Was Yucun killed by any organization among those big companies?The more Kumiko thought about it, the creepier she became. Amamura's research was so important, Kumiko thought, maybe the research topic itself ate him up.Even now, she is still regretting for her husband that she shouldn't have dealt with this monster of atomic energy science.She remembered a sentence her husband said when he was distressed about his scientific research: "Is the work I do beyond the scope of what humans should do? Have I violated the realm of God?" At that time, she I was angry at my inability to help my husband out of his distress.

In any case, the unknown whereabouts of Yucun must have something to do with the atomic energy monster!On this point she was already convinced. Kumiko wanted to go back to her mother's house, but she felt that she couldn't just let go and leave like this. After much deliberation, she finally went to the police station to report the case.The police were used to this kind of thing, but they still came to inspect the messed up house carefully. Fingerprint examiners tried to take fingerprints, but found none, nor what the perpetrator had lost.Except that the house was turned into a mess, nothing was stolen, and the police felt helpless.

After the police left, Kumiko started cleaning the house with the help of her mother.The room was so messed up that I almost didn't know where to start.The mother and daughter tidied up patiently, and at any rate they looked like a family again. "What are you going to do in the future?" After tidying up, the mother and daughter sat down to rest.Kumiko made tea for her mother.Mother sipped her tea; she asked the question without thinking. "What should I do? Mom, what are you referring to?" Kumiko asked her mother back, flipping through the album. It was an old photo album of Yucun, which kept the photos before marriage.Those living situations Kumiko already understood.During the short period of dating before marriage, Yucun once showed her.However, she re-watched this album now, eager to know the life of Yucun that was not reflected in the photos.She felt that the life reflected in the photos was, in the final analysis, only the superficial phenomena of Yucun's life, and did not reflect his real life.It was like the tip of an iceberg floating on the water, and she really wanted to know its underwater situation.

Kumiko originally wanted to gradually understand his past situation in the future life together, but unexpectedly he disappeared suddenly, so now she has to rely on this album to find some clues.Looking at Yucun's photos under such circumstances, it seems that there are some secrets hidden behind each photo.This may be a wild guess as a wife. "Of course it refers to your business. You should think about it carefully, son!" The mother said in amazement to her daughter who seemed to ignore it and just stared blankly at the album. "my business?" "Yes! Although Yucun's body has not been found yet, I think it is hopeless, right? You are still young!" "Mom!" Kumiko said loudly after understanding what her mother meant, "do you persuade me to remarry?" "Could it be that you just live alone like this?" "Mom, you are so ruthless in your thinking, it's amazing!" Kumiko said with her eyes widened. Indeed, just a few days after the husband disappeared, the mother actually thought about the issue of her daughter's remarriage. Although this was focused on her daughter's happiness, it inevitably made people feel too anxious and unsympathetic. "Although you said that, I think it's better if you want to remarry. You and Yucun have been married for less than a year. To those who don't know you, you still look like a big girl! With your character and appearance, you will find someone else. It's sweet. I don't have any children now, so it's a blessing in misfortune!" "Stop it, Mom!" The daughter couldn't stand it anymore, put down the album and frowned. Indeed, it is heartbreaking for a newlywed to lose her husband.However, no matter how much sadness, as time goes by, it will slowly become weak.The shorter the life after marriage, the faster the forgetting.But Kumiko is still lingering on the sweet dream of newlyweds, and her mother's pragmatic life experience can't convince her daughter. "I don't want to remarry!" Kumiko emphasized her tone. "I understand how you feel." "No, mom, you don't understand yet." "Women can't live in missing their husbands all the time!" "But I'm Yucun's wife!" "Isn't your husband dead?" "It's too early to say whether he's dead or alive." "There is no hope. It has been so many days since the accident, and his body has not been found yet. If he is still alive, he will have contacted you a long time ago." The mother's words touched her daughter's most painful place. "Anyway, I don't want to think about this kind of thing if I don't know the news about Yucun." "Will you consider it if you have a letter of approval?" "Mom! I don't want to hear that. It's so heartless!" The mother was a little embarrassed by her daughter's words, and temporarily closed her mouth, but then said in a tone of distress for her daughter: "Mom didn't say this to make you suffer. You and Yucun have lived together for less than a year, and you will live for decades in the future. You can't always spend your time in memories, right?" Kumiko said she didn't want to listen any more, and picked up the album again.Every photo has the characteristics of Yucun.Some are angry, some are smiling and amiable, and some are pretending to be serious.Those were all Kumiko's familiar faces, and she still remembered those expressions. The photo brought back memories for her.She slowly closed her eyes, and the scenes of joy and happiness with Yucun in the past reappeared in front of her eyes.The brows that had been frowned for many days gradually relaxed, and a peaceful smile appeared on his face.She was immersed in happy memories, reliving the happy married life after marriage.She felt that her husband was embracing and caressing herself, as if she really felt his thoughtfulness and warmth. "Yumura!" She woke up just as she was about to shout in her hazy consciousness. "Yumura, where have you been? Come back, come back to me!" She suppressed her excitement, and if her mother wasn't in front of her, she would have cried out. Strong sorrow and pain once again took possession of her heart.The bitterness in my heart turned into drops of tears, falling down from my sad cheeks. She picked up the album again, and from the photos she saw through tears, she seemed to feel that Umura's eyes staring at her were flickering.How she longed to kiss that face!If it wasn't for her mother, she would really like to put her cheek on the photo. Kumiko came back from her daydream and went to look at the album again. "Hey, what's this?" She said, and hurriedly bent over to pick up the things that fell out of the album.She looked at that thing, and her face suddenly turned pale.