Indeed, as Daisaku Tokiwa said, if he rejected the experiment, found Osaka Otohiko's body, and found things like the suicide note from his belongings, then his situation would definitely be even more embarrassing.Tokiwa so stubbornly asked himself not to express doubts about the experiment, so there was such an intention.
However, for Uozu, Tokiwa's kindness can only be thanked, not accepted.Because Kosaka would never do that kind of thing.Isn't he the one who knows Kosaka best! ——Uzu thought so.
Uozu thought about what words to use to dispel Tokiwa's doubts.But he could not think of any suitable words.
"Nothing would prompt Kosaka to commit suicide on the mountain. He's not that kind of person."
"That's just your belief."
"When the body is found, you'll see. His notebook says nothing but something about climbing."
"That's just your own opinion. In fact, I think so too. Because you said so, I also think so. However, before Kosaka's body is discovered, I can't fully accept your idea."
When he said this, Yujin was speechless.
"That's why I think so—about the reason why the climbing rope broke, before Kosaka's body is found, you can't speak big words. No matter how cautious you are, you won't be too cautious. But if this continues, regardless of it, maybe the society will The general suspicion is that you cut the climbing rope, and you have to find a way to eliminate it. I think this way: you go to visit Mr. Yatsushiro, tell him the actual situation in detail, and let him believe in your character. In this way, both sides stand on the same footing Hold your feet. On the one hand, the test results have proved that the climbing rope is firm; but on the other hand, the climbing rope is broken on the mountain. You can ask Mr. Yatsushiro to express this opinion. Is this the case, the test results are not necessarily absolute Yes. Nylon climbing rope is man-made. Although it is originally strong, it is possible to break one of hundreds of them. Because it is possible, it can be said that it is man-made. Put this opinion—that is, The results of the experiment may not be able to solve the nylon climbing rope incident - Mr. Yatsushiro please publish it. You can go now." Tokiwa said so.
"Ask him?"
"right!"
"I'm going to ask?" Yujin twisted his face in pain.
Uozu came to the communication office of Toho Chemical Company located on the seaside of Dongyun, and asked to see Yashiro Gyonosuke.It seems that the female staff in the reception room immediately reported it to the secretarial department, but did not get a reply immediately.After a while, the concierge asked:
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Uozu from New East Asia Trading?"
"Yes." The concierge lady picked up the microphone again, conveyed this to the other party, then put down the microphone and said, "Please wait a moment."
It took another three or four minutes to get in touch.The concierge lady conveyed in a sympathetic tone: "We are in a meeting now, please wait another ten minutes, okay?"
"Row."
"Then, please." The concierge lady said and stood up, probably intending to invite Yuzu to the reception room.
"If it takes about ten minutes, I'll take a walk outside. It might be more comfortable." Yujin walked out of the factory gate and walked along the office building to the beach.The factory building is separated from the office building and distributed throughout the factory area.This area may be artificial land, and the site of the factory always feels artificial.
The place near the sea is a cliff.From the surrounding of the office building to the seaside, there are pleasant lawns.It's not like the yard in a factory, but it feels like walking in the back garden of a chic seaside hotel.The vast sea has lost its due blue.Probably because of the loss of blue color, the sea looks so shallow, if you lift your trousers up to your knees, you might be able to wade a long distance.Looking at the white sea.There are a few seagulls flying.
Yujin smoked a cigarette leisurely, killed about fifteen minutes, and returned to the company's reception room.The concierge lady repeated what she had just said - call the secretarial department.I probably had to go through the secretarial department to get in touch with Yashiro Konosuke, so I waited at least three or four minutes before I got a reply from Yashiro.But this time the response was again: "We are meeting guests now, could you please wait another ten minutes?"
"Row."
This time Yujin didn't go out, he was invited to a small reception room like a box by the concierge lady.What's wrong with this company, there are so many troubles just for the sake of meeting - Yujin thought to himself.
After waiting in the reception room for ten minutes, a young staff member from the secretarial department came.He gave his business card and said, "Please!"
Now he had to go straight to Yatsushiro Ginnosuke, and for this, Uozu had to climb up the polished stairs where he could slip his feet if he was not careful, to the second floor.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw that Yashiro Gonnosuke was already standing at the table in the reception room waiting for the visitor.He said "please", asked Yujin to sit down, and then sat down opposite to Yujin himself, saying, "This time it's really..."
Yujin secretly advised himself "Don't get excited", and said in a gentle tone: "The experiment has such a result, which is a bit unfavorable to me."
"That's right." The other party replied.
Uozu lit his cigarette.Then he asked: "Does the result of that experiment negate the fact that there was a rope breaking incident on the mountain?"
"This is a difficult question. The correct significance of that test is that it establishes the conclusion that under the conditions of the test site, nylon climbing ropes are several times stronger than hemp ropes. Therefore, I think it may be possible to say: Judging from one of the properties of the nylon climbing rope itself that was demonstrated in that experiment, generally speaking, it is not easy to break on the mountain.”
"But it broke when I used it."
"You used it and it broke... Well, let's not talk about it for now. Let me make a statement first. Strictly speaking, in order to judge whether the nylon climbing rope is broken or not, the test must take the state of the incident at that time and the scene as it is. , to reproduce exactly the same. But that is impossible. From this point of view, this experiment is an experiment after all, and its significance is only to provide reference materials. But I think it can generally be used as a judgment event This is a basis. This test at least clarified this point: for the impact on the sharp edges and corners, the nylon climbing rope has at least several times the resistance of the hemp rope. However, it actually broke on the mountain. Then , can it be said that the test is not correct? You can’t say that. Conversely, if you think that since the results of the test show that the nylon climbing rope is strong, then it is impossible to break. It is a strange thing to say that it breaks on the mountain. — This view is not good either.”
"Then, can you please publish this opinion in the newspaper? The society will think that the experiment has basically negated my report that the climbing rope broke on the mountain."
"No, I'm afraid it's not good to write this in the newspaper. If I want to write it, I can probably only write it like this: judging by the results of this test alone, the nylon climbing rope is not easy to break when used for mountain climbing. However, it is said that In fact, it broke off on the mountain, so there must be some other condition at work. In this case, I don’t think it’s better not to write.” Then, Yatsushiro Gyonosuke said in a tone that Uozu sounded very cold: “ The nature of us engineers is that we can only speak through experiments, and we are not good at speculation. To get close to things like absolutes and truths, I am afraid that we must rely on imagination or speculation in the final analysis. However, we exclude these. In this regard, we are different from philosophers, and there may be boundaries in our positions." Daikyosuke continued. "You seem to worry about what society thinks of you, but . . . "
Yujin interrupted him. "I don't care much about the opinions of the society. If the problem is only about me, it doesn't matter what others think. But the center of the problem is the climbing rope, so the opinions of the society have a big impact. If you have wrong views on nylon climbing ropes, it will be serious...I would like to ask Mr. Yatsushiro. You just said that you, as a scientist, are absolutely against speculation and imagination. So, could you please stand From a more liberal standpoint, what do you think about our incident? Do you believe that the climbing rope is broken?"
"Me?" Yashiro Kinnosuke hesitated. "I don't know anything about mountain climbing, and I have never climbed it once. I have no knowledge of the operation of climbing ropes. Therefore, I can only judge based on yesterday's test results. Of course, I have said many times just now, yesterday's test As a result, it is just one of many materials used to judge whether the climbing rope is broken on the mountain. But for me, the only basis at hand is this one. I am sorry if I judge only by this one, unless the The nylon climbing rope has been soaked, otherwise, it may not be easy to break when it is used for mountaineering."
"I understand." Yujin felt the blood on his face disappear.He understood that Yashiro Ginnosuke did not believe that the climbing rope would break during the climb. "I totally understand." Uojin said in a wet voice.Since the incident, he has never been denied so directly by others.
Uozu stared blankly at Yatsushiro Gonnosuke's indifferent expression for a moment.After a while, I hung out the cigarette in the ashtray, and then stood up slowly.Yashiro said that "it is just a material for judging the incident".In this regard, Uozu really wanted to ask, "Is there any error in the test method in this one material?"However, he dismissed the idea.It is said that the rock angles of 45 degrees and 90 degrees are used, but even if the corners are sharpened or not sharpened, different test results will be produced.If you doubt it in this way, you will have endless questions.However, once it is spoken out, it will indeed lead to a different direction from the incident, as Daisaku Tokiwa is worried about.
Yatsushiro also said a few words, but Uojin didn't listen to them completely, and he just wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.
Uozu said goodbye to Yashiro Ginnosuke outside the door.When I went down to the ground floor and stepped out of the gate, I saw a car stop, and Minako Yatsushiro walked out of the car.
Minazi got out of the car and walked straight to the reception room.When she looked up and found Yujin, she screamed in surprise: "Oh! Are you here to find my husband?"
They stood a meter apart, facing each other.
"Yes, I just met him."
Minazi wanted to say something, but she just murmured and didn't say it.Then he lowered his head and thought about something.Then she raised her head again and said: “I want to find a place near here to talk to you, is it okay?”
"Okay." Yujin agreed to her.The two left the reception room and walked towards the factory gate.After leaving the factory gate, Yujin said, "Let's go to the beach."
Then go to the left.Less than fifty meters, the asphalt road came to an end, which was the coast.A damp sea breeze blows in your face.
"My husband's experiments have done you a disservice. I didn't even know about the experiment that was done yesterday. He never mentioned it at all, so I didn't know about it until I read the papers this morning. The papers were also in I only watched it after sending him out of the house. I was really shocked." Hearing her tone, she was really shocked.
"What can be done about the results of the experiment. I don't think he did it on purpose."
"Of course." Then she said, "Mr. Yuzu, why did you come to see my husband?"
"If possible, I would like to ask him to declare in the newspaper: The results of the experiment cannot clarify the truth of the incident caused by me and Kosaka... But, I am too naive."
"What did he say?"
"What he meant was: I can only use the results of the experiment as the basis for judgment. Therefore, it is inconceivable that the nylon climbing rope breaks."
"Yo!"
"However, in fact, as the host of the experiment, there is no other way. It's okay for him to say that. It's just that it makes me embarrassed. The nylon climbing rope is indeed broken!"
They left the road and walked towards the sea from what looked like a factory site.After a while, the sea surface was different from before, with waves and roaring sounds.
"To be honest, I came to see my husband after I read the newspaper and felt uneasy." Minazi said, turning her eyes to the sea.After a while, she suddenly turned her face to Yujin, and called out, "Mr. Yujin! I believe in my husband's character, and I think he did the experiment out of conscience."
"Of course. However, I think there may be a mistake that even your husband doesn't know about. Please allow me to say something presumptuous. For judging the incident between me and Kosaka, the results of yesterday's experiment may be worthless information."
After being silent for a while, Minazi called again: "Mr. Yujin! I don't know if I think so, right? This is what I thought of at the beginning of the incident, that is to say, deep down in your heart, is there someone who protects me and Kosaka?" thoughts?"
"No." Yujin's tone was rude.Then he straightened his face, stared and said, "Why do you keep thinking like that! Kosaka is not that kind of person!"
"But……"
"..."
"But if, whether you are aware of it or not, the idea actually exists..."
"It doesn't exist!" Uozu denied again, "I'm sorry about Kosaka, it seems that I understand him better than you. Because I love Kosaka, I dare say that I understand him from head to toe."
This is equivalent to saying "you don't have love for him, so you don't understand him".Yujin himself felt that saying this was a bit cruel to Mina, but in the current situation, there was nothing he could do.It was a very natural blurt.
Sure enough, Mina immediately distorted her face, showing a very sad expression.
"It's unbearable for you to talk like that," she said resentfully. "After I read the newspaper, I thought that your situation in the future would be very difficult. So I came here to ask my husband for details, and then ask him to think of a way."
"Think of a way, what way?"
"I don't know, but if I discuss it with my husband, there may be a good solution. If not, I will come to you...for me and Kosaka...if you have difficulties...I don't think it's okay."
Minazi spoke hesitantly and didn't say all the words.Yujin looked at her, feeling bored.He thinks the woman misunderstood the incident, and misunderstood him.
Minako let the sea breeze blow her hair back.Uojin thought her face, which was so absorbed in thought, looked younger than ever.
Seeing that Yujin was silent, Minako continued, "Let me tell you what I really think. I think Mr. Xiaobo still gave up his life by himself."
"However, Kosaka and I were the parties involved in the incident. You can make any guesses you like, but it's me who was there when the incident happened!"
"It goes without saying that you are the only one who saw how the incident happened, but..." She paused here, and then added: "Please allow me to say something presumptuous, I think you may not have seen it yourself. The truth of the problem. If it is true that the climbing rope is strong as the test results..."
"I think there's something wrong with that."
Yujin interrupted Minako, but she continued: "Assuming this, then the climbing rope is..." Minako stopped talking here.
"You want to say that Kosaka cut it. Is that right?"
"I always feel like he cut it off."
"Then, when I didn't know, Kosaka injured the climbing rope beforehand. This cannot be said to be impossible. However, that is only found in detective novels. As I said just now, I understand what kind of person Kosaka is. .”
"I also know what kind of person Kosaka-san is."
Her rebellious tone surprised even Yujin.Yujin was speechless when she pushed her head on like this.Indeed, Minako should at least know Osaka Otohiko better than herself.
"I just want you to speak out all your thoughts. Regardless of whether Kosaka committed suicide or not, you can openly say that there is a possibility of this happening. Otherwise, it will be difficult for people not to suspect that you cut it off, and the result will be Push yourself into a difficult situation. In fact, a person from a magazine company came to interview my husband this morning. Because my husband had already gone to work, he went back and said he would come back next time. What he said at the time made me very worried. .”
Yujin didn't speak, he felt that an invisible shadow had come towards him.
"I think he thinks you cut it off."
"Think I cut the climbing rope that hangs Kosaka? There's no way." Uojin said so, but after all, he was still trembling with anger. "If the climbing rope won't break, I must have cut it. If I didn't cut it, there is something wrong with the operation. Now, you want to add the possibility of Kosaka's suicide on top of it. You worry about me, it's kind I appreciate it, but it only takes the matter away from the heart of the matter. Kosaka's problem, when his body is found, the truth will be revealed."
After that, the two stopped talking and returned to the company silently.When he arrived in front of the company, Uojin said, "Okay, I'm excused."
Minako seems to have something to say, and she doesn't want to break up.She stopped and said, "Then what should I do?"
"Are you here to see your husband?"
"No, there is no need to look for him anymore. To be honest, I came here to tell my husband about myself and Kosaka."
"You!" Yujin couldn't help shouting. "If you do this, you will destroy yourself."
"Not afraid... I know what to say."
From what she said, Yujin heard a hint of infidelity—infidelity to her husband.
Minako stood still, she was thinking. "I'd better go see my husband. Now that I'm here."
"Don't tell about the matter with Kosaka." Uozu told her again.
"Understood. Goodbye." Minako cast a last glance at Uojin and walked into the company.
When Yujin walked up to the small bridge, he saw an empty taxi coming, so he stopped it and took it.
When I returned to the company, I didn't see Dasaku Tokiwa, but I met Miike, a senior of the mountaineering team in college - now the owner of a small factory - visiting.
When Miike saw Uojin, he said, "Let's find a place to drink tea! Is it okay?"
The two then walked out together and entered a coffee shop in a neighboring building.Among the many seniors, Yujin liked this person the most.He has a bit of fascist thinking. Everyone knew that this senior was nagging when he was a student, but on the other hand, he also made people feel kind and warm.
"Coffee!" He still ordered the waitress in his rude tone.Then he said: "This time it's going to be a big mess!" Then he said: "What are you hiding from me?"
"No! Nothing."
"Really? Okay, let me ask you, are you protecting Kosaka?"
"shelter?"
Miike didn't answer him directly, but after a pause, he asked in a whisper, "Is the climbing rope loose?"
"Don't be kidding!" Yuzu replied with a surprised tone.
"That means it's not the climbing rope that came loose, is it?"
"How can you let go, really!"
"Well, I thought the climbing rope was loose and you were protecting Kosaka. I think you can do it."
"I wouldn't blame the nylon climbing rope for our fault. It would be a sin to do that."
"Well, don't be offended, it just occurred to me. But I'm not alone, there are many others who have this opinion."
Wearing glasses, Miike's eyes were piercing.Yujin thought to himself; he cares about me, I accept this good intention, but why is he not willing to trust me truthfully!
After leaving the coffee shop and saying goodbye to Miike, Uozu did not return to the office.He walked alone into Hibiya Park where he and Kosaka had walked together.Even if I go back to the office and sit at the desk, I have no mood to work today.Moreover, when I think of my colleagues looking at me, I feel bored.
In the park, men and women who came to kill their lunch break walked in twos and threes.After wandering around the pond for a while, Uojin found an empty stool and went to sit down.
Yujin was extremely tired, and he knew that the reason for his fatigue was not because he was hit by news reports, but because he didn't get the correct understanding from the people around him.
Most people in the society may think that I cut the climbing rope.I cut it off because I was afraid of death... Even Daisaku Tokiwa, who cared so much about me, couldn't fully believe my words.He must have thought it was Kosaka's suicide.At least I have this view in my heart, which is unquestionable.
Minako is somewhat different from Tokiwa, but she thinks that Kosaka died of suicide, which is better than Tokiwa.Tokiwa just thinks that this possibility cannot be ruled out, while Minako believes that denying this possibility intentionally or unintentionally is protecting him.
Either way, once Trash's body is found, the question of suicide will disappear.Thinking of this, Uozu suddenly remembered that Kosaka had written a mountaineering diary with a pencil on the morning of the accident, and the scene at that time came to mind.
At this time, Uozu felt that something that he had never taken seriously in the past suddenly took on a new meaning. If the mountaineering diary contained ambiguous words that might be judged as suicide, the problem would be serious. big.
Uozu knew Kosaka very well, he would not commit suicide.As a mountaineer, Kosaka would not commit suicide in that situation.However, under certain circumstances, the state of mind of any person can become more or less extraordinary.And this kind of mental state often prompts people to write sad words for a while.
When this uneasiness hit Uozu, he remembered another thing that made him uneasy: just now Miike expressed a ridiculous idea, wondering if the climbing rope was loose, and I was covering it up.What if the dead body hadn't been tied with a climbing rope!
Uozu stood up and recalled what Tokiwa said yesterday: You will face a reality that is even colder than the ice wall of Mount Hotaka!Indeed, my state of mind now is exactly the same as when I was crawling on the corner of the white, cold and uneven ice wall.
Holding a sharp rock corner with my hand, and stepping on a small rock corner, there is no one else, only myself lying on the rock wall, and the falling snowballs make terrible noises.No, I will not fall!Uozu thought so.He hid this thought deeply in his heart, and said "um, um" as he walked.
Yujin suddenly woke up.Seeing the quiet spring sunlight shining around him made him feel puzzled.
Uozu walked out of Exibiya Park, walked into two cafes one after another, and drank a drink that wasn't very good.After three o'clock, he returned to the office in a desperate mood.He saw Daisaku Tokiwa pacing in the office as usual.
Uozu went to Tokiwa and said, "I talked to Mr. Yatsushiro this morning."
"Hmm... what did he say?" Tokiwa waited for Uozu to answer.
"He didn't believe that incident. He said that yesterday's test could not clarify the truth of the incident, but it was a basis for judging the incident."
"Well, probably so."
"Judging by this basis alone, we can only think that the climbing rope will not break when used for mountain climbing."
"Well... that's also... maybe it is." Toki Pan said slowly while thinking.
"So, if you want to report it, you can only write it like this. That's what he said. It is necessary to affirm what happened on the mountain and emphasize the correctness of the experiment he did. He will not and will not do this kind of thing. flexible thing."
"Hmm..." Maybe it was an itch, Tokiwa kept scratching his nose with his thumbnail, thinking about something. "Okay!" After thinking for a while, he said loudly: "If you don't write, you won't be able to write. It seems that he can't write. It's just that he is called an experiment, so he was ordered to do an experiment. One finger will never agree!" Tokiwa said, sounding like he was speaking for Yashiro Kinnosuke.
"When will the body be found?"
"It's hard to say, the snow won't completely melt until July, but I plan to go and see it next month."
"It's better to go early." Then Tokiwa stared into Yujin's eyes and said, "You should write a resignation letter. It can be said that this is an appointment with the head office. There is no way. You can say that the head office Temporarily won. You, unfortunately, lost."
"Don't lose!"
"It's a loss. I regret that I should have suggested an experiment!"
"Resignation, I'll write it right away." Yujin tried his best to pretend to be indifferent.
"From today onwards, you are a special agent. Please bear with me for a month. I still ask you to do the job as usual, and I will hire you as a staff member in the future. Be honest until you find Xiao Jun's body. When it is clear that the error is not on your side, then ask to do the test again. Next time, it must be done under conditions closer to reality. You are optimistic, it will definitely be broken! Since it happened once, it will happen a second time.”
Uozu wrote his resignation letter on his desk, handed it to Tokipan immediately after writing, and said, "Is this okay?"
Chang Pan took it over, looked at it for a while and said, "Okay!" Then he said, "I wanted to have dinner with you, but I have another appointment, so I had to change it to tomorrow night." Where are you going? I'm already getting ready to leave work.
"Manager!" Uozu looked directly at Tokipan and said, "Since I have submitted my resignation letter, I should leave the company in a worthy manner."
Ever since Tokiwa submitted his resignation, he had been thinking about it.
"Don't worry about it, it's considered resignation."
"That being said, if it's really good to leave the company, I think it's better to leave. I submitted my resignation letter and then went to work in the name of a special agent. If it causes you trouble for this, then..."
Tokipan said displeasedly, "Hmph, are you worried about me? Since when did you become such a great person?"
Yujin thought to himself, "This time, I've slipped my tongue." But it was too late.
"I'm confident that I haven't fallen to the point where I need you to worry about me! Thank you for your kindness, but you don't need to worry about it. You should worry about yourself, for yourself! Fuck it for me, the branch manager. Heart, worry about it, buy it early! Let’s talk about it after you become the general manager!”
"That's not what I meant."
"So, what do you mean? Is it to please?"
"I won't please."
"That's about the same. If you're good-looking, you probably won't cause any trouble. On the contrary, you might use sweet words to avoid falling out with the company and make everyone in the world recognize that the climbing rope is broken." In this case, if you change it, you can do a good job. You can’t win the world. At best, you can only count, and it’s a big deal if you can charge and kill.” Tokiwa finished speaking, looked at his watch, and then left the desk , walked towards the door.As he walked, he gave a final warning: "Comparing to Kenshin is protecting you! Be strong, be strong! Just like Kenshin." Tokiwa walked out with his chest straight.
That night, Uojin wanted to find a place to drink, but he didn't want to show up at the dim sum shop or hotel he was familiar with.The thought that someone might look at him with special eyes made me feel depressed.
He ended up walking into a Chinese restaurant in front of Omori Station and drinking beer at a table in the corner of the shop.Tokiwa's words "Be strong! Be strong!" The words kept ringing in his ears even when he was drinking.Whenever he thought of this sentence, he raised his head, as if he was about to rush out.
What is to be done now is to excavate Kosaka's body from the snow of Mt. Hotaka.In order to dispel the suspicion of Daisaku Tokiwa and Minako, as well as for Kosaka's mother and sister, this should be done as soon as possible.When Zitian was in Hibiya Park, those things that bothered Uozu—whether there will be words like a will in Kosaka’s remains, maybe Kosaka didn’t have a climbing rope tied to him—now he feels that it’s all just Just cranky.
He drank three bottles of beer without getting drunk.Walk out of the Chinese restaurant and walk along the road in front of the station.Suddenly he thought of Mina Zi, Mina Zi's erroneous thoughts were very embarrassing, but now he felt that her caring heart was so warm, like a warm wind blowing into his heart.He also remembered that during the conversation between himself and Minako at the beach, he hadn't expressed a word of thanks to her.After all, I was excited at the time.
When he returned to the door of the apartment, the aunt who managed the apartment told him: "You have guests at home."
"Who?"
"A woman, I ask her to wait in your room."
Yujin thought: It must be Minazi.After breaking up with himself during the day, he went to find his husband, Konosuke.Maybe they mentioned something in the conversation that they need to tell themselves, so they came here.
Looking at the time, it was already past nine o'clock.Yujin walked to the second floor, opened the door of his room, and called out at the same time, "Is that Mrs. Yatsushiro?"
"No, it's me." With the voice came Axin Kosaka. "The aunt downstairs said again and again: It's okay, you go up. I couldn't resist her, so I came in without your permission. Please forgive me!"
"It's okay." When he took off his shoes and entered the room, Yujin felt his feet stagger a little.In normal times, drinking three bottles of beer would not make you feel anything. It seems that you are tired today. "Please sit down." Yujin greeted Ah Xin who was still standing.Ah Xin put her knees together and sat down at the table upright. Yujin noticed that there were two boxes on the table.It must have been brought by Ah Xin, the rope tied to it has not been untied yet.
"I'm here today to have dinner with you."
"Just call the company first."
"I called, but you've gone out."
"Then you've been waiting for a long time. Where's the meal?"
"Have not eat yet"
"I'm so sorry. They brought delicious food. You can eat quickly."
"But haven't you already eaten? Forget it. I'm not hungry." Ah Xin probably didn't want to eat alone, so she replied.
"I only drank beer, and I haven't eaten the meal, so I'll eat yours."
Ah Xin showed a happy expression all of a sudden.Said: "Okay, then let's eat together." She stood up and asked: "The kitchen is this way." She walked out of the room.
Uozu leaned against the table.Only then did he feel very tired, even leaning against the table with difficulty, and wanted to lie down.The spirit that had been tense since the morning suddenly relaxed with the onset of drunkenness.Uozu thought it best to be alone now.Although he thought that Ah Xin might have difficulties in an unfamiliar kitchen, he was already too tired to move.
After a while, Ah Xin made tea and brought it in.The teapot was filled with strong tea and was placed on a tray along with two tea bowls and a saucer of soy sauce for dipping the sushi.
"Where did the soy sauce come from?"
"I guess you don't have it here, so I brought it in a small bottle."
"It's so thoughtful!" Yujin said on his lips, but in his heart he eagerly hoped that he would be left alone.He stuffed two or three pieces of sushi into his mouth and put down his chopsticks.
"You are very tired."
"No, nothing."
"It's nothing! You lie down."
Uojin said it again: "Nothing."
"Aren't you exhausted already!"
Following Ah Xin's words, Yujin lay down on the mat.He no longer cared about being decent, closed his eyes, and forgot that Ah Xin was by his side.
Yujin felt as if he was in a fog.Muttering meaningless words like "I can't see it" and "I can't see it anywhere".
Yuzu lay like this for a while.He suddenly woke up and raised his head.At this time, the figure of Ah Xin sitting across the table came into his eyes.She propped her outstretched hands on her knees, bent her face, and seemed to be holding back a sob.
"What's the matter with you?" Yujin sat up and asked her.
Ah Xin still maintains her original posture, motionless.After a while, she wiped her tear-wet eyes with a handkerchief, and raised her face with a serious expression.Her eyes wet with tears, Yujin looked extraordinarily crystal clear.After a while, Ah Xin put on a smiling face, and that smiling face made Yujin feel extraordinarily pretty.
"I can understand how you feel."
"I'm a little drunk."
"It's so annoying. Even though the results of the experiment are like that, why don't they believe Mr. Yuzu's words! Didn't Mr. Yuzu say many times that the climbing rope is broken?" Ah Xin's words seemed to be Speaking to the invisible "they".Yujin felt an indescribable, warm emotion permeating his body, gently stroking his heart.
"Some people also wonder if your brother committed suicide."
Ah Xin widened her eyes and said, "Ah!", "Is that true?"
"No way! It's really worth it!"
"Not really."
"However, what do you think if he has any thoughts of committing suicide?" Yujin wanted to hear how Ah Xin would respond.
"This... But, I think, no matter what the big thing is, my brother will not commit suicide on the mountain. What do you think?"
"Of course I won't commit suicide. How can there be a mountaineer who commits suicide on the mountain! If there is one, it's a fake!" Yujin's tone was excited.Then he added: "Some people think that the climbing rope has come loose, and I am covering up his fault."
"Yo!" Ah Xin was the same as before, her eyes widened. "There won't be such a thing?"
"How can there be!"
"Then I'm relieved. You and your brother won't make such mistakes, right?"
“那是不会的。我们不是一年两年的工夫了。我只不过告诉你，有这样那样的看法罢了。”
“他们怎么搞的！您不是说断掉的嘛！真是坏心眼！”
“凭我一个人说，是说不通的哟。”鱼津觉得和阿馨这么说着、说着，心情轻松多了。他触到一颗纯朴的心——它能够相信自己的每一句话。
“您为哥哥陷入困境，这叫我很难过。我想替您出点力，可是不知道怎么办才好。我要是男人的话，这会工夫我会约您一起上山的，可是……”
“这不是你哥哥一个人的事，是我和你哥哥两人弓！起的事件。暂时是会有各种各样的看法，但是以后问题会水落石出的。”
阿馨忧心忡忡地应道：“是吗？”
“我打算等雪一开始融化就立即上山去。只要找到你哥哥的尸体，就算解决一半疑问了。我们将发现登山绳系在他身上，同时也不会看到遗嘱或类似遗嘱的东西。”
“哎呀！真的对哥哥有这么些怀疑吗？哥哥有什么地方值得人家这样怀疑的吗？”
"No!"
“不过，我想要是一点儿也没有的话，就不会引起这种怀疑的吧。”
“抱着这种看法的，只是极少数人。”
“八代夫人？”阿馨这句话，简直是一针见血。鱼津愣了一下，看了一下阿馨。
“是的吧？”
“不。”鱼津含糊其词地答道。觉得没有任何必要把小坂和八代美那子的隐私告诉阿馨。
阿馨接着又说：“不知怎么的，我总以为是的。前些时候，我拿着哥哥的照片去看望八代夫人。可是她对哥哥没有一点爱情。我以前一直会以为哥哥和她是相爱的，我一定是猜错了。是吗？”
“这……”鱼津还是支支吾吾的。“不管怎样，找到了你哥哥的尸体，那些疑神疑鬼的问题，都会烟消云散的。然后就只剩下两个问题——要么是登山绳自己断，要么是我割断的。”
“你割断？什么话！”
“无聊，但也没办法。这两个问题迟早总会有办法解决的吧。无论怎样，得在最近期间去发掘你哥哥的尸体。”
"Can I follow?"
“当然可以。不过，现在雪还深，恐怕困难。”
“不要紧的，虽说我不是登山运动员，但是滑雪也许比您还拿手呢。”阿馨说着，脸涨得绯红，连鱼津也吃惊了。
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