Chapter 2 Discovery-2

"Let's talk about it when you come back." Anyway, let them go out first, that's the main thing. "Okay then, let's go." Before the wife finished speaking, the door slammed shut.Hearing the door close, Shogo took a breath. "Okay, now I'm alone." Shogo looked around the room again, after confirming that there was no one there.He tiptoed into the bedroom. The bedroom was furnished as before, with a light-coloured bedspread over the bed.Shogo carefully lifted up a corner of the bed cover, removed the towel blanket, and reached under the sheet. This time the diary was a little lower than last time. I took it out and saw that it was indeed a diary with a hydrangea cover.

The wife seemed unaware that the diary had been flipped through. "it is good!" After Shogo reconfirmed, he put the sheets back together and returned to his room with the diary. Start watching now, there is plenty of time. Shogo opened the beer he brought from the refrigerator, took a sip, and opened the diary. August 1 (Tuesday) 20:30 The club bag that I went to play golf in Karuizawa on Sunday was sent back. On several occasions, the side pocket of the bag would have used towels tucked inside.Will it happen this time? Not this time.However, when I got the shoe bag, I suddenly found a problem.The shoes in the shoe bag didn't get dirty at all.Usually, after playing golf, there will be some grass clippings and other garbage on the soles of the shoes.Yeah, playing golf on a sunny day without getting a tan.

This was a blow to the head, and Shogo couldn't help shouting: "Ah..." I really didn't expect that she would even check the sneakers in the golf club bag. It is true that I did not play golf at all that day, but used golf as an excuse to meet Shiori. The golf club bag is sent out, but it is a door-to-door service. It is shipped from home to the golf course, and then entrusted to them to send it back to your home from the golf course, so it is safe. Unexpectedly, she had seen through this trick. No wonder, when I came home that Sunday, my wife looked at my face for a long time, she was observing the degree of my tan!

Thinking of this, Shogo really felt sick. In this way, I can imagine that everything about myself is seen clearly by my wife, which is basically correct. Shogo looked at the sky and thought blankly for a while. If she wants to ask these doubts, how should she deal with it? Regarding the lack of tanning on the face, I can answer that the sun protection work is done well, I have applied a thick layer of sunscreen on my face, and added a sun hat with a large brim.As for the shoes, I can answer that after spraying them with an air cleaning gun several times before going home, I wiped them with a towel.

No, it's not going to work, the wife's temper is clear to herself, and she may retort to herself, "You've never done this before." It's so strange to suddenly think of putting on a thick layer of sunscreen; I didn't wipe my shoes at all before, but this time I will go out of my way and try to clean them desperately! Thinking of this, Shogo muttered to himself again: "But..." What is even more unbelievable is that although the wife knew all of these things clearly, she just didn't say a word.The wife hadn't mentioned once about going to play golf last Sunday.

When I went home that day, my wife reached out to take the travel bag, but I didn't give it to her.And late that night, my wife found a white shirt with a perfume smell from the washing machine.But why didn't she speak up?Maybe she wants to collect all the evidence, and then settle the old and new scores together when the time comes? If so, it would be terrible.Before that, I had to come up with a countermeasure anyway. Shogo continued to read the diary while talking to himself. Next diary, jump for a day. August 3 (Thursday) 23:30 Did I meet my girlfriend today, otherwise I wouldn't go home at this time.He didn't look drunk at all, and he seemed to have eaten dinner outside.

"Will you take a bath?" I asked him, and he replied, "No." As expected, it has been washed. It seems that he has a guilty conscience. In order to cover himself, he deliberately asked about the child, which he never asked before. "How are you doing lately?" "It's already summer vacation, but I'm in a summer cram school. I study from morning to night every day. Although I'm a boy, I don't feel at ease when I come back late. I have to drive to pick him up every day. When you come home from get off work, Can you take Tai back by the way, that will save me a lot of trouble."

I didn't care what happened, and said what I wanted to say in one breath.As expected. "What, you want me to pick up my wife!" His expression changed, he looked at me fiercely and said, "I'm very busy, don't you know? It's impossible to go home at the prescribed time every day. The cram school leaves home There are only two stops, so there is no need to drive to pick him up, just let him come back by himself." "However, for other families, the father drove to the cram school to pick him up. In order to ensure that the child can be admitted to a well-known private middle school, the family is united and working together, so you can't do anything more."

"Why do I have to pick it up?" "No, you find it annoying to pick up Mrs. every night." You are obedient and obedient to young girls, but when it comes to family matters, you are pushy and obstructive.I really wanted to say that to him, but I held back. "No. I mean, the matter of the examination is his own decision." His very reasonable attitude is really unbearable. "You probably don't know it yet. Recently, the degree of competition in exams has become higher and higher, and the content of study is getting more and more difficult every year. It is completely incomparable with the era when we were taking college entrance examinations."

"If the exam is so difficult, then don't take it. Isn't it the same for public schools?" Is this his original intention? If he really thinks so... Thinking of this, I really can't stand it. Maybe it's too excited, it's rare, this text is a bit scribbled.Continued on next page. "Don't you want Taifu to go to a medical university? At the level of public schools today, if you don't have the top grades, you won't be able to enter the National Medical University." Seeing how persistent I was, my husband turned his head and answered me, "Of course I hope Tai Neng can become a doctor. But that's not absolute. The one who definitely wants him to be a doctor may be you."

"Then what are you going to do with the hospital, is it too uninheritable?" "Hate!" The husband looked at the children's room down the hall. "I'm not that stubborn. If no one succeeds, it's fine for the hospital to close in my generation." Hearing what he said, I was dumbfounded. I really didn't expect my husband to think that way. It's really unbelievable. "What are you talking about, if you didn't inherit the next hospital from your father, how could you do it so easily now?" He was able to have a hospital of 450 square meters in a modern building in Shinjuku, no doubt he got it after selling the hospital left by his father. "The hospital is still brand new, with so much investment in modern facilities, how could it end in your generation? It's ridiculous." "Hate it, stop talking." The husband suddenly stood up. "I went to bed." He walked away angrily. Whenever the speech reached a critical moment, he always said that he was going to sleep, and then ran away.Worrying things are not considered. As for our affairs, my husband may not care at all.Looking at the back of my husband leaving, I almost burst into tears. I used to work hard with him, for what? I suddenly felt that fifteen years of married life was like a dream, and I felt infinitely lonely and empty. This is the end of the day's diary, looking at the blank page behind, Shougo sighed again. To be honest, I never thought that my wife would think so much. But then again, the wife is a little nervous.Be rough with children, especially boys, and not too deadly. After graduating from junior high school and entering high school, he doesn't need others to force him, he will study hard by himself.At the current stage, it's better to take it easy. He can play football, baseball, and do whatever he wants. Sports activities, club activities, etc., and socializing with friends are very beneficial for boys and can help children grow up healthily.However, the wife only considers the short-term interests and lets the child be admitted to a prestigious private middle school, so she can brag among the housewives around her that "my son has gone to such-and-such middle school". All in all, in a word, women still have long hair but short knowledge.Shougo drank the beer in one gulp as if to change his mood, and opened the next page. August 4th (Friday) 22:30 The busyness of a housewife with children in summer is unimaginable for most people. This year, the eldest daughter Natsumi is in middle school, so she can relax a little.If both children are in elementary school, in addition to three meals a day, they also have to pick up and drop off private cram schools, prepare clothes, etc. After opening their eyes in the morning, they have to be busy until they turn on the lights and go to bed at night, and they can't relax at all. Especially during the long summer vacation, I don’t go to school during the day, and my children are entangled with you at home all day. To be honest, I am a little bored. On the contrary, I am looking forward to whether the school can start early. The eldest has grown up and is in junior high school. Although she still has to pick up and drop off, she has extracurricular activities and has fun. Sometimes she even goes to classmates' homes to play. It is no longer like before. In terms of time, she has a little more time. . I can also cook simple meals by myself. The eldest is my daughter, and I even teach her how to cook when I find time.The youngest is the son, so let him wash rice every day.I don't want to raise him to be like his father, who only gets beer and ice cream from the refrigerator.Make him a man who can be in the kitchen. However, my husband's life has not changed since the summer vacation, so it is impossible for him to know what kind of life we ​​live during the summer vacation. Of course, as a doctor's wife, I also understand that he is busy with work and is very tired. However, there are some things that a husband should participate in, such as school activities such as the child's entrance ceremony, sports meeting, etc., but he did not attend even once, as if there was a tacit understanding between us that he could not participate.Not to mention taking out the garbage, changing the light bulbs on the ceiling, etc., tinkering at home on Sundays, moving the wardrobe, etc., these are all my jobs. After thinking about it, I can't think of a single housework my husband did. In order to pick up his son who is going to cram school, he quarreled with his wife. Why does his wife suddenly remember the past?The diary then traces back to shortly after the couple married, to the birth of the child. When the child was still breastfeeding, the husband finally finished his medical training and entered the stage of writing a doctoral thesis.During that period, I had to be on duty all night at night, and there were temporary emergency operations, and I had to work overtime on Sundays and holidays, and I had to go to a private hospital for surgery.Although it is very heavy, he is young and strong, and his life is full.With two children, my daughter and son are two years apart. As a wife and mother, I am so busy that I hit the back of my head with my heels every day.In the middle of the night, my son suddenly developed a high fever, and instead of going to see my husband, I took the two children to the hospital for emergency treatment. Even if I call my husband, he will say "my major is not pediatrics" and will not come to see it.The child kept crying every night. In order not to disturb her husband's sleep and let him have a good rest, no matter how late at night he would pick up his crying son and go outside.I myself can't sleep well at night. Even if I have a cold and a fever, I don't have time to go to the hospital. I have to go to the pharmacy to buy some cold medicine to suppress it. Even when I went to the toilet alone, the child would chase me to the door of the toilet and call "Mom, Mom", which made me almost have a nervous breakdown. Seeing me like this, only my mother worried about me, fearing that I would suffer from child-rearing neurosis. Apart from that, no one ever helped me. My husband and I depended on each other for life, and passed through the age of 30 selflessly. We were exhausted, and it was a great test for each of us. From my husband's point of view, I might be a little unreasonable, and I don't understand why he is so busy.As for me, I feel that my husband is too bossy, and I don't even want to listen to the complaints of my wife and children.For this reason, both of us are venting. Whenever we meet, we will yell "I can't do it, I can't hold it anymore...", and we will often fight over some trivial things. However, even if it is so difficult, we have all dealt with it.At least that's how I know it. However, it seems that at that time, we forget important things. Before I knew it, the kids and I had adjusted to life without a husband (father).It is a matter of course that the husband is not at home, and he is neither lonely nor attached. Not to mention all the affairs in the family, even the choice of school for the children and the choice of cram schools are all handled by me.I also feel that it is my duty to take care of my husband who is busy with everything. Only this part of the content is different from the previous ones. The previous part is all about guessing about my love outside, but what I write here are the feelings of the newly married couple spending their days together, which is real and touching. So far, I have been a hands-off husband. I have left everything about the children to my wife. Childcare and housework are all my wife's work. I have devoted all my energy to work. This division of labor between them is also very natural. However, the diary on the next page is completely different. My husband's busy work has brought our family a happy and prosperous life.In the eyes of the neighbors around, we must be a happy family, living a carefree life.On the other hand, unconsciously, the distance between my husband and children, and between my husband and me has gradually widened. Moreover, today when we have a surplus of time and money, we cannot enjoy the joy of success, and have become a masked couple, each of whom fills his own time with his own free time. "Ah, masked couples." Shogo murmured. It doesn't matter whether they are a masked couple or not, what matters is why the wife takes the problem so seriously.Childcare, housework, etc., are all done by the wife. This does not mean that the wife herself approves of it.If it's really that difficult and you're getting nervous breakdowns every day, why don't you tell yourself.If she is really busy, I can definitely help her out. Although I am very busy, I can still help her a little bit. However, if the wife really wants to help herself, maybe she will look impatient and say indifferently, "I'm busy even if you didn't see me." With that look, I thought to myself that my husband was not at home. Today's diary ends with the following words. If one of the gears in the family is not normal, it will cause other gears to also go wrong.There will be a squeaking sound from the out of tune of the gears.Even if you refuel immediately, the second and third gears will not work properly. Over time, you get used to gears that aren't working properly. Has the husband already noticed this situation... Maybe it's still barely functioning. Suddenly his cell phone rang. Who is calling?I hurriedly took it out and saw that it was a call from the hospital.The nurse on duty reported that the patient who was undergoing rehabilitation suddenly deteriorated and collapsed. In principle, medical clinics are closed on Saturdays and Sundays, and only the rehabilitation department is open every day because people come for physical therapy every day. Generally, patients with low back pain and cervical spine pain use traction therapy. Patients with fractures and elderly patients generally use physiotherapy because of stiff limbs. The patient who fell down was a 75-year-old man. After bathing and exercising as usual, when coming up from the bath, the patient suddenly felt that his eyes were dark, and he groaned and fell down. "Sane?" "Nodding slightly at first, now seems to be falling asleep." "Okay, I'll go right away. Leave him alone and let him lie still." After giving instructions on the phone, Shogo closed the half-read diary, put it back under his wife's bed, went back to his room, changed into his shirt and pants, and walked out of the room. The parking lot is underground, and the parking spaces for Shogo's Lexus and his wife's Audi A4 are next to each other.The wife's Audi A4 has already been driven out. Shogo got into his Lexus and drove straight towards Shinjuku. From Hiroo to the hospital in Shinjuku, if there is no traffic jam on Sunday, it only takes 20 minutes to arrive. While driving the car, Shogo thought about the diary just now, and said to himself, "Yes..." In the diary, the wife recorded that the husband did not help with housework, and refused to pick up and drop off the children, which is impossible in my current situation.Even if I am resting at home, I don’t know when an emergency patient will come suddenly. It can be said that I am waiting for the call at home anytime, anywhere every day. The anger that could not be vented directly to his wife was vented in the car talking to himself.After a while, we arrived at the building where the hospital is located. Enter the elevator and go up to the seventh floor.As soon as he entered the clinic, the nurse was already waiting there, immediately put a white coat on him, and went directly into the physiotherapy room, only to see the patient lying on his back under the wall. Shogo quickly checked the patient's pulse and respiration, listened to it with a stethoscope, found nothing abnormal, and called "Mr. Imai, Mr. Imai" a few more times.Although the patient's eyes were not opened, he nodded slightly. It is not a serious patient who needs to take any emergency measures immediately, but it must be checked carefully. Shogo ordered the nurse to quietly lift the patient onto the bed, and let out a soft breath. There is no inpatient department in the clinic, but there are hospital beds.These two beds are specially prepared for emergency patients sent by ambulance, as well as patients who suddenly become ill during treatment like today. The patient who is lying there now is seventy-five years old, has arthritic knees in both legs, and walks in the bath. According to the physical therapist, the practice of walking in the bath was a bit too much, and I fell and appeared to have a mild concussion. "Let him lie down for a while and check again." After Shogo gave instructions to the nurse, the nurse told me that a woman who received neck traction treatment complained of numbness in her hands and feet.Shogo hurriedly came to the physical therapy room and saw a woman receiving jaw traction, which should have her jaw down, but now she was asked to tilt her jaw up. "What's the matter? It's counterproductive. Be careful in the future." Shogo told the patient the correct method, and instructed the nurse to observe carefully and not be careless. Massage, physiotherapy, etc. do not need to be directly guided by a doctor, but can be performed directly by a physiotherapist, which is very good for increasing the income of the clinic, but such problems often occur. Fortunately, nothing major happened this time. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when Shogo returned to the dean's office in peace. Finally, there was a Sunday, and it was just like this. Shogo thought for a while, picked up the phone, and dialed Shiori's number, but the other party just rang, but no one answered. It seems that she said that she is going to attend a concert of a singer called "Orange Hero" today, and she may be listening to the song there now. I originally planned to go to her place after dinner with my wife in the evening. If I had known such a thing, I would have made an appointment earlier. However, if you want to go out at night, it is better to go home as soon as possible.Fortunately, the patient just now was still lying in the hospital and said, "Don't worry, go to the clinic for a visit." My wife would definitely not doubt it. There was a reason to sneak out, and Shogo felt relieved, so he decided to go home first. Thirty minutes later, I went home and checked, and as expected, my wife had already returned home. "Where have you been?" asked the wife, full of reproach.Shogo replied, "I'm going to Shinjuku." Then he recounted the story of being called to the hospital suddenly. "I haven't let him go back yet, let him lie down in the hospital." Considering that I have to go out at night, Shogo planted a foreshadowing. "Really." The wife just murmured vaguely to herself. On a rare Sunday, I made a special trip to the hospital for work. She should have said that you have worked hard.Shogo was very dissatisfied, but his wife seemed to be concerned about the things behind it. "Hey, how was tonight?" It was agreed a long time ago that the family will go out to a restaurant together tonight. The wife said, "Let's go to Kotobukiya." Kotobukiya is a Japanese restaurant near Hiroo Station. "How about the gate, though?" The gate Shogo mentioned was a barbecue restaurant in Azabu.As soon as the wife heard this name, her face was full of displeasure, as if she said she was going again! "You really like meat." "Well, I guess I like that too." "Well, I like it." The son nodded without hesitation, and decided to go to the barbecue restaurant. The wife said sarcastically: "I seem to like to eat greasy things recently." What does this mean?In short, if you don’t offend God, God won’t cause trouble. One more thing is worse than one less thing. At six o’clock, the whole family set off to the restaurant together. Maybe it was a little early to go, and the tables in the store were empty, so they found a square table, and the family of four sat together.As usual, Shogo ordered sirloin and thinly sliced ​​pork, while the wife and children ordered ribs, pork belly, etc., which they preferred. In the eyes of outsiders, this family of parents and children is very peaceful and harmonious. However, as long as you take a step deeper, you will find various problems inside. For example, this summer's trip to Okinawa used to be around August 15th, taking advantage of the Obon holiday.But this year, Natsumi wanted to participate in a language learning tour, so she had to move it to next week and use Friday, Saturday and Sunday to do it. "I heard that a typhoon is approaching Okinawa. Does it have anything to do with our trip?" Shogo tried not to go if he could, but Tai immediately replied: "It doesn't matter." And the daughter said: "Daddy, don't try to get away." These seem to be instigated by the wife.Whenever something happened, the wife stood by the two children. My wife and children are on vacation, so to speak, but I still have work, and not only are there two days of the weekend, but Friday is also included, and the hospital will be closed.It's not that these wives don't know, but she always says "everyone is looking forward to going".Let her say that, and I have no choice but to obey. It's only once a year, and it's understandable to make sacrifices for the family, but Shiori hasn't notified her yet. If she was told that she was going to Okinawa with his wife and two children, she would definitely be upset.Maybe she would say: "You speak beautifully, but in the end it's not for your wife." No, Shiori is not such a sharp-mouthed woman.She also knows everyone in my family.Maybe she wouldn't say anything strange by now.On the contrary, it would be embarrassing if she said nothing.Shogo fell into deep thought all of a sudden, and none of this escaped his wife's eyes. She pushed the roasted meat in her hand towards herself and said, "Dad, eat quickly, or it will burn." Urged by his wife, Shogo quickly stuffed the beef into his mouth, but then his wife pushed the konjac over. "Eat more and work harder." By saying that, is she mocking me again?She even persuaded me to eat konjac. It seems that she saw through that I was going to meet Shiori tonight. "Impossible." Just as Shogo denied his conjecture in his heart, his wife poured himself another glass of wine. Looks like this woman is trying to get me drunk and not let me go on a date.No, no, this is totally me overthinking.Maybe it's because I read her diary, I've always been a little nervous lately. Shogo cheered up and ate a piece of beef tenderloin, pushed the grilled thinly sliced ​​pork to his wife and said, "Come on, eat this, this is delicious..." Before he finished speaking, his wife used chopsticks to pull aside the pork steak he pushed over and said, "Thank you, I want to eat and grill it myself." This is kind of like a donkey's liver and lungs, how can she do this.Shogo was not interested, but his wife ate leisurely as if nothing had happened. As a father, I don’t want to say it. Recently, my daughter Natsumi is also alienated from me. I used to be very affectionate when I saw myself always saying "Dad, Dad", but recently I didn’t even say hello when I met him, as if I met an outsider. . Is it because the daughter is about to enter puberty, as long as she is a man, even seeing her father will feel upset.Or was she instinctively aware that her father was having an affair and felt a little sick? In short, it is certainly true that the daughter has entered the age of sentimentality. Maybe it's because my wife doesn't seem to have much appetite recently. Shogo put the grilled beef tenderloin in front of her, but she just said "I want to eat and grill it myself" and never moved the chopsticks.Maybe it's because she wanted to eat light Japanese food, but I was dragged to the yakiniku restaurant. Compared with his wife, the children ate with gusto, and the wife said while eating that she would learn to surf when she arrived in Okinawa, with the air of a little adult. If you just want to go to the beach to play, then the Shonan coast is also fine, but this is the usual summer practice over the years, serving the whole family, there is no way. While convincing himself in his heart, Shogo finished his meal.After a while, the whole family stood up.Maybe it started earlier, it was just after eight o'clock after dinner. After walking out of the barbecue shop, the family strolled back home. Just as they sat down on the sofa in the living room, the phone rang quickly.This is what Shogo had agreed with the nurse in advance, asking her to call at this time to report the condition of the patient who fell in the afternoon. "The patient is stable, and there has been no abnormality since then." The nurse's report was brief, but Shogo kept nodding, and kept replying: "Okay, okay!" The nurse had hung up the phone after the report, and here Shogo still said in a serious manner: "Okay, okay, I'll go right away." Then he looked at his wife and said, "I have to go to see the one in the afternoon." patient." Before he finished speaking, his wife interrupted him and asked strangely: "Has he gone home yet?" "No, I didn't go home. He had some problems with his heart, so he was made to lie down in the clinic. I'm very old, so I don't feel relieved, so I have to go see him." "It's already ordered, why don't you go?" Despite his wife's suspicious expression, Shogo still picked up the car keys on the table and walked outside. "Daddy, where are you going?" asked daughter Natsumi.Walking to the door, Shogo opened the door, put on a helpless look, sighed and said, "I still have to go to the hospital, and the patients there are still waiting for me." His wife stood there silently. There, it stands to reason that the husband should be told to drive carefully on the road. Shogo left his wife and children behind, walked out of the room, and went straight to his beloved Lexus parked in the underground garage without looking back. After getting into the car, he said to himself in his heart, okay, now we can go to Shiori's place.Perhaps the wife has also noticed this.No, she won't guess that I'm going to Shiori's place, at best, she just suspects which woman I'm going to. No, no, my wife might be in a fit of rage, and suddenly got up and left after dinner. Okay, I can't control that much.Shogo muttered in his heart, just stepped up the accelerator and drove towards Yoyogi where Shiori lived.