Chapter 24 third quarter

Misawa Junko fell asleep.It seemed to her that she was on a train.When the train was running in a tunnel, someone forgot to close the window, and the thick smoke from the train poured into the compartment through the window, swirling in the car, making Shunzi so choked that he couldn't even breathe.Why did you take this train?Isn't this the kind of old coal-fired locomotive?Shunzi was terribly choked by the thick smoke, while looking at the other passengers, she didn't recognize any of them, but they remained indifferent in the thick smoke.A man sitting by the window is still reading a newspaper leisurely.How strange!Why do I feel bad only for myself?She was almost suffocated...

At this moment, Sanze Junzi woke up from the dream.She opened her eyes suddenly.In the darkness, she vaguely found herself lying in the rolling black clouds.On the edge of the black clouds, there is a faint glow of sunlight from time to time.The black clouds trimmed with sunlight are like boiling water, gushing upwards.A puff of smoke entered her nostrils, choking her into a cough.Umino Tatsuhei, who was sleeping next to him, also coughed two or three times in a row.Shunzi suddenly saw beautiful and dazzling sand particles flying in the thick smoke, needless to say, they were the light spots emanating from sparks.At this time, she realized clearly: the hotel is on fire!

"Manager! Manager!" Misawa Junko desperately shook Unino Tatsuhei.Umino Tatsuhei was still sleeping soundly.He coughed a few times, turned over, and snored loudly again. "Manager! Get up! It's terrible! Manager!" Uno Tatsuhei moved his head, and the snoring stopped, but he still didn't speak. Sunja was still shaking him desperately.Umino Tatsuhei finally opened his eyes, but he didn't know what happened. "Fire! Get up! Fire!" At this time, Umino Tatsuhei also heard the cries of people in the distance.He jumped off the bed with a "hoo".

The sparks continued to increase, and the smoke pressed towards him like a heavy object.Umino Tatsuhei jerked open the curtains facing the stream, he pulled out the latch, pushed open the glass window, and opened a set of windows to look out.Just a few actions, it seems to have taken a long time.He saw that the sky above the hot spring hotel was as red as if covered with red filter paper.The fire was shining with a strong and dazzling brilliance.Pyrocumulus-like clouds of smoke surged overwhelmingly upward in the night sky. Due to the opening of the window, the thick smoke in the house was scattered outside.The dull, stale air was a little more refreshing.Umino Tatsuhei looked down from the window, and only then did he know that they lived in a two-story house built under a cliff.About 15 meters below the cliff is the river.The banks of the river are revetments made of concrete, which are steep and slippery.On the hillside on the other side of the river, a dark crowd gathered, crying and shouting; in the distance, sirens blared like crazy.It was only now that Uno Tatsuhei was fully awake: what happened around him!He froze for a moment!

Misawa Junko groped in the vortex of thick smoke to find clothes in the closet built into the wall.As soon as she opened the closet door, she heard Hai Ye Chenping scolding her behind her back: "Bastard! Why do you need clothes!" Misawa Junko didn't care about being scolded, she hurriedly grabbed a suit from the hanger in the closet.Umino Tatsuhei stopped her and said: "There is no time to change clothes. If you panic like this, you will die." Uno said again: "Just run in your pajamas!" Sunja hugged the clothes she had torn off desperately to her chest.

"That won't work! Didn't I tell you that you don't have time? If you walk a minute late, you will be surrounded by fire, and you won't be able to escape!" "But..." Out of a woman's shy instinct, it's better to let her die than to run out in such a mess. Umino Tatsuhei didn't bother to pick up his clothes, he reached out to touch the leather bag in the alcove.It was also very difficult to touch the leather bag. Of course, this was not because of the darkness, but because of the thick smoke that made it impossible to open your eyes. At this time, a spark fell on the mat, and the mat immediately ignited and burst into flames.

"Follow me this way!" Umino Tatsuhei grabbed Shunzi's hand and walked towards the door. As soon as the sliding door was opened, a puff of thick smoke came over.Misawa Junko hurriedly lowered her head, covering her mouth and nose with the clothes she held in her arms. "I don't know where the fire escape is!" Uno said. Yes, in such a life-and-death moment, if there is no emergency escape hatch, the danger will only increase. Beside them, the light of the fire and the smoke followed them closely, and the tongue of the fire licked their feet.Every step forward feels difficult.He knew the stairs were nearby, but he couldn't get close.There was no one to be seen around.strangeness!

Have all the passengers who stayed here fled?Why can't I even hear the sound?Not a single guide. "Hurry up!" Umino Tatsuhei held the purse in one hand and led Sunja to the stairs with the other.According to the direction of the thick smoke rolling, he pulled Shunzi to choose a way forward. However, when they came to the corner, the two were petrified.They trembled and could no longer move their feet.The long corridor in front had been burned red, and the stairs in front of them were blocked by the fire except for four or five steps that were not yet burned.The fire is especially bright at night.The fire was full of obscene power, and the places it burned made bursts of "beep" bursts.

It seems that the only way to die in the flames, Shunzi thought.At this time, Umino Tatsuhei's face was also quite ugly.Suddenly, Umino Tatsuhei kicked open the door next to him.At first glance, it turned out to be a bathroom.The tiled bathroom remains untouched.The water-filled baths are as level as a mirror, and they are indifferent to the fire outside. Unno Tatsuhei saw the opposite roof from the bathroom window.On the half of the roof that was dyed red by the fire, thick smoke billowed wildly on it.Can't afford to think about it.If you don't go out, there is only a dead end.He grabbed a bucket and slammed it against the glass window of the bathtub.

The window was smashed open.When the two of them climbed over the window and were about to jump down, an ambulance team composed of accommodation passengers and firefighters arrived.Some asked: "Are you injured?" Some said: "As long as nothing happens!" Help them get down to the ground. Thanks to the help of the on-duty and ambulance personnel, the two of them finally got out of the flames and were led to another hotel run by Lao Ban. In front of another hotel, there is a big eye-catching sign.The sign said "shelter" three words.A lantern was also hung high above the door.Under the lantern, a group of people gathered, including firefighters and others.They stared unceremoniously at the passengers who escaped from the sea of ​​fire in a panic, and pointed fingers.Especially for female customers, it is full of interest.

Inside the hotel, it was chaotic and crowded.Unano Tatsuhei and Misawa Junko were led into a room.There are already two people living in the room, like a couple.The man is about 40 years old, with a crew cut and looks like a businessman.He was watching the fire outside the window.The couple were both in hotel pajamas. "This fire is about to be contained!" said the man to his wizened woman.Just by hearing the accent, you can tell that he is from Osaka. "God knows if it can be cured. We are like this, what a bunch!" The woman with a pointed face said strange things. "Put your heart in your belly! There are so many people living here! How dare you make a loud noise, much better than those who run out naked." The Osaka businessman looked back at the man sitting in the corner. Uno Tatsuhei said, "Look, he's only wearing one piece of underwear." "..." Hai Yechen didn't even pay attention to the businessman. "We can't just go out like this! What's the matter! Tell me, how much compensation can the hotel give us?" The businessman's wife asked again. Umino Tatsuya turned his face to one side, but still didn't step on them.At this time, the attendant made dinner somewhere and brought it over. "I'm really sorry everyone, I should be hungry too, please eat something first, the boss will apologize to everyone later." In order to allow passengers in each room to be provided with lunch boxes, the duty officer is followed by a waitress wearing a suspender apron.The waiter was holding a lot of lunch boxes in his arms.It was palletized and stacked very high. "Hey, foreman, the boss is here, let me tell you that this place of yours is too disrespectful. Look at how much loss you have caused to the passengers! How can you say this?" the Osaka businessman chattered to the on-duty man. "Hey, yes, this is also..." "What are you doing? Look at us, how can we get out!" His wife chimed in. "What kind of guy is this! We came to Kyushu on a special trip to travel, and the suits and kimonos are all newly bought! If you don't discount them at the same price, you are a complete jerk. His mother! Hey, boss, is your boss picky? ? Would you like to talk?" "Well... just say what you want." The person on duty was polite to Unano Tatsuhei and Misawa Junko again, and then slipped away as if to escape.The Osaka businessman gloated a little when he saw Mo Xiang, the team leader slipping away. "You have also become this kind of virtue," he said to Hai Ye Tatsuhei again: "You must be a big man. Looking at your underwear, you can tell that you must be. If our suffering passengers can collude, we will jointly propose a Compensation claims, safekeeping is fine. What do you think?" "..." Umino Tatsuhei didn't say anything. "You, work hard too!" His skinny wife was also encouraging her husband. "Oh, yes! If the boss is a miser, it will be difficult!" The despicable attitude and tone of the Osaka businessman couple made Misawa Junko so upset that he wanted to vomit.Even though she had put on her pajamas a brown blouse she carried from the fire, she still felt embarrassed.What bothered her especially was that Unano Tatsuhei had become a different person after he escaped from the fire.He was downcast and depressed.Just kept smoking a cigarette.The cigarette was taken from the leather bag he had brought out of the fire.What Misawa Junko said to him, he didn't answer, like a mute.Misawa Junko understood Unano Tatsuhei's attitude as being restless, thinking that he, like herself, was embarrassed by the situation in front of him.And you may also be thinking about the general meeting in Osaka and various affairs in the company.However, despite this, she still hoped that Umino Tatsuhei would be more intimate with her, even if she said a few words of comfort.Umino Tatsuhei brought her out of danger, and in a sense, saved her life.Although he may not have realized this in the emergency, but thinking about it in retrospect, that kind of behavior cannot but be said to be an expression of love for Shunzi.In the fire, he held on to Shunzi tightly, which made Shunzi feel for the first time that Unano Tatsuhei was still trustworthy. Because of this, she felt that Unino Tatsuhei's attitude at this time was a bit abnormal. The fire was extinguished.The scene of the flames that soared into the sky and illuminated the night as if it were day suddenly disappeared.The night sky turned a shimmering milky white.Couldn't sleep anymore.Misawa Junko sat down against the wall.Umino Tatsuhei sat next to her.He crossed his legs and propped his head on his arms.The couple from Osaka lay down on the tatami and snored without any scruples. After dawn, the hotel sent some lukewarm breakfast.The staff on duty told them: According to the investigation, the source of the fire came from the cooking room of the hotel.The fire accident was caused by careless use of fire.Almost nothing was left of the kitchen and hotel over there.Fortunately, none of the passengers who stayed there were injured.The hotel made it clear that it apologized to the passengers for causing trouble and losses to the passengers due to inadvertence.Regarding the handling of the aftermath and the method of compensation, the boss will talk to the police as soon as possible and negotiate and agree. "Hmph! Why haven't the police come yet!" said the couple from Osaka dissatisfied. Junko Misawa and Tatsuhei Unano took a taxi towards Hakata.The scene he saw when he came yesterday reappeared in front of Shunzi's eyes.The rivers and valleys remain the same.The car passed through the towns and villages I had seen again. Obviously, everything in front of me lost the brilliance of yesterday.Umino Tatsuhiro sat in the car.Still smoking.He was sullen and silent.Even necessary language is kept to a minimum and kept as short as possible.Misawa Junko could understand Unano Tatsuhei's state of mind at first.Because of the unexpected fire, they disrupted their plans and ruined their interest.After escaping from the dangerous situation, it seems like in a dream, half awake.Depression is understandable.But later, she felt that it was not quite like that.She also remembered that when she was in the hotel, the police asked about Uno Tatsu's usual situation in order to do a good job in the aftermath. "What a disaster!" The local policeman said sympathetically to Unano Tatsuhei: "In order to do a good job in the aftermath and compensate the loss of the passengers, we want to verify the names and addresses of the passengers who were affected by the disaster." "Why do you need to do this?" Umino Tatsuhei said conflictingly. Hearing Unano Tatsuhei's aggressive tone, Sunja couldn't help but glance at him. "Ah, it's like this. Due to the accident, there will be a series of problems that need to be resolved, and we must get in touch with everyone." The policeman explained gently. "What else is there other than compensation for the loss? I don't ask for anything. I want to go back to Bodo, you just need to get me a suit for Bodo. Are you going to let me go to the suit shop in Bodo in my pajamas?" "That's right, it's reasonable, it's reasonable. Now, please repeat the name and address on the accommodation registration book again. The policeman said, but he didn't look at Junko Misawa. As a policeman, based on his presence With the experience of working in the hot spring hotel police station, he can realize the relationship between Unano Tatsuhei and Misawa Junko. They have seen a lot of things like this." "Is that so?" Umino Tatsuhei wrote a fake name and address on the registration book brought by the police. "Here, all right!" "Excuse me, may I ask this person's name?" the policeman pointed to Shunzi and asked Unino.Because there is no Misawa Junko's name in the registration book. "She is... this..." Umino Tatsuhei looked very embarrassed: "Tokyo..." He stammered out an address and name.Of course, it was an address and name that Junko Misawa did not know. The police recorded it according to Umino Tatsuhei's dictation.Umino Tatsuhei added another sentence: "We don't ask for anything from the hotel, and we won't make trouble in the future. Isn't it enough to register?" "Anyway, are you saying that there is no need for us to contact you anymore, right?" The policeman smiled and nodded. "Yes. We are victims in the first place, and we don't need you. On the contrary, it's like checking our household registration. What's the need?" "Oh, I don't want you to misunderstand. As a policeman, I just want to do my job first and leave no aftermath." The policeman was also on fire. "Excuse me, what is your occupation?" "The company's... No, do some small business by yourself." "Business. All right. Which business?" "This...is an electrical appliance dealer...Is it over yet?" The police left Unano Tatsuhei and Misawa Junko with a smile on their faces. Umino Tatsuhei's face stretched out.Misawa Junko was also angry.But she is not against the police.She believes that it is understandable for Umino Tatsuhei to defend himself and conceal his identity when talking to the police, but Misawa Junko should not be regarded as a passerby.She felt that Uno Tatsuhei seemed to want to get rid of herself.This emotion is clearly expressed in both tone and expression. Unano Tatsuhira, who left the hot spring hotel, has now put on a dirty and wrinkled old suit.It was comical that his attire made him, a distinguished tycoon of money, look like a rustic bumpkin.Misawa Junko didn't dare to look him in the face.In order to avoid seeing this outfit, she turned her face to the car window and observed the scenery outside the window. From the hotel fire last night to now, Unano Tatsumi's indifferent expression and attitude have been entangled in Shunzi's mind.She was puzzled.Umino Tatsuhei didn't have a word of comfort, nor did he show any love.Ever since he met the man named Haraguchi at the airport, he asked Junko Misawa to be his secretary and there was no further discussion.It may be that he was happy for a while, and after 3 seconds, it disappeared.Does anyone know if this is his strategy and trick to please women temporarily? Shunzi thought again, was it just because of the fire that Unano Tatsuhei's thoughts and emotions changed drastically?This is a man active in his career, with a flexible mind, means, and an active energy that matches his passion and ambition.When he was allowed to retreat from the battlefield where he had strategized, and escaped for two whole days, did he start to regret it?Maybe now he is thinking that this kind of behavior is a stupid move? Unino Tatsuhei's indifference and silence clearly showed that he already felt that Misawa Junko was redundant and tried his best to avoid her.Misawa Junko smiled alone at the car window.Umino Tatsuhei gave her a strange look, but still didn't say anything. While the car was driving, Junko Misawa saw a small barrage blocking the middle of the river.On one side of the barrage, the river is full of water, while on the other side, the water in the river has declined sharply and is close to drying up.Seeing this scene, Misawa Junko laughed again. The taxi drove into Hakata.In the clothing store, Unano Tatsuhei offered to buy a suit for Misawa Junko, but Junko refused.Fortunately, when she was fleeing, she brought out a set of clothes, although it was a little wrinkled, it was fine.Umino Tatsuhei bought himself a suit of expensive ready-to-wear, and put it on on the spot.After getting dressed, he didn't wait for Shunzi to get in the car, he got into the taxi parked in front of the clothing store and waited for Shunzi. "I'm going back to Tokyo!" Junko Misawa came over and said to Tatsuhei Unano standing outside the car. "Oh. Then, I'll buy you a plane ticket." Unano Tatsuhei said. "No, no need... I'll go back by train alone." After speaking, Misawa Junko turned around and left.