Chapter 12 Section 12

When leaving the hotel, Tang Chuan once told the people in the store that he planned to have dinner at seven o'clock.But until seven o'clock, the paranoid physicist still didn't come back. Just when everyone was thinking about what to do, Tang Chuan suddenly appeared sweating profusely with two paper bags. "Mr. Tang Chuan, we were just thinking about whether we should call you." "Sorry. It's so hard to get a taxi here." "Do you want to go back to your room first?" "No, let's eat first." The meals are already ready.Yu Chuan put his coat and things in his hand aside, and sat down cross-legged on the cushion.

"Did you go to the supermarket?" Cheng Shi asked while pouring beer into the glass.Because the paper bag that Tang Chuan put down was the bag from that small supermarket.Although the store is not big, the residents here rely on this small supermarket. "I want to do an experiment." Tang Chuan put the cup to his mouth, but instead of drinking the wine in the cup, he glanced at Chengshi, "I want to ask you something, can you help me? " "What's up?" "I'd like some empty plastic bottles. Preferably the kind you use for fizzy drinks."

"Plastic bottles? I have some 1.5-liter Coke bottles here." "Exactly. Please help me find five or six of those bottles. I'll go get them from you later." "What do you want that for?" "You can ask that paranoid boy tomorrow." "A paranoid boy?" Cheng Shi frowned and thought for a while, "You mean Gongping?" "It's him. Don't blame me for being rude. I haven't seen a child as paranoid as him for a long time." Yukawa took a sip of beer happily.Cheng Shi stared at Yu Chuan's face for a while.Realizing that Cheng was looking at himself, Tang Chuan put down his cup and asked, "Is there something on my face?"

"It's nothing." Cheng Shi replied with a smile, stood up and said, "Please use it slowly." Walking out of the banquet room, Cheng Shi got into the elevator and came to Tang Chuan's room on the third floor to spread out the quilt for the guests.The key for management is in Chengshi's pocket. As soon as he entered the room, Chengshi's eyes fixed on the cardboard box at the door.This is the courier that just arrived today.Tang Chuan just moved into the store yesterday, probably after he moved in, he ordered others to send it.The sender's address written on the receipt is "The Thirteenth Laboratory of the Department of Physics, Imperial University".The carton was also labeled "Fragile and handle with care".In the column of product name, it says "bottle".

After making the bed, Chengshi returned to his living room.Shigeharu and Setsuko are enjoying tea after dinner.Gong Ping was not in the house, probably went back to his own room. "I'm going to make Mr. Yukawa's bed." Thanks a lot.Setsuko murmured.Her voice sounded deep.Reiji also had the same look of displeasure. "What's wrong?" Cheng Shi looked at his parents' faces. "It's nothing. The two of us chatted a few words just now." Chongzhi said, "I think it's time for us to stop." "Shut up..." With just such a word, Cheng Shi already understood what they were thinking, "Are you planning to close the hotel?"

"If things go on like this, it will only be a matter of time before the door closes. Even if the Obon festival is over, there can't be only one customer in the whole store. And that kind of accident happened." "But that accident can't be considered our fault, can it?" "You can't say that. We don't have anyone else here to help, so we don't even know that Mr. Tsukahara has gone out. Even if he is missing, we can't go out to find him immediately. Mrs. Tsukahara came here during the day. , although she didn't say anything, but I always feel sorry for her. This kind of thing has already happened, and Mrs. Tsukahara said that she would pay us for one night's accommodation..."

"You won't accept it?" "Where can I collect her money?" Shigeji waved his hand again and again, "I told her that there is no need to worry about the accommodation fee. Even so, Mrs. Tsukahara insisted that she caused us trouble and must pay us the accommodation fee. But in the end we managed to convince her." "yes……" "Well, I think it's about the same. It's been fifteen years. I think I've done enough." Chongzhi folded his arms, turned his head and looked around the room, feeling as if he was nostalgic for the past. Hearing Chongzhi's words, those memories that had been dormant in Cheng solid's heart came to life again.At that time, Cheng Shi was only a junior high school student.Shigeharu originally worked in a company in Tokyo, but he suddenly decided to resign and return to his hometown, inheriting "Green Rock Village".In fact, a few years ago, Chongzhi's father, that is, Chengshi's grandfather, was bedridden because of a cerebral thrombosis. People around him have been persuading him to go home and inherit the hotel.

To this day, Chengshi can still clearly recall what happened when he first moved to this town.Although this was her father's home back then, and she had been here several times before, when she thought that she would settle here in the future, Cheng Shi always felt that the scenery in front of her was a little different from before.In particular, what moved Chengshi was the beautiful color of the sea.Intuition told her that protecting the sea is her mission and the meaning of life. A low buzzing sound dragged Chengshi from memory back to reality.Someone rang a button on the counter.The person who pressed the button could not be Yu Chuan, so someone else should have come.

"Who is it? It's so late." Setsuko looked at the clock. Cheng Shi stood up with his head tilted.When I walked to the lobby, I saw Xikou was standing at the place where he was taking off his shoes. "Yo. Sorry to bother you again." Xiguchi waved his right hand lightly. "There's nothing to disturb or disturb. Xikou, are you still off work? It's not easy to be a policeman." "Well, I'm usually not too busy, but if something like that happens, I guess I'll have to be busy for a while. Human life is at stake, and we can't take this as a joke."

Cheng Shi nodded, thinking that Xikou was right. "How is the situation now? Has the cause of the accident been found out?" "Well, we haven't been able to draw a conclusion yet. We still can't decide whether this is an accident or not." Hearing Xikou speak so easily, Cheng Shi couldn't help being stunned for a moment. "Huh? What's going on here? If it wasn't an accident...then, was it suicide?" "That's it, I can't draw a conclusion yet. The possibility of suicide is unlikely, but other possibilities cannot be ruled out... Well, don't worry, in my opinion, this matter will probably end up as an accident in the end. "Xikou's words made people feel a little at a loss.

Chengshi lowered his head, rolled his eyes and looked at his classmate: "You mean, it might be homicide?" Xiguchi plucked the corners of his eyebrows shyly. "I really don't know anything now. However, that Mr. Tsukahara was a former detective of the Metropolitan Police Department. He was also a member of the First Investigation Division." "Hey...?" Cheng Shi also knew that it was a department in charge of homicide cases.When he was in junior high school, Chengshi was a reasoning fan. "Today during the day, a person claiming to be a descendant of Mr. Tsukahara went to our police station with Mrs. Tsukahara. That person is also a member of the First Investigation Division, and he is also a management officer. Do you understand? He is a police officer. Management officer. The position is under the head of the first search section. The person who is responsible for actually commanding and handling the search. The police rank is the police officer. Hearing that such a big man has come to our place, even the director is a little surprised. " "Did the man say anything?" "It should have been said. After I took him to the scene, he told me that he wanted to talk to the director. After that, he and the director chatted in the director's room for nearly an hour. After that, The administrator went back to Tokyo with Mrs. Tsukahara, and transported Mr. Tsukahara's body away at the same time. But I don't think they transported the body back for the purpose of holding a funeral." "Then why did they transport the body back?" "Does it need to be said?" Xikou covered his mouth with his right hand, "Probably he is going to take it for autopsy. Judicial autopsy." Cheng Shi gasped, not knowing what to say. "Well, if they find out that this is a murder case, then the prefectural police headquarters can no longer sit idly by. It is impossible for the Metropolitan Police Department to take action because of the case that happened in Glasspool, but they should look for it It was discussed. So, we also feel a little nervous here, and ordered us to investigate everything we can investigate today." After finishing speaking, Nishiguchi realized that he had talked too much.He hurriedly made a movement of pinching his mouth, and said, "No. The reason why I told you these things is because Kawahata and I are classmates. So, you must keep it a secret for me! " "Well, okay. By the way, what are you doing here, Nishiguchi?" "By the way, I almost forgot the most important thing." Xiguchi straightened his back and bowed slightly to Chengshi, "Actually, I want to borrow something from you. The accommodation register... That's what it's called. We'd be very obliged if you could lend us the guest book here." "What are you borrowing that for?" "Well, although it feels a little hard to say..." Nishiguchi glanced into the room, "We want to investigate why Mr. Tsukahara wants to live with you." "You mean, under normal circumstances, he shouldn't choose our dilapidated and dirty hotel?" "That's not what I mean, but there may be some special reasons why he chose to live with you. For example, someone recommended him to live with you. So, we want to investigate Passengers who have lived here." "Oh, that's right. How many years do you want to borrow the register?" "If possible, I would like to borrow them all." "Okay, I'll go ask my parents." Cheng Shi walked out of the living room while ruminating on Xikou's words in his heart.He was right.Why did Tsukahara choose to live in "Green Rock Village"?