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Midsummer's Formula 东野圭吾 3549Words 2018-03-22
Seeing a small fish suddenly swim out from behind the rock, Kyohei widened his eyes under the diving goggles.The small fish is about two or three centimeters long and is bright blue in color.Gongping stretched out his hand involuntarily, but Xiaoyu naturally wouldn't obediently catch him without a fight.He could only watch helplessly as the little fish swam away quickly and nimbly, and hid behind the rock again.Gongping originally wanted to wait for it to come out again, but he felt a little suffocated.The other end of the trachea was completely flooded with water. Gongping couldn't hold his breath anymore, and poked his head out of the sea.He took off his diving goggles, wiped his face, and swam towards the beach with his backstroke facing the blue sky.Gongping has always been good at swimming.

After swimming to waist-deep water, Kyohei started to walk.There were only a few people left on the seashore that was bustling just now.In every corner of the beach, people have already started packing up tents and beach umbrellas. Kyohei put on the sandals that he took off on the beach before, and walked on the hot sand.Under the parasol, there was a beach lounge chair, and Chongzhi was lying on the chair.On Shigeharu's swollen belly, which was like a drum, there was an open magazine. uncle.Kyohei called out to Shigeji.Shigeji immediately opened his eyes.It seems that he should not have fallen asleep before.

"Well, what's the matter? Are you going back?" Kyunghei nodded, and took out a bottle of mineral water from the small freezer next to Shigeji. "I'm exhausted. I'm a little hungry too." "Really?" Chongzhi struggled to get up, raised his hand and looked at his watch, "Uh, it's already past three o'clock? Then, let's go back and eat watermelon." "Hmm. Uncle, I saw a small blue fish just now. The color is so beautiful, it must be this big." Gongping compared the size of the small fish with his fingers. "Well, I guess so." Reiji didn't seem to be very concerned.

"What's the name of that fish?" "I don't know." Chongzhi got up from the recliner, "You should ask Chengshi. She is familiar with the fish around here." "Uncle, weren't you born here? How come you don't even know the names of the fish in the sea?" "Well, uncle, I only lived here until high school, and I'm not a fisherman either." "Later you went to Tokyo to study in university, right? My mother told me that Uncle, you are an elite who graduated from a first-class university." "It's nothing like that. I'm just a clerk. Your mother is teasing you. Don't talk about that, go and change your clothes."

"Yeah." Gongping lifted the bag containing clothes and towels. After showering and changing in the dressing room, Kyohei returned to the original place.Chongzhi took out his phone and pressed it a few times, then put the phone on his ear. "Well, it's me. We're going back...well, see you there just now." After hanging up the phone, Chongzhi put away the parasol that was erected on the beach. Parasols and deck chairs are rented temporarily.Kyohei picked up the small freezer he had brought, and followed Shigeharu.With crutches, Chongzhi walked forward with difficulty on the beach.

No police came today, so Chongzhi finally fulfilled his promise and brought Gongping to the beach.Having said that, Shigeji himself did not go into the water, and has been helping to take care of the luggage on the shore.Even so, Gongping already felt satisfied to have someone to chat with him during the break. Back on the side of the road, the two waited for a while in front of a small convenience store.A white van with the words "Green Rock Village" written on the side came in front of them.The driver is Setsuko.When they came to the beach, Setsuko also drove the two of them there.

Shoji dragged his bulky body and managed to sit in the back seat with difficulty.Gong Ping sat in the passenger seat the same as when he came. "How was it? Did you have fun?" Setsuko asked. "Yes." Gongping replied, "Now I don't have to let them show off in front of me." "Show off? Who?" "Those friends in my class. If I didn't come, those guys who went to the beach to play would show off in front of me. This is what bothers me the most. If I lie and say that I have been here, I feel a little sad again. So it’s better to really come and play.”

"Why, that's why you thought of coming to the beach?" Chongzhi sat in the back seat and said, "Didn't you come here to swim?" "It's for swimming. If you don't come to swim, then there is no point in coming here. But where to swim is very important. Just go to the swimming pool near the house." Ok.Although Shigeji looked puzzled, he still nodded.Setsuko laughed while driving. The car passed by the glass pool port.The big boat I saw when I came here this morning is still parked on the shore.It is estimated that it is the ship of DESMEC. Gongping turned his head and looked ahead.When he saw a person walking by the side of the road, he suddenly pointed at that person and called out, "Look, it's the doctor."

The man had a light-colored jacket slung over his shoulders and was carrying a briefcase in his hand.Judging from the back, it was undoubtedly Yu Chuan. "Ah, it's really him." Setsuko stepped on the brakes, slowed down, and drove the car to Yukawa who was walking along the right side of the road. Setsuko rolled down the window glass, matching Yukawa's walking speed, let the car move forward with him.However, the physicist seemed to be thinking about something, with his head down and a difficult expression on his face, and he didn't mean to turn his head to look at the car at all.

"Mr. Yukawa." Setsuko greeted him.Hearing someone calling him, Tang Chuan turned his head. "Yo." Tang Chuan stopped.Setsuko also stopped the car. "Are you off work?" "Well, almost." Tang Chuan glanced at the passenger seat. Kyohei unbuckled his seat belt and stretched his head towards the window on the driver's side. "I went to the beach with my uncle." "Really? Pretty good." "Mr. Yukawa, if you want to go back to the hotel, why don't you get in the car and go together. We are also planning to go back." Setsuko said.

"is it okay?" "of course can." There was a slight doubt on Tang Chuan's face.But after a while, he said, "It's better to be respectful than obey your orders", crossed the road, went around to the left side of the car, opened the rear door and got into the car.Tang Chuan sat down beside Shigeji, and said "Thank you". "Doctor, are those people in DESMEC acting stupid again today?" Gongping turned his head and asked. "It can't be said to be stupid, but it still makes people angry. Their organization is too complicated. As the saying goes, 'there are too many boatmen to go up the mountain'." "What do you mean? That boat can still go up the mountain?" "That's not what it means. It means that there are too many people pointing fingers, making things develop in an inexplicable direction. —By the way, is this car from a hotel? I see the hotel is written on the side of the car." name." "Yes." Chongzhi replied, "I used it to pick up and drop off passengers at the station before. But recently, few people come here, and I usually use it to pick up and drop off me at most." "Boss, don't you drive yourself?" "I used to drive it, but now I have such a body that it is difficult to step on the brakes, so I don't drive it myself." "Really?" Tang Chuan looked around in the car, "Did the police ask about the situation of this car?" "Ask about the situation? Ask about the situation?" "Today I heard from the guys from DESMEC that the police seemed to have launched some investigations into the vehicles parked nearby on the night of the incident. Not only did they ask the owner of the vehicle to inquire about the situation, but they sometimes went to the vehicle to check it carefully." "Oh, if you're talking about it," Chongzhi replied, "the police appraisers came to investigate the situation of this car the night before yesterday. But I didn't understand what they wanted to investigate." "I guess I want to investigate the source of carbon monoxide. Didn't the criminal police from the county police go to the hotel during the day yesterday? They also asked me for an alibi. I asked them if they had confirmed the source of carbon monoxide. However, the person in charge turned out to be in a panic. It is said that the dead body found in the rocky ground was actually caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. However, because the police did not know exactly when and where the deceased died of poisoning, So we can only investigate the cars one by one.” "Doctor." Gongping said, "What is carbon monoxide? Is there any difference between it and carbon dioxide?" Perhaps because he was a little surprised by Kyohei's question, Yukawa showed a little surprise.But soon, he regained his composure, nodded, and looked at Chongzhi. "Perhaps your uncle is better at this point. After all, he was an expert in this field. I heard Miss Chengshi say this morning that you had worked in 'Arima Engine' before." "It was a long time ago." Shigeji said with a blunt smile.After that, he turned his face to Gongping, "You know what carbon dioxide is, right? It can also be called CO2." "Yes. Is it the cause of global warming?" "Yes. It is a gas released when an object burns. But if the object does not burn sufficiently, another gas will be released. This gas is called carbon monoxide, also known as CO." "Will a person die if they inhale this gas?" "It's possible." "Well, it's horrible. But what does it have to do with the car?" "Well..." Chongzhi licked his lips, and continued, "Isn't the car emitting exhaust? The exhaust also contains this kind of carbon monoxide gas." "Oh, that's the case." Gongping nodded and glanced at Yuchuan. "Your explanation is really easy to understand." Yu Chuan said to Shigeharu. "Uh, such a little knowledge is nothing..." At the end of the sentence, Chongzhi's voice began to become ambiguous. "Let me add something." Tang Chuan looked back at Gongping and said, "The reason why the police investigated the vehicle should not be the exhaust gas of the vehicle." "And what is it for?" "Your uncle said just now that if the combustion is not sufficient, the object will release carbon monoxide. Then, under what circumstances is this gas produced? In short, it is under the condition of insufficient oxygen. Have the adults ever told you not to use the stove in a closed room for a long time? For example, if you ignite charcoal in a small space like a car, it will immediately produce incomplete combustion and release It came from carbon monoxide. The police probably suspected that the body found in the rocky ground might have died of poisoning due to excessive carbon monoxide inhalation. That’s why they launched an investigation on the vehicles in the town.” Ok.Gongping nodded, but immediately, he thought of another question. "But if that uncle really died as you said, why did he fall on the rocky ground?" There was a trace of seriousness in Tang Chuan's eyes, and then he smiled slightly, glanced at Chongzhi beside him, and tilted his head. "Well, what's going on here? I don't understand either." Shigeji didn't say a word, just stared out the window silently.On his face, there was a stern expression that made it difficult to talk to him.Gongping had never seen such an expression on his uncle's face before. Kyohei sat down in the passenger seat and looked at Setsuko who was driving.Gongping was taken aback.Setsuko's face also had the same solemn expression as Shigeharu's.
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