Chapter 33 Section 33

The beautiful girl whose skin was bronzed by the sun was smiling, and was walking with a fruit plate full of various tropical fruits.Behind the girl is the endless blue sea and a few swaying coconut trees.Below such a poster full of summer style, there is a note with the words "This year's business hours until August 31st. Thank you for your visit. Shopkeeper".Although the note says "this year's business hours", the locals are very clear that the store is no longer going to continue operating. After visiting DESMEC's ​​survey ship, Cheng Shi and others planned to sit down and have a cup of tea together, but there are almost no decent coffee shops in this small town, so the group had to come to this pizzeria near the beach inside.

Chengshi still remembers that when the pizzeria first opened, the colorful walls outside the house were completely unprecedented in this town.Not only is there a large piece of glass in the store, but there are also many tables on the terrace outside the store.The biggest selling point of this store is to allow tourists to taste the delicious pizza and beer while feeling the breath of the sea.When it first opened, the business hours of the store were from the opening day to the end of September.But since then, the business hours have been shortened year by year. "Business philosophy." Sawamura, who was sitting opposite Chengshi, said.His eyes also stayed on the piece of paper pasted under the poster. "It doesn't mean that as long as the store is decorated more luxuriously, customers will definitely visit. If you want to be popular, you must integrate with the town. Anyway, there is only the sea here in Glasspool. Those guys from the town government I don’t understand it at all. Instead of spending time and energy chatting with DESMEC, I should spend more energy on traveling and sightseeing.”

"Even if they really want to invest, they don't have the energy and financial resources to invest." The teacher of social studies said, "I also agree with the opinion that the sea is the biggest tourist resource, but for this point alone, no matter how much it is advertised, It is difficult to attract tourists. After all, there are too many similar places.” "I think the sea here is different from other places." Cheng Shi retorted. "I think so too. However, in the eyes of outsiders, the sea here is no different from the sea in other places. From the perspective of urbanites, the sea is the same everywhere. The key lies in the local Fame. The reason why so many people go to Okinawa is because they all hope that they can publicize in front of others in the future, saying that they have been to Okinawa. No one will feel envious of the trip to Glass Pond or anything This trip of mine is worth the money." The social studies teacher continued with reluctance.

Cheng frowned. "Could you please stop talking about your own birthplace?" "I was just doing an analysis calmly. This time I came back to this long-lost town, and I was taken aback. This place can't be called a tourist attraction at all. Whether it's a hotel or a restaurant, They are all dilapidated and shabby. If you go to Okinawa, you might make others think you are rich, but if you come to this kind of place, it will give you the opposite feeling. It is rare to rest for a few days, but you still come to this kind of shabby place , anyone will find it difficult to pull back."

"Hey, what are you talking about?" Sawamura stood up and grabbed the lapel of the social studies teacher. "Isn't that a little too much for you?" There was a trace of timidity on the social science teacher's face, but he still said back: "I'm telling the truth. Is there something wrong?" His voice has become a little bit sharp. "Stop it." Naruto stood up and grabbed Sawamura's arm, "Sawamura, calm down. Don't mess around here, or you'll cause trouble for the store." Perhaps Naruto's last words played a role, Sawamura suddenly woke up and looked around.Although Cheng Shi and the others were the only customers in the shop, the female shop assistants all stood there with unease on their faces.

Sawamura let go of his hand and sat back on the chair.The social science teacher also took a sip of water with a livid face. "There's nothing wrong with the discussion itself, but don't get too excited." After hearing what Cheng Shi said, both of them nodded. Sorry.The social studies teacher apologized first. "Indeed, I'm exaggerating." "No, actually I shouldn't have done it either." Sawamura also lowered his head. Everyone in the store was relieved.The clerk also let go of a hanging heart. "I understand what you mean." Sawamura went on to say, "Actually, the shops and hotels in the town are really sluggish. But no one said anything and let it go like this? No matter where, everyone is Thinking about ways to rebuild or change. But everyone has no funds. Everyone has to do their best to fill their stomachs every day. Chengshi’s family is also..."

Hearing what Sawamura said, the social science teacher blinked again and again, then turned around to see that it was true. "Really? So your family runs a hotel? I'm so sorry. But I'm not sincerely belittling anyone." "I know. In fact, our family is also discussing whether we should just close the door." "Really? This is really..." As he spoke, the social science teacher lowered his head. Although the tense atmosphere just now had disappeared, the dull atmosphere enveloped everyone again. "Let's withdraw." After hearing Sawamura's suggestion, everyone nodded in agreement.

Walking out of the shop, Cheng Shi sat in the passenger seat of the car when he heard Sawamura saying that he was going to take him back home.Today Sawamura is not driving the usual light truck, but a hatchback passenger car. "It's really embarrassing today. I'm sorry." Sawamura said while starting the car. "I didn't expect you, Sawamura, to be as angry as you were just now." "I think what he said is really too much. The teacher probably really hopes that DESMEC can develop seabed resources. However, you should have seen the equipment of the survey ship, right? If you let that kind of machine go blind on the seabed If you mess it up, how can this environment be maintained? If they open another smelting plant or something, it will cause water pollution. Just thinking about it will make people get goosebumps."

"That's right." Cheng Shi said.After hearing what Sawamura said, she felt as if she had woken up.It's not the kind of feeling of finding fault, on the contrary, her thoughts are more neutral.She began to feel that helping each other to find a better way out might also be a way. Even Chengshi himself didn't expect such a change in his thinking.There is no doubt that the reason why I have such a change in thinking must be caused by that physicist.If I didn't know him at the beginning, maybe I wouldn't have such an idea. According to my observation, you should not be the kind of person you said—Cheng Shi suddenly recalled the words that Yu Chuan said to himself on the investigation ship.That was Yu Chuan's answer when he heard his own sentence "I prefer beautiful seaside towns to big cities".Why did he say that?

"By the way, how did you think about what I told you last time?" Sawamura's tone became a little more serious. "What you told me last time..." Chengshi understood what Sawamura was talking about, but she deliberately pretended to be stupid. "It's the matter of being my assistant. Didn't I tell you? I plan to open an office, and I hope you can help me. Have you considered it later?" "Ah, sorry, so much has happened that I haven't had time to think about it. Could you please give me a little more time?" "It's nothing. I don't want to talk about it with other people. This position is reserved for you." Sawamura's speech was still as ambiguous as before, and he could explain it any way he liked.Cheng Shi couldn't help thinking of Yu Chuan, thinking that it would be great if Sawamura could speak directly and clearly like Yu Chuan.

The car driven by Sawamura drove up a steep slope, and after a while, "Green Rock Village" appeared in front of him. "Huh? That's not..." Sawamura murmured. Yukawa and Kyohei were standing in front of the hotel, drawing something on the ground with branches. Hearing the sound of a car approaching, Gongping raised his head and glanced at this side, and then shouted loudly: "Ah, Chengshi is back." Tang Chuan also looked up and saw Chengshi.His gaze felt more indifferent than usual. Sawamura stopped the car beside the two, rolled down the window on the driver's side, and said to Yukawa, "I'm really sorry just now."He was probably talking about investigating what happened on the ship. "How did you gain from the visit?" Tang Chuan asked. "I have gained a lot. After visiting the survey ship, I feel more and more that we must keep an eye on them." "I see. By the way, is this car yours?" "It's mine, what's the matter?" "It's nothing. I heard that you were driving a light truck before." "Yeah." Sawamura nodded, "That's the car in the store. My family runs an electrical store." "Really? The car I drove when I was looking for Tsukahara was that light truck, right?" "Hmm." Sawamura replied in a low voice, the expression on his face turned into surprise, "Is there any question?" "It's nothing. I was just thinking, what would you have planned if you had found Tsukahara-san at that time?" "Need to say? Of course, take him back to the hotel." "How do you bring it back?" Tang Chuan asked, "The light truck can only seat two people. Wasn't the boss of 'Green Rock Village' sitting in your passenger seat at that time?" After hearing what Tang Chuan said, Cheng Shi was startled suddenly.Indeed, Yukawa was right. "But I can't help it? I don't know what that guest looks like. I wouldn't have recognized him if I hadn't picked up the owner of 'Green Rock Village'. And there was only that light truck at that time." Ze The tone of the village sounded a bit unkind. "This hotel also has a van. I came back in that van just now. Why didn't you drive there?" Tang Chuan deliberately made a puzzled look. "What's the use of talking about it now? I can only say that I didn't think of it at the time. But if I really found Mr. Tsukahara at that time, I think there should be a way. If it doesn't work, just Tell the boss to get off the car first, and pick him up after I send Mr. Tsukahara back to the hotel." Tang Chuan was still puzzled, but he nodded. "Well, there are other ways to think of it. For example, let one of them sit on the shelf." Sawamura rolled his eyes and stared at Yukawa: "What are you trying to say?" "It's nothing. I'll take my leave for now. I'm still teaching my little assistant arithmetic." Yu Chuan turned and returned to Kyohei.Sawamura stared at his back with displeasure. "Sawamura." Cheng Shi called out to Sawamura, "What's wrong?" "Huh? It's nothing. This guy always talks a little bit weird." "He's a weirdo. Don't worry too much about it." "It's true. You have worked hard today. Let's discuss the visit report later." "Okay. Thank you for taking me back." After bowing his head to Sawamura, Cheng Shi got out of the car. Yukawa and Kyohei were talking through the circle drawn on the ground.After watching Sawamura's car drive away, she walked up to the two of them. "Mr. Tang Chuan, if you have anything to say, just make it clear." "Don't step on it." "what?" "I told you not to step on the textbook. I'm explaining to him why the formula for the area of ​​a circle is πR2." Tang Chuan pointed at Chengshi's feet.What is painted on the ground is a painting that divides a circle into multiple fan shapes. "I didn't take the initiative to ask him to teach me this." Gongping said impatiently. "If you just put the numbers into the formula, it's just a simple calculation problem. Don't forget, what we have to solve now is the circle problem." "Why did you say those things?" Cheng Shi asked, "You don't mean to say that Sawamura is also related to that case?" "I didn't say that. I just asked questions that I really didn't understand." "But……" "Don't worry. He—that person's name is Sawamura, right? He had nothing to do with Tsukahara's death. Didn't he have an alibi? Wasn't he with you when Tsukahara left the hotel? " "That's what it says..." Tang Chuan raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said to Gongping, "I just remembered that I still have something to do. Let's talk about it after dinner." "What's the matter?" "Before it's dark, I still have to go somewhere. It would be great if I could call a taxi." Tang Chuan picked up the jacket on the bicycle faucet, and said to Chengshi, "Tonight I will I plan to have dinner at 6:30", and then rode down the slope.