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Midsummer's Formula 东野圭吾 7475Words 2018-03-22
I searched the Internet for a long time, but I still couldn't find any follow-up reports on the case.Yesterday evening, there was only one short report titled "The person who fell to the glass pool was actually poisoned and died. The hotel owner deliberately concealed the truth".In the eyes of others, this may not be a great case at all. However, for Cheng Shi and the others, this is a big case.Although Chengshi also hoped to get some information and figure out the current situation of the parents, she couldn't even do that.She called Xikou, but Xikou just replied, "Sorry, I don't know the details, but both of them should be fine." Perhaps, he is also responsible for not leaking to the outside world at will. information.

Xikou said that after the case is over, he plans to have a good reunion with Chengshi.Sungshi replied that she would think about it.Right now, Chengshi doesn't have the heart to think about these things at all. Cheng Shi stared blankly at the recruitment notice in the newspaper, only to hear someone walk up the stairs and open the door. "Chengshi, there are guests looking for you downstairs." Wakai said. "Guest? Looking for me?" Cheng Shi suppressed his heart, "Is it the police?" "No. The man said he wanted to go diving, so I hope you can take him there. He also said that he had already made an appointment with you."

Cheng Shi thought about it.She suddenly thought of someone. "Is it a tall man?" "right." "I see." Cheng Shi nodded and stood up. Cheng Shi walked down the stairs.Sure enough, it was Yu Chuan who appeared in front of her eyes.Yu Chuan was looking at the products in the store with his hands in his hands.Cheng Shi said "Hello" to Tang Chuan. Tang Chuan turned his head and said with a smile: "Duo Meng really took care of me a few days ago." "Each... how do you know I'm here?" Yukawa put the merchandise in his hand back to its original position.

"I went to the Glass Police Station and told the police that I wanted to see the person in charge of 'Green Rock Village' and ask them to confirm the accommodation fee, but they told me that you are here." "Police station..." Cost actually wanted to inquire about the situation, but finally decided to give up.It is also impossible for Yukawa to know the situation of Shigeharu and Setsuko. "I decided to leave here today." Tang Chuan said. "Today? Your research is over?" "The rest of the work will be left to the guys at DESMEC. And the new semester at the university will start soon. So, before I leave, I plan to take a look with my own eyes and see what you have done. Proud of the sea at Glasspool. I remember you promised to take me there."

"I promised..." "That..." someone said behind the two of them.At some point, Wakana had already arrived beside the two of them. "If you don't mind, let me take you there. Chengshi encountered some things recently, which made her physically and mentally exhausted. Moreover, if she was suddenly asked to dive, if something happened to her body, it would be terrible. It's troublesome." Tang Chuan thought for a moment.Afterwards, he nodded and saw that it was true. "In this case, I won't force you. You can go to the beach with me and have a little chat with me."

Cheng Shi looked back at Yu Chuan's face.Tang Chuan's gaze behind the glasses seems to be more energetic than ever before.However, from his piercing eyes, he could feel a tenderness that he had never had before.Cheng Shi immediately understood that Tang Chuan actually wanted to tell himself something. "If you want to go diving with oxygen, you have to make a lot of preparations before. If it's just snorkel diving, I can accompany you there." Cheng Shi said, "Actually, snorkel diving is also With a beautiful view of the sea.” "A snorkel? That's not bad. On the contrary, it's a good idea." Tang Chuan reached out to pick up the diving goggles on the shelf, and said calmly, "I told you before that I have a diving license , actually lied to you."

About an hour later, Chengshi and Yuchuan dived into the sea together.The place where the two sneaked in was the place where Cheng Shi fell in love with snorkel diving.It's so far away from beaches and diving hotspots that it feels like a secret location.Swim a little further into the sea, and the water depth will suddenly become deeper, and the surrounding scenery will completely change.The color of the bottom of the sea is shrouded in a layer of halo, and a colorful biological world also appears in front of my eyes. Back then, it was this sea that saved him.Without it, I really don't know what I would be today.Just thinking about it like this makes Chengshi feel hairy.

Fifteen years ago, when Cheng Shi first came here, she almost didn't even have the goal of living.Not only that, she even began to have doubts, wondering whether people like herself should continue to live.Not only did he kill people with his own hands, but he also pushed the crimes he committed onto others.Cheng Shi feels that he has no right to pursue happiness at all. that feeling— The feeling when the kitchen knife stabbed into the woman's body still remains in his hand.Perhaps, it will never disappear in this life.Why would you do that kind of thing?Cheng Shi couldn't figure it out no matter how he thought about it.All she could say was that her body at that time didn't listen to her at all.

However, she can still recall the feeling before.If this continues, the peaceful life of my family will be completely trampled into a mess. That woman—Nobuko Miyake's words resurfaced in Naruto's mind.Miyake had a look of regret on his face when he learned that Setsuko was not at home.However, when seeing Naruto's face, Nobuko Miyake's blood-red lips curled subtly. "It does look alike. You can't go wrong." "Like what?" Cheng Shi asked.In retrospect, Cheng Shi also felt that he should not have asked this question at the time. Nobuko Miyake snorted, with a smile on his face.

"You are Chengshi, right? Has anyone told you before that you look nothing like your father?" Hey?Involuntarily opened his eyes wide.Nobuko Miyake seemed satisfied with Naruto's reaction, she chuckled. "It seems that I was right? It's okay. I'm the only one who knows the truth." Blood suddenly surged into Chengshi's head. "What do you mean by that? Please don't say any more inexplicable things." Cheng Shi shouted loudly. "It's not inexplicable at all. This is a very important matter. After all, you really look alike. Especially the corners of your mouth, it feels exactly like that person." Nobuko Miyake glanced back and forth on Naruto's face Pass.

"Please don't do this again, or I will tell my dad." Hearing Chengshi's words, the woman opened her mouth wide and deliberately put on a surprised look. "You go ahead and sue. I will tell your father the truth. As for the future, I can't control it. At that time, I guess you and your mother will have to leave the house. Well, whatever, you go to tell the truth Setsuko. I will come again. Why, your expression? What are you staring at? Let’s see how many days you can be proud?" Those blood-red lips turned into afterimages in Chengshi's eyes.When the afterimage disappeared, Nobuko Miyake had already left the entrance. Chengshi's mind was in chaos.What should I do?Cheng Shi can't make up his mind.Nevertheless, her body moved involuntarily.Cheng Shi picked up the kitchen knife and chased after the woman. Although Chengshi's mind was already in chaos, there was always a lingering thought in his subconscious mind.Sure enough.Maybe she really isn't her father's daughter—this is a question that has been haunting her heart since a long time ago. The root of everything began in that night.That night, Shigeji attended a class reunion, and was very drunk when he came back.Chongzhi was staggering when he walked. He wanted to pour a glass of water, but he fell in the kitchen of the company's residence.Setsuko wanted Shigeji to sober up, but he was too drunk to listen to anything.Not only that, he also slapped Kyoko heavily.Before, my father had never raised his hand in front of his family. His actions at that time made Cheng Shi stunned in place, and Setsuko was completely stunned. "Stop talking nonsense, you give me less nonsense." His father's voice made Chengshi feel shuddering.After that, Chongzhi took out the wallet from his arms, took out the photos in the wallet, and threw it on the ground.Cheng Shi knew that it was a family portrait taken by their family of three. "It doesn't look like me at all. Everyone's laughing at me. It's not." Afterwards, Reiji fell into a dazed sleep.Setsuko could only watch her husband helplessly. The next day, Chongzhi turned back to the kind father and gentle husband he used to be.He apologizes to Setsuko and Sung-shi, saying he drank so much last night that he doesn't even remember what he did. After that, Chongzhi never had a drunken madness again.And those words that were said that night, Shigeji never mentioned them again.Chengshi and Setsuko didn't ask anything.However, Cheng Shi never forgot what happened that night. Nobuko Miyake's words reawakened the memory that was dormant in Naruto's heart.If this continues, the peaceful life of my family will be completely over. The woman's back appeared in the light of the street lamp.Cheng Shi held the kitchen knife tightly in both hands and rushed forward.In her head, there was no thought of committing a crime of murder, and she would be imprisoned. Cheng Shi himself can't remember clearly what happened after that.When she recovered, she was already curled up on the bed in her room.She was trembling all over, and could not fall asleep all night, and stayed like this until dawn. In the early morning of the next day, facing Setsuko's cross-examination, although Chengshi tried his best to tell what happened, what he said didn't make sense.Because Chengshi's own memory is also a blur. Jiezi ordered Chengshi to change clothes and left the house with Chengshi.At that time, Chengshi didn't know where Setsuko was going to take him and what would happen afterwards. A few days later, Cheng Shi realized what happened after Setsuko took him out that day.What surprised Cheng Shi was that the police had already caught the person who killed Nobuko Miyake.The murderer was a strange man. Jiezi told Chengshi who that person was, and also told her why that person wanted to take the blame for Chengshi.Chengshi was extremely surprised and unbelievable by every word of Setsuko.However, until today, the fact that Chengshi has not been arrested by the police is the best proof of what Setsuko said. "This matter is a secret between the two of us, you must not tell anyone, including your father." Setsuko's gaze has never been so severe. Chengshi is irresistible.I let an innocent person be put in jail.Thinking of this, she felt extremely heartbroken.But in her heart, she also hated that person.He obviously already had a wife, but he still had relationships with other women.It was that person's behavior that triggered today's murder. Afterwards, Chengshi struggled with self-loathing every day.She felt that she had sent her biological father to prison and then cheated on the father who raised her.Instead of this, it would be better for him to never appear in the world—every time he encounters something, Chengshi will have such thoughts in his heart.When Chongzhi came home, Chengshi sometimes didn't even dare to look him in the face. Because of this, Cheng Shi did not object when Shigeji said he was going to resign and move back to the countryside to inherit the hotel.On the contrary, Chengshi himself really wanted to leave here as soon as possible.Every time he saw the place where he killed himself that night, Cheng Shi's legs would feel weak for a while. One month after moving to Glasspool, at the invitation of a friend, Cheng Shi made a detour to the observatory on his way home from school.The sea seen from the observatory was so beautiful that Chengshi gasped.Afterwards, she remembered the painting Xianba had entrusted to Setsuko for safekeeping. At that moment, Chengshi felt that he seemed to have seen the goal of living. Your own life is bought by others, how can you just ruin it?You must dedicate your life to something meaningful.What makes sense?Already obvious.That is, before the benefactor returns, he must protect the sea he loves so much.Cheng Shi secretly made up his mind. The movements on Yukawa's flippers are very graceful, and there is no extra movement at all.Although he himself said that he didn't have a license for oxygen diving at all, maybe this was just a lie. After taking Tang Chuan to a few of Chengshi's favorite diving sites, the two returned to the place where they entered the water before and returned to the shore. Yu Chuan took off his diving goggles and said, "It's really good. No wonder you are so proud. The Japanese are really stupid. There is such a beautiful sea around them, but they still deliberately run far away." As he spoke, he took a look at Chengshi, and then said, "Thank you. I will always remember the beautiful scenery I saw today." Chengshi took off his flippers and sat down on the rock. "Is that all your thoughts? Didn't you say that you still have something to tell me?" Tang Chuan smiled meaningfully, and sat down beside Cheng Shi.In front of the line of sight of the two is the sea level. "Summer is about to end." "I said, Mr. Yukawa..." "My friend who works in the Metropolitan Police Department found Mr. Xianbo Yingjun." Tang Chuan said suddenly, "I just went to see him yesterday. He has a brain tumor and is in the hospital. alive." After listening to Tang Chuan's narration, Cheng Shi felt that his heart was blocked and panicked.A feeling that could not be swallowed or spit out weighed heavily on her heart.Cheng Shi had a stiff expression on his face. "Why does a mere physicist know all these things? I know you must want to ask. In fact, I also feel that I am meddling in my own business. Anyway, it has nothing to do with me, so why should I bother?" Chengshi wondered how he should answer.She had to find a way to smooth things over.But at the same time, she also knew that what she did was just a waste of effort.The person in front of me had already seen through everything. "Before, the person who supported Mr. Xianba's life was the Mr. Tsukahara who arrested him sixteen years ago. Although Mr. Tsukahara has retired from the Metropolitan Police Department, he has always been concerned about that case. Although I don't know exactly what the two of them talked about, but I can imagine that Mr. Tsukahara must have tried to persuade Xianbo to tell the truth about the matter. After that, Xianbo finally made a decision After all, Xianbo has always been taken care of by Tsukahara, and he also thinks that Tsukahara is a reliable person. In fact, after learning the truth, Tsukahara did not make the matter public. Tsukahara knew that Xianbo had left Death is not far away, so he hopes to make Xianbo's wish come true before Xianbo dies. Xianbo exchanged his own life for his daughter's life, and he always hoped that he could see his daughter before he died. However, Xianbo himself It should never have been mentioned." Tang Chuan's faint words slowly settled into the bottom of Chengshi's heart.She recalled the moment when she and Tsukahara looked at each other at the briefing session.Today, Chengshi finally understands why Tsukahara's gaze was so kind and gentle. "What Tsukahara did was the right way to be a human being. But his behavior was accompanied by danger. What he wanted to open felt like a door sunk in the sea. After opening that door, what would happen? What will happen? What will happen? Everything is unpredictable. Because of this, no one has ever touched the door before, let alone opened it. If someone wants to open it, naturally There will be people who want to prevent others from opening that door." Cheng Shi turned to look at Tang Chuan: "You mean, his death was not just an accident?" "What do you think?" Tang Chuan looked at Chengshi with cold eyes, "A simple accident? Do you really believe this is the truth?" Of course I do.Cheng Shi really wanted to say that, but she still couldn't say it.She just felt dry mouth. Tang Chuan turned his gaze to the distance again. "Actually, I never wanted to say it. Although this case made me feel that something was wrong from the very beginning, I decided to pretend I didn't see it. However, after I discovered something, I Changed my mind. I felt like I couldn't do it. Someone's life could change forever. I had to try to stop that from happening." Cheng Shi stared at Yu Chuan's profile.She didn't know what Yu Chuan's intentions were.Who was he referring to when he said "someone"? "That's not an accident at all, but a case of intentional homicide." Tang Chuan turned to look at Cheng Shi and said, "The murderer...is Kyohei." For a moment, it seemed that all the sounds had completely disappeared.Even the surface of the sea seemed to have stopped. After a while, the sound of the tide revived in my ears again.A gust of sea breeze blew gently between Chengshi and Tangchuan. "Of course," Tang Chuan said, "He didn't do that out of his own will. Not only that, at that time, he didn't even know what he did." "...What do you mean by that?" Cheng Shi's voice sounded hoarse. Tang Chuan bowed his head in thought for a moment with a distressed expression on his face, then he raised his head. "I also said before that the police will definitely stumble on the step of reproducing the experiment. The reason is very simple. Because your father lied. To reproduce the phenomenon at that time, there must be a very important condition. To meet this The conditions were very difficult, and it was simply impossible for Shigeharu, who was handicapped in his legs and feet, to do it. It is precisely because of this that the surveillance personnel did not notice." Cheng Shi took a step back: "What the hell..." Yukawa took a deep breath. "It's very simple, you just need to block the chimney mouth. The smoke that is not exhausted outside ends up flowing back. In this way, incomplete combustion will occur in the boiler. The carbon monoxide gas produced rises and flows from the chimney tortoise. The fissures have infiltrated into the 'Urahara Room'. According to calculations from the data, it will take less than ten minutes for the carbon monoxide concentration in the room to reach a fatal level." "That's all..." "I discovered this when the appraisers went to 'Green Rock Village'. Seeing that they had been investigating the combustion system, I understood that they probably suspected that the deceased had died of carbon monoxide poisoning. But, like As I said just now, I was also trying my best to avoid getting involved with this matter. But after I heard Gongping's words, I realized that I could no longer stand by and watch." "What did the kid say?" "When the appraiser went down the emergency stairs of the building, the child said: There is a chimney on the roof. I was surprised at the time. Because the chimney was not visible from downstairs. So, what was he doing?" When did he go up to the roof? Was it the last time he went to 'Green Rock Village'? No, he should have been smaller than now, and he would never have climbed to such a dangerous place. It seems that The biggest possibility is when the fireworks were set off in the 'Green Rock Village'. Why did he climb on the roof? Because the appraiser has also done an investigation, so I have to put the two things together Let's think about it. Maybe Kyohei did something on the chimney to cause the burning accident. Of course, he probably didn't do it on purpose. Therefore, I must proceed cautiously. I decided not to ask anything , relying entirely on my own reasoning and verification." Tang Chuan smiled slightly, "It's just that I asked him to help. Before, he helped me steal the supervisor's key from you." "Why did you let him steal that thing?" "To investigate the 'Unabara'. According to my guess, the pipe of the chimney should pass through that room. Moreover, the other empty rooms are not locked, but only that one is locked. So Said, I suspected that there was something wrong with that room, and it was not entirely unreasonable. Sure enough, I found a crack on the wall of the closet. Also, I heard another very important thing from Kyohei later. He said , in order to prevent the smoke from escaping into the room, the windows of all the rooms were closed, except for the windows, all the places where the smoke could enter were also covered. At that time, I understood why he ran to the chimney go." "Put a cap on the chimney..." "I reckon he covered it with cardboard. Just wet the cardboard with water and put it over the chimney. Someone taught him to do that." "It's... my father, right?" Yukawa didn't answer.He reached out and picked up a stone near his feet. "It's actually not that difficult to make Tsukahara fall asleep in 'Umihara no Mama'. Just find an excuse and ask him to change the room. However, after the job is done, he must put his luggage back in the 'Rainbow' Between' go. And those sleeping pills are probably also mixed in the wine." After listening to Tang Chuan's story for a while, Cheng Shi couldn't help but feel a little desperate.Yu Chuan's story is very convincing.At least, what he said was more reasonable than the claim that it was an accident. "It's hard to know how murderous the person who did this is. Even if the chimney is blocked, the plan may not succeed. I hope it will succeed—maybe that's what the person thought at the time Okay. But then again, the killing intent is still the killing intent after all. Behind the killing intent, there must be a motive. So, I told the friend in the Metropolitan Police Department to let him investigate the situation of your family." Tangchuan Station I got up and threw the small stone in my hand into the sea, "As a result, I found that if I want to find out this matter, I must first find out what happened sixteen years ago. So, I ran to see Xian Bo .But, he didn't admit anything." When he came back to his senses, Cheng Shi realized that he was trembling all over.She didn't feel cold.The sun is as strong as usual today, and the moisture on the suit will dry in just a while. "Is Gongping going to tell the police about this?" Cheng Shi asked tremblingly. Yu Chuan pursed his lips and shook his head. "It's because he can't do it that's why he feels distressed. To prove your father's murderous intent, you have to mention what Gongping has done. Of course, maybe he won't be punished. However, it is undeniable that , what he faced was a painful choice. He was very distressed and didn't know whether he should tell the truth. No, it should be said that he was very painful. Because he now understands what he did and what it means .” Cheng Shi took a deep breath and said, "Really?" "For his own good, it's best not to ask anything now. No matter what he says is true or false, he will fall into self-blame." Tang Chuan looked down at Chengshi, "So, I want to beg you one thing." Cheng Shi straightened his back involuntarily, and said, "What's the matter?" "From now on, Gongping will live with a big secret on his back. Sooner or later, he will definitely want to know why his uncle asked him to do that. If one day he comes to ask you, please don't Conceal the truth, tell him everything exactly. Then, let him choose what to do. You should know better than anyone the pain that buries the secret of human life in your heart." Every word and sentence of Tang Chuan penetrated deeply into Cheng Shi's heart.Although it hurts in my heart, there is nothing I can do about it. She stood up, looked at Tang Chuan's face and said, "Okay, I promise you." "Great. With your words, I feel relieved." "That..." Cheng Shi adjusted his breathing, "Shouldn't I accept the punishment?" For a moment, Tang Chuan's eyes flickered.But immediately, a gentle smile appeared on his lips. "Your task is to cherish your own life. And cherish it even more than before." Cheng Shi didn't know what to say.She suppressed tears and cast her eyes into the distance.
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