Chapter 3 chapter 2

It was more than ten years ago that Misako first became aware of the existence of the rope of fate. At that time, his father, Sou Ejima, worked in an outsourcing company of the electric power company. He did local electrical engineering for many years, and his income was not much.Although his mother, Bo Jiang, has a docile personality, she manages money very tightly, so that she can barely live without debt.As an only child, Misako didn't feel particularly dissatisfied. When Misako was a sophomore in high school, her family suffered drastic changes, and her father had an accident during a project.While working on the exterior wall of the building, he slipped on his feet and fell from a height of seven or eight meters. His foot was broken and his head was hit hard, causing a concussion.

Sou was carried to the nearest general hospital. After treating his foot injury, he asked a brain surgeon to examine his head.He said to his wife and daughter, "It's no big deal." They didn't worry too much.However, when the broken foot was about to heal, the condition changed.Sou is suddenly transferred to another hospital. "The head seems to be undergoing various inspections." Sousuke and Nami explained to the worried Misako.The seriousness of the situation could not be sensed from the expressions of the two, but the uneasiness in Misako's heart did not disappear.

"Can't this hospital also check now?" "It should be possible, but each hospital specializes in different fields. No problem, you don't have to worry." The two said cheerfully. Misako always felt that something was wrong, but her parents didn't seem to be hiding her illness. Sou was transferred to Uehara Neurosurgery Hospital.The hospital still had a red brick building at that time, which made people feel its elegant style and long history.Dean Masari Uehara and Sousuke are old acquaintances. Misako doesn't know the details, but it seems that Sou has been friends since his youth.Dean Uehara looked much older than Sousuke, but he behaved modestly and politely, and he didn't see the arrogance of a doctor at all.

Sou lived here for about two months.Misako still doesn't know why her father stayed there for so long, nor what examinations and treatments her father received.She visited the doctor almost every day, but her father's body did not show any changes.What made her even more suspicious was that Zhuang Jie and Bo Jiang didn't care about the cost after being hospitalized for so long.Nami's answer was: "I didn't receive any serious treatment. So the cost is not high." But even Misako, who was still in high school at the time, knew that the cost of living in a private ward for two consecutive months must be considerable.Even if they were old acquaintances, it was impossible for Dean Uehara to be so accommodating.

Two months later, Sou was discharged from the hospital, and everything went back to the way it was before.Only one thing is different - considering Sousuke's age and physical strength, Dean Uehara helped him find a new job and joined UR Electric Production Company. It is said that the engineering department of that company happened to be looking for someone who had done electrical engineering people.Hearing this, Misako couldn't believe it for a moment.After all, it is the largest company in the area, and the best way out for the people in this area is to work there.Sou, who is in his forties, can work in such a company? Not to mention Misako, other people will doubt their ears.

However, Zhuo Jie has no doubts, and starts to work in a new company. The work is easier than expected, and he does not often work overtime.Misako was worried that her father would be assigned a heavy job, but the facts denied her guess. At this time, she began to feel that something was wrong.All this went too smoothly, and she had an ominous premonition that someone might have set a trap somewhere.But nothing particularly strange happened. Unbelievably lucky, the Edo family has been living a stable life.A year later, Misako entered the English department of a local university.College life is unremarkable, but Sousuke still commutes to and from get off work on time every day.Misako gradually forgot about that lucky event, and didn't remember it again until she was in the fourth grade.

Her dream was to become an English teacher, however, when she graduated it became difficult.There is an oversupply of local high school teachers, and even part-time teaching positions are hard to come by, and it is not easy to get into ordinary businesses.Back then, women graduating from four-year colleges were far less employed than they are today. While Misako was worrying about work, her father asked her if she would take the entrance exam for UR Electric.Misako thought her father was joking. "Don't talk about that kind of Arabian Nights, the test is useless." "How can the exam be in vain? Even if you fail the exam, you will not lose a piece of meat. If you can, take the exam!"

"I will definitely not pass the exam." However, under the persuasion of Sousuke, Misako decided to drop by UR Densan after taking the exams of other companies.She wore a newly purchased gray two-piece suit to take the exam for four companies.As a result, three companies sent rejection notices, and the only one that decided to hire her was UR Electric. Misako felt like she was dreaming.Sousuke and Nami are very happy for her, but Misako's real feeling is a kind of unfounded fear: there must be something wrong behind this matter.Ever since Sousuke's accident, Lucky has been visiting Ejima's house one after another.But she felt that these things could not be explained by the word good luck.She strongly felt that there was a powerful force watching her and her family at any time, manipulating their fate, lest they get off track.

The night she was accepted, Misako told her parents how she felt.Of course, neither of them took it seriously. "It's normal for you to feel that way." After hearing what his daughter said, Sousuke said calmly, "Once good things happen one after another, people will believe in the existence of gods. Dad also felt that way." "It's not like that. What I feel is not an uncertain thing like a god, but a more specific power." Misako insisted on her own opinion. "You think too much." Bo Jiang said, "Besides, I don't think there is such a lucky thing in the world. What's more, what you really want to be a teacher is because of your strength."

Misako shook her head.It was because she knew how heavy she was that she felt that there was an invisible force somewhere. From April of the following year, Misako began to work in the company and was affiliated to the personnel department.She has no concept of numbers, is not competent for accounting-related work, and is not good at business that needs to interact with people, so she thinks that the HR department is quite suitable for her.But no matter what, she didn't think she was suitable to stay in the director's room and be in charge of personnel affairs. Later, she met Gua Sheng Nao Ming.

Was meeting him also the result of manipulation by the rope of fate? —— Whenever Misako had doubts about her married life with Akihiko, she would recall the events at that time.