Chapter 40 Section 6

On the first Saturday in December, Takuya visited Nishina's house after noon because Hoshiko asked him to go shopping with her.The usual form of meeting was always that Takuya went to the place she designated, and then she showed up in a Porsche, but today she asked him to pick her up at home. As soon as Takuya gave his name on the intercom installed by the gate, she asked him to come in.He looked at the conifers on both sides and walked towards the entrance.As he approached the mansion, Hoshiko poked his head out of a second-floor window. "I'm about to change clothes, please wait for me downstairs for tea."

"Okay." Takuya responded. When he was about to open the entrance door, he felt someone approaching from the side.Looking back, Zong Fang walked over with a tennis racket.There is an improvised court to the east of Nishina's house. "A trustworthy knight has appeared!" Zong Fang straightened his gold-rimmed glasses with his index finger, "It's good to let Miss Qianjin play her own way, but you have to stop her at the right time. Your pursuit method is impeccable, but the way you catch the net needs to be strengthened. You have to control it Hummers, you need whips and carrots."

"Anyone here to share their experience?" "No, fortunately Saori is not as arrogant and unreasonable as Xingzi, so I sympathize with you. How about having a cup of tea together?" "OK!" The two entered the house and sat opposite each other in the living room facing the terrace.Sitting down and taking a look, Zongfang has completely integrated into the family.Although he is not a son-in-law, he seems to have lived here for many years.He instructed the maid to make black tea, and he seemed to know all kinds of tea leaves. "Where is Miss Saori?" Takuya asked.

"Probably in that area. 'Snack time at three' and she should be back." "You stay here all your holidays?" "Yes, and to please my father-in-law." After finishing speaking, Zongfang gave Takuya a sharp look, "Don't forget this. You are indeed a celebrity in the eyes of the full-time director now, but if you live up to His expectation, but will come to a miserable end." "I don't remember living up to his expectations." When Takuya finished speaking, the maid brought black tea.Steam rises from the teacup of Royal Copenhagen, and the aroma is overflowing.

Takuya waited for the maid to disappear, and said again, "Are you dissatisfied with me?" So Zongfang picked up the teacup, took a sip of the tea after savoring the fragrance, and then said in a low voice: "About Naomi, I heard that you are asking around for boring things." "That matter?" Takuya's voice was a little hoarse.In addition to the safety class, he also went to the engineering design class and the security class. "Why did it get into Mr. Zongfang's ears?" "It was the full-time director who told me. He asked me to remind you. I will warn you first, and you'd better not meddle in your own business. I will only warn you once, and there will be no second time."

Munekata showed eyes watching Takuya's reaction.Takuya thought to himself, the person present is not Sokata, but Toshiki Nishina is looking at him through his eyes. "I don't understand." Takuya said, "Why can't we investigate the accident? Of course, I believe that the accident was purely the negligence of the operator. But because of this, I have a problem with that kind of handling. See From various reports, it is not difficult to understand that the company has adopted a calm attitude. Because I have the dignity of being a robot technician, I cannot bear this kind of half-faking method."

Takuya skillfully emphasized that he did not resist Toshiki Nishina, and he was not talking nonsense. Zongfang seemed to be laughing at Takuya's insistence, snorted coldly, and then repeated Takuya's words: "The dignity of technicians? Such an empty sentence." "Why? Are you a technician too?" So Zong Fang first turned his face away, and then turned his gaze to the plants outside the terrace. "No way," he murmured, "it seems better to tell you first." "Tell me what?" Takuya asked. Zong Fang faced him again, and crossed his legs. "That accident was not the fault of the operator. The details are not clear yet, but it seems that Naomi was the cause of the accident."

"No way?" "Of course, there is no definite evidence. But when the evidence appears, it will be too late, so the full-time director quickly used various relationships to suppress the matter. At that time, I was also running around and was too busy." Zong Fang Lu sneered. "Why do you doubt Naomi?" Takuya asked. "Because after the accident, there were very difficult witnesses, and the dead operator was the man who patrolled the robot day and night. The man said that the same thing almost happened when he was working. When Naomi had a little problem, he stopped Naomi seemed to move suddenly when she was trying to do her homework. He said he survived, but almost died. This happened twelve hours before the actual accident."

"It's unbelievable." Takuya shook his head, "But why hasn't his testimony been made public?" "Because of luck," Zong Fang said with a serious face, "If that man reported to the safety department, even the full-time director would probably be powerless. But fortunately, he went to the office of the head of the development and planning department." "The chief's office?" Why did he go to Naoki's office? "Among the recent work in the development and planning office, the robot factory has also attracted the most attention. So Director Naoki often goes on inspections, and it seems that he knows all the operators. Because the matter is so important, that man doesn't know who to treat. It’s better to talk, so I ran to find the person I know best to discuss.”

"Does the room chief know the truth about the accident?" Takuya thought to himself: If the head of the office knew, the matter would not make sense. But Zongfang affirmed flatly: "Yes, so Director Naoki consulted with the full-time director. The situation was very urgent at that time. Because for the full-time director, such an accident in the robot factory was extremely unfavorable to him. Because the robot business The department has always been promoted by a full-time director, and the fully automatic factory is also a symbol of his achievements. In order to sit on the throne of the president and take over the dictatorship in the future, we must not leave unnecessary stains at this critical moment.”

"Does that obliterate the truth?" "It took me a lot of work." Zong Fang said: "First of all, the mouth of the witness was sealed. Because the man realized that the robot was not perfect but neglected to report it, he followed our instructions very obediently. For insurance For the sake of reason, I transferred him to another department. Then I used various relationships to suppress the matter. If the accident was due to the negligence of the operator, the police would not investigate it to the bottom. I have said it several times, I I don’t want to do this kind of hard work again.” Zong Fang looked as if he was nostalgic for this hard work, maybe he thought of the efficiency with which he handled things at that time, and he was satisfied. "Well, for this reason," he lowered his tone slightly, "it's wise to not mess with the investigation. Even if it's based on the dignity of a technician, it's best not to act rashly." Takuya was speechless and had to remain silent.Not knowing how Zong Fang would explain his reaction, he nodded slowly and said, "You just need to use your dignity for the next research. I've had enough of that kind of accident." "The robot I made was flawless." "An iron block is an iron block, what is that called? You showed it at the research presentation..." "Brutus." "Yes, that's the same, it has no heart." "Heart is superfluous." When Takuya finished speaking, Hoshiko's voice came from the corridor.Zong Fang's expression suddenly turned soft. On this day, Hoshiko first took Takuya to a gallery in Ginza, saying that he was looking for a painting to decorate the room.Hoshiko seems to be planning to completely redecorate Naoki's previous room, she says the wallpaper has been reposted. "It's better to be a painting that makes people confused." Takuya asked Hoshiko what kind of painting he likes, and she replied. "When people see it, they will say: Oh, this is a painting by so-and-so, it is so beautiful-it is best to make people unable to say such a painting. The painting that makes people want to avoid painting as a topic is The most ideal." Xingzi explained while looking around the gallery. "But in this way, it's really hard for people who enter your room. Not only do you have to reduce one topic, but you also have to stop looking at that painting." Takuya followed behind her, staring at the painting on the wall and said.He was not interested in painting, and thought to himself: What's the fun in looking at this kind of thing? "This is my purpose. I use this method to make the other party feel oppressed. In this way, no matter what happens, I can hold the initiative." Looking at her slightly swollen nostrils, Takuya said in admiration, "I see." He really admired that this woman was indeed the daughter of Nishina Toshiki. After hesitating for a long time, Xingzi bought a huge painting the size of the window frame of Takuya's house.It was indeed a confusing painting. The whole painting was divided into light brown, gray-white, orange-red, and yellow-green parts, and each color block was filled with substances that could not be said to be living or non-living.The characteristics of each color block are slightly different, but at least Tuo doesn't know what the meaning is, and he doesn't know what he is painting.If someone said that this painting is a picture of the large movement of mitochondria in the cytoplasm, he would probably agree with it. "What the hell is this drawing?" Tuo couldn't help asking Hoshiko. "I don't know." She answered clearly. After the gallery, Xingzi went to the clothing store again, hesitated for about two hours, and finally bought a fur coat.To Tuo's surprise, she didn't discuss with him once in these two hours.Not even the words "is this right for me?"So Takuya sat on the sofa in the corner of the clothing store almost silently.During this period, what he was thinking about was not about Xingzi, but what Zong Fang said earlier. The accident was not the operator's fault - there were witnesses who were said to be there at the time, which is hard to believe, but what made Takuya even more distressed was that Naoki knew the truth about the accident.That being the case, why did he want to re-investigate it? Taku also felt incredible, he didn't understand the significance of Naoki's behavior.No, there was still something that he hadn't let go of from what he had heard before.What exactly is that?Taku also thought about it for two hours. The two left the clothing store and went to a nearby French restaurant for dinner.This seems to be a restaurant that Xingzi often comes to. Halfway through the meal, the chef came over to say hello.A fat man who looks like a chef.After complimenting Hoshiko a few words, he also greeted Takuya, and looked at Hoshiko with meaningful eyes. "Is this lady's?" She smiled back at the chef, and replied, "It doesn't matter if you have a boyfriend once in a while." This was the first time she introduced Takuya like this.Xingzi moved the knife and fork while talking about some unpalatable dishes he ate when he was studying in the United States.Perhaps quite unwilling, the topics are endless.She went on and on until dessert was served.Takuya was careful not to interrupt her.Because he knew that once he did that, Xingzi's mood would immediately deteriorate. "By the way, how is the murder going?" She asked Takuya after the meal. "The police can't seem to find the culprit at all." "I don't know... In short, the investigation seems to have hit a bottleneck." "What's taking so much effort?" "A lot, the chief's actions seem to have a lot of inexplicable parts." This is not the police's opinion, but his own feelings, and Takuya couldn't help but blurt out. "It's puzzling? It sounds too nice." Xingzi said sharply, "That man is just defying the Nishina family. Other than that, he's just an empty shell." "You still show no mercy to him." Takuya smiled wryly, at that moment he suddenly thought: After the witness of the accident went to Naoki's office to discuss with him, why did Naoki report to Toshiki immediately?If, as Hoshiko said, Naoki had to defy the Nishina family in everything, then using other means was Naoki's style of doing things, wasn't it? Tuo also thought that the reason why he couldn't let go of it before was because this incident made him brood. "Why are you suddenly quiet?" Takuya came back to his senses and found that Hoshiko in front of him was staring at him. "No, it's nothing...we should probably go." "You don't need to tell me, I will go. Then go to the 'Huawu', I want to find earrings." Xingzi stood up and walked quickly to the door. "Kanaya" is a well-known jewelry store facing Ginza Avenue. Although clothes and bags are also sold in the store, the main products are brand-name jewelry imported from famous stores in various countries.As soon as Xingzi entered the store, he immediately walked inside and talked to a man who looked like the store manager.It's not so much a luxury, but in Takuya's eyes, he just thinks it's stupid. What's the fun in spending millions on such a boring thing? Xingzi chooses earrings arbitrarily as usual.For Takuya, it was too late to thank him. Takuya looked at the display cabinet just like when he was looking at the painting.The reason why he is slightly more interested in this place than looking at the paintings is because the price has attracted him. This small stone costs 10 million?It's just ridiculous. Oh?Takuya stopped looking.Because there was a brooch he had seen in the display cabinet, with golden petals and diamonds in the middle, which was exactly the same as the one he saw in Yasuko's house.Takuya looked at the price, 870,000 yen—this kind of price is not expensive in this store, but it is not something ordinary pink-collar workers can afford casually. "What are you staring at in a daze?" Suddenly, Xingzi called him.He was taken aback.She looked into the display case that Takuya was looking at just now, and said, "Chaumet's brooch. What's wrong with it?" "No, nothing. Is the brand called Chaumet?" "That's right. Napoleon's favorite, the oldest store in France. I just don't like it very much." After she finished speaking, she tapped the display case lightly. "By the way, when my father went to France this year, he said that he went to Chaumet and bought me a necklace that was not very tasteful." "The full-time director bought you a necklace?" Takuya's voice became louder, "Really?" "Really. What's the matter? Let's go. This store is hopeless. There's nothing good about it." Hoshiko drove Takuya back to the apartment.She drank red wine with the meal, so she was driving drunk, but she didn't seem to care at all. "Thank you for being with me today. I had a great time." Xingzi said while cutting the steering wheel.Takuya looked at her profile in surprise.It was the first time she thanked herself like this. When we got to the apartment, Taku also thanked me this time.Then he said goodnight to Xingzi. "Good night. Ah, wait a minute." Hoshiko stopped Takuya who wanted to open the car door, wrapped his right hand around his neck, and covered his lips without hesitation.Her lips were soft to the touch, but lacked sexual appeal. "This is today's reward." She left Kai Ye's lips and smiled.From the pretending, I felt a little ashamed.He thought to himself, this is her most beautiful expression so far. "Then, good night." Takuya said. "OK, good night." Takuya got out of the car, turned around and said, "Oh, wait a minute. Do you know the blood type of the full-time director?" "Blood type?" She frowned, "Why do you ask such a thing?" "A little curious...you know?" "I know, it should be type AB." "Type AB..." "I won't forgive you for asking this kind of thing after the next kiss." After Xingzi finished speaking, he stepped on the accelerator hard and galloped away. Takuya went home and closed the door.At that moment, he laughed.In fact, an uncontrollable smile welled up in my heart.He thought to himself: What the hell are you doing? !Yasuko even had an affair with Toshiki Nishina.It turned out that the child's father was the old man—— "Kangzi, I finally know why you don't have an abortion." No wonder, he thought.Because the child might belong to Toshiki.In this way, she can get alimony without worrying about food and clothing.If it goes well, it is possible to sneak into Nishina's house.Takuya remembered what the detective said a few days ago. Kang Zi's father has been paying alimony to the person he had an affair with, causing his wife to be separated.Could it be that Yasuko wanted to eliminate this resentment by putting himself on the opposite side? "It's a gamble. She did make a big bet." However, Takuya immediately changed his mind.Is this really a gamble?Toshiki and Yasuko are type AB and type O respectively.In this way, if a child of type A or type B is born, Yasuko can also claim that it is Toshiki's child, can't he?As for the O-type, just push it to Takuya.It turned out that the child's blood type was type B.Takuya laughed again.He thought to himself: What the hell are you doing? !Hashimoto and Naoki are type A, and Yasuko ruled them out from the start. They died in vain——Thinking about it, Takuya found it ridiculous again. but-- Doesn't Naoki know what's going on between Toshiki and Yasuko?Just like Takuya sensed it from that brooch, would he know it too?Things would have been different if he had known.Is Naoki afraid of the birth of a successor to the Nishina family?Because his ambition is to plunder the Nishina family's property and destroy the Nishina family. Besides that, there is one more point.Naoki hates Minshu to the bone.Having a relationship with that man through a woman is ultimately an intolerable situation for him, right? "The relationship is really complicated!" Tuoya lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling and muttered, this time he didn't feel a smile.