Chapter 32 chapter 2

Chimi took a flight from Haneda Airport to Komatsu Airport, and then took a tram from Komatsu Station to Kanazawa. The whole journey took only one and a half hours.This is a very suitable travel route for single women, Zhimei thought to herself.She also came here alone when she was a student.At that time, young men often came to strike up a conversation along the way.Some people put on a nonchalant appearance and asked some irrelevant questions like "Where are you from?" "Are you alone?"There are also people who are more explicit, directly invite her to play together, and even want her to get in their car.Some even said "I know the cafe that Hiroyuki Itsuki often goes to, why don't I take you around", which made Tomomi laugh, and I really want to say something: You are not a student of Waseda University, and Hiroyuki Itsuki What does it have to do with it?But he endured it again, and only said lightly: "I'm not interested." Then he refused.The meaning of the words is actually, I am not interested in you as a person.Zhimei still vaguely remembers the pitiful look of the man who was rejected.

It was just after ten o'clock when we arrived at Kanazawa Station.If it was normal, this would be the time to pick up the manuscript, Zhimei thought, she called the president's house late last night and proposed to take a few days off.The bald president seems to be rarely able to talk to young women on occasions outside the company. He was very excited and agreed with "Okay, okay" very readily. It seemed a little early to go to the hotel to check in at this moment, so Zhimei stuffed her luggage into the coin-operated luggage locker and walked to the taxi. "I want to go to this place," she said, showing the driver the address on the letter.

"This is next to Xuanguangyuan." The driver said.Zhimei didn't know, so she agreed casually. The well-paved avenue stretches straight forward, with tall buildings on both sides of the road, and pedestrians are dressed in the same way as in Tokyo.The difference is that here you can often encounter places of interest such as shrines and ancient samurai houses.Although Tomomi really wanted to take a good tour by the way, she decided to visit Noriko's house first. Passing by the side of Saikawa and zigzagging on the narrow slope for a few minutes, the taxi slowed down. "It's near here."

"Then stop here." Zhimei got out of the car and looked around, only to see ancient wooden buildings all around.A middle-aged woman was drying clothes in front of her house, and Tomomi smiled politely and asked for directions. Although the middle-aged woman explained vaguely, Zhimei found her destination smoothly.It was a two-story apartment building with four households on each floor.The house seems to be newly built, with dazzling white walls, but surrounded by traditional Japanese architecture, it still looks quite simple and elegant. The home of Noriko and his wife is on the innermost side of the second floor, and the house number is engraved with the appearance of "Noriko Yamashita Masaki".Zhimei rang the doorbell twice, only to hear the sound of "ding dong ding dong" coming from the house, but no one came out to answer the door.

——Are you really not at home? Zhimei checked the mailbox, and there was no pile of newspapers.This is probably because the owner will be away for a long time, so he greeted the postman in advance.Or maybe the two have just tied the knot and haven't had time to subscribe to the newspaper yet. When Zhimei was at a loss, she suddenly heard the sound of someone going upstairs.She turned around and saw a thin man walking up the steps.He was dressed in a fitted navy blue suit and had his hair parted in the center, looking like an old-time banker. The man glanced at Tomomi, then turned around and took out the key to open the door of the room next door to the Noriko couple's house.

"Hello." Jimmy greeted him.The man held the doorknob and looked at her. "What's up?" "Do you live here?" "yes." The man looked rather vigilant.Zhimei boldly asked: "Do you know where the couple who live here have gone?" "How do I know such a thing?" The man answered rudely.Zhimei still didn't give up, and asked again: "So have you met the couple?" The man's right cheek twitched suddenly. "Well, they came to my house to say hello when they first moved in." "Is it these two people?"

Tomomi took the photo out of her bag and handed it to the man.He glanced at it and said, "Yes, that's right." "Please take a closer look, it shouldn't be this woman, right?" "You man, what exactly do you want to say?" The man's expression became very fierce. "It's nothing. That... I'm sorry to bother you." The man walked into the house and closed the door roughly. ——What, what is going on here?Dianzi, what have you done? Tomomi walked down the stairs in a daze.Just at this time, a notice board that read "For renting Heyuan real estate company, please call XXX" came into her eyes.