Chapter 11 Section 4

The next day, I set out around the same time.Fuyuko and Nisato Miyuki made an appointment at the coffee shop in Kichijoji at two o'clock sharp.According to Toko, Miyuki Shinsato's apartment seems to be nearby. In the coffee shop at the agreed place, there are tables that look like handmade things quietly, and it is a shop where you can relax.In the center of the store, a piece of oak was placed for no reason.The lights are dim, so it's really suitable to sit here and chat quietly. A girl in a tight black dress with short hair walks towards me, and I order her a cup of cinnamon tea.

Since I am not used to wearing a watch, I usually put the watch in my bag, so in order to know the current time, I looked around the store for the clock.Finally, I found an antique clock hanging on the wall. The hands on it told me that there were still a few minutes until two o'clock. The girl brought over the cinnamon tea, and I took two or three sips, and it happened to be exactly two o'clock. When I looked at the display in the store, another five minutes passed, but Miyuki Shinsato hadn't shown up yet.Feeling helpless, I had no choice but to drink cinnamon tea sips while staring at the door.Not long after, the teacup in my hand bottomed out, and the hands on the clock showed that another ten minutes had passed, but Miyuki Shinsato still did not appear.

I have an ominous premonition. I left my seat, went to the phone next to the counter, and dialed the number of Miyuki's house that Fuyuko had given me.The phone rang two or three times, and I thought no one would answer it, but when I was about to put down the receiver, the call got through. "Hello?" It was a man's voice. "Excuse me, is this Miss Xinli's house?" I asked timidly. "Yes," said the man, "may I ask who you are?" I gave my name and asked if she was home.The man on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, and then said in an emotionless voice: "Unfortunately, Miss Xinli is dead."

This time I am speechless. "Excuse me, are you listening?" "Hmm...excuse me, dying...what's going on?" "She was killed!" The man continued, "Her body was discovered just now."