Chapter 19 Section 3

The following Sunday, I went to a certain church in Tokyo. The church is located on a quiet residential street. The exterior wall is made of lavender bricks; the building is built facing a slope, and the entrance is on the second floor.To get to the entrance, you need to climb a few stairs.The place on the first floor is the parking lot.Several cars driving along the ramp have parked inside. There is a bus stop directly opposite the church, and the slope is sandwiched between the church and the church.I sat on the chair there, while pretending to be waiting for the bus, while quietly peeking at the situation on the other side.The correct way to say it is - to watch the cars pull into the parking lot.

Yumi Yamamori—the girl with troubled eyes—knew that it would be a very difficult task before I decided to ask her directly.She goes to Qiming School every day in a white Mercedes-Benz driven by a dedicated driver, so it is absolutely impossible to talk to her on the way to and from school.In addition, after I asked the students in that school, it seemed that they were only allowed to leave school when they had violin lessons twice a week and when they went to church on Sunday.Of course, these still have to be picked up by the driver. I speculated that the driver would return to the car after taking her into the church, so I decided to contact her directly in the church.

I sat on a bench at the bus stop, waiting for the arrival of the white Mercedes.When doing this kind of thing, the bus station can be said to be very convenient.A woman sat on a chair blankly, no one would be surprised to see it.You will find it unbelievable, probably only the bus driver passing the bus stop! When I saw the long-awaited white Mercedes, there were probably five or six buses passing in front of me. After I saw the white Mercedes parked in the parking lot of the church, I looked around and made sure there was no one there, so I walked across the slope towards the church. It didn't take me long to hide in the shadow of a nearby building before I waited until the two girls walked out of the parking lot with cautious steps.One of them is Yumi, and the other is a girl who is about the same age as Yumi. I think it should be Yumi's friend!She took Yumi's hand and walked forward.As for the figure of the driver, he did not appear.

I emerged from the shadow of the building and walked quickly towards them.At first, the two of them didn't seem to notice at all, but after a while, Yumi's friend saw me, and she looked at me with a slightly surprised expression.Of course, at this time, Yumi also stopped. "What's wrong?" Yumi asked her friend. "Hello." I said to them. "Hello." It was Yumei's friend who answered.Yumi felt very uneasy, and her out-of-focus eyes moved in a panic. "Are you Miss Yamamori Yumi?" I knew she couldn't see, so I laughed softly.Of course, her stiff expression was not relieved by this.

"Xiaoyue, who is she?" Yumi asked.Xiao Yue seems to be her friend's name. I took out my business card and handed it to the girl named Xiaoyue. "Help me read it to her!" She read my name to Yumi one by one.The expression on Yumi's face seemed to have changed very slightly. "I met you at the sports center before..." "Well, yes!" I wasn't really expecting her to remember my name, so it was a bit of a surprise.It seems that Yumi is a smarter girl than I thought. After knowing that I was acquainted by Mei, Xiaoyue's face became more at ease.This opportunity cannot be missed.I said, "I have something I want to ask you! Can you spare some time to come out now?"

"Huh? But..." "Just ten minutes. No, five minutes." Yumi shut her mouth.She also seems to care about the feelings of her friends. I said to Xiaoyue: "After we finish talking, I will take her into the chapel." "But..." Xiaoyue lowered her head and said vaguely, "I was told that I must always follow Yumi." "It doesn't matter if I'm here!" But the two girls fell silent at the same time.Because neither of them has the right to decide, so there is no other way but silence. "Human life is at stake!" I had no choice but to say this: "What I want to ask is something related to the accident that happened at the beach last year. Yumi, you were also one of the people who died at that time, right?"

"Last year's..." It could be seen that she was very surprised, and there was even a little blush on her cheeks.After a while, the blush spread to the ears. "Xiaoyue!" She raised her voice and called to her friend, "Let's go! We're going to be late." "Yumi!" I grabbed her slender wrist. "Please let me go." Her tone was very serious, but it made me feel a little pitiful for her. "I need your help. Did something else happen when that accident happened? I hope you can tell me." "I, I don't know anything."

"It's impossible not to know, right? Because you were there at the time! Let me say it again, this is a matter of human life!" "..." "The people named Chuanjin and Xinli have been killed!" I said without hesitation.At this moment, Yumi's cheek seemed to twitch. "Do you know the names of these two people?" Yumi still kept her mouth shut and shook her head. "Maybe I forgot it! These two people were also the ones who went on a yacht trip with you last year and encountered a shipwreck accident together!" She opened her mouth in a way that looked like she was saying, "Huh?" But her voice didn't reach my ears.

"I believe that there must be some secret hidden in the accident that happened at that time, and these two people were killed because of that secret, so I must know what that secret is." I grabbed her shoulders with both hands and stared intently at her face.It stands to reason that she shouldn't be able to see my face, but she seemed to feel my gaze, and turned her face away. "I... passed out at that time, so I don't remember much." She replied with a voice as thin as her body. "Just say what you remember!" She made no answer, however, but lowered her eyes sadly and shook her head two or three times.

"Yumi." "No!" She started to back up, waving her hands in the air as if she was looking for something.Seeing this, Xiaoyue grabbed her hand. "Xiaoyue! Hurry up and take me to the church!" After Yumi said this, Xiaoyue looked at her face in embarrassment, and then at mine. "Xiao Yue, hurry up!" "Hmm." Xiaoyue carefully climbed up the stairs holding her hand while paying attention to me. "Wait a minute!" I shouted from below, and Xiaoyue hesitated for a moment. "Don't stop!" Yumi immediately shouted, so Xiaoyue just glanced at me again, nodded slightly, and continued to lead Yumi towards the top of the stairs.

I didn't call them back.