Chapter 4 God Lin Guihong Chapter 2

After completing the hotel check-in process and moving our luggage into our respective rooms, we both walked out immediately.Because Miwako had to go to a beauty salon for tomorrow's wedding. How long will it take, I asked her.About two hours, Miwako replied with her head tilted. "Then I'll go to the bookstore and wait for you at the coffee shop on the first floor." "Actually, you can wait for me in the hotel room." "It's boring to be alone." It was impossible for me to stare at the wall in a small room and wait for Miwako to dress up as a bride.Just imagining that kind of scene would make me restless, but I couldn't tell her this kind of restlessness.

After saying goodbye to Miwako in the lobby on the first floor, I walked out of the hotel.The road at the door is a slope, and at the end there is an intersection with endless traffic.On the opposite side of the intersection, you can see the sign of a bookstore. The bookstore is full of people.Mainly some company employees and white-collar men and women.It's just that they are all gathered in front of the counter selling magazines, but I am in the corner of the library, picking out books suitable for reading before going to bed.In the end I settled on the first and second volumes of "Michael Clanton".Even if I can't sleep all night tonight, I won't be able to finish reading this book.

Leaving the bookstore, I went into a convenience store nearby and bought a small can of "early times", a fish cake with cheese sandwich and a pack of potato chips.Although this bottle is half of the normal capacity, it is still bourbon whiskey. If I can't sleep after drinking too much, I have no choice but to do so. With my handy bag in hand, I'm ready to head back to the hotel.I walked a different way from the way I came, so I came to the side entrance of the hotel.Walking along the wall and looking up at the building: the thirty-story high-rise hotel looks like a huge pillar piercing the night sky.Where is the church where Miwako will hold her wedding ceremony tomorrow?Where is the venue for the banquet?Looking up while thinking about this, I felt that Miwako was far away from me.And this is not an illusion, but a fact.

After moaning softly, I went out again.Suddenly found something moving not far away.I took a closer look and saw that it was a kitten with black and white patterns, lying on the side of the road with its legs folded, and also staring at me. It may be due to some kind of disease, and its left eye is full of eye fat. I took out the cheese kamaboko from the convenience store bag, tore off pieces and threw them over.After the kitten showed a vigilant look, it immediately approached the kamaboko, sniffed the smell and began to eat. Who is lonelier, this cat or my current self?I can't help but ask myself.

Back at the hotel, I walked into the cafe on the first floor and ordered a cup of royal milk tea.It was just after seven o'clock.I took out my library copy of "McClanton" and read it. At eight o'clock sharp, Miwako appeared.I waved my hand slightly to him and stood up. "Finished?" I asked her as I showed the payment slip at the cash register. "Well, more or less," she replied. "What did you do?" "Painted nails, shaved face, permed hair... and all kinds of other things." "It's really time-consuming." "This is just the beginning, and it will be more troublesome next time. I have to get up early tomorrow."

Miwako put her long hair up.Perhaps because of the shaved eyebrows, the corners of the eyes look slightly raised than usual.It really looks more like a bride, and an indescribable sense of anxiety wells up in my heart. We ate dinner at the Japanese restaurant in the hotel and barely talked to each other.If we want to talk about communication, there are only thoughts about the dishes. But while drinking Japanese tea after dinner, Miwako spoke: "I don't know when I will be able to eat alone with my brother in the future." "Yes." I tilted my head, "There shouldn't be such a chance."

"why?" "You think, you will stay with Hotaka forever from now on." "Even if I'm married, I will occasionally act alone." After Miwako finished speaking, she showed a conscious expression, "Oh, it's true. By then, brother, you may not be alone either." "Ok?" "You will always marry later." "Oh," I brought the teacup to my mouth, "I haven't thought about it yet." Then I moved my eyes to the window that looked out on the hotel garden, where a walkway had been built and a couple of men and women were walking on it.

Focusing my eyes on the window glass, I noticed Miwako's face reflected.She braced her cheeks and stared diagonally down. "Ah, that's right." Miwako opened the bag and took out a small handmade bag. "What's that?" I asked. "A medicine bag for travel. I made it." After speaking, she took out two packs of pills from the small bag. "I also ate too much breakfast today, so pay attention and control it." Miwako asked the waiter for a glass of water, and swallowed two round and flat stomach medicines. "What else is in it?" "Let me see." Mei Hezi poured out the contents of the medicine bag on the palm of her hand. "Cold medicine, hangover medicine, Band-Aid..."

"Which capsule is it?" I asked, pointing to a small bottle, which contained white capsules. "Oh, this is a capsule for rhinitis." Miwako put the bottle on the table. "For rhinitis?" I took the bottle and asked again.The label says "12-Pack" and there are 10 inside. "Miwako, do you have rhinitis?" "It's not me, he ate it. He has allergic rhinitis." Just after she finished speaking, she slapped her chest. "Not good! When I was packing the bag just now, I seemed to have left the medicine jar outside. I have to remember to put the pills in later."

"Pharmaceutical jars? Are you referring to the things Hodaka took out in the drawer of that cabinet during the day?" "Yes, I have to give it to him before the wedding tomorrow." "Hey..." "I'll go to the bathroom and I'll be right back." Miwako got up and walked to the inside of the coffee shop. I looked at the bottle in my hand, thinking why Hotaka Makoto's standing medicine was kept next to Miwako.The two traveled together, so it is not surprising that the medicines are put together.But I can't feel relieved, because I think of the significance of this fact.Immediately I began to loathe myself for being disturbed by such insignificant things.

After walking out of the coffee shop, we were going back to our respective rooms, it was past ten o'clock. "Can you sit in my room for a while?" I suggested when I walked to the door of Meihezi's room.Our two rooms are adjacent to each other and both are single rooms. "There is wine and snacks." I said as I raised the plastic bag in my hand. Miwako smiled slightly, looked at me and the plastic bag in my hand, and then slowly began to shake her head. "I still have to make a phone call with Ms. Yukizaka and Cheng, and I want to rest early today, I'm a little tired, and I have to get up early tomorrow." "Really, that's fine." I smiled against my will, no, I don't know if that looks like a smile or not.Perhaps in Miwako's eyes, it was just the unnatural shaking of facial muscles. She took out a key with a piece of metal from her bag and inserted it into the lock.Then he turned the handle and pushed the door open. "Good night." Miwako said to me. "Good night." I replied. She slipped through the gap in the door, and just as the door was about to close, I gave a sudden push on the other side, and she looked up at me in surprise. I stared at Miwako's lips, remembering the last time I touched them.And suddenly there is an urge to relive that soft and warm feeling again.There was nothing in my eyes but her lips, and my body was getting hot. However, I tried my best to control my body, absolutely not to mess around!If you mess around here, you will never turn back for the rest of your life.The feeling in my body is against this kind of thought, "Can I still take care of these?", so I will fall to the end. "Brother!" Miwako called out, the timing was perfect, if it was a second later, I might not know what I would do. "Brother!" she shouted again, "Tomorrow you have to cooperate more, because there are... many things waiting for me." "Miwako..." "Then good night!" She pushed the door back, quite hard. I resisted with all my strength, and through a gap of about 10 centimeters in the door, I saw Miwako look embarrassed. "Miwako," I said, "I don't want to give Miwako to that guy." There was sadness in Miwako's eyes, and then she forced a smile: "Thank you, that's what most fathers would say before marrying off their daughters." Immediately after she said good night again, she closed the door with all her strength.This time I couldn't stand it, and stood alone in front of the tightly closed door. Accompanied by a severe headache, I ushered in the next morning, but I couldn't move my body like a heavy weight.There was an electronic beep in my ear, but I didn't immediately realize that it was the alarm clock in the hotel.After waking up, I fumbled and flipped the switch.I moved my body a little bit, feeling dizzy. Wave after wave of nausea came one after another, as uncomfortable as someone twisting my stomach like a rag.I tried not to stimulate my internal organs, slowly got out of the bed, and crawled into the bathroom. I hugged the western-style toilet and vomited out all the contents in my stomach, finally feeling a little relieved.I held onto the washstand tightly and stood up bit by bit.A man with a beard and a pale face appeared in the mirror in front of him.The upper body is naked, and the ribs are looming like the belly of an insect.Not a single trace of energy could be seen from his body. After brushing my teeth, enduring the nausea that came over me several times, I walked into the shower room to take a shower, and turned the water temperature to high, which made my skin ache. After washing my hair and shaving my beard, my mood is as refreshed as returning to society.I was wiping my damp hair out of the bathroom when the phone rang. "Hello." "Brother? It's me!" Miwako's voice said, "Are you still sleeping?" "I just woke up and took a shower." "Really, what about breakfast?" "I have no appetite at all." I glanced at the table by the window, and there was still half of the half-capacity bottle of "early times".It's sad to be so drunk after drinking this level of alcohol. "But I'd like a cup of coffee." "Then let's go to the hall downstairs." "OK." "Then I'll knock on the door in another 20 minutes." After speaking, she hung up the phone. Putting down the receiver, I walked to the window, and after pulling it open, the dazzling sunlight immediately filled the whole room.The darkness in my heart was also illuminated at the same time - such an illusion suddenly appeared. Twenty minutes later, Miwako knocked on my door.The two of us took the elevator to the first floor, where there is a dining room where the residents can have breakfast.Miwako told me that Hodaka and the others would come over at nine o'clock. Miwako drank black tea and tasted a honey cake, while I only drank a cup of coffee.Wearing a white shirt and blue trousers, she looked like a college girl going to work without makeup.In fact, if Miwako walked in the university where I teach, everyone would think she was a student.However, in a few hours, she is about to unleash her radiant beauty. Like yesterday at a Japanese restaurant for dinner, we barely talked.I couldn't think of a topic to talk to her, and she looked like she was out of resources.Reluctantly, I could only observe the customers in the store: at this time, two people in formal dresses had come to eat in the store. I stared at their faces intently, but I didn't recognize them. "What are you looking at?" Miwako stopped cutting the cake and asked me. I told her the truth, and then said, "Isn't it too early to be your guest?" Probably not, and I don't know, she said. "Because it is said that he has invited countless guests." "Are there a hundred or a hundred and fifty?" Miwako tilted her head and said, "Maybe more." I couldn't help but widen my eyes and shook my head, perhaps at this moment I should make some comments on how many acquaintances he has. "What about Miwako, your guest?" I asked. "Thirty-eight people," she replied immediately. "Ooh" I wanted to ask her for a detailed list, but I gave up, because it would only remind me of the hardships of the journey that Miwako and I have taken along the way. After eating the honey cake, Miwako looked behind me and smiled brightly.I know that there is only one person who can make her show that expression.Looking back, as I expected, Hodaka Makoto walked in. "Good morning!" Hodaka smiled at Miwako, then turned to look at me again, "Good morning, did you sleep well tonight?" Well, I nodded. Suruga Naoyuki also entered the hotel shortly after Hotaka, already putting on a dress.Good morning!He also greeted us politely. "The poetry recitation I mentioned yesterday seems to have found a poet." Saying that, Hodaka sat down beside Miwako.He ordered a cup of coffee from the waitress who came by. "Then I want coffee too," Suruga also sat down on the chair. "Actually, I have an acquaintance who is a well-known voice actor. He accepted the invitation as soon as I sent it out last night. He is still a novice. It is not known whether he is a professional or not, but due to time constraints, we can only do so. "His tone seemed to be secretly blaming Hodaka for suddenly giving him a problem. "Even if you're a novice, you won't have stage fright, right?" Hotaka said. "That's nothing to worry about." "This is enough." "Also, let Miwako choose the poems for him to read. I have prepared a few poems here as candidates." Suruga took out a book from his bag and put it in front of Miwako. It was a book she had published. There are a lot of yellow N times posted on this collection of poems. "I think 'Blue Palm' is a good song. It is the one that describes your childhood dream of living in the blue sea." Hodaka said, crossing his wrists.Yeah, Miwako didn't seem to agree. I laughed to myself, Hodaka didn't know, for her, living in the blue sea meant going to that world. The three of them started talking, and I couldn't help but feel redundant.At this point, two women approached us.One of them was Kaori Yukissa, she was wearing a black and white checkered dress, and the other one I had seen two or three times.She is Yukizaka Kaori's junior and colleague.I came to my house a few times when I was planning to publish a book for Miwako, and my name should be Eri Nishiguchi. Two ladies congratulated us. "You guys are really early," Hotaka said. "It's not too early, and there are still many things to do." Yukisa Kaori glanced down at her watch, then turned her gaze to Miwako, "You should go to the beauty salon, right?" "Ah, you're right, I have to go quickly." After checking the time, Miwako picked up the bag on the side and stood up. "So, choose 'window' for the poem?" Suruga made the final confirmation. "Yes, I'll leave it to you now—oh, yes, Makoto!" Miwako said to Hotaka, "I forgot the medicine pot and medicine in the room. I'll ask someone to bring them to you later." "Don't forget! If the groom has a runny nose and sneezing in the middle of the wedding ceremony, it will be embarrassing." Hodaka said with a smile. After Miwako and Yukisa Kaori left, I also stood up from my seat, and Hotaka and Suruga seemed to have something to discuss, so they stayed in the coffee shop. The wedding ceremony starts at noon, and since the check-out time is also at noon, you can wait in the room until that time.Of course, as the only family member of the bride, he can't keep showing up until the ceremony begins. The vomiting has basically disappeared, but there is still a faint pain in the back of the head, and the neck has begun to become stiff.It's been a long time since I've been drunk for two days in a row.I really want to sleep for a while, even for an hour.I checked the time, it was not yet 10 o'clock. I took the key out of my pocket and opened the door when I noticed something at my feet that seemed to be an envelope. That's weird, it's supposed to come in through the gap at the bottom of the door, but I can't imagine anyone doing that, and the hotel doesn't seem to offer anything like that. Picking up the envelope, on which was written "Mr. Shen Lin Guihong" in square characters, I immediately had an indescribable sense of foreboding.The purpose of using a ruler to write a signature is nothing more than one. I tore the envelope carefully, and there was a piece of B5 paper inside.As soon as I saw the content printed out by a word processor or computer, my chest suddenly rose and fell violently. The content is as follows: "I know that the relationship between you and Kamibayashi Miwako is beyond brother and sister, if you don't want to announce this to the world, please follow the instructions below. There is also a capsule in the envelope, you mix it with the rhinitis medicine that Hodaka Makoto often takes.Can be mixed in bottles and cans. I repeat, if you don't do what I say, I'll expose your forbidden love and call the police. Please burn this letter after reading it. " I turned the envelope upside down and shook it, and a small plastic bag fell on my palm, containing the white capsule mentioned in the letter. I know that this is exactly the same medicine that Makoto Hodaka usually takes. Miwako just showed it to me last night, and the person who wrote this letter certainly knows this too. What exactly is in the capsule?Needless to say, it can never be rhinitis medicine.If Hodaka Makoto ate this, his body should have an unusual reaction. Who wants to order me to do this?Who would know about the "forbidden love" between me and Miwako? I lit the letter and the envelope in the ashtray, opened the wardrobe, and stashed the plastic bag with the white capsule in the pocket of my dress jacket. After the room calmed down, I headed off to the beauty salon.In the end, I still couldn't fall asleep, and the hour hand pointed at 11 o'clock. When I came to the beauty salon, the door opened and Eri Nishiguchi came out.She looked surprised when she saw me. "Is Miwako in there?" I asked her. "It has been transferred to the lounge." She replied with a bright smile on her face. "Well, then why are you here?" "Mei Hezi said she forgot this, and asked me to get it for her." After speaking, she gestured to me what was in her hand, which was Mei Hezi's handbag. The two of us walked into the lounge together, and suddenly a burst of perfume smelled towards my nose, and I felt a little dizzy after smelling it. Yukissa was also there, and sitting across from her was Miwako in a wedding dress. "Brother!" she yelled softly when she saw me. "Miwako..." After saying this, I couldn't make a sound anymore.The person who appeared in front of me was somewhat similar to Mei Hezi, but not quite the same.That's not the sister I know.Sitting there was a stunningly beautiful doll who was about to marry someone else. "Let's go!" A voice came from behind, and I realized that everyone was about to leave the room. Even so, I still stared at Miwako intently. When it was just the two of us, I finally got the words out: "It's so beautiful!" Thank you, she seemed to say, but her voice caught in her throat. I can't let her cry, I can't let the tears wet her makeup.But the urge to screw everything up hits my chest. I approached her, took her gloved hand, and pulled it towards me. "No!" she said. "Close your eyes." She shook her head, but I ignored it and moved my mouth towards hers. "No!" she yelled again. "Just a light touch as a final goodbye kiss." "But……" I pushed a little harder, and she closed her eyes.