Chapter 15 Section 14

The next night, Takumi decides to go to Violet in Kinshicho with Tokio.Tuoshi suggested that now that he has money, he can take a taxi there, but was rejected by Shisheng. "What's wrong? It's not much more than the tram fare for two people." "This kind of behavior is not good. Although I have some funds, it may not be enough. I don't know how much effort it will take to find Qianhe." "Understood. It's really troublesome!" Tuoshi was not easy to refute. The two took the tram to Asakusabashi and changed to the Sobu Line.Shi Sheng didn't sit down after getting into the car, but focused on looking out the window.

"What are you looking at? So serious." "Nothing, look at the street view." "Nothing special, right?" As soon as the train passes the Sumida River, you can see various large and small buildings lined up one after another, and the gaps are filled with many residential houses. There is no sense of unity, giving people the impression of chaos. "Why do you live in Asakusa?" Shisheng asked. "There is no particular reason. I changed a lot of jobs, visited a lot of places, and finally came to Asakusa." "You like it there?" "Yeah, I think it's good." Tuoshi wiped the crowd, "the people there are very interesting."

"Human kindness?" Shi Sheng smiled. "You are too naive, thinking that the common people are honest and kind? Let me tell you, there is no place where you have to be more careful than there. Everyone there has ulterior motives and usually hides it. It’s just this kind of petty citizen who just gets by, whoever gets cheated can only blame himself, everyone lives with this kind of mentality.” Tuoshi tilted his head, “But maybe this is the real human kindness. There is nothing I can do about being tricked by this person, but I feel at ease in my heart. It is not humane to think too well of others. "

"It's such a good place," Shi Sheng turned his gaze out of the window again, "It's a bit enviable!" "What is there to envy? One day I will live in a high-end residential area, Setagaya or Denenchofu, and spend a lot of money to build a luxury house." "That's your dream." "Not only that, there are more far-reaching ones. For example, don't you think it's cool to buy land and houses and rent them out to make a lot of money? Driving around in imported high-end cars, and letting hot foreign beauties accompany." Shisheng looked at Tuoshi frequently: "You are also ambitious, um, no wonder, it is such an era."

"What are you talking about?" "Oh, it's nothing. Don't you want to make money down-to-earth?" "In today's world, if you are down-to-earth, you have to suffer. Whether you are bluffing or playing tricks, you can win by betting on the big upset." "But life is more than money." "What nonsense? In the final analysis, it is money. Isn't Japan now standing up from the bottom of the post-war valley? I heard gringos say that we Japanese are worker bees living in rabbit nests. That's just a hard mouth. To those guys , just slap them with bundles of money."

Shisheng lowered his head for some unknown reason, then turned to the window, and said, "Japan will indeed make money from all over the world with this enthusiasm. There will be at least ten years of economic prosperity, and people will start fighting for wealth and spending extravagantly. Then It’s all in vain, what can be left behind?” "Isn't this what you wish for?" Shi Sheng shook his head. "Dreams always wake up suddenly, like a bubble, blown bigger and bigger, and finally burst with a bang. There is nothing but emptiness. Without something that has been established down-to-earth, there will be no spiritual and material support. Until then , the Japanese will understand."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" "What we have lost. In more than ten years from now, everyone will lose important things, including the favor you just mentioned." "Don't make it sound like it's true, how can such a thing happen! Japan will continue to grow stronger in the future. Those who can catch up with this trend will be the winners." Takumi clenched his fist and shook it in front of him.Shi Sheng sighed softly and said nothing. When we arrived at Kinshicho, the neon lights were already on, and there was a "Open" sign on Violet's door.They opened the door and walked in.Maybe it was still early, and there was only one customer sitting at the bar.Mama-san sat next to the man.The mantis-faced bartender smiled politely at Takumi and the others, but immediately became serious again.

"Ah, it's you guys." Mama Sang also looked listless. "Thank you last time." "What are you doing again? Didn't you tell me? I don't know anything about Qianhe." When Mama-san said this, the guests beside him looked at Takumi and the others with surprised expressions. He was a man in his early thirties with a well-defined face. "These two are..." "It's Chizuru's friend, and she's looking for her." "Oh." The man showed interest in his eyes. "Who are you?" Takumi asked. The man said with a sly smile: "Before asking someone's name, you should first report your family name."

"Forget it then." Tuoshi turned to Mama-san again, "Did you tell those people about me?" "Who are you talking about?" "Stop pretending! On Saturday, those two after we left. They also came to inquire about Chizuru, right? Then, you told them about my situation, didn't you?" Mama-san curled her lips and sighed. "Can't you? I think you are all looking for Qianhe, so it doesn't matter if you talk about it. I am so enthusiastic, you should thank me." Tuoshi snorted, then turned to Shisheng and said, "Did you hear that? She's going to lose her face."

"Go back if you have nothing else to do, or have a drink like this guest. If you come to an open bar to ask things, you should at least have a drink." "Interesting. Drink as much as you want. If you think we have no money, you are very wrong." "Hey, Tuoshi," Shisheng pulled Tuoshi who wanted to show off from behind, "don't fall for her tricks." "I've said everything, can I still take it back?" Tuoshi shook off his hand, and glared at the bartender, "Hey, why don't you just get the high-end ones." "Hey, hey!" The mantis face bartender opened his eyes wide, "There are many kinds of high-end ones, which one do you want?"

"This..." Tuoshi was at a loss for words for a moment, and then said: "Napoleon, I want Napoleon." "Oh, which one?" "Napoleon is Napoleon! Could it be that there is no such high-end wine here?" As soon as Tuo told the truth, the bartender laughed, and Mom Sang couldn't help laughing. "What are you laughing at? What's so funny?" Shi Sheng whispered to him from behind: "Napoleon is a brand of brandy, not the name of wine." "Uh, is it?" "Of course. How can a gangster who doesn't even know how to drink make a fortune!" the bartender said viciously. Tuoshi felt the blood rushing to his head, his left fist was raised to his chest, and he just wanted to jump over the bar immediately.However, his hand was grabbed by Shi Sheng. "No, Takumi." "Give him Hennessy." The guest beside Mama Sang said, "I treat you." The bartender said unexpectedly, "Yes." "Don't mind your own business." Takumi said to the man. There was a hint of a smile on the corner of the man's mouth, but it wasn't the disgusting mockery of Mama San and the bartender. "I want to hear the following before buying you a drink, you're welcome." The bartender put down a wine glass in front of Takumi, and pretended to pour brandy. Tuoshi hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand to the glass, and as soon as he brought the glass to his mouth, a mellow aroma came into his nose.He took a sip and put it in his mouth.The taste of the wine seems to be the crystallization of the aroma, which stimulates the tongue comfortably and spreads quickly. "It's different from electric brandy, isn't it?" the bartender said with great interest as he wiped his glass. "It's not a big deal." Tuoshi said so, but his hand was holding the wine glass and refused to let go. "Anytime someone treats you, I'm considered a customer in the store, and you have to answer my questions." He said to his mother Sang. "I told you, I don't know anything." "Who are those guys? Why are you looking for Chizuru?" "I don't know who they are. They only asked me where Qianhe was going, but the target didn't seem to be her." "I understand that, it's something Qianhe is carrying, right?" "Something? I haven't heard of it." "Then what have you heard?" "They talked about a person surnamed Okabe, and asked if that person really spent a lot of money on Chizuru." "Okabe? Who is this?" "Customers from our store. It sounds like they're looking for Okabe, and Chizuru seems to be looking for him." "What does that Okabe do?" Mama-san shook her head. "It's been a long time. I heard that it's a phone job. I don't know what to do." "Telephone?" "Actually, I was also looking for Okabe," said the man who treated guests, "so I came here to inquire. He seems to come to this bar often. You just broke in when you heard about a person named Chizuru. But such a thing It's clear, it seems that Okabe and Chizuru ran away together." "Who is Okabe? By the way, I want to ask, who are you?" "It's none of your business." "The accomplices of that group? What a coincidence, I have something to return to them." Tuoshi took out a folded envelope from his pocket, "This is the money we keep, turn the corner and give it to them." The smile on the man's face disappeared, and his eyes turned sharply at the envelope and Takumi's face. "I see. I will pay you and ask you to find Qianhe." "We don't need this money." "Wait, I'm not an accomplice to the guy who paid the money." The guy turned his eyes to Mama-san and the bartender, "Check out." "I haven't finished yet." Takumi said. "Let's go out and find another place to talk slowly." "Oh, let's talk about it here. The guests won't come yet, and we are so tight-lipped." Mom Sang said enthusiastically.There was curiosity in her eyes. "I don't want to trouble you." The man stood up and took out his wallet from his coat pocket. After leaving the bar, the man walked towards the station without saying a word, and he didn't look like he was looking for a coffee shop.Once on the road, the man stopped and looked back at them. "No deal?" "What deal?" "You must have some clues to find Qianhe. Tell me, I will find it for you. If I find Qianhe's trace, I will definitely contact you." Tuoshi put his hands in his pockets, took a glance at Shi Sheng, and then shifted his gaze to the man. "You think I'll agree to the transfer deal? I don't even know who you are." "I'm looking for someone because of work, you don't have to worry." "What's the reason? Come up with convincing evidence. Even if you can, I don't intend to entrust others to find Chizuru." "Oh." The man nodded and rubbed his nose again, "It's a little hard for you to believe that I'm horrible. Then, can you listen to my advice? It's not good for you to go to her now. Be patient for a while, don't go Look for Qianhe, I will notify you when the time comes, I guess you should know where Qianhe is by then." "This uncle started to say inexplicable words again." Tuoshi pointed his thumb at the man and said to Shisheng behind him.He shook his head at the man. "I don't know what's wrong, and it has nothing to do with me. I want to find Qianhe, and no one can stop me." "If you act rashly, Qianhe will also be in danger." "Now that you've come to this point, you should make things clear." The man didn't seem to want to say anything, he pursed his lips and stared at Takumi. "Let's go." Tuoshi greeted Shi Sheng, raised his legs and left. "Wait, I understand." The man stood in front of Takumi, "Unfortunately, I can't say it now. There will always be a day when I can say it, but not now." "Okay, let's get out of the way." "I can't stop you, but there is something I want to say to the front, but I can't listen to your group of people, don't have anything to do with them." "You don't need to say it, and you won't have anything to do with them, and it's the same with you." The man took out a notebook from his pocket, wrote something quickly on it, then tore off the page and handed it over.There were some numbers written on it, which seemed to be phone numbers. "What is this thing?" "This number can find me. Call me if you have any troubles. If you find out about Chizuru's whereabouts, you'd better inform me immediately. Just call me Takakura." "Gao Cang, of course the following is Jian." Tuo Shi casually threw the note on the road, "That's all you want to say." The man sighed. "If possible, I really want to lock you two up." "Come and try if you can." Tuoshi said "Let's go" to Shisheng, and then took a step forward.This time the man didn't stop him. "Hey, something's not right." Shi Sheng said as he walked.He was holding the note that Takumi had thrown away in his hand. "I know it even if you don't tell me. Damn it, why did Qianhe disappear with that kid?" "I thought you were going to ask that Takakura about Okabe." "That person won't say it. You can tell by his appearance. Besides, our target is Chizuru, and I don't care about Okabe. Anyway, neither Ishihara Yutaro nor Takakura Ken have any conclusive clues. We just need to Just find Qianhe first." "Leaving tomorrow?" "Needless to say? What reason is there to dawdle?" In fact, Tuo Shi could not wait to set off right now.What kind of incident Qianhe was involved in made people completely puzzled, only feeling that the smell of gunpowder was getting stronger and stronger.Takumi just wanted to drag her back. They had dinner near Kinshicho Station, and when they returned to the apartment, they saw a tall man with a mustache standing under the stairs, who looked somewhat impressive—Ishihara's subordinate.Takumi thought, just in time. "Going out?" the person asked. "What's the problem? We also want to eat and drink. What's the matter with you?" "Two days have passed, and I don't know what progress has been made." "Haha, the boss asked you to ask, you are such a big man who runs errands." The man's cheek twitched violently.Tuoshi immediately set up a posture to fight back, but the man didn't make a move. "Do you know where the daughter is?" "About this matter, I have something to say first." Tuoshi took out the envelope in which the money was placed, and handed it to the man's chest, "I'll return the money to you. It's exactly two hundred thousand, and I didn't spend a single word." "What's the meaning?" "I've given up on the matter of Qianhe, and I won't look for her anymore, so I don't need the money anymore. Tell your boss too." "real?" "Well, it's too troublesome. Now we're clear, don't follow us in the future." Tuoshi winked at Shisheng and went upstairs.The man looked up at him, but didn't stop him. "Could it be that they will give up?" Entering the room, Shisheng asked worriedly. "So what if I don't give up? I said I won't go to that woman anymore, so they have to find another way. Let's prepare our luggage for tomorrow." There was really nothing to prepare, just a few replacement clothes and towels stuffed into an old gym bag.When Shi was born, he didn't have any decent luggage. Before going to bed, they counted the money on their bodies, and there were about 130,000 yuan left.The two each took half. "Sixty-five thousand per person, that's not much." Tuo Shi said, looking at the wallet. "It's supposed to be one hundred thousand per person, but you used it up nonsense, so there's only this little left." "Understood. I have also reflected on it, so don't keep mentioning it. I said," Tuoshi walked closer to Shisheng on his knees, "I asked last time, does it seem that there is no such thing? You still have What are you hiding from me?" "what?" "Like Kazra Hasek, and what?" Shi Changchang sighed and shook his head. "How many times do you have to ask before you are willing to give up. That time, I only used it by accident. I am not interested in horse racing at all." "Horse racing is not enough, there are boat racing and bicycle racing." "That's even worse. All in all, there will never be a second time for that kind of thing, so don't count on it." "Oh! It's a good one-time dream." Tuoshi lay on the hard quilt with his clothes on. Shi Sheng turned off the lights.After a while, he muttered again: "Uh, maybe there is something you shouldn't ask." He paused again: "Forget it, it's better not to say it." "What's wrong? Do you still look like a man? Tell me!" "Oh, what is the relationship between Chizuru and Okabe?" Tuoshi sat up and turned to Shisheng's direction. "What do you want to say?" "The two disappeared together, right? Isn't that eloping? If so, their relationship..." "Nonsense!" In the darkness, Takumi's teeth flashed white, "You mean Qianzuru is half-hearted? She's not that kind of person!" "Can--" "There must be something strange in it. You should also know that people with unknown origins and suspicious appearances appear one after another. How can this be a simple elopement? It must be that the boy Okabe did something bad and wanted to escape, and Qianzu was wrapped up In. She didn't want to disappear." "yes?" "Is not it?" "But didn't she leave a note? That's Chizuru's handwriting, isn't it? It says 'goodbye' eh. So, no matter what's wrong, Chizuru disappeared from you, or on her own will. To put it bluntly -" Shi Sheng stopped again. "Go on." In the darkness, Takumi felt Shi Sheng take a deep breath. "To put it bluntly, you are still dumped, right?" Takumi wanted to refute, but then fell silent again.He himself knows best, what Shi Sheng said is absolutely right.Still, he snorted. "How can I figure this out without seeing Qianhe!" Shi Sheng didn't refute, just whispered: "Oh." Takumi lay down and covered his head with a blanket.