Chapter 22 Section 21

Takemi took out the key from her handbag, unlocked the door, and pushed the door halfway. "Let's go in first and talk." Takumi looked at the dimly lit room, and then at her face. "is this okay?" "If you're willing to go back directly, of course it's best, I'm afraid you won't let it go." "Yes, I want to ask you something." "Standing here and talking in the middle of the night will affect the rest of the neighbors. If someone sees it, they will definitely think in the wrong direction, so let's go in quickly." "In this case..." Tuoshi raised his legs and stepped into the room.

The darkness in the room was originally due to the fact that there was a screen erected right after entering the door, which was surprisingly high.The room inside was lit. "You... believe me?" Ponytail snorted immediately. "Who would trust a person of unknown origin?" "Then don't you think it's dangerous? You even let me in. I was careless just now, otherwise, no matter how strong your hand is, you are no match for me." "It's hard to say." Zhumei, who took off her shoes first, looked at him with her arms folded.She maintained this posture and called out without moving: "Jessie."

There was a noise in the room, followed by footsteps.The screen behind her moved slightly aside. A two-meter draft, swarthy figure suddenly appeared in front of him.I thought it was because of the backlight that it looked dark, but it wasn’t—it was a black man, the arms exposed in the T-shirt were as thick as a girl’s thighs; the chest was thick, as if wearing a down vest under the T-shirt; His lips were tightly pressed together as if unhappy, and his big eyes stared straight at Takumi from deep-set eye sockets. "Ah...Hello! Ah, it's Haa Oil." The black man took a step closer to Takumi, and Takumi took a step back.

"Hello." The black man said with a strong Osaka accent. "what……" "BAMBI is very much under your care. My name is Jesse, please take care of me." He stretched out his thick arm, grabbed Takumi's hand and shook it, with such strength as pliers.Tuoshi's face was distorted, and he replied, "Where, where." "How is it? Are your hands stronger than his?" Zhumei asked with a smile. "Well, it's not easy to deal with." Tuoshi shook the hand that had been shaken, feeling a little numb. It is about twelve or thirty stacks behind the screen, with a living room and kitchen.However, there is neither living furniture nor a dining table.The only decent furniture is a cheap glass table, and almost all the space is taken up by guitars, speakers and other musical equipment.Not a single decent chair, but a drum kit in the corner.

"It's almost like a stage. The band is rehearsing here?" "A real rehearsal is out of the question. If you start beating here, you'll be kicked out immediately." "Is he also a member?" Takumi pointed to Jesse. "Drummer, boyfriend and bodyguard. In our business, we will be pestered by some stern customers from time to time, but no matter what kind of customers, Jesse's legs will tremble when seeing Jesse." Needless to say?Takumi, who had already learned a little bit, nodded. "BAMBI, are you hungry? What do you want to eat?"

"Not hungry, thank you." "BAMBI... oh, simplified from BAMBOO." "It's not, it's the adorable Bambi. Isn't it, Jessie?" "Well, BAMBI is the cutest, number one in the world." The two hugged and kissed, and then, Takemi stared at Takumi and asked, "Any comments?" "No, no." Takumi scratched his head. At this time, the phone rang from somewhere.Jesse took the phone off the top of the refrigerator, and Takemi picked up the receiver. "Hey... Hey... Ah, you went there too? There is one here too... Well, I can't help it, let's talk about it... Well, yes, it has to be like this."

After another two or three sentences, Zhumei hung up the phone. "Your friend is going to sixth grade. He's quite careful. He followed up in two ways." The caller should be a woman with short hair. "How is that guy? If you were Zhuzi, no, Zhumei..." "He said he was coming this way, let's talk about it slowly when they come." "That woman must be called Sakata Kiyomi, and the name tag here also says Sakata. So, you are sisters?" Takemi took out the beer from the refrigerator, held it in her hand, swayed and smiled. "She'd be glad to hear you say that. But that's what people say too."

"Not sisters, what else?" "Mother and daughter, mother and daughter." "what?" "It looks like she's in her thirties, but in fact she was forty two years ago. This matter must be kept secret. Everyone in the store said she was thirty-four years old, and she's not old yet." Zhumei put her index finger on her lips. "Why is the surname Sakamoto? Isn't it good to just be surnamed Sakata?" Takemi shrugged. "It is said that a fortune teller persuaded her to change it, but it is mostly a novel. Speaking of a surname like Sakata in Osaka, people will immediately think of it, which will damage the image. However, my business card is printed with Sakata Takemi. One said It's the idiot Takemi Sakata, and concerts are popular." She took a sip of beer and smiled, her lips covered with white foam.

About twenty minutes later, Tokio and Kiyomi Sakata appeared together.He seemed to have waited for Qingmei to confirm the name when she picked up the mail before contacting her, but he didn't rush like Takumi, but directly asked to see the recipient's name. "How can you grab it? That's a crime." Shi Sheng said. "Do you think this Ken will show me honestly?" "Of course I won't show you, it's sneaky." Zhumi said while sitting cross-legged on the floor, puffing smoke from her mouth.Takumi and Shisheng sat across from her.Only Kiyomi sat on the cushion.Jesse sat on the drum chair, shaking his body as if following the rhythm.

"Why didn't we tell the truth when we went to the bar? If we made it clear that we were Zhumei then, wouldn't there be so much trouble?" "You came to look for bamboo. There is no such person, so to be honest, 'no'." "You didn't say no. You said you used to be there, but then you quit, and you quit half a year ago. You found out that I had mistaken bamboo and bamboo beauty, and you deliberately said nonsense." Takumi made such an argument, and Takemi, who has always been the most unforgiving, couldn't refute it.She and her mother looked at each other and smiled.

"I was at a loss at the time. When it came to bamboo or something, I wasn't mentally prepared, and I really didn't know how to answer it. You must remember the name of the person. Qianzuru is right, you are such a fool." Tuoshi couldn't help but slammed into anger, but when he heard Qianzuru's name, he knew that now was not the time to get angry.He leans out. "Have you seen Chizuru?" Takemi took another puff of the cigarette, then extinguished the cigarette butt in a crystal ashtray.This ashtray doesn't match the whole room. "Three days ago, she called the store and asked if she could come over. I said yes, and she will be here soon." "Are you alone?" "yes." "How does she look?" "It looks very tired." Zhumei stuck her hands behind her head and untied her ponytail. Her slightly wavy hair hangs down a lot over her shoulders. Didn't drink much either." "What was the talk?" "It's really like a police interrogation." Zhumei curled her lips unhappily. "Please speak quickly, I'm in a hurry." "Ah, boring, I won't talk about it." "what happened again?" Tuoshi was about to stand up, but Shisheng stopped him. "Don't be restless. Whose home do you think this is!" "She's playing tricks!" "Now you can only rely on her, you have to be aware of your situation." Shi Sheng frowned and said, then turned to Zhumei and the others: "Please forgive him. He is going crazy looking for Qianhe." He bowed his head and saluted. Zhumei lit another cigarette, held it between her fingers, and looked at Shisheng's face with interest for a while. "What is your relationship with him?" "Relationship...friends." "Hmph, Qianhe didn't mention you, only that he doesn't have a serious friend." "Who? Who are you talking about?" Tuoshi asked angrily. "What about you?" Hearing such a straightforward answer, Takumi couldn't help it again, but this time she controlled herself and glared instead. "Did you tell me about me?" "She just came here to talk about you. Don't get too complacent, she told us this: the former boyfriend may follow up here, probably to find Zhumei, so you just say her I’ve quit a long time ago, only he is easy to give up.” Zhumei sighed, “I never dreamed that I would make a bamboo.” "Why are these plausible names different?" Tuo Shi muttered.Zhumei must have heard it too, but ignored it. "So, it's Qianhe who wants to break up with him?" Shisheng confirmed a fact that Takumi was most unwilling to face. "you could put it that way." Toshi wiped his face.He felt oily on his face.A look at the palm, it really shines. "Did she say what I did wrong?" He threw out such a sentence. "Didn't do anything, right? Qianzuru said, he won't do anything." Zhumei looked at him calmly. "As far as work is concerned, I have done a lot. Although I am always changing jobs, it is to find a path that suits me. I have said this to Chizuru many times: one day I will find something that suits me. Do big things, make big money... what's so funny?" Before he finished speaking, Zhumei began to laugh strangely. "It's nothing. I just feel that what you said to Qianhe is exactly the same. 'One day I will do big things and make a lot of money—that's his mantra.' Listening to you now, I always feel something is wrong." Only a real fool would say something like that - Chizuru's voice echoed in Takumi's ears, saying it the day he went to interview the guards.Chizuru disappeared that night. "How old are you?" "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?" "Tell me." "twenty-three." "So, he's older than me, but you can't tell at all. This brother is much more reliable." She pointed at Shisheng with a cigarette butt, "Miyamoto Takumi, right? You and I have never met before, but I I think Chizuru is right." "What did she say?" Zhumei glanced at her mother quickly, and then turned her gaze back to Tuoshi's face. "You are a child, a child who has not grown up. I think so too, and I think you are a young master who has never suffered." "Haven't suffered?" Tuo Shi stood up, this time Shi Sheng had no time to stop it. "Are you serious?" Takemi remained motionless, quietly smoking a cigarette. "Really. You haven't suffered at all. You are a spoiled young master." "You fucking..." Just as Tuoshi took a step forward, a black shadow appeared beside him.At some point, Jesse had come to him, looking at him vigilantly. "I heard that you have practiced boxing and often beat people self-righteously?" Zhumei said.It is estimated that he also heard what Chizuru said. "So what?" Zhumi didn't answer, she turned to Jesse and started talking in English, Takumi couldn't understand. Jessie nodded, went into the next room, and came back not long after, with a pair of red gloves on his hands, which could be seen as a pair of toy gloves at a glance. "Can you dodge his punch?" Tuoshi sneered and said, "Big size doesn't mean you can punch fast." "Oh, try it, if you're proud of boxing." "So what if you can hide?" "Well, I'll apologize to you for calling you a child." "Okay!" Tuoshi took off his shirt and faced Jesse with his arms still hanging down. Jesse showed a somewhat embarrassed expression, nodded, and assumed an attacking posture. "Can I fight?" "Well, let's make moves at any time." Tuo Shi also put on a posture. Jesse sighed, clenched his jaw, and his big eyes lit up.An ominous premonition flashed across Tuo Shi's heart. Jessie's muscles twitched.Straight right punch, face turned to the side as much as possible— However, nothing can be seen.As soon as Jesse's glove moved, Takumi hit him.Consciousness drifted away without a trace. -------------------------------- Note: