Chapter 3 Section 3

Sugita Heisuke's home is not far from Mitaka Railway Station, and it only takes a few minutes by bus.This is a residential area intricately woven with many thin paths, and his home is in the northeast corner of the residential area.He bought this house with a yard of nearly 100 square meters six years ago.At that time, he never thought about buying a house of his own, let alone his own family.It was Naoko who strongly proposed to buy a house.Her opinion is that if there is money to rent a house, it is better to use it to repay the loan. "Now you can buy it with peace of mind as long as you have a 30-year loan. After 30 years, you should still be able to work." In front of Hirasuke, who was a little embarrassed by the large amount of debt, she persuaded.

"Our factory will retire at the age of 60." "Don't worry. The society is getting older. By then, the retirement age will be pushed back to 65 or 70." "can you?" "Of course I will. Besides, don't tell me husband, don't you want to work when you are 60 years old? That's too delicate!" When she said that, Hirasuke was speechless to refute. "In short, we must buy it now. If we don't buy it now, husband, I don't think we will ever be able to buy a house, and we will live forever. You don't want to do that, do you? You also want to have your own home? Buy it if you want .Buy it now!"

Unable to withstand Naoko's repeated attacks, Hirasuke couldn't help but nod his head.This is good, Naoko's subsequent actions are astonishingly fast.On the weekend, the Sugita couple looked at several houses under the leadership of the real estate agent, and paid the deposit in the following week.Naoko is in charge of everything from negotiating loan repayments to arranging the move.Before Ping Jie realized it, he had rented a new home.All he did was prepare some papers as Naoko had requested. Today, Ping Jie finally deeply realized that it was a wise choice to buy this house with all his heart.Even if you don't buy it then, you won't save much money now.And the most important point is that the price of real estate has been rising.Especially in the recent period, the increase is a bit eye-popping.Experts predict house prices will continue to rise.An almost identical second-hand house just 200 meters away from Sugita's house is for sale, and its asking price is out of reach for Heisuke now.

"Look at what I say, if you listen to everything, you can't do anything!" Naoko often showed off to him in a victorious tone. Since she had chosen it herself, she was naturally very satisfied with the house.Especially the yard is more to her liking.In the small yard, there are several planting containers, in which are the flowers and plants that she cultivated by herself.She often hums songs when taking care of the flowers and plants. The songs are usually "Puppy Sheriff", "Little Fox on Fist Mountain" and so on.Presumably it was Yuanjiu who often watched children's programs with Sami Nami. She often hummed "The Goat Postman" when she walked from the yard to the gate to pick up letters.

Four days after the bus accident, Heisuke set up an altar where he could see the courtyard, and placed Naoko's ashes.A makeshift vigil was held locally the day after the accident.Another formal vigil was held last night.A funeral was held today at a nearby funeral home.The funeral was supposed to be held at Naoko's favorite home, but because the road in front of the home was too narrow, it was expected that there would be a lot of condolence guests, so they had to give up.The choice he made was correct.At the funeral, not only a lot of condolence guests came, but also many people from the TV station smelled the smell from nowhere, and they also came one after another, so that there was a little chaos in the venue for a while.If such a scene happened in this quiet residential area, Hirasuke would inevitably go door-to-door to apologize.

After the funeral, the media still pestered Pingjie.No matter where you go or what you do, you have to face the flashlight of the media.He was disgusted at first, but he didn't even have the strength to feel disgusted these two days. Although there are many survivors of the accident, the media especially favors Hirasuke. There is a reason for this, because Hirasuke has experienced both misfortune and luck in misfortune, and it is easy to become a topic.Misfortune, of course, means that he lost his wife.Fortunately, it was because his daughter miraculously woke up. "Excuse me, after handling the funeral of your lover, how do you feel now?"

"What do you think of the speech of the president of Dahei Communications?" "It is said that you have received many condolence letters from all over the country. Please tell everyone." In fact, there is not much difference between their questions, so Hirasuke doesn't have to think too much, he just needs to repeat the same answer several times.Although he has no language talent, this is also a kind of wisdom to adapt, at least Hei Jie thinks so in his heart. It's just that Hirasuke didn't know how to answer the following question. "Excuse me, how do you plan to tell Sami Nami about her mother?"

He even wanted to say "I still want to ask you for advice".He was very distressed because he couldn't think of any good way.There is really no way.Hirasuke had no choice but to answer: "I will think about it next." "What should I say?" Heisuke asked in a low voice standing in front of his wife's tablet.In the impression of this father, he has not had a good chat with his daughter for a long time.How to deal with the girl's fragile and easily hurt heart, Hirasuke is at a loss. "Fragile and easily hurt" is not his personal experience, but he thinks so because everyone else says so.

"If it was me who died, Naoko must know what to tell Sami Nami..." Heisuke was thinking about something completely meaningless. After setting up the altar, Heisuke took off his mourning clothes and changed into his usual clothes.The hands of the clock on the wall pointed to 5:35 in the afternoon.It's time for dinner at the hospital.Thinking of this, Hirasuke put his wallet and car keys into his jacket pocket and went out.He hoped that she would be able to eat well today. Although Sami Nami miraculously regained consciousness, she has not fully recovered to her original state.She must have left some things - language, expression, and the reaction that a girl should have - on the verge of death.Although he can express himself by nodding and shaking his head, so far Heisuke has not heard the voice of his daughter.Even when he encouraged her to talk, she just stared blankly into the air with emotionless eyes.

No medical abnormalities were found - this was the doctor's diagnosis.Although there had been concerns about being in a vegetative state, her brain now appears to have fully resumed normal activity. The doctor said that this was probably caused by mental stimulation.He also said that being patient and infecting her with love is the only and most effective treatment. At noon yesterday, Sami Nami was also taken to the Brain Surgery Hospital in Koganei for examination.Doctors there came to the same diagnosis.After experiencing such a serious accident, Sami Nami was not injured much, which surprised the doctors there.

At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, Hirasuke arrived at the hospital.After parking the car in the parking lot, he first checked whether there was anyone from the media waiting there.Many media are scrambling to record the appearance and voice of Sami Nami who was pulled back from the brink of death, but her current situation is not suitable for interviews at all, so Heisuke has also begged them many times.Apparently, they kept their promise tonight. When I came to Sami Nami's ward, the aunt who was in charge of delivering meals in the hospital just in time brought dinner.Tonight I had fried fish and boiled vegetables, and miso soup.Heisuke took the tray containing these dishes, put them on the table next to the hospital bed, and watched his daughter.She is fast asleep. Heisuke moved the chair and sat down.He felt that the fatigue of these days was constantly silting up like sedimented river mud. The sleeping Sami Nami made people feel no breath, and the chest and abdomen did not rise and fall.Hirasuke sometimes even worried that she had stopped breathing.But Sami Nami's pink cheeks reassured him.Her skin was much redder than yesterday. Undoubtedly, it is the greatest relief for Heisuke that Sami Nami can save her life.He thought that if he lost his daughter, he would go crazy. However, when he was with his miraculously rescued daughter, he felt more grief over the loss of Naoko than relief.There was also a lot of anger that followed.Why does this kind of thing happen to me? This is definitely unfortunate for me, extremely unreasonable misfortune! Hirasuke loves his wife deeply! Although Naoko's body has gotten a little fat recently, and the crow's feet on her face have become more and more obvious, but this is hard to overcome his love for her.She is very talkative and powerful, and she is not used to her husband's big man airs at all.Her informal and straightforward personality made Hirasuke feel particularly comfortable and happy.She was also a very smart woman, so he thought she would make a good mother for Sami Nami. Looking at Sami Nami's sleeping face, memories about Naoko revived one by one in her mind.The first time I met her, the first date, and the first time I entered her bachelor apartment... Naoko entered the factory 3 years later than Heisuke.They have been in love together for two years.The language of Hirasuke's marriage proposal was very simple - "please marry me".After Naoko heard this, she couldn't figure out why she was shaking with laughter.After laughing, she said "Okay." Afterwards, life as a newlywed, and the birth of Sami Nami... The wings of memory suddenly flew to the temporary vigil a few days ago.Hirasuke was sitting alone on a chair when a man came over to talk to him.The man appeared to be in his mid-thirties with a solid build.He said he was a member of the local fire brigade.According to his introduction, it was his team that rescued Naoko and Sami Nami from under the cliff. Hirasuke bowed his head deeply and expressed his thanks many times.If it weren't for them, Sami Nami's life would have been lost. But the man shook his head. "No, it's not us who saved your daughter's life." "Huh?" Hirasuke tilted his head. When we got to the scene, it looked like there was only one adult woman lying underneath.After a closer look, it was discovered that there was a girl hidden under the woman's body.In order to protect the girl, the woman lay on top of the girl.Many glass shards pierced into the woman's body, the woman was covered in blood, but the girl was basically uninjured. " He continued: "Those two people are your wife and daughter. I want to tell you about this matter anyway." Hearing this, Hirasuke felt a sharp pain in his chest, and he burst into tears. As soon as he recalled what the firefighters said, Hirasuke started crying again.In fact, in the past few days, he has been crying every night, but today he just cried earlier than usual.He took a crumpled handkerchief out of his pocket and wiped the corners of his eyes.The snot came out too, and he wiped his nose again.The handkerchief soon became soaked. "Naoko, Naoko, Naoko..." "Woooo..." He choked up, calling Naoko's name.He leaned down on the chair and hugged his head. Just then, a voice came. "……What's wrong?" Hirasuke was taken aback, and looked towards the door. He thought someone had come in, but the door was closed tightly, and there was no sign of movement in the corridor. Just when he thought he was hallucinating, the voice came again. "Hey, here...here..."