Chapter 37 Section 37

The outside phone on Hirasuke's desk rang.The reason why I knew it was an outside line was because the ringtones of the inside and outside lines were different.Because the subordinate company promised to call him, he picked up the phone without hesitation.However, what the operator said surprised him somewhat. "Mr. Sugita, there is an outside call for you, and it's from a person named Negishi." "Ah, thank you." Heisuke agreed, while thinking about who is Negishi in his mind.Soon, the signboard of the ramen restaurant he saw in Sapporo appeared in front of his eyes.

Is it Negishi Fumi?he thinks. "Hello, is this Mr. Sugita?" A woman's voice came from the phone.It sounds like it's getting old. "Ah, I am. Are you..." "My name is Noriko Negishi. You may not remember, but my son has met you before." "Ah..." Heisuke switched the phone to his left hand, "Of course I remember. Oh, it's been several years." "I really don't know what to say. I'm so sorry that my son was rude to you at that time. I only found out about it recently." "Oh, no, he wasn't very rude to me. So you know about it."

"Yeah, I was very surprised when I heard it..." "yes." I remember that Wen Ye said at the time that he would never tell his mother about seeing Heisuke.Could it be that after a long time, he wanted to say something again, or because he lost his mouth for a while? "I'm calling you because there is something I want to tell you no matter what. Although I guess Mr. Sugita must be busy, I still hope you can spare some time." "Ah, that's all right. You're in Sapporo now, aren't you?" "It's like this. I just came to Tokyo now because a friend is going to have a wedding."

"Ah, that's right." "30 minutes is enough, today or tomorrow, do you think it's okay? As long as you tell me the location, I can go no matter how far away." "Then where are you now?" "In a hotel next to Tokyo Station." Afterwards, Noriko Negishi said the name of the hotel.According to her, the wedding will be held at the hotel where she is currently staying on Sunday.Originally, she could come tomorrow, but the reason why she came a day earlier was because she wanted to get in touch with Ping Jie. "Well, I'll go to your place. Do you have time tomorrow during the day?"

"Ah, I can do it anytime. Is it so convenient for you? How about I wait for you next to your company today." "Ah, no need, I don't know what time I leave work today. Also, it's better to make an appointment at a place that is easier to find." "Well, that's really embarrassing." The two made an appointment to meet at the coffee shop of the hotel at 1 pm the next day. What will happen to her today?Ping Jie pondered in his heart.Wen also said that for Noriko Negishi, Yukihiro Kajikawa is a man who does not want to think of.That being the case, what does she have to take the initiative to tell herself?

Of course, Hirasuke's memory of that accident has not disappeared, but as time goes by, its weight in Hirasuke's heart is indeed decreasing.If you want to live, you can't do otherwise.Although I used to be particularly concerned about the cause of the accident for a while, but to be honest, it really doesn't matter now.Regarding the personal reasons for Kajikawa's overworked driver, it is enough to understand that it is to send living expenses to his ex-wife.Although there are still many doubts left, and occasionally he thinks of Kajigawa Yimei, so he worries about her, but this matter has been completely over in his heart.

In addition, there are still deeper troubles that have been lingering in Heisuke's heart. Heisuke did not tell Naoko about meeting Noriko Negishi.If she told him, she would definitely think of the accident again, think of Sami Nami's death, and finally think of her current living conditions.Once that happens, they will have to face another period of melancholy.Hirasuke wants to avoid such days. Saturday was a sunny day, but the wind seems to be very cold.Heisuke left the house wrapped in a scarf.He told Naoko that something happened in the company.She stretched her feet into the kotatsu and knitting.She used to be very good at knitting.Ping Jie noticed that she didn't study much at home recently, and she seldom heard about the medical major.Of course, he never asked, and it was obvious what kind of answer he would get.

The cold wind was colder than he expected, and after walking a few steps, he felt that his ears were about to burst from the cold.I breathed a sigh of relief after getting on the train.However, after getting off at Tokyo Station, it is still a few minutes to walk.At this moment, he couldn't help but think that it would be better to make an appointment at another place. When he arrived at the open coffee shop of the hotel, Hirasuke remembered that he still didn't know what the other party looked like.A male waiter in black came over and asked, "Are you one?" "Ah, I'm waiting for someone here."

Just after Heisuke finished speaking, a thin woman sitting on the chair next to him stood up hesitantly while looking at him.She was dressed in lavender wool, with a cardigan of the same color over her upper body. "Excuse me—" the woman asked Heisuke, "Are you Mr. Sugita?" "Ah, I am." Hiroshi nodded. "I'm really sorry to disturb you in your busy schedule." After she finished speaking, she lowered her head. "Where is it. Please sit down." A cup of milk tea was already placed in front of Noriko Negishi.Ping Jie ordered a cup of coffee.

"Is your son all right?" "Thanks to you, he's okay." "I remember he was still in the third year of college at that time. So, he should be working now?" "No, he was admitted to graduate school last year." "Ah," Hirasuke couldn't help but look at the other person's face and said, "It's really amazing!" "He said that there are many things he didn't learn in college, and he also said that he would pay for the tuition through work-study and other methods." "What a promising son." The coffee was served, and Heisuke drank it without sugar.

If the son goes to graduate school, Noriko Negishi will be 50 years old.Although you can see many wrinkles on her face if you look closely, she gives a very elegant impression, so she looks younger than 50 years old.Hirasuke guessed that she should have been a beautiful woman when she was young. "Here's the thing, I stumbled across a photo in my son's drawer the other day, a very small photo of him when he was 4 years old. The photo was cut into a circle with just one face .” "Ah." Hirasuke nodded, remembering that photo. "So I asked my son what the photo was. He started saying he found it in an old photo album, but I knew he was lying. There were no photos of him when he was that young at home. After I said this, he hesitated to explain the meeting with Mr. Sugita. I was very surprised when I heard it. I didn’t even know that there was such a thing before.” "He did tell me at the time that he would never tell mum about it." "I'm so sorry. If I had met you at that time, there are many things I could have told you earlier." "But he also told me a lot of things, such as why he hates his father so much..." "I know that. But what he said is not comprehensive. No, it should be said..." Noriko Negishi shook his head, sighed and then looked at Heisuke, "What he said is completely contrary to the facts." "Quite the opposite? What's going on here?" Noriko Negishi lowered his head first, then raised his head again. "I heard that Sugita-san lost his wife in that accident, right?" "Yes." Hiroki nodded. "That was so tragic. We were half to blame for the accident, so I don't know how to apologize to you." "You mean, Mr. Kajikawa overworked to send you living expenses, right?" "Yes... At that time, I just started doing business, and it didn't go very well, so I was short of money. I could barely maintain my daily life, but I didn't have enough money to send my son to college. At this time, the man called He came. It turned out that he had been calculating Wen Ye's age, and he knew that Wen Ye should go to college, so he called me. He asked me if I wanted Wen Ye to go to college, and if I did, would I have enough money? Not enough. I didn't want to rely on that person, but I couldn't help but tell him all my difficulties." "So Kajikawa-san proposed that he would figure out a solution for the tuition fee, is that right?" "Yes. Since then, he has sent me at least 100,000 yen every month. I thought, let's keep it before Wen Ye is admitted to university. But the child failed the exam in the first year and was at home. I studied for another year, and it turned out that that person suffered another year. In fact, I didn’t pass the exam in the first year, mainly because Wen Ye wanted to go to the national university to save money..." "So that's the case. Even so. I don't think you need to apologize for the accident. Didn't Kajikawa-san send you money for atonement?" "Atonement?..." "Yes, in order to alleviate the guilt of abandoning you at the beginning. Judging from your son's words, I think so." Noriko Negishi slowly closed his eyes, then opened them again. "That's where I said 'the exact opposite of the truth.'" "You mean... the word 'crime' is too heavy. It should be said that it is the responsibility of the father, right? I think it is a matter of course that the son's tuition is paid by the biological father." Noriko Negishi shook his head. "It's not like that, the responsibility is not on that person." "Why do you say that?" Noriko Negishi licked his lips, as if hesitating for something.Finally, she let out a breath that was pent up in her chest. "Wen Ye...he is not that person's child." "Huh?" Heisuke stared at her face with wide eyes. Noriko Negishi nodded. "Then whose child is he? Is it true that he is your son?" "He is indeed my child, because he was born to me." "So, he is a child brought over by your remarriage? However, I didn't hear him tell me about it." He refers to Fumiya Negishi. "From the point of view of 'household registration', Wen is also Yukihiro Kajikawa's child." "You specifically emphasized the word 'household registration', which means, in fact, he is not?" She nodded. "Before I married that person, I worked as a receptionist in Susukino. Wen was also the child of a man I dated at that time." "Oh" it seems that she turned out to be a waitress.Now Hirasuke understands why she looks a little elegant. "So, you married Kajigawa-san while you were pregnant?" "This place is a bit complicated to talk about." She took out a handkerchief from her handbag and wiped the corners of her mouth. "Actually, that man and I have separated a long time ago. Just when we were about to hold a wedding, he suddenly appeared in front of me again." , proposed to reconcile with me. Perhaps he felt reluctant to see that the former woman would become the property of other men. " Ping Jie nodded, thinking that this is entirely possible. "When he knew that I didn't mean to reconcile with him, he proposed to stay with me for the last day. If I had refused this request at the time, it would have been fine. He said it was only one day, and he would never pester me again. Me. I was also afraid of trouble in the future, so I listened to him." "It's Wen Ye who was there that time, isn't it?" "Yeah." She replied in a low voice. "That day should be three weeks before the wedding ceremony. After that, the man really never came to me again, but I was pregnant. I knew that I was very confused after I was pregnant. I thought, the child has It might belong to that man. In fact, I also thought that I should kill the child behind my husband's back." What she said meant that the child might also belong to Yukihiro Kajigawa. "Seeing my husband's happy face, I couldn't make up my mind. In the end, I decided to bet on the possibility of 'the child will be my husband'." I don't know when, the Kajikawa Yukihiro in Negishi Noriko's mouth became the title of "husband".Ping Jie also felt that this was more natural. "Then when did you know that Wen is not Mr. Kajikawa's story?" "It was when Wen Ye was in the second grade of elementary school. That day, my husband returned home with a gloomy face after undergoing a blood type test at the company, and asked me about Wen Ye's blood type. An ominous thought flashed through my mind at that time. I He has type A blood, and Wen also has type O blood. The husband didn’t know his blood type before. Before he was tested, he always thought he was type B blood because his two brothers are both type B blood.” "The result is not type B blood, is it?" "Yes. In the company, he was determined to have type AB blood. A couple with blood type A and AB cannot have a child with type O blood. He also knows this." "Well. But to be honest, I wasn't too surprised at the time. Thinking about it later, when I found out that I was pregnant, I had a premonition that the child was not my husband's. I just pretended not to know. Later I noticed that Wen also She doesn't look like her husband at all." "Did you tell Kajikawa-san the truth about it later?" "Of course I told him. I can't hide it if I want to." "So Kajikawa-san ran away from home in anger?" "It is true that he ran away from home because of this. However, it is a bit untrue to say that he was 'in a fit of anger'. He never said a word of scolding me. After listening to me, he was unusually calm, both He didn’t drink too much, he didn’t go crazy, and he didn’t do anything violent to me. He also treated Wen the same as before. It’s just that he didn’t talk to me very much. When he was at home, he often looked out the window, as if thinking deeply. He ran away from home, two weeks after knowing the truth. He disappeared with as little luggage as possible and an album containing Bunya's photos." "Didn't he leave a note or something?" "Yes." Noriko Negishi took out a white envelope from her handbag and put it on the table. "can I see?" "Yes." She nodded. Heisuke picked up the envelope.There is a piece of letter paper in the envelope.Open it, and there are a few big characters scrawled on it: Sorry, I can't pretend to be my father. "When I saw this message, I cried." She continued, "During the two weeks before he left home, he was not thinking about pursuing my responsibility, but whether he could continue to use his role as a father. Live on. When I think of this incident, my heart is full of guilt. I regret from the bottom of my heart that I lied to him for so many years." Heisuke nodded, imagining what he would do if it were him.If Naoko had confessed the same thing to himself, he would have scolded her severely first, and he might have used violence against her. "Wait a minute, you said that, Mr. Kajikawa knows that Bun is not his child, but for his tuition..." "That's right." Noriko Negishi wiped the corners of his eyes lightly with a handkerchief, "So what I said just now about Bunya is completely contrary to the truth. I should be the one who should atone for my sins, but that person still wants to help me." "Why did he do that? It seems that he still likes you?" She shook her head after listening to Heisuke's words. "At that time, the man already had a new wife and he said he loved her." "Then why did he..." "The man said, 'Right now, what Wen Ye needs most is a father. Because his mother is in trouble, he needs a father who can come out and do something.' I said, 'But you are not Wen Ye. My father.’ He asked me which situation would make Wen Ye feel happier.” "Which situation?" "He asked 'Whether it makes him happy knowing that I'm not his real father, or making him feel happy because he always thinks I'm his father', I thought about it for a long time, and replied, it still makes Wen Ye feel that he is his. The father is better. The man said, 'Is that so? I think so too, sound I decided to continue to be his father. When he encounters difficulties, I hope to help him as much as a father can. At the beginning, after I knew that I had no blood relationship with Wen Ye, I was only thinking about whether I was in the mood to be his father, but I never thought that if I love someone, I should make him happy. I love Wen Ye so much , but took this step, I feel really stupid...' The man said this, and started crying on the other end of the phone." Noriko Negishi straightened her back when she said this.She seemed to feel that she had to sit tight when saying such things.Her voice trembled a little, but she didn't cry.It can be seen from her expression that she has made up her mind and must finish what she has to say. Hirasuke felt a little difficult to breathe, his pulse speeded up, and there was some pain in his chest. "When I learned about the accident, I really wanted to rush over there right away, at least to give him a joss stick. When the news said that the accident was caused by that man's driving error, I really wanted to stand up and shout that it wasn't him. One person's fault, he forced himself to work too hard for us. But in front of Wen Ye, I pretended to have nothing to do with me. Even though he took care of us like that, I still pretended It doesn't look like that happened." Noriko Negishi took a breath, and took a sip of the milk tea that was supposed to have cooled down. "After hearing what happened between him and Mr. Sugita from Wenya, I think I can no longer hide it. Three days ago, I told Wenya all the truth." "Then he wasn't hit?" "It should be a little bit." Noriko Negishi smiled faintly, "But I don't feel regretful." "yes?" "I feel the same about Sugita-san. I must tell you the whole truth, boring as it may be." "No, I also think it's good to hear these words from you." "Hearing what you said, I feel that this trip was not in vain." She put away the envelope on the table, "Besides, I have something else to ask of you." "What's up?" "I heard from my son that the man's wife also passed away." "Ah." She should be referring to Kajikawa Seiko. "Yeah, it's been dead for several years." "She seems to have another child, a girl?" "Yes, her name is Yimei." "Then do you know the contact information of that child? I want to meet her, tell her about her father, and then try to make up for her as much as possible." Noriko Negishi's eyes showed a sincere light. "I should have. She sent me a New Year's card. I'll contact you after I go back and check." "I'm bothering you. Please." After speaking, she took out a business card and put it in front of Hirasuke.The name of the ramen restaurant - Xiong Ji is printed on the business card. She pulled up her handbag, then looked out through the glass window as if she had discovered something. "Ah, it sure is snowing. I felt the sign in the morning." Heisuke also turned his gaze out of the window.Things like white petals fell from the sky.