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murder door 东野圭吾 4624Words 2018-03-22
I hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to go see Sakura again.I thought to myself, if I don't confirm what that man knows, I will not be able to start my life from now on——I will not be able to start my life without Kuramochi. I called Yukiko and asked her to give me the address and phone number on Sakura's business card. What I found according to the map was an old five-story building.There are several companies in this building, but each company can't tell what industry it belongs to just by looking at its name. I took the old elevator up to the third floor.The corridor was a little dark, and there was a strange smell in the air.

At the end of the corridor was a door with a sign saying "Sakura Corporate Management Consulting Company" on it.Seeing that nameplate, I had an unexpected feeling.Could it be that Sakura is really running a business management consulting company? I turned the L-shaped handle and opened the door, which was unlocked. There was a table in the front, a cheap sofa set in the center, and a desk and filing cabinet, but no one was in sight. "Is anyone there?" I called out, but no one answered. As soon as I stepped into the room, I approached the table in front of me. There was a coffee cup on it that I didn't know when I used it.I stretched out my finger to touch the table, leaving a trace of my finger on the slightly dusty table.It seems that Sakura has not used this table for a long time.

Since the door is unlocked, someone should be there.I thought to myself: "Just wait a minute." Just as I was about to sit down on the sofa, the door opened. It wasn't Sakura who came in, but a middle-aged woman with hair dyed brown.She looked at me with a look of surprise on her face, probably because she didn't expect someone to come. I stood up in a panic. "Ah, hello..." She nodded softly and looked at me suspiciously all over my body. "Who are you?" "I met Mr. Sakura a while ago..." When I said this, a part of my brain reacted, and it felt like a distant memory was quickly awakened.That feeling was exactly the same as when I saw Sakura.

I stared at the woman's face.Her face reminded me of Tanuki in the manga, and the heavy makeup on her face made her look even more like that.Instead, I'm imagining what my face looked like twenty years ago under that makeup.I found out that she looked exactly like someone. "Little Fu..." When she heard me yelling, her eyes widened, with a disturbed expression on her face. "Huh...?" She tilted her head slightly, looking at me with an observing look, her eyes rolled up.After a while, she opened her mouth wide. "Ah...you don't belong to Mr. Tajima?"

"I am Kazuyuki. Tajima Kazuyuki." Her mouth stayed open for a while.Let her cover her mouth with both hands, or continue to look at my face. "Long time no see." She finally said a word.In her tone of voice, there was a kind of confusion that she didn't know what to express. Standing in front of me was Xiaofu who used to work in my house.Fu Hui is her real name.A woman my family hired to nurse my grandmother, who often had sex with my father. "Xiao Fu, why are you here?" "It's He Xing, why are you here?" "It's a long story." I roughly explained that a friend of mine had become a vegetable, and I met Sakura who came to visit him.

"The one who turned into a vegetative state, could it be from the tofu shop..." "It's Kuramo." "Yes, that's right. He Xing, are you still in contact with him now?" "Do you know Kuramo?" "Well...he often brings up Kuramo." "Did he mean Mr. Sakura?" "En." Xiao Fu nodded.She looked embarrassed. We sat on the couch.She asked me if I wanted tea and I said no. "What is the relationship between Xiaofu and Mr. Sakura?" She lowered her head and said a little coyly, "What's the matter..."

I sensed their relationship from her appearance. "Since when did it start?" "Well, um... about twenty years ago." "Since working at my house?" Xiao Fu nodded. I understand.Sakura probably learned the inside story of the richest family in the town from her, and then told Kuramochi those things in a joking manner.Maybe that's why Kuramochi began to pay special attention to the dentist's son. "I don't know about it at all. Xiaofu, why do you do such a thing even though you have a lover?" Hearing what I said, she raised her head and frowned in surprise. "What kind of thing?"

"What happened with my father. I know all about it." Xiao Fu held his breath, but he didn't look at a loss.In the next second, she seemed to suddenly become weak all over, and her attitude changed 180 degrees. "At that time, there were many reasons." "What you said is simple, but that is the reason why my parents divorced!" "It's not just me that they divorced, right? Besides, it was your father who seduced me." Her words left me speechless.She was absolutely right.I looked away and sighed. "I've also heard about what happened to Mr. Tajima later. Kazuko must have worked hard too."

"Has Xiao Fu been living with Mr. Sakura all this time?" "We are not married. However, it is indispensable that we have lived to this age. It should be said that it is a bad relationship." After finishing speaking, she smiled.Her smile reminds me of the old days.In an instant, I seemed to smell the aroma of the curry rice she cooked for me. "I want to see Mr. Sakura," I said. "I don't think he will come back today. He said that he has something good to do, so he went to Niigata. He seems to be planning to cheat someone and make some small money. That person is doing some shady things."

I murmured in my heart: "Who told him to be the master of Kuramo?" "In that case, I'll come back another day. Before I come next time, I'll call to confirm." Just as I got up, Xiaofu put his hand on my shoulder. "It's so hard to meet, why don't you sit down again. Besides, we got along so well before. Would you like some beer? Xiaohe, you should be able to drink it?" "But……" "Are you really mad at me?" "Not really." "In this case, why don't you accompany me for a while. I'm so lonely by myself." Xiaofu held my hand, not intending to let go.

"Then try again." I sat back on the sofa again.It's true that seeing her made me feel nostalgic.And I guess there's nothing lost in asking further about his relationship with Sakura. Xiao Fu didn't know where to get beer, whiskey and some appetizers.I think, when Sakura is not around, she probably drinks by herself like this. According to her, although this company has a signboard, it is just a tool to make people believe in Sakura's title. In fact, this company has not accepted any jobs.She said she didn't know who was paying the rent.I guess, it should be Kuramo. Xiao Fu quickly drank the wine and told about the first half of his life so far.It turned out that she hadn't been with Sakura all the time, she had tried several times to build a happy family with other men, but the result was not smooth, and finally returned to Sakura's side. "Although I feel that it is futile to go back to that kind of man, but for some reason, every time I suddenly realize that he is already by his side. Should this be said to be an unstoppable fate?" She Said it with an oddly inarticulate emphasis. I think it's like the relationship between me and Kuramo.It turns out that Xiaofu and I are of the same kind. She was halfway through the drink and started drinking the whiskey without ice.After a few drinks, she looked at me with a bewildered look. "But then again, Xiaohe has become a handsome guy. Are you married?" "Married once, but divorced." "Yes, that's how it is." Xiao Fu shifted his position and sat next to me. "So, it's lonely sometimes, isn't it?" "That's not the case." "Really? But, you are young and vigorous now, you often want it? If you want it, I can help you." She reached out her hand to my crotch. "Come on." "Why? You are welcome. Although I am an aunt, I am very skilled." Xiao Fu was wearing a shirt that was buttoned up to his chest. As soon as he bent down, he could see fair-skinned, plump breasts. Suddenly, a scene appeared in my mind.A white butt went up and down quickly.There is a man under the ass.That man was a tax agent, and needless to say, the owner of his ass was Xiao Fu. At that moment, my lower body changed.Xiao Fu, who touched it with his hand, immediately realized this, and smiled wickedly. "Look, it's already swelled up so much." With the dexterity of a magician, she unzips my trousers in the blink of an eye and pulls down my panties to reveal my penis.After caressing it, she slowly brought her mouth closer. That Xiao Fu who used to be my maid is now sucking my genitals. Thinking that she is Xiao Fu who secretly had sex with my father, I feel an extraordinary pleasure.I handed her my body and soon came out in her mouth. She wiped her mouth with a tissue and smiled. "It tastes the same." "What's the same?" "I said, Xiao He has the same taste as your father. You really are a father and son." I thought to myself, "Does that stuff taste different from person to person?" But I kept silent.I'm still in a state of collapse. Xiaofu seemed to want to get rid of the aftertaste in his mouth, took a sip of whiskey, and looked at me winkingly. "I said Xiaohe, I don't know what you think about your parents' divorce, but if you want me to say it, I think it's better for them to divorce. And they have no choice but to divorce." "why?" "Because, my wife must not be good at that kind of thing." "You mean my mother?" Xiao Fu nodded. "What do you say about my mother?" Hearing my question, she curled her lips in embarrassment at first, and then said, "Ma'am, you once asked me to do a very strange thing." "What's so strange?" "She asked me to mix white powder into the rice." "Huh?" I didn't know what she meant, so I asked again. "It is," she said. "She asked me to secretly mix that makeup white powder into my mother-in-law's meals." "White powder? What is that?" "I don't know too well, but my wife said that if I did what she told her, she would turn a blind eye to what happened between me and my husband. Madame, she noticed what happened between us." "So, you did what she said?" Xiao Fu shook his head. "It's true that I accepted the white powder box, but I never mixed it into meals once. I only found out afterwards that the white powder used for makeup was poisonous." Another distant memory came to my mind.That is my mother's dressing table, and the white powder in the dressing table drawer.That dressing table was removed when she left the house. "After a series of events, my mother-in-law passed away." Xiao Fu said. "When my wife ordered me to mix white powder into my meals, my mother-in-law's condition was rapidly deteriorating." "What do you want to say? Could it be that my mother mixed white powder into the food herself?" "After all, that's all I can think. Although my wife wants me to mix white powder into the food, maybe she has found an opportunity to mix white powder into the food secretly. Otherwise, the mother-in-law's body will suddenly become weak Can't say enough." I stared at Xiaofu.She shrugged apprehensively and took a sip of whiskey. "Xiaofu, who did you tell about that?" She shook her head in panic. "I haven't told anyone. Shouldn't I be able to tell about that?" "Where is Sakura? Didn't you even tell him?" She didn't know how to answer, but just kept silent, her head bowed and she didn't move. I stood up and picked up the coat I had taken off.Xiao Fu seemed to say something, but I didn't hear it.I left the company without a word. I hailed a taxi.All kinds of thoughts and ideas flashed in my mind.The events that have happened so far are cascading over my head. I finally got an answer - all this is not accidental.My misfortune was not simply because I was unlucky. The taxi arrives at the hospital.I entered the hospital through the night entrance.There was no sound in the dark corridor, and I walked along the corridor directly to Cangchi's ward. I opened the door of the ward and walked in.Kuramochi was still lying in the plastic mold.All kinds of electronic equipment used to maintain his life flashed and flashed. I approached the hospital bed and peeled off the plastic wrap.Kuramochi's face appeared in the darkness.A sleeping face like a boy. Kuramochi—I called out his name in my heart. You are the one who spread that rumor!It was you who spread the rumor that my mother killed my grandmother. I didn't know where the rumors came from until the end, and it caused a big commotion, and even the police came forward.But at the beginning, it was just a conversation in a corner of the elementary school campus. That rumor was the beginning of everything.The Tajima family fell apart, and his father was down and out.I was manipulated by this demon, Kuramo, and my life was ruined. Cursed letter——Kuramochi, well done!You put a curse on me, and I cannot escape that curse. "But, it's over." I said aloud, looking down at Kuramochi's face. I, who know all the truth, have been freed from your curse.From now on I will be able to live without you.You can no longer hinder me. I brought my face close to his, and when I could almost feel his breath, I whispered, "Goodbye, Kuramochi." At this time, Kuramochi's closed eyelids slowly opened, and those black eyeballs caught my figure. He should be unconscious.No, he should have lost his ability to think humanly, however, he did stare at me.He kept staring at me, as if to tell me that Cang Chixiu still lives in my heart, and he won't let me live as I like. Don't think about it! ——I heard Kuramochi's voice.He whispered to me deep in my heart. At that moment, my mind went blank.Then, a scene was projected on the blank screen. Grandma's body.When I tried to steal the wallet, I felt her eyelids move.The feeling of terror at that time was revived again.The reason I was afraid to look at my grandmother's body at her funeral was because she was still alive in my heart. It is the same now as it was then. My mouth seemed to be fighting against the thoughts in my heart, and it made a sound that could not be called a scream or a roar.At the same time, my hand moved by itself and started to grab his neck. My whole body was filled with an indescribable sense of fear, like a gust of damp wind, wrapping around my body.My arms and fingertips kept pushing hard to get rid of the fear.I should have yelled, but my ears couldn't hear myself. I don't know how long it's been like this.A large group of people ran into the ward and tried to overpower me.However, I can only see Kuramochi in my eyes. Kuramochi's eyes were fixed on the sky.A bruise above the strangled neck. I kept choking him until someone forcibly dragged me away.While pinching his neck, I asked my confused self in my heart. Have I crossed the threshold of murder...?
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