Chapter 7 Section VII

Seeing Taifu stuffing a model tank into a cardboard box, Gong took it out one by one. "You just let go of the Gunpla and went in, did you forget that you can only take one toy?" "But this is the last one my parents bought for me..." "Then put the Gunpla back. Didn't you say you should keep your luggage as small as possible?" "I just want Gundam and this, please." Taifu put his hands together and begged. "No. Leave room for clothes. It's okay without toys, but it's miserable without clothes. No one will buy them for you."

Taifu lowered his head injured, took out the Gundam from the cardboard box, compared it with the chariot, put the Gundam back into the box, and put the chariot on the desk. As soon as Gong withdrew his attention, he continued to clean up the work at hand. He stuffed underwear, coats, school supplies, etc. into cardboard boxes one by one.She also had to pack Jingna's luggage, which was quite a lot. Jing Nai was lying on the bed, not falling asleep, just having a fight.There are two things that are important to her, the bunny doll and the elephant pillow.As soon as Gong asked her to choose one of the two, she cried.

In fact, Koichi also wanted Taifu and Shizuna to take away his baby.He couldn't imagine life in the orphanage, but he knew that what awaited them would never be a happy and carefree day.I am afraid that there will be a lot of patience at that time.Back then, these memory-packed toys might bring solace to the soul.However, Gong Yi also realized that they can't always rely on these things, it's better to get used to patience now.If you can't bear even this level, you will have to work harder in the future - Gong Yi has such a hunch. It is the adults' decision to send them to an orphanage.It can be regarded as asking for their opinions, and then there is no room for choice.

"There are a lot of children like you there. Apart from your situation, there are also children whose parents died suddenly due to accidents. It doesn't matter if there are relatives who adopt them. Children without relatives will basically be sent here. It is by no means uncommon Even those who come out of it have a bright future. The important thing is how to live there." Noguchi, the homeroom teacher, spoke to Koichi half-persuading and half-comforting.Listening to this, Gong thought about it all. I know it better than you. The orphanage told them that each of them could only bring one cardboard box, because there was no place to put too much luggage.

Just the clothes and school supplies for three people almost filled three cardboard boxes.Gongyi stood up and looked down at his brother and sister. "I went downstairs to get my parents' belongings. Each of us took two, one for my father and one for my mother." Taifu stood up slowly, Shizuna was still lying on the bed.Seeing this, Gong Yi sighed. "Quiet, be obedient. I don't care if you cry in the future. Only today is left. We can never go back to this home again." Then Jing Nai put down the rabbit doll, got up and got out of bed. Going downstairs, the three of them walked into their parents' bedroom.This is the first time since the incident that Gong Yi has taken a good look at this place.Although he had followed the criminal police in before, he couldn't even open his eyes at that time.

This bedroom is also the living room of the home.Three meals a day are also here.There are five people sitting around a dining table in a circle, there is a Buddhist altar, and there is a TV.There is a heater in the closet, every winter my parents take out the heater and put the fan in. There are no traces of the parents being murdered.Elementary school teachers and PTA staff cleaned up with the permission of the police.Even so, Koichi still felt the stench of blood lingering. Jing Nai approached Tazi's dressing table, sat down, and reached for lipstick and compact.Gong Yi recalled that she had been staring at her mother while she was putting on makeup.

"You can take both." Gong Yi said. "Really? But..." "One is my share, Jing holds it for me." Shiina nodded slightly. Taifu looked at his father's watch, a golden antique watch. "This is a high-end product." Xing Bo always showed off like this. "Can I take this?" Taifu asked. "sure." "Brother, what are you taking?" "I've already thought about it." Saying that, Gong Yi opened the drawer of the altar. There was a notebook lying there, the one with the recipes.After taking it out, Gong Yi "swish" and quickly flipped through it.It was densely written on the yellowed paper.

"I just want this." Gong said to Taifu and Jingna, "I can make my father's taste anytime." As the new year approaches, Hagimura thinks that the ominous premonition is about to come true. It has been nearly half a year since the couple in the foreign restaurant were killed.Needless to say, the case is still unsolved.With the biggest clue—the portrait, the search team investigated nearly 2,000 people, but they were still at a loss. Details of the couple's borrowings were also not available.It was only found that 2 million cash was withdrawn from the account under the name of the couple not long before the incident, and according to the bank's testimony, it was determined that he came to withdraw it.

The cash is currently missing. It is hard to imagine that it was taken away by chance after it was withdrawn. It seems that the criminal should have taken it away.It should be that he learned in advance that the couple raised the cash, and then sneaked into the crime at night.The problem is that the police don't know who the culprit is, let alone why the couple raised so much money. No matter how much they investigated and questioned near Ariake's house, the police still found nothing. A month after the incident, anxious looks began to appear on the faces of the search team.Whether such cases can be solved as soon as possible depends on the initial search.Although the police invested a lot of manpower in the investigation and evidence collection, they still had no clue.In this case, it is reasonable for them to become more and more anxious.

Sometimes, the detective from the first search section with a tired face returns to the police station, looks at the portraits on the wall, and sighs. "Does this picture really look like it?" The moment he heard it, Hagimura had an ominous premonition that this case would not remain unsolved forever—— Day after day, the atmosphere of searching the headquarters became heavier.The new year is here, and a week after listening to the police chief's New Year's speech on the radio, a new case occurred in the district.The body of a young woman was found in an open field near the Yokosuka Expressway entrance and exit.She was treated roughly during her lifetime, leaving marks on her neck where she was strangled with a thin thread.The deceased's handbag was found in the bushes beside it, and the wallet inside was missing.The police quickly identified her from the exemption certificate found in the bag, and she was a woman who worked in a nearby supermarket.On the way home, he was attacked by unknown persons.

Later, Hagi Village and the others also participated in the case. Like last time, they were responsible for investigating and questioning nearby.After listening to his boss's instructions, he thought, now he should withdraw from that case. Of course, the Yokosuka Police Station still has a search team for the murder of the couple at the western restaurant, but the number of personnel has been greatly reduced, and now there are only about 20 people left.Moreover, that was only in name, and there were almost no officers from the first search section in the police station. Although Hagi Village and Kashiwahara joined the search headquarters together, in fact they were just waiting for information to come to them. On a cold night, on the way home after the investigation, Hagi and Kashiwahara walked into a small oden restaurant.The case of the murder of a female supermarket clerk is nearing closure, and they arrest a man who went to the same school as the victim.I learned from the victim's classmate that the man was always pestering the victim.Conclusive evidence was also found on the discarded bag—the man's fingerprints. Hagimura couldn't help sighing: It would be great if every case could be solved simply like this. Bai Yuan heard the implication, they used to run around for the "Ariake" case. Hagimura nodded while mashing potatoes with wooden chopsticks. "It is true that there is not much evidence, only the portrait and the umbrella left by the prisoner. No one witnessed it in the middle of the night. Why can't we find any clues. If it is indeed an acquaintance who committed the crime, ask someone It should be impossible not to notice the surroundings of the couple." Kashiwahara poured his beer and shook his head. "Even so, I couldn't find it or fold it. Do you know how many people I asked with that portrait?" "I understand that you are more devoted than anyone else. It is because of this that you are even more unwilling." "I can guarantee that the prisoner is definitely not an acquaintance, and I don't know them at all. I have asked everyone who has contacts." "But not an acquaintance, will you be invited into the house in the middle of the night?" "It's incredible. But I even asked about the man before my wife." "I heard about it, but found nothing." "That's right. I came all the way there." Bai Yuan gulped down his beer. About two weeks after the incident, Tazi's past came to the attention of investigators.Because no useful information was found from the couple's surroundings, they began to investigate the past of the two.They noticed that the two were not officially registered as married, and both had children.Koichi and Taisuke are Ariake Yukihiro's biological sons, and their mother died of dystocia while giving birth to Taisuke.And Jing Nai is Tazi's daughter, and there is no father on the household registration, which means she is an illegitimate daughter. Toko once had a relationship with a man when she was picking up guests in Yokohama, and then became pregnant with Shizuna.According to the woman who works with Tazi, the other party is an employee of a certain company, who is married and has children.Even so, Tazi chose to give birth to a child and raise her alone. Toko's surname is Yazaki, and Shizuna follows her surname, but uses Ariake's surname at school.If the surname is different from that of his elder brother, it will arouse the suspicion of the children around him. Why didn't Ariake Xingbo and Toko register for marriage?The answer is probably related to the man Tazi had dated in the past, that is, Jing Nai's biological father. He said that when Tazi decided to give birth to a child, he promised him that he would not threaten the child, and at the same time, he would pay a certain amount of maintenance until the child became an adult.But once Tazi gets married, the alimony will also stop. It seems that Tazi didn't want to lose the money in vain, so she temporarily shelved the matter of marrying Xingbo.Xing Bo may also feel that there is no need to get married in such a hurry. When Bai Yuan went to question him, the man complained: "I don't even know the relationship between Tazi and the owner of the foreign restaurant. That liar cheated me of so much money." But the investigation results showed that he hadn't paid alimony for more than a year. up. Bai Yuan asked him if he planned to adopt Jing Nai, but he immediately refused. "It was Tazi who wanted to give birth, I didn't ask her. I have never seen the child once, so I don't know if it is my own." Hearing these words, Bai Yuan had the urge to beat him up. It seems that he should have nothing to do with this case.However, the investigators, who are full of interest in complex human relationships, still persevere in investigating him, and the results are naturally in vain. "Did you know? Recently, the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Department set up a search team and the case detection rate is almost 100%, far exceeding that of Tokyo and Osaka." "It's the first time I've heard of it." "What about the 'Ariake' case?" Regarding Hagi Village's question, Kashiwahara fell into deep thought with a sullen face. "What else? After three years, we and the children are probably the only ones who still remember this case." Hagimura sighed and said, "That sounds really bad." "I don't want to say that either." Saying that, Bai Yuan drank the beer in one gulp. Unfortunately, this prophecy has come true.Not to mention three years, after one year, no one in the police station talked about this case anymore.Although the county headquarters is still investigating, Hagi Village and the others have never heard of any progress. Time flies, and gradually even Hagi Village forgot about the three brothers and sisters. Taifu was shaken awake, he looked around and saw Gongyi standing beside him. "What are you doing? Didn't you say to do your homework first?" "Ah, accidentally fell asleep." He sucked his saliva and saw that the notebook spread out on the table was already wet. "It's really worth it to you, let me help you." "Eh, really? Great!" "Only tonight. Go and get ready." "It's almost there, and I started preparing for it yesterday." Taisu climbed to the upper bunk.Taifu sleeps on the upper bunk, and Gongyi sleeps on the lower bunk.It hasn't changed since entering the orphanage. Taifu climbed down with a canvas bag, Gongyi opened the curtain of the lower bunk of another bed, and a fat boy was reading manga with a desk lamp on. "Just now, I mentioned to you during the day that Taifu and I will sneak out for a while and help out like before, please." The boy called Gang blinked his round eyes flickeringly. "Where are you going in the middle of the night? You will be scolded if you find out." "It has nothing to do with you. If it succeeds, I'll treat you to ramen." Just as he nodded happily, the aunt in the cafeteria would always prepare a big bowl for him in advance. Koichi opened the window, took a look outside, then turned to Taifu and nodded. "OK, the opportunity has come."