Chapter 19 Section 7

There is a small photo frame on the shelf in the living room, and inside is a snapshot of a family portrait, which looks harmonious and happy, and everyone's face is full of happiness.The son in elementary school stood in the middle, and a couple stood shoulder to shoulder behind him.It seemed that the light was dazzling, and all three of them squinted and smiled.It's like climbing a mountain. Not only the husband, but even the wife are dressed in jeans and sneakers. The wife in the photo is sitting in front of Kato with her head bowed, her left hand on her lap is holding a handkerchief tightly, and she is wearing a knitted sweater and a white skirt.Kato thinks this outfit suits her better than jeans.

"So, you noticed something unusual about him?" Hearing Kato's question, Junko Hamaka nodded slightly. "It seems that I am thinking too much about other things, and I am completely absent-minded about my words..." Even if there is nothing wrong, most husbands in this world are like this - this sentence was swallowed by Kato again.He was divorced four years ago, and he was like that when he was not divorced. "Besides," she added, "I come home later than before. I used to come back around nine o'clock, but recently it's often nearly eleven o'clock."

"Aren't you going to spend the night outside?" "It's not..." "Did you leave early in the morning?" Kato asked. Sunja nodded as if just thinking about it. "Indeed. Although not often, occasionally I will go out nearly an hour earlier than usual, saying that there is preparation work in the store..." "Do you remember when this change started?" Sunja put her hands on her thin cheeks. "It seems to be from two months ago." Kato nodded.If Hamanaka is the one who entangled Akiko Hatayama and Mifuyu Shinkai, it would be consistent with this testimony.The phenomenon of coming home late and leaving early can be understood as following them or checking their trash.

"Excuse me," Shunzi looked up at Kato, her eyes full of timidity, "My husband really did that kind of thing? He really went to harass the female employees in the store..." Sunja closed her eyes and bowed her head deeply again.Kato could see that for her, her stable life and future would be greatly impacted. She didn't say things like "my husband wouldn't do that."It seemed that she had vaguely noticed some kind of abnormality. The room of Yoichi Hamanaka was searched.The things I want to find are divided into two categories: traces of harassment of the female staff of Huawu, and evidence of manufacturing poison gas distribution devices.

"Let's change the subject." Kato reached for the teacup on the table.He remembered that Sunja's hands had been shaking while making tea. "At this time last week, was there any indication of what your husband was doing in the room, like making something?" Shunzi tilted her head, frowning tightly. "As I said just now, he has locked himself in the house a lot recently. I don't know what he is doing." "Do you often go into your husband's room, say, when he is away?" Sunja shook her head. "Before I was severely reprimanded for entering his room. He said that there were important items stored by customers in it, and he warned me never to go in without authorization."

"You don't know what it's like in the house?" "Well, hardly any. He's going to give me a really tough reprimand. He just threw a fit the other day about my trespassing again." "Just now I took a brief look at your husband's room. There are some strange things in it, such as operating table, vise, small tools and so on." "He likes engraving gold. He said that since he sells jewelry, he should also master certain skills." "Carving gold is a delicate job, is your husband skillful?" "Well, how should I put it, I don't think so. He showed me the rings and brooches he made, and they looked like they were made by laymen." Shunzi felt puzzled when she answered, and didn't understand why the police asked such a question.Kato didn't tell her that these were related to the stench incident in Huawu.

"Kato, come here." Nishizaki called from the door of the house.He was searching the room, wearing white gloves on his hands. "I'm sorry." Kato said as he got up from the sofa and came to the corridor, "What did you find?" "Look." Nishizaki held a few photos.The person in the photo is Xin Haimei Dong, and it was obviously taken secretly.