Chapter 50 Section 1

The couple who came in looked to be in their mid-twenties, and their hair was dyed brown.The girl has short hair, but the young man has long hair and a sparse beard. The two of them had looked at the outside window for a long time before, and they wanted to buy it, but they didn't have to expect too much. They would buy a ring worth 10,000 to 20,000 yuan at most. "Welcome." He still greeted the two with a smile. "Can you show me the necklace with the red stones outside?" asked the girl. "Red Stone, which one is it?" "The one with the red stone and the little snake around it."

"Oh." He opened the glass door from the inside, reached out and put it in front of her, "Is this it?" "Yes, this one is cute." "This one is very good, it's made of agate stone." "Oh." The girl doesn't seem to care much about the central stone.If she wanted to know more, he would have said it was artificial coloring, but he had dismissed that idea.The girl seems to like the little rope decoration around the stone.The man who looked like her boyfriend was bored by the side, obviously hoping that his girlfriend would finish shopping quickly, and it didn't matter what he bought.

"Is this the original price listed above?" the girl asked while holding the necklace.Young people these days love to haggle.It was only when he came to this store that he felt this deeply, and he couldn't feel it at the place where he stayed before. Of course, it can be cheaper, and the price is set with this in mind.How cheap it can be is up to him to decide. "The consumption tax part can be deducted." "Hey, can it be cheaper?" "It's three thousand cheaper." The man said.It is estimated that he is worried that if he does not help to say a word, he will be complained by his girlfriend after leaving the store.

"That way we won't make any money." He laughed. "Oh, it's impossible." The girl pouted. Instead, I can give her three thousand yuan cheaper... Just as I thought of this, the door opened and another guest came in. "Welcome." He greeted reflexively, but when he saw the other person's face, he couldn't help being startled. This face has been seen before.The unkempt unkempt hair, scruffy beard, sharp eyes, and thin cheeks seem to have been seen somewhere.Are you a gem dealer?No, no, it should be seen elsewhere.He was sure that this person would not bring any good things, so he was taken aback.

"Hey, uncle, it's two thousand cheaper for you, and we'll pay in cash." For 20,000 yen, I still feel how great it is to pay in cash, but I really can't help it, but he wants to send the couple away first. "Well, I really can't match the girls now." The young couple cheered.The man glanced at them.When the four eyes met, for some reason, that person also grinned, which made people feel a little creepy. At that moment, a certain part of the memory reappeared vividly.He clearly remembered the identity of this person, and immediately froze. "Uncle, what's the matter with you?"

"Ah, nothing, I'm sorry." The fingers of the packaged goods were trembling.What is he doing here?What can I do for you?Are you looking for trouble again?Planning to dig up old accounts?Ominous thoughts came to mind one after another.He never wanted to see this man again. The couple took the necklace and left the store, he was still hesitating whether to greet the visitor.Soon, the man took the initiative to walk up to him.He lowered his head. "It seems you still remember me." Yes, that's right, he thought, that's the voice.In the past that I can't bear to look back on, I was once intimidated and blamed by this voice.

"Hello, Mr. Bangzhong." The visitor said again. He looked up helplessly.When their eyes met, he couldn't help blinking. "Well, I remember." "Long time no see. Uh, it's been... three years." "You are Kato... Officer Kato." "It's an honor to even remember my last name." Kato smiled on his bearded face.In Hamanaka Yoichi's view, it was like the messenger of an ominous wind licking his lips. Hamaka licked his dry lips, and said, "What's the matter? You should find me if you have nothing to do." "It seems that you are tired of me." Kato smiled wryly, "Hanzhong, I heard your wife said that you are here. Ah, sorry, it should be said to be his ex-wife."

He did it on purpose, Bangzhong cursed viciously in his heart. "I originally told her not to tell outsiders casually." Hamaka wanted to be sarcastic first, but it didn't seem to work on the visitor.Kato nodded and took out the cigarette case.Bangzhong remembered that this person was a heavy smoker, and the interrogation room was always full of smoke. "The medals for the Nagano Winter Olympics are also on sale. This time, Japan has indeed sold their strength. Due to the active performance of the Japanese team, will these things increase in value?" Kato stared at the cabinet and said, "I already knew that in Okachimachi There are quite a few precious metal shops, and this is the first time I’ve been here. Compared with famous shops, it’s probably much cheaper here, and even the young couple just now can come in at will.” Having said that, he raised his head, “I’m afraid it’s the same as Ginza It’s a world of difference.”

"Are you here to tease me on purpose?" "No, no." Kato lit a cigarette, "The incident three years ago really made you very unhappy, but each other. For us, there are indeed too many suspicious things about Mr. Bangzhong." Hamaka turned his head to one side.It was a topic he didn't want to think about again. Kato exhaled smoke. "About the stench incident, I never doubted you from the very beginning. Anyway, it's been a while, so I'll tell you the truth, it's an extremely finely crafted deflation device, and it's hard for laymen to do it."

"No doubt? I suffered a lot at the time." "Actually, it's still your fault. It can only be said that the timing is too bad. On the one hand, there is a stench incident, and on the other hand, there is a stalker. It is generally believed that the two are related." "The stalker incident also..." "You want to say that has nothing to do with you? I understand." Hamaka sighed and looked outside the door.He hopes that customers will come, and it doesn't matter how cheap they buy. "But Mr. Hamanaka, you admitted your relationship with one person—Mifuyu Shinkai. Is it always true that you followed her?"

"If you ask this kind of thing now, what do you want to do?" "You just need to answer my question. Why, do you want to go through complicated formal procedures? I don't care, I'm afraid you will be in trouble." Kato held the cigarette in his mouth with his fingertips, and tapped his fingers The counter said, "It's hard to find a job, and I don't want to be brought up with those old things again. If that's the case, tell me the truth." Bangzhong thought, this person must have no friends. "I told you then that I was dating her." "I did hear you say it, and it was included in the report, but Shinkai Mifuyu has always denied it." The police actually called Meifuyu by her first name. Hamaka felt a little awkward, but he wanted to make it clear, so he lowered his head and said: "If you can investigate carefully, you should know that we have been dating. This is a fact." "Oh..." Kato was puffing out the smoke again.Bangzhong thought he was sneering again, but when he looked up, he saw his serious face. "Why is she denying it?" "Needless to say?" Bangzhong sighed, "I was a suspect in the stalking incident, and she didn't want anything to do with me. Even if it was temporary, if someone found out that she was with someone who had been stalking a female shop assistant When men date, I don’t know how they will be viewed by everyone, and it is difficult to gain a foothold in Huawu.” "Have you talked to her since?" "How is it possible?" Bangzhong shook his head, "I wanted to contact her several times, but I didn't do that. If she went around saying that I was pestering me, then I couldn't explain it, so I had to give up. No matter what, the final result was nothing. Too much change." After Bangzhong was released from the police station, the company first let him go home and wait for orders, and then transferred him to an idle position. In fact, he silently put pressure on him to resign.Perhaps he should have persevered at that time, but he had lost enough energy and strength at that time, and he felt that it would be good to get the resignation letter, so he handed in his resignation. The wave of nightmares that hit him didn't end there.Not long after, his wife Sunja proposed a divorce and said that if he disagreed, he would hire a lawyer.Once there is a lawsuit, he cannot win.He personally said at the police station that he had dated Shinkai Mito. With the house and children taken away and child support to be paid, nothing good happens and life takes a dark turn.He even contemplated suicide. "Mr. Hamaka," Kato looked at him intently, "are you attracting resentment?" "Me? Why do you say that?" "I sympathize with you." Kato showed another disgusting smile, "It's really bad to follow women, but from the later development, I think you are very unlucky. There are guys who do the same thing in society, but they all try to fool you It's gone. Your situation is different. Not only did some foul-smelling incidents occur, but it also surfaced that all the female shop assistants were being stalked by strange men. But assuming it was you who did it." "The two things have nothing to do with me." Bangzhong stared at him hard. "If this is the case, it is too accidental. Whether it is the stench incident or the stalker incident, some evidence points to you. Is this accidental?" "It's not me anyway." "So," Kato said a little anxiously, stubbing out the cigarette in the ashtray, "you didn't do it. But if it's not accidental, someone is going to frame you." Hamaka looked at Kato.The policeman nodded without avoiding his eyes. "Who would do that?" "So I ask you, do you attract resentment?" "do not remember……" "Don't answer so simply, think about it." Kato took another cigarette in his mouth, but he didn't light it. Instead, he continued, "For example, Xinhai Mifuyu." The cigarette shook up and down slightly. "Her? Why...impossible..." "You also said that at that time. When you asked why you wanted to check her letters, you said you wanted to confirm whether she had a new man. If what you said is true, there is a possibility that she wants to break up with you." "Maybe, but... because of this, you are going to frame me?" "This kind of thing is not impossible to consider." "Ridiculous!" Hamaka waved his hand, "She shouldn't have to do such a troublesome thing. I'm a family man, and if she proposes to break up, I can't help it. But she didn't propose to break up first, even though they broke up in the end, But that's because of what happened..." "She has another man?" "This... Actually, even now, I don't know." Bangzhong shook his head. "What do you think is the reason Xin Hai Mifuyu has another man?" "reason……" "There must be some basis for checking her letters and following her." Kato said with thorns. Hamaka rubbed his face, then turned his gaze to the outside of the store.Still no sign of customers coming. "I heard from other female shop assistants in Huawu." He said. "You said Xinhai has a boyfriend?" "Didn't say that directly. She said that she overheard Meidong calling, as if she was dating someone." "What's the clerk's name?" Bangzhong sighed: "Hatayama." Kato took the notebook out of his pocket, turned to a page, and pointed at it. "Hey, it's in the record, Akiko Hatayama, one of the female shop assistants who mentioned being harassed by a stalker. Did you hear her say it?" "Ok." "Just by making a phone call, I'm afraid I can't tell if it's a lover, maybe it's a date with my girlfriend." "I thought so too, but Hatayama asserted that Meifuyu was on the phone with a man... At that time, Hatayama didn't seem to have been harassed by a stalker, and she said it to me during a casual chat. She said that a woman can only do it when she likes it." You will show your true colors in front of people..." "True color?" "I heard that Meifuyu called at that time in a dialect, that is, Kansai dialect. Moreover, the tone didn't sound like she was talking to a friend, it was cute. Anyway, Hatayama said so." "Kansai dialect..." Kato fell into deep thought, "Have you guessed who it is after hearing these words?" "I do find it strange. Meifuyu lost her parents in the earthquake, and said that she has left Kansai for a long time, and she has no friends there at all. It is impossible for her to have friends who can talk in Kansai dialect." "That's why I guess it's a man." "Anyway, I want to confirm this. Check her mailbox to see if there is a letter from Kansai." Recalling what happened at that time, Bangzhong felt like he was on fire.Why are you so infatuated with that woman?It annoyed him that he had to confess such a thing now. "Mr. Police, is it alright? Even though I don't know what you are investigating, I have nothing to do with Huawu and Meidong now. Just let me go." But Kato continued to ask as if he didn't hear it: "What you checked was only the letter? Have you inquired about other things?" "Nothing else..." "Really?" Kato squinted at him, "I can't believe that people who peek at other people's letters without authorization will give up only those." Seeing Hamaka remained silent, Kato lit another cigarette. "I must have checked the garbage bag and followed her." "Mr. Police, I'm going to get angry." Hamaka stared angrily at the other party, "Isn't this thing over? Why now—" "It's over, so far, I don't want to do anything to you, so just tell the truth." Kato's deep voice could even reach his stomach, "I said it just now, I guess you also want to keep your current life. If you get kicked out of here again, you really have nowhere to go." "...What did she do? Why do you want to pursue the investigation?" Kato grinned with a cigarette in his mouth: "You don't need to know." "Can--" Just as Hamaka was about to speak, Kato took something out of the inner pocket of his jacket and put it on the counter.Like a folded brochure, with photos of precious stones and precious metals printed, the logo of Huawu immediately came into view. "what is this?" "I heard that Huawu is going to be reborn. Did you know that Huawu has cooperated with a company called BLUE SNOW to start selling precious metals that are completely different from the previous concept." Whether it is the name of the company or the new products launched by Huawu, Bangzhong doesn't know anything about it.He has been trying his best to avoid contact with Huawu-related information. "From your expression, you probably don't know." "I do not care." "Oh. But if you found out that the president of BLUE SNOW is Mifuyu, how would you react? Would you be somewhat interested?" Hamanaka looked at Kato's unshaven face. "impossible……" "Impossible things always happen in this world. By the way, let me surprise you again, Xin Hai Mifuyu is still the wife of the president of Huaya, so her current name is Akimura Mifuyu." "What?" Bangzhong's eyes widened, "Marry President Akimura... her?" "I don't know the specifics. I don't know if Xin Haimeidong met Akimura when he was working in Huawu, or met him because of a business relationship. In short, Xinhai Meidong successfully controlled Huawu in both public and private aspects." Bangzhong muttered in a low voice: "Unbelievable!" "Incredible woman indeed. Just three years ago, she had an affair with you, and now she has developed to this extent. And you, in this small shop, spend all day talking to young men with thin wallets. Couples promoting low-end jewelry. Don't you think it's worth it?" These humiliating words made Hamaka very angry, but he was powerless to refute.There are people who miss the stairs and people who get on the lucky elevator.He understands this, but still feels like he's been unlucky. "So, Mr. Hamanaka," Kato's tone suddenly became serious, "No matter how small things are, when you investigated Shinkai Mifuyu in many ways, did you find anything interesting? Anything that has nothing to do with men is fine." "I found nothing." "Do not say that." "Really. I do want to get to know her better, besides the man side, because I really like her." Kato seemed to understand his mood very well, and nodded vigorously several times. Of course, it also contained a strong sense of ridicule. "I went to her hometown on a day off. The earthquake had just happened and the reconstruction work hadn't started systematically. I wandered around for a whole day, trying to find one or two people who knew her." "What's the result?" Kato leaned forward. "That's all." Bangzhong spread his hands, "Finally found the place where her parents used to live. At that time, even transportation was not guaranteed, so I only took a few photos of the pile of rubble and came back. One of her friends Didn't come across either." "Where are the photos?" "Uh," Bangzhong shook his head, "it should be at home, maybe my wife disposed of it long ago." "Did you tell Xin Hai Meifu about this?" "I think... I'm afraid I told her. Yes, that's right, I told her. I remember showing her the photos and telling her that I went to her hometown to have a look." "How did she react? Surprised?" "Not really surprised, just kind of annoyed and asked me why I did it. I remember saying, 'I want to know all about you.' Maybe you'll think I'm stupid." Kato didn't answer, just smiled slightly, and it was clearly written on his face: It's just stupid. "I'm so sorry. But I was serious at the time. I didn't want to lose her. I wanted to know everything about her. There was something about her that drove men crazy." Kato heard the words and nodded.For some reason, the mocking expression just now disappeared from his face. "Is that enough? Even if you ask again, I can't answer anything. Tell me, why did you start investigating this matter again? What did she do? What case is it related to?" Kato didn't even look at him, and put the cigarette case and lighter in his pocket. "Excuse me." He said as he walked towards the door. "policeman." Kato opened the door, turning back again before going out. "You also said just now that she can drive men crazy. That's what she does." He grinned, said "will come again", and walked out of the store. After Kato left, Hamanaka stood there dumbfounded for a long time, perhaps feeling a sense of exhaustion after vomiting out all the backlogged things in his heart.When he recovered, he slumped down on the chair. Meifuyu's beautiful face and well-proportioned figure can still clearly emerge before her eyes.Of all the women I've ever dated, she's undoubtedly the most attractive. He wasn't so fascinated when we first met.When she came to say hello, claiming to be Xin Hai who was assigned to the leather bag counter on the first floor, he only thought she was very beautiful, and did not consider her as an extramarital affair.After meeting several times, he was gradually attracted.She looks strong, but she can appear vulnerable and helpless for a moment, making people want to reach out for help.But she was very stubborn and refused to accept help from others.Her attitude sometimes feels cold, and sometimes it feels extremely tough, with a wonderful sense of proportion.Her eyes have a magic that no other woman can imitate.If you are stared at by her, it seems that the bottom of your heart has been seen through by her, and the whole person will be sucked in. Bang Zhongben likes flirting. He has had relationships with part-time shop assistants before, but he has never had an extramarital affair with a regular employee.Xin Haimei Fuyu is an exception.He likes her so much.He also felt that Mifuyu seemed to want that too.He was sure that as long as he got close to her, he would definitely succeed. His prediction was not wrong.Two weeks after Meidong came to Huawu, the relationship between the two has developed to the point of going to the hotel to open a room. "I want to work at the same place as you." Meifuyu whispered in Hamaka's arms, "I want to be with you anytime, anywhere." "It will be suspected by the people in the store." "It's okay now. I just joined the job, and no one will doubt my relationship with you." "That's true." Bangzhong was the person in charge of the floor at the time and had the authority to request personnel transfers.After planning, he quickly got Meidong to transfer to the jewelry counter on the third floor as she wished. In the store, the two completely pretended to be the relationship between the competent boss and the new employee; while on the bed, in order to get rid of the usual depression, Hamaka greedily enjoyed Mifuyu's body.Hamaka is very satisfied, he doesn't want to destroy his family, and he doesn't want to lose Mifuyu. "I have a dream that I can manufacture my own original brand products in the future." He put his arms around Meidong's shoulders on the bed and said many times, "For this reason, I am learning jewelry manufacturing, and I have a workbench at home. There are several styles." "I want to see your design." Mifuyu said.One day, Hamaka showed her some drawings from home.After watching, her eyes sparkled with excitement, and she said, "Everyone is so beautiful, I have never seen anything before!" It didn't sound like she was being flattering. "Right? I'm also very confident." "Especially this one, it's amazing, the gemstones overlap!" "There are countless styles with stones placed flat, but there has never been a design with stones placed in three dimensions. This may be patentable." In fact, Hamaka has no self-confidence at all, and he doesn't know to what extent his designs can be recognized.As for the dream of going it alone, he thought it was just a dream.Even so, he was very happy after hearing Mifuyu's words... Now that Bangzhong thinks about it, he probably will never see her again, and everything collapsed because of that series of bizarre events. He glanced at the counter inadvertently, and there was a brochure of Huawu left by Kato on it.He pouted, trying to throw it into the trash can.He was about to let go, but changed his mind.He took a deep breath and opened the brochure. The first is the eye-catching slogan: "Huawu is developing on a new stage", and the photos of the newly released new rings are printed below. Bangzhong was originally looking at the picture casually, but when he saw the photo, his eyes immediately became ferocious, and his hand holding the brochure began to tremble. "How could it be...it's ridiculous!" He murmured to himself.