Chapter 30 Section 4

As soon as Zhelang came home, Risako happened to be changing clothes.She seems to have just come back. "Miss Xiangli is still not at home, her mailbox is full." "Is there any useful clue in the mail?" "Only one." Risako put the envelope on the kitchen bar. It looks like an envelope that a woman would use.The envelope has not been opened yet, and it feels like there is no heavy letter inside. Zhe Lang was a little hesitant, but decided to open the envelope to find out.Risako watched his movements without saying a word. Zhe Lang took out a photo and a small note from the envelope.There was only the following line written on the note paper: "This is a photo I took a while ago. Let's go play together some other day when you are free!"

The photo seems to have been taken in the "Maoyan" store.In the photo, Meiyue, Xiangli and a while ago were at Zhelang's seat, and a female publicist named Hiromi lined up.It was only then that Zhelang realized that Hiromi Mukai was the female publicist.So she did say she used her real name. When Zhelang mentioned this matter, Risako didn't seem to be interested. "Miss Xiangli is very beautiful." She just said this and put the photo on the bar. "No wonder a stalker follows her." "Yeah. Where's the other mail?" "Didn't I say that there is only one useful one? The others are all advertising emails. But I have other gains. Today's newspaper was not delivered to her home."

"Is that so... Could it be that the newspaper delivery unit has stopped delivering newspapers because I have accumulated too many copies?" "I thought so too, so I checked the address of the newspaper delivery unit and went to confirm. It seems that Miss Xiangli contacted them and asked to suspend the newspaper delivery." "when?" "Yesterday. She seemed to say that she is not at home for the time being, so don't deliver the newspaper." "Could it be herself?" Risako spread her hands and shrugged. "Do you think me and the people at the paper delivery unit can confirm this?"

"That's true." If it is Xiangli herself, it means that she is hiding her whereabouts on purpose.And if it was someone else, it must be assumed that she was kidnapped.In any case, it is impossible for Xiangli to encounter an accident without the knowledge of the people around her. Zhe Lang thought: Where is she?Why hide whereabouts?Is this related to Mizuki's disappearance? "Sugai called just now." "Xu Bei?" Zhe Lang felt uneasy, this is the weakest part of defense. "What did he say?" "He asked about Mei Yue, and seemed to be worried about her."

"How do you answer?" "I'm telling the truth." "You said she left our house?" "Yeah. Can't you?" "No..., to hear you say that, did that guy say anything?" "He seems very scared." Risako smiled with the corners of her mouth raised. "He is probably afraid of being involved in trouble. So, I said we will never mention his name, please rest assured." It really is Risako's style.Zhe Lang imagined that she probably spoke sourly. Zhe Lang walked into the kitchen and opened the cupboard, and there was only a bowl of instant noodles left in the food storage.He filled the kettle with water and turned on the gas stove.

"This, I'll get it today." Risako handed out a piece of paper. That's the resident certificate of Saeki Kari.She moved here from Waseda about a year ago, and her household registration is in Shizuoka Prefecture. Calculated from the date of birth, she is now twenty-seven years old. Zhe Lang picked up the handset and dialed 104 to inquire.He thought to himself that many people do not register their phone numbers in the phone book recently, but if they are people who have lived for many years, they may be able to find the phone number. He was right.He immediately found out the phone number from the address of the place of residence and the surname Saeki.

Holding the slip of paper with the number written down, he looked at Risako. "I have something to ask you." She put her hands on her hips and sighed. "You don't want me to call there, do you?" "Because I think women are less wary of beating each other than men." "What should I say?" "First of all, you need to make sure that Xiangli is there. If she is not, you can ask for her contact information. At least you should be able to know her mobile phone number." "Who am I supposed to say?" "Break it casually, it looks like a former classmate. Just listening to the voice should not reveal your age."

Risako straightened his face. "We don't even know which school she went to. What if the other party asks me?" "That's true. Otherwise, say you are a colleague in the workplace. Say you have something urgent to contact her, but she doesn't seem to be at home, so you just call her hometown." "What if the other party asks me?" "Let's say she borrowed money from you. If she doesn't pay you back, you will be very troubled. Be realistic." "Once you ask someone for something, you will make an inch of it." Risako glared at him and pressed the phone number.She brushed her hair back and put the handset against her ear.The phone seems to be connected. "What if Miss Xiangli is here?"

"I'll listen to you then." Zhe Lang pointed at himself with his thumb. Risako's expression changed, and the phone seemed to be connected. "Hello, is this Saeki's house? My surname is Sugai. Is Miss Saeki Kari home?" She said in a higher voice than usual. Hearing Xu Bei's surname suddenly, Zhe Lang held back his smile. "I'm her colleague. Miss Xiangli has asked for leave, but I have something urgent to do, so I have to contact her." It seems that Xiangli did not return to her hometown. "Ah, that's it. Then, do you know her cell phone number? Or the contact information of an acquaintance here?" Risako stalked her.Zhe Lang handed her the note paper and pen.

But in the next second, Risako's expression froze. "Ah, hello, please wait a moment." She shouted, and then held the wireless phone without moving. "What's wrong?" Zhelan asked. "The other party hung up." She sighed and put the phone back. "Who is answering the phone?" "Probably her father." "How did he say?" "He said he didn't know about Xiangli. He kept asking him, and he also had a headache. She had severed ties with the family. Then she hung up." Risako made a gesture of putting down the microphone.

"Did she run away from home?" "Maybe." Risako sat on the sofa. "The water is rolling." "Ah!" Zhe Lang went back to the kitchen, turned off the gas stove, peeled off the cellophane of the instant noodles, opened the bowl lid, and poured hot water. "Tomorrow, I'll go to Xiangli's former residence to take a look." "That's fine. By the way, how did you go to Mizuki's hometown?" "From the conclusion, there is no gain." Zhe Lang briefly talked about the conversation between him and Mei Yue's father.When hearing the part about the wedding banquet, Risako frowned sadly. "Her father is very poor, too," she muttered. "But his father still seems to believe that she is a woman." Zhe Lang also told Risako about the scarf. Risako fell into deep thought and remained silent, and soon she raised her head. "When I was chatting with Meiyue before, she said: When children go to elementary school, it seems that boys carry black schoolbags and girls carry red schoolbags, but which color should I choose?" "Should she be a red schoolbag?" "It turns out she didn't seem to buy a schoolbag." "Yes." Zhe Lang opened the bowl of instant noodles, and the noodles were soaked. Xu Bei called again in the middle of the night. "I heard from Takakura that that guy Hiura left you and joined without a word." "yes." "Then you're looking for that guy around Tokyo every day." Risako seemed to describe Zhelang's actions in that way. "We won't trouble you." As soon as Zhe Lang said, he heard the sound of smacking his lips on the other end of the phone. "You husband and wife are very good at sarcasm. I don't think Hiura's life or death has nothing to do with me." "I know, I know. You are normal, we have something wrong." Zhe Lang wanted to say to him: Only you are still guarding the family safely to prove this. "Well, think whatever you want. But if you're looking for Hiura, I know an interesting person. She runs a hotel in Shinjuku, but it's a store that has nothing to do with us. The store is mainly for women. " Hearing what Xu Bei said, Zhe Lang suddenly had a flash of inspiration. "Is it a shemale shop?" "Oh, let's put it bluntly." "Will the owner of that shop help us?" "It's hard to say, but I heard that many young people like Hiura who want to change from a woman to a man seek advice from her. Maybe she has heard about Hiura, so I want to introduce you to each other." "I see." "How about it?" "That might be a good idea, so I'll leave it to you." "I'm available anytime." "Okay." Zhe Lang thought after hanging up the phone, maybe this guy is also worried about Mei Yue.However, even if they met someone in that special industry, it was impossible to know the news of Mei Yue. -------------------------------- Note: