Chapter 31 Section 5

Zhelang got out of Edogawabashi Subway Station, walked along Shinmejiro Avenue, and turned right at the intersection of Waseda Tsurumaki.He had seen the map, so he remembered the approximate location in his mind.Even so, he compared the copied addresses and house numbers several times on the way. According to the pre-moving address recorded on Kaori's resident certificate, she should be living in an apartment, but she didn't know the name of the apartment, so she only wrote the room number. Even so, Zhe Lang found the target building after wandering around.A long and narrow building with a convenience store on the first floor.The building has small balconies and a lot of windows. It really looks like an apartment for single people.

Room 301 seems to be the room where Xiangli used to live. The gates here don't automatically lock, and there's no keeper.Zhe Lang walked into the apartment and looked at the mailbox first.There was no name tag on the mailbox in Room 301. He climbed the stairs to the third floor.From 301 to 304, four doors are juxtaposed around a narrow floor. Zhe Lang tried to ring the doorbell of Room 302, and someone answered in a gruff voice, and opened the door, revealing a young man with scratched hair.From the point of view of being at home during the day, he should be a student.He was tall, lanky, pale, unshaven, and looked very unhealthy.

"What's the matter?" the young man asked Zhe Lang with a look of surprise. "I'm from a credit bureau, and I want to ask you something." "Credit agency?" The young man frowned, fully alert.The gap in the gate narrowed by a few centimeters. "I want to ask about room 301 next door." "Hasn't there been no one living next door for a while?" The young man scratched his head.There was music in the room.Upon closer inspection, this young man seems to be quite suitable for standing in a rock band. "It's been about a year since no one lived there?"

"Is that so?" "How long have you lived here?" "Well...it's been three years." "The thing is, I'm investigating the person who lived next door to you a year ago. Are you familiar with him?" "No, I don't know you at all." The young man shook his head. "We haven't spoken yet. At most, we just glanced at each other, so I don't really remember each other's looks." "Did you live in first?" "Yeah, the other party seems to have moved in about a year later than me." "Didn't the other party say hello to you at that time?"

"Absolutely not." When many people move their families recently, they don't say hello to their neighbors either.This wouldn't be surprising if they were both single. "Won't you be interested in what kind of people move in next door?" "Not at all, I'm not interested." The young man said with a snort. "Then, you don't know where the other party works and what kind of people he associates with?" "Well, I don't know. But I think the other party should be engaged in a special industry." "How do you say that?"

"There will be sounds from the other party's room during the day. It seems that they go out in the evening and come back in the morning. The walls here are very thin, and the voice from the next door can be heard clearly." After speaking, the young man slammed the wall with his fist. It seems that Xiangli has been working at Maoyan since she lived here. "Is it enough to ask? I'm not idle with nothing to do." "Oh, thanks. That's it." As soon as Zhe Lang finished speaking, the young man wanted to close the door, but his hand stopped moving halfway.

"Oh, yes. The other party's father has been here." "The other party's father? The one next door?" "I think it should be the father of the other party. A fat, rustic uncle. After he came out of the room, I looked through the peephole." "Didn't you say you're not interested in the next door?" "They were arguing so loudly, and they were always worried that something happened." The young man grinned. "Did they fight?" "Probably. I couldn't hear what they were talking about, but they were both very excited."

"Does this happen often?" "No, just once. Did the guy next door do something bad?" "No, it's not that I did anything bad." Zhe Lang thought to himself that he should not be able to get further consultation, so he bowed his head in thanks. Later, Zhe Lang tried to ring the doorbells of rooms 303 and 304, but the residents of the two rooms were not at home.However, people who are at home during the day are rather strange. Zhe Lang left the apartment and walked towards the station.He has something to discuss with the editor later.Just after the new year, I have to cover rugby and football games.There is also a Japanese championship in American football, but no one asks me to interview.Zhe Lang explained that American football is relatively unnoticed by the audience.

Thinking back to what the young man said just now, Zhe Lang always felt that something was wrong and he couldn't make up his mind. When he was walking down the subway stairs, he suddenly remembered a sentence, and immediately turned and walked back. As soon as he got back to the apartment, he rushed up the stairs and rang the doorbell for room 302 again. "What are you doing?" The young man's expression was not very happy. "Sorry, I forgot to confirm one important thing." Zhe Lang said while adjusting his breathing, "What's the name of the person who lived next door..."

"Saeki?" he replied bluntly. "Zebo..." Zhe Lang was greatly disappointed.Could it be that he misunderstood? "The mail was sent to my mailbox by mistake several times, so I remember that the other party's surname is Saeki, it seems to be the first name." "No, it's Kari, Saeki Kari." Hearing what Zhe Lang said, the young man waved vigorously. "That's not right. It's Saeki Kaoru, not Kari. That man is a man." -------------------------------- Note: