Chapter 3 Section 3

Wei Xu spent a sleepless night, and in the morning he saw himself in the mirror, with dry skin and bloodshot eyes.The lips are also poorly pigmented and suddenly feel like they are ten years older. However, Ye Liuzi's night must have been much worse than Wei Xu's. After being taken away by the police, Wei Xu could not imagine where she slept, but the name 'detention house' sounds strange A dark, cold and dusty impression. Wei Xu and Ye Liuzi rented a two-bedroom apartment to live together.Walking out of her room, she took a peek into Ye Liuzi's room, where the neatly folded bed remained intact as it was yesterday.

"It's really hard." Wei Xu said to Ye Liuzi's bed. It is natural that she has no appetite, and she started to dress up after drinking a glass of orange juice.After reading the morning paper, I found that yesterday's case hadn't been published. Then I turned on the TV, and after broadcasting the news about the political world, I briefly reported on the case. "In the next few days, the Shakujii Department will conduct a detailed investigation into the identity of the deceased male—" Wei Xu turned off the TV and shook his head, it's okay, Ye Liuzi won't be convicted, the criminal policeman named Kaga said, under normal circumstances it's fine.

But "under normal circumstances"... Wei Xu still couldn't let go of this sentence. When he was about to go out after dressing up, the doorbell rang, and he looked through the peephole to see Ota and Kaga standing outside the door.Weixu opened the door. The two detectives asked to see Ye Liuzi's room, but Wei Xu couldn't refuse, so he brought them into the room.When asking yourself how to be good, "Can you stay here for a while, we still have something to ask you for advice." Ota replied. Walking into Ye Liuzi's room, the detectives began to investigate bit by bit from the storage cabinet and dresser drawers. They seemed to be very interested in things like snapshots.

"Do you suspect that Ye Liuzi may have known that man?" Wei Xu stood at the door of the room and asked the criminal police who were searching. "It's our job to be skeptical about everything." "That means you suspect that Ye Liuzi killed that person on purpose..." As Wei Xu said so, Kaga, who was originally squatting and looking through the photo album, stood up. "Is there an address book?" "The address book is next to the phone." Then he quickly scanned the room, found the phone and strode over immediately.He picked up the address book next to the phone and flipped through it.

"Lend this to us, and it will be returned to you within today." "Even if you check this way, Ye Liuzi has nothing to do with that man. Didn't I say that I don't know that man. If I didn't know him, Ye Liuzi definitely wouldn't know him either." Wei Xu walked up to Kaga and looked up at him, so angry that tears were about to flow out. Gazing into her eyes, Kaga answered quietly. "I believe you." "But it's not enough to just believe it. To prove it is a legitimate defense, you must find out all the doubts and eliminate them one by one. Please understand this."

Then he put his hands on Wei Xu's shoulders and nodded. Ota and Kaga checked all of Ye Liuzi's belongings, books, magazines, video tapes, high school graduation albums, cooking manuals, letters, and New Year's cards—everything imaginable.Wei Xu showed them his room again, and finally, they finally believed that there was nothing related to that man in this room. However, they found several photos of other men, some of which were taken by this man alone, some with Ye Liuzi, and even a photo of him among the members of the ballet troupe. "Who is this person?" Ota asked.

"Actors in our ballet company." Wei Xu said the person's name. "What's the relationship with Saito?" Kaga asked, but Wei Xu shook his head to express that he didn't know. "Did you ask her nothing?" "Ye Liuzi never mentioned the matter between them, and of course I have my own guesses." Kaga nodded and put this photo in his bag as well. When I got rid of the criminal police and arrived at the dance troupe, it was almost noon, and there were still policemen near the building.There were a few people joining in the fun at the door, and when Wei Xu walked in, they were still staring at her intently.

The office still forbids idlers to enter, so I went to the practice room along the way, and when I looked inside, Yagyu Kosuke came over and waved to her, and Mio also waved.When the criminal police searched Ye Liuzi's room, Wei Xu explained by phone that he might be late for class. After changing in the locker room, Wei Xu walked into the practice room.After doing some warm-up exercises, Yagyu walked up to her, with sweat glistening on his forehead and flushed cheeks.However, his expression was stiff, which was different from usual. "This morning, I went to the Shakujii Police Station," he said.

"Police station?" "I want to meet Ye Liuzi. I told the receptionist that I am a member of the ballet troupe." "and after?" "A policeman with a stern face came out and said a lot of nonsense. I couldn't understand what he was trying to say, but it basically meant that I couldn't see her now." "That's it..." Under the current circumstances, these police officers are arresting Ye Liuzi as a murder suspect, so even if we go to the police station in person, it is unlikely that we will meet Ye Liuzi easily. "Well, it's expected."

Liu Sheng tied the bandanna around his head again and asked, "Did you have enough last night?" "It's really choking." Weixu answered truthfully. "I really wanted to hurry over here, but Oda-sensei told us never to come." "It's a good thing you didn't come, and you won't be able to see Ye Liuzi when you come." Wei Xu replied while stretching. "You mean you will be very anxious instead? By the way, what about that, do the police believe it is self-defense?" "I don't know, it would be bad if they didn't believe it."

Yagyu scratched the top of the handkerchief above his head, and punched the palm of his left hand with his right hand. "Don't worry, we should still be able to do something, right?" "The police came to my house this morning with your photo." "The police have my picture?" He pointed at himself with his thumb, and nodded slowly, "Okay, then they will come to investigate me, and maybe they will have some information by then." While he was talking to himself, Oda called out: "Boy! It's your turn!" The Gaoliu Ballet will perform in a week's time, performing Tchaikovsky's "Beauty in the Sleeping Forest".It was the first time for the Gaoliu Troupe to perform this dance drama on stage, so they rehearsed hard all night. This work is adapted from a fairy tale by Charles Perrault. The main storyline is: Princess Aurora, who was cursed by an evil monster and fell into a coma, was awakened by a prince with the help of a lilac elf after a hundred years of sleep. .Among them, there will be successively shown in front of the audience: the dance of the monsters celebrating the birth of Princess Aurora, the solo dance of Princess Aurora on her 16th birthday, and the wedding ceremony of Princess Aurora and Prince Digiri.Especially in the third act, the popular kings "Red Turban Wolf" and "Puss in Boots" in Perrault's fairy tales, and "Bluebird and Princess Floria" in Mrs. Onova's fairy tales will appear one by one debut, the luxury of its lineup pushed the scene to a climax. Wei Xu will play one of the six monsters that appeared in the first act, and Princess Floria in the third act. As a dance troupe, of course it wants to make this performance a success, and Wei Xu also expects to play this role alive. For her now, this performance is her whole in a sense. Under Oda's guidance, the actors danced one after another, and everyone didn't just care about their own parts. When everyone was dancing, all the actors would pour their eager eyes on it.It's only been a day since a member was arrested, but nothing has changed. When the rehearsal came to the scene where several people danced the waltz, Oda's sharp eyes cast each dance one by one, and kept pointing out its shortcomings severely. Yasuko Mori appeared among the dancing people.After watching her dancing silently for a few seconds, Oda pointed out the footsteps of a young actor next to her, without making any comments to Yasuko. Yasuko Mori is a senior who is three years older than Weixu, but her low profile makes people not feel her age at all, and she is very humble to everyone.She has superb dancing skills. Although there are many things that Weixu and the others can learn from, her fatal flaw is that she will lose the chain at critical moments.Among the dancers, some dance very well during practice, but they can’t perform well in the performance, while others are not very conspicuous in the practice field, but they can perform impressively in the official performance, Mori Jingzi is a model of the former situation. However, her enthusiasm for ballet has never faded.Her figure used to be plump, but now she had prominent cheekbones and was surprisingly thin.Although I categorically deny it, everyone privately rumored that she had lost weight desperately to dance. "Weixu, here we come, I'm really sorry last night." After Jingzi finished dancing, she ran to Wei Xu's side to apologize to her. "Why are you sorry?" "Because I couldn't come, and you have to bear the burden of such an important event... I'm really worried, but the teacher told me not to come..." "Don't take that kind of thing to heart, I didn't do anything serious." Weixu waved his hand. "Really, I feel a little better after you say that." Saying that, Jingzi frowned apologetically, "But if you have anything to do in the future, please contact me, I will definitely come here immediately." OK, Wei Xu answered. Jingzi seemed to want to say something, but when his eyes stayed in the distance, he froze.Wei Xu also looked in that direction, and Akiko Takayanagi was walking towards the center of the practice room.Not only Yasuko, but the other members also looked at her motionlessly, and of course Akiko was playing the main character, Princess Aurora. Akiko took a ready posture, until the music from the tape was played, the audience was silent, after Wei Xu swallowed, she felt an instant change.The beautiful appearance and the rare figure of the Japanese are indeed Akiko's greatest weapon.However, in addition to these, there are more dazzling things shining on her. As the music played, her hands and feet began to dance, standard and elegant.Even the tiny neurons at the end of the fingertips are driven by the nuanced expressiveness, conquered by the exuberant movement. Can't beat this guy, forever—have been convinced countless times, every day. Weixu once asked Akiko what is the source of expressiveness.Of course, she didn't use such an exaggerated word as "source", but that's pretty much what the subject of the question meant. "Nothing." After thinking about it for a while, Akiko replied with her rare blunt tone. "Nothing?" Wei Xu asked in surprise. "Yes, it's nothing. My heart has never been so-called persistence, and it has always been empty." "But I've always been moved by Akiko's dance." Thank you, she said, but there was no sign of pleasure on her face. "It is true that it has been doing well before, but I don't know what will happen in the future." "why?" "Because I'm empty," she said. "Maybe one day I won't be able to show anything. It wouldn't be surprising if that day came right away. No—" She shook her head and said in an unusually dark voice, "Perhaps, this is already the case now. I am sure that a large part of what has been expressed is only expressed on the surface." After showing a thoughtful expression, Akiko smiled at Wei Xu. "Surely you don't want to hear that kind of answer. I should say something more practical." "No, I've learned a lot." Wei Xu replied with a smile. Akiko can also be called an excellent dancer internationally, and there are several things to prove this.She has won prizes in international ballet competitions and has also been nominated and co-starred in Dancers of the World. But what Wei Xu respects most about Akiko is her attitude towards ballet.Her ballet classes are more dense, longer than anyone else's, and she sets higher goals than anyone else.If being able to keep working hard is a kind of talent, then Akiko is undoubtedly a genius. But Akiko doesn't like the word "respect", she feels that she is not qualified for such an title. "But I really think you deserve respect. You sacrificed everything for the ballet." When this topic was discussed several times, Wei Xu said casually.She felt that it was something she had always thought in her heart, so she blurted it out. "why?" Akiko's face darkened, "Where did your theory come from?" At this time, Wei Xu was a little confused, as if he said something that shouldn't be said, but he didn't know where his words were wrong. "As you said, I did sacrifice a lot." Akiko said in a dry voice. "But why is this worthy of respect? It has nothing to do with the amount of sacrifice, doesn't it? If there is someone who has exactly the same shape and appearance as me, she can also dance to the same level as me, and she has hardly made any sacrifices. Sacrifice, don't you think such a talent is greater?" "not like this!" Wei Xu desperately sorted out his chaotic thoughts, "No matter how big a sacrifice is for ballet, I can do it. This kind of belief is exactly what I am looking forward to." Immediately, Akiko looked at Wei Xu's face and smiled, but it was mixed with some sadness. "Sacrificing something is not a big deal at all. First cut, then give up, and then end. Only after giving up completely can you escape into the world of ballet." Weixu lowered her head without saying a word, and Akiko put her hands on her shoulders, "But I still understand your feelings, thank you." I respect you, Wei Xu said.You are so annoying, Akiko finally smiled cheerfully. "That's not how you dance!" Yasunari Oda clapped his hands, waking up Mio from his memory, Akiko stopped dancing, and the music also stopped. "That's not how you dance, how many times do you want me to tell you?" She began to re-examine the movements of her hands and feet, never satisfied with this, as if walking on an endless road.