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Chapter 6 Chapter Six

red finger 东野圭吾 2965Words 2018-03-22
While staring at his wife, Akio felt that there was really no need to ask.He remembered that he had heard words like "molesting young girls" on the TV news before.He didn't think about the "obscenity" law, even in the current situation, he didn't want to think about it. However, he felt that the explanation of "scaring the other party" should not be consistent with the facts.It must be that the girl resisted and asked for advice after seeing Naomi whose true nature was exposed.In order to prevent the situation from becoming unfavorable to him, he laid down his hands, and the consequences of not being merciful were the girl's death.

"Where was it killed?" "dining room……" "Why are you in that kind of place?" "He said he was going to treat the other party to drink fruit juice." Akio guessed that Naomi wanted to put wine in the juice or something. "What did he do after the murder?" "Because the girl became incontinent, he was afraid of dirtying the floor, so he put the body in the yard." No wonder the dining room smelled bad. "……and then?" "that's it." "that's it?" "He said he didn't know what to do afterwards, so he went back to his room."

Akio felt dizzy for a while, and he even thought it would be much easier if he just passed out.Unexpectedly, after his son killed a little girl, all he cared about was how to keep the floor from being dirty—— Akio is not completely ignorant of what Naomi is thinking, or in other words, Akio is well aware of the ideas his son is thinking.Naomi felt that things were getting troublesome, so he hid in his room to avoid trouble.It is impossible for him to think about what to do next. As long as the body is put there, his parents will always find a way to solve it. There was a telephone handset on the coffee table, and Akio reached out for it.

"What are you doing!" Yaeko raised her voice. "Call the police." "you……" She hugged Akio's hand holding the phone, who shook her off. "What do you want me to do? There is no room for recovery. No matter what, it is impossible for the girl to come back to life." "But, Naomi..." Yaeko continued to beg her husband, "What will the child do in the future? From now on, he can only live his life as a murderer." "That can't be helped, who made him do such a thing." "Are you satisfied with this result?"

"How can it be possible to be satisfied, but what else can you say? If he is asked to surrender, as a minor, the law will give him a chance to start a new life, and his name will not be made public." "It's all a lie!" His wife's eyes became terrifying, "It is possible that his name will be published in newspapers and the like, and this matter will affect his life. The child will never be able to live a happy life again." A normal person’s life will definitely be miserable and terrible!” Akio felt that his life was miserable and terrible, but he didn't even have the strength to say this, so he was going to press the button of the phone.

"Ah, don't!" "Stop fantasizing!" Akio pushed away Yaeko who was pounced on him, and fell backwards, hitting the coffee table with his shoulder. "It's all over!" Zhaofu said. While looking at Akio in despair, Yaeko opened the drawer of the coffee table and took out something from it.When he found out that it was a pair of pointed scissors, Akio gasped involuntarily. "What are you going to do?" The other party held the scissors and aimed the pointed end at his throat. "Please, don't call." "Don't do anything stupid, are you crazy?"

Yaeko kept her original posture, shaking her head violently. "I'm not threatening you, I really don't want to live. If I want to hand over the child to the police, I'd rather die now, and leave the rest to you." "Don't be silly, put down the scissors!" However, Yaeko clenched her teeth and did not move. Akio couldn't help thinking of the plots in those third-rate TV dramas. If it wasn't related to the murder case in front of him, he might have laughed dumbfounded by Yaeko's overly dramatic expression.Although the wife is not yet self-indulgent at this time, it must be the TV series and novels she has come into contact with in the past that made her think of this move.

Whether Yaeko really wants to die, Akio has no way of knowing.But even if she's bluffing, try to keep her from committing suicide if she gets caught out. "Understood, I put down the phone, you put down the scissors." "No, as soon as I put it down, you will still call." "I said if I don't fight, I won't fight!" Zhaofu put the handset back to its original place. However, I don't know if she can't trust Akio, Yaeko still has no intention of putting down the scissors.She looked at her husband suspiciously, and he sighed and sat cross-legged on the tatami mat.

"What do you want? This stalemate will not solve the problem." But Yaeko didn't answer, she should also know that going on like this is not an option, and the girl's family must be looking around anxiously. When Akio thought of this, he suddenly remembered the man he saw in front of the station. "Have you seen the girl's clothes?" Akio asked. "clothing?" "Is she wearing a pink sweatshirt?" After the "ah", Yaeko shook her head lightly. "Don't know if it's a sweatshirt, but it's pink. What's up?"

Akio scratched his head severely, and then told Yaeko what happened in front of the station. "That should be the child's father. According to the situation, the police may be called soon. As long as the police come to investigate, they will find out. No matter what, they can't escape." He continued, "But I really didn't Thinking that the little girl he was looking for is at my house, and she still looks like that..." Although he didn't see the other person directly, Akio felt a desperate mood from the back of the man who asked the crystal cake salesperson.He must have regarded his daughter as the apple of his eye. Thinking of this, Akio was almost overwhelmed by the guilt in his heart.

Yaeko whispered something while holding the scissors in both hands, but because the voice was too low, Akio couldn't hear it clearly. "Ah? What did you say?" Akio asked. The other party raised his head and said, "Go and throw it away." "what……" "Throw that," Yaeko swallowed, and continued, "throw it outside, and I will help." Finally, she bowed her head and ended with a "please". Akio breathed heavily. "You, are you serious?" Yaeko lowered her head and remained motionless, it seemed that she was going to maintain this position until her husband agreed to her request. Zhao Fu groaned and said, "This is too messy." Yaeko's back trembled slightly, but she still didn't raise her head. "It's too messy" - Akio repeated this sentence.But talking to himself, he realized that he had been waiting for this proposal from Yaeko.The idea of ​​throwing the corpse has always been entrenched somewhere in his heart, but the previous he has been deliberately turning a blind eye and not thinking about it.Fear arises because he knows that he may succumb to its temptation just by thinking about it a little. It is impossible to do this, and it will not succeed if you do it, it will only drive them into a dead end in turn-the rational rebuttal echoed in Akio's mind. "Anyway," Yaeko said with her head down, "we're finished anyway. Even if the child turns himself in, he won't be able to live a normal life again. We will pay the price for not educating him well and let him turn himself in No one will forgive us, we will have nothing." Her voice seemed to be reciting scriptures without any cadence, and it seemed that her mind had reached the limit of confusion, and she even lost the ability to inject emotion into words. However, the fact may be exactly as she said, no, it is exactly the same - Akio thought so.Even if Naomi were asked to surrender, they would have no room for sympathy from others, because the little girl who was killed was innocent. "But it's impossible to throw it away?" Akio said.He knows that saying this sentence has already shown that he has taken a crucial step, "impossible" and "can't" are completely different. "Why?" asked the wife. "How to move it? We can't go very far." Akio has a driver's license, but he doesn't have a car. The main reason is that there is no parking space in this old house.In addition, Yaeko did not feel the need to buy a private car for Akio. "Then, can you hide it..." "Hide? Where can I hide at home?" "Temporary, and then find a way to deal with it..." "No, or not, someone may have witnessed Naomi being with that girl. If that's the case, the police will come soon, and they will definitely investigate here. If they find the body, we have nothing to say said." Akio once again cast his eyes on the phone on the coffee table, and he felt like he was having a meaningless discussion.Since it is assumed that the police will come to investigate, the result will be the same wherever the body is found. He has no confidence that the family can escape legal sanctions. "If we can transfer tonight, maybe there will be a way." Yaeko said. "what?" She looked up. "You don't need to go far away, as long as you can transfer it to another place... Make it look like you were killed elsewhere." "elsewhere?" "I mean..." Yaeko lowered her head again without continuing to answer. At this time, there was a sound of clothes rubbing behind Akio, and he turned his head in surprise. There were shadows moving in the corridor, it seemed that Zhenghui was up at night.She hummed the little song she left, which was an old nursery rhyme whose name Akio didn't even know.Then she could feel her open the door and go into the bathroom. "At such a time." Yaeko muttered with a distorted expression.
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