Chapter 90 Section VII

The funeral venue is located on the fifth floor.As soon as you get out of the elevator, you will find a space similar to a studio. The altar has been arranged, and the iron chairs have begun to be arranged. The young woman named Junko Hirota had arrived, bringing the mourning clothes of Yukiho and Natsumi Hamamoto from Tokyo, and Natsumi Hamamoto had finished dressing. "I'm going to change clothes." Xuesui took the mourning clothes and disappeared into the lounge. Yicheng sat on the chair, looking at the altar.Xuesui once told: "Money is not a problem, you have to do it decently, and don't wrong your mother." Yicheng couldn't tell the difference between the altar in front of him and the ordinary one.Recalling what happened at Tang Ze's house, Yicheng broke into a cold sweat.If the phone hadn't rang at that time, he would have hugged Xuesui tightly from behind.He didn't understand why he felt that way.Clearly, he had repeatedly warned himself that he must be vigilant against her, but at that moment, he completely let go of his defenses.

He warned himself that he must be careful of Tang Ze Xuesui and not surrender to her magic power.On the other hand, however, he began to have the idea that he might have misunderstood her enormously.Her tears, her trembling, really don't look like fakes.The figure of her whimpering at the sight of the cactus is completely different from Yicheng's impression of her in the past.her essence... As soon as I thought about it, didn't her essence show up just now?Could it be because I have always been ignorant of this, that I have created a distorted image in my heart?Instead, Gao Gongcheng and Kang Qing saw her original appearance from the very beginning?

Something was moving in the corner of his field of vision, and Kazunari looked in that direction, just in time to see Yuho, who had changed into a Western-style mourning dress, slowly approaching. A black rose, he thought.He had never seen such a beautiful woman with such dazzling light.Dressed in black, the charm of Xuesui is even more prominent. She noticed Yicheng's gaze, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly, but her eyes were still full of tears, which were dewdrops on the black petals. Yukiho slowly approached the reception desk at the back of the venue.Hamamoto Natsumi and Hirota Junko were discussing things, and she also joined the discussion and gave instructions to the two employees on the details.Yicheng looked at her bewilderedly.

Soon, the guests who came to express their condolences came one after another, almost all of them were middle-aged women.Reiko Karasawa teaches tea ceremony and flower arrangement in her own house, and they should be her students.They stood in front of the posthumous photos on the altar, almost without exception, weeping. A woman who knew Xuesui held her hand, chatting endlessly about Karasawa Reiko's past, and when she opened her mouth, she herself felt sad and burst into tears.This happens over and over again.Even for these slightly troublesome mourners, Xuesui would not deal with them casually, but listened carefully until the other party stopped crying.Looking at the scene from the side, I really don't know who is comforting whom.

Kazunari discusses the funeral process with Hamamoto Natsumi and finds himself with nothing to do.The other room was stocked with meals and drinks, but he couldn't afford to just sit there. He walked aimlessly around the venue and saw a vending machine next to the stairs.Although he didn't particularly want to drink, he still reached into his pocket and took out the change.Just as he was buying coffee, he heard a woman's voice.It's Yusui's employee, who appears to be behind the stairwell door.Maybe it was their tea time too. "However, it's a good thing, although it's a pity that my mother passed away." Hamamoto Natsumi said.

"That's right. Although I fell into a coma before, I may still live for a long time. In this case, I may be too busy." Junko Hirota replied. "And there is the No. 3 store in Jiyugaoka, and the opening cannot be postponed there." "If the president's mother doesn't leave, what's the president's plan?" "I don't know. Maybe I will show my face on the opening day, and then I will go back to Osaka. To be honest, this is what I am most afraid of. When the guests come, the president will not be there. It is really unreasonable."

"It's dangerous." "That's right. Besides, I think it's not just about the store, it's also good to get there earlier. Look, even if the person hasn't woken up, he still has to take care of it. It's really miserable." "Well, you're right." "It's already in its seventies. Like me, I still think about whether I can die by euthanasia." "Wow! You are so bad!" "Don't tell anyone." "I know, it goes without saying." The two giggled. Yicheng left there with the paper cup filled with coffee, returned to the venue, and put the paper cup on the reception desk.Hamamoto Natsumi's words are still in my ears: euthanasia.No way, he murmured in his heart, that's impossible.Thinking this way in my heart, my brain began to examine this ominous possibility.

He couldn't help thinking of a few things.First of all, shortly after Hamamoto Natsumi was called to Osaka, Karasawa Reiko died, and they were notified by the hospital when they were together at night.So Xuesui had an alibi.However, at the same time, it can also be suspected that she called Hamamoto Natsumi to Osaka to create a perfect alibi for herself, and someone sneaked into the hospital during this period and tampered with Karasawa Reiko's nursing equipment. This is really nitpicking, and it can even be said to be random speculation.However, Kazunari couldn't put the thought behind him because he couldn't forget the name that the police officer Sasagaki told him - Ryoji Kirihara.

Hamamoto Natsumi said that in the middle of the night, she heard a voice in Yukiho's room.She said that it must be Yusui who was crying, but is that really the case?Was she in contact with the "criminal"? Yicheng held the coffee cup and looked at Xuesui.She was receiving a couple who had just entered old age, and whenever the old couple spoke, she nodded with deep feeling. After ten o'clock in the evening, there was no sign of the mourners.Most of the relatives and friends are probably going to attend tomorrow's funeral. Xuesui ordered two employees to go back to the hotel.

"What about you, President?" Hamamoto Natsumi asked. "I'm staying here tonight, this is the rule of the wake." Indeed, there are rooms here for the host to spend the night. "Is it okay for you to be alone?" "It's okay, thank you for your hard work." "The president has worked hard." After saying that, the two left. With only the two of them left, Yicheng felt that the concentration of the air suddenly increased.He checked his watch, ready to say goodbye.But Xuesui took the lead and said, "Would you like a cup of tea? Can you stay a little longer?"

"Oh, well, yes." "This way please." She stepped forward first. The room is a Japanese room, which feels like a room in a hot spring hotel.There is a thermos, teapot and teacups on the table, and Yukisuke makes tea for him. "It's incredible to be with Shinozuka-san like this." "yes." "Reminds me of the training camp, the training camp before the game." "Well, from what you said, it really looks alike." When they were in college, in order to achieve good results, they would conduct training camps before competitions. "At that time, people often said, what if people from Yongming University came to attack at night. Of course it was a joke." Yicheng took a sip of tea and smiled slightly. "It's true that someone said they were going to do this, but they never heard of it being put into practice. But," he looked at her, "no one said they would sneak up on you. Because you were already Gao Gong's girlfriend at that time." Xuesui lowered her head with a smile. "He must have told you a lot about me." "No, I didn't mention much..." "It's okay, I can understand. I think I have a lot of criticisms, so he will empathize with others." "He said it was all his fault." "yes?" "That's what he said. You know best about the two of you." Yicheng played with the teacup in his hand. Xuesui exhaled and said, "I don't understand." Yicheng raised his head: "Don't understand what?" "How to love," she stared at him fixedly, "I don't know how to love a man." "There is no set rule for this kind of thing, I think." Kazunari looked away and brought the teacup to his mouth, but the tea was barely in his mouth. The two fell into silence, the air seemed to be heavier, and Yicheng couldn't breathe. "I'm going first." He stood up. "I'm sorry to leave you behind," she said. Yicheng put on his shoes and turned to face her again: "Then go first, come back tomorrow." "sorry to bother you." He reached for the handle, ready to open the door.However, just before he opened the door, he suddenly felt someone behind him. He didn't need to look back, he also knew that Xuesui was standing behind him.Her slender hands touched his back lightly. "Actually, I'm terrified," she said, "I'm terrified of being alone." Yicheng knew that his heart was going up and down violently.The impulse to turn around and face her came like a wave, and he found that the warning signal had changed from a yellow light to a red light.If I could see her eyes now, it would be hard to beat her magic power. Yicheng opened the door and said to the front without looking back, "Good night." These words were like unraveling the magic spell, and her breath disappeared instantly.Then, her calm voice sounded the same as before: "Good night." Yicheng stepped out of the room.After leaving the room, there was a sound of closing the door behind him, and he finally turned his head. There was another click of the lock. Staring at the closed door, Yicheng whispered in his heart: Are you really "alone"... Kasunari stepped forward, and the sound of footsteps echoed in the corridor at night.