Chapter 2 2

(Four) Dinner is a barbecue in the courtyard and drawing room.Because it is stipulated that parents and children can only be together during meal times, it is natural for the whole family to gather for dinner. "How's the book going? Are you following the schedule?" Shunsuke asked Zhang Tai who was eating a kebab.The two sat side by side on chairs replaced by beer boxes, and Minako helped everyone distribute drinks on the other side. "Well, it's okay." Zhang Tai replied in a flat tone.Minako's long hair that almost covers his ears is Minako's favorite.

"Study from morning to night, it is very hard." "That can't be helped." Zhang Tai replied with his head down. Holding a beer can, Shunsuke put his mouth close to Zhang Tai's ear and said, "The exam is not a big deal. If Zhang Tai doesn't want to go to a private middle school, that's okay. You don't need to force it." Zhang Tai didn't respond, just holding the meat skewers in his hand and looking down.Then there was just a gasp, but it was just a sigh coming out of the mouth of an eleven-year-old child. Shunsuke searches for the trace of Miriko.With a wine glass in her hand, she and Sakazaki seemed to be having a good chat.

"I really don't know what you're thinking?" Minako, who didn't know when she got up and came to Shunsuke's ear, said in Shunsuke's ear, "I thought it was just a special trip to deliver something, and suddenly appeared here." "Don't you know about her being entertained?" "I do not know." "I thought she would have gone straight back." "It's too cheeky to attend even if it's invited by others. It's just a polite way to see Mr. Jinjiu and the others." Shunsuke drank his beer without saying a word.

He saw Miriko leave Sakazaki, and then sneaked a glance at Shunsuke.Shunsuke got up and approached her.Minako started chatting with Yasuko Sekiya. "It's a nice group of people." Miriko raised her eyes and looked at Shunsuke. "Why did you turn off your mobile phone? I called several times." "Oh, is it? I thought there was nothing urgent to find me." "Forget it, but what do you mean by coming here?" "It's not going to be a good thing. Why are you here? You said that I forgot to bring something and came here on a special trip. How did you explain it to the people in the office?"

"I asked for leave from the firm. I don't think you should curse like that. I'm just following your instructions." "My instructions? I didn't ask you to come here." "But you want me to do that." "That matter." Shunjie looked around and said in a low voice, "I did want you to do that, but there's no need for you to come here. Shouldn't you investigate it thoroughly while they're away? " "So," Miles revealed a pink tongue between his lips. "I investigated everything that should be investigated, and I came here for the final settlement."

"So what did you find?" "Probably." The corner of Lizi's mouth rose slightly. "Who is the other party? See you in a long time, right?" Although the voice was small, the tone was firm. "Your expression, others will be suspicious. Your wife is watching here." Li Zi looked at the direction behind him. "I'll talk about the details later. There's a lakeside hotel nearby, do you know?" "I don't know, I didn't pay attention to it." "Leaving the villa area, go left for about 50 meters and you will arrive. The first floor is the living room, ten o'clock... No, we will meet at half past ten. The business hours of the living room are until eleven o'clock."

"You really know." "Because I live in that hotel." "Live there? But didn't you just say you wanted to live here?" "Do you want me to do that?" She looked up at him with a smile on her lips. Shunjie first avoided her gaze, then looked at her face again and said, "At that time, I couldn't find an excuse to leave here." "In that case, it doesn't matter if you don't come." "I will definitely go, but at least now I need to know the other person's name first." "I can't say it yet, but it should be clear in two hours. Don't worry, I've caught the fox's tail." After she finished speaking, she slipped away from Shunsuke, then turned her back to him and added, " Zhang Tai seems to be a good boy, and he is good at studying, so he should be admitted to the middle school of his choice."

Shunsuke took a breath, but Miriko was already walking away before he could speak. "Is there anything I should do before going to bed?" "Chinese character detection." Naoto replied impatiently.He was a little short and fat, and his face was as pale as a girl's. "How many pages are you going to do?" "Who knows." "How can this be. You have to decide how many pages to finish at the beginning, otherwise you will be procrastinating and procrastinating. Okay, let's do three pages. If you still have time, do math exercises. Do you hear me?" ?”

The son's pale face nodded, although he was gnawing on the roast chicken, his expression didn't look delicious at all. "Is Zhang Tai really that good?" Kazue, who was sitting by the side listening to the two talking, asked Naoto.Naoto took a sip of his drink and tilted his head in thought without saying a word. "What, why are you asking Mrs. Zhang how?" Fujima asked. "Didn't you say that when I saw the teacher just now? Zhang Tai is very good." "That's just some polite words, you don't have to pay attention." "But what if the chapter is too good to pass the exam and Naoto fails..."

"Shut up." Fujima frowned and said, "This kind of thing is impossible. Naoto is my son." "But there's always a chance." "Impossible." Fujima gulped down the beer. "I did everything I had to do, and you should be very clear about that." "That's right..." "There's nothing to worry about, you just need to arrange an environment where Naoto can study hard." Yizhi sighed sullenly. "Doesn't it mean that there is no need to force yourself to come?" Sakazaki said to his wife while biting the meat skewers.The gentleman hardly ate anything, only drank water.Probably feeling a little chilly, wearing a cardigan.The eldest son, Takuya, was sitting not far away, eating pineapple.

"But you said that you must participate in the reading training." "But I also said that it is enough for me to take care of Takuya alone. If you insist on following along and you have a fever, won't you cause trouble for everyone?" "Then you mean that I just need to take care of my family? Let your mother and I stay in that small apartment. " "You can also go back to your mother's house." Sakazaki put the meat skewers on the plate. Junzi didn't look at her husband's face, but rubbed her body through the cardigan. "It seems that you really don't want me to come here." "I didn't. I mean, you're not in good health, so why force it?" "Forget it, don't need to talk about what's there. Do you think I don't know anything?" After hearing what his wife said, Sakazaki took a deep breath before asking, "What did you say?" "Stop pretending. Didn't you have a good time playing tennis today?" "What, can't I play tennis?" "I'm not saying that, you know it." "I have no idea what you're talking about." Sakazaki got up and left. At eight o'clock, the children had to go back to the rented villa again.So the parents gathered at the gate to see them off. "Then Mr. Sakazaki, the children will trouble you." Fujima Kazue said to Sakazaki. "Okay, I'm here for everything." "Oh, is Mr. Sakazaki going to live in another villa too?" asked Miko Koorder. "Yes, I'm sorry to leave it to Mr. Jin Jiujian to take care of it." "Really, the other villa should also be very beautiful, it must be." "Will it be? It's just a rented villa." Sakazaki tilted his head and thought for a while and said to Lizi, "Why don't we go and have a look together?" "Can you?" She asked with wide eyes. "What's the matter, no problem." Sakazaki looked at the others and said. "Although it's a rented villa, it's actually very beautiful, and it's even newer than here." Fujima also said with a friendly smile. "Then can I visit a little bit?" When asked by Li Zi, Sakazaki kept nodding and said, "Of course, please come." "In this case, the high-ranking lady's room will be decided later. Maybe she likes the room over there." Fujima's words made some people's expressions much easier. Because of this experience, Sakazaki left Fujima's villa with four children and Miriko.They let the child go first, and the two followed. "I really envy Mr. Namiki, who can work with someone like Ms. High Order at any time." Sakazaki said as he walked, sneaking glances at the side of High Order Miko from time to time. "You really can talk, do you always praise girls like this?" "No, I mean it. I just thought maybe it would sound more comfortable to say that, but you're a wonderful woman." "Thank you." Miriko nodded as he walked, and then looked at the children walking in front and said, "Takuya seems to have good motor skills. Do you play any sports?" "I let him play football. He's good at sports, but he's not that good at brains. I'm afraid he's going to hurt everyone." "Aren't you planning to go to a private middle school? That would be great." "If it's just a plan, anyone can do it. I personally think it's okay to go to a local public school, but I also have some interpersonal relationships to consider." "Is it because of human relations that children are allowed to take private entrance exams?" "Yeah, that's the way it is naturally..." Sakazaki was deliberately vague. They arrive at a chalet-style villa.The children watched Sakazaki open the lock quietly.They remained silent as the door opened and entered the house. "Are all four of you wearing the same shoes? Is it the style specified by the school?" Miliko asked while looking at the children's shoes. "It was introduced by Mr. Fujima, and we bought it at the same store. It seems that they are shoes that will make the mind smarter." "Brain?" Miliko chuckled. "No wonder you laugh. Even I didn't quite believe it when I heard it. No, I don't even believe it now. It's just a spell." "Is there any scientific basis for it?" "In principle, there is. It is said that people's feet are different in length from left to right. In order to maintain balance, the spine will gradually become skewed. And there are spines in the spine, and the spinal nerves go directly to the brain. So when the spine is skewed, the function of the brain will also be affected." Lizi nodded and said, "I can accept it just by listening to it." "You're right, right? But there are still many talented people with bad posture in this society." While the two were chatting, the children had already climbed the stairs.Sakazaki opened the door at the end of the corridor. It was a spacious living room with a large table in the middle.Next to it is a white board brought by Fujima. "It's a great villa, how much is the rent? I'll live here with someone next time." Mileko looked around at the wood-stacked walls and muttered to himself. "Is there anything good?" Sakazaki asked with a snigger.But she just smiled. The refrigerator next to Sakazaki's open counter. "Do you want something to drink? I heard that there seems to be some drinks here." Before Lizi could answer, he took out two bottles of canned juice.No alcoholic beverages in sight. "Are you and Tsujiu-sensei the two guards tonight?" "Because of taking turns." Sakazaki put the cans of juice together on the table and sat down. "Aren't you going to sit down?" "Your wife doesn't seem to be in good health, is it all right?" Sakazaki pulled the tab of the canned juice, pulled half of his cheek and said with a smile: "She has always been like this. She has been sick frequently since the operation, and she has long been used to it." "Operation?" "A malignant tumor grew, and the uterus and ovaries were removed." Miriko opened her mouth in surprise, and sat on the chair opposite Sakazaki across the table. "A lot of things happened after my wife was no longer a woman. It was very hard." Sakazaki frowned, drank the canned juice, then looked at Miriko and asked, "You haven't answered the question just now." "What was the question just now?" "Boyfriend, do you have one?" "Well... what do you think?" Li Zi smiled again. (Fives) In Fujima's villa, everyone except the Sakazaki couple gathered in the living room.Tsukumi stood and looked around at everyone's faces. "Next, I will explain to you how to deal with current affairs issues. Having said that, in fact, there is no such subject as current affairs issues. Instead, it is subtly mixed with history, geography, and civic topics. Such questions account for There won't be too many points, but the children who know it will naturally get points. It's not a particularly difficult problem, it's just a competition of knowledge, as long as you have an impression, you can solve the problem, so just pay attention." Jin There is almost no expression on the long-sighted facial features, and the clear tone is like a TV anchor. "If you have the habit of watching TV at mealtimes at home, please watch TV news programs as much as possible. If the time cannot be matched, you can record them first and play them during mealtimes. This is also a way. It is not just for children to watch, The whole family must watch it together, and use the news content as a topic of conversation, so as to leave a deep impression. If there are not only nouns for children, they must be able to explain them on the spot.” Shunsuke resisted yawning, secretly looked at his watch under the table, the time was 8:40. "I have to explain to the child, can I do this?" Fujima Kazue made an uneasy voice. "Please study as much as you can in normal times." Tsujiu said straight to the point, "Even if you can't answer, don't be perfunctory and procrastinate. You must investigate clearly on the spot. Since it is about current events, you can probably just flip through the newspaper. Know what's being said." The parents unanimously nodded in agreement with what the cram school teacher said, and Shunsuke also pretended to remember the important points. "I have to sort out the major news so far this year." Fujima explained to his wife. "That's certainly important, but I'm afraid we should pay more attention to the major events that will happen between now and the end of the year. Because the design of the exam questions starts now. People who design the exam questions still have a tendency to prefer events that are still fresh in their memories." "So that's it, the design of the test questions will start now." Fujima muttered to himself.Guan Gu beside him coughed softly. After Jin Jiujian said these words, the hour hand was past nine o'clock. Shunsuke whispered in Minako's ear, "I didn't expect that even the parents would have a book club." "It's not a big deal." "You're right! Listening to his tone, it reminds me of a business management consultant. The content is obviously very vague, but it looks serious, making people mistakenly think that they are listening to something important." Before he finished speaking, Minako stood up and greeted: "Thank you, teacher, let me make coffee." Then she walked towards the kitchen. "Ah, no need, I won't drink." Jin Jiujian shook his hand slightly and said, "I'm worried about the children's condition." "What's the matter, it's just time to drink a cup of coffee." Fujima also expressed his condolences. "No, really no need, thank you." "I don't need coffee either, I have something to do in my room." After speaking, Guan Gu left first. Two or three minutes later, Jin Jiujian came back with a surprised expression on his face. "Oh, teacher, did you forget something?" Minako asked. "No, it's...my shoe is missing, and it's just one." "Shoe? Only one?" Fujima asked with a half smile. "Could it be that Mr. Sakazaki is wrong? But it's really strange that only one is wrong." Everyone walked towards the gate, and Shunsuke followed behind. Men's leather shoes and women's sandals were neatly lined up on the entrance floor.But a little to the side is a left suede sneaker. "Really, it's so strange." Minako who followed Shunsuke looked down at the only sneaker left and exclaimed. "Will it fall under the shoe cabinet?" Kazue Fujima bent over to look under the shoe cabinet. "It seems that there is no..." "It's really weird, Mr. Sakazaki shouldn't be able to walk out wearing the wrong shoes." Fujima was still saying the same thing as before. "It shouldn't fall outside." Guan Gu Yasuko put on his sandals and walked outside while tilting his head. "Did you really take off your shoes here?" Shunsuke asked Jiujian. "That's right, there is still my left shoe here, so it can be seen that I didn't talk nonsense." The Fujima couple checked the inside of the shoe cabinet again, Minako also went outside, and Shunsuke followed. People outside started looking for shoes.Guan Gu Yasuko held a flashlight in his hand, and he didn't forget to illuminate the grass not far away to look for it. "I'm really sorry." Tsujimi, who was standing behind, said, "How could this happen?" "Maybe it was taken away by a wild cat." Minako spoke out her thoughts while poking the grass with a broom. "Are there wild cats?" Guan Gu Yasuko said as he walked along the house, "Even if there are, how can we open the gate?" "Could it be a child's prank?" Junjie also expressed his opinion, "They hid on purpose on the way back to another villa." "How could you do such a childish thing?" Minako said. "Aren't they just children?" "I mean they're not as naive as you say." "Really?" Junsuke tilted his head thinking. Guan Gu Yasuko suddenly called out.She bent over in the grass, picked up a sneaker and stood up. "Tsujiu sees the teacher, is it this?" "Ah, that's the shoe." "Why are you there?" Minako looked at Shunsuke for some reason and said.He spread his arms out to show he didn't know. "Anyway, I found it, great. Thank you so much." Tsujiu bowed his head in thanks, and then put on the right sneaker he had just found. "Have you found it?" Fujima, who was still in the entrance, asked, "What's going on? It's never happened before." "Probably the wild cat did something good. Everyone, please go back to the house, it's getting cold." Hearing what Tsujiujian said, Shunsuke and others walked into the villa.Only Jin Jiujian didn't go in. After putting on his left sneakers, he bowed his head and said, "I'm sorry to keep you busy, see you tomorrow." Everyone stood at the door saying good night to the cram school teacher, and watched him leave. (six) Shunsuke went back to his room, got ready to go out, and waited five minutes before going downstairs.Minako, who was sitting in the living room chatting with Fujima, saw him and asked, "Why are you dressed like this at this time?" "Something went wrong." Junjie said with a sad face, "There were some problems with the commercials shot a few days ago. There is no way, I have to go now." "Go? Go to work? What time?" Minako's eyes widened.Surprised expressions appeared on the faces of the others. "I want to settle this matter before noon tomorrow." He bowed his head and apologized to Fujima and the others. "I'm sorry that I came here and left because of something. Please allow me to leave for the time being." "That's also impossible." Fujima's wife also said politely: "Be careful on the road, driving at night is hard." "Thank you." Shunsuke bowed his head again in thanks. When Shunsuke walked to the entrance, he found that only his shoes were neatly displayed, and no one else's shoes could be seen. "It's sorted one by one." Minako explained, "Just now I saw the teacher's shoes, she seemed to mind. Actually, it's not a big deal." "Oh." The Fujima couple went out to see them off.Fujima said that he would explain Shunsuke's departure to others.Shunsuke apologized again and went out, Minako followed behind him.She looked at him who was about to get into the car and asked, "What's going on?" "What's going on?" "Why do you have to go back at this time?" "Didn't I just say it? Because something happened." "It's never happened before, has it? What's going on?" "I'll tell you that you don't understand either." Shunsuke got into the car, put on his seat belt, started the engine, and opened the automatic window and said, "It will be resolved in the daytime, and I'll be back after that." Minako didn't say a word about it, she just looked at her husband's face in silence.Shunsuke closed the window and started the car. After leaving the villa area and walking for tens of meters, I saw the signboard saying "LAKESIDE HOTEL".It was a small and exquisite building. The parking lot at the entrance was very spacious. There were about 20 to 30 cars already parked, and there was still more than half of the space left.Shunsuke parked the car in the corner and came out with his coat. After passing through the double glass doors, the counter is on the left, and the lobby is in front of the counter.Junjie looked at the innermost part, the reception room which is open to the outside world, there are still many guests, it seems very lively. He chose a seat where he could clearly see the entrance of the restaurant, ordered a glass of bourbon soda, then took out a cigarette from his coat pocket, lit it with a Zippo lighter, and took a deep drag.The gray smoke he exhaled swayed in the dim light. Halfway through his bourbon soda, he pulled out his wallet and checked the little inner pocket stuffed with his driver's license and video rental membership card.He glanced at the corner of the condom wrapper, put the wallet back, took another drag on his cigarette, and moistened his throat with bourbon soda. After his second shot of bourbon, he checked his watch. It was nearly eleven o'clock, and Miles hadn't turned up yet.The surrounding guests gradually began to leave.Junjie smoked another cigarette and waited for about five minutes.He twitched the cigarette in the ashtray and stood up.Although the waiter came to change the ashtray several times, the cigarette butts inside were still piled up like a mountain. After walking out of the living room, he picked up his mobile phone and dialed the number registered as "ET".This is the number that has been diverted to voice mail today, but this time it was dialed, and he heard the ringing of the other party's phone. However, after more than a dozen rings, Lilizi still didn't answer the phone.Junjie had no choice but to hang up the phone, looked at the LCD screen and pressed the replay button.The text displayed on the screen was indeed "ET". He waited for a while, and this time it was transferred to voicemail again.He couldn't help clicking his tongue, complaining "what the hell". The living room was already closed, and the waiters began to tidy up and clean up, and the remaining guests also left in small numbers.Some people boarded the elevator in the hotel, and some people walked out of the hotel.Shunsuke sighed and pushed open the glass door. Back in the car, he tried calling again, but the result was the same.He folded his hands behind his head, leaned back, and sighed deeply. He picked up his mobile phone again and dialed another registered phone number.The other party's bell rang, and someone picked it up after four rings. "Hi, this is Fujima's house." Kazue Fujima's restrained voice came from the microphone. "Hey, I'm sorry it's so late, I'm Namiki." "Ah, Mr. Namiki...what's the matter?" "Yes, something has happened. Is my wife there?" "Well...here, do you want her to answer the phone?" "I'm sorry to trouble you. Ah, please wait a minute, what happened to the high-ranking lady?" "Miss Senior...? She's not here." "Do you know where she is? I haven't been able to get in touch with her." "This..." Kazue Fujima paused for a moment and asked back: "Should Minako answer the phone instead?" "Okay, please." Shunsuke held the mobile phone to his ear while tapping the steering wheel with his fingers.During this time, his eyes kept on looking at the door of the hotel, but the high-ranking miles still did not appear. "Hello!" Minako's voice came from the microphone, which was lower than usual. "Hello, it's me." "What's wrong?" "No, actually I just received a call saying that the problem has been solved. So I plan to go back to your place." "Turn back...? Do you want to come back here?" "Well, I just made a U-turn before the highway, and I should be there in ten minutes." Minako didn't respond. "What's wrong?" he asked, "Can't I go back?" "No, of course...it's just that it happened so suddenly, I'm a little confused." "Anyway, that's what's going on, explain it to others for me." "I see." After saying "Excuse me", Shunsuke hung up the phone, then looked at his watch, the time was eleven ten. At 11:20, he started the engine and drove away, turned back to the original road, entered the villa area, and parked the car in the previous parking lot.Every window in Fujima Villa is still brightly lit.When he pressed the doorbell and waited for the door to open, he heard the sound of the lock being unlocked, and then the door opened, and it was Fujima standing at the door. "Thank you." Fujima looked at Shunsuke, the polite smile from a few hours ago was no longer on his face. "Has my wife explained the situation?" "Yes, I heard that the problem has been solved?" "Yes, that's why I turned back immediately. I'm sorry, please forgive my casualness." Junjie bowed his head and apologized. "Where, don't talk about it." Fujima locked the door without looking at Shunsuke. At some point, the Guan Gu couple and Kazue Fujima also came to the entrance.As soon as he saw them, Shunsuke quickly bowed his head and apologized: "I'm sorry to disturb everyone." But no one responded to him, and everyone lowered their heads sadly. "What's wrong?" No one answered Junjie's question. "My wife... where is Minako?" Yasuko Guan Gu seemed to take a breath, then she faced Shunsuke, raised her eyes to look at him and said, "She is in the living room." "What is she doing?" "No." Jingzi lowered his head again. "Mr. Namiki." Fujima said, "You should go and see your wife." Shunsuke glanced at Fujima, then looked around at everyone's faces before taking off his shoes, stepping into the corridor, and opening the door of the living room. For a moment, he thought that no one was in the living room; in fact, it was not the case, after Shunsuke walked in, he found Minako squatting on the other side of the table.She folded her arms around her knees and buried her face in her palms. "What are you doing there?" Hearing his voice, Minako slowly raised her head.Tears had washed away the makeup around her eyes, and her right wrist was still bandaged. "What's wrong? You're hurt..." But she just looked up at Shunsuke blankly. "Let me explain." Someone behind Junjie spoke.Fujima and the others also followed in. "Actually, just now..." "Wait a minute." Minako interrupted Fujima's speech, "Let me speak for myself." She stood up extremely weakly, bloodshot from the bandage. "What's going on? What happened?" Junsuke asked Fujima and the others. "Let me explain, you come with me." Said Perfect Nanako and walked out of the living room, Shunsuke followed behind her. After going upstairs, Minako stopped at the door of the room assigned to the couple.When she turned the doorknob, she turned to Junjie and said, "Don't be scared!" He swallowed.Fujima, Guan Gu and others also followed. Minako opened the door.But she didn't go in, but said to Shunsuke, "Go and see what happened with your own eyes." Shunsuke passed by Minako and stepped into the room.At that moment, he let out a cry. There was a woman lying beside the bed. He had an impression of the sleeveless one-piece dress she was wearing. "Lilizi..." Junjie took two or three steps forward and then stopped.His whole body was shaking. Miko Kodai's eyes were open, but the vision seemed hollow.The carpet under her head was stained a dark red, and her bare shoulders and arms were also earthy. He covered his mouth with his hand and moaned: "How could this be...?" Minako stood beside him, looking down at Miriko like him, muttering to herself, "I killed her." (seven) Junsuke stared at his wife's profile and asked, "What did you say?" Minako turned to look at him slowly like a robot and said, "I said I killed her. I hit her on the head...killed her." "Why...?" Junsuke's voice was hoarse. "Mr. Namiki, there are many reasons for this. Please calm down and listen to what Minako said." Fujima stood behind and suggested. "How do you want me to calm down..." Junsuke looked at Lizi's body and his wife's face, then shook his head vigorously. "Let's go down... In short, let's go downstairs first. There are too many people here, I'm afraid it will wake up the gentleman." Guan Gu said. "That's right. Mr. Namiki...and Minako, let's go downstairs." Fujima also agreed. Yasuko Sekiya supported Minako and guided her to the corridor.Shunsuke followed behind, but looked back again as he walked out of the room.Beside Lizi was a broken desk lamp, and the broken pottery was stained with blood. Seeing this, he trembled all over again. As soon as he returned to the living room, Yasuko Guan Gu went to the kitchen to make coffee.Shunsuke and Minako sat next to each other across the corner of the table, and the Fujima couple and Sekigu also sat with them. "Shortly after Mr. Namiki left here, that person came here, Ms. Miriko Kokaki." Fujima said, "Just like now, we are all here. Then Miss Kokichi came in and said she wanted to talk to Minako Said. We thought that Ms. Takaaki and Mr. Namiki returned to Tokyo together, so I was a little surprised." "The situation at work this time has nothing to do with her..." Junjie was still trying to explain. "Probably so. So Minako asked what was the matter, and the high-level lady said that the two of them wanted to talk in private. Minako suggested to talk in the room. The two left the living room. About fifteen minutes later, Minako came back alone .We were taken aback when we saw her. Because it was obvious that something was wrong. Her wrist was bleeding. I asked her what happened? Minako she..." At this moment Fujima closed her mouth and looked at Minako.Her eyes fell on the table. "Did she say she killed her?" Shunsuke asked. "That's what happened." "We were all surprised, so we hurried up to the second floor to have a look." Guan Gu continued, "We were even more frightened when we saw the scene in the room." "What's going on?" Shunsuke asked Minako, "What did you tell her?" Minako had no intention of looking at him, but lowered her head even deeper, and then replied, "Speaking of your matter..." "My business? What about me?" But she didn't answer immediately.So Fujima, who couldn't see it, came forward and answered on his behalf: "Ms. Gao Jie wants Minako to break up with Mr. Namiki." Shunsuke opened his eyes wide and said, "How could it be...?" "It's true." Minako finally spoke, but still lowered her head. "That's what she said." "How is it possible!" Junjie shook his head and said, "It's impossible for her to say that kind of thing..." "But she said, what can I do." While speaking, she slightly turned towards Shunsuke, "Isn't it true that you dated her?" Shunsuke didn't answer, but swallowed his saliva.A drop of sweat dripped from near his temple, and he wiped it away with his handkerchief. "I said it was absolutely impossible to break up with you. So she said she had her own ideas..." "idea?" "She said she was going to have a baby." Minako looked at Shunsuke, "It's your baby." "How come..." Shunsuke's eyes wandered to the Fujima couple and Guan Gu. "Her idea is that as long as she gives birth to a child, she can occupy you. Because you don't have a biological child, she believes that as long as she gives birth to a child, you will choose her." "Did she say she was pregnant?" Minako nodded slightly.Seeing her like this, Shunsuke let out a long sigh. "Excuse me, can you leave the two of us alone?" He asked Fujima and others. "No need." Minako said, "Everyone already knows, I just said it all." "No, I still think it's better for them to leave." Minako said to Fujima who got up and was about to leave: "Please stay, I can calm down more this way." After a puzzled expression appeared on Fujima's face, he returned to his seat again. Yasuko Sekigu served the coffee.After setting the coffee in front of everyone, she sat herself on a bar stool a little further away. "That's right." Shunsuke said, "I admit that I have a relationship with her, but how can I say...?" "Stop talking." Minako interrupted him. "What can we say now? It won't help." So Junjie closed his mouth first, reached for the steaming coffee cup, took a sip, sighed again, and asked, "You heard she was pregnant, so you killed her in a fit of anger?" "no." "Then you are..." "Because she said that breaking up now is for my own good." "What's the meaning?" "If I don't break up, when the child is born, she will disclose that the father of the child is you. In this way, the Naimu family will be destroyed, and even Zhang Tai will not be able to enter the middle school, and it will even affect Zhang Tai's family. The future. She asked me if I would do this too?" Minako looked at her husband's face expressionlessly. "That's what she said, with a sneer on her face when she said it." The coffee cup in Shunsuke's hand made a slight sound on the table. "She left a sentence asking me to think clearly, and then walked out of the room. Looking at her back, I thought to myself that I must make this woman shut up, so I grabbed the desk lamp and knocked down from behind her. She didn't come out. I fell down with a sound, and I was terrified..." Minako slowed down a little at this point. "It's weird. I did it myself and I was terrified. I shook her body and she didn't move. I just realized she was dead." Minako looked away from Shunsuke, she covered her face with her hands and murmured, "Who told her to mention Zhang Tai's name..." Just like that, she stopped moving like a rock, and Guan Gu Yasuko stood up and walked behind her.Yasuko gently placed his hands on her shoulders.Junjie just watched all this blankly, his breathing became short, only the sound of his breathing repeated in the silence. "It's not good for us as a third party to intervene in the relationship between men and women. But Mr. Namiki, what should we do?" Fujima asked.His voice was especially loud in the silence. "What do you mean?" "I mean what should I do next? There should be some countermeasures." “噢……”俊介拨开额前的头发，顺势抱着头说，“已经通知警察了吗？” “还没有。我们正在讨论该怎么办时，刚好你打电话过来。” “是吗，那么这件事该先解决。” "What are you talking about?" 藤间的疑问让俊介看了对方一眼。 “当然是报警的事呀。” 于是藤间将视线栘向了关谷。关谷摸摸自己的下巴，已经长出了胡渣子。 “并木先生，其实这件事我们讨论过。”藤间说，“是否应该就这样通知警方过来。” 俊介眨了好几下眼睛，并舔了一下嘴唇。 “对不起，我不懂你们是什么意思。” “我想问并木先生，高阶小姐真的是帮你送东西过来的吗？我认为应该不是。高阶小姐是为了从你太太手上抢走男朋友而来的。你根本没有什么东西忘记带，我说的没错吧？” “就算这样又如何呢？” “如果是这样的话，表示她来这里的事没有其他人知道啰？” “她说跟事务所请了假……” “果然是。”藤间和关谷彼此对看，并相互点头。 “怎么了？那又怎么样呢？” “你愿意这样子吗？”关谷从旁插嘴表示意见，“这么一来美菜子就会被当作杀人犯逮捕。还不只是这样，等所有情况都明朗时，你的社会地位也会跟着不保，你愿意吗？” “我当然不愿意，但是事情已经发展到这个地步，我又能怎样？” “所以说嘛，”藤间说，“必须有所对策，这就是我们刚刚在讨论的事。” “话虽这么说，可是已经闹出人命了，不是已经无法挽回了吗？” “话是没错，可是，”藤间握着拳将手肘靠在桌子上说，“站在我们的立场，是不希望将美菜子交给警方。美菜子的所为固然应该接受法律的制裁，但在心情上我们也能理解她的行为。也可以说是同情她的处境。于是有人提起了是否有可似让美菜子不被逮捕又能解决的方法。当然说真心话，我们都不希望身边有杀人犯存在；但是如果这次的事件公开了，大概我们的私生活也会被媒体搞得一团糟。这么一来孩子们的入学考试才真的泡汤了，社会地位受到打击的恐怕并非只有并木先生一个人了！” 美菜子开始发出呜咽的哭声。 “对不起。”从掩着脸的双手之间，美菜子发出细微的声音哭诉道，“都怪我做出这种事，连累了大家……” “我们的事没有关系。”藤间一枝温柔地劝慰说，“因为大家都很喜欢你，所以才要想办法帮助你，这才是最重要的。” “没错。”藤间补充说，“不过我们并非只是出于好意，也有个人因素存在。我们把话说在前面，是希望你们能理解这一点。” “你们这么说，我们很感谢。”俊介勉强说出话来，“但现实情况恐怕没办法逃避。我也不希望美菜子被逮捕呀。” “藤间先生。”关谷说，“不妨跟并木先生说明刚刚的计划吧？” “嗯，好吧……” “什么，你们有计划？” 俊介一问，藤间赶紧探出身子，眼光也变得锐利许多。 “要让美菜子不成为杀人犯，方法只有一个：就是让这件事没有发生。具体而言，就是靠大家的力量将那具尸体处理掉。” 听完藤间的话，俊介竖直了背。除了他和美菜子外，所有人的目光都注视着他。他面对众人的视线摇摇头说：“这件事绝对不可能的。” "yes?" “因为说不过去呀，该怎么处理尸体呢？不管怎么处理，一旦尸体的身分曝光了，我们还是会被怀疑。” “所以要让尸体找不到呀。就算是被找到了，也无法分辨出身分来。” “只要在脸部和指纹动些手脚，身分不就不会曝光了吗？”关谷说。 “还有齿型。”藤间说得很冷静。 关谷靖子和藤间一枝在一旁安静地点头。看他们这样子，俊介拍了一下桌子说：“你们知道自己在说些什么吗？这种胡说八道的事，怎么可能做得到呢？” 俊介两只拳头撑在桌上，深呼吸了两、三次。所有人都沉默地看他的动作。 “的确。”藤间说，“我们即将做的事的确很胡来，是不被允许的。可是你要搞清楚，这一切都是为了你太太。如果说这方法不行，还有什么好计划吗？有的话，请你告诉我。” “除了报警的方法以外。”关谷接着说，“这不在考虑之列。” 俊介紧握着擦过汗水的手帕；美菜子手掩着脸，动也不动。 “假装是意外事故，或是自杀呢……？” “那也都不在考虑之列。”藤间当下便否决，“也有人提议过，但是不够实际。我虽然对警方不是很了解，但也不认为我们外行人能瞒得过他们科学办案的眼睛。” “如果要说科学办案的话，你们提的意见不也是五十步笑百步吗？不管如何毁坏指纹或是脸部，现在这个时代只要鉴定一下DNA，一切便水落石出了。” “我们也考虑过DNA，但是并木先生，要做DNA的鉴定，必须得先大致知道尸体的身分。在毫无线索的状态下，就算要鉴定，也不知道该跟谁的DNA做比对呀。” “高阶英里子也有家人，他们报警是迟早的问题。一旦发现身份不明的尸体，警方就会拿来跟失踪人口做资料比对。从性别、身高、推测年龄等方面来判断，警方最后还是会考虑到尸体是否就是高阶英里子的。” “假设是这样子，如果没有她生前的DNA，就无法做比对呀。” “那有什么困难呢？只要到她房间去找，总会掉落一、两根毛发吧。” “如果到时候还有她的房间的话，不是吗？” "What's the meaning?" “高阶英里子跟家人住在一起吗？” “没有，她一个人住。” 藤间点点头，问：“她是自己买公寓住吗？” “怎么可能，是租来的房子。” “我就说嘛，这么一来房子迟早总得退租吧。” 俊介微微张开嘴，回瞪着藤间的脸。藤间慢慢地点了两下头。 “你是说房子一旦退租后，DNA鉴定的材料也就消失了。” “所以尸体被发现的事要越迟越好。希望申报失踪后的几年内部不要找到，当然最好是永远都不要被发现。” “原来如此……”俊介只点了一下头，按摩着自己的颈子。接着他脱去外套，从口袋里掏出香烟和打火机。“我可以吸烟吗？” “为了预防火灾，夜晚吸烟是违反规定的。”关谷说完，却伸手将放在后面柜子里的烟灰缸拿到桌子上。 俊介点燃香烟后，藤间说声“我来作陪”也拿了根烟。 “说要处理尸体，可是要丢在哪里呢？难不成要挖个洞埋起来吗？” “一开始我们也想过，但是埋葬尸体还是太危险了。说不定因为什么事情就被发现了。何况要想完全掩藏尸体的完美洞穴，也不是那么容易挖的。” “那究竟该……” “这是我个人的意见，”关谷先说了开场白，接着又说，“既然埋在土里不行，那就丢进水里，怎么样？” “丢进水里？”俊介将这个问题又问了一次后，睁大眼睛问：“姬神湖里吗？” “我觉得那是最好的办法。既确实，又能迅速进行。” “我也觉得这个意见不错。”藤间说。 俊介一边沉吟一边急促地吸着香烟。眼看香烟一下子便短了许多。 “现在就要将尸体丢进湖里了吗？” “是的。既然要实行就事不宜迟。” “现在要去湖边……”俊介打开香烟盒，抽出最后一根烟，点上了火。 “我这样子说也许不太礼貌。”关谷说，“我觉得并木先生很幸运。” 俊介看着关谷，嘴里冒出了白烟。 “想想看如果是你一个人面临这种状况，那会怎么样？一个人要处理尸体，几乎是不可能的。就算能够处理，恐怕也很花时间吧？但是现在有这么多人帮你，这难道不算很幸运吗？” “幸运？这算吗？” “算了。关谷先生想说的我不是不仅，但现在并木先生的立场其实是最难过的。”藤间出面打圆场，“毕竟他失去了情妇。” 他的话让关谷露出恍然大悟的表情，接着面带愧疚地低声说：“对不起。” 俊介将还没有吸得很短的烟蒂捺熄在烟灰缸里。 “并木先生，”藤间站了起来说，“怎么样？我们的心意已经确定了。” 除美菜子外，大家的视线又再一次集中在俊介身上。他避开所有人的视线。 然后是一阵沉默，只听见细微的虫鸣声。 俊介看着美菜子，不禁开口问道：“为什么？” “为什么那么冲动做出这种事？一点也不像你。” “现在说这些又有什么用！”说话的人是关谷靖子。 “并木先生？”藤间再度确认俊介的决心。 俊介用手帕拭去汗水，咬着嘴唇，低着头说：“尸体应该不会浮上来吧？” “我们会一起把重物捆在塑胶布里的。”关谷立即回答。 俊介轻轻点头。众人的视线让他无法置身事外。 “小心不要留下指纹。”他小声交代。