Chapter 4 Chapter 03-1

(one) Shunsuke also rushed out of the room in order to catch up with Sakazaki.Fujima and Guan Gu followed closely behind. When I came to the door of the Sakazaki couple's room, I heard him roaring inside. "In short, just pack up your luggage quickly, and let's leave this ghost place immediately." "Slow down, what's going on?" Junzi also yelled back in confusion. "What's going on, you don't know anything about such a big thing?" "That's why I asked you what's going on?" Junjie opened the door without knocking.The gentleman lying on the bed and sitting up looked at him in surprise.Sakazaki spread out a large suitcase on the floor.

"What are you doing? Open the door casually, without any manners!" Sakazaki's voice was full of disgust. Shunsuke didn't speak but just looked down at him, and then Fujima also entered the room. "Mr. Sakazaki, calm down, anyway, listen to us first." "I don't want to hear it." Sakazaki said briefly. "Gentleman, do you know what happened last night? It was murdered. Someone was killed in the next room. That young girl... that was Miss Shikoka was killed. It seems Minako killed her. " The gentleman opened his eyes wide and looked at Shunsuke timidly.

"Besides, because the police discovered it, they even abandoned the body and threw it into the lake, Jishen Lake. Even other people also helped along. Do you think they are crazy? Listen and see." Guan Gu tried to persuade him, but Sakazaki waved his hands, shook his head vigorously and said, "What's the reason? I know that your relationship is very good, but it doesn't mean that we have the obligation to accompany you. Mr. Guan Gu, have you figured it out? This is murder!" It's a terrible crime. Of course you should call the police when this happens." Then he glared at Shunsuke and said, "It's all your fault. It's your freedom to have affairs, but don't bring this kind of problem. Is it okay here? It has nothing to do with us. Why did your mistress and wife get involved with us?"

Shunsuke lowered his head and apologized softly, "I'm sorry." Hearing the commotion upstairs, other female relatives also came over.Seeing Minako, Sakazaki's eyes widened even further. "Minako, you... you should turn yourself in. Otherwise it would be too strange, you must do that." Minako didn't say anything, but looked at Fujima in confusion. "Where are the children?" Fujima asked Kazue. "I just went to the rented villa..." "Really. Mr. Sakazaki, please, please listen to us again." Fujima begged. "You want me to listen to you? Hey, gentleman, what are you doing? You are not ready to leave here. Then call and ask Takuya to go with you." Sakazaki randomly stuffed the clothes in the closet into the suitcase.

"There is no other way, I think everyone should go down first." Fujima said to Shunsuke. "But……" "never mind." Fujima pushed Shunsuke, Seki and others out of the room.Sakazaki's roar could also be heard from inside the room. Except for the Sakazaki couple, everyone gathered in the living room.The first person to speak was Guan Gu. "If it's just explained like that, he still can't accept it." "But he must be persuaded." Fujima said, "He must be persuaded to protect Minako together." "Yes, you are right." Guan Gu scratched his head.

Junjie stood, pressed his temples with both hands, then looked at his wife and said, "But what he said is right. He should have called the police, so..." "Are you saying you want Minako to surrender herself?" Yasuko Sekigu asked. "That's the way it should be done." "Mr. Namiki, there is no way to turn back now." Fujima said in an enlightening tone. "I don't know about the legal matter." Junjie said, "It is true that we may have committed the crime of abandoning the corpse, but if we call the police now, as long as we admit that the behavior last night was caused by everyone's messy hands and feet, it should not be considered a big crime. Bar?"

"You're talking about the crime we committed, right?" Yasuko Sekigu stared at Shunsuke and said, "But what about Minako? She committed murder, so it doesn't matter? It's because you were wrong." "Jingzi!" Despite her husband's dissuasion, she refused to shut up. "No, let me say. Mr. Namiki wants Minako to be arrested, or even better sentenced to death. It must be because the young lover was killed, and there is a grudge against Minako." "Have you said enough!" Guan Gu pressed his wife's shoulder.It was hard for her to shut up, but her eyes still stared at Junjie fiercely.

Shunsuke put his hands in his pants pockets and leaned against the wall.Minako stood with her head bowed.Everyone was silent. At this time, I heard the sound of going down the stairs and Sakazaki's angry reprimand: "Hurry up!" Guan Gu walked out of the living room, Shunsuke also wanted to follow behind, but his arm was pulled.The person who held him was Fujima. "You and Minako go back to the room. Let's talk to him better." "But……" "Seeing you, he will get excited again. Don't worry, he should be able to accept it." Fujima also nodded to Minako before walking out of the living room.Yasuko Sekigu and Kazue Fujima followed suit.Shunsuke shook his head and sat down, then took out a cigarette.

Sakazaki's voice came in.Soon he took his wife to the gate, and the sound of Fujima and the others chasing after him could be heard. "Shouldn't we go back to the room?" Minako said. "It doesn't matter here." "But Mr. Fujima and the others may bring Mr. Sakazaki back here to talk?" Junsuke raised the corners of his mouth with a sneer, and extinguished the newly lit cigarette in the ashtray. "I think it's useless." After speaking, he stood up. Back in the room, the two of them didn't exchange a word.Minako sat on the bed, staring at the floor all the time.Shunsuke stood by the window, looking at a dark forest.

Hearing a sound from downstairs, Minako walked out of the room, and immediately came in again and said, "Mr. Sakazaki and the others seem to be back again." "Just come back." Shunsuke said, "It's impossible to convince." Minako didn't speak, she was still sitting on the bed.Junsuke also sat on the bed opposite her, stretched out his left hand around his right shoulder to his back, frowning and massaged his right shoulder blade. "Will it still hurt there?" "It's not at work, maybe it's a tense relationship?" He continued to massage his back.

"Would you like me to press it for you?" "No need." He stopped massaging. "Is that person Mr. Fujima?" She looked up in surprise. "what?" "That person, you have a good friend." Minako turned her head to look at him with a surprised expression. "what are you saying?" "Don't be stupid, I know all about it. Do you think I don't know about your dealings with other men?" "What are you talking about? Nothing." "Mr. Fujima also admitted just now, saying that he likes you very much and can feel your feminine charm." Minako shook her head, waved her hands lightly and said, "What are you talking about? I heard not only what is going on? Mr. Fujima, what did he say?" "I opened your purse before, not to investigate anything, but to get some change. I found something strange, it was a condom. You should know what I thought after seeing that." Minako opened her mouth slightly and made a sound of inhaling. "What's the matter? Do you want to explain something? Then I'd like to hear it, if you can explain it reasonably." She exhaled the air she had just inhaled, and said with her shoulders drooping weakly, "So...you saw it?" "Won't you explain it?" "Explanation..." Minako looked directly at her husband and said, "It doesn't make any sense." "How to say?" "I did want to betray you, but I didn't mess around. The other party is not Mr. Fujima." "Does it mean you're serious if you don't mess around? Mr. Fujima has already admitted that he envies that I can occupy you alone." "It's not Mr. Fujima. He didn't say he had that kind of relationship with me, did he?" "I sound like that." "Then you can ask him again, and ask him if he has had a physical relationship with me!" "If not him, who are you going to sleep with to run around with a condom?" Facing his questioning, Minako looked incredible. "You men are really strange. You can openly flirt with women, and your wife will throw a tantrum at the slightest suspicion." "I'm not angry, I'm just asking you." "Then didn't I answer? I didn't mess around, so I can't say the other party's name." "But didn't you just say that? You said you wanted to betray me. That's why I asked who do you want to have that relationship with?" "This..." She only shook her head once and said, "I don't know." "I don't know? You mean you can talk to anyone, because you just want to get revenge on me?" "Retaliate against you? I didn't." Minako's eyes became sharp, and only a sneer at the corner of her mouth said, "That's really meaningless. So what if I get revenge on you now? Do you think I don't know? Your object is not only High-level miles, I should have stolen fish several times before. But I endured it, because you are willing to marry me with children, I think I should be more patient. More importantly, for Zhang Tai, I don’t want to It caused a family turmoil." "You are too contradictory. Wouldn't betraying your husband create family turmoil?" "So..." Minako swallowed, and Shunsuke watched the swallowing movement of her throat.She went on to say: "At that time, I was already mentally prepared to break up with you." "You have really made up your mind." "Don't you also want to divorce me? I know it very well. In addition, Zhang Tai found out that our relationship has deteriorated. I think it would be better to return to the original family with only our mother and son instead of this state." .” "Then why did you kill Lilizi?" Junsuke's words made Minako's face lose expression.She looked at him with a mask-like expression on her face.She slowly closed her eyes and slowly opened them again. "Yes. When she asked me to break up with you, I would be fine if I said 'yes'. I should have given you to her." When Junsuke stood up from the bed, he heard a knock on the door.Before he could respond, the door opened.Yasuko Guan Gu came in with his probe. "Mr. Fujima asked you to go down and said that there are many things to discuss." "Mr. Sakazaki has gone back, right? I think everything is over." "It's not like this." Yasuko looked at Minako, and then turned his gaze back to Shunsuke. "Sakazaki is here too." "Still there, them?" "Yes, so please go to the living room." Guan Gu Yasuko walked down the stairs first. Shunsuke clicked his tongue softly. "It seems that we still have to bow our heads and beg them? To be honest, I really think it is stupid to do so. But there is no way, let's go down!" Minako silently followed behind him. Walking into the living room, the Sakazaki couple sat side by side at the table.Fujima and Guan Gu also sat around them.Junsuke and the others stood by the door. Compared with just now, Sakazaki seems to be a different person, appearing very calm.He raised his head and secretly glanced at Junjie and the others, then immediately turned his gaze back to the table. "Just finished explaining to Mr. Sakazaki." Fujima said. "What do you mean?" "It's the whole process of our determination to protect Minako. As a result..." Fujima turned his face to the Sakazaki couple and said, "They also agreed to help together." Shunsuke took a step forward and looked at the Sakazaki couple. "Really?" "They just agreed." Before Shunsuke could speak, Sakazaki raised his head and said, "I lost my composure just now, I'm sorry. I only thought of myself... I know I said a lot of things that shouldn't be said, but I said it because I was too excited, please forgive me. "He lowered his head when he said that, and his wife, Jun Zi, also lowered his head beside him. "Where, that doesn't matter. But can you really do it? Didn't you say it was a serious crime?" "After listening to Mr. Fujima's explanation, I realized that protecting Minako is also for our own good. And we don't want to see Minako being arrested by the police." After speaking, he looked at Minako guiltily and said, "Minako, I'm sorry. , I have no malice. Please don't hate me." "How could I hate..." Minako's voice was lost before she finished speaking. "In this way, everyone is willing to work together." Fujima said to everyone, "The rest is to see the teacher Tsujiu. The teacher has been with the children all the time, so he doesn't know anything. As long as the eight of us speak the same way, I don’t think the police would suspect him.” "Yes, as long as nothing happened." Guan Gu continued, "There is no way to hide the fact that Gao Jie Lizi came here, but all you need to do is pretend not to know about it. Even the criminal police It would never have occurred to all of us to collude." "That's great, Minako." Yasuko Sekiya approached Minako.Minako silently bowed deeply to everyone. (two) "We have to discuss the future." Fujima suggested. "Considering the seriousness of the matter, slight negligence is not allowed. So it's better to be cautious." "Is it okay if no one goes to the rented villa tonight?" Junjie asked. "I just called Tsukumi-sensei and explained to him that Minako is staying here to rest tonight because she is not feeling well. Originally, it was the Namiki couple who were scheduled to be on duty tonight." "Then...wouldn't it be better for me to go alone?" "No, the other party's understanding has already been obtained. And it's better for you to stay with Minako?" Guan Gu and his wife and Teng Wen also nodded in agreement. "Before discussing, shall we have a drink first? Even beer is fine." Guan Gu raised his glass. "Honestly, I'd love to have a change of heart." "It's true. Everyone has been tense since yesterday." Kazue Fujima was about to go to the kitchen, but her husband stopped him and said, "Wait a minute. Mr. Sekigu, I understand how you feel. Please come again Be patient. The next thing I want to say is something everyone must keep in mind. I am afraid that the focus is not appropriate to ease the tension." Guan Gu nodded with a bitter face and said, "Really, then let's save it for later." "First of all, I want to explain the conceivable situation in the future. I have already discussed this with Mr. Namiki in the car." Fujima glanced at Shunsuke and continued to explain, "We don't know what the police will do when the high-ranking lady is missing. However, there should be no doubt that an investigation will be launched. If someone in the family or relatives of the high-ranking lady knows the police, their attitude will be very different." "I've never heard that anyone in her family has a special relationship with the police." Junjie said in a low voice. "But there's no harm in thinking about it first. So what will the police do? First, they will ask people who are related. One of the people who is related is Mr. Namiki. Therefore, I have asked and obtained Mr. Namiki's understanding that he must Conceal the special relationship with the high-ranking lady first." Fujima explained to everyone what they talked about in the car. "In other words, when the time comes, Mr. Namiki will admit the fact that he has been to Lake Himegami with Miss High Rank. If the police also ask us, we can say that we have seen him here. The woman named Gaojie Lizi, and the matter of entertaining her for dinner." Guan Gu reviewed the above content and said, "After that, I pretended not to know." "You're right. Anyone else have an opinion?" No one spoke, and several of them shook their heads. "Of course, it would be ideal if the fact that she has been here is not known by the police." Fujima said. At this time, Junko Sakazaki raised his hand. "Shouldn't he say anything and do nothing until the police question him?" "What do you mean?" "I'm just making an analogy. In case the TV news or the like reports about the high-ranking lady, saying that the woman's whereabouts are unknown, if anyone has seen it, please contact the nearby police. At this time, we will do nothing, not very Isn't it natural?" "That's right. If we find out that we have been here afterwards, the police will definitely wonder why we didn't take the initiative to contact you." Fujima nodded slightly and said, "This situation must be considered carefully first." "Will ordinary people contact you?" Guan Gu said with his head tilted, "Is it not surprising that you keep silent for fear of being implicated?" "But didn't Miss Senior ask for leave from the company? If the news reports say that the police are investigating what she did when she asked for leave, then we would be suspicious if we didn't take the initiative to contact her. Because we met her that day." Guan Gu couldn't refute Mr. Sakazaki's statement, so he could only ponder. "Can we say we didn't hear the news?" Guan Gu Yasuko helped her husband out of the siege and said, "Suppose we didn't know the news of Miss Gao Jie's disappearance in the first place?" "All of them?" her husband asked. "Yes." "No, that's not good. Not one of the eight people has read the news report?" "What's more, there's Teacher Jin Jiujian." Junjie said, "It's hard to say that he won't contact the police." Everyone looked at each other with an expression of "I actually forgot the existence of Tsujiumi". "I see, let's do this." Fujima patted the table with both hands, and everyone was watching him. "Suppose there is such a news report, let's assume that one of us has seen it, and this person will discuss with everyone whether to inform the police about the fact that Mrs. High Rank has been to Hime Kami Lake. I have seen the teacher for a long time and called to discuss together." Everyone leaned out to know what to do next. "But there will be no Mr. Namiki here. Of course, everyone will inevitably have a question at this time: Since the police have gone to Mr. Namiki, Mr. Namki should have told this matter, right?" "That's right." Guan Gu patted the table. "At this time, this person... I think it's up to me to decide first, whoever said it was me who suggested it. I called Mr. Namiki and asked him if he had told the police about the high-ranking lady's visit to Jishen Lake. .” "How should I answer?" Junsuke asked. "Of course you answered it already." "In other words, I lied." "You do not want it?" "No, please continue." "After listening to it, I naturally asked, 'Then why didn't the news report mention this matter? Is it because the police didn't disclose it to the media?' Mr. Namiki's answer is as follows: 'I don't know, maybe the police have something Think about it.' That's my opinion." "Great." Guan Gu clapped his hands with wide eyes and said, "This makes sense, and we don't have to tell too many lies." "Mr. Fujima can really become a novelist." Yasuko Sekigu said with a serious face. "He once wanted to be a playwright!" Kazue Fujima secretly glanced at her husband. "But in this case, I will be questioned by the police, right?" To Shunsuke's question, Fujima nodded and replied: "That is unavoidable. But you have a legitimate reason to conceal the fact that she has been to Hime Kami Lake. I don't know if it is appropriate to use the word 'legitimate'." "You're saying that in order to conceal my relationship with her, I have to keep the fact that she's been to Jishen Lake under wraps. Is that right?" "That's right." "It's true that it's over now." Junjie shook his head and said, "If the police start to trace this place, I will be suspected first. When I came to the summer resort with my family and friends, my mistress followed me to make trouble .So the two quarreled and killed someone in a fit of excitement...It is very likely that you can imagine this kind of plot." "It doesn't matter, no matter what plot he will come up with, it's not a fact anyway. Since it's not a fact, the police can't prove it, and they can't find any evidence. I don't think the police can come up with a real plot. Who would have thought We were all involved? And the case wouldn’t stand if not all of us were complicit.” Shunsuke didn't refute, but glanced at Minako who lowered her head beside her.Perhaps she felt it, and met her husband's eyes; but she remained silent. "But that's the worst situation." Fujima looked around and said, "I said it at the beginning, it's best to never let the police know the fact that she was here. I think our chances of winning will be higher this way .” "If only we could do that." Guan Gu sighed, "In that case, we don't have to do anything." "But we have to keep in close contact." Junko Sakazaki spoke with a somewhat emphatic tone, "Like the situation just mentioned, if the TV news reports it, we have to decide when we will gather together to discuss it, right?" "Of course," Fujima said loudly, "until the disappearance is forgotten, we can't take it lightly. No..." He shook his head and said, "We can't take this incident lightly." "Oh, I feel that there are so many problems." Guan Gu Jingzi rubbed his arm and said, "I don't know if I remember? Husband, if you see that I am about to fail, remember to remind me." "What a useless guy." "Don't worry, there should be no place for Jingzi to lie. Even if everything goes well, you don't have to do anything." Fujima's comforting words made her breathe a sigh of relief. "I hope so." "I think that's what I should say in advance. Please raise any other questions or concerns?" Fujima slowly looked at everyone's faces in sequence. In the silence, only Sakazaki raised his hands worriedly. "Will the body be found?" Guan Gu crossed his hands in front of his chest and coughed dryly.Put on a helpless expression. "It can only be said that in order not to be discovered, we have tried our best." Fujima replied. "But the corpse will produce exhaust gas, even if it sinks to the bottom, it may surface?" "Mr. Namiki has also considered this point, so we have also put in a lot of effort." "But……" "It's useless to say that now, isn't it?" Fujima interjected, looking unhappy. "After all, there's nothing we can do now, we can only pray that the body will not be found." "That's true, but after all I'm not at the scene, but of course I also believe that everyone has racked their brains to deal with this matter." "So there is no other way but to believe. Maybe Mr. Sakazaki doesn't know, but it is a very demanding job. It is not only exhausting physical strength, but also exhausting energy." Guan Gu didn't look at Sakazaki when he spoke, and then seemed to suddenly remember What hurriedly added, "Even I am like this. In fact, it is Mr. Namiki and Mr. Fujima who completed the final aftermath work, so I don't know how hard it is." Sakazaki nodded without saying a word, and touched the bottom of his nose. "The center of the lake is quite deep." Teng Wen also came forward to ease and said, "I heard that the deepest place is 20 meters deep. At least we don't have to worry about floating up. And I haven't heard that the lake has ever dried up." "It's fine in that case." Sakazaki said in a low voice. "Also..." Junko Sakazaki asked this time, "Facing the police, what should the children do?" Everyone looked at her, and some of them gasped. "What should I do, I don't know what you mean?" Fujima asked with a half smile. "If the police knew the fact that the senior lady had been here, wouldn't they ask the children? How should we deal with this?" "Then what's the problem?" The person who answered immediately was Yasuko Guan Gu. "They just say, 'There's a woman they don't know at dinner, but they don't know anything about that person,' and that's fine?" Both her husband and Kazue Fujima nodded in agreement. "It would be best if it could be done like this, but I'm afraid that if some children see or hear something, they will accidentally disclose it to the police." After everyone was silent for a while, Fujima suddenly leaned back and said, "That's right! There is still such a situation!" Everyone looked at him. "That is to say, it is very possible that the children know about the things we don't want to be known. For example, they may be seen part of the process of disposing of the corpse. The children may not know what they are doing, so they casually said to the police' That night I saw those fathers driving out at night...'Like this. Is this what you mean, gentleman?" Fujima quickly continued, "We should not be seen when we deal with these things. " The gentleman who half-opened his mouth to listen to him nodded his head and said, "Yes, this is very possible. Children often know things they shouldn't know without their parents noticing." "But it shouldn't be possible for them to know what happened last night?" Fujima Kazue said with doubts at the end of his words. "It was in the middle of the night, and they lived in another villa." "We have to consider all the possibilities." Fujima said sharply, "Your thinking is too superficial!" Yizhi looked at her husband in surprise, and kept silent because she was stared back at him. "Will the police also ask the children for questioning?" Minako asked in a low voice without a specific target. "It's better to assume that you will ask. Let's assume that in case the police find out that Miko Kokai has been here." Fujima replied. "That's right!" Guan Gu clicked his tongue. "I see. Indeed, such a statement would be miserable, so we must confirm whether the children have seen or heard anything strange." "Why not?" Junjie said, "Families should ask their children how they lived last night, as detailed as possible. This way we can determine whether there is any danger." But Fujima immediately jumped out against the proposal. "No, that's not good." "why?" "Children always remember strange things. If their parents ask something unnatural, it will definitely leave an impression. This will have the opposite effect. And if you want to do what Mr. Namiki said, it will actually be difficult. It's very difficult. You can't ask: Did you see anything strange in the middle of the night last night?" "That's right, I'm just worried because of Mr. Guan Gu..." "I didn't say that it will be miserable, but that it will be miserable if it happens." "Isn't that the same? Doesn't it mean to consider all possibilities?" Unable to think of how to refute, Guan Gu just shut up and looked aside. "It's better not to let the police get close to the children. If it is absolutely unavoidable, you must accompany them and pay attention to whether the children say anything strange. I'm afraid that's the only way to do it?" Fujima looked serious. to explain. "But what if the children speak out?" "Husband!" Minako put her hand on Junsuke's leg and said, "Let's talk about it when the time comes, anyway, I'm ready." "Even if you..." "No, Mr. Namiki, and everyone, please take some time to think about this matter? After all, it is not sure whether any children know anything, and the police may not ask the children until the last moment. Bar?" "That is to say, we don't have to be too nervous." Guan Gu agreed with Fujima. "There's still time." No one objected, and even Junko Sakazaki, who raised the question, nodded in agreement. "If everyone thinks this is okay." Junjie said. Discussion ends here, no further comments are made. "Let's stop here tonight." Fujima said, "If there is any problem, let's discuss it together." "I'm so tired." Guan Gu stood up and stretched, then walked into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and took out beer. The others bid each other good night.Junjie also walked towards the door of the living room, but suddenly stopped.His eyes rested on the four pictures pasted on the wall.It was a landscape painting depicting the neighborhood.There is a name written under each painting, and the one on the bottom right is painted by Zhang Tai. "The drawing is really good." Junjie murmured.Zhang Tai painted villas.Even the cars parked in the parking lot are carefully drawn.All the cars are parked facing the direction of the villa. "That's one of the summer assignments." Minako explained after him. (three) Once back in the room, Minako began to change clothes.But Shunsuke was sitting on the chair in front of the cabinet without moving. "Aren't you going to change?" Minako asked after changing into her pajamas while getting under the covers. "I don't really want to sleep, can the others sleep?" "I didn't sleep all night last night." "It's the same for me, so my head hurts. But I just don't feel sleepy." "I probably won't be able to sleep either, but I can't do anything if I don't sleep, right?" "Damn it, I wish I had brought whiskey with me. Beer doesn't make you drunk!" Staring at his travel bag, he patted his thigh and said, "By the way, just go and buy it. There should be a convenience store nearby. Bar?" "Go and buy it." Minako turned over and turned her back to Shunsuke. He watched his wife's body swell under the covers for a while, and then he got up and grabbed the car keys and put them in his pocket. "Are you going?" Minako asked facing the wall. "think." "Then be careful on the road." Shunsuke reached out and grabbed the doorknob, and before turning the door open, he asked his wife, "How did Mr. Fujima persuade Mr. Sakazaki and the others? Mr. Sakazaki, who was so emotional, became very calm." "It should be explained patiently so that he can accept it." Her voice began to mumble. "But the old Sakazaki-san didn't want to listen to others at all!" Minako didn't answer right away, but paused for a while before saying, "If you ask me about this kind of thing, I don't know." "That's right." Shunsuke walked out of the room. He first went to the door of Fujima's room and knocked on the door.There was an immediate response from the door, and Fujima came out to open the door.He hasn't changed his clothes yet. "What's wrong?" "I want to go to the convenience store, can I borrow the key to the gate?" "Oh, are you going to buy wine or something?" "yes." "Just go out, we're not asleep anyway." "is this okay?" "Be careful on the road." "Ah, Mr. Fujima." Shunsuke asked hastily when Fuji was about to close the door, "You finally convinced Mr. Sakazaki and the others, what did you say?" "I didn't play any tricks." Fuji asked, "I just explained our feelings to him honestly. Mr. Sakazaki is not an idiot, as long as he makes it clear, he can understand." "Oh……" "Good night, then." After saying that, Fujima closed the door. Junjie drove away from the villa area, but couldn't find the convenience store.No, it should be said that there are convenience stores, but they are not open 24 hours like in the metropolitan area. He massaged his shoulders while driving.Switch hands from time to time to drive, turn your left hand around your back and pinch your right shoulder blade, making the joints make a sound.Then he turned his neck from side to side and made a noise. As a result, I didn't find one until near the interchange of the expressway, but fortunately, they sold alcohol.He got bourbon and sandwiches, and bought cigarettes as well. When I took out my wallet, I noticed something in my coat pocket.It's the stack of photos I found in Miles' room. After getting in his car with his groceries, he started the engine but didn't turn it on. Instead, he turned on the lights in the compartment. Shunsuke took out the photos and looked at them carefully one by one.The first three pictures show Minako entering Fujima's house.In the next few photos, the Guan Gu couple and Sakazaki were photographed, and they also walked into Fujima's house.Then there's a picture of Minako walking out and a picture of her walking into the supermarket. There are also photos of Tsukumi, who just walked out of the cram school building, and photos of walking into the cafe, and photos that should have been taken in the store.When Tsukumi met a woman, the profile of the woman was not Minako, Yasuko Sekiya or Kazue Fujima, nor Junko Sakazaki.The age of the woman is about thirty years old. Then the scene changed, and it was inside a restaurant.Tsukumi, the woman just now, and a man.Not Fujima, Sekiya or Sakazaki.He looks like a middle-aged man in his forties, a bit fat.The back view of the gray suit, the slightly bald hair is parted beside the side. Minako also joined their photos, and the atmosphere seemed to be talking and laughing. That's all for the photos. Shunsuke put the photo back in his pocket and started the car.It took about 40 minutes to return to the villa area from there, but it took about an hour and a half to go shopping. When I got back to the villa, the lights in the house were still on, like the lights in the living room.When Shunsuke tried to open the door, he found it locked.Just as he was about to ring the doorbell, he stopped and walked along the outer wall of the house instead. When he was about to reach the floor-to-ceiling windows of the living room, he stopped in his tracks.Because I heard someone's voice.He hid behind the house and watched secretly. The floor-to-ceiling windows of the living room were open, and a man and a woman were sitting together outside.It's Guan Gu and Teng Jian Yi Zhi, their bodies are close to each other, Guan Gu's hand is still around Yi Zhi's waist. Shunjie backed away slowly, and when he came to the gate, he decided to ring the doorbell again.Soon a man's voice came from the intercom: "Who is it?" "Sorry, I'm Namiki." "Oh, okay." It was Fujima's voice. Hearing the sound of unlocking, the door opened, and Teng Wen showed his face and said, "You're back, have you found the store?" "I found it near the interchange." "Really, it's this kind of time after all." Entering the room, Shunsuke took a look inside.The living room door was open, and he saw Sakazaki's face. "Is everyone still up?" he asked Fujima. "It seems that I still can't sleep, so naturally everyone gathered here." After locking it, Fujima started walking towards the living room, Shunsuke followed. Guan Gu and Fujima Kazue have returned indoors.Besides them and Sakazaki, Yasuko Seki was also there.Shunsuke looked around at everyone's faces. "What's wrong?" Guan Gu Jingzi asked with his head tilted. "No, nothing..." "Did you find anything good?" Guan Gu looked at the things in Shunsuke's hand and asked. "Nothing, just bourbon and sandwiches." "I see. I usually bring brandy with me, but on this trip it was agreed that only beer is allowed for alcoholic beverages." "Then let's use it together." “不，我不用了。再不休息，我身体会撑不住的。”关谷转而对着妻子说，“我们也该睡了吧。” 关谷靖子点头说：“是呀。” 他们夫妻跟大家道声晚安便走出客厅。 “并木先生打算在房间里喝酒吗？”藤间问。 "Well, I suppose so." “你可以在这里喝，没关系。只是要注意火烛。” "I know, thank you." 藤间夫妇也准备要离去，坂崎则跟在后面。俊介看着他背影喊道：“对了，坂崎先生。”然后对回过头来的坂崎询问，“你说的聚会是什么呀？” “宴会……？” “是呀，就是在关谷先生的房间时，你不是说过吗？说什么那场众会，究竟是什么呢？” "Did I tell you?" "you've said." 坂崎的嘴微微张开着，黑眼珠往右上角移动。藤间站在他的背后看着这一切。 “噢……你是说那个呀。”坂崎的视线又移回到俊介的脸上。“没什么特殊的意思啦。就是卡拉OK呀。因为大家都很喜欢，我以为举办过了。” “卡拉OK？这里有这种设备吗？” “是小型卡拉OK啦。”藤间说，“就是那种很像玩具、方便携带的机器呀。我曾经带来过，以前我们玩过一次，但是这次没有带来。” “小型卡拉OK吗……” 坂崎搔着头说：“仔细想想，这次的旅行藤间先生怎么会带那种东西呢？我实在太欠考虑了。” 看见俊介沉默不语，坂崎说声“就是这么回事”便走出了客厅。 还站在门边的藤间凝视着俊介的脸说：“还有什么事吗？” "No……" “并木先生最好也睡一下吧。”说完藤间也离开了。 在没有其他人的客厅里，俊介喝着波本酒，啃着三明治。不时拿出那些照片端详。