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dying eye 东野圭吾 6097Words 2018-03-22
Due to the sudden, dramatic and vivid reappearance of the memory, Shinsuke had the illusion that he heard a woman's voice just now. Shinsuke recalled that he had also heard that voice in the same situation.In other words, he was sitting in the back seat of the car at that time, and he was not sitting normally, but slipped from the seat like just now. Why did this happen? Because of emergency braking— The car braked suddenly and his body was thrown forward. The sound of tires rubbing against something, and the sound of something being bumped, all reappeared in Shinsuke's eardrums, and the scene at that time was also clearly reflected in his mind.

By the way, back then-- Shinsuke swallowed, but his mouth was still dry.He remembered that he was also sitting in the back seat of the car and witnessed everything that happened from the back seat. Goosebumps appeared all over his body, sweat slowly seeped out, his breathing became disordered, his heartbeat began to speed up, and his body temperature rose slightly. The surrounding scenery turned into familiar scenery, and the car was driving on the street he was familiar with, but Shinsuke had the illusion of being in a different dimension, and even felt that he was not in reality. Jiang Dao slowed down the speed of the car, and the building where Shinsuke lived was in front of him, and the Mercedes stopped quietly.

"Okay, here we go! Let's talk slowly next time! If possible, the daytime is more suitable, so Shinsuke will be calmer!" Ejima talked endlessly, his eyes reflected in the rear-view mirror, Looking at Shinsuke with a deep smile. Shinsuke still sat on the chair without moving, all kinds of thoughts were rushing in his mind, gathering into a strong vortex. "What's wrong with you?" Jiang Dao asked in surprise, "Aren't you going to get out of the car?" "Mr. Jiangdao..." Shinsuke stared at the back of Jiangdao's head and said, "What happened to Chengmei?"

Looking from the back seat of the car, Enoshima seemed to have no reaction after hearing this sentence. Shinsuke thought for a second that Enoshima didn't hear what he said, but this was impossible. Enoshima's finger on his right knee moved, and his index finger tapped his knee unconsciously. Suddenly, Ejima stopped and turned his body slightly backwards, but Shinsuke still couldn't see his expression. "Miss Chengmei, do you mean your girlfriend, Miss Chengmei?" "yes." "What did that sentence mean? Why did you ask me what happened to her?" "Chengmei has taken this car recently, right?"

"Why can't I understand what you're talking about? Why did she take this car? Did she tell you that?" "Chengmei is not at home, she has been missing for a long time." "Really? I don't know about it." "Mr. Ejima..." Shinsuke's voice became slightly louder, "It's useless if you try to lie to me. Chengmei met Mr. Ejima, right? She's here to propose a deal to you, isn't she?" "Is there something wrong with your mind, why should I—" In the middle of Edo's words, Shinsuke stretched out his left hand, with the piece of armor he just picked up in his palm.

"This is Chengmei's nail piece! This fake nail fell on the chair." When Jiang Dao was about to take the piece of armor away, Shinsuke retracted his left hand before him. "This is important evidence, I can't give it to you." "I have no impression at all," Jiang Dao said, "Miss Chengmei has never been in this car. That piece of nails belongs to my wife or daughter! They seem to go to nail salons and the like." "In this case, we have to ask the police to investigate the fingerprints, and then everything will come to light." After Shen Jie finished speaking, he took out a handkerchief and spread it on his lap, put his nails on it, and wrapped it carefully, "I will contact the police as soon as possible tomorrow. I think the criminal police will go to Mr. Ejima immediately, if you have anything to say, please say it at that time!"

After Shinsuke finished speaking, he opened the car door, pretending to leave. "Wait a minute!" Jiang Dao said, "Your statement is like what I did to Miss Chengmei." "Isn't it?" "Why do I have to do this?" "So didn't I just say that? Chengmei proposed a deal, right?" "What kind of deal?" "Of course it's a hush money! It's about the previous car accident." The moment he heard Shinsuke say these words, Ejima's ears moved slightly, Shinsuke was on guard all over, and the atmosphere between the two suddenly became serious.

Phew——Jiang Dao let out a long breath, nodded slightly, and then gradually increased his body movements. "I see." Jiang Dao stopped. "Do you remember the time of the car accident?" "Just thought of it." "All of them?" "Yes, all of them." "That's it, you finally remembered!" Jiang Dao took out the cigarette case from his coat pocket, pulled out a cigarette, and lit it with a Dunhill lighter. fog. "Has Narumi come to see Mr. Ejima?" "I don't know, I don't remember this incident, I can't tell you for sure, or are you expecting me to confess at this time?" Jiang Dao sucked on the cigarette one after another.

"How much does Chengmei want from you? Ten million or twenty million? When that guy left the place where he lived, he took away the previous thirty million. If she wanted to add up to exactly fifty million, she would probably ask You offer a sky-high price of 20 million!" Enoshima didn't answer, he was still smoking his cigarette silently, maybe Shinsuke missed the guess. "Mr. Jiang Dao, let's make a deal again! It's like going back to the beginning, and everything has started again. Even so, if you just return the 30 million that Chengmei took away to me, it will be settled now It's over, what did you do to Chengmei! If I don't want to disclose even this matter, the hush money should be doubled, right? But don't worry, no matter what, I won't ask for a double hush money, as long as It can be sold for 50 million yuan, how about that?"

Ejima didn't seem to listen to Shinsuke's words, and continued smoking his cigarette at the same rhythm, his eyes fixed on the front of the windshield. "Aren't you satisfied?" Shinsuke asked. "However, I think this deal is a good deal! For you, 50 million is not a huge amount of money. Besides, have you given 30 million of it? If you can't agree, So unfortunately, I have to contact the police immediately tomorrow morning... No, it's already past twelve o'clock in the morning, to be precise, it should be this morning." "How is it?" Shinsuke said to Ejima's back.

Ejima pulled out the ashtray and extinguished the remaining cigarette in his hand. "Okay!" he said. "Tomorrow, no, it's today. I'll contact you again this afternoon. Is it okay?" "You mean, you'll have the money ready by then?" "That's it." "I understand, I'll wait for your call." Shinsuke opened the door again, and asked back before getting out of the car. "Mr. Ejima, you shouldn't lie to me, right?" Jiang Dao laughed softly, "I never do things that are not good for me." "I'm relieved to hear you say that." Shinsuke got out of the car, closed the door, the Mercedes engine sounded immediately, and galloped away. Shinsuke watched Edo's car until the tail lights were completely invisible.While watching, Shinsuke recalled the process of the car accident that night. That night, Yuka drank at "Sirius" until the store closed. Shinsuke secretly observed his situation from behind the bar, but he couldn't remember how many martinis Yuka drank. Not long after, Yuka lay down on the bar counter.Most of the guests who come to "Sirius" to drink know how to drink and how much they drink, but she sometimes drinks like this. After tidying up the store, most of the staff went home, but she remained motionless, and after a while, only Shinsuke and Ejima were left in the store. "I have no choice but to send her home!" Jiang Dao said with a sigh. "Do you know where her home is?" "Yeah. I know." Jiang Dao asked Shinsuke to drive, Shinsuke took the car keys, drove the car to the front of the building, and then returned to the store.But the scene of Ejima being hugged by Yuka suddenly jumped into his eyes. While crying, Yuka repeatedly shouted "You liar!", "Don't abandon me!" Anyone who saw this scene and dialogue could immediately guess the inside story and understand why she came to "" Sirius" came. Jiang Dao was witnessed by Shinsuke with a displeased expression on his face, but he couldn't find an excuse at the moment, so he had to say, "I'm sorry, help me get her into the car." After the two worked hard to get Yuka to sit in the passenger seat, Shinsuke handed Enoshima the car keys. "Then please drive carefully!" But Jiang Dao said: "Let's go together! Her house is in the same direction as Shinsuke's house, so I'll take you back by the way." "Is this okay?" This question contains the meaning of "Will this not bother you?" "No problem!" Jiang Dao nodded sternly. "Then I won't be polite." Shinsuke got into the back seat of the Mercedes, and at this moment he decided that he would get out of the car first. However, Enoshima goes to the building where Yuka lives first, and Shinsuke looks at Enoshima's driving state in bewilderment.Yuka fell asleep sitting up, shaking her head from side to side. When she arrived at Yujia's house, she was much more awake, but she still staggered when she walked. "I'll take her to the room and I'll be right back, just wait for me." Jiang Dao said to Shinsuke. I see, Shinsuke replied. Although Enoshima said he would be back soon, it took Enoshima more than fifteen minutes from leaving to returning. Shinsuke, who was sitting in the driver's seat, was a little impatient. "Sorry for the waitting." "Won't." "There's some trouble to deal with." "I understand." Before Edo got out of the car, the tie that was still tightly tied loosened, but Shinsuke didn't ask any more questions. "As for Yuka, I only took care of her for a short period of time, but because of some incidents, we broke up. Now we should be considered good friends. But women are difficult to deal with! I came here to drink happily, but in the end Suddenly recalling the past, I lost my temper like a kid, it's really troublesome!" Shinsuke finally understood why Ejima said that he was going to send him home. He expected that if there were only him and Yuka, Yuka would stalk Ejima to stay. "Don't talk about this!" Jiang Dao put his index finger on his lips. "Well, of course." Shinsuke said. Jiang Dao was stunned and picked up something from the passenger seat. "That guy... really can't do anything about her." "what?" "Mobile phone! She dropped it here." "Ah, give it back to her! You go!" Jiang Dao sighed. "Excuse me, can you please take it? If I go, things will become troublesome again." Shinsuke suppressed his embarrassed expression, although he found it troublesome, Ejima was right, and he didn't want to wait in the car. After Shinsuke said, I know, he picked up the phone. Shinsuke walked into the building and went to Yuka's room. Although he thought that she might have fallen asleep, after ringing the doorbell, there was an immediate response.After the door lock was unlocked, he opened the door and saw Yuka standing behind the door in her shirt. "Exactly." She pouted. "what?" "Mobile phone!" "Yeah! You didn't see it!" Shinsuke handed her the phone. "No, I mean, I guessed he'd ask you to come over." This sentence made Shinsuke immediately understand that Yuka left the phone in the car on purpose. "Go and tell that person that a child who is having fun with a toy but can't put it away is not qualified to play with a toy." Shinsuke smiled, said good night and left the room. As soon as he got back to the car, Ejima gave him a worried look. "how?" "It's okay, I'll give it back to her." Shinsuke got into the back seat of the car because sitting next to Enoshima would embarrass him. "It's like this, thank you for your hard work." Jiang Dao started the engine. "She seems to be doing it on purpose." "what?" "Leave your phone in the car on purpose." "……Oh." Ejima started the engine and drove rather roughly. Shinsuke sat in the back seat, looking out the window casually.Jiang Dao took a shortcut. It was a road with almost no cars, and there were few traffic lights. The speed of the car was already approaching the limit of the speedometer, showing that the driving mood was restless.There is a person riding a bicycle ahead. The sky was drizzling, and the wet road surface slightly reflected the yellow light of the street lamps.Jiang Dao picked up another cigarette and dangled it. Instead of using the cigarette lighter on the car, he took out the Dunhill lighter he used in the store and lit it. The fire didn't light up the first time, and neither did it the second time. Just as Jiang Dao was about to light the third time, his eyes left for a few seconds and focused on the lighter. Even Shinsuke behind him stared at his hand. At that moment, something came into Shinsuke's line of sight, and Ejima probably did the same, and he let out a scream. There was a shock, but it was a very slight shock, even less than the shock when stepping on an empty can.Of course, Jiang Dao realized that he had hit the object, and immediately slammed on the brakes, making a screeching sound from the tires rubbing against the road.The reaction force of the emergency brake caused Shinsuke to slip from the seat, but he had clearly witnessed the scene ahead. Too bad, Shinsuke thought.If he read correctly, their Mercedes hit a woman on a bicycle. However, something more shocking happened. There was the sound of things colliding fiercely in his ears. Shinsuke looked out of the car window, and his eyes widened involuntarily. A red vehicle crashed violently into a nearby building. Not only that, a person was caught between the wall and the car. The person lost all strength and remained motionless. Shinsuke immediately judged that the person was dead. Jiang Dao got out of the car and approached the red car. Shinsuke only noticed that it was a Ferrari at this time, but he didn't see the person in the driver's seat. Shinsuke looked around, there were warehouse-like buildings all around him, and he couldn't see any houses. Except for them, no one else knew that there was a car accident here. Next, Shinsuke carefully observed the position of their Mercedes, and the car rushed into the opposite lane. It seemed that the red Ferrari could not dodge. The car stalled and crashed into a nearby building. Ejima walked back, but instead of sitting in the driver's seat, he opened the door of the back seat, frowned, and sat down beside Shinsuke. "Things are bad!" he moaned. "That person... can't be saved, right?" "I guess so!" "What about the driving of that car?" "He seems to be fine, he's still alive." "It's better to call the police! No, you should call an ambulance first!" Shen Jie rummaged in his pocket and took out his mobile phone. Just as he finished pressing 119 and was about to press the call button, "Wait a minute!" Jiang Dao stopped him. what happened?Shinsuke asked. Ejima didn't answer right away, and fell into deep thought. After more than ten seconds, he looked directly into Shinsuke's eyes. "Shinsuke, can you make a deal with me?" "What?" This sentence was too unexpected for Shen Zhen, and he couldn't figure out what Jiang Dao meant for a moment, "What do you mean by transaction?" "There's no time, I'll simply explain that this car is supposed to be driven by you, you drove this car from 'Sirius' to take Yuka back to the building where she lives, and I didn't take this car." "Eh, but then I wouldn't—" "Of course I have a thank-you gift for you." Jiang Dao showed a completely desperate look. "I'll give you 10 million in cash. If you have this money, opening a store will no longer be a dream!" Shinsuke looked back at the opponent's face intently. "Mr. Ejima, are you serious?" "I hope you make a decision quickly. If someone passes by later, it will be difficult to hide the matter." "Wait a minute, no matter how much money you have, your life will be ruined if you are put in prison!" "No problem, you should be very clear about the circumstances of the car accident! It's true that our car hit first, but the key to the car accident is that one. You won't really be sentenced." "But the reason why that car lost control is that we drove into the opposite lane!" "It's true to say that, but there's no way to say 100% that we are wrong. Don't worry! I know a very good lawyer. You just need to endure some troublesome things. In this way, you will have 10 million, and the conditions are still good. Not bad!" Ejima's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked like he was driven to a desperate situation. Seeing the situation in front of him, Shinsuke gradually calmed down inexplicably. A thought sprouted in Shinsuke's mind, isn't this just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity—— Shinsuke looked at Ejima and held out five fingers. "What's the meaning?" "Fifty million, use this price to make a deal." Jiang Dao's face twisted, "Are you serious?" "Seriously, ten million is not worth it." "I can't afford fifty million." "So, what's the most you can pay?" "Wasting time here is not good for each other!" "So I'm also in a hurry! Please answer quickly, how much can you pay at most?" Ejima glared at Shinsuke with hatred in his eyes. "thirty million." "Okay!" Shinsuke nodded, "However, if you don't want to show it, I will tell the police all about it!" "I know." "What about Miss Yuka's part? If I tell the police the route to get here tonight, the police should check with her again!" "I will set up with her in advance, but the police probably won't act before morning!" "That's good." Just after they finished talking and reached an agreement, a car finally approached, a pickup truck.The pickup truck passed Shinsuke's car and stopped about 20 meters away, as if they noticed that there was a car accident. "Shinsuke, please." "Thirty million!" Shinsuke said, stepped over the back of the front seat, moved to the driver's seat, opened the door and walked out. A man stepped out of the pickup truck, a small, middle-aged man in overalls. "Hey, are you okay?" the man asked. Shinsuke raised his hand, indicating that he was fine. "Do you need to call the police or an ambulance?" "We can bark ourselves." Shinsuke replied loudly. "Is someone hurt? Better deal with it quickly." It seems that he is a nosy man, which makes Shinsuke feel very troublesome. If he wants to deceive the police, he should have as few witnesses as possible. "It really doesn't matter, the injury is not serious." Shinsuke said to the man, he didn't want the man to get close to the scene of the car accident, once the other party found the body, a man like this would definitely meddle in his own business. "Is there a phone?" the man in overalls asked, walking over as he asked. "Yes, yes." Shinsuke took out his phone and showed him. At this point, the door of the Ferrari opened, and a man who appeared to be in shock, who did not appear to be seriously injured, stepped out. The minivan driver was finally acceptable after seeing the Ferrari driving. "It's really not serious." After he finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the pickup truck. Shinsuke approached the Ferrari, and the man who got out of the car looked about his age, wearing a dark brown shirt.The man glanced at Shinsuke, and took out his phone from his jacket pocket without saying a word. "Are you hurt?" Shinsuke asked. The man didn't answer, but instead asked Shinsuke, "Did you call the police?" "not yet." "Then call the police!" The man pressed the number key on his phone as soon as he finished speaking. "Where are you calling?" "I have something to contact myself." The man said rudely. At this time, the human body hit by Ferrari came into his eyes. The long hair of the person hung down in front of him, and his face could not be seen. However, he could clearly see that there was something flowing out of the mouth, and the sticky liquid stained it. Ferrari hood. Shinsuke suppressed the urge to vomit, picked up his mobile phone, and pressed the number keys 1, 1, 0. While waiting for the connection, he looked towards Mercedes, and Jiang Dao had disappeared without a trace. The above is the truth about the car accident——
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