Chapter 4 Chapter Four

Around nine o'clock that night, the couple who lived together came back.My task of looking after their house was naturally lifted, so I went out.I always feel flustered, and feel the need to inform Kanako about Umeko's visit. To be honest, this is just an excuse, I just want to meet Kanako.I want to get close to her blood-colored pearl-like, darkly glowing skin again. According to what she meant, her husband was not at home tonight, either coming back late or not coming back.In this way, she was the only one in that house.That's why she said "I'm afraid, I'm afraid" repeatedly, and looked at me with those seductive eyes.When I think of these, I can't help but swallow my saliva.

After passing through the Y alley, there is a wheat field that still retains the old appearance of Musashino Terrace.On the opposite side of the wheat field was Cheng Kei's dark building and open space.There are miscellaneous forests unique to Musashino standing everywhere, and some houses are scattered here and there.I crossed diagonally across the clearing.There is a miscellaneous forest between He Chuan's house and this open space, with his back facing this side.All in all it was a desolate place. I walked around the miscellaneous forest and came to the front of He Chuan's house, and I stopped suddenly.Someone was in front of He Chuan's house, peeping in hastily.I hurried over, and the other party probably heard the footsteps, and turned around suddenly.

"What's the matter? Do you have anything to do with this family?" I asked. "Ah, it's okay, I just heard some strange sounds... I live opposite, my surname is Asano, I heard some strange sounds just now... I also heard noises, I was startled, so I ran over to see Look." This person really looked like he just ran out of bed, and he was wearing a kimono jacket over his pajamas.I suddenly became uneasy. "What, strange voice..." "Uh, yes, and it's a woman's cry..." I am more and more surprised. "Anyway, let's go in and have a look. Ah, I'm not a suspicious person. I'm here because I have something to do with this family."

"Ah, you guys know each other?" Asano seemed finally relieved.The iron gate was bolted and locked from the inside, but, as is common in suburban houses, the doorman had a form and was set low enough to be easily climbed over.The front door of the house was tightly closed. We tried to ring the doorbell for a while, but there was no response from inside. We went around to the back door and saw it was half open.When I checked it with a flashlight, it was obvious that it had been pried open. "Let's go and have a look first." "Can it work?" "It's okay. It's not that I don't know you..."

It was dark inside.We checked the rooms one by one by the light of the flashlights. The house is a two-story building with four rooms downstairs, and only the room on the right side of the main entrance is Western-style.Every room is normal. We finally opened the door of the Western-style room, and we froze for a moment—a man was lying on the floor. "Ah, um... is there a light switch?" Asano turned on the light switch, the room was brightly lit, and we became short of breath again.The man who fell on the floor only had a pair of underpants on him. I felt an inexplicable anomaly and absurdity.

Men are prone.There was a serious wound on the back of the head, and the blood spurting from the wound was flowing down from the base of the ear along the side of the cheek, forming a puddle of blood on the floor.Elsewhere on the floor, there were also sticky bloodstains, and fragments of plaster statues were scattered around. We stood there blankly for a while, and Asano was the first to come to his senses.He tiptoed close to the corpse, looked at the face lightly, and then muttered, "Is it Mr. He Chuan?" I also took a look after that, and nodded silently. He Chuan lay prone on the ground, his nose was crushed, and he showed an indescribable strange appearance.

"do you died?" "Of course he's dead. Look, this injury..." I pointed to the man's head on the ground. "It was hit more than once, obviously many times. The murder weapon must be some kind of heavy object, the so-called Blunt weapon. It can be seen without investigation..." Asano grabbed the corpse's hand and looked at it, "It's completely useless. Before the police arrive, it's best not to touch it randomly." Because the other party's attitude was too calm, I couldn't help but look at him again.Probably seeing my thoughts, Asano said:

"I'm a doctor, and I've seen this kind of scene before. By the way, how is his wife?" I'm also worried about this. "Could it have been killed elsewhere..." "Let's look for it." This room was extraordinarily large, and it was messily filled with tables, chairs, sofas and other furniture.All of them are high-end goods, which reminds me of what Kanako said earlier, that she hates poverty.In one corner of the room, there was a recess like a closet with heavy bright red curtains hanging in front of it.However, Kanako was nowhere to be seen. "Will it be on the second floor?"

Sure enough, Kanako collapsed on the second floor. It should be the bedroom of the husband and wife, with two sets of futons, and Kanako fell on one of the futons like a withered flower. On her bright red long shirt was a gorgeous narrow belt, which had obviously been untied, presenting a very seductive, yet extremely miserable, and indescribably strange appearance.Even Asano looked sideways at her, but he immediately came back to his senses and knelt down beside her. Kanako was strangled to death.There are two big thumbprints on the white throat, and the deep scratches on the neck have turned into a painful purple.

"Is it not enough? It's not enough anymore?" I just feel like someone has robbed me of my jewel. However, Asano immediately stopped me with a "hush" sound. He put his ear on Kanako's chest, listened for a while, and said, "Excuse me, can you go to my house... Forget it, I'll do it." "What... what's wrong? Is there any help?" I asked in panic and surprise. "It's okay, there is help. I'm going to get the bag..." Asano hurriedly stood up from Kanako's side, and the sound of footsteps came just at this moment. Click, click, click... click, click, click... We were taken aback, exchanged glances, and Asano immediately clicked and opened the front rainproof window.

"Ah, over there." I took a look, and sure enough, I saw a man wearing a prosthetic leg walking on the road, his figure disappeared into the miscellaneous woods opposite after a while. "It's that man!..." The above and I hurried down the stairs, and the front door, which was closed just now, was completely opened at this time. "It's over! . . . The fellow was still in the house when we came in." We rushed outside barefoot.The iron gate on the front was still bolted, but the barred gate on the side was open.From here we rushed outside, just rounding the corner of the copse. "The one at home, the one at home! . . . " In the next house, a timid shout suddenly came.Looking up, I saw a woman poking her head out of the window of a western-style building on the inside of the fence. "Oh, Taeko, did that man with the artificial leg just pass by..." When Asano asked, the woman said out of breath, "Well, it's over. Has something happened to the guy at home?... That man's coat is covered in blood." We looked around for a while, but in the end we couldn't find the man with the prosthetic leg.