Chapter 2 second quarter

The man sat in the driver's seat on the other side of the car.He drove the car out of the construction site very carefully, and as soon as he drove onto the asphalt road, he immediately increased his speed, passed the intersection, and drove east. "Where are you going?" Sugihara Keiko asked.After saying these words involuntarily, even Keiko Sugihara felt very surprised. While staring ahead, the man said, "Let's go to the scene." "on site……" "Yes. But, it's a simple job." There was a hint of a smile at the end of his words. Sugihara Keiko's gaze was also fixed on the front.

The man was probably in his forties.Sugihara Keko could see his upright and solemn face.Under the high bridge of the nose, on the brunette cheeks, the lips full of firm will make people feel a mature man, full of confidence in himself. Sugihara Keiko felt embarrassed.He should be thanked right away.However, I couldn't say it all at once.If the explanation is clear, no, but if you let him know that he has admitted the wrong person... Before speaking, Sugihara Keiko was filled with a sense of shame.She felt her face blushing, as if this kind of shame arose in Sugihara Keiko's heart when she saw the man's side face.

"I think you will ask me, can I finish my work quickly tonight? It's just this job, which has more or less corporate secrets." The man said, "Can you speak English simply?" "Ah..." Sugihara Keko replied blankly. "That's fine." The man said again in a low voice. Keiko Sugihara felt an unexpected sense of confusion.She desperately searched for the appropriate language in her mind, but her mouth didn't seem to be her own.After listening to what this man said, she felt even more anxious, and her mind was even less flexible. On the front window, there is an ivory-carved handicraft mascot, swaying non-stop. When it hits the glass, it makes a small "click-click" sound, like the movement of the second hand, from time to time It hit Sugihara Keiko's eardrum.This small mascot, which looks like several skeletons connected together, is a bit like the works of African indigenous people.

Keiko Sugihara remembered that when she was a student, a classmate had something like this.It was brought by her husband when he came back from a long voyage... She suddenly remembered many useless things. "Let's take Line 3." The man said to himself, "Maybe the road is still a bit crowded." "Yes, wait until Line 3..." A thought suddenly flashed through Sugihara Keko's mind... After making this determination, Sugihara Keiko slowly calmed down. The car continued to drive east.The night outside the car window became thicker, and the lights stretching along the Naka River kept flickering like in the fog.

Suddenly, Keiko Sugihara seemed to lose consciousness all of a sudden, letting her body shake in the car.She fell into a sweet dream, and she smelled a masculine, shaving shampoo.The smell reminded her of something. Keiko Sugihara thought of her dead brother.If the elder brother is still alive, he may be the age of this man.Her elder brother, who is single and has been a civil engineer, often travels to dams in various places. Therefore, her fantasies of traveling around in various places with him have come to nothing. Kezi Sugihara couldn't remember exactly how long the car had been driving.She just imagined that she was still with her brother.How unbelievable, it seems that I have been with this man many times.Sugihara Keko suddenly fell into such a wonderful illusion.

However, Keiko Sugihara wants to get rid of this wonderful illusion.Tonight, of course it should be that woman.What kind of woman is that?It is someone who can speak English.It seems that this condition is the main condition for this man to find her to work. confidential?What kind of job? The word "confidential" immediately aroused Keiko Sugihara's curiosity. "No, you can't!..." Xizi opened his eyes wide as if he had been bounced suddenly. Can't move forward for a moment.Isn't this man just going to take her to the "scene" now?must go back! ...

Keiko Sugihara took a look at the man.He pursed his lips tightly and stared at the front. It can be seen from the profile of his face that he was full of confidence and majesty. Keiko Sugihara was suddenly seized by a sense of terror.Her own words would make the man's expression extremely awkward for a moment, as if she saw him staring at her angrily.Her resolve wavered. How about doing this job yourself? It seemed that this man didn't know the person who was going to do this job tonight.In this way, as long as this condition is met, anyone can do it.The condition is that you must be able to speak English.

On this point, Sugihara Kiko is somewhat confident.She graduated from the English Department and joined the English club in college.Another condition is probably to keep it confidential.Of course, there was no need to ask for this one-no, she swore it would be so, although no payment had been said yet. When it comes to remuneration, Keiko Sugihara can't help but think about it.She was very happy in her heart, she could give as much as she wanted. "Miss Bai Kaishui..." the man said in a reminiscent tone, "do you have many foreign friends?" "Ah... what?" Sugihara Keko responded casually.

"Just now, when you grabbed my wrist, your strength was really strong!..." The man laughed loudly. "Ah... sorry, I..." Although Xizi wanted to smile, his voice became tense all of a sudden. I don't know when, I have already entered National Highway No. 3. 7:15.At this moment, there should be a lot of vehicles on the streets of the city. The national highway from Fukuoka to Kitakyushu City is also quite chaotic. Every car wants to pass first, and the taillights of the cars are constantly flashing. , scrambling to squeeze into the car seam.The man also manipulated the steering wheel dexterously, drilling through narrow gaps, without slowing down the car at all.

The man fell silent again.Sugihara Keiko also stopped talking.She clung tightly to the back of the car seat, staring blankly at the flowing headlights ahead.Time passed quickly.She felt relaxed physically and mentally. "What will happen in the future?" Sugihara Keiko decided not to think about it anymore.She thought too much just now, her mind was paralyzed, she only wanted the present. Has it been a long time? She was suddenly awakened by a sharp brake sound.The car turns left.It seems to be a private house at the corner, probably in the Shingu area.Xingu is a small rural town 20 kilometers northeast along the National Highway from the center of Fukuoka.

At this time, the car left the national road again and entered a small road paved with cobblestones.Therefore, the car was bumped up from time to time.This man must still be traveling at the same speed as he was on the asphalt road just now. After the private houses passed by, now, there are fields full of milk vetch and other blooming vegetables on both sides, and the front is surrounded by dark mountains.The lights became less and less, and instead of lights, there was a half moon that was close to the mid-heaven, and the brightness was stronger than that in the city.There are still stars shining in the sky.The difference between the mountains and the sky, the various shapes of the trees, can be discerned from the thick and sometimes light black. Sugihara Keko vaguely remembered that the opposite side of the small mountain in front should be the sea.National Highway No. 3 goes straight to the northern end of Kyushu facing Genkai Beach.The roads around Xingong are all a little away from the coastline, but the furthest distance seems to be less than three kilometers.There are connected pine trees at the foot of the mountain. From the sand dunes by the sea, you can see the beauty of the pine forest. The car drove slowly on the winding field path, and gradually drove into the "crack" of the mountain.It is almost impossible to see the traffic coming from the opposite side. The man looked down at his wrist. "Just in time!..." He whispered something, as if he had arrived at the "scene" "just in time". There was another nervous shudder in Sugihara Keko's body. The car climbed up the hillside, and you could see the dark sea in front of you. There seemed to be a small harbor below, a long breakwater, and a concrete platform protruding into the sea. From left to right, There are two or three boats lined up. There was no one, and no streetlights.Through the faint light from all sides, plus the moonlight, the overall outline of the harbor can be roughly seen. There was silence all around, and the silence seemed to only make people feel cold. On the hillside, the car stopped.The trail ahead also split into two, one leading to the harbor below, and the other continuing to climb uphill to the top of the mountain. The man stared at the sea, and the wind was blowing outside the window. "Where are you going?" After a long silence, Sugihara Keiko couldn't help asking again.I wanted to ask just now, but this time she finally spoke. However, the man did not answer.There seemed to be a look of urgency on the side face in the darkness. Probably because the man didn't answer, Sugihara Keko became nervous, and Xizi felt a sense of fear again.Her heart beat faster and her armpits were dripping with sweat. After a while, the man slowly turned the key and drove the car down the slope. Once on the sand, he stopped the car again.This time, he took the initiative to greet Sugihara Keiko, "Aren't you going to come down for a while?" After finishing speaking, he turned off the lights and walked out first.Sugihara Keko had no choice but to get out of the car with him. After getting out of the car, Keiko Sugihara immediately felt the sound of the waves approaching, and the sea wind, which was stronger than she imagined, was blowing violently on her face, and the scarf fluttered.She walked over to the man. "The boat is coming soon." The place the man was pointing to was a long breakwater from which a pier with a concrete platform jutted out into the sea. He walked there slowly, Sugihara Keiko also made up his mind. The man boarded the breakwater and came to the junction of the pier and the breakwater.He stopped, and Sugihara Keiko approached him.The wind picked up on the breakwater. The sea seemed to be at high tide, and it kept hitting the breakwater, and the broken waves were drawn into the inner side of the harbor again.The rock under his feet stubbornly exposed sharp peaks, and the huge waves seemed to want to flatten its sharpness, constantly washing it violently. "An American should come down from the boat." The man opened his mouth in the wind, slowly considering his words. "You took the document from that person, if there is a contact address and a message on it, please tell me." "So, what about you?..." Sugihara Keiko asked curiously. The man nodded calmly: "I'll explain to you later. Anyway, you go there first!..." The man naturally put his right hand around Sugihara Keiko's back, but the left hand on her shoulder was very powerful.For a moment, Xizi froze as if an electric current was passing through his body, but this was not nervous, and certainly not annoying.The feeling that hit her at this time was an experience she had had before. The man put his arm around Sugihara Keiko's shoulders and pushed her towards the pier... One step...two steps...three steps... In Sugihara Keko's field of vision, the roaring sea disappeared, and under the pressure of this man's strong arms, she seemed to feel her body melting bit by bit...