Chapter 8 third quarter

After returning from Shiga Island, Keiko Sugihara lived every day like a year.In Sugihara Keko's heart, apart from terror and confusion, it is full of frustration and despair. At that time, Sugihara Keko only remembered that a gray car was coming from the opposite side, rubbing against the car above it, and, as if the gray car was rushing away, it was coming down from the mountain. The driver of a white car told Sugihara Keiko.This is a young driver.He saw that there was a shallow valley on the side of Sugihara Kezi, so he stopped the car in time. At this time, Sugihara Kezi had already fallen into a piece of grass on the slope of the valley.However, because she hid in time and rolled into the grass by herself, she only had some scratches on her hands and feet.

The young driver, seeing that Sugihara was injured, helped her into the passenger seat and drove through the city center towards the dock.He also told Xizi that although he was very busy, he must take Sugihara Xizi to the police to call the police, and he was willing to accept the punishment. Sugihara Keko nodded and said, "However, I can't remember the model, type, and driver's appearance of that car..." "I think it was a Crown, or a Jaguar, yes, a Jaguar! Not a new one. The guy who drove it was a big guy with a pair of sunglasses!  … " Hearing what the kind-hearted driver said, Keiko Sugihara seemed to be a little impressed.

Since the headlights of that car were coming from the front, the driver could not be seen clearly.However, Sugihara Keko could see clearly that the driver was a man, driving this gray "murder weapon" and rushing towards him suddenly.She remembered that correctly.If he was run over to death by him, and then thrown the body in the valley, it may not be when he will be found! ... Therefore, the chances of the murderer being caught are very small.However, a car drove up from the opposite side, perhaps this was not expected by the murderer. "...But!" Keiko Sugihara didn't call the police in the end, because she didn't think it was a particularly serious incident, and she wasn't injured.

"Although there is another driver who is a witness, it can also be interpreted as: the other driver drove a little harder, so he may not necessarily want to murder you!..." The police will definitely explain it this way. However, only Keiko Sugihara knew the truth... No, she came to this conclusion after asking herself repeatedly. First, the car that hit Sugihara Keiko on Shiga Island was the one driven by the man who stayed with Sugihara Keiko for the night on April 19? --surely not.But this is not the crux of the problem, because the same man can drive another car. ——Yes, if the other party really wanted to run him over, he would never drive his own car!

However, based on this alone, it can be confirmed that the driver is the same man? ——I'm afraid it's too arbitrary to draw such a conclusion, because after all, I didn't see clearly, the other person's face... As a result, Keiko Sugihara did not make any kind of judgment.She wished it could be explained away casually as a random accident.At best, it's a fun-seeking thing done by a mischievous "Speed ​​Gang" kid. Moreover, as time passed, the fear in Sugihara Keiko's heart gradually faded away. Although she did not report to the police what happened on the mountain road, Keiko Sugihara devoted herself to the investigation of "Akio Hirose" who lived in "Hirao, Minami-ku, Fukuoka City" from the hotel staff. among.However, there was no such person in that area, nor was it listed in the phone book.It seems that there is no hope of finding this person by phone.

As a result, the man on the night of April 19 has erased all traces of himself in all respects.Maybe he won't come to him again in the future, Sugihara Keiko doesn't have any clues... Time passed day by day without incident.Since the crash in Shiga Island, Keiko Sugihara has developed the habit of being highly alert to her surroundings every time she crosses the road.However, it never happened, even if it was, that the car drove close to her. However, the dark void that had formed in Sugihara Keiko's heart did not disappear because of this.The "wind" that blows through this "empty hole" makes Sugihara Keiko shudder from time to time, and sometimes even produces strong monk hatred and mourning for the man who took away his virginity.

Therefore, Sugihara Keiko will only fall into a short-term peace of mind when she is busy with work.On the last Tuesday in May, she was working late because she got a show wrong and had to re-record it. She slowly returned to the apartment with heavy fatigue all over her body.However, when she walked to the door, she realized that the key was not with her. She usually puts the key of the door together with the key of the cloakroom of the TV station, and usually puts it in her handbag; if she goes out, she often throws it on the desk because it is too heavy. When Sugihara Keiko couldn't find the key in the handbag she usually carried, she suddenly felt a burst of terror.However, she quickly regained her composure: Maybe she was too tired today, so she put it in the desk drawer.

However, Sugihara Keko no longer had the strength to go back to the TV station.So, she had no choice but to walk more than 300 meters to the landlord's house, and found another spare key, and then broke through the door. The next morning, as soon as Sugihara Keiko arrived at the desk, she immediately opened the desk drawer. The key is still there.So, Keiko Sugihara hurriedly stuffed the materials and notebooks into it. Keiko Sugihara couldn't help sighing, and at the same time felt that the tension in her chest was somewhat relieved. Did nothing happen in reality?Is Tachibana Yosuke letting himself read news reports and pictures of that woman too sensitive?The incident on Shiga Island must also be suspicious, too neurotic.Connecting related events together led to such false alarms one after another.

No! ... The encounter with that man was, in the final analysis, a kind of fate, or some kind of arrangement, it couldn't have been a random one-night affair. However, Keiko Sugihara is determined to forget it.If it wasn't some bad luck, then what I got that night was a kind of sweetness that I had never had before.On that night, this man allowed himself to see with his own eyes the "Prince Charming" he depicted in his heart.Didn't I already prepare for such a day to come? Sugihara Keiko is like this, while thinking wildly in his heart, while working step by step in the production department every day. In the Fukuoka chapter of "Kyushu History Walk", I completed photography centered on Shika Island and Dazaifu in May.

"Your Tea Time" is also running a round.Keiko Sugihara still met with Yosuke Tachibana from time to time, but Yosuke Tachibana never mentioned anything about news reports again.Perhaps the case of Horikoshi Sanae's death was closed as a suicide, and the local newspapers no longer carried news of it. The team under Section Chief Asen focused on the topic of Mariko Kitasaka, who served as a guest on the program in charge of Section Chief Asen, proposed to take a week off and travel to Hawaii.At this time, her husband happened to be there to attend an international seminar on urban development related to the development of the island of Hawaii, which began on June 2.

June 1st is the departure date for Mariko Kitasaka.On this day, Keiko Sugihara accidentally went to Fukuoka Airport because of work.This time she also took Yosuke Tachibana.Next Tuesday, we plan to broadcast a story that happened a month ago. A flight attendant who was born in Fukuoka and survived the hijacking incident told her about her experience of the incident and her daily life. , outlook on life, etc. So, Keiko Sugihara came with Yosuke Tachibana, and some photos of the daily life of the stewardesses will be shown in the program. The stewardess finished recording the program very quickly, taking advantage of the spare time when she just flew from Tokyo and before the next flight to Tokyo. When Keiko Sugihara came out of the flight attendant's room on the second floor of the airport building and turned to the corridor, in the lobby downstairs, the flight to Tokyo at 13:00 began to cut tickets. Tachibana Yosuke asked Sugihara Keiko to rest indoors for a while.Therefore, Sugihara Keiko did not go downstairs, but leaned on the handrail of the stairs and looked towards the crowd in the hall.However, her gaze was immediately attracted by a mass of bright colors that appeared in the direction of the ticket gate.A lady wearing a kimono with a dark green background and a rust-colored pattern, and a tall man in a beige suit worn in summer, were surrounded by the seeing-off crowd, talking and laughing happily at the ticket gate .These people seem to be a couple. Sugihara Keiko didn't pay much attention at first, but suddenly her eyes widened.The woman in the dark green kimono was none other than Mariko Kitasaka. So, today she is flying to Hawaii via Tokyo. And the handsome man in his 40s beside Mariko Kitasaka is her husband, Etsushi Kitasaka.Kitasaka seemed to say something, which caused the woman standing next to him, wearing a suit of the same color, to laugh. She was Mariko's older sister, Kiko Fuchigami. Kiko Fuchigami is over 30 years old and is a female lawyer in a law firm in Fukuoka City.I heard that she was divorced, but it seems that this did not affect her reputation, but gave people a cheerful, open-minded, and capable feeling.She has also been a guest on Asen's show several times.Since there are not many "strong women" like her in Fukuoka City, the beautiful Ji Hisako often shows her face in public. Kitasaka Mariko also smiled brightly and answered.Her soft and flowing hair, draped over her shoulders at any time, is always as handsome as a young girl.Today, Mariko is wearing a kimono, which reveals her dignified and beautiful ladylike temperament even more. Not only does it make people invisible, but at her actual age, standing next to her husband, she has the demeanor of a scholar's wife.On Mariko's pale face, there seemed to be an expression of joy and tension. "That's Mr. Kitasaka and the others." At some point, Tachibana Yosuke stood beside Sugihara Keiko.he asked in a surprised voice. Tachibana Yosuke seems to be going down, and Sugihara Keiko also has this idea, so he must go to say hello, this is human nature.Not only Mariko, but others have also helped a lot for her own program. ——However, Sugihara Keko suddenly felt that it was better not to go.This is because: she suddenly felt an indescribable pain deep in her heart by watching Kitasaka Mariko from the sidelines. On the morning of the second day after "knowing" the man, Sugihara Keiko had a few conversations with Kitasaka Mariko in the production department where other colleagues had not yet arrived.When Mariko Kitasaka asked "when is the next date" at the end, Keiko Sugihara couldn't help saying "next weekend".Because of this sentence, it means that she has admitted her approval of that man. No, that seemed to be forced out by Mariko's questioning.But now, Kitasaka Mariko seems to have completely forgotten what she said at the time, and she is completely intoxicated by the excitement of traveling to a foreign country under her husband's favor... Mariko Kitasaka and his wife continued to walk towards the ticket gate, while Keiko Sugihara left the banister and went down another staircase.Yosuke Tachibana also followed behind her without saying a word, which made Keiko Sugihara somewhat surprised. When they walked from the lobby to a place where they could see the airport runway, Yosuke Tachibana turned his face to the direction of a jet plane and asked, "Which plane are Kitasaka and the others taking?" "Yes!..." Sugihara Keiko nodded and said. Tachibana Yosuke seems to be still thinking about Mariko and the others. "Ms. Mariko is really beautiful in a kimono!..." Keiko Sugihara said as she walked towards the parking lot.Because she didn't go to send Mariko, she felt a little bit more balanced. "I think she is both knowledgeable and caring." Sugihara Keiko said sullenly as she walked, "For men, a woman like her is an ideal woman Bar?" Tachibana Yosuke walked a few steps in silence, then turned around and replied, "Yes." He seemed to be thinking deeply about Sugihara Keiko's question. "On the outside, yes, but in essence, it's not clear. And if I think a woman is too good to be perfect, I probably don't think it's a good thing." Tachibana Yosuke didn't look at Sugihara Keiko, but stared at his feet and said.Xizi felt that he seemed to be guessing what he was testing. "I don't know where there is some imbalance, maybe it will be more charming." After a while, Yosuke Tachibana added another sentence. The reason why Keiko Sugihara made up his mind to look for that man again may be the result of meeting Mariko Kitasaka at the airport, finding it difficult to balance her heart, and determined to compete with her happiness. This is the afternoon after three days.Sugihara Keiko was alone, eating lunch past noon in the cafeteria of the TV station, while watching the TV screen on the wall.This is from Tokyo, the 15-minute "Fun Salon" program, which airs today is a kabuki actress talking about her collection.The show host and the guest were sitting in a Japanese-style room, and the table in front of them was covered with many spoons and pen holders. Moments later, the actress picked up another, alien mascot—a small lock carved in ivory that resembled a skull.She said that she bought it from a restaurant in Ivory Coast, but it is a kind of totem produced by African indigenous people. While her fingers were shaking the totem artwork, Sugihara Keiko suddenly realized what was going on. right! ...In that night, in front of that man's car window, there was also such a small white thing that "clicked" on the front windshield! Because of the actor's explanation, Keiko Sugihara recalled that one of her high school classmates, Kato Yumiko who married and lived in Fukuoka, had the same thing.Keiko Sugihara clearly remembers that Yumiko Kato once told Keiko while fiddling with it in her hands that this was a souvenir bought by her husband, a sailor, and specially given to his wife.In this way, that mascot is very few people can get it.This rare thing can be a clue to find the man. After Sugihara Keiko returned to the room, she immediately looked up Kato Yumiko's phone number.At the same time, Xizi kept telling herself that if this clue was broken again, then she would erase that man from her heart forever! She got through the phone and it was Yumiko who answered. "What's the matter, Miss Xizi?..." After three months of no contact, Kato Yumiko seemed a little unhappy.Since her husband has gone to sea, she lives alone in the apartment. However, since she has recently become pregnant, Kato Yumiko really wants someone to "disturb" her. Keiko Sugihara immediately asked about that matter.How did you get that mascot? "That's when he went to Africa to go to sea, and he bought it for me!..." Kato Yumiko replied a little strangely. "How much did he buy, and did he sell it to anyone else?" "Sell to someone else?" Kato Yumiko called out in disbelief. Sugihara Keiko had no hope, Kato Yumiko could say something, unexpectedly, she immediately replied: "I haven't sold it, but it is sold in the store. Once I went to the 'Qiaoqiao' department store in Nishinakasu I saw one in the women's jewelry counter there when I was there." So, Keiko Sugihara asked Kato Yumei about the location and address of the department store named "Qiaoqiao". "Is it worth going to see it?" An eager freshness surged in Sugihara Keiko's heart. However, when it was time to go out, Keiko Sugihara reconsidered: What if the man's mascot was bought at the store that Yumiko Kato said, or in the hands of someone who returned from overseas? If it is obtained, then the seller may still be impressed.In addition, maybe that man is also interested in other products in this store, so she is more likely to find his clues. That day was June 4th, the first Monday in June. From 6 o'clock in the morning, the monthly program review meeting of "Your Tea Time" was about to begin. After talking with Kato Yumiko on the phone, Sugihara Keiko was supposed to attend the meeting as a program review committee member of the TV station, and it was already 5:30 in the afternoon.The meeting will start on time, and Sugihara Keiko should naturally be there on time, but she decided to be absent this time. Ever since she made up her mind to go to the "Qiaoqiao" store, Keiko Sugihara thought that the sooner the better.This kind of program review meeting is held every month, and it is not impossible for my partner Tomioka to attend.Tell him that you don't have something to go, don't care what he thinks, and explain to him later when you have a chance. The Naka River flows almost through the city center, and people call the areas on both sides of the river "East Nakasu" and "West Nakasu".However, compared with East Central Continent, West Central Continent has fewer bars and nightclubs, but more restaurants and high-end clubs, and they are relatively quiet. The "Qiaoqiao" store is next to a parking lot, opposite a dark alley.Its store door is relatively narrow, and it is a wooden door with a door buckle.In its window, there are various puppets and clothing of different styles on display. However, because the store is also small, the goods seem a bit crowded.Such a scene reminded Keiko Sugihara of the World Expo. There was a man who looked like a boss sitting in the shop, he answered Keiko Sugihara's question very kindly, but... "To be precise, I only have one of that item, and it was bought by someone else a month ago. Three or four people came that day, they seemed to be wives, and one of them bought it. But who it was, I can't remember." So Sugihara Keko asked again: Where did the stuff come from, and whether there are other problems in other places. "The purchases are all from wholesalers in Tokyo. Only that one." The man who looked like a boss sneered and replied, "...if you go to Tokyo, you may still be able to buy it, but I am in Fukuoka. I haven’t seen the second one for sale.” To be on the safe side, Sugihara Keiko mentioned the man's appearance to him again, but the boss replied that he didn't know. Since two more guests came in at this time, Sugihara Keko had no choice but to leave angrily. It was roughly the same as her expectation, which made Sugihara Keiko fall into the abyss of disappointment again, and at the same time, she also discovered how naive and stupid she was.In order for a woman to be happy, she needs to have a certain amount of instinctive intelligence and talent, but she just lacks this, so she casually agrees to a man who knows nothing... It was just after seven o'clock in the evening.Under the not yet completely dark sky glowing with red sunset glow, the opposite bank has long been illuminated by artificial lighting. The review meeting is still in progress.However, Keiko Sugihara did not want to return to the TV station at all.What would Tomioka think?At this moment, Sugihara Keiko was more depressed than ever. Keiko Sugihara crossed the bridge aimlessly, walked along a small street, and entered a movie theater.It was as if a French renaissance film was being shown. No matter what it plays, as long as it can dispel the boredom at this time! However, as soon as her consciousness left the screen, Sugihara Keiko felt that she was in the darkness, and there were countless pairs of eyes staring at her closely in the darkness. Keiko Sugihara stood up several times, but sat down again.Where do you go from here?In noisy situations, it can only increase irritability.As a result, Xizi stayed outside until 10:30, before returning to the apartment.She slowly opened the door and turned on the light in the damp room. There was the man he was looking for.In this eerie room, next to the legs of a table, the man slumped over and fell to the ground.