Chapter 2 Chapter 2 The Quiet Girl

At this moment, under the reflection of the blue tarpaulin street lights of the ghost building, it looks strange and dilapidated.The surrounding people have turned off the door lights, and there are not many lights left in the windows, and there is silence.The Mitsuhashi Shrine next to it was also surrounded by dark and dense bushes, silent.Instead, the light seems to emphasize the precarious situation of the ghost building. Hearing the sound of the sneakers staring at the ground and running, even a short distance, Wataru became emotional. He finally clearly realized the purpose of tonight: Will the ghost really come out?To confirm with your own eyes.

However, when he ran past the front of the shrine and was about to run towards the building, Ake who was in front of him suddenly stopped and stopped him with a raised hand, saying, "Someone is there." Ake lowered his voice and listened, leaning his back against the wall of the shrine.Wataru imitated his actions reflexively, but there was no sign of him. "Where?" Ake pointed. "Across from the building. Do you see lights on the road?" "Where? Isn't that a street lamp?" "No! Stop the car." Gently focused on it, but couldn't see clearly.He stepped away from the shrine walls and took a quick step.

"Go and see, what's the matter? We're not doing bad things." First, maybe it was just a parked car—he thought, just as he was walking towards the ghost building, when figures emerged from there. He shouted "Wow" and quickly backed away. With a bang, the tarp fell to the ground, and the dust rose and flew. "Yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo," said the tarp.No, the sound came from the waterproof cloth head. "What, what's the matter?" Ake rushed forward and grabbed Gen's shoulder.at this time.The tarp was raised again, and a figure emerged.He raised his eyes to look at the two of them, and made a voice pretending to be puzzled.

"What's the matter—huh? What are you doing?" This is a very young man, about twenty years old, he got through the rope and tarpaulin, came to the side of the road, so you can see that he is very tall.A crumpled T-shirt and jeans, glasses, short hair, and a flashlight in his right hand. In the direction Ake pointed to "park the car" just now, there was the sound of the sliding door opening and closing of a large van.Then came a human voice: "Zhizhi, what's the matter?" This time it was the voice of a middle-aged man.A chunky, awkward figure appeared.

For a moment, his mind was in such a state of confusion that he couldn't move his body.Are these people thieves?night watchman?Are you looking for something?Is there something buried?Are you going to set fire here? "Why, aren't these two children? It's so late, what are you doing?" The new character can be imagined from the voice to be a stern uncle.He came to the big brother named "Zezhi" and looked at the faces of Gen and Ake.When he said "so late", he glanced at his watch, as if to confirm the time.It was a watch with a plain black leather strap.

"It can't be a lost child." The big brother with glasses smiled slightly, "It can't be on the way home after tutoring?" "Ah heh—" Ake made a sound. While being anxious, he opened his mouth to speak before he could think about it.And in the chaotic heart, the words that happened to be closest to the mouth at that time popped out like popcorn. "Call, call the police!" Whether it's the big brother wearing glasses or the stern uncle, everyone was taken aback.Then the two looked at each other in dismay, and looked at Heng at the same time.

At first glance, even Ake stared at his face with his mouth wide open. Then, after a pause, Ake asked, "Why?" As soon as this question came out, the stern uncle and the big brother wearing glasses burst into laughter. "Dad, it's too loud." The elder brother patted the stern uncle on the shoulder and laughed loudly, "I'm making noise to the people nearby." "Brother student, brother student," the stern uncle said while waving his stubby arms at Gen, "We are not suspicious people. So don't be so afraid." Ake tugged on Ragan's elbow and said, "Really, it's all right, these people."

Gen opened his eyes and looked at Ake steadily.Looking back at him, Ake gradually stopped smiling.I couldn't help laughing again.It was only then that Gen realized that it was not two against two, but three against one.The three who laughed and the one who was laughed.His face became hot. "Hey, that's not good." The elder brother stopped laughing, and ran towards the stern uncle, "Leaving Kaori alone." Soon, from the direction where the big brother disappeared, a light brown large van drove over.Turn the corner and stop in front of the Ghost Building. "Hey, this new car. It's so big!" Looking at the shiny body, Ake exclaimed, "It's so expensive..."

However, Wataru was surprised by another discovery, the name of the company on the side of the van. "Omatsu Co., Ltd." Gen blinked hard.Then I looked at the stern uncle's face again. "Uncle is Mr. Saburo Omatsu?" He couldn't help asking.The stern uncle laughed so hard that he wiped away his tears.He pursed his lips and looked down at Gen. Even if he didn't get an answer, just from this expression, Wataru knew that this person was just unlucky.President Saburo Omatsu, the owner of the ghost building.The big brother wearing glasses is the son of President Omatsu.

The door of the van opened.There was a mechanical sound.Something like a railroad track protruding from the car.A wheelchair slid out on the rails.When the wheelchair stops, the rails are lowered to the ground. Sitting in the wheelchair was a slender girl with ponytails. With the movement of the rails and the wheelchair, the beautiful head on the slender neck swayed. "Have you heard about me from the people nearby?" President Omatsu asked, and then answered by himself, "Yes, I am the owner of this building. That is my son Zezhi." The glasses brother pushed the wheelchair over.The girl in the wheelchair looked neither at them nor at the uncle, but just shook her head.Her eyes were open, but she didn't seem to be seeing anything.

"Oh, this is my daughter Kaori." President Omatsu tapped lightly on the armrest of the wheelchair he pushed over.Kaori's hands were hidden under the light red lap blanket, so she couldn't see them.She was also completely unresponsive to her father's actions. "We're not weirdos, really." Da Song Zezhi said with a smile, expressing his intention to comfort Gen.Just now I was so scared that I lost my composure—Water almost wanted to bite my tongue and kill myself. "I took my younger sister out for a walk and took a look at the condition of the building. As the current situation is, there are naturally many problems: littering, stray cats and dogs, etc." "That's right, I'm sorry." Because he was really embarrassed, he bowed his head deeply to apologize, so as to avoid seeing the president or Zezhi, or even Ake.I really want to just turn around and run back home without meeting people face to face. "Going out for a walk so late?" Ake didn't know what Gen was thinking, so he raised such a question.President Omatsu had already answered the question before he poked him and hinted him not to be stupid. "Oh...my daughter's condition is not very good. If you take her out when there are too many people, she will not be happy." "That's right...it's really quiet at night." Ake agreed without thinking, but when he saw Dasong and his son touch their eyes lightly, he looked a bit pinched. Omatsu Orika is a beautiful girl.When being pointed out by people around you and commented as "really beautiful", having such a "beautiful" heart must be extremely proud and extremely happy.The recipient of the compliment might say shyly, "Gee, I'm not that pretty." That's how "beautiful" she is. In my eleven years of life so far, this is the first time I have met such a beautiful girl.It was also the first time I saw a girl who looked like a doll.Don't talk, don't laugh.Completely unresponsive to the outside world.The vision is illusory, only the eyes blink.Although the eyes are the windows to the soul, this window is the window to a doll's home. "Xiaori is in the first grade of junior high school," Zezhi said, leaning over to his sister, "Is that your senior sister? What grade are you in?" For a moment, I wanted to answer "sixth grade".Because both Gen and Ake are small, if they call themselves "junior high school students", the lie will not pass.However, he really wanted to be seen as an adult, even if he was a year older. However, the determined Ake replied: "Fifth grade. A student from Chengdong." "Study Chengdong No. 1 Primary School? Oh, that's right. Then you are also part of the Ghost Expedition Team?" Zezhi laughed.President Omatsu also laughed.When the burly president laughed so hard that his belly wobbled, even Kaori's wheelchair, which he was resting on, wobbled together.Kaori's head shook. "You said 'expedition'—?" "There are rumors that there are ghosts in this building, right? To confirm this, the children ran around here late at night, or got into the building. You are not the first batch. The parents of Chengdong No. 1 Primary School Criticize us, say it's dangerous, we have to manage it." "When did it happen?" Dasong and his son thought about it.Zezhi replied, "It's been half a month." Gen is disappointed: someone has already taken the lead. "We are also here to investigate the truth." "The ghost expedition team is here to take pictures. What's the name 'ghost photo'?" Zezhi nodded: "I have a Polaroid camera with me." "We're not kidding, we're really here to confirm that the ghost is right." "Oh, that's right!" Ake suddenly clapped his hands and shouted, "Those guys from the Ghost Expedition Team should be sixth graders, right? Didn't I hear that they sent pictures of ghosts to the TV station?" "That's right, that's the thing." Zezhi nodded with a wry smile, "The leader—what's his name, that boy with a bad attitude." "It's Ishioka, right? Ishioka Kenji." "That's right! You know it very well, are you friends?" "I don't know. But my dad and his dad are fishing partners. I heard from my dad that his dad said that Mr. Shigang and the others are going to show their faces on the TV station's ghost photo column or something. Ha, I'm talking nonsense, listen do you understand?" Ishioka Kenji and several of his partners are troublemakers in the sixth grade.They used to be students who were the focus of attention, and they kept making troubles since the second semester of the fourth grade, and now they have become a problem for the entire No. 1 Primary School in the east of the city. Shi Gang and his group didn't understand why they went to school.They don't listen to the class and come in and out of the classroom at will.Late arrivals, early departures, and unexcused absences are commonplace, and disturbances prevent teachers from attending classes.Steal stationery, vandalize, and bully classmates.extort money.Although he is an elementary school student, he is almost no different from a high school student who commits crimes. It's just, sadly, that there are one or two problem teenagers in every grade these days.Ishioka and the others made troubles beyond their grade, and suddenly became "national-level" figures. When the campus opened last summer, he started the principal's private car parked next to the school's main entrance, drove around the campus, and chased it around. The lower grade students, resulting in three people were injured. The next day, the school held an urgent parent meeting in the school auditorium. While explaining the incident, the principal almost leaned his head on the podium to apologize.The apology means that it was reckless to leave the car keys in the car in such a place, no matter how briefly it was parked. It is said that the principal came to pick up the spare glasses in the drawer of the principal's office because the glasses used at home were broken that day.That was all that mattered, and it was hurrying on.Ironically, he was on his way to some board of education meeting. Although the incident was caused by a sixth grader, Hararu's classmates were also among the injured in the fifth grade, so Kuniko also attended the parent meeting.She went home angrily. "Why did the principal apologize like that? Don't you find it strange?" The mother was very dissatisfied. "What am I parking improperly? That's not the problem, it's the kids who drive karts without permission!" However, it is said that at the parent meeting, the opinion of holding the principal accountable was overwhelming. "What do you say, 'Children just like to mess around, and it's wrong for adults to be inattentive'. This is very abnormal. It's not the case at all. Someone pointed it out, as a primary school student, but can drive a car, it's amazing. .This society is simply hopeless.” Perhaps it was because the three injured students were only bruised. The incident did not expand. Of course, the police were not alerted, and it was not reported in the newspapers. The principal kept his position.Such a toss, on the contrary, fueled the arrogance of Shi Gang and the others, and they looked down on the school even more. It's just such a group of Beijing guys.Gen finds it strange: Ishioka and "spiritual photos"?No matter how you look at it, you can't get it together. "Those sixth graders started out with the intention of appearing on TV's 'spiritual pictures' show." "I have the same feeling." Zezhi replied, squinting at the building, "and said that if you can't take a good photo, you can just fiddle with it." "It's too much, those guys also met Mr. Omatsu here?" "Oh. But it wasn't just the children, there were two adults together." "Those adults are not from the TV station, right?" President Omatsu folded his arms. "It's possible." Zezhi nodded, "Maybe the timing wasn't right when they met us. They have a protective face, so they should be from the TV station." Gen turned his head to Ake and said, "Didn't uncle mention this situation?" Ake shook his head: "I haven't heard of it. However, it is said that it is determined to be on TV, so it looks amazing." "Have you seen that show?" Ze asked in between. "I haven't watched it. Recently, Shigang's uncle didn't come to my house either—hey, my house runs a tavern." Ake showed a business-like smile, "Isn't that show a miscarriage? I'm old Dad didn't mention it either." "Or it will be broadcast later." "Oh, it's possible. TV show, kind of a waste of time, isn't it? Must be." The wind blows, rattling the blue tarp.Everyone froze for a moment. "Why even we are startled." Zezhi said with a smile.Only then did he realize that everyone was looking up at the building. "We know best. There can't be any ghosts here. But even my father has that look." President Omatsu wiped his forehead embarrassingly. By doing that, it was clear that he had already bald. "That's right, compared to ghosts. Living people are much more terrifying." This is a casual remark, at least that's how it sounds to me.Adults are different from children.They love this kind of talk and teach those children who are afraid of gods and ghosts. However, President Omatsu who spoke, and Noriyuki who heard the words, immediately lowered their eyes as if they had done something embarrassing. "Hey, let Ling go home." Zezhi walked around behind Kaori's wheelchair and turned on the brake.The wheels squeaked. "That's right, get in the car too. I'll take you home." "It's okay with us, just over there." "That can't be done, my lord has to be responsible. Okay, get in the car, get in the car." In the end, both Wat and Ake were stuffed into the van.In the car, Wataru sat next to Kaori, and Kaori's wheelchair was completely fixed on the seat.Her hair smelled of shampoo.Sniffing the girl's hair in the car seemed to be five years too early, but instead of being surprised by it, it hurt my heart.Kaori didn't move, didn't speak or smile, just sat like a puppet.But her hair is so fragrant, her beautiful face, milky white smooth skin, slender and slender hands and feet.On the contrary, it adds more bitterness. Because the "small village" was close, I saw Ake off first, and then went to Gen's apartment building. "I'll just get off nearby." President Omatsu, who was driving the car, said with a smile: "The car is parked close, the sound is too loud, it will reveal that you left home in the middle of the night, right?" Gen said he felt uneasy: "My dad always comes home very late, maybe we will run into each other at the gate of the apartment..." "But isn't it very troublesome for you to sneak into the house and mistake you for a thief?" As a result, Wataru got off the car on the side of the road in front of the entrance of the building.There was no one in front of the apartment building.The whole building fell asleep in the silence, watching Gen running to the elevator, the minivan of Dasong and his son flashed its headlights and left quietly. the next day. "Didn't you tell me?" As soon as the first get out of class was over, Ake hurried over. "Isn't it because my aunt was still awake when I came home, so she trained you all night?" Gen shook his head.He tiptoed back home, but his mother was still sleeping soundly on the table, and his father hadn't come home yet. "Hey, that's great, isn't it? But why do you still look like you haven't slept well?" "did you sleep well?" "I fell asleep as soon as I got back." "What kind of nerve are you?" Ake's eyes were round waiting: "You didn't sleep well, is there something wrong?" Wataru was thinking of Kaori.He felt that the attitudes of President Omatsu and Zezhi were incomprehensible, they were clearly concealing something, and there was something inside.When I got home to calm down, the more I thought about it, the more suspicious I became, so that I didn't fall asleep until it was almost dawn. "Oh, they're all nice people." "Yes, they are friendly. But don't you think it's too friendly?" "why?" "When you meet kids like us in that kind of place, adults are usually very angry. But they kept laughing and didn't reprimand us at all." "It can't be that Ishioka and the others have happened before. So I can accept it?" "Will not." As he spoke, he fixed his eyes on the table.This desk was allocated in the new semester, and on the clean surface was a message inscribed by the first-year student who used it the previous year - "Extremely Evil".Why engrave these two characters?Is it fun to do this? "For Dasong and the others, there must be something more important than the children who come to search for ghosts, because their minds are all on that, so when they meet children from other families in the middle of the night, they don't bother to pay attention, just be kind. " Ake "crunched" his head, which was almost cut into a monk's head, with a confused look on his face.This has been the case so far.Ever truer thing.But there is no way to convey it to Ake.Because of this, he was eager to vent his anger on Ake, and his expression at this time was exactly the same as that of his mother Kuniko who said "Xiaocun and the others are in the business of soliciting customers"-he was completely unaware of this fact. "You're just doing it for that girl, Kaori, right?" Ake whistled in a low voice, because he must be wrong, so it's better not to be heard.But if something happens, it's best to hear it at that time-it's just that loud. I guessed it right. "Needless to say, that's it. Could there be anything else?" Because Ake guessed right, Wat was even more angry.How could he guess what I was going to say? "That girl must be sick." Ake murmured weakly, "Just look at her face, but why doesn't she say a word?" Thinking about it, the so-called "walking" is also very strange.If you hate crowds, go to a park or waterside.Why did you have to take her out in the middle of the night?First of all, specifically, what is wrong with Kaori? Maybe there is some relationship between the girl becoming like this and the impasse in the Ghost Mansion?Because of this, President Omatsu chose to take Kaori to that place quietly in the middle of the night? Because Gen fell into silence, Ake became more and more confused and at a loss. "That's right, I asked my dad about Shigang and the others on TV this morning. I asked him what did Shigang's dad say since then?" Because of business.Xiaocun's parents are night owls, but it is customary for the whole family to eat breakfast together. "Once a day, the whole family sits around the dinner table", similar formulas are very popular among the Xiaocun family.Such as "one good day", "good feelings, good mood" and so on. "Dad said he didn't know, and Shi Gang's father hasn't come. So, it's not clear that they are going to be on TV." "Oh." Gen hummed and replied. "That building has a ghost thing, let's end it?" Ake said flatteringly, "Do the same thing as Shigang and others, silly." Without making a sound, Ake was still scratching his head, saying "that's it" and so on, before returning to his seat.The class bell rang. Looking at Ake's back.It is said that the head was made by Uncle Komura with a hair clipper, and in most cases it will be a little "dysentery". The place where the "dysentery head" changes a little every time, and the shape also changes.Still, Ake never complained. The scent of shampoo that reminds of lilac weaving hair. Uncle Komura cuts Ake's hair every two weeks. He mutters and laughs, and threatens to cut off his ears while cutting his hair.It is conceivable that there are also people like Uncle Komura talking to the expressionless Kaori while smiling at her and pouring shampoo into her hair.Blow dry, brush and pull into a ponytail.Probably her mother.Kaori can't respond to her mother, she must be very sad, she is alive but seems to be dead... What happened to Kaori? For Wataru, if he used the same imagination as before, he would never be able to understand the life of the three Omatsu family members.Although Heng's family is an office worker family.But I can imagine the living conditions of the Ake family who opened the shop.The girls at the same table in the class have parents who are teachers.He can also imagine the situation in the teacher's house.Similarly, families where the father is a firefighter, families where the parents live with the mother after divorce, and families where the father goes abroad to work alone are all conceivable.Even if his imagination is far from the reality, as long as Wataru decides that "this is it, this is it", he will be at ease. But the Dasong family is not like that.There is a lovely girl in the family nestled like this, there is some reason for her to fall to this point, and everyone bears the result together—this kind of life, this kind of family, exists beyond the limits of Wataru's imagination.Even after thinking about it, he couldn't find the feeling of "probably this is the case".When children grow into adults, they have to experience various forms of setbacks, and most of these setbacks are rooted in encountering things beyond their own capabilities—they can’t handle it with the values ​​​​and imagination that they have learned and formed so far. This is the first time I have encountered such a growth formula.Of course, he didn't realize it himself.So I don't understand why I am restless and why I care so much. He was also completely absent-minded in class that day.When I got home, Bangzi was ironing the clothes, which were arranged all over the living room.She moved her hands mechanically, ironing her shirt and trousers, but kept her eyes on the TV.It's so smooth and ironed.No creases.Dad called it "Mom's acrobatics." Normally, Lian even said "I'm back" in a hurry, and went back to the room directly.Before going to cram school, I could watch TV and play game consoles, but today I stopped and talked to my mother. "Mom, have you heard anything about the ghost building next to Mitsuhashi Shrine?" Bangzi absent-mindedly said, "What is it?" "That building is under construction. There is a president named Omatsu who is the owner, right? There is a girl in junior high school in that man's house." Bangzi tapped the collar of his shirt and said, "That's right." Her gaze left the screen for just a moment.He glanced at his hand, flicked away the stuck thread, and returned to the TV. "My mother's friend who is the real estate agent's wife, do you know the situation of that family?" Bangzi stared at the TV without answering.It's like a melodrama - open the unlocked door and enter the room with the heroine.There was a dead body lying there, and there was a scream—advertisement, and then Bangzi looked towards Gen. "What did you say? What's going on?" Wataru originally wanted to repeat the question, but suddenly got annoyed.He looked at his feet and said, "Nothing." "This is a strange boy. There is cheesecake in the refrigerator. Go to cram school today? Don't go on a bike. I'm working on a project at the Clover Bridge today. Have you washed your hands? If you run out of mouthwash, put it in the drawer under the sink new." At this time, it is always suspicious that when he goes to school in the morning and returns home in the afternoon, he only needs to shout "I'm back", even if he turns into a little fox on the mountain, she doesn't care.Grab the cheesecake and go back to your room—he stood up, and the phone rang. "Quick, you answer as you please." Bangzi, who was sitting in front of the ironing board, couldn't stand up all of a sudden.When she talked with someone on the phone recently, she said that she gained two kilograms this year, but when she sat cross-legged, her legs and feet suddenly became paralyzed, and she really had a headache. Gen walked to the wall-mounted TV in the corner of the living room, took off the microphone, "Hello, this is Sangu's." It was silent. "Hello, this is Sangu's house." Still silent.He called "Hello" again, and after confirming that there was no echo, he put the microphone back. "Did the wrong number?" Bangzi asked. "It's easy to do." "There have been a lot recently. I answered the phone, but no one talked about it. I hung up after a while." When I came to the phone, I wanted to call Ake by the way, and I wanted to apologize to him for being in a bad mood today, and even more sorry for leaving alone after school.But in the end, he didn't call. At this time, the phone rang again, and before the first ring had finished, Heng had already picked up the receiver. "Hello." It was silent again, but today I met Gen, who was in a bad mood, and he yelled into the microphone: "It's okay, don't hit me, you bastard!" After "slapping" the microphone, Bangzi raised his eyes and looked this way.The look was not so much worried as interested. He didn't concentrate on cram school that day, which was a rare thing for Wataru, within two hours.He was told three times by the teacher, and the third time, he was asked: "Are you feeling unwell?" Gen himself didn't understand.As soon as she thought about it, the events of last night came back to her mind. When President Omatsu patted the armrest of the wheelchair affectionately, Kaori's slender neck shook, and the ghost building reflected the color of the ugly packaging tarpaulin. Her cheeks were pale, like a patient with lung disease, and her hair exuded the fragrance of clean shampoo. The same scene played back in her heart repeatedly. Is it a kind of disease?If it's a camcorder, there's no doubt that it needs to be repaired, but what about people?What should I do? Stepping on the way home in a daze, I thought again: Shall I go to the ghost building?Because the cram school is in the opposite direction to the school, not only does it take a long detour, but it also has to pass by my own home.Still, he wanted to take a look.If he hadn't been unexpectedly stopped within sight of the apartment door, he would have taken action. "Come back, are you going to cram school today?" As soon as Gen raised his head, his father, San Guming, was standing only two or three meters in front of him, with a bag in his right hand and a folding umbrella in his left.Speaking of which, there was a shower of rain in the city center today. "You're back." Wataya said, approaching his father.Ming waited for Gen to come up, and together they walked slowly up the slope leading to the door of the apartment. "Dad, it's early today." The digital watch on Gen's left wrist showed 8:43pm.This was a gift that Akira Santani bought for Gen when he was on a business trip to Los Angeles last fall. The numbers on the watch flashed busily, showing since the hundredth of a second.The bottom of the watch is engraved with the logo of the popular basketball team.In fact, Wat is not interested in basketball at all, so he doesn't like this watch very much.Very lucky tonight.Father must have thought that Wataru liked this watch. "How is school?" "It's okay," Gen replied, that's all.This question and answer has become a reserved item between father and son for nearly a year. Even if he said something after "it's okay", the father would probably just listen, and even if Ming added specific words after "how?" After listening to the content, I will only answer "It's okay".In fact, such a thing has never happened. San Guming originally said little.On the one hand, Bangzi loves to talk too much.As far as we can see, the ratio of two people talking is one to ten, and Bangzi has the absolute advantage. In daily life, the amount of speaking is directly related to the authority of the speaker's opinion. In short.It is "the one who talks the most wins".In other words, the Sangu family is dominated by Bangzi. However, when things are not "everyday" but related to "everyday basis", the situation changes.Akira Mitani, who is usually silent, is often like Chiba's grandma said, "argumentative and irritating" in this situation.This is what happens when you buy your current home.It was the same when Kuniko wanted Wataru to enter a private elementary school.It's the same when deciding which cram school to go to, and it's the same when changing cars.Ming will do a lot of research on the problem at hand, and choose the most feasible conclusion after careful consideration.There must be no ambiguity in it, such as ambiguous "feeling", "it seems better that way", "everyone does that", "just like everyone else", etc., will not work.If it is a car, you must consider fuel costs and safety. If it is an apartment house, you must check the construction unit and living environment. If you cannot provide clear data, at this time, San Guming, no one can say anything about him. of. Speaking of when Sangu’s old man—Ming’s father, Chiba’s grandma’s wife, and Gen’s grandfather—passed away exactly ten years ago, Ming’s behavior is still a topic of discussion among relatives, because whenever relatives gather , I just heard people talk about that incident, so even Gen, who was only a little kid at that time, remembered it clearly, as if he had heard it and seen it. This is not only the case for funerals, but for all ceremonies, although the reason and reason are unknown, the practice of "this should be done at this time" is indispensable.Ming is very opposed to this.Why should the precepts be arranged in order?Why use the amount to determine its position?It is absolutely unacceptable for relatives who have had a bad relationship with the dead father to put on airs during the night watch just because of their status as relatives. Since it is grandpa's funeral, the mourner is naturally grandma.Grandma finally spoke too: "Let's make a compromise and let the funeral take place quietly." It is said that if grandma hadn't spoken in tears, grandpa's coffin might not be able to leave Chiba's house for a whole week. It is said that after this battle, the relatives all looked at Ming differently, "This Sangu Ming, I thought he was a smart and quiet person, but in fact, once he makes a sound, he is not easy to deal with." "Mom has long known that he is that kind of person, and finds it very interesting." Bangzi said to Gen with a smile. Akira Mitani is not a scary father.Regardless of the infancy when he didn't understand anything or the toddlerhood when he didn't pay attention to it and would do dangerous things, his father never scolded him since he understood the truth, and he hasn't used his last weapon against him so far— - "Hardly digging out the truth".of course.Too busy to take care of is also one of the reasons. Wataru didn't understand his father a little bit.It's just that this "do not understand" is not an unhappy, unhappy "do not understand".Father's door is not open, and it will rarely be open in the future, but Gen can vaguely feel that the things inside are very important to him, and his father thinks so too—this can roughly explain it. . He admired his father very much.There are many people who like to brag about themselves—also around, on TV, and in school—the father who is busy silently every day, Wataru thinks he has quite a personality.In fact, like children of this age, his impression of his father, in the final analysis, almost exactly reflects the impression his mother Kuniko Mitani has of her husband Akira Mitani. Even though her husband just nodded and listened silently, Bangzi never tired of telling him interesting things, angry things, things that needed a little discussion, and things that were approved after the fact but were "a foregone conclusion".The same goes for Wataru, who until recently was a "precious son".However, the current Wataru is like boiled pasta with a chewy texture. From "baby son" to the "core" of a person is being formed. This "core" makes Wataru just say "" It's okay." The rest remained silent.This may be the difference between men and women.In other words, it was caused by the genetic factors of the civilization that Bangzi didn't have, but passed down from his body. Even so, after "it's okay" tonight, when the two walked towards the elevator, Gen's heart was a little shaken.He wanted to talk to his father—all kinds of things. Are there really ghosts?Everyone believes things that are crazy and hot, even if they are non-existent things, why don't you agree with them?Or will you be rejected?Dad doesn't like me doing this, does he?But why am I still scolded for being the most hated Sangu?Will I be like dad too?What should I do so that I can say what is wrong without quarreling with others? Also, Omatsu Kaori who doesn't say a word and seems to be isolated from the outside world.Hey, Dad, I met a girl, she is like a princess in a video game, imprisoned in a tower.There really are girls like that.I miss that girl a little bit.I always wonder how she is.Did Dad feel this way too? A lot of words were mixed in my mind, but in the end I didn't say anything, and I got home. It was rare for the three of them to have dinner together, and Bangzi was busy reporting various things to Ming, discussing things, and inquiring about the situation, all in all it was very lively.Mother was very happy, and this feeling was passed on to Gen, and the dinner was delicious. After eating, Heng was about to take his dishes to the kitchen when he stood up when the phone rang.Gen picked up the microphone with one hand. It was silent. "It's like that again?" Bangzi stopped his chopsticks and asked. "It's still the same." Gen replied, putting down the microphone. "There are always such silent calls these days." Bangzi frowned, "It's so scary." Ming turned his head and glanced at the phone. "Are you calling around this time?" "Usually during the day—yesterday too, right, Wat?" "Yes, twice in a row." "Gen also took it?" "Oh, I picked it up for the first time yesterday." Ming put the bowl in his hand back on the table, and looked back at the electronics. "How about a voice recorder?" 邦子笑了，“不用啦，又不是什么性骚扰电话。而且，千叶的奶奶打过来时，弄成留言电话的话，事后可得费周折。” “那也是。”明也笑了一下，亘从冰柜里取出雪糕，拿过一把匙子，正要返回饭桌，此时电话铃响了。 “我来接！” 亘叫道，扑向话筒，他想跟昨天一样。吼它几句。所以一开始威吓性地来了个粗声粗气的“喂喂！” 这一来，一个极爽朗、真正祖旷的声音回应道： “哟，亘啊？来劲嘛。” 如假包换，是千叶的悟伯伯。亘泄了气。 “哎呀，原来'路'伯伯。” “'哎呀'就算问候啦。你挺好吗？” "Oh, that's alright." “你可是正经上学念书的孩子，没试过拒绝上学吧？” "No no." “没被同学欺负、勒索吧？” “没有没有。”亘笑出声来，“大伯，您看坏新闻太多了吧？” “是吗？现在的学校，跟江户时代的监牢差不多吧？” “我也说不上，应该是完全不一样的。” “是吗？看来电视信不得啦。哎，你有女朋友了吗？” “怎么可能有呢！” “落后啦，五年级了吧？初恋得试试啦。周围没有一见钟情的女孩吗？” 悟伯伯近来老拿这话题取笑亘，是见怪不怪的说辞。可是，今晚这话却鲜明地敲击着亘的耳鼓。亘疑心自己的脸红了。心一慌，差点脸红起来。 说到“一见钟情的女孩”。亘的心目中，一瞬间无比清晰地浮现了大松香织的脸。白皙的脸庞，大大的瞳仁。 “没、没有啦。”亘背向父母所在的桌子，慌张地说道，“班上的女孩子一点也不可爱。” “嗬，那太遗憾啦。”悟伯伯完全察觉亘的内心活动，“你妈在吗？” “在。今天我爸也回来了。” 电话那一头怪腔怪调起来。“世上也真有新鲜事哩。那让你爸听听吧。” “是'路'伯伯，”亘话音未落，明已来到亘的身后，从亘手上接过话筒，然后少有地正颇厉色告诫亘道：“得好好说悟伯伯。” 三谷悟是哥哥，比三谷明大五岁。三谷悟在十六岁的秋天从当地的高中退学，继承家业，现在仍照旧经营着祖业。他和大学毕业后来到东京的明恰成对照，是一步也不愿离开房总的人。对大海、渔船和海上垂钓喜欢的要死。 虽说是兄弟俩，脾性却截然相反。悟伯伯爱侃，说起话来东拉西扯。有条有理的事，好像离他十万八千里，或者说，仿佛根本就不存在。 父亲和悟伯伯体型、长相都完全不相像。中等个子、瘦削的是父亲，高个魁梧的是伯父。父亲长脸，伯伯则是腮帮子鼓鼓的粗犷脸型。据说今年四十三岁的伯伯自幼儿园时起就是那副模样。一直到最近，年龄才赶上他的外貌。 不知是诸多不顺利，还是他本人的执拗，悟伯伯一直独身。千叶的奶奶私下里为此头疼不已，但他本人倒满不在乎。嘴上说，结婚太麻烦啦。不过，他似乎不讨厌孩子，他经常关照亘，还悄悄地给零花钱什么的。 亘的妈妈那边也各有一位伯伯和叔叔(日本人家庭关系中不分堂表，舅舅也作叔伯称呼)，为了不乱成一团，必须得分开叫。妈妈这边各冠以住地称呼“小田原的伯伯”、“板桥的叔叔”。但不知何故只有悟伯伯不叫作“千叶的伯父”。“路”伯伯的叫法，是亘很小的时候发音不清说的，但至今仍不时说漏嘴跑出来，结果每次都挨训。 悟伯伯电话上说的事情，似乎涉及“法事”之类的复杂事。亘原想等父亲挂电话前再说几句，却被赶出了起居室，得去洗澡。 妈妈说，她经常在泡热水洗澡时独自想许多事情。据说是因为大人绝少一个人独处的时间。可孩子也同样。浴缸是诱人遐想的地方。今天晚上，和沐浴液的芳香一起浮现在亘头脑中的，仍是大松香织的面容。塔里的文静的公主，是被关在里面呢，还是闭门不出呢？ ——得试试初恋了……吗？ “路”伯伯的话在心中徘徊不去，亘又吓了一跳，热水“哗啦”地溅起来。