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Chapter 12 Failed calculation

Farewell, wretched man! 佐野洋 19586Words 2018-03-15
Seeing Tomoko getting out of bed and getting dressed, Asakashi looked displeased: "Why, are you leaving now? Don't you stay a little longer?" He was lying on the bed, looking at the dim ceiling while smoking cigarette. "I'm not in a hurry to go back...it just feels a little bit wrong." Tomoko didn't stop dressing. "You are a little different from usual today. You just end up in a hurry when you are done. You were not like this in the past." "Really..." Qian Yue replied casually, looking out of his mind. "It's really strange." Tomoko was still thinking, "Is there something that made him angry?"

Tomoko has been feeling this way ever since he got off work from the company and met at the appointed place until now. "He seems to have been thinking about something absent-mindedly." Tomoko thought so several times.A few times, he didn't even hear what Tomoko was saying, and asked again.However, he also felt that he was not thinking about the problem, and the slack eyes were obviously different from the way people usually look when they are contemplating.It was a look that seemed to be bewitched by something and lost its soul.Several times, Tomoko looked at him with his hands on his chest.At that time, she felt that Asagi was licking all over her body with her eyes.

After entering the hotel, Asayakoshi also looked unusual. Instead of going into the bathroom first, the two of them drank a bottle of beer together, and wooed her as soon as they got up. "What happened?" Tomoko put on her petticoat, walked to the mirror, combed her hair with a comb, but couldn't let go of this question in her heart. "Hey, can you come here for a while?" Qian Yue's tone was still filled with displeasure. "What's the matter?" Yuko finally became impatient. "There is something I want to discuss with you, and I don't want to talk loudly!"

"It doesn't matter, the wall is thick." Tomoko was somewhat angry at Asakoshi's self-interested behavior—"You have to discuss things with others, and I still listen to you." But she didn't say this thought out. "Come here for a while." Tomoko couldn't help Asakushi's begging for nothing, walked to the bed, and sat beside the messy bed sheet. Asakashi immediately put his hands on Yuko's shoulders, and pulled her over with all his strength. "What's the matter? Let me go!" "Do you really like me?" Qian Yue didn't let go.

"What are you talking about?" Tomoko pushed Asakushi's hand away, trying to break free, "You're not a kid in your twenties, besides, shouldn't it be a man who said this?" Qian Yue let go of his hand. "No, I'm serious, answer me well." Lying on the bed, Asayashi pulled up the blanket to cover her lower body, and sat up. "I like it! I like it to death—is it okay now? Boring!" Tomoko blurted out such a sentence, thinking to himself: "What else does this person want to ask? Anyway, I can't I don't have the patience to deal with him!"

"Really...then I have something to ask you." Qian Yue's tone suddenly softened, and his voice became much lower. "Will you die for me?" "What?!" Tomoko's eyes widened suddenly, and she couldn't understand Asakusa's words for a while. "Don't be kidding, okay!" "Who's kidding, can this be a joke?" Qian Yue lay down again after finishing speaking. "Well, this..." Tomoko replied vaguely, she didn't want to answer at all. "I don't mean anything else, it's just that I was cornered." Qianyue reached out to take a cigarette from the bedside table, and Tomoko lit the fire for him reflexively.

Qianyue said nothing, smoked with her eyes closed, but seemed absent-minded. "What happened?" Yuko asked. Seeing that he was still silent, Tomoko thought: "Is it because I didn't readily agree to die for him, is he unhappy?" "If I agree to die for you, what are you going to do? Do you want to marry someone else after I die?" "What nonsense, of course I'm going with you!" Qian Yue blurted out.That casual tone made Tomoko feel more sincere. "Together? Here?" "How is it possible! You can find a place to travel, such as Hokkaido, in a virgin forest where there are few people..."

This made Tomoko feel a little surprised.In terms of personality, she felt that Asagi was not the kind of person who yearned for the virgin forest. "Then... going to Hokkaido will cost a lot of money, right?" "Money is not a problem. Bringing 100,000 yuan is enough for expenses." "One hundred thousand yuan? It's not that much... But, why do you want to die?" "Isn't it good? Living like this is really meaningless!" He must be hiding something from me——Tomoko thought. "Well, that's true... But if you want to die, you have to have a clear reason. I don't want to lose my life in a muddle." As she said this, she was thinking: "This is what I really think .Because I don't want to die, so I thought of discussing that matter with him..."

"You mean you don't want to?" "Yes. If I don't want to die, will you die alone?" Qian Yue straightened up. "You really don't want to die?" "Well! Isn't that obvious? I'm pregnant with your child, how can I be willing to die!" Just yesterday, Tomoko was found to be two months pregnant, but she had no premonition.Originally, one of the purposes of meeting Qianyue today was to ask him about the money for the abortion, but I didn't expect him to be depressed all the time, so he couldn't open his mouth all the time.So the sentence "I don't want to die because I have a baby in my belly" is just a casual talk.

"What?" As expected, Qian Yue frowned.He glanced at Tomoko's abdomen with disgust, and muttered, "You're pregnant? There's no way!" "What? You actually said such a thing! I don't know who did it!" "Okay, okay, no matter what, he's dying anyway, so it doesn't matter!" "Go do something stupid, I'm not going to die." Tomoko said this while thinking "Let's make a clean break like this".She thought, anyway, I will not die with this person. "Don't do this. Even if you don't die, I will make you unmarried in this life..." Qian Yue's understatement seemed to be talking about something that happened to someone else.This is in stark contrast to Tomoko who reacted strongly.

Back in her apartment room, Tomoko lay on the sofa and thought about it.The dissatisfaction with Toshiyuki Asakoshi who had just parted had somewhat hindered her thinking, but no matter what, she had to find a solution to this problem as soon as possible. "The day after tomorrow at the latest." Tomoko thought, "How many hours are there between now and the day after tomorrow?" Unable to withstand Asakoshi's desperate persuasion just now, Tomoko finally had to agree to give an answer the day after tomorrow.If it hadn't been like this at the time, it seemed that Qian Yue would not have let her go home. The company where Tomoko works is in the same building as the company where Asakoshi works.Asakashi is the company's financial accountant. His colleagues Nakanishi Takeji and Tomoko commute to get off work in the same direction, so they often bump into each other in the morning and say hello to each other.Later, under the introduction of Nakanishi, Tomoko and Asakushi became friends. It was a lunch break half a year ago.Because Tomoko happened to be bringing a companion with her, she accepted Nakanishi's invitation to "Let's have a cup of tea together" without hesitation.The four of them just sat together and chatted endlessly, and then broke up.At that time, Tomoko didn't have any special impression of Asakushi when he first met him. To her surprise, before leaving get off work that day, Tomoko received a call from Asakoshi asking her to watch a movie together.Tomoko was overwhelmed by such a brazen man when she made such a call on the day they met, but she finally agreed.The companion who drank tea with her during the lunch break came back and said to her that Asakoshi was "a person who felt very good".Tomoko finally accepted Asakoshi's invitation, perhaps out of the satisfaction of a woman's self-esteem. Tomoko, who is over 27 years old, has more or less experience in dating her boyfriend, so this time she is also dating Asakoshi, who is three years older than her, with the idea of ​​"let's have fun together". She guesses that the other party will definitely It's the same thought.Neither of them verbally expressed their love for each other, even if it later developed into a hotel room.The only change is that Qian Yue started to give her things frequently. Tomoko didn't care at first, but after more times, she started to worry. "Is it okay?" Tomoko asked Asakusa. "What are you worrying about?" Asayako took out another envelope from his pocket, which contained many 5,000 yen bills.The recipient on the envelope is Asakushi, and the sender is said to be an uncle in his hometown. "My father's estate is now taken care of by my uncle, and he sends me 50,000 yen a month." Asayakoshi explained. "If you are really such a rich man, you can marry him." Tomoko thought to himself. "Now that I think about it, this money should be the company's money." Since Qianyue pursues vanity, Tomoko is happy to go along with it, and occasionally asks for it. "By the way, this is probably the same." Lying on the sofa, Tomoko suddenly thought that the deposit for renting this apartment is also superficial. Tomoko is very envious of the high-end apartments seen in magazine illustrations.She once dreamed that it would be great if she could live in such a house!Although the house she lives in now is far from the high-end apartment in the pictorial, she is also satisfied.The telephone switchboard of the apartment is in the administrator's room, and there are telephones in every room, which she likes very much. "He must have gone too far!" Tomoko thought, but strangely, he didn't feel any sympathy.This may be due to the attitude Qian Yue imposed on others just now. "There is already a gap of 500,000 yen in the account, and there is no way to fill it up. Just use it freely, and you will die in the end anyway." "Then... can't you surrender?" "At least five years in prison, don't you mind living in prison?" "What, me?" "Yes, don't you think about it, for whom did I fall into this mud pit?" "How do you say that..." "In short, I will never do it if you want me to shave my head, put on prison clothes and go to jail. Not to mention anything else, what will happen to you when I go to jail? You will also be fired from the company, right?" "This..." Tomoko bit his lip, not knowing what to say for a moment.She thought, Qian Yue was right. "But I really don't want to die..." "Think about it again. It's fine if you don't want to go together. I will leave a suicide note, saying that I was instigated by a certain woman to buy this and that with the company's money. The suicide note will also include shopping As a result, you will be expelled from the company, and no one will marry you in the future, and you will commit suicide in the end? Rather than doing this, it is better to travel with me now, and then quietly disappear from this world. Isn't it better? Uh, what do you think?" "It's despicable, I didn't expect you to be such a despicable person!" Tomoko's lips were bitten painfully by his own teeth. "Don't look at me with such eyes, okay?" Qian Yue still smiled as before. "You look like you are going to kill me! However, I can understand your feelings, but I advise you not to have the idea of ​​killing me. I am thinking now, should I write in the suicide note 'If I die Now, please investigate the sentence of that woman named Namiki Tomoko first. I left this sentence, no matter if others think I committed suicide or homicide, I will investigate you first. Well, I will write two or three letters like this The suicide note is hidden in a few corners, otherwise it will be troublesome if you find it out." Qian Yue, who had the upper hand psychologically, talked endlessly. Tomoko thought for a while, and then said, "Then... is there any way to blame someone else?" Perhaps even he felt embarrassed for saying such a thing, and Tomoko lowered his voice a lot. "I've thought about this too, but it doesn't work. The one who works with me is Nakanishi. But that guy is a serious person. If you have doubts, I must be the only one." "Really..." Tomoko looked helpless, "There is really no way." "How about going on a trip together?" "Well, let me think about it and give you a clear answer the day after tomorrow, okay?" "The day after tomorrow? That's fine!" Qian Yue showed a confident look on his face. "Is there really nothing to do?" Tomoko tried his best to suppress the anxiety in his heart, and straightened up from the sofa. Anyway, she hated to die.Especially now, just thinking about going to die with that Asakushi, Tomoko feels his body convulsing. However, what Qian Yue said just now is not necessarily a simple threat.Leaving a suicide note and ruining Tomoko's life, he could do such a thing.Asakushi committed suicide, and then the police found the suicide note and investigated Tomoko like an interrogation—"Can I stand this kind of torture?" Tomoko got up and made a cup of coffee.She wants to use coffee to clear her head and find a way to cope. Asagi Minzhi couldn't clearly understand what was going on with him, and sometimes he felt strange: "How can I be so calm?" He didn't even feel any anxiety in his heart. He falsified and embezzled company funds amounting to 520,000 yen in the books.Occasionally, this number would pop into his mind, but at most it would make him smile wryly: "It's really a lot of money." This may be because he has completely become self-defeating psychologically. "At this point, it's useless to panic." He used this sentence to comfort himself almost every hour. Of course, Asakusa didn't give up on himself like this from the beginning. When the embezzled amount was not very large, he was also very anxious about how to fill the hole.But as a salaryman, he simply couldn't raise five or six figure funds.By this time, Asakoshi, like most people, pinned his hopes on a gambling bicycle race.Whenever a sum of company money is embezzled, he spends half of the money on Tomoko Namiki, and the remaining half for gambling.He expected that this would be able to deceive the world, "because after all, he has succeeded several times." This kind of thinking became a big temptation that made him sink deeper and deeper. Under the introduction of Takeshi Nakanishi, Asakushi met Yuko for the first time, and was fascinated by her smoking posture.This infatuation is a little different than the kind of purely feeling attraction to the other person.At least to say it, I don't feel how beautiful she is. Hold the cigarette between her delicately groomed fingers, and slowly send it to her lipstick-painted lips—Tomoko’s smoking posture may seem natural at first glance, but in fact, it is a movement learned after sufficient practice.The more she thought about it, she must have learned this after repeated imitation exercises in the mirror. She must think that this is the most suitable smoking position for her.Based on this thought, he concluded that this must be a playful woman.Since she is very concerned about her performance in front of men, she should be eager to have fun with men.It was this thought that prompted Asakoshi to propose a date that day. Asakoshi still believes that his analysis at that time was not wrong.That day, when he walked out of the movie theater, he found that Tomoko's eyes had been on a woman in a cheongsam.Women in cheongsams are well-dressed, with graceful figures deliberately outlined.Asagi guessed in his heart that Tomoko was probably very envious of such an attire, and hoped that he could also dress like this.After walking for a while, Tomoko probably forgot to pay attention to the woman wearing the cheongsam just now, Asakoshi said nonchalantly, "Your figure, wearing a cheongsam must be very suitable." "Really?" Tomoko's voice was obviously much higher. "Actually, I thought about wearing it once to have a look, but it seems that I can't wear it at work, right?" "No such thing. A man is too late to be happy when a woman is well dressed." "Men are like wolves and tigers, right?" Tomoko popped out a joke. "It would be great if all the important people in the company were like Asagi!" As he said, Tomoko and Asagi got closer. Before the next meeting, Asagi specifically inquired about the cost of sewing a cheongsam.When he learned that if it is not a particularly expensive material, one can be made for about 10,000 yen, he came up with the idea of ​​making one for Yuko. This gave rise to the idea of ​​embezzling public funds for the first time. Isn't it easy to embezzle 10,000 yen?But when I thought it would be very troublesome to make up for it afterwards, I took another 10,000 yen.Asakoshi used the extra 10,000 yen to go to "Korakuen" to bet on the bicycle race. Although it was the first time for him to bet on a bicycle race, he remembered what Tomoko once said: "In a car race, you can't change your mind. You must focus on the 'winner candidate' who has the most hope of winning, and put all your money into it." So he put all the money in the field. Buy and read all the newspapers for the game, compare and analyze carefully, find out the "dark horse" with the most hope of winning, and bet all 10,000 yen on them.It turned out to be a real win!I invested 10,000 yen with interest, and returned 34,000 yen.The next day, Asakoshi hurriedly put 20,000 yen into the company treasury.In this way, even if I make a cheongsam for Tomoko, I still have 4,000 yen left on hand.The relationship with Tomoko kicked off in such a dignified way.Of course, he has been hiding from Tomoko about his misappropriation of public funds. The start was decent, but the results cornered him. He liked Tomoko, and one of the attractions was that Tomoko lived a ostentatious life.Therefore, as long as he thinks that he can match the clothes and accessories of Yuzi's dress, he will try to buy them.It's not for fun.Qian Yue once analyzed his own psychology, and he felt that doing so was not so much simply buying things for women, as it was to feel the joy and joy that Tomoko would bring him as he became more and more beautiful. In this way, in order to make Tomoko more beautiful, Asakoshi embezzled the company's money again and again.The first fluke success paralyzed his self-control.But the second time it failed.After being hit hard, he left the arena angrily, thinking that he would never play again.But after thinking about it, what should I do if I misappropriate the company's funding gap?Apart from gambling, there is no other way to find out.Gritting his teeth, he gambled again, but the result was another failure; and then the fourth time... The continuous failure made Qian Yue lose his mind, and the amount of public funds he embezzled snowballed. Now, with the monthly check of the accounts imminent, his misappropriation of public funds has reached 520,000 yen.It's not that he didn't think about "fighting again", but felt "I'm tired".Compared to being in a gambling arena surrounded by whirlpools of desire, in the air mixed with the smell of sweat, dust and "Oden", while reading a poorly printed gambling newspaper, one listens nervously to the cries of the winners , he wanted to take a little quiet rest, and this desire was slowly waking up. "Thinking about it, over the past six months or so, my nerves have never been stable." He finally began to figure out how to die. "Before I die, I want to forget everything and travel with you with a happy and fulfilling mood." Tomoko is the best travel companion for a pleasant trip.The petty bourgeois taste unique to her, no matter how luxurious the hotel is, it should not be inferior. Asakoshi devised the plan for the trip.The climax of the journey is the death of both. On the eve of the last day, the two bathed together.He wasn't going to have sex with Tomoko that night.The next day, the two swallowed sleeping pills in the woods.At the last moment, he would wrap a handkerchief on Tomoko's lap, and they both put their hands on their chests. People who found their bodies must have been shocked by their poignant death appearance, especially the graceful posture of Tomoko's unruffled skirt and knees together. Asagi drew such a scene in his mind.Oddly enough, he was surprisingly calm afterward.He thought, at least now, I am not panicking. Tomoko rejected Asakoshi's request to die together.At that time, Asakoshi was really hit.But after thinking about it, she must finally accept her request. "It's enough for me to threaten you like this!" No matter how you think about it, forgive her for not having the wisdom to refuse. So the next day Asakushi went to work in the company as usual.If he was absent from work, Nakanishi would do his work for him, and there was a danger of discovering a loophole in the accounts.Being found out for corruption is nothing to be afraid of in itself, but it is absolutely unacceptable to ruin the travel plan that you have worked hard to make.He sat upright at his desk, worked hard, and sometimes raised his head to joke with Zhongxi who was sitting across from him. Around noon, the phone in front of him rang. It was an intercom call from someone in the same building. "Excuse me, is Mr. Nakanishi here?" A female voice came through the receiver, a little hoarse. "Ah, Nakanishi-kun, your phone!" Asakushi handed the phone receiver to Nakanishi across the table. "Hello? Oh, oh!" After answering the phone, Nakanishi glanced at Asakushi while answering. This look involuntarily made Qian Yue feel a little doubt in his heart.He vaguely felt that although the woman's voice on the phone was different from Yuko's usual voice, the tone was very similar. Qian Yue pricked up his ears to hear what Nakanishi was saying.If the other party was really Tomoko, he would like to know what they were talking about.But Nakanishi just responded with "um, ah, no", and never said a complete sentence. "Hmph, this girl Tomoko must have taken care of her!" Qian Yue thought indignantly.She must have taken care of Zhongxi on the phone first: "Next, you just need to answer 'um' or 'no' to what I said on the phone, and you don't need to say anything else, OK?" The more Qian thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, because he had also made such a phone call with Tomoko, and now Tomoko used this method to deal with him! Asayashi left his seat and walked to a corner of the office, where there was a telephone that could only be used for calls within the building. "Hello!" The voice of the wiring lady came from the microphone. "Please call extension 413." This is the phone number of Tomoko's office. "Okay." After a while, the operator informed, "I'm sorry, the phone is in the middle of a call." "Sure enough!" Qian Yue said to himself, "On the phone? Where are you talking? Is it an outside line?" "Wait a moment...it's an internal call. Ah, it's the same room as you!" "Ah, is it? Thank you!" thought he. "There is no doubt about it!" Qianyue really wanted to know what was going on between the two of them, but couldn't think of any special way.He suddenly felt the urge to urinate and walked towards the bathroom. When I got back to the office, the bell rang for my lunch break. Nakanishi had put down the phone, and when the lunch break bell rang, he also stood up. "How about, let's go have dinner together?" Qian Yue tentatively asked. "No, something happened today." Zhongxi's tone seemed a little flustered. It seems that he really went to see Tomoko - "Oh, is there a date?" Asagi restrained his emotions and asked. "Where, look at what you said!" Nakanishi said and walked out of the room. Qian Yue hesitated for a moment and then followed out.He tiptoed and quietly followed Zhongxi. As soon as he stepped out of the building, Nakanishi took a big step.He never looked back when he walked, so Asagi could follow behind without hesitation. Nakanishi walked into a restaurant called "Silius".Asakushi saw him and hurried into another restaurant two or three doors away from this restaurant. About ten minutes later, Asakoshi called the "Silius" restaurant through the restaurant's phone.He said to the waitress who answered the phone, "Is there a woman in your restaurant with a shell earring right now?" "Please wait a moment." The waitress seemed to put down the receiver and went to look for it.Tomoko wears different earrings every week, and today she should be wearing shell-shaped earrings.The earrings were also bought by Asakoshi, although they were cheap, they looked like expensive accessories on Tomoko. "Keep you waiting. Is he tall?" "Yes, yes, with long hair." "Well, that's right. Do you want her to answer the phone?" "No, no. Have a mate, don't you?" "Yes, it's a man. By the way, who are you?" Qian Yue remained silent, and hung up the phone with a click.An indescribable feeling slowly rose in his heart.It is not pure anger, nor is it different from sadness. It is suspicion, and it seems to be a little weaker.This feeling made him lose his appetite, and he only ate half of the fried chicken nuggets he ordered just now.He suddenly remembered that the so-called tightness in the chest probably meant this feeling.He really wanted to run to the "Silius" restaurant now and sit down in front of Nakanishi and Tomoko without doing anything else.In this case, the bad breath in my heart can probably be vented.But soon, something similar to self-esteem stopped his impulse. In the end, Asakusa returned to the company with a messy and depressed mood. Throughout working hours in the afternoon, Asakashi's mind was always occupied by the image of Nakanishi and Tomoko sitting together.Why does Tomoko want to date Nakanishi?He thought about it and couldn't figure it out. In this regard, he made a number of assumptions.The first possibility that comes to my mind is whether Tomoko will tell Nakanishi what I told her yesterday and seek his help?But if this is the case, Zhongxi's reaction is too calm.During work hours in the afternoon, Nakanishi, as usual, skillfully sorted out the account books and receipts, and didn't seem to have any special concern for Asakoshi.If Tomoko really told him everything and he was still so calm and composed, then Nakanishi's acting skills should be at a professional level!After such an analysis, Qian Yue believes that this possibility is extremely small. But if the possibility of Yuko revealing her secret to Nakanishi is excluded, then what is the purpose of their meeting in private?Qian Yue felt that the little peace that he finally obtained was lost again. Tomoko sat on the first floor of a music cafe called "Prelude" and waited for Nakanishi.The seats here are all arranged in the same direction, and each seat is just wide enough for two people.Therefore, as long as Nakanishi goes to the appointment, whether he wants to or not, he has to sit next to Tomoko—it is precisely because of the characteristics of the "Prelude" seat that Tomoko chose this place.The only downside is that the place has just been renovated recently, the lights are much brighter, and it is not as ambiguous and sentimental as before.But there is no way, such music cafes have been warned by the Metropolitan Police Department and asked to be remodeled. "Will he come?" Tomoko took a sip of coffee and said to himself.If he breaks the appointment, then the plan that was so hard to come up with will be ruined.But she still has full self-confidence, and the work spent during the lunch break meeting should not be in vain. "As long as he shows up, we can't help him!" Toshiyuki Asakoshi followed Wuji Nakanishi at a distance of about twenty meters.Because it was just off work, many people rushed out of the building, and there were many off-duty people between Nakanishi and Asakushi, so the possibility of being caught and followed was almost impossible.And Zhongxi is nearly 1.8 meters tall, walking in the crowd is not afraid of him getting lost.Slowly, Qian Yue discovered that Zhongxi began to "seek every stitch" in the crowd, and his pace became faster and faster. "Boy! Look at how fast you are running so fast!" When the off-duty bell was about to ring, Nakanishi once asked Asagi, "Have you brought soap? Lend me some!" These words aroused Asagi's desire to follow him. Nakanishi's use of soap is an unusual move.He is a person who doesn't pay much attention to dressing, and his hair is always messy, with a casual look.I don't wash my hands too much when I get home from get off work.Therefore, when Nakanishi asked to borrow soap to use, Asagi couldn't help but glance at his hands, thinking: "Could it be that his hands are stained with ink?" But Nakanishi's hands were not very dirty. While returning the soap, Asagi found that Nakanishi felt much refreshed, and it seemed that he washed more than just his hands... "Could it be... that he really has a date with Tomoko?" Asahi made up his mind, he must take a look today Is this kid stealing fish behind my back! After a while, Nakanishi stopped in his tracks.Qian Yue took a closer look, and in front of him was a music cafe he was familiar with.Nakanishi raised his wrist to look at his watch, and walked into the teahouse. In the "Prelude" music teahouse, guests can't see the entrance while sitting in their seats, so whenever the waiter at the door guiding the guests shouts "Welcome", Tomoko always turns his head to look.Nakanishi said that he was not familiar with this cafe, and Tomoko thought, it would be bad if he couldn't find himself when he came in and became dizzy!Ten minutes after the agreed time, Nakanishi appeared.Tomoko hurriedly raised his left hand to greet him. "Waiting for a long time?" Nakanishi said while looking around.Probably because he saw that there are lovers here, he showed a look of being at a loss. "Well, yes." Tomoko moved slightly. "It's impolite to keep a lady waiting for a long time!" "I'm so sorry! Well, what are you going to discuss with me?" "You are so impatient! I want to ask you something. Take a breath first, can't you speak slowly?" "Well, good...but you said you have something very important to discuss with me, so I..." "Oh, you mean, you came because I said so? If I didn't say something to discuss with you, you wouldn't come?" "That's not the case..." "Well, since this is the case, then I have nothing to say. It is false to discuss anything. I know that if I didn't say that, you wouldn't come." Nakanishi was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing what to say, he fumbled for his pocket with one hand.Seeing this, Tomoko quickly opened the handbag, took out a pack of tissues, and handed one to Nakanishi. "Last night, for some reason, after waking up around one o'clock in the middle of the night, I couldn't fall back asleep again. While thinking wildly, the idea of ​​wanting to see you popped up all at once. Do you understand this feeling?" Nakanishi didn't answer.He doesn't seem to follow the routine that Tomoko has thought of so hard. "This is really a wooden man! It can't be compared with Qian Yue." "Okay, okay, stop talking!" Tomoko continued to play her role. "Mr. Nakanishi lives in a public housing, right?" "Well, it's the kind of bachelor's apartment run by a housing company, where you can only stare at the four walls in a daze every night." "Then...do you have a phone?" "It's not so rich, but there is a public phone booth in front of the apartment, which is convenient..." "Really? Oh... no!" "how?" "Ah, it's nothing! Well, by the way, there are often such scenes in foreign movies. When I can't sleep in the middle of the night, I will call my friends. I couldn't sleep last night, so I was thinking, if Mr. Nakanishi had a phone, That would be great, I can call every night! Some things can’t be said in person, but can be said on the phone!” After speaking, Tomoko yelled as if suddenly remembering something, “It’s so nice! I like this piece very much." But she couldn't tell the name of the piece. Tomoko slowly closed his eyes and rested his head on the back of the chair.After a while, her body leaned slightly towards Zhongxi.Nakanishi bears her weight silently, and has no intention of avoiding it. "It seems that the progress is going well!" Tomoko felt a little proud. "Hmm...then your residence has a telephone?" Nakanishi asked. "Yes, the administrator will transfer it. If you dial an outside line, you only need to dial 0 first, which is quite convenient." "Oh, what a luxury!" Nakanishi's tone was full of envy. "That's nothing. The telephone is a very common facility. Because the landlord is a comrade-in-arms of my brother, the rent is also very cheap. Without these conditions, I would not be able to live at all." "Well, yes. Then your phone number is..." "Ah, what are you asking for the number?" "Just like what you said just now, I'm also thinking, should I call you in the middle of the night?" "Did I overdo it?" Tomoko thought.But there shouldn't be any harm in telling him, it won't bother me with the phone, and it's not convenient for him to call.So Tomoko told Nakanishi her phone number, and Nakanishi wrote it down in a notebook carefully. Tomoko rested her head on Nakanishi's shoulder.Qian Yue could see it clearly from the second floor.Even though he could only see their backs, he could still imagine Tomoko intoxicated. "Bitch!" Qian Yue cursed softly.Tomoko is not intoxicated by music, because he knows that this woman doesn't like music very much. Tomoko himself said that she only likes dance music.This music cafe was first told by Asakoshi to Tomoko, but later she knew that she didn't like music, so she stopped dating here.Therefore, what Yuko was intoxicated with was not the music here, but the time spent with Nakanishi. "I didn't expect that. It's probably not the first time this woman has dated Nakanishi." Qian Yue believed it must be so.Otherwise, this woman wouldn't be so intimate with Zhongxi.He remembered that he had rejected him for a date several times before.At that time, he believed in the reasons that Tomoko said "there are still dirty laundry waiting to be washed at home", but now it seems that they are all excuses! Asakashi's self-esteem was greatly hurt.Tomoko, who he always thought was obedient, had betrayed him a long time ago.Asagi began to feel disgust towards Tomoko, and he gritted his teeth with hatred. At this time, the two people on the first floor stood up, Qian Yue hurriedly bent over.He looked at his watch, nearly an hour had passed.After about a minute, he too stood up. "Today we must find out the truth!" Qian Yue made up his mind.他说不清楚跟踪到底是为了什么,但又觉得没法说服自己不这样做,他不认为这是嫉妒心使然。 天色很晚了,但浅越还是能分辨出前面的这对男女。友子挽着中西的胳膊,两人步履缓慢地走着。 跟踪,浅越紧追不舍。当见到友子和中西拐进一家餐厅时,他也连忙走进对面的小吃店,一边吃着简餐,一边不放松监视。其间,他对自己这样的行动产生了怀疑,“我这样做到底是为了什么?与其这样还不如做点儿别的事。”但这个疑惑刚一出现就消失了。对于一个决定赴死的人来说,已经没有什么非做不可的事了。就算是现在放弃跟踪,转身回家,到了家里也无法放下这两个人的事。与其回家胡思乱想,最后懊悔没跟踪到好看个究竟,还不如现在一不做二不休…… 友子和中西的身影消失在附近的一家大型舞厅里。浅越稍一犹豫,立刻叫住一辆驶来的出租车。 “能不能在这儿停一会儿?”浅越坐进车后央求司机。 “哦,要停多久?”看上去有点儿脸善、年已四十好几的司机似乎有点儿不太情愿。 “这个,还不太清楚,至少一个小时吧!” “要一个小时?那有点儿……” “怎么,不行吗?我每小时付你三千日元怎么样?当然是预付!” “三千日元……”司机似乎还在考虑是不是值得接受。“不过先生,你可不能做坏事啊。” “做坏事?不可能啊!只是想监视一个人。” “啊,你是警察?” “不,不是……嗯,和警察也差不多吧。” “那……是报社记者?不对,报社记者应该自己有车……对了,你是私人侦探!”司机恍然大悟地说。浅越也懒得去争辩,摸出了三千日元递给了他。 “就停在这儿?要不要躲到更隐蔽些的地方?”司机接过钱问。他好像对浅越的行动也产生了兴趣。 “不用了,对方是个新手,他不会发觉的。” 浅越把身子深深地陷在座椅里,视线投向舞厅的入口。 “哈哈,原来是监视那个地方。”司机循着浅越的视线望去,然后朝舞厅的方向努了努嘴。“是现在流行的品行调查啊,那女人是有夫之妇吧?” “嗯?啊,是的,是个有夫之妇。”被误解成私人侦探,浅越一下子也来了兴趣,顺口胡扯道。 “呵呵,果然是这样。现在的女人都喜欢跳舞,进了舞厅就可以和男人搂搂抱抱了。” “大概是这样吧,我不会跳所以……” “对了,前些日子听三个一起上车的学生客在说,只要一起跳上一个小时的舞,通常就能把女人搞到手。女人一跳上舞精神就会兴奋起来,这便是跳舞的好处啊……” “是这样的呢……”浅越嘴里含混地应和着,心里却在想:“果真是这样吗?” 友子好像是爱跳舞,第一次和浅越一起看电影的晚上就问过他会不会跳舞。她还说过不爱听古典音乐。 “这是你唯一的缺点。” “哦?那你不会跳舞也是个缺点,咱打个平手,半斤八两。”友子还嘴道。现在想来那或许并不单单是个玩笑话。 “你想学跳舞吗?” “现在还学?算了吧,抱着你跳,就算出丑也没什么……” “讨厌!那你这样,我可要和别人偷情啦。” “她说的偷情难道就是和中西吗?”中西人长得高,看上去像个运动员,跳舞应该也在行的。跳上一个小时后,友子也许就会像刚才这个司机说的那样成了他的人吧?因为没有经历过,浅越并不了解舞厅的氛围是什么样的,他最多也就是从小说和电影里获得的那点儿知识。反映到他头脑中的舞厅里的情景是刺激和极端的:男男女女从膝盖到胸部紧紧贴合在一起,缓慢地摆动身体,互相煽动对方的欲望。浅越相信,人置身于这样的场合,不可能无动于衷。 所以,一开始只是带着偷腥的想法去和中西跳舞的友子,在中西娴熟舞步的诱惑下也许就束手就范了。再加上这个女人本来就不是处女…… 浅越的脑子在不停地旋转,每个场面都有友子的影子。“我这是怎么了?被友子这个女人迷惑住了?真傻!”浅越不由得自责起来。 时间过了将近有一个小时了。 “先生,怎么还不出来呢?”正在司机等得有点儿不耐烦的时候,友子在舞厅门口出现了!她似乎在注意从眼前驶过的一辆辆汽车。过了一会儿,她扬手叫住了一辆出租车,但她并不急着上车,而是转身向后,做了一个示意的动作。只见一个男子从舞厅跑了出来。是中西。最后两人一起坐上了那辆出租车。 “快,跟着它,就是前面那辆!”浅越从客座探出身子急急地说道,“别跟丢了啊,他们绝不会想到有人会跟踪,所以你给咬紧点儿好了,不要紧的!” “没问题,先生。哈哈,我最喜欢干这事了!”司机似乎也一下子兴奋起来。 两车始终保持十米左右的距离。一路上有闪烁不停的霓虹灯和明晃晃的路灯相随,所以能大致看清楚车里的样子。两个人的头又像在咖啡馆里见到的那样靠在了一起。 “能不能再近一点儿?等遇到红灯时可不可以追上去和那车并排停着试试?”浅越很想看看车里的友子和中西都是什么样的表情。 但司机不答应。“这个不行!也许客人无所谓,但人家司机会觉得奇怪的。” 前方的车左拐,浅越的车减速后也跟着左拐。 “我说先生,那女人还真是个有夫之妇哩。”司机感叹道。 “哦?何以见得?” “你想啊,和男人在舞厅里跳了一个小时的舞出来,还自己叫出租,请男人上车。他们的目的地也能猜个八九不离十吧,那女人肯定是事先想好了再出门的。先生,这对男女的关系应该已经持续一段时间了!” “确实如此。”浅越心想。扬手招车的确实是友子。所以,应该是友子主动在勾引中西吧。“在这之前,两人有过约会,也是事实。”不然的话,再怎么样,也不会是女方做出这个举动吧? 一会儿,友子和中西的车停了下来。 “哎哟乖乖,像是要去男人的家哩。这里可是住宅公司的单身公寓啊。”司机咂着嘴说道。 浅越坐的车缓缓地超了过去。回头一看,中西和友子正走下车来。友子还用手拂了一下自己的臀部,好像很在意裙子是否坐出了褶子。 犹豫了片刻后,浅越让车掉了个头,前往下一个目的地——友子的公寓。 浅越用钥匙打开了友子房间的门。这钥匙是在浅越为友子支付租房押金时,友子给他的。但直到现在,他从没使用过。友子只是一个普通的公司女事务员,一个人租住这样的公寓房间,这件事本身就很容易招惹好奇的眼光。所以,如果时常出现在这里的话,必然会引起旁人的窃窃私语。浅越不喜欢这样。 一打开门,进入的是起居室。房间收拾得很干净。但因为没什么家具,一只孤零零的沙发显得和房间格局不太协调。 浅越一骨碌躺在了沙发上,拉松了领带结。“这沙发也是我买的!”浅越想,我自己的房间都没个沙发呢。当然,不置沙发也是因为自己的房间过于窄小的关系。起居室就是卧室,睡觉用的被褥平时都放在橱柜里,晚上才搬出来用。浅越自己过着十分局促的生活,却给友子租了这样的公寓房。 “贱货!”一种类似憎恶的感觉慢慢地在浅越的胸口扩张开来。“我对她这么好,他却和中西搞在一起!”他打算就在这里等着友子回来,要她解释清楚刚才看到的一切,并逼她作出一起赴死的承诺。记得以前友子和他一起在酒店开房时从不过夜,再晚都要回家。她不在外过夜的理由是“明天怎么能穿着相同的衣服去公司上班呢”,所以浅越可以肯定,她今天也必定会回家。 “但是,这个女人为什么要在我和中西之间玩劈腿呢?”浅越对此无法理解。难道是因为被逼着要一起赴死,在无可奈何之下,且先及时行乐般沉醉于做女人的乐趣中?但从他的观察来看,和中西在一起的友子似乎并不见有一星半点儿这样的感觉,看上去更像是在寻求甜蜜的恋爱。浅越忽然想起友子说过的一句话:“等我到后天。”不是说明天,而是后天,这是不是有什么特别的含义?中间间隔一天,她在期待着什么呢? 望着被涂成白色的天花板,浅越的眼前映出了友子的脸来。那两片因涂了口红而显得轮廓分明的双唇抿得紧紧的,双眼则凝视着前方。友子在沉思的时候就是这样的表情。当她在说“等我到后天”这句话时,似乎也是这样的表情。 “她究竟在等待什么呢?”浅越闭起了眼睛,脑海里竟出现友子和中西赤身裸体纠缠在一起的景象。这时,他觉得自己基本上已找到了答案。 昨天夜里,友子要求在两天之后,也就是后天才给答复的背后,肯定与中西有关。浅越觉得自己这个判断的正确率达到了百分之九十。 午休时友子将中西约出来见面,下班后又一直和中西在一起。如果她没有明确的目的,是绝不会如此前后呼应地做出这样的举动的。 浅越点了一支烟,试图整理一下自己的思路。尽管因为情绪激动,难以冷静地进行条分缕析地思考,但他还是推测出了几条友子缠着中西的原因。 首先,她可能已经决定与浅越一起赴死了,现在是在同中西作最后的诀别。 或许,她是想把自己与浅越的关系统统告诉中西,求得帮助。 上述两个可能中,第一个在道理上似乎有点儿说不大通。既然到现在为止,友子和浅越、中西这两个男人是同等地在交往(浅越认为,这很有可能是真的),那也就不太可能为了尽情义,去和其中的一个人赴死。更何况,她说过“我不想去死”的话,肚里还怀上了孩子。所以,她很有可能是在寻求可以不死的办法。 “那么,剩下的可能就是她把什么都和中西说了!” 浅越从沙发上直起身来,趿拉着拖鞋,在空荡荡的房间里来回地踱着。他的心里,既有对友子的愤怒,也有因拿不定主意接下去该怎么办而产生的焦虑。“我必须行动!” 当友子将浅越贪污公款的事和盘托出后,中西明天一定会立刻核查账本,这是毫无疑问的。这样一来,就什么都暴露了,等待浅越的就是被捕。“我可不想这样!”他心里暗暗叫道,他尤其不想被中西揭露。 “还是逃走吧!”浅越脑子里升起了这个念头。能跑多远就跑多远,最后大不了一死。他觉得这比被抓起来要强多了。当然就算是被抓住,受到公诉也就坐五六年的牢。但一想到身陷囹圄的生活,他就不寒而栗。出狱后是再也找不到正当的工作了。拼命地出苦力、流臭汗,也无法赚到现在这样的收入了。就算能活到六十岁,仅仅为了糊口,就得这样拼命地干活,要干上三十年……一想到这些,浅越就觉得自己快要晕过去。“与其这样,还不如咬一下牙,干净利落地死掉。”对死后的状态,他也想了很多。像刚才这样想到的死法,和先前头脑里描绘的死后的场景,是有很大不同的。这让他感觉很不是味儿。以前想象的那种场景是华丽的,他还曾在脑中描绘过发现尸体的人们感叹的样子。但是,现在被追得走投无路后去死,则会死得很凄惨。这不是自己选择的主动赴死,而是被逼入绝境的死。 想到这里,浅越对友子的恨越发强烈起来。“这个贱货,直到最后还在骗我!”而环顾屋内,触目皆是他有求必应买的物品,则更是火上浇油。那种怨恨甚至已变成了一种憎恶感。他心中油然升起了一个无论如何也要将她一同拖往死路的念头。这已不是先前所描绘的那种壮丽的赴死,而是由憎恶造成的强迫对方自杀,但也管不了那么多了,这是被逼的。至少说起来,也算是遵循了自己的意志,把想杀的人杀了。 而要行动,只有今晚这个机会了!但是,她今晚会回家吗?想到这里,浅越又烦躁起来。 “真是个呆瓜,这么快就完了!”当裸着身子的中西离开自己时,友子不由得这样想。“他就这样成了真正的男人了?” 与此前经历过的所有男人比起来,中西的技巧是最为拙劣的。他的手法甚至无法称之为技巧。本来,今晚和中西发生关系,做爱本身并不是目的,只能算是为了实现一个计划而做出的无奈之举,但既然做了,也不能说没一点儿享乐的期待,而结果却与期待相去甚远。事情完了之后,留给她的并不是通常应有的满足感,而仅仅是告诉她,事儿完了。 “不知道他是怎么想的。”友子望着躺在身边的中西叹了口气。两个人一起躺在窄窄的单人床上十分窘迫,稍动一下身子就会担心掉下床。 中西闭着双眼。友子虽然看不到刚才那种令人发毛的眼神,但也不明白他心里在想些啥。“刚才的那个眼神究竟表达的是什么意思?”友子转念一想,随他了,这个人估计就是个“温吞男”,不懂得兴奋,也不会去陶醉。但在最高潮时,友子隐约感觉中西正瞪大眼睛直视着自己的脸,她还以为是哪里有不对劲的地方,便微微睁开眼来,谁知一下碰上了中西奇怪的眼神。 友子的一个目的是能进入中西的家。而在后来达到了目的之后,她完全可以不同中西上床。但为了让中西彻底失去戒心,她还是决定作进一步的牺牲。再说,在舞厅跳舞时作为铺垫,她曾说过一句:“嗯,我今晚不想回家了,带我去你家吧。” “事到如今也不管它了!”友子想,“只要离开了这个房间,以后就再无必要想到中西这个人了……” “我想回去了!”友子找了一个合适的时机说道。接下来要演的才是正剧。之前所做的一切,包括白天午休时约他出来,晚上竭尽所能地加以诱惑,都不过是为了让接下来这场戏演成功打下的基础。 “别回去了,住这里吧!”中西的声音显得十分倦怠。 “不行!明天穿着这身衣服怎么去上班呢?都皱得不成样子了!”友子下了床,穿起了衣服。 中西也跟着直起了身子,裸身穿上了睡衣。 “啊,你躺着吧!” “这怎么行!客人要回去了呢,我去泡个茶。”中西说着要去张罗。 “啊,不用不用!要不我去弄吧。”友子穿好衣服,将中西按在床上,朝烹饪台走去。她轻轻地按了一下外套胸前的口袋,事先带着的安眠药仍好好地放在里面。 友子先点燃煤气,然后将茶壶搁在煤气灶上。忽然,她像想起什么似的叫了起来:“哎呀,瞧我这记性,这可怎么办?” “怎么了?是什么东西遗忘在哪里了吗?” “嗯,不是的……对了,中西先生,你的字可写得漂亮?” “字?是说写字吗?算不上十分漂亮,但还可以吧。怎么了?” “是这样的。我们公司明天有个演出,这次可不是在舞台上表演一下就好了,还要录制八毫米胶卷的故事片哩,剧本都背熟了,就等拍摄了!说好由我明天带上一封男人笔迹的信。本来我想找个能写一手好字的人代劳一下,可现在……你看,我差点儿把这事给忘了!” “一封信?是用来拍电影吗?” “是啊。这是一个要特写显示的镜头,所以一定要字写得漂亮。中西先生能帮我一下吗?” 中西写得一手好字,友子是知道的。所以她想,这么一说明,他定会接受。 “这没问题啊,可是,写些什么内容呢?” “你真愿意?那太好了!其实,当朋友对我说,要找个字写得好的人帮忙,我立刻就想到中西先生你了!” “你可真会说话啊,你怎么知道这事的呢?” “呵呵,我可有个包打听网络哦,这算是小菜一碟吧……” “好吧,算你厉害!写什么呢?” “请等一下,我先把水烧开,我们边喝茶边说。”说着,友子将红茶分放在两个杯子里。她故意用身体挡住中西的视线,在中西的茶杯里放了一些安眠药。 起居间正中央相向放着三把款式相同的椅子,中西坐在椅子上抽着烟。友子端着红茶,面向中西坐了下来。当然,在这个过程中她十分注意别弄错了茶杯。 “那封信呢,是这样的。”友子说道,她故意采用能引起中西注意的说话方式。“要写的一句话是:'对不起,我拿了你贵重的东西。但我会担起作为一个男人的责任。'怎么样,很简单吧?确实,如果不简单些的话,镜头效果就会不理想。” “哦,感觉这信的内容有点儿奇怪啊,为什么要写这个?”中西的疑问是在意料之中的,“是不是故意在嘲弄我刚才碰了你要紧的地方?” “讨厌,你说哪里去了!快喝茶吧,要凉了。” 中西将茶杯端到了嘴边,友子故意将视线移开,不去看他。她想,要是过于关注,让他发觉有异就麻烦了。 “啊,对了,我去拿笔和纸。”中西说着站起身,端着茶杯,消失在用布帘隔开的套间里。友子的心跳骤然加快,“难道他有所察觉,去把茶水倒掉了?” 当中西拿着笔和纸返回时,他杯子里的茶水还剩下一半。 “写什么来着?嗯,就是那信的内容,说的是什么?” 见中西的态度并没什么异样,友子原先忐忑的心也安定了不少。她定了定神,咽下一口唾沫后,开始解说起来。 “这是发生在一个大户人家的故事。有个寄宿在这户人家的学生在留下了一张纸条后失去了踪影。女主人不明白纸条写的是什么意思,以为是卷走了她家的金银珠宝,结果翻箱倒柜一查,并没发现少些什么东西。正在疑惑时,发现家里的小姐不见了!也就是说,那个学生纸条上说的贵重物就是她家的女儿。” “呵呵,这是一出喜剧吗?” “嗯,这对有钱阶级不也是个讽刺?” “不过,我总觉得有点儿不自然,怎么把女孩子说成了物品?”中西嘴里这么说,却还是写了起来。 “真要谢谢你,帮了我的大忙了!”友子说着,将纸条放进了手提袋里。 “咦,怎么回事,我感觉有点儿不舒服……”中西说道。 啊,药性这么快就发作了?友子暗喜。“是不是瞌睡了?是刚才太累了吧,睡一觉就会好的,你好好休息吧!”友子故意使了一个别有含义的眼色,心想,这是给眼前这个男人抛出的最后的媚眼了! “是吗?头好疼啊!真对不起,是我失礼了!” “没事的,我收拾一下就回去!”友子说着将中西扶到了床边。 收拾茶具消灭证据是必不可少的事。她将杯子仔细洗干净,然后用抹布一个个擦拭,不留下指纹。 等收拾完,床边已传来重重的鼾声。 “呀,这么快就睡着了?”友子试着大喊了几声,呼噜声还是没有改变原来的节奏。 友子走近床边,将刚才让中西写的纸条放在了枕边。 Finally finished!友子嘘了一口气。 “事情出乎意料地顺利。” 友子将手帕绕在手指上,然后旋开了煤气开关。接着,她捂着鼻子又一次环视了一遍整个房间,在确定没留下什么东西之后离开了屋子。 屋外已是月亮高挂,该是快满月的月亮吧?青白色的月光洒在公寓的外墙上显得格外刺眼。 也许是月色过于明亮,友子本能地感到一阵恐惧。“呀,我杀了一个人。”她忽然想,要是现在返回还来得及。但是,友子却拼命地将这个念头从脑中驱赶出去,“除此之外,再没别的办法了!” 为了保护自己,既然找不到其他的办法,现在返回又能怎么样呢? 如何拒绝浅越提出的一起赴死的要求,保护好自己,友子昨晚几乎一整夜没合眼,直到今天拂晓才想出这么一个办法,并终于付诸实施。 明天一早,那幢公寓一定会像炸开锅一样吧?由于枕边有这么一张纸条,所以谁都会相信他是自杀的。如果认定是自杀,就会研究这封“遗书”。中西是会计科员工,警察最先想到的就该是检查账簿,于是发现五十万日元的漏洞。“遗书”上提到“贵重的东西”,是不是与此有关呢——警察很容易这样做出断定,谁都不会去怀疑浅越。 但友子认为,自己杀死中西并不是为了救浅越,只不过结果正好就是这个样子。她自始至终想到的都只是保护自己。明天一早得赶紧联系浅越,让他统一口径,坚称贪污的人是中西。只要这一步取得成功,浅越侵吞五十几万日元的行为就可以转嫁到中西身上,一切也就一笔勾销了! 这样,浅越没必要去死,自己也能够逃脱面临的危险。 “真的好累!”友子想。虽然取得了成功,但因此而感到身心疲惫却也是事实。特别是引诱中西,做到这个地步,真的是费尽心机,自己的精神一直处于紧张状态。现在总算成功了!她想,同浅越的关系也该借此契机做个了断,同这个男人交往看来是没什么大的意思了。 在回家的路上,友子再次回想了一遍过程,确信没出什么纰漏。 十点左右
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