Arriving in front of the supermarket, the automatic door opened on both sides, and when he was about to walk in, Guita inadvertently shook off his mother's hand, and whispered from his small mouth: "Flowers, fall." There is a small children's amusement park in front of the supermarket. There are props in the shape of lions and elephants. The amusement park is surrounded by potted plants and green leafy plants. The potted plants are covered with many colorful flowers. In this severe winter season It looks very dazzling.Of course, these colorful red, yellow, and purple flowers, although pleasing to the eye, are artificial flowers.

Maybe it was just a fake flower that fell to the ground?Kanako thought.She didn't pay attention to the direction the child was looking at, and grabbed Keita's hand tightly, and forcibly pulled him into the supermarket. Keita just celebrated his fifth birthday last week.Kanako wanted to stop by the supermarket to buy something on the way to pick him up from kindergarten today, but there was one more thing that disturbed her more than the fake flower that fell on the ground. As soon as she entered the store, Kanako immediately turned her head and glanced at the parking lot outside the door.

It's a sunny Thursday afternoon, and there aren't many cars in the parking lot.Kanako immediately noticed that the car that had been following her had chosen to stop at the corner farthest from the entrance of the supermarket as if to avoid people's eyes. I don't know when, Kanako began to vaguely feel that there was an unremarkable car following behind him not too far away, until it was only 20 meters away from the supermarket, that car suddenly stepped on the accelerator and left. Beside him and surpassed the past.That car is now parked on the edge of the parking lot. "Mom, what's the matter with you?"

Keita stared at his mother with a pair of big eyes and asked suspiciously. "Oh, nothing." Kanako answered her son while shaking her head, while keeping her gaze on the car. Ten minutes ago, shortly after she took Keita's hand and left the kindergarten, she felt that there was always a pair of eyes staring at her behind her.But she looked back several times, but she didn't find anyone following her on the sidewalk. Is it just an illusion?No, no, never had this illusion.So, could it be that someone in the middle of the road is secretly watching him... Maybe someone is slowly driving behind him...

When they came near the supermarket, where the sidewalk and the driveway connected to each other, a car drove past quickly and stopped at the side of the parking lot.Kanako noticed the car right away.It seems that she vaguely remembered that when she left the kindergarten just now, she accidentally saw this car parked on the side of the road not far away, and she felt that there were a pair of eyes staring at them closely behind the hazy window glass. Mother and son... This feeling can't help but make her shudder. The slanting winter sun shone on the barbed wire fence beside the parking lot, and sprinkled a black mesh pattern on the white body of the car, which seemed to tightly cover the car, reminiscent of falling into the sky. A huge white animal in a net.Kanako involuntarily smelled a creepy and eerie aura from this car.

However, she immediately comforted herself. Maybe there is nothing, but I am suspicious? "Mom, what's the matter?" Keita tugged at the hem of the short coat on Kanako's body with her small hands, and urged coquettishly, "Hurry up and buy me something delicious!" "Ah, it's my mother's fault. Tell me, what do you want to eat?" However, Kanako didn't hear the child's answer. She looked down and saw that Keita was hiding behind her, looking very scared. "Mom, I'm afraid of that person..." Kanako looked down, and the child's small head peeking out from under the hem of the coat was staring intently at the fruit counter next to her.

A middle-aged woman standing by the fruit counter was looking at herself with gloomy eyes... She held an apple in her left hand, like a left-handed pitcher, and she was pulling her hand behind her back, as if she was going to use all her strength to smash the apple in her hand... Kanako was startled, and threw Guitara Reaching behind him, he stretched out his hand to block it, and at the same time he took a step back. But in a blink of an eye, a smile appeared on the woman's face, and she said, "What a coincidence!" She twisted her fat and plump body under the green suit, and walked towards Kanako step by step. The dark green color of her body was particularly eye-catching, making people feel that she not only had heavy makeup on her face, but also covered her whole body. A layer of delicate green.

"Mrs. Shanlu, I never expected to meet you here!" There was a bit of sarcasm in the woman's hoarse voice, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable.It was only then that Kanako remembered that the person in front of her was the housewife of her neighbor's house when she was struggling through four and a half years of married life in Setagaya, and her name seemed to be Kotsuka Kimie. "A friend of mine lives near Xiaojinjing here, and I happened to come to see her for something today. I thought, I can't go there empty-handed. No, I just wanted to come in to buy some fruit... Oh, Mrs. Shanlu, remember your natal home It’s not far from here. Ah, look at my memory, why do I still call you Mrs. Shanlu? It’s all my fault.”

It seems that her chattering character is still the same as before. Back when she was living near Okuzawa in Setagaya, Kanako was most worried about meeting this Mrs. Otsuka when she went out.But the other party seemed to be deliberately waiting for her to show up, and every time she stopped her, she always talked endlessly, as if Mrs. Otsuka was talking to the family of dentists on the mountain road behind the low red brick wall. Full of infinite curiosity, she always said this and that enthusiastically with a big grin, making you really embarrassed to tell her that you still have something urgent.Don't mention how uncomfortable that feeling is.When Kanako divorced her ex-husband, she quietly left her ex-husband's house with her two-year-old son, Keita, without saying hello to anyone.It seems that the former neighbor is still interested in his divorce and his current life.Kanako could only complain secretly in her heart.

She even regretted that she really shouldn't have come to this supermarket at this time.Although it was just a chance encounter, this former neighbor was the person I least wanted to meet... A chance encounter?Was it really just a chance meeting by chance?Kanako couldn't help secretly putting a question mark in her heart. Could it be that this woman secretly followed me all the way just now, and after judging her intentions, she walked into the supermarket one step ahead of time, and then pretended to meet by chance, waiting for me here? However, Kanako didn't have time to delve into the fleeting question that flashed through her mind, and the other party's barrage of questions had already been thrown over her.

"Why did you suddenly move away from there, can you tell me?" The other party's question was straightforward, as if it was a natural question. "Didn't my mother-in-law tell you anything?" "I heard she mentioned some things... But, how can those words be reliable? I knew it a long time ago." "What kind? What did she tell you?" "She said, you had an old friend before you married her son, and Keita was born with that old friend..." "How dare she say that?" Kanako interrupted without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, "It's really shameless and nonsense..." The tone could not help showing a bit of anger. Jun Jiang still had a smile on his face, as if he wanted to dilute Kanako's anger, and said: "How can I not know this, and don't be angry. Anyone who meets such an unreasonable mother-in-law can only admit that they are unlucky, I think , really no daughter-in-law can bear it, but I sympathize with you from the bottom of my heart." Before the divorce, what Kanako was most afraid of seeing was her mother-in-law's weird and inexplicable eyes staring at her secretly. Whenever this happened, it always made people feel like a wet slug crawled over her face, and she felt disgusted from the bottom of her heart.At this time, Jun Jiang was looking at himself with the same kind of yin and yang strange eyes... Although she also felt that the woman in front of her was unbelievable, for some reason, Kanako angrily told her the real reason for her divorce.It was too late when I realized that I was hooked by the other party as before... It was as if the other party's cannon-like mouth was switched to myself, and I couldn't control it at all. "Yeah, how could it be like this..." Jun Jiang nodded his head from time to time while listening.When Kanako finished speaking with a heavy sigh, she followed suit with a sigh and replied: "Yes, I knew it was like this a long time ago! I heard from Mrs. Akimoto that he received a divorce within two months of his divorce. A gorgeous girl lived in the house, and he must have a good friend who drove his wife away... If you were at fault first, how could the old lady let her daughter-in-law take her grandson back to her mother's house so easily?" Kanako had heard that her ex-husband had already married that woman, so she wasn't surprised. "But, I don't think that shameless bitch, who has taken over the magpie's nest, will end well. No, I heard that Mr. Shanlu divorced her again. You don't know about it, do you?" Kanako's expression changed when she heard the words. "What? You haven't heard of it? Your husband... Oh, no, I'm sorry, your ex-husband has also left home. " "……when?" "Probably around last autumn. On that day, I suddenly felt that I hadn't seen him for a while, so I asked the old lady obliquely, and she replied, 'I moved out by myself, just like Chanako.'" Said: "These two young people refuse to tell me anything, and I don't know how to get away." In fact, maybe it's because this old lady is too difficult to get along with..." The other party squinted his eyes from the slits of his bulging eyelids, looked proudly at the surprised Kanako and asked, "You moved back to your mother's house for at least three years, and their family has experienced a lot in the past few years. I remember this kid is called Kyuta, right? I haven’t seen you for a few years, and he has grown so tall... The kid who was by your side just now is Kyuta-kun, right?” Without waiting for Kanako to answer, she went on to ask and answer by herself: "It's still a question. Look at that, he looks more and more like his father when he grows up. He didn't look like him when he was young. I heard their old lady I’m a little bit skeptical about saying it’s a wild child, but no one will believe this kind of lie now, who else could it be if it’s not their child?” The other party's words always felt thorny, but Kanako couldn't listen to them at all. She looked around in panic and shouted loudly: "Kita—" But the child was nowhere to be found. In a panic, Kanako used the shopping basket in her hand to push away Junjiang, who was still going on, and ran towards the store, shouting incessantly: "Kyuta—Agui—" She searched around the store, but she never saw Keita's figure. Rows of food shelves were like solid walls, dividing the entire store space into a labyrinth of twists and turns. Kanako called the child by all the names that she usually called her child countless times in sequence. "Xiaogui!" "Agui!" She even remembered that a friend in the kindergarten called him "Guigui" and learned to call him a few times, but there was no answer. When several shop assistants saw that Kanako had lost her child, they hurriedly helped to search everywhere. They searched the store inside and out, but they still couldn't find it. Kanako returned to the doorway where she was standing just now, and found that Kotsuka Kimie was still standing there motionless. Although the mouth is so diligent, but the chubby body is too lazy to move, it is obviously your fault for distracting yourself, but you are not even willing to help find the child... Although Kanako is full of displeasure, but There is no time to worry about these. She couldn't help but glanced up at the parking lot, just at this moment, the white car parked in the corner closed the door in a panic, stepped up the accelerator and rushed out.I saw the car slammed on the brakes and backed up again. Accompanied by the screeching sound of tires rubbing against the ground, it turned sharply and disappeared into the boundless traffic. It was that white car, and at the moment the door was closed, it seemed that the child's shrill cry came... No, Kanako really heard the child's voice. "That car..." Kanako screamed desperately and stretched out her hand, as if she wanted to push open the automatic door in front of her.She ran desperately towards the direction of the parking lot. Several shop assistants hurriedly followed behind, at this moment, one of the shop assistants suddenly stopped and shouted: "Hey, big sister... Do you think this is your child?" The clerk's voice sounded hesitant, but Kanako also heard the familiar laughter at the same time, she couldn't help but look back, and hurriedly stopped.In front of the door is the young figure of Guitana. Keita was sitting steadily on the toy made in the shape of a small elephant, shaking his head and having fun. "Why did you come here? Didn't I tell you not to run around?" Kanako couldn't help reprimanding the child loudly, and at the same time caught up with a few steps, and hugged the child's head and hat tightly in her arms, the trembling all over her body suddenly relaxed, and tears filled her eyes immediately. "Because... the flowers... fell." The child whispered in her ear softly.Only then did Kanako realize that the child was holding something like a long and thin stick in her small hand.It was like a long clarinet-shaped bar with a small bend at the lower end, making it difficult to tell at a glance that it was the trunk of a toy baby elephant.She took a closer look, and sure enough, the trunk of the toy baby elephant painted light green was pulled out by some naughty child, and a piece of white was still exposed at the broken part of the trunk of the baby elephant. It turned out that what Keita was talking about before walking into the supermarket gate was not the artificial flower that fell on the ground, but the trunk of the toy elephant. I don't know when it started, but there was already a circle of spectators around me.At this time, someone poked his head and asked: "What happened?" Kanako saw that the police had been alarmed, and there was a police patrol car parked beside the road not far away. As soon as the serious police officer arrived, the atmosphere changed completely. The situation seemed more and more like a sudden "case", and more and more people were watching. "There's nothing wrong with it. The child suddenly couldn't be found, so I... really caused you trouble. This little thing disturbed everyone." However, under the panic, Kanako became even more incoherent, and couldn't even speak clearly. Even Keita had never seen so many people suddenly surrounded her, and she burst into tears in fright. "But, you..." The police officer still stared suspiciously and asked.Kanako could only keep bowing to everyone, and explained over and over again: "Really, nothing happened, but recently I received a few silent phone calls at home, and I felt a little more suspicious in my heart. I always felt like Someone followed us secretly, worried that the child would be abducted, so... But, it's really all right, the child is still fine and has not been kidnapped." Unexpectedly, these words aroused the suspicion of the police officer, and he went on to ask: "You said you received several silent calls, is this true?" There was more vigilance in the eyes exposed under the police cap. "No, no, maybe I'm just worrying too much, it's just someone's wrong call...Really, nothing happened." Kanako hastily bent down and bowed a few times, lowered her head as if fleeing, turned around and walked towards the store. Kotsuka June was standing a few steps away from the human wall, as if he was still waiting for Kanako.When Kanako walked by, she opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but Kanako ignored her, walked past her, and entered the supermarket. "Well, next time you have the opportunity to come to Setagaya, you must come to my house to play!" Jun Jiang's voice came from a distance, and as the automatic door in the store closed behind him, that voice was completely inaudible. Kanako put Keita, who was tightly hugged in her arms, on the ground, and looked back, only to see Junjiang still saluting herself outside the glass door.Kanako nodded at her in return. At this moment, it was not Jun Jiang who caught her attention, but the police officer standing behind her, frowning, staring at her closely. This police officer looks very ordinary, neither tall nor fat, neither short nor thin, except for the uniform, there is nothing conspicuous, only the gaze from under the brim of the hat, which makes Kanako feel that he is not staring at herself, but It's like staring at a criminal... In his eyes, it seemed that he was not the mother of the child, but a criminal who tried to kidnap the child. It was the 27th of January. Later, the part that interested the police the most was a conversation between mother and child during the ten minutes of walking home after she left the supermarket. After this false alarm, the mother and son walked around the store for about 20 minutes, and it was almost four o'clock when they left the supermarket after shopping.The 32-year-old mother, holding a shopping bag in one hand and tightly holding her son's little hand in the other, walked towards her home along the sidewalk opposite to the station. In the backpack that the child is carrying is the heaviest item he bought today.It was a melon about the size of a child's head. After the turmoil, Chanako who walked into the store was first attracted by the special melons of the day on the fruit cabinet, and she bought one without hesitation. "Is it heavy, this melon?" Walking on the sidewalk full of ginkgo trees, the conversation between mother and child turned to melons unconsciously.Kanako looked at the bulging little head in her son's backpack bouncing up and down. Keita shook his head and asked curiously. "Mom, why are you buying melons today?" "Do you even need to ask? Of course I bought it for Xiaogui." "Huh? Why are you willing to let me eat it again? Didn't you tell me that children will get sick if they eat melons?" Kanako couldn't help showing a wry smile.This was a deliberate lie to Keita to prevent him from eating melons. "I won't be sick anymore..." She really didn't know how to answer, so she had to make up another lie to justify it: "Isn't it time for you to go to elementary school next year? That means you are no longer a child." Melon is the favorite food of my divorced ex-husband.In the past, as long as someone sent a few as gifts, he could eat more than half of them in one go.At that time, he was almost thirty years old, but when he ate melon, he showed a greedy face. Seeing him gobbling it up, he looked like a child no matter what... Kyuta only grew up by his father's side until he was two years old , I must have left no impression of my father's gluttonous appearance.On Keita's third birthday, Kanako bought him a melon for the first time. Seeing Keita holding the melon and gnawing it with her head down, she looked so much like his father that Kanako couldn't help shaking her head secretly.Originally, Keita's big eyes were as cute as a doll, but when he picked up a melon, those lovely eyes narrowed for joy, very much like his father... Those eyes were so sharp and shining With a cold and merciless light. Since that day, Kanako never let Keita eat melon again, and told her parents that she couldn't buy these too expensive things for her children.But when she saw the melons on sale in the supermarket just now, she suddenly changed her mind.Perhaps it is because Keita is safe and sound that he is completely relieved... Kanako wanted to erase the appearance of her ex-husband and the memories of Melon from her mind, but she still remembered him... After experiencing a false alarm just now, after returning to the supermarket, the unpleasant things she had experienced with her ex-husband The memory seems to wake up from somewhere in the bottom of my heart, and it is heavy and lingering in my heart. Kanako hadn't touched a melon for two years, and today she couldn't help reaching out, picking one up and weighing it in her hand.The weight of the melon suddenly made her feel a lot easier. Keita seems to be in a good mood right now.He trotted all the way under the trees in the avenue, reaching into the bag behind his back from time to time, shaking the melon as if teasing a child, with a smile on his face. "You can't eat alone. You have to share the food with grandma and Brother Duzhi when you get home, remember?" "I know, I know! Needless to say?" Keita imitated his grandfather's impatient tone and replied. "Hey! Mom!" He asked again with his childish naughty look, "When the policeman asked you just now, why didn't you tell him?" "What are you refusing to tell him?" "Didn't you say that you were relieved because it wasn't a kidnapping case... Isn't kidnapping just being carried into a car by someone you don't know and then taken to an unknown place? It's always happening on TV. Mom, didn't you teach me to be careful not to be kidnapped?" "Yes!...My dear boy, you remember all of them." Keita still stared at his big eyes, looked at his smiling mother in puzzlement, and said with a smug look on his face, "If that's the case, why do you say this is not a kidnapping case?" "This time? Which time are you talking about?" Kanako couldn't help but stop, and asked suspiciously, "...was it just now, when Xiaogui disappeared in the supermarket? But that wasn't kidnapping, it was just Xiaogui Kyu is just playing on the baby elephant." Keita shook his head lightly again, and said: "No, just as I ran out of the door, a strange uncle called me and insisted on carrying me into his car." He said seriously, while pretending to be old-fashioned, frowning slightly, showing a serious expression. For a moment, Kanako couldn't fully understand what her son meant, but felt that this childish adult look was very cute. "Xiaogui, don't make such a joke!" Kanako smiled, but unfortunately her smile seemed to be stuck at the corner of her mouth, and she froze all of a sudden.She seemed to feel something suddenly. Keita is a child who never lies, maybe what he said is true... The joy of the child's loss and recovery just now disappeared suddenly, and at this moment, Kanako's heart tightened tightly.Probably because the child's words were too sudden, Kanako's thinking couldn't keep up with what Keita said. "Mom, I'm not talking nonsense." Keita shook his head again, not only his head, but also his body shook heavily a few times... No, maybe he remembered the horror at that time again, and his body trembled with fear. "Then why did you run back from the car again?" "I bit that uncle hard, and as soon as he let go, I jumped out of the car." "Then why don't you run to your mother, and ride on the back of the baby elephant to play?" "I didn't go to play. I saw the little elephant's trunk fall off. If the bad uncle still chased me, I would poke him hard with the little elephant's trunk. Isn't the little elephant's nose very like a stick?" ?" It seemed that at the critical moment just now, everyone rushed out of the door together, and the criminal escaped in a hurry. Kanako couldn't help squatting down, staring at the child for a long time.Looking at his mother's unbelievable gaze, Keita's shining pupils became a little more confused, and he couldn't even believe whether what he just said to his mother was true. "Was that bad uncle carrying you to the white car in the corner of the parking lot?" Kanako asked with concern. Keita shook his head. It seems that children have a hard time remembering these things.Just imagine, when he just ran out the door, he could only see a pair of men's legs approaching him, and then he was lifted off the ground... After being picked up, the back of his head was held tightly by someone, and stuck to that The eyes on the shoulders of people should hardly see anything. According to what Keita said, he was then stuffed into the back seat of the car in a daze. The man took out his mobile phone and called someone.After speaking, the man tried to transfer the child to the passenger seat next to the driver.Just before he had time to close the car door, Guita took advantage of the unpreparedness and jumped up and bit the back of the man's hand. When the man came back to his senses, Guita had already jumped out of the car and fled far away. It was far away, and there was no chance to see where the car was parked in the parking lot at that time, and what color the car was. However, this is all what I found out from Keita after he returned home and his mood gradually stabilized.On the way back home, all Kanako was thinking about was the strange car. It seemed that from the moment the mother and son walked out of the kindergarten, the man had been following her in the car... On the way home, the last thing Kanako asked was: "Why didn't you tell me these important things in the supermarket, and waited until now?" "That's not..." Keita said, showing an expression of disbelief, "Didn't you say that this kind of thing is not a kidnapping case?" "That's because..." Kanako was speechless for a moment, "I didn't know you said that when an uncle you didn't know... I didn't know there was such a thing." "But, I think mother should know that person, right? Even if I don't know him at all." "How can I know him? I really don't know what you are talking about. Didn't you see him just now, Xiaogui?" "I don't remember too clearly..." It seems that the man didn't deliberately hide his face at that time, and Keita only saw him two or three times in a panic. "You don't know that person, do you?" "Yeah." The child nodded and answered, but he didn't sound sure. "Then, isn't mother the same?" After speaking, she suddenly thought of someone.Although that person is very familiar to him, he is very strange to the child... Keita seemed to have guessed what his mother was thinking, nodded again and said: "The man also told me, 'I am your father'...he said, it was my father. But, mother, didn't you also tell me that those kidnappers are lying, don't believe what they say? " It seems that because of this, he bit the opponent and fled out of the car.But he still couldn't figure out these things in his little head, so on the way Keita made up his mind again and asked his mother: "Mom, did you really not see that uncle just now? You didn't even know when I was taken away by him?" "Well, that's why I was shocked when I heard you say it." Keita just gave a thoughtful "hmm" when he heard this, but didn't say anything.But from his eyes, it seems that he really wants to ask: "Is that man really dad? What kind of person does dad really look like?" It was really difficult for Kanako to answer these questions, she could only avoid the child's sight. The setting sun that was about to set cast a brilliant afterglow from behind Keita, and the dead branches on the roadside trees cast many elongated shadows on the ground...Suddenly, a gust of wind blew past, as if tearing the rays of the setting sun into pieces, The shadows of the branches rustling against each other seemed like countless ghosts stretched out their hands, trying to snatch Keita away from him. It was as if he could see the man's outstretched hand again. Kanako couldn't help moaning secretly in her heart. The ex-husband's hands seemed to be in front of his eyes, they were rough and ugly like rock fragments, which did not match his identity as a dentist and his delicate and white face. Whenever those hands are remembered in her mind, Kanako can't help but think that she is somewhat responsible for divorcing her ex-husband.That's because from the first three months of marriage, she couldn't stand the rough behavior of her hands on the bed.Although I just treated it indifferently at the time, I already had an extra thought in my heart, thinking that it might be a mistake to entrust my long life to those hands. Those hands could not help but remind her of some dangerous weapon. His hands seemed to be more suitable for crimes than treating patients or embracing women... In fact, she has had this in her heart since a long time ago. idea. However, even if the person who tried to take Keita away by force today is really Yamaji Masahiko, it is really hard to say whether his behavior is a crime. Although the news of Kanako's divorce from her ex-husband is well known in the neighborhood, few people know that Keita doesn't know her father. Maybe only Kanako and Keita know about this.Even other relatives and Keita's father Masahiko himself may not know.Masahiko probably thought that after the divorce, his wife would occasionally show her photos to show his son what his father looked like. Everyone takes it for granted that Keita must know his father. Therefore, the only person who can say "I am your father" to Keita is undoubtedly Masahiko. It seems that the "kidnapper" Keita mentioned is most likely his biological father Masahiro Yamaji. In this way, the incident that happened in front of the supermarket is neither a "case" nor a "crime". After the divorce, Kanako received calls from her ex-husband many times, and the other party repeatedly asked "I want to see Keita", but Kanako refused... so he used this almost coercive method to meet his children. Thinking of this, Kanako secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, if this is the case, there is nothing to call the police about what happened today.Because Kanako herself also hopes to avoid troubles, the reason why Kanako felt tense when she just heard that Keita said that she was almost kidnapped was because she hoped not to alert the police as much as possible, and even those things that eventually caused her divorce. I haven't told my family yet.In fact, one of the reasons that made her worry the most was that once she called the police, she might have to tell people what she didn't want to tell, which would inevitably cause unnecessary worries to her family and relatives and friends around her. Since nothing serious happened to Keita in the end, it would be best not to report this matter to the police.Thinking of this, Kanako asked Keita not to tell this matter, and planned not to mention what happened today to anyone after returning home.The only thing she wanted to tell was her sister-in-law, because she had always trusted her very much.Whether it is the parents or the eldest brother, they always treat Kanako as a child in their minds. If they know these things, I am afraid that there will be a lot of turmoil, and maybe they will even complain. In short, if the "kidnapper" I met today is really Masahiko, it's best not to tell the police or his family. Having said that, the possibility that the other party is not Masahiko is quite high, but if this possibility happens, it will be very difficult for Kanako to deal with, so she secretly hopes in her heart that she will meet today. The kidnapper on board is Masahiko. Finally, she said to Keita: "Maybe the person I met today is really your father. If that's the case, it will be troublesome. So don't tell anyone else what you just said. About your father, I will tell you when Xiaogui grows up. If you If you really want to see him, mother will let him come to see you at any time, and mother can assure you of this." Keita nodded, but immediately shook her head and said: "I don't want to see him. Since Dad can do such a terrible thing, I hate him." As he spoke, he lowered his eyes, staring closely at the elongated shadow at his feet.Then, he shook the backpack on his shoulders again, as if to say, this melon is more important than Dad.But there was still a heavy sense of loss on the child's face. It seems that the child has seen through Kanako's sensitive mood long ago, so she restrained herself from saying these words. She couldn't help feeling guilty, and said: "Have you been hungry for a long time? Well, let's go home quickly, cut up the melon and eat it!" As she said that, her body involuntarily pulled Guita to her side, hugging the child's body tightly with both hands, and secretly swore in her heart: "Never let others take the child, whether it is Masahiko or Masahiko's mother... even if Even the kidnappers will never succeed..." That night, while her brother took the children into the bathroom to take a bath, Kanako told her sister-in-law Tingzi what happened in front of the supermarket during the day.At that time, she was cleaning up the dishes in the kitchen with her sister-in-law.Tingzi immediately stopped to tidy up the garbage, and after listening to her narration, she made another pot of tea, and then asked her own question: "If the general did this, wouldn't he be afraid of you calling the police? Usually, if a child is lost, the mother will definitely call the police if she is worried that her child will be kidnapped. Take you as an example, if you can’t find Xiaogui again, won’t you call the police right away? It's complicated, Masahiko, hasn't he considered these?" These words are not so much inquiries as self-talk. "Yes. But..." Kanako was speechless. "Oh, I suppose so." The sister-in-law shook her head, took a sip of tea and began to answer her own questions. "Maybe he wanted to call your cell phone right away after he carried Mr. Kyu into the car? Maybe he wanted to tell you: 'Xiao Kyu is here with me, it's nothing, don't worry, I'll send him off after two days of playing with me Go back.' But Kyutae-kun ran away by himself, seeing that the situation was getting worse, he drove away in a hurry..." 汀子把紧盯在开花板上的目光收回到小姑的脸上，问道：“怎么样？你看我这种解释的可能性应该还很大吧？” 香奈子点了点头，望着眼角往上挑，露出一副聪明相的嫂子，心想，看来比起把事情闷在心里独自发愁，下决心拿出来和嫂嫂商量是做对了。 自从香奈子离婚后，她便搬回了位于卧藏小金井、经营着一家小型印刷工厂的娘家。目前正和父母亲及哥哥一家共同生活。但是比起父母和哥哥，她最信任的反倒是毫无血缘关系的嫂嫂，无论有什么事总是习惯于先听听嫂嫂的意见。 母亲信仰着某种新兴宗教，加上思想又比较旧，非常痛恨男人婚后在外面乱搞关系，因此对于女儿离婚这件事情她始终很生气。父亲的公司已经濒临破产，每天都被工厂里的事搞得焦头烂额，为了厂里十名左右员工的生计发愁，根本就无力照顾离婚后返回娘家的女儿和外孙。而且他还总是片面地认为离婚的根本原因完全是因为女儿的任性引起的。而香奈子的哥哥也有自己的小算盘，这个紧挨着工厂本来就不宽敞的家，凭空多出两个人后就更显拥挤了，因此他很是反对香奈子离婚。之前他还担心妹妹搬回来住妻子会不高兴，可是令人意外的是，和香奈子关系最好的反而是这位嫂子。 而且，当初支持香奈子离婚搬回来住的也正是嫂嫂汀子。 其实汀子也有自己的打算，如果香奈子能回家来住，自己就能继续结婚以前从事过的钢琴辅导班的工作了。再者，同是身为媳妇，她也更能理解香奈子在婆家所承受过的辛劳。 香奈子的哥哥嫂子一家有个叫笃志的孩子。他比圭太年龄大一岁，今年刚开始上小学。笃志和圭太这两个表兄弟的关系比亲兄弟还要亲密。 现在，浴室里正传来小兄弟俩高高兴兴地打闹着的声音。汀子忍不住往他们的方向看了一眼，问道：“你真的把将彦的所有照片都扔掉了？” 嫂子汀子看上去虽然身体单薄，但一般人绝对想象不到她似乎有用不完的精力，用句老话说，她的性格带着点儿男子气。可是就连这样一位嫂子，当初也曾对香奈子所表现出的与过去彻底决裂的勇气深感吃惊。她说过： “香奈子，你这人做事也太干脆了吧？嫁出去时你说，以后娘家就不是自己的了，好几年父母让你回来你都不肯回。这回离了婚又说，以后再不和婆家保持任何关系，从此和他们就不来往了……明知道小圭他父亲想见见儿子，可你就是装聋作哑不肯答应。我知道你为了儿子什么都肯干，这次该不是为了和将彦斗气才不肯让他们父子俩见面吧？” 看来，聪明的汀子也察觉到香奈子的离婚闹剧中带着某些不自然的因素…… 对于嫂子的质疑，香奈子不想做任何解释，只是苦笑着。 “不过，将彦这人也太绝情了，刚离婚那会儿还打过电话来说是想见见儿子，可是后来就一点儿没联系了，对孩子也不闻不问……香奈子，你不是说这是因为他又有了新欢才不管儿子了吗？怎么现在又心血来潮，想儿子想疯了似的做出这种事情来？到底是怎么了啊？” 说完，汀子又补充了一句：“如果今天的事真是将彦干的话。” “刚才我不是告诉过你吗？他和那个女人再婚后也过不下去了……这才突然又开始思念自己的儿子，急着想见他。” “哦，是吗？”汀子冷冷地回答。脸上露出了别有意味的笑容。正在这时，旁边客厅里的电话响了。 时间已过了晚上十点钟。 这么晚了还有人来电话。听到电话铃声后两人不禁愣着互相对视了一眼。香奈子正想站起身来接电话，门外却传来母亲痛苦的咳嗽声，看来她已经接了电话。 自从香奈子搬回娘家生活，那间小小的客厅就兼做了父母亲的卧室。母亲因为感染了些风寒，本来已经早早睡下了，现在却自己起床接了电话。 电话似乎是父亲的一个酒桌上的朋友打来的。 只听母亲回答：“今晚他又加班，在工厂里还没回来呢。你直接去那里找他吧。” 说完便挂上电话，又躺回床上去了。 等旁边的房间里又安静下来后，香奈子这才接着问道：“嫂子，刚才你想说什么来着？”为了怕被隔壁房间听见，她的声音压得很低。 “我是说，恐怕今天的事件没那么简单。如果绑架孩子的真的是将彦，那么目的并不是冲着小圭，而是冲着你来的……” "What do you mean by that?" “我是说，会不会是将彦又想和你破镜重圆了？要是能抓住孩子的心，不就能让你也回心转意了吗？而且，你不是也正有此意吗？” “啊，什么正有此意？” “和他重归于好呗。” 对于嫂子的这些话，香奈子只是重重地摆了摆手，笑着给予了否定：“我根本就没想过这个。说实话，现在我连见也不想见他。真要重新在一起，还不得天天心情抑郁啊。” “照你这么说，我看就复杂了，不能过早地就断言那个绑匪百分之百就是将彦……” 汀子说着站了起来，像是又忘了自己为什么站起来似的，她就这么站着继续说道： “另外，我还觉得，事情的背后总让人感觉有个女人的影子。刚才的电话才让我想起来，上星期不是接过几个对方不说话的电话吗？香奈子，你不是还说，也许就是将彦打来的呢。” 一边说着，汀子像是突然记起什么事情来一样，她走近冰箱，从里面取出一盒牛奶，放在煤油炉边上，打算孩子们洗完澡后让他们喝。 “你真没感觉到吗？电话里的那种味道……是女人的味道。” 也许是她长期教钢琴的缘故吧，汀子的感官特别敏感，甚至能从声音里感觉出颜色和气味来。她接过的无声电话次数也和香奈子差不多，因此，拿起听筒后对方虽然不说话，她也能从中听出那边传来的背景音乐声，察觉到其中隐藏着的女人气息。 “哦，你没听出来？那边放的全是古典音乐。我想准是从哪家高档餐厅之类的地方打来的。” 香奈子只是“嗯”了一声答应着。嫂嫂像是意犹未尽似的接着说： “你不觉得那些无声电话与今天的事有关系吗？另外，我总觉得今天的事情肯定有女人参与其中。” 香奈子点了点头。 她眼前浮现了小冢君江那身扎眼的绿套装。君江突然出现在店里这绝不是偶然，看来她一定与今天的事情有牵连…… 香奈子把自己的猜测说出来后，汀子说道： “这就对了。我想，今天的事一定和将彦无关，很可能是这个叫君江的女人和哪个男人勾结起来谋划的。她对山路的情况又很熟悉，准是知道小圭父亲家很有钱。” 这种喜欢花哨的女人极可能做出这种可怕的事来。想到这里，香奈子不觉皱起眉点了点头。 “不过，熟知内情的女人不只是她哦。”嫂嫂接着说道。 “你怀疑将彦的母亲？”香奈子问。 “是的，另外，和将彦再婚后又离婚的那个女人也很可疑。我想，打来无声电话的最可能就是她……嗯，当然，也可能是另一位。” "Who?" 嫂子眯着眼睛，像是要一口吞下对方的话似的，慢慢伸出一个指头指着香奈子的脸。她的脸上虽然还在笑着，但那手指无疑比针尖还要冰冷。 “别逗了。嫂子，你连我都怀疑……你是说，那些无声电话是我打的？” “不管怎么说，最了解他们山路家的内情的，就数你香奈子了吧？” “看你说的……” 还没等香奈子摇头，汀子倒抢先笑着摇了摇头。 “当然，怀疑谁也不能怀疑你啊。而且，好几次无声电话打来时你也在场，不过……”她又卖了个关子，停了停才继续说道，“不过，你现在虽然已经不是将彦的妻子了，但仍然还可能是将彦的同谋者啊。我是这么想的。” “……你到底什么意思？” “汀子！汀子你过来一下！” 隔壁传来母亲焦急的声音。 汀子连忙离开厨房，跑了过去。过了一会儿，只听见她向母亲说道：“实在对不起。”匆匆忙忙赔了个不是，又回到厨房。进来后她耸了耸肩膀，说： “刚才的电话把妈吵醒了，这会她抱怨我们说话太大声，她老睡不着。” 可是，这些话她们本来就不想让人听到，于是两人压低了嗓子继续交谈。 “工厂那边的噪声不是更吵？嫂嫂，你得向我妈说明白，她这么做明明是在欺负媳妇，太不公平了。” 汀子假装没听见香奈子的话，两眼依然望着窗外。 隔着洗碗台上方的玻璃窗，就能看见旁边工厂里透出的朦朦胧胧的灯光。工厂和家相隔仅有数米，如果仔细听，就能听见那边传来的声响和夜风吹过的声音，甚至连印刷机滚动的轰鸣也都听得清清楚楚…… “我们的声音她倒听着吵，工厂那边的声音也许几十年听惯了，反而就跟没听见一样了。” 香奈子这样说着，汀子突然回过头来，看着她说道： “你说，那些无声电话会不会和这一样，除了背景音乐之外，还有些别的声音我们听不出来呢？” 也许，汀子就是从这些不经意的声音中窥探到了那个女人的身影。 “下次无声电话再来的时候，香奈子你也注意一下。” 话虽然说得有理，但香奈子在心里老是惦记着刚才汀子说自己是个“同谋者”的那句话。 “刚才那句话到底是什么意思？” 她又问了一遍。汀子却回答： “没什么要紧的，你就忘了它吧。” 这时，浴室里传来哥哥的喊叫声：“都快着点儿，洗完出去了！”接着又是一阵孩子们的欢笑声。她们两人的注意力完全被那边的声音吸引了过去，于是相继离开了厨房。 第二天，香奈子又找汀子商量了一次，最后还是打算先不去报警，同时好好看紧圭太，观察几天情况后再说。为了避免事情扩大，她不但不想告诉警方，连家里人她也打算三缄其口。不过，她还是向幼儿园的老师打了个招呼：“昨天放学回家的路上，有个危险的男人企图接近我们，也请你们多加小心。” 她也不让圭太把事情往外说，不过这么做也许并没有必要。圭太似乎比别的孩子更加单纯幼稚，到了晚上就已经把当天下午发生过的事情忘得一干二净了，恢复了往常的笑脸。看着孩子天真无邪的笑容，连香奈子也几乎快忘记了超市门前发生过的那场不寻常的遭遇。 日子似乎比以前过得更平静了。大概是一种奇怪的巧合吧，自从发生过那件事情以后，以前经常打来的无声电话一下子就销声匿迹了，不过，这也恰好证明那天的绑架未遂与无声电话之间确实存在着某种关系。现在，香奈子更坚信那天的绑架主谋就是前夫。甚至想过找到世田谷那边去，找他好好讨个说法，把事情调查个水落石出。可是二月中旬她遇的一桩事却让她完全打消了这个主意。 那天，她突然从电视新闻的画面里看到了自己以前的家。 那是一则老人在人行横道上被车撞倒的新闻。现场的背景上突然出现了奥泽那些高档住宅区的画面。虽然只是短短的瞬间，她却清清楚楚地看见了山路家的玄关和隔壁小冢家的围墙。这些熟悉的大门和红色砖墙又映入了眼帘，不禁让她对以往年月思绪万千，那时的生活就像存在于另一个世界一样已经与自己彻底无缘，完全不可能重新回到身边了。 就在那一瞬间，香奈子完全打消了找到世田谷讲理的念头，同时她也不得不重新认识到，自己已经让圭太脱离了那个世界的生活。无论香奈子如何否定，圭太依然拥有居住在那片豪宅大邸，享受优裕生活的权利，而这些权利却被作为母亲的自己剥夺得干干净净。 香奈子不由得想到，是该重新对待圭太与他亲生父亲的关系了。 一月底超市门前发生的那场绑架闹剧似乎只给她的生活留下这点儿后遗症，不仅没有引起其他余波，甚至让她感觉日子过得比以前更平静。就连东京往年少见的这场严寒，也在二月初最后一周起突然变得温暖如春了。 春日般暖洋洋的日子一连几日都在持续。 可是，白天街上的气温竟然超过二十度，脱了外衣还是让人大汗淋漓，这并不是春天那种暖意融融令人舒适的天气。渐渐地，电视上已经开始出现了“异常天气”这种令人生畏的字眼，往年寒风刺骨的季节变成了现在春意融融的好天气，可是人们并没有那么欣喜，反而心头像感觉到什么危险似的沉甸甸的。 谁也没有想到，这异常的温暖，却成为了二月底一系列不幸事件的危险前兆。 此时，各种事件仿佛躲在地下冬眠着的小动物一样，被这虚假春天的暖意唤醒，纷纷睁开了眼。 二月二十八日，星期一。 如同往日一样的清晨里，香奈子坐着父亲工厂派人开来的车把圭太送到幼儿园。但是，在回家的途中她就开始感到热了。太阳透过玻璃照在身上，让人感觉到初夏般的暑热，不一会儿，她的额头已经渗出了细小的汗珠。 黏糊糊的汗水让人有些心神不宁，可是，这时她哪能想到，一场更大的事件正在把他们母子二人深深卷入其中，而她将要流下的汗水不知要比这多上多少倍……让她更想不到的是，这种“异常天气”竟也成为了协助犯罪发生的重要因素。 香奈子到家忙碌半天家务后，便会抽空到旁边的工厂办公室帮忙处理一些案头工作。 工厂从中午十二点半开始午休，员工里还是单身的六个人不得不到外面去吃午饭。 刚过了正午，家里的电话响了起来。这时，香奈子正在厨房里准备午饭，一看挂钟，吃饭的就快回来了，她的手上更是忙得不可开交。 “来了，来了——”香奈子实在被电话铃声催得不耐烦，她急匆匆地跑进客厅，把湿漉漉的手在围裙上擦了一把，才拿起了听筒。刚把听筒贴近耳边，里面便传来了对方的声音。 “你好，这边是大岛幼儿园……” 随后，对方报上自己的名字——高桥。 香奈子认识她，高桥正是圭太的班主任，是个二十三四岁的年轻女孩。她的声音像平常一样不急不忙，所以香奈子也没有察觉到什么。不过，还未等她仔细思考，就听对方说道： “是圭太的母亲吧……有件事得告诉你，刚才圭太被胡蜂蛰了一下。” 高桥的声音突然高亢起来，而且显得有些沙哑和惊慌。 香奈子先是愣了一下，才慢慢明白过来她的意思，最后她说道：“好了，我知道了，送的是八王子市民医院没错吧，我这就过去。” 说完，她重重地扣下听筒，仿佛受了巨大刺激一样，浑身硬邦邦的，呼吸也开始困难起来。她深深地吸了一口气，一下蹬上厨房门口的凉鞋，转身就出了家门，往几米外的工厂办公室飞奔而去。 此时，香奈子的父亲正在和客户谈生意上的事情。看来谈得不是很顺利，只见他眉头皱成一团，满脸为难的样子。但是，香奈子已经顾不上这些了，她打断谈话，心急火燎地说道： “爸爸，刚才幼儿园来电话说圭太被胡蜂蜇了！情况很危险，已经叫了救护车送往医院。现在正在八王子医院里，你赶快派辆车送我去一趟吧！” “被胡蜂蜇了？” 父亲惊讶地反问了一句，一看女儿脸色都变了，慌忙推开办公室的门出去了。香奈子冲着他的背后大声喊道： “能派川田君送我去吗？川田君去的话圭太也会更安心一点。” 正在此时，从办公室旁边的厕所里出来一个人，而这个人正是川田君。他是位已经在这儿干了三四年的二十七八岁的年轻人。他用挂在工作服腰间的毛巾擦了擦湿着的手，一听到迎面而来的香奈子说圭太有危险，便马上答应下来： “这得赶紧去……” 他的神色甚至比香奈子还着急，马上从社长手里接过车钥匙，打开停在办公室外的面包车车门，让香奈子上了车，自己也坐进驾驶座……五分钟后，他们就已经上了通往八王子的国道。 这一路，他几乎把车子开到了限速的极限，并且焦急难耐地等待着每一个红灯，也许他最能理解香奈子此刻的焦急心情。 “这种季节就有胡蜂了啊？”川田说道，“那些家伙通常冬天就不活动了，起码得等五月才肯出巢。” 这种带剧毒的野蜂，在他嘴里成了轻轻松松的“那些家伙”，看来真不愧是信川一带的人，对这些东西已经见怪不怪了。听说他由于家庭生变，很早就离家到东京闯荡来了。 香奈子对他的印象很不错，虽然他极少对人提起老家，但别人多多少少都知道一些他的事情。川田从小长在长野市郊外的一个农村家庭，曾经吃过不少苦。他体形很瘦，长得和大城市的年轻人没什么两样，肤色就如同像素色的陶器一般，脸也十分朴素。 圭太很喜欢他，川田以前经常帮忙到幼儿园接送孩子，休息日还领着圭太练习棒球，对圭太而言，川田有些父亲的感觉。 今天，一路上川田也显得比香奈子更加心切。 阳光透过前挡玻璃照在脸上，车里热得像温室一样。很快，川田的额头上便冒出了焦虑的汗水。 “哦，对了。”川田用手抹了把汗，说道，“听说今年气候异常，今天的气温都赶上五月份了，新闻里还说……什么地方的樱花树都发了芽。” 说罢，川田打开半扇车窗，看来他对默不做声的香奈子真是体贴入微。 “川田君，你对胡蜂不陌生吧？” 这是自从上了车后，香奈子开口说的第一句话。 “嗯。我们老家有户邻居家里有个仓库，房顶上挂着一个至少有小孩身子大的蜂窝，我念高中的时候也被蛰过一次，哎哟，真疼死人了。” “圭太他忍得住吗？”香奈子满心焦急地叹了口气问，“当时你也疼得死去活来，被救护车送进医院了吧？” “哪有那么好啊，我不过自己去到附近的医院，涂了点药……刚被蜇时就肿了，疼了两三天，然后又突然变得特别痒，一个星期后才恢复。” “这么说，被胡蜂蜇过的人并不都有危险，对吧？” “是啊，那时我只被蜇了一次，只被蜇一次并没有什么危险……要是之后再被蜇上两三次可就不好说了。据说身体里产生的抗体能和蜂毒发生反应，产生过敏症状，那种症状很可能就危及生命了……对了，圭太君以前没被蜇过吧？” “没有，这是第一次。” 这时，两人的视线正好碰在了一起。川田用疑惑的目光看着她问：“真的？” 香奈子点了点头，说：“别说是胡蜂，这孩子以前都没被蜜蜂蜇过。” “可是，不是刚才听说他被蜇后全身颤抖，已经相当危险，才被送进这家规模比较大的八王子医院吗？” “附近的小诊所没有那种特定的药物，所以才……” 川田一听，不知不觉把车速降了下来。 “电话真是从幼儿园打来的吗？我在想通常这种情况都是会先给一一九打电话，然后再通知家长。家长赶到幼儿园以后才一起坐急救车送到医院去的吧？” 两人不由得同时扭过脸。互相对视了一眼……似乎都感觉到了某种异样。 “是啊，这事情怎么觉得有点怪！” 接着，香奈子大喊道：“停车！” 话音未落，川田已经把车停在路边了。 香奈子从兜里掏出手机，拨通了幼儿园的电话。 “喂，我是圭太的母亲，请问……高桥老师在吗？” “哦，我就是高桥。” 听到电话里的声音，香奈子只能摇了摇头。高桥的声音虽然听起来和刚才的电话里并无明显区别，但高桥现在还在幼儿园，而且还能出来接电话，就已经表明她在刚才的电话里说的是假话。 “你是圭太的母亲啊。请问找我有什么事吗？” “我有什么事？不是说……” “哦，你是被胡蜂蜇伤的家长吧……” 看来对方一时没反应过来。香奈子也不知怎么说好。 “不是说被蜇伤的是圭太吗？怎么成了家长？刚才不是你打电话告诉我的吗？” “谁打电话？” “不就是老师你吗？高桥老师，你打的电话啊。” “哪有这事……”这回轮到对方无话可说了。 香奈子转身向一旁担心着的川田看了一眼，说：“看来那个电话的确不是幼儿园的老师打来的。”香奈子顿时变得声音沙哑，一脸茫然。 “你没问她圭太君现在在哪儿吗？还在幼儿园吗？” 听到川田的提醒，香奈子才回过神来，急忙对着电话把他的话又问了一遍。 “哦，他不在。刚才不是你亲自开车把他接走了吗？你还说，他的外婆被胡蜂蜇伤了，有生命危险……” 后面的话还没听完，香奈子只觉眼前闪过一道亮光，是那枚警察徽章闪出的亮光……仿佛是被谁按下复印机的按钮一般，现在，一切又开始重现…… 一个月前超市门前发生的一切又在眼前慢慢清晰起来。发现圭太失踪后袭上心头的恐怖和焦虑又占据了全身。那时模模糊糊地映在心上的字迹这次变得清清楚楚。 是“案件”这两个字，是“绑架”这两个字。 在炫目的光线里，香奈子的意识已经开始变得朦朦胧胧。最后她终于想起一件事情，于是问道：“来接圭太那辆车，是白色的吗……” 至于后来是怎么到幼儿园的，香奈子已经完全记不清了。 她只记得，川田从已经恍惚了的自己手中接过手机，和幼儿园的老师说过几句，然后马上掉头往小金井方向开，路上川田还把幼儿园老师的话不厌其烦地转述了好几遍。不过，香奈子望着车窗外一闪而过的风景，感觉身体里空空荡荡的