Chapter 25 Chapter two

After finishing the phone call with Akiho, Kayako was lying on the bed reading Miyoshi Tatsuji's poetry collection borrowed from Kazaka, and the female doctor also found a chair in the corner and sat down to read a book.At this time, Jia Yezi may have given up the idea of ​​suicide, or she may have lost the determination at that time.Everywhere in the house is very quiet, and on the road outside the door, occasionally the sound of vehicles passing by tires rubbing against each other can be heard. At lunch, Noriko Kasaka delivered the porridge as usual. The snow stopped temporarily.At four o'clock in the afternoon, under the gloomy lead-colored sky, whether it is the courtyard of the hospital, the road outside the door, the woods on the opposite side, or the distant mountains, everything is a white scene.Under this beautiful scene that seems to be able to infect even the heart, the two read a book in silence, maybe occasionally looking at the distant scenery.

"Go to the nearby supermarket and buy something." At five o'clock in the afternoon, Kazaka Noriko said, "You should eat some mild food to nourish your stomach. I plan to make a cream stew tonight, but the milk seems to be used up .” "It's such a cold day, I'm really sorry." "It's okay, I haven't stepped out of the house today, I should go for a walk." The female doctor smiled and went out. After a while, a figure of a doctor in a coat appeared out of the snow, walking towards the yard.The snow was so thick that the boot prints were clearly recorded.The doctor went out, turned left, and disappeared from view at the end of the road.

Jia Yezi put the collection of poems aside and began to recall the past. Lover Hiroki hasn't even made a casual phone call since Christmas last year.We once made a decision to meet together, but Hiroki didn't show up for a long time. He was worried about whether he was sick or had an accident, so he called his cell phone, but in the end he didn't get through. Then, on the Great Dark Day (December 31st), Hiroki's mother visited Kayako's residence in person and left a message. — It is impossible for my son to marry someone like you! ——Because your father is a murderer.

——Why hide such a thing! Indeed, Kayako's father had killed someone.His father was a worker, and he accidentally assassinated the other party during a drunken fight.After her mother divorced, she took Kayako away. Since then, Kiyako has never seen her father again, and it is said that she has died of illness in prison.My mother also died three years ago.On the night of the dark day, after Hiroki's mother left, Kayako called Hiroki again.Sure enough, nothing worked.I think those gentle smiles and vows to the future have already been blown in the wind. After crying until dawn that night, Kayako left home, wanting to go far away.After calling Akiho's farewell at Tokyo Station, she set off on the Tohoku Shinkansen.Without a clear destination, she suddenly thought of Fukushima, where she went on a high school school trip, and got off there.Not long after staying on the streets of Fukushima, she took the private railway again and got off at a remote station.She changed to the bus and walked to the stay in Yueye Town from time to time. Attracted by the poetic sound, she stepped towards the woods in the suburbs.

There is not a single leaf left on the tree, and it looks very cold.Stepping on the thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground, listening to the dry sound of her footsteps, Kayako suddenly stood still.In the freezing cold, the gradually empty heart seems to be quite suitable for such a scene. Kayako is tired.Finally, lying on the fallen leaves, she took sleeping pills and the canned tea she bought in front of the station from her handbag, and swallowed them one by one. It was so quiet.Wrapped in the cold as if dyed, Kayako looked at the evening sky.Gradually, consciousness began to thin out, and then the cold feeling and the dusk-colored sky disappeared.

Kayako suddenly woke up from the memory, looked out the window, it seemed that Noriko Kazaka had returned.She pushed open the door, holding the shopping bag from the supermarket in her hand, leaving another string of clear shoe prints in the yard behind her. "I'm back." Soon, the door of the ward was pushed open and the doctor walked in.Because of the cold, his face was flushed red from the cold. "The supermarket is empty. On the big dark day, there are huge crowds of people, and everyone has to rush to buy things. As a result, you see, no one came on the third day of the first lunar month."

"Are you frozen? I'm sorry to bother you to go out on purpose." "It's nothing, just take it as exercise." Noriko Kasaka walked out of the ward.Soon, the sound of cooking came from the kitchen.What a reassuring sound. After six o'clock in the afternoon, Dianzi pushed the trolley with food and tableware into the ward again.Creamy stews and baguettes are served on dinnerware, and the warm, delicious aroma of the stew wafts through the house. Jia Yezi sat up from the bed, took the bowl and spoon containing the stew from the doctor, said "I'm starting", and delivered it to her mouth with the spoon.Chicken, potatoes, green onions and radishes, no matter what the ingredients are, they taste great.The doctor is also eating by his side.

A little sleepy after eating and drinking.It's really like a child, even Kayako herself thinks it's ridiculous. Noriko Kasaka packed up the tableware and left, and covered Kayako who was lying on the bed with a blanket. "Your body is still very weak. It is very important to eat more and sleep more. Get a good night's sleep." Good night, Kayako also smiled lightly.After so many days, I was finally able to sleep well.