Dark Cave - part 4 - Chapter 19
He Lingzi smiled faintly: ” You , have you forgotten that I warned you not to get too close to me or you’d get hurt? Do you still remember our brief time together in middle school? Have you forgotten the pain now that the wound has healed? ”
Yamashita Masahiro’s heart sank: ” But you still haven’t told me what happened? ”
” I have already dealt with some unhappy things by myself, and I don’t want you to worry about me anymore. ” He Lingzi suddenly turned around, hugged Yamashita Yaguang, and said softly: ” If there really comes a day when you and I become a part of each other, I will share with you every weird thought of mine, and you just don’t find me annoying then. ” She ran away and disappeared into the twilight.
That night, Yamashita Masahiro tossed and turned. At least, he figured out one thing: why are you still waiting?
” Marry me, Reiko. ” Yamashita Masahiro practiced this short sentence over and over on the way to He Lingzi’s house. What would Reiko say? What would her mother say?
He finally arrived at He Lingzi’s house with trepidation . No matter how hard he knocked, no one answered. He called a few more times and pushed the door open.
As soon as he entered the room, he felt something was wrong and secretly groaned: the furniture in the house was still there, but the small items, small mirrors, small paper lanterns, and small bonsai were all gone, as if no one lived here anymore.
Yamashita Masahiro’s heart tightened, especially when he thought of what He Lingzi said last night.
He Lingzi’s boudoir, her belongings had also disappeared. He suddenly stopped and looked at He Lingzi’s desk. On the desk was a small glass jar. The room was dim, and the jar was faintly shining with starlight . It was the small painting that He Lingzi showed him when they first met , a painting by Watanabe Reiko, with two small fireflies that glowed in the dark.
Under the small glass jar was a piece of letter paper , written in beautiful ink, with only one sentence: ” How long does it take to forget myself? ”
Guan Jian held a pile of medical records and began to write the medical history without saying a word. As he was writing, the pen between his fingers suddenly flew away.
” I knew it was you. ” Guan Jian turned around and looked helplessly at Ouyang Shan who was attacking him.
” It’s been a long time . ”
The key is to count on your fingers and it’s only three days.
” It’s not about you and me. It’s about your parents and you. They want me to take you home tonight. ”
Guanjian was stunned and shook his head quickly: ” No, I have something to do tonight. ”
Ouyang Shan sneered and asked the other interns: ” Is he going to work the night shift today ? ”
Key couldn’t be persuaded, so he had to tell the truth: ” I have to have dinner with some friends tonight . I really can’t leave. I will call my parents to explain. Don’t worry. ”
” Where to eat? ”
” Naniwa-ya. The Japanese restaurant on Galaxy Road. ”
” When did you learn to eat raw meat and drink blood? ”
Guan Jian stood up, pushed Ouyang Shan’s shoulders, and pushed her out of the office door in one breath, saying softly: ” Good girl Shanshan, it’s time for you to go to work. I will deal with my affairs seriously. Tonight’s dinner is also related to Shishi’s case. ”
” Really? ” Ouyang Shan looked at him coldly. ” You were so close to that beauty , you thought you had forgotten Shishi completely. ”
” What nonsense are you talking about ! ” The key is that my chest hurts!
” That beautiful translator of yours , she must be a Japan lover, no wonder you guys want to eat sushi! ”
” What a mess! She is just my translator . ”
” What are you doing? How do you know her? How is it such a coincidence that you want to check a Japanese person, but you find a Japanese translator, and she is so beautiful. ”
” There are some things that I really can’t tell you right now. Once I find out everything, I’ll tell you word for word, okay? I’ll also take you to eat sushi, okay? ” Guan Jian remembered that when he was a child, he often needed to coax this little sister like this.
Ouyang Shan lowered her head and thought for a while before saying, ” Are you a fool? Do you think I am still the silly girl who can be made to laugh by a piece of candy? No matter what you do, don’t forget your main task. ”
Yes, my mission is to find out who killed Shishi. He stared blankly at Ouyang Shan’s departing back, stood there for a while, and slowly sat back at the table. Just as he picked up the pen, Ouyang Shan’s voice suddenly came from the door again: ” The key is , you said you would take me to eat sushi, you are not allowed to regret it, you all heard it! ”
A day ago, Anzaki Sachiko and Guanjian agreed to tell Yamashita Yuji about their recent discoveries, including the ” grave digging ” .
” You … you are too extreme! ” Yamashita Yuji looked at the half-man-high begonia in the office and pondered for a long time. Seeing the sincerity of the two people’s apology, he gradually softened his tone: ” But I understand … or should I say I am grateful for your original intention . In fact, you have partially resolved a big question in my heart: why did my father insist on being buried in Jiangjing. ”
” But we still don’t understand why it was Jiangjing, and not Nara where he first met He Lingzi, or Tokyo where the two fell in love. ” The key is that Yamashita Yuji should be the person in the world who knows Yamashita Masahiro best.
” To be honest, I don’t know my father at all. ” Yamashita Yuji sighed and pursed his lips tightly, indicating that he would keep silent. Anzaki Sachiko and Guanjian looked at each other, and Yamashita Yuji suddenly said: ” Are you interested in attending a dinner party tomorrow? Maybe someone at the dinner can help us solve this problem. ”
” There are at least 30 Japanese restaurants in Beijing and most of them are chain stores. In my opinion, only the sushi and noodles of ‘ Naniwa-ya ‘ have the most authentic Kansai cuisine flavor, and the price is also reasonable. ” At first glance, Kurumada Kosuke looks like a shrewd businessman, with a pair of small, round eyes on his round face, which are full of cleverness, and he speaks with a bit of excitement. Inoue Jin beside him is much quieter, looking a bit like Takakura Ken when he is old, with a square face and thick eyebrows that almost form the top horizontal line of the Chinese character “国” . Both of them speak fluent Chinese, and Kurumada Kosuke’s Mandarin even has a Beijing accent.
Kosuke Kurumada and Jin Inoue are both Japanese journalists based in Beijing and Jiangnan. Because of their love for Chinese culture, they are both true ” China experts ” . Some small and medium-sized news organizations in Japan are not as wealthy as the big ones such as Asahi Shimbun and NTV . Since they cannot send reporters to China , they often ” order ” news and documentaries directly from Kosuke Kurumada and Jin Inoue . Both of them are scholars who turned journalists, and the news they publish often has a strong personal color. It is also their love for China that makes some Japanese media feel uneasy, and they are often labeled as ” pro-China ” or even ” fawning on China ” .
Yamashita Yuji introduced Chiba Fumika, then Anzaki Sachiko and Guanjian. When they heard that Anzaki Sachiko was the daughter of Anzaki Jinji, the two reporters shrugged and nodded: ” We both met Anzaki-kun once, it’s a pity that he left. ”
Sachiko Anzaki bowed in return: ” Oh, so you two have met my father. ”
Kosuke Kurumada said: ” Whenever Japanese cultural figures come to Beijing, we will be informed, and as long as we can arrange it, we will receive them. Your father … he is more independent and likes quietness. Our life is probably more noisy, so we had dinner together once, and later invited him to go to karaoke , but he refused . ”
Yamashita Yuji added : ” My father came to Jiangjing many times, and you two were always the ones who received him . We became close friends. When he was alive, he mentioned that you two were so passionate about foreign cultures, which was a manifestation of your pure love for life and reason. ”
Inoue Jin said: ” Chinese culture and Japanese culture have always had a connection, so it’s not difficult to fall in love with them. ”
The layout of the restaurant at ” Naniwa-ya ” is Japanese style, with only two small tables in the lobby and the rest of the rooms with wooden doors and windows, where guests sit on the floor. The first dish served was seven appetizers.
Kurumada Kosuke nodded and said, ” We invited you all here this time, firstly to welcome you all, and secondly , because we have learned some information recently and we feel it is necessary to let you know. ”
Yamashita Yuji said: ” Mr. Guan , Inoue-kun and Kurumada-kun specifically asked to bring you here. “