Chapter 3 3. Dark windows

one Mr. Onogi? Behind Yuki Raiko's voice, the horn of a car could be faintly heard.From this, Onogi Qiaofu knew that Lai Zi hung up the phone from a certain street corner. I caused you trouble yesterday. To Onogi's ears, Lai Zi's voice had a special mellowness.This feeling is especially prominent when she speaks in a low voice. Where, am I being rude? Some of the clerks next to me were writing documents, and some were engraving steel plates wholeheartedly.No one in the office spoke. at work?Lai Zi asked. Um. It's so hard!Lai Zi paused for a moment, just wanting to hear your voice.Do you know where I am at the moment?

have no idea. It's near you. nearby?Where is it nearby? Tamura Town.Lai Zi replied. Oh, it's only about three minutes from there to here. However, no!I'm leaving here soon.Now the driver parked the car and waited. Hello, hello!Did you hear that? Ah, I hear you. I'm going to a place now, because I passed by your unit, so I got off the car to make a phone call.Nothing else.Just wanted to say thank you for what happened yesterday.It really took me to a fun place! This refers to Jindaiji Temple.The figure of Lai Zi walking in the verdant forest appeared before Onogi's eyes.Under the shade of the trees, coltsfoot is everywhere; the layers of dead leaves under the coltsfoot cover the underground trickle.

that's it.OK, I'm going to hang up. Hello, hello!Onogi grabbed the phone receiver hard, when will you call next time? He wanted to ask when the meeting would take place, but he couldn't make it clear. That is, Lai Zi's voice paused for a while, and the sound of a tram passing by came from the receiver. It will take a few days.OK, bye!I wish you happy! goodbye! Onoki said helplessly.Before he put down the receiver, he heard the other party hang up the phone with a click. Lai Zi always calls first and cannot hang up from here.This is not because she is concerned about her situation, but because she did not tell Onogi her phone number.

Not only the phone number, Yuki Laizi didn't even tell her her home address.Onogi thought without reason that her home seemed to be in Shibuya.However, even today, after a year of dating with her, Lai Zi still clearly refuses to tell him his home address. Therefore, Lai Zi always hung up the calls.Even if Onogi wanted to fight, there was nothing he could do.It's a completely one-sided connection. For this matter, Onogi has repeatedly blamed Lai Zi. Let's live a little longer!Lai Zi comforted him like this every time.Whenever this happened, Lai Zi's face showed a sad expression, so he always expressed his submission to her excuses.But every time he regrets it.When he wanted to see Lai Zi, he had no choice but to sit and sleep restlessly.

Before that, Onogi did not know how many times he had looked through the phone book.Find the surname Yuuki and find out the number belonging to the Shibuya Telephone Office.There are eight places in total.However, eight numbers tried to hang up, but none of them. Perhaps it was Laizi who mentioned her maiden name, which was different from her husband's; if in doubt, it might have been a pseudonym.Only once did Onogi ask Lai Zi about it. You don't need to know about this question.Lai Zi said so at the time.I am Yuki Laiko, you just need to trust me, Yuki Laiko.Don't bother with all the constraints and circumstances that fetter me.Onogi-san can only look at a woman like me.You don't need to know anything about my family.

When he returned to his seat, Shibaki Ichiro was sitting there in an orderly manner, waiting.After Onogi was seated, the suspect raised his eyelids and took a peek.Onogi put the documents back together one by one. Chai Mu, he said to the other party with his head down, the general investigation is over.That's it for today, you can go back. yes.Thanks. The suspect bowed his head respectfully.Then he glanced at Onogi with a little bewilderment.Probably he has sensitively noticed that Onogi's expression is a little different from before. The police came and took Chai Mu away.Onogi looked at Chai Mu's back, absent-mindedly considering the issue of sentencing.Looking at the next document that was passed around, it turned out to be a female habitual shoplifter.Looking at his watch, it was past twelve o'clock, so he got up and went to eat.

Onogi ordered a sandwich from the waiter and walked to the meeting room.In the conference room, the tables were arranged in the shape of a ㄇ character, and the same batch of prosecutor Kato was sitting at one end eating curry rice. Ah, hard work! Kato pointed to the chair beside him.Then he asked Onogi about his lunch: just come? ah. Onogi sat next to him. are you tired.You seem to be in a bad mood, did you interrogate several times? Kato poured the soup into his mouth while turning his face to Onogi. No, only one. Is the case difficult? Robbery causing injury.For the sake of women, I need living expenses, so I used a kitchen knife on the road.

Is that woman a betrayer, or some other woman? Prosecutor Kato poked the yellow rice with his chopsticks. no.I fell in love with the hostess of the landlord's house in other places, but later came to Tokyo without a job. Um.Kato looked at Onogi again, what happened to the woman's husband?Didn't catch up? No.The husband has a woman again.It's as if he never entered the house at all.So they ran out together. The waiter brought sandwiches and black tea.Onogi took the meal, and a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, Yuuki Laiko is probably eating in a restaurant at the moment, right?Are you alone?However, he did not want to think that there would be another person.

The case I was interrogating was, Kato said, a husband beating a wife who was dating another man with a stick.In the countryside. Onogi had already eaten the sandwich. Injured for three weeks.I said that I originally wanted to beat my wife up, and it would be no big deal if I died that way.Was the murder intentional, or was it unintentional?This problem is subtle!It was determined in the release letter that it was intentional. Kato cleared the plate away.Wipe your hands. interesting!Really good study miles!While taking out the cigarettes, he said that his wife also asked, but she said that she would divorce her husband, but she did not admit the fact that it was good to other men, because she was just beaten too hard and scared in her heart.The police have always denied it.

Prosecutor Kato was very interested and seemed willing to talk about this topic. If the clerk hadn't come in and said that the boss called him, maybe his words would have continued. Dude, Kato patted Onogi on the shoulder when he stood up from his chair, let's have a beer when we get back from get off work! OK!However, I am sorry that I cannot accompany you today. It seems that your mood is very problematic!What's the matter? Maybe it's because I'm tired. That's something to watch out for.Why don't we go to the countryside for another trip? Kato is well aware of Onogi's interests.

Onogi finished his sandwich and sipped his black tea.Suddenly noticed a thick book thrown on the table, where Kato had sat, it seemed that he forgot to leave it. Onogi casually pulled the book over and looked at it.It turned out to be a very old case book.Kato is a study junkie and seems to read this kind of stuff a lot. There is a note in the book, which seems to have been put in by Kato.Onogi turned the page. This is an "Original Judgment", dated the twenty-fourth year of Meiji [Note: That is, 1891 A.D.The first year of Meiji was 1868, the year of the Meiji Restoration in Japan. ]'s old account.Onogi read it on: The trial of the above-mentioned defendant's intentional homicide has been completed: the defendant Kanjiro Tomita has been married to Satoshi, the second daughter of Kosugi and Hebei in XX Village, XX County, XX County, Shiga Prefecture since November 23, Meiji.Although he found out that Satoshi had an affair with Kawamura Kinkichi in mid-March of the 24th year of Meiji, he did not forcibly stop it, but still acquiesced.At that time, because a man with an unknown surname lived in Yokohama, he visited Cong many times.The defendant then asked Cong how the person was related.Cong replied that he was a nephew.The defendant didn't believe it, so he forced him to question the facts.Being so suspected, Cong wanted to show his innocence by death, but wanted to kill himself with a cooking knife.Although it was stopped, the defendant's doubts became more and more serious.On the night of April 3rd in the twenty-fourth year of Meiji, the defendant Yu Cong returned to the house when he was away. It happened that the above-mentioned man came to look for Cong, so he detained him and invited him into the house.But the man wanted to escape Onoki took a drag on his cigarette.Smoke floats on the books.His eyes looked down uncontrollably.Here's a disturbing passage: The defendant quietly followed the above-mentioned man who had left, and determined that he was staying at a certain car shop, so he went to the car shop and asked the man's surname and residence, and asked whether he had ever had an affair with Cong for the sake of the man.The car builder replied that he didn't know where he lived, and he didn't engage in fornication.Then it was agreed that Erlai would not help him meet and wait, but would return home.At 11 o'clock that night, Cong and the defendant returned from the music theater, and because they mentioned someone from Yokohama, Cong still replied nephew.What Ran Cong called his nephew was actually his lover.Cong thought to himself, persistent love has long been an undisguised fact, but it has been concealed all the time, which only makes the jealousy worse.So when the defendant questioned him about his injustice, Congshi declared that his surname was Kitaro Sakamoto.Gai Fei not only concealed his residence, but also proudly replied that if he was suspected, he would die, because please kill him.Moreover, because he no longer revealed the facts, the defendant became very angry here, and he couldn't charge himself, which meant that he would rather kill Cong.At 2 o'clock in the morning of the next day, I took the eel-cutting knife that had been placed under the closet in the next room, and suddenly pierced his throat from where Cong was lying, cutting off the left and right jugular arteries, veins and trachea, and injured several others. kill it. If brought to justice, it should be dealt with according to Article 290 of the Criminal Law. For the above reasons, the defendant Kanjiro Tomita was sentenced to death. On October 31st, Meiji 24th, at the Tokyo District Court, Prosecutor Anan Shang was also present at the judgment of the first instance. Onogi closed the thick book.Red strips of paper poked out from between the pages. The prosecutor who was in the same batch as him probably was dealing with a case very similar to this one, so he put a note instead of a bookmark. Onogi sat there for a long time, smoking a cigarette.There is some blackness in front of my eyes.None of the other prosecutors who ate here were there.Faint sunlight streams in through the windows.Due to the high height of the adjacent buildings, very little sunlight leaks in. There were footsteps in the corridor. Looking up, the hunchbacked Prosecutor Ishii appeared at the door without any haste.Because the face is slightly dark, only the glasses are shining brightly. Onogi felt very surprised, stood up abruptly and bowed. Ah, Prosecutor Onogi. Prosecutor Ishii walked up to Onogi. have you eaten yet?The senior prosecutor asked again. Well, I have already eaten.Going back to the office. Young man, as soon as Onogi finished speaking, Ishii kept him and said, just now you conducted an interrogation of injuries caused by robbery yes. Well done!I listened a little bit. ah. Onoki lowered his head.He knew that Prosecutor Ishii stood aside and listened for a while. In a few days, Onogi said, I would like your advice when we discuss the draft sentence. Hurrah!Ishii replied. Onogi was walking down the corridor back to the office.Although he was praised by his seniors, he was indifferent.I just feel that the surrounding area is dark. However, in this kind of darkness, he couldn't hold back his emotions, especially wanting to hear Yuki Laiko's voice again. After getting off work from the office, Onogi passed by Hibiya Park alone and walked towards Ginza.He refused to take the bus back immediately, and wanted to think about some problems while walking. two At night, Onogi keeps a diary in the apartment. Lai Zi called.organ. This last part is the easiest to remember.Just memo words. Yesterday's part read like this: Go to Jindai Temple with Laizi.I ran into the young woman I met in Suwa.From Jindaiji Temple to Tama River. Everything else is written in great detail, except for the part where Lai Zi's name appears, all of which are short without exception. Onogi smoked a cigarette and flipped through the diary in front of him.Because it is a celibate life, the house is very quiet.A radio in some room, after broadcasting the last news item, was reporting the results of a professional baseball game. Go for a walk on Mukojima with Laiko. Lai Zi called the apartment. Let Laizi go to watch the night view of the sea. There are intervals of two days, and there are intervals of ten days. When did this brief record begin?I have written in more detail before, and I also remember my feelings.From where it becomes terse, it means that something has changed.Because of that incident, the writing began to lose its freedom. The diary is written casually.It was recorded in a thick notebook like a ledger, and even the last year's part was stapled together. x month x day.It was sunny and windy.In the evening, go to the Dance Theater to watch the performance of the Moscow Art Theatre.Tickets I got a week ago.From today, "On the Ground Floor" will be staged to replace "The Cherry Orchard".Leave halfway. From this day on, Lai Zi began to appear in the diary. Onogi was seated on the second floor, quite near the front.The audience is packed, and you can see it in the hallway before the show. Many people are cultural figures who have seen photos in the newspapers, actors in new plays, and journalists who can be recognized at a glance. Onogi is not particularly fond of drama, he just wants to enjoy the performances of the world-famous Moscow Art Theater; and his real interest is that because he has read Gorky's play "In the Bottom" before, he wants to see what he got from the script typeface. How the impression of the film is transferred to the actual stage. Before the opening, the voice of a famous Japanese actress living in the Soviet Union came, and it was the beginning of the script explanation.Although the recording was played, there were whispers everywhere in the auditorium listening to the commentary.Although the actress has lived in the Soviet Union for a long time, she still speaks beautiful Japanese.The whispers of the audience contained their surprise at this incident and their review of the past. Onogi's left neighbor was a woman in a black suit, and on his right was a gentleman in his forties with long hair. Onogi found that the profile of the woman's face on the left was beautiful under the dim light, so he didn't pay any more attention to it.He was engrossed in watching the stage where the show had begun. The stage is an inn in a cavernous basement.The ragged bum was lounging on a dirty bed, and there was a snicker from the audience as his tattered clothes hung down.Although the language is difficult, the Japanese are already very familiar with this repertoire, so just like watching a new play, with the performance on the stage, the audience's eyes are full of emotion. On the left side of the front of the stage, hung a curtain, sleeping a woman who was dying of lung disease.After a while, the old man Luka appeared on the stage with a pocket on his back, preaching the teachings of Christ to the desperate shopkeepers. Onogi watched intently.The stage performance surpassed the impression he got from the script.The full auditorium was so silent that even when you closed your eyes, it seemed like you were in a land of no one.The audience all stood motionless towards the stage. However, only one person moved his body slightly.This is the woman in a black suit sitting on the left of Onogi. Onogi stared at the stage, the left corner of his eyes was vaguely reflected in the woman's movements, which was particularly annoying.Her body sitting on the chair, although the movement is very slow, now tilts to the left, now to the right, and sometimes hangs her head on her chest. Onogi thought it was a restless woman.Her unquietness even affected the concentration of her eyes staring ahead. The show is going on.For a while there was a quarrel, and for a while the drunk appeared on the stage.Vasilisa, the hostess of the inn, is jealous of her sister Natasha.From then on, Onogi noticed that the movements of the woman beside him were a bit abnormal. Out of politeness, Onogi has been embarrassed to turn his face to the side obviously, but he still sees her covering her mouth with a handkerchief, eyes closed, and twisting her body, as if she is about to be unbearable. It's just that she is still trying to suppress her pain. Onogi looked away from the woman next to him for a moment.On the one hand, I want to reintegrate myself into the artistic conception of the stage, and on the other hand, I also consider that this woman will have a companion.On her left sat a fat man.Onogi glanced at her without showing any trace, and the fat man seemed to cast his eyes on her worriedly from time to time, but he didn't speak.Judging from this, the man was probably not her companion. The woman had long stopped looking in the direction of the stage.He lowered his head and put the handkerchief to his mouth.The body is still twisting constantly.Onogi saw it clearly this time. She put the corner of the handkerchief in her mouth and was biting it tightly.Although I didn't see it, I can imagine that even sweat is flowing out at this moment. Onogi resolutely spoke to the woman in a low voice: Are you uncomfortable? The woman didn't answer.The handkerchief was not removed from his mouth, and he seemed to be stifling his voice.She buried her face down, which can be understood as a nod of affirmation. Onogi looked around quietly, and the theater staff who acted as guides could not even see the shadow.The faces of the many, many spectators look like rows of stones arranged in one direction.It's just stressful. This woman probably had some scruples about leaving the stage halfway because she considered that it would affect other audience members.If she stood up, her posture would definitely not be normal.The embarrassment she would endure under the gaze of the audience must be the reason for her reluctance to leave her seat. On the stage, Natasha, looking through the curtains, saw the consumptive woman dead, and screamed.The woman's husband, a locksmith, was weeping beside his pillow.This is a climactic scene, already near the end of the second act. Onogi had been looking forward to the end of the curtain just now, and seeing the woman's increasingly uncomfortable appearance, he felt that there was no longer a minute to delay. Onogi whispered to her: I'm sorry, it looks like you're in a lot of pain, would you please go to the hallway?There must be an infirmary in this theater.If it is convenient, I will accompany you there. Contrary to Onogi's expectations, the woman nodded obediently.That must have been because I couldn't bear it anymore.The theater was surprisingly quiet, and the audience was motionless, all of which created a sense of oppression.As if protesting this, Onogi mustered up the courage to leave his seat and walk to the aisle. The woman followed like a shadow.When he came to the corridor, Onogi saw the woman's face clearly for the first time in a bright place.She was undoubtedly a slender, slender woman, but the posture in front of her was that of bowing her head and bending her waist.The sculpted face looked very pale. Pointing to the long chair in the corridor, Onogi said: I'll ask where the infirmary is.Please take a break here first. Thanks. The woman took the handkerchief from her mouth and for the first time murmured thanks.Then he sat down leaning against the backrest with a natural posture and graceful lines. Onogi walked towards a theater guide girl standing opposite. There is an emergency patient, and I want you to take him to the infirmary right away. The young girl in the navy blue uniform looked at Onogi's face with her big eyes, and then at the woman leaning on the bench. Is that the one? Onogi said yes, and she quickly walked towards the emergency patient. The infirmary is in the basement, please go there. While helping the woman walk, the girl who led the way turned her head and said to Onogi.In his tone, he recognized Onogi as the woman's companion. Onogi wanted to say that I was not her companion, but he didn't say it.At that time, I was in the mood that since I had arrived here together, I would simply help her to the end and accompany her to the infirmary.In hindsight, it seems fair to say that Onogi was already attracted to Yuuki Laiko at that time. The girl guiding her took her by the arm and walked down the steps in the basement.Onogi kept a little distance and followed behind, intending to return to the theater immediately after handing her over to the doctor.There was a long applause in the distance. In the infirmary, all the doctors and nurses were absent. I'll call the doctor right away, please wait a moment.The girl who led the way spoke not to the patient, but to Onogi who was following behind. The infirmary is very small.Next to the doctor's table is the door frame into the back room. There are two straw mats in the back room, and quilts for emergency patients are stacked in the corner. The girl who led the way was probably looking for doctors and nurses, but did not return immediately.Onogi felt that he was in a delicate situation. At that time, I wanted to say: Please go back to the auditorium.But because of the pain, I couldn't even say that.Moreover, I was also very nervous, afraid that I would be left there alone. Later, when Lai Zi talked about the scene at that time, he smiled slightly. After a while, the doctor and nurse came back together.It looked like he was just watching a show. What's wrong? The doctor also spoke to Onogi.Onogi couldn't say that it had nothing to do with him, so he said vaguely: suddenly felt uncomfortable With just this sentence, the doctor knew it in his heart.He turned to the woman leaning on a chair and covering her face with a handkerchief and asked: What's wrong with you? Although Onogi didn't hear it, the woman did answer in a low voice, and the doctor nodded. It's stomach cramps.So, give you a shot! Saying that, he looked at Onogi's face again.It seemed that the doctors, nurses, and the girls who led the way all regarded Onogi as the patient's companion. At that time, why didn't you run away?Or later, Lai Zi asked Onogi this way. I always feel that it is inappropriate to go back like that.At least take care of getting you in the car, thought to myself.Onogi replied like this. I thought at the time, this is really a kind person. This guy is a bad guy, right?Don't you think so? No.I understand this in my heart.Because I opened my eyes a little and observed Mr. Onogi.This ability to distinguish is still there. Were you surprised when I got in your car and told me that it would be delivered to your residence?In hindsight, even I am amazed at this courage. No, that was natural at the time.Lai Zi's wording is very clever. In fact, it can only be said that it was logical to do so at the time.Seeing that Lai Zi who got into the taxi first was still leaning on the back of the front seat, Onogi was really worried.After the injection, the doctor said that she would recover in a while, and advised her to lie where she was and rest.But she declined, saying she would take a taxi home.Even Onogi who was standing by the side knew that it seemed that her obsession with cleanliness made her unwilling to lie in that kind of place for a while. After she got into the taxi, the driver naturally thought that Onogi would also get in, so he still opened the door to watch him.In Onogi's view, the driver's expression and demeanor were unreliable.Lai Zi still propped his body on the backrest in front, and still couldn't speak freely.Onogi suddenly felt a sense of terror towards the driver, and he couldn't let him drive the frail and beautiful woman away alone. Onogi immediately made up his mind, got in, and closed the car door by himself. I will send you near your house.Where are you going?Onogi asked the woman with her face bent down. Shibuya.The woman answered in a low voice. Shibuya! Onogi said to the fierce-looking driver. At that time, seeing the driver's appearance, I didn't want to ride in his car.This is still Lai Zi's later memories. She said that when Mr. Onogi said to send it to the neighborhood and sat next to it, I was relieved in my heart.But I'm so sorry for you.Let you give up the performance of the Moscow Academy of Art that you can hardly see However, if he hadn't been attracted by something deep in his mind, he would not sit next to her, and she would certainly refuse. The car passed Aoyama from Akasaka, and drove down the ramp where you could see the brilliant lights of Shibuya. Where in Shibuya? Onogi asked while carefully observing the situation of the woman next to her with her head buried in her chest. Songtao.She paused for a moment and replied. The taxi climbed up a slope and turned right at the junction of the circular road. Thanks.That's it.The woman raised her face and said.Cars come and go like a shuttle, and on both sides are dark residential areas, most of which have walls. I'm really sorry to trouble you.If you bring a famous card, it's very impolite, can you give me one? Onogi refused, but when the woman got out of the car to leave, he gave it to her again.In fact, he regretted that he broke up with her.The phone number of the apartment is also printed on the business card. When Onogi expressed that she wanted to send it to your residence, she resolutely declined. Onoki forgot to return to the car, and stood there for a while, watching her figure gradually disappear into the night, and the lights of passing cars shone on her from time to time.Onogi will never forget that the night wind that was blowing at that time carried a comforting coolness. three About a week has passed since that incident happened. For Onogi, what happened that night was just a chance encounter.However, he had no particular regrets about giving up the Moscow Art Theater performance.The reason is not that I did it on my own initiative at the time.It seems that it can be said that, taking care of her at that time and sending her to the night road in Shibuya, Onogi felt a certain degree of satisfaction from it, and his heart was as refreshing as the breeze blowing on his face at that time. At that time, Onogi was still a judicial graduate student, in the final stage of his second year of study.During this period of time, he went to the court, the prosecutor's office, and the bar association for internships, and finally returned to the Judicial Training Institute. Onogi didn't seriously consider why he chose to work in the judiciary, especially the prosecutor.If I had to force myself to say the reason, it was only because one of my uncles had been a prosecutor. People in my family in the country respected this uncle very much, so some people once persuaded me to pursue the same profession.This is exactly the case with most people, who almost never enter a career by no special chance. Although Onogi didn't have any particular enthusiasm, he didn't have any resistance either. The two years of study were coming to an end.It's no crime not to be particularly zealous.It was better, he considered, to be at least fulfilling one's responsibilities as a prosecutor than to pursue a career with enthusiasm and then throw it away in disappointment. Only in two cases, Onogi's nerves often have a feeling of depression.One is that he saw the smeared images of the world from the countless cases used as teaching materials in the training institute; the other is that when he entered the last subject, which was the practice of interrogating active criminals, he felt the sins of the world that he had committed himself.In the eyes of a fledgling novice like Onogi, it is like a huge thick wall that cannot be touched, standing in front of him in the form of crime.To deal with these, there is only a printed "Six Laws" [Note: Six Laws, referring to the six representative laws in Japan's current statutes, namely the Constitution, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Procedure Law, and Civil Procedure Law. "Six Laws Complete Book" is a book that focuses on the six laws and collects various special laws and regulations related to it. 】.It is completely unreliable to use it as a weapon to solve the crystallization of human sins, and Onogi almost lost his confidence because of this. Do other colleagues have the same doubts?Onogi once secretly tried to examine his surroundings.However, no such signs were observed, and of course this was only a superficial phenomenon. Everyone is busy using the law to judge this hell on earth with peace of mind. For example, the same batch of classmates Sato Kisuke is like this.This person who aspires to become a prosecutor has regarded being a prosecutor as his vocation from the very beginning, and has put in extraordinary efforts in his studies in order to graduate from the training institute with the highest grades.In addition to the lecture notes of the training institute, I also read all the case collections I could collect, trying to put them all in my brain.I am afraid he has the creed that there is nothing more authoritative than those densely packed little type.He probably would neither have the doubts that Onogi felt, nor lose his firm confidence. In the past, whenever he felt extremely bored, Onogi would go to ancient ruins in other places to kill time.When they were in middle school, there was a teacher who was very enthusiastic about archeology and often led them to visit and excavate stone age sites such as shell mounds, vertical caves, and horizontal caves.Today, Onogi is fascinated by these monuments, which is really incomprehensible.In short, after being forced to come into contact with the sins of the extremely complicated human relationship, the relics of the simple and simple life of the ancients became his paradise invisibly.And this habit, it is, from that time began. That was about a week after I sent Lai Zi home for the first time.Naturally, the name Lai Zi was not known at the time.The call came to the apartment: Thank you so much for that day.I'm the one who took you to Shibuya by taxi from the Mai Theater. Hearing this woman's voice, Onogi was startled. I'm calling you because I asked for your business card.Maybe it's rude? Her voice came again. No, I'm sorry. Onogi replied rather embarrassedly.If you think about it calmly, due to the different angles of looking at the problem, maybe it was his actions that were rude, because after all, he was driving in the same car with a woman he never knew. When Onogi answered the phone, he felt his face turn red. Maybe I'm too presumptuous, the woman's voice hesitated, and she continued, "This Saturday at six o'clock in the evening, I will be waiting for you in the lounge of the T Hall.Anyway, I want to have dinner with you. Onogi was a little surprised and didn't know how to answer. Is it convenient for you?The woman asked again. ah.this but My surname is Yuuki.Please ask the service desk like this, I will say hello to the service desk in advance. This is the first time Onogi knew her last name. At that time, you regarded me as a strong woman, right?However, my psychology is that if you don't do that, I can't invite you.Later, Yuki Laiko said this to Onogi. No, I'd come even if I didn't say that.Onogi replied. In fact, he did not refuse at the time.What's more, in the first two or three days of Saturday, there is a feeling of three autumns in one day. Before that, Onogi once had a love experience, but due to some situations between him and the other party, the result was not successful.It was only later that he realized that his waiting mood during those two or three days was somewhat similar to the situation at a certain period during that love affair. There were no classes at the training center on Saturday afternoon, and in the evening, Onogi was ready to leave early.From the point of view of having a luxurious Western-style banquet hall, the T Hall is top-notch.Therefore, Onogi was mentally prepared and wore appropriate clothing when he went.At the same time, I can't help but consider the other party's environment. Since I can use this kind of place, it must be very superior. The stairs were covered with a thick red carpet, and the assembled metal components shone with gold.Onogi walked up the stairs, and the second floor was a spacious hall.The hall was lavishly filled with beautiful green armchairs.As soon as you walk in, the first thing that catches your eyes is the foreign guests sitting together in groups of three or four.A large chandelier with arabesques hung from the ceiling. Before Onogi went upstairs, he went through a formality at the service desk. The people there bowed solemnly, said in a soft voice that he understood, and at the same time sent a waiter to lead him the way. A woman stood up from the green waves of chairs, with a smile on her face, but Onogi didn't know that she was paying tribute to herself.The kimono she wears, with black spots boldly sprinkled on the white ground, is in harmony with her curvaceous figure. The tall and slender figure is outstanding, even if a stranger walks by her side, they will inevitably take a few glances at her quietly. I am Yuki Riko who is waiting for you. When the woman swung her sleeves and bowed to Onogi, he froze for a moment, feeling a little dazzled. Unexpectedly, the woman standing in front of her and the woman bowing her head in pain in the infirmary of the theater would be the same person.She looked very young, and she was very beautiful and radiant. You are welcome.Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule. There was a beautiful smile on the corner of her mouth.All this made Onoki quite panic.Although the first image she saw in the theater was like this, but at this moment, her jet-black eyes looked more crystal clear and moving. After Onogi calmed down a little, she realized that she had not only changed the suit at that time into a kimono.And even the style of her hair has changed.The slightly wavy hair is fluffy and fluffy, with a few short strands hanging down naturally to the eyebrows. Why did you dress up like that that time?It's almost unrecognizable.Later, Onogi asked tentatively. What you saw in the theater was my ugly face, right?I was ashamed and deeply regretful.Therefore, I made up my mind that I must show Mr. Onogi my beautiful image.That's what a woman's mind is all about!Yuki Laiko replied. Oh, so you didn't invite me to dinner just for reward? Of course there is that factor too.Laizi said with an emphasis, because I have accepted your kindness to me, it is a matter of course!However, by the way, I also want to change your impression that I am not just what you saw in the theater. Onogi felt that he understood her mood very well. This is the instinctive self-existence of women, right? Although he understood, he still questioned in a somewhat sarcastic tone. 我只能對您申明一點，那並不是一種小小的虛榮心。賴子說，而且，您所講的本能上的自我存在說之類，倘若面對根本無動於衷的異性，是完全不會起作用的。 小野木對這一點也完全理解，女性平素是怯懦的，對不感興趣的異性，總是怕惹起那種麻煩事。結城賴子假如對他無意的話，讓他送到夜晚涼風吹拂的馬路上以後，便可以永世不再照面了。 那次晚餐，是在Ｔ會館預約的一間小房間裡進行的。房間很豪華，別致的銀白色冕形燈光在玻璃牆壁上交相輝映，室內十分明亮。 啊呀，您原來是檢察官先生呀。結城賴子用烏黑漂亮的眼睛凝視著小野木，因為他在回答東道主的提問時，告訴她自己是檢察官的預備生。 現在還不是檢察官。準確地講，再過四個月，您那樣稱呼才合適。 賴子對此很感興趣地問了一些情況，小野木出於不得已，只好把研修所的安排詳細做了說明。 祝賀您！再過四個月，這近在眼前了呀。小野木先生賴子口裡第一次吐出了小野木這三個字，肯定會成為一名優秀的檢察官的。 不，那倒不一定。 雖說不無道理，但賴子似乎把這句話當成了謙遜之辭。她充滿自信地說： No.I totally believe it. 小野木此刻陷入了平素時常產生的疑慮之中。然而，對於初次會面的賴子，他根本沒有勇氣說明其中的原委。 相反，他卻在心裡捉摸著，這位女性究竟是怎樣的人呢？容貌美麗，化妝的方法也與眾不同。因此，儘管看上去很年輕，大約也和自己的年齡相仿，可能在二十七、八歲左右。無論她那老練的動作，還是服飾方面的愛好和打扮，都能表明她的年紀，同時使人感到她已經結了婚。而且，所處的環境也一定十分富裕。 小野木心裡曾多次動過念頭，想問您的丈夫在哪裡工作。但既然那是一個讓妻子過著如此高雅生活的人，肯定不會是普通的工作人員。至少要擔任著董事以上的職務；如果經商的話，必定是個投入了巨額資金的企業家。這使得小野木要發問的心情減掉了好幾分。 思想上一旦遲疑，錯過了機會，就莫名其妙地鯁於心頭，更難於出口了。這件事甚至一直拖到與賴子結識之後的許久許久。 他已經注意到，賴子本身也決計避而不談自己丈夫的問題。不僅如此，就連自己處於什麼樣的生活環境，她也從不想主動加以說明。初次見面時，這樣做還可以說得過去。然而，第二次以後就不免使人感到奇怪了。 在Ｔ會館的進餐大約一個半小時就結束了。這個時間不能說長，但也不能算短。小野木在這段時間裡過得很充實，但也有一種美中不足的感覺。 這也是一種空虛感，好似斑斕的色彩就要消逝得無影無蹤一般。 今晚能同您談得這樣多，實在有趣啊！ 賴子讀書很多，話題豐富，審慎的評論恰到好處。這些都使小野木感到，她天資聰穎，感情深沉。能夠與這樣的人交談如許的內容，真使小野木感到高興。 我希望允許我今後再見到您哩！賴子拉開椅子站起來的時候說。 小野木說了句我也希望如此。不過，這只是一句應酬話，完全出於把她那句話作為禮節性語言的理解。小野木很有節制，並沒有對她的話當真抱有期望。 那時我以為，大概只此一回吧。 依舊是後來，小野木對賴子講了自己當時的心情。 Yeah?這樣說，我第二次打電話的時候，您一定很吃驚吧！ 確實吃了一驚。but 不過，確實很高興。當把公寓電話掛斷的時候，小野木感到消逝的色彩又重新出現在面前了。 第二次距頭一回大約隔了十五天左右。按照她的願望，在一家日本式飯店進的餐。飯店在赤阪附近，庭院比房屋占地面積要大許多。他們面對面地坐在一間日本式的房間裡。 頭髮斑白但舉止優雅的老板娘，來到客人的房間問候賴子，您好嗎？老板娘雙手支在席子上，神采煥發的臉上帶著微笑。 Thanks. 賴子今天的裝束別具一格，穿著鹽澤綢一類的和服，似乎故意打扮得平淡無奇。 老板娘的生意也越來越興隆，很不錯呀！ 老板娘又說了幾句無關痛癢的話，然後便退了出去。小野木看出，賴子是這家飯店很珍貴的一位客人。 這是我很早以前就一直來吃飯的一家飯館。今天晚上請小野木先生來，是為了預祝您成為一名優秀的檢察官。賴子講出了聚餐的理由。院子非常整潔，您不下去看看麼？ 由於菜餚還在準備，需要稍候一會兒，小野木在房廊下穿上到院子裡去的木屐。松樹的枝梢上點綴著燈光，庭院裡一派皎潔的景色。 賴子走在前面給小野木引路。她那沉穩皎潔的身影，彷彿罩著一層薄霧，看上去益發婀娜多姿。入冬的庭園樹木和點景嶙石，宛如在一潭深水的水底，隨著光影的晃動，顯得明暗斑駁。 大概就是從這個時候開始，小野木從內心裡明確地愛上了賴子。