Chapter 12 12. Youth at Ueno Station

one Yuuki Yongxiong asked Yoshioka about his wife's situation, and while drinking the wine in the glass, he looked at Yoshioka from bottom to top. Yoshioka did not answer immediately.He was a little puzzled.Unexpectedly, today, Yuki would suddenly raise this question.He has been carefully observing Yuki's expression, even if he doesn't directly look at Yuuki's face, he knows how Yuki is looking at him. Yuuki's voice was flat.Questions to Yoshioka are like chatting casually.However, Yoshioka is clear about Yuki's mood when he made this tone.His tone of voice was a sign of nervousness.That's how he looked when he traded in the past.Yoshioka is guessing Yuki's psychology at the moment based on his own experience.

There is such a thing.Yoshioka replied after a while.It seemed that I had just recalled the situation. Your wife went to Ueno Station to pick up someone. Um.Yuuki still snorted with his nose emotionlessly.This annoyed Yoshioka a bit. That was a pretty early train!Yoshioka began to speak on his own initiative. That was the time when I went to Sendai. At that time, the only train arriving at the station was the express train from Fukui.The man your wife picked up at the station came from Hokuriku. Yuki didn't say a word for a while, in order to raise his glass and take a sip of wine. Who could it be?Yuuki tilted his head slightly thinking.

It's a young man.Yoshioka said a little maliciously. Hmm, how old do you think you are?Yuuki was still in the original posture, showing a pensive look.It was an elusive expression, and it was impossible to judge immediately whether he was thinking seriously. Yoshioka even wanted to sarcastically say, do you still miss your wife?It is really puzzling that Yuki, who has always acted recklessly, even specifically asked about this matter. Yoshioka has always been very interested in Yuuki's wife Laiko.He always believed that Lai Zi was a woman far better than a man like Yuki.Yoshioka has long secretly fallen in love with Lai Zi.Therefore, when he suddenly saw Lai Zi walking with a young man at Ueno Station, he intentionally followed him from behind.Knowing that there was not much time left before driving, he still followed the two and went to check the situation inside the tea shop in front of the station.

Yes, there are twenty-six or seven!He is a tall young man.Yoshioka described the image of Lai Zi's companion observed in the tea shop. Yuuki brought the cup to his lips again.Hearing Yoshioka's words, there was no change in appearance either.The expression of this man is always the same. What did my wife do?Yuuki asked coldly. The two entered the tea shop in front of the station together!Your wife talked to him very affectionately.Yoshioka became more and more malicious.He wanted to try Yuuki's reaction. 嚄!Did you go to the tea shop together?When Yuuki asked this question unexpectedly, Yoshioka was in a panic.

No, it is not.I just saw them on the road.Yoshioka quickly argued. Ah, that's a relative of mine.Yuki suddenly said loudly. Um?relative? It's a cousin!I remembered.Yuki's attitude was unusually calm.Yoshioka stared at his face in astonishment.Yuuki ordered the waiter to add another glass of wine.His expression didn't change. My cousin originally lived in Kanazawa.Yuki said slowly that he was on a business trip to Tokyo.My wife said to pick it up, I remembered this. That's it.Yoshioka echoed.What's so good about it, he himself doesn't know. Call the women?Yuuki said.

Hurrah!Yoshioka also agreed, with a look of relief on his face.The women gathered around the table again. What are you talking about?A woman who came to Yuuki lowered her head and approached his face and said. important issues to discuss.Yuki replied with a faint smile. It's a business matter.Another woman said, men are like this, when they come to this kind of place, they can't forget about their work. There are things I can't forget, and there are other things.Yuuki said in a normal tone, it's not just a matter of work. Yoshioka raised his eyes upon hearing this.However, Yuki calmly whispered to a young woman beside her.At this time, a tune was changed, and some people at the surrounding tables got up to dance.

Ah, so happy!The woman immediately agreed.Yuuki let the woman to the front and walked towards the dance floor.Yoshioka sat at the table, poked his head and sent Yuuki away. Yuki danced to the tune.Everyone praised him for dancing well. Hey, Mr. Yuki.While posing on Yuuki's chest, the woman raised her face and whispered, tonight, after this place is over, take me somewhere? . Yuki only gave an ambiguous answer.His eyes stared into the distance, and he moved his body. As soon as Yuki returned to the table, he suddenly said to Yoshioka: Let's go back. Oh, isn't it still early?The woman next to him said loudly.

There is something else.Yuuki looked at Yoshioka, and Yoshioka put the cigarette he took out into his pocket. After finishing the calculation and payment, the two left the seat.Four or five women hurried them all the way to the door. The manager approached on tiptoe and bowed his head to Yuki: Thank you!Are you going back? Well, look elsewhere.With a smile in his eyes, Yuuki asked the male waiter to put on his coat from behind. Ah, is that so?Yuuki is the classy customer of this nightclub.The manager's entertainment is very warm and thoughtful. Welcome to visit our shop again in a few days.The manager only knew that the guest's surname was Yuki, and he didn't know his details.I vaguely heard that the profession is also an industrialist, but I have never seen anyone who looks like a real employee brought by him. On the contrary, many of the people Yuki brought here are noble guests.Moreover, these guests are all extremely extravagant characters.Although he didn't know Yuki's true identity, the manager never neglected him.

Out of the gate, the waiter immediately ran towards the car parked in the dark as soon as he saw it was Yuuki. I'm sorry!Yuki stood there waiting for the car to arrive, and suddenly said this to Yoshioka.He's the kind of guy who can say that kind of nonchalantly. Really?Yoshioka looked a little unhappy, but he obediently walked away from Yuuki.OK, see you later. The car had already slid in front of Yuuki.The attendant opens the door.Yoshioka watched Yuuki get into the car.However, the silhouette of Yuuki that caught his eyes the moment the car drove away was quite disproportionate to his usual defiant expression, and seemed a bit sad and lonely.This made Yoshioka startled.

The male waiter in the foreign soldier uniform who opened the door shrugged his shoulders as if he was cold. Yuuki's car stopped in front of a bar.This bar is known for its luxury even in Ginza.He told the driver to drive the car back. The bar was almost full.This is a trendy hotel.No one among the guests knew Yuuki.But he was no stranger to some of the faces among the guests.This is not because of the close relationship, but because they are some well-known industrialists and cultural people, whom Yuki has seen in newspaper photos.The atmosphere of this hotel is just so classy. Seeing Yuuki coming in, a waitress deliberately left the table she was taking care of and walked to his side.

Welcome.Yuki allowed her to take off her coat slowly, and then walked inside with her.Yuuki is tall, so he is very conspicuous, even the guests drinking at the table are watching his walking posture. At the innermost table, Yuuki took a seat. Ah, long time no see you.The waitress is a veteran of the bar. You haven't been here since then.About a month? Roughly the same.Yuki smiled slightly, because he was too busy. I think that's why.The waitress smiled and nodded, what do you want? Chilled whiskey. The waitress leaned over to Yucheng and whispered in Yucheng's ear: "Call mom right away." Yuki didn't express anything on his face.The waitress reported the drinks requested by the guests to the service desk, and immediately went up to the second floor in a hurry. After a while, the proprietress of the bar came down from the second floor.She has a slender figure and is wearing a well-fitting suit. Moreover, the suit is bright and gorgeous, which complements her radiant appearance. Mother!Greetings sounded from all around the seats of the guests.The proprietress bowed to these voices as she walked, and turned her face to the guests with a smile on her face.The smiling face and the walking style are somewhat artificial.Now and then she stopped before greeting her guests, coquettishly, but did not sit down. Here you come!She greeted and sat down in front of Yuki. I haven't seen you here for a long time.The proprietress turned her smiling eyes to Yuuki.However, that is not the superficial charm that is shown to ordinary customers. Um.As usual, Yuki drank the wine in the glass in silence. Are you busy? Well, so-so. I've been waiting, thinking I'll get your call! The proprietress stared closely at Yuki's face with her big black eyes. Always work-ridden Yuuki said weakly. I thought that was the reason, but I was still waiting for you. She called a barman and told him to bring her wine. In other seats, men and women laughed endlessly.From the nearby seats, there were frequent calls for the proprietress to come. Where did you come from tonight?Because of Yuki's dull expression, the proprietress asked with a flattering smile. X nightclub.Yuuki said the name of the nightclub. oh.Do you still go there as usual? Go once in a while.Yuuki replied briefly.His expression didn't change at all, and he had a cigarette in his mouth. The proprietress rubbed the match, and while passing the fire, she looked at his face and said: For some reason, you seem to be in a bad mood tonight? Can you see it? Well, although you are usually very solemn and serious, you seem a little sad tonight. Yuuki rolled his eyes for the first time, exhaled a mouthful of blue smoke, and changed the crossed legs. Is there something wrong?The proprietress is still watching carefully, you don't seem to be having much energy drinking. Yuuki sneered with his nose. Hey, Mr. Yuki.She leaned over her upper body suddenly and said in a low voice, everyone has unsatisfactory things!So am I now. Yuuki looked up at the proprietress.With a smile on her face, she was staring at Yuuki with fiery eyes. Before the bar closed, the proprietress slipped away. After about thirty minutes, Yuuki left his seat and went outside.He walked to a closed restaurant, where a car was waiting in the dark with its lights off. I miss you so much.The proprietress took Yuuki's hand, wrapped it around her back, and leaned her body closer.She smelled of wine: because it's been too long. I went to the old place.Forty minutes by car from Ginza. Probably the proprietress had already called in advance, and the waiting maid rushed to the door to greet her as soon as she heard the sound of the car stopping. Long time no see you. After the maid led them to the private room, she greeted the proprietress again, and she also talked to the maid very affectionately for a while. See, even the maids say the same thing, don't they?When there were only two people left, the proprietress glared at Yuuki angrily and said. The wine was served. It's rare.What the proprietress meant was that the wine was drunk for a long time this time.Yuuki sat there the whole time without moving his body. After Yuuki reluctantly lay down, the proprietress asked if there was anything on her mind? nothing.Yuki was lying on his back, smoking a cigarette, and kept spraying the smoke upwards.Under the dim light, looking from the side, Yuki's expression was a little restless, which usually gives people such a feeling, his upright face always looks indifferent. lie!The woman said, you just have something on your mind.I've felt that way ever since I saw you in the store.You seem to have been taken out of your soul by something.Also, it feels like you've been restless all the time. Yuuki took another puff of smoke towards the bamboo mat ceiling. do you feel this way yes. Nothing like that!I always have this face. I can see it.There was a smile in the boss lady's voice.I've seen a lot of men.Mr. Yuki tonight is not as calm and calm as usual.You came to this place with me because you wanted to cover it up yourself? Where are the words.I'm the same as usual.There is something wrong with your feelings. Yuuki threw the cigarette end into the ashtray next to the pillow. real?If only that would be great.The proprietress made another smile, and reached out to stroke Yuki's shoulder. drunk.Yuuki said.So I turned my back to the woman About an hour later, Yuuki sat in a spacious room.On the table was the bottle of wine he had just drunk.Here, Yuuki is also smoking a cigarette alone. Mr. Yuuki.The proprietress greeted from the neighboring room, what are you doing? Did nothing.smoking.What, you haven't slept yet? Can you sleep well? Listening to the movement is waking up. Hello!Yuki suddenly said to the room next to him: Where were you born? Ouch, you are so strange!Women seem to be getting up and getting dressed. What are you doing, asking this all of a sudden.Only voice came. Not the Hokuriku region? sorry.My household registration is also at the District Office of Kyobashi District. The proprietress wore a kimono and came to Yuki's room.Maybe because she hasn't made up yet, her face looks a bit nervous. Do you have a train timetable?Yuki asked her face. How can something like that be wow.going on a trip? Will this one have it?Yuuki didn't answer her question, but said again. Maybe.However, it is already three o'clock in the middle of the night!I'm afraid they are all asleep. There might be a couple of maids still up.You hang up the phone and let them deliver it! Oops, forget it!The proprietress scolds Yuuki for crossing the line. OK, I'll call.Yuuki picked up the phone on the shelf.After putting the receiver to my ear for a while, the other party's voice came, and Yuki ordered the timetable to be sent. So urgent?The woman asked Yuuki, but he didn't answer. Kneeling in the corridor outside the Japanese-style room, the maid puts the timetable on the edge of the mat. Yuki immediately took it over and opened it.The first thing to do is to spread out the map on the home page.It was the Hokuriku region that Yuuki had fixed his eyes on.On the railway line, the names of the stations are written in detail one by one.Yuuki's gaze is researching this. Then, Yuuki turned over the page marked with time, and carefully looked at the dense numbers of the arrivals on the Hokuriku Main Line to Ueno. Mr. Yuki, you are such a ruthless person.The proprietress who was left aside complained. two Yuuki Yongxiong returned to his home around nine o'clock in the evening. When walking up the stone steps, only the doorway was still bright.He rarely returns at this time.Usually, I go home at about one or two o'clock in the middle of the night.However, he spent the night outside last night. There is a light at the door of the room because the door has not been closed.This house built on a high place has only that solitary light, except for the street lamps, the surrounding area is completely dark. Yuuki opened the door loudly.While he was taking off his shoes, the maid came out. You are back. Yuuki had already taken off one shoe and was untying the other. Shut the gate!Yuki said without raising his head. yes.The maid was very apprehensive about the master.It is rare for the master to come home early, and he always keeps a straight face and does not speak, making it difficult to serve him.Yuki gave such a feeling all over his body.The maid was terrified, knowing that he was a master whose emotions were unpredictable. When Yuuki stepped onto the floor, a white shadow moved over in the corridor, and he knew it was his wife and son. you are back. Yuuki didn't answer. Lai Zi hasn't changed his clothes yet. all right! From behind Yuuki came Laizi's voice.She told the maid to go back to her room to rest. Yuuki walked into the living room, and Laizi followed closely behind.She took the overcoat that Yuki had taken off indiscriminately, and put it in the suit closet.Then he brought the kimono and waited for him to change it.There was no smile on the wife's face.The clothes on his body were neat and not messy. Yuki took off his shirt without saying a word, and his wife helped him put on the kimono behind him, without speaking to each other. Yuuki spent the night outside last night.The wife didn't want to ask about it at all.Naturally, he had no intention of speaking.This habit has been around for a long time between the two of them.Even if Yuuki stayed out overnight for a week, as a wife, she didn't say a word, and her expression was calm.On her face, there was only a calmness like clear water. Lai Zi is folding the suit pants that Yucheng took off.The coat is already in order.Whether a handkerchief that smelled of a woman's perfume emerged from a suit, or a match from a hotel where geisha were entertained, the wife didn't mind at all. Yuuki looked at his wife's figure while wearing the obi of the kimono.Yuuki's position is just right to look down at his wife who is kneeling and folding her pants.Her forward-sloping back and arched waist are showing a kind of line. Yuuki stared at his wife's gesture for a while.Although he didn't realize it, he formed this pair of eyes naturally. He carefully looked at Lai Zi's posture.That look was observing, not looking at his wife.He wanted to observe some meaning from the curve of Lai Zi's bending over.As a result, the gaze is involuntarily exploratory. Lai Zi folded his trousers, folded them in half, put them on the clothes hanger, stood up, and put them away in the suit closet.With every movement, the lines of the body change. While wearing a belt, Yuuki stared at Raiko's changing lines with a nonchalant expression. The words he heard from Yoshioka remained in his mind.However, he will not say these things.It didn't show on his face either.Right now, he was just trying his best to study the appearance of his wife in front of him. How is your meal prepared? Because Laizi turned his face away, the husband turned his gaze elsewhere. have eaten.Yuuki said coldly. yes.Lai Zi closed the door of the suit closet. This is an ordinary couple.When the husband came back from the outside, the wife went out to meet him, and helped him change into a home-made kimono and tidy up the clothes he had taken off.All this, in the eyes of outsiders, is nothing out of the ordinary.However, the wife is limited to serving her husband in such daily affairs; or, it gives the impression that in these respects she is performing her duties as a wife. The bath water is already boiled.Lai Zi said in a calm voice.To Yuuki, this is quite routine. Washed.Yuki only answered three words. He wanted to use these three words to express a certain meaning.In fact, he did take a bath elsewhere last night and this morning.Naturally, Lai Zi would not understand what he meant.However, her expression still did not change. It seems that this wife does not know how to be jealous.Regardless of whether Yuki was fooling around for several nights in a row, or whether he found evidence of being with other women in his suit pocket, this wife turned a blind eye, as if it had nothing to do with her.For a long time, it has been like this. On the Yuki side, whenever such an occasion occurs, a certain sense of anxiety, pressure and rage often arises in the bottom of my heart. So, I went for it. This refers to bathing.Yuuki still didn't answer.He judged from the sound of the sliding door and the voices in the corridor that Lai Zi had left the room and walked away. Yuuki sat down in front of his desk.Instead of doing anything, he took out his cigarette and casually smoked it. He seemed to be thinking about the situation in Hokuriku.The station names of the Hokuriku region that I knew from the train timetable emerged one after another.There was even a train running from there before his eyes.According to Yoshioka, it was a young man.Lai Zi went to meet the man, and then walked into the tea shop together, and had endless words. Yoshioka told him what he saw with his own eyes.At that time, Yuki deliberately did not ask Yoshioka questions in detail.Although he was only listening to Yoshioka's introduction on the surface, he questioned Yoshioka's words in his mind, and continued to make self-answers based on his imagination.Because it was in front of Yoshioka, Yuuki still maintained the habit of treating others in the past. When he listened, he put on a nonchalant expression on his face. According to Yoshioka, it was five o'clock in the morning, which was early enough. From this point alone, we can know that this section has gone beyond the scope of general communication.Yoshioka also gave a general introduction about the appearance and demeanor of the other man.Yuuki wondered in his mind what kind of person the man belonged to, but he had no idea. It was an unexpected discovery of another side of the wife.Yuuki is considering this discovery in connection with the lines of his wife's body that he saw just now.When making this kind of observation, he seemed to be sizing up and analyzing another woman. In his imagination, Yoshioka told himself that the figure of the man who came from Hokuriku was combined with the changes in his wife's body lines. Yuki never took off the cigarette from his mouth. There isn't a book on the table.He was originally a person who didn't like reading books.Therefore, his eyes were fixed on the slightly dim drawn window pane. He was thinking of some kind of schedule, his wife's schedule of which he was unaware.He came home less than three days a week.From this point of view, within a week, the wife may spend too much time with that man.Yuuki really couldn't find a clue. However, he suddenly thought of one thing.He pressed his fingers to his face, remembering.When did that happen?By the way, because of the typhoon, it seems to be summer, and this matter will be clear after investigation. Lai Zi said that he wanted to go somewhere with his friends and make a one-night trip.At that time, Yuki also heard about it.In fact, even if Lai Zi leaves home for two days, for him who never takes his wife seriously, it will feel a sense of liberation.That time, he literally hung out with other women for four or five days. When he came home, Lai Zi had already returned.This is a matter of course.Because she only stays out for one night, she won't be away from home longer than him. But, did Lai Zi really live outside that time?In Yuki's mind, a question suddenly popped up at this moment. Yuki still remembered that he was sleeping with another woman that night.The storm came fiercely, and the woman lying beside her was very afraid of the sound of the fierce wind and rain.The news that the typhoon was very harmful was published in the newspapers the next day. That night, Yuki hugged the woman, listened to the sound of the storm, and imagined in his mind where Lai Zi was confused and disturbed.It's not because of extra concern for Lai Zi, but because of the sound of the storm, I suddenly thought of Lai Zi who was traveling at the destination.Lai Zi didn't specify the location of the trip, and he didn't even bother to ask. Yuuki thought of this, threw the cigarette into the ashtray, and rang the bell. The maid is here. Pour me a cup of black tea! After the requested black tea was delivered, Yuki didn't let the maid back out immediately. do you remember?Yuki said to the maid, once, did my wife go on a trip?I remember it was this summer, by the way, it was the time when the typhoon came. The maid is a middle-aged woman in her late thirties.She was always terrified in front of Yuki.Right now she was blushing and lowering her head, it was hard to see whether she was afraid or was remembering in her heart. Yuki said in a soft voice as much as possible: Do you remember?My wife is a person who doesn't travel often, so I'm afraid I entrust you to look at the house. Yuuki watched the maid carefully. Yes.Finally got an answer. Well, I remembered it.At that time, did the wife stay for one night or two nights? I remember it was two nights.This time the maid answered immediately. Oh, two nights?Yuki showed a satisfied expression on the surface. Lai Zi did say at the time that it was a one-night trip outside.Yuki thought it was justifiable, and didn't ask anything after returning home, and Laizi didn't report it.But now the maid said plainly that it was two nights. Can't be mistaken?He asked a bit. Won't.The maid nodded unequivocally. Um.Yuki put another cigarette in his mouth, thinking about the next question in his mind. When the wife came home, Yuki puffed out a puff of smoke and asked the maid, what time was it? I remember it was in the morning. After some thought, the maid replied in a low voice.The face is still down. oh. It's rare to talk so much with a maid.Yuki continued to ask: At that time, there was nothing abnormal about my wife, right?No, nothing.I'm just listening to your story. This is tantamount to making a promise to the maid that she will never say a word to her wife. Unusual situation?The maid asked softly. No, it means something different from usual.Didn't you notice? The maid's head drooped even lower.She is thinking in her heart.The master, who is usually blunt, unexpectedly spoke to himself softly.So, on the one hand, she was confused, and on the other hand, she seemed to be very disturbed. According to what you said, the maid raised her face a little, and said as if she had just remembered, when the wife came home, the clothes she was wearing were all dirty. Um?Yuuki hurriedly spit out the smoke, what's going on? The clothes my wife changed out of were brought back in a separate suitcase, covered with mud and drenched by the rain.I remember that it was I who picked it up roughly before sending it to the laundry room. In Yuki's mind, the scene of the typhoon immediately appeared.If the clothes get wet, it is probably outside the house, even if you hold an umbrella, it is useless.It turned out to be like this.Wasn't Lai Zi in the house at the time? In this way, she was in an empty place at that time.Moreover, the place where Lai Zi wandered was probably a certain place in the area where the typhoon passed.Of course, she will never be alone. Yuuki imagined another character walking beside her in the rain, and the place was in an uninhabited place. The young man Lai Zi went to meet at Ueno Station at five o'clock in the morning immediately appeared in Yuki's mind. After Yuki dismissed the maid, she sat there and thought about it for a while. Yuki stood up from the table because he couldn't help but lose his composure. He came out into the hallway. From somewhere, there was a faint sound of stirring water.Yuuki heard clearly, it was the direction of the bathroom. Yuuki walked in that direction.Why he walked over, he didn't know himself.This kind of situation is indeed rare. Yuki's actions at this moment do not have a clear subjective intention. The bathroom door reflected the light from inside. Yuki pushed the door open.Even though there was a door between the washroom and the bathroom, the smell of hot water radiated all the way to the door.Yuki silently unscrewed the water in the washroom, took it into the glass and drank it down. At this time, the inner door opened.There is moisture on the door glass.Light shines through the damp water vapor.White mist drifted out from the open door. The bathroom is adjacent to the dressing room.Lai Zi's clothes were taken off in the suitcase.From the open door, Lai Zi came out together with the steaming heat.According to Yuuki's habit, the light in the washroom was deliberately not turned on. Lai Zi had heard the sound of running water, but she seemed to think it was a maid.Now, when she saw her husband standing there, she hastily covered her face with the towel and turned away calmly. The water vapor is saturated with bright light.The light was like sunlight on a cloudy day, shining on Lai Zi's back.Her body in the milky mist was faintly visible in the dim light. After washing his hands, Yuuki looked at his wife carefully.Bold eyes slid from his wife's shoulder to her lower body.It was also not the look of a husband, it was the gaze of a man observing a woman. please go over there.Lai Zi said to her husband who stood there uncharacteristically.The hot air from her white body was gradually rising in the bright light.All of this is in the backlight situation, so it presents a beautiful three-dimensional effect in Yuuki's eyes. Yuuki wiped his hands dry without saying a word.Then, with a slam, the door came into the corridor.There were still white shoulders and arms in front of his eyes. Yuuki returned to the house, thinking about the lines of Lai Zi's body: one is the line of his wife's waist that was exposed outside the clothes when he folded the suit pants; the other is the line of her white body that was just exposed to the light. Yuuki was figuring out his wife's actions of staying out for two nights, and in his mind, his wife's actions overlapped with the young man at Ueno Station.This means that the change in the wife's body line was caused by the young man. Yuuki smoked a cigarette at the table for a while.Thoughts cannot be reduced to one point.My mood was also shaken. Has the line of the wife's body really changed?Yuuki is confirming this problem with what he saw with his own eyes. However, he had no intention of immediately confronting his wife with this question.He was considering a plan to further clarify the facts in other ways. Two hours later, Yuki walked slowly to the door of his wife's room and stopped. He knocked on the door. This situation has not happened in the past two years.The already isolated relationship between husband and wife gave Yuki a feeling, as if he was completely standing in front of another woman's room. He knocked on the door a second time. He knew that his wife had not rested yet.Through the door, you can feel that you are holding your breath in the bedroom. Yuki has already made preparations when there is a reaction inside, the reason is to come to pick up the forgotten things. However, despite knocking on the door for the third time, there was still no reply from his wife. Yuuki turned back from the corridor.As a burly man who is always defiant, he felt cold and hot all over his body. Yuki remembered that Lai Zi had proposed not long ago that she wanted a divorce.Lai Zi has raised this question many times before.Every time Yuki ignored it. He understood that Lai Zi was not satisfied with what he had done.Yuuki also knew that at the very beginning of the marriage, Lai Zi discovered the failure of the marriage. Yuki became self-willed, and that's when it started.Once he finds that he is neither loved nor respected by his wife, he immediately loses his spiritual direction. From then on, he insisted on doing whatever he wanted.Not only on the issue of women, but the way of making a living is also shady.This is disgusted by the self-sacrificing Lai Zi.It can be said that he was self-inflicted and intentionally made Lai Zi hate him.Just because he loves Lai Zi from the bottom of his heart, all of this is a manifestation of the emptiness of the heart, and what is used to cover up this kind of psychology are those self-willed practices and momentary pleasures. The reason why he arrogantly ignored Lai Zi's request for divorce was because he refused to let her go.He knew that Lai Zi had an ancient ethical concept.At the same time, he also believed that as long as her husband refused to agree, she would not run away without authorization. However, this time the situation was very different. Wow, I have a good man! Yuuki looked at the pitch-black space and sat there motionless. three Yuuki slept until almost noon before getting up. You can really sleep in.The woman baked the bread and brought it along with the milk. Yuki came to this house late last night.I ended up getting here by car in a daze because of too much alcohol.He didn't want to come here for a while, but it turned out that he lost his way and broke in because of drunkenness. Women are happy.However, as soon as Yuki entered the house, he immediately fell asleep like a log.He vaguely remembered that it was the woman who took off her shirt and pants on the bed.Until I wake up, I don't know anything.Yuuki munched on the toast in displeasure. Can you take it easy today?The woman poked her head from the side and asked.She dressed up with heavy makeup early in the morning, in order to let Yuki, who hadn't opened her eyes all night, see her appearance.The clothes are also gorgeous. That's not okay.Yuki said lightly, I'm going out soon. Oh!The woman glared at him. So, how about tonight? Probably won't be here anymore. The woman answered yes and handed him the wrung towel. Haven't you hoped for it lately? Not necessarily.Because I am too busy. Where did you drink last night?Literally slept like a rock. Yuki ignored her.Still sullen and dull.He wiped his hands with a towel, flung them away, and stood up. you go out?The woman gave up, and even though she looked disappointed, she still helped the man prepare. Here.She took out a neatly folded handkerchief and said, the handkerchief in your trousers has been washed.It's all lipstick.where were you last night Yuuki remained calm and did not answer.He faced the mirror trying to see if the tie was on properly, with a very indifferent expression.The woman watched his face with intense eyes. I will go with you too.Yuuki didn't make a sound. OK?to Ginza. Yuki let out an ah.So the woman hurriedly redressed and ordered the maid to call a taxi. Yuki's face was pale, and even when he sat in the car, his face was tense, and he didn't say a word. Drinking too much can be poisonous.The woman held his hand and covered it with her sleeve. Let's drink less from now on! Yuki broke away from the woman's hand and took out the cigarette from his pocket, still looking sullen.He exhaled a puff of smoke, staring blankly at the scenery flying away outside. Are you going to work? Um?Yuki answered for the first time, I was thinking about where to go. Really bad.To the woman's place last night? Yuuki didn't respond.Without blinking an eyelid.The woman couldn't wait any longer, and stuck herself on Yuki. Um?She whispered in her ear, are you coming tonight?I'm so boring.You have ignored me for a long time. Yuuki gently pushed her away with his elbow. I'm afraid it won't work.If you want to play, you can do whatever you want! The woman stretched out her finger, took out one of Yucheng's cigarettes, put it in her mouth, and struck the match unhappily. The car drove into the main street of Ginza. please.Woman submits, I want to drink tea with you before parting.Can you stay with me? She looked up at Yuki's face coquettishly. Yuuki replied helplessly.After getting off the car, the woman dragged Yucheng into the tea shop.時間已經過了十二點。 您要咖啡，還是紅茶？女人竭力振作著自己的精神。 whatever.結城的表情和聲音都沒有興致，連著打了兩三個呵欠，眼睛好像還沒睡醒的樣子。 他忽然想起什麼似地看了看錶，然後走到店內放電話的地方。電話是掛到自己的辦事處。接電話的是個女子的聲音。 是我，有什麼情況嗎？ Hello!女辦事員以悅耳的聲音問候道，剛才土井先生來了電話。說有緊急事情要對您講，因此請您與他連繫。 女辦事員講了電話號碼。這個號碼是結城也知道的一處住宅。knew.Only this? 是，到現在為止就只是這件事。 結城把電話掛斷了，然後又重新掛向另外一個地方。這次也是個女人的聲音。 我是結城。太太在嗎？ 是，就來。 女佣人的聲音變成了另外一個女人的嗓門。那嗓門略有些沙啞，是花柳界女人所常有的那種倒了嗓子的特殊聲音。 啊呀，結城先生嗎？我正等著您哪。女人開門見山地說。 有些日子不見了，實在抱歉。結城答道。 確實有不少日子了呢。怎麼樣，仍是老樣子？ 您是說買賣嗎？ How confused!我不懂什麼買賣不買賣的。那方面嘛！有進展吧？ 還毫無頭緒哪。But!土井先生方才 他剛剛出去。不過，他交待過了，要是結城先生來了電話，就讓我告訴您：今晚七點，在赤阪的梅川，務必要見見您。他說事情十分緊急，無論如何要請結城先生想辦法趕到。 Understood.I must go. 真的嗎，這可難得啦。哎，結城先生，我也和土井一塊兒去哪！ Yeah? 好久不見結城先生的面了，這次叫人太高興啦。 我也久疏問候了。Well, goodbye. 對方似乎還要講什麼，但結城這裡先把電話掛斷了。 回到餐桌旁，女人把嘴離開盛著紅茶的茶碗，抬起頭掃了他一眼。那目光十分銳利。 您是給哪個女人打電話了吧？ 結城當晚七時到了赤阪。飯店在一條安靜的街道裡。 由女招待員引路，朝最裡面的房間走去。拉門外面，兩雙拖鞋整齊地擺在那裡。 一進屋，就看到背朝壁龕坐著一位大塊頭的男人，他的旁邊，是一個身材纖細的女人。 男人的頭已經禿頂。因為又矮又胖，所以整個給人的感覺像個大和尚。他從坐的地方仰視著結城，咧著大嘴在笑。 你來得正好，快請坐！結城的坐位設在他的旁邊。 Long time no see.結城向那男人問候道，並把目光移到旁邊女人的身上。這是一個很適於穿和服的女人，打扮得頗為不俗。白白的細長臉，眼角含著笑，朝結城低下頭表示問候。 有兩、三個女招待在場。看情形，結城到來之前，她們和先來的客人談得很熱鬧。 那男人紅紅的臉膛，氣色很好。雖說實際年齡有六十了，看起來卻要年輕好幾歲。面部的皮膚，宛如上了油彩，紅光煥發。 Thanks a lot.對方向結城略點點頭表示問候，然後遞過酒杯。大家天南地北閒聊了一會兒。身穿雅緻和服的大塊頭男人，是這種場面上的老手，對女招待們也應酬自如。粗聲大笑的時候，那嗓門簡直如爆裂了一般。 他的名字叫土井孝太郎。雖說掛著個律師的頭銜，實際上卻是一個能夠隨便出入政府機關的交際很廣的大老板。也就是說，他是一個在有關的政府部門和企業界人士之間，居中進行調停的頗有聲望的頭目，是一個對任何政府機關都有影響的人物。他和大臣們也很親密。無論和僅次於大臣的次官，還是和省內的局長，都能像朋友般地開口講話。即使對那些實力雄厚的國會議員之流，也是如此。 旁邊的女人，是他的情婦。年方二十四、五的光景，臉蛋細長，身段苗條。她本來是個藝妓，是土井把她接出來，包管了她的一切。她長著一對細眼睛，一張櫻桃小口，身上穿的衣服也都很華麗昂貴，所以女招待一面談著話，一面情不自禁地把眼珠朝她身上轉去。 土井和結城聊了一些社會上的世故人情。當結城喝到第五、六杯酒的時候，土井帶笑看了看周圍的女招待。 我們有點機密事要談談。對不起，請你們稍微迴避一下吧！ 女招待們恭恭敬敬地從命了。土井把臉又朝向自己的女人說： 你也找個地方玩去吧。 是，是，明白了。女人點頭答應著，瞥了結城一眼。 女招待和土井的女人都離開了。屋裡只剩下他們兩人。 結城君。土井移動他那肥胖的身軀，向結城湊過來，因為出了點糟糕的事情，所以突然把你叫來了。 臉上一向帶著旁若無人的笑容的土井，此時面色變得十分難看，低聲開了腔。 what is the matter?結城把杯子放下，問道。 告訴你吧，老弟，吉岡被抓起來啦！ Um? !吉岡嗎。 你還不知道吧？就在昨天。被東京地方檢察廳特別搜查班以傳訊的方式給傳去；當場發出逮捕證，把他拘留了。 結城兩眼一動不動地盯著土井問：真的嗎？ 當然不假。其實，我也是昨天晚上剛剛聽說的。 嫌疑是什麼呢？not 結城正要說下去，土井點頭制止了。 Yes.表面上不是那件事。逮捕證上只一般地寫著詐騙嫌疑。 Scam? 自然，是以這種形式把他抓走的。地方檢察廳的目的，不會是這種小事。這只不過是個名目。真正的企圖，似乎是要吉岡交待那件事情。 結城默默地聽著，眉宇間豎起了皺摺。土井兩眼盯盯地注視著結城的表情。 從什麼地方洩漏出去的呢？結城屏住氣問。 這個問題，我也在悄悄地打探。 不過，紅臉土井的表情，並不像結城顯得那麼嚴重，厚厚的嘴唇附近，甚至還露出一絲笑容。 看來很像是檢舉。 report?哪方面的人？結城轉動一下神色暗淡的眸子。 我估計，是沒撈到多分那部分的傢伙。十有八九啊。於是，土井舉了一個很有勢力的議員名字，很可能是這方面的人哪。This is conceivable. is that so?結城自語般地應道。 早就有點可疑的動向了。土井說，還是那夥先生們搞的鬼呀！土井這是指地方檢察廳特別搜查班的檢察官們說的。 吉岡會坦白嗎？ This is very possible.大和尚爽快地答道，因為吉岡那傢伙是個軟骨頭嘛。如果檢察官一威脅，他也許會在某種程度上坦白出一部分。 what to do?結城直視著土井的臉。 我們只能採取些相應的對策。檢察官的目標大約是這樣計劃的：把吉岡作為突破口，先對我們這方面下手；下一步，才準備對付那些政府官員們。一旦輪到這些當官的，他們比吉岡這類人更不堪一擊。 下級官員是沒辦法了，不過會弄到上邊去嗎？ 這，大概會弄到的。老板語氣很肯定，只是無論如何要想辦法使它停止在局長一級上。 您所說的局長是？ 田澤局長嘛。我打算在這個範圍內把事態阻止住。這個人還比較有骨氣。因為他老兄要是垮下來，就可能發展到不可收拾的地步啦！ Are you sure? 大約四六開吧。因為檢察官方面挺強硬。 檢察官叫什麼名字？ 主任是石井檢察官，他下面配了年輕的檢察官。噢，對了，等等！我記得是把名字記下來了。 土井把手探進大腹便便的懷中，掏出一個記事本。那是一個黑皮本子，裡面密密麻麻地寫滿了字，封面已經破損得不成樣子。他拿出眼鏡，把一張用鉛筆抄寫的紙條遞給結城。結城接到手裡一看，上面潦草地寫著：石井、小野木。 我盡量想想辦法看。土井在盯著紙條的結城耳邊悄聲說道，我還多少有點門路，不過，對這位石井大體上還了解一些，但那個年輕的檢察官究竟是什麼樣的人，一點數也沒有。總之，年輕的傢伙往往容易把事幹過頭。我想最好還是先把這位叫小野木的檢察官調查一下。 結城對他點點頭，然後把那張紙撕碎，放到火盆裡，嘴裡叨念著小野木，牢牢地記在心頭。火盆裡的紙冒起青煙，隨即燃燒起來，扭曲著變作一堆硬翹翹的紙灰。 大體情況就是這些。總之，近期內會出現什麼局面，我也不清楚，只是先把眼下的形勢讓你了解一下。 Understood.結城點了點頭，把化成灰的紙屑用火筷子搗碎。 把女人們叫來吧。土井把胖得像布口袋似的身軀向後仰去，按響了蜂鳴器。 結城從洗手間出來，在走廊走著，突然從轉角處出現一個女人。正是土井的情婦。那情形好像是偶然相遇。女人站在那裡，看上去像是在迎接走過來的結城。因為臉蛋細長，高高聳起的一大團頭髮顯得很重。也許是迎合著土井的口味吧，身上穿的和服和繫的衣帶，統統都十分華麗。女人朝結城笑著。 結城無聲地致了個禮。 for you!女人連忙從袖管裡取山一方手帕。淡淡的粉紅顏色，四周有一道邊。她特意把手帕展開，放到結城手裡。 sorry.結城輕輕地擦了擦手指。上面飄散出濃烈的香水味。 Thanks! 他歸還手帕時，女人突然靠過來，緊緊地握住了結城的小手指。 結城盯著女人細高的鼻梁。女人兩眼含情脈脈地笑著。 女人的手涼冰冰地，抓住結城的手不放。手帕仍舊搭在上面，好像有意遮著兩人握在一起的手指。 土井先生來啦！結城的聲音跟平常一樣。 It's fine.女人紅嘴唇裡露出了牙齒，好久沒見到您啦。還是老樣子吧？ What do you mean? 那方面嘛。我聽到關於您的傳說啦，從吉岡先生那兒。 Just kidding. 是玩笑嗎？真恨人。 走廊裡連一個女招待都沒有。旁邊就是客廳，大概裡面沒有客人，拉門上暗無燈光。另一側是扇玻璃門，這家飯店引以自豪的庭院裡，照射著慘淡的照明燈光。無論庭景花木、草坪樹叢，還是點景的石頭、裝飾用的燈籠，全都彷彿鑲嵌著一層藍色的玻璃。傘狀的燈籠罩上，有幾片被風捲落下來的小小樹葉。 土井先生怎麼樣啊。 Hate!問這種事 女人朝他扭動著肩膀。這種舉動，完全表現了她原來所幹的職業。 結城把小手指從她手裡抽出來。 要感冒的喲！他說，屋子裡的話已經說完了。土井先生該叫您了。 結城先生。他正想邁步，女人從身後喊了一聲，下回，哪怕是一次也好，不能跟我見一面嗎？我有話要對您講。 結城扭過頭看著女人。她那緊盯自己的眼裡燃著光芒。 哎呀，結城曖昧地答道，那對土井先生不好吧。 不讓他知道嘛。女人貼近結城手臂，悄悄地說，關於時間安排，我會照顧到結城先生方便的。 走廊裡傳來腳步聲，女人便急忙離開了。 我等您。這是女人留下的最後一句話。然後她便逕自往相反方向走去了，身上那豪華的衣帶異常顯眼。 結城返回座席的時候，肥胖的老板正和女招待們笑語喧天地鬧得不可開交。