Chapter 102
Chapter 102
After 22 years, Zhu Fu Jingguang returned to his hometown.
His hometown is a small town next to Gunma County. It takes a rickety mountain road to drive from the capital, and outside the not-so-wide human settlements, the large forests still maintain their original ecology because few people set foot on them. lush.
The man with the hood pulled up walked among the narrow streets, looking at them quietly all the way.
After that incident, the seven-year-old was severely stimulated. He lost his speech and memory for a period of time. It was not until later that he slowly remembered the past. The scenery he saw at this moment gradually matched the memory recovered in the early years.
The surrounding buildings seem to be slightly old, and the houses with a little impression are still in their old positions. When you look up through the eaves with old wind chimes hanging, you can still see the shadow of the forest swaying in the wind in the distance.
"...After so many years, it's still the same."
Zhu Fu Jingguang's mood is quite complicated.
Now that the childhood knot is over, he should be happy to be able to come back here.
If I remember correctly, the family's old house...is just at the corner of the street in front of him. He can walk there slowly, stepping on the cobblestone road he jumped and ran when he was a child, and find more sad and warm memories from it.
The atmosphere in his hometown is too peaceful and peaceful, as if time has not passed, and he may sink into this gentle river at any time.
But he couldn't sink down, Zhu Fu Jingguang always remembered that he came back to find talents.
He still didn't know where the man was staying now. On the way here, he suspected that he had misunderstood it, thinking that the "go home" was just a casual statement from the other party, or it was simply an unintentional addition by the officer himself.
Will Qian Mu really hide in his hometown?
In terms of geographical location, it is possible. This small town is not a scenic spot, and it is remote and remote. It is indeed easy to avoid eyes.But also because the place is too small, the people who come and go are all familiar faces, but if a stranger suddenly appears on the street, it will be very conspicuous.
Zhu Fu Jingguang just got out of the car and walked for less than 10 minutes, when he attracted several curious and inquiring eyes.
Fortunately, he was well prepared. In addition to the hood and stubble as a cover, he also learned the hobbies of his friends and buckled a pair of sunglasses for himself to prevent people from his hometown from seeing him through his appearance. on his brother.
He didn't think too much before rushing to find him. The reminder was just this one, so he naturally thought of his old house first, and Qian Mu might leave new clues in it.
The old house has been in a state of disrepair since Zhu Fu's family scattered, and the door has been locked for a long time.
Zhu Fu Gaoming would come every one or two months to clean the main house after paying homage to his parents.
There is only one key, and of course it is impossible for Zhu Fu Jingguang, who is out of contact, to have one.
If he wants to go home, he has to climb over the wall pitifully and sneakily, and avoid the eyes of the people around him——
It is obviously unavoidable during the day, and the unfamiliar face wearing a bag and sunglasses only walked half a circle outside the locked old house. The guy is afraid he wants to be a thief."
Officer Zhu Fu, who was obviously returning to his hometown, twitched his mouth, but in desperation quickly left as if nothing had happened, and waited until night to climb over the wall and enter the room.
I turned it in, but the biggest discovery was that my brother came here about a week ago and cleaned the main house very well, but the weeds in the courtyard grew again.
When he was looking for clues, he pulled out all the weeds in the yard in the dark, wiped the dusty memorial tablet of his parents again, and walked around the living room that was too empty after losing most of the furniture... It took him a long time. No clues were found at night.
Before dawn, Zhu Fujing was sitting in the center of the tatami with disc-legged legs, as if he had just filled his pump and had missed most of it, and his dim cat eyes were still a little numb.
The man who had gained nothing couldn't help doubting himself. Could it be that he and Qian Mu really didn't even have a tacit understanding?In the past, if he couldn't catch up and couldn't help, it could be attributed to ignorance, but now he basically... knows most of it, so what's the matter if he can't catch up?
——No, Yuan Qianmu, does he really have the idea of asking him for help and leading him over?
Thinking of this, Zhu Fu Jingguang froze suddenly.
It dawned on me that 90.00% of Yuan Qianmu didn't have this idea, and the remaining one percent was used as a cover to fool him who was actively waiting.
It seems that there is this little "tried" as an excuse, and the friend who appeared in front of him afterwards is refreshed, so it can be regarded as nothing happened in the middle.
What kind of help is purely over-interpreted by the poor man who can only receive the news unilaterally.
That guy... definitely intends to wait until the day of the exhibition before slowly meeting him, the "bodyguard"!
"Yuan Qian Mu!"
Zhu Fu Jingguang couldn't help gritting his teeth, that is to say, this person is as cunning as Yuan Qianmu, who can frequently piss him off with his good temper, wishing to hold him down and beat him... Last time I wanted to educate him, but he failed midway. I made a mistake and didn’t get what I wanted. Can I make it up if I find it this time? !
Probably can only think about it, haha, because I can't find it at all.
"..."
Sadness hits my heart, and there is also the "powerlessness" that I have long been accustomed to.
Zhu Fu Jingguang has never been "powerful" when it comes to friends, and his heart disease, which healed a little not long ago, seems to be resurgent, and he has been trapped in a vicious circle that he can't get out of.
The black-haired man couldn't sit still, he hurriedly stood up with an expression tainted with anxiety, and kept thinking, who would Qian Mu avoid?If not here, then he would be in—
"Crack!"
Zhu Fu Jingguang was slightly startled, even though he reacted quickly enough and retracted his feet in time, a wooden plank on the floor of the corridor was still broken by him.
The wooden plank was badly affected by damp, and it had long since rotted from the bottom, but it looked fine on the surface. Zhu Fu Gaoming never noticed it, but Zhu Fu Jingguang, who came back only once in 22 years, unfortunately spread it.
The sound is particularly crisp in the quiet night, and it may be heard in the yard next door—very well, there was an inaudible voice from the next door, and then the lights appeared.
Zhu Fu Jingguang: "..."
The man who was also unlucky in his hometown ran away in embarrassment again.
However, after being interrupted by such an interruption, Zhu Fu Jingguang calmed down a lot after returning to the small hotel where he temporarily stayed.
"Don't rush for success...be patient and trust your own judgment." He closed his eyes and silently recited his elder brother's warning to the 22-year-old him.
The current him actually doesn’t need to be warned to wake him up, it’s just because of the failures he regretted at the beginning, and his heart can’t be settled, so there are gaps in his composure... Well, that’s it, no matter what, he shouldn’t Doubt yourself.
After taking a deep breath, the man opened his clear and calm blue eyes, as if the unsteady waves were smoothed by the wind, he turned back into a calm and confident Zhu Fujingguang.
Rearranging his thoughts, Zhu Fu Jingguang firmly believed that there was no mistake in the place he had already arrived, but the more specific location was hidden more ambiguously than the previous "going home" that was extremely easy to ignore.
...he still needs a little hint.
It started early this morning.
A stranger who claims to be a traveler wanders around, walks in the quiet street in the morning, and when he sees an old man on the side of the road who needs help, he lends a helping hand in time. Boss chat.
He is an exceptionally friendly young man, and within a short time, he has won unanimous praise from the boss and other diners. No matter where there are beautiful scenery nearby, or what unusual things have happened recently, as long as they can catch up with the topic, they will We can chat a few words.
"It rained so hard the day before yesterday."
"Take care of Tietai and the others. The road outside has become muddy. Don't run into the forest before the sun rises."
"Do you know the old theater in the city next door? It hasn't changed its repertoire for more than ten years, and now there is a new play. I want to go see it too after I've been busy for a while."
"By the way, I heard from my relatives that something strange happened there recently. Many people had strange dreams at the same time. They dreamed that strange people were flying around on the roof. When they woke up, they found that the roof of their house was real. A few holes were broken, hiss..."
"What the hell? You've watched too many TV shows, go and eat your meal."
"Ugh—brother Luchuan, your sunglasses are not suitable for you! Let me tell you, you have to change to this kind..."
Zhu Fu Jingguang took the opportunity of dinner to inquire, and only got a half-price discount from the boss.
Apart from him, no strangers have appeared here in the past few days. Except for some weird rumors in the cities near the capital, Nagano is very calm.
He stopped on the street and frowned slightly, thinking about where to look for clues next.
"Young man, do you know how to coax children?" The passing grandmother suddenly waved to him.
"Well, it should be okay?" Although Zhu Fu Jingguang didn't know what was going on, since it was an old man who stopped him, he walked over.
"Here, over there." The old lady pointed him in the direction.
Zhu Fu Jingguang looked along the line of sight, there were four children who were no more than six or seven years old squatting on the side of the road, one of them was crying loudly, although the other three were not crying, they showed fear, hesitation and a little excitement look.
"I see, what happened..."
"Go when you see it." The old lady said in a tone that was a headache from the quarrel, "You seem to be very good at coaxing, go, go, over there, hurry up and calm them down."
I didn't expect it to be Zhu Fu Jingguang of this development: "?"
"Ouch, my head—"
The old lady didn't reason with him, as if she was just grabbing a passer-by to solve the noise source, leaving the trouble behind and walking away.
Zhu Fu Jingguang was helpless, he didn't have the nerve to ask the old lady why she didn't go to coax it by herself, so he had no choice but to do it himself after being dragged down.
Although the same type of sunglasses bought by Boss Ezaki by accident did not fit his temperament, and after approaching him, a wave of debuffs were given to him, which attracted the vigilance of the bear group, but after he decisively took off the sunglasses, he changed like magic. After taking out a handful of candy and saying a few more gentle words, the situation immediately reversed.
The crying little girl laughed through her tears, and the other three children's affection for him also rose rapidly, and they decided that this bearded uncle was definitely a good person.
Zhu Fu Jingguang's sunny and warm smile froze slightly: "Uncle... well, well, you can actually call him Uncle."
"Don't—uncle! Just call me uncle, hahahaha!"
"Oh, okay, okay, as long as you are happy."
The 29-year-old uncle accepted the reality and patted their heads one by one, thinking that there should be no delay. To be on the safe side, he asked the little girl why she was crying before leaving.
He thought it was just a few words, but he didn't want to stop him when the little girl cried out by accident.
"I went to the forest yesterday...I lost...the bow tie my mother made..."
"It's a very precious gift, did you find it back the way you came?"
"No... we dare not go! Uncle, there are monsters in the forest, very scary monsters!"
"Huh? Monster? Don't be afraid, there is no..."
"There are strange noises in the cabin, we heard it! It must be the fox monster that grandma said, the fox will eat the children who run into the cabin to hide from the rain on rainy days—"
"……what."
Scattered memories poured out of my mind, bringing along unexpected gains.
"Yes, at the end of the path, near the cabin down the mountain?"
"Uh-huh!"
"........."
It turned out that the reminder was not where the eyes could see or the ears could hear, but found another way—hidden in his memory.
Zhu Fu Jingguang remembered one thing.
That was seven years ago when he was already able to tell his friends about his childhood in a relaxed tone.
Seven-year-old Zhu Fu Jingguang lives carefree in a small town on the edge of Nagano. He and his friends each have a bug net, sneak out of their homes, and run in the forest under the sun.
——Hey, that sounds really cool. At the age of seven, I can only catch cicadas in the park. The problem is that I still can't catch them.
——Hahaha, you all lived in the city when you were young, and I was the only one who was in the country. By the way, I remember that we caught a very big unicorn at that time, it was really super-big!
——Speaking of which, I was suddenly a little curious, what were you playing when you were seven years old?
——Aha?As for me, I have been playing in my dad’s repair shop since I was a child, and Xiao Zhenping is also with me, dismantling radios and other things when there is nothing to do, it’s very interesting!
——I... didn't seem to have any entertainment at that time. Is it okay to fight with the second student who doesn't like it?
——Certainly not! ! !
The blond-haired young man encountered a tragedy that had little entertainment before he became a child and was discovered. His classmates and friends deliberately cast "I'm so lonely, but I don't cry or cry" eyes, trying to raise their hands to mess up his poor golden hair.
So the blond young man was very angry, and confronted Curly, who never missed the opportunity to provoke him, and the curly boy stopped them perfunctorily, and skillfully released the two of them, and handed over the mess to the kind-hearted squad leader, and he followed The red-haired youths who hardly spoke sat together and continued to listen to the story told by the golden retriever with great interest.
Zhu Fu Jingguang told them that he and Ah Cao were in Nagano and the other in Qunma, and the forest sandwiched between the two families was the best playground. At the end of the far path, I found a wooden house there.
The wooden house may have been left by a former hunter, and the door was not locked. At that time, the two ignorant kids only hesitated for a second, then happily got in, and stayed in the small wooden house with nothing for half a day and one night.
——Ah?Although it's summer, I dare to spend the night in a forest hut with no lights, no fire, no food, and even an unlocked door... a fool more stupid than Xiao Zhenping appeared, Jing, I am very happy to see you alive and kicking today!
——Well, that's not stupid... well, it's really stupid, I admit it!At that time, it seemed that the two of us made a bet on a whim, thinking that if we hid here, would our family members be able to find us...
——Tell me, let me be happy, how many times were you beaten up after you went back?
——Qianmu, you... alright, two meals!My parents gave me a meal, and my elder brother who carried me home from the wooden house didn't beat me up, but he made me write a thousand-word self-criticism... My elder brother made it hard for me to write a self-criticism for an elementary school student who couldn't read all the words!
——It's so rare!When Jing was young, his brain was obviously lacking in roots, and he would mess around after he didn't have a long memory. If your brother didn't find you in time, you might be shivering and be taken away by a bear!
——haha So the wooden house was locked after that... We were still sad, and thought this location was very good, very suitable for playing hide-and-seek, and it could also be used as a secret base for storing treasures, but unfortunately we couldn't get in.
——You son of a bitch, let’s find a safe place for hide and seek!
——Wait, don't take the opportunity to slap me, this is what I did when I was seven years old, it has nothing to do with me now...!
The memory suddenly gathered.
Back to the present, the man's eyes flickered. If it was really what he thought, then he could only sigh helplessly: "Secrets are secrets, but Yuan Qianmu, oh Yuan Qianmu, next time a normal person can think of something without recalling it." the puzzle?Do you want people to find you, or do you not want people to find you?
"Little girl, what does the bow you lost look like? Uncle will help you find it."
"Wow, thank you uncle! You are so kind!"
"Hey, I'll be happier if I call you Uncle...Forget it, forget it."
After noting the appearance of the little girl's lost treasure, Zhu Fu Jingguang strode towards the forest entrance with his bag on his back.
It had just rained heavily the day before yesterday, and the muddy road in the forest was slapped dirty and slippery by the rain. All the children who ran around were detained and returned home, and few people went to the forest again.
The back of the "outsider" did not hesitate, as if all doubts had been erased.
After he walked away.
In the roadside house, the "grandmother" who had just called him to stop him was standing by the window, slowly looking away from the window.
Her cold eyes were imprinted on the old face, appearing incompatible and abrupt.
When the window was closed, the hunched back became straight, and the blond hair of the woman who had torn off her face with a raised hand was scattered, and her eyes fell on the wooden window where the outside world could no longer be seen, as if thinking of something, her eyes were briefly out of focus.
"...It's their words, would you be more willing to say it?"
The woman murmured to herself, then suddenly smiled again.
There was no smile on her lips, only understanding: "No, no way... Then, I'll send them to accompany you, so it's okay, right?"
……
After rescuing the curly-haired idiot who was dying, Qianmu deliberately stayed at home for a while, and had a good dinner with the weighing duo.
The weights knew that he was very busy, so they were very considerate and kept him talking all night long. Qianmu accepted their wishes and sent a copy of "Communication Collection Written by Police Officer Matsuda to His Dead Friend" to help them pass the time. left.
The information at the headquarters hasn't been sorted out yet. He came here temporarily from Nagano. After finishing his work here, he naturally has to go back to Nagano to continue working.
On the way, Gin sent a message that he had finished the work that the boss wanted to do. After the boss came back, he only needed to review the parts he had sorted out. After reviewing, he could directly issue instructions.
"...Gin, that's amazing."
The BOSS, who witnessed the limit of human efficiency, was amazed. After sincerely praising and expressing his gratitude, he only said a word to Gin: "I'm very touched, Zhen. But it's ten o'clock, why are you still up?"
"..."
"Okay, turn off the lights and come out of the office. I'll give you 10 minutes to lie down. Go to sleep, good night."
"……Yes."
This time he really planned to work hard on his own, but if he didn't pay attention, Gin helped him finish most of the progress... There was no way.
Qian Mu told Belmode that since this is the case, he is not in a hurry, he wants to spend a few days, and then find some entertainment to relax, well, I also miss my little friend who cooks delicious food, so I just go to his house Let's be a guest.
"Oh~ I remembered, Zhu Fu Jingguang's family is in Nagano, what kind of visiting gift do you want to prepare?"
"It's okay, I'll prepare the gift."
The reunion games between him and his friends have always been planned and enjoyed by himself.
Not only will Belmode not intervene, but he will deliberately keep some distance, and this time is the same.
After sending Qianmu to Nagano, Belmode returned to the headquarters, and if he didn't go back to end, the expelled cadres would think that the headquarters had been taken away.
The headquarters is very close to Zhu Fu Jingguang's hometown, even if the capricious BOSS is out alone, she won't be too worried - if she doesn't find out the truth, she will be so relieved.
Belmode did not notice anything unusual.
Whether it's the appearance that catches the eye, or the reaction when no one sees, the man's behavior is too normal.
He chatted and laughed with those two idiot policemen normally, finished his meal normally, and sat in the car when he returned to Nagano. Raised, the gentleness in the crimson eyes remains the same.
No exception.
She just inexplicably felt that...he had.
……
The truth is, there are.
Everyone was hidden from him again.
After separating from Belmode, Agu, who had been silent on the phone for several hours, finally spoke: "Ah Yuan, you're so selfish."
"Huh? Isn't it okay this time?"
"It's okay! It's really okay! In order to save Reiko last time, even if the willpower of the forum offset the price, you still lay in bed for a full month. This time you can lie down for a week at most, right?"
"Ah... Well, after all, I want to avenge myself."
"Believe it or not, I have reminded you [-] times. The black-skinned police officer is a man who has been the protagonist before, so he is not so easy to be killed by bombing!"
"Not necessarily... After all, he didn't live up to expectations, he has become a supporting role, even his code name was taken away..."
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Ms. Sharon or Brother Gin, I want them to come over and take you away!"
"……Do not."
"Why not! Do you really want to wait for the Maoyan police officer to come over? But you didn't remind him at all, it's only because he can find it... A Yuan? A Yuan???"
"...that's fine too."
"Ah Yuan?! Ah——"
There were no more panicked sounds in the cabin.
After pressing the off button, the man's arms hung down against the edge of the bed, and then he slowly closed his eyes.
In the silence that no one knew, he wanted to have a good night's sleep first.
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