disqualified hero

[The dragonfly is left behind, it flies along the sunset, and the moist air guides it.Across the low grass, there is a mangrove forest. It is said to be a mangrove forest, but it is late autumn. The leaves of the maple trees have turned red, and the sunset glow is also fiery red, like the blood stuck by a tuberculosis patient. If you don't, maybe you will be frightened by the scene like a magic moment, and go back inside. ]

[The wings are buzzing and flapping, the dampness in front of them is getting thicker, the red leaves and the branches dyed red by the sunset are blocking it, time and time again, the intersecting branches cover the sky, it passes through Now, through those shelters, I saw the marsh in the distance. ]

[Buzzing, buzzing, buzzing, looking at the marsh in the distance, the dragonfly didn’t move, it flapped its wings in vain, but couldn’t move, the spider’s web caught it, the red spider came closer, hey, the red spider here There are so many spiders, one, two, three. ]

[It turns out that the mangrove forest next to the swamp is a hunting ground for spiders! ]

——"Human Matters. Red Dragonfly"

At ten o'clock in the morning, Tetsunaqiao drove to A Ji's house.

The whole night passed, and he didn't fall asleep even for a minute. First, he rummaged through the closet with only a few thin clothes several times, and finally he followed the bodyguard in the movie. He was dressed in a black suit, and he even went to the door. I bought a pair of black sunglasses at the 1-yen store.

After finding the clothes, I started to think wildly, hoping that Ah Ji would be safe, and also hoping that something would happen to give him a chance to be a hero to save the beauty, and then thought of the unknown man who married Ah Ji.Occasionally show Mr. Xiuzhi a shot, thinking about what kind of child he is... In short, there are too many things that can make him think about it, centered on Ah Ji, and constantly spreading around.

The appointment time to go to work is twelve o'clock in the noon. Before ten o'clock, he hurriedly put the toiletries and so on into the car, hypnotizing himself to leave early, otherwise what should he do if he gets lost in traffic jams? In order to leave two hours earlier, he found Two hundred reasons.

[Speaking of which, if you are a bodyguard, that means you will live with Ah Ji for more than a month, right? ]

It's impossible not to think about it, his face turned red with a bang.

At 46:[-], when the car drove into the villa, Tie Mingqiao found out that there was such a big villa in Tokyo.

[Compared to a villa, this range should be considered a manor, right? ]

The area of ​​the house is not very large. From his position, he can only see the western-style house hidden behind the dense forest, but the vegetation surrounding the house, those mountains, trees and flowers, occupies an area that can be described as luxurious.

The second gate is right in front of you, and the vehicles are moving slowly. The black iron fence door obviously has no artificial traces, but it slowly opens to the rear without anyone pushing the door. The servant in a suit and vest respectfully walks up to Tie Mingqiao In front of him, he lowered his head and said, "Please leave the parking job to me, sir." He added, "The luggage in the car will be delivered to your room later."

Tie Mingmu nodded and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

[Wow, this is really...]

He could see the front of the bungalow when he raised his head slightly, the whole picture was too big, the annex was hidden behind the main courtyard, Tie Ming was full of weird but natural thoughts.

[Wow, although I know that Ah Ji is the eldest lady, isn't this too exaggerated? ]

[Or does the villa belong to the husband's family? ]

The second thought made him not very happy, and even gave birth to a strange sense of frustration. Miss Ji's aesthetics of houses has not changed since she was a child. When she was in middle school, most of the students had done compositions, writing about their ideal houses. .

"What is Ah Ji's ideal house like?" He was lying on the table, Miss Ji was at the front table, and he was lucky to be sitting behind Miss Ji, because of this position, he was often troubled by the boys in the class, and it was okay He has a strong body and a strong personality. Even though he was beaten and beaten in the first year of middle school, he didn't have any major problems.

"The ideal house?" Mo Yao said that since she was a child, Miss Ji's temperament is different from ordinary people. If I really want to say, she has an innate calmness and elegance that transcends time, making people doubt whether she is born with it.

"Let's think about it, we need a big yard with lots of flowers, trees and grass." She said, "The house should be white as expected, and the furniture should also be white."

"Huh?" he said, "A Ji really likes white."

"No." Miss Ji smiled and said, "It's just that I don't hate it."

After becoming a hero, Tie Mingqiao bought a house with the money he earned. He designed everything from the courtyard to the style of the house. It is hard to say that his flower garden and his small house were not affected by silence during the design process. Miss Effect.

[In the end, she is still married to someone who can give her a bigger garden! ]

The bleak reality gave him a fatal blow, the scenery around him could be called a work of art, but Tie Ming lost the motivation to look at the scenery, he walked forward in a daze, thinking about something in his mind.

"Oh, it's Mr. Tie Ming." There was a rustling voice, occasionally mixed with the sound of branches and leaves being shaken, he looked to the right, and the moment he turned his head, he saw the child's head emerging from the tree, Xiu Zhi He flexibly turned his direction and let his head face down.

"Dangerous!" Tie Mingqiao blurted out, and if it was someone else, he wouldn't worry about a solid child. Seven or eight-year-old children are always full of creativity, and it's not uncommon for him to climb up and down the rockery. , but once "climbing a tree" is put on Xiuzhi, nothing feels right.

[He looks too much like Ah Ji. ]

"It's all right." Mr. Xiuzhi changed his posture again and jumped down from a tall tree. He was like a dexterous cat, except for a few leaves hidden in his clothes and hair, there was no problem.

"Is Mr. Tie Ming here for work?" He was like Peter Pan, who suddenly appeared next to Tie Ming after turning around a few times.

"Yes." Tie Ming answered awkwardly.

"Oh." Xiu Zhi said, "Then you are really early, now is Miss Ji's reading time, no matter how important things are, don't bother him." The similarity is that they all like to laugh very much, and the smiles on their faces, how should I put it, always have an inexplicable temperament.

"If I'm not mistaken, Miss Ji should have an appointment with you at 12 o'clock."

[End, totally hit the spot! ]

Tie Mingqiao's face flushed, and his smile tended to be awkward.

[In terms of intelligence, it's the same as Aji. ]

"Let's think about it. If it's twelve o'clock noon, there is still more than an hour. If you don't mind, let me do my best as a landlord." Xiu Zhi said, "The house is very big, and the courtyard can be called If you can pass by, I will take Mr. Tie Ming around."

"well."

[There is no way to refuse. ]

When Tie Ming agreed, he felt ashamed for a long time.

[This child is completely incapable of being rejected. ]

but……

"Mr. Xiuzhi, right?" Tie Ming asked cleverly.

"Yeah, that's the name," he said. "Any questions?"

"Why did Mr. Xiuzhi call Miss Ajiji?" The question has been lingering in his mind since he heard Xiuzhi say Miss Jiji for the first time. "Theoretically, it should be called mother."

[It's really weird. ]

Japan is different from the United States and the European continent. Most countries in the East value etiquette and the relationship between superiors and inferiors. It is unimaginable to call mothers, fathers, and others by their first names.

"Oh, how should I put it?" Xiu Zhi seemed a little troubled, "If my father was present, I would also call Ms. Ji a mother or something, but now that my father is not here, I just need to choose the name I like."

"Miss Ji is Miss Ji." He said, "Compared with mother, don't you think this title is much more appropriate?"

[suitable……]

He caught a very important point.

[Mother's title, isn't it appropriate? ]

……

The sun near noon was very bright, and the thin curtains were pulled to both sides of the bay window. Perhaps it was still early, and the sunlight accumulated in the corner of the room, refusing to penetrate inside, and the sunlight drew a dividing line.

Miss Shi went out silently, opened the door again at a certain moment, and came in quietly. Miss Ji's eyes did not stay on Shi, she turned a page of the book.

The book is old, although the cover is well protected, the inside pages are a bit yellowed, open the first page, write copy information before the table of contents, the first edition came out in 1993, the book Miss Ji read was the fifth edition, but It is also a product of decades ago.

"I found a very interesting book," she said, "The Complete Suicide Manual, written by Tsurumi Tsurumi in 1993."

She sighed: "It's really a very interesting book. The techniques in it are all in line with the laws of medicine. No matter from which angle you look at it, it is very insightful."

Miss Shi said, "Yes."

"However, why do people want to commit suicide?" Her voice was close to Kong Mang, it was a serenade that reminded people of the starry sky and the night.

Seeing that she paused for a long time without continuing, Shi understood that Miss Ji was waiting for her answer: "Because, because they don't want to live, right?" She said, "There are always people who are completely disappointed in reality."

"Are you completely disappointed in reality?" Miss Ji pondered for a while, "But how can a person who commits suicide know that the world after death is better than the world in which he was born?"

"Also, it would be too bad to commit suicide just for the purpose of experiencing death. There are so many ways to experience death up close, why choose the worst one."

She closed the book, squinted her eyes and looked at the scorching sun at noon outside the window.

"It's really a book without nutrition."

……

"It's great that you can come, Tie Ming-kun." At 12 o'clock, Tie Mingqiao met Miss Ji in the reception room on time, "Now you don't have to worry about your safety when you go out."

"No," he said awkwardly, "just do my best."

Xiu Zhi sat on another sofa in the reception room, and he said briskly: "Mr. Tie Ming is such an interesting person, I took him around the courtyard just now, he knows many flowers in the courtyard, and he also talked to him I said some hero-related activities, which is awesome."

If Xiuzhi wants to please someone intentionally, then he will definitely succeed and make others like him. This is an innate talent that even Mr. Haraemon agrees with.

Most of the time, though, he's an uncomfortable, overly bright kid.

But on Tie Mingqiao, he seemed impatient to show his charm, Miss Ji said in surprise: "Ah, this kid seems to like Tie Mingjun very much."

The child mentioned showed a restrained smile.

Tie Mingqiao's expression also stretched: "Mr. Xiuzhi is very cute and knows a lot."

"It's great if you can get along well."

After a brief meeting, Miss Yushi explained his work to Tie Ming. Miss Ji seemed to be going to answer the phone or deal with other things, so she left first, and so did Mr. Xiu Zhi.

Miss Shi's attitude towards Tie Mingqiao is not very good, not to mention her posture, the rigorous maid looks like a poker face no matter who she looks at.

"Miss Ji spends most of the day in the other courtyard." She said, "To avoid suspicion, please don't get too close to Miss Ji in the other courtyard."

[Understanding is understandable, but this statement is too unreasonable, right? ]

"Your job is only to follow Miss Ji when she goes out and goes to an unsafe area, such as guarding the door when listening to a private concert, and is responsible for the outdoor security. As for indoors, I will accompany you." She said, "In the occasions when Miss Ji goes in and out , the others are also noble ladies with status, and they are all followed by servants of the same sex, so it is necessary to prevent servants of the opposite sex from making actions that are degrading."

A line of words "Stay away from Miss Ji" was written in her eyes.

Tie Mingqiao can't be bothered, but he has already been popularized by Xiu Zhi as Miss Shi's status in the mansion. He is probably a housekeeper. It is said that he has passed the hero license examination and has an exceptionally strong personality. Facing her, he is superior Yes, half reprimanded with undisguised contempt, he could only bow his head and agree.

"Then can I usually go to Mr. Xiuzhi?" He thought about it, "Mr. Xiuzhi is a boy, so there should be no problem of avoiding suspicion." Through the brief contact just now, he had a good impression of Xiuzhi.

Miss Shi didn't seem to expect him to ask such a question, and was surprised for a while: "It's okay to find Mr. Xiao." She said meaningfully, "However, I will give you a suggestion, don't treat Mr. Xiao as a child. .”

"If you stare at the abyss for too long, be careful to be dragged down the abyss together."

……

For three days in a row, Mr. Tsushima Haraemon, who was busy with disaster relief, did not come back.

"The reason for hiring a hero?" Xiu Zhi and Tie Mingqiao sat on the grass, the lawn was very wide, and they were very small.

"That's right." He said, "Is it really because of poor law and order? In that case, shouldn't a hero come forward?" He stayed for three days, and finally recovered from the joy of seeing Ah Ji, his feverish brain Start working normally.

Miss Ji's house is very peaceful, but it doesn't seem to be very peaceful. Miss Shi looks at him very badly. Occasionally, he can even catch the murderous look from the other party's sight. She does not welcome her very very much.

Tie Mingqiao couldn't understand the other party's hostility at all, just thinking of her eyes, he didn't dare to sleep peacefully in the middle of the night: "Miss Shi looks at me with dangerous eyes, as if she doesn't want me to appear here at all." He said, "You know Is there a reason?"

"The reason..." Xiuzhi's voice became quieter, as if he was thinking, but also seemed to be just trying to tell the truth, "I still know a little bit."

"What?" When asked, he didn't actually hold out hope.

"It's a murder case." Xiuzhi lay on the lawn on his back, "Have you heard of Mr. Tie Ming? The first man was divided into seven parts, and the second woman was divided into six parts. The fire scorched."

"Of course I've heard of it." Tie Mingqiao said, "This is an extremely vicious incident. The two people before and after, including the man who died in the same way a month ago, have no contact at all, and the corpse was still being played with."

It's a real trick, the damaged body is put together into a very strange shape, stacked together like shells, or twisted into the shape of a crescent moon.

"Even the enemy is too much."

"And then." Xiu Zhi continued, "Actually, when each case happened, my mother was carrying out activities in the nearby area." He said, "Miss Shi is also there, attending concerts or reading salons or something."

"Father, I'm very worried about this." He said, "My mother, from a long time ago, has an attractive quality, and this quality does not only attract men or women." He looked at the iron with a smile. With a glance at Mingqiao, the latter looked wrong, and the red color spread from the neck all the way up.

"You know, Miss Ji has an amiable aura about her, not only kindness but also malicious affection will rush to her."

"It is said that there have been vicious incidents that almost became hostages. I don't know the ins and outs. It happened before I was born. It was because of the kidnapping incident that my father and Miss Ji knew each other. After that, he told Miss Ji The safety factor is very concerned.”

"It may be that the recent murder incident made him a little worried about gain and loss, so he proposed to let the hero protect Miss Ji together."

"So it is, so..."

[Why do I always feel that something is wrong. ]

[In this case, why does poetry hate me so much. ]

"Young Master, Young Master." The voice of the vulgar maid came from far to near, "Where are you, Young Master?"

"Here." He lazily responded, then pulled Tie Mingqiao's arm, motioning for him to raise his hand to guide others.

"So you are here, young master." The maid looks good, but she has no temperament. A woman like her who has only skins may be called a beauty in other places, but in the other hall, she is like a girl. The humble, dusty sparrow.

"Sir will be back soon." She said, "Miss Ji asked me to inform you."

"Mr. Wan seems to be going out to watch a drama with Miss Ji. Miss Ji asked me to ask, does the young master want to go together?"

"Ah, so that's the case." Xiu Zhi said, "I won't go, please bring the message to Miss Ji."

After the maid left, Xiu Zhi sat on the lawn again. He continued the topic just now: "However, if Miss Shi hates you, please try to listen to her and don't appear in front of you."

"Huh?" Tie Mingqiao didn't react immediately.

"This house seems to be very peaceful, but in fact, it is just like the Pansi Cave in ancient Chinese stories." He said with a smile, "The red dragonfly that strays into it will be eaten by spider spirits if you are not careful." La."

He clasped his hands together and his fingers flew upwards, as if imitating the flapping wings of a dragonfly.

The afterglow of the setting sun swayed on the fragrant grass.

[Body: Osamu Dazai (Shuji Tsushima)]

[Synchronization rate: 83%]