Fool's Love

"The story written by Yamagishi" is bleeding caused by a puncture with a kitchen knife.

Xiangzi finally realized that the man was not in the right state.Walking in, Haruta Hikaru looked half-drunk, his face was flushed with blood, and he might fall down in the next second.

Obviously he said that he wanted to drink, but in the end, his capacity for alcohol was so poor that he opened a second can of wine and became so drunk!

Xiangzi sighed, and was about to adjust his posture to avoid bumping into something when he lay down, but he heard him talking intermittently.

When I listened closely, it turned out to be "I want to listen to that THE BLUE HEARTS song you sang back then."

"Which one? "Moon Bomber"?"

Haruta nodded.He looked pained, as if he was dying from alcohol.

Suddenly, Haruta's hand frantically grabbed Xiangzi's hair.Xiangzi felt a sharp pain, she opened the drunk man's fingers one by one, and stood up panting.

Haruta Hikaru looked at her with eyes that seemed about to shed tears.Only then did she realize that there were obvious dark marks on Chuntian's jet-black suit pants, spreading down her legs to her waist.

Is it because you can't stand the pain after you lose consciousness?

What a terrific fall for Springfield after so much blood!

Xiangzi wants to see Chuntian's wound, but the other party intends to save face, protecting his legs tightly, chanting something, and looking carefully, it is the words "Please sing!"There was no way, Xiangzi could only do as he said.

Xiangzi walked into the bedroom and came out with a guitar in his arms.She can play a little guitar, but she hasn't played it for a long time, and her hands are a little raw.

Xiangzi stood on the ground and dialed a few notes, then cleared his throat.Feeling unsatisfied, he simply took off his socks and jumped onto the tea table.The furniture, which is tens of centimeters above the ground, can just be used as a stage.

Xiangzi felt his blood start to boil.Facing the only audience in front of her, she shouted loudly: "It's been a long time! Even though there is only one person - this is the first special performance of Maria's Crown after many years!"

As soon as the words fell, Xiangzi immediately popped out the first "Do" sound.

-

Near noon the next day, when Takami Shoko woke up, Haruta Hikaru was no longer in the house.

To ease the hangover, she poured a large glass of water.The dishes and chopsticks from yesterday's meal were not cleaned up at all, and they were all piled up in the sink.

Xiangzi turned on the faucet and heard someone knocking on the door.She wondered if something had fallen in Springfield, and the faucet was turned off, so she said "Wait a minute!" and trotted out.

Observing through the cat's eyes, unexpectedly, it was not Hikaru Haruta standing outside the door, but two people of similar stature in patrol uniforms.

"Is anyone there? We want to know something, can you open the door?"

"Please show me your police ID."

After repeatedly confirming that the two were indeed policemen, Xiangzi finally unlocked the door.

"May I ask what happened?"

"There's been a murder around here and we need to know something."

"Murder case?"

It was so sudden.Xiangzi couldn't understand the situation at all, her eyes were wide open, and she looked at the two speechlessly.

Then she heard the sound of water.When I came out of the kitchen just now, I didn't turn off the faucet. It seemed that the water in the sink overflowed and fell on the ground.

"Please sit down first. I was packing up the tableware just now, so I'm going to turn off the tap."

Xiangzi signaled the two of them to sit down beside the sofa, and trotted to the kitchen by himself.As expected, the water has overflowed from the sink, forming a small semi-circular puddle on the ground.

She turned the faucet half a turn, but her heart was still beating.what happened?murder?Xiangzi never thought that such a thing would happen to her.

She took a bag of unopened paper cups from the cupboard above her head, took out two of them and filled them with water, and her beating heart slowly calmed down.

"Waiting for a long time. Are you two thirsty? I poured drinking water."

Putting the paper cups filled with water on the table, Xiangzi also sat down on the sofa.She is still confused.

"Excuse me, what happened to the murder?"

The two did not directly answer her words.One of the police officers who looked older and very experienced took out a photo from his pocket: "Do you know the person in the photo?"

Xiangzi leaned down and squinted at the face above.The moment she recognized the other party's identity, she almost screamed out.

"Nagata?"

The one in the photo is her ex-boyfriend Nagata Hiroyuki, the only person she will never admit wrong——

Before Xiangzi forgot those nightmares about him.Seeing Xiangzi's reaction, the two patrolmen winked at each other.

"What happened to Nagata?"

"His body was found this morning in an alley next to the nearby station."

Could it be that you came to find me?Xiangzi does not rule out this possibility.

"What's your relationship with him?"

"He's my ex-boyfriend. However, we haven't seen each other for over a month. I thought he had found a new girlfriend."

"These are secondary. What were you doing yesterday?"

"Let's think about it—I'm at work during the day, and I come back around 06:30 in the afternoon—I usually come back around this time, and yesterday was the same as usual, there was no delay on the road."

"Can someone testify against you?"

"You mean before you go home? My colleagues should be able to, and there are monitoring. I was working part-time in a supermarket. After I come back, no one can testify for me."

The younger policemen are taking notes.

"Did anything special happen?"

"Hmm..." Xiangzi made a thoughtful expression, and finally frowned and scratched his head, "I'm sorry, I can't remember it at the moment. But it's really surprising that Nagata--what did he encounter? Is something wrong?

Mr. Police, I heard that he is not rich. Could it be that he owed debts and was called by debt collectors? "

Xiangzi looked at the young policeman, who was still taking notes.

"These are still under investigation. However, the money aspect is indeed a possible breakthrough..."

"Do you know the cause of death?"

"Hemorrhage caused by a puncture with a kitchen knife...Ah!"

The senior-looking policeman hit the junior hard with his elbow, and the latter realized that he had accidentally said something important.

"No, please forget about this!" He waved his hands in panic.After that, the two asked Xiangzi some more things, leaving a sentence of "Come here first today, we will visit again when there are other things that need to be understood", and then left.

The door is back to the closed state.At this time, Xiangzi let out a long breath.

- It's scary!How could such a thing happen to Nagata?

Even if Nagata...even that Nagata...ah, Xiangzi wouldn't be surprised if someone like him, who acts like a gangster, would meet his enemies and be killed one day.

But an accident is one thing, and hearing directly about his death is quite another.It's a little cruel to say this, but at the moment when he learned that Nagata had died, Xiangzi was actually a little ecstatic in his heart after being shocked.

She remembered that the dishes and chopsticks were still in the sink, so she picked up her mood and continued to do housework.Washing the dishes, sweeping the floor——

For some reason, there was always a strange feeling lingering in her heart.disturbed.To be more precise, Shoko seemed to have caught something keenly—but she didn't want to believe it.

Xiangzi cleaned the living room.When clearing things under the dining table, she first pulled the seat away.Her realization was immediately drawn to one thing.

On the chair cushion where Hikaru Haruta's briefcase had once been, there was a reddish-black stain that had been blotted out by water.