Chapter 29 Afternoon Condolences
Fushimi Shika wanted to refuse.
But she gave too much.
The piggy wallet has a round belly, and Minamoto Tamako feels confident in speaking. This time, she spent two hundred thousand yen. According to today's exchange rate, it is equivalent to about 14,000 yuan in RMB.
However, Fushimi Shika knew with his butt that this deal was not a good deal. If the murderer is not caught, he will have to be Yuan Yuzi's partner for life; if the murderer is caught, it will be even worse, and he will spend the rest of his life in prison.
So he bargained: "This case is too difficult. I can't spend fifteen years trying to track down the murderer for 200,000 yen, right? Otherwise, we will track down the murderer for six months. After the time limit is over, no matter whether there is a case or not, If it is broken, the partnership will be automatically terminated...unless you renew it at that time.”
Yuan Yuzi calculated in her mind that two hundred thousand divided by six, it was only more than thirty thousand yen a month. The cost of a cleaner at her house cost more than 30,000 yen a month. Such cheap labor could not be found even with a lantern, so she immediately agreed.
After the deal was concluded, both of them felt that they had made a fortune.
The belly of the piggy wallet was half deflated, leaving only some coins and change that took up space.
Yuan Yuzi counted and found that she didn't have much pocket money left this month. However, there wasn’t much money needed at the police academy, so she finally took a day off and went to a dessert shop to spend a lot of money and heal her injured soul with delicious tropical parfait ice cream!
"Let's go! Little deer! Target snow mark parlor!" she said excitedly, clenching her little fists.
"Don't give others random nicknames. And where is Snowyin Pawa? I have other plans today."
Fushimi Shikama looked at Minamoto Tamako up and down. Today she was wearing private clothes, a white shirt and brown suspender jeans. She wore a brown coat to keep warm. Her round-toe leather shoes clicked against the floor when she walked. She looked full of energy. Full.
"Eh? Where are you going?" Yuan Yuzi asked.
"Dealing with some personal matters," Fushimi Shika took the fruit basket from her hand, "As you can see, I'm in great health and I don't need you to pick me up... So let's split up today and go do your work. , no need to follow me.”
Yuan Yuzi pouted, feeling particularly unhappy. After all, she spent 200,000 yen, and the partner she hired was not even willing to accompany her to the dessert shop, and even if she was thrown into the water, there would be a sound! If Fushimi Shika doesn't give him a valid reason, she will never let him go!
"What are you going to do? What do you mean it's inconvenient? Shouldn't you go to a custom shop to spend money after you take the money?"
Yuan Yuzi stalked him like a piece of candy. She followed Fushimi Lu by the hem of his clothes wherever he went.
Fushimi Shika was too embarrassed to drive her away because he was short-handed and soft-spoken, so he simply went out of sight and out of mind. If Minamoto Tamako wanted to follow, just let her go.
The two took the tram, and the scenery outside the window slowly receded. Fushimi Shika could see a row of traditional Japanese houses, the cherry blossoms in the yard had fallen, and the green leather carriages were shaking slightly with the rumble.
He got off at Minami-jo station in Sapporo Chuo-ku, followed closely by Minamoto Tamako. The two of them crossed the path, and Minamoto Tamako fell silent. She saw the ancient temple at the end of the road.
Ginkgo trees peek out of the mottled wall, and gilded light spots shine on the stone slabs. Fushimi Deer walked into the temple, rang the bell, tossed the coins, bowed and prayed.
The abbot is a monk over fifty years old, who works hard to run the family temple and also takes on some odd jobs of opening locks and matching keys. Some time ago, many media came to interview him, and he had to close the temple for a period of time. He only reopened to receive pilgrims in the past two days.
He learned that Fushimi Shika had come to express his condolences, so he took the two of them to the small cemetery behind the temple. On the way, the abbot noticed the little tail behind Fushimi Deer and said with a little surprise:
"Isn't this Tamako-san? Long time no see."
"Ah, uh, hello Mr. Nagano."
Yuan Yuzi was recognized and she was a little panicked.
When the Nagano family held a funeral for Kawai, she did not come to attend. It's not that she doesn't want to, but she doesn't dare. She doesn't know how she can face Kawai in the black and white photo by herself. The small cemetery is not large, with shrines placed on the side. The abbot motioned for them to help themselves, turned and walked into the inner hall.
The ginkgo trees rustled in the breeze. Minamoto Tamoko followed Fushimi Deer, passing through rows of tombstones, and finally stopped in front of Nagano Kawai's tombstone.
There was no sad funeral, no flowers or eulogies, they just came to see their deceased friend in a quiet afternoon.
Fushimi Shika placed the fruit basket in front of the tombstone, clasped his hands and closed his eyes.
Yuan Yuzi's eyes were misty, her nose was sore, and she almost cried.
What's this? I obviously bought you a fruit basket, but you actually used it as a tribute. You should at least respect the deceased!
After a moment, Fushimi Lu opened his eyes and asked, "Don't you have anything to say to her?"
"I...I don't know what to say. I'm still angry with her."
"Angry?"
"Yes, I thought she and I were best friends, but she hid such an important thing from me..." Yuan Yuzi sniffed, narrowed her eyes, and tried not to cry: "Why? Now that I have found it Why didn’t she tell me about her brother’s murderer?”
During this time, she had been suppressing her inner emotions. She wanted to look strong, not broken down by grief, but still full of energy.
Fushimi Shika hesitated for a moment and said softly: "Sorry, this is my last question."
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"What?" Yuan Yuzi was startled.
"These are Kawai's last words," Fushimi Shika said, "I suddenly remembered that these are the last words she asked me to tell."
Yuan Yuzi's eyes widened, and the old friend's whisper came back through time, completely shattering her pretense of being strong. She finally realized that Kawai had already told her everything.
"Why is this... so cunning..."
Hot tears fell from her face, and she sobbed. She was obviously crying, but she didn't make much sound.
The footsteps of the abbot were heard, and Yuan Yuzi hurriedly wiped away her tears. The two turned around and saw a stuffed rabbit in the abbot's hand.
"Kawai said before that if one day she is no longer here, let me return this to you." The abbot handed the rabbit doll to Minamoto Tamoko.
"What is this?" Fushimi Lu asked.
With a nostalgic look, the abbot explained with a wry smile: "Kawai used to have nightmares a lot, so Tamako gave this to her, saying that Officer Rabbit could protect her from nightmares."
Yuan Yuzi took it in a daze. The police uniform on this little rabbit was very old and had patches, and the hat on its head was not the original one. It can be seen that Kawai has always cherished the rabbit and has been holding the rabbit to sleep.
She felt a piece of paper in the palm of her hand and turned over the back. There was a small label stuck on the back of the rabbit.
"Kawai & Tamako"
Yuan Yuzi finally couldn't help but burst into tears.
(End of chapter)