We made it to the room where it was locked, and it was not allowed to enter.

Zhao Zheyan took out the key, and it took a long time to open the door.

There was a lot of dust in front of him, but Zhao Zheyan looked at the house deadly.

"Put the mask on, the gloves on. ”

Zhao Zheyan took out the mask and gloves from the toolbox and handed them to me.

I thought it was filled with some tools, but I didn't expect it to have these things.

"Has Kaoru-san ever been here?"

"Hmm~ At that time, it seemed like I was living somewhere else. ”

"It is said that the Zhao family master and they often come here. ”

"Isn't she coming today?"

"It seems that I am afraid to see sadness. ”

"Well, if you're here, you'll know the details of the time, after all, you and I didn't come here at that time. ”

"It seems so. ”

"But forget it, it's unlikely that there will be any major omissions in the places that have been investigated by so many people. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Let's see if there are any secret doors or anything like that. ”

"Hmm. ”

I was exploring the living room, and Zhao Zheyan went to the room.

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"Kaoru-san, come here. ”

"Hmm. ”

Zhao Zheyan led me to a room.

"This is ......"

"Where your mother hanged herself. ”

The scene was not destroyed, the rope was still hanging in place, although it was already a little tattered, and the stool was where it was kicked down.

It turns out that suicide only requires a rope and a stool, which is really a little simple. Human life seems to be really fragile.

"Are you alright?"

"Well, it's okay, it's just a little distracted. ”

"After all, my mother committed suicide here, so I think a lot. ”

"That's right. ”

Mother seems to have the impression that she is a very gentle person, and because of this, nothing special seems to arise between us.

There doesn't seem to be a single conflict, there doesn't seem to be a single time when I cry and call my mother, and I don't seem to complain once...... All kinds of things, it seems that there is no once, there are just very harmonious things, and there is nothing else.

I like my mother very much, and my mother probably likes me too.

It's just that the contact with us is very light and light.

"Kaoru-san, if you find anything, I'll go somewhere else first. ”

"Hmm. ”

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I don't know if it was the thought that came first, or the body that moved first, but I put the stool under the rope and stood up.

Close your eyes and think about what your mother might have thought at the time.

If my mother really has a personality similar to me as Zhao Shiyue said, can I understand her a little more?

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"What are you doing?"

"Ah, sorry, didn't I destroy the scene. ”

"It's been so many years, it's still on the scene, come down, don't have an accident. ”

"Hmm. ”

Even if it was so close to where she was at the time, I couldn't think of a reason why my mother was still different from me.

"Huh~ Sure enough, there is no such thing as a secret door, too, so many professionals have investigated, how can these be missed. ”

"If it was here back then, there might still be something to gain, but after so many years, it's too far away. ”

"Summoning Zheyan, I don't seem to understand the reason for my mother's suicide. ”

"Yes, that's exactly the problem, and the existing clues are completely inadequate if they constitute a motive for suicide. ”

In the same way, the reason for his killing was completely inadequate. ”

"Is there any else to investigate? Is the line really broken here?"

Like Zhao Zheyan, I have fallen into deep thought, but it is better to say that I have been meditating ever since.

"Zhao Zheyan, I want to clean up here, is it okay?"

"This is your family's property, though...... No, there shouldn't have been so much dust at that time, which means that a little cleaning might be able to restore the scene. ”

"I'll go buy some tools and ask Zheyan to wait a while. ”

"Well, I'm sorry for you. ”

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"Why don't I go buy a broom. ”

"No need, I'll clean it up alone, just call Zheyan to be in charge of the investigation. ”

"Good work. ”

"It's okay, I'm always doing housework, and if I don't do it, I'm a little unaccustomed to it. ”

"It's so special, you. ”

"Hee-hee. ”

Mother will also clean this place, after all, she also likes housework, and she will chat happily with her father and Zhao Shiyue.

Was that time happy?

If so, why discard it?

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Because it is an old house, it has been cleaned for a long time.

But if no one lives, it'll be dusty again.

"It felt like a new house. ”

"But there are some things that are damaged and can't be restored. ”

"Anyway, Miss Kaoru, your mother is really powerful, and no one can find out the truth if you don't want others to know. ”

Hmm~ It seems to ......

The truth that you don't want others to find out......

No one can find out......

Why?

It's for ......

That's right.

Not to commit suicide because of something.

It's about what the suicide is for.

If no one can find out, is it to protect something?

"Now, classmate Zhao Zheyan, if I don't want others to know the truth, are we going against her will by doing this?"

"If so, that's why your father stopped investigating. ”

"But how can you prove that she was against her will until the truth is known?"

"Maybe she's just waiting for you to find out, but you're her daughter. ”

"So, it's up to you to decide whether to continue or not. ”

"I don't seem to know. ”

"Then I'll continue. ”

"Do you want to know the truth?"

"This is the only thing I want in this life. ”

"Well, I see. ”

"It's okay, you can quit too. ”

"But it seems like I'm the initiator. ”

"But you wouldn't have taken action without my constant persuasion. ”

"In that case, it seems like we can't get out of the game. ”

"Perhaps, there is a way to know the truth and protect my mother's wishes. ”

"It's just that if two people know and don't tell the world, it won't be against your mother's will to protect something. ”

"It seems to make a little sense. ”

"So, what exactly is your mother trying to protect?"

"Hmm~"

"Shouldn't you be the one you want to protect the most?"

"Generally speaking, it seems that this may indeed be the case. ”

"So is there anyone more important than you?"

"Hmm~"

"I don't think it exists. ”

"But it's impossible to protect people who don't exist. ”

"Even if you have to pay for your life, how many people can there be in the world?"

"Isn't it human?"

"But would people like Xun Yunxi still be interested in substances?"

"Spirit?"

"Does this ethereal thing need to be protected?"

"So what's ......?"