At this time, it was more than eight o'clock in the evening, Kiyomi Ruri pouted and went out of the door of the Qiyuan house, was blown by the small wind, looked at the surrounding street lamps dim, the shadows swaying between the trees, and then thought of the "ghost story" I heard just now, and subconsciously felt a little hairy, and quickly fled back to his house.

She habitually shouted "I'm back" at the door, took off her small round-toed leather shoes and was about to go back to her room.

Kiyomi Kako was packing up in the living room, so she stopped her and asked, "What did you eat at Nanahara-kun again?" ”

Kiyomi Ruri was still thinking about whether there was an "unclean thing" in the world, so she stood at the top of the stairs and said casually: "Yes, Mom, what's wrong?" ”

Kiyomi Kako was speechless and said, "What's the matter, how many times have you had dinner at his house?" I haven't seen you for more than a week, and I haven't seen you at dinner time. ”

Kiyomi Ruri was stunned, and she made a hard excuse, muttering, "Didn't you ask me to take care of him?" So I cook for him every day, and when I finish cooking, I eat it together. ”

Kiyomi Kako said angrily: "It's right that I asked you to take care of him, and I didn't let you eat at his house all the time!" ”

Kiyomi Ruri said unhappily: "If you don't want to, forget it, then I won't take care of him in the future, it's okay to come back for dinner, right?" ”

"Forget it, it's right at the door anyway, you can eat wherever you like, but he lives alone, you have to be careful not to burden him." Kiyomi Kako actually doesn't object to her daughter and Nanahara Takeshi coming and going.,It's okay to get along.,It's a common phenomenon for college students to interact.,The success rate is also quite good.,Parents and schools rarely forcibly interfere.,It's just a normal experience in life.。

At this time, the legal age for women to marry is still 16 years old, and it is very common to go on a blind date and get married after graduating from high school.

Kiyomi Kako just advised: "Your dad friend sent a few leg of lamb over, tomorrow you take two over, I'll give you the recipe, you try to make one, don't just eat other people's, you can't make friends like this, you know?" ”

Kiyomi Ruri has no opinion, her father is a fox friend and has enough friends, and he often gives him some messy things, and it is better to let Nanahara Takeshi cook it than to let his own mother spoil it.

She said directly: "Got it, is there anything else, Mom, I'm going to do my homework if it's okay." ”

"Go, go, go!" Kiyomi Kako doesn't want to preach too much to her adolescent eldest daughter, lest the child become an enemy when she grows up, anyway, Nanahara Takeshi lives in the opposite door, and she looks very decent, and with her watching, nothing big can happen.

Kiyomi Ruri hurriedly went upstairs, but walked two steps and came back and asked curiously, "Mom, what are you doing with your luggage?" Want to go far away? ”

"It's not me, it's your father, the Sapporo Science, Culture and Education Agency seems to have asked him to organize the recompilation of some books, and it takes four or five hours a day to rush back and forth, which is too troublesome, so he plans to live in Sapporo for a while." Kiyomi Kako said indifferently, "Don't worry about anything, I'll buy him accident insurance." ”

"Oh, I see." Kiyomi Ruri doesn't care anymore, anyway, her dad usually hasn't gotten up when she goes to school in the morning, and she sleeps at night before her dad comes back drunk, and sometimes she can't see her once a week, and it's okay to go to Sapporo for a while.

She didn't care about this kind of idle affairs at home, went upstairs to take a bath and change clothes, pulled her hair and sat down at the desk with a big pill on her head, and quickly finished her homework, and stuffed it back into her schoolbag regardless of whether it was right or not, and then took out the "The World's No. 1 Meiji Detective Miss Liulimous Detective Collection", and looked at it from the beginning first.

The case of burying the corpse in a flower pot, the case of ten coins, the blackened town referendum, and the forgery of famous paintings, a total of four cases are very complete, and they are completely based on reasoning.

When she turned to the end of the famous painting forgery case, she looked at Nanahara Takeshi who had just fallen into the sewer and fell a big fork and was forced to crutches, no, it was Nanahara Watson, and snorted proudly - Nanahara Takeshi dared to use her to block the mud, and it was reconciled at that time, and everyone became friends again, but of course she was still very unhappy in her heart, so she arranged this play for him, and next time she dared to pit her, she would let Nanahara Watson in a wheelchair.

She looked at the miserable Nanahara Watson on crutches, the smile on her face was a little treacherous, but she quickly picked up the pen and continued to write, completing the famous painting forgery case, so that Miss Rulimoth also got a famous painting, so that Nanahara Watson, who was stupid like a dog, lazy like a pig, loved money like life, and had a bad personality and was still on crutches, could not tell the truth from the false, so he could only be confused, pitifully asked non-stop, and then changed the name and surname of the strange thing told by Mariko Bikawa today to Tokyo and recorded it, and fell into contemplation when he looked at it.

Is this a case?

It sounds a bit like a haunt, but it is related to a homicide, but it seems unlikely to be related to a homicide, the old lady is twenty kilometers away from the scene of the crime, how is this related?

Because of some inconspicuous little object?

Or is it just a coincidence?

When I go to Bichuan's house tomorrow, I must observe carefully, and this time I must try to find something.

If you find out, you must speak out loud, and you can't listen to that guy all the time, and you have to teach him a lesson.

But what if it's really a supernatural event......

Kiyomi Ruri couldn't sit still, subconsciously looked back behind him, and suddenly felt that the room was so quiet, so he quickly stood up and went to the bookcase, ready to check if there was anything to say about folklore.

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The time soon came to the afternoon of the next day, Kiyomi Ruri put on her backpack again, stood in the shoe closet and waited for Takeshi Nanahara, who was still the same, and dragged it for four or five minutes before he wandered down, but this time he touched his chin and seemed to be thinking about something.

Kiyomi Ruri took his bookbag and wondered, "What's wrong, is something wrong?" ”

Nanahara Takeshi muttered while changing his shoes: "There were two girls just now, who kept talking about friendship next to me, which is not normal. ”

Kiyomi Ruri said strangely: "Sorority meetings are very common, girls tell me what's wrong." ”

Nanahara Takeshi hasn't let his guard down yet: "No, this is the fourth time this week, there are eleven girls in the class around me who have talked about how fun it is to participate in the friendship, I always feel that someone wants to calculate me, but I haven't figured out what can be calculated for me, I basically don't talk to girls in the class, I have always stayed away, and the character of the establishment is also a nerd, how can I find my head?" ”

Qing saw that Ruri was inexplicably a little happy in her heart, snorted twice, and said directly: "You are so sensitive, it would be good to ask them directly, it's not a big deal, and you have to think so much about ......"

Nanahara Wu glanced at her: "You brainless guy, they are obviously waiting for me to talk, and they want to kidnap me to participate in the sorority, isn't it self-defeating when I go to talk?" If they're beating my mind, I don't want to get my hands dirty. ”

Kiyomi Ruri was scolded and a little unhappy, and didn't want to pay attention to his neuropathy anymore, so he said disdainfully: "Okay, okay, you're a heartthrob, as if others are rare to you, hurry up and change your shoes, Miss Bichuan may already be waiting for us." ”

"Yes, do your job first, and we'll talk about it later." Nanahara Takeshi changed his shoes and said directly, "Let's go, go to Bichuan's house to have a look." ”

Kiyomi Ruri followed him, looked at him left and right, and asked with concern, "Just go straight away, don't you need to prepare something?" ”

Nanahara Takeshi glanced at her strangely: "Are you ready to hear this?" ”

Kiyomi Ruri patted the side of the mountaineering bag and whispered, "I brought a short wooden stick." ”

"You're going to beat the ghost?"

"Just in case, in case it's really a supernatural event, and you're a fake psychic medium, you'll definitely be the first to escape, and I don't have to prepare anything for self-defense!" Kiyomi Ruri touched the hiking bag with her backhand, and it seemed that her sense of security was indeed +2, and she muttered, "I checked the book last night, and the book said that human blood has spirituality, and it can hit ghosts when smeared on a wooden stick." ”

"Whatever you want, stay away from me when the time comes to bleed, and don't splash me." Nanahara didn't care what she was going to do, and knocked on his forehead, "Anyway, I just need to take my head with me, and with it, everything is not a problem." ”

Kiyomi Ruri tilted her head and pursed her lips, deciding that if something strange happened, she would definitely not cover him for escape, and see what he would do then.

The two of them talked and quarreled and arrived outside the school gate, and Mariko Bikawa was already waiting, and when she saw them coming, she quickly invited them to get in the car, and started the car and drove to her house with a polite word.

Kiyomi Ruri was still sitting in the co-pilot, looked at her and asked with concern, "How was it last night, Miss Bikawa." ”

"You call me sister, I'll call you Liuli, let's stop saying honorifics." Mariko Bikawa is probably a superficial white-boned spirit, but her personality is not strong at all, and she said while driving, "It was okay last night, nothing happened, my grandmother didn't have nightmares anymore, but she still didn't rest too well, after all, if something like this happened, it was inevitable to worry." ”

"It's good that nothing happens, and it will be fine soon." The situation did not deteriorate, Kiyomi Ruri put a snack, and asked again, "What about Grandma Bikawa?" ”

"She is not in good spirits, I am afraid that she will be tired, so I will temporarily place her at my aunt's house, send you over to see the house first, and then I will pick her up." Mariko Bikawa breathed a sigh of relief after her grandmother didn't have any more nightmares last night, but she began to worry about her ancestral home again, and she couldn't stand it if the ancestral house was haunted.

Nanahara Takeshi listened in the back seat for a while, and asked with a smile, "Miss Bikawa, has your grandmother bought or picked up anything recently?" ”

Bikawa Mariko had already thought of this, and had verified it before, and said directly: "I haven't picked up anything, but I have to buy something, there is a flea market near our house, my grandmother often goes shopping when she is fine, and she will buy some gadgets to be nostalgic, nothing has happened to her, and I have checked it before, it is very ordinary, I didn't find any problems, and I can take a look at it again after a while, all in her room." ”

Nanahara Takeshi smiled and nodded, he didn't say anything more, there was nothing to say now, and he had to go to the scene to collect information before he could make a judgment.

Soon the three of them rushed to a large town in Hirarano near the city center, and stopped in front of a small house that looked a few years old, with a double storey and no yard, probably a longhouse-type small apartment built in batches in the early Showa period.

Mariko Bikawa opened the door and said, "Nanahara-san, Ruri, you can sit and watch casually, I'll pick up my grandmother and come back soon." ”

With the guarantee of Eri Nakano, a senior police officer, she was very relieved, and left Nanahara Takeshi and Kiyomi Ruri at home and drove away, while Bikawa's house looked old and small from the outside, but the interior was very trendy and vibrant.

There are potted plants at the entrance, with multiple varieties of collocation, which is very layered but can achieve harmony and unity. The main color of the room is natural wood color, and the wooden floor is laid out, which looks clean and tidy at a glance, and can give people a sense of luxury and healing. The space is also well planned, and each area has no clear boundaries but is functionally distinct, which is very comfortable to look at.

To put it simply, this house has been carefully arranged by the owner, the atmosphere is warm, and it is suitable for making small and fresh movies, not like a haunted house at all, and there is no gloomy feeling.

Nanahara Takeshi walked around and browsed at will, Kiyomi Ruri followed closely behind his ass, she looked at whatever he saw, and from time to time she was vigilant and looked around, for fear that something would suddenly come out.

The first floor is a public area, and I didn't find anything all the way down, Nanahara Takeshi went up to the second floor along the "zigzag" staircase with handrails, and first went to see Bikawa Mariko's room, which felt a little chaotic, but it was normal, and she was going out to borrow it last night, and she had to take away some daily clothes.

He took a brief turn, and opened the wardrobe to look at Bikawa Mariko's clothes, but accidentally saw a few underwear, and then went to the old lady's room amid Kiyomi Ruri's protests, it seems that there are two of their grandparents and grandchildren living here, each living on the second floor, with a bathroom and a bathroom in the middle, he took a look along the way, and didn't find anything wrong.

And the old lady's room is quite retro, standing desk lamp, double card tape recorder, old-fashioned board bed, floor-standing radio, vertical electric fan, mahogany rocking chair, as soon as you enter this room, you suddenly think you are back in the seventies.

In addition to these large pieces of furniture and electrical appliances in this room, there are also a lot of small bits and pieces, probably in her seventies are very nostalgic, the old lady has a large collection of movie posters and movie magazines from the fifties, sixties and seventies, and there is a cabinet dedicated to holding song tapes, all of which are relatively scattered, probably from time to time to turn over and listen.

These are probably the things she buys when she goes to the flea market every day, looking for old goods from the past to reminisce about her youth, or she can't enjoy the current songs and movies, or she prefers old movies and old songs.

Of course, in addition to these, there are also some second-hand goods, such as porcelain dolls that are very old at a glance, cups with the mark of the times, ornaments, etc.

Nanahara Takeshi looked at them one by one, and occasionally picked up one to identify it carefully, and when he finished reading it, he didn't find anything special, and then pressed the bulky dual-card tape recorder play button, and soft music immediately sounded in the room, and he listened for a while, smiling.

Kiyomi Ruri thought he had made a discovery, so he quickly stretched out his ears and listened carefully, only to find that it was a male singer, singing like a ballad, the rhythm was very slow and lyrical, and nothing else.

She wondered, "What song is this?" ”

Nanahara Takeshi said with a smile: "The popular life folk songs in the sixties and seventies, this one who sings is Takuro Yoshida, the representative of the life school and the new school of folk songs at that time, is also known as the father of the folk songs, and it is a very old song. ”

Kiyomi Ruri listened carefully for a while, and felt that it was not as energetic as rock, and asked curiously: "You laughed just now, is there something wrong with this song?" ”

Nanahara Takeshi touched his chin and said in a deep voice, "I didn't hear anything wrong. ”

"And what are you laughing at?" Kiyomi Ruri is even stranger.

Nanahara Wu glanced at her with disdain: "It's not normal to smile when you hear a beautiful song, do you cry if I don't laugh?" ”

Kiyomi Ruri was annoyed by his eyes like a vulgar person, and said loudly and unhappily: "We are here to 'exorcise demons', not for you to listen to the song, hurry up and work!" ”

Nanahara nodded, turned off the tape recorder and went to look through those old posters, old movie magazines from thirty or forty years ago, and quickly became obsessed.

Kiyomi Ruri hurriedly leaned over to look at it with him, and after a while, he wondered, "Why do you look at it for so long, is it important?" ”

Nanahara Takeshi said casually: "It's very important, I haven't read this magazine." ”

The expression on Kiyomi's little face slowly disappeared, and he wanted to smash him to death with one punch, a bastard who was not doing his job, and Nanahara Takeshi had a keen sense of crisis, and immediately found that there was a faint murderous aura around him, so he casually put the magazine aside and began to concentrate on his work, taking a look at all the posters, magazines, books, and tapes in the room, and then pondering for a moment, he turned around the room again, bent down and bowed his head, and didn't even let go of the bottom of the bed, and finally stood there touching his chin and fell into deep thought, and didn't move.

Kiyomi Ruri also found nothing, looked up at him and waited for a while, and asked carefully, "Did you find where the problem is?" ”

Nanahara Takeshi opened his eyes and said: "The situation is not good, such a decent family, there is nothing wrong with it, and there are not even many family conflicts." ”

Kiyomi Ruri was surprised: "There are no problems? ”

Nanahara Wu nodded slowly: "Yes, but not really, such people shouldn't have any psychological problems, how can anyone have nightmares in a row?" ”

Kiyomi Ruri also felt a little confused, and hesitated: "Is it really related to that murder case twenty kilometers away?" Or is it really...... Is there really something unclean? ”

Nanahara Wu turned his head and scanned the room again, and said softly: "I don't know for the time being, but one thing is certain, the money is less, and this matter is more troublesome than imagined." ”

(End of chapter)