After rebirth, I became Tokyo Sentimental

Chapter 36 36. I can’t escape the clutches of the devil in this life
Time flies like an arrow. Three days have passed in the blink of an eye. The weather in July is getting hotter and hotter.

The sparrows on the telephone pole outside the window were chirping.

The blue sky is boundless and clear like the sea. White clouds are slowly floating in the breeze, and the leaves on the street are tender and sparkling.

It seemed that everything had returned to normal.

It's like nothing happened.

However, in an apartment in Senkawa-cho, Shigeeda Shio was staring at the white envelope in front of her in a daze.

She was dazed, with her head hung. Although her eyes were fixed on the envelope, it was obvious that her attention had flown somewhere else. Although she looked much more energetic than in the past few days, she looked like a puppet, without a trace of life.

The TV in the room was on, and the host of the comedy show usually made her laugh out loud, but at this moment it didn't seem to have any effect, as if it didn't exist.

It wasn't until her cell phone vibrated that she came back to her senses.

The light gradually returned to Chongzhi Xi's clear eyes, and her gaze shifted to the screen of her mobile phone that was vibrating. After seeing that it was a video call from LINE, she hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to answer it.

"Xiao Xi, Xiao Xi? Can you hear me?"

The video was connected, and a young face wearing a baseball cap embroidered with roses appeared on the screen.

The girl has a pure look, regular facial features and an air of vitality. However, as soon as she started the video, she looked around furtively, as if she was slacking off during work hours, and the long ponytail behind her head swung from time to time.

Shigeji Shio knew at a glance that she was secretly playing with her phone while the store manager was out. Under normal circumstances, she might have pretended to be serious and imitated the store manager's voice to scare Nanbu Mitsuko, but at this moment, she had no such intention at all and responded in a low voice:
“I can hear…”

"You, how come you look so bad after not seeing you for a few days? Is there something wrong with your uncle?"

Mitsuko Nanbu, who had just found a relatively safe corner where she wouldn't be seen by others, took a look at Shigeeda Shio in the video and was instantly shocked.

She couldn't help but be surprised.

It was really that Shigeji Xi looked a little too scary at the moment. Her face was haggard and her eyes were dull, as if she had just come out of a dark mine. Even Nanbu Mitsuko would believe that she had experienced some inhuman torture.

"I'm fine. Dad is still the same for now." Chong Zhixi said quickly for fear that she would notice something.

"Then why haven't you come to work these days?"

"I've been having some issues these days..."

Mitsuko Nambu felt something was increasingly unsettled as she watched her friend in the video, and her face became increasingly suspicious.

Because she carefully observed Shigeshige in the video.

I noticed that although she looked extremely bad, she actually put on lipstick for the first time ever. And although she looked like she was at home, she was wearing a dress that they had bought together at the department store in Shibuya a long time ago.

Is this getting ready for a date?
No, that's not right. This isn't the mood for a date.

Logically speaking, she is so beautifully dressed, so even if she hasn't started the date, she can't look like she's in a bad mood, unless she is provoked by something...

"Something's going on? Are you in love?"

Mitsuko Nambu blurted out instantly.

"How is that possible? I didn't!"

Chongzhi Xi was stunned for a moment and quickly denied it.

"Then why are you nervous? And you look so dejected. Were you cheated of your money and your body by some scumbag?" Mitsuko Nambu's face gradually became serious.

The more she valued Zhixi, the more she felt that she was hiding something.

Simply lower the voice and say:

"Pick up your phone and turn it around so I can check it. Is that guy in your house?"

"I already said no."

"let me see."

"It's really not what you said."

Under the strong request of Mitsuko Nanbu with a stern face, Shigeeda Shio stood up and did as she was told.

Mitsuko Nanbu checked very carefully, looking under the bed and in the closets, and even asked Shigeeda Shio to open the window to see if there was anyone hiding on the outdoor air conditioner unit, not leaving out the slightest gap.

Fortunately, the apartment is small, otherwise just her doing this would make Shigeshige Shigeki, who was holding her phone, exhausted.

"It's okay, it's okay." Nanbu Mitsuko patted her flat chest and breathed a sigh of relief: "I almost thought you were deceived. But you didn't come these few days because you were worried about doing something stupid."

"How...how is it possible..."

Chongzhixi's eyes were somewhat evasive.

Mitsuko Nanbu just felt relieved and didn't see her eyes: "So what have you been busy with these days?"

"It's just... I'm not feeling well, plus my dad is sick, so I'm a little uncomfortable. It's not like what you think, I just want to rest at home for a few days."

"Are you sick? I've told you that you can't do that with so many jobs. Even Astro Boy would have to fall down. You should rest when you need to. If you really feel uncomfortable somewhere, I'll go to the hospital with you."

"No, don't come. I'm much better now. I'll probably go back to work in a few days. Don't worry about me."

Seeing that Nanbu Mitsuko in the video was a little restless, Shigee Shio knew that she wanted to find him after work, so in order to divert her attention, she hurriedly said:
"What about you? How are you doing?"

"Of course I'm the same old thing. I keep sending out new resumes and never receive a response. It really piss me off!"

“Maybe I just didn’t see it…”

"All right…"

Mitsuko Nanbu pursed her lips, and became a little unhappy when talking about finding a proper job. Her attention was diverted, but after a moment she suddenly remembered something, and instantly put her face close to him, lowered her voice and said mysteriously: "Xiao Xi, let me tell you, there is explosive news in our flower shop these two days!"

"What is it?"

"It's about Sister Beichuan. You can never guess what happened to her even if you rack your brains."

Chongzhi Xi was a little confused.

A gentle figure emerged in her mind. The Kitagawa sister that Mitsuko Nanbu was talking about was an employee in the flower shop where she worked part-time. She was not only beautiful but also had a good figure. She was also quite caring towards them and always liked to bring her some snacks.

"What's up with her?"

"what happened?"

"You won't believe it if I tell you! Sister Beichuan is actually being kept by a 40-year-old greasy man!"

Mitsuko Nambu's expression was exaggerated and distorted to the point of being an act of facial expression. She pretended to be nauseated to express her disgust, and she also emphasized the word "support".

"Support!?"

Hearing this word, Chongzhixi felt a little flustered.

"That's right. The day before yesterday, the wife of the man who supported Sister Beichuan suddenly came to the store, grabbed Sister Beichuan's hair and slapped her face. It seems that the chat records between her and the middle-aged man who supported her were discovered, so they came directly to the door. You don't know how exciting the day before yesterday was. Even two policemen couldn't stop it. Sister Beichuan was beaten directly into the hospital!"

"It's so violent, is she... okay?"

"How could she be fine? That woman was so fierce. Before being taken away by the police, she even threatened to break Beichuan's legs. Wow! Didn't you see that? Beichuan's nose was bleeding all over the floor. It was so scary."

"But I really didn't expect that Sister Beichuan, who is obviously very pretty and has a good personality, would actually interfere in other people's marriages. It really shocked me and the store manager."

"But many of the previous questions about Sister Beichuan have been answered. No wonder she can carry brand-name bags, complete the least amount of work every day and is not afraid of getting paid less. Moreover, she comes to get off work the latest and leaves the earliest. But she really deserves it! We have hands and feet, why do we have to do such disgusting things for money..."

Mitsuko Nanbu's voice continued, but it became increasingly faint in Shigeeda's ears, and she couldn't even remember when the video was hung up.

Chongzhixi sat in the chair for a long time.

He hadn't gone out for the past three days because Yuan Ye Si told her not to run around three days ago.

So she stayed home and waited to be enjoyed.

However, Yuanye Si seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth. He had disappeared here since he gave the money to her that day. Even though Chongzhi Xi got up early and went to bed late, and would go out from time to time to take a look at Yuanye Si's apartment, she did not see any lights on or any signs of him returning.

It was this vacuum period when she had clearly made up her mind but had not yet become a plaything that made her waver again between her self-esteem and the uncertainty of getting paid.

Now, Mitsuko Nanbu said...

She was further shaken.

Because Chongzhi Xi felt that although she had taken Yuanye Si's money and made a verbal promise, she had not spent the money yet and the verbal promise had no legal effect. If she could get over it in her heart, she still had a chance to regret it.

Although it was a bit shameless and untrustworthy, her inner sense of morality had strongly condemned Shigee Shige in the past few days. What Minami Mitsuko said just now was more like a heavy blow, completely tearing off the fig leaf.

Chongzhixi doesn't want to be kept.

Even though Mr. Yuanye who lived next door was younger, good-looking, and seemed to be quite rich.

Whenever he thought about the dark life he would lead in the future, like a rat in a sewer, having to have an affair in fear, and the possibility that his real girlfriend would come to his house and beat him up with a black eye and blood splattered everywhere, Chong Zhixi felt despair in his heart.

Now regret...

It should be fine, right?
Chongzhi Xi thought a little nervously.

No one will have a good impression of a person who does not keep his word. It is like promising to do something for someone, but then regretting it at the last minute. This will turn the good impression that could have been gained into hatred.

But now, the reason why she felt that there was still a chance to regret was because she felt that perhaps apart from being rich, there was nothing else that could be frightening about Haraye Tsukasa, and he was also quite polite. If she spoke nicely, she might be able to get his understanding and forgiveness. Even if he really held a grudge against her, she just had to move out overnight and stay away so that Haraye Tsukasa would not find her.

Raising money for her father was indeed important, but Chongzhixi felt that she might be able to do it through other means.

It was not only her own inner resistance. After all, if the operation was really done, the amount of money would definitely not be small. Dad was just sick, not a vegetable who couldn't even open his mouth. How to explain the source of the money would be a big problem. If the truth was revealed, she could even imagine that her father would be so angry that he would unplug the oxygen tank from the hospital bed and jump off the building to commit suicide.

Then... give him back the money?

The more Chongzhixi thought about it, the more determined she became. She felt the envelope was burning in her hand. Although she still felt a little guilty about breaking her promise, it was much smaller than selling her body and pissing her father off to death.

Just as Shigeji Xi was staring blankly at the white envelope given to her by Yuanye Si, a serious female voice suddenly came from the TV in front of her right.

Her thoughts were instantly interrupted.

Shigeshige raised her head dazedly and looked at the TV playing the picture, then she remembered that she forgot to turn off the TV.

Television consumes a lot of electricity!
Under normal circumstances, not only would she be able to keep the video playing when she wasn't watching it, but if the water bill in this apartment wasn't charged per capita, she would even have taken out five or six basins and kept them in the toilet to collect the water drop by drop!

However, just as she raised her buttocks and stood up from the chair to turn it off, the picture playing on the TV screen made Chongzhi Xi's eyes widen instantly.

"Mr. Yuanye...?"

When the picture appeared, she caught a glimpse of the familiar face in a slow close-up.

If I wasn't sure just now.

Then a few seconds later, the camera on the TV screen gradually zoomed out, showing the faces of more than a hundred people in batches, and Shigeeda clearly saw Harano Tsukasa, wearing a dark blue suit, standing on the right side of the crowd.

When I saw this familiar yet unfamiliar face.

The heavy branches and tides seemed to be struck by lightning.

It even felt like the sky was falling!

Because this program was hosted by a local TV station in Tokyo, the venue in the picture was solemn and dignified.

As for the title…

Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Election Results!

When seeing this line of words, Chongzhixi felt dizzy, and even her heart seemed to be grasped by someone, and she immediately felt as if she couldn't breathe.

An idea suddenly popped into her mind.

Finished!

I will never be able to escape from its clutches in this life!

(End of this chapter)