Aoba Office

Hearing what the fat man said, I hesitated myself.

Ye Qing from Aoba only said that this kimono was an old thing. It had gone through several owners, and it might have been a bit yin-y, but he never said that this kimono killed people. What can I, an ordinary citizen, know about things that they haven't noticed yet?

But, for some reason, the moment I saw Chen Xiaoqiu turn around in the video, it felt like a dark wind was blowing on my back. It made me stand up with goosebumps and break out in a cold sweat. It suddenly reminded me of The photo Aoba took reminded me even more of the strange scene he saw that night.

I looked down at the photo again. There were no people standing on either side of the cherry blossom tree. The figures I saw that day seemed to be an illusion caused by my temporary blindness.

"Brother Qi, are you overthinking this? Besides, these clothes have been burned, so they can't be the same one." The fat man patted me comfortingly.

The thin man nodded vigorously to show his support for the fat man.

My idea is indeed incredible, but I am not that determined myself.

Although I have read the files and believe that the clients are not lying, the people in Qingye themselves have said that the supernatural events that some people think may just be their poor mental condition, or there may be other reasons for mistaking some things. Became a ghost. I have never seen a ghost in my life, so I naturally have doubts about the existence of ghosts. I am very interested in listening to people tell stories, but if I encounter one myself, I will definitely not think about "ghosts", but look for them elsewhere. reason.

The most reasonable explanation for Chen Xiaoqiu's illness is not that the clothes are a charm, but that she was too harsh on herself and exhausted herself from working three jobs by herself.

The fat man didn't believe it, the thin man didn't want to believe it, and Guo Yujie had no idea. I hesitated for a while, returned the phone to the thin man, and closed Qingye's file.

"I'll ask again when Chen Xiaoqiu comes," I said.

Chen Xiaoqiu came to work the next day. This time we all saw that the makeup on her face was much thicker than the day before, probably to hide her haggard look.

I talked to Chen Xiaoqiu and advised her not to work so hard and to put the matter of the Gyeongju Manufacturing Bureau aside for the time being. Chen Xiaoqiu is not an unscrupulous person. It may be that her family told her yesterday. After hearing what I said, she immediately agreed.

The three thin men pretended to be working and listened to our conversation with their ears pricked up.

I glanced at them and cleared my throat in embarrassment, "Um, Chen Xiaoqiu, Ari saw a play promotion from the Drama School yesterday online."

The thin man stopped pretending, turned his head and glared at me, gesticulating at me.

Chen Xiaoqiu turned his back to the thin man so that he could not see him, and did not turn around to look at the thin man. He assured me: "Things over there will not delay my work."

"Oh... Then don't be too tired." I was a little embarrassed to say it.

If I were Aoba, I could probably just lie and ask about kimonos, but I didn't know how to change the topic to kimonos. I have to ask this, as if I just believe that there is something wrong with this kimono. If I don’t ask, what if something really happened to Chen Xiaoqiu, how uneasy would my conscience be?

That silly elder sister Guo Yujie doesn’t have the same worries as me. She sat in front of me, turned around, and asked Chen Xiaoqiu: "Xiaoqiu, your kimono is so beautiful. Is it a costume from the drama school?"

"Yes." Chen Xiaoqiu replied concisely and concisely.

"Where did you buy it? I want to buy one too." Guo Yujie blinked.

The three of us men all looked at Guo Yujie with the same look in our eyes. This woman is going to buy a kimono, then the sun should be rising from the west! It’s not like that to lie!

Chen Xiaoqiu didn't know whether he was a serious person, or he didn't see through Guo Yujie's true nature in just over a day, so he replied seriously: "I don't know either."

"Can you ask for me?" Guo Yujie continued to pretend to be innocent and blinked.

"Okay." Chen Xiaoqiu agreed.

Guo Yujie thanked me with a smile, secretly made a "yeah" gesture to me, and then gave me a look of contempt.

Because Chen Xiaoqiu came back to work, we became serious again today. At noon, Guo Yujie took Chen Xiaoqiu to have dinner together. The atmosphere in the office was not as tense as the first day.

Chen Xiaoqiu was really speechless, so he gave Guo Yujie a reply the next day.

"That kimono was bought online by a graduated senior from the drama club. It's been a few years and I can't find the store."

"That's it..." Guo Yujie didn't know if this answer was useful to me, so she looked at me.

I don't know what to do in this situation either. Check it out? Don't you want to check? This goes back to the question of belief or not.

I couldn't make up my mind, so I stayed vague for the time being.

When Chen Xiaoqiu went to the bathroom, Guo Yujie pushed me and pushed me off the chair.

"What's the matter with you? What do you want?" Guo Yujie is very fickle in doing things and doesn't like others to be indecisive.

I got up by myself and said dullly: "You don't understand."

"What don't you understand? Didn't you just read a few files from the firm? What was written in them that scared you?" Guo Yujie reached for the file on my desk.

I raised my hand to stop him, "Okay, don't worry about it."

"Why don't you care about this? Then Xiaoqiu is wearing a kimono! If there is a problem, wouldn't it hurt her?" Guo Yujie yelled.

The fat man smoothed things over and asked me: "Brother Qi, this is not like you. What are you worried about?"

What are you worried about? I frowned. This is just my intuition. If I take this step, I will never be able to go back and say goodbye to my current leisurely and peaceful life. But this actually makes no sense. There is something wrong with the kimono. Could it be that I have become the same person as Aoba, starting to accept commissions and solve supernatural incidents?

"The way I see it, let's talk to Chen Xiaoqiu about this and let her make her own decision. Even if there is a problem with the clothes, we can't solve it. This kind of thing needs to be liberated in a temple, right?" said the thin man.

"What do you say to me?" Chen Xiaoqiu stood at the door.

The four of us were quiet for two seconds. Guo Yujie spoke quickly and told the story exactly.

Chen Xiaoqiu didn't show any strange expression. After hearing what Guo Yujie said, he looked at me and said, "Can you show me that photo?"

I pulled the photo out of the archive.

Chen Xiaoqiu looked at it carefully and put down the photo, "It's exactly the same kimono."

"Huh?" The four of us were stunned.

"That kimono should be an old thing with a history, and it was hand-sewn. I saw that the people in the drama club didn't seem to know this, and they didn't keep it properly, but the kimono was perfect without any damage." Chen Xiao Qiu said.

"You... feel like there's something wrong with that kimono?" I asked in surprise.

Chen Xiaoqiu nodded.

There was a strange dead silence in the office.

"Then you still wear it?" The thin man broke the silence and stared at Chen Xiaoqiu in disbelief.

"The drama club has no other clothes. Even if I suspect it is stolen goods, I have no evidence." Chen Xiaoqiu said calmly.

The thin man was speechless.

Only then did I realize that the "problem" I just mentioned was completely different from the "problem" Chen Xiaoqiu understood.