The Wonderful Daily Life of Nogizaka

The light in the cabin is bright, and the living room is also a standard Japanese-style room. There are many flowers and plants planted in the courtyard outside the horizontal wooden door. Most of them existed originally, and a small part were brought over by Baiyunshan and others later. Although they have been

It’s late spring, but it still looks lush and diverse.

The gravel-paved floor in the courtyard is very harsh and dirty when walking barefoot, so even though you don’t need to wear shoes indoors, there are usually a few pairs of cool wooden clogs placed on the steps facing the door outside the courtyard, all in different styles.

Ordinarily, looking at it makes people think of summer, cool nights and fireflies, and fireworks festivals.

Baiyunshan just stared at those pairs of wooden clogs and said nothing for a while.

But it can be seen from his eyes that what he is thinking about is not summer, nor the fireworks festival and fireflies, but some other memories that are not very happy.

Hashimoto Nana didn't know that he was recalling some of his past with Officer Sato, so he didn't speak for fear of disturbing him.

She was originally just out of curiosity, and later for some other reasons, but now she was sitting at the small table, holding her chin with one hand and counting the eyelashes on the slightly lowered eyes of the person in front of her, and noticed the look in his eyes when he recalled

I felt a not-so-good depression, but my heart twitched slightly, feeling a little regretful and distressed.

Regret means regretting that your actions have caused trouble to him, and distress means feeling sorry for the downturn in the other person's eyes.

However, Baiyunshan didn't give her too much time to regret, so she woke up from her thoughts, subconsciously took out two candies from her pocket, tore one open the package and stuffed it into her mouth, and handed the other to the other person, silently

After a moment, he said: "The past history between me and Officer Sato is actually very simple stories."

"This starts from a few years ago. You should have watched "Detective Conan", right?"

Nana Hashimoto stretched out her hand to support her chin, took the candy, and nodded gently.

...

The story of Baiyun Mountain is related to "Detective Conan". A few years ago, when he was a high school student, he also thought about becoming a high school detective.

This was not the ignorant fantasy of a middle school boy, but because he wanted to find some meaning of existence. At that time, he had just met the store manager not long ago, and he was like a lonely ghost, at a loss about everything now and in the future.

If you are at a loss, helping others save others, or helping the police solve crimes, is undoubtedly one of the things that can help you find the meaning of existence.

For ordinary people, this thing would only make people feel ridiculous, but for him, this thing would make people feel respectable, because he does have the ability to do it.

First of all, he has quick thinking and superior IQ. He can observe many details that are difficult for ordinary people to observe. He is particularly talented in solving some cases that require very complicated and brain-consuming tasks. With the help of the store manager, he quickly got to know him through matchmaking.

He met Police Officer Sato and successfully helped him solve some minor cases.

It was precisely because of his help that Officer Sato was gradually promoted from a grassroots police officer, and finally became the current mid-level police officer. Baiyunshan gradually became famous among classmates in the school, and he even heard that someone had formed a fan support group.

There were many of his admirers in the group, although he himself didn't care about these things at the time.

But during a certain case, a group of vicious kidnappers kidnapped a group of hostages in a shopping mall. In addition to the staff and passers-by at the scene, the person who reported the case was a girl about the same age as Baiyunshan. Baiyunshan has been

They all still remember clearly that the girl’s name was Watanabe Kouko, and she was his classmate.

Among the hostages were the girl's parents. She escaped while going to the bathroom in the shopping mall. When Bai Yunshan and police officer Sato came to see her, the girl was still wearing her school uniform with a package inside.

With her young and green body, her beautiful and delicate face was covered with deep anxiety and worry, and her eyes were filled with mist, as if she would shed tears at any time.

However, the girl suddenly relaxed and became excited when she saw Baiyunshan. Only then did Baiyunshan remember that it was said that this girl named Watanabe Kouko was also one of his so-called admirers in school. But Baiyunshan was not

He doesn't like these things. He has always been a loner in school, hardly communicating with others and having no friends. He just wants to do his own thing.

But since they were classmates, Bai Yunshan felt that the burden on his shoulders was a little heavier, so he walked up to the girl and reassured the girl in front of him that she would be fine.

"I'm worried about them. Will something happen to them?" the girl said in a tearful voice.

"They will be fine." Baiyunshan slowly promised.

"Thank you, Classmate Bai, please be sure to pay attention to your safety." The weak girl wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes in embarrassment, then sincerely thanked him and carefully cared about his safety.

"I'll pay attention."

Baiyunshan is still not used to communicating with peers, and is as indifferent as a stranger.

However, Watanabe Koko had completely relaxed and began to chat with him shyly. She was one of Baiyun Mountain's admirers. In her eyes, Baiyun Mountain was like the group of people in "Detective Conan"

As a high school detective, as long as he comes, the case in the shopping mall will be solved smoothly.

So although she was still worried about her parents' safety, she trusted the person in front of her to rescue them.

However, things did not develop as smoothly as they expected. Although the kidnappers were extremely vicious, they were also very smart. They thought of many tricks to confuse the police. With a large number of hostages on hand, the police did not dare to act rashly.

Worry about causing unnecessary casualties.

In the end, after discussions between Bai Yunshan and Officer Sato, the decision was finalized, and Bai Yunshan was asked to go to the negotiations as a police representative. He had many advantages. For example, he was a classmate of the daughters of the two hostages, so he was relatively related. During the negotiations,

What he said was more convincing. Also, he was very young, which would not alert the kidnappers inside and easily make them take it lightly.

After the decision was finalized, it was time to implement it. Baiyunshan arrived at the main gate of the mall where the kidnappers had kidnapped the hostages as promised, and determined the safety of the hostages in accordance with the requirements made in advance.

The kidnappers are very trustworthy, but in order to ensure safety, of course the person sent to meet them will not be the kidnappers themselves, but a middle-aged couple with frightened faces.

The three of them looked at each other across the huge aisle of the mall. Baiyunshan easily recognized that the contours and lines of the couple's faces were very similar to those of the girl waiting outside the mall. This was exactly what he planned, and the kidnapper

Hostages with connections will definitely be pulled out to the police for inspection. This will not only add a lot of psychological pressure, but also make the other party take advantage of them. The effect is much better than that of hostages who are strangers to each other.

This was also the purpose of Baiyun Mountain. After seeing that the girl's parents were safe and sound except for being frightened, he felt relieved in his heart.

Baiyunshan comforted the other party loudly, and at the same time, he also sent a signal to the kidnappers hiding in the dark behind the couple to release the hostages. Although they did not respond, the panic and panic on the faces of the middle-aged couple could be seen

Especially when they learned that the young man in front of them was actually their girl's classmate, they became much calmer and were even able to say hello and chat about some household matters.

However, at this moment, the kidnappers who were invisible from Baiyunshan's perspective suddenly became confused. It turned out that this was Baiyunshan's real plan. On the surface, he proposed negotiations, but in fact, he asked Officer Sato and others to negotiate while they were negotiating.

During this period, we discovered a route that could lead directly to the kidnappers' lair, and after judging that the success rate was over 80%, we launched a decisive attack, hoping to subdue all the kidnappers in the shortest possible time.

The result was not much different from what he expected. The kidnappers guarding the hostages in the rear were either subdued or shot dead at the first opportunity, and the situation was soon under control.

But the danger was not over. At almost the same time, the kidnapper, who felt he had no way to escape, actually shot at Baiyun Mountain, who was acting as a bait, with a crazy look on his face. Fortunately, his reaction was extremely fast, and this happened again and again.

The reflexes honed at the crime scene made him shout out the danger as quickly as possible to warn him, and then he leaned forward behind the mall counter, hiding himself in a safe area.

But the middle-aged couple standing on the same line with him did not have such a fast reaction speed. They failed to lie down in time. Without the cover of obstacles, they could only fall in a pool of blood in pain and were caught off guard.

.

A minute later, the situation was completely under control.

Officer Sato personally came to the mall and helped him up from behind the unharmed counter, telling him that the mission had been completed and all the remaining hostages had been rescued.

The hostages who survived the robbery were grateful and walked out of the mall gate with limp legs while wiping their tears. The police at the scene also cheered loudly, celebrating the hard-won victory, and several familiar police officers used their strength to

He patted him on the shoulder and loudly praised his calmness in the face of danger and the success of his strategy. He was the only one standing there stupidly, staring at the middle-aged couple who fell in a pool of blood and had been carried away on a stretcher.

It's like being outside of the incident.

Everyone is celebrating the living, but he is the only one who is grieving for the dead.

They were not only a dead couple, but also the parents of his classmates. They were not strangers, but rather friendly. They had been greeting him just now, and after learning that their daughter and the person in front of them were classmates, they also became friends.

Baba said that if he had time, he could come to visit their home.

The woman said that she was very good at making curry, and the curry rice she made was their family’s favorite food. The man said that’s right, if you have a chance, you can come over and try it.

But there is no chance.

Not only did he not save them, he could even be considered to have harmed them to a certain extent, because if he hadn't finalized this plan, the middle-aged couple might not have died, and if the last kidnapper hadn't been desperate

If you wanted to shoot him, the middle-aged couple might not die, although more people might die as a result.

But on the scale of life, is the one with more numbers more important? Baiyunshan doesn’t know either.

All he knew was that not only did he fail to fulfill his promise to the girl outside the mall, he even indirectly killed her parents. Although he knew he shouldn't think this way, he still couldn't help but sink in this direction.

Baiyunshan didn't remember how he walked out of the mall, but when he walked out of the gate of the mall, he immediately saw the girl named Watanabe Kouko standing on the roadside waiting for him and the rescued hostages.

One after another they came out, hugging and crying with their relatives and friends outside, but the girl did not see her parents, so her face was full of worry and anxiety.

To a certain extent, Baiyun Mountain represents the safety of her parents, so when she saw Baiyun Mountain, the girl immediately breathed a sigh of relief and trotted over happily.

Bai Yunshan looked at the smile on the other person's face, his face was filled with numbness, and he licked his lips a few times, trying to say sorry.

The girl looked at the numbness and depression on his face, but mistakenly thought it was the exhaustion after solving the case. She quickly took out a candy from her pocket with a smile, stuffed it into his hand, and said with gentle concern:

"My mother told me that if you feel down, you can eat some candies, which will make you feel much better. You can try it, Mr. Bai."

Baiyunshan stared blankly at the candy in his hand. There was still the girl's faint body temperature on it, which was very warm and beautiful. His hand holding the candy was trembling slightly.

He couldn't make any expressions. He couldn't cry or laugh. He only felt that this candy was really a great irony. Compared with this candy full of kindness, if the girl scolded him loudly and then howled loudly,

Crying might make him feel better.

He only felt that the blood in the blood vessels all over his body had solidified, all the joints in his body were rusty, and even the voice in his throat was as raw as an old bellows. He could only say "I'm sorry" hoarsely, and then lost his mind.

Leave slowly.

He didn't know if the girl who finally understood the truth would turn to resent him, hate him for killing her parents with the kidnappers, hate him for not fulfilling his promise, and even hate him for having the nerve to come to him.

, accepted the candy that was full of a girl’s kindness, tenderness, shyness, and all the good things.

He suddenly thought that although the protagonist in "Detective Conan" solved many cases, the occurrence of each case represented the appearance of one or even several deceased persons. He had the confidence to solve the case, but he did not accept that there would be such a deceased person.

The ability to do something.

Only then did he realize that he was not suitable to be a detective at all. He wanted to save others, but he couldn't even save himself. He wanted to find the meaning of his life in this world, but in the end he found that there was no point in living at all.

Meaning is needed, and only living itself is meaningful.

So he gave up the pursuit of meaning, followed the opposite path, and chose to become a salted fish.

He accepted the candy that he shouldn't have accepted, and in the following time, he gave out countless similar candies. When others asked, he just made up an excuse to excuse them. Except for Officer Sato and the store manager,

No one knows the truth behind what he did.

Until today.

...

Hashimoto Nana stared at the candy in her hand. It was a very simple lollipop. The brand looked very familiar, but she couldn't remember the name for a while. It was not the same as what was sold in stores of all sizes.

There is no difference between the candies of the same brand. Who would have thought that there is such a story?

But she then raised her head and looked at the other party's silent expression, her eyes full of pity.

When she knew that Baiyunshan's parents were dead, she could already guess that Baiyunshan's past would not be so good, but she still wanted to understand, just to share this heavy past with him, but even she couldn't

Unexpectedly, this heavy past could be so heavy.

The past related to Officer Sato must be only a small part of it, and the other blank parts, although Baiyunshan has not elaborated on them, can already be deduced from the details or from these things, so it must not be

A life worth remembering happily.

Thinking that the usually careless and lazy guy in front of her was actually experiencing such a pitiful life, she suddenly had the urge to hold him in her arms to comfort her, but before she could do it, Baiyunshan had already silently

stood up.

He walked silently to the courtyard outside the door, stepped on the wooden clogs on the steps, then picked up a kettle from the stone steps next to him, and quietly watered the pot of pale white fifteen-night grass, also known as asters, under the eaves.

"Baiyun Sang..."

Nana Hashimoto shouted in a worried voice.

Baiyunshan slowly turned back, but his expression had returned to its usual laziness and calmness. He lightly twitched the corner of his mouth and showed a smile: "Don't worry, it happened several years ago. There is nothing worth paying attention to. Instead of caring about this, it's better to

It’s better to worry about another thing.”

Hashimoto Nana was slightly startled: "What's the matter?"

"It's Sakurai's birthday soon." Baiyunshan said slowly.