The contents of the diary were very brief at first.
It's like in the lingering afternoon sunshine, a young woman with a gentle temperament who has just been married is wearing home clothes and tying up her long hair. She is cleaning the house with a rag. Occasionally, when she is free, she looks back and talks about her daily trivial thoughts.
I broke it into pieces little by little and chatted with you word by word.
"On April 7, Yin, the neighbors in the new community were very friendly, and they were very enthusiastic when they greeted each other in the afternoon. There was also a cram school teacher named Li Chu upstairs. It was said that he was a special lecturer in a key high school. He wore gold silk.
His glasses looked very formal. When we met, he even joked that if his children come to his tutoring school in the future, they can enjoy a 30% discount as a neighbor. Oh my God, we are not even ready to have children yet. This teacher really knows how to joke. It seems that apart from the house here, it is a bit old.
, it’s a very humane community.”
"On April 8th, Qing, there was a family living above us who seemed to kill pigs in a nearby supermarket. They all called him Zhang Butcher. He looked a bit fierce, but he was actually a very nice person. He got off work at night.
I gave our family two kilograms of hind leg meat, saying it was leftover from the sale. My husband was not very happy when he found out and told me to throw it away quickly, saying it was definitely not good meat. I thought it was a pity, but my husband is educated and well-educated.
, I should be right, but it still feels like a pity.”
"April 10, Qing, there is only one family on this floor that I haven't visited before. It's the grandfather and grandmother who live by the stairs. I heard that their granddaughter lives with them, but it's strange. I'm here
I haven’t seen their granddaughter for so long, huh? Is she the legendary otaku?"
"April 23rd, overcast. I'm in a bad mood today. A woman came to the door upstairs. She seemed to be Zhang Tuzi's wife. When I first moved in, I heard neighbors talking about her behind her back. She was lazy at home all day long and relied on Zhang Tuzi to support her. She also wandered around.
Gossip about seducing people. I don’t like this woman very much because she came in without changing her shoes and soiled the floor I just mopped. She was still smoking. I hate the smell of cigarettes and I also hate her asking me if I want to smoke twice a week.
She used a condescending tone when she went to her house to do housework. I do housework because I like to do housework, so why should she look down on me? It’s really annoying! Hmph!”
"On April 24, my husband came back from a business trip. My husband is the ace of Jianghai Law Firm and a real social elite. He is sent out on business trips for two or three days every month. It's just that he didn't seem happy when he came back this time.
, saying that it’s very chaotic outside now, and asked me not to go out casually.
While he was eating, I told him about the woman upstairs who came over today and asked me to work as a cleaner. My husband was very angry when he heard that. He suddenly put down his bowls and chopsticks and stood up to get angry at me. He asked me why I didn’t scold that woman and blame me for causing us harm.
The home is looked down upon by the neighbors.
I feel a little aggrieved. But it seems that it is really my fault for embarrassing my husband. Well, I must work harder in the future, Baoli. Find time to sign up for an academic improvement class, even if you can't become like Sister Ling Wei on the fifth floor.
A strong woman must also strive to be a woman that her husband can take with her, come on!
By the way, I forgot to mention that Sister Ling Wei is a legend in the community. People in the community said that she used to be an executive of a large company, the kind who managed thousands of people, but later moved back here with her husband to get pregnant and have children.
I have seen her and her husband go for a walk downstairs after dinner. She looks very powerful and majestic with her pregnant belly. I really envy Sister Ling Wei."
"May 1, today I met Zhang Tuzi's annoying wife again. She gave me a strange feeling today. She arched her eyebrows at me in the wind and seemed to be smiling, which made me feel a little uncomfortable.
But she told me one thing. It turned out that the girl named Dongyang who stayed at home by the stairs had been sexually assaulted. It took more than a month for her grandparents to report the crime aggressively, but the girl refused to tell her.
Who did it? The time lag was too long and the police investigated many times without any results. I was stunned. What a poor girl. Maybe she didn’t want to recall that nightmare-like experience."
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That room next to the corridor?
A girl named Dongyang?
When Higashinohara saw this, he couldn't help but frown slightly, remembering the two messages posted by the neighborhood committee that he saw on the community bulletin board yesterday.
One of them seemed to be "Warm congratulations to classmate Wang Dongyang for being admitted to XX University." If there were no duplicate names, they might be the girls in the diary who had been sexually assaulted.
Of course, there is another piece of information in the diary that also concerns Higashinohara.
This woman named Ma Baoli was on the third floor, the house next to the corridor on the third floor. If I remember correctly, when he went upstairs yesterday, he found a black sanitation trash can. When he was awakened in the middle of the night, he went up to the trash can.
The family that disappeared without any reason.
Hmm. Things seem a bit complicated.
Higashinohara couldn't sort out his thoughts for the time being. He turned around and looked around. After finding that no one was paying attention to him, he calmly turned to the next page:
"It was cloudy on May 2nd. During lunch, I told my husband that I met Zhang Tuzi's wife again today. I thought my husband would scold me, but the strange thing was that my husband didn't say anything. He just talked to me lightly.
I said not to associate with that kind of woman. I also told my husband about the poor girl who was sexually assaulted and refused to provide evidence to the police. My husband commented that a fly can’t bite an egg without being bitten. I think what he said is wrong, but I don’t think so.
I know how to retort. My husband seems to be talking to me less and less recently. Am I too stupid? Or am I out of touch with society at home for too long?"
"May 4th, Yin. When I went downstairs to throw away the garbage tonight, I met Zhang Tuzi upstairs. He seemed unhappy and his face was gloomy and scary. I wanted to say hello so I hurried over. No.
Thinking of Zhang Tuzi sitting on the corridor with his head buried between his legs, that tall man suddenly held his head in his hands and started whimpering like a pitiful and helpless child, which shocked me.
I really want to ask what’s going on and comfort him, but my husband said he shouldn’t meddle in other people’s affairs, so I’d better forget it, alas.”
"May 5th, cloudy. There seemed to be a quarrel upstairs last night. It was very violent, and there was a man crying hysterically. Today when I went downstairs to buy groceries, I heard people in the community saying that Zhang Tuzi seemed to know about him.
My wife had an affair with someone else. When I asked who the adulterer was, she was slapped in the face. Oh, what a pitiful man. The adulterer who had an affair with his wife was also very hateful! I don’t know if he is married. If so,
If so, his wife might still be kept in the dark, which is quite pitiful when you think about it.
Nowadays, many people in the community call Zhang Tuzi "The Hulk" behind his back. I thought it was because of his relatively strong body. After thinking about it, I realized that these people are really too much! Alas, it turns out that the neighborhood relations in the new community are also bad.
Not as friendly as expected.”
After reading the diary to this point, Higashinohara gradually discovered a problem.
The diary of this woman named Ma Baoli was very brief when she first got married, recording her personal feelings like an online social circle of friends.
Later, it was filled with long conversations, which meant that in her daily life after marriage, she seemed to be gradually losing people with whom she could communicate.
"May 6th, overcast. It seems that the outside world has become more and more turbulent recently. Many people say that the tide is coming, and some places have fallen. Everyone is busy hoarding food in a panic. I am also a little nervous, so I carry it secretly.
My husband went to the supermarket to prepare some. My husband is good at everything, but he lacks common sense in life. I prepare three meals a day at home. If I don’t stock up on vegetables, one day he will get tired of eating and get angry again.
He said that every day he was the same as the third child.
Phew. It turns out I was overthinking it. The rumor was refuted on the TV news tonight. They will ensure the supply of daily necessities in the city as soon as possible, so let’s stock up so much and finish it for the time being."
"On May 10th, Yin, my parents in my hometown suddenly called and said that my father had broken his leg and asked me to go back. I told my husband about it, but he just said "Oh."
It's a bit sad. Actually, I hope my husband can go back with me, but considering how busy he is with work, I have to be more considerate of my husband's difficulties."
"May 11th."
"May 13th."
"May 17th."
Higashinohara browsed through it quickly and found that the diary for the next few days contained some trivial matters after Ma Baoli returned to her hometown in the countryside, mixed with some female thoughts such as missing her husband and hoping to meet soon.
But when he turned to the next page,
Finally there is a change.
"May 21st, cloudy. My father's leg injury is not serious. Both he and my mother are urging me to go back early. Well, I am going to secretly go home tomorrow to give my husband a surprise! By the way, I secretly signed up some time ago
If I pass the adult bachelor's degree exam, my husband won't be embarrassed by me in the future, right?"
"It's cloudy on May 22nd. The weather has been very bad recently. The train ticket I bought was canceled due to the suspension of service. There seems to be a problem with the bus ticketing system and I couldn't get a ticket. I had to take a ride back. It's a bit
It’s expensive, I feel so sad
Well, that's not what I want to record today.
When I came home with great expectations, I opened the door and saw that my husband’s shoes that he wore to work were still in the shoe cabinet at the door, and next to him was a pair of familiar yet unfamiliar red high heels.
At this moment, the marriage life of more than half a year
I seem to understand something.
But when a woman came out of the bathroom wearing my bathrobe, I was still stunned - standing in front of me was Zhang Butcher's wife who had moved away after the quarrel that night.
Accident?
Maybe I should have known better.
I should have thought of this since that time when she gave me a half-smile with crooked eyebrows and eyes in the wind, which made me feel very uncomfortable.
What a fool who likes to lie to himself.
Corn Wren
She suddenly smiled at me, and then my eyes fell into darkness. When I woke up, I was lying on the ground, my hands were tied, my mouth was gagged, and there was a burning pain in the back of my head.
I remembered,
Someone just knocked me out from behind.
It hurts so much.
Hmm? Is this under the bed in the bedroom?
Woohoo-!
I wanted to struggle and shout but I couldn't do anything.
Immediately afterwards, I noticed that the bed behind me began to shake, and in my ears I could vaguely hear the man's impatient breathing and the woman's coquettish moaning as she resisted her desire.
"Heartless guy, your wife is still unconscious under the bed."
"Don't worry, she will no longer be my wife from tomorrow."
"You were too cruel just now. Aren't you afraid that she will sue you when she wakes up?"
"There is so much chaos outside. How long have the courts been closed? Besides, sue me? Have you forgotten what my lawyer does?"
"Tsk tsk. You are such a guy that makes people both love and hate you."
"Hehe, I will love and hate you even more soon!"
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under the bed,
Why are your cheeks a little moist?
It turned out to be tears
What a fool.
It turns out that I can only shed tears at this time?
But I don’t want to do this either.
I don't want to
I don't want to hear their voices
Bang bang bang—!
I started banging my face on the ground like crazy.
It hurts!
Heartbreaking pain!
Unstoppable tears and blood flowed across my face, mixed together without distinguishing each other. I seemed to hear the cracking of my nose bones, but it didn't matter anymore.
I just want to find a place to crawl in!
I just want to get out of here.
Nothing else matters
The consciousness finally left the body gradually.
Is this what death feels like?
So good, so silly
Higashinohara saw this in silence. When he turned to the next page, he was shocked to find that the second half of the diary had been torn out at some point, and the subsequent content suddenly stopped.
He suddenly couldn't help but frown slightly.
and after?
What happened next?
Did this poor woman succeed in committing suicide?
From the description it seems like this.
But he was stunned for a moment and suddenly realized a problem.
