After a while, there was a "ding dong" sound, and Feng Hui's reply popped up on the phone - "I'm really unhappy. I originally wanted to take you in when you were homeless and let you be my little nanny." After the sentence.
, and playfully added a snickering emoticon symbol.
"Fuck you." August typed those three words with a silly smile on her face. She thought that Feng Hui's expression when he saw the message must be the same as hers, smiling like a child.
In another corner of the city, the afterglow of the evening shone into the quiet piano room. Feng Hui opened the screen of his mobile phone, glanced at August's reply, and then stuffed the mobile phone back into his pants pocket with an expression on his face. The staff on the piano stand
It is the song to practice today, the theme song of the movie "Libertango", "Tango Lesson", and one of Feng Hui's favorite songs. He picked up the strings and slowly closed his eyes. After playing the song, the piano room
Suddenly there was a burst of applause from the window sill outside the corridor. Feng Hui turned his head and saw a familiar figure, it was Lin Chengyi. He greeted Feng Hui by the window: "I just heard someone pulling a gun nearby.
Qin came over curiously."
"Is your level good enough to join the National Orchestra of Canada?" He said as he walked towards the piano room. "You still need a little more heat. You laymen can't understand it, but insiders will understand it." Feng Hui smiled faintly.
laugh.
"I don't understand anyway, haha." Lin Chengyi waved his hand, and suddenly he looked at Feng Hui with interest, "How many years have you been studying this?"
"It's been almost ten years, and I have been studying since before going abroad." Feng Hui said.
Lin Chengyi seemed to be very interested in Feng Hui. He pulled up a bench and sat down. "Last time I heard from August, you have been in the United States?" "Well, you went to the United States when you were fourteen."
"Then why are you still here? There are so many awesome bands in the United States." Lin Chengyi asked curiously. Feng Hui paused, looked into Lin Chengyi's doubtful eyes, and then revealed a slightly mysterious expression.
Smile: "Because there are very important things to do."
"Okay." Lin Chengyi waved his hand, and he didn't ask any more questions. "Leave the phone number with me and I'll ask you out for a drink this weekend." Lin Chengyi said cheerfully.
"Yeah." Feng Hui took out his cell phone.
After Lin Chengyi left, Feng Hui was the only one left in the empty piano room. He flipped through the music scores on the piano stand. At some point, he fell in love with the tango melody. Every time he played, his mind was filled with excitement.
There will always be a picture of two people entering and exiting the dance floor. Maybe no one will notice that other dances require a smile when dancing, but tango requires dancers to have a serious expression. He is obsessed with this suppressed expression.
A sense of seriousness, as if directing a secret.
Just like what he is doing now.
On Saturday morning, August got up early as usual and took the tram to Xue's house in Rose Valley. Although August never thought that this day would come when he would pick up mops and rags at other people's homes.
Su Yue became more and more excited as she spoke, as if the scene at that time was reappearing in front of her eyes. Her eyes were full of anger, and a cold current seemed to surround everyone in the quiet hall, making people shiver. Aunt Yoshiko simply didn't dare
Believing it, she tugged on her clothes, and then asked in a concerned tone:
"This sounds incredible, Miss Second, is all this true..."
She turned her head to Philna, who lowered her head like a child who had made a mistake.
"I believe everyone here can't believe it when I tell you such a thing. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes at that time, I wouldn't have believed that the second girl would do such a thing. But it is indeed the case. Doesn't it make everyone feel that
Unbelievable? In order to make everyone believe that what I said was the truth, I asked her to write this guarantee letter on the spot." She finished these words in a proud tone and glanced at everyone with her eyes.
"How stupid! Second sister, how could you write this?" Hinako suddenly cried out.
"Why is she so stupid?" came an accusing voice.
"If it were me, I would never write it!"
Just as he said that, Hinako jumped up from his seat and grabbed the piece of paper.
"Third girl, what are you going to do?"
Su jumped up reflexively and shouted loudly, but it was too late. He could only watch the guarantee letter written by Fierna being torn into pieces by Hinako, and then torn into pieces bit by bit. Hinako casually
Throw it out and throw the scraps of paper out of the window. In an instant, the scraps of paper outside the window are flying all over the sky like white snow, and finally flutter on the damp moss in the yard.
"Third girl! You, what on earth do you want to do..."
At this time, Su became even more excited. She panted rapidly and glared at Hinako. After Hinako finished doing all this, he turned to her sharply.
"It doesn't mean anything else. Is it necessary to write a guarantee letter between the two sisters? What evidence can we get? It's a bit excessive to fight over inheritance now, isn't it? I sympathize with the second sister, but I am by no means her accomplice. What happened
For such a thing, my view of the second sister is different from before!"
Fierna kept looking at Hinako with pleading eyes, hoping that she would stand in the same position as her, but after hearing what she said, she quickly lowered her head.
"Let's throw away these childish guarantees and evidence! Based on your actual situation, take the time to discuss how to distribute your inheritance."
Hinako's words were very clear. Ushi, who had been sitting silently below, scratched his head when he heard what she said, nodded in agreement, and leaned out.
"It's the second girl's fault for entering the clothing room privately, but it's a bit too much for the eldest girl to ask her to write a letter of guarantee. The third girl just said it was right. The problem now is that you three sisters should have a good discussion about the inheritance.
How to distribute it. What happened just now, let it pass. The key to the problem now is for you to discuss the distribution issue according to your own situation." After saying that, he turned to Fierna, "The eldest lady has just discussed it.
I have my own opinion. I don’t know what the second lady thinks. I hope you can talk about it..."
After Uichi said this, the atmosphere in the room relaxed. Fierna, whose face was bloodless, also raised her head slightly and rolled her eyes.
"This guy in my family usually learns how to run a store from his father. I don't have any objections to letting us take over the store this time. The only thing I want to say is that he has to take 5% of the net profit every month.
Ten points for three people. I think such a request may be a bit too much for us. My sister just said that the store is a cornucopia, but we have to spend this money every month." She glanced at Su and said,
said sarcastically.
"Then, Miss Three, please tell me your opinion."
"I...I don't have anything to say about inheriting stocks and antiques, but there is one thing I must find out, otherwise I can't agree to anything."
"Ah? What makes you so anxious?"
Everyone turned their attention to Hinako, and they were full of surprise. Hinako flashed her big watery eyes.
"Among the antiques I inherited, some have disappeared. The waterfall landscape painting in Xuecun can no longer be found."
"What did you say? The waterfalls and mountains of Snow Village..."
Fierna was very surprised when she heard the news, but Su looked at Hinako coldly.
"Are you making a mistake?" Su asked.
"It's not wrong. I found out about it a few days ago when I asked Jingyatang to come for valuation."
"Hey, this is strange! That painting can be said to be a treasure among the antiques in our family. Three or four months before my father passed away, I saw him hanging it here when he was visiting guests.
It was on the wall of a living room... How could it be missing now? Did you look at the accounts and mark it out with ink? "
"No, it has not been eliminated."
"That is to say, there are still records in the accounts, but the things are not in the warehouse, right?" As he said that, Su turned his head to the old butler, "Mr. old butler, can you explain what is going on?"
The old housekeeper's attitude was the same as before, and he still answered in a dull voice:
"I'm not very clear on this issue. From ancient times to the present, as long as something has been taken out of the warehouse, if it is given as a gift to relatives and friends, it will be checked off with an ink pen. But this thing is left in the account.
But the real thing has disappeared, which is very strange. Could it be that the fox fairy took it away?"
Having said this, he couldn't help but shook his head. After hearing what he said, his aunt Yoshiko seemed a little unable to sit still.
"Let the Fox Fairy take it away. Isn't this nonsense? Aren't you the keys to the warehouse and the account books? If you hadn't invited people from Jingya Hall to clean up the antiques, no one would have known about it.
Well, tell me, isn't this a strange thing?" She shouted loudly.
"Yes, this is all the incompetence of an old man. After the funeral, I ran around all day and didn't pay attention. Until a few days ago, the third girl said that she wanted to open the warehouse and take a look. I didn't expect it at all.
Something like this will happen. Besides, before the inheritance is distributed, I am afraid that opening the warehouse door without authorization will cause misunderstandings to others, so I have never gone in."
"But it was you and the third girl who entered the warehouse last time. Didn't you find out?"
"Because I didn't know the antique dealer who came at that time, so I left midway. This was really careless."
This can be said to be the carelessness of the old butler, because he has always been in charge of the keys to the warehouse. But just now he said that he has not been to the warehouse alone since the funeral, which is true, so the old butler also plays a role in this aspect.
reason.
"If this is said, the landscape painting of Xuecun Waterfall should have disappeared before the old prince's death?"
Aunt Yoshiko thought about it for a while and said. Suddenly, as if she remembered something again, she patted her thigh hard.
"Hmph, Xuecun's scroll painting would never be given to someone as incompetent as me. Maybe it had been secretly given to someone else. Now this thing has disappeared for no reason. This is really a big deal.
ah!"
The aunt's noise was laced with a tone of gloating. But Hinako silently looked at Su and Fierna to see how they would react.
"In short, I will not admit the inheritance I inherited now. Unless I find out the whereabouts of the scroll painting, there is no need to discuss anything."
There was silence in the living room, only Hinako's angry voice could be heard.
When everyone fell silent, uncle Yonejiro, who was sitting next to his aunt, leaned forward and stretched out his thin and long crane-like neck.
"The disappearance of the Yukimura scroll painting is indeed a big deal, but the meeting can't stop here and go on! Let's put this matter aside for now and continue to talk about the unresolved issue of inheritance distribution just now."
Since the beginning of the meeting, Yonejiro has not spoken, but now it is not an option to watch the three sisters argue, so he has no choice but to speak. Su and the others were all surprised by his speech. I saw Yonejiro put his hands flat on his knees.
Yes, very polite.
"Mr. Butler, do you have any other questions besides these?"
His words were a reminder to the three sisters who were quarreling, asking them to think carefully about the missed issues and discuss them again when they have ideas. The old housekeeper looked at Yonejiro from the bottom position and said, "Don't you think so?"
Say it slowly:
"What's left is the issue of joint inheritance. The suicide note didn't make it clear how much to give to whom. It just said that the three of them would negotiate and resolve it. So this part of the inheritance also needs to be distributed. It depends on the heirs. They can go through
Let’s discuss and decide how to distribute the family property.”
"So, what should be done specifically about this matter?"
Su took the catalog and did not put it in front of her. Instead, she put it diagonally on her knees. The purpose of doing this was to let the head of the house see it. As for the real estate and movable properties, the estimates were similar to the head of the house.
What surprised her was the amount of deposits in the bank. She had never expected that it would be so small. Could it be that all the money was spent on running the store? She had to be suspicious, because this number was different from the owner's estimate.
Ten million yuan, which really made her feel uneasy. She turned to look at the manager, and saw something strange on his face. She looked at the manager for a long time, as if asking him what was going on. The manager noticed
She was looking at him and gave her a stopping look. Su realized it and immediately lowered his head, then handed the catalog to Hinako.
After Hinako took the catalog over, she didn't look at it as carefully as they did, but just flipped through it casually. Because she just couldn't understand the prices of these things no matter how hard she looked at them. The only person she could rely on now was her aunt.
, so after she read it over, she put the catalog in front of her aunt and asked her to give her opinions.
At this time, her aunt Yoshiko took out a pair of gold-rimmed glasses from the small bag beside her, put them on her big eyes calmly, and then slowly flipped through the catalog. She read very carefully, and
She calculated while reading, and sometimes stopped to think for a while. When she lowered her head to read the catalog, she raised her eyelids and glanced at everyone present. Then she stopped at the old housekeeper.
"Mr. Old Butler, is everything here?"
"Ah? What did you say..." The old housekeeper put his hands to his ears, as if he didn't hear clearly.
"I mean, is this all the inheritance left by the royal family? It's really too little." She raised her head and said loudly.
"What? Too little...Yeah, that's all there is."
The old housekeeper nodded with great certainty. But the aunt looked at the old housekeeper with suspicion.
"That's all there is to begin with? What are you talking about? As the head butler of a royal family, how can you say such a thing?"
At this time, the aunt was also a little angry, and Su gave a stern look.
"Mr. Old Butler, there are more mountains and forests over there than what is recorded here, right?"
"Oh, really? But according to my investigation, there is no record in your family's vault. So where is the place that the eldest lady mentioned?" He asked with some confusion.
"Mountain forests are of course where there are mountains. It takes about half an hour's bus ride from the station. That was on the way back from seeing flowers with my mother. My mother told me: Those mountains and forests all belong to our family.
Taking that river as the boundary... 'Look at the north' I think it was the year before I got married, and I still remember her words clearly to this day."
She stared at the old housekeeper, but his face did not change at all. He was just a little surprised by her words and kept shaking his head.
"That's strange. Why don't I know anything about this? Could it be that the eldest lady heard it wrong or remembered something wrong?"
"It can't be wrong..." Su suddenly said, "About a month ago, the old housekeeper happened to be out on business, and there was a call from Nara, saying that he wanted to ask about Shanlin.
…”
"What? What did they say they wanted to ask?..." At this time, the old housekeeper put his hand to his ear again, as if he didn't hear clearly what Su just said.
When he asked this question, Su seemed a little at a loss. She looked up at the old housekeeper and replied:
"They called to ask how the quantity and price of the harvested timber would be calculated."
When he heard these words, the old housekeeper's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked again:
"Then may I ask, was the second girl receiving that call?"
"That's not true. He picked it up and told me later..."
"Oh, did the new shop owner pick it up?" He said, turning his face to the owner, "Actually, you should have told me earlier, so that I could get in touch with them, and I could write it down in the catalog after detailed investigation.
If it's up there, I won't forget it like now..." Although he said it sincerely on the surface, he was actually blaming the leader for not telling him about the matter.
"So, where did this call come from?"
"It's the Washi Family Registration Office over in Nara." The head hesitated for a moment before answering.