After walking out of the cinema, Yukiko Okada hailed a taxi.
She carefully placed her satchel on her knees and put her hands on it. Inside, there was a suicide note.
What I have seen, felt, and thought in the past few years, my inner distress, the "why" that I have not been able to ask or get the answer to, as well as the confusion and sadness of being infatuated with Toru Minegishi but being alienated at the beginning of my love life, are all written here.
inside.
The life that is about to end is left with problems and unhappiness.
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry..." Hayakawa Asako hung up the phone, feeling very anxious.
Today, a program scheduled to be recorded starting at nine o'clock, because Okada Yukiko was nowhere to be seen, I had no choice but to apologize to the TV station and use the excuse that Okada Yukiko was seriously unwell to block it.
Fortunately, it wasn't a live broadcast. Even so, the TV station was still furious when the dove was suddenly released.
Thinking of having to go to the TV station in person to apologize to the producer in person, Hayakawa Asako was as big as two heads, and she blamed Okada Yukiko in her heart. How could she cause trouble so willfully?!
Hayakawa Asako felt that Okada Yukiko was not as obedient as when she first debuted.
During this time, she was either taciturn or depressed, and sometimes showed silent resistance, as if the period of belated resistance had arrived. However, Hayakawa Asako did not expect that she would suddenly disappear.
I couldn't find anything unusual about her. In fact, looking back on yesterday, Okada Yukiko said once that she didn't want to go to the premiere, and something was wrong at that time. However, when she was criticized for poor supervision in the office, Hayakawa Asako didn't dare
To add fuel to the fire, talk about it too.
Hayakawa Asako listed the places where Okada Yukiko might go and the friends she might visit. She spent the whole morning checking these. She was afraid of alerting the media, so she could only make secret visits.
While doing this, Hayakawa Asako discovered Okada Yukiko's lack of interpersonal communication. After three years in Beijing, she had very few friends and limited scope of activities.
It was almost noon, and Hayakawa Asako still found nothing. At this time, she wondered if Okada Yukiko might have returned to the apartment. After all, this was her only place to stay in Tokyo.
After returning to Aoyama's apartment, Hayakawa Asako opened the door with the key without ringing the doorbell. As soon as she walked in, she saw Okada Yukiko's shoes in the entrance hall. However, before the attack, she smelled a strong gas smell.
Without enough time to take off her shoes, Hayakawa Asako rushed to the kitchen.
She saw Okada Yukiko lying in the kitchen, with a hideous wound on her left wrist.
Hayakawa Asako was dizzy. She suppressed her nausea and turned off the gas and opened all the windows. Then she came to Okada Yukiko and hugged her, "Yukiko!"
Okada Yukiko in her arms was moaning in pain.
"Ambulance!" This was Hayakawa Asako's first reaction.
However, when the emergency call was broadcast and Asako Hayakawa hurriedly called Noburo Mizoguchi to report the incident, he heard that she had called an ambulance, and Noburo Mizoguchi broke into a sweat.
"When the ambulance arrives, the media will definitely be alerted, and then things will be really bad," Mizoguchi Noburo said.
When a popular idol commits suicide, once such a thing is exposed, the consequences will be disastrous. Mizoguchi Noburo may be right. If Hayakawa Asako was given a little buffer time, she might not choose to call the emergency call.
However, Hayakawa Asako couldn't be so calm after witnessing Okada Yukiko lying there.
Ginger is very old, so Mizoguchi Noburo thought of the important point and reminded Hayakawa Asako, "Look in the room to see if there is anything like a suicide note."
"Yes!" Hayakawa Asako put down the phone and looked around the room. She didn't look for it specifically. The envelope with the suicide note on it was placed on the kitchen counter.
She reported the situation to Noburo Mizoguchi, who signaled her to put the suicide note away first.
In any case, the done deal was to save people first, and then find ways to remedy the situation. The ambulance arrived quickly and carried Okada Yukiko onto a stretcher. Hayakawa Asako took off her suit jacket, covered her wound, and got into the car.
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Cutting one's wrists to commit suicide requires enduring tremendous pain. Not only that, the success rate of this method of self-commitment is very low. Okada Yukiko didn't know this, which may be a blessing. Although she turned on the gas, because she discovered it early, she didn't.
I inhaled too much and was sent to the hospital. I quickly woke up and only had four stitches on my wrist.
It was a false alarm, and the fear just now turned into an accusation against Okada Yukiko at this moment.
People are just so weird.
"Yukiko, you really..."
When Okada Yukiko was taken to the hospital, Mizoguchi Noburo also arrived. On the one hand, he knew that he should not blame her at this time, but on the other hand, he believed that this incident was a sign of her unprofessionalism and hated her.
Iron cannot become steel.
This was the girl who was discovered by Noburo Mizoguchi with the goal of becoming the "Sun Goddess". He bet the future fate of his firm on her, but she did this.
However, the fate of hundreds of adults who depended on her for food was too heavy a burden.
Okada Yukiko sat on the examination bed numbly, turning a deaf ear to everything outside. But she looked fine on the outside, but inside she was full of fear. She knew she had gotten into a big trouble.
Suicide is the strongest resistance that a person can do in this life, but once a suicide attempt is made, the tragic fate will come over like never before. If you quit your job, commit suicide, if you die, these are irrelevant things, but since
If you survive, you will become the big trouble you caused.
In addition, and the most important thing, where is the suicide note that reveals all the thoughts? If it is seen by others, or even made public...
Survival is human instinct. But now, thinking of these, the short-term joy of life after being rescued from the brink of death and regaining a new life suddenly disappeared, leaving only the fear of the future.
"The situation should be stable, right?" Noburo Mizoguchi communicated with the doctor outside the clinic.
"There should be no serious physical problems, but it is still recommended to stay in the hospital for one night. In addition, Okada-san's mental state also needs urgent attention..." the doctor suggested.
Mizoguchi Noburo only heard the first words, "There is nothing serious about his health", and he breathed a sigh of relief. Since his health was no longer a problem, in order not to attract reporters, he made the decision and was discharged directly from the hospital.
But she didn't dare to let her go back like this now, so in the end, he took her back to the office of the firm.
At this time, the news of Okada Yukiko's suicide attempt has been reported to the senior management of the office, but whether it is to blame her or to express doubts about the reason for the suicide, what is more important is to discuss the next countermeasures.
The ambulance picked up Yukiko Okada from Aoyama's apartment. The movement was so big that the neighbors must have noticed it. There were probably many witnesses, and the news would have been reported to the media. In this case, you had to make plans in advance.
Back at the office, Mizoguchi Noburo handed Okada Yukiko to Hayakawa Asako and went to attend the impromptu meeting. Before leaving, he called Hayakawa Asako aside and asked, "Where is the suicide note that was found?"
"Here it is." Hayakawa Asako was already prepared and handed over the envelope.
Mizoguchi Noburo took the envelope without opening it, put it directly into the inner pocket of his suit, and walked to the conference room upstairs. At the meeting, he suggested that the matter be disguised as a simple gas leak incident and be announced to the public. He
There was no mention of a suicide note.
This suggestion has been responded to, and it is indeed a safe solution now.
"Today or tomorrow, arrange for Yukiko to make a public appearance. As long as she stands properly on the stage, no rumors will arise." A director added to the plan.
In the conference room, everyone expressed their opinions.
In the office downstairs from the conference room, the company's staff took turns persuading Okada Yukiko. Various similar words were repeated over and over again, but she just listened silently, and no one responded to her persuasion.
Finally, the discussion in the conference room ended, and the incident in which the parties involved were not present was settled. A director named Seki came over with Noburo Mizoguchi and announced the results of the meeting to Yukiko Okada.
She listened expressionlessly, trembling in her heart as she was occupied by one thought and caused a big disaster. In this way, she would definitely have no shame in living anymore.
Okada Yukiko felt that next, a future that was more cruel than the past was waiting for her.
If that's the case, it's better to just die.
The helpless girl thought of the most direct way. But this time, she committed suicide not because she wanted to resist all this and to escape from this sorrow, but because she was afraid of what would happen next.
"Yukiko," Director Guan said with a serious look, "The firm has high hopes for you, regards you as the pillar of the future, and does everything it can to cultivate you. You should be grateful. If you have such gratitude
, I would never do such a thing no matter what."
If this is persuasion, it must be the worst way to persuade. Okada Yukiko's uneasiness became even more serious.
Gratitude?
She also wanted to express her gratitude with gratitude. However, becoming the chosen one made her lose herself, and she could not say thank you. Mizoguchi Noburo, whom she trusted most, hated her so much that she might
It's better to say sorry.
Toru Minegishi, who was once gentle and kind, said that getting involved with her was the most troublesome thing in her life, and she couldn't say thank you.
At this time, a person's name appeared in her mind.
Not long ago, the only person who told her to "relax and move forward" was the only person who gave her the simplest encouragement during this period.
Okada Yukiko still couldn't say "thank you" to him.
Director Seki and Mizoguchi Noburo announced the results and left the office. For a moment, only Okada Yukiko and Hayakawa Asako were here. At this time, Okada Yukiko suddenly said, "I'm sorry."
"What?" Hayakawa Asako was startled.
"I'm sorry," Okada Yukiko said, "Hayakawa-san, I'm hungry and want to eat something."
"That's it?" Hayakawa Asako thought she was going to say something big.
Okada Yukiko nodded shyly, showing a girlish expression. Hayakawa Asako remembered that before she was known as "Matsuda Seiko's successor" and "sunmusic's next pillar", she was first a girl of only eighteen years old.
Get along day and night...
Hayakawa Asako's heart also softened, "I'm going to heat up a bento for you, and I'll be back soon. Can Wada-san from just now come in to accompany you?"
"I don't like talking to Wada-san." Okada Yukiko acted coquettishly with her.
Hayakawa Asako shook her head helplessly, "There's nothing I can do about you." Thinking that she wouldn't be able to go for long, and there were people from the office walking around outside, and taking the initiative to eat was also a sign of vitality, so she followed her.
After Hayakawa Asako walked out of the office, Okada Yukiko's eyes fell on the table. There was Hayakawa Asako's file bag. She knew that this agent always put his business card box on the outer floor.
At least say thank you properly.
Okada Yukiko stood up gently, took out her business card box, and found Shinichi Iwahashi's card inside. She picked up the receiver and pressed the button with a serious expression, without even thinking about whether she could get through.
"Francis, what do you want to say?"
Francis said weakly, with a trembling voice, "Thank you."
After three rings, the call was connected.
"Hello, I am Iwahashi from Watanabe Productions." A young voice came from the other end.
