I'm Not a Detective

Today's dinner at the Nanabahara family is relatively simple. Takeshi Nanabahara only used the meatballs he had free time to knead last night to make a "full-color ball", including shrimp balls, fish balls, pork balls, beef balls, mutton balls, and chicken balls. Yes, the tastes are different but they can be united by the fresh juice of the broth. The whole dish is soft, tender, juicy and delicious. It is definitely a top-quality dish.

A psychic chef with an emperor's tongue, a police dog nose and hyperamnesia is willing to start from the preparation of ingredients, select the ingredients, do every process personally, and spend three or four hours carefully crafting even the most complicated dishes. , the taste is still amazing, it is probably enough to compete in the King of Kitchen Competition.

But Qingmi Ruri didn't care about these delicious meatballs now, and let Takeshi Nanahara pick out his favorite ones. He was just surprised and said: "Keda-san committed suicide and cheated the insurance company? What on earth is going on?"

Takeshi Nanahara stuffed a large beef meatball into his mouth, savored the elastic texture and the thick gravy that came out as soon as he bit it, and said vaguely: "Atsushi Kameda is a poor man who was beaten to death by the tide of the times. In fact, he has long been He is unemployed, but he has been hiding it from his family. The monthly salary he gets back is earned by working hard at odd jobs. I looked at his bankbook before and it was a little strange. In the past year, his income has continued to decrease, and he only has occasional income. As a result, his wife was forced to use the meager family savings to ensure her livelihood, and it became increasingly difficult for him to make money by doing odd jobs, so he simply committed suicide to defraud the insurance."

Qingmi Ruri recalled the work clothes and labor protection gloves in Kameda Atsushi's several broken cardboard boxes. If she had some understanding, but not completely, she felt very aggrieved and said unhappily: "Who can understand what you say... …”

"Then let's talk about it according to the timeline, but I'm just speculating. I can't guarantee that it's completely correct. I can only say that it's probably close to ten." Takeshi Nanahara is now very talkative again. He has the habit of chatting while eating. Bian said, "The cause of the matter probably happened nearly a year ago. You should know that the bubble economy collapsed. It once triggered a chain of bankruptcies. Even several large banks went bankrupt, let alone ordinary companies.

I guess the company Kameda Atsushi worked for at the time was a little bit overwhelmed and wanted to lay off employees. However, Japan is based on a 'lifetime employment, seniority-based system'. It is not that easy to lay off employees. If you are not careful, you will destroy the tradition and ruin your reputation. , even if you are sued for 'unjust dismissal' due to improper operation, you will pay a lot of money. Therefore, Japanese companies usually do not directly say that they want to lay off employees. It is hoped that employees will put the company's survival first and leave voluntarily to work for other companies.

Kameda Atsushi is probably on the list. He is in his forties. His energy has long been drained by work, and his abilities have not kept up with the changes of the times. He has little value anymore. However, his "year merit ranking" is very high. If he were a newly graduated college student, For doing the same work as him, his salary might be more than twice that of the newcomer, so naturally he would have to be streamlined.

He will definitely not be happy about it. He has been working in the company for twenty and a half years. He definitely doesn’t want to leave and just wants to wait for retirement in the company. Or there are other reasons, including the voluntary retirement activity, which will not find him a good next job. It's what he wants, the salary is too low, etc., so it's possible that he doesn't want to go. "

When Takeshi Nanahara said this, he ate another meatball and took a sip of soup. Qingmi Ruri was stunned. For a first-year college girl, life-long employment and voluntary retirement are really far away. But she could understand it to some extent, and asked hesitantly: "What's next?"

"Next, it's time for Aiura Harimitsu to appear." Takeshi Nanabahara raised an eyebrow at the mention of this person and said calmly, "Atsushi Kameda is unwilling to take the initiative to sacrifice to reduce the burden on the company. He is simply a corrupt character and a heinous crime. He may have even taken the lead in making trouble. Noisy, he is a thorn in the side. The company's human resources department will definitely not spare him. They probably secretly found Aiura from the related company and asked him to seduce Kameda Atsushi in private, making him suddenly discover that Kameda Atsushi is a rare talent that can only be seen in a thousand years. His work ability is simply He is so strong that he is willing to provide him with a very generous work contract.

On the one hand, the old company that I have worked for for 20 years since I graduated from college needs to reduce the burden, and the human resources department is rational and emotional. On the other hand, the next company looks good, and maybe it will be a blessing in disguise and some career development. As a result, He was so stupid and honest about the company. He probably resigned voluntarily out of gratitude to his old company and joined Aiura Harimitsu's small company. "

Qingjian Liuli heard this and said in disbelief: "Is this... is this possible? Is there really anyone in this world... so, so despicable?"

Take advantage of the opportunity when Qing Jian Liuli was distracted, and finished the most delicious part first. Later, he was going to let her mix the soup with the rice. He said: "Not bad, there is progress. You can probably guess the following." What will happen, but this can only be considered average. Some people's hearts are darker than mine...well, darker than coal. They protect themselves for their own interests or to fulfill performance requirements. This will happen in the workplace. Countless disgusting things.

But this has nothing to do with us. Back to the topic, Kameda Atsushi was of course cheated. The new contract probably has a lot of text traps. There were work goals that were difficult for him to complete or there were suddenly strict requirements on performance. In addition, the new contract It was originally specially prepared to eliminate him as a thorn in the side. As a small company affiliated with a large company, Aiura is not afraid of a bad reputation, let alone contract disputes when it comes to new employees. Most of them will turn against him and refuse to recognize him in a short time. They forcefully fire him according to the terms, or they don't allow him to go to work, and don't pay him a salary, and just drag him until he gives in, and leave obediently with a little compensation.

Since then, Kameda Atsushi has been inexplicably unemployed. Twenty years of hard work have been ruined, and the family has lost its main source of income. "

This was similar to what Qingmi Ruri had guessed before, but she was still stunned for a long time and murmured: "They are really vicious, they are really bad, but why didn't Kameda-san tell his wife that he had to work secretly? ?”

Takeshi Nanahara ate the meatballs and said vaguely: "Perhaps he feels guilty because he was deceived and ruined his family's income. It's hard to say it out. Maybe it's because his wife has been in poor health and has chronic diseases and has been taking medicine for a long time. He is afraid that if he tells her, his wife will be worried. , was no longer willing to take medicine, and was even forced to go out to work, so he pretended that nothing had happened. He went to work in a suit and tie every day, changed his clothes, and then went to do manual labor and odd jobs, barely maintaining the various expenses of the family and Pay off the mortgage.”

Qingjian Liuli suddenly said: "So that's the case. No wonder he went to such a remote and cheap place to rent a house."

"That's not the reason for renting a house." Takeshi Qihara shook his head and said, "Didn't you notice that he is the only one in Baijiayuan who has a nameplate on his door with his surname written on it?"

Qingjian Liuli recalled it, but couldn't remember it clearly, and asked hesitantly: "What's going on?"

Takeshi Nanabahara looked at her speechless for a moment, and suddenly felt that she was doing well like this. He smiled and said: "This kind of nameplate, or plaque, posted on or on the side of the door, began to be used in Japan more than sixty years ago. It was popular at that time that Japan's postal reform began to spread among the people. Putting surnames on doors was just for the convenience of one kind of person, that is, the postman.

Kameda Atsushi put up his nameplate just to prevent the postman from finding him, delivering it to the wrong room, or losing important letters, so he specifically wanted to mark where he lived. The reason why he was worried about this was because he had been looking for a job, and he needed a person to find a job. Fixed address. A person without a fixed address would not dare to apply for any company, nor would he be able to send letters such as interview notices, but he would not dare to have such letters sent to his home, so he could only squeeze out the money to rent a low-cost apartment. Come and receive mail. At that time, he had not given up hope in life. He hoped that he could survive this difficulty. "

Qingmi Ruri realized what he said. Takeshi Nanahara made sense. If you just change clothes, there is really no need to rent a house. It is probably enough to rent a temporary locker at a station and go to the bathroom to change.

After hearing about Kameda's tragedy, she felt a little bit more sympathetic to it. Her empathy was very strong, and she couldn't help but ask: "Did he succeed?"

She knew that ninety-nine percent was not a good answer, but she still held out hope, hoping that things would have a happy ending. But Takeshi Nanahara took out a photocopy of "Keda's Secret Book" and opened it, looking at it being scratched out one by one. He dropped the entry and sighed: "I won’t blame you for saying stupid things this time. Of course Kameda didn’t succeed. He spent nearly a year looking for a job, but it was not that easy to find a real job after the bubble burst. He He is over forty years old. Which company would be crazy enough to choose him as a regular employee? The items that are crossed out are those that he received a reply and were directly rejected. The small part that is not crossed out is that he did not even receive a rejection letter. He is still looking forward to a good outcome one day."

Qingjian Liuli also looked blankly at the "Secret Word Book", feeling that one of the puzzles had been solved, but it didn't seem to be the answer that would make her happy. After feeling uncomfortable for a while, she whispered: "No wonder we haven't been able to understand it. It turned out that it was his job search record for a long time. He was afraid that he would miss something and his wife would accidentally see it, so he wrote it in secret..."

Takeshi Nanahara nodded: "The same goes for long-term consumption of food samples. Maybe the company he worked for was larger and had a cafeteria. He couldn't find a reason to bring lunch boxes. It was too strange to go home directly after work every afternoon. Plus, I’m not willing to spend money to buy food, so when I’m hungry, I can only wander around the commercial streets, and I’ll take whatever I can get.”

Following Takeshi Nanahara's words, Qingmi Ruri seemed to see Kameda Atsushi walking blankly on the commercial street for a moment, mixing in the crowd, picking up a sample and quickly stuffing it into his mouth, and then quickly left with an embarrassed look. This scene , she couldn't help but feel a little sore just thinking about it.

She never expected that a random "exorcism" commission would lead to the discovery of a tragic incident that happened to ordinary people. Even though many mysteries were finally solved, she still couldn't accept it for a moment. She became confused and murmured. : "So, he was victimized, lost his job, couldn't find a job, became more and more desperate, and earned less and less money from odd jobs, and finally couldn't hold on any longer. He felt that his family was going to be destroyed, so he How many times would he cry uncontrollably and be heard by the neighbors next door? That’s why he wanted to commit suicide and defraud insurance, trying his best to leave an insurance money for his wife and children? "

Takeshi Nanahara put a meatball on his plate, but after talking about such a tragic thing in the world, his conscience seemed to suddenly wake up. He hesitated and put it to Qingmi Ruri, sighing: "I think so, and there is a very The important reason is that it has been almost a year, and the personal accident insurance he originally had when he was in a big company is about to expire. Aiura will not renew it for him, and he himself has no ability to renew it. And that accounts for a large part of the insurance money. He only needs to think about it. To leave more money for my wife and children, to ensure that they can repay their mortgage and live a stable life, we must act this month and cannot wait for things to turn around."

Qingjian Liuli remained silent for a long time after hearing this. She used chopsticks to fiddle with the fragrant meatballs. She had no appetite at all, while Takeshi Qingyuan also looked helpless.

This matter is really unlucky to say the least. He usually accepts commissions for exorcism and exorcism, just to make hard money. Unexpectedly, he did not expect to find out such a "tragic thing only for little people" after searching, but it is just like this "The tragedy of a small person", a person who is beaten to death by the tide of the times will make people feel extremely unhappy. He was so angry that he had no place to vent his anger before, so he beat up the gangster. The mistake that guy made in the first place, and then Just take his wallet away without stuffing it into the trash can.

It's really speechless. Japanese society is too weird. Otherwise, why would I always encounter weird things? Maybe I shouldn't stay in Japan to prevent myself from becoming unbearable and starting to go to extremes one day. It would be better to move.