Chapter 32 Find a Mother
Chapter 32 Find a Mother
Maeda Keizaburo knelt on the ground and refused to get up.
"Please help me catch the real murderer and clear my son's name! I'm willing to pay 150 million yuan as a reward!"
"One, one, one, one and a half million!"
Hasegawa's eyes sparkled with excitement, as if he were about to faint.
Lin Xiuyi was moved by Keisaburo's appearance. A person who had always been calculating and petty had suddenly become magnanimous, not because he had achieved the greatest success in his life, but because he had given up all plans for the future.
For this old man named Keizaburo Maeda, his son was dead, his granddaughter was dying, and he had no future.
"Get up."
"Please help me."
Keisaburo kowtowed heavily again, leaving bloodstains on the ground.
"I won't help you," Lin Xiuyi sighed. "You may be pitiful, but you're also a hateful fellow..."
Keisaburo raised his head, his eyes filled with despair.
"But you have an even more pitiful granddaughter, and I will help her seek justice for her equally pitiful father."
Lin Xiuyi's next words brought tears to Keisaburo's dry eyes, and the veins on the back of his hand, which had been taut from gripping the ground, faded as he looked at him gratefully.
"That's enough," Keisaburo murmured, his emotions a mixture of relief and sorrow. "That's enough..."
"Wait, what about me? What about me?"
Hasegawa Eri anxiously pointed to herself.
"Go home and have dinner soon, aren't your family worried?"
Lin Xiu glanced at the many empty rooms upstairs, then looked at her own room on the second floor and asked Qing Sanlang, who was still lying on the floor, "Can I still stay here tonight?"
Keisaburo paused for a moment, then realized what he meant and said, "The people from the agency will be coming over tonight... but if you want to stay, I'll tell them to come and inspect it later."
"Never mind, don't bother. I'll pack my things and move out soon."
Lin Xiu went upstairs to her room, packed her simple personal belongings into a large bag, and left the remaining, dilapidated furniture behind.
He took one last look at the small, crumbling table that had been his companion for so long, then closed the door to say goodbye to the dirty, cramped shack he had lived in for so many years. Before he got a cell phone, this tiny room was the only record of all his struggles to survive.
When he came down the stairs, Eri Hasegawa was still there, staring at him pitifully.
"Sorry, we do not accept begging."
Lin Xiuyi spoke first, and they passed each other by.
"Wait, that's not what I meant," Hasegawa grabbed him. "Really, I'm actually quite useful. Although I'm a bit slow, I'm a detective after all, which gives me a lot of power and makes it easy to communicate with the police. The agency also has reliable lawyers we can recommend... Can you take me on a trip?"
Lin Xiuyi suddenly had a flash of inspiration, looked at the other person's face, and then checked her bust size.
"Wait a minute," Hasegawa blushed and quickly covered his chest with his hands, "That kind of thing is not allowed, it's not included in the contract at all."
"Would you be interested in playing the role of a mother?"
Lin Xiuyi asked thoughtfully.
"Whhh, what?!"
"Mama means mother."
Lin Xiu frowned. He now felt that this person's intelligence had dropped to the point where he couldn't understand human speech.
"Whose mother should I be?"
"It doesn't matter whose mother it is, as long as you are my mother."
Eri Hasegawa's eyes widened, her face flushed, and she exclaimed, "How could you say such a perverted thing, you brat!"
"Not interested? Then forget it."
Lin Xiu waved his hand and continued walking.
Hasegawa was stunned for a moment, then quickly grabbed the edge of his bag, tears welling up in his eyes.
"Don't leave!"
Tears welled up in her eyes and streamed down her face, drop by drop.
Lin Xiuyi felt a headache coming on and said, "Why are you crying? Do you have some kind of mental problem? Should I call the police for you...?"
He tried to free the bag from the other person's tight grip, but to no avail.
"I'll be the mom, I'll be the mom! It's just a mom, I can be one, just take me on!"
Hasegawa then sat down on the ground like a child and started crying loudly.
Lin Xiuyi was truly at a loss.
He can reason with people of normal intelligence; he can fight violence with violence; he can even try to soothe a child. But he's helpless when faced with a woman who suddenly starts crying for no reason.
He thought for a moment, then said helplessly, "If you agree... then let's exchange contact information, and I'll contact you if I need anything, okay?"
"When?"
Hasegawa looked up at him with teary eyes.
"Let me think... Tomorrow is the weekend, so it might be tomorrow, or it might be the day after tomorrow."
"But I have nowhere to go today!"
Aren't you going home?
"I will not go back under any circumstances until I have completed a task!"
"Then find a hotel to stay in yourself. You're an adult, aren't you?"
"But, but I forgot to bring my ID!"
"Well……"
"Can't you help me? Can't you take me in? Lin Sanlang, aren't we comrades now?"
Hasegawa looked pitiful again, even though he couldn't even pronounce Hayashi Shuichi's name correctly.
"You really overestimate me. I'm just a student. Now that Keisaburo has sold the house, I have nowhere to live."
"But you're so smart, you'll surely find a way! Please, take me with you!"
Hasegawa Eri actually knelt down on the ground and tried to kowtow to Hayashi Xiuyi, just like Keizaburo had done earlier. Hayashi Xiuyi was so frightened that he quickly pulled her up.
"Please have some self-respect, Ms. Hasegawa!"
"Please take me in, Lord Hayashi Saburo!"
Eri Hasegawa started crying again.
Lin Xiuyi was truly at a loss.
He had no choice but to start thinking about what to do, and the words of a certain girl echoed in his mind like a lifeline.
Now, it seems like asking her for help is the only option...
"Okay, I'll give it a try. Don't blame me if it doesn't work."
Lin Xiuyi felt uncomfortable being stared at by Hasegawa, so he turned his head away, took out his phone, and opened LINE.
[Lin Xiuyi: Are you there?]
[niko_neko (瑾): Missed me?]
[Lin Xiuyi: I have nowhere to stay, can I stay at your place for a while?]
[niko_neko (瑾): Wait for me at the entrance of Kotobuki-cho, I'm coming now]
[Lin Xiuyi: Can I bring one more person?]
[niko_neko (Jin):? 】
[Lin Xiuyi: Don't worry, it's a woman]
[niko_neko (Jin):? ? 】
Lin Xiuyi: I found a mother.
[niko_neko (Jin):? ? ? 】
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