Chapter 552: The Angry Plot
Chapter 552: The Angry Plot
Li Shuangyan hesitated to speak. He hadn't explained clearly what "Fugui's life" was all about at the beginning, so it was inconvenient to talk about it now.
Matsuko was called the shame of the family by her own brother... Yoneyama Nanako tried to convince herself and Li Shuangyan that "the text spirits in books are sunny and bright."
The word spirit (文字の精霊) is probably the "writing style" and "main idea". Neon has a view that the theme that the writer wants to explain will be transformed into a word spirit to communicate with the reader. If you want to express tragedy, the spirit will make people feel cold. And the sunny spirit proves that the work is similar to "Camellia Stationery Store" and "Golden Dreamland".
Matsuko's life is a dual-line narrative with two "I"s in it, the first is Matsuko Kawajiri, and the second is Sho Kawajiri.
The story of Songzi is about how when she was a teacher in her youth, she was almost molested by the principal.
As her nephew, I embarked on the journey of exploring why my aunt died in this way.
If there really is a word spirit, this is obviously very cruel... Li Shuangyan thought so, because Xiao Sheng, as his nephew, was cold in his words. On the contrary, his girlfriend Asuka, who is also a woman, showed a trace of sympathy.
"Why is this happening?"
Nanako Yoneyama didn't understand. She had a good family background. She graduated from a prestigious university (national university) and became a teacher. Her father worked at the city hall and her mother was a traditional Yamato Nadeshiko-like housewife.
It's a dull life that you can see the end of at a glance, but it's a very stable life.
Soon, the book gave Nanako the answer. Matsuko's life changed from being expelled from school for covering up a student who committed theft. This incident became a turning point in her life...
As a reader, Nanako gnashed her teeth as she read this, because this matter was very complicated and it would be an okay way to describe it as "covering up".
It was clearly the student Ryu Yoichi who stole the hotel's gift money during the school trip, but when Matsuko questioned Ryu Yoichi and he denied it, she thought of saying that she was the one who stole the money and used her own money to return it to the hotel.
The money was not enough - so she secretly took the money from her colleague Toudou Kusa. As long as she paid it back later, Matsuko thought the matter would be over...
However, the truth was revealed and Matsuko was mistaken for a thief.
At this point, Songzi went to the home of student Long Yang and persuaded him to turn himself in, naively thinking that this would clear her name. However, the student turned around and reported it to the school, saying, "The teacher threatened me to take the blame for her theft."
"Why should I be such a good person? Even for the sake of my students, I can't ruin my life by doing this." Nanako Yoneyama has been wrapped up in the emotions of the book. She has a vague feeling that it is normal for Matsuko to do this in the book.
Since it is normal, the dual narrative of "The Life of Matsuko" is very concise. Remember when "I" Matsuko was almost molested by the principal when she first appeared? It was because during a school trip, the hotel staff suddenly told us that there was only one room left even though we had booked a room.
The principal scolded me, asking if I had to share a room with Ms. Kawajiri? How would Ms. Kawajiri get married in the future? I had to terminate the contract with the hotel.
The hotel employee burst into tears and begged the owner not to do this, saying that he had a wife and daughter to support.
Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that it was a self-torture trick by the hotel staff and the principal, but Songzi said directly that she didn't care and agreed to stay in the same room with the principal.
It is normal for someone with this kind of personality to make such a choice in the future "student stealing money incident".
Kind? Nanako Yoneyama felt that kindness without measure would only be taken advantage of. She wanted to say that Matsuko deserved it, but she couldn't say it. It was this feeling of tightness in her chest that enveloped her whole body.
Li Shuangyan's reaction was, "There must be something hateful about pitiful people. What Mr. Lu Xun said really makes sense. Songzi and Fugui are really different. The latter is sad, while the former is simply depressing."
Chest tightness, yes!
The choices made by Matsuko throughout the article make readers feel pity for her misfortune and anger at her for not fighting back.
Later, Matsuko lived with her boyfriend who aspired to become a best-selling author. She also sacrificed herself to support her boyfriend's career. During this period, she was willing to endure poverty and humiliation, and even be exploited...
Nanako was solemn.
Nanako was silent.
Nanako felt suffocated, and the situation became increasingly severe over the next two hours.
[……
At this moment, the wind penetrated my body.
I stopped breathing.
Slowly look up at the sky.
Now I think I hear a voice.
Clang, a very soft sound.]
By the time she finished a book, Nanako Yoneyama's brain was a little frozen.
Li Shuangyan read faster, so he finished earlier. Feeling his throat was very dry, he had already ordered several cups of milk tea.
There happened to be wind coming in through the window, as if the wind could read the book and turned a few pages.
It was a beautiful scene, but at this moment, Li Shuangyan was filled with anger. "You don't think that such an ending can heal you, right?"
What is the clang sound? Li Shuangyan understood it as the sound of "I" Kawajiri Sheng taking over the urn of Komatsu's ashes. The wind blowing over Kawajiri Sheng could be understood as Matsuko giving her nephew a hug.
Because the nephew and his girlfriend Asuka finally found the murderer. According to Li Shuangyan's understanding, someone finally loves Songzi.
But, what the hell! Li Shuangyan's other hand was clenched tightly under the table, feeling a sense of frustration that he had nowhere to vent.
"You really treat me like Nihong Jin. This...wait, this book seems to be written for Nihong Jin." Li Shuangyan suddenly realized Gu Lu's kindness.
Fugui's life is full of tragedy. After watching the ultimate knife, you can really feel the primitive vitality!
But Matsuko's life, Li Shuangyan looked at Yoneyama Nanako who was still in a daze.
"Nanako..." Li Shuangyan didn't know how to comfort her. After thinking for a while, he could only say the universal answer, "It's okay."
With just one sentence, Nanako Yoneyama burst into tears and said she would stay.
"Isn't "The Life of Matsuko" a healing work? Why did I feel so uncomfortable after reading it?!" Yoneyama Nanako, "Did I not understand it?"
Even so, she still doubted that she didn't understand it, but didn't doubt the writer? She really did, Li Shuangyan cried to death.
From Nanako’s words, we can tell that she didn’t cry because of the knife, but because she felt so sad after watching it.
“Maybe… maybe I don’t understand it either. Maybe Gu Lu wants people to cry, and they will feel better after crying…” Li Shuangyan felt that he couldn’t continue making up stories.
"But now I feel like there's a fire burning in my heart. No matter how much I cry, the fire won't go out. If I ignore it, it will still burn with pain." Nanako Yoneyama described her condition.
I just cried, but I didn't feel like I had vented.
Is this how writers fight against the Japanese? Li Shuangyan suddenly had an idea.
To expand the perspective, 17 copies of "Matsuko's Life" were sold on the first day (excluding online purchases), which means that at least people read it with Nanako and Li Shuangyan on the first day.
One can imagine how angry the readers of Neon are...
(End of this chapter)