"No matter what the question, there must be an answer." Yukawa stared at Kyohei with both eyes, "However, the answers may not all be immediately derived." The same applies to life. In the future, you may encounter many questions that cannot be answered. In order to find answers, many times you have to make yourself grow up. Therefore, people must learn, work hard, and hone themselves. "The Equation of Midsummer"
The story of "Equations of Summer" takes place in the middle of summer, in the beautiful seaside town that is increasingly depressed, and there is a bizarre death in a private hotel, is it an accident or a murder? As the case progresses, a long-overdue homicide from sixteen years ago surfaces, and Yukawa, a doctor of physics who came to the development of undersea minerals, and Kyohei, a fifth-grade elementary school student who came here for summer vacation, are unprovokedly involved in the incident.
"The Equation of Midsummer" is a famous Japanese mystery writer Mr. Keigo Higashino wrote in 2011, the novel uses a white painting technique to tell the story, which is interspersed with a lot of Yukawa's experiment plot, it seems to be careless, in fact, it is foreshadowing the final truth.
After all the truth surfaces, people feel sad and helpless, it seems that everyone has their own unavoidable grievances, all people commit unforgivable sins in order to protect others, and it is the first domino that has been torn down? Does all the guardianship allow love to be redeemed?
Today I try to interpret the protection and redemption of this love, and the little practical significance that the novel brings to us, from the following three aspects:
Parents' protection of their children is sometimes just in the name of love to meet their own inner needs
A righteous and mission-minded policeman, Masaji Tsukahara silently guards Senba because he wants to make up for his past mistakes, but the result is counterproductive
In order to protect the inner world of Kyohei children, physicist Yukawa chose to remain silent in the face of facts, which is also a perfect ending in imperfection
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >01, parents' protection of their children is sometimes just in the name of love to meet their own inner needs</h1>
(1) Mother's Day's protection of her daughter's realization, in which only her inner selfishness is at work
Setsuko is the initiator of this tragedy, this beautiful woman is too willful and reckless, obviously about to get married, but on the eve of the wedding with another love but can not be together Xianbo to break, so there is a daughter to become a reality. When Cheng Shi was 11 years old, because his own life secret was threatened, he killed people in a panic, and after Seiko knew, instead of letting her daughter face reality bravely, she moved her family, making her indifferent to the memory of human life, resulting in cheng shi having to bear this heavy burden for the rest of her life.
After Chengshi killed people, Setsuko should have taken her daughter to turn herself in, after all, at that time, Chengshi was underage, and there was a certain amount of forgiveness, at this time, Setsuko's first thought was still: This matter must not let Shigeji know. So I called Xianbo, in fact, subconsciously hoping that this man could help him solve this trouble. Because she thought that she could not go to the guilt, first, she had alibi evidence, and second, if she went to the guilt, she was bound to tell the mystery of the true life, which she was absolutely unwilling to do.
Therefore, Setsuko ostensibly considered Chengshi's future life, but in fact, at that point, she was most afraid and worried about Chengshi's life that could not be discovered, so although she could not bear it, she still acquiesced to Yu Xianbo to cover the crime, so that she could still maintain a superficially happy family. Of course, she didn't see how much she loved her husband, otherwise she wouldn't have betrayed him before marriage, and all she loved was herself.
It has to be said that Setsuko is a selfish lover, a selfish wife, but also a selfish mother, is the origin of all pain, some people say that because of Setsuko's stupidity, I think everything stems from this woman's selfishness, coupled with her untimely willfulness and weakness, her willfulness before marriage and the weakness shown by her daughter after killing people, which eventually pushed things to an irreversible point.
(2) Shigeji's protection of adopted daughters is more like a battle to defend self-esteem
Setsuko's husband Shigeharu actually had doubts about Chengshi's life early on, in order to maintain the superficial brilliance, in order to prove to others that he had a beautiful wife and a well-behaved daughter, and in order to preserve his only little self-esteem, he chose to swallow his breath, feeling that the character of Shigeji was not only pitiful but also pathetic, he covered his ears and stole the bell, deceiving himself.
Shigeji just lived in his own fantasies, and when he was young, he was still suffering and struggling with it, and as he grew older, his feet were lame and his heart was numb, indulging in the illusion of happiness that he had created. The appearance of the policeman Tsukahara shattered this calm, and if Shigeji was only to protect his adopted daughter, there was no need to kill Tsukahara, because Tsukahara's purpose was only to let Seiji meet his biological father, not to expose the truth of the murder.
At this time, Shigeharu felt that his carefully maintained mirage was about to be disillusioned, so he killed the killer.
What is even more shameful is that he regards the ignorant Gongping as an accomplice, which is particularly disgraceful, for the sake of his own imaginary happiness, at all costs, disregarding the lives of others, even if sacrificing the life of a child, what a terrible obsession. In the end, Gongping will live with the shadow of her own manslaughter, and Chengshi will also go through her life with the shadow of harming her biological father and harming her adoptive father.
(3) The biological father Xianbo Handsome's unrepentant protection of his daughter Cheng Shiyi is more like a atonement, but unfortunately the beginning is wrong, and the back is naturally a wordless ending
Xianbo is really a poor person, obviously deeply in love with Jiezi, but he wants to watch his lover become someone else's bride, but he can't do anything about it, and then he can't help but know that there are his own relatives in this world, but he has to suffer from missing, and finally the form of expressing fatherly love to his daughter is to bear the crime of killing a murderer for his daughter, how righteous it is, how tragic it is.
Xian Boying is also a cowardly and selfish person, he obviously has a good wife, still outside the flowers and grass, if he really fell in love with Jiezi, he should be brave to divorce, and then the two are together in a bright and honest way. But he was unwilling to bear the charge of infidelity, and hovered between two women, which was the first time he was weak and became the source of all tragedy.
This tragic act of Senba reminds us of Tadao, the father who guards Hiromi in "When the Prayer Ends", Ryoji Kirihara, who guards Nishimoto Yukiho in "White Night", and Masaya Mizuhara in "Night" who guards Mizuhara, but since he chose to use his life to guard secrets and people, he will not die. However, compared with them, Xianbo had less perseverance and courage, these secrets that should have been guarded all his life, but he once again confided the secrets to people, which was the second time he was weak, which led to subsequent tragedies.
Maybe the beginning is wrong, there will be a rare happy ending in the back, Xianbo should not be on the edge of marriage at the beginning, the love hidden in the dark can not be blessed after all, and the protection hidden in the dark can not call for the salvation of love after all. Therefore, everything has already been fixed in the power of power, no matter how much you struggle, it is difficult to escape the counterattack of real life.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >02, an upright and mission-minded policeman, Masaji Tsukahara, silently guards Senba because he wants to make up for his past mistakes, but the result is counterproductive</h1>
In the novel, Masaji Tsukahara is a good policeman with integrity and responsibility, who has always been suspicious of the case more than a decade ago, although the murderer of the year, Senba, has also served his sentence and been released from prison. But Tsukahara intuitively felt that the case had other hidden plots, so he kept trying to pursue it. He guards a kind of social justice and justice, and guards a kind of faith in his own, which makes people admire it.
Tsukahara finally learned the whereabouts of Senba after many inquiries, when he saw The tragic situation of Senba, he felt pity, he took him to the hospital to receive hospice care, so that he enjoyed the warmth of the world in the last period of his life, and Xianbo, under his repeated touch and questioning, told the truth of the case that year, and the old policeman was even more guilty in his heart. He felt that he had a responsibility, an obligation to help Xianbo, and a responsibility to protect Xianbo.
At this time, although Xianbo's heart missed his daughter very much, his greatest wish was that her daughter could live this life quietly and happily without being disturbed, and Xianbo's greatest happiness was to silently guard his daughter. However, Tsukahara believes that Senba should be allowed to see his daughter before he dies, so that it will be a perfect ending for Senba.
Therefore, this old policeman worked tirelessly to run around, just to achieve his wish, in fact, to alleviate his inner guilt. Masaji Tsukahara is not so much a guardian of Senba, and at the same time can leave no regrets in this life, but also to protect the faith and sense of justice in his heart, but it backfires, sacrificing himself and not being able to complete others.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >03, physicist Yukawa chose to remain silent in the face of facts in order to protect the inner world of Kyohei children, which is also a perfect ending in imperfection</h1>
In the novel, Shigeharu makes his fifth-grade nephew Kyohei an accomplice without his knowledge, and in the name of setting off fireworks, he induces Kyohei to plug the chimney with a wet cardboard box, causing the smoke discharged from the boiler to be poured back and carbon monoxide due to insufficient combustion, and Tsukahara in the room is poisoned and killed. After a meticulous and in-depth investigation, the clever physicist Yukawa found out the truth, but in order to protect the young mind of the fifth-grade child and prevent him from carrying a human life at such a young age, Yukawa chose silence.
I remember that at the end of "The Dedication of Suspect X", although Yukawa was touched by the dedication of the stone god, he couldn't help but sigh to the inland sea: "He can finally love someone so deeply." But he still chose justice, he insisted on the belief in his heart, and told the truth of the matter.
However, in "The Equation of Midsummer", Yukawa chose a more tender and emotional approach, and he used his own special way to protect and redeem the three people.
Yukawa's redemption of Senba
Yukawa knew that Xianbo's biggest concern in this life was his daughter Chengshi and his beloved sea, so when Xianbo was tortured to death by a brain tumor, Yukawa told him: "Your sea, there are still people guarding for you, and the person who guards that sea is this woman." ”
Yukawa took out a picture of Chengshi's bright smile and left it for the dying Xianbo, Xianbo felt infinite comfort, excitement, happiness and satisfaction, because he knew that his daughter who did not hesitate to protect with his life was still safe, and when he guarded the sea he loved deeply, at this time, his heart was calm and relieved, which was his greatest wish in this life.
Yukawa's protection of Narishi
Yukawa saw the pity and pain in Chengshi's heart, and he told the girl: Precisely because her life is exchanged for someone else's life, then guarding the person's favorite sea is her mission and the value of existence, which is also the motivation and meaning of her good life.
Yukawa understood that this girl was carrying too much pressure, because she had carried the life of a person, initially because of her youth, she killed Nobuko Miyake, who threatened her mother, and then her biological father took the blame for himself, so that her adoptive father killed the upright policeman Tsukahara who knew the truth of the matter, this series of events made her feel incomparably heavy, Yukawa said to her: "Your task is to cherish your own life, and you cherish it more than before." “
Perhaps in this way, Cheng shi can live more calmly, feeling that it is valuable to live, and at the same time, Yukawa let Cheng Shi take on the heavy responsibility of explaining to Gong Ping in the future, in fact, it is also to encourage her to live better and not to be defeated by the difficulties of life, because she lives not only to guard the sea of special significance, but also to bear a responsibility for Gong Ping.
Yukawa's care for Kyohei
In his investigation of the case, Yukawa discovers that Shigeharu has taken advantage of Kyohei, who is only a fifth-grade elementary school student, and his parents are too busy taking care of their own business and neglecting to care for and care for their children, Kyohei shows maturity that does not match his age, cold and a little withdrawn, and because of his ignorance of scientific knowledge, he has no intention of becoming an accomplice to the murder.
Yukawa understands all this and feels pity, he wants to save and care for this child, hopes to change his life, hopes that Kyohei will not be bothered by this matter, so that he finally fell into a deep self-blame and sank. So Yukawa made a difficult decision to hide the truth of the facts, maybe it would be unfair to the upright policeman Tsukahara, but it may be an imperfect and perfect ending.
How can the murderer be punished as he deserves, the innocent be harmed as little as possible, and the deceased rest in peace? For the clever and wise Yukawa, this is really a difficult equation for this summer!
Perhaps the greatest truth of the adult world is that there is never the best of both worlds. Fortunately, However, Yukawa finally made a better choice.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >04, the novel brings us some practical significance</h1>
The story of the novel is not much bizarre and twisty, but it still brings us a lot of shock and understanding, and it still has practical significance for us:
(1) Children who grow up at the expense of their parents have a hard time having a sense of happiness
Cheng Shi in the novel is one of the biggest victims, from the surface it seems that she is guarded by her mother, biological father and adoptive father, in order to protect her, the biological father will not hesitate to exchange his life for her peace, her mother is tight-lipped for her, her adoptive father even kills for her, but the final result is that Cheng Shi has to carry the burden of a lifetime to live, and all the efforts have become a weight that she cannot bear in her life.
When Huang Zhizhong in "Strange Story" tells the story of the mother eating the fish's head, the mother in the story is exchanging the child's guilt for the accumulated sense of sacrifice. With a sense of sacrifice to pay, it is impossible for children to feel happiness and happiness, invisibly will form a moral chip, for a long time, children feel only a heavy sense of pressure, there is no happiness at all.
Therefore, only when parents live their lives well and give their children a normal and harmonious family atmosphere, children will have a happy life.
(2) Sometimes what we give is only what we think the other person wants, not what the other person really needs
Xianbo's greatest wish in this life is to protect her daughter chengshi, even if she gambles on her own life, even her life, she is willing, such as drinking nectar, what her heart desires. However, he met an equally persistent old policeman, Tsukahara, and in order to alleviate the guilt in his heart, he thought that Senba's seeing of his daughter before his death was the perfect ending, so he was willing to break the original peaceful life of each other, and he also gave his life in vain.
So some people often lament, "I want apples, but you give me pears." "In my opinion, this is not a joke, but a sad story, and our own efforts have put the other party in confusion and difficulty, perhaps we are too wishful thinking and self-righteous."
Sometimes our efforts are only out of some kind of feelings of our own, and finally we move ourselves, but we can't move each other. This is true between couples, it is also true between parents and children, it is also true between friends, and perhaps sometimes we all live in our own world.
(3) The best protection for children is to lead
In "The Equation of Midsummer" we see a warm and emotional Yukawa who does his best to guard Kyohei, the child who meets Pingshui, but he does not take that over-protective approach, but adopts a leading approach. He just planted a seed of inquiry in the child's heart, hoping that as he grew up, he would solve the mystery and face it bravely, grow in search of answers, and become strong in growth.
Sometimes parents are prone to excessive protection for their children, in fact, the best protection of parents for children is to lead appropriately, the child's road is finally to go by himself, the detour that should be taken has to go, the pain that should be eaten is also personally tasted, the fall must be fallen, this is the price that must be paid for growth, and no one can replace it.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > concluding remarks:</h1>
"Midsummer Equation" tells a story about guardianship, not every time the guardianship can make love redeemed, but as long as we stick to the protection of the good, there may be a better ending and answer, which is the story that happened in that midsummer gives us a little inspiration.