"Oh? Are you in such a hurry?"
On the deck of the passenger ship, after hearing Bai Heqing's words, Black Rose asked doubtfully.
"If you are worried about the visa, wouldn't it be enough to apply for an extension?"
"no."
After listening to her words, Bai Heqing shook his head slightly and lowered his eyes.
"Seven days is long enough. My fiancée is not in good health. I must go back as soon as possible without worrying her too much..."
Hearing Bai Heqing say the word "fiancée", Mary's hands subconsciously tightened the guardrail. She lowered her head and did not respond.
"I see, someone is waiting at home..."
Keenly noticing Mary's strangeness, Black Rose nodded thoughtfully.
"Hmm, if that's the case, it's really not easy to keep him."
She suddenly walked between Bai Heqing and Mary, raised her hands on their shoulders, and said with a smile:
"Big Rabbit has an old saying, 'There is no feast that lasts forever.' In many cases, separation is always the normal state of life, and we must learn to accept it calmly.
However, don’t be too sad. After all, we meet each other everywhere in life. As long as everyone is still friends, then there will definitely be a time to meet again in the future, right? "
When saying the words "right", Black Rose turned to look at Mary.
"Um……"
Knowing what she meant, Mary nodded, took a deep breath, and hid her somewhat depressed mood.
"Friends, there will always be a time when we meet again..."
Yes, friend.
When Bai Heqing heard this, he turned to look at her. Coincidentally, Mary also looked over at this time.
The two looked at each other, but only for a moment. Mary quickly looked away again, as if she was afraid of looking at him.
Seeing her like this, Bai Heqing slowly looked away and sighed very slightly.
"Okay!"
At this moment, Black Rose patted the two of them hard on the shoulders, and said with a smile: "It will take time to move those things anyway. If we can't do it at night, let's have a drink now! Let's start walking !”
With that said, Black Rose forced the two of them into the cabin.
In this way, under Black Rose's semi-force, the three of them drank a lot of wine in the cabin that afternoon.
Having said that, it was mainly Mary and Black Rose who drank more, while Shirakawa Kiyo only drank a small amount.
By the time the shipwrights had finished moving all the treasure boxes on the small cargo ship and then driven the passenger ship back to London, it would already be four hours later.
Black Rose and Mary, who were already drunk, were lying on the sofa unconscious.
As for Bai Heqing, he did not wake the two of them up. After he went to the ship's warehouse alone to pick up the stolen cultural relics that Black Rose had placed there in advance, he suddenly stopped when he wanted to get off the ship alone and leave.
After hesitating, he returned to the guest room where the three of them had been drinking. Looking at the two people who were sleeping soundly on the sofa, Bai Heqing took out the small book he had always kept on his body and tore a piece of paper from it. page, wrote a sentence on it with a pen, folded it, and put it into Mary's coat pocket.
"Feel sorry."
After doing all this, Bai Heqing turned around and left. He moved very gently throughout the process, obviously not wanting to wake up the two people who were still sleeping.
In Bai Heqing's view, this silent farewell may be the most appropriate result.
And this is actually the result that Mary wants.
The door to the guest room had just been closed, and Mary, who was supposed to be drunk and unconscious, suddenly opened her eyes.
There was no hint of drunkenness on her rosy face. She quickly sat up and took out the note from her pocket.
【Thanks, bye. 】
Even at this time, the man kept his words as brief as ever, without even a single superfluous word.
Her vision suddenly became moist. Mary sobbed and raised her hands and rubbed her eyes vigorously.
Just like Black Rose taught her before, separation is always the norm in life, and they are no exception.
But although the truth is clear, accepting it is another matter.
Mary knew very well that this might be the last time the two of them met. She thought that she couldn't be so calm, so she could only pretend to be asleep to escape this ending, causing many of the things she originally wanted to tell Bai Heqing to disappear. In this disguised silence.
Even many years later, Mary did not regret it, because compared to what she wanted to say at that time, she actually hoped that Shirakawa Kiyoshi could return to Tokyo without any burden.
But she occasionally thought that if that day could happen again, she might live a more solemn life, eat a meal seriously, and take a photo.
Go with him to the streets of London again and solve the trivial problems of the citizens together.
Then at the last moment when you should say goodbye, look the other person in the eyes and say seriously:
"goodbye."
"..."
Winter is coming, and the temperature in Tokyo is a bit low, but it's not very cold yet.
By the time Shirakawa Qing caught the flight back to Tokyo, it was almost noon.
The strong jet lag made his body a little tired, but Bai Heqing still didn't delay too much. After hurriedly going to the police station to complete the handover procedures for the stolen cultural relics, he hurried to the hospital where Keiko was located.
Keiko's health has been poor since she was a child, and in recent years it has become so bad that she needs to be hospitalized for a long time.
Therefore, in order to prevent her from feeling too lonely, Bai Heqing would always come to the hospital to visit her as soon as possible after finishing the work at hand, and share his experience in handling cases with her. This has become his fixed habit.
"Blockhead?!"
At the door of Keiko's ward, Bai Heqing met Xiaowuwan who happened to be delivering medicine to Keiko.
Little Karasuma, the daughter of the head of the Karasuma family, is a mixed-race child. She is a very lively and enthusiastic little girl who also likes to be naughty and funny.
Since she moved back to Japan from the United States with the head of the Karasuma family five years ago, her relationship with Keiko has begun to skyrocket.
Kokarasuma is currently a sophomore in college, majoring in medicine. Last year, she passed the nurse qualification exam in her spare time and obtained a nursing certificate. Under the arrangement of the Hatoyama family, she officially began to take care of Keiko. daily life.
It is worth mentioning that Karasuma actually has no interest in medicine. From a few years ago when she was still in high school, Shirakawa Kiyoshi and Keiko knew that her real dream was to become an international superstar in the Hollywood of American imperialism.
It was as Keiko's condition continued to worsen that she decided to change her major and switch to medicine.
For this reason, Keiko and Kokarasuma had many quarrels at that time.
Keiko doesn't want Karasuma to give up her dream because of her, but Karasuma just hopes that Keiko can get better...
"You're back."
At the door of the ward, Xiao Karasuma was just stunned for a moment, then smiled and said:
"Sister Keiko will be sad to see this dusty appearance..."
Having said that, she still raised her hand and opened the door to the ward.
"Let's go, Sister Keiko, she has started to resist taking medicine again in the past two days, so you can come with me to put some pressure on her."
"good."
Bai Heqing also smiled and nodded, and the two walked into the ward together.
"..."
Soon after, London, England.
"Mary, you want me to bring something."
The daily life of a rookie agent is still dull and boring. Mary has just arrived at the headquarters of MI6 when she sees a colleague who has just returned from abroad hand a package to her.
It says it’s abroad, but it’s actually Japan.
"Okay, thank you." Mary replied with a smile after taking the package.
She came to the corner alone and opened the package. Inside was a brand new newspaper.
【Breaking news! The star of hope in the police circles solves another serious case! Stolen cultural relics from the museum have been successfully recovered! 】
In the most conspicuous place of the newspaper, there is a photo of Bai Heqing wearing a police uniform and smiling.
"Looks quite decent..."
The corners of her mouth raised slightly, and Mary put the newspaper away with a smile.
"Mary."
At this moment, Mary's superior, the major, came over, followed by another man.
"Major, do you have any mission?" Mary stood up quickly and glanced at the man.
"Yes." He nodded and the major said seriously: "There is indeed a mission for you. Let me introduce you first. This is your partner for this mission. His name is Akai Mutake."
"Hello, my name is Akai Muwu." Akai Muwu nodded politely and stretched out his hand towards Mary.
Mary also extended her hand, a polite smile on her face.
"Hello, I'm Sera Marie."
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(End of chapter)
