When Qing Shuijing returned to the lobby of the guest house again, the Mouri Kogoro family had been woken up by Suzuki Ayako in the lobby.
Even Terumi Hoshino, the famous actress who came with Okino Yoko, who was lying not far away, and some other people who survived the explosion at the guest house were awakened from their coma.
"Are you okay? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
"It's okay, it just hurts a little..."
Just after waking up the three young detectives, Suzuki Ayako seemed to suddenly notice something and turned around to look behind her.
Not far behind her, Qing Shuijing appeared in the hall at some point, wearing a mask and looking at her quietly.
Her fiancé's footsteps were so light that no one in the hall noticed his appearance.
The moment Suzuki Ayako looked over, Qing Shuijing quickly looked away, as if to avoid making eye contact with her.
His reaction made Suzuki Ayako stunned for a moment. At the same time, looking at Shimizu Shizu taking the initiative to put on a mask, she immediately guessed the reason.
【Already noticed it...】
"Jingjun, have you found the mask?" Standing up with a smile, Suzuki Ayako looked at him and asked.
"Um……"
After Suzuki Ayako took the initiative to call out, Qing Shuijing hesitated and finally walked over.
"What's wrong? Did you meet someone in the locker room? His expression was so solemn."
"Huh?! Are there still those terrorists hiding in the locker room?" Suzuki Sonoko, who was supporting Mao Lilan, heard the sound and asked with some fear.
"No, there's no one there..."
After speaking out to comfort everyone, Qing Shuijing looked at Suzuki Ayako in front of her with hesitant eyes and said:
"Ayako, I..."
"Since there's nothing wrong, let's get out of here first."
Suzuki Ayako interrupted him. She stepped forward and reached out to hold his hand, looked into his eyes, smiled and said softly:
"No matter what happened, we'll talk about it after we leave here."
[She must have seen it. 】
Suzuki Ayako's answer made Qing Shuijing even more afraid to look directly into her eyes.
"……good."
Hesitantly, he finally nodded.
"..."
A little further back in time, on the riverside street in Edo Street, after Shirakawa quietly jumped into the river to escape, Mary was still standing by the river, her eyes lowered, lowered in thought.
Since confirming the relationship between "Shirakawa" and "Regel", she has been thinking about what prompted Bai Heqing to fake his death for the second time ten years ago.
Her intuition told her that this secret might contain the reason why Regel came to Japan this time.
Eliminate herself first.
Ten years ago, she and Bai Heqing suddenly met on a resort beach in San Francisco. Although Bai Heqing's expression at the time was very unexpected and unbelievable, Mary did not think that this encounter between the two would cause Bai Heqing to fake his death again. Insufficient and illogical.
At that time, Shirakawa Qing planned his second fake death within a very short period of time after he and her went to London again and then returned to San Francisco.
Yes, a very short period of time, not even a week.
Such a hasty time, and before this, Bai Heqing didn't even show any signs related to it.
Not only that, at least before he went to London with Mary, he probably had no similar thoughts at all.
The reason why she was so sure was because she remembered the conversation she had with Shirakawa Kiyoshi on the flight to London.
[Then what have you been doing all these years? 】
[Squatting at home. 】
Bai Heqing said in a tone that seemed to be teasing him, which surprised Mary a little.
After all, in her memory, Bai Heqing always looked expressionless, and his face rarely had such a rich expression, let alone such a teasing tone.
However, people change, not to mention that it had been twenty-two years since the last time the two met.
During this period, although Mary occasionally saw Shirakawa Kiyo in Japanese media and newspapers, the two never met directly.
【Kidding. 】
After a brief teasing, Bai Heqing answered her again in a seemingly serious tone.
[Sharon has some companies under her name, and I am helping her run them. 】
Sharon Wynyard was the beautiful silver-haired woman who also appeared on the beach at that time. Of course Mary knew her. She was a famous female movie star in the United States. She had even watched many movies and TV series starring Sharon before.
It is normal for a big star like this to have several companies under his name.
[However, Sharon and I have recently decided to retire and hand over the company to others. 】
Bai Heqing seemed to have thought of something in his mind, and said to her again.
【Why? 】
[The reason is not complicated. After all, I can’t be considered a young person now. I really don’t want to live a life of hard work all day long...]
[Well, I obviously look like I’m in my early thirties, but I didn’t expect my mentality to be so old...]
Hearing his words, Mary also laughed and teased.
This was not a flattery, but Shirakawa Kiyoshi looked like he was only thirty years old at that time.
Coupled with the youthful appearance of East Asians, in comparison, Mary, who was originally a few years younger than him, felt that she looked several years older than him.
But at that time, Mary did not have any doubts about this. She only thought that Baihe Qingqing maintained it better.
Including what he called Sharon's "company", she didn't think much about it at that time.
But now it seems that the "company" Bai Heqing mentioned at that time probably refers to the black organization she is currently tracking down.
He and Sharon may have been members of this black organization as early as that time.
And when Bai Heqing told her about "retirement", could it be that he and Sharon had already had the idea of breaking away from the black organization ten years ago?
That's why I said those words to her with deep feelings on the plane.
Maybe Bai Heqing did have this intention in his heart, but the fact is that not only did the two of them not leave the organization, but they have been working for the organization secretly for the past ten years.
And this further proves Mary's own speculation that Bai Heqing did have plans to break away from the black organization ten years ago, and was even preparing to take action.
But something must have happened after that, which finally prompted him to change his mind, and even planned his own fake death again, making Bai Heqing's identity completely dead in the eyes of the world...
Mary still remembered how Bai Heqing’s little daughter cried when she received the news of Bai Heqing’s death ten years ago and rushed to San Francisco.
He even deceives his own family... is it so that he doesn't have anything to worry about?
What is it that is worth doing?
【Could it be...】
Suddenly, Mary remembered something that she had ignored during her and Shirakawa's second trip to London ten years ago...
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