"What's going on with Keiko?"
The boy who came in a hurry saw Karasuma standing at the door of the ward at first sight, and immediately stepped forward and asked.
Maybe because it was raining outside, the boy's clothes were a little wet.
After Keiko Hatoyama suddenly fainted, Karasumaru was the first to inform the boy of the incident, but because he happened to be outside handling the case at the time, he became the last one to come back.
"It seems to be okay now, but the specific situation... I don't know. You have to ask Sister Keiko about it." Xiao Karasuma replied truthfully.
"Is Keiko awake now?" Understanding what she meant, the boy continued to ask.
"Well, I just woke up, come in quickly."
With that said, Karasuma got out of the way. The boy didn't say anything more, and stretched out his hand to open the door.
"That, wood..."
At this moment, Xiao Karasuma suddenly called him again.
There was some hesitation on her face. Although she felt that what she said next might be unnecessary, after being extremely entangled, she still couldn't help but said:
"If you have time, spend more time with sister Keiko..."
Her words can have several meanings from different angles. It can be understood that the boy spends too much time at work, or it can be understood that Keiko Hatoyama is afraid of being alone and needs someone to accompany her. It can even be understood. For other, heavier meanings...
"I know."
The boy looked at her deeply and walked directly into the ward.
In the ward, Hatoyama Keiko had already wiped away her tears. She sat on the hospital bed and looked at the boy standing at the door with his clothes soaked through, with a look of helplessness on her face again.
"Coming back in such a hurry makes it seem like something big has happened to me... But you can't slack off at work just because of your own personal matters, Xiaoqing."
The boy didn't respond to her little teasing. He just looked at her, frowning, then walked forward and sat on the chair next to the hospital bed.
The boy remained silent throughout the whole process.
This made Karasuma, who was still standing at the door of the ward, feel his heart in his throat.
Just as he had speculated before, the boy was also a person with a keen nature. As the closest person to Keiko Hatoyama, the boy would not hide Keiko Hatoyama's physical condition no matter how much he wanted to hide it. You may not notice it.
In the past, when Keiko Hatoyama didn't show any obvious symptoms, it was easy to say, but now...
Subconsciously preparing himself for the possibility of a quarrel breaking out between the two, Karasuma silently closed the door a little closer and stared closely at the two people inside through the crack in the door.
[If something happens next, I will stop them immediately. 】
The silence didn't last long, and soon the boy spoke.
"Keiko, you're going to be fine, right?"
And he got to the point as soon as he opened his mouth, without any unnecessary words or any temptations. He directly brought the topic to the core.
His directness caught Hatoyama Keiko off guard. Many of the words she had prepared in her heart were completely useless at this moment.
Her expression was stunned, and the smile on her face froze instantly.
This time, she was silent.
The atmosphere became more and more suffocating. Hatoyama Keiko just lowered her head, opened her mouth and closed it again. After repeating this several times, she finally just lowered her eyes and whispered:
"sorry……"
Facing the boy's rhetorical question, she finally didn't have the courage to continue covering up.
"sorry……"
After repeating it in her mouth, Hatoyama Keiko's eyes that had been wiped dry became wet again.
"Really sorry……"
At this point, the layer of "window paper" that Hatoyama Keiko has worked hard to maintain over the years has been exposed.
Little Karasuma didn't know what happened next, because when Hatoyama Keiko said "I'm sorry", she couldn't bear the depressing atmosphere at first, and turned around and left as if running away.
"..."
It was from this moment that Karasuma understood one thing very clearly.
Sister Keiko couldn't die.
She will definitely leave before them, and this time... I'm afraid it won't be long.
Sister Keiko herself also understands this truth, so she always cherishes every day of her life and everyone around her. Perhaps she has been mentally prepared for this from a very early age.
Little Karasuma couldn't understand how much courage Sister Keiko needed to convince herself to accept this reality?
And how does she treat boys like this?
Her mind was in chaos, and when Little Karasuma came to her senses, she noticed that she had returned to the Karasuma family's mansion.
"Miss Karasuma."
"Um……"
The light rain in the sky had stopped a long time ago, and Xiao Karasuma walked straight in, ignoring the servant at the door.
"Can I help you prepare hot water?"
"okay……"
"Miss Karasuma, the head of the family has just returned."
The servant's words brought back Karasuma's somewhat distant consciousness.
She immediately turned to look at the servant beside her, and subconsciously asked:
"The head of the family is back?"
This is indeed a rare thing.
Since Karasuma Renya returned to Japan a few years ago, she has rarely stayed overnight in the Karasuma family mansion, and rarely comes back on weekdays.
In such a large mansion, apart from the servants, Karasuma had been living alone most of the time in the past few years, and it was very deserted.
As for your question, where does Renya Karasuma usually live?
I'm sorry, Karasumaru, she doesn't know.
What is Renya Karasuma usually busy with?
I'm sorry, she doesn't know this either, but it should be all business matters, right? After all, Karasuma Group's business scope is still very wide...
It is indeed very rare to come back briefly like today.
"Yes, just a few minutes ago." The servant replied respectfully.
"I see."
Karasuma nodded and walked towards the mansion.
No matter what, since the head of the family is back, she must show up there. Although Karasuma herself feels that this kind of rule is very feudal and old-fashioned, she can't help it, but Karasuma Renye herself is a feudal and old-fashioned person... …
"Is the master in the room?"
"No, the master of the house is in the living room now..."
As he said this, Karasumaru had already walked into the lobby of the annex.
On the sofa, a gaunt and thin old man was sitting there.
The old man was sitting on the sofa, his hands as dry as branches folded on the crutch standing in front of him.
His exposed skin was densely covered with wrinkles like tree bark, and there was a faint smell of decay like rotten wood all over his body.
Even so, contrary to this rotten aura, the old man still has a captivating aura. This aura is extremely aggressive, just like the old man's bottomless black pair, which seems to be able to sink people's hearts and souls. into the cloudy eyes.
The old man is naturally Karasuma Renya.
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(End of chapter)
