"A black coffee, a sandwich, thank you!"

Keiko said as she took out her credit card from her wallet and handed it to the other party. After the other party returned the card to Jingzi, Jingzi stood aside boredly, waiting for her meal, and boringly watching the news on TV to pass the time.

"THE IRS ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IT WILL AWARD HUGE BONUSES TO A NUMBER OF FOREIGN POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE BLACK DEATH, INCLUDING JAPANESE POLICE OFFICER SHUICHI-HAYASHI (SHUYICHI HAYASHI), WHO PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN THE BLACK DEATH, IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE AN AFTER-TAX BONUS OF MORE THAN $8 MILLION, THE IRS IS INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE MORE FOREIGNERS TO PROVIDE CLUES, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, THE UNITED STATES LOSES UP TO ...... OF TAX REVENUE ABROAD EVERY YEAR"

"Ma'am, your meal is ready!"

With the reminder of the waiter in the café, Keiko looked away from the TV in some frustration. He picked up his plate and sat down at the nearest table. I picked up the sandwich on the plate and took a bite, then picked up the coffee cup and put it to my mouth......

The taste of coffee is very bitter, but compared to Keiko's mood at this time, it is not so bitter. Jingzi sighed lonely in her heart, and then said to herself:

"He still hasn't contacted me!"

Jingzi only learned about Lin Xiu in the United States through the news in the past few days. Jingzi's mood has been very chaotic these days, and she thought that Lin Xiu would take the initiative to contact her. So in the past few days, Jingzi has always taken out his mobile phone from time to time to take a look, for fear of missing the message Lin Xiuyi sent him. But as the days passed, these small expectations of Jingzi gradually turned into disappointment, so that she had more hatred for Lin Xiuyi.

These days in the United States, maybe it's because I left the environment in Tokyo. Keiko gradually forgot the unpleasantness with Shuichi Hayashi when she left Japan. This opportunity to study at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government is really rare, and Keiko did not hesitate to use her initiative to go to prison to make Minister Ando owe her a great favor. But because of this, she had to deceive the simple Lin Xiuyi again, Jingzi originally thought that Lin Xiuyi would still choose to forgive her this time, and she had even decided to give Lin Xiuyi a chance to be with herself before leaving Japan, but Jingzi ignored one point, that is, feelings cannot be traded.

In Japan, marriage usually means the end of a career for women, a fate that Keiko is absolutely unwilling to accept. Jingzi thinks that there is a bigger stage waiting for her, and in order to welcome this day, Jingzi is willing to make a hundred or even a thousand times more efforts to pursue the highest ideal of her life. And the resume of the Kennedy School of Political Science is a stepping stone for Keiko to move to a higher level.

Keiko, who graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, has an unparalleled and perfect background in addition to being a woman. But her resume at the University of Tokyo alone does not make Keiko stand out from her peers. The experience at the Kennedy School of Government was very different, and it was the political elite of each country who could be sent here. Even among the previous graduates, there are many well-known political figures such as the Prime Minister of Singapore, the President of Mexico, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Being able to graduate from here means that Keiko will have a more perfect background for the future.

After breakfast, Keiko strolls alone along the campus path. As she walked, she thought about her own business.

Although she was admitted to the Kennedy School of Political Science, Keiko had a small worry about whether there would be other better assistants by Nobuko Ando's side during her time away from Japan. Keiko's degree is a one-year MPA program designed for those with experience working in government. Although this course is full-time, because most of the participants have rich work experience, many basic compulsory courses are exempted. Every student enrolled in the MPA only needs to complete all courses in any of the eight electives to graduate.

According to Keiko's original plan, she wanted to stay here for a year before returning to China. But after thinking about it for this time, Keiko felt that she might not have such a long time to waste. Especially after learning that Lin Xiuyi had become a world-famous Japanese detective after solving the Black Death case, Keiko was even more moved by the idea of returning to China. I don't know why, Keiko faintly feels that she should return to Tokyo as soon as possible, and she always feels that the relationship between herself and Lin Xiuyi may not really have room for reversal.

"It seems that this time is going to be hard for a while!"

Jingzi clenched his fists violently, silently deciding something in his heart. Then her steps suddenly became much lighter, and a smile finally appeared on her face that she had not seen in a long time.

Keiko quickened her pace, and then went straight to the Kennedy Institute's administrative office, and when she explained her intention to the staff outside, the staff firmly refused Keiko's request.

"Huh...... Madam, am I overestimating your own abilities to you, and you want to complete a one-year course in half a year? I advise you to give up this unrealistic plan......

"Waiver? Is it written in the school's rules for awarding degrees that we must stay here for a full year?"

Keiko stood up and asked the other party unceremoniously.

"Of course not, but no one has ever done this before, you need to complete 500 credit hours in half a year, which is simply impossible, and the various projects and topics that need to be completed will take up a lot of your time, plus all kinds of exams and thesis defenses, you will definitely be driven crazy. The reason why we set aside a year of study is not for nothing. ”

The staff strongly rejected Keiko's request. Seeing that the other party looked businesslike, Keiko suddenly turned her gaze to the dean's office not far away.

"You...... What are you going to do? You can't go in, ma'am?"

Before the staff could stand up to stop her, Keiko had already pushed open the door of the dean's office.

"Okay, Mr. Dean, I'm here to talk to you about graduation, and I hope to get the MPA awarded by the college within half a year. Of course, I don't ask for any special treatment, I will complete all the courses on time. I don't think my request violates any of the requirements for the award of an MPA degree......"

Keiko stood in front of the door, staring at the dean with a napkin and a knife and fork with a serious face. The dean, who didn't know what was going on, held the butter on the knife with a confused face, not knowing what to do......