"Oh? Is it in such a hurry? ”

On the deck of the passenger ship, after hearing Bai Heqing's words, Black Rose asked suspiciously.

"If you're worried about your visa, can't you just extend it?"

"Nope."

Listening to her words, Bai Heqing shook his head slightly, his eyes lowered.

"Seven days is long enough, my fiancée is not in good health, I have to go back as soon as possible, I can't let her worry too much......"

Hearing Bai Heqing say the word "fiancée", Mary's hand subconsciously pinched the guardrail, she lowered her head, and there was no response.

"I see, someone at home is waiting......"

Acutely noticing Mary's strangeness, Black Rose nodded, thoughtful.

"Well, if that's the case, it's really not easy to keep."

She suddenly walked between Bai Heqing and Mary, put her hands on their shoulders, and said with a smile:

"There is an old saying in the big rabbit, called 'there is no feast in the world', in many cases parting is always the norm of life, we must learn to accept it calmly.

But don't be too sad, after all, where don't we meet in life, as long as everyone is still friends, then there will definitely be a time to meet again in the future, right? ”

As she said the words, "Right," Black Rose turned to look at Mary.

"Hmmm......"

Knowing what she meant, Mary nodded, took a deep breath, and hid her somewhat depressed emotions.

"Friends, there will always be a time to see you again......"

Yes, friend.

Hearing this, Bai Heqing turned his head to look at her, and it was very coincidental that Mary also looked over at this time.

The two looked at each other, but only for a split second, Mary quickly looked away, as if afraid to look at him.

Looking at her appearance, Bai Heqing slowly retracted his gaze and sighed very slightly.

"Alright!"

At this moment, Black Rose patted the two of them on the shoulder hard, and said with a smile: "Anyway, it will take time to carry those things, since it can't be done at night, then let's have a drink now!" Let's go! ”

With that, Black Rose forced the two of them into the cabin.

In this way, under the semi-compulsion of Black Rose, the three of them drank a lot of wine in the cabin that afternoon.

That being said, it was mainly Mary and Black Rose who drank a lot, and Shirakawa Kiyoshi only drank a small amount of it.

By the time the shipwrights had finished carrying all the treasure chests on the small cargo ship, and then drove the liner back to London, it was already four hours later.

Black Rose and Mary, who had already drunk high, were lying unconscious on the couch.

And Bai Heqing, he didn't wake up the two, he went to the ship's warehouse alone to get the stolen cultural relics that the black rose had placed in advance, and he suddenly stopped when he wanted to get off the ship and leave alone.

After hesitating, he returned to the guest room where the three of them had been drinking, looking at the two of them occupying a sofa and sleeping soundly, Bai Heqing took out the small notebook that he had been putting on his body, tore a page from it, wrote a sentence on it with a pen, folded it, and put it in Mary's jacket pocket.

"I'm sorry."

After doing all this, Bai Heqing turned around and left, his movements were very light during the whole process, obviously not wanting to wake up the two who were still asleep.

In Bai Heqing's view, this silent farewell may be the most appropriate outcome.

And this, in fact, is also the result that Mary wants.

The door to the guest room had just been shut, and Mary, who was supposed to be drunk and unconscious, suddenly opened her eyes.

With no hint of drunkenness on her rosy face, she quickly sat up and took the note out of her pocket.

[Thank you, goodbye.] 】

Even at such times, the man kept him as brief as ever, not even a superfluous word.

Her gaze suddenly moistened, and Mary sobbed and raised her hand 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, it is another thing to accept it.

Mary knew very well that this might be the last time the two met, and she thought that she couldn't be so calm, so she could only escape this ending by pretending to be asleep, so that many of the words she wanted to tell Bai Heqing disappeared in this disguised silence.

Even after many years, Mary did not regret it, because she actually hoped that Shirakawa Kiyoshi could go back to Tokyo without any burden than what she wanted to say at the time.

It's just that she occasionally thinks that if she could really do it all over again, maybe she should live a more solemn life, eat a meal seriously and take a photo.

Go to the streets of London with him again, and solve the trivial things of the citizens together.

Then at the last moment when it is time to say goodbye, take a good look into the other person's eyes and say seriously:

"Goodbye."

“……”

Winter is coming, and the temperature in Tokyo is a little cold, but it's not yet very cold.

By the time Shirakawa Kiyoshi caught his 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, and 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.

Keiko's health has not been good since she was a child, and in recent years, it has even been serious enough to require long-term hospitalization.

Therefore, in order not to make her feel too lonely, Bai Heqing would always come to the hospital to visit her as soon as possible after dealing with the work at hand, and share with her his experience in handling the case, which has become his fixed habit.

"Wooden Man?!"

At the door of Keiko's ward, Shirakawa Kiyoshi meets Kokarimaru, who happens to come to deliver medicine to Keiko.

Little Karasuma, the daughter of the head of the Karasuma family, is a mixed-race child, a very lively and enthusiastic personality, and a little girl who also likes to be naughty and funny.

Since she moved back to Japan from the American Empire with the head of the Karasuma family five years ago, her relationship with Keiko has skyrocketed.

Kokaramaru is currently in her sophomore year, majoring in medicine, and last year she passed the nurse qualification exam in her spare time, got a nurse's certificate, and officially began to take care of Keiko's daily life under the arrangement of the Hatoyama family.

It is worth mentioning that Kokarsuma actually has no interest in medicine, and from a few years ago when she was still in high school, Kiyoshi Shirakawa and Keiko knew that her real dream was to go to Hollywood of the United States to become an international superstar.

It was as Keiko's condition continued to worsen that she resolutely changed her major and switched to medicine.

For this reason, Keiko and Kokarsuma had many quarrels at that time.

Keiko doesn't want Karasuma to give up on her dreams because of her, but Karasuma only wants Keiko to get better......

"You're back."

At the door of the ward, Korasuma was just stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile:

"This dusty appearance, Sister Keiko will be sad to see it......"

That being said, she raised her hand and opened the door to the ward.

"Let's go, Sister Keiko, she has begun to resist taking medicine again in the past two days, so she happened to go with me to put some pressure on her."

"Okay."

Bai Heqing also smiled and nodded, and the two walked into the ward together.

“……”

Soon after, London, England.

"Mary, what you want me to bring."

The daily routine of a rookie agent is still boring and boring, and Mary has just arrived at MI6 headquarters when she sees a colleague who has just returned from abroad handing her a package.

When it comes to foreign countries, it's actually Japan.

"Okay, thanks." Taking the package, Mary replied with a smile.

She went to the corner alone and opened the package, which contained a brand new newspaper.

[Heavy! The hope star of the police community solves a serious case again! The museum's stolen artifacts have been successfully recovered! 】

In the most conspicuous place of the newspaper, a photo of Bai Heqing wearing a police uniform and smiling was printed.

"Looks pretty decent......"

The corners of her mouth rose slightly, and Mary smiled and put the newspaper away.

"Mary."

Just then, Mary's senior major approached, followed by another man.

"Major, is there any mission?" Quickly getting up, Mary glanced at the man.

"Hmm." Nodding, the major said with a serious face: "There is indeed a task to be handed over to you, let me introduce it first, this is Ling's partner in this mission, his name is Akai Wuwu." ”

"Hello, my name is Akai Wuwu." Akai nodded politely and held out his hand to Mary.

Mary likewise held out her hand, a polite smile on her face.

"Hello, I'm Mary Sera."

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(End of chapter)