Xiaoqing's mother was killed, her eyes were gouged out, and her death was extremely cruel.

After learning the news from the old housekeeper, Keiko Hatoyama's whole person was like being struck by lightning, her mind was blank, and she staggered back two steps and leaned against the shoji door.

"Miss?!"

On the corridor outside the room, the old housekeeper hurriedly wanted to support her when he saw this, but was stopped by Keiko Hatoyama raising her hand.

"This thing...... Did you tell Grandpa? She took a deep breath and asked.

Keiko Hatoyama's gaze did not look at the old butler, but looked down at the ground, and there was panic in her eyes that was difficult to dispel.

Many times, suffering is like this, I don't know when it will suddenly befall someone, this bad news is so sudden, even if she is as smart as her, she is at a loss for what to do at this time, and her mind is in chaos.

"Not yet, the head of the house is still discussing important matters with the head of the Karasuma family......" the old butler replied in a low voice.

“…… Sister Keiko? ”

At this moment, the little sister of the Karasuma family, who had been watching the two of them in the room, suddenly opened her mouth and shouted.

As if it was her shout that brought back Keiko Hatoyama's confused thoughts, she snapped back to her senses and turned her head to look at the worried-looking little Karasuma with a forced smile on her face.

"I'm sorry, Karasuma-chan, I have something to do right now and I have to go out for a while, so you can stay in your room first, okay?"

After saying that, Keiko Hatoyama didn't wait for Karasuma to reply to her, and left quickly along the corridor with the old butler.

"Have all the people from the Metropolitan Police Department rushed over?" Having gradually recovered quickly from the panic and trotting briskly down the aisle, Keiko Hatoyama asked.

"Yes, I heard that it was reported by a neighbor."

"What about Xiaoqing? Was he there? ”

"This ...... When I received the news, the people from the Metropolitan Police Department did not mention that there were relevant family members at the scene, and I thought that Mr. Shirakawa should not have returned home yet, and I didn't know the news......"

The old butler's answer was in Keiko Hatoyama's prediction.

At this point in time, it is almost time for school to end, but since he entered middle school, the boy has been working in a nearby detective agency to support his family.

As a result, the boy does not go home directly after school every day, but goes to the detective agency where he works, and waits there until it gets late.

Now, perhaps, it's still too late......

"Let's go to the scene and ask them to put away Mrs. Shirakawa's body first."

Thinking gradually calmed down, Keiko Hatoyama said.

Visual feedback can often have the greatest impact on people.

Keiko Hatoyama knows very well how much the boy values his mother, and it is impossible to hide the death of this mother, this matter is a foregone conclusion, and Keiko Hatoyama is thinking about how to minimize the impact of this incident on the boy.

At the very least, don't let the boy see the first images of his mother being brutally murdered......

"Knock knock!"

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps behind the two.

Keiko Hatoyama looked back and saw that it was the little Karasuma who she had asked to wait for her in the room, and somehow she had followed.

"Sister Keiko, I want to help too!"

Met her puzzled gaze, Kokarsuma ran to her side and plucked up the courage to say so.

[It's really a naïve and simple child......]

Obviously he didn't know anything, so he opened his mouth to say such things......

Keiko Hatoyama looked at her helplessly, she wanted to stop it, but she also knew that since this child had the courage to say such a thing, she was afraid that she could not persuade her to go back with just a few words.

What's more, she can't afford to waste any more time here now.

Thinking of this, Keiko Hatoyama didn't say anything in the end, and it was a tacit approval of Kokarasuma's choice.

[I just hope you won't be scared and cry in the future......]

So, the three of them left the Hatoyama house like this.

At that time, the sky was still snowing, but fortunately, the snow on the side of the road had already been cleared, so it did not hinder the three of them.

The old butler held a large umbrella and followed closely behind the two young maidens.

It is very close from Hatoyama's house to Shirakawa's house, and the distance in between is only a few hundred meters, and this distance may be faster than the car that is prepared, and it may be faster to rush there on foot.

But Keiko Hatoyama's physical strength is very poor, and she has just run out of Hatoyama's house not far away, she has begun to gasp violently, the white mist is constantly exhaling from her mouth, and her chest is also rising and falling violently.

The little Karasuma on the side came with a worried look, but Keiko Hatoyama still gritted her teeth and persevered, not letting her pace slow down the slightest.

At a distance of only a few hundred meters, it seemed that she had exhausted all the strength of her body.

When her eyes could see the old house with several police cars parked in front of the door, Keiko Hatoyama finally slowed down.

She took a deep breath, calmed her breath as much as she could, masked the discoloration in her eyes, and calmly walked towards the old house.

"Miss, Miss!"

In front of the door, there were two criminal policemen standing in a low voice, they obviously knew Keiko Hatoyama, and when they saw her, they immediately straightened up.

"Hmmm......"

Just responded to them softly, Keiko Hatoyama walked straight to the door, and for some reason, when she actually walked here, she was suddenly a little scared in her heart and didn't dare to go in.

In her mind, she suddenly remembered the scene that she had followed the boy into this house for the first time years ago.

At that time, Keiko Hatoyama never imagined that one day in the future, she would be afraid to walk into this house......

So much so that she stood at the door like this, stunned for a while.

Then, tremblingly, she raised her already frozen red hand and opened the door.

The two criminal policemen on the side now knew the situation in the house at the moment, and they wanted to open their mouths to stop it, but when they saw the old housekeeper behind Keiko Hatoyama, they obediently shut their mouths again.

The door opened, and the hallway and hallway were covered with mud footprints stained with snow.

Walking down the corridor along these footprints, Keiko Hatoyama prayed in her heart repeatedly.

[Come back later, you must come back later......]

However, instead of answering her prayers, God played a worst joke on her.

On that day, the detective agency where the boy worked coincidentally gave the boy a day off.

Therefore, the boy did not go to the detective agency after school that day, as he used to do, but went straight home.

According to Keiko Hatoyama's later inquiries, it seems that the boy returned home shortly after the old housekeeper learned of the murder of Mrs. Shirakawa.

In the end, it turned out to be the worst scene that Keiko Hatoyama had ever seen.

In some dimly lit bedrooms, the boy, surrounded by several criminal policemen, squatted quietly beside his mother's body.

The look on his face was incredibly calm.

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(End of chapter)