Class is important, but not the only thing that matters, and when that person's ability is excellent to a certain extent, some weight from the criterion of class can be appropriately reduced.

In the eyes of the old man Hatoyama, the boy is not only capable, but also loves to learn, and has an extraordinary heart at a young age.

This is a rare good seedling, it's a pity to only be my granddaughter's friend, come and be my grandson-in-law.

Old man Hatoyama deliberately wants to train the boy to be his successor in the police industry.

So, after another two years of secret observation, the old man finally affirmed his idea and mentioned it to the boy and Keiko Hatoyama.

The process went smoothly, and there was no heart-rending and touching love process between the boy and Keiko Hatoyama, but everything fell into place, so the old man Hatoyama just mentioned it, and the two immediately agreed.

At that time, three years after the murder of the boy's mother, everything was going in a good direction again.

It's just that, under the calm water, Keiko Hatoyama was vaguely aware of the turbulent undercurrents.

“……”

[Xiaoqing is more and more attached to me. 】

[This is supposed to have changed after my mother was killed three years ago.] 】

Sitting at the table in her room, Keiko Hatoyama, who was already twenty years old, held a pen in her hand and wrote in a thick notebook.

Compared with her a few years ago, her complexion is fairer now, which faintly reveals a kind of pathology.

And her expression at the moment is also quite solemn and worried.

I'm a little scared. 】

What she was afraid of was not the boy's affection for her, but the tragedy that would most likely happen in a few years.

It is precisely because she knows the boy too well, and it is precisely because the boy is more and more attached to her feelings that Keiko Hatoyama will be more and more worried.

[My physical condition has not improved so far, and there is even a trend of slow decline. 】

Slowly, she wrote the line on the paper.

[Although the doctors all said that everything is still under control, and it will definitely improve in the future. 】

[But how can my body, myself, not know? 】

[I have already clearly felt that my current physical condition is not even as good as that Keiko Hatoyama who would run out every day a few years ago. 】

[In this world, there are people who are born with suffering, and I am not the only one who does this, so I have never complained about it. 】

[My life is like a mayfly, at a very young age, I was already relieved, try my best to live my day, treat everyone around me well, this is the life I want. 】

[It's just that, even so, I gradually have a person in my heart that I can't let go. 】

In his mind, the figure of the boy resurfaced, and the corners of Keiko Hatoyama's mouth hooked up a bitter smile.

[On the day my grandfather offered us to be engaged, I told him this secret that I had never told him before. 】

[I said to Xiaoqing, my health is very poor, I have been very poor since I was a child, so I hope that we can get engaged now, and in a few years, when my health improves, we will get married again. 】

[Xiaoqing agreed, he didn't even hesitate at all, although I have never said anything about my physical condition before, he seems to have heard about it. 】

[He is always like this, as long as it is what I say, he will listen to it, no matter what it is, which makes me feel more guilty. 】

[Because, I actually lied to Xiaoqing, what he doesn't know is that my body may never get better again......]

【I ......】

【I ......】

Fountain pen, writing this word on the paper several times in a row, Keiko Hatoyama looked down at the paper in a daze, until the tears dripping from the corners of her eyes wet it, and she seemed to finally gain the courage to lift the pen again.

[I don't want him to do something stupid because of my premature departure.] 】

At that time, it was the first time in her life that Keiko Hatoyama resented her own body.

Why is my body the way it is?

For the first time, she had this emotion in her heart.

If it weren't for that, she wouldn't have had to tell that lie, she could even shout to the whole world with the loudest voice that she had found a boy who loved her to the core, and so did herself.

It was a scene that had appeared in her dreams countless times, but only in dreams.

Three years ago, she was still able to face her misfortune calmly without worry, although she and the boy already knew each other's intentions at that time, but Hatoyama Keiko also understood that the boy had his mother and her in his heart at the same time.

Even if she died, as long as the boy's mother was still there, no matter how grief-stricken the boy was, he would never do such a stupid thing as wanting to accompany her.

However, the boy's mother has already been killed......

Keiko Hatoyama's shock and panic when she learned the news was half because of the incident itself, and the other half was due to her infinite worries about the boy's future.

She was destined for a mayfly, and she already had a premonition at that moment that if she didn't make a change, the desperate and helpless look on the boy's face would definitely reappear in the near future.

And then, perhaps, will also be the boy's last days......

Keiko Hatoyama knows all this......

What she knew, perhaps, she should distance herself from the boy, gradually remove herself from him, so that the boy could gradually let go of her, and let them gradually become irrelevant passers-by...... Perhaps only in this way can Keiko Hatoyama guarantee that when the last moments of her life come, the boy will not do anything stupid because of it.

But she couldn't.

Just as she knew the boy so well, and the boy knew her so well, Keiko Hatoyama was not sure that she could do it without the boy noticing.

And she didn't want to do it.

Because she is also a person who can't let go......

[I really didn't expect that I would make such a mistake in the end when I was a child......]

The bitter smile on her face was even worse, and Keiko Hatoyama reluctantly wrote down this line.

At this moment, a trace of regret suddenly appeared in her heart.

It occurred to her that if ...... If she had never met a boy, would none of this be happening now? Will she not have to be in such pain anymore?

This thought was like venom, and as soon as it came out, it tried to spread wildly in her heart.

But in just a moment, Keiko Hatoyama cut off this thought with her own hands.

Her eyes were clear and determined, and with an unquestionable momentum, she wrote that sentence on the paper.

[I have no regrets. 】

[The day I rushed out of my house to stop him was the most willing choice I have ever made in my life, and cowardice cannot overcome my feelings for him, which was the case before, is the case now, and will be the same in the future. 】

She hasn't been cowardly enough to this extent.

[I will definitely save him.] 】

ψ(｀)ψ

(End of chapter)