The elementary school that the little girl attended is quite famous in the city, with a gimmick of high education and high tuition, which is quite popular with those elite families.

By the time Mina Okino arrived at the time agreed with the little girl the next day, there were already some vehicles parked around the school, presumably the elders of the family who had come to pick up their children home.

"Ah, I was careless, I knew I should have driven over......"

Mina Okino, who was still wearing the police uniform and wearing a disguise mask, saw this and raised her hand to support her forehead.

Of course, it's not that there are no parents who come on foot, and there are many parents who don't drive in the shade next to the school gate sitting there waiting.

"Well, but that little girl should want me to walk back with her more than to drive here, right?"

Since it wasn't yet time for school to officially end, Mina Okino also walked over and found a vacant seat to sit down.

Because it was the little girl who rarely took the initiative to invite her once, Mina Okino deliberately pushed the matter of taking Yoko home to Shirakawa Kiyoshi today.

Bai Heqing, who seemed to have to work overtime for a meeting, heard this, and agreed without asking anything.

Woo wow, she actually asked the people's good policeman, Chief Baihe, to "abolish the public for personal gain" once, and then she had to compensate him well......

Ah, I forgot to say it before, I hope that guy from Shirakawa doesn't take Yoko around to play crazy......

Mina Okino was worried.

Although her daughter is only at the age of kindergarten, it seems that as long as it is related to Shirakawa Kiyoshi, Yoko's cute little head melon can burst out with intelligence far beyond ordinary people, which makes Mina Okino a headache......

You've got to figure out a way to do it......

"Hello, can I sit down here?"

Just when Mina Okino was a little distracted, a voice suddenly came from beside her, as if asking for the vacant seat next to her.

This is a woman's voice, vaguely familiar, and Mina Okino, who was having a headache about her daughter, didn't look up, she raised her hand and pinched her eyebrows, and replied casually:

"Ah, well, whatever."

"Thank you."

The woman didn't say anything more, thanked her, and sat down next to Mina Okino.

Time passed slowly, and from time to time there would be some other parents who knew each other communicating in my ears.

"If you have a chance, let's talk to Shirakawa again, if Yoko's kid goes on like this, there will definitely be problems in the future......"

There was a mess in her mind, and Mina Okino muttered something in a low voice.

She didn't notice that as she said the name "White River", the woman next to her suddenly turned her head to look at her, as if she had heard something special.

"Hello."

The tone was a little hesitant, and the woman next to him accosted Mina Okino.

"You said the White River...... Is that Officer White River? ”

"Officer White River? What a term with a 'historical flavor'......"

Hearing this, Mina Okino replied with a smile, and at the same time, she finally turned her head to look at the woman who had been sitting next to her for the first time.

"A few years ago, there were indeed many people who would call him that, but now that he is the chief of the Baihe police department, a proper senior police officer, and most people are more accustomed to using the chief...... Huh? ”

The throat seemed to be choked by something, and the unfinished words in the mouth were all blocked there, and the moment Mina Okino saw the woman, the expression on her face instantly went from doubt, to shock, to doubt, and finally to a series of complex changes in disbelief.

[Hey, I'm dazzled? 】

The woman sitting next to her has long silver curls with blonde hair, and her facial features are quite three-dimensional, typical of European and American white people.

The age of the woman looks like she should be around thirty years old, and her figure is the envy of Mina Okino.

She is very beautiful, her face seems to be wearing some makeup, and although the clothes on her body are not deliberately publicized, it can be seen that the quality is extraordinary, and her family environment must be very good.

The only thing that is not so good is that there is a faint sense of melancholy aura on the woman's body, quite like those heroines who have experienced great joy and sorrow in their pathos, which somewhat destroys the overall beauty of her body.

However, this may be a plus for people with different hobbies......

Of course, none of the above is the reason for Mina Okino to show such a complicated expression.

There is only one real reason why she is so shocked and confused.

Women's Appearance...... She looks very similar to the Karasuma-sama who quietly escaped a few years ago.

No, that's probably not right......

The woman in front of her is completely the little Karasuma who escaped from Shirakawa Kiyoshi in the first place!

Are you kidding?! What key clues did she miss?! Why did that little Karasuma suddenly appear here?!

Although her memory was already a little blurry, when Mina Okino saw Sharon again, she was good at disguise, and she immediately keenly captured the facial details of Sharon's face, and quickly matched it with the image in her memory.

You can't go wrong!

"Excuse me, what's on my face?"

It seemed that Mina Okino looked at her too strangely, and Sharon raised her hand and touched her face with some confusion.

Sharon didn't recognize Mina Okino, after all, she still wore a disguise mask on her face.

"Ah, sorry, no, it's okay......"

The tone was a little stumbling, and Mina Okino, who had finally recovered from the shock of Sharon's sudden appearance, quickly withdrew her gaze, and her brain was running at high speed.

[Wait!] Calm down first! 】

[The current situation is a bit too strange! Why did Karasuma suddenly appear here? Could it be that she has been living in Tokyo all these years? 】

[Anyway, there could be such a coincidence? That's where the two of us met? Is she here to pick up the kids? 】

[Huh? That is, she is already married to someone else? She's married?! 】

[Wow! Really?! Bai Heling has been abandoned! 】

[No, no, no! Calm down, calm down! Now all this nonsense makes no sense! Good...... Breathe deeply...... Take your time in Mina, let's start by confirming the identity of this person...... Are you really that Karasuma-sama? Or just happened to have an exact face? 】

Forcing herself to calm down, Mina Okino finally turned her head to look at Sharon beside her again, a warm smile on her face.

"Well, it's a bit presumptuous, but can you tell me your name?"

"Huh?"

"Ahh How to say it, sorry! Because it's actually the first time I've seen such a beautiful foreigner as you, and I'm really sorry to make friends with you......"

Lying without blushing and heartbeat, Mina Okino deliberately pretended to be restrained and shy.

not only achieved her purpose of wanting to ask about Sharon's identity, but also covered up her previous gaffe by the way.

"That's ...... so"

Instantly understood what she meant, and Sharon, who did not have the slightest suspicion, suddenly smiled and nodded.

But it seems to be affected by the melancholy aura on her body, and her smile is also a little dim.

[This person, is it really the little Karasuma I knew before? 】

"My name is Sharon Wynyard, if you don't mind, you can just call me Sharon."

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