Elena Miyano has been working on the idea of getting Kiyoshi Shirakawa and Sharon back to normal life, which is essentially a shock to the shackles left by Keiko.

Once Shirakawa Kiyoshi and Sharon really let go of everything and choose to fade out of the sight of the organization and the Karasuma family, everything that Keiko had planned so far would come to naught.

But unfortunately, Miyano Elena did not last until that day, and was crushed by the strong sense of guilt that she had become an accomplice to Karasuma Renya's murder, and passed away first...... Otherwise, the outcome might have been different.

Of course, it's useless to talk about that now.

Shirakawa Kiyoshi, who was aware of all this at an extremely opportune time, what choice would he make when he realized all this that Keiko had thought before his death?

“……”

"Tonight's story is called carving a boat for a sword."

At night, an orange lamp was lit next to the bed in the bedroom, and the young Shiho Miyano covered the quilt and blinked his eyes as he looked at Shirakawa Kiyoshi sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a man who crossed the river by boat, and when the boat reached the center of the river, the sword carried by this person accidentally fell into the river."

Holding a complete collection of fables about the big rabbit in his hand, Bai Heqing turned the page and said slowly:

Although he soon reached out to fish, it was too late, and the sword fell into the river and sank to the bottom, and all those who were on board lamented it, and told him not to waste his efforts, for the sword would not be recovered.

But strangely enough, the man was always very confident, and he quickly took out a knife and carved a mark on the hull of the ship, saying, 'This is where the sword fell into the water.' '

As soon as the ship docked, the man jumped into the water from the marked position and went to retrieve the sword at the bottom of the river, but he could not find the sword.

The man thought it was strange in his heart, and when he came ashore he said to himself, 'How strange is this, isn't it here that my sword fell into the water?' How could you not find it? '”

"Poof......

Hearing this, Shiho Miyano couldn't help but laugh.

"This man is so stupid, the boat can move, he can't find it if he carves a mark on the ship."

"yes......"

Bai Heqing also smiled lightly and continued:

"The people who were on board also thought the man was stupid, and they laughed at him, saying, 'How can you find your sword when the ship is always moving forward, but your sword is sinking to the bottom of the water and will not move with the ship?' ”

"That's it, this person is too stupid......" Shiho Miyano nodded quickly.

"So, here's the problem."

Putting the fables in his hand together, Shirakawa Kiyoshi looked down at Shiho Miyano and asked with a smile:

"Shiho, do you think there will be such a stupid person in reality?"

"Definitely not!"

Shiho Miyano almost didn't think about it, and replied: "The boat and the water don't move together, even elementary school students know this truth, how can there be such a stupid person in reality, who would think that he can find the sword sunk in the water through the mark on the ship?" ”

This time, Bai Heqing did not respond to her immediately.

Listening to her sworn answer, he just smiled and raised his hand to touch her hair.

The young Miyano Shiho could feel that in Shirakawa Kiyoshi's eyes, there was a deep sadness at this time.

But when she was young, she couldn't understand the origin of the sadness in his eyes, and only thought that it was Bai Heqing's disappointment with her after she answered incorrectly.

"Baihe, is it realistic...... Is there really such a stupid person? Shiho Miyano asked cautiously.

Using the surname directly, this is how Shiho Miyano refers to Shirakawa Kiyoshi, although there have been titles like uncle, brother and even father before, but it seems that Shirakawa Kiyoshi prefers her to call him that, so she does so.

"Yes, and ...... In the air. ”

Retracting his hand, Bai Heqing also retracted his gaze, turned his head to look ahead, and his gaze was deep.

If the river in the story is regarded as time, the process of a person taking a boat from one end of the river to the other may be regarded as a person's life.

As for the sword that unfortunately fell into the water, it represents all kinds of people or things that are cherished in this life.

In this long river of time, each of us is a passenger crossing the river, and many of us will lose their important things in the river under the boat at some point in the river.

Some people give up completely after a short salvage attempt, while others are still unwilling to give up, blindly carving marks into the hull of the ship, insisting that this is where the 'sword' was lost, and then salvaging and searching for this location again and again.

But they didn't know that the ship was always moving forward, and all their efforts were just wandering by the side of the boat, and the middle of the river where the 'sword' really fell, and the time node where they really wanted to go back, had actually been left in the past and could never turn back. ”

Speaking of this, Shirakawa Kiyoshi looked down at Shiho Miyano again, and the flat smile on his face returned.

"Shiho, in the long river of time, there are many people who want to go back in time and find what they have lost.

But ah, the boat of life will not look back, people always have to look forward, the past things, whether it is grief and joy, they have been left in the past, do not let the lost in the past 'sword', hold you forward. ”

Shiho Miyano always felt that Shirakawa Kiyoshi's words meant something, as if he was not just saying these words to her, but also to himself.

Although it felt very winding, Shiho Miyano still barely understood part of the meaning that Shirakawa Kiyoshi wanted to convey.

The fool who carved the boat for the sword is everywhere in this world, and Bai Heqing hopes that she can look forward rather than dwell on the past.

Look ahead...... Does it mean that she should not pay too much attention to her parents' affairs......

Shiho Miyano felt like he understood.

As a gifted girl, Shiho Miyano has never seen her biological parents since she was born, and even her only sister has been telling her that their parents have long since died.

Although my sister's words were so, at the first sight of Shirakawa Kiyoshi and the first sight of this gentle man, Shiho Miyano couldn't help but have an idea in his heart.

Could my sister be lying to her? Could this man be her father?

But unfortunately, this illusion of hers will soon be shattered.

Shirakawa Kiyoshi is not her father, but a friend who has been helped by her parents.

He told her a lot about her parents, but he didn't tell her how they died.

I deliberately told her the story of carving a boat and asking for a sword tonight, and I really didn't want her to ask......

Well, since that's the case, then don't say hello.

Although saying so may upset parents who have passed away.

But sure enough, compared to his parents, who have never met, Shiho Miyano still hopes that Shirakawa Kiyoshi can stay by her side......

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