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[Yes, she didn't mean to pursue me. I am safe now.]
After replying with this sentence, Bai Hejing hesitated but still couldn't help but typed another line of words quickly.
[How do you plan to deal with Mary's matter? ]
After deleting the last sentence "Do you need my help?", Shirakawa Jing sent the text message.
She was worried that Bai Heqing would be able to detect her inner thoughts because of these words. After all, her father was the best at discovering the truth from clues.
Shirakawa Jing didn't want to see her father actually go so far as to harm his former relatives and friends.
Therefore, if Shirakawa Kiyoshi really wanted to get rid of Mari, she would choose to do it for him.
But she was also worried that if Bai Heqing noticed her thoughts, it would affect or interfere with his judgment.
After all, apart from the two situations of people within the organization and those that would threaten her life, Shirakawa Qing didn't actually want to see her kill anyone.
【There is no need to rush to judgement now. 】
However, Baihe Qing used this sentence to block all of Baihe Jing's thoughts.
【Take plum wine with you and be ready to leave Edo Street at any time. 】
After sending her this final text message, Baihe Qing never replied again.
With a soft sigh, Bai Hejing finally didn't ask any more questions.
She stood there, adjusted her mood, and then quickly walked into the broken guesthouse in front.
"Ayako...Ayako?"
Under the wall of the lobby of the guesthouse, Suzuki Ayako gradually woke up from her coma amidst her cries.
She slowly opened her eyes and saw her fiancé Shizumi Shizuka in front of her.
"Jing-kun?"
Her mind was still a little confused, and Suzuki Ayako looked at Shizuka Shizuka who was holding her in confusion.
"What's wrong with you..."
She found that although Qingshui Jing's clothes were clean, her hair was a little wet, as if she had just swam in the water.
"I just came back from outside."
While helping her to stand up, Qingshui Jing brought out the words he had prepared long ago.
"There was a terrorist attack on the street outside. I had just left the public restroom when I saw a lot of men in suits wearing masks killing people on the street.
Luckily, they didn't notice me. I hid in the bathroom for a while, and when I heard no sound outside, I quietly ran back."
"Terrorist attack... killing people?"
Shizuka Shizuka's words gradually brought back Suzuki Ayako's memories before she fell into a coma. She quickly turned around and looked around, only then did she notice that the guest house was already in a mess. The hall was littered with bricks and rubble, and the ceiling had even been blown through by the previous violent explosion. The sunlight outside shone through the heavy dust from the roof of the fourth floor and directly into the hall on the first floor.
"Jingjun! Just now, just now here! Yes, and Sonoko..."
"Don't worry, Sonoko and the Mori family are here. I just checked and they just fainted. They are nothing serious."
After quickly calming down the panicked Suzuki Ayako, Shizuka Shizuka walked towards Suzuki Sonoko who had fainted nearby.
“I just met some tourists who had escaped on my way back. I heard from them that the police have now controlled all the entrances and exits of this Edo Street and are preparing for the next raid.
I think the police and terrorists will clash here soon. Although the police will certainly try their best to protect the safety of tourists who are still stranded in Edo Street, it is too dangerous to stay here after all.
While those terrorists are not around now, wake them up and leave here quickly..."
"okay."
Hearing Shizuka Shizuka's calm words, Suzuki Ayako quickly calmed down and nodded.
"Eh?"
But at this moment, she suddenly noticed that there was a thin "wound" on the lower side of Qingshui Jing's cheek.
No, it might not be quite right to call it a wound, because this "wound" did not bleed.
Rather than being a wound, it was more like a tiny crack left after something was torn apart...
More importantly, under the long and narrow crack of this "wound", Suzuki Ayako seemed to see another layer of something like skin.
It's like Shizue Qingshui has two faces...
However, it is impossible for normal humans to have two faces.
So, that cracked thing...what is it?
In an instant, an inexplicable feeling of fear spread throughout Suzuki Ayako's body.
She stood there in a daze, staring blankly at the tiny crack under Qingshui Jing's cheek that she herself was not aware of, her hands trembling slightly.
"Ayako, what's wrong?"
As if she had noticed something strange about her, Shizuka Shizuka, who had just squatted down and was about to pick up the unconscious Suzuki Sonoko, suddenly turned around and looked at her in confusion.
Chapter 507 Are you real or fake?
"Ayako, what's wrong?"
In the lobby of the guesthouse, Shizuo Shizuka, who had just picked up the unconscious Suzuki Sonoko, seemed to have noticed something strange about Suzuki Ayako behind her and looked back in confusion.
"No, it's nothing... I'm just a little scared..."
She looked away instantly and Suzuki Ayako subconsciously clenched her hands.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine as long as we get out of here."
Without doubting her words, Shizuo Shizuka, who was half squatting, smiled and comforted her. She turned her head to look at Suzuki Sonoko in her arms and was about to wake her up.
"Right, that's right, Shizue-kun!"
At this moment, Suzuki Ayako suddenly mustered up the courage, looked at Shizumi Shizuka with a smiling but slightly nervous expression, and asked:
"Remember when we first met?"
"Well, I was almost sent away by you two sisters at that time."
Qing Shuijing smiled, and under the extremely horrified eyes of Suzuki Ayako behind her, she slowly said:
"Of course, the problem at that time was mainly with me. After all, I crossed the road without looking at the red light. If you hadn't stepped on the brakes in time, I'm afraid I would have died at that time..."
Having said that, Qing Shuijing's eyes dimmed a little.
How could he be the kind of person who would cross the road without looking at the red light? In the organization, Gin is the one who usually does this kind of thing of not obeying traffic rules.
It was just that at that time, she had just experienced something that made her regretful, so she subconsciously ignored the surrounding environment.
Some bloody fragments flashed back in his mind again. Indistinctly, Shizue seemed to see Miyano Akemi's eyes staring at him from these fragments of memory, which were like his nightmares...
What Shizuka Shizuka didn't notice was that after hearing what he said, Suzuki Ayako behind him subconsciously took two steps back, covering her mouth, and a hint of fear appeared in her unbelievable eyes.
This is not because there is anything wrong with Shizuka Shizuka's answer. On the contrary, his answer is completely correct.
Her first encounter with Shizuka Qingshui began on that night a few months ago. She was driving her sister home, and when she passed a red light on a small road, she almost hit Shizuka Qingshui, who looked distraught at the time...
But it was precisely because of Shizuka Shizuka's correct answer that Suzuki Ayako became even more frightened.
The tiny crack on his face that looked like a "wound" undoubtedly showed that the fiancé in front of her was wearing a disguise mask.
Suzuki Ayako originally thought that Shimizu Shizuka had been replaced by someone after she left the lobby of the guest house, so she wanted to use those words just now to test the truth.
After all, apart from the two of them, the only one who knew the scene of their first meeting was Suzuki Sonoko, who was also present at the time.
If Qing Shuijing in front of him couldn't answer, or answered incorrectly, it would prove that he must be a fake.
But Qingshui Jing answered without hesitation.
What does this mean, is that the accomplice of this "fake" has captured her fiancé and tortured him to tell her about what happened between them for some purpose?
Or was it that her fiancé was replaced by someone else at some point during their relationship?
Or maybe, was it that Shizuka Shizuka was dating her while wearing a mask from the very beginning?
No matter which situation it was, it made Suzuki Ayako feel a chill down her spine. The fiancé in front of her, whom she knew inside and out, seemed to be suddenly shrouded in a deep fog that she could not see clearly.
It's not like Suzuki Ayako had never had such doubts before.
It is true that Shizuka Shizuka is very outstanding, but during the time they were dating, he would suddenly "disappear" from time to time. During this time, he could not be contacted and the phone could not be reached. Although Shizuka Shizuka would explain to her afterwards, it would be fine if this happened only occasionally, but if it happened too often, Suzuki Ayako would inevitably become suspicious.
It was only because Shizuka Shizuka had always been so considerate to her that Suzuki Ayako didn't think too much about these things.
In addition to this, during the few times that the two of them lived together, not only did Shizuka Qingshui never touch her, she even had to wear thick pajamas when she slept, always avoiding any close contact with her.
Suzuki Ayako always thought that it was because Shizuka Shizuka was conservative and was unwilling to do anything that violated etiquette before actually marrying her. After all, Shizuka Shizuka was the kind of man who seemed a bit rigid and had to use honorifics to address everyone except her and Sonoko.
And there is Shizuki Shizuka's parents. Whenever Suzuki Ayako asked to meet his parents, Shizuki Shizuka would always cleverly evade them with various excuses...
All these suspicious points that Suzuki Ayako had noticed intentionally or unintentionally in the past now came to her like a tide, repeatedly washing over her brain and making her feel confused.
"Brother-in-law?"
At this moment, Suzuki Sonoko, who was originally unconscious, was also awakened by Shizuka Shizuka.
She had just woken up and opened her eyes in a daze, looking at Qingshui Jing in front of her. After being confused for a while, she remembered what happened in the hall before she fell unconscious. She couldn't help but hugged Qingshui Jing and cried.
"Wow! Brother-in-law! There was an explosion here before, and the ceiling suddenly collapsed. Many people died. I thought, I thought..."
"Okay, don't worry, you're all right."
Patting her shoulder, Qingshui Jing pulled her up.
"Oh, I knew it. I was wondering if something would happen today, and it really happened..."
Perhaps because she cried too sadly, Suzuki Sonoko did not notice the long and thin crack on the lower side of Shizuka Shizuka's cheek.
"I've been encountering all these messed up things every time I go out lately. I must have been targeted by the god of death..."
"That's not true. There is no god of death in this world." Qing Shuijing comforted her helplessly and raised her hand to touch her head.
"Even if there really is one, it is impossible for you to be targeted by the god of death. After all, you have not done anything wrong..."
"Oh, but..."
"Okay, dry your tears, or your friend will see you crying when he wakes up, got it?"
"Um……"