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"I want to eat apples again. Please peel one for me."
With these words of request, she defuses any potential conflict between the boy and Karasuma Renya.
"it is good."
The boy responded, and he took a last deep look at Karasuma Renye, then slowly withdrew the coldness from his body, turned around and took out an apple from the paper bag that Karasuma was holding, and then walked forward and took the fruit knife on the desk.
And Karasuma Renya did not have any further reaction. His cloudy eyes swept across Hatoyama Keiko and the boy, then he retracted his gaze, leaned on his crutches, and slowly left the ward.
"Homeowner..."
When he walked to the door of the ward, Xiao Wuwan, who had been standing there and silent since a while ago, lowered his head and called out in a low voice.
For some reason, her face looked very sad. She pursed her lips and looked like she was about to cry.
But Karasuma Renya did not respond to her, nor did he even turn around to look at her, and then left the ward.
With a "bang", the door closed and Xiao Wuwan's body shook subconsciously.
It was not until then that she finally dared to turn around and look at Keiko Hatoyama behind her, her eyes red.
"Sister Huizi..."
Chapter 646 Perhaps it starts from here
Even though he didn't know the inside story, Xiao Wuwan could feel the tense atmosphere in the ward just now.
The man in a suit who was guarding the door and not allowing anyone to enter, and the competitive atmosphere between Hatoyama Keiko and Karasuma Renya in the ward, all told her that there was some kind of contradictory relationship between the Karasuma family and the Hatoyama family.
This made Xiao Wuwan very uncomfortable.
Because she is the daughter of Karasuma Renya, and she also truly regards Hatoyama Keiko and the boy as her good friends. It is this special position that makes her feel suffocated by being caught between the two.
She was afraid that Karasuma Renya would blame her for being so close to Hatoyama Keiko, and she was also worried that Hatoyama Keiko would deliberately distance herself from her because she was a member of the Karasuma family.
However, nothing she worried about happened.
When Karasuma Renya left, he didn't even look at her, nor did he ask her to leave with him. This reaction made Karasuma feel somewhat fortunate.
And when she turned around, she didn't see any intention of distancing herself from her in Keiko Hatoyama's eyes.
Sister Huizi still looked at her with the same gentle eyes as always.
"Xiao Wuwan, you bought all these apples, right? Come and sit down. After Xiaoqing peels them, I'll give you the remaining half."
Keiko Hatoyama did not mention the previous incident with Karasuma Renya at all, but simply revealed it with just one sentence.
This once again made Xiao Wuwan feel greatly relieved.
"No, no, it was bought by Wooden Man. I was just holding it for him..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Xiaoqing has never had such an idea in all these years. How could he possibly think of buying something for me..."
Keiko Hatoyama bluntly exposed her little lie.
"Also, I guess you were the one who changed his clothes today, right?"
"Well, I can't hide it after all... No! You're just a wooden man, but you usually behave so badly! That's why it's so easy for Sister Keiko to see through you!"
"Um, sorry, it's my bad."
Keiko Hatoyama understands human nature very well, especially when it comes to people around her. She seems to be born with a special ability to easily see through other people's hearts.
It is this special talent that allows her to handle interpersonal relationships with anyone around her almost perfectly.
Both the boy and Karasuma were among them. She knew their natures very well. It seemed that as long as she spoke, she could take the initiative among the three of them and become the backbone of the two.
What Karasuma didn't expect at this time was that among the people who were seen through by Hatoyama Keiko, there were not only her and the boy, but also her father, the head of the Karasuma family, Karasuma Ren'ya.
Looking back from the perspective of hindsight, Sharon realized that the three people in that ward thirty-six years ago might have had their own thoughts.
She was anxious because of the conflict between her blood relative and her best friend, but this emotion was simply resolved by Keiko Hatoyama with just a few words.
Shirakawa Kiyoshi was peeling an apple in silence. Although he would occasionally respond to the other two, his thoughts drifted away because of the final warning that Hatoyama Keiko gave to Karasuma Renya.
Although he did not know much about the relationship between the Hatoyama family and the Karasuma family, as well as Karasuma Ren'ya's plan at that time, he was still able to detect something unusual from the few words that Hatoyama Keiko said.
But in the end he asked nothing, and Keiko Hatoyama said nothing either.
This is exactly the manifestation of Keiko Hatoyama's thorough understanding of Shirakawa Kiyoshi.
She knew her position in Bai Heqing's heart better than anyone else. She understood that no matter how many doubts the boy had in his heart, he would never ask unless she took the initiative to ask.
From this perspective, the boy's statement that "he is actually the one being pursued" in their relationship may really be correct. After all, among the two of them, Keiko Hatoyama has always been the dominant one.
And Keiko Hatoyama took advantage of this... Sharon thought about it for a long time and still felt that the word "take advantage" might be more appropriate to describe it.
That’s right, exploit.
Not only Shirakawa Kiyoshi, but also Sharon herself.
Keiko Hatoyama used the two of them to set up a very simple and straightforward, but deadly, killing move for Karasuma Renya, which she believed would definitely work.
With just a few words that no one could notice and that tiny lie, she completely determined their future.
This arrangement lasted for several decades after her death, although many things happened during this period that might have caused it to become ineffective.
But in the end, Keiko Hatoyama succeeded.
The method she left behind successfully sent the man with endless desires to hell at the last step towards success thirty years after her death.
Sharon once wondered when Keiko Hatoyama made this decision.
After much thought, she thought that it was perhaps in this ward thirty-six years ago that this idea first came to Keiko Hatoyama's mind.
What really made her make this decision was a year later.
At that time, Karasuma had been back in Japan for more than a year, and she had successfully become a sophomore in the fall semester from a freshman in high school. (Japanese high schools have three semesters, and the fall semester is usually from September to December.)
The murder of classmate Anzi a year ago has completely passed, and the cult group that was behind everything has been basically wiped out by the police one by one in the past six months.
At the same time, since the meeting between Karasuma Renya and Hatoyama Keiko in the ward a year ago, he has never visited the Hatoyama family again.
Normally, even Karasuma himself rarely sees Karasuma Renya. No one knows what he is busy with. He is like a dragon that is hard to find and is never at home on weekdays.
Of course, this has no impact on Kogumaru's peaceful and happy life.
Going to school normally every day, then going to play with sister Keiko, occasionally investigating various cases with boys and enjoying the pleasure of being a detective, for Xiao Karasuma this is the happiest life.
"So, the murderer actually thought of using the monkey raised by the deceased to forge an alibi. This is really too exaggerated..."
Today was still an ordinary day. After the fourth class in the morning, Karasuma and his deskmate and good friend Akina immediately started chatting in their seats.
It has become a habit for Kokarasuma to confide in her good friend Akina about her experiences of going out to investigate cases with boys.
"So, it can be done this way..." Akina nodded as she listened.
It is worth mentioning that although the classroom was noisy at the moment, no one stood up and left their seats. They just sat in their seats and talked. The girls seemed to be waiting for something.
Not long after, a kind middle-aged woman walked in.
"Class, it's time for lunch."
Chapter 647: Good Friends’ Concerns
The high school that Kogumaru attended had been established for several decades at the time. It was a comprehensive girls' school that specialized in providing "aristocratic higher education," or simply put, a "school for aristocratic ladies."
The school's students basically came from upper-middle class families in Tokyo at the time, and the main purpose of the school's teaching was to train these female students to become good wives and mothers like the "Yamato Nadeshiko" that were generally recognized by the Japanese public at the time.
The gimmick of "aristocratic education", the very beautiful school uniforms, and the active catering to the "Yamato Nadeshiko" that the Japanese public yearns for, once made this girls' high school a very famous star school in Tokyo at that time.
Although such schools basically no longer exist decades later, they were still very popular in Japan at least at that time.
Perhaps it was because of this that Karasuma Renya sent little Karasuma to study there.
And this girls' high school is not just a place of talk but no action. In order to maintain the school's external image and reputation, there are indeed many complicated rules and regulations on campus, just like the training of a "noble lady".
The most typical point among these should be the school’s regulations on students’ lunch.
Completely different from other schools, according to the rules of this school, students' lunch time is limited to half an hour after the fourth class in the morning.
After the fourth class, all students will sit in the classroom. Then, according to the school's pre-meal etiquette, the head teacher of each class will come to the classroom they are responsible for. They can only start eating after the class monitor says "I'm starting".
There are no facilities such as shops and canteens in the school, so both students and teachers have to prepare their own lunch for the day at home.
At the same time, eating early during class breaks is strictly prohibited.
After the meal, the students will have more than an hour of free time. In the past, Kokarasuma would take advantage of this time to run to the university to find Keiko Hatoyama and the boy.
"But, the murderer's identity was finally exposed because of the monkey. As the saying goes, 'Success is due to Xiao He, and failure is also due to Xiao He'..."
At this time, the head teacher of Kogumaru's class had already walked into the classroom with his lunch box.
The original noise in the classroom gradually quieted down, and the students took out the lunch boxes they had prepared long ago from their drawers.
Xiao Wuhuan was no exception. He quickly took out the lunch box from his drawer and opened it.
Speaking of which, when she first came back to Japan, she really disliked Japan's "bento culture", but now she has gradually gotten used to it. It can only be said that the environment is really a terrible force...
"Akina?"
Suddenly, Kogumaru noticed that his good friend and deskmate Akina had been quiet since some time ago.
She turned around and found that Akina was thinking about something. She had her head down and was staring at her desk in a daze. Her expression was a little sad. She didn't even notice that the head teacher had come in.
In fact, from the beginning, Kokarasuma had noticed that Akina seemed a little absent-minded today. When listening to her talking about the previous case, Akina was always distracted.
Kogumaru originally thought that this case failed to attract the interest of his good friend, but now it seems that this is not the case?
Suddenly, Xiao Wuhuan's mind suddenly recalled the case of the murder of classmate Anzi that she had experienced a year ago.
Before Kyoko was killed, something similar happened to Akina...
"Akina!"
Feeling very worried, Xiao Wuhuan called her in a low voice and patted her shoulder hard.
"Eh?!"
After being hit by Kokarasumaru, Akina finally came to her senses. She raised her head suddenly and looked at Kokarasumaru in panic.
"What, what's wrong, Karasuma-san? Where were you just now?"
Kougamaru just glared at her with an "I'm very angry" look, and glanced at the head teacher who was sitting behind the podium.