Ke Xue: Ai-chan and I have an agreement

The full moon hangs high in the sky, and the stars are like naughty children playing hide-and-seek, twinkling and shining silver light all over the earth.

Yuichi Shiina was lying on his back, leaning against the big tree trunk in the courtyard, not feeling sleepy at all.

Everyone in the nursing home has to do something, but he... looks like he has nothing to do.

Shiina Yuichi sighed helplessly.

"What are you doing?"

At this time, the sound of someone talking came from under the tree. Shiina Yuichi looked down and found that it was his mother.

Seeing this, Shiina Yuichi just rolled over and landed on the ground.

"Why did you come out? Marina... Madam." Shiina Yuichi shouted unnaturally.

Marina, wrapped in a shawl, smiled gently, "I couldn't sleep, so I came out for a walk. What about you?"

Shiina Yuichi scratched his head and said with a wry smile, "Me too."

He was mainly idle and had nothing to do, so he wanted to be affectionate with Haibara Ai, but he was kicked out.

"Walk with me then?" Marina invited.

Shiina Yuichi naturally had no reason to refuse and quickly followed Marina's pace.

The two walked along the cobblestone road.

The soft light also fell on the two of them, and on the second floor of the villa not far away, an old man and a young man were watching this scene.

The human figure gradually overlapped with the scene of childhood.

"I thought I would never see him again in this life." Wei Ning's hoarse voice was full of emotion.

The 鸩鸟 standing nearby nodded in agreement without saying anything.

Being able to find Yuichi Shiina is his greatest luck.

He fulfilled his promise to his mother.

But mother...

"Thank you for your hard work over the years, Mikhail." Weining's voice once again reached the ears of the bird.

Hearing this, the bird smiled bitterly, its brows and eyes red with fatigue, "Grandpa, it's getting late, go to bed."

After years of intrigue and deception, he is no longer accustomed to expressing his emotions.

This is how life is. If you insist on getting something, you will inevitably lose something in return.

Destiny always has a clear price tag.

"Well...it's time to get some rest." Weining turned around, his eyes not cloudy but sharp as a hawk's. "Mikhail, I know you want to compensate Daniel, but I can see...he's not interested in that. Graf will eventually be handed over to you."

Seeing this, there was a complex flash in the eyes of the 鸩鸟.

Of course he knew this. The more he interacted with Shiina Yuichi, the more he realized that this guy had no interest in managing the company at all.

In order to give Shiina Yuichi a training session, he even set up a trap and gave it to Tokiwa Group, but what was the result... Shiina Yuichi rarely appeared in the company.

Even after the headquarters moved to Vyazemsky, he never came to see it.

The 鸩鸟 was also helpless about this.

However, he did not regret his decision. At worst, as Shiina Yuichi said, he could just double the money and let him squander it.

Wei Ning, who understood the look in the bird's eyes, stopped talking, patted the bird's shoulder, and then left.

After Weining left, the bird once again looked through the floor-to-ceiling window at the mother and son who were taking a walk, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

In such a short while, Shiina Yuichi had already talked a lot with Marina.

From the interesting things he experienced while traveling around the country in the early days to his current life, Shiina Yuichi described it in great detail, like a child showing off candy.

Marina said nothing, just listened silently, with a smile in the corners of her eyes. The tenderness in her eyes made Shiina Yuichi feel extremely relaxed.

Of course, Shiina Yuichi has modified what should and should not be said.

He also didn't want his past bad experiences to affect Marina.

"Are you tired?" Marina suddenly asked after a long time.

Shiina Yuichi's breath hitched, but then he pretended to be stupid and said with a smile on his face, "Tired? Of course not. I'm a mature adult."

The half-joking words did not make Marina smile less, but a hint of heartache appeared on her face.

How many people get hurt because of being naughty, and their mothers are angry, but more importantly, they care about themselves.

Shiina Yuichi's heart gradually began to open up.

"Really? But why do you look... a little tired?" Marina stood still, staring at Shiina Yuichi without blinking, her tone full of pity.

exhausted?

Shiina Yuichi's smile faded and he fell silent.

He had felt this way before.

At that time, Haibara Ai also tasted her own tiredness.

Is being able to detect the emotional changes of a loved one a special ability of lovers?

"Really?" The corners of Shiina Yuichi's mouth still maintained an arc, but the smile was slowly disappearing.

Slowly, the two walked to a bench and stopped in tacit understanding.

"Do you want to hear my story?" Shiina Yuichi asked calmly.

"Of course." Marina maintained a gentle smile.

The two of them just sat down, Shiina Yuichi looked at the silver moon in the sky, Shiina Yuichi completely let down his guard and told everything.

"More than ten years ago, a little boy was separated from his parents..."

This time, Yuichi Shiina did not embellish his experience, but laid out all his past events bit by bit in a straightforward and sincere manner.

Marina's expression gradually changed from calm to out of control.

She felt sorry for Shiina Yuichi's inhuman training, sad for Anxia's departure, worried about the gamblers who were in danger, and thankful for the sweetness that came after all the hardships she had experienced...

Yes.

The man named Shiina Yuichi is never weak. Even a past full of pain and sorrow cannot overwhelm him. Facing the cruel world, he performs very well, and tenacity is his excellent quality that never fades.

The child named Daniel was never strong. He was powerless when his relatives left. Even though he pretended to be strong and indifferent and covered his body with sharp thorns like a hedgehog, he was still searching for the way to a peaceful land in his heart.

But when he really arrived here, he found the peace... He had never felt so uneasy.

Perhaps he should have lived his life in turmoil.

After finishing the story, Shiina Yuichi suddenly laughed at himself.

Turning around, I found Marina's expression was still gentle, with the noticeable red at the corners of her eyes revealing a hint of sadness and pity. "So...are you feeling tired now, child?"

It was still the same question, and the same tone.

Shiina Yuichi suddenly felt a lump in his nose and his eyes were burning.

"Yes... yes, I'm tired." As soon as the words fell, tears followed, dropping on the lapels, and an emotion that he had never felt before surged in his heart.

When I was a child, whenever I felt wronged, my mother’s comfort was better than snacks and candies.

For Yuichi Shiina, this feeling about life came obviously a little late.

Marina reached out and hugged Shiina Yuichi, letting him rest his head on her shoulders, and her palm gently stroked the back of Shiina Yuichi's head.

"Rest if you are tired, my child... my Daniel."

"……Mother."