Glimpse

47,

"What's your business with me?"

Walking out of Kise's ward, Heizi answered the phone while pacing in the quiet corridor.The fingertips holding the phone are white and miserable.

He didn't even need to report his family name, the man on the other end of the phone was so familiar with him.

"Ah……"

The voice from the receiver was low and sharp, just a laugh, but Heizi felt that his eardrum was pierced.

"You hurt Kise-kun like that, do you want to apologize to me?"

"Ha ha!"

Hearing that, the laughter on the other end of the phone was louder, as if using a megaphone, and Heizi knew it was his stepfather mocking him - at this moment, he was talking on the phone with Shirai Kari.

"Tetsuya, we haven't seen each other for three years, right? Can't you talk to me softly? I'm also your father anyway."

"I'm sorry, I never remember having a father who deliberately caused car accidents and violence."

There was a cluster of flames burning in the water-blue eyes, and Heizi tried his best to make his voice sound calm, but in fact his heart was already like the surface of a stormy sea, with ups and downs and rough waves.

"Well... I can understand that you are so angry, so I hope you can understand me too, okay?"

"not good!"

The rejection was straightforward, and Kuroko was so angry at Shirai Kari's words that his blue eyes shook.

understand?

Did his stepfather mean to make him understand a murderer who almost killed two people?

"If you're fine, I'll hang up..."

"and many more!"

Shirai Kari's voice finally stopped pretending to be that annoying accent, and returned to its usual harsh appearance.After a soft sigh, what Heizi heard was an order——

"Tetsuya, come to Century Hyatt Hotel in Shinjuku at nine o'clock tonight."

"What does it mean?"

His heart tightened suddenly, and Akashi's words flashed in his mind: "If you go to Mr. Shirai, I think it will be difficult for you to come back."

Could it be... is my stepfather really going to forcibly detain me and send me out of the country?

His brows and eyes were tightly frowned, as if twisted into an inextricable thread.The flat chest rose and fell slightly, Heizi inhaled deeply, and then exhaled slowly.

"I'm sorry, Akashi-kun has already told me, I... will not go to you!"

The voice echoed in the empty hospital corridor, what Heizi received was a long silence from Shirai Kari on the phone.He wanted to hang up the phone, but felt that it would be impolite for the other party to hang up like this. Even now, Kuroko still couldn't deny the fact that Shirai Kari was his stepfather.

"Tetsuya...you...really never remember my birthday!"

Geek!

His heart suddenly sank, and Heizi suddenly felt difficult to breathe.

What?What does it mean?Could it be... today is...

"I……"

"Today is me, Shirai Kari, and you, Kuroko Tetsuya's stepfather's birthday."

For a moment, Heizi was speechless.

He really forgot, completely forgotten.

The voice of Shirai Kari coming out of the earpiece was neither as pretentious as it was at first, nor did it possess the majesty and boldness he was familiar with, but a kind of... indescribable loss.

It is indeed a sad and chilling thing for a father that his son does not remember his birthday.

Heizi's breathing was disturbed.

"I'm so sorry..."

Before his mother married into the Shirai family, Heizi had heard of Shirai Kari's name and knew that he was a powerful figure, but this man... had no children.

In any case, judging from the household registration, he is Shirai Kari's son, even if he is only a stepson.

"Tetsuya, if you feel a little pitiful for me as a father, come to my birthday party tonight!"

The light voice poured into the ear, but the echo in the mind was huge.Heizi remained silent, and replaced the answer with silence——

He is thinking, struggling.

"I'm 56 years old this year. I'm no longer a young man. I'm getting old. I always hope to have a family member by my side on my birthday. Tetsuya... No matter how big a gift my business partners give me, they can't compare to you. !"

Knowing it with reason and moving it with emotion, Heizi had to admit that his stepfather was very powerful.

"Father..."

It had been a long time since he had called him by this title, and he couldn't help but feel a tight pain in his chest.

"This is... a trap you dug for me, right?"

"..."

Huo Di, the receiver went silent, and Heizi could imagine how terrifying Shirai Kari's face on the other end became at this moment.

He knew his stepfather as his stepfather knew him.

Today is indeed his stepfather's 56th birthday. However, the so-called birthday party at night was not just to celebrate the birthday - Shirai Kari did everything for a different purpose.

"You want to use my filial piety to lure me over, and then catch me...I'm sorry, I won't be fooled."

Saying this in a voice so calm that even the typhoon can't blow, Heizi felt the pride of winning for the first time when facing his stepfather.

"Hehe! As expected of my son, he is very smart!"

Shirai Kari's pitiful voice suddenly changed, and Heizi was startled.

How many masks did this man arm himself with?

"But, because Tetsuya is too smart, I had to use another way to 'please' you."

The accent on the word "please" made Heizi suddenly have a bad feeling.

"What... do you mean?"

"Don't worry, you are my son after all, I don't want to fight with you, but... since your filial piety is not willing to be used by me, then I have to use something else, such as..."

The words paused for a moment, and Heizi's breathing and heart also paused for a moment.

"Tetsuya, are you standing in front of Ward 3047 now? Then, the person you cherish the most is in Ward 3031..."

Opening his mouth wide, Heizi's face suddenly changed.

"You... what do you want to do to Kise-kun!"

Trembling all over, he didn't know whether he was angry or frightened.

Shirai Kari knew his and Kise's actions like the back of his hand—

At this moment, Kuroko finally realized that his stepfather is a man ten thousand times more terrifying than Akashi!

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't do anything to the little model, so far... But if I don't see you at the Century Hyatt at nine o'clock tonight, that's a different story."

"Father...are you threatening me?"

"Hehe, Tetsuya, you should feel honored. In this world, there are not many people who need me to use threats to invite you."

"you……"

Speechless for a moment, Kuroko felt that he was more angry with himself than Shirai Kari!He is angry at his incompetence, angry at his weakness, angry at himself for not being able to protect the person he likes!

"Don't worry, there is still a long time until nine o'clock in the evening. You can think about it slowly. Then, see you tonight, my dear son."

pat!

Shirai Kari was the first to hang up the phone, but Kuroko remained motionless as if covered in cement.The busy tone from the receiver echoed in his ears, and Shirai Kari's words echoed in his brain.

In the end, he still couldn't escape Shirai Kari's palm...

hum-

Suddenly, the phone vibrated, and Heizi almost let go of his hand in shock.

I cleaned the screen and saw that it was a text message, to be precise, it was a multimedia message.

"This is……"

His eyes widened, as if hit by a bolt from the blue, Heizi's face instantly turned as white as a dead man.The trembling mobile phone slid down, brushed against the pale palm, and fell to the ground with a thud.

When the phone bounced off the ground, the phone chain with Kise's photo stickers on it broke.