Crime

"Uncle." He called softly, and sure enough, the other party's pretended serious expression became gentle and kind again.

"Good boy," Derrick held his hand with a generous and warm hand, and then turned his head to look at Gakupo, "I also know the boy's temperament. You have suffered a lot all these years, right?"

"Huh? Not at all..." Kaito almost didn't come back to his senses until now, he looked at Gakupo, then turned around and said hesitantly, "You mean...?"

"The decision is yours, why do you need my opinion?" Derrick looked at him.

Kaito took a shallow breath and said, "I thought you would think this was shocking."

"There's nothing shocking about it," Derrick laughed. "Life is short, and it's a great blessing to find a soul mate. You're all so young now. Isn't that the best thing?"

Kaito looked at him in surprise, but saw the other person looking at Gakupo behind him: "You come here too."

He watched Gakupo approaching him, and couldn't help lowering his head nervously, but suddenly felt that the other party gently touched his hand behind him, he raised his head, and the two of them couldn't help but look at each other and smiled.

"Your temperament is very calm, which is the most reassuring point for me, but since you were a child, I can see that you still have some domineering air in your bones." Derrick looked at Gakupo and said, "It just so happens that he has a gentle personality. Man, maybe you haven’t even realized that those too sharp edges and corners of your character have been softened under his influence.”

"That's what you said." Gakupo nodded, for the first time he looked like a child in front of the elders.

"That's the end of my words. You still have to go your own way in the future," Derrick said, looking at Gakupo. "It's very important to understand and be considerate of each other. Don't always be too self-centered."

"You seem to be speaking only for me," Gakupo smiled, "Can I still bully him?"

Kaito just wanted to cast a blank glance at this man who spoke out of conscience, but when he raised his head to look at Gakupo, he even looked straight at the moment - the protruding part of Gakupo's neckline was clearly the hickey mark he left in the morning.

Sensing his gaze, Gakupo raised his hand and straightened his collar more deliberately, and said with a smile, "Sorry."

Kaito turned his head away in embarrassment, but Derrick smiled even more: "It's nothing, it's just a young and vigorous age, I can understand."

This time it is completely unclear. Kaito lowered his head helplessly thinking about it, but then heard Derrick say to Gakupo: "It's a rare time to come here, and it's time for you to visit your parents. How many years have you not been there?"

Gakupo's expression suddenly changed slightly, but he still smiled: "It's been five years."

"Okay, let's go, two of you," Derrick said, "what you asked for has been kept for you, and it's still there."

Kaito looked up at Gakupo in some confusion, but the other party just thanked and said goodbye calmly, then took his hand under Derrick's kind eyes, turned and left.

"I seldom hear you talk about your parents." Kaito followed behind him, but he couldn't see the other party's reaction to his words, so he asked again, "Are they... here too?"

Gakupo remained silent until he stopped in front of a door, he let go of Kaito's hand, and pushed open the door in front of him with both hands. At that moment, Kaito felt that the world in front of him seemed to be illuminated by something.

It was a large field of white and bright lilies.

"This is..." Kaito stared fixedly at the holy world outside the door.

Gakupo turned his head and reached out to him again: "Follow me."

Kaito followed him down the steps and onto the path among the flowers. The two walked together wordlessly until Gakupo stopped suddenly. He turned to look at Kaito and said, "This is my mother's favorite flower."

Kaito looked at him and said softly, "I think she must be a pure and elegant woman."

Gakupo smiled noncommittally, but there was an unspeakable emotion in his eyes.

Seeing his expression, Kaito wanted to say something but couldn't say it, and suddenly seemed to remember something, he asked, "Uncle, does he live alone in such a big place?"

"How could it be?" Gakupo looked up into the distance, "Aunt has always been by his side."

Kaito watched as he bent down and gently folded off a few lilies, as gently as if he was treating the most precious treasure.He carefully arranged the white lilies into two bunches, and handed one to Kaito: "Hold me for a while, please? I want to take them to my mother."

He nodded and took the bouquet, and walked along the path, amidst the fresh and intoxicating fragrance of flowers, the two walked together.

The road is very long. Walking out of the huge manor, there is an endless green field in front of him. Occasionally, a few clumps of wild daisies tremble slightly in the breeze. When he climbs the green hillside, he can even see the coastline not far away.

Gradually understood something in his heart, but Kaito still maintained the silent tacit understanding between the two, moving forward in silence.When the south wind was blowing, he raised his head and saw the tombstones facing each other under the big tree with lush branches and leaves not far away.

Kaito looked up at Gakupo, who was also looking at him. Gakupo took the bouquet in his hand, walked under the tree and bent down to gently place the two bouquets of holy lilies in his arms in front of the tombstone.He straightened up and said softly, "I'm back."

The wind is blowing gently, and the gentle sound of the wind and the rustling of the grass and trees echo in this vast world.

Kaito walked to him with light steps, quietly looking at the inscription engraved on the white tombstone, it was the same elegant font, reminding him of the delicate brush strokes on the wooden table letter paper.

"They are true lovers," Gakupo said softly, "they slept together forever, never separated."

Kaito saw his expression, there was a slight sadness in his eyes, but he had a calm and indifferent demeanor. Looking at the tombstone, Kaito asked softly, "Why did you leave at such a young age?"

Gakupo looked up into the distance, he let out a long breath and said, "Air crash."

"Sounds like an unreal accident, but it did happen," Gakupo raised his head. "It's obviously a very rare thing, but it can happen to anyone. Once it happens, there will be no luck." It can be said."

Kaito looked at him, his pupils trembling slightly, he didn't know what to say, if he wanted to comfort him, Gakupo's current state of mind was much calmer than him.

"Embracing and dying is like the ending of a lot of tragic love stories," Gakupo said. "But any reality that has to do with death, they're never romantic, and you don't see the grief of those behind you."

Speaking of this, Gakupo looked down at him: "The year they left, I was seven years old."

Kaito looked at him quietly. He knew that he knew very little about the past of the person in front of him, but at this moment, the other person was completely opening up to him. The true and complete self is fully displayed in front of his eyes.

"In that plane crash, Gumi's mother was also involved," Gakupo said. "She slept in the woods deep in the manor, always by her uncle's side."

"At that time..."

"It was supposed to be a happy holiday at that time. Gumi and I—or even a family, we made an appointment to go to Europe together." However, two days before leaving, something happened to the company, and my uncle finally decided to stay and deal with it before leaving.

Gumi was young and self-willed at that time. She insisted that everyone go there together to have fun, and she pulled me and refused to let me go. Several adults couldn’t hold her back, so she could only let her stay with her father first. Also stayed, after all, two children can still have a playmate together. "

Speaking of this, Gakupo looked at him: "Once they left, they never came back."

"It was late at night on the third day, and Gumi ran into my room crying, not knowing what was going on, and I took the phone she handed me, and my father's voice came from it," Gakupo said, Paused again, "First I heard a very piercing noise, followed by a human scream—that was the most terrifying sound I have ever heard in my life, and the sharp scream was so desperate that it was almost distorted. I At that time, I was young, and I was too scared to say a word at that moment.

The screaming didn't stop, but at this moment my father's voice sounded, and his voice was very calm, as if he used to talk to me at home.There was a lot of noise and he didn't speak much, all I could hear was his last words 'Don't be afraid, you're a boy, be brave' when the screaming got louder and his voice died away.

It should have been more than ten seconds—even though I felt that a long time had passed, the voice came from the receiver again. It was my mother. Her voice was trembling, but she said very clearly, "I love you!" you'. "

He raised his head and looked up at the sky: "Then there was no more sound."

Kaito looked at his back, and was about to say something, but the other party continued——

"At that time, Gumi and I were young, and the concept of death was still vague, but it was different for my uncle," he said, "The sudden loss of three relatives made him change a lot, and he no longer focused on his career. , he began to show more concern to those around him, especially Gumi and me.

My uncle thought about quitting the business world, but the company did not allow him to let go completely, so he began to cultivate me, and I happened to have the same intention at the time.He waited for this for more than ten years, and finally he was able to get away from this noisy and chaotic world.

You can also see later, when I was still young, my uncle was not completely relieved, he intended to entrust the overall power to Charles, and all I had was administrative power, but I never thought that Charles would not be satisfied with what he got Yeah, he just wants to be in charge - which is why Gumi hates him so much. "

"But now everything has its due result," Gakupo looked at the tombstone in front of him, "but it's still so unreal when I think about it now, and I received a postcard from my mother just the day before the accident, On the front is the sea and the beach, and on the back she wrote, "This place is so beautiful, you should really come and have a look", and even wrote "I don't even want to go back" in a playful tone, but who would have thought that she Really didn't come back."

Kaito moved his lips and finally said, "On the plane that day, you must have been thinking about these things."

Gakupo took a deep breath and said, "I used to wonder why my parents were able to face death so calmly in a desperate situation where everyone was so scared that they couldn't control themselves. What was the reason?

On the plane that day, I wondered if I would have the courage to face the imminent death so calmly - but I couldn't give myself the answer, so I didn't even finish that sentence with you . "

"When life has its end, whether it's going to the end together or watching alone all the time, people don't know the future, so they only live in the present, and everything has to be borne by themselves," Gakupo said, "I still want to know the unfinished question Question?"

"Stop it," Kaito hugged him from behind, resting his head on his back, and said softly, "I'm right here."

I am here and always will be here.

The author has something to say:

Gaku once asked Kai how he viewed the relationship between the two. At that time, Kai's answer was "It can't be better to be together, and each will live in peace after separation." In fact, he accidentally mentioned what Gaku was thinking about. "Being together can't be better" refers to Gaku's parents. Even if they die, the two will spend their whole life hand in hand and sleep together forever. "After separation, each will live in peace" refers to Gumi's parents. Keep each other's thoughts calmly for a lifetime.

This is the so-called tacit understanding, right?