love, change 2

The hot steam in the teacup rises, bringing out the sweet smell of black tea, which diffuses in the air, and with a gust of wind blowing in from the window, the hot air spreads in all directions.

The black hat was put aside, the black-haired young man crossed his legs, held the book wrapped in red leather in his left hand, and passed the black tea to his mouth with his right hand, his eyes were fixed on the pages of the book until the sound of the door opening quietly sounded.

"You're here." He said to the visitor in an unsurprising tone.

The girl holding a note returned a smile and said "excuse me". After seeing the place where another cup of black tea was placed, she walked over and sat down naturally.

Today was the day agreed with Li Baoen again, so she called him first and came over after making sure he was fine.

"Are you still reading that notebook today?" Li Baoen glanced at the notebook she was about to open. She brought it over the day before yesterday, and has been looking at it very seriously.

"Well, there are some things that I am a little concerned about."

Her vague answer indicated that this was a matter of personal privacy, so Li Baoen didn't pursue the question any further, and shifted his gaze to his own book.

The afternoon of the appointment with Li Baoen is always very leisurely. They occasionally chat for a long time, but most of the time they spend it quietly. He seems to enjoy this atmosphere, because she finds that at this time, no matter how cold the eyebrows are , the face lines will still soften slightly, this discovery makes her very happy, because she also likes this kind of time very much.

Usually he would drink tea or read a book, and she would spend the warm afternoon by reading the books he brought or looking at the scenery, but recently she brought a diary instead.

Although she felt a little sorry for Li Baoen, she always had a hunch that if she didn't quickly understand why she wrote these diaries ten years later, she would miss something. As for what it was, she didn't know what it was, only that it was very important.

Suppressing these thoughts, she concentrated on her diary, but the young man across from her looked up at her thoughtfully.

a long time.

Suddenly hearing movement from the opposite side, Jingzi looked up, and it turned out that he had finished his black tea and was about to bring another cup. When he got up, his clothes rose slightly, revealing something black.Jingzi gasped slightly, only to realize that it was a gun.

When Li Baoen came back, she unconsciously fixed her eyes on his waist, and he naturally noticed it. After pulling out the gun, she was staring at it without blinking, and he said, "I'm interested in it." ?”

Jingzi shook her head and said, "I'm just curious, because I rarely see such things."

"That's fine."

"Ok?"

"This kind of dangerous thing is not suitable for you, Jingzi." He said flatly, "When you see it in the future, it's better not to touch it, even in a dangerous situation."

There was a faint hint of something in his tone, and Jingzi became more confused, and asked, "Why did Mr. Libern say such things to me?"

"...Probably because of some unwillingness."

Unwilling?She looked suspiciously at the young man with a cold expression in front of her, no matter how she looked at it, she felt that this word had nothing to do with him.

"In desperation, I let you touch it, and I personally taught you how to use it smoothly, and in the end you also successfully mastered it."

Jingzi thought for a while and said, "It's because I have the ability to protect myself."

"That's right, that's the starting point, but the bottom line is—our incompetence."

The young man's expression was still as calm as water, but when he said this sentence, there was a bit of ridicule in an instant.

"Otherwise you will never be exposed to such things in your life, and continue to live the life you deserve." His black eyes seemed to be calm, but also seemed to be surging, "This time we can't repeat the same mistakes."

Kyoko was silent.

Then, she asked him a question: "Hey, Mr. Libun never felt that it was my fault because I didn't have the ability to protect myself?"

Li Baoen stared at her without answering.

"You are the mafia, so no matter how you don't want to, you will be involved in the battle. You have to fight. I know this very well, but I still continue to follow you, don't I? Knowing that the mafia is dangerous, I You obviously don't have the ability to protect yourself, but you still don't want to leave your side."

"Mr. Bourne, have you never felt that I am self-willed like this? Have you never felt that I am at fault?"

The girl looked at him quietly, her eyes were so clear that it seemed that all lies would be exposed, so that people could no longer hide anything.

"No." He told her bluntly, "It was never your fault, and no one would think it."

After listening, Jingzi smiled: "Thank you, but just as Mr. Li Baoen would not think that it is not a fault of my lack of self-protection ability, I also think it is not a fault."

"You are not gods, but ordinary people with a slightly unusual status. It is normal to have things you can't do occasionally, so I don't think it is useless."

"Also, even so, you will still protect me, right? I believe everyone, no matter what happens, this trust will not change. Also, Mr. Libun, no matter what happens in the future, as long as I If I can still be by your side, I will stay forever and will not leave—"

The girl smiled brightly, her brows showing seriousness.

"So please don't say that."

"...Are you really enlightened? The world of the mafia is far more dangerous than you think."

"I think I've figured it out already." She said with a smile, "Don't worry, Mr. Reborn, I've made up my mind."

Her eyes were full of firmness and determination.

Li Baoen murmured something.

Perhaps it was because his expression was too calm, but Jingzi became a little uneasy. She looked at his expression with some anxiety: "Mr. Li Baowen, are you... angry? After all, you are doing it for my safety. Say, but I..."

"Why are you angry?" He asked indifferently, raised his teacup and lowered his eyes, "It's rare to be honest with yourself, so you just need to do what you want, Jingzi."

Kyoko smiled and nodded seriously.

Where the girl couldn't see, the young man raised the corners of his lips, that seemed to be the calm and joyful smile of a hunter looking at a prey obediently falling into the trap without knowing it.

The smile was fleeting, and he said: "Jingzi, come here for a while."

Kyoko leaned over.

The big hand pressed lightly on the top of her head, followed by the feeling of being touched, the movement was very gentle, almost making people feel that it was gentle, and there was a faint feeling of being loved, she raised her head in a daze.

"—a reward for you."

"Because I can't do anything beyond this action right now. Although it's a pity, it's okay to be patient for a while."

The young man's indifferent expression was much more charming, far from the seductive smile she could resist that appeared on his handsome face, obviously he hadn't done anything to make people blush and heartbeat, but just seeing that smile made him feel ashamed. It made her blush without even knowing why.

Not long after, he withdrew his hand, watched her blushing puzzled expression, and hooked the corners of his lips.

"That's right, Kyoko."

A calculating light flashed through those black eyes, and he spoke slowly.

"After this period is over, I want you to find someone—"

Entering the familiar store, she looked around, and it was still the same as it was ten years ago, nothing changed.After a rough look, Jingzi saw a familiar figure at a glance, he also looked over, and then smiled heartily at her.

"Yo, here we come, Kyoko."

This turned into an accident for Kyoko, but after thinking about it carefully, it was impossible for Yamamoto not to tell him, so there was nothing strange about it. She walked over and said with a smile, "Good afternoon, uncle. Huh? Even after ten minutes In [-], you looked as if you hadn't changed at all."

"Really? That really makes me happy!" Yamamoto laughed a few times, "Are you here to look for Takeshi? But unfortunately, he went out."

"Is that so..."

"Come on, sit down first, maybe he will come back after a while, uncle will pour tea for you."

Kyoko hurriedly said don't bother, Yamamoto just waved his hand to say it's okay, then turned around and brought her a cup of tea.

After seeing her drinking tea, Yamamoto said, "Speaking of which, my stupid son must have caused you a lot of trouble."

"How come, it should be said that I caused trouble for Yamamoto-kun and was always taken care of by him."

"Don't speak good words for him. I don't know what happened to my son?" He folded his arms and sighed, "Since two years ago, Wu has gradually become silent and suppressed himself. What is the matter?" He began to hold back in his heart, becoming nothing like himself at all."

Kyoko pursed her lips and remained silent when she heard this.

"Although he always pretends that he is good, how can he hide it from me? That's why I've always been worried about him." His tone suddenly became lighter, "But after he came back this time, it was obviously not good for me. It's the same, it seems that he has already seen what happened two years ago, and this change was brought to him by you."

Yamamoto just looked at her with a smile, his eyes filled with admiration and gratification, Kyoko felt guilty for a while, and she said guiltily: "It's because of me ten years later that Yamamoto-kun became like that. I'm sorry, Uncle, for making you worry."

"How can you blame this incident? It was just an unavoidable accident."

His reassurance eased her a little.

"I don't need to worry about Wu's current situation. I will trouble you next, Jingzi."

Sensing that there was something else in his words, Kyoko nodded seriously.

Coming out of the Bamboo Sushi restaurant, Kyoko thought about the places he visited most often ten years ago, after a few thoughts, he finally chose the most likely place, and walked in that direction.But what she didn't expect was that she saw him on the way before reaching that place.

The young man did not change into casual clothes like the others, he was still dressed in western clothes. His temperament was completely different from others, making him very conspicuous even when walking in the crowd, and those who passed him couldn't help but look back. He glanced at it, but he didn't seem to notice.

Now that his back was turned to her, she could get his attention just by walking over and saying hello, but she suddenly wanted to see what he was going to do, so she followed him silently.

Yamamoto walked very slowly, walking slowly like a walk, obviously she thought he should go to that place, but his steps revealed a sense of aimlessness.Sometimes he stopped to look up at the buildings, sometimes he looked at the opposite crowd without saying a word, which was very abrupt on the street with people coming and going.

Passers-by would glance at him occasionally, discussing what this person was doing, and after hearing what they said, she suddenly felt that he was not doing anything, but...not doing anything.

Just walking around, looking around, not thinking about anything.

Seeing him standing still in front of the window, she thought it was time, so she walked over.

"Yamamoto-kun."

"..."

Jingzi stared at his profile for a moment, then suddenly put her hand on his shoulder, the other party finally turned around in response, and the moment she turned her face to the side, her cheek was poked by her outstretched index finger.

"Huh?" He showed a slightly surprised expression, "You...why are you here?"

She put down her hands and smiled, "I've been behind Yamamoto-kun since just now."

"Really. Sorry, I didn't notice."

"Where is Yamamoto-kun going next? Can I go with you?"

Yamamoto thought for a while and said, "Although it's not an interesting place, if you want to come, then come."

Of course Kyoko would.

With her company, Yamamoto no longer walked slowly, but walked directly towards the destination baseball field.

Standing outside the baseball field, Yamamoto looked at the teenagers who were swinging baseballs inside without saying a word, as if lost in memory, Kyoko looked at it again, and said strangely: "This place seems to be different."

"That's because it was no longer a baseball stadium a few years ago, and it was not restored to a baseball stadium until the previous year. It is naturally different from what it was ten years ago."

She nodded knowingly, staring at the teenagers who were playing happily in the baseball field, and said softly, "Since when did Yamamoto-kun stop playing?"

Yamamoto turned to look at her, she just looked at the venue but not him, he said after a moment of silence, "Probably when I was 20 years old."

"So it's been so long." She murmured, and then said carefully, "If Yamamoto-kun doesn't mind, can you tell me the reason?"

"It's not a big reason, it's just because there were a lot of things happening in Pengo Lie at the time, and he couldn't get away, and then he was busy with other things, and he didn't touch it again over time." From the perspective of you in the next year, none of them are real reasons."

"me?"

"You said, I didn't play because I didn't have time, but because... I cared too much about my companions."

Kyoko smiled slightly and said: "Actually, I also have this feeling. According to the extent that Yamamoto-kun likes baseball, he will not give up just because he has no time to play, so there must be something that Yamamoto-kun thinks is more important than baseball. I can't think of anything else that makes you give up, other than baseball."

He looked down at her quietly.

"But I still think it would be great if Yamamoto-kun didn't give up."

"……Why do you say that?"

"Because that is Yamamoto-kun's favorite thing, isn't it? Just look at Yamamoto-kun's expression when he is playing baseball, and you can understand how important it is to Yamamoto-kun. It must be very sad not to be able to do what you like most .And if I were Tsunayoshi-kun and the others, I definitely don’t want you to give up baseball because of your family.”

"Compared to Yamamoto-kun forcing yourself, they will hope that you will keep your true colors and do what you like. You will always look like Yamamoto-kun, and I also hope that Yamamoto-kun can always smile."

The girl raised her eyes and looked up, her warm eyes were filled with warmth and softness.

"After coming to this era, I think the most regrettable thing is that I can't see Yamamoto-kun smiling like before. I always thought that Yamamoto-kun would walk down with a smile, so the first time I saw you without When I smiled, I felt very surprised, to the point where I couldn't help but doubt my eyes."

"So when I remembered that I heard that Yamamoto-kun was still the same character as before two years ago, I really felt great. You didn't lose your smile because of ten years ago, but because of what happened two years ago. Hiding the smile means that Yamamoto-kun can still return to his original form."

"Why... want me to recover so much?"

She smiled slightly.

"Because Yamamoto-kun has always been so optimistic, as long as I see your smile, I will feel that no matter how distressed it is, it is no big deal. I like you smiling like that. Although it is my waywardness, I always think about it. , if only you kept smiling like this."

Yamamoto looked at her quietly.

"Yamamoto-kun, have you let go of what happened two years ago?"

"...Ah, let it go."

"But Yamamoto-kun is still a little confused, isn't he?"

He said nothing.

"Even if there is still confusion, it doesn't matter." She gently shook his hand and smiled at him, "Because there is still a lot of time, enough for Yamamoto-kun to let go of the remaining confusion a little bit, you don't need to be so anxious, 'I' will be with you until you let go."

She lowered her gaze to her clasped hands.

His hand, the warm, reassuring hand that has been protecting her——

She gently tightened her hands.

"So, Yamamoto-kun—"

That night, the young man's smile is still deeply engraved in her mind.

"Please smile at me one more time."

Yamamoto chuckled suddenly.

"It's really... No matter what time you are, you are irresistible."

At the same time as a hidden gentle laughing voice rang in her ears, her big hands cupped her fair cheeks, and the calluses on her palms rubbed against her skin, making her feel a little itchy. She didn't see the young man's expression, but could only feel it. His breath was getting closer——

Something soft pressed against her forehead.

Such a light touch, as if treating the most cherished thing, is so soft that the heart is also incredibly soft.

After a light kiss, he bowed his head.

The foreheads and noses touched each other lightly, breathing intertwined, the black eyes were close at hand, and the most natural smile overflowed from there.

He smiled as if he had let go of all the burdens and released the hidden original self, no longer suppressed, just as dazzling as the rays of light in a summer afternoon.

"Thank you, Kyoko."

Using the most familiar address, he said so.

A dream, but not like a dream.

She floats here, looking at the picture that slides in front of her with a clear consciousness. It is something she has been seeing for many days. The difference is that compared with the initial blur, it has become gradually clearer recently, and now she can see clearly. What is the picture.

It's almost there, she thought.

Sure enough, not long after she thought this way, the picture in front of her disappeared, and a person appeared out of thin air.The person who still couldn't see the face said something to her. She tried her best to listen, but she could only hear a few intermittent words, which could not form a complete sentence.

--who are you?

She wanted to ask, but no sound came out of her mouth.

Finally, the man slightly curled the corner of his mouth.

'...that person is up to you. '

The author has something to say: Don't look at Bao En's always calm appearance, in fact, he still feels a little awkward about what happened two years ago, but he seems very serious.But he is a big devil, so he used this knot to calculate Kyoko XD

While successfully removing the pimples, she can also strengthen her determination, which kills two birds with one stone, so the big devil must not be underestimated!

By the way, Yamamoto's last bit of confusion was also eliminated.

Speaking of which, there is no benefit in this chapter, because there are restrictions. Of course, if Yamamoto’s forehead kiss is considered a benefit, then there is a bit ==

The next chapter, uncovering the secrets of Lansha, is the final highlight!In order to write better, it may be necessary to delay the update time, I wish me a smooth writing o(￣ヘ￣o#)