One week later.

...

The nurse in white wearing a mask pointed to the right:

"That uncle is in the second ward turning right. Are you his relatives? You better advise him to quit smoking during this period!"

Rika Inoue and Aoki Aki, who were carrying a large bag of things in both hands, looked at each other with murderous aura on their faces and said in unison:

"Don't worry, Miss Nurse, I'll leave it to us!"

The two walked side by side in the direction pointed by the nurse, opened the door of the ward and saw a middle-aged man with one foot hanging high with a cast and busy chatting with his "neighbor".

"Ahem!"

After seeing Rika Inoue and Aoki Akaichi at the entrance of the ward, Juro Himemura awkwardly pulled back his hand holding the other person's palm-looking look.

Then he raised his hand and said hello as if nothing had happened:

"Yeah, Achii-kun and Xiaolika come to see me together? Why do you even mention so many things? I'm so embarrassed!"

The middle-aged man, who was embarrassed but had no "sorry" expression, took the bag in their hands and started searching it without hesitation.

Finally, the man frowned and said with a serious expression:

"Achiichijun, where are the cigarettes I entrusted you to bring for me?"

"Bang!"

Before Aoki Aki opened his mouth, Rika Inoue stared and hit his plaster leg with her eyes, and said with a sensation:

"You still have cigarettes? Uncle, I think you can't recognize your current state, right?"

"The nurse has already told me that you don't want to touch a cigarette until you are discharged from the hospital!"

"..." Himura Juro looked at Aoki Akaichi with ache and asked for help.

Aoki rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Uncle, I really didn't expect that the person who kidnapped me and beat me up was you, and later he was your power to lend a helping hand to me. Your play is quite complete!"

Upon hearing this, Himemura Juro smiled embarrassedly and began to pretend to be stupid and change the topic.

"Oh, Rika-chan, what are you wearing on your middle finger?"

"No way?! You're already engaged in just one week? Huo, it's progressing so fast. Is Akaichiko now on home base?"

"hiss……"

"Rika, you are so violent, Akaichikun will hate you!"

"I won't!"

The originally quiet ward suddenly started to make a mess, and from time to time, the anger of a woman, the middle-aged man, and the cheers of the young man came.

The middle-aged woman in the hospital bed next door blinked and looked at the three guys who didn't know what their relationship was, but they were very good.

"Bang!"

"Uncle, when will you wait for your legs to be well?"

Rika Inoue randomly patted the plaster and asked curiously.

Himemura Juro's mouth twitched and said angrily: "If you pat more, with your hand strength, I'm afraid I'll be hurt even more. Don't think about it next year."

Rika Inoue stuck out her tongue, then glared again, and lowered her voice:

"You are not willing to accept treatment from the life sequence extrajudicial persons in the Executive Department? You have to wait until you are naturally cured, and you are not willing to enter the highest-standard ward. What are you thinking?"

Himemura Juro smashed his mouth and said with a smile:

"Actually, since Sakurako left, I have never received any treatment from a life sequence extrapolation. Sakurako is the best therapist in Yingzhou."

When talking about the woman who had been away for hundreds of years, a gentle light still appeared in his eyes.

The ward suddenly fell silent for a moment.

The old man took the initiative to break the silence atmosphere in the house and greeted:

"When will Akatsuki be officially proposed to Rika?"

The man and the woman in the room suddenly had a slightly red cheek, looking around and hesitating.

Akigi Akatsuki suddenly coughed heavily, bent down and bowed:

"Uncle, we actually came this time to ask you to be our wedding witness. We both have no elders, so we want to ask you to attend our wedding as parents!"

Himura Juro raised his eyebrows and looked domineering as if he was no less than me:

"It seems that I can't be fine if I don't attend, okay! I will attend and witness your wedding as an elder!"

"Thank you uncle!"

"Uncle, I'm really not wrong with you! Remember to pack more red envelopes!"

After getting a satisfactory answer, the two smiled happily.

For them who have only the other party left, the person lying on the hospital bed is one of the few "relatives" in this world.

Sometimes even without blood connection, there are still bonds between them that are deeper than blood than water.

"By the way, Inspector Ji hasn't left yet, right?"

"Well... he is still waiting for Senior Yuran Saito."

"So, after all, he is an extrajudicial person who has never fallen into the world..."

"You guys say, will Inspector Ji go to the North then? I have been paying attention to the North recently. This time the North is true..."

"Yes! He will definitely go!"

The sound was as firm as steel.

"Haha, I feel that too."

"By the way, uncle, we have always wanted to ask you a question..."

"Tsk, what else should we avoid? Just ask, let us come over!"

"...Uncle, why do you help us like this? I heard from Ms. Sakai that before this, you never had contact with anyone because... do I look very similar to Princess Sakurako?"

The careful inquiry was filled with curiosity and a hint of temptation.

then.

It is a long silence.

Himemura Juro's eyes circulated around the slightly nervous faces of the young man and woman in front of him, and finally chuckled and looked out the window and said:

"There was indeed part of the reason at first because Rika and Sakurako look very similar."

"When I first met you, I thought it was Sakurako who came back to find me."

"However, it slowly changed later."

"Rika, Aichi, I am old. An old guy like me who has lived alone for hundreds of years, sometimes when he sees those beautiful and hazy things, he can't help but protecting them in the dark."

"It's like the love story between you."

...

...

Yuan Chunqiu threw down a stack of documents tiredly, leaned back on the seat, closed her eyes to rest.

Gen Sakai walked gently behind him, stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples gently to relieve his fatigue and tension.

These days, my brother has never been able to close his eyes. He has to rely on the body of the outsider to hold on. It would be fine if he only didn't sleep for seven days, but he just consumed too much of his mind in handling matters.

After a while of rest.

"Is Kojiro's side okay?" Yuan Chunqiu asked softly.

Gen Sakai said with a hint: "Minister Musashi has returned to his post, and his injuries have improved by 80% of the therapist's treatment. However, Senior Himura... would rather lie in the hospital than receive our treatment."

When talking about the old man, Yuan Chunqiu's spirit, which had just relaxed a little, suddenly became tense, and he sighed:

"Go with that old guy, don't worry about him."

"Did Rika Inoue submit her resignation letter?"

"Well... Rika said she should choose to retire next, but Minister Musashi doesn't seem to be planning to release anyone, and is planning to let Rika take over Kenjiro Miyamoto."

"Haha, I think Kojiroba probably can't keep people. Even if he keeps them, he may not be able to take office in the short term."

"Why do you say that?" Gen Sakai asked curiously.

Yuan Chunqiu shook her head and said, "Those two little guys are ready to get married. Next, the marriage leave and pregnancy leave will be added together...tsk."

"By the way..." He suddenly remembered something and said with a slightly solemn expression, "How has the remains of Senior Saito Yuran been dealt with?"

Gen Sakai whispered: "It's almost done. After the Saito family held a funeral, Minister Musashi took action personally. It is said that the other side had notified Inspector Ki to take it away."

Yuan Chunqiu responded and said nothing more.

The only request made by the inspector Ji who saved the entire Yingzhou was to bring Saito Youlan's ashes back to the Demon City with him.
To be continued...