"You're breaking your word!"
At this moment, the girl protested against Shiro's shameless behavior.
Shiro looked at her violently twisted face, which carried an angry expression, especially those beautiful eyes that seemed capable of devouring people, completely uncharacteristic for her.
However, Shiro didn't care about this; on the contrary, he considered it completely normal for her to have such an expression, and it would be strange if she didn't.
"Girl, where did you get this so-called 'breaking your word' from?"
Ran clenched her teeth and spoke after hearing this.
"Isn't it so? Didn't we agree that after this you would keep this matter to yourself?"
Shiro blinked after hearing this, tilted his head, looking completely confused.
"What does me keeping this matter to myself have to do with whether I delete the video or not?~"
When Shiro said this, the girl was immediately stunned. Indeed, keeping it to oneself seemed unrelated to deleting the video. Then she came to her senses, angry that this guy was playing with words with her.
"You're playing with words. You should know that something like this cannot be kept, right?"
"What if someone sees it? Wouldn't it be exposed then?"
Ran suppressed the urge to hit him, afraid that she wouldn't be able to restrain herself and would settle old and new accounts with one blow to that disgusting face.
"Relax, relax, where would that 'what if' come from? Besides, even if I delete it, did I say I would delete it after just one time? Last night was only one time. How could it be that simple?"
Ran was stunned when she heard this, then spoke with a mixture of urgency, fear, and various other emotions.
"Didn't we agree that it would be only one night?"
Shiro then coldly spoke words with a 37-degree mouth.
"How could that be? Only one night?"
"After all, what I got is mine. I'm thinking of 'eating' you for a lifetime."
Ran's face immediately turned pale when she heard this, because she realized that she had fallen into a pit she couldn't get out of.
"And do you think that after I've been your 'teacher', you can marry someone else with a clear conscience?"
Shiro knew very well that this girl's personality was such that once she acknowledged someone, that was it. He had already bound her to a great extent.
Ran fell silent after hearing this. In her mind, the question appeared whether in the current situation she could still follow her previous thoughts. Obviously she could not. She could not get past herself.
Shiro then reached out and grabbed her small hand, gently pressed it while smiling and said:
"If you're still thinking about that childhood friend, that misfortune, I personally advise you not to. After all, he is the culprit for you falling into this situation. If you hadn't tried to save him, you wouldn't be like this. As far as I know, he brought it upon himself, right?"
Ran hadn't thought about many things before because she was too disturbed. When she heard this, it was like a sudden enlightenment. That day, he had indeed decided to chase after him.
"Don't you think that a high school student doing a police officer's job, and doing it for free? That is no longer called 'helping', but satisfying one's own vanity, enjoying the praise when catching bad guys, and thus choosing to walk into death."
"Do you really think your childhood friend is a good person? He just wants to show off. You say he solved so many cases and gained so much fame, but don't forget what he does while solving cases. He is no different from a criminal."
"Shinichi does it because..."
"You think it's because of solving cases, right? But he doesn't think about his identity."
"A person like that, who day after day says others break the law, accuses others of being murderers, and then tramples on those people to enjoy attention, while at the same time constantly doing illegal things at crime scenes—do you think that is appropriate?"
Ran was confused by these words. Although she had always felt that something was wrong, now that it was said so bluntly, she really couldn't defend him; it was something that could not be justified.
"And not to mention, Ran, have you never thought about some things?"
Ran was a little confused when she heard this.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm talking about your childhood friend's behavior. Now he has shrunk and found an excuse to live in your house. Don't you have any thoughts about that?"
Ran was stunned when she heard this.
"Isn't that completely normal? After all, Shinichi is in trouble now, so he chose to hide at my place."
Shiro looked at her naive expression and couldn't help but reach out and pull her face into a seed shape. Her face immediately became triangular, and she was completely confused.
What is he doing?
Ran didn't understand, completely didn't understand. What is this man doing?
"What are you doing?"
Ran said in a muffled voice, but when Shiro let her go, she rubbed her cheek and looked dissatisfied.
"I'm saying, are you stupid? You should know that he provoked the Black Organization, and he was very cautious, not daring to even return home. And his home was searched again to confirm whether he was dead."
"But he doesn't dare to return to his house, yet he comes to yours. What does that mean?"
After hearing this, Ran thought of many things, and her face immediately became very ugly.
"I think you understand now, right? He is bringing danger to your family. After all, with his personality, and the fact that he looks almost the same as when he was a child, anyone with a bit of effort can figure it out. A child who looks so similar, and is a detective, and likes to show off—connecting that is not difficult at all."
"And those organizations have eliminated many people you consider official organizations, even to the point of acting without restraint. After all, there is an agreement, and the people below them don't know it, they just think they can solve everything."
"So sometimes they act very extremely. And when it is discovered, what will be the fate of your family? You don't think they will let you go, right?"
Ran's face worsened at this. As Shiro said, didn't that mean bringing danger to her own family?
"And I know what you want to say, maybe he is not aware, but do you know? When it happened, he had already called his father, and his father told him to immediately go to America for protection."
"He even clearly explained to him that he had caused great trouble and was prone to misfortune. The pros and cons were clearly laid out. However, he thought, what if he leaves and you are 'taken' by someone else? So without any burden, he moved into your house, while at the same time thinking he couldn't bring danger to his parents, intending to investigate and solve this problem himself."
"Isn't it ridiculous? He thinks his parents cannot be in danger, but what about you? And your family? And the reason is that he is worried you will be 'taken away', so he has no hesitation."
"He is also aware of the risks, but still does it. Do you think such a person is really worth your concern?"
Ran's face kept changing after these words.
Her mind was in chaos, it was hard for her to think about multiple things at once. Shiro then reached out and gently tapped her head. Soon her mind cleared and was no longer as chaotic as before.
However, at that moment, the girl raised her head toward Shiro and said in a serious tone:
"Is this true? Or are you just making it up to deceive me?"
Shiro saw the hope on the girl's face and knew very well that it was not hope for something specific, but simply the desire that her huge sacrifice had not been for someone who did not care about the life and death of her family.
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