Shiratori watched Miwako's departing figure for a long while before saying, "The person she was trying to save just now was Officer Matsuda, wasn't she?"

Yumi nodded: "I guess so."

Hearing their answers, Guangyou narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice, "I think she's saving herself."

Ai turned her head to look at Kousuke, and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

“Those who dwell on the past will eventually become walking corpses.” Guangyou paused, chuckled self-deprecatingly, and continued, “Remembering the past and cherishing the present is the best way.”

He shook his head and sighed deeply: "However, it's easier said than done."

These words were spoken to Miwako, and also to himself...

These words made Ai Haibara think, and she felt that the same words could apply to her.

Actually, these words could be said to anyone, it's just a matter of whether they are understood or not.

Some people are optimists who have already grasped this principle; they can quickly get back into the swing of things without needing anyone to tell them.

Some remain lost in this maze, while those who have grasped its essence can escape, and those who haven't are forever trapped within it, either living a life of emptiness or choosing to end their own lives prematurely...

Only Ai heard Kousuke's words, while Takagi, who was not far from them, overheard Yumi and Shiratori's conversation.

Takagi's expression was complicated. It was a good thing that the woman he liked came to save him, but the fact that the woman was thinking about another man made things completely different.

The group then waited for Inspector Megure to arrive at the scene. Mitsuyu and Ai leaned against the roadside and chatted, tacitly skipping over the previous topic.

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In light of everyone's criticism, I have revised the first chapter. Although the pace is still slow, revising it from scratch would be too time-consuming, which is definitely not feasible at the moment. So please forgive me.

Seeing those pairings makes me inexplicably sad. I also want to learn to draw, I want to draw my own fan art (but I don't have time to write, I'm clumsy and lazy, hopeless).

PS: Requesting votes (preferably from Qidian, since Qidian is the main site... sorry, sob sob).