Chapter 37 Apology

Long before taking off from Osaka on the special plane, Atobe ordered people to start investigating the whole thing. Unexpectedly, when the so-called investigation results of Akiyama Takuma were handed in front of him, he simply glanced at them and did not make any comments.

Even in the following few days, the news that the wife of the Atobe chaebol president had an accidental miscarriage did not unexpectedly make the headlines of major gossip magazines and online news, and the major media in the industry were calm. This is really a bit incredible for this impetuous and noisy society.

But it may not be a bad thing for the parties involved. At least for the time being, Terajima Yuki can stay in the Tokyo University Affiliated Hospital to recuperate her weak body and avoid the disturbances from the outside media. Except for the black-clad bodyguards that Atobe Keigo insisted on arranging outside the ward, it is generally quiet and casual.

Atobe Keiji, who was recuperating in Karuizawa, also came to the hospital several times after hearing the news. He was somewhat regretful, but his expression was concerned. He only said that both of them were still young and there would still be opportunities in the future. Yuki could only give a polite smile to the old man's comfort, and didn't take it too seriously. Sometimes she would look up and be slightly startled by the old man's gaze. His eyes were very similar to those of Atobe Keigo, but they were deep and far-reaching, adding a sense of vastness and vicissitudes. He

was clearly looking at her, but it seemed as if he had traveled through time and space to examine other people.

She didn't like this feeling very much, but she couldn't resist it. She could only avoid it lightly and ignore it. Occasionally, she felt confused on a whim and wanted to mention it to Atobe, but she gave up in the end. Maybe it was just her own illusion. It's better not to say uncertain things too early.

Atobe himself seemed to be a little busy recently, but no matter what, he would take out a certain amount of time every day to accompany her. He hugged her to sleep at night, and she had fewer nightmares. Tezuka Kunimitsu and Sakai Otonashi would also come to see her in their spare time and talk about trivial things in the law firm. Every day was spent like this.

Until a week later, Hasegawa Shu appeared in front of her.

By then, she was able to get out of bed and walk around freely. She stood in front of the window to bask in the afternoon sun. The white hospital gown and the not-so-hot sun intertwined, looking indifferent and desolate.

"Senior, that is..."

She didn't want to see him originally, but the argument with the bodyguard outside the ward was getting louder and louder, so she frowned slightly and asked the assistant beside her to bring him in: "Please ask him to come in and tell him it was my idea."

Hasegawa Shu must have come several times. He didn't speak immediately after entering the door. He just stood there and looked at her silhouette by the window, a little absent-minded for a while.

Sakai Otonashi looked at them and left tactfully.

Youji turned sideways, his eyes fell on him lightly, as if waiting for him to speak, and the room was silent for a long time.

"I thought you wouldn't want to see me again." After a long time, Shu just laughed at himself, lowered his head slightly, and there was a bit of bitterness at the corners of his mouth.

"I don't want to see you, but you've come several times. It's really meaningless to go on like this." She raised her eyelids lightly, "I'll listen to what you want to say, and then leave."

Her coldness was expected. Shu remained silent for a long time. The light golden sunlight poured into the corners of his eyes from the opposite window, fading away bit by bit like the tide. Finally, he sighed and bowed deeply, appearing respectful and pious.

"What are you doing, Shu?"

"I'm sorry, You Ji." He looked at the cold floor in the ward, "But I really don't know what to say now, I'm sorry."

She suddenly felt disgusted for no reason: "I'm sorry again, Shu, your apology, I really can't bear it."

"You Ji?" Shu stood up, and the cold light in her eyes fell sharply into his sight.

"Even if it wasn't you, but someone around you, I can't bear such an apology. An apology doesn't erase everything. I made it very clear last time. I have my own plans, and you have yours. We all know it. There's no need to be hypocritical to do these things."

"You Ji, you misunderstood. This time, Yumi didn't mean it. I didn't expect her to..."

"So what?" she asked back, "You want me to forgive her? Shu, if the fetus in my belly is three months old instead of half a month this time, I can accuse her of murder!"

"You Ji?" He was shocked by the coldness in her eyes and showed a horrified expression.

She smiled sarcastically: "But I can't do it now, you can rest assured."

"You Ji..."

"Enough, Shu. If you have finished speaking, just leave. It's your business whether to apologize or not, and it's my business whether to forgive or not. Maybe you don't need my forgiveness at all. You just need to make such a gesture to prevent people from talking about the Hasegawa family, right?"

Shu looked at her in a daze for a long time, clenched his slender fingers in his sleeves, and finally forced out a few smiles: "You Ji, does it have to be like this? You are going to tear off the only remaining politeness between you and me, without any mercy?" " 

What's the point now?" You Ji asked back, her face regained some of the sharp coldness, but she seemed distant and indifferent, and simply turned around to look at the setting sun, "Of course, between the Hasegawa family and the Atobe family, you and Atobe Keigo, what to do is your business." 

As if tired, she stopped talking, but just focused on admiring the yellow leaves flying in the air outside the window. After a long time, the sound of the door closing came from behind her. 

You don't need my understanding at all, you just need to make such a gesture. 

Hasegawa Shu walked out of the towering main building of the University of Tokyo Hospital, looked up at the azure sky above his head, and the golden afterglow of the sun pierced through the clouds in the sky and fell into his eyes, as if a sharp blade pierced his eyes. 

The corners of the young man's mouth curved up with a hint of sarcasm, "You are always so sharp and aggressive, and finally you don't even bother to give the last layer of disguise. We have finally come to this point between you and me." 

The phone in the inner pocket of his suit vibrated a few times, he took it out and opened the flip cover, while walking towards the Spyker parked not far away, the mother Takako's voice came hurriedly, and there was also the noise of a woman crying. 

"Shu, where are you now?" 

"I'll be back soon. What's wrong, mother?" 

"That girl Yumi is pissing me off to death. She made a good blind date end in a bad way. It seems that your father doesn't approve of this marriage..." 

"It doesn't matter. I'll contact President Yokotani and try to arrange the engagement next week." Shu frowned and stopped in front of the car. "You must find a way to calm her down and don't let her cause trouble again." 

He hung up the phone, opened the car door and got in. The black Spyker drove all the way to the bustling streets of Tokyo. The trees and shops outside the brown window were rapidly receding. He leaned his head on the comfortable chair back and closed his eyes slightly. The slightly dim light obscured the expression on his face, making him look obscure and indifferent. He didn't know how long it had been before the car stopped in front of his house. He opened his eyes, pushed open the door and walked out. 

"I won't do it! Why do you suddenly want me to get engaged to the Yokotani family? You can marry me if you want!" 

"Yumi! Why are you talking like that?!" 

The sun was already low at that time, and the bloody afterglow cast a golden glow on the door of the living room. Before he even entered the room, he heard the sound of a woman crying and making noise inside. Shu frowned, and the gentleness in his eyes gradually faded, and finally condensed into a coldness. 

"What do you want?" He suddenly spoke, and the noise in the room stopped abruptly.

"Shu, you are finally back, go and persuade her, I really can't do anything about her!" Hasegawa Takako seemed to be relieved, and hurriedly pulled her son in, while Hasegawa Kenshin on the side just sat on the sofa and looked at him without saying anything.

"Brother, you want to help them too?" Hasegawa Yumi looked at him indignantly, with a crying tone, but her tone was sharp and harsh.

Shu frowned with some disgust: "You caused the trouble yourself, and others cleaned it up for you, and you still complain about this and that?"

"Where did I cause the trouble?"

"Who told you to find Yuki? And you drove your car and knocked her down on the road?"

"You blame me for this, I'm just angry that she is relying on marrying Atobe Keigo to bully others!"

Shu finally couldn't hide his anger, stepped forward and grabbed her collar, and just as he was about to raise his other hand, Hasegawa Takako exclaimed: "Shu——"

Then he realized his loss of composure, paused, and suddenly let go, and the woman staggered and fell to the side.

"She had a miscarriage because of you!"

He looked down at her and spoke coldly.

Everyone present gasped.

"Shu, is this true?"

Hasegawa Kenshin was silent for a long time before finally speaking, and Shu nodded in response.

"Atobe Keigo has blocked the news, so it hasn't spread to the outside world for the time being." He said slowly, his eyes looking at the unruly woman crawling at his feet, "You know what Yuki said, if the child was three months old instead of half a month old, she could accuse you of murder!"

Hasegawa Yumi showed a horrified expression, supporting the ground with both hands and shaking her head fiercely: "No, I didn't expect it to be like this..."

"It's too late. Even if she doesn't pursue it, how can Atobe Keigo, who is a vindictive person, let it go? That's the future heir of the Atobe family!" Shu looked at her steadily, "The marriage with Yokotani Trading Company is to protect you, understand? You stay at home obediently for the next two days and don't go anywhere."

After finishing a long string of words, he raised his head and asked Hasegawa Kenshin for his opinion: "Father, is this okay?"

The latter just looked at him meaningfully: "Shu, come with me."

After that, he got up and walked towards the study. The pot of Longjing tea on the coffee table had already emitted the last bit of steam.

"Aren't you tired after standing for so long, huh?"

When the gorgeous ending tone with magnetism rose slightly in her ears, You Ji just came back to her senses. She opened her mouth and was about to speak, but her body suddenly lightened and he carried her sideways to the bed behind him, so she curled her lips helplessly.

"It's boring to lie in bed every day."

"Isn't your assistant here to accompany you?"

"Feng Jun is here, so let them get together alone." Wrapped in the soft quilt from behind, she seemed to be extremely tired, and she only raised her eyes lightly.

"Feng and that little girl?" Atobe Keigo frowned, and soon came to his senses, snorting lightly, "You can't even take care of yourself, and you still have the mind to care about others."

"I also want to be alone."

"Unhappy?"

He raised his eyebrows, she didn't say anything, just lay quietly and looked at his unfriendly eyes above.

Finally, Atobe sighed, leaned down and sat on the edge of the bed: "If you don't want to see me, just don't see me. Didn't I stop him outside?"

"But he will still come, so why not make it clear all at once?" Her voice was not loud, but very clear, vaguely with a kind of cold determination. At that time, dusk had already fallen, and the fiery dusk poured through the window onto the white sheets and the plain white face without decoration, which instead had a sense of sad and gorgeous.

Atobe's mind moved, and his slender eyebrows raised twice faintly. He reached out and held her slender fingers in his palm.

"What did you do?"

They were silent for a moment, but she adjusted her posture, slowly sat up and leaned against the head of the bed, and asked him lightly. Atobe was stunned for a moment and then understood: "I didn't do anything."

"Is it so scary not to do anything?" So she laughed out loud, with an undisguised mockery.

Atobe didn't say anything, just remained silent for a while, then raised his hand and held her in his arms. The man's chest was thick, with a domineering but warm breath. She was stunned for a while, and put her arms on his back, squeezed them lightly, and finally sank into the texture of his suit.

"Keigo, I won't give up."

After a long time, she finally gritted her teeth and slowly squeezed out a few words.

"I know."

The man responded to her with a calm voice. Atobe patted her shoulder as if to comfort her, raised her head, and the warmth in his eyes faded away. A cold edge rushed through like lightning and then extinguished in the darkening night.

Dinner was Japanese cuisine sent by the butler, and a nourishing stew was not forgotten. After all, Atobe Keigo was a young master who was not used to serving people, so he was inevitably stiff when he cleaned up, which made her sneer a few times.

"Oh, by the way, your father called me today."

She was a little surprised: "What did he say?"

"He asked about your situation. He wanted to come and see you, but he was afraid of attracting attention, so he could only wait until you were discharged from the hospital."

Youji didn't speak for a long time. He was used to the days of being alone, and he couldn't even remember that there was a father in Tokyo whom he hadn't seen for decades.

Seeing her complicated and desolate expression, Atobe Keigo suddenly laughed: "Why are you so nervous? You've seen the person you least want to see, and you're still afraid of this?"

She was slightly stunned, then raised a faint soft smile, and let him stretch out his hand to ruffle her beautiful and messy hair.