Seeing her being so nervous, Izumi Toru asked with some confusion: "Qing Ji, are you afraid of heights?"

The girl shook her head.

"No, I'm just worried."

"Worried? What are you worried about?"

At this time, just as she reached the center of the bridge, Jinguji Kiyohime stopped and stared at the water below in a daze.

She did not answer Izumi Toru's question.

At this moment, a complex expression of sadness and expectation appeared on the girl's face.

Izumi Tetsu looked at her distressed face quietly, not knowing how to speak for a moment.

A long time passed.

"Izumi-kun, do you remember? You said you wanted to write me a poem."

Izumi Toru remembered the conversation between the two in the club.

[One day, I will jump into the cold Uji River to seek salvation because my heart is too hot. Well, maybe it cannot be said to be salvation. It should be said that it is my destination. When the time comes, Izumi-kun, please write a poem for me.

?]

Seeing the prayer and longing in her eyes, Izumi Tetsu always felt uneasy in his heart.

Why come to Uji River on purpose?

Do you really want to jump down?

Seeing that Izumi Toru didn't answer, Jinguji Kiyohime held Izumi Toru's hand tightly.

"You can write it!"

The joints of her fingers are slender and slender, and the skin on the back of her hands looks white from exertion.

Izumi Toru took her into his arms and hugged her tightly.

"Qing Ji."

"Um?"

"You won't leave me, will you?"

Jinguji Kiyohime was stunned for a moment.

The next second, she smiled and patted his back.

"No, I can't bear to leave you."

"Um."

The girl stopped asking about writing poems.

Because she knew that Izumi Toru would no longer answer this question.

She put her arms around his waist and pressed her face against his chest, feeling the peace of mind and satisfaction.

"Izumi-kun."

"Um?"

"Do you know which of the legends about Bridge Princess is my favorite?"

"Which one?"

"According to legend, a woman was so jealous that her husband married a second wife that she became a bridge princess after her death. I like this the most."

"Ah? Why?"

Jinguji Kiyohime buried her face in Izumi Tetsu's chest.

"Because, I'm jealous of your sister, your senior sister, your Shiratori, your Meiyi, and..." After hesitating for a long time, she still said the name, "...

.Mikado...I'm so jealous of Mikado...she is the one I'm most jealous of..."

The wetness on her chest made Izumi Toru panic, but the girl hugged him tightly and didn't want him to see her crying face.

Izumi Tetsu could only listen quietly as the girl murmured over and over again:

"...You don't understand, you don't understand at all..."

If you don't tell me and Igarashi doesn't tell you, how can I understand?

Izumi Toru didn't ask this question.

He always knew that Jinguji Kiyohime was hiding something from him.
Chapter completed!