Mizuki Katsuta took Higashinoji and Higashino Chihaya up, and the three of them quickly arrived at a single ward.

Higashino glanced at the name on the door plate of the ward.

Mizuki Yui.

Just looking at this name, should he be a relative of Katsuta Mizuki?

Higashikata sighed and said nothing.

This has reached the point where she needs to be escorted in a single room... I guess Yui Mizuki may be suffering from some serious illness.

"Come in, Higashino-san." Katsuta Mizuki opened the door without hesitation and invited Higashino-san to come in.

They were already here, and Higashinoji was not too polite to Mizuki Katsura. He simply nodded and led Chihaya Higashino and followed Mizuki Katsuta into the ward.

As soon as he entered the ward, Higashinoji found the Kumamon peripherals he had given to Mizuki Katsuta two days ago next to the hospital bed.

Kumamon's keychain, Kumamon's little doll...

Higashinoji counted the quantity in his mind and found that it was exactly the same as the quantity given to Mizuki Katsuta.

In addition to these cute Kumamon peripherals and male dolls, there is also a little girl half-sitting on the bed.

This girl looks about seven or eight years old, with a thin face and a shriveled body. She does not have the chubby and round look of little girls of this age.

The other party's face was also very pale, and he looked weak and weak. Only his big black and shiny eyes left a slightly deep impression on Higashikata.

Yui Mizuki was still playing with the little Kumamon bear that Mizuki Katsuta brought for her. When she saw Mizuki Katsuta, she shouted happily: "Katsuta...are you here?"

Why?"

Her little face quickly stopped, and she suddenly saw Higashinoji standing next to Mizuki Katsuta.

Then--

"Is he Xiong Xiong's father?!"

Yui Mizuki obviously wanted to get closer to Higashinoji. She wanted to jump off the bed excitedly, but was stopped by Katsuta Mizuki: "Yui, your physical condition is not stable yet...

It's better to lie on the bed first. Higashino-san is right here...and he won't be eaten by my brother."

Mizuki Katsuta said this with a smile, and stretched out his hand to gather a few stray hairs on Mizuki Yui's forehead.

Different from the cheerful and down-to-earth attitude of the previous street stall owner, when he said these words, his eyes were a little loving and his tone was very soft, as if he was afraid of scaring Mizuki Yui.

At this point, Higashinoji roughly understood Katsuta Mizuki’s motivation for taking Kumamon’s peripherals and asking him about Kumamon’s creation process.

Mizuki Katsuta probably did these things for Mizuki Yuicai.

Higashinoji also noticed that Mizuki Yui was out of breath after just moving a little bit, and her face showed a sickly blush, revealing an extremely weak state.

Thinking of this, Higashinoji walked up to Yui Mizuki consciously, smiled and nodded to her: "Hello, sister Mizuki, I am Higashinoji."

Mizuki Yui's expression had already calmed down, but when she saw Higashinoji coming over to say hello, her face immediately turned red, and she also showed an incredible look: "It's true...it's really a bear

's father."

Then she turned around, with a dreamlike feeling: "Shengta, it turns out you are really not bragging..."

"What does bragging mean?" Mizuki Katsuta is usually quite thick-skinned towards other people, but when he heard his sister say that, he got a little inexplicable and jumped up: "As I said, brother, I never brag.

of."

"You've bragged and lied to me too many times since you were little."

Mizuki Yui wrinkled her little nose, but soon she turned her head cheerfully: "Teacher Higashino! I have always liked that one of yours... Kumamon. Can you please shake my hand?"

The other party was excited and incoherent.

It's just that the contrast in attitude is too great.

Higashinoji didn't even have to feel it to know that Mizuki Katsuta's resentful eyes wanted to pierce him.

He stretched out his hand and shook Mizuki Yui's hand, then looked at the sketchbook and crayon sticks she had in her hand, and asked curiously: "Is Mizuki-sama drawing Kumamon?"

"Well! This is a work of confidence! Teacher Higashino happened to be here too. What I always wanted you to see...that...you are my idol. The bear is so cute."

She spoke very seriously, and at the same time handed the sketchbook to Higashinoji.

"...Why are you bothering Higashino-san with this little thing? Can you show it to me?" Mizuki Katsuta was just about to reach out and take the sketchbook handed out by Mizuki Yui.

But before he stretched out his hand, Mizuki Yui held the sketchbook and hit Mizuki Katsuta on the back of his hand: "I want to show it to Mr. Higashino! Why are you trying so hard! Aren't you just an ordinary person?

The school's top beauty student? How could he be better than Mr. Higashino?"

"Hey...what do you mean by ordinary? I am from Musashino Art University..."

Mizuki Katsuda felt aggrieved. Before he could finish his words, Mizuki Yui interrupted him: "Okay, okay, I understand! Don't get in the way of me and Mr. Higashino."

Mizuki Katsuta felt aggrieved and could only watch helplessly as Higashinoji took over Mizuki Yui's drawing book - even he had never seen his sister's drawing book...why did Higashinoji pick the peach?

Feeling the plaintive gaze of his little daughter-in-law, Higashinoji was speechless.

It seems that Yui Mizuki doesn't know what Musashino Art University means to an art student, otherwise she wouldn't have said "an ordinary art student".

However, seeing Mizuki Yui's interested expression, Tonoji didn't hesitate at all and took Mizuki Yui's drawing book and flipped through it page by page.

There are indeed a lot of Kumamon bears painted on it, and it can be seen that Yui Mizuki is indeed a fan of Kumamon Bears.

And maybe because of Mizuki Katsuta's guidance, Mizuki Yui's drawings are much better than those of ordinary elementary school students - at least the drawings look like bears, not aliens.

"The painting is very good." Higashinoji smiled and handed the painting book back to Mizuki Yui and praised it.

"Really?" Mizuki was praised shyly. After a while, she asked in a low voice, "Can you please sign your name for me, Teacher Higashikata?"

"Okay." Higashinoji didn't refuse and nodded directly: "But it's not interesting just to sign. Is there a black writing pen here?"

He asked Katsuta Mizuki.

Mizuki Katsuta also had no ink marks, so he simply took the black writing pen from the drawer next to him and handed it to Higashinoji.

Higashinoji held the pen and quickly drew a simple and cute Kumamon on the last page of the sketchbook, and also left the signature "Higashinoji presented to Mizuki Yui" at the bottom of the bear.

When Mizuki Yui saw the cute and cute Kumamon in the sketchbook, she was so happy that she refused to let go.

Next to him, Katsuta Mizuki couldn't help but feel a little disgusted when he saw it: "I can also draw Kumamon, and it's not difficult to draw. Give me the drawing book, and I will draw one for you."

In response, Mizuki Yui looked at him with disgust: "Katsuta, you are bragging again."

The siblings were noisy again, and Higashino Si also sat down with Higashino Chihaya, who was already half full, and started chatting with the Mizuki brothers and sisters without saying a word.

Higashinoji is still very talkative, and he quickly established a relationship with Mizuki Yui, who called him affectionately like Higashino-san.

Almost half an hour later, Higashinoji and Mizuki Katsuta left the ward together.

"Higashino-san... I'm really troubling you today." Katsuda Mizuki bowed to Higashinoji in embarrassment.

"It's just a small thing...and sister Mizuki is also a fan of Kumamon...it's just a small thing." Higashino smiled and waved his hand.

It is indeed a small thing. Mizuki Yui is actually quite well-behaved and seems to be very precocious. She is not like a naughty child of her age who causes trouble.

I just don’t know what kind of disease Mizuki Yui is suffering from.

I had only been chatting with Mizuki Yui for half an hour, and the other party was already feeling sleepy and yawning again and again.

As if aware of Higashinoji's thoughts, Mizuki Katsuta hesitated for a while, and then took the initiative and said, "Avi is actually suffering from leukemia."

"...I'm sorry, Mizuki-san." Although Mizuki Katsuta took the initiative to tell him, Higashinoji apologized softly.

leukemia...

This was something Higashinoji didn't expect at all.

Thinking of Mizuki Yui's cheerful and smiling expression just now, his mind sank slightly.

"Avi actually knows about this... Higashino-san doesn't need to apologize." Katsuta Mizuki laughed, but rubbed his palms restlessly.

His smile was actually very forced, not at all as natural as usual.

"Ever since Kumamon appeared, Wei has always liked Kumamon... So two days ago, I asked Higashino-san for a lot of Kumamon peripherals... Maybe this will cause trouble to Higashino-san, I should apologize.

It should be me."

He bowed to Higashinoji again.

Higashikata didn't actually care about the surrounding people. He just thought about it for a while and then asked: "Is there any hope of recovery?"

"The doctor said there is, but the hope is very weak." Katsuta Mizuki sighed deeply, and looked at the ward a little worriedly: "The doctor also said that Wei must rest and stay in a good mood.

.”

That’s why I bought a lot of Kumamon peripherals...

Higashikata nodded thoughtfully.

"Avi actually had a major surgery recently." Katsuta Mizuki rubbed his hands again: "To be honest, I have been worried about whether Avi has been forcing herself, and I also wanted to make her happy by inviting Higashino-san to show up today.

Happy. I'm really sorry. I'm sorry."

But the gloomy expression soon surfaced: "Actually, A Wei's previous operation failed... That time left a big psychological shadow on A Wei..."

As Mizuki Katsuta spoke, he gently wiped his eyes with his hand, as if muttering to himself: "I thought, maybe Kumamon could give some encouragement to Wei. But later I found out that Wei seemed to be too early

I was mentally prepared. If this operation fails again..."
To be continued...