Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

Liu Quan was slightly taken aback, and subconsciously repeated: "Jingzi?"

The woman peered at her expression.As the proprietress of the shop, she is usually very good at observing words and expressions; at this moment, she only took a few glances at the girl in front of her, as if she had guessed something, so she grinned kindly at the girl.

"Hey, it's a name given by a samurai master who often comes to the store."

The panic that almost hurt her daughter in the earthquake just now seems to have dissipated a lot. The woman has a natural affection for the beautiful girl in front of her who saved her daughter in time. At this moment, she seems to be pouring out all her gratitude As in explaining the girl's confusion, he explained in detail:

"Our ordinary townspeople's family, how could we know so much... So we gave her such a name, 'Keiko', 'Keiko'... Later, there was a samurai master, because he often came to the store, so he also I almost got acquainted with each other... Ah~ That samurai master is different from other samurai masters. He is really a gentle and good man... Fair skinned, handsome, he looks like a person who has read a lot of books... "

The young girl in front of her seemed to be very interested in her narration, so she didn't rush to leave for the time being, and stood in front of the woman and listened intently to her narration.

"My family also has an eldest daughter named Kyoko... Usually, she takes care of Keiko when we are busy opening the store. One day, for some reason, Kyoko didn't keep an eye on Keiko, and the child stumbled to the ground. I ran to the front and bumped into the leg of the warrior master..."

The young girl listened carefully, and raised her eyebrows when she heard this, as if a scene like that had already been sketched in front of her eyes.

The woman breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "You should know how dare we offend the samurai! Even if the samurai wants to kick her away, we can't do anything... But the samurai just in time When I found out, I immediately supported her so that no one else could touch her or hurt her..."

Then she noticed the young girl smiled.Although the smile was not obvious, the young girl's face, which had been tense since the earthquake, suddenly loosened, and her facial features showed a gentle expression.

The woman felt that she had reached an important point that the young girl was interested in, so she became more and more cheerful.

"Besides, he still refuses to accept our thank you gifts...and asked us the names of Kyoko and Keiko very kindly...When we said that the eldest daughter is Kyoko, the youngest daughter is just called 'Keiko', I haven't thought about it yet When he asked what word to use, the samurai laughed and said... laughed and said—"

The woman stopped and tried to think for a moment.She doesn't seem to have much culture, and it's really difficult to memorize what the samurai master said at the beginning; she quickly gave up, and immediately smiled, and said enthusiastically: "So I just asked You should go and sit in the store for a while... The samurai master said something polite, and then said that Keiko's name can follow her sister's name, called "Jingzi"! By the way, we remembered it like this at that time He couldn’t stand what he said, so he took a pen and wrote it down for us! We kept it carefully and hung it on the wall in the store! Would you like to go and see it?”

Under her kind invitation, the young girl who was eager to leave just now hesitated for a moment, then nodded, followed behind the woman, and walked into the wagashi shop with her head bowed.

As soon as she entered the store, the woman pointed to a wall and said, "Look! The words written by the warrior master are hanging there!"

Liu Quan looked up, and there was indeed a piece of paper hanging on a wall in the low and neat shop.

There are only eight words written on the paper: "Respect in appearance, respect in heart".

...It is indeed Mr. Shannan's handwriting.

Liu Quan exhaled slowly, as if he let out all the hesitation and hesitation left in his heart just now.

"'Respect from the heart'—" she repeated the last sentence in a low voice.

Then she turned to the woman and bowed solemnly to her.

"Thank you," she said, "for your kindness, I was with you today and heard a good story."

……

After saying goodbye to the woman in the wagashi shop, Liu Quan didn't stop any longer, but rushed to the gate of the Shinsengumi settlement.

In fact, before she reached the gate of the village, she heard the voice raised by the earthworker, shouting and issuing various orders, directing the soldiers to check the situation everywhere on the street, and giving priority to helping the trapped townspeople.

Liu Quan couldn't help pursing his lips, and smiled very lightly and quickly.

Maybe she doesn't like or admire the real Mr. Hijikata very much, but even at this moment she has to admit that no matter which "Mr. Hijikata" it is, he is someone who can be relied on and trusted at critical moments. .

Because, this person is full of responsibility, has some kind of real belief, and is willing—and capable enough—to stand up at any important moment and take the most important responsibility of this country on his shoulders of……

In the final analysis, although most of the time it is a bit too strict, the standard for measuring everything in the eyes is also worth discussing-"good for Kondo-san" is not a perfect set of standards anyway-but, in every When someone like him was required to do his best and risk his life, he would rush forward without hesitation—

So, that's why she still can't criticize Mr. Shannan for his affairs.

So, Hijikata-san, please do what only Hijikata-san can do.

Even if those things hurt someone else—someone else, important too, someone she wanted to protect—that was the same.

He does what he wants to do, and then, those people who are affected by those things and who are important to her, let her take good care of them.

Liu Quan quickened his pace, and soon came to the gate of the Xinxuan Group's settlement, and shouted: "...Mr. Shannan!"

Shannan, who was standing at the door, listening intently to a team member reporting to him, and Tufang, who was standing not far from him, was pointing in a certain direction with his hand, giving instructions to the team members who were about to dispatch , all turned their heads together, looking in the direction of her voice.

Then, she saw a gentle smile on Shannan's face.

He seemed to be stroking his chin just now, thinking hard about the news he had heard from the soldier; but when he saw her appear, he turned to her, lowered his hand, looked at her, and said: "You are back. ……Welcome back."

On the other hand, Tufang rolled his eyes towards the sky as if a little impatient, and his tone sounded a little rough.

"Ah, so you're still alive. That's great," he scrawled, with no one to tell whether he was sincere or not.

Liu Quan grinned at them.

It is very strange, although there are still dark clouds rolling in the sky now, and the strong wind passes by them, rolling up the gravel and dust on the ground, and the next earthquake of the earth will come again——

However, at this moment, she wanted to smile.

...Maybe it's because she finally discovered something durable, reliable, and trustworthy that can't really be changed no matter how time changes.

She didn't respond to Tufang's words, but turned to Shannan and asked seriously: "I just wanted to ask, what happened here just now?"

Before Shannan could answer, Tufang opened his mouth full of resentment.

"... Isn't that obvious? Earthquake, earthquake!" he said gruffly.

Who knew that the tricky woman shook her head.

"It's not that." She said solemnly, hesitated for a moment, and then boldly asked: "Yes... did Mr. Hijikata say something here just now? Announced that Mr. Shannan's suspicion of 'taking off' was cleared? still--"

The earth side became angry.

What has changed in this woman?Roundworms in other people's stomachs?How on earth could he guess what just happened without his presence?What kind of woman is Shannan looking at this time?Witch?Or a witch? ——Ah no, he remembered that he seemed to have heard Yong Cang and Okita say once, "The woman Mr. Shannan is looking for is Miss Akari from the 'Floating Boat' shop"——

Oh, right!

The earthworker suddenly widened his eyes.

Akari!That's the name!He just said that he always felt that something was wrong——

That's because in his memory, the woman Shannan liked that he had heard of was obviously called "Mingli"!It should have nothing to do with this girl named "Axue"! !

The earthworker almost immediately forgot to answer Ashue's question of "what happened just now".His face darkened, and suddenly he felt that both Shannan and this Ashe looked extremely suspicious.

"Where's Miss Mingli?" He asked directly and coldly.

"I remember hearing it from someone before. ... Shannan-kun likes a girl named 'Akari', isn't it? Which shop in Shimabara?"

His eyebrows were lowered, and he stared at the obviously suspicious young girl in front of him.

"...It's not a girl called 'Axue'. So where did you come from?!"

The more he thought about it, the more startled he felt.

"Honestly, is the house you bought at Sanjo Omiya... or, it was prepared to confuse me. Where did that 'Akari' go? If there was no such a person, they wouldn't know The name is so legendary..."

After clarifying all the doubts one by one, he questioned them directly.But Ah Xue only showed a little surprise at the beginning, and then she pursed her lips and smiled lightly, as if the questions he raised were not really any questions.

"Oh," she replied lightly.

"That's because other people misunderstood... Yes, there is indeed a girl named 'Mingli' in the 'Floating Boat' store. Sometimes Mr. Shannan will sit with her when he goes to the store..."

She actually admitted it so generously!

"However, Mr. Shannan likes me. ... I can be sure of this at any time." She continued to speak boldly under the watchful eyes of the crowd, as if she was not ashamed.

Earthwork: "..."

He said, ask her what to do?Isn't there only one ending—that is, being pissed off by her—?

He coughed, and finally remembered to return to the topic.

"Uh...that's right! I did announce the results of this investigation in public just now...Since there is no clear evidence to prove that Shannan Jun escaped without authorization last night, then of course it is the opposite conclusion..."

But Shannan, who was standing aside and listening to the verbal confrontation (?) between Ashe and Hijikata with a smile all the time, suddenly spoke.

"And then, indeed, there was an earthquake," he said.

Earthwork: "..."

The author has something to say:

February 8:

I!like!Kind of!Wonderful brain hole [Hey!

In short, my inspiration erupted today, so the next update will definitely be on time hhh

PS. The "respect in appearance and respect in heart" mentioned in this chapter comes from "Book of Rites".

In the old days of neon, many cultural people were proud of learning Chinese poetry and other knowledge. Before the director was executed, he wrote a Chinese poem as a death poem.

So I assume that Mr. Shannan has also read some classics on Sinology.

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