Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

The life in Dounan Wuhuhe was as poor as expected.However, he temporarily gained a long-forgotten stability.

The Aizu Domain, which was closed for 28 stone before the war, has now become the [-]-stone Southern Domain that has to start over in this barren land.

Former Aizu Castle Defense Governor Yamakawa Daizo once again assumed the role of leader. This young man Yanagi Izumi was not familiar with before, and he had only heard his name occasionally-but now he has shown incredible tenacity and hard work. These Aizu warriors continued to fight for the continuation of the fire of the Aizu Domain in this harsh wilderness of the northern country.

The house Saito was allocated was almost just a wooden house, where he lived with four other Aizu clansmen.The room was narrow and very cold in winter. After Liu Quan arrived, it took a lot of repairs and renovations to barely get rid of the predicament of air leakage everywhere.

Saito seems to have been wounded in the final battle, and I heard that he was not well taken care of when he was captured afterwards, and his recovery from the injury was not satisfactory, and he seems to be in a slow recovery period until now—although he refuses to admit it On this point, he is unwilling to show the torment caused by a little bit of pain in front of others.

Now that the new government has wiped out the last resistance force, the Ezo Republic, it is not appropriate to publicly talk about how Liu Quan met Saito before.Although Liu Quan is still dressed in men's clothes now, she no longer uses other subtle makeup techniques to conceal her feminine features, so the neighbors seem to see her true colors as a woman.

Soon, some people were concerned about the identity and origin of this young woman who temporarily lived in Saito's house.To make matters worse, when he was questioned with such concern for the first time, Liu Quan felt that he should do whatever he wanted, so he turned his eyes to Saito, waiting for him to explain; His instinct broke out again, and Liu Quan watched helplessly as he gradually blushed from embarrassment without saying a word.

... The gossip attitude of the neighbor's aunt, "Oh, who is this young and beautiful girl, Ichinose-kun, who is yours?" is really terrible!

Liu Quan bowed his head silently and thought for a while, but found that there was really no particularly good argument to convince the crowd.

Of course, it cannot be said that they are colleagues and comrades-in-arms of the former Shinsengumi.Not to mention the fact that the Shinsengumi is no more than a banned word now, just how to explain to these onlookers who don't know the truth why there is a woman among the cadres of the Shinsengumi is enough to be nerve-wracking.

And now that the members of the Shinsengumi are being brutally hunted down by the new government, there is simply no benefit in speaking out.So this option cannot be used at all!

But if you don't explain it now, everyone will definitely open their minds!

Liu Quan had no choice but to use a calm and natural attitude to firmly tell the good neighbors who came to care that she was the older sister of "Ichinose Den Hachikun".What hometown was destroyed by the war, and all the family members died, so I had to come to this distant cousin. Liu Quan's weaving was extremely smooth and natural, and there was not a single stumbling block.

...But Yijun, please, can you not look shocked and then feel guilty when you hear the word "sister", with "Oh, this is a lie, this is not true, what should I do" all over my face! !

Flip the table!The biggest flaw in her very convincing story has been discovered by those enthusiastic neighbors!

Liu Quan looked at those enthusiastic neighbors with expressions of "we all know what's good and good", and walked away with a mysterious smile, his heart racing.

Looking back at Saito's mouthless handsome face with a tinge of red, she suddenly became discouraged for some reason, and felt her head hurt even more as she pressed her twitching temples.

...I'm so heartbroken, Yi-kun.This is a deep misunderstanding...Since there is no mortal war now, and the male college is married in peacetime, I should have worried about your marriage for your beloved deputy chief...but now you are here because of rumors And if I can't find a wife, wouldn't I be punished in front of the deputy chief...? !

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In any case, ten days after Liu Quan came to Dounan, Saito's dilapidated house, which was more deserted than its neighbors, finally took on a new look.

Most of the neighbors came to Dounan with their families to settle down, but Saito was not only alone, but also suffered a lot of injuries in the final defense of Aizu.After the war, they were captured immediately after the war. Of course, you can't expect that the Sacho League, who is eager to tear up the whole stubbornly resisting Aizu, will have a good attitude towards these loyal fighters of Aizu, can you?

So on the first day when she arrived in Dounan and met Saito, when Liu Quan noticed that Saito was acting a bit strange, as if his left hand was somewhat inconvenient, and after walking for a long time, she was a little shaky, and she quickly He realized the crux of the matter, and immediately took out the ruthless authoritative attitude of a big sister and ordered Saito to stay in bed, and then walked to the backyard by himself to start chopping firewood and cooking.

To be honest, Liu Quan couldn't be more troubled by these housework!At least she used her swordsmanship to complete the work of chopping firewood. As for the cooking skills, it is not bad to rely on the cooking skills exchanged with the system bacteria before, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and the kitchen of the young family is almost empty There is not even a mouse, she can't be the northwest wind and invite him to eat!

However, before the Aizu domain accepted them, the Shinsengumi was not without poverty; and later, during the Boshin War, they moved all the way to the north, and finally spent a period of hardship in the mountains of Hakodate. After these ups and downs Liu Quan at least knows what to find as food for the training of homelessness.So when the smoke billowed from the backyard of Saito's house, the enthusiastic ladies in the neighbor's house almost popped their eyes out.

Early the next morning, someone came to welcome the distant guest of Saito's family.

After sending away one wave and another wave, it didn't gradually subside until three or five days later.

Saito usually still has work to do in Dounan Fan. Although he has not recovered from his injury, he still insists on going to work every day.That's why his family looks like a broken pot and a cold stove - he often has exhausted his energy when he comes home after work, and he has no time and energy to take care of other things.

For the past six or seven years, Liu Quan had been working non-stop with nervous tension.To complete the tasks assigned by the Shinsengumi, you must worry about your man's disguise and never show your feet. After so many years of walking on the tightrope on the edge of the abyss, you will encounter a cruel decisive battle and a dead end. ——Although after the fall of Goryokaku, she and Hijikata lived in seclusion in the mountains near Hakodate for more than half a year, and spent a period of peaceful days, Kujo Dokiyo still has the hidden worry of not knowing when to pursue him, just like Damocles The sword hangs above her head like a sword, making it difficult for her to sleep peacefully every day.

So when everything is over and everything is lost, in this desolate and impoverished Dounan land, every day when you open your eyes, you only need to do some small things like housework, this kind of life makes Liu Quan feel a little fresh, Also much more relaxed.

...Probably because I don't have to worry about one day my deep-seated secrets will be revealed, and I will be kicked out by Saito later.

No, or it can be said that the only thing she has to worry about is how she should explain to Xiaoyi that she must disappear immediately when the system bacteria suddenly announce that the next mission world pre-drawing work is completed and the players must go out immediately .

However, even if that kind of thing really happened, she believed that she would be able to leave peacefully with the melancholy feeling she felt every time she left a task world she was already very familiar with.

Dounan is not too far from Hakodate.Although the current transportation is inconvenient, the sense of distance in time and space and the similar weather and climate between Dounan and Hakodate still made Liu Quan feel inexplicably relieved.

Those who survived such a difficult war...will certainly be able to continue to survive in such a barren and harsh environment.

This is true for Primary One, and even more so for the Deputy Chief.

She is so convinced.

The door knocked, interrupting Liu Quan's thoughts.She heard that familiar voice.

"I am back."

...It's really strange, this situation and feeling...

He couldn't help showing a wry smile, and quickly put that wry smile back.Liu Quan stood up from the table and walked to the narrow entrance.

"Welcome back, Ichi-kun." She smiled gently, her eyes fell on Saito's injured left hand.

"How do you feel today?" she continued.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Saito moved his right arm as if feeling a little uncomfortable.

"Ah, it's all right." He replied hastily, standing at the entrance a little awkwardly, as if feeling at a loss because Liu Quan stood there blocking his way into the house.

Liu Quan looked at him like this, but felt a little funny.

Xiaoyi, you were the mouthless wolf of the Kyoto Shinsengumi back then.It's still like this, it hasn't changed at all.

She turned around with a smile and walked straight to the kitchen behind, her voice wafting through a door.

"The answer is not specific enough, cancel the tofu dish for dinner."

Her answer was a bang, as if Saito stumbled while taking a step.

The smile on her face widened a bit, and she stood in front of the stove with a smile on her face, tied up her sleeves with a cloth belt in a leisurely manner, and reached out to lift the lid of the old pot on the stove.

The dinner was very simple - there were not many ingredients for her to show off her cooking skills in such a poor and cold place - when they were about to finish the meal in silence, Liu Quan suddenly spoke.

"After Yijun... what are your plans?"

Saito seemed a little surprised, his gaze slowly turned from the deliciously seasoned tofu on the plate in front of her to her face, with a flash in his eyes.

He seemed to have thought about it seriously before answering: "...Stay here and continue living."

Liu Quan put the small bowl of rice in his hand back on the small table, as if he wanted to deliberately stretch out his chopsticks to snatch the tofu in front of him for a moment - just like in the past in the settlement in Kyoto, she saw Shinpachi and Hesuke often It was like doing something similar—but in the end, it seemed that she held back the idea of ​​making trouble again, and nodded solemnly.

"...Since you have survived the harsh war and survived, then, live well, Kazu-kun."

She stared at his face, seemed to choke for a moment, and then continued: "...don't disappoint fate's kindness in letting you survive. It is our rare luck to be able to live till now..."

Saito was silent for a moment, and slowly put down the chopsticks in his hand.

"What about you?... What are your future plans?" He asked bluntly without responding to her previous words.

Liu Quan was stunned for a moment.

"I?!"

After a few seconds, she smiled slowly.

"I really do not know."

"As a woman, it is not impossible to live alone... But as you know, since I am no longer a normal person, it seems that I can only stay in the northeast..."

"I always feel that I can't live without working hard. That would be a shame for Mr. Hijikata's intentions. But now, what else can I do..."

"I don't know if I will never be able to see Hijikata-san again in this life... Maybe it will be impossible to see my sister again in this life. I have lost the qualification to see almost all my important people. I am really sad..."

She lowered her head slightly, and Saito noticed that the tip of the chopsticks was trembling slightly in her right hand that was still holding the chopsticks.

"...No. Aren't you still allowed to visit the chief executive and Chizuru?" He said suddenly and seriously without knowing what kind of thought it was.

"And...if you have nowhere to go, you can also stay here...in Dounan."

"Stay here as long as you want...you can do anything you want. There must be something you can do..."

Liu Quan suddenly raised his head.She stared at him strangely and brightly, he suddenly stumbled, and the fluent tone just now disappeared suddenly.

"Because...because, supporting the deputy chief...you who have been going all the way to the present, one, will definitely find something worth your efforts...you, you won't be the kind of person who will give up easily, I know. "

A look of astonishment appeared on her face, as if she hadn't expected to hear such words from him at all.

When he was almost dazed by her unusually bright eyes, she suddenly laughed softly and shook her head.

"How cunning, Yi-kun."

The lines of her face softened, and under the dim light of the oil lamp, there were occasional flashes of light, dancing on her young and beautiful face that had gone through countless fierce battles.

"To say such a thing... I really don't want to admit it, I'm a little convinced by you, huh?"

Saito was taken aback.

But her thoughts seemed to have drifted out of the wooden house in Dounan to a far away place, she seemed a little lost in thought.

"You're right... There must be something else I can do, so I continue to exist in this world."

"Even if I have to leave one day, I will do the same as when I was in Kyoto—"

Having said that, she paused for a moment, and turned her gaze back to his face.

She just stared at him for several seconds until he became embarrassed and his voice became a little fluttering.

"What, what's wrong...?!"

She pursed her lips into a smile, let him go, lowered her head, and fiddled with the tofu on the plate with her chopsticks.

"We will believe in ourselves and our companions like the most shining moment in our lives..."

"Stay true to your beliefs and keep going."

She suddenly raised her eyes and threw a question at him unexpectedly.

"Yijun, do you believe me?"

He was taken aback.

"Ah...ah."

For some reason he stuttered a bit.

Probably deterred by the sudden aura erupting from her body.

Responding to this, he gradually felt that he was amused.

So he raised the corners of his lips slightly, put down the plate, put his hands on the table, leaned forward slightly, and nodded vigorously at her.

"If it's Mr. Xueye...you can probably do anything." He said, and after he finished speaking, he seemed to think that his blind trust was a bit funny, so the smile on the corner of his lips deepened a little bit.

Liu Quan was stunned for a moment.

"...Really, this kind of lines and expressions..." She muttered like complaining.

"It's a foul."

Saito was also taken aback.

"F-foul?" He asked in surprise, "What did I commit?...Can't I say that I believe you can do anything? But, but, I really think so..."

Liu Quan burst out laughing.

Then she stood up without warning, walked around her desk, walked straight up to Saito, bent down - and stroked his hair again.

Saito:! ?

"Ah," he saw her crooked brows and eyes when she smiled, and she looked very happy right in front of him.

"This—this time, it means 'I am very grateful for the [friendly support and firm trust] you gave me'."

【Special episode END】

The author has something to say:

February 4:

In fact, I have imagined this kind of daily life many times hhh

Because I remember that everyone commented before, I sprinkled sugar when I wrote the deputy director's extravaganza, and sprinkled glass shards when I wrote the junior one's extravaganza

So I specially sprinkled some sugar for Xiao Yi!

It's a pity that we can't write some interesting scenes because of the reason "The weather in Dounan is too cold to keep warm while saving charcoal fires...".

In addition, "Ichinose Denhachi" is a pseudonym Xiaoyi used after his defeat in Aizu, probably to avoid being wanted by the new government.