【Breaking 1W】

"Aqian, now is the time when the cherry blossoms are at their peak and most beautiful."

"However, because I have been very busy recently and it is difficult to find free time, I have been unable to go to cherry blossom viewing with you."

"I've always felt quite guilty about this."

"Aqian, I'm sorry..."

After finishing speaking, Hijikata bit his lower lip lightly with his teeth, the corners of his mouth drooped slightly, and his cheeks were filled with self-blame and shame.

"Mr. Hijikata, please don't say that!" Seeing Hijikata's appearance, Aqian said quickly and distressedly, "As long as I can talk to you and be with you, I will be satisfied!"

“Whether you enjoy the cherry blossoms or not, it doesn’t matter to me at all!”

"Aqian...thank you..." Hijikata pursed his lips and smiled with an moved face, lowered his head and kissed Aqian's forehead gently, "Although I still have a lot of business and it's difficult to squeeze out time to go enjoy the tour with you.

cherry."

"But I promise you: before the cherry blossoms fall this year, I will definitely take you to see the gorgeous sea of ​​cherry blossoms!"

"So - I decided today to bring over this cherry blossom that fell on my shoulder by chance and is quite destined to me."

Hijikata used very gentle movements to put the cherry blossom in his hand into Aqian's small palm.

"This cherry blossom, which is very close to me, is just a warm-up."

The soft smile on Hijikata's face became stronger.

"Now let's take a look at this little cherry blossom with you."

"After that, I will take you to see a thousand or ten thousand more beautiful cherry blossoms!"

"Mr. Hijikata...!" Aqian raised his head, stared lovingly at Hijikata's handsome face with eyes shining with countless little stars, and then carefully protected it with his hands as if holding something fragile.

Holding the cherry blossoms that Hijikata handed her in the palm just now.

"How is it? Is this cherry blossom beautiful?"

"Well!" Aqian, whose face was filled with emotion early on, nodded his head vigorously, "It's so beautiful... Mr. Hijikata, thank you! I am so happy tonight!"

"Well, I'm satisfied to be able to see your smiling face." Hijikata hugged Aqian tighter in his arms.

After a man and a woman hugging each other talked about love for a while, Hijikata suddenly said:

"Aqian, can you do me a favor?"

Without thinking, Aqian cast a firm gaze towards Hijikata: "Mr. Hijikata, please speak!"

"We have recently recruited two new diners in our restaurant, namely Nagakura Shinpachi and Harada Sanosuke, who shined in the previous 'Fanshu Tiaosho Incident'."

"Aqian, I hope that when you work in the tea house in the future, you can help me publicize this matter to all the guests who come to your tea house as quietly as possible."

"Is that it?" Aqian blinked in confusion.

"Well, that's it." Hijikata stroked Aqian's hair lovingly, "I'm sorry... I have to trouble you to help me."

"No!" Aqian shook his head like a rattle, "I'm very happy to be able to help you, Mr. Hijikata!"

When Aqian's head reunited with Hijikata, he had lost the ability to think due to emotion and love.

Without any hesitation or asking why Hijikata asked her to help with such a thing, she agreed to Hijikata's request.

"Aqian, thank you."

After saying "Thank you" to Aqian in a slightly disgusting tone, Hijikata relaxed his arms and slowly released Aqian from his arms.

"Okay, it's almost time. Aqian, please go back quickly."

"If you come back to the store too late like last time, your boss will scold you again."

"I want to stay with Mr. Hijikata for a while longer..." Aqian pursed her lips.

"Idiot." Hijikata laughed dumbly, stretched out his hand and pinched Aqian's face, "We will have many opportunities to be together in the future. Be good, be obedient, and go back to the store quickly."

"Hmm..." Aqian reluctantly pecked her head a few times, then held the cherry blossom Hijikata gave her, returned along the original path, and quickly left the dark alley.

As soon as Ah Qian's figure disappeared from his sight, Tu Fang immediately picked up the clothes on his chest, lowered his head and sniffed his clothes vigorously.

After confirming that there was no feminine smell on his body, he calmly arranged his clothes, turned around, and left the place in another direction.

Hijikata walked through several towns without stopping, and finally... entered an izakaya straight away.

"Welcome... Ah! Mr. Hijikata!" The female owner of this izakaya, a woman in her 30s who was standing busy behind the counter, saw Hijikata and showed the same smile as Achie just now.

Expression: Full of surprise.

"Ah Zao, long time no see." Hijikata leaned against the counter and glanced around the store, "Are there no customers in the store now?"

"Yes." Azao smiled bitterly, "Business has not been very good these days."

After briefly discussing the topic of the lack of customers in the store, Azao cleared his throat, put his hands on his hips, and glanced at Hijikata with an angry look.

"Humph, you guys finally know how to come and see me?"

"Sorry, sorry." Hijikata clasped his hands together and bowed his head to Azao with a sincere expression, apologizing, "I've been really busy lately."

"Hmph..." Azao made a shy "hum" sound through her nose, "Really... I don't know what I'm busy with all day long."

"I need my help to take care of many things in the Imperial Guard Hall," Hijikata said casually.

Azao curled her lips and said, "You are not related to the people in the Trial Guard Hall, so why do you work so hard for the Trial Guard Hall?"

"Hahaha." Hijikata looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, "Who said that I and Shiweiguan are not relatives?"

"Although Asheng and Souji and I are not related by blood, my relationship with them has long gone beyond ordinary brotherhood."

"To me, the two of them are just like an older brother and...a younger brother."

"As for Master and Uncle Yuan, they are also elders that I rely on very much."

Having said this, Hijikata changed into a half-joking tone:

"For the sake of everyone in the Trial Guard Hall, I am willing to transform into a 'ghost of hell'."

"'Ghost of Hell'... Hahaha, Mr. Hijikata, you occasionally say some very interesting things. Here, I'll treat you to a drink." Azao handed a glass of freshly warmed sake to Hijikata,

"Then - this gentleman who is willing to transform into a 'ghost of hell' for everyone in the Trial Guard Hall suddenly visited our store. Why?"

The corner of Hijikata's mouth curved in a charming way, he grabbed the glass of wine Azao gave him and drank it in one gulp, then reached into his arms and took out a delicate cherry blossom.

"Azao, this is for you."

"Huh? Why did you suddenly give me a cherry blossom?"

"This is a cherry blossom that accidentally fell on my shoulder when I went for an outing in Kanagawa yesterday."

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It was like rewinding a movie video, and the almost identical scenes that happened in the dark alley where Hijikata and Aqian met just now were repeated again...

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"I've been very busy lately and it's hard to find free time, so I haven't been able to go cherry blossom viewing with you."

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"Mr. Hijikata, please don't say that!"

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"I decided today to bring over this cherry blossom that fell on my shoulder by chance and which I am quite destined to have."

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"After that, I will take you to see a thousand or ten thousand more beautiful cherry blossoms!"

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Azao held the cherry blossom given by Hijikata and threw herself shyly into Hijikata's arms across the counter like an ignorant girl.

"It's true..." Azao, whose cheeks were red, pursed her lips and stared lovingly at the cherry blossoms in her palm, "She always teases me, an old woman..."

"Then are you willing to let me keep teasing you like this?" Hijikata used a slightly domineering posture and movement to hold Azao into his arms with one hand.

"..." Ah Zao, who was silent, pecked his head gently.

Hijifang hugged Ah Zao and after talking to Ah Zao for a long time, he suddenly said to Ah Zao as if by accident:

"Azao, I have something to ask you for help."

"We have recently recruited two new diners in our restaurant, namely Nagakura Shinpachi and Harada Sanosuke, who shined in the previous 'Fanshu Tiaosho Incident'."

"Azao, I hope you can help me publicize this matter to all the guests who come to your izakaya as quietly as possible."

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About 5 minutes later, Hijikata walked out of Azao's izakaya with great strides.

As soon as he left, the native smelled his clothes to make sure that there was no woman's fragrance on his body, and strode towards Nippon Embankment.

Nippon Tsutsumi - When hearing this place name, most Edo men will smile knowingly.

Because this place is home to the largest red light district in Edo and the number one in Japan: Yoshiwara.
To be continued...