Division【7700】

"Soji, what would you like to drink or eat?"

"Just regular green tea... I'm not hungry, so I won't order anything."

"Then I also want a cup of green tea. Sorry, we want 2 cups of green tea."

"Okay~~! Please wait a moment! Tea will be ready soon!"

Teshiro-san's energetic voice formed a sharp contrast with the calm tone of conversation between the Okita siblings.

To have such a chance encounter with the Okita siblings in this tea house, Qingnobo originally wanted to go over and say hello, but both the expression on the Souji's face and the tone of the two siblings' words all conveyed the message "It's better not to."

Just approach them casually first” aura.

The two siblings looked strange... Qingdeng hesitated for a long time and decided to stay put for now and observe the situation before making a decision.

What Souji and Okita Hikaru ordered were the most ordinary green teas. In just a blink of an eye, Teshiro-san returned to the Okita siblings' table with two cups of lukewarm tea.

While waiting for Miss Teshiro to bring tea, the two siblings remained silent and did not speak.

Okita Hikaru folded his hands on the table and looked at his nose and heart.

The Souji rested his right arm on the table, supported his head with his right palm, and lifted the ponytail from the back of his head in front of his body with his left hand. He curled his hair with his fingers while staring at the end of it in a daze.

"Two distinguished guests! Your tea is here~! If you need anything else, you can call me again!"

The energetic voice of Miss Teshiro also failed to dispel the stiff atmosphere that permeated the relationship between the two.

"Thanks."

It can be seen that Okita Hikaru has no interest in the cup of tea now placed in front of him.

From politely saying "thank you" to Miss Teshiro, to watching Miss Teshiro leave, she never once glanced at the cup of tea she ordered.

At this time, when Miss Teshiro put down the tea they ordered and returned to the kitchen with the tea tray in her arms, the strange silence between the siblings was finally broken by Okita Hikaru's voice.

The first words she spoke made Qingdeng almost spit out the sweet water that happened to be in his mouth.

"Okay, Director-General, let's continue the topic we just talked about. How do you want to give up swordsmanship?"

——Give up learning the sword?

Qingdeng's eyes widened, and with brute force and perseverance, he forced the sweet water that almost spewed out of his mouth back into his mouth from the corners of his lips, and swallowed it down into his stomach.

--what happened?

At this moment, Qingdeng couldn't care less about the sweet water and the gong was burning.

"Concentration" is activated directly! Gather your whole body and mind and listen carefully to the conversation between the General Secretary and Okita Hikaru.

"elder sister……"

Qingden heard the chief executive sigh heavily.

"I don't want to give up the sword..."

"Hey, you kid, don't you really want to rely on swordsmanship to earn a living in the future?"

"...It has nothing to do with whether I can make a living with the sword in the future. I like swordsmanship, so I don't want to give up swordsmanship. The reason is that simple."

"You...sigh..."

Okita Hikaru's sigh contained a full aura of "hating iron but not steel".

"General Secretary, how many times do I have to tell you before you understand? I have carefully investigated and found out that no matter how good a person is in swordsmanship, there are only very few people who can rely on swordsmanship to make a living, not to mention you..."

"elder sister!"

Souji suddenly interrupted Okita Hikaru's words with an extremely high-pitched tone.

The pitch was so high and the sound was so loud that it directly overwhelmed all the conversations in the tea house.

All the customers in the teahouse turned their heads and cast doubtful glances at the pair of siblings, both of whom were very good-looking.

Suddenly became the focus of the audience... This made Okita Hikaru feel at a loss.

While looking around with an awkward expression, she quickly said to the Souji:

"General, Chief, what are you doing?"

"Sister, can you please stop talking about this topic now?"

The general manager frowned and curled his lips vigorously.

"It's rare that we go out to play and buy things together, so don't talk about such heavy-hearted things anymore."

At this time, Qingnobo discovered: There was a square brocade box placed by the Souji's knee. On the brocade box was engraved a mark that most people in Edo were familiar with - it was a famous Wu in Edo.

The family crest of a service merchant.

The contents of this exquisite brocade box should be the clothes sold in the famous Wufu store.

Okita Hikari seemed to want to say something more, but the gazes of the people around her made her feel as if a heavy hammer was pressing on her body, and she was unable to say a single formed word.

In desperation, Okita Hikaru could only give in and make a compromise.

"Okay... I understand." Okita Hikaru shrank his neck and looked around the circle with cautious eyes, "Then let's not talk about this for now. I will find time to talk to you slowly and in detail later."

Souji smiled for the first time since Qingde met them in this tea house.

But his smile quickly disappeared.

"Then let's change the topic and talk about your marriage. Souji, you are already 16 this year. It's time to think about it..."

Chief: "Ouch! Ouch!"

Before Okita Hikaru finished speaking, the director closed his eyes tightly, raised his hands to cover his ears, and screamed "Ouch, Ouch, Ouch".

"This kind of topic is also very heart-breaking!"

"No, no, no!"

"I won't listen, I won't listen!"

The Souji, who closed his eyes tightly and covered his ears tightly, was like a Tyrannosaurus rex. He opened his mouth wide and howled to the sky. At the same time, he kept shaking his head vigorously, and the slender ponytail on the back of his head flew up and down.

Okita's roar and behavior attracted more eyes and attention.

Okita Hikaru, who didn't like the feeling of disturbing others, suddenly felt a strong embarrassment written on his face.

"Director, please stop shouting! Okay, okay, I won't talk about this in this place. I'm sorry for disturbing you, please forgive me."

After Okita Hikaru quickly dissuaded Souji from the "T-Rex roar", he quickly went to apologize to the people around him, and he was very busy.

After hearing Okita Hikaru say, "We don't want to talk about this in this place," the Souji immediately became quiet.

The expressions change so quickly, it's like a magic trick.

Director General: (=￣ω￣=): “Okay, then I won’t argue.”

Qingden could faintly detect a hint of naughty smile in Souji's half-closed eyes and the slightly raised corners of his mouth.

Okita Hikaru also noticed the smile on Souji's face.

I saw Okita Hikaru put his hands on his hips and said angrily:

"General Secretary, you are already a grown-up, why do you still act like..."

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch..."

"Okay, okay!"

Seeing that Souji was about to switch to "T-Rex mode" again, Okita Hikaru quickly interrupted him.

"Stop shouting, stop shouting, oh...it's true..."

Okita Hikaru let out a long sigh, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.

Although Qingto could not see Okita's expression because Okita's back was facing him, from Okita's sigh, Qingto could vaguely feel that the eldest sister in the family seemed to have aged several times at this moment.

age.

At this time, Souji showed a naughty smile and laughed happily "hehehe", like a naughty child who succeeded in playing a prank.

When Qingdeng saw this, he couldn't help laughing.

This is the Souji Aomori is familiar with...a naive boy who never seems to grow up.

The heavy-looking face I saw just now doesn't match Souji at all.

With the chief making such a fuss, Okita Hikaru seemed to have no intention of staying in this teahouse any longer.

After she hurriedly drank the tea in the cup, she hurriedly led the chief commander away.

Although Souji had just used tricks to fool all the topics Okita Hikaru mentioned, the words Okita Hikaru just talked about were still firmly remembered in Qingden's mind.

"Are you giving up swordsmanship..."

Qingdeng mumbled like this slowly, as if chewing every word and every sentence

Souji is being urged to get married by his sister... Qingto has heard about this from Souji before, so he is not surprised.

But Souji's eldest sister is trying her best to persuade Souji to give up learning swordsmanship... This is the first time Aomori knows about this.

Qingden raised his head and cast a thoughtful gaze in the direction where the Okita siblings were leaving.

There is no way Qingdeng can put this kind of thing behind him...

…

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It's day, evening——

Edo, Koishikawa Kohinata Yanagi Town, Imperial Guard Hall——

The setting sun that sets in the west disappears behind the roof. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the clouds in the sky are framed with a golden halo.

These golden clouds pile up on the mountains in the distance, dyeing the mountains and the sky with magnificent colors.
To be continued...