"It's a question for Mr. Hijikata."

While showing a silly smile that looked a little heartless, Souji moved his butt in the direction of Aoto, so that his shoulders were almost touching.

"Tachibana-kun, between Miss Kinoshita and Miss Sanako...which one do you like?"

"Ha..." In order to cover up the confused expression he was showing at the moment, Qingdeng pretended to fill his own wine glass.

This brings him back to the issue that had him scrambling just now...

To be honest, Qingdeng has never thought about this issue carefully... No, he has been subconsciously avoiding this issue.

I have a very special feeling for Kinoshita Mai - that's for sure. Otherwise, I wouldn't have taken the initiative to invite Kinoshita Mai to watch the fireworks.

But after going through so many things with Sanako, it seems that my feelings for Sanako cannot be described by just the word "friendship"...otherwise, I wouldn't let Sanako go to comfort Sanako.

I wanted to get happy as soon as possible and force him to go to the lively fireworks display.

Which one do you like the most? Have you ever thought about marrying any of them?

A clear, resonant, yet unspeakable answer that would surely receive strange looks from many people if told, exploded in Qingdeng's mind...

Qingteng secretly looked at the Souji with a strange expression... thinking seriously about whether he should tell the truth to the Souji and tell him his true inner thoughts.

Looking at Qingneng's troubled expression, the director mistakenly thought that Qingneng didn't know how to answer.

Then, the director-general said "hehe" and showed a smile to Qingden with his eyes narrowed into a pair of crescent moons.

"Ju-kun, it really doesn't look like you."

The general manager raised his hand and patted Qingden on the back.

"The Mr. Tachibana I know is a person who is very quick and decisive in both thinking and doing things."

"Why did the decisive and decisive Ju Qingden suddenly become a mother-in-law? This kind of question shouldn't be that difficult to answer, right? Just follow your own desires and follow your inner thoughts..."

The Souji hasn’t finished speaking yet——

"General Secretary!"

A loud shout interrupted her words.

The drunken Kondo walked quickly towards the headquarters with shaky steps and a smile on his face.

"What are you whispering to Mr. Tachibana? Stop chatting! Come and dance with us!"

"Dancing?" Souji was startled, and then looked towards the center of the hall - while she was whispering to Ayoto, Hijikata, Inoue, and Shusuke stood in the middle of the hall at some unknown time and danced Kondo and

Hijikata's hometown: Dance in the Tama area.

Due to the influence of alcohol, and the fact that everyone except Hijikata had obviously never learned any dance skills, Shusuke and the others' dance could not be said to be ugly, but it could also be said to be a "dance of demons".

"Only you, me, father, Ah Sui, and Uncle Yuan can dance our Tama dance, come and dance with us!"

"Huh? I...ah!"

Before Souji could express any opinions, Kondo pulled him out of his seat and dragged Souji to the center of the hall, which was now a dance floor.

——Be quick and decisive...Follow your own desires...Follow your inner thoughts...

Because he inexplicably wanted to see Souji dance, Aoto not only did not offer any help to Souji, but instead looked at Souji being dragged away with a "motherly smile", he silently repeated it in his heart

This is what the Chief Secretary said to him just now.

A series of firm eyes that seemed to have made some determination bloomed from Qingdeng's eyes.

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…

When Souji's face turned red from shame and he danced Tama's dance with Kondo and the others with his "hands and feet twisting as if they had a consciousness of their own" -

"..." Okita Hikaru looked expressionlessly at Aoto who was watching the dance intently.

Okita Hikaru and his wife are also attending tonight's banquet. They are sitting in Qingto, not far from the headquarters.

As early as just now, when Aoto and Souji were whispering, Okita Hikaru was like a cat that smelled fishy smell. On the surface, he was still eating calmly, but in fact, he was constantly throwing towards Aoto and the others.

Appraising eyes.

Because Okita Hikaru's "peeping" actions were very subtle, Aoto and Souji never found out that there was a wife who was very worried about their sister's future, and had been quietly paying attention to them...

When "peeping" at Aonto and Souji, Hikaru Okita's expression remained calm and indifferent throughout the whole process. There was nothing strange about it, making people wonder what she was thinking...

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…

At this moment——

Edo, somewhere——

A pair of middle-aged men and women wearing bamboo hats and simple clothes stood in the center of an intersection.

The two of them looked to be in their early 40s.

The man was wearing dark blue clothes and black hakama, with a light green haori draped over his head. He wore ordinary long and short swords on his left waist, and his handsome face without a beard showed many traces of vicissitudes of life.

She didn't have a haircut, but her hair was braided into a neat bun. Her hair was dark and thick, and only her temples were slightly gray.

Her skin is fair, and she has obviously reached an age where it is easy for her to gain fat and gain a big belly, but she has a tall body.

Overall, he is a middle-aged man with nothing eye-catching about his appearance - the only thing about this man that can be considered eye-catching... or should be said to be worth mentioning, is his right arm.

The middle-aged man's entire right arm seemed to have been scorched by fire, and his skin was a very strange charred black color.

On the contrary, the appearance of the middle-aged woman standing side by side with this middle-aged man has quite a lot to say in detail.

This middle-aged woman is truly a "beautiful woman" and a "mature, charming wife".

Bright eyes are like stars on a summer night.

The bridge of the nose is handsome and straight.

The small and exquisite lips reveal a delicate and rosy color.

The skin is fair enough. The whiter it is, the skin looks sickly. The darker it is, the more beautiful it becomes.

The nearly completely black hair is tied into a bun that symbolizes a wife.

Her height was considered moderate for women of this era. When converted into modern earth length units, the height of this beautiful woman was about 1.55 meters.

Although small wrinkles symbolizing the traces of time have grown in the corners of the eyes, mouth and other places, the charm is still there.

There is no doubt that this beautiful woman must have been a first-class beauty when she was young.

In addition to her appearance, the beautiful woman also has an excellent figure.

She wore a bright red yukata, with a wide white belt around her waist that reached the lower end of the southern hemisphere.

The thin fabric that hugs the body and the belt that highlights the presence of something will greatly highlight the beautiful woman's impressive figure full of fatal charm.

In a word - she is a beautiful woman whose appearance and temperament are full of mature charm, and who is extremely attractive to the men who have inherited the legacy of Wei Wu.

"Tsk...where is this place?" The beautiful woman raised the bamboo hat on her head slightly and looked around.

"Wait... let me look at the map..." The middle-aged man put his hand into his pocket and took out a very compact map, "Well... here... this should be... Takeuchi Town

.Then… go forward and you’ll find Takamachi, and go to the right and you’ll find Haramachi…”

"Is this old map of yours reliable?" the beautiful woman put her hands on her hips and asked angrily, "We have always followed your map, but we still got lost."

"It should be... reliable." The middle-aged man scratched his hair guiltily, "I bought this map 10 years ago. In just 10 years, there shouldn't be too many street scenes in Edo.

big change."

After saying that, the middle-aged man buried his face closer to the map in his hand and studied the map with great concentration.

"Tsk... It's dead of night now. There's not even a ghost on the street. I can't find anyone even if I want to ask for directions..." The beautiful woman sighed helplessly, then put down her hands on her hips, with a look of reminiscence on her face.

Scanning the surrounding street scene, "Speaking of which... we seem to have been here before, and I have an impression of this neighborhood."

"I remember that this place used to be a Wufu shop, and that place used to be a confectionery shop, but there were not such wide roads there... Edo has changed so much, it feels like it has become a strange new city."

"Hahaha, if you think about it carefully, we haven't been to Edo for a long time."

"Well, yes." The middle-aged man with a slight smile agreed softly.

"After attending Isamu Kondo's wedding, let's stay in Edo for a few more days," the beautiful woman suggested.

"Okay." The middle-aged man nodded without thinking, "That's what I meant."

"Hahaha, look! I'm right, right? Travelers often pass by this place! You're right to just wait and see!"

Suddenly, a hoarse, rough shout came from in front of the middle-aged man and woman.

The middle-aged men and women calmly followed the sound and raised their eyes, and saw four ronin wearing dirty clothes with knives on their waists, striding towards them in a swaggering manner.

The leader was a strong man with a lot of fat on his body, who was grinning ferociously at the middle-aged men and women.

"You two listen up!"

The strong man shouted with great air.

"We are people with lofty ideals to fight against the foreigners! We are running around to realize the great cause of 'fighting against the foreigners'! Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world! We do not force you to shed your blood and sacrifice your life like us. We only hope that we can provide some money, food and materials to support
To be continued...