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"What's going on? What's going on? What's going on?"

"I don't know, that girl suddenly ran to the street and knelt down."

"Let's go and see the excitement!"

…

No matter what time or place, there is always a shortage of onlookers who like to have fun.

Within a moment, Otsuki Minoru, who was still kneeling on the ground in the earth-seat position, was surrounded by onlookers on the three floors inside and three floors outside who came to watch the excitement.

The sight of everyone gathered together turned into a huge hammer, pressing down on Otsuki Minoru's whole body with the force of a mountain.

This is not a powerful blow that can kill someone in one breath.

But the power is neither fierce nor weak, it is crushed slowly, it is not fatal in one breath, but it makes people feel very painful and tortured.

Otsutsuki endured all this silently.

Not only did he apologize to Qingdeng, but he also knelt down and apologized to Qingdeng in public, in full view of the public, in the middle of a busy street... He who loves face so much and is so proud actually dared to lose face and do such a thing.

…

An unrealistic feeling that his body seemed to have become weightless, and that his whole figure seemed to be floating among the clouds, wrapped around Otsuki Minoru's whole body.

For a moment, Otsuki Minoru really doubted whether he was having an unrealistic nightmare.

At this time, Otsuki Minoru suddenly realized why he suddenly dared to do such a shameful act that he would never dare to think about.

It's not just because I'm anxious to get rid of my husband.

It was also because deep down in her heart, there was a strong fear of Qingdeng.

The current Qingdeng is no longer someone she can provoke or offend.

Even if we don't mention the various connections and resources that Qingteng currently possesses, just talking about Qingneng's current position - captain of the third division of the Fire Thieves Kaiden Division, his identity alone is enough to make Otsuki Minoru intimidated.

Although her husband's family is a wealthy businessman in Nara, it is far from the level of wealthy businessmen in Osaka, where even the government has to sell some thin noodles.

To put it bluntly, if Qingteng wanted to take cruel revenge on Otsuki Minoru who had treated him badly, there were plenty of ways.

Even if he just opens his mouth, he can attract countless people to do things for him.

After all, who doesn’t want to make friends with a rising star in the military world? Who doesn’t want to sell a favor to a Niou who can equal a thousand soldiers?

The more Otsuki Minoru thinks about it, the more terrifying she feels; the more she thinks about it, the more she feels like a huge weight has been hung on her heart, pulling her heart straight down; the more she thinks about it, the more she feels like there is a big invisible hand stretching out from underneath, grabbing her.

Dragging her body into a bottomless abyss.

All those memories of bullying Qingdeng, which she used to be so complacent about before, and which she often used as talking points to show off to her friends, all turned into huge rocks weighing on her heart, making her feel tight and breathless.

Otsuki couldn't bear the slightest regret or hatred towards Qingdeng who asked her to apologize for what she had done in the past.

She only felt faintly grateful.

She hoped that Mr. Ju could forgive her for this, that everything she had with Qingdeng could end after she apologized, and that Qingdeng would never retaliate against her in the future - she sincerely hoped for this.

Otsuki Minoru's unexpected appearance on the street kneeled down to apologize, which not only shocked the pedestrians walking on the street, but also shocked Ayoto and Sanako in the teahouse.

"Tangerine-kun..."

Qingden heard a soft call coming from beside him.

Turning her head to look, she saw the beautiful eyes staring straight at her.

After hearing from Aoto the cause and effect of why he got "tangled" with Otsuki Minoru in the private room of the teahouse, Sanako remained silent.

She didn't know much about the grievances between Qingteng and Otsuki Minoru, so when Qingteng talked to Otsuki Minoru about the "three conditions for aiding her," she couldn't interrupt at all, and she didn't want to interrupt.

It would be better to leave this kind of housework to Tachibana-kun himself - Sanako thought thoughtfully to himself.

However, after seeing the big moon in broad daylight and kneeling down to apologize in front of so many people, I still felt a little bit unbearable.

She didn't say anything, she just used her smart and expressive eyes to express her feelings: What do you think? Do you want Miss Otsuki to come back?

Qingdeng smiled helplessly.

In fact, he had no intention of letting Otsuki achieve this level.

In his original plan, it would be enough as long as Otsutsuki could perform the Togezaza ceremony in front of him in the private room and say "I'm sorry" clearly.

Just now, when Otsuki Minoru apologized loudly to Aoto in a Dogeza posture, the reason why Aoto remained indifferent... was entirely because an unexpected event happened suddenly that is difficult to describe in human language.

Qingdeng was so shocked by the accident that he was speechless.

"..." Qingdeng turned his head back wordlessly, staring straight into the empty air behind him with a solemn emotion.

Just now... the moment Otsuki Yong, who was kneeling on the tatami, said "I'm sorry" in a voice moistened with tears, Qingden suddenly heard a gentle sigh coming from behind him.

The emotions contained in this sigh are very complicated.

It was as if the tense string in my heart was finally broken.

A three-pointer was as satisfying and joyful as a great revenge had been avenged.

Three points is like being sad and sad about why someone feels sorry.

The last emotion... was the calm smile of finally letting go of something.

This sigh appeared suddenly and disappeared just as quickly.

When Qingdeng turned his head and looked back in surprise, he saw nothing except the walls of the tea room that had faded due to age and the empty air.

Whose sigh is this? Qingdeng has a definite answer in his heart - even though the name of the answer is incredible.

Qingden smiled as he stared at the void in front of him.

It was like looking at someone and smiling with a charming smile.

…

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Otsuki Minoru came back with red and swollen eyes.

Qingteng didn't talk nonsense. He said to Otsuki Minoru in a firm tone:

"I accept your apology. I will do my best to save your husband."

"Really, really?"

Perhaps it was because the process of asking for Aomori's help was too difficult. When he heard Aomori say these words, the first thing Otsuki Minoru felt was not joy, but suspicion and disbelief.

Qingdeng nodded, slowly but firmly.

"I keep my word, you have shown me your sincerity, now it is my turn to fulfill my promise."

At this point, in order to enhance his persuasiveness, Qingdeng added:

"Striking gold is an oath."

Qingdeng raised his right hand, pressed the handle of the Dingguishen sword on his waist, pulled out a small section of the sword with a "choking", and then retracted the sword with force.

The metal blade collided with the sheath mouth, making a crisp "clang" sound.

Taking an oath by striking gold - the samurai custom of the Edo period.

When samurai vowed not to break their promise, they would strike each other's sword blades or tangs and other metal parts to prove it.

To put it simply, it is a ritual action. Its meaning is similar to making an oath by pointing to the sky.

In the samurai culture of the Edo period, this was a very solemn and solemn oath--of course, this oath-taking ceremony had no legal validity or binding force.

There are many people who solemnly strike gold as an oath, then turn around and forget about the oath.

O Yue Shi's red and swollen eyes were once again filled with hot tears.

"Thank you...thank you...thank you..."

Otsuki Minoru, who transformed into "Redu Ji", kept repeating the words "thank you".

In the past half month, Oyue has really experienced all kinds of warmth and coldness in the world.

After running for a long time to save her husband, she finally found a powerful helper who was willing to help her.

Although it was still unknown whether Otsuki Tsuneji could be rescued, a sense of security that made Otsuki Minoru feel heavy in his heart still dominated his whole body.

She felt that all the energy in her body was drained out of her body, her legs became weak, and she almost fell to the ground unsteadily.

"Tangerine-kun."

At this time, Qingden heard Sanako's voice.

"The object of negotiation...is the 'Qingshui Clan'."

Sanako's expression was very serious.

"You used to be a 'three times' samurai, and now you are the squad leader of the Fire Thief Kai. I don't need to elaborate, but you should also know how dangerous the 'Shimizu Clan' is. How do you plan to save Miss Otsuki's husband?

"

"No ideas at the moment."
To be continued...