Trial health hall, living room——
"Madam, what do you think of the name Shinsuke Kondo? I think this name is very good. Shinsuke has the meaning of 'thriving' in it."
"Shinsuke...it doesn't sound good to me, and it's not powerful enough."
Although it is still half a month before Kondo officially gets married, and the horoscope has not been revealed yet, this does not prevent Zhousuke and Abi from starting to imagine the future of having a daughter-in-law in the trial Wei Hall, and thinking about what to give to them.
What kind of names will you give your grandchildren in the future?
Due to their differences in personality and knowledge, Zhou Zhu and A Bi have been unable to reach a unified opinion on the naming of their future grandson.
Zhouzhu, who had no big vision for his grandson and only hoped that he would grow up safely, tended to choose a name with a better meaning.
But Abi, who "hopes for his grandson to become a dragon", hopes that his future grandson's name will be quite powerful and very warrior-like.
The old couple, who were idle because they had nothing to do at the moment, had been discussing this matter in the living room since just now in order to pass the boring leisure time. They had been discussing it for many days, but they had never come up with a solution.
coming topic.
The two of them were so engrossed in chatting that they didn't even have time to take a sip of the tea beside their knees until it had cooled down.
The "Shinsuke Kondo" idea that he had racked his brains over the past two days was rejected by his wife... Shusuke was not discouraged.
Just as he cleared his throat and was about to mention another name that he had also painstakingly thought of in recent days and that he liked very much——
Dong Dong Dong Dong!
Outside the door, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Zhou Zhu and A Bi both paused, turned their heads, and cast doubtful glances in the direction of the door.
"Who...?" Abi frowned, "It's late at night...it's not King Wow and Lord Susubo again, is it?"
Wawatenno and Sosubozu: entertainers who went from house to house begging were very common in Edo.
The King of Wawa mostly wears a tattered and dirty black vest, a white narrow-sleeved kimono and culottes underneath, two fake swords on his waist, and a strange mask of Hiko Saruta on his face. He shouts: "The King of Wawa is the most beautiful."
Love to be noisy!" So he went from house to house begging for a penny.
The masters of Sosubo carried a piece of green bamboo, and they strung copper coins on the front of the bamboo. They swung the bamboo vigorously and recited strange scriptures while walking around the streets and alleys.
"Madam, please wait here for a moment, I'll go take a look."
Zhou Zhu stood up, walked through the hall and corridor, and walked quickly to the door.
"Good evening, who is it?"
As soon as Zhou Zhu finished speaking, a loud voice immediately sounded outside the gate:
"Master Kondo! It's me! Chiba Jutaro!"
"Jutaro?" Zhou Zhu raised his eyebrows vigorously, and then quickly opened the door.
I saw a strong man with a smile standing outside the gate - it was Chiba Jutaro.
"Jutaro." Zhousuke said hello to Chiba Jutaro, and stretched his neck to look around him, "Are you the only one here? What's wrong? Why did you suddenly visit my training hall late at night?"
"I'm the only one here!" Chiba Jutaro smiled heartily, "I hope you'll forgive me for taking the liberty of visiting. I came here suddenly because I wanted to see Mr. Tachibana! Is Mr. Tachibana here?"
"Tachibana-kun? He happens to not be in the training hall right now."
"Not there?" Chiba Jutaro was stunned, "Where has he gone?"
"He went to the bathhouse to take a bath."
Zhou Assistant pointed at the thin steam not far away.
"Tachibana-kun, he probably won't be back so soon. Jutaro, if you have something urgent to see Tachibana-kun, would you like to come in and sit down and wait for a while?"
Shusuke suggested this to Chiba Jutaro...but at this time, Chiba Jutaro was not listening at all.
I saw Chiba Jutaro looking straight in the direction where the Chihiro House was pointed by Shusuke just now.
At a speed visible to the naked eye, an expression appeared on his face as if he was thinking about something...
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Chihiro House——
While Kondo and Inoue were still looking stunned, Hijikata was the first to recover from his astonishment.
He frowned slightly, looked at Qingdeng deeply, then turned his head and said loudly to Nagacang and others:
"Oh! By the way, why did I forget!"
Hijikata shouted and stood up from the water.
"Nagakura-kun, Saito-kun, Harada-kun, get up quickly, stop soaking! You three come with me!"
"Ah?" Harada widened his eyes in confusion.
"Hijikata-kun." Nagakura asked, "What's wrong?"
Although Saito, who kept his mood and anger to himself, remained silent as he continued his taciturn personality, he still gave Hijikata a puzzled look.
"Since just now, I always feel as if I have forgotten something." Hijikata said quickly, "Now I remember it! You three, come to my house with me now, I have something I want you three to accept!
"
The "home" Hijikata refers to naturally refers to the small shabby house he rented near the Imperial Guard Hall.
"Something? Please accept it?" Nagakura's face became more confused, "What is it?"
"Yes, yes!" Harada looked curious, "What is it?"
"Some of my collections." Hijikata said without thinking.
"Collectibles? Why are you giving us such collections in such a hurry?" Nagakura continued what Harada had just interrupted, "It's late at night now, we can't wait until tomorrow or some time after that..."
Before Nagakura finished speaking, Dougang shook his head vigorously.
"No, no, no."
"I'm going to change my place to live in the future and no longer live in that shabby house that has no other advantages except being close to the trial gym."
"Yesterday, I made an appointment with a garbage collector. I planned to take advantage of the opportunity of moving soon to throw away some of the furniture in my house that I no longer need, as well as some of the collections that I no longer want to keep.
Lose."
“After making an appointment with the garbage collector, when I was counting the things I wanted to throw away, I suddenly discovered that those pieces of furniture were not valuable, so they would be thrown away if they were thrown away. But if I just throw away my collections,
It feels like a pity to drop it.”
"So I decided to give my collection away instead."
"The garbage collector will probably arrive tomorrow."
"So if I can't give away my collection before tomorrow, I'll have to give it to the garbage collector."
"I have given things similar to my collection to Asheng, Uncle Yuan and Tachibana before, but they didn't like them, so the only ones I can choose to give them to now are you three."
"It's not too late to go to my house now."
"If you want to stay here until the bathhouse closes before leaving for my house, it will be a little late."
Hijikata's rapid-fire talk successfully attracted the interest of Nagakura and others, including Saito.
"Hijikata, what exactly are your collections?" Harada asked excitedly.
Hijikata showed an intriguing smile and said in a faint tone words that deliberately aroused the curiosity of Nagakura and others:
"It will be kept secret for now. When you get to my house, you will naturally know what it is."
"Okay! Let's go to your house quickly!" Harada jumped up like a spring.
Nagakura hesitated for a moment, then stood up slowly, following Harada.
At the same time as Nagakura stood up, Saito stood up straight silently - although Saito looked expressionless as always, as if he was world-weary, if you look carefully, you can see in his eyes
Discover the vague curiosity that was tainted by Hijikata Shizai's words.
Looking at Nagakura and others who stood up, Hijikata's eyes flashed with relief and joy.
"A Sheng, Uncle Yuan, Ju, let's go first."
Hijikata turned around and said to Kondo, Inoue and Aoto:
"Just continue taking a bath first."
"Pay attention to the time and don't soak for too long."
"Baba Yu is an old lady with a very kind heart."
"We are regular customers of this bathhouse. She might be embarrassed to kick us out out of consideration for our mutual affection."
"If we stay in the bathtub until someone gets tired of it and urges us to leave, it will not look good on either side."
"And if you soak in it for too long, people will easily become dizzy."
Hijikata emphasized the word "faint".
At the same time, he glanced sideways at Qingden, intentionally or unintentionally.
"Don't get carried away like the chief executive."
"If you get dizzy after taking a bath, remember to get out of the bath in time and lie down in a cool place."
"Speaking of which... I was suffering from the cold a while ago and when I went to buy medicine at Mancaoya in Shimachi 2-chome, I happened to see that Mancaoya put on the shelves medicines specifically designed to treat heatstroke and dizziness."
"Oh, now that the weather is getting hotter, these medicines that are specially designed to treat heatstroke and dizziness are becoming more and more popular."
"That Ten Thousand Grass House is also a very magical medicine shop. It is open until nine o'clock in the evening (12 o'clock in the evening) every day before closing."
At first glance, Hijikata's words seemed to be just a casual reminder.
But listening to Qingto, who was now back-to-back with the bewildered Souji, he clearly sensed that there was a different meaning in Hijikata's words.
Qingden raised his gaze and cast a grateful look at Hijikata.
——Hijikata, I really have you...!
At this moment, Qingneng was very convinced: Hijikata should have deduced what happened! What Hijikata just said was specifically for him!
After finishing speaking, Tu Bian no longer hesitated or lingered, and led Nagakura and others quickly out of the bath.
As Hijikata and the others left, the originally noisy bathhouse suddenly became quiet.
Ever since Hijikata suddenly stood up and asked Nagakura and others to go with him to his house to pick up the collection that he didn't want, Kondo and Inoue had always looked confused as they didn't understand what Hijikata was trying to do.
It wasn't until the figures of Hijikata, Nagakura and the others disappeared from the bath that the two men finally understood what Hijikata wanted to do.
The two people looked suddenly enlightened and quickly turned around to face Qingdeng.
"Tangerine-kun."
Kondo used a tentative tone and carefully asked in a deep voice:
"Could it be that the Director-General is... behind you now?"
Hearing Kondo's words, Qingto couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief in his heart.
——Very good...guessed it right...! Kondo and the others really know that Okita-kun is a girl!
I can't let Nagakura-kun, Saito-kun, Harada-kun and others find out that I am a girl - when Kondo and others were about to enter the bath, Souji, who was afraid that his daughter's body would be exposed, subconsciously blurted out these words.
Only Nagakura and others were mentioned...but Kondo, Hijikata and Inoue were not mentioned.
Combined with the close relationship between Souji and these three people as if they were close relatives... Aonto made a bold guess: Kondo, Hijikata and Inoue knew that Souji was a girl!
Under such conjecture, Qingto made up the nonsense that "I just took a bath with Okita-kun" just now.
Souji is a girl. How could he take a bath with you in the men's bath? If Kondo and others knew Souji's true gender, they would not be indifferent after hearing these lies from Aoto.
Fortunately, Qingdeng guessed correctly.
They are blood brothers with Souji... ah no, they have a relationship like blood brothers and sisters. They do know Souji's true gender.
Fortunately, Kondo and the others were alert enough to realize in time that there was something behind Aoto's words and he was hinting at them.
Hijikata made great achievements on the third day of his life!
Thanks to his success in evacuating Nagakura and others, Ayoto and the others no longer have to worry about Souji's daughter's true identity being further exposed.
And judging from Hijikata Shizai's performance, he is also the smartest and most eye-catching one - just from Aoto's few words, he can guess that the dizzy Souji is probably hiding behind Aoto, reminding Aoto "
If you get dizzy after soaking, remember to get out of the bath in time and get some medicine if necessary." He also mentioned that there are still pharmacies open during this time.
"Yeah." Qingden nodded vigorously towards Kondo, "Okita-kun is behind me now, she's fainted."
After saying that, Qingden turned his head slightly and glanced behind him with the corner of his eye.
"Okita-kun, are you okay?"
"Hmm...hmm...it's...ok..."
Moans, like those in sleep, floated out feebly from Qingdeng's back.
Although Souji can still communicate with people normally, his tone is quite weak.
Seeing this, Aonto, Kondo and Inoue all looked frightened and worried.
"Qing, the situation is not good, your voice is so weak!" Inoue stammered.
"You have to get Souji out of the bathhouse quickly!" Although Kondo didn't stutter as directly as Inoue, the anxiety and worry written on his face was no less than Inoue's.
Take Souji out of the hot bath and let her rest in a cool place - this is the most important thing to do at the moment, no doubt.
What needs to be done is very clear... but there is currently a very serious question before Aonto and the others: how are the three grown men going to bring Souji... this young girl who is currently naked?
Away from the bath?
Men and women are different. They are not allowed to see Souji's naked body due to emotion or reason, and at the same time they must try their best to avoid having too ambiguous physical contact with Souji.
But if you want to take Souji, who is now in a daze, out of the bathhouse, how can you not look at it and touch Souji's delicate body intimately?
The three people who are aware of this problem, you look at me, I look at you...
For a moment, the atmosphere in the bathhouse felt awkward and embarrassing.
First of all, you definitely can’t entrust people from Chihiro House to help.
It is inconvenient to explain why a girl suddenly appeared in the men's bath.
Secondly, if you do this, the true gender of Souji's daughter will be known to more people, which is definitely something Souji himself doesn't want to see.
"Kondo-kun, Uncle Minamoto, Master and Master, do they know that Okita-kun is a girl?" Qingto asked quickly, "Can I ask my master to come over and help take Okita-kun away?"
"Both father and mother know that Okita-kun is a girl..." Kondo said solemnly, "but this is a men's bath... mother can't get in..."
"Tsk..." Qingdeng smacked his lips vigorously - he almost forgot that the place they were in now was a men's bath, except for the staff of the bathhouse, no women were allowed to enter...
Qingdeng and others were anxiously thinking about what to do now. They were already ants on a hot pot—they were so worried that they were anxious.
The result was terrible: the sudden appearance of someone made Qingdeng and the others' faces instantly look even uglier...
"Tachibana-kun, good evening! Huh? Isamu, Mr. Inoue, are you here too?"
Qingden stared blankly at the tall figure who was strutting through the pomegranate mouth and entering the bathing place.
"...Mr. Jutaro?"
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I haven’t posted a super short chapter like this for a long time... My fault, my fault! (Leopard Death.jpg)
Yesterday, the lock on the door of the author's room was broken, and he went out all night to find a locksmith to repair it, which greatly delayed the coding time. I could have finished the plot of "Qingnobo and Souji posting stickers" in one chapter.
Beautiful ending, now I have to divide this plot into 2 chapters (Leopard Head Crying.jpg) Tomorrow, the author will try to write as much as possible...
The last time I published such a short chapter... it can be traced back to a few months ago, when the plot of the Aizu Hou Swordsmanship Tournament was serialized... The author is quite hardworking on weekdays (Slap the Leopard Belly.jpg)
This chapter has been completed!