"I am Isamu's eldest brother Miyagawa Otogoro! Next, I will perform our Tama dance for everyone! Please enjoy it!"
Miyagawa Otogoro is truly Isamu Kondo's eldest brother. The two brothers' bold and enthusiastic temperaments are really carved from the same mold.
Miyagawa Otogoro, who had just finished performing "Stuffing 5 Steamed Buns in the Mouth", then began to perform the local dance of their hometown Tama.
Many of the guests attending the banquet today are fellow Tama friends of Kondo and Hijikata.
So when Miyagawa Otogoro was about to dance the Tama dance, many Kondo and Hijikata fellow Tama people...such as Hijikata's brother-in-law, Sato Hikoro, spontaneously stood up and joined the dance.
The banquet hall suddenly turned into a dance hall.
It has to be said that in this kind of "celebration"-themed banquet, it is not a bad thing to have a "social cow" like Miyagawa Otonoro who is good at creating atmosphere.
Thanks to Miyagawa Otogoro and the Tama fellows who enthusiastically danced with him, the excitement of the banquet reached a new level.
The guests stood up and gave up their seats one after another, pushing their seats to the four corners of the room to give up the central position of the banquet hall, leaving enough room for Miyagawa Otongoro and others to dance.
As the central position of the banquet hall was given up, the density of seats suddenly increased. The empty seats left by Kiryu, Goro Komaki and others were squeezed. Aoto, Mai Kinoshita, Sanako, Souji and the others
The four of us had to sit together.
The current seating arrangements at the "table" for Aoto and the others... with Aoto as the center and clockwise as the direction, they are: Aoto, Souji, Sanako, and Mai Kinoshita.
Why did the "parents" of the three girls suddenly leave at the same time? Was it a coincidence? Or was it intentional?
If it's the former, it would be a bit too coincidental...
But if it's the latter, it feels unlikely.
The three parties had never had any communication before the wedding banquet.
Furumaki and his wife, Chiba Jutaro and Okita Hikaru and his wife are completely unknown to each other.
They couldn't have agreed in advance to leave at the same time, right?
No matter what the answer to this question is... Qingdeng can't care about it for the time being.
At this moment, Qingdeng, whose neck felt a little tight, glanced at the pretty faces of the three beauties with their own charms around him with a tentative gaze.
At the same time, Kinoshita Mai, who had her legs tightly together and her shoulders tightened, lowered her gaze and stared nervously at the tatami in front of her knees. From time to time she raised her shrinking gaze to secretly look at the person who was close to her at the moment.
Qingden and others... The moment her eyes touched Sanako, she would always move away immediately as if being scalded by boiling water.
Sanako still maintains a cool and calm demeanor...but the frequency of drinking tea from the tea cup beside her legs has obviously increased a lot.
There was only one person who didn't show any abnormality - that was the now drunken Director-General.
The Souji, who would be greedy if he didn't drink alcohol, now looked like he was half-drunk and half-awake with his eyes half-closed, his eyes blurred, his face flushed.
Normally, Qingteng would have snatched away the wine glass from the chief executive and prevented her from drinking any more.
However, because today is a rare day of celebration and great joy, Qingteng decided to turn a blind eye today and let the General Secretary have a rare indulgence.
Qingdeng: "..."
Kinoshita Mai: "..."
Sanako: "..."
Souji: "Huh? Tachibana-kun, why do you smell so good?"
Qingdeng: "Because what you smell is Jinpingtang."
Qingto, Kinoshita Mai and Sanako all remained silent... Qingto didn't know what to talk about now. He didn't know whether these two women were like this.
The atmosphere between them felt awkward for a moment.
Fortunately, the drunken Souji occasionally said some nonsensical nonsense that had a certain lively effect on the atmosphere, and did not make the atmosphere around them completely stiff.
In this silence, the first person to break the silence was the aloof and taciturn Sanako.
"Tachibana-kun, Carrot has been acting a little weird lately."
"radish?"
"Yeah. It used to have endless energy every day. It would walk around the yard and the sword hall as soon as it finished eating. But recently it has been very lack of energy. Except for eating, it is still very active.
They all lie down in the corner of the yard in a daze or sleep."
"Is it sick?"
Qingdeng still liked his pet cow, which was both cute and cute but also very humane.
Therefore, after hearing that Luo Bao had been ill recently, I couldn't help but make a nervous sound.
Sanako shook his head.
"I asked the veterinarian to diagnose and treat Luobo. The veterinarian said that Luobo is in very good health... The diagnosis given by the veterinarian is that you haven't seen Luobo for too long recently. Luobo misses you very much, so he is a little depressed."
"Carrot miss me very much?"
After Qingdeng heard this, he was startled for a moment, and then he burst into laughter.
"That's right...I haven't seen him for a long time recently..."
Important events these days are coming one after another, people are queuing up, and it’s dizzying to see.
After the "Red and White Battle" with Genbukan, there was a fireworks display with four girls in a row.
After the lively fireworks display, we were busy preparing to go to the city to pay homage to Tokugawa Iemo and Tenjoin.
After meeting these two bosses, he went to the Tsukinomiya Shrine under a secret order from Tokugawa Iemo and was recruited into the new imperial court of "a new secret force in the light and Tokugawa Iemo's private armed force in the dark".
Fan.
After finishing all this mess, I started working on Isamu Kondo’s wedding...
Looking back and thinking about it carefully, I realized that it had indeed been a long time since Qingto visited the Little Chiba Sword Hall to visit Radish.
"I happen to be free tomorrow," Qingdeng said, "I'll go take a look at it tomorrow morning."
Sanako nodded.
"Carrot seems to be a little too dependent on you... I personally feel that this is not a good thing."
"Now that you are on vacation, you can still visit it frequently and play with it."
"After 2 months, you will officially be transferred to the Huo Fu Thief Reform. When you need to focus more time and energy on your official duties and have no time to worry about other chores... I really don't know how depressed Carrot will be."
Facing Sanako's neither salty nor bland sentiments, Qingto smiled noncommittally.
Qingdeng was moved to the right of Huofu Bandit Kaiyuan, and his official start date was November 1st... This matter is no longer a secret.
The shogunate has really given Ayoto a lot of benefits this time.
In order to reward Aoshinobu, and also to allow Aoshinobo to have enough time to recuperate physically and mentally, the shogunate granted Aoshinobo a recuperation holiday that lasted until November.
In other words, Qingteng can spend another two months of leisurely vacation.
Paying homage to thieves and reforming, and following the prescribed rules - in terms of busyness alone, the latter is actually busier.
After all, the manpower of the latter is overwhelmingly insufficient. The combined strength of the "three chapters" of the two offices in the south and north does not exceed 40 people in total.
There are a total of 8 squads in the Huofu Thieves Kai, and each squad has dozens of people.
When you are short of manpower, you can also ask for help from the first-hand bow team and the first-hand iron cannon team.
And only those major cases and key criminals that the law cannot handle.
Therefore, in general, the "Three Times" is more leisurely than the "Three Times"... but the risk and death rate are much higher than the "Three Times".
However, no matter how you say it, when Qingdeng officially joins the Huofu Thief Group in 2 months, he will definitely not be able to have a lot of time to do what he wants to do every day like now.
Just as Ayoto and Sanako were having an ordinary chat about the topic of radish——
"..." Kinoshita Wu, whose mouth corners were drooping, raised his eyes and glanced at Sanako quietly. Then, his eyes fell on Qingden, and he bit his lower lip gently, his eyes
It’s so complicated that it’s hard to describe…
"I just helped Qingdeng raise a cow..."
After mumbling in a volume that only she could hear clearly, she felt thirsty, picked up the teacup beside her knees with both hands, and drank it all in one gulp.
Mai Kinoshita drank the whole cup in one gulp, but because she drank too quickly, she accidentally choked the tea into her trachea.
"Ahem! Ahem! Ahem!"
Kinoshita Mai's rapid coughing interrupted the conversation between Qingto and Sanako.
Qingto, whose attention was attracted by Kinoshita Mai's rapid coughing, quickly looked over.
"A Wu, what's wrong with you?"
"No... cough cough! It's okay... I just drank tea too quickly... cough cough! I just choked... cough cough cough!"
After saying that, Kinoshita Mai took out the pocket paper she carried with her from the lapel of her kimono.
Just when she was about to put the pregnancy paper to her lips and wipe away the remaining tea and saliva on her lips, she suddenly seemed to remember something, squinted her eyes, and glanced at Qingdeng quietly.
Immediately afterwards, she straightened her waist slightly, passed the pregnancy paper to her lips, wiped her lips, folded and put away the used pregnancy paper, and a series of actions such as putting it down very gently, very slowly, very slowly.
grace.
Whether Kinoshita Mai accidentally choked on her tea or she took out her pocket paper to wipe her mouth, it was just a trivial matter that was very common and not worthy of much attention.
After confirming that Kinoshita Mai was just drinking tea too hastily, Aoto silently withdrew his eyes and attention.
But there is one person who pays great attention to Kinoshita Mai...
"..." Sanako half-squinted her eyes, staring at Kinoshita Mai with a thoughtful and meaningful look.
After her conversation with Aoto was interrupted by Kinoshita Mai's cough, Sanako began to look at Kinoshita Mai with this strange expression.
Because Sanako is the only one who pays close attention to Kinoshita Mai, only Sanako has discovered Kinoshita Mai's very elegant little move of wiping her mouth.
"..." Sanako, who had always been very careful about his own image, frowned at this moment, which was rare.
At this time, the commander-in-chief, whose face turned even redder, said something stupid again.
"Hmm~~ Mr. Ju, why do you smell so good again?"
"I told you, what you are smelling is Jinpei Tang." Aonto said as he skillfully snatched the wine glass from the Souji's hand, "Okita-kun, you can't drink anymore."
I originally thought that today was a rare happy day, so I turned a blind eye to Souji's drinking behavior. But now it seems that it is impossible not to take action to control Souji's drinking behavior.
If Souji continues to drink like this, she will say to the filth in the toilet later: "Huh? Tachibana-kun, why do you become so smelly?"
The Souji, who was completely unconscious, looked at his hands that were empty because the wine glass was taken away from him, and pouted:
"Tch... stingy... ha~~"
Souji yawned vigorously, then tilted his body and fell in the direction of Qingneng. His little head rested on Qingneng's left shoulder.
"Huh?" Qingto was startled by the sudden leaning on the Souji. While casting a surprised look at the Souji, he gently shook his left shoulder, "Hey, Okita-kun, wake up, wake up.
.”
No matter how Qingteng shook his shoulders, Souji remained motionless... Instead, he twisted his body and neck, letting his little head crawl up along Qingteng's left shoulder, and his forehead was closer to Qingteng's neck.
Some.
Souji's slender and light ponytail tickled Qingden a little.
"Hmm~~ Jinping Candy is so delicious... Hmm...? Why doesn't it taste...?"
"Of course, because you are chewing on my feathers."
Qingden was looking at the general manager who was gnawing at the feather fabric on his left shoulder like a sheep, and cast a helpless look.
After confirming that Souji had completely lost the consciousness that a normal person should have, Qingto clamped one hand on Souji's head and held her shoulder with the other.
While letting Souji relax, he used gentle movements to lay Souji flat on the tatami next to him.
When Souji's lips and teeth left Aoto's clothes, there was a large puddle of saliva and two rows of small, neat teeth marks on the haori on Aoto's left shoulder.
In order to make Souji sleep more comfortably, Aomori took off his haori and folded the haori into a pillow for her to lean on.
"..." Mai Kinoshita quietly took in the entire series of interactions between Qingto and Souji.
After a moment, she squinted her eyes and looked at the glass full of wine beside her knees.
In the cup, the calm, mirror-like water surface clearly reflected Kinoshita Mai's squashed face.
Kinoshita Mai looked at "himself" on the water and took a deep breath.
A resolute look appeared on both cheeks, as if he had made up his mind.
…
5 days ago... that is, on the last night of the fireworks display, when she knew that she was not the only girl accompanying Qingto to watch the fireworks, Kinoshita Mai felt quite aggrieved, annoyed, and angry...
On the spot, I wanted to punch Qingdeng directly.
She didn't tell Kiryu that Aoden was a "master of time management".
Mai Kinoshita, who is in her 28th year, also has a strong sense of privacy.
How could she have the nerve to talk about this kind of love affair between a boy and a girl to an elder like Kiryu.
So Kiryu didn't know that Aonto had a very intensive schedule and a "wonderful" fireworks display.
Although Kinoshita Mai even had the urge to punch Aoden with force at that time... but it was magical - whether she felt annoyed or angry, most of these negative emotions miraculously disappeared by the next day.
After another day, all these negative emotions will disappear.
The only remaining emotion is... the longing to know what Qingdeng is doing now.
If I think about it carefully, Qingdeng and I are neither engaged nor husband and wife.
Strictly speaking, I may just be a very special friend to Qingdeng.
In this case, if Qingdeng can play with me, then naturally he can also play with other friends!
Qingdeng is not my property, so who am I to force him to associate with whom he must associate and who he should not associate with?
So and so... After such self-consolation, Kinoshita Mai went on her own to let go of her past resentment towards Qingden, and all the unpleasantness of that night were forgotten by Kinoshita Mai.
His feelings for Qingdeng outweighed his dissatisfaction with Qingdeng.
Looking at Souji, who had just fallen on Aoto's shoulder due to drunkenness, Kinoshita Mai felt envious in her heart, and at the same time, a bold idea popped up in her mind...
Kinoshita Mai said "ha" and took a deep breath.
Then, she carefully glanced around the circle, and after confirming that neither Kiryu nor Komaki and his wife had come back, she picked up the drink beside her knees and drank it all in one gulp!
The alcohol that Kinoshita Mai drank was quite strong. Calculated in modern units, it was about 20 degrees. For Kinoshita Mai who didn't drink alcohol often, this was already an extremely strong drink.
Kiryu used "you are still young" as an excuse and has been strictly controlling Kinoshita Mai's drinking. Only in certain activities and occasions will Kinoshita Mai be allowed to drink a little.
She felt like Mai Kinoshita who had swallowed a ball of fire. Her face was irritated by the alcohol and was instantly dyed red, and there was a "buzzing" vibration in her head.
"Hmm... um..." Kinoshita Mai put down her wine glass and started to sway half-seriously.
For a moment, her eyes closed, her head tilted, and her delicate body fell towards Qingdeng as if being pulled by her head.
She has already calculated it! As long as she turns over at this angle, her head can be resting on Qingto's right shoulder just like Souji did just now!
Kinoshita Mai is full of expectations.
As a result... just at the critical moment when Kinoshita Mai's head was about to touch Qingto's shoulder, Kinoshita Mai's body's fall suddenly stopped.
Someone stretched out his hand to support Kinoshita Mai.
Huh? Qingdeng, did he hug me...
Kinoshita Mai felt a little disappointed... She wanted to just put her head on Qingnobo's shoulder like Souji just did.
However, Kinoshita Mai quickly relieved herself of her worries.
Forget it...it’s okay to be held by Qingden~~
With a quiet smile on her lips, Kinoshita Mai gently twisted her body a few times, hoping that Qingdeng would hold her tighter.
But at this moment, Kinoshita Mai suddenly noticed something was wrong...
Um?
Kinoshita Mai twitched her nose vigorously.
How do you feel... Qingden is fragrant?
Just when Kinoshita Mai was asking this question——
"Miss Kinoshita, since you are not good at drinking, please exercise some restraint."
Upon hearing this voice, Kinoshita Mai immediately opened her eyes as if she had been scalded by boiling water.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw a cold and beautiful face looking down at her with an expressionless face.
Sanako straightened Kinoshita Mai's body, and then withdrew her hands that had just held Kinoshita Mai.
…
Forget it, what does Tachibana-kun's private life have to do with me? - Sanako said to herself on the night after the fireworks display.
Like Kinoshita Mai, Sanako also had the urge to punch Aotobo after learning that Aotobu had been so busy and colorful during the three-day fireworks display.
But Sanako regained her composure that night.
Huh! Why am I angry?
Qingdeng is not my person. I don’t care what he thinks of me. Anyway, I have always regarded Qingdeng as a fairly good friend of mine.
At that time, Qingdeng only took me out to play and watch the fireworks in order to comfort me who was disappointed after learning that my future martial arts achievements would be limited.
Friends go out together - it's reasonable.
Perhaps in the eyes of busybodies and uninformed outsiders, Qingdeng and I's behavior of coming to the fireworks display alone is very ambiguous... Let these idlers talk about such gossip.
As long as I know what I'm doing.
What is Qingdeng's private life and who he is in a good relationship with... it has nothing to do with me at all!
So and so... After such self-adjustment, Sanako, who repeatedly told herself "Qingto and I are just friends," reset her mentality and no longer dwelled on the unpleasantness of that night.
However - although Sanako no longer dwells on the unpleasantness of that night, there is something that makes her brood...
That’s Mai Kinoshita!
Sanako couldn't explain why... maybe it was the so-called "horoscope incompatibility". When she first met Kinoshita Mai, Sanako had an inexplicable... feeling of rejection towards Kinoshita Mai.
It's not that I dislike her or hate her, I just feel like I can't get along with her.
This feeling of rejection suddenly increased that night... when I found out that Maiya Kinoshita and Aoto were swimming together at Ryogoku Bridge illuminated by the light of fireworks!
Sanako is not sure what the specific reason is. It should be that the compatibility between the two is inherently bad!
In short, since then, Sanako has always disliked Kinoshita Mai.
Although she has no experience of intimate contact with men who are not her relatives, Sanako considers herself not a person who is insensitive to emotions.
From Kinoshita Mai's words, deeds, and actions, she could tell that Kinoshita Mai had a strong affection for Qingden.
Therefore, Sanako strongly suspected that Kinoshita Mai's "choking while drinking tea" just now was all an act! It was just to interrupt her chat with Aoto!
She was jealous of being able to chat with Qingdeng, so she decided to interrupt her conversation with Qingdeng by pretending to be choked while drinking water.
When he took out his pocket paper to wipe his mouth, he pretended to be gentle and slow, pretending to be elegant... Is this to attract Mr. Tachibana's attention?
Ah!
This little girl is so interesting.
Although he is not very old, he has a lot on his mind!
Out of this unreasonable feeling of rejection towards Kinoshita Mai, no matter what Kinoshita Mai did, Sanako would find it an eyesore and wanted to go against her.
Therefore, when she saw the "drunk" Kinoshita Mai about to fall on Qingto's shoulders, Sanako immediately used her martial arts skills and quickly reached out to support Kinoshita Mai...
…
"Thank you, thank you..."
Kinoshita Mai said thank you in a stiff tone for supporting her who almost "collapsed", while looking at Sanako who had sat back in her seat with an indifferent expression.
In an instant, a hint of resentment that a good thing had been disturbed rose between Kinoshita Mai's brows, as well as a sense of nervousness as if she had encountered her natural enemy.
Kinoshita Mai was not a person who cared much about her appearance before.
But after getting acquainted with Qingdeng, she began to pay attention to the new products in clothing stores, and became interested in makeup and dressing.
Although she really didn't want to admit it... she was envious of Sanako's face that was prettier than hers, her figure that was more attractive than hers, and her elegance that was more charming than hers.
This feeling of envy has caused Mai Kinoshita to imitate Sanako's movements and behavior, consciously or unconsciously.
Just now when I was taking out my pocket paper to wipe my mouth, the reason why I suddenly switched to gentle and graceful movements was because of my desire to imitate and learn from Sanako.
Because of Sanako's excellence, he longed for and envied Sanako.
Because of the good relationship between Sanako and Qingto, he felt strong hostility towards Sanako.
What does this woman want to do? Did she see that I was about to "fall", so she kindly came over to help me? Or...
While Kinoshita Mai was intensely "brainstorming"——
"A Wu, are you drunk?"
Qingdeng's concerned voice came from beside him.
"Ah..." Kinoshita Wu was startled for a moment, then turned to look at Qingden.
Kinoshita Mai, who was not good at drinking, was blushing at the moment. At first glance, she looked like she was drunk.
Kinoshita Mai, who faced the worried look from Qingden, and the blush on her cheeks suddenly became more intense, immediately lowered her gaze subconsciously, looked at her fingertips, and said tactfully:
"I'm not, I'm fine... I just accidentally drank too much..."
As soon as Kinoshita Mai finished speaking——
"It seems that Miss Kinoshita, you are not good at drinking. You don't even have the smell of alcohol on your body, but you are already drunk."
Sanako's words, which were neither salty nor bland, attracted Kinoshita Mai's wary eyes.
Sanako pretended not to notice Kinoshita Mai's gaze and silently lowered her head to eat the food.
——Gu...! This woman... really wants to go against me!
——Do you really not want to see Qingdeng and I interact...
——Could it be said that...she also likes Qingdeng...
Suddenly, the sense of crisis rapidly expanded in Kinoshita Mai's heart.
Being crushed in Sanako's hands one after another... Even the good-tempered Kinoshita Mai couldn't help but feel aggrieved.
The sense of crisis that was growing rapidly in Kinoshita Wu's heart at this moment contributed to this feeling of frustration.
I saw Kinoshita Mai tightening the lines on her face, quietly glaring at Sanako across from her, racking her brains to think of a strategy to fight the enemy.
However... as a young white flower, Kinoshita Mai has no experience in this kind of struggle.
At this moment, Sanako noticed Kinoshita Mai's eyes glaring at her.
Sanako glanced at Kinoshita Mai calmly... and then calmly continued to eat and pick up vegetables.
The lips that silently chewed the food evoked a hint of teasing.
Just as one of the two women was thinking about how to fight back, the other fearlessly put on a posture of "come on over"——
"Um...have you eaten...?"
Souji, who had been sleeping just now, suddenly woke up.
She straightened her upper body like a corpse and looked around with blank eyes... Finally, her eyes were fixed on Qingdeng.
"Ah, Tachibana-kun~ You have some sauce here~~"
After saying that, the smiling general manager raised his upper body, leaned towards Qingden's left side, and licked away the sauce on Qingden's neck like a cat.
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In today's chapter, through the psychological activities of Mai Kinoshita and Sanako, everyone should be able to intuitively feel what kind of personalities the two women have.
Let’s take a blind guess: In reality, everyone would definitely want to live with a soft girl like Kinoshita Mai. Even if she is not as good-looking as Sanako, she is not as big as Sanako.
