Chapter 181
"Braised beef noodles? That's a bit tricky."
The handsome black-haired young man, who was getting up early to prepare a nutritious breakfast for the Shinsengumi, had a troubled expression on his face.
Mitsutada Chokudai felt that he was quite lucky because it was his turn to join the "expedition" this time.
Daiden Tai Guangshi looked at the young man and asked, "Is it difficult to do?"
"Ah, not really." Mitsutada Chokudai shook his head. "It's just that cattle are an important labor force, and in this era, it's rare to buy meat for cooking. If you want to eat it, you have to rely on luck. If someone's cow has died of old age, illness, or is lame and can't work, then they will be brought to the market to be sold."
In other words, the master gave them a difficult problem.
"The master should have beef." In order to prevent the situation where he couldn't buy the ingredients he needed at the market, Mitsutada Chokudai simply tidied up the kitchen, took the food box and put some freshly baked buns and snacks in it, and then went back to the girl's room with Ootenta Mitsuyo.
When Mitsutada Chokudai asked about the ingredients, Qingxi generously cut a large piece of beef from his gourmet backpack and gave it to him.
If there is someone at home who is willing to cook, who would want to move?
By noon, Qingxi finally got to eat the braised beef noodles she had been craving for.
The only regret was that she wanted to eat the authentic braised beef noodles from Zhonghua, and although the noodles made by Guangzhong were delicious, they had a Japanese flavor that could be identified with just one bite.
However, that was something that someone else had put a lot of thought into making, and she just needed to eat it, so she had no right to point fingers at them.
Meow~~
The soft and milky sound of a cat's meow came from outside the shoji door.
It was as if it was following the scent, and soon a furry, faint black shadow was reflected in a small corner of the shoji door.
Qingxi looked at it for a while, then asked in surprise, "Why did you bring Taro to the headquarters?"
Daiten Taikyo, whose spiritual power is so strong that he is feared by small animals, said: "...There is no one to take care of the house."
Qingxi was stunned, then she remembered that Beimingyu Xingming was seriously injured and was currently recuperating in the Butterfly House. She packed up and brought people here as soon as she heard the news. The only thing she didn't bring with her was the five cats in the house who had gone somewhere to play at that time.
Because the pillars have been living a life of day and night reversal for a long time, there are people from the Anbu who come to help take care of their house every day. So even if Qingxi remembered them later, she would not worry about them, because Mr. Kawatani, a member of the Anbu who would come every day to deliver the day's food, would help take care of them.
But she didn't expect who would bring them here.
It should be Jiro.
She was guessing in her heart, because, apart from it, she couldn't think of anyone else who would go back specially to pack them up and bring them here.
With Taro's persistence, the shoji door was opened to a small gap, and the cat squeezed in from the outside through this small gap.
The calico cat that came in took its elegant cat steps, and its soft body brushed against the instep of the tall and dejected young man, whose feet looked puffed up even though they had been combed for a while, and finally jumped into the girl's arms, meowing.
The feeling of having the soft fur of a small animal rub against the back of his feet was something Daiten Tai Guangshi had never felt before. His first impression was that the animal was weak and needed careful care.
However, this is too difficult for a spiritual sword whose spiritual power is so strong that it has to be wrapped with red ropes to suppress the spiritual power.
Because he didn't know when he would hurt them due to excessive spiritual power.
At the thought of this possibility, Daiten Tai Guangshi's muscles tensed up, and once he became nervous, the spiritual power in his body, which was originally in a peaceful state, would become stronger and aggressive. At this time, the small animals that sensed danger would flee with their fur standing on end... It was simply a vicious cycle.
This time was no exception, his spiritual power began to leak out crazily again.
A man and a cat sensed this powerful spiritual power and were hit in the face by it: "???"
Qingxi: "Mr. Daitenta, did something happen?"
Taro: "Meow?"
Daiden Tai Guangshi: "..."
Seeing that the man and the cat were completely out of state and their eyes were full of questions to him, the spiritual power around Dadian Taiguangshi soared higher and higher.
"Aren't you... afraid?" he asked.
Qingxi lowered her head and looked Taro in the face, then said in an uncertain tone, "It's... not so bad."
She held Taro up in front of him, “Do you want to hug Taro?
It has a very good temper and generally won't resist anyone holding it. Of course, feeding it some dried fish would be even better."
Daiden Tai Guangshi: "..."
The young man with blue hair had red pupils and his muscles became more and more tense because of the girl's words and invitation.
However, no matter how he wrote "no" on his face, the girl seemed to see the true desire in his eyes through her eyes. She held the calico cat that she had set up to face her and waited quietly for his next move.
Surprisingly, the calico cat that was being held up should have clearly felt the powerful spiritual power emanating from him, but it was still slowly wagging its tail as if it didn't feel it.
Is he out of line? Or is he just a bit slower than an average cat?
Daiten Tai Mitsuyo thought silently in his heart, but he still raised his hand and stretched it towards Taro.
When the cat was in his arms, Daiten Tai Guangshi felt that what he was holding was not a small animal, but a ball of cotton, soft and light.
He froze, completely unsure of what to do next.
But it doesn't matter, he can't, the cat can.
Feeling that this nest was not as comfortable as the girl's, it crawled out by itself, using all four legs to climb onto the young man's shoulders, then climbed from his shoulders to his head, looking into the distance.
"It seems that Mr. Daitenta and Taro are getting along very well." The girl's voice sounded kindly. "Next time, Mr. Daitenta can come and play with this child more often. He will be very happy."
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Qingxi stayed at the headquarters for three days. After three days, she heard that one of the three seriously injured and unconscious people had woken up, so she couldn't help but call her people to pack up and return to the crowhouse.
After returning to the crow house, Qingxi casually returned the four people's belongings to them, and then hurried to the butterfly house.
"Kyojuro, would you like some water?"
In the ward on the first floor, the girl held a cup of water in one hand and used the other hand to put a straw to the mouth of the boy who was the first to wake up on the bed.
The young man lowered his head slightly and drank two glasses of water in one gulp, holding a straw in his mouth.
"Hmm, Ah Xi, you don't look well. Are you really cured?" The boy's voice lost its usual vitality and sounded a little broken and tired.
However, even so, he tried hard to look more energetic in front of the girl, instead of making her think that he was in a bad state and worry about him.
"Don't worry, I'm fine now."
Qingxi hesitated for a moment after putting the cup of water on the cabinet. Finally, as if she had put something down, or as if she had let herself go, she leaned over to the boy's surprise and gently put her arms around his neck.
She said, "Hey, Kyojuro, how about we make a pact?
The agreement was [If Rengoku Kyojuro could survive in the end, Kiyoki would marry him].
What do you think?
After this incident, Qingxi clearly discovered one thing: he couldn't bear to see the young man named Rengoku Kyojuro die.
He was like a drop of water that wears away a stone. Unknowingly, day by day, he was wearing away her self-assured feeling of "Is it impossible for him and I to be together?"... Although it had not yet reached the point where he had really worn through this "stone", she believed that with his personality, she would be conquered by him sooner or later.
She thought it would take a long time, even like the agreement she had made with him before, until she was eighteen years old.
However, she was able to wait, but an accident made her unable to wait, because Muzan Kibutsuji and the upper-rank demons were like time bombs that threatened everyone all the time. One day, she might explode, killing herself and dragging all the people she cared about in this world into hell.
"Of course, the other half of the agreement is [If Rengoku Kyojuro dies, I will leave this world before I die. That way, even in reincarnation, we will never see each other again.]"
"Hmm, this, isn't it a little too harsh?" Rengoku Kyojuro asked with a troubled look on his face.
If the girl's first words were a confession of love to herself, then the latter words were like a horror story.
People no longer live in the same world, so how is it possible for them to be reborn together in the next life?
He didn't even give himself a chance.
Qingxi tightened her arms around the boy's neck and said solemnly, "If a woman isn't ruthless, her position won't be stable, Kyojuro."
Rengoku Kyojuro: “…”
He rubbed the top of the girl's hair with his good hand, "Hmm, I get it. I will definitely survive so that I can marry Aki."
"Words are not enough," she said, pulling out a pen and paper from her gourmet backpack. She lowered her head and quickly wrote a few lines on the paper. "This is my proof."
Rengoku Kyojuro took a look and said seriously, "Add another one."
Qingxi: "What?"
Rengoku Kyojuro: "I can still pursue Aki in my next life."
The girl couldn't help but chuckle. She muttered to herself, "You are so beautiful, but I may not stay in Japan in my next life. I want to go back to my own country." But she still wrote down the other party's request.
"Is this okay?" She showed the other person the paper with the rewritten content. After confirming that it was correct, she copied it again.
Two red fingerprints fell, and she handed one to him, "Here, two copies. Whoever fails to fulfill the guarantee will be in breach of contract."
Rengoku Kyojuro stared at the paper the girl handed to him. He looked at himself now and said, "Aki, please keep it for me first. When my injury is healed, you can give it to me."
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