Chapter 74
Yagen Toushirou held Kiyoki by the well and washed her hands after the operation. He then took off the white uniform skirt that was stained with blood and finally carried her to the dormitory on the second floor.
Throughout the whole process, Qingxi was as quiet as a doll.
The moment the door was opened, Kanae Kocho was surprised to see Kiyomizu in Yagen Toushirou's arms. When she was about to ask something, she noticed the boy shook his head slightly at her, so she considerately shut her mouth.
Yagen Toushirou gently carried her to the bed, took the thin quilt folded at the end of the bed and covered her with it. Finally, he took the palm-leaf fan on the round table and sat beside the bed, blowing cool breeze to her.
He whispered, "General, if you're tired, take a nap. For dinner, would you like the cold noodles you've been eating lately?"
"...Can I have another serving of octopus balls?"
Yagen Toushirou: "Okay."
After his voice fell, the girl remained silent for a long time. Gradually, her breathing became slow and long.
Yagen Toushirou knew that she was asleep.
"Yaken-kun, do you know what happened to Aki?" Kanae Kocho came over and asked after looking at the girl on the bed for a while.
"Mr. Harada is dead." The sword man has excellent hearing, so he received the conversation with Uzui Tengen in the ward on the first floor.
It was precisely because of this that, seeing this general who was neither crying nor making a fuss and was extremely calm, he felt helpless and didn't know how to comfort him.
If Tsurumaru were here at this time, he might have some bad ideas to help the general vent his emotions, but unfortunately he was sent out by the admiral and has not returned yet.
Butterfly Kanae was stunned. "Is he a Demon Slayer like us?"
Seeing Yagen Toushirou nod, she remained silent.
Since I chose to join the Demon Slayer Corps, everyone knows clearly what the consequences will be.
But even when he was truly defeated by the ghost and was killed by it, there were still people around him who felt sad for him.
Kocho Kanae's gaze turned and fell on the hydrangea hair tie that Yagen Toushirou had placed on the pillow. She remembered that when the girl came downstairs today, her hair was still tied up with a simple hair tie. Since it was not hers, it must have been given to her by someone else.
So who would give this to her at this time, and who would accept it?
I guess the only thing left is Mr. Harada's future gift, which was sent out urgently but ended up becoming a relic gift.
Qingxi missed dinner because of her sleep, and she didn't eat the cold noodles and the octopus balls that were about to get cold that Yagen Toushirou left for her. However, they were not wasted. In the end, they all ended up in the stomach of Baihe who had returned from an overnight outing.
Qingxi was awakened by hunger, but when she opened her eyes and found everything dark, she belatedly remembered that her eyes had been bandaged with gauze by her husband Yagen Toushirou in the name of self-cultivation.
She changed from sleeping on her side to lying flat on her back, and raised her hand to remove the gauze, but her hand was intercepted by another hand halfway.
"Catch it." The young man's cheerful voice sounded, and the lively tone made people feel better unconsciously after hearing it.
"Tsurumaru." Qingxi knew who it was from the voice. With the other person's help, she sat up and asked, "Have Grandma Su and Grandpa Qin settled down?"
"Yes." He sat back down on the small wooden stool that had been moved to the bedside. His long legs were stretched out in frustration because the stool was too small and too low. "I waited until the two old people bought a house and settled in before returning. By the way, I also have a letter from Grandma Su to you, my master."
"However, it seems that the master can only wait until his eyes have rested before he can see again." He changed the subject.
"Thank you for your hard work." Qingxi said.
After a pause, she asked again: "By the way, when did you come back? What time is it now?"
"Me? I came back in the middle of the night." Tsurumaru Kuninaga yawned. "And because I was so hungry, I ate all the cold noodles and octopus balls that Yagen left for you, my master.
As for now, it is of course early morning.
Oh, by the way, Miss Butterfly in the bed next to me has already left for a mission today. She asked me to tell you, Master, to have a good rest."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga yawned again, "Master, you must be hungry. I'll get you breakfast downstairs."
"That can wait." After hearing the other party yawn several times, Qingxi, who had just woken up, couldn't help but yawn as well. "I'm thirsty. I want to go to the bathroom, brush my teeth and wash my face."
After her previous "useless" "pig-raising" life, Qingxi can now shamelessly tell some private and unspeakable things to the men close to her without batting an eyelid.
"Hey, hey, hey, I got it, I got it." Tsurumaru Kuninaga stood up and first poured a glass of water. After the girl finished drinking it, without waiting for the girl to get out of bed, he bent down, picked her up like a child and went to the bathroom downstairs.
It was no different from the way Yagen Toushirou hugged her yesterday.
Holding Tsurumaru Kuninaga's neck with her arms, Qingxi was quiet for a moment. She said seriously in a negotiating tone: "My eyes are actually fine. Just remove the gauze, and I can do the rest myself."
"Maybe not." The boy's low voice suddenly sounded in her ears, making the girl, who couldn't see the surrounding scenery, explode instantly.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga could clearly see that goose bumps appeared on the girl's exposed skin in an instant. He grinned and chuckled in an unkind way.
Yagen Toushirou, who had also noticed the girl's reaction, adjusted his glasses. He brought a bowl of black Chinese medicine to Qingxi's lips and continued, "Although there's nothing wrong with the general's health, for safety's sake, I've prescribed some tonic medicine for him. Drink it first, and I'll bring out his breakfast later."
Qingxi wanted to protest. It was the medicine prescribed by Yaoyan. What kind of medicine was he good at prescribing?
traditional Chinese medicine.
She really can't handle that kind of bitter and hard-to-drink medicine.
She was about to refuse, but the other party brought her a piece of news, "As your guardian, Dr. Ueno sent a crow to report your condition to Mr. Beimingyu."
"W-what?" Qingxi was confused. "I think I'm fine. There's nothing wrong."
You see, she was able to calmly perform surgery on two patients without any mistakes yesterday. Why did Dr. Ueno do that?
Is he the elementary school kid who likes to secretly report to the teacher behind his back?
Is it too urgent for her to ask Jiro to chase the crow now?
How should I explain if Mr. Beimingyu comes?
No, she explained Mao, isn't she pretty good?
While the girl was distracted, Yagen Toushirou quickly and accurately placed the bowl in his hand on the girl's lips, and then poured the medicine in it, which was so black that it was almost the same color as ink, into her.
When Qingxi came to her senses, the bitter taste of Chinese medicine in her mouth almost made her cry.
Yagen Toushirou took out a piece of milk candy from somewhere and put it into the girl's mouth. After a while, the sweet taste of the milk candy covered up the bitter taste of medicine in her mouth.
Yagen Toushirou placed his leather-gloved hand on the top of Qingxi's hair and rubbed it, "Well, good boy."
After he finished speaking, his eyes met Tsurumaru Kuninaga's. The white-haired young man hummed and continued walking, "Well, I'll carry the master to wash up first."
After stumbling to the toilet, brushing his teeth and washing his face, Qingxi was finally carried to the cafeteria by him.
Along the way, she received a lot of concern from young ladies and ghost hunters who had already started to recover. When she arrived at the cafeteria, Yagen Toushirou had already served breakfast, which was fried tofu ramen.
However, the Chinese medicine boiled by Yagen Toushiro contained too many tonic ingredients, which caused her stomach to become bloated. So she felt full after eating only one-third of a bowl of ramen. Not only that, but as time went on, her stomach became more and more bloated and uncomfortable.
Seeing Qingxi lying in his arms groaning in pain, Tsurumaru Kuninaga had no choice but to take her to his room, put her on the tatami, and lie down himself. He closed his eyes and took a nap while rubbing her area above her belly and below her chest with his hands.
When Rengoku Kyojuro and Beimingjima Gyomei came over, they saw the scene described above.
Of course, Beimingyu Xingming couldn't see it, but it didn't prevent him from hearing the sounds of two breaths in the room.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga had already opened his squinting eyes when the shoji door was gently knocked and opened. Seeing the person coming, he immediately waved to Rengoku Kyojuro, "Come here, Kyojuro, the master just drank some Chinese medicine and has bloating in his stomach. Please help me hold it up first and let me rest. Tsurumaru, I've been traveling a lot lately and I'm exhausted."
Today, as usual, Rengoku Kyojuro came to help Kiyoki with the affairs of the Crow House when he was free. However, he did not expect to hear the news of Mr. Harada's death and Kiyoki's condition. What was even more unexpected was that when he came to see the person, the other person's eyes were covered with gauze, and he was curled up on his side with bloating or something.
The stunned Rengoku Kyojuro simply followed every order given by Tsurumaru Kuninaga.
After handing the person over, Tsurumaru Kuninaga turned over with relief, turned his back to the three people, closed his eyes and continued to sleep.
Qingxi, who was blind, sat up from the tatami and grabbed the hand that was helping her breathe. She asked uncertainly, "Kyojuro?"
"Um, it's me." Rengoku Kyojuro looked at his hand that was pressing on the girl and was held by the girl. His ears felt hot and he responded vaguely.
As his voice fell, another steady sound of footsteps sounded and stopped beside her. When she was confused, a breath as strong as a mountain came over her. She was stunned for a moment and said hesitantly: "Is it... Mr. Beimingyu? I'm sorry, Yaoyan covered my eyes with gauze, and I can't see now."
Having already consulted Yagen Toushirou about the situation, Gyoumei Miyashima embraced Kiyoki with his broad, strong arms, embodying years of practice. "Dr. Ueno said you're not feeling well."
"I'm fine." Qingxi immediately retorted. "It was Dr. Ueno who was too shocked."
She pursed her lips, then pulled the corners of her mouth together. "Come to think of it, my age in three lifetimes combined is over eighty. Even Mr. Beimingyu is old enough to call me grandma... Is there anything I haven't seen or experienced?"
"Also, when I chose to follow Mr. Beimingyu and everyone else to join the Demon Slayer Corps, I had my own selfish motives. It was to avoid encountering demons in this world and to keep my life safe." Qingxi analyzed himself rationally, "So, from the beginning, I only regarded the clinic as a temporary shelter for myself.
Coupled with the death rate of the Demon Slayer Corps, I choose not to make close friends with others, to be a bystander and just do my own job.
This thought persisted until I went to the cemetery to bid farewell to Mr. Hasegawa, or rather, when I heard that Mr. Harada had passed away.
She took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, her tone cold and inhuman, "So I'm fine."
"...If, Beiming Island-san, you think I'm being hypocritical, that's fine. I'll say goodbye to my lord, Ubuyashiki-san, in a few days.
If you are worried that I will reveal the information about the Demon Slayer Corps, it doesn’t matter. I can go back to my own country. In this way,
"Axi." Beimingyu Xingming interrupted the girl and pointed out the grammatical errors in her words, "Your country is not in this world."
Qingxi pursed her lips tightly and her breathing became rapid.
After a while, she insisted dryly, "I'm fine."
"I don't mean to blame you." Beimingyu Xingming sighed deeply and said slowly. Not only he could feel everything she said, but the lord was also very clear about it.
Whether it was as a bystander or out of emotion, the way she clearly separated public and private matters from everyone was not so much about being rational and cold as it was about not letting herself cross that line. It was as if by doing so, when she wanted to leave in the future, even if she was reluctant, she would not be unable to extricate herself.
He couldn't agree with the girl's behavior, but for the time being he had no good way to change her mind. If he thought about it in detail, what had she done wrong?
No.
She is sensible, obedient and very well-behaved. In addition, as she just said, although she has the body of a child, she has the thinking ability of an adult. There is nothing wrong in dealing with people and things. She is just unwilling to give her true heart to others. Thinking about it this way, she has actually done very well.
Besides, who can truly exchange sincerity for sincerity? Who would give their feelings to someone as soon as they meet them? So, Ah Xi was not wrong in doing this.
Beimingyu Xingming sighed deeply in his heart. He felt that Qingxi was the most reassuring one among all his children, and now he felt a headache.
Because they are adults in essence, can't they be fooled as easily as children?
He asked himself this silently in his heart.
Of course there was. But he couldn't just leave Qingxi alone after she revealed that she was an adult and thought like an adult.
Maybe he still treated her as a child.
"When your eyes are better, would you like to stay at my house for a while?" Beimingyu Xingming asked softly. "Axi hasn't visited me yet, has he?
After a pause, he corrected himself and said, "It's about going back to our home to take a look."
Qingxi lowered her head, and the shadow covered most of her face, making it impossible to see the expression on her face.
What she said to Beimingyu Xingming at this moment was not a thoughtless remark made on impulse, but something she had really thought about seriously.
Maybe Granny Su and Grandpa Qin also had some influence on her.
However, the two of them chose to let go because they saw that the roots of their descendants were rotten, while she chose to let go because she suddenly discovered that Mr. Harada's death had touched her too much emotion.
It may sound a little ridiculous, but because she has Atong by her side, she has always felt that if she cannot return to her original world, she and Atong can live together forever. Even without other people, she can live well alone.
However, this time, Atong's temporary departure and the closer interactions with the people around her made her unable to control her emotions.
It feels terrible when things are not under your control.
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