[Hakuoki] It's so cool

"I heard that Master Kazama sent you another expensive musical instrument."

Lianzhi walked into Zhuxin Garden in a hurry, and saw someone sitting in the corridor eating snacks at a glance, she was already familiar with the student's lackluster appearance, so she simply cut to the chase.

"Huh? You mean the pipa and the erhu? Yes."

Seeing Lianzhi's serious expression, Qiu Yurong was a little puzzled.

After hearing this, Lianzhi sighed, then looked into Qiu Yurong's confused eyes, and asked:

"Yurong, tell me, are you lying to me when you said that you are not good at talent?"

After she finished asking, she quietly waited for Qiu Yurong's answer, and then she found that those originally ignorant eyes gradually became clear, and then darkened again, revealing a trace of indifference:

"Sister Lianzhi, do you still remember how I stayed here?"

She was referring to the day when she met Lianzhi for the first time. Qiu Yurong originally wanted to leave Shimabara. So without a word, she was asked to stay as a geisha on the spot to mortgage Shimabara's expenses during the days when she was taken care of in Shimabara.

To put it bluntly, it was probably her face that caused the trouble. In fact, if the boss hadn't been surrounded by a group of servants who didn't look easy to mess with, Qiu Yurong would definitely have run away.And it has been nearly half a year since Qiu Yurong entered Shimabara, she has never mentioned this matter, but she just wants to bring it up now, she just wants to express one meaning -

Don't try to force her to do something she doesn't like.

Sure enough, as soon as this was mentioned, Lianzhi's expression became inexplicable, and half of the original aura disappeared in an instant. She looked at the indifferent eyes of this careless child in front of her, and opened her mouth , was about to say something, but heard other people shouting from a distance:

"Sister Lianzhi! Sister Lianzhi!"

Someone ran into Zhuxinyuan while calling her name, so Lianzhi could only turn around and ask:

"What are you running in such a hurry for?!"

Qiu Yurong also looked curiously at the out of breath geisha who ran away, only to see that the other party took a moment to calm down, then raised his head, and said to them in a hurried tone:

"Sakura...Sakura, she...was beaten just now!"

"What did you say?!"

Just when Qiu Yurong was shaking her head and thinking about who Yingzi was, Lianzhi became angry:

"What's going on? How is Yingzi doing now?"

Yingzi has always been well-behaved, never made a mistake in the work of a geisha, and she is gentle and well-behaved, definitely not the type who is easy to make enemies. Thinking of this, Lianzhi couldn't help but glance at an obvious and eccentric second Huo, restrained the anger in her heart, and then followed the person who came to report to the front yard. Before leaving, she deliberately said to Qiu Yurong:;

"Although your status is detached, you should also communicate with other people more, don't always stay out of the group."

"......."

Qiu Yurong didn't answer, and when Lianzhi's figure was gone, she issued the order with a blank face:

"Langtai, close the door."

"Yes, master."

Yuan Langtai, who had been installing the scenery boards at the side, took the order and was about to close the door and lock it, but heard his master change the order:

"Forget it, don't close it yet, Xiaoxi, you go to the front yard to find out what's going on."

Qiu Yurong directly bombarded Qiu Xi who came out with the chicken claws.

"Huh? Oh, good master."

Qiu Xi, who has always been very obedient, reacted and immediately put down his food and went out. He was bound to find out the news for his master as soon as possible.

After Yuan Langtai and Qiu Yurong were left in the yard, Erhuo stood up and said lightly:

"Langtai, do you believe that the master will take you away?"

She looked at Yuan Langtai, although she had no expression but inexplicably felt pressured, Yuan Langtai swallowed, and finally nodded:

"Believe me."

After hearing this sentence, Qiu Erhuo immediately put on a disgusted expression:

"Why do you believe me? How dare you trust me for someone like me? Are you out of your mind? Go away."

Then she took a plate of chicken feet and gnawed on it.

And Yuan Langtai suffered another internal injury: Master, don't play like this! ! !

Not long after, Qiu Xi came back from the front yard. Seeing the girl, Qiu Yurong put down the half-eaten chicken feet, wiped his mouth, and said to Yuan Langtai:

"When Xiaoxi comes in, I will lock it up immediately. I won't pick up customers today! I won't accept visits either!"

"Yes."

Yuan Langtai responded, and when Qiu Xi came in, he immediately closed the two wooden doors and fastened the iron locks.

In the corridor, Qiu Yurong, who was wearing light-colored sleeves, casually asked Qiu Xi:

"What did you hear?"

"Master, I got it."

Qiu Xi paused for a while, and after Qiu Yurong's gesture, he drank a glass of water and calmed down, before continuing:

"Ms. Yingzi's recent frequent visitor is Mr. Yiyi. It seems that Mr. Yiyi has visited Shimabara too many times recently, which made his wife dissatisfied. So he brought a group of servants over just now, saying that he would teach Miss Yingzi a lesson. It is said that Miss Yingzi's face was swollen from the beating."

After finishing speaking, Qiu Xi glanced at his master secretly, and saw that no matter how many times he looked at his face, there was only indifference and indifference. She was unknowingly flustered, so she tentatively asked:

"Master, don't you think Miss Yingzi is very pitiful?"

She raised her head slightly, just in time to see Qiu Yurong's round earlobes and the crystal clear red agate on the earrings.

"There is no question of who is pitiful in this matter, Qiu Xi, put your kindness back in your heart, at least here, you can't be a kind person."

The faint words were like Qiu Yurong's careless expression, and she couldn't help but catch her breath when she called Qiu Xi by her full name - the master was telling her very seriously.

She was a little at a loss, looking at her master, that Gujing Wubo face could not reveal any more information. After a while, Qiu Yurong shrugged and said to her girl:

"I'm not a good person. Since you've followed me, don't be too different from me."

Then she turned her head and glanced at Yuan Langtai, who had been standing by the side, and added:

"Langtai, you are the same, remind Xiaoxi more in the future, don't just make her feel sympathetic."

"Understand."

Yuan Langtai responded: He knows what Qiu Yurong said are cruel facts, they are already in an extremely sensitive position in Shimabara, if something difficult to handle happens at this stall, their entire Zhuxin Garden will become the target of public criticism .

And Qiu Xi, who had been in a state of ignorance, was awakened by the master's folding fan. She finally came back to her senses, and saw her master smiling narrowly at her, and said:

"I'm hungry, let's cook."

"Yes!"

Seeing the warmth in those dark eyes again, Qiu Xi suddenly understood why Qiu Yurong said those words to her, and his heart suddenly became clear.She stood up and walked briskly to the kitchen.

Miss Yingzi and Mrs. Yuanji have nothing to do with her.

When Qiu Yurong stepped into the room, she saw the people lying on the couch at a glance. She looked at the so-called colleagues guarding the couch. When they saw her, the expressions on their faces became a little complicated.

Qiu Yurong was a little speechless, just at this time Yingzi coughed a few times on the couch, so she said:

"Is it better? Sakurako?"

She said this, and then said to the geisha who seemed to be a little afraid of her:

"I want to say a few words to Sakura."

"Yes."

Several geisha went out.

After the scene was cleared, Qiu Yurong walked to Yingzi's couch and looked down at her. After a while, she slowly sat down on the mat.

"What do you think?"

She spoke again, and Yingzi coughed a few more times before saying weakly:

"This is my life, Yurong."

“How come you see?”

Qiu Yurong frowned, but heard Yingzi's ethereal voice, which seemed to carry a lot of sorrow:

"A geisha like me can never justify himself. Master Yiyi does come every day, and I do try my best to please him, so it's normal to be beaten."

After Yingzi finished speaking, she opened her eyes, just in time to see the emotionless eyes of the person she envied, just looking at herself from above with the posture of a bystander, she smiled wryly, and couldn't help but look at her. The voice of the heart said:

"You don't know how much I envy you, Yurong. You can laugh as much as you want, you can choose guests according to your own mood, you can get lots of big money from adults without any effort, you can play your temper hard... Yurong, how much I envy you..."

When Yingzi said this, she shed a tear unknowingly. If the person sitting here was a man, he would definitely be heartbroken. Unfortunately, Qiu Yurong only regarded herself as a bystander, so Yingzi's tears meant nothing to her. Nor is it.

That's right, that's the look in the eyes, the voice in the heart.

Thinking of this in Qiu Yurong's mind, the eyes of the geisha who just went out looking at the exquisite hair accessories on her head were skipped in her mind. She suddenly felt upset, and Yingzi's tears became a burden, so she got up, Said lightly:

"I'm leaving, you have a good rest, don't think about it."

Before closing the door, Qiu Yurong turned around and said again:

"Since you have already considered your own destiny so humble, then I don't need to persuade you."

She closed the door gently, returning the loneliness to Yingzi.

Leaving the front yard, Qiu Yurong stared at the sky for a while, and then went out alone without hesitation.

Qiu Yurong has never liked to walk, but for some reason today, Yingzi's haggard face kept swaying in her mind, it was so annoying that she forgot to pay attention to the soreness of her feet, and when she returned Suddenly, she found herself standing on a small bridge.

She bent down and saw her reflection reflected in the clear river, but she couldn't let people see carefully.It's just that she can still see that the face in the river that is exactly the same as her is frowning.She was a little dazed, but suddenly heard a voice:

"Look so seriously, is there gold in the river?"

She straightened up abruptly, turned her head to look, and saw Souji Okita standing beside her in ordinary attire and looking at her, seeing her surprised expression, he smiled narrowly:

"I have no gold in my face."

"...Who wants to look at you! You have gold on your face, it's a big deal."

After being stunned for a long time, Qiu Yurong hurriedly replied after recovering, then gave him a strange look, and asked in a bad tone:

"Why are you here?"

"Why can't I be here?"

Director Chong Tian asked back, Qiu Yurong immediately gave him a blank stare after hearing this, and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"Hey, what happened?"

Okita Souji was a little helpless when he received this blank stare, and then he looked down at the opponent's legs and feet, but only saw the foot bag and clogs, so he asked again:

"Is your leg all right?"

He remembered that the last time he saw Qiu Yurong, she was recovering from her injuries.

"Can't you see? I'm standing here right now, talking to you."

Qiu Yurong didn't become soft because of this greeting. It's a coincidence that Master Chongtian has always been arrogant. He expressed dissatisfaction with the result that his rare greeting was rejected by others, so his eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth curved smoothly. Quite a few, and the voice was a bit cold:

"Qiu Yurong, I am greeting you very seriously."

"Sousuke Okita, I am also answering you very seriously."

Qiu Yurong still didn't look at Mr. Okita, and his tone was indifferent.

At this moment, the man who always liked to laugh finally had no expression on his face. He moved closer to Qiu Yurong, stared at her beautiful earrings, and after a while, he sneered:

"Qiu Yurong, you are Shimabara's trump card. In your capacity, it doesn't seem good for you to talk like this?"

He finished speaking mischievously, waiting to see Qiu Yurong's face change, but never thought that the woman who had never looked at him again finally turned her gaze to him. Anger slowly emerged in those dark eyes, and she was cold. Looking coldly at the smiling man with a playful face, he spoke after a while:

"Do you think I'm rare, Mr. Okita?"

There was a strange smile on the corner of Qiu Yurong's mouth:

"I have never cared about it, whether it is the status of the ace or everything I own. I have never liked this place, this depressing place, including this Kyoto, these so-called charming scenery, I never liked it."

After all, she raised her chin in disdain:

"So don't judge me by your standards."

The corners of Okita Souji's mouth slowly returned to a straight line. He stared fixedly at those eyes that seemed to be on fire, and suddenly felt that there was a sharp pain in his heart.

He suddenly realized that he seemed to no longer understand Qiu Yurong.

However, he felt inexplicably relieved.

"I'll get out of that place, just wait and see."

Qiu Yurong didn't wait for Director-General Okita to answer any more, and left behind such words as if he had sworn an oath, before turning around and walking away, his back was showing arrogance and forbearance.

Mr. Okita stood on the spot, looking at the back, until the back disappeared from sight, he smiled wryly:

"She seems to be in a bad mood today."

It's time to go back to the village, he thought, turned and walked in the opposite direction.