winter cloud

"Sorry, may I ask..."

Kongyin didn't know how many times he heard Qianhe asking about his father's whereabouts, but every time it ended in disappointment.

"Aren't Soraon going to help?" Okita asked, pointing to Chizuru who was still describing his father's characteristics to passers-by.

Kongyin shook his head: "No need, I can't help much anyway."

He always wanted to protect his sister and stay by her side all the time, but when he looked back, Kongyin realized that he had been doing everything he could to cause trouble for his sister, but he couldn't do anything when he really needed help.

I don't know if it's because the afternoon sun was too poisonous, Sorane felt a tightness in his chest, and he took a few deep breaths to get better. At this moment, Qianzuru suddenly ran away from the team, and Sorane frowned, and followed.

Hearing that someone had seen someone who looked like his father here, Qianhe rushed over without even thinking about it, but he didn't expect to be attacked on the first day he came out to patrol.

She screamed and hurriedly backed away, but she tripped over her feet and fell to the ground.

The blade was about to swing down, Qianzuru looked outside the door, but he couldn't find Kong Yin's figure.

Thank goodness Kong Yin is not here.

But in the next second, Qianzuru realized that she was completely wrong - the figure standing firmly in front of her was clearly her sister of Yukimura Qianzuru!

"It's too much." Kongyin pulled Qianhe and moved two steps to the left, narrowly avoiding the blade with his keen hearing, "You are not allowed to shoot at my sister."

After finishing speaking, Kongyin grabbed Qianzuru's hand and ran towards the door, not caring about Qianzuru calling his name from behind.

As soon as he stepped out of the door, Okita Souji walked in, and then the members of the first group entered one after another, and the sound of blades colliding filled Kong Yin's ears.

His chest began to feel tight again, and Soran had to take a few deep breaths again.

"Kuyin? Are you okay?" Qianhe keenly noticed the abnormality of Kongyin, and quickly took her hand, but was startled by the abnormally cold temperature, "Kuyin!" She couldn't help screaming .

Kongyin held Qianhe's hand, and after feeling better, he quickly shook his head: "It's okay, it's just that the sun is too hot."

As night approached, the sky was replaced by black ink as if it had been soaked. Kongyin spread the book on his lap, but he hadn't turned a page for a long time.

It's strange, the sun has already disappeared and the temperature is not as high as during the day, but I don't feel any more comfortable.

Scratching his hair irritably, Soran put away the book and decided to go outside to get some air.

After walking aimlessly along the corridor for a few times, Kong Yin didn't see a single person, so he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled—speaking of which, my sister did mention that there was some major action tonight.

But it seems that it has nothing to do with them. Where did that sister go?

Thinking that his sister hadn't returned to the room, Sora couldn't help but quicken his pace.

Finally, Qianzuru was seen at the gate of the village, Shannan and Yamazaki were also nearby, as if they were discussing something, and then Qianzu followed Yamazaki out of the village.

Wait... Kongyin just opened his mouth to call Qianhe to stop, but his footsteps stopped suddenly.

pain!My chest hurts so much!

Having no choice but to hold onto the tree trunk beside him and squat down, Sorane hugged his knees tightly hoping to relieve some pain, his fingers firmly grasped the hem of the kimono, and gritted his teeth trying not to let himself scream out.

"Huh." Taking a long breath, Kongyin let go of his hands, the palms of which were already soaked in sweat.Suddenly, Kongyin suddenly raised his head, but Qianhe was nowhere to be seen.

"It's too bad." Leaning on the tree trunk, Kongyin stood up, turned around, and fled back to the room almost in a state of embarrassment.

That's right, I really suck.

After Kongyin left, Shannan approached the grass where Kongyin was just now, and looked around suspiciously.

Strangely, he seemed to hear a voice from here just now.

When he regained consciousness, he still saw the familiar ceiling in front of him. Soraon habitually pulled the quilt over his head to avoid looking directly at the too dazzling light—strange, even in summer, but is the sun so dazzling?

After tidying up the bed, Kong Yin looked out the window, only to find that the sun had moved to the center of the sky, and touched the position of his chest, the pain had long since disappeared, as if what happened last night was just a nightmare.

Indeed, it is a dream.Because I have already forgotten what time and how I fell asleep last night.

Looking back at Qianhe's bed, it was already neatly made, but it did look like someone had slept on it.

He was about to turn out the book as usual, but he was brought back to his senses by the sound of his stomach growling.

It is already noon.Thinking so, she opened the door and walked towards the kitchen.

Still the same as yesterday, no one met in the corridor, making Kongyin feel that he actually slept for a long time.

But it was lunch time, and when Sorane opened the door of the restaurant, he happened to meet Todo Heisuke's eyes.

"Wow!" After being stunned for two seconds, Hirasuke finally came to his senses. With a shake of his right hand, half of the soup in the bowl spilled out, and he pointed at Kong Yin with a hellish expression, "You..."

"What's the matter, Hirasuke-kun?" Chizuru poked his head out of the kitchen, and was also taken aback when he saw Kong Yin, but the next second he rushed forward and grabbed her hand, "Kong Yin, you Waking up! Great!"

"What's the matter? Where are the others?" Looking around, there were only three people, Chizuru Heisuke and Okita, and it was hard to imagine what happened.

Okita took a mouthful of food calmly: "Mr. Kondo and the others have received orders from the Aizu Domain to officially go to war."

"Then why are you still here?"

Qianhe pulled Kongyin to sit down, and handed her a bowl of porridge: "Heisuke-kun and Mr. Okita are still injured from the battle at Ikedaya."

Before she had time to think about what "Ikeda House" was, Sora's attention was immediately attracted by the word "hurt". She put down the half bowl of porridge, approached Hirasuke, and stretched out her hand to his forehead: " You are hurt?"

The sudden girlish breath instantly made Hirasuke's breathing disordered, and his face couldn't help becoming hot: "No, it's okay..."

It seems a bit hot... Sora Yin withdrew his hand, thought for a while, picked up the half-drunk porridge, and poured it into Hirasuke's bowl: "Here, supplement nutrition."

"It's too much, to actually only care about Hirasuke." Okita put down his chopsticks, and looked at Sora with an accusing look.

Hirasuke didn't keep up with the girl's thinking speed at all, and it took half a second to react, and immediately put the bowl to Kongyin: "Hey, you need to supplement nutrition! You are sick!"

Kong Yin's hand holding the bowl froze.

"Xiao Qianhe said that when she returned to the room, she saw you pulling the quilt in pain, with cold sweat on your forehead." Okita took a sip of tea, as if carefully recalling Qianhe's flustered expression at that time, "then fell asleep all the time. until now."

Did she sleep for a long time... No wonder she was so hungry, it really didn't seem like it was just one night.

"Well, but it looks like it's all right..." Qianhe smiled helplessly and poured another bowl of porridge for Kongyin, and looked at her seriously, "Is there anything else uncomfortable?"

Kong Yin shook his head.It is true that there is no uncomfortable feeling at all, and the pain in the heart before is as unreal as an illusion.

Hirasuke also turned his head worriedly: "Are you cured?"

Kong Yin paused to drink the porridge, then slowly shook his head: "No." At the end, he added, "It won't get better."

It has always been like this, no matter how long it takes, her condition will not get better, yes, her body is just that bad.However, falling down while clutching his heart like that was indeed a situation that hadn't happened in a long time.

Chizuru must have known this too, so even if she woke up after sleeping for such a long time, she didn't show any fuss.

"How is that possible! If you let the doctor take a look, there will definitely be a solution!" Hirasuke frowned and stood up, as if he was very dissatisfied with her indifferent attitude, "At least..."

"There is no need for that." Before he could finish speaking, Kong Yin interrupted, and it was unprecedentedly loud, "There is absolutely no need to call a doctor!"

It couldn't be cured anyway, as long as she lived through each day quietly and waited for the moment when her heart stopped beating, that was enough—other than that, she couldn't do anything else.

Putting down the chopsticks with a "snap", Kong Yin clasped his hands together and said "Thank you for the hospitality", then opened the door and ran out.

"Hey, wait... Kongyin!" Qianzuru, who was arranging the dishes and chopsticks, heard the sound of the paper door being slammed hard, and rushed out of the corridor, but only saw Kongyin's back disappearing around the corner.

After walking around the corner, Kong Yin's footsteps gradually slowed down, he looked back cautiously, and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Qianzuru hadn't chased him out.

Not wanting to be seen by his sister, he fled in a hurry.Without returning to the room, Sorane sat down leaning against the pillars in the corridor, resting his chin on his hands, staring at the cherry blossom tree in front of him without moving.

It's hot, summer.Hearing the irregular chirping of cicadas, Sorane couldn't help feeling upset.

Holding his knees tightly, Sorane lowered his head severely.

She is afraid.But I don't know what I'm afraid of.

However, Kongyin felt that she was about to cry in fear.