winter cloud

"Here, you can grow taller by eating more fish." Looking at the empty plate on Hirasuke's place, Soran handed over his fish without hesitation.

Hirasuke also reached out his hand habitually, took it, and put it back in front of Kuyin: "Guys who are shorter than me are not qualified to teach me a lesson! You just don't want to eat it."

Without the embarrassment of being punctured at all, Kongyin started to talk nonsense without changing his face: "No, I..."

As a result, before he finished speaking, his mouth was blocked by the fish that Hirasuke picked up: "Don't be picky eaters!"

Scenes like this happen almost every day. Although everyone in the Shinsengumi did not hear the legendary confession on the spot, they almost guessed what happened. Even Chizuru touched his face with a happy expression of "marrying a daughter" He teased a few words with the head of Kongyin.

Kong Yin, who had refused to take a bite of fish no matter how much Qianzu tried to coerce and lure him, even started to eat fish. Although he was still reluctant, he was willing to eat some.

Recently, there is still no news about his father at all, which gradually increases the uneasiness in Qianzuru and Kongyin's hearts. The difference is that Qianzuru is worried about his father's safety, while Kongyin is worried about what is behind his father's disappearance.

In any case, so long has passed, if it wasn't for being raped or being unable to write letters, then there is only one reason Kong Yin can think of for not having any news from his father-father doesn't want to be with him at all. daughter to contact.

Whether it's the former or the latter, Kong Yin doesn't think there's anything good about it.

Qianhe is simple, she can tell almost everything from her face, and she will say whatever comes to her mind.But Sora is not as good at talking as Qianzuru, and she has no experience in communicating with people. She is always worried that she will spit out unpleasant words, so she simply doesn't speak, but it doesn't mean that she doesn't think about anything.

Sora, who was not good at expressing her thoughts, put all her effort into "thinking", and her thoughts were far more than Chizuru's.

"Kong-yin!" The sudden voice made Kongyin's hands tremble, and the book fell to the ground askew. When he turned his head, he saw Qianzuru's hands on his hips, angrily pointing at the casually discarded coat on the floor. .

"How many times have I said this...Are you trying to catch a cold?" Qianzuru picked up the shirt, patted the dust, and carefully put it on Kongyin.

Kongyin tugged at his sleeve uncomfortably: "It just fell off by accident, and the weather is so good, it's impossible to catch a cold."

My sister is really, always worrying about these trivial things.

"You bastard..." Qianhe helplessly stopped Kongyin's small movements, "Father is not found now, and you will be in trouble if you fall ill before then."

Kong Yin curled his lips, and was about to refute a few words, when he heard Hirasuke's angry shout from the end of the corridor.

Both of them turned their heads in doubt, Kongyin couldn't hide his joy: "Hirasuke!"

"Pingzhu-kun, this outfit..." Qianhe tilted his head in confusion, "Do you want to go out?"

Qianhe's words also caused Kongyin to slightly widen his eyes: "Going out?!"

Hirasuke scratched his head: "Ah, I'm going to Edo."

As soon as the words fell, he felt that his hand was pulled hard, and he couldn't help but lean forward. He staggered two steps before he stabilized his figure. He looked up and saw that the girl was holding his hand tightly. , eyes full of panic.

"That..." Kong Yin really wanted to say "don't go" to him, but the three words stuck in his throat and he couldn't come out no matter what.

"I'm sorry." Somewhat disappointed, he let go of Hirasuke's hand, and Soran turned his head aside in embarrassment.

No, that's not what she wanted to say!However, if you really say "don't go", it will cause trouble for Hirasuke.

A not-so-big hand stroked the top of her head, Kongyin's eyes widened, and he felt that hand was constantly stroking her hair.

"Don't worry, just go to recruit team members, and you will be back soon."

"Eh?!" Why, this person would know what she wanted to say...

Hirasuke grinned: "Idiot, everything you think is written on your face."

Kong Yin stretched out his hand and patted his cheek—why didn't she feel that there were words on her face?

"Ah, that's right!" Patting Sorane's furry head, Hirasuke remembered the important purpose of finding the two of them, "Speaking of which, Chizuru, can you give me your address in Edo? Maybe There will be some news about Tsunamichi-san."

After hearing this, Qianhe readily agreed without even thinking about it. She handed the note with the address to Hirasuke: "When you get to the neighborhood, ask Dr. Xuecun's address. Everyone in the neighborhood knows it."

"Ah, I see."

Sora, who was listening all the time, raised his head and glanced at Hirasuke: "Does Hirasuke want to go home?"

Hirasuke raised his hand again and rubbed the girl's head: "Well, there may be clues from Mr. Tsunamichi, I'll go and have a look, and I'll write to you."

"Then, if that's the case." Kongyin's expression became vivid, "Help me bring the book, Pingzhu."

The girl is different from the usual expressionless, this time the arc of her mouth can almost be called "happiness", and there is also a light called "hope" in her eyes.

She really likes reading books.After realizing this, Hirasuke chuckled a few times, and agreed without hesitation.

It was only a few days after seeing the person named Ito. Soran, who was reading a book in the room, found that there was something wrong with Qianzuru who pushed the door in. He kept asking and found out that this person named Ito seemed to be It's like seeing through something.

In the morning, Kong Yin looked at this person curiously, and found that it was just like Qianzuru said, no matter what, he was not likable.

It's better not to get too close to him, thinking about it, Soran turned and ran to the other end of the corridor.

I decided that I would walk around him when I saw him in the future, and to reduce my sense of existence, it would be best to minimize it.

However, he seemed to be very interested in his sister.Kong Yin frowned, if she wanted to take action against her sister, she would definitely not sit idly by.

"Sister?" Sora, who was covered with a quilt but was not sleepy, heard Qianzuru beside him get up, put on a kimono, opened the door and walked out, completely unaware of her waking up.

It's so late, what is this for...?After groping for the kimono beside him, Soran followed without saying a word.

He followed Qianhe all the time, and Qianhe followed Mr. Shannan in front, and dodged into a house by the road.

Intuition tells Kongyin that bad things will happen there, and that is not the field they should set foot in.He quickened his pace and planned to take Qianzu back before causing trouble, but as soon as Kong Yin opened the door, he heard Qianhe's scream.

Kong Yin was startled, and ran towards the dark corridor in the direction of the sound without hesitation.

When he entered the room, Kong Yin couldn't help being stunned.

The silver-haired Mr. Shannan was strangling Qianzuru's neck fiercely, and with the other hand he grabbed her short knife, intending to send it to his chest.

Seemingly aware of Kongyin's arrival, Shannan turned her head, the red light in her eyes made her tremble uncontrollably.

The familiar monster caused Kong Yin's memory to instantly float back to that snowy night, or even a long time ago, a moment she couldn't remember at all.

Chizuru's shout brought Sorane's thoughts back from the memory to reality, but she found that her feet couldn't move even a bit like that night.

She was scared, very, very scared.

Qianhe's voice kept echoing in her ears, as if telling her to run away quickly, or something else, but she felt that the surroundings were so noisy that she couldn't hear anything clearly.

The pain in her heart made her curl up quickly, and the feeling of being unable to breathe enveloped her again.

The pain was worse than before, causing her to pinch her palms with her nails, and Chizuru's face continued to become blurred.

Opening his eyes, this time there was no dazzling sunlight, replaced by a pitch-black night, Kong Yin opened his mouth, but found that his throat was as parched as a fire.

There was an even breathing sound coming from her side, it was the voice of her older sister that she was familiar with.

She frowned, and habitually reached out to pull the quilt over her head, and coughed a few times in a low voice.

But her movement still woke up Chizuru who was napping by her side.

"Kongyin..." Saying that, Qianhe raised his hand to pull the quilt that Kongyin was holding, trying to let her breathe clean air again, but found that her sister was uncharacteristically tough, "No, Kongyin, this is not good for the body. not good……"

"It's okay." Through the quilt, Qianhe heard his sister's muffled and somewhat hoarse voice, "I'm fine, sister is very tired, go to rest earlier."

Afterwards, Kong Yin didn't make another sound, but the hand holding the quilt still refused to let go.

Qianhe attached her hand in a daze, the temperature was so cold that it was not like a living person.

At that time, she even felt that her sister was going to leave her forever.Feeling that the strength in her hand was slightly relaxed, Qianhe threw back the quilt recklessly, and only after seeing Sora's closed eyes and peaceful sleeping face, she breathed a sigh of relief, and tidied the quilt for her. Lie down on your side.

What, it turned out that he just fell asleep, which is really scary.

Sunlight was shining gently on the tatami mats in the house through the window, Soraone tilted his head, but he didn't see Chizuru's figure, it seemed that he should have gone out.There are carefully wrapped books on the table in the room, and Sorane can recognize that they are a few books that she left at home when she came to Kyoto.

In other words, Hirasuke is back.

Looking out of the window, it seemed that it was just about time for breakfast, Sorone rubbed his stomach, curled his lips, grabbed the kimono by the bed and rushed out.

Walking in the corridor, I always feel that the Shinsengumi is a little different from before. Is it her illusion, it seems that there are many people missing... Could it be that this time she missed a lot of things because of the sudden illness? !

Facts have proved that it is true.

The atmosphere in the restaurant was uncharacteristically heavy, and there was no such act of snatching food, which has become a routine, but this was not within the scope of her concern. What really made her panic was that after looking around for a week, Kong Yin didn't see it at all. Heisuke's figure.

Not only that, Mr. Saito was also gone. If you think about it carefully, you really didn't see that Ito who was wandering in the corridor all day long.

"Sister." Upon discovering her arrival, the people in the room all had unspeakable expressions. It was obvious that they were planning to hide something from her. So Kong Yin turned his gaze to Qianhe, only to find that her sister was holding a small table and twisting her face. He just refused to look at her.

"Sister!" The volume suddenly increased, and Kong Yin's nails were almost sinking into the palm of his hand.For the first time she felt angry, very angry very angry.

"Korone!" Qianzuru seemed to realize that something was wrong, quickly turned his face around, and forced a smile, "Well, don't worry, that's the one... Look, didn't Hirasuke-kun go to Edo? ..."

Qianhe's eyes dodged, and she hurriedly made up a lie that even she herself couldn't believe.