[Death Doujin] Ink dyed white smoke

The two first met at the annual grand meeting of the upper-class nobles.

At that time, Moran Xianyi was still a young girl, holding on to her grandfather's clothes tightly, shyly asking him to introduce her to his friends, but most of it was showing off.

Coincidentally, Kuchiki Yinling, the head of the Kuchiki family, who was the head of the four nobles that day, also brought his grandson out to meet the world, so he naturally introduced the two children to each other.

Moran Xianyi still remembered that Kuchiki Byakuya stood upright at that time, nodded kindly to him with a noble posture, and said "Hi" to her.

Mo Ran Xianyi was deeply impressed by her calm demeanor and generous attitude, and her inherent nobility.

Since that day, the interaction between the two has become much more frequent.Except for Occasionally Kuchiki Yinling will bring Kuchiki Byakuya to the Moran House to visit, one of the four nobles, the head of Sifengin-Yoichi of Sifengin, will also go to the Moran House to play hide-and-seek when he is playing tricks on Kuchiki Byakuya.

When Mo Ran Xianyi was young, his physical condition was not very good. He basically rested at home all year round and rarely had contact with others.Therefore, apart from Oikawa Kagami, only Yoichi Yoruichi, the eldest sister with a cheerful style, and Byakuya Kuchiki, who is often teased, will come as friends.

Sifengin Yeichi──Moran Xianyi's favorite 'Yeyi sister', always furious with the childish Kuchiki Byakuya, shouting 'cat demon', 'cat demon' in a fit of rage, completely ignorant The calmness of the first meeting.Byakuya Kuchiki at that time seemed much more real.

Moran Xianyi will not join the chase between the two because of her physical discomfort. Usually, she just sits by the porch, waiting for them to get tired from playing, and then smiles and offers tea and refreshments.

These days are the most precious memories of Moran Xianyi's childhood.

After that, Moran Xianyi slowly recovered his body, and gradually joined the chase between Yoichi Sifengin and Byakuya Kuchiki, and then they...

No then.

After many sad things happened one after another, many things can never go back to the past, such as Moran Kanyi and Kuchiki Byakuya lost their close relatives, and Sifengin Yaichi's defection.

"Gradually drifting away" seems to be the footnote of all this.

Until now, after a long, long time, Moran Kanyi and Kuchiki Byakuya are strangers, they are only connected by the relationship between boss and subordinate, and there is almost no intersection outside of work.

So Moran Xianyi often thinks, if he hadn't met him at the beginning, would he not know Kuchiki Byakuya, and even fall in love with him?

The most important thing is--if she had passed through the wall of people when Kuchiki Byakuya lost her loved one, and mustered up the courage to go forward to comfort him and accompany him, would there be more possibilities between them?

It's just that it's too late.

No matter how much it is, it can only be turned into a sigh in the end.

Those years, I can't go back...

In the quiet and large ward, Mo Ran Xianyi turned over on the white hospital bed, a tear rolled down from the corner of his eye.

Kuchiki Byakuya was quietly reading a book on the sofa beside him, and when he accidentally raised his eyes and saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed, and his brows were unconsciously frowned.

Five days have passed since the false attack on Liuhun Street.During this period, Moran Xianyi only woke up a few times.

Although the extent of the injury was not too serious for the average death god, Moran Xianyi's disease was caused when he was young, so the recovery speed was naturally slower.

I have been in contact with her for decades, and all I have seen is her healthy and determined appearance. I really forgot that this woman had actually been ill for a long time.

It's my own negligence.

Kuchiki Byakuya gently put down the book, walked slowly to the side of the hospital bed and lowered his head to stare at Moran Xianyi who was not sleeping peacefully on the bed.

That tear, is the wound still hurting?

I once heard the team members discuss with Mo Ran Xianyi's friends that Mo Ran Xianyi is a woman like water, but she never cries.

Whenever they said that, Kuchiki Byakuya would recall that a long time ago, there was a girl who hid alone under a cherry blossom tree in full bloom and cried extremely sadly, no matter how hard he coaxed her, he couldn't stop her from crying.

"Don't cry, don't cry if you are the head of the family in the future." He was still young at the time, and he was not very good at comforting girls—well, in fact, he is still not very good at coaxing people.

But he still remembered that Moran Xianyi looked at him seriously and said, "Well, I won't cry anymore."

It seems that since then, Kuchiki Byakuya has never seen her shed a single tear.

That day he rushed to the location of the false attack to rescue her, even though the pain caused cold sweat on her forehead, she endured it tenaciously, and even forced a weak smile to reassure him.

She is really a strange woman, but maybe it is because of this that she can be supported by most of the team members.

"Hmm..." Byakuya Kuchiki was lost in thought, when suddenly a weak murmur came from the hospital bed, "Hello, Vice Captain."

With a pale face, Moran Xianyi squinted at Kuchiki Byakuya, the corners of his lips slightly raised.

"Do you need some water, Moran Four Seats?" Kuchiki Byakuya asked, and pressed the notification bell to the side for the nurse to come.

"Excuse me." Nodding to him, Moran Xianyi sat up slowly, leaning his back against the head of the bed, watching the neat movements of his vice-captain.

After Moran Xianyi drank some water, he asked the nurse who came to take care of him to check the condition of the wound.

"The recovery is good, but you still have to be careful not to make too many movements to avoid the wound opening." The nurse gently instructed, and after Moran Xianyi expressed her understanding, she saluted and left the ward.

"Does the wound still hurt, ink dyed the four seats?" Thinking of the tears, Kuchiki Byakuya was a little concerned.

"It doesn't hurt." Moran Xianyi smiled reassuringly, "It's just that it's a bit inconvenient to move."

Kuchiki Byakuya looked at her expression carefully, and it seemed that there was no trace of being aggressive.

"But you cried." He said bluntly.

Mo Ran Xianyi was startled when he heard the words, not knowing what he was referring to.

As if seeing the other party's doubts, Kuchiki Byakuya didn't mind answering, "You cried in your sleep." Although it was just a tear.

"Is there such a thing?" Mo Ran Xianyi tried hard to recall what dream he had, but he really couldn't remember it, "I don't remember it!"

"...That's all." As long as the wound really doesn't hurt.

The ward returned to the usual silence, Moran Kanyi watched Kuchiki Byakuya sitting back on the sofa and picking up the unfinished books, feeling a little puzzled.

"Vice Captain, can I interrupt you for a while?"

Kuchiki Byakuya raised his eyes, "Yes."

"Aren't you going back to the team building to rest?" The purpose of visiting his subordinates had already been achieved, so there was no need for him to stay with her any longer.

The purpose of visiting his subordinates is over, so he can leave directly, but he doesn't want to.

In fact, during the five days since Moran Xianyi was injured, Kuchiki Byakuya would report to the ward every day whenever he was free, and quietly stay aside to do his own thing, waiting for her to wake up and confirm the actual situation.It's just that every time it seems to come at the wrong time, and the meeting time is over when she is never sober.

He met Mo Ran Xianyi's grandfather three days ago, and sincerely apologized to him, after all, he appointed Mo Ran Xianyi to support him.Mo Ran always looked at him, and just patted him on the shoulder kindly, telling him not to care.

"That's the result of the girl's own bravery. It's not your fault. It's good that people are fine."

Even though Soichiro Mozo said so, Byakuya Kuchiki still felt sorry.

"If it disturbs your rest, I will leave immediately." Byakuya Kuchiki remained expressionless, looking at Moran Xianyi with an imperceptible seriousness in his eyes.

Moran Xianyi shook his head, "I don't have any other intentions, I'm very happy that you can come here, I'm just worried about delaying your schedule."

"I'll take a break this month." He has a lot of free time now.

"what?"

"The captain asked the team members who participated in the false attack mission to take vacation according to the situation. My vacation lasts until the end of the month, so don't worry about it." Byakuya Kuchiki lowered his head and continued to read his book, not leaving at all. mean.

Seeing this, Mo Ran Xianyi just smiled, and then picked up the quarterly magazine of the Men's Association that Luan Ju sent her the night before, and only read a few pages.

The ward was very quiet, save for the occasional sound of pages being turned.Somehow, Moran Xianyi liked the quiet and peaceful atmosphere between him and his deputy captain.

Not the kind of relatively wordless silence, but a harmony that would make her wish it lasted forever.

Gently flipping through the pages of the magazine, looking at the messages praising Luanju one after another, Mo Ran Xianyi couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, feeling a little proud.

What's more interesting is that the Men's Death Association originally voted by name, so it is clear which important person in Seireitei voted for.After counting the votes, the Men's Association will send a commissioner to interview the Shinigami who participated in the voting, and ask them to talk about their impression of the female Shinigami.

Swipe across the name of a certain person in the column page of Luanju, the woman who came to Luanju must be so happy that she can't sleep!

"Because it's a random chrysanthemum." That's what the fox wrote in the reason column.

The significance of these few words is so great that no one understands it better than Luanju.

A few pages later, there is Miyajima Rose's special page, and there are also several pages of comments.

In fact, Miyajima Qiangwei also visited her in the ward. After chatting with her for a few words, Moran Xianyi found that Miyajima just has a bit of a young lady's temper, plus a little conceited arrogance. Apart from that, her nature is not bad.

I heard that Captain Aizan gave her a rare and serious reprimand, and asked her to take the team she was in charge of to assist in the reconstruction of the area affected by the false attack in the next few weeks to make up for her negligence.

Before leaving, Miyajima Qiangwei once again expressed her deep apology to her, and expressed with some embarrassment that she hoped to have more opportunities to communicate with Moran Xianyi in the future.

Mo Ran Xianyi said 'yes' to her, and told her not to mind her past mistakes, as long as she remembered the lesson.

Women's friendships always start inexplicably, and Mo Ran Xianyi can't learn to refuse mercilessly to other people's initiative.

Ranju is a hearty and self-willed outsider, while Miyajima Rose is the kind of capable and conceited arrogance. They are different types, but they all have the trait that Moran Kanyi admires - self-confidence.

As the next heir to the head of the family, Mo Ran Xianyi is often reprimanded by the elders for being too submissive and lacking the bearing of being the head of the family.This time she was injured, the elders personally came to reprimand her the next day, surrounded the only hospital bed in the ward, and reprimanded her because of her carelessness, and almost lost the face of Mo Ran's family.

At that time, she didn't even have the strength to move a finger, and Oi Chuanjing was supporting her before she could barely sit up and listen to the training.

Thinking of this, Mo Ran Xianyi sighed as if he hadn't heard anything.

"What's wrong?" Byakuya Kuchiki raised his eyes and saw Moran Xianyi's frown.

Seeing his serious expression, Mo Ran Xianyi just shook his head and said softly: "It's not important, Vice Captain."

Kuchiki Byakuya gave her a deep look when he heard the words, and then continued his reading without intending to ask further questions.But anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Mo Ran Xianyi was not telling the truth.

Turning his eyes back to the magazine, Mo Ran Xianyi was a little absent-minded.

It's not that she doesn't want to tell him, it's just that she doesn't want him to know that her situation in the family is so pessimistic.

I just don't want him to know that maybe she will never be the head of a noble family like him.

I have worked hard, but I can never meet the requirements of the elders.She will never forget the disappointed expressions on her first demonstration of Zanpakuto Hashikai in front of the elders on the day of graduation.

Only my grandfather found her hiding in my mother's garden in the dead of night, touched her head, and congratulated her on her graduation.

The family members in Moran's house all liked this lady, and they also supported her becoming the head of the house.It's just that the elders don't like it, what they want is a noble young master like Kuchiki Byakuya, not a weak girl.

They don't see Mo Ran Xianyi's diligent practice day and night, they only know that their next patriarch still can't understand; they don't know how much Mo Ran Xianyi has put in to gain their approval, they will only constantly blame her for her shortcomings.

But this is her.She believed that one day she would become a qualified Patriarch in the eyes of the elders.

Moran Xianyi didn't want Kuchiki Byakuya to know about such a situation.She hoped that in his eyes, she would always be the Mo Ran Sixi who had a gentle temperament and was serious and responsible for his work.

That's it.

Turning back a few pages of the magazine carelessly, Moran Xianyi saw his profile picture appear on the page.It seems that this is the column that Oikawa and the others were talking about.

It was only a few pages long, but the messages from the team members below made her smile knowingly.Then I saw the part of the celebrity voting area... Moran Xianyi opened his eyes wide in disbelief.

Just as he was about to ask the person concerned for proof, someone knocked on the door of the ward, and he couldn't feel any spiritual pressure.

"Please come in."

After a few minutes, the visitor still didn't open the door to come in, but continued to knock on the door gently.

Looking at Moran Xianyi, Kuchiki Byakuya decided to get up to see why he was hiding his Reiatsu.

Carefully opened the door, seeing the other party, Kuchiki Byakuya couldn't help but be taken aback.

No wonder she didn't open the door and come in by herself, but she couldn't open the door of the room that needed input of spiritual pressure to verify her identity.

Following Kuchiki Byakuya's sideways movement, Moran Xianyi saw a small woman leaning out from one side, holding a calico bag in her hand.

Mid-length shoulder-length black hair, big gentle eyes, and a gentle and beautiful temperament despite wearing an old kimono...

It was the Ling Ling of that day.

"So it's you." Moran Xianyi showed a kind smile.This woman, in fact, can be regarded as the benefactor of the reason why I can still sit here!If the sense of responsibility to save her hadn't erupted to pull the body into action, he might have given up dodging and died when the first bird rushed towards him.

I thought I would go to Liuhun Street to look for her after recovering from my injuries, and thank her for being gentle to me at that time, but I didn't expect that she would automatically appear in front of my eyes now.

Zheng Ling shyly walked to Moran Sixi's hospital bed, and spoke nervously.

"Since that day, I want to thank you in person, Mr. Mo Ran, but I can't enter the Seiring Court with my identity. I haven't found a Lord Shinigami who is willing to bring me here until today. I haven't had time to thank him. He Because I have something to do, I left first."

"Who is so kind, I will definitely thank him later." Moran Xianyi smiled softly.

"From the content of the conversation between the Shinigami-sama and the nurse, it seems that his surname is Oikawa, but I'm not sure." Zheng Ling gradually let go of his nervousness because of Moran Xianyi's relaxed smile.

It turned out to be Oikawa, and it seemed that he still remembered that he had talked with him about finding someone.Moran Xianyi smiled, "Oikawa is my team member, I will thank him on your behalf."

Hearing this, Zheng Ling took another step forward, and there seemed to be a thin layer of mist in his eyes.

"Master Moran, thank you very much. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have passed away in this world long ago. I'm sorry for making you hurt in order to save me. Thank you very much, Master Moran."

"A lot of things are mutual. In fact, I also want to say thank you to you personally." Mo Ran Xianyi paused for a while, "You don't know how important it is to me that you were there at that time."

Zheng Ling was a little surprised, and bluntly said that Mo Ranxian was too serious, after all, she couldn't do anything.

Moran Xianyi shook her head and stopped her from continuing, "Maybe you will never believe it, but for me at that time, you really played a big role in motivating me."

"Really?" Zheng Ling blinked his eyes wide, then seemed to think of something, and quickly handed the flower cloth bag in his hand to Mo Ran Xianyi.

"This is?" Moran Xianyi was a little puzzled, and slowly spread the cloth bag on his lap, only feeling that the material and color of the exposed corner were very familiar.

"This is the robe you left that day. I thought maybe you would like to take it back, so I took it back to mend it and tidy it up a bit." Zheng Ling responded sincerely.

Taking the outer robe out of the cloth bag, Moran Xianyi checked it, and was surprised to find that the cut part was mended intact, and there was no blood stain left on the cloth, presumably it took a lot of effort to clean it.

Perhaps Ling Ling didn't know that losing one or two coats was never a big problem for Mo Ran Xianyi, but Mo Ran Xianyi still felt warm in his heart for the other party's carefulness.

"Thank you, I will cherish this lost and found gift."

Folding the robe and placing it on the low table beside the bed, Moran Xianyi suddenly felt dizzy.

This is the first time in a few days that I have been awake for such a long time, and I am still a little tired.

"Moran Four Seats, 'we' should also leave." Seeing Moran Xianyi's exhaustion, Kuchiki Byakuya, who was just quietly listening to the conversation between the two, decided to interrupt them loudly, emphasizing 'we' 'Looked at the whole spirit when he said two words.

Zheng Ling smiled shyly, fully understanding what the other party meant.

"I will come to visit again tomorrow, please have a good rest and ink the four seats."

"Well, this subordinate understands." Will he come tomorrow?Although Moran Xianyi was puzzled, he was still a little excited.

After thanking Moran Xianyi again, Zheng Ling followed behind Kuchiki Byakuya and prepared to leave.

"Wait." Moran Xianyi hurriedly shouted, "I don't know your name yet! Would you like to tell me?"

Zheng Ling turned to face Mo Ran Xianyi, showing a very warm smile.

"Fei Zhen. My name is Fei Zhen, Master Moran."

Unable to tell what it was like at the moment, Mo Ran Xianyi only felt that the smile of the woman in front of her was really pure, without any impurities.

Watching the figures of the two disappear behind the door, Moran Xianyi stared at a line of words in the magazine for a long time, and finally put it aside.Anyway, there is still more time, you can ask him anytime.

Arranging the pillows, Moran Xianyi lay down slowly and closed her eyes.

"Mo Ran Sixi's smile is the most beautiful among the women I know."

It's useless to talk about the past.She just needs to know what her vice-captain thinks of her now.

Moran Xianyi chewed on this passage, and soon fell asleep.

It's just that this dream can no longer make her shed any tears.