[Comprehensive] different hearts

Chapter 25 [25] Another Time

The woman who visited unexpectedly was Ritsuko Hiramiya—the younger sister of Akashi Seishomi, the current head of the Akashi family.

The graceful woman has dark brown wavy curls and is wearing an elegant white long skirt. The slit skirt reveals her slender and straight calves, and she walks in high heels that are nearly ten centimeters high. Flowers blow willows.

Although it was already past the time for afternoon tea, Ritsuko Heimiya still asked Butler Takagi to prepare black tea and snacks in the living room.

Black tea is served in a white porcelain pot for two, with teaspoon, sugar bowl, colander... everything is available.Delicate refreshments on a trolley with a lace doily.Because the incident happened suddenly, even the shrewd and capable butler Takagi only had time to prepare small pancakes, straw cakes and cookies that are easy to bake and make.

Takagi's apology was refuted thoughtfully by Ritsuko Hiramiya.She smiled slightly and said, "My request was too sudden. Mr. Takagi's preparation to this point is enough to make people happy, thank you. You go down first, I want to chat with this lady alone."

Hearing this, Li Ming sat on the side sofa in a regular manner, pretending to be calm, his body froze.Anyone who behaved in such a disrespectful manner would be extremely embarrassed, especially after being introduced by Butler Takagi, and she also learned that the other party was Akashi-kun's aunt.

Also slightly worried was the butler's invisible gaze.

In Takagi's view, although the girl's hasty act of closing the door just now was disrespectful, she quickly adjusted her state and made remedies, and her current performance is also remarkable.

I just don't know what Mrs. Heimiya thinks - Ms. Ritsuko treats people gently in private, and at the same time, her vigorous and resolute attitude in the mall is also well known.

After all, Miss Yongshan is the object of his young master's care, Takagi selfishly does not want Mrs. Heimiya to embarrass her.However, based on his position and identity, there are some things that cannot be expressed and should not be said.Therefore, he just completed his due work in a regular manner, contacted the driver of Akashi's family during the period, and then stepped back.

However, Butler Takagi was completely overwhelmed.Ask Hiramiya Ritsuko what she thinks of Nagayama Rina - so far, she is not dissatisfied at all.

The little girl who opened the door in a daze and then backed away, even though she was embarrassed, did not forget to explain politely, she is simply too cute!

And this is the little girl brought back by my nephew!

That girl brought back by Ah Zheng who might have been insulated from the opposite sex if she didn't have a good-looking face!

How could she not like it!

Just the last reason alone is enough to make Ritsuko Hiramiya's favorability towards Rina up.

After Hiramiya Ritsuko stared at Rina intently for about a minute, Rina's fingers hanging on her knees unconsciously clenched.

The rude behavior just now kept repeating in her mind like a movie, and she was so ashamed that she wanted to find a quilt to cover her head."It's over, I must be hated by Akashi-kun's aunt" in my heart.

——To sum up, none of the people present had the same brain circuit.

Fortunately, this awkward atmosphere did not last forever.

Worried that she would be too enthusiastic to scare away her nephew and girlfriend, Hiramiya Ritsuko pretended to be indifferent and picked up the black tea on the table. She said calmly, "I asked the housekeeper to prepare Darjeeling black tea. Wine flavor, I don’t know if you like it or not?” Little girls should like this type of fruity tea, right?Although she prefers "Prince Tea" a bit, but the taste is more astringent.

black tea?As the daughter of the Yongshan family, Rina naturally also dabbled in the tea ceremony.Seeing that Mrs. Heimiya broke the silence on her own initiative, she breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she picked up the teacup, she suddenly remembered something, pursed her lips slightly, and looked at Ritsuko Heimiya nervously.

As we all know, the tea ceremony is not only a culture of cultivating sentiment and self-cultivation, but also the etiquette and tea tasting skills contained in it cannot be cultivated in a day or two. If you want to use the tea ceremony to test a person's etiquette culture, family background, undoubtedly The most suitable.

Mrs. Pinggong is...testing her?

Seeing the girl's gaze, Hiramiya Ritsuko bent her lips, trying to show her gentleness and kindness as Akashi Seijuro's elder as much as possible.

Woo, I really was testing her...!

Misunderstood Ritsuko Hiramiya's gentle smile as encouragement, and Rina, who didn't like tea at first, was forced to take a sip. Recalling the Wannian template taught to her by her tea ceremony teacher, Rina pretended to evaluate calmly Said: "I like it."

——I'm sorry, my dear tea ceremony teacher, I shouldn't have skipped your class at the beginning, and I will hate the book when it's time to use it, but teacher, please rest assured, when I go out, I will never say that you are my teacher, and I will embarrass you.

Ritsuko Hiramiya felt that the chatterbox could be opened, so she put down the teacup in her hand and pretended to ask casually: "How long have you been dating Ah Zheng?"

"Well, cough—" Rina who was still drinking tea almost choked, she put down her teacup, covered her mouth with her hand and coughed in a low voice, then lowered her hand, and looked at Ritsuko Hiramiya with a smile on her face in surprise.

She immediately recalled walking out of the guest room with her hair disheveled.But if he was misunderstood for this reason, it would be too far-fetched, right?

"Mrs. Heimiya, you misunderstood. Akashi-kun and I don't have that kind of relationship." Rina didn't want to cause trouble to Akashi-kun, so she hastily denied it.

"Yeah." Ritsuko Hiramiya nodded with an unchanged smile, and continued to ask, "When did you meet?"

"Middle school... Akashi-kun and I are just friends." Rina couldn't help emphasizing after answering.

"Hey, hasn't it been more than three years. Ah Zheng is a real kid, just keep it from my brother, why are you keeping it from me." Ritsuko Hiramiya's thinking and reasoning are not in tune at all.

Rina totally did not expect that Ritsuko Heimiya, who is thoughtful and calm in business, has an overly enthusiastic and childish personality in private.

It's been more than three years, even if it's a relationship, it won't start as soon as you step into the school!

"It's the second year of junior high school... no!" Rina who was almost entangled by Ritsuko Hiramiya bit her tongue, reacted, and blurted out, "Mrs. "

"...Girls are really easy to be shy." She was slightly taken aback, then said.

Reasonable name: "..."

Very well, she confirmed, but the other party didn't listen at all.

"Miss Yongshan thinks what kind of person Ah Zheng is." At this time, Ritsuko Hiramiya chuckled, stopped teasing Rina, but asked a calm tone, without waiting for Rina to answer, and did not give her time to respond , After a negligible pause, Ritsuko Hiramiya went on to say, "He's not the type to bring insignificant people home, especially if this person is a girl. You mean a lot to Ah Zheng."

Rina opened her mouth slightly, but was unable to utter a rebuttal.She is actually very clear about this matter, and it is hypocritical and ignorant to speak out against it at this time.

"Ah, by the way," Ritsuko Hiramiya said unhurriedly after tasting a piece of pastry as if she suddenly remembered something, "The room you just came out of is the secondary bedroom, not the guest room."

"Eh?"

The culprit of this misunderstanding, butler Takagi, was packing up the auxiliary bedroom that was used as a temporary guest room.Although there are many rooms in this villa, the guest rooms are usually unused, and the accident happened suddenly, and there was no time to tidy them up carefully, so Butler Takagi tidied up the auxiliary bedroom and let Li Ming take a rest.

He put the books he had read on the sofa back on the bookshelf, and stacked the pillows neatly. Just as he was about to leave the secondary bedroom, Gao Mu noticed a piece of paper on the sofa with sharp eyes.

——Is it something left by a customer?

He bent down to pick it up.

·

When Akashi came back, he learned from Takagi that Rina and Ritsuko Hiramiya were chatting in the living room.

Aunt has always been easy-going, and her name is from a big family, and she has good etiquette. Akashi is not worried that the two will argue, but aunt is sometimes too enthusiastic, which makes Akashi a little helpless.

Before entering the living room, he faintly heard his name, and when his vision suddenly opened up, Ritsuko Hiramiya, who was facing him, first noticed him.

Ritsuko Hiramiya didn't greet him immediately, she raised her lips, then looked away at Rina, and teased with interest: "You said you were called Rina just now, so I'll call you Rina .Speaking of which, you have met Ah Zheng's parents, so when do you plan to get engaged?"

"Hmm...!" Li Ming's snow-white cheeks were suddenly dyed crimson, and he hurriedly denied with his head down, "No...! I..."

"Auntie, don't tease her." Akashi made a proper clearance, and suddenly heard the young man's clear and bright voice, Rina turned his head in surprise, Akashi nodded slightly at her and said, "It's been a long time, Rina."

"We just need to discuss something." Immediately afterwards, Akashi explained to Ritsuko Hiramiya in a calm manner.

"Discuss, what urgent matter must be discussed now? A Zheng." Ritsuko Hiramiya smiled jokingly, and was looked at calmly by Akashi. She stood up with a smile and said, "Then I won't bother you." Yes. I still have an appointment."

"Please go slowly." Akashi responded politely, and Rina hurriedly got up to say goodbye.

Ritsuko Hiramiya paused, and said to Akashi, "Then I won't leave? It's nothing important anyway."

"..." Akashi was speechless.

"Just kidding, see you later." Ritsuko Hiramiya smiled brightly, waved her hands, and left in a sassy manner.

So only Akashi, who had just arrived, and Rikina, who was flustered and caught off guard by Ritsuko Hiramiya's words, were left in the living room.

In the too quiet atmosphere, Rina avoided her eyes a little bit. She tried hard to find a topic to break the silence, and asked hesitantly, "Is the meeting... going well?"

"En." Akashi responded lightly, and after a slight pause, he said to her, "You don't have to take what Auntie said to heart. You came today because you want to tell me something."

"A decision has been made?"

Suddenly hearing his question, Rina was taken aback, letting her wandering eyes fall on Akashi.

There was no surprise on his face, and his tone was even more calm, as if he had already known her intention of coming.

"Yeah." She responded softly, and unconsciously clenched her ten fingers folded in front of her body, she looked at Akashi, was silent for a moment, and then said, "But now... I'm a little nervous, I can't say it. Can you walk around the garden with me, Akashi-kun."

Akashi naturally agreed to her request.

It's summer, the garden is breezy, the moonlight is quiet, and the fragrance of flowers is very light.She raised her hand to brush back her long hair that was blown by the wind, and walked side by side with Akashi.

Akashi didn't rush her, so she also had enough time to adjust her mood, but the emotions disturbed by the prolonged time and sudden words cannot be controlled by reason.When she buried her head and felt a little dazed and at a loss, Akashi next to her asked in a cold voice.

"Did you go to Sensoji Temple today?"

"Ah? Hmm." She asked in a daze, "Why would Akashi-kun..."

"Mr. Takagi picked up the signature you dropped in the room." What Akashi handed over was a blank piece of paper with the signature written on it.

After taking the lottery away from Sensoji Temple, she forgot about it, and she didn't expect to drop it in the guest room.After Li Ming took it, her long and curved eyelashes trembled slightly. She lowered her eyes and said helplessly, "Well, it's fierce. So—"

She squeezed the signature paper in her hand, stopped unconsciously, and said softly, "I've always been worried that I might be hated by Akashi-kun."

Akashi also stopped moving forward, and he silently faced the girl.The wind was blowing the leaves and rustling, she was absent-mindedly looking at the signature on the paper, her voice was so soft that it quickly disappeared with the wind, like his illusion.

"...I can't think of any reason to hate you." After a slight pause, Akashi said calmly, "Besides, it is me who decides my attitude, not a signed paper."

"Well, I know." Li Ming put the signed document back into her pocket, she raised her head, and looked seriously at the exquisite and picturesque facial features and calm expression of the boy under the moon.

After a long time, she opened her mouth.

"I went to Sensoji Temple, Ueno Park...and Teiko today. During this period, I have been thinking about what kind of feelings I have for you, Akashi-kun."

Because of what she was going to say next, the temperature of the girl's cheeks rose quietly, and her words were a little stumbling, but she still expressed it as clearly as possible.

"I like Akashi-kun, I always thought Akashi-kun changed, but I should know, this is Akashi-kun too."

Akashi remained silent.Li Ming pursed her lower lip slightly, and then confessed all the words she kept repeating in her heart.

"I'm just worried about getting hurt, so I want to leave others before I get hurt. I like to escape and willful, but even so, Akashi-kun didn't blame me, but my hesitant attitude, Constantly embarrassing Akashi-kun."

"I don't want to have any regrets and regrets about my decision. But I'm not sure that I can understand the current Akashi-kun enough."

"so--"

She stopped suddenly.Akashi never interrupted her from the beginning to the end, but hid all his emotions and waited quietly.

In the still air, the girl's slightly rapid breathing due to nervousness also became clear.

She stared at him, without any intention of avoiding her eyes, and said slowly and firmly.

"I want to get to know the current Akashi-kun again."

This is the answer sheet she submitted after Akashi gave her time to think.

It is not the end, nor is it a new beginning.

She asked Akashi for a time—the time to get closer again.

The author has something to say: Li Ming: You may not believe it, but I’m here to refuse (?ì_í?)

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