The end of the curtain

?Walking through the long winding corridor, I saw the general manager sitting there lazily with his shirt open and his white chest exposed. The medicine made by Fangzi.

Even though he heard the footsteps of someone approaching long ago, the chief executive raised his face and looked at the sky as clear as pure glass. The cloudless sky against the crimson maple leaves was as seductive as blood and as warm as fire.But the red maple in autumn is almost in everyone's heart, it belongs to the feeling of "sadness and loneliness in autumn since ancient times".

Sakurai suddenly felt a little sad in his heart. It's not so much that the chief executive is unwilling to subdue the illness, but more than that, he seems to be avoiding something all the time.It's not so much that the general manager has a perverse temper and temperament, it's better to say that his original character is hidden under the cynical smile on the surface.

Which one is the real you?In fact, there is no difference, it's just that you can only show your face to others in this ever-changing time environment by changing yourself.

Living like this is really tiring...

"It doesn't matter if you don't drink this kind of medicine, please don't take it again in the future." After standing beside him and waiting for a long time, I thought that the chief executive was unwilling to take the medicine because he thought it was too bitter.But the next second his cold voice came, Sakurai raised his head in surprise, and saw that the chief executive was frowning with an irritable and dull expression.

Sakurai is not a dull person, she quickly understood the meaning of the chief executive's few words from his tone.

Are you desperate that I can cure you?I'm still desperate for myself... Even though I come from an era with advanced technology, after all, due to the problems of the times, I still can't try to change all this?

"I won't force you, but you are the one who loses weight like that, so please drink the medicine and don't make everyone worry." Sakurai suddenly pulled her face down. Although she felt very anxious in her heart, she didn't want to force the chief executive at all. Do anything that goes against his own ideas, and don't want him to give up even the last method of suppressing his illness.

"But no matter what, it's doomed, it's been two years, hasn't it?" He chuckled in a self-deprecating tone, but his voice revealed a desperate coldness as if he had fallen into a deep ice cellar, "Day Doing it day after day without any effect, why bother?"

The finger that was just about to touch the spoon trembled slightly, and the sadness in her heart was overwhelming, Sakurai forced herself to calm down, she nodded slightly, her bangs covered her eyebrows, and finally held back the tears.

Desperately frightening...

"If there is no hope of surviving... Is this the captain of the Shinsengumi, Souji Okita?" Sakurai suddenly said in a low voice with a delicate expression on his delicate face. Feeling angry, "Without the capital, how can Mr. Okita follow Mr. Kondo, and in the end he doesn't even have the strength to hold the sword. How can Mr. Okita become the sword of the Shinsengumi?"

What am I working so hard for?What do I like you for?Could it be that I worked so hard to save you just because I have nothing to do and find something to do for myself?Do I like you just because adolescent girls commit nympho?Holding the sword fearlessly and going straight forward, swinging the sword is for protection, vigorous bushido, this is my favorite Okita Souji!

"Heh, it's really easy to say that." The chief executive slightly curled his lips into a cold smile, "Whispering girls are not flattering, but I think Xiao Qianhe is more considerate and gentle."

Sakurai felt that the unconscious words were like thunder, and his heart was hit hard like a sharp awl for a moment, the pain was almost numb.

...It turns out that the wishful thinking that has been going on for a long time has finally attracted the resentment of the chief... I forgot from the beginning, but I deliberately didn't think about it.

...OK, I get it...

……I see……

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[I really won't abuse to the extreme. . . 】

Entering the end of October, the wind blowing day and night has brought an inadvertent biting chill.

In this dry cold, the ancient capital ushered in the late autumn when the fallen leaves return to their roots.The quaint streets and alleys have experienced the baptism of wind and rain, and things are different.

The bright crimson color that paints the field of vision fluctuates in the air with the wind. Even though the dancing posture is not as elegant and beautiful as the cherry blossoms, it is like a girl in a fiery red dance dress, graceful and enchanting.

No matter how beautiful it is, no one knows the sadness.After dancing and singing, stepping through the vast twilight, the only result is to be covered by winter snow forever.

After finishing the trivial chores in the village that afternoon, Qianzuru went back to the room and took off her shoulder straps to take a rest, but when she pushed the sliding door open, she saw Sakurai who was facing the sliding door as if hiding something, Turn around quickly.

Although Sakurai didn't say a word, Chizuru obviously felt that the atmosphere in the room was not right, and had a faint feeling that something happened.

The more she thought about it, the more wrong it became, Qianzuru closed the sliding door casually, walked over quickly and squatted beside Sakurai, with her white and soft hands resting on Sakurai's shoulders, she was about to speak with a worried face, but accidentally caught sight of Sakurai. Well slightly trembling shoulders.

This look... Although the expression on his face quickly changed to a calm look as usual, those dark eyes with reddish rims... obviously looked like he had just cried...

How could this be?

"Xiaoxu, what's the matter with you?" Qianhe's voice was amplified slightly because of her anxiety. She had never seen Sakurai cry. In her heart, Sakurai had always existed like an older sister, always strong and rational. She has never shed tears, no matter what she encounters, she can deal with it calmly.

Unless something serious happened...

Just now Xiaoxu should have delivered medicine to Mr. Okita as usual, and Mr. Okita always likes to push and procrastinate when delivering medicine. Could it be——

"Did Mr. Okita bully you?" For the first time, Qianzuru showed a somewhat angry expression on his immature face, Sakurai did not answer her question, "It's too much..."

Mr. Okita usually likes to tease others the most, and sometimes his words are a bit unacceptable. It must be that he played too much this time and made Xiao Xu cry. Several times, Mr. Okita joked that he was so anxious that he almost wanted to cry.

But it doesn't feel right to explain it this way. With Xiaoxu's character, she will never be moved by such a trivial matter...

"No...it's none of his business..." Sakurai suddenly raised his head and gave a forced smile, then gently pulled Chizuru's sleeve to signal her not to think about it, "...I just miss My family is gone, so I can't help it...Sorry, I lost my temper..."

Qianhe was stunned for a while, but when she came back to her senses, although she was still a little puzzled, she didn't ask any more questions.Qianhe smiled softly and said, "It's great that you're fine, Xiaoxu don't be sad, if Xiaoxu is unhappy, your family will be very sad if they find out, so cheer up!"

Thank you, Chizuru, you are a wonderful person.Even though you may have doubts about my flawed statement, but you didn't call it out, thank you very much.

"Yes..." Sakurai replied in a muffled voice, looking a little listless. Just as Qianhe laughed softly, Sakurai suddenly spoke softly, calling softly: "Qianhe..."

"Is there anything I need to order?" Qianhe sat upright with a serious expression on his face.

"I... I will become very busy recently. Mr. Yamazaki is often not in the camp and I need to take care of all his work. I want you to do me a favor... After the medicine is cooked, I hope you can send it to Okita."

That's it, that's it... After everything is settled, I will apply to Mr. Hijikata to leave, and then concentrate on developing that medicine. It seems that I really can't stay here any longer.

It's just that Mr. Hijikata may not approve it at that time, after all, he asked to join at the beginning.

Even though I feel like I'm really skinny and shameless, I still can't bear to let you go...

"Well, okay." Maybe thinking that they might have some ulterior motives, and the problem couldn't be solved for a while, Qianhe didn't ask any more questions, but agreed without hesitation.

--thanks.

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Even Saito himself didn't know whether he followed Sakurai's footsteps to the atrium intentionally or unintentionally.

When he quietly walked to the corner, he saw the chief executive who raised his head and looked up at the sky, his eyes were deep when he spoke, and Sakurai whose eyes were covered by his bangs so that he couldn't see his expression clearly.

He knew that the chief executive's sense was extremely sensitive, but he was also a person with good skills. As long as there was not much movement, ordinary people would never be able to find him.

The swaying red maple is like a jade butterfly falling into the mortal world, wearing fiery red clothes falling into the lonely and desolate river of forgetfulness.

——If there is no hope of surviving...is this Shinsengumi's Okita Souji?

The hope of surviving... In fact, from the very beginning, Saito's heart was already a bit bottomed... Although the chief executive always looked cynical, Saito was not confused by this superficial appearance.I have already guessed that the chief executive's illness is not that simple...

He saw the smile on the corner of the chief's lips getting colder and colder, and his usual cynical smile became more and more feeble and self-deprecating.

He saw Sakurai lowering his head more and more, his hands clenched on the hem of the skirt became more and more white, obviously he had been enduring it from the very beginning.

The general manager probably said something hurtful. In fact, smart people are very aware of the way they get along with each other. It is not as ambiguous as Shinpachi said. It is just a kind of mutual concealment of inner thoughts.

——Whispering girls are not likable, but I still think Xiao Qianhe is more considerate and gentle.

When the general manager said these words with an unknown smile on the corner of his lips, Sakurai's shoulders suddenly trembled slightly.After a few seconds, she stood up without a word, turned around and left in the opposite direction of him, with a calm expression as usual.

At that moment, the director's smile was a little stiff, and he didn't even notice it.

……

"I didn't expect Yijun to like to listen to the wall." The director's playful voice suddenly came after a silence, and Saito walked out without hiding his expression, "It seems that such a proficient kung fu You must have experienced many battles~"

"The task assigned to me by the deputy chief is mainly investigation and assassination." Saito didn't care about the director's ridicule, Qingjun still showed no emotion on his porcelain-like face.

The general manager smiled at first, and ignored the word "kill" that everyone was horrified by, then turned his face with his hands in his sleeves, and then made a dissatisfied expression on purpose: "Xiao Yi is really boring. Under the beautiful scenery, I actually mentioned Mr. Hijikata."

So Mr. Hijikata is very pitiful. He is always used by the general manager to speak ill of him for no reason.

"Director, the deputy director is just for everyone's benefit, please learn to understand him." Although he knew that the director was deliberately changing the subject to discuss some irrelevant matters with him, Saito, the "deputy director" could not tolerate the director's unreasonable trouble The deputy chief was wrong, so he reasoned patiently with the general manager, "The deputy chief usually stays late at night to approve official affairs for the new selection team, and travels here and there for Mr. Kondo..."

The general manager stopped Saito with a black line on his face, and then he was about to talk seriously, and said with some helplessness: "I know Xiaoyi, are you here to tell me all kinds of glorious deeds of the deputy chief?" Bar?"

"..."?