[Comprehensive] Don't steal my bamboo horse

Reaching out and rubbing Yukimaru's head, Akashi took off the helmet on his head, handed it along with the riding whip to the butler waiting aside, and walked back while taking off his gloves.

"Master, Miss Shili is here." The housekeeper bowed his head.

"Huh? When did you come? Why didn't you come?" Akashi stopped and asked with raised eyebrows.According to Shili's habit, wouldn't he always come to look for him after knowing that he was at the horse training ground?

"It's been a while. I told her that you were at the horse training ground, but she said she was going to wait for you in the study." The housekeeper raised his head, hesitant to speak.

Akashi glanced at him and asked calmly, "Anything else?"

The butler answered cautiously after considering his words: "Miss Shili, you look a little different today."

no the same?Akashi frowned, but the butler's expression didn't seem to be in a difficult situation, but rather... a somewhat relieved look?

What Akashi didn't know was that, as a person who also watched Seri grow up, the housekeeper's current mood is far from enough to be described as "gratified".

"Master, let's go and see for ourselves." That's what the housekeeper said.

Although he had doubts in his heart, Akashi didn't ask any more questions, he just quickened his pace, and entered the study before he had time to change his equestrian uniform.

As soon as he entered the study room and saw the girl standing by the bookshelf holding a book and reading, Akashi's first reaction was: Seri brought friends along?Why didn't the butler say anything?

But in the next second, he realized that the girl in front of him, no matter in terms of figure or profile, was undoubtedly Shili himself.She leaned against the bookshelf, concentrating on the book in her hand, blinking occasionally, and her slender eyelashes fluttered accordingly.

Probably because he was tired from reading with his head down, Shili suddenly raised his head and moved his neck, and from the corner of his eyes, he caught the familiar figure at the door.She turned her head, blinked at Akashi, and suddenly smiled brightly at him: "Xiao Chi! You are finally back!" She closed the book in her hand and put it back on the shelf, and turned around. When she went, Akashi had already walked in front of her.

Akashi stared at Seri standing in front of him, feeling a little unbelievable.Although she has changed many hairstyles, Seli has always followed the handsome route, but today she trimmed her hair to look quite cute.

The most important thing is that today was also the first time he saw Se-ri wearing a skirt other than her uniform.The skirt that fitted her body outlined the girl's exquisite curves, and under the skirt, a pair of slender and slender legs.The color of the skirt is black, it looks elegant and calm, but the bow tied on the chest adds a bit of cuteness to her.

For a moment, Akashi had the thought of "Our family has become a big girl".

Seri put his hands behind his back and asked Akashi with a smile, "Are you scared?"

"Yes." Akashi nodded.

"Does it look good? Don't tell the truth!" Shili pointed at Akashi with a finger and warned him with a serious face.

Akashi smiled: "That's not pretty."

"But I want to hear you praise me." Shili pouted.

"It's you who don't let me tell the truth, and you who let me praise you. What should I do?" Akashi said, deliberately putting on a embarrassed look.

Seeing Seri puffed up her cheeks and said nothing, Akashi laughed again.He reached out and rubbed Shili's head and said to her seriously: "It's cute, really." Well, today Shili's hair feels extra soft to the touch.

Shili tilted his head and asked worriedly: "It really doesn't look weird? The housekeeper's grandfather doesn't look right when he looks at me."

"Probably just because I was too surprised. By the way, why did you suddenly wear a skirt?" Akashi was puzzled by this.

"I was forced to change it by Wuyue and Qianqiu. I even changed my hairstyle. It's not surprising. When I first put it on, I felt like a shemale." Shili said, tugging at the hem of the skirt with her head down.

Momoi and Aoi are doing beautifully.Akashi thought silently in his heart.He suddenly thought about what kind of birthday present he would prepare for Shili.

Seli, who didn't know Akashi's inner thoughts, raised his head and clapped his hands and said with satisfaction: "The purpose of scaring you has been achieved, I'm going back. Going back can scare brother and Xiaomu."

"They haven't seen you wearing a skirt other than your uniform?" Seri's words surprised Akashi.

Shi Lian replied after thinking about it: "It's not that I didn't. When I was a child, I didn't have the courage to resist my mother. I wore it, but I stopped wearing it later."

"I'll take you back, you go to the living room and wait for me, I'll go change clothes." After Akashi finished speaking, he couldn't help but look at Shili again, and then coughed lightly in her puzzled eyes, "Let's go .”

When Seri was waiting for Akashi in the living room, he looked around boredly, and happened to see the photo of Akashi's mother on the wall table.Tilting her head, Shili got up and walked over. After standing still in front of the photo, she stretched out her finger and touched the face of the woman with a gentle smile in the photo frame through the glass.

"Long time no see, Aunt Shiori." Seri folded her arms on the table, resting her chin on her arms.She remembered the soft tone of that person when he called her Se-ri, and the happy smile on her face when she ate the delicious snacks she made.

"Xiao Chi hasn't come down yet, shall we talk? Well, just listen to me! Let me tell you, Xiao Chi—"

Akashi changed his clothes and went downstairs, and when he walked into the living room, he saw her lying on the wall table, one foot was still touching the ground, and after walking in, she could still hear her talking: "...our agreement I It doesn't seem to be done well."

"What agreement?" Akashi walked over and asked a little curiously.

Shili jumped to the side and patted his chest with a look of shock: "Xiao Chi, you scared me to death!"

Akashi glanced at the photo of his mother on the wall table, and there was a trace of nostalgia on his usually calm face.

"Are you talking to your mother? What did you say?" Akashi asked casually as he stroked the edge of the photo frame.

Shili replied solemnly: "I'm making a small report."

"Huh?" Akashi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It's as if I did something to anger you."

"Don't take it too seriously, let's go." After finishing speaking, Shili turned around and waved to Shiori, "Auntie, I'm leaving, I'll see you next time."

She walked out step by step, turning her head three times, and Akashi looked at her with gentle eyes from the side.He thought in his heart, if Shili became the mistress of this house in the future, his mother should be very happy, after all, she has liked Shili very much since before.

After getting in the car, Akashi found that Seri was uncharacteristically silent.She looked out of the car window quietly, her expression was a rare tranquility.

Just when Akashi was about to speak, Seli suddenly turned back and said to Akashi with a serious face: "Xiao Chi, I found a problem?"

"What?" Akashi's heart tensed up.

"I found that I was very successful in pretending to be a lady." Seri's expression remained serious, making Akashi couldn't help but curl his lips.

"You don't have to pretend in front of me."

"No, it's just because I'm in front of you that I have to try it, so it doesn't matter if I fail." Shili said as a matter of course.

Akashi was noncommittal, and after the two of them were silent for a while, Akashi spoke again: "What exactly is the agreement you just mentioned?" He asked at the beginning, but Shili was taken aback by him at the time, so he didn't answer.

After a little thought, Shili understood what he was asking: "Ah, you said that—"

It was when Seri and Akashi were in the fifth grade of elementary school. Akashi’s mother, Shiori, was seriously ill and was hospitalized. Once after school, Seri and Akashi went to the hospital to visit her. When Akashi went to the bathroom, Shiori held Seori’s hand. Li's hand said to her with a smile: "Shili, let's make an agreement, shall we?"

"Enen! What is it?" Shili asked curiously with her eyes wide open.

"After I'm gone, you will always be with Seijuro and make him happy, okay? Can you promise me?" Shiori asked earnestly, staring into Seri's dark brown eyes.

Shi Lixiang replied unwillingly: "Of course, but don't say that, Auntie. I believe you will be fine. If you are gone, Xiaochi will be very sad, and I will be very sad too!"

"If possible, I also want to accompany him to grow up and watch him become an outstanding adult." Shizhi's face showed a trace of sadness, "That child will be under more and more pressure in the future."

"I will stay with him! I will always be with him! I will also try to make him happy!" Shili said firmly, "Seli is a very powerful person!"

Hearing Seri say that, Shiori's pale face finally had a smile.She held Shili's face in her hands and said with a smile, "Well, Auntie knows that Shili is a very powerful person, so I'll leave it to Shili. Keep this as a secret between us."

"Can't Xiao Chi say it too?" Shili asked with blinking eyes.

"Just don't let him know." Shiori replied with a smile.

"That's good! Then I won't even tell my mother or brother!" Shili promised.

Seri remembered that Shiori passed away not long after that, and Akashi seldom smiled happily since then.So Shili likes to call Akashi no matter what she does, she always thinks, what if Xiaochi will feel happy?But as he got older, Akashi became more and more introverted and deep, rarely showing his emotions or anger, which made Shili feel very uneasy. She no longer knew what she could do to make Akashi happy.That's why she said that the agreement between herself and Shiori didn't seem to go well.

No matter how you think about it, it's Xiao Chi's fault for not fulfilling the agreement.Thinking of this, Shili looked at Akashi with a complicated expression, then turned his head and said as if nothing had happened: "It's nothing, it's a secret."

Akashi subtly felt that just now he seemed... to be rejected.

"Can't you tell?"

"No, this is an agreement with Auntie, I can't tell you."

Seri insisted, so Akashi didn't ask any more questions.But Seli didn't continue to pretend to be a little lady, but talked to Akashi about the summer festival with great interest.

Going back to Nanozuka's house and seeing Seri coming back in a skirt, it wasn't Mitsukuni and Jingmu who were most frightened, but Aki.She opened her eyes and looked at Shili in disbelief, and finally hugged her in her arms and said excitedly: "Shili, Mom is so happy to see you in a skirt again!"

"Mom, I always wear uniform skirts when I go to school." Shili, who was hugged and almost out of breath, said solemnly.

"It's different! Oh, Shili started wearing skirts. Mom will ask a tailor to make you some more dresses tomorrow, okay? It just so happens that your birthday is coming up, what do you want?"

"...I'd better go and change it." After saying that, Shili got out of Aki's arms, and ran back to the room to change with the skirt in hand.

Yaji sighed, and her tone was a bit sad: "This child, I thought that I would give birth to a daughter so that I could dress up and play well, but since this girl went to elementary school, she has never worn skirts except for her uniform. It made me so sad to be thrown away by her when I came back.”

Akashi asked slightly surprised: "Has she really never worn a skirt other than her uniform?" So she hasn't worn it since she went to elementary school?

"Yeah, although it's true that most girls don't like to wear skirts for a while, Seri's time is too long. Oh, by the way, Seijuro, do you know why she suddenly wears skirts today? Are you wearing a skirt?" Aki asked curiously.

Akashi said: "She said she was forced to change it when she was shopping with Momoi."

"It turned out to be the child in Wuyue. Anyway, it's good that Shili is willing to wear it. I'm really worried that she will wear a suit with the groom when she gets married in the future." Aki was obviously relieved, and then looked at Akashi eagerly. , "Seijuro, Shili is always with you, do you know if she has someone she likes?"

"This, I don't know, she didn't mention it." Akashi replied with some hesitation.

Yaji pretended to be helpless: "Really? Then there's nothing I can do. But the little girl suddenly wants to dress up, probably because she has someone she likes. Next time, you can ask her."

The only person Shili likes is me.Although he thought so in his heart, Akashi nodded and agreed: "I will ask if there is a suitable opportunity."

Akashi hadn’t left when Seri changed clothes and came out. Aki said that since he was here, he might as well stay and have dinner before going back. As a result, Akashi was dragged by Shuya to play shogi. : "Dad, you lost so badly!"

Xiuzai groaned, "You do what you want."

"I'll do it." Shili was not polite, she pushed her father aside and sat down in front of the chessboard. She said boldly, "I must not have lost as badly as you, although I still lost."

Xiuzai put his hand into the sleeve of the kimono and continued to moan: "Stinky boy, you shot so hard, you will regret it later."

Akashi was helpless.

Shili was indeed as she said, she didn't lose as badly as Xiuzai, but she didn't win a game either.And Akashi was obviously giving way to her, and Shuya was blowing his beard and staring at the side.

"Dad, I think that if we gather the wisdom of the two of us, we might be able to win a game." Shili said with a deep expression while holding his breath while looking at the chessboard.

Xiuzai waved his hand: "I won't play with you kids anymore, don't play for too long, it's time for dinner later." After finishing speaking, he walked away swaggeringly.

Seri blinked, looked at the chessboard and said to Akashi, "Let's finish playing this game before going out."

Akashi nodded in agreement.

After Akashi came home, Seri went back to her room and sent a text message to Kobayashi, asking her how she was doing these two days and whether she was still pestered by Akishima.

"She still comes every day, and I'm thinking about going back to Kyoto early." Through the phone screen, Shili could feel Kobayashi's helplessness.

"Then I'll go to you tomorrow and help you solve her." It's not Shili's style to see a friend encounter trouble but not help.

Kobayashi was only halfway through editing her text message when she received a call.The number was unfamiliar, so Xiaolin was hesitant to answer it, but the caller seemed stubborn and did not hang up after ringing a few times.She collected herself and finally picked it up.

"Hello."

"Is it Kobayashi?" The caller was a boy, whose clear voice made her feel a little familiar, "I'm Akashi."

Surprised that Akashi would call himself, Kobayashi asked hesitantly, "What can I do for you?"

"Although it's a bit presumptuous, but if possible, I would like to meet you tomorrow. I have found some things, and I think you should take a look." Akashi spoke at a leisurely pace, and his attitude was very gentle, but his tone was There was an undeniable determination.

Kobayashi replied with a headache: "Well, I have time tomorrow, but I have encountered some troubles recently—"

"I know, maybe, I can solve your troubles. If there is no problem, I will go to the place where you live at eight o'clock tomorrow morning to find you." Akashi knew what trouble she was referring to, and there was no need to investigate. Se-ri had already told him.

"Well, I'll go out on time." Although he was puzzled, but for some reason, Kobayashi believed that Akashi didn't have any malice in telling him to go out.

"Then I won't bother you, goodbye."

"Well, goodbye." After Xiao Lin finished speaking, the other party hung up the phone.

Lying on the bed and thinking for a while, Kobayashi remembered that he hadn't replied to Shili's text message yet.She deleted half of what she had just typed, and re-edited the text message: "No, I have to go out very early tomorrow, and there is no set time to come back. Even if she comes, it will be useless, so you don't need to bother to make another trip." gone."

Soon Shili replied: Well, well, be careful when you go out tomorrow, and call me if you need anything.

Seeing Shili's text message, Kobayashi inexplicably felt relieved.After replying the text message and saying good night to Shili, Xiao Lin lay in bed and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

What was Akashi looking for her for?