novelraw Chapter 1003 [Chapter 6] 17
Chapter 1003 [Chapter 6] 17
……no.Can't control her.
It was only the second time they had met, but the young girl had already asked him to serve her once—to carry water—and it was not known whether she was born so manipulative or just innocently fearless.
If this continues...the situation may only get worse.She would subtly use situations like the one she had to do now to manipulate and guide him to obey her soft requests, and the end result could only be that he repeatedly did what she wanted him to do.
This is dangerous.
Although he had met a woman like her before, most of the other women used the most vulgar and direct methods, even if they wanted something from him or wanted to manipulate him. Means—such as acting like a baby, such as seducing, such as seducing... In short, they are all the usual methods he is familiar with and belong to Huajie.
However, this girl named "Xuezi" is different.Her manner was majestic and generous, and frighteningly frank; she did not use her beauty or charm to achieve her goal, nor did she use her position to be coquettish or seductive--an attitude that, he said, bordered on a kind of precision. Stepping on the edge of his patience, between "teasing" and "intimacy", both far and near, the appropriate "request".
He can refuse to be coquettish, can refuse to seduce, can even refuse to flatter or take the initiative to sacrifice; but she so skillfully stepped on the most severe knife point, avoiding all the crises that could really anger him immediately, let his The spirit hangs in mid-air without going up or down, as if he is manipulating the almost invisible string on a marionette, he stops in time before he gets angry, and pushes forward when his anger subsides. A bold request to test his bottom line——
Thinking about it now, her control over people's hearts and emotions is terrifyingly accurate.
Maybe this is the professionalism of a geisha, but he doesn't believe that the geisha found in such a small remote town can be so good that even the Oiran Taifu of Shimabara may not be so handy-the ability to influence people's hearts ability.
This is harmful.
While Hijikata was thinking this way, he deliberately ignored Yukiko's clumsy movement of tying up her long sleeves.
That's it, call it a day.
He's not an ignorant fool.Of course, I can tell that the young girl in front of me has a good impression and interest in me.However, as far as he is concerned, he has no intention of accepting anyone other than "that person".
Already, enough.He had already done her a favor.If all things were as she said, there was no way she, living alone in a small town in a war-torn area, could do nothing—if necessary, and he had no doubt that with her tenacity she would With mental strength and tenacious mobility, he must be able to run wildly in Furisode kimono.Whether it's fetching water or tying your sleeves, of course it's not a problem.
So, he simply nodded his head towards her, then turned around and strode towards his lodging.
Not surprisingly, he didn't hear her calling to stop him behind him.
She is indeed the kind of woman who can live alone even if she is abandoned.What's more, this is a camp, which is safer than a small town that is full of dangers and does not know when the flames of war will come.
He was under no obligation to promise to make her happy.There is also no obligation to fulfill all of her requests.
So, so be it.
……
Tufang didn't see the young girl named "Xuezi" again for two whole days.And the fact that they met that night and that he carried a bucket of water for her, no one seemed to know anymore.
But Hijikata didn't feel relieved just because of this, and relaxed his vigilance as if nothing had happened before.
He always felt that considering that Xuezi's character and tenacity, it was too abnormal to let him go so easily——
So when it was the turn of the earthworker to be on duty on the third night—the post he was in charge of this night happened to be near the longhouse where the "new big man" lived—he had a headache at first .
But he couldn't say to the boss who arranged for him to go there, "Please change the place for me, because I suspect that Xuezi has other purposes for me".So he ended up getting there on time.
Everything worked fine at first.The longhouse not far away is still brightly lit, and there are faint laughter, accompanied by the tune played by the shamisen.
Tufang really observed the movement in the longhouse for a while.As the banquet progressed, Liu Lang and other orderlies came and went to serve dishes and services less and less frequently. In the end, there was only the little granddaughter of the old luthier that Xue Zi had mentioned—it did look a little smaller and thinner. Ling and frail, about ten years old--went in and out several times to serve tea and wine.
This is also a normal development - Hijikata looked at the largest and brightest room in the longhouse, and there was a slim figure projected on the shoji door by the candlelight; then he turned his gaze away, raised his head and exhaled a long breath.
...You can rest assured.
As a result, it didn't seem too long before a sudden change occurred!
Of course, the area that the earthworker is in charge of patrolling tonight is not limited to the small area in front of the longhouse.After confirming that the banquet in the longhouse was going on normally, he began to inspect the predetermined area.
When there was a commotion from the longhouse, he was just walking back slowly from the other end of the longhouse, holding the sword at his waist.
Tufang was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly reacted, holding down the Taidao on his waist, and ran towards the gate of the longhouse!
After all, he was dragging an injured leg that just happened not long ago, so he arrived a little slower; and now it is the climax of the moon, and the banquet in the longhouse has almost reached the stage of "others can retreat, and they can entertain distinguished guests alone" , and there are not many unsightly guards nearby-after all, who would have thought that there would be unexpected incidents in the safest camp? !
So when Tufang rushed to the gate, only Liulang, who happened to deliver the wine to the gate, knocked over the tray in his hand in fright, picked up a wooden stick from nowhere tremblingly, and pointed to—— The two people who are slowly withdrawing from the middle!
Hijikata took a closer look and nearly burst his eye sockets - because those two people were clearly the unexpectedly young-looking "big shot" who had just arrived here, and... Geisha Yukiko!
Looking at it now, the big man has a thin face, handsome features, and is not very tall. He looks unusually young and is dressed in a western suit—to be exact, Western-style trousers, a shirt and a waistcoat. The coat seems to have been taken off and put on It's inside the house—but on his neck, there is a dagger!
The one with the horizontal knife around his neck holding him out was the geisha Yukiko who was wearing a gorgeous Furisode kimono two days ago and was talking to Hijikata in the dead of night!
Earthwork:! ?
This is how the same thing? !
His mind was in a mess, but he did not forget the subconscious reaction of his body, and he pulled out the Taidao from his waist with a swipe.
At this moment, the two people raised their eyes, and almost at the same time they saw the earth cube standing not far from the door with the tip of the knife pointing at them.
The hijacked young man with high status seemed to move slightly, but was immediately stopped by Xuezi who was holding him hostage.
Xuezi pressed the short knife in his hand a little, and shouted sharply: "Mr. Cong Dao, don't move! If you act rashly - you don't want to know the consequences!"
Hijikata shivered slightly.
...Mr. Cong Dao? !That young man turned out to be the younger brother of Xixiang Longsheng, the only Xixiang Congdao among the Xixiang brothers who firmly stood on the side of the army? !
But... what did Xixiang Congdao do to Xuezi?What did she do to kidnap Xixiang from the Tao?Why is it necessary for a half-baked geisha in the countryside to start with Xixiang? !
Countless questions flashed through Hijikata's mind in an instant, but the knife in his hand was still very stable, pointing in the direction of Xixiang Congmichi and Yukiko without any wavering.
"What are you going to do?!" He yelled at Xuezi sharply, "Don't do anything stupid!"
Hearing his stop drinking, Xuezi glanced at him again, a strange, half-smile expression appeared on that white-painted face.
"Back away!" She moved forward instead of retreating, her voice raised an octave, as if she wanted to overwhelm the earthwork.
"If you come up, I can't guarantee the safety of Xixiang Congdao, okay? In this case, it will be very embarrassing if you can't pay the job?"
She uttered a long and threatening sentence in one breath, and the short knife across Xixiang Congdao's neck remained motionless; she seemed emotional, but she did not lose half of the control of the short knife in her hand.
The earth side also noticed this.He paused and let out a long sigh inwardly.
... Sure enough, this girl is not an ordinary person.
The author has something to say:
February 8:
Everyone knows who the "that person" in the OS of the deputy chief's heart is, right?
As for why the girl wants to attack suddenly, I will explain it from the girl's perspective tomorrow.
Next update: tomorrow.Everyone better get up early to watch w