I formed the strongest swordsman group

After Qingdeng's words fell, the chief secretary slowly turned his body sideways with his arms tightly clasped in front of his body, raised his gaze, and met Qingdeng's eyes.

The gazes of the two were full of various emotions, and they were entangled in mid-air.

Frozen time is still not fully back in motion.

The chief seemed to be stupefied with fright, his body stiffened terribly as if pierced by a thick long wire.

His expression was dull, his mouth half-opened, his eyes blurred and dazed, staring blankly at Qingdeng.

Originally, Qingdeng was staring directly at the chief executive's eyes.

But after the chief executive turned his upper body sideways, his eyes began to drift down uncontrollably...

The Souji's fair skin was dyed a lovely pale pink by the steam from the pool water.

Crystal drops of water slid down her smooth black hair and her arms folded tightly in front of the bear one by one.

Although the chief executive used her arms to cover as much as possible, due to the large size gap, her slender arms could barely cover the most important places, and the northern and southern hemispheres were "overflowed" under the squeeze of her arms come out.

Perhaps it was because of Qingdeng's downcast eyes that the director's body reacted instinctively out of shame, and her eyes began to glow with the brilliance called "shenzhi" little by little.

From another point of view... Maybe it would be better for the chief executive not to come to his senses.

Because after regaining consciousness, she was about to face the reality in front of her.

The real gender was discovered by Qingdeng.

"Ah, ah wow... ah wow wow wow..."

The general manager spoke incoherently, simply vibrating his vocal cords... his throat seemed to be blocked by something, and he could only make a meaningless "ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" sound.

At this moment, the Souji's ceramic-like snow-white pretty face blushes at an unbelievably fast speed.

The color of this blush was light red at first, and then in a blink of an eye it turned into a bright red that seemed to bleed at any moment.

It was the first time Qingdeng saw the chief executive's face so red.

It's not steamed by the heat of the bath... It's impossible for the heat of the water to steam to such a color.

The hot red face, coupled with her delicate appearance with her arms tightly clasped in front of her chest, as if she was about to shrink her whole body into a ball, made her look shy and timid.

The hazy cover of layers of water vapor put a layer of soft jade and soft filters on the chief executive's entire delicate body.

The looming steam, the slightly swaying water light, the girl's blushing face... All these scenes are interwoven together to form a beautiful picture, floating in the bath at this moment, clearly reflected in Qingdeng's eyes, deeply Engraved deep in Qingdeng's mind.

This magnificent beauty...Qingdeng has a self-confidence that will never be forgotten.

When the general manager uttered the sound of "ah wah wah wah wah" without any specific meaning, Qingdeng's body gradually regained control over the muscles of various parts of the body as a result of being stimulated by the general director's voice.

From the time when he grasped the unspeakable thing in his right palm until now, Qingdeng's brain has been in chaos.

All kinds of fragmented and chaotic thoughts were flying and turning in Qingdeng's mind.

Okita-kun is actually a girl? !

Has she always been a man in disguise?

Why?

How did she hide such a large area on weekdays?

...

These thoughts and questions are spinning so fast that Qingdeng still doesn't have the energy and spare energy to sort out every thread in the "ball of yarn" in his mind.

The overwhelmed brain even had negative thoughts of "resisting the reality spreading in front of us" in a short period of time.

In any case, judging from the current situation, this is not the time for Qingdeng to think slowly about the questions that filled his head.

It is a fact that the chief executive is a girl disguised as a man.

A big man like myself is staring at the girl's ex-bear... and it's still not wearing clothes at the moment, it's not good no matter how you think about it!

After regaining effective control over various body parts, Qingdeng immediately subconsciously raised his gaze up quickly, staring at the ceiling above his head, not daring to look elsewhere.

"Hug, I'm sorry..."

An apology blurted out like a dream.

Qingdeng's apology contained too many meanings.

I apologize for accidentally discovering the real gender of the chief executive...

I apologize for accidentally grasping a part that no one else can touch casually...

Apologize for my indiscriminate gaze just now...

Qingdeng's apology further restored the clear light in the director's eyes.

At the same time, the rosy glow on the director's face became even more rosy.

Wow--!

Turn around quickly, driving the pool water to make a "crash" sound of rippling water.

The chief commander, who had completely recovered his sanity, turned around abruptly while stopping the cry of "ahwahwah", and changed back to the original posture with his back facing Qingdeng from the sideways posture that only showed half of his face to Qingdeng.

The body that was already shrinking, shrunk even tighter.

She almost screamed because of the strong shame that was filling her whole heart, but the moment before the scream was about to burst out of her throat, she suddenly remembered that Kondo and the others were still in the bathroom outside the pomegranate's mouth. With perseverance and willpower, he swallowed the cry abruptly at the very moment.

The frozen time finally returned to normal circulation as Qingdeng and the chief executive "woke up" one by one.

In this situation, neither Qingdeng nor the general manager knew what to say or do.

A suffocating awkward atmosphere was brewing and expanding rapidly between the two of them.

Qingdeng racked his brains to think of ways to get rid of the awkward atmosphere.

However, his brain has just resumed basic functioning, and at this moment, he just feels empty... Can't think of any good way to get rid of the current predicament.

The general manager's silence and inaction made Qingdeng even more difficult, and he didn't know what to do.

At this moment, a piece of good news and a piece of bad news came to Qingdeng and the chief executive at the same time.

Harada: "Let's go! Let's take a comfortable bath together!"

Outside of Shiliu's mouth, Harada's loud voice and the sound of chaotic footsteps approaching the bathtub could be heard.

The good news is that Kondo and the others are going into the bath.

Their voices awakened Qingdeng and the chief executive as if they had just woken up from a dream, and their footsteps dissipated the awkward atmosphere between Qingdeng and the chief executive like the wind.

The bad news is that Kondo and the others are going into the bath...

"Oops, oops." The chief executive, whose face was filled with panic and panic in an instant, stomped on the spot anxiously, "You can't let Yongcang-kun, Saito-kun, and Harada-kun find out that I'm a daughter... !"

The chief is like a poor puppy abandoned by its owner, looking around helplessly, looking for a place to hide.

However, in a bath with nothing but water and steam, where can there be a place to hide a living man like the chief executive?

Although I don't know why the chief executive concealed her real gender and disguised herself as a man...but the helpless expression shown by the chief executive told Qingdeng that she had a secret that she was extremely unwilling to let her daughter's identity be made public. .

Seeing this, Qingdeng gritted his teeth.

At this moment, he quickly made up his mind like a conditioned reflex - he raised his hand and grabbed the chief's right arm.

"Okita-kun...ah, no, Miss Okita, come with me."

"Huh? Go, where are you going?"

Qingdeng ignored the general director's bewilderment, and pulled the general director to the corner of the bathtub, then turned his back to the general director, and arched the general director into the corner of the bathtub with his back.

"Low down and tighten up a little bit."

Qing Deng lowered his voice and whispered to the chief executive behind him.

"I will block you with my body, you can hide behind me."

Hearing this, the director immediately understood what Qingdeng was trying to do, so he immediately did it weirdly, tightening his arms and legs like a baby in a pregnant woman's belly, compressing his delicate body to the extreme.

The chief executive's body was already very petite. After tightening his arms and legs to the greatest extent, Qingdeng's strong body could just block her entire delicate body.

Under Qingdeng's cover, the chief just hid in the narrow gap between Qingdeng's body and the corner of the bath.

The next moment the chief executive hid behind Qingdeng, a group of figures that were very familiar to Qingdeng and the chief executive swaggered through the entrance of the pomegranate and stepped into the bathing pool.

"Huh? Isn't this Mr. Orange?"

As soon as he entered the bathing place, Harada was the first to discover Qingdeng. He squeezed his hands into palms and put them on his eye sockets, looking at Qingdeng who was "alone" sitting cross-legged in the corner of the bathing pool.

At this very moment... the talented "fraudster" has made great contributions!

"Huh? Why are you here?"

Qingdeng greeted Kondo and the others with a normal expression.

"We went to catch the mice just now..." Kondo succinctly explained the whole process of killing the mice in the dojo just now.

"So that's how it is..." Qingdeng nodded, and then showed a slight smile, "Then you guys came in time, if it's any later, the house of Qianxun will be closed."

"Mr. Ju, why did you come to take a shower so late today?"

While stepping into the pool, Yongcang cast a puzzled look at Qingdeng.

"I've been sitting on the porch of the courtyard all night thinking about swordsmanship. I didn't pay attention and thought too much. I kept tossing until I belatedly remembered that I hadn't taken a shower."

The lie Qing Deng told was impeccable.

If you want to leave the testing hall, you must pass through a certain corridor adjacent to the courtyard.

So in order to be able to detect the sound of the chief executive going to the bathhouse to take a bath in the first place, Qing Deng stayed on the edge of the yard and waited all night.

He insisted that the reason why he stayed on the edge of the courtyard tonight was to think about swordsmanship, and Kondo and the others couldn't prove it.

Sure enough——After hearing Qingdeng's explanation, Kondo and his party no longer doubted him, and no longer wondered why Qingdeng, who usually took a bath early, visited the bathhouse so abnormally late at night tonight.

Like diving penguins, they jumped one after another into the still warm water, and then sat together in a circle.

"Mr. Ju." Tufang waved at Qingdeng, "Why are you sitting so far away? Sit closer, let's chat together."

Qingdeng, who was sitting alone in the corner of the bath, looked so abrupt and out of place compared to Kondo and the others who were sitting in a circle.

"I'll just sit here."

Qingdeng said without thinking.

"Tufang, you also know that I like sitting in the corner when taking a bath. Sitting against the corner between the two walls is indescribably comfortable."

Qingdeng's words... are half true and half false.

When he takes a bath, he really likes to sit in the corner of the bathtub.

When he came to this Chihiro House with Kondo and others to take a bath, he would definitely go to the corner of the bath if there was room.

In the eyes of Kondo and his group, Qingdeng at this time was just doing what he usually does.

And...Qingdeng is indeed sitting very comfortably now.

The general manager's current posture is facing the corner of the wall, with his back to Qingdeng.

Because the chief executive had to be hidden tightly, Qingdeng's back was tightly pressed against the chief executive's back.

The feeling is... hard to put into words.

Qingdeng's "Shen Gathering" activated unconsciously.

He concentrated all his body and mind, focused all his attention, trying to ignore the mind-numbing sensation that was being transmitted to his back continuously.

All in all—Qingdeng's rhetoric successfully fooled everyone again.

Seeing that Qingdeng insisted on sitting in the corner of the bath, Kondo and his party stopped talking and did not force Qingdeng to sit beside them.

Seeing this, Qingdeng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

——Trickster... Thank you...!

He had never been more grateful for his gift of making himself a master liar than he was now.

——Now...just wait slowly for Kondo and the others to leave.

——After Kondo and the others leave, I will leave with Okita-kun... Okita-san.

While Qingdeng was drawing up this simple "battle plan" in his mind, he secretly turned his head back and peeked at the chief executive who was hiding behind him.

When Qingdeng looked over, the director raised his eyes because he sensed Qingdeng's sight.

The two people who were close at hand stared at each other in this extremely small space.

Compared to just now, the chief executive's mood has stabilized a lot, his eyes are no longer dull and blurred, and he has regained his former agility.

Although her face still had a bit of shame and bewilderment when Qingdeng discovered the truth of her disguise as a man, but at the moment when Qingdeng looked at each other, the strange emotions and expressions on her face were all overwhelmed. Qingdeng temporarily forgot about it.

Because at this moment, Qingdeng saw a smile slowly welling up on the chief's cheeks.

It was the cute smiling face that Qingdeng was familiar with.

Thank you - the chief said to Qingdeng with her eyes and her smile.

...

...

In order to earn back the bath fee of 2 cents, Kondo and his party exuded the breath of "we have to soak until the last moment!".

Sitting together, they talked about the mountains all over the world.

Where there are many men, the most common topic of conversation is nothing more than girls and military affairs - this is no exception for everyone in the test hall.

Kondo and the others had just sat down in the bath, except for Saito, who had been expressionless and reticent for many years, the rest of them instantly transformed into vigorous and vigorous "great politicians" and "great military strategists" .

"So is there a chance for that 'combination of public and martial arts' to succeed?" Yongcang picked up the topic they had just chatted among the diners, "Duke Dashu is really going to marry the princess?"

"Who knows." Tufang shrugged, "Anyway, I don't think it will have much impact on the current overall situation whether the 'combination of public and military forces' is successful or not."

Although Tufang has never read any books, and his education level will only reach the level of "just enough to read", he can often say some very penetrating words.

This is probably the effect of "ghost heart".

Although the level of education is not high, they have extraordinary understanding of world affairs.

"If the shogunate wants to strengthen its own authority, the most important thing is to strengthen its own financial and military power."

"All other means are nothing but heresy."

Speaking of this, the earth side paused, and then changed the subject.

"Compared to this, I am more concerned about the factional struggle within the shogunate."

"I heard from the gossip that it is a certainty that Yiqiao Qingxi will be promoted to the position of 'review after the general' with the title of 'deputy general'."

"Tsk tsk tsk... After Yiqiao Qingxi takes the position of 'general's appointment', the situation of Lord Dashu and His Highness Tianzhangyuan will be even more difficult."

"Duke Dashu is still too young, has no prestige, and inherited the position of general through adoption, so he has no foundation at all in the shogunate."

"Before Jing Yisao was assassinated, he could still rely on the power of Jing Yisao to lead the officials."

"Now that Jing Yisao is gone, it's a question of whether people from the 'Nanji Sect' will still obey Dashugong's orders, not to mention members of the 'Yiqiao Sect'."

"Right now, Mr. Da Shu is really a lonely person... It seems that His Highness Tianzhangyuan is the only one who is worth relying on by his side."

"The current situation of Mr. Dashu is very difficult?" Kondo asked anxiously.

Hijikata nodded, then grinned.

"Although Da Shugong's current situation is very difficult, it is not completely helpless."

"The way to break the game is easy to say, but difficult to say it is difficult."

"If you want to stop being a decoration that no one wants to listen to, the most direct and effective way is to hurry up and cultivate your own people."

The earth side specially emphasized the tone when it said the words "our own people".

"The biggest problem with the various difficulties Dashugong is currently encountering is that he currently has no foundation in the shogunate."

"That being the case, the foundation is established."

"Select talented people, bring them into your own command, vigorously train them, and train them to become your own powerful confidantes."

"When there are solid and reliable subordinates under your hands, the waist will naturally be straight, and the volume will naturally be louder when speaking."

Kondo, Inoue, Yongcang and the others... To put it harshly, they are all a bunch of uneducated and uninformed bumpkins.

For Hijikata's words, Kondo and the others were mesmerized by it! There is a great sense of "listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books"!

"Then what exactly should I do to identify those who are worthy of being cultivated as confidantes?" Yongcang stretched his neck in the direction where Hijikata was sitting, looking eager to learn and focus.

Hijikata also enjoyed the feeling of talking eloquently and talking about the important affairs of his family and country. Hearing Yongcang's question, he immediately answered it without thinking.

The local party spoke very happily.

Kondo and others were very happy to hear that.

Only one person is very painful to hear...

——When are you guys going to chat? !

Qingdeng roared like a tyrannosaurus rex in his heart.

Before Kondo and the others arrived, Qingdeng and the chief executive had been soaking in the bathtub for a while, and the skin of Qingdeng's hands and feet was already wrinkled.

After soaking in the water for a long time, Qingdeng couldn't help but feel a little bored because he was tired of soaking in water, and eagerly wanted to "go ashore" quickly.

The boredom of soaking in the bath for too long and the anxiety of wishing Kondo and the others to leave quickly... These two emotions are superimposed on each other in Qingdeng's heart, making Qingdeng feel that every minute and every second at this moment is extremely tormented.

Fortunately... In order not to arouse the suspicion of Kondo and others because of being too silent, Qingdeng consciously joined their chat from time to time.

You can also talk and chat with people, so for the time being, there is still a place where you can pass your time and emotions.

It was also impossible for Qingdeng to urge Kondo and the others to leave quickly, doing so would only make him appear extraordinarily suspicious.

I can only continue to wait patiently for Kondo and others to leave on their own... other than that, there is no other way.

But things like "accidents"... always come suddenly.

"Ha...ha...ha...ha...ha...ha..."

Suddenly...Qingdeng suddenly noticed that the chief executive behind him was panting in pain.

He quickly turned his head to the side, using the corner of his eye to look at the scene behind him.

I saw the chief executive half-opening his eyes, opening his small mouth slightly, continuously spraying out painful panting as if he could not breathe, his face flushed unnaturally... This is not a bright red from embarrassment, nor is it caused by the steam. The smudged light red, but the dark red that conveys the message that the body is extremely uncomfortable to the outside world!

Seeing this, Qingdeng immediately understood - the chief executive has lost his head!

The space formed by Qingdeng's body and the corner of the bath is too narrow, the air circulation is not smooth, and the hot air of the pool water repeatedly lingers in this small space.

To give a vivid example... This narrow space filled with stuffy air is now like a sauna.

The general manager just stayed in this "sauna room" for a long time...

It is only natural that the chief executive who is in such a predicament will be dizzy.

Getting passed out in the bath...it's no small thing.

There are many reasons for the so-called "foaming head".

One is that the body sweats a lot, resulting in insufficient fluid in the body circulation, or dilation of blood vessels, which makes blood concentrate to the limbs and lower parts of the body, resulting in weakened blood supply to the brain.

The second is that the water temperature is overheated, causing changes in blood pressure and heart rate, causing an intolerable reaction in the body.

No matter what the reason is, you have to quickly drag the chief out of the bath and replenish her with water, otherwise her life may be in danger.

In this era when medical care is underdeveloped and a fever may kill people, any disease should be avoided as much as possible.

The fact that the chief executive had to be taken out of the bath without delay made Qingdeng, who originally wanted to wait for Kondo and the others to finish the bath and leave on their own, couldn't sit still for a moment.

Judging from the expressions of Kondo and his party who are definitely not in a hurry...they must not have any intention of leaving the bath until the moment before Chihiro House officially closes.

Waiting like this...God knows how long it will take.

After all, the owner of Chihiro House, that is, Granny Tang, is famous for being kind.

The group of the guards are regular customers of Chihiro House, and they have a good relationship with Granny Tang. Maybe Granny Tang will delay the closing time of Chihiro House in order to let Kondo and others hang out for a while.

— can't wait any longer! We must find a way to get the chief executive out of here as soon as possible!

Qingdeng withdrew his gaze from looking at the scene behind him, and gritted his teeth.

—Is there any way to drive Kondo and the others away...?

The eagerness to worry about what would happen if the general manager continued to soak like this made Qingdeng's head run at high speed.

Suddenly, Qingdeng recalled what the chief executive said when Kondo and the others were about to enter the bath just now:

(I can't let Nagakura-kun, Saito-kun, Harada-kun find out that I'm a daughter...!)

——Nagakura-kun...Saito-kun...Harada-kun...

Qingdeng carefully pondered the names that the director general blurted out unconsciously at that time.

Souji, who was worried about his daughter's identity being exposed, only mentioned that he was worried that Nagakura, Saito and Harada would find out her true gender, but did not mention Kondo, Hijikata and Inoue...

Reminiscent of the close relationship between the general manager and Kondo, Hijikata, and Inoue on weekdays... a conjecture and a plan gradually formed in Qingdeng's mind.

—Try it!

Qing Deng secretly made up his mind and took a deep breath.

"Ah, yes!"

Qingdeng shouted suddenly, drawing the attention of Kondo and his party.

"Kondo-kun, did you see Okita-kun on the way to the bathhouse just now?"

"Boss?" Kondo was taken aback.

"Before you came, Okita-kun and I have been bathing together in the men's bath." Qingdeng said calmly, and the talent "Trickster" activated again, "Because he was a little dizzy, so he went home before me. As soon as he left on his front foot, you came on his back foot."

When talking about the word "men's bath", Qingdeng specially emphasized his tone a little.

"So Okita was here just now." Harada grinned, "We didn't see him on the way to Chihiro House."

"Is that so..." Qingdeng said casually, "Didn't you meet him on the road... Then he must have slipped somewhere to buy something to eat again."

"Probably so." Yongcang-kun smiled, "Okita-kun has always been very gluttonous. According to my observation, he basically only travels for two things: to buy Jinping candy and to eat his favorite snacks."

Facing what Qingdeng said just now, Yongcang, Saito, and Harada looked as usual.

But Kondo, Hijikata, and Inoue showed expressions of astonishment and looked at each other in blank dismay...

In the end, the three of them focused their unbelievable eyes on Qingdeng.

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