I formed the strongest swordsman group

At this time, it was dawn.

Although it is a bit weird to use the words "dawn" at this point near 11 o'clock sharp at night, it is true.

The clouds diagonally above parted to the two sides with a laziness and speed.

A stream of moonlight, as pure and white as if mixed with holy air, penetrated the gap between the clouds and shot into the courtyard of the testing hall.

The veil of darkness is lifted.

The illuminated courtyard exudes a tranquil and peaceful aura.

Everything was smeared with a silver frost.

The trees in the yard, the stray cats sleeping soundly on the wooden yard wall, Abi and Inoue came to clean the veranda every day so it was spotless, and Qingdeng's face full of surprise.

Although Okita Hikari's voice had completely fallen, and the sound waves had dispersed into countless particles that melted into the air, it was as if a repeater had been installed in Qingdeng's ears, repeating what Okita Hikaru just said. Play back and forth, over and over again.

In the silence as if time and space had stopped suddenly, that clever slender high ponytail, that smiling face that always reminds people of the sun, the girl who was previously recognized by Qingdeng as a good brother and later changed to a good sister The appearance, uncontrollably, automatically appeared in front of Qingdeng's eyes, and appeared in Qingdeng's mind.

——Okita-kun... likes me...?

The brain asks itself sluggishly.

A blank expression dominates Qingdeng's face.

Okita Hikaru observed Qingdeng's expression the whole time.

After noticing the complex expression on Qingdeng's face, which was a mixture of bewilderment, astonishment, and confusion, Okita Hikaru seemed to find it interesting, and the corners of his mouth raised high.

"Oh, it looks like... Mr. Ju, you really don't have the self-awareness in this regard."

After finishing speaking, the happy smile on Hikaru Okita's face changed into a regretful expression of half true and half false. With a sound of "ah", he let out a long sigh that seemed to be regretful for something.

"Well...do I need to tell you..."

Hikaru Okita stretched out his scallion-like right index finger, propped his chin with tight lines and no fat, and looked up at the sky.

This kind of action full of romantic atmosphere is more suitable for vigorous girls like the chief executive and Ai Luodi.

It should be very weird for a mature female servant who is nearly 30 years old to do this kind of action.

But the strange thing is that this action is unexpectedly suitable for Okita Hikaru, and there is no sense of disobedience at all.

"Forget it, I've already been honest with you anyway, and there's no need to hide it anymore about this kind of thing."

"I forgot exactly when it was, but it was in August anyway... Probably before Yongjun's wedding ceremony started, and before you suggested to me to 'watch Xiao Si carefully', Xiao Si told me: She is fine. like you."

Qingdeng was startled when he heard that.

Okita-kun said that she likes me very much? And still say this sentence so early?

Before proposing to Hikaru Okita to look at Souji carefully... Isn't this just before finding out that Souji is a daughter?

Hikaru Okita continued to speak softly like breathing, and Qingdeng listened carefully with an almost apprehensive mood.

"At that time, I quarreled fiercely with Xiao Si because I persuaded Xiao Si to give up kendo."

"During a certain quarrel, I don't know how the two sisters quarreled, and the topic unknowingly turned to Xiao Si's marriage."

"Mr. Ju, you also know that Xiao Si is already 16 years old this year. For girls, this is already an age where they can think about marriage and which man they should marry."

"So I asked Xiao Si casually: Is there any man in love?"

"Xiao Si replied: No, she has no plans to get married at the moment."

"Although I didn't know you very well at that time because I didn't know you very long, I already appreciated your personality and talent very much."

"So I half-jokingly asked Xiao Si: 'Don't you think about Mr. Ju? I think Mr. Ju is very good. He is about the same age as you. He is still single and has a good relationship with you. If you It would be nice to be a couple."

"And then... Guess how Xiao Si reacted?"

Okita Hikaru opened his eyes wide, moved his face closer to Qingdeng, and asked Qingdeng with his eyes: "Guess what?"

Qingdeng smiled wryly and shook his head, saying:

"Miss Guang, it's too deceitful to play tricks on such a crucial part?"

Tonight's conversation lasted longer than any previous conversation between Qingdeng and Okita Hikaru.

Thanks to the long conversation tonight, Qingdeng's understanding of Hikaru Okita deepened a bit.

Only now did Qingdeng realize that Okita Hikaru also had the side of... a little devil.

Previously, Qingdeng had always thought that Okita Hikaru and Souji had very different personalities. The former was a mature and composed royal sister, while the latter was a cheerful and lively sunny girl.

It now appears that such an idea is really wrong.

Okita Hikaru, who always presents himself as a "mature social person", also has a naughty and playful side, very much like the general manager.

When Miss Guang was young, she should have been a playful and mischievous girl like Okita-kun... Qingdeng couldn't help thinking so.

"Occasionally, I feel that I may have the talent to be a storyteller."

After making a small joke, Okita Hikaru took a deep breath and straightened his back as if he was about to announce some very important news.

"Xiao Si didn't speak immediately - she just froze in place."

"Then, her entire face turned red, and it took a while to come back to her senses and scold me: Sister, what are you talking about, Mr. Ju and I are just ordinary good friends That's all."

"Xiao Si's rhetoric may be able to deceive others, but it cannot deceive me, who is her sister and was also young at the same time."

"I could tell right away—Xiao Si's feelings for you are absolutely extraordinary. If she didn't like you very much, she would never show such an expression."

"If she really only regards you as an ordinary friend with pure feelings, she will definitely laugh at me: Sister, you think too much, and take out Jinping candy from her arms to eat."

Hearing this, Qingdeng recognized the clue.

"Wait, Miss Guang, it seems that the chief executive didn't say that she really likes me."

"Mr. Tangerine."

Okita Hikaru gave Qingdeng a look of "You don't understand now, do you?"

"What's the difference between Xiao Si's expression at that time and telling me directly: 'I like Ju Qingdeng so much'?"

After all, Okita Hikaru ignored Qingdeng's dumbfounded expression, raised his arms above his head, and stretched vigorously.

"Okay...let's stop here for the long storytelling session."

"Mr. Ju, let's talk about your thoughts."

"I've been open and honest, now it's your turn to confess."

"What's a heart-to-heart?" Of course Qingdeng understood what Okita Hikaru meant by "talk about your thoughts".

But that topic is too difficult to answer.

It was difficult to answer until Qingdeng instinctively chose to escape.

"Don't play dumb."

Okita feigned anger.

"You must know what I'm referring to—tell me, what do you think of Xiao Si?"

Okita Hikaru paused, then quickly added:

"In order to prevent you from pretending to be stupid again, let me put it more simply and straightforwardly - do you like Xiao Si?"

After finishing speaking, Hikaru Okita stopped talking. Quietly waiting for Qingdeng's answer.

The courtyard is surrounded by the silence of falling needles.

Qingdeng felt that the joints all over his body were bound by chains, extremely stiff.

--So this is ah……

The logic is all clear.

The cause of all the problems has been clarified.

——As expected of an intellectual woman full of reason...

Qingdeng half-closed his eyes, took a "hissy" breath, silently ashamed of his previous misunderstanding.

When Hikaru Okita burst into a violent comment about "marry Xiao Si", Qingdeng thought that Hikaru Okita had also drunk too much, and was talking nonsense there.

In the end... what kind of drunk gibberish is this?

Okita Hikaru's abacus is really crackling!

Now Qingdeng is neither short of money, nor short of contacts and social status.

According to the values ​​of the Edo period, Qingdeng is undoubtedly the winner in life, killing 99% of his peers.

If you can get close to Qingdeng's thigh... even an ugly duckling can fly into the sky!

In order to let the general manager live a good life, the idea of ​​matching Qingdeng and the general manager - Okita Hikari seems to be very philistine and full of money at first glance, but it is understandable.

As the saying goes: poor and lowly couples are sad about everything.

Love without money is just a castle in the air, and it will fall apart as soon as you push it.

Qingdeng believes in love, and believes that there are happy couples in this world who can feed on "love" and live happily every day even if they are poor.

But such couples are completely rare.

You may not find such an optimistic couple in 10,000 couples.

Comparing his heart to his heart, if Qingdeng had a younger sister who was waiting to be married, he would never allow his brother-in-law to be a worthless wretch who has no ability and is so poor that he can only take his family to drink the northwest wind.

"call……"

The scent wafting from Qingdeng's nose and mouth immediately changed into a transparent white mist as soon as it came into contact with the cold air.

Although some time has passed, Qingdeng's mind has not recovered from the blunt proposal of marriage thrown by Hikaru Okita in the chief executive's bedroom.

Emotions have not yet caught up with the status quo, and they have received a new "shock":

Ju-jun, do you like Xiao Si?

Without the slightest euphemism.

There is no room for turning around.

Hikaru Okita threw a straight ball to the center with a serious and old-fashioned tone.

Qingdeng's body trembled slightly, and his eyes wandered around without a fixed track.

"Uh... Okita-kun...she...she..."

"Do you like Xiao Si?"

"This...how should I put it..."

"Do you like Xiao Si?"

"Okita-kun is my important companion, uh...so..."

"Do you like Xiao Si?"

"My relationship and feelings with Okita-kun are difficult to define in a few words..."

"Do you like Xiao Si?"

...

This conversation went back and forth for nearly a minute.

Hikaru Okita stared straight into Qingdeng's eyes with his sharp eyes without blinking.

As if wanting to block the escape route, as if wanting to push Qingdeng into a desperate situation, he continued to ask straightforward questions.

No matter how helplessly Qingdeng prevaricates, Okita Hikaru always has only one answer - do you like Xiao Si?

A posture that I will never stop until I get a "like" or "dislike" answer.

"me……"

Okita Hikaru's continuous questioning interrupted Qingdeng's thoughts again and again. She seemed to sincerely not give Qingdeng any time and space to think.

Like a dam broken by a flood, the thinking ability of Qingdeng's brain was smashed to pieces.

Feeling that his mind was in a mess, Qing Deng hesitated, stuttered, and kept making moaning sounds without any specific meaning.

As if wanting to escape from reality, Qing Deng dumbfoundedly performed a mental activity completely unrelated to the status quo:

——What's going on recently... why do acquaintances come to propose marriage one after another...

In less than a month, two "parents" came to the door to talk about matchmaking.

Earlier, Zhongsuke Kanazawa asked "whether you want to marry his sister".

Now he is being asked by Okita Hikaru "whether you want to marry the chief executive".

It's just...the incidents he was facing were exactly the same, but Qingdeng's state of mind had undergone a completely different change.

When he heard Kanazawa Chusuke ask him if he would like to tie the knot with their family's Kanazawa Qin, the words and emotions of refusal came to Qingdeng's heart almost instantly.

But now... now...

All kinds of thoughts and memories are flying around in my mind.

Qingdeng didn't know how to describe his current state of mind.

However, one thing is certain - he did not immediately feel "rejection" like when Zhongsuke Kanazawa proposed marriage.

At this time, hearty laughter intervened in Qingdeng's thoughts.

"I see, I see."

"Ah? What do you understand?"

Qingdeng looked at Hikaru Okita in surprise.

Okita Hikaru smiled sweetly at Qingdeng:

"I understand that you like Xiao Si very much."

Qingdeng's eyes opened wide in an instant, his pupils shrank to the size of a pinhole, and a large amount of white air was sprayed out from his slightly opened mouth.

Before Qingdeng could make any response, Okita Hikaru stretched his arms behind his back, propped his jade palms on the ground, tilted his head slightly, and looked into Qingdeng's eyes with a smile.

"Mr. Ju, although you didn't say anything just now, your expression has already told me everything. If you hate Xiao Si, or have no feelings for Xiao Si, it is impossible to show such an expression for so long."

Speaking of this, Okita Hikaru let out a happy voice like letting go of some heavy burden in his heart.

"Great, you and Xiao Si are in love with each other."

"Miss Guang, I..."

Okita Hikaru raised his hand and made a "shut up" gesture.

"I'm not forcing you to marry Xiao Si immediately, this kind of thing is too unrealistic."

"Suddenly asking you to start a family with Xiao Si will bother you and Xiao Si."

"I've told you so much tonight, just to confirm your feelings for Xiao Si."

"Marriage is a major event in life, and I have no right to dictate your future marriage."

"It's your freedom to be with whomever you want forever."

"I only hope that after tonight, you can pay more attention to Xiao Si, and one day in the future, when you want to get married, you can have Xiao Si's face and name in your head—if so , and I am satisfied."

"Leave the rest to fate."

"Xiao Si, she really likes you - for this point, I dare to give you a 100% guarantee."

"No matter which outstanding woman you marry in the future, I will sincerely send you my best wishes."

"Of course, if the marriage partner is my Xiaosi, I will be happier."

After finishing speaking, Hikaru Okita jumped down the corridor with light movements, stretched lightly on the ground of the courtyard, and stood up straight.

"Unknowingly, it's getting so late. Mr. Ju, I'm a little tired, so I'll take a step ahead."

When Okita Hikaru said this, he bowed slightly and bowed slightly to Qingdeng. Then he walked along the edge corridor without any hesitation.

Just when this beautiful figure was about to disappear at the other end of the sliding door connecting the outside and inside of the courtyard under the watchful eyes of Qingdeng——

"Ah, by the way... Mr. Ju, for the time being, let me... tell you a few more words of my own."

Okita Hikari's back suddenly stopped.

She only turned her upper body quietly.

The meaningful gaze inexplicably made Qingdeng feel creepy.

"Although I welcome you to marry Xiao Si...but I only accept that you accept Xiao Si as the wife."

The main room—Qingdeng, who reacted to this group of words, suddenly seemed to remember something, and his eyes wandered left and right, avoiding the gaze with Okita Hikaru.

Okita Hikaru didn't seem to notice Qingdeng's abnormal state, she continued on her own:

"Although my Chongtian family is not a wealthy family with a family income of thousands or tens of thousands, and there are no celebrities worth mentioning in our ancestors, they still have the dignity of a martial arts family."

"I absolutely, absolutely, absolutely will not let Xiao Si become someone else's mistress or concubine, even if the other party is General Zheng Yi."

Hikaru Okita used 3 "absolutes" in a row.

These three "absolute" tones are heavier and more serious than the other.

"Although I'm just a weak woman, I don't have extraordinary reach out, nor do I have the power behind my hands and eyes, but I still understand the truth of 'everyone gets angry, blood splatters five steps'."

"Even if it's my life, I will never let anyone who dares to bully my sister."

Not only her tone of voice, but even her eyes and face didn't even have a smile on her face—this elder sister who loved her sister was serious, and she wasn't joking with Qingdeng.

"Because Tachibana-kun, you are surprisingly popular, and you have a good relationship with those two beauties... Miss Kinoshita Mai from Senshiya and Miss Chiba Sanako from Little Chiba Sword Gym, so I’m just reminding you this—I can accept Xiao Si’s future husband as a concubine, but I don’t accept Xiao Si as a concubine.”

"The main wife must be Koji. Miss Kinoshita Mai, Miss Chiba Sanako, or anyone else can't surpass Koji in status."

When the names of Kinoshita Mai and Sanako were mentioned, the light in Okita Hikaru's eyes flickered a few times, and the meaningful look in his sight intensified a bit.

Hikaru Okita met the second daughter - at Isamu Kondo's wedding.

At that time, Qingdeng, sisters Okita, a group from Qianshiwu, and a group from Xiaoqianyejianguan sat at the same table.

Therefore, Hikaru Okita has seen with his own eyes how good the relationship between Qingdeng, Kinoshita Mai and Sanako is.

Ju-jun, good night, I wish you a good dream——After saying this, Okita stopped staying for a moment, and his figure disappeared at the other end of the sliding door within two breaths, before Qingdeng's eyes.

In the courtyard caressed by the moonlight, Qing Deng was the only one left sitting there motionless.

He stared blankly at the empty air in front of him with dazed eyes.

The night wind blew away his hair and thoughts.

...

...

Speaking of Okita Hikaru——

After bidding farewell to Qingdeng, Okita Hikari did not return to her room. Instead, he walked at an unhurried pace and came to the top floor of the testing hall.

Her breath and footsteps traveled down the aisle, around the corner.

Finally, it stopped in front of the chief's bedroom.

"Xiao Si, I'm going into the room."

Okita Hikaru made a unilateral notice to the door panel in front of him.

"..."

There was no sound in the room, only the sound of steady and even breathing could be faintly heard.

Seeing the silence in the room, Okita Hikaru laughed dumbfoundedly while raising his hand to pull the door.

The moonlight in the corridor leaked into the room along the crack of the door which was pulled open a little bit, and fell on the chief executive who was sleeping soundly.

The room was divided into exactly two halves by the moonlight.

On one side is the door covered with silver frost.

On one side was the half room by the window still surrounded by shadows.

The chief executive is in the gap between light and darkness.

I saw her lying on her side on the bed, the back of her cute head exposed outside the quilt was facing Okita Hikaru.

Hikaru Okita closed the door with his backhand, allowing the room to sink into the darkness of the deep sea again, then walked to the head of the head of the bed in a deliberate manner, and sat down with his knees pressed against the hem of the kimono.

The moment the two knees touched the tatami, Okita Hikaru said in a firm and calm tone:

"Xiao Si, stop pretending, I know you're awake, get up."

"..."

The next moment, two faint lights appeared in the darkness.

It was the eyes of the chief executive.

I saw the chief executive adjusted his sleeping position, from lying on his side to lying on his back, facing Okita Komian who was looking down at her.

The eyes glowing with astonishment and disbelief are like two vivid flames.

"Sister... how do you know I'm awake..."

The director's voice was very weak, which showed that she was still drunk.

"Who do you think I am?"

Okita Hikari raised her chest slightly with a smug face as if she was saying something to be proud of.

"I'm the big sister who pulled you up with one hand. As long as you stick up your butt, I can know what kind of fart you are about to fart."

Just when Qingdeng carried the drunk chief executive back to his room, Okita Hikaru keenly noticed that the chief executive's consciousness had awakened.

However, for some malicious reason, Okita Hikaru did not expose the matter, and let the chief executive continue to pretend to be asleep.

Qingdeng didn't know... probably never will know: Okita Hikaru suddenly proposed marriage to him in the bedroom for no reason, a considerable part of the reason was because the chief just happened to be awake at that time...

"Sister...you, what do you want to do? Why do you say that...that...that...say that to Mr. Ju for no reason...!"

The chief executive showed an expression full of embarrassment.

Although the surrounding environment was very dim, the bright red glow on the chief's face was still clearly visible.

No matter who is present in the test hall, after seeing the appearance engraved by the director general, they will all be amazed.

Souji Okita, who has a carefree personality and is not inferior to Toshizo Hijikata and Sanosuke Harada, who is a "social cow" at all, is so shy that he blush... This is a big news that can cause a sensation in the test hall .

Judging from her current demeanor with a bit of grief and indignation, if it wasn't for the temporary loss of mobility due to the alcohol in her blood, she would probably jump up from the bed immediately and grab Okita Hikaru by the collar .

"What do you want to do? Do you even need to ask? Of course I want to find a good family for you. Look, Mr. Ju is a good match for you."

The chief executive is like a goldfish spraying bubbles constantly, with small red lips opening and closing repeatedly.

She seemed to have a lot to say, and wanted to talk to Okita Hikaru who was looking down at her with a smile.

After a long while, she seemed to have come back to her senses with a correct demeanor, creating a restrained atmosphere with a tense expression.

"Sister...you just...where did you go with Mr. Ju?"

"I just went to the yard, sat on the porch to enjoy the wind and chat."

"chat?"

The lines on the chief's face became more tense.

"What did you guys talk about? You, you probably didn't say anything strange to Tachibana-kun, did you?"

"It's not a big deal."

Okita Hikaru answered in a low voice without thinking.

"I just asked Jun Ju whether he likes you or not."

"?!"

The director's red lips stopped opening and closing.

The "O"-shaped mouth and the "O"-shaped eyes together form a funny face.

For the chief executive who was obviously shaken to such a gaffe, Okita Hikaru still had a calm look, and his tone of voice was a little more frivolous than he would only show when facing his family.

"Why, Xiao Si, are you also interested in this topic?"

Hikaru covered his mouth and yawned.

"I'm a little sleepy... Let's talk slowly tomorrow. Anyway, I didn't leave home until 5:00 (8:00 am), and we two sisters still have a lot of time to chat after tomorrow."

After all, Hikaru Okita got up and went to the cupboard beside him, and took out his own set of quilts—During the time he was temporarily staying in the test hall, Hikaru Okita always lived in the bedroom of the chief executive.

Seeing that my sister really looked like she was about to go to bed, the director hurriedly said in a broken voice:

"Sister, wait, wait a minute!"

"What's the matter? Is there anything else you want to ask or say?"

Hikaru Okita turned around holding the thick quilt, and looked at the chief executive's face with great interest.

"Uh... umm..."

The Chief Secretary, whose eyes wandered, repeatedly uttered onomatopoeia without specific meaning.

"If you don't talk, I'm really going to sleep."

Okita Hikaru spread the futon in his arms on the tatami mat.

"?!"

The general manager is like a dumb man who wants to argue with others, but suffers from being unable to speak. He opens and closes his mouth violently, but is unable to utter a single word.

In the end—as if she had given up struggling, she silently grasped the edge of the quilt with her two small hands, and lifted the quilt up to cover the part below the bridge of her nose, leaving only a pair of eyes outside.

"Sister... Ju-kun, what did he answer you?"

Although the volume of the general manager is as thin as a mosquito, it is more than enough for Okita Hikaru.

However, Hikaru Okita turned his head to one side, pointed one ear at the chief secretary, and asked rhetorically:

"Ah? Xiao Si, what are you talking about? I didn't hear clearly."

Knowing what kind of trick Okita Hikari was playing, the chief executive gritted his teeth sadly, he was very prejudiced against Okita Hikari's deliberate teasing of her, but he was helpless.

With great shame, she repeated the sentence just now with a louder volume:

"Sister, what did Mr. Ju answer you?"

After finishing speaking, the chief executive closed his eyes tightly, clutching the quilt with his hands as if trying to suffocate himself, and tightly covered most of his face with the quilt.

The darkness could no longer cover the rosy glow on the chief's face. Even with the naked eye, it can be seen that the temperature of the chief's face is very high, like a prawn that has been boiled all the time.

At this point, Okita Hikaru finally nodded with a satisfied smile.

"Mr. Ju's reply quite surprised me."

Okita Hikaru blinked. In the blink of an eye, a sly gleam of special meaning flashed out.

"He told me: He likes you very much. If it's not that he is busy with his official career and has no time to take care of family affairs, otherwise it is not impossible to get married with you."

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Happy Lantern Festival everyone! Although it seems late, but still a wave of fun!

Today is the long-lost 7000+ chapter, is it not too much to ask for a monthly pass?

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At this point, under the help of Okita Hikaru, a "seed" was planted in the hearts of Qingdeng and the chief executive. From then on, Qingdeng could no longer look at the director general as a "friend". Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations, congratulations~

The more I write, the more I feel that a mature and eccentric big sister like Hikaru Okita is really attractive.

When mentioning a charming older sister and a cute younger sister, it is natural to think of sisters eating rice. Leopard Leopard's imagination can only make such a leap forward at this level.