Although the director only called the actors of Hijikata Suizo over to guide, Su Le felt that there was also a problem with the performance of Mulan's last line. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info so he was a little bold to go up and make suggestions to the director.

Su Le felt that Mulan's last line was too calm. Because Okita found out that Hijikata had actually misunderstood, he didn't discover his little secret. So at this time, you should be a little happy, just like the work or homework was not completed well, but it was not discovered by the superior or teacher.

The director quickly agreed, and Su Le conveyed this meaning to Mulan. Mulan is actually a little dissatisfied, the director didn't speak, what does Su Le's translator care? The dog is nosy with a mouse.

However, seeing Su Le's enthusiasm for this drama, Mulan couldn't bear to have a seizure, so she did what Su Le said.

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"Is that so?" Okita exhaled softly, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart, and although he tried to suppress the joy in his heart, it still showed it slightly on his face.

Later, the two appeared on the stage of the famous Kiyomizu-dera Temple.

"I've always heard people sigh about how Shimizu is doing in Edo, but this is the first time I've been here since I arrived in Kyoto. Thank you so much for lying to me. Hijikata sighed.

"I'm not lying." Okita retorted.

"I know. Your clear water is where more fat powder gas lies. "Hijikata has finally made it clear.

Okita was even more sure that Hijikata hadn't seen anything yet, and said with a smile on his face, "Let's go to the valley." ”

The two of them walked down the mossy stone steps step by step into the sea of maples in the valley. Walking through the maple forest, Okita led the earthikat out of the forest and came to Otowa no Taki.

I saw that on the rock shaded by the maple branches, there were grooves carved to guide water, and from the grooves fell three thin streams of water, falling like silver threads.

Otowa no Taki, which is famous for its sound of water, is not a large waterfall, which disappoints Hijikata a little. "Is this Otowa no Taki? It's too petty. ”

"Taki's not necessarily just vigorous. I've heard that Kyoto people, who are particular about the tea ceremony, come to this Otowa no Taki to draw water in order to order tea. They say that the water here is quiet and gentle. Okita explained.

There is a tea shop in front of Otowa no Taki with a dark blue curtain in front of the door and a small square bench covered with crimson felt.

Okita walked in casually and sat down. Hijikata followed suit, sitting side by side with Okita. He didn't know what Okita meant.

The waiter at the teahouse came out to greet the guests. She wears a kimono with flowers on a white background, a red sash on her back, and a red apron. At first glance, Hijikata is indeed a very beautiful girl.

"Do you still eat rice cakes today?" The girl asked with a friendly smile. It seems that she and Okita are already acquainted.

Ha, this is the woman. Hijikata felt a little relieved, after all, the maidservants of the small tea shop in Otowa-no-Taki in Kyoto seemed to be safer and harmless than the women in the tea houses that had been quite prosperous in the shrines and temples of Edo recently.

"Why, Director-General, every time you come here, do you just eat rice cakes? By the way, you seem to have suddenly stopped drinking lately, have you changed to eating rice cakes? ”

"Wine, ......"

That's what Hanjing Xuanjie called quitting.

A hint of gloom flashed in Okita's eyes, but he immediately regained his bright expression: "Although I can drink a little, I don't like to drink it in the first place." ”

Then both of them were silent, and Okita looked at Otowa-notaki from time to time. It didn't take long for his cheeks to turn red and he lowered his head.

There was a girl standing at Takiguchi. The girl bent over, lifted her clothes, stretched out her snow-white arms, and was holding a scoop to draw water. There was also a mother-in-law standing beside her.

Neither of them saw Okita sitting on a square stool in the tea shop.

When Okita went to Hani Gensei's house for the second time, he met Koyu who was about to go out with a wooden barrel in his hand, and it turned out that he had to use it to order tea every eight days.

Asked Gensei about this, and after the other party explained, Okita learned that there was a custom of going to Otowa no Taki to draw water and order tea on the eighth day.

At that time, Okita secretly thought to himself, according to the rules of life in Kyoto, there must be a fixed time to draw water. So, on the next day of the eighth day, Okita went to Otowa no Taki to try his luck.

Xiao Yu really came. However, Okita did not meet her next to Taki, but sat in the tea shop and watched her from a distance. Moreover, instead of gazing in the open, he is sneaking in and out of the shadows.

The same is true at this point.

Although Okita was very careful, Hijikata spotted their eyes looking at the girl who was drawing water from Takiguchi.

"Director-General!"

"Huh?" Okita hurriedly turned around.

"Look at how weird you've been lately, I didn't expect you to stare at other people's girls with such eyes."

"Really......"

Okita was embarrassed and quickly rubbed his eyes. At this moment, even Hijikata couldn't help but laugh. "Ahaha, it's useless to rub it again!"

Okita's innocent personality has not changed since he was a child, and it is precisely because of this that Hijikata likes him that he is amused to laugh.

At this time, something unexpected happened.

Hijikata's laughter startled the girl. She looked back and found Okita.

"Isn't this Mr. Okita? So you're here! ”

The girl beckoned to her mother-in-law, and the two walked into the tea shop.

At this time, Okita was at a loss.

The small teahouse, with its reed curtains, was originally a little gloomy; But as soon as the girl came in, it was as if a flower had bloomed, and the house was full of brilliance at once.

"I want a bun too." The girl commanded.

Taking advantage of this, the girl spoke to Okita attentively: "Mr. Okita." It doesn't matter if you've come all this far? Didn't your father say that you better sleep and rest more? ”

Strange, huh? Hijikata munched on the rice cake while contemplating. It's as if Okita is living another life in a place that neither he nor Kondo knows.

Okita's face turned red again: "I think sometimes I can come out and change my mood......"

"Do you usually sleep well?" Xiao Yu asked.

"Yes, I've been sleeping." Okita had no choice but to lie.

What does this mean? Hijikata thought to himself, didn't he go out on patrol with me yesterday, went to the Gion Lane, and beheaded three ronins who extorted military funds?

The girl was very happy when she heard Okita's words: "That's great." In this way, you can come to this Otowa no Taki from time to time to change your mood. ”

Okita was silent for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to say, "At this time of every eight days, I will come!" ”

Xiao Yu stopped talking. How shrewd this girl is, she understands it all at first hearing.

After that, there was an embarrassing silence. Looking from the side, the shy red tide was climbing up the girl's snow-white neck.

The mother-in-law stood up first. The girl also stood up and said goodbye, and bowed deeply towards Okita.

On the way back, Hijikata asked Okita, "So, do you have a crush on that girl?" ”

"How could such a good girl fall in love with someone like me."

"You can't say that much, Director-General. That girl, you can marry her. She's a good girl, and she's a good match for you. I'll go talk to her father. ”

"Don't want it!"

Okita didn't tell the girl about being a member of the Shinsengumi. This keen young man knows how the people of Kyoto feel and how they look at the Shinsengumi.

The people in Kyoto City have never had a good impression of the poor people of the shogunate, because Kyoto is, after all, the land of the thousand-year-old royal city. On the other hand, they favored the Choshu faction, which was opposed to the shogunate.

Although the Shinsengumi were stationed in Beijing in the name of protecting the royal castle, their true nature was exposed during the Ikedaya Rebellion, and it became known to everyone in Kyoto that the Shinsengumi were the shogunate's minions.

This kind of thing can't be known to Mr. Xuanjie and Xiaoyou no matter what. Okita's thoughts, Hijikata and Kondo don't understand, and the two of them secretly plan to propose.

For some reason, Isamu Kondo, the director of the Mibu Shinsengumi, came to the door in person, and there was a small commotion at Hani's house.

Hani Gensetsu learns of the fact that his patient, Okita Soji, is a member of the Shinsen-team. proposed that since he was a medical family, he still wanted his daughter to marry a junior who was a colleague in his own industry, but he refused on this ground.

After returning to the camp, Kondo told Okita the outcome of the incident. For Okita, it was a bolt from the blue. Although Kondo and Hijikata also had good intentions, the development of events had deviated from the original track, and they were already 108,000 miles away from Okita's original intentions.

I can't go to Hanjing's house anymore...... A flash of thought, a cold sweat, soaked clothes. Compared with being ashamed, the ominous thought of "I'm afraid that the matter with Xiaoyou is over" made his eyes black for a while.

"Director-General, forget it." Kondo persuaded pleasantly. Seeing that Okita didn't speak, Kondo said again, "I'm not a wooden man either. I can understand your feelings. ”

"No, it's not like that! I just want to be able to look at her from afar, I just want to ......"

A thousand words are about to be poured out, but when they reach their lips, they lose their words. Okita couldn't say any more. Speechless, I didn't know that it was tears that suddenly surged up and was about to burst out of my eyes.

That evening, Okita went to Otowa no Taki alone in Shimizu Mountain.

The small tea shop had long since closed, and the doors and windows were tightly closed. The sun has also set.

Okita stayed by Taki's side. Even if you wait all night, the person you miss will not come. Because, today, is not the day of the eighth day.

Despite this, Okita squatted there silently. The light splash of water has put the shoulder**.

From the side of the Buddhist hall, the sound of chanting for the evening class was heard, and the inner courtyard on the cliff was gradually lit up. Okita still crouched beside Taki, raising his hand from time to time, feeling the trickle of water falling from a great height with his skin. She used to do the same.

A lantern approached, pausing beside Okita. It was the monk on duty patrolling the mountain.

"You've done a great job." The monk greeted him and turned away.

Sincere believers will pay homage to Taki at night. The monk must have thought that this young man was one of them.