In the afternoon, Miyazawa Shinobu came back, Yano Sakura thought that the incident of Kawashima Sakurayuki today attracted too much attention, and suggested that he live in another place, Miyazawa Shinobu asked about the situation and agreed.

Before dark, the four of them found a place to live nearby, and after the meal, Miyazawa Shinobu didn't seem to have a good face, walked to Sakura's room, and said angrily: "You know what I'm doing, I can't stay for this time, why are you working against the two of them?" You will only make them more vigilant, and the more critical the moment, the more you have to calm down, don't you understand? Pig brains! ”

"It's too stuffy in the house, I just want to go out for a walk, they don't let me walk more than half a step, I can't be angry-" Saying that, Sakura Xue was stunned for a moment, raised the corners of her mouth and smiled, and said in a deep voice, "Don't talk about it......"

Miyazawa Shinobu sighed, sat down opposite Kawashima Sakurayuki, and saw that she was very cute when she scolded and didn't return the favor, so he whispered: "Forget it, this is your biggest shortcoming, the problem of insisting on going your own way is too serious, and paranoid, which is also the reason why you can't become an excellent spy, so you should leave here." ”

Sakura lowered her head and admitted her mistake and listened mournfully.

"Now tell you about our plans."

"Huh?" Sakurayuki looked up and stared at him with wide eyes, puzzled.

"I've discussed with Beiyan and your brother that we must get rid of the two junior brothers outside in the next few days, and then-"

"Don't talk about it." Sakurayuki whispered.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm not leaving." She bowed her head like a child who had confessed her mistakes.

"What do you mean? I...... I don't understand what you're talking about. ”

"I'm going to stay in the military academy, I'm not going to run away."

Miyazawa endured mixed feelings, trance, infinite doubts, there seemed to be a thousand-pound olive in his mouth, and he couldn't say anything, so he didn't say a word, and stared at Kawashima Sakurayuki for a minute.

Ying Xue raised her eyelids and said resolutely: "Senior brother, I know that I have failed your efforts and intentions, but I have a reason. ”

"What... What is the reason? ”

"Don't lie to me, I know that if I escape, those two people outside the door will definitely be implicated, right?"

Despite the door, Miyazawa Shinobu looked over there for a moment, and quickly turned around: "Maybe." ”

"Not maybe, but definitely." Sakura Xue said calmly, "The teacher once forced his own daughter to death, if I escaped, how could I easily let them go?" ”

Miyazawa Shinobu dodged Sakura's blazing eyes, kept blinking, and said after a while: "But you have never met them before, as long as you get rid of them and go back to your own country, you will be separated from them by a vast sea, you will no longer have the slightest connection, why worry so much." ”

"But it's life! If they die because of me, you say it has nothing to do with me? ”

Shinobu Miyazawa stared into her eyes and was speechless for a long time.

"I've killed people, you know how painful I am, it was the teacher who forced me to kill, this time, I have a choice, and you also want me to choose to kill people?" Ying Xue slowed down her tone and comforted, "I know that Senior Brother, you used to be a very good spy, you have carried out many missions and killed many people, but your life is not worth anything in your eyes?" I guess not, at least you care about me, do you? Besides, the two outside are in the same door as us, and they are your junior brothers, so we can't be so cruel. ”

Miyazawa was silent for a while, "stubbornness" was the first step for him to understand this junior sister, and he knew that he couldn't convince her.

"Okay, let's find another way."

Sakura pursed her lips and smiled, got up and went out.

Miyazawa was surprised, rarely saw her smile, "Maybe you're right, it's okay if you're happy." He muttered to himself, and through the door and window, he heard Sakurayuki say to Yano Sata and Junro Oda, "Don't worry, I won't mess with you these days." ”

After a short period of joy, Miyazawa Shinobu still couldn't help but think: But after all, she is not suitable to continue to stay in this place stained with blood, since you want to stay away from pain and life and death, then someone will bear pain and life and death for you after all, you are right, it may be too heavy to bury two young lives in vain, if my life can be exchanged for the liberation of you and them, then you don't have to blame yourself, and I have no regrets.

After figuring it out, Miyazawa Shinobu didn't have any worries anymore, Sakurayuki opened the door and came in, and said, "My brother and Beiyan are not unreasonable people, you tell them, this is my own idea, and they will definitely understand." ”

Miyazawa Shinobu only smiled and went straight back to his room, Sakura Xue looked at this back, but there was a trace of uneasiness in her heart.

The vast night, soaked in the earth, Miyazawa Shinobu was unusually calm in his heart, he soon fell asleep, but it was Sakurayuki, who remembered the back of his departure this afternoon.

The next day, Miyazawa Shinobu told Kitawa about it, and Kitaiwa didn't say much, and it wasn't the first day he knew Sakurayuki; Beiyan tells Zhuang Sheng about this, and he is helpless, but understands that he is not the first day he has met Fluttershy.

A trip can't be wasted, and there is also a task assigned by Kurokawa Shikibu - he wants to see the changes in Sakurayuki, and Miyazawa Shinobu is ready to take him for a walk.

"The makeup class I learned at school has been useful," said Shinobu Miyazawa, "and I'll dress myself up tonight and take you somewhere." ”

"Where to go?"

"Not far from here, the intersection of Fuxu Road and Chunai Road, the most prosperous area in the city, what talented and beautiful people, celebrities and high-ranking officials, rich and noble idlers gather here, compete for beauty and wealth, drink and socialize, and indulge in pleasure - Huifang Mansion."

In the evening, after dinner.

"Huifang Mansion." Sakura Xue looked up and saw the four words written on the delicate plaque and asked, "Have you been here before?" ”

"I've been here twice, with Oda, once here, once on the other side, and it's just a mission, and I'm not a celebrity or anything, so it's not for us to play."

Yano and Junro Oda stood on each side, their eyes like torches, carefully scanning everything around them.

"Senior brother, this is a mixture of fish and dragons, and the prosperity is excessive, and you are not on a mission, so you really shouldn't come here." Yano said.

"Shut up, who said it wasn't a mission?" Miyazawa Shinobu glanced at the two of them and said, "If you also want to go in and play, just follow, and if you don't want to go in, wait for us outside." ”

They had to take a few steps back, watch from afar, and do not go in.

"Shall we go in?" Sakura asked.

"Of course." Miyazawa Shinobu advised, "This is not a military school, don't follow so many rules when you walk, otherwise you can be seen at a glance, you just pay attention to these women and learn from them." ”

Sakura Xue looked left and right, her eyes rolling on the young ladies and ladies who came and went, and thought to herself: They are really tsundere, walking slowly, twisting around, but they never look around, and don't look at others, which is very similar to us.

Sakurayuki and Miyazawa Shinobu slowly moved into the hall through the delicate door decorated with flowers and herbs.

"This place is more beautiful than any place I've been to before," Ying Xue stood in the center of the hall, looking around, people came and went in front of her, the gorgeous crown clothes were dizzying, the hall was decorated with colorful embroidery, brown and yellow basic tones, leisurely and light music, the sweet fragrance in the air made the first visitors have the illusion of being in another world, the building has three floors, each floor is a plaque circle, surrounding the space above the hall, the first two floors are still people standing against the railing, and the highest floor is not walking.

Passing through the center of the hall, to the opposite side of the main entrance, there is a large pillar standing on the left and right sides, and looking around the pillar, it turns out that this is the entrance to two corridors, each of which is connected to a corridor behind each pillar, and the two corridors cross not far away, each leading to another area.

"How big is this place?" Sakurayuki asked in surprise.

"It's four or five times bigger than what you can see now, although the place is big, but different people go to different places, that is, it's the same, I'll take you everywhere first."

The two walked a few steps to the intersection of the corridor, Sakura Xue stopped and asked, "There are two roads here, where do we go first?" ”

"What do you say?" Shinobu Miyazawa looked at her.

Sakura looked to the left again, frowned, and said, "Just go over here, there is a staircase at the end of this corridor, and I'm curious about what it looks like on it." ”

"Okay."

Ying Xue saw that those women were holding the hands of the men next to her, she was also curious, and asked, "Senior brother, look at them, we..."

"Yes." Miyazawa smiled and Sakurayuki took his arm.

They climbed all the way upstairs, and suddenly opened up in front of them, this is a flower hall, sparsely placed on the ground seven or eight small tables, on which are placed flowers, wine, cups and other small objects, or two or three people, or five or six people, some standing, some sitting, they talk and laugh, do not look at others. There are aisles on both sides of the flower hall, and I don't know where it leads.

Sakurayuki and Miyazawa found a small table in the corner to sit at, there were no people here, because the people here are all influential people, and they always like to stand in the most conspicuous position - the center of the flower hall.

"Do you drink?" Miyazawa asked.

Sakura Xue smelled a wisp of fragrance, glanced at the wine in the glass, and said, "It's not big, but you can drink it." ”

Miyazawa handed the glass to her, and Sakurayuki took a sip, the expression on her face was complicated.

"What does it feel?"

"It's weird, but it's fragrant, and it's an unfinished feeling." Sakura Xue frowned and thought, the taste of the wine in her mouth was gone, and she took another sip unconsciously.

"A certain amount of alcohol can affect judgment and block thinking, and as spies, we avoid alcohol; Wine is a luxury for us, but at the same time it is a cheap tool, a glass of wine, maybe you can get closer to your goal, so we only use it as a tool, not as a luxury to chase, you know? ”

"Understand," Sakurayuki asked, "who are they?" ”

"The upper class, the upper class, you see that although we are only a stone's throw away from them, our status is not in the same class," Miyazawa said, "but the special thing about spies is that you can move through all classes and change countless identities just by disguise, and the stronger your ability, the better you will disguise, and the easier it will be to control various identities." ”

Sakura listened intently, her eyes shining.

"It sounds easy, but after all, the family is fake, and it is difficult to do, once the disguise is torn, nine deaths."

Sakura Xue came back to her senses, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "If we have a mission, we can see that they are unapproachable by looking at their swagger. ”

"Not necessarily, the men here have money, power, and women, and some people think that they have no desires, but on the contrary, they may be more greedy and vulgar than ordinary people, because they are still pursuing more money, more power, and more perfect women, which has become the most fatal weakness, so if you want to get close to them, you can do what they like."

"Oh......" Sakura Xue nodded incessantly, still looking curiously.

"Hey—don't look back, someone has noticed us," Shinobu Miyazawa said, catching a glimpse of a middle-aged man looking here, "it's time to leave, we are not thieves on this occasion, and we will be treated as thieves." ”

When the young attendant saw the two men get up and leave, he immediately reported to a man beside him who wore gold-rimmed glasses, gray temples, and was spitting fog: "They're gone. ”

"Check it out."

The attendant nodded respectfully, and when Sakurayuki and Miyazawa's backs disappeared around the corner, they immediately followed.

In the next place, the two passed through the side door of the flower hall, the corridor was flanked by the room, turned a few corners, the voices became louder and louder, and at the end, there was a flower hall in front of them, and Ying Xue saw a back next to the window opposite the hall, which was particularly familiar.

"North Rock then?" Sakura asked.

Miyazawa Shinobu looked over and said with a smile: "It seems to be, go and see." ”

When I got closer, I saw the side face, and I was sure it was him. Miyazawa walked around to the front and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, I met unexpectedly." ”

Beiyan was also surprised, just smiled, and suddenly said, "You guys came over like this?" No one is following? ”

"I've been shopping for so long, and I haven't seen them coming, so we should be waiting outside the door, and besides, we have a mission, so are we still empty-hearted?"

Beiyan smiled, saw Sakura Xue again, looked at it for a moment, and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, I've lost weight, but I've really changed a lot." ”

"Where has changed?" Sakura asked with a smile.

Miyazawa Shinobu smiled when he saw her again, thinking that she was not indifferent by nature, and she would not be cold when she became acquainted.

"Hmm~ I can't tell." Beiyan pursed his mouth and shook his head.

"Eyes!" A clear female voice came from not far away, and Sakura Xue tilted her head to look over, it was Suhara Katoriko.

She approached Sakura, took her arm, and said, "You guys talk slowly, I'll take Sakura for a walk." ”

"You can wait a minute, Kurasuke is still here, let me introduce you."

Ying Xue looked at it in a blink of an eye, and remembered that he was the one who had been very close to Yun Yun before.

Rong Cangsuke also looked at Sakurayuki, feeling familiar, and was staring blankly.

"This is Rong Cangsuke, the secretary specially assigned to me by the above, and will follow me to China soon." Kitaiwa said to Eikurasuke again, "This is Miyazawa, Sakurayuki, my friend. ”

Eikurasuke only shook hands with Miyazawa Shinobu Narita, Katoriko hated him, just waited for Beiyan to finish speaking, pulled Sakurayuki away, and immediately found a place to sit down, Katoriko smiled and asked: "I heard Beiyan say about you, the deeds are very legendary, can you tell me about it?" ”

"What's so legendary about this?"

"Military Academy, Beiyan said that it was a place to train spies, a girl went in, and the torment was unimaginable, but seeing that you are sitting next to me now, is Beiyan exaggerating or what?"

Sakura smiled bitterly, and then gushed out.

The young man who followed him just now saw Sakurayuki and Miyazawa Shinobu talking and laughing with Kitaiwa and Katoriko, so he returned and reported, "They seem to be friends of Mr. and Miss Kitaiwa, and they are chatting back and forth." ”

"Hmm." The middle-aged and elderly man nodded and said, "Then forget it." ”

Sakurayuki was telling Katoriko about her history of suffering, when a man suddenly came to the table, respectfully, and said, "Miss Sugahara, there is a young master who wants to invite you to drink." ”

Katoriko looked sideways, and sure enough, a man looked at him with a smile.

Katoriko smiled and refused, "I'm sorry, I'm not going." ”

"This ......," the waiter looked at the man not far away.

The man's smile froze, and his brow furrowed.

"Why don't you go, you don't know him?" Sakura Xue said.

Katoriko shook her head, pouted and said, "It's just acquaintance, not familiar, he doesn't know my relationship with Beiyan, he thinks I'm single, so he wants to get close to me." ”

"He seemed disappointed." Sakura skimmed him.

"Do you sympathize with him? Well, let him bring his own wine, and invite the two of us if you want to invite him, and it will be cheaper for him. Katoriko raised her voice and looked quite arrogant.

The waiter went, and Sakura Xue hurriedly excused himself and said, "I don't know him, I don't drink his wine." ”

"What does it matter, you deal with him."

After a while, the man walked over, Katoriko bowed her head and smiled, but Sakurayuki kept staring at him intently.

This man saw Sakura Xue looking at himself coldly, uncomfortable, when he first arrived, he only said the three words "hello", Beiyan called Rong Cangsuke to call away Katoriko, this person didn't have time to sit down, glanced at Sakura, only to feel the chill hit, extinguished a fire in his chest, he froze in place, thinking: "Although people are extremely beautiful, their hearts are extremely cold, and they are panicked." ”

"I'm sorry." He saw that Katoriko was also gone, so he apologized and turned around and left.

Soon Katoriko returned, and when she saw that the person was not there, she asked, "What about the others?" ”

"Gone."

"How did you go?"

"When he saw you gone, he left."

"You're too indifferent to people, no wonder you are so strange, who can approach you like this." Katoriko said in a slightly reproachful tone.

"Before I could speak, he left, how can you blame me?" Sakura pleaded.

Katoriko couldn't cry or laugh, so she didn't talk about her, so the two drank.

After a while, Eikurasuke said, "Mr. Hokam said it was time to go back." ”

"Got it." Katoriko replied indifferently.

Subsequently, after saying goodbye to the group, the group separated, Miyazawa Shinobu and Sakurayuki went downstairs and walked around for a while to return to their own place, and Eikurasuke said goodbye to Kitaiwa and left.

Seeing Rong Cangsuke walking away, Beiyan turned around and said to Katoriko: "You have gone a little too far, Rong Cangsuke was sent by his superiors, even if he is here to spy on my puppet, then there is still a person behind him, there is no need to embarrass him too much, I see that you didn't give him a good look tonight." ”

"What a hate! When you go out, why do you want them to assign them, it's just a blatant attempt to spy on us," Katoriko didn't have a good airway, "It's good not to drive him away, don't let me have a good face, um... Why don't I go home and ask my father, maybe I can transfer him away. ”

"I must not, your father hasn't given me a good face recently, and you still speak for me in front of him, but he thinks I'm useless, and I rely on his daughter for big and small things."

Katoriko laughed and said, "What can this be, others can't ask for it, but there is no chance, you are not like this, but his daughter still takes the initiative to think about doing it, do you think his daughter is stupid?" ”

"Stupid, so stupid, why did two fools come together?"

Katoriko put her arms around Beiyan, resting her forehead on her shoulder, pursing her lips and laughing.

Beiyan helped her away and looked sideways: "There are still people around, you are the eldest lady, don't giggle, it's not good to hug and hug." ”

"And you're still making me laugh?" Katoriko stroked her hair, and the more she looked rosé, charming and moving.

Beiyan blinked, shook his head, and said with a smile: "I won't say it, it's not early, who will send you home?" ”

Katoriko rested for a while, eased her rippling mood, turned her head to look out of the dark window, thought for a while, turned around, and said, "Father hasn't left yet, I'll go back with him, it's dark and windy, and it's cold, why let you be frozen in vain." ”

Beiyan hesitated for a moment and said in a whisper: "Okay, then you go, and I'll go." ”

Katoriko nodded, and went to the flower hall to find his father, and Bei Yan watched her back disappear before turning back.

In the flower hall, the father of Katoriko Sugawara saw his daughter coming and asked, "Who was the person who spoke to you just now?" ”

"Friends."

"Good friend or bad friend?"

"Father, what do you ask? What good friends are bad friends, I have friends with what I like, and there is no such thing as good or bad. ”

Her father didn't smile or ask any more questions, and then took her home in a moment.

Beiyan went home alone, and when he got home, he saw that there was still light in his sister Xiangze's house, and he wanted to take a look, so he knocked on the door and asked, "Xiangze, haven't slept yet?" ”

Xiang Ze ran to open the door and replied, "No, what does the second brother want to say to me?" ”

"No wonder you've been in bad spirits lately, you have been sleeping late, what are you doing?" Beiyan entered the house and saw a pen and paper on the table in front of the window, so he took it and looked at it, only to see dozens of numbers written on it, and some of them were crossed out with a pen, so he asked, "What is this?" ”

Xiang Ze pointed to the numbers on the paper and said, "This is the calendar I draw, and I am counting how long you have to leave home for China." ”

"Oh," Beiyan understood, so he asked, "What are you painting this for?" ”

Xiang Ze, who is more than fifteen years old, is no longer the little girl who was extremely attached to Beiyan three years ago, but when she knew that her second brother was going to leave her and go to such a far place, she felt very uncomfortable, and she spent every day in fear, she felt that the days passed slowly; But the days slipped away like this, and the day of the second brother's departure was getting closer and closer, and she felt that the days passed so quickly.

Kasawa was speechless for a while, she leaned back on the desk, her fingers uneasily clasped the corner of the table.

Beiyan put down her calendar, stroked Kazawa's cheek, and said:

Let's go to bed, it's cold at night, I'm gone. ”

Kasawa nodded.

Beiyan walked out slowly, reminding Kasawa to close the door, he stood outside the door, and only left when he saw that the lights in the room were out.