Yes...... Takako Kusumoto.

When he was in Japan, Guan Zhuofan only saw this girl once, and they didn't say a word to each other. It was when she left for Japan to return home, and before boarding the ship, she stood timidly beside her mother on the noisy and flowing Nagasaki pier, the sea breeze blowing, her clothes fluttering, and her thin body seemed to be about to go with the wind at any moment.

That scene, at a glance, gave Guan Zhuofan a deep impression. However, from a distance, her face was not really seen clearly. I only remember that the face of the little melon seed was pale and confused.

Going to the country and leaving home, the sea is vast, and the future is uncertain.

On the sea journey back to China, Nan Ben Dao, Nan Ben Gaozi, mother and daughter, not only did not share the same boat with Guan Zhuofan, but even did not go the same way: Guan Zhuofan led the main force of the Xuan Army to Tianjin, and Nan Bendao's mother and daughter went to Shanghai with Liu Yulin's department.

Therefore, after Nagasaki and before today, Guan Zhuofan and Nanmoto Ina, mother and daughter, have never met again.

When they arrived in Shanghai, according to Guan Zhuofan's arrangement, Nan Bendao's mother and daughter lived in Qingyayuan - of course, at that time, this place was not called "Qingyayuan", and the red paper of "Guanyu" was still pasted on the door.

The beauty in front of her is the thin, pale, and confused girl on the dock in Nagasaki?

I don't know if it's an illusion, or if a teenage girl is "pulling out the strip"? Guan Zhuofan felt that the Kusumoto Takako in front of him was at least half a head taller than the girl on the Nagasaki dock - it had only been more than half a year.

However, most of her life in the past half year should be the best life she has lived in the past ten years.

The person is obviously plump, the convex is convex, and the concave is concave. I didn't wear a wide kimono. Changed into Han costumes. combed his hair and became more and more slender.

It's just that on the beautiful face, there is a faint confusion and melancholy, which still wanders between the eyebrows, as if there is nothing, indescribable.

This look ...... It's so familiar.

Where have you seen it?

By the way, it's on her photo that is known as "the first beauty at the end of the Bakuma".

That photo. It was taken when she was sixteen, and now, she's fourteen.

There were many thoughts, but Guan Zhuofan's voice still sounded very calm: "It's Gaozi - look at me, I almost can't recognize it!" How is it, are you still used to living here? ”

"Back to the prince," Takako Kusumoto said softly, "excellent." Sister Hu and Sister Yang take great care of me, I-"

Speaking of which. Suddenly stopped, his face was slightly panicked, and he squatted down slightly to Hu Qingqing and Yang Wan'er: "Ah no...... Gao Zi ...... Trespassing, side blessing ...... Forgiveness. ”

Guan Zhuofan smiled, and Hu and Yang couldn't help but laugh.

Hu Qingqing stretched out her hand to hold Gaozi's hand: "Silly girl! ”

"'Side Fujin' or something," Guan Zhuofan said, "It's for outsiders and subordinates, at home, the two of them are your sister, what do you call 'sister'?" There's no birth! Gaozi, this is your own home—do you know? ”

"Yes...... Gao Zi understands, Gao Zi ...... Obey the king's orders. ”

Kusumoto Takako's voice lowered, and her eyes were already slightly red.

Guan Zhuofan smiled and waved his hand: "I don't have so many orders." Since the two of them are your sisters, I am your brother-in-law, and there is no need to be so polite when talking to my brother-in-law. ”

Hu Qingqing pursed her lips and smiled: "That's it!" ”

took Gao Zi's hand and turned to Guan Zhuofan: "Lord Wang, otherwise, pick a day, Wan'er and I will seriously recognize Gao Zi as our sister, okay?" ”

Guan Zhuofan was stunned, glanced at Wan'er, and inquired.

"Sister's idea," Yang Wan'er smiled, "It's really excellent!" I can't ask for such a good sister! ”

Guan Zhuofan nodded and said, "Since both of you sisters say so, let's do it." I am stained with the light of your two sisters, and I am also a good sister! ”

Gao Zi's little face was already flushed: "I...... Where can I afford to climb high? ”

"Where is there any 'high climbing' and 'low climbing'?" Guan Zhuofan smiled, "Gaozi, I'm waiting for you to kowtow to me and shout 'brother-in-law'!" ”

After a pause, he said, "However, this matter must be told to Mr. Kusumoto - Mr. Kusumoto will not be back for a while, well, send a telegram to Leiden!" ”

Turning to Kusumoto Takako, he said: "Your grandfather is seriously ill, and your mother will serve the decoction herself, and it will be another two or three months, and Mr. Siebold will be better before he can leave for China. ”

"Yes," Gao Zi couldn't hide his worries, "I already know. ”

After Nanmoto's mother and daughter arrived in China, Guan Zhuofan fulfilled his promise and sent Kusumoto to Europe to reunite with his biological father Siebold who settled in Leiden, the Netherlands. At that time, Siebold had been sick for a long time, and when he saw his daughter, he was pleasantly surprised, like in a dream, stimulated by violent emotional fluctuations, he was able to get out of bed and walk around. But it was only a flashback, and it wasn't long before Siebold was bedridden again. Just when Guan Zhuofan was talking to the three women, Siebold had already entered a dying state, and the medicine stone was ineffective.

In addition, the "return" in Guan Zhuofan's mouth is naturally "returning to China".

"Gaozi's homework," Kwan Zhuofan changed the subject, "I know that it has always been taught by Mr. Kusumoto. During the time that Mr. Kusumoto was not in China, I don't know if there was a delay? ”

"Don't worry," Hu Qingqing said, "I invited two masters, one Chinese and one foreign, and there was no delay at all." ”

Guan Zhuofan smiled and nodded.

"However," Hu Qingqing said with a smile, "you say that you 'know', and there are some things, I'm afraid you don't 'know' -- Gaozi's 'homework' is not all 'hand-taught' by Mr. Nanmoto." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Takako's 'shamisen' is very good, 'Wa Mai' is very good, and the song is also very good! I'm afraid that Mr. Kusumoto may not be proficient in these things, right? ”

Guan Zhuofan was surprised.

Indeed, I have never heard of Nanmoto Rice Essence who is good at singing and dancing silk and bamboo.

This little girl, it seems that there is another story.

Of course, he didn't want to ask, "Where did you learn?" He just smiled and said, "That's versatile." If you have the opportunity, you should see and learn. ”

Gao Zi's face was red: "My sister is too famous, I ...... I'm just getting a glimpse of the door, Lord Wang...... It must be unsightly. ”

On the first night in Shanghai, King Xuanjun was naturally placed in the room of Fujin on the side of Hu.

Xiao Biesheng is newly married, not to mention that this parting has been more than a year, not to mention that Hu Qingqing has made up her mind to have another son? So, the peaks and valleys of the waves, several ups and downs, and finally the clouds and rain dispersed, and the strength of the king of Xuan County was also exhausted.

The woman curled up in the man's arms was so soft that it seemed that there was no bone left.

……

"I've got another girl."

"Hmm."

The woman smiled softly: "At the beginning, Wan'er was also my sister-in-law. ”

What do you mean?

"You...... Don't worry about it, I don't mean that to her. ”

"I don't care," the woman chuckled softly again, "I am...... It's a little uneasy. ”

Belch......

The man sighed and didn't say anything, just hugged the woman tighter.

"But ......"

"But what?"

The woman chuckled again and stopped talking.

The man didn't continue to ask.

You don't feel at ease, to tell you the truth, I'm not very relieved of myself.

*(To be continued......)