Behind Li Fuyao, Uesugi Kiyoshi and Higashimi Maki walked side by side.

The eldest lady of the Dongwen Society was holding the reverse blade in her arms, her face was a little gloomy, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Uesugi Kiyoshi noticed that Higashimi Maki was abnormal, and he didn't squint, but opened his mouth lightly.

"You don't look good, what are you thinking?"

"Not happy with the result?"

He chatted like a normal person, and didn't shy away from anything.

Maki Higashimi bit her lip, secretly looked up at Kiyoshi Uesugi's unfazed side face, and immediately buried her neck, her tone a little low.

"No... Sir has worked hard. ”

"Being able to get Uncle Tai Sui's support army depends on Mr.'s maneuvering."

"It's just..."

Dongwen Maki's tone paused, and he seemed a little unwilling.

"It's just that I didn't do anything."

Uesugi raised his eyebrows, but he didn't think much of this answer.

However, he empathized and could understand Maki Tofumi's feelings.

Determined to recapture the Dongwen Society and become the kind of person he hated the most in the past, he must have experienced a very complicated and difficult mental journey.

As a result, I stole the show a little today.

But there is no way, Uesugi Qing doesn't think that Li Taisui will sell the face of Dongwen Zhenxi, and if he changes this eldest lady to be a lobbyist, I'm afraid Wen's martial arts will not work.

Now Dongwen Zhenxi has determination, but his experience and ideas are still too shallow.

It doesn't matter, although Uesugi Kiyoshi feels that he can't do the level of Tobunju's turning his hands into clouds and turning his hands into rain, and stirring up the situation in Tokyo Metropolitan Government by himself.

But to be a leader for Dongwen Maki, it's still not a big problem.

Uesugi Kiyoshi hesitated for a few seconds, and his tone softened a little.

"Don't think too much about it, you'll have a lot of time to do what you want to do, but that's until we take the Dongwen Society back."

"Time is pressing, and there is no effort for you to show your skills."

"If you really want to do something, go back in a while, quickly gather all the combat power under your command, do a good job of mobilization, and prepare for tomorrow's raid on the headquarters of the Dongwen Society."

"Tomorrow... None of us can afford to lose. ”

Higashiwen Maki raised her head in some surprise, since the first time she met Uesugi Kiyoshi, the image of this young swordsman in her heart has always been cold, showing the cruel reality and the thorny road she should take in front of her, although the words she said were a little impersonal, but they were what she needed the most.

She really found it hard to believe that such words of encouragement came from Kiyoyuki Uesugi.

With a glimpse of it, imprinting the tenderness on the side face into his heart, Dongwen Maki gritted his teeth lightly and nodded.

At this juncture, it is superfluous to say anything, and the most important thing is to win tomorrow's game.

Silence returned to the atmosphere.

didn't take a few steps, and Li Fuyao, who was in the lead, suddenly stopped.

She quietly turned around with an oil-paper umbrella, like a green lotus blooming elegantly in the rain, and showed a clever smile to Uesugi Kiyoshi.

"Qing, do you want to go in and sit?"

"I have a gift for you."

Uesugi Kiyoshi was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, he was pushed by Yuichi Kudo, who had been hovering between him and the two girls with his eyes, and took a step forward, entering the shroud of Li Fu's oil-paper umbrella.

"Miss Fuyao, don't borrow our generals for too long, there will be a fierce battle tomorrow."

"We'll take our leave first--Qing, waiting for you at the door."

Raising his eyebrows and squeezing his eyes, Kudo Yuichi smiled meaningfully, patted Uesugi Kiyoshi on the shoulder, and walked away with a complicated look in his eyes, looking like he was deeply hidden in his merit and fame.

Uesugi Kiyoshi glared at Kudo Yuichi with some tears and laughter, thinking that he was a little nosy, but he didn't care very much.

When a friend uses his or her ability to help you solve most of your problems when you don't speak, and responds when you need help, then even if this person makes some innocuous jokes with you from time to time, it will not affect the friendship between you.

He glanced at Li Fuyao, who was squinting and smiling, and nodded slightly: "That... Excuse me. ”

Some quaint and old wooden doors were opened, and what greeted you was a retro-style corridor structure similar to Li Taisui's courtyard, with a wing room on the east and west, and the doors were tightly hidden.

Li Fuyao took Uesugi Qing to the door of the main room, put away the oil-paper umbrella, put it under the eaves, and gently pushed the door open.

A rich but refreshing sandalwood came from the pavement.

It's a familiar taste, and if Uesugi Kiyoshi remembers correctly, the same incense sticks are burning in Li Fuyao's bookstore.

This aroma impressed him, after all, it is really rare for a girl to use this kind of incense instead of perfume.

Stepping into the threshold behind the girl, his eyes swept left and right with a very light and non-rude movement, and the structure of the room came into his mind.

Very Chinese-style traditional room, traditional to now in the Celestial Empire, there are few people living in this kind of room, the left side is separated by a screen, the decoration is elegant, it should be a bedroom, the right is the antique study room arranged, the wall is full of all kinds of ink paintings, the solid wood desk with the traces of the vicissitudes of time is the four treasures of the study, there are a lot of wire-bound books, several large bookshelves close to the wall are filled with various classics, and the incense table under the windowsill is burning with incense.

Facing the door, there is a symmetrical Taishi chair and a small case, which is a place for the host and guests to sit.

Li Fu shook his hand and motioned for Uesugi Qing to sit down first, and he also sat opposite him.

On the table was a small gourd with a round pearl, about the size of a palm.

"Don't let Kudo-kun and Miss Tobun wait too long for you, I'll make a long story short."

Li Fuyao pushed the small gourd on the table to Shangshan Qing.

"Well, it's a gift."

Uesugi Kiyoshi took it and flipped it in his hand, and the sound of liquid shaking came from inside.

He suddenly said, "Could this be... Herbal tea? ”

Li Fuyao's herbal tea impressed him even more than sandalwood, and he once knocked on the side of Akutagawa Ryunosuke, and came to the conclusion that the medicine that can free the transcendent from sinking cannot be developed by many true intellectuals of the Collectibles Association.

Generally speaking, falling into the fall of ghosts and gods, unless you rely on your own strong willpower to break free, is equivalent to a slow death.

But Li Fuyao's "herbal tea" successfully dragged him out of his sinking.

This is definitely not an ordinary product.

Li Fuyao held his cheeks and nodded slightly.

"Well, the function is similar to herbal tea, this is medicinal wine."

"If nothing else, there should be ghosts and gods in the way tomorrow, and you'll need this."

"Qing, a person who has fallen into a sinking, even if he has broken free, it is very easy to sink again, you take this with you, just in case."

Uesugi Kiyoshi held the flask, his expression changed and his eyes were a little complicated.

The color of struggle had been brewing in his pupils for a long time, and he sighed faintly.

"You've helped me too much, Fuyao, I'm ashamed of it."

"I shouldn't have taken this."

"But it's again... Something I need. ”

He raised his eyes and looked directly into Li Fuyao's clear eyes.

"Although saying thank you is a little too pale... But, thank you. ”

He took a deep breath and looked serious.

"I've been used to living alone since I was a child, living alone, no one to help me, and having a hard time, so I made a vow in my heart when I was lonely."

"If anyone helps me, I will repay it several times, and I will not chill the people who help me."

"I mean, if there's anything I can do to help you, just ask, and I'm not going to say no."

"What I said in front of Tai Sui Ye just now was not a scene."

Facing Uesugi Qing's sincere eyes, Li Fuyao's eyes changed several times, some sympathy, some pity, and some unbearable, and finally turned into a gentle starlight and converged into a pair of phoenix eyes.

She whispered, "If... I mean, if..."

"If one day, I fall into the situation of that Miss Dongwen, will you help me as you helped her?"

Uesugi Kiyoshi didn't think about it, and nodded as a matter of course.

Immediately, he shook his head quickly.

"No, no, as long as I'm here, I'll never watch you become like that."

Uesugi Kiyoshi's eyes gradually revealed a confident smile.

"I don't have many friends, but I'll never watch my friends die in front of me."

"Otherwise, wouldn't this swordsmanship be learned in vain?"

Li Fuyao looked at Uesugi Qing's somewhat elegant face, and showed a smile of some nostalgia.

"Qing, has anyone ever said that you are quite good at deceiving girls?"

"I was a little moved by what I said just now~"

Uesugi Kiyoshi's expression froze, and he bowed his head slightly in a bit of a daze.

"I'm not lying to the girl..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Fuyao with a smile.

"Hmm~ yes."

"You don't have to lie to a girl, when she likes you enough, she will lie to herself~"

Saying this meaningfully, Li Fuyao stood up lightly, not giving Uesugi Kiyoshi a chance to defend himself.

She walked to her study and looked around at the ink paintings hanging on the walls, her back to Kiyoshi Uesugi, and her smiling voice echoed through the room.

"Qing, I help you, there is a reason."

"As I said, I like to hear stories."

"All kinds of things in the world, people's hearts are hot and cold, and they are all my food."

Li Fuyao waved his hand lightly, signaling the room full of paintings, turned around, and looked at Uesugi Kiyoshi proudly.

"Interesting stories, I will draw them and let them be passed on for centuries."

"It's a pity that some magnificent stories have disappeared in the mediocre mortal dust."

"I have a hunch."

"You..."

"It will be the most interesting story I have ever written~"