Chapter 14: Up the Mountain
Not to mention how the Demon King got through in the end, the two told Sawaki Daitomo that they would leave at four o'clock in the afternoon and continue to go up the mountain road.
The winding mountain road connects from the mountainside of Mount Osawa to the mountain range next door, merging into other one-way passages across the mountains to the other side of Yuzawa.
Keisuke Ao: The others planned to walk half the road first, and then climb the trail to the top of the mountain.
Hoshino left alone for lunch first, and when Keisuke Aoi saw her again, the eldest lady had already changed into a plain sportswear, revealing her slender arms and calves.
Strictly speaking, it's not a good mountaineering attire, but I've heard that the trails for sightseeing are well built, so there is probably no problem.
She and Keisuke Aoi sat in the shade of a tree in the back courtyard, where there were a few nice wooden loungers.
Keisuke Aoi was reading Yuzawa's local magazine, while she took out a very small book of poetry and began to flip through it.
It was almost four o'clock that the two of them got up and headed to the lobby.
Sawaki Daitomo had been waiting outside early, and he seemed to be in good spirits, but his eyes were a little evasive.
When Keisuke Aoke and the others came out, he was talking to the female general Sonoko Ozawa, and the conversation was a continuation of last night, but when the two came out, they stopped.
"Oh, good afternoon, both of you." The female general took the initiative to say hello.
"Hello Ozawa."
"Are you going to walk around Mt. Osawa today?"
"yes, I was going to play in the mountains."
"Have fun, then."
Ozawa Sonoko bowed, folded his hands in front of his lower abdomen, twisted his waist and left.
Hoshino stared at her back quietly, and suddenly said, "This trip doesn't seem to be going well." ”
"Oh?"
"Feeling."
Hoshino glanced at Sawaki Taiyu again, causing him to immediately smile and retract back to his seat.
"Let's get in the car first."
Keisuke Aoi noticed that Sonoko Ozawa was standing quietly in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the side of the lobby, one hand lightly pressed against the glass, and it was difficult to see her current expression because of the refraction of light and shadow.
"Oh~"
Peaches, who were dressed in regular clothes, suddenly ran out of the lobby and shouted: "Mr. Qinggui, I'm not on duty today, can you take me~"
"Peaches!" Ozawa Sonoko immediately rushed out, his face was very ugly: "Don't bother the guests!" ”
"Ahh It's the boss! Peaches was startled, and subconsciously wanted to squat with her head in her hands.
"It's okay, Ozawa Lady, just let Momoko come with us." Keisuke Aoi pressed the window, poked his head out and said with a smile.
"Mr. Qinggui, you don't have to take care of this rude guy."
The female general's voice was still very harsh, Momoko quietly stuck out her tongue, got into the back compartment with her hands and feet, paused after staring at Hoshino's cold gaze, and then turned her head and said to Ozawa Sonoko: "I'm going to be a free guide, boss, I'll clean the lobby myself when I come back!" ”
"Don't think I'm going to let you go so easily!"
"Wow, that's scary!" She secretly slapped the driver's seat, suggesting that Sawaki Daitomo should hurry up.
"Ahem, Miss Yuanzi, then we'll go first."
The last time the two looked at each other, it was clearly a little strange.
If it weren't for the fact that Sawaki Otomo had formed a family, others would probably think that the two were old lovers.
The car started slowly and continued to drive upwards towards Daze Mountain, and Tsuruyu was soon left behind and blocked by the mountains and forests.
Keisuke Ao's face had a big smile on his face, which was in stark contrast to Hoshino in the back seat.
She has never liked to interact with other people, especially a fool who doesn't know what to call a fool.
But at this time, Peaches seemed to be hiding some secrets, which also made her curious.
"Ah, thank you, Mr. Aokei and Miss Hoshino, hey, hey, hey~ The weather is great today, just right for going out!"
"Didn't you say you'd be a free tour guide?" Keisuke Aoi said with a smile.
Hoshino was silent, staring at the receding scenery outside the car window.
"Hahaha, yes~"
I have to say that the arrival of Momoko added a lot of vitality to the car, and even Sawaki Otomo was visibly relaxed.
The car is not driving fast, so that people can easily enjoy the scenery in the mountains, Momoko is enthusiastically twittering and introducing, and Sawaki Taiyu is activated by her chatty attributes, and briefly puts down his mind and begins to talk about interesting things.
Keisuke Aoi receives an email from Fujiko Hoshino in the back seat.
"Tsk."
"What's wrong, Mr. Qinggui?"
"It's nothing, it's like seeing a blue mountain bird with long tail feathers."
"Ah~ Peaches don't know what kind of bird it is, does Uncle Sawaki know?"
"Maybe it's a long-tailed blue magpie, right?"
Sawaki Otomo had seen this name in his own children's animal picture book.
"Ahh
"It's really surprising that Uncle Zeshu actually knew."
"You, I'm also a native of Yuzawa!" Sawaki Taitomo reproached in a joking tone.
"Did Mr. Sawaki and Lady Ozawa grow up together?" Aokeisuke asked.
"Yes, yes!" Momoko replied: "We used to think that Uncle Zeshu had a crush on our boss!" ”
"You can't talk nonsense!" Sawaki Daitomo hurriedly defended.
"yes, I later learned that my boss had been married and had children before...... "Momoko paused for a moment and said in a stunned tone, "It's hard to imagine, isn't it?" ”
"Momoko, don't tell you two about these things." Sawaki Taiyu suddenly stopped her with some nervousness.
The reason why I say neurotic is because his voice is a little out of tune.
"Why can't you say it!"
Momoko shrunk her neck: "I always feel that the boss is preoccupied, and I prayed all night at the shrine last night, Mr. Sawaki, you can also find time to persuade her!" ”
"You're too young to understand."
Keisuke Aoi asked in a worried and sympathetic tone, "...... is this?" ”
Momoko was as honest as he immediately poured beans after he glanced at her, and she seemed to sink into the atmosphere of sympathy for the boss, and her voice became low: "The boss's husband and children were in an accident a few years ago and all passed away. ”
"Deceased?"
Keisuke Aoi saw Sawaki Taitomo suddenly clench the steering wheel.
"I don't know what the accident was, but I always feel that the boss has been trapped inside, which is very worrying!"
In order to prevent the atmosphere from becoming completely heavy, she added: "I wish there was a man to take her out!" ”
"Look what I'm doing!" Sawaki Otomo is in a hurry again.
"I just glanced at you, Uncle Zeshu, your reaction is too suspicious!"
"I didn't!"
"I like the boss and I'm not ashamed!"
Sawaki didn't talk to her anymore, but solemnly reaffirmed that he had a wife and children, and his family was happy.
Aoi Keisuke glanced at Hoshino, and the girl's eyes no longer looked out the window, but at the back of Momoko's head, as if Xiang Xiang saw something in it.
"Mr. Qinggui, what do you think of our boss?"
"Hmm...... There is a beauty that has been precipitated by the years? ”
Some people died, but not completely......