Chapter 92: The Long Detour for the Qixi Festival
"Is there another tea party today?" On the way to the Japanese-style reception room, Toru Watanabe asked Kujo Miki.
It was clearly the corridor outside the house, where the sun, which had dyed the sky red, could directly shine, but there was no heat at all.
Watanabe Tetsushi really wondered if there was an air conditioner hidden in the corner.
The designs of rich people are really unimaginable.
"My mother attaches great importance to traditional festivals, or rather, she likes to invite people to gatherings." Miki Kujo looked straight ahead, walking quietly but with an unstoppable strength.
It's very much like the beginning of a historical drama, where the general's wife appears surrounded by a crowd of people.
At first glance, she is a female villain who is not easy to mess with.
"That's good." Watanabe Toru agreed. "I hate . They are all tools used by capitalists to cheat people out of money."
Kujo Miki glanced at him and said, "I am also a capitalist."
"No, Miki, you are a noble." Watanabe Toru would rather mix with feudalism than have any connection with capitalists.
"You're such a smooth talker." Miki Kujo gently twisted Watanabe Toru's waist.
Arriving at the main hall which was so big that one didn't know where to sit, Kujo's mother and several other ladies were looking at a pot of bamboo with lush green leaves in the middle of the living room.
Kiyono Rin's mother was also among them.
Miki Kujo told her about inviting Rin Kiyono.
"That child is still as willful as ever." Qingye's mother scolded helplessly, but didn't say much else.
Kujo's mother noticed Kujo Miki's unsightly belt and asked, "Why did you come out dressed like this?"
"Watanabe's technique is not good." Kujo Miki smiled and pushed the blame onto Watanabe Toru who was staring at the bamboo.
Watanabe Toru: “…”
Kiyono's mother laughed like a girl and said to Kujo's mother with some gossip: "Miji has already decided on the candidate for her future husband."
Mother Jiujo let go of the long bamboo leaf in her hand, and the bamboo branch bounced back. She smiled happily and said, "I don't know anything about her either."
The adults around all looked at Kujo Miki with a mocking look.
"If there are no accidents, that should be it." Kujo Miki didn't feel embarrassed at all.
When she said this, the wealthy ladies immediately became interested.
Start discussing when to get married, where to get married, and when to have children after marriage.
Toru Watanabe was absent-mindedly counting the number of bamboo nodes.
After the intimate contact, he admitted that he had thoughts about Kujo Miki's body - from this point of view, men are really hopeless fools - but he is determined and will never forget his hatred because of beauty and wealth.
And given Kujo Miki's personality, there is a high probability that she treated him as a toy.
The reason why she brought him home was probably to use him as a shield to prevent the elders from bothering her with marriage and other reasons.
It is absolutely impossible for the two to get married.
Unless they reach the age to get married, and Watanabe Toru does not rush to become strong enough to resist in order not to arouse Kujo Miki's vigilance, and Kujo Miki is not tired of playing with him, there is a possibility for the two to get married.
"But how hard should I work to become strong enough to resist the Kujo family that has accumulated power for hundreds of years in just a few years when the system is not strong enough?"
'Someone please tell me! It's urgent!'
In addition, the number of nodes of the bamboo are 12, 9, and 7 respectively, and one bamboo even has twenty-five nodes. Is it Buddha bamboo?
If it were sugarcane, it would definitely not be sold.
"…Len? What do you think?" Kujo Miki asked the distracted Watanabe Toru with a smile.
"Ah, that's good. In this year's name survey, I ranked first among men."
Lian, full name Kujo Lian, is the name of the unborn first child of Watanabe Toru and Kujo Miki.
In just such a short time, these women have already thought of everything about the wedding and started naming their children.
"Ranked first? That's too cheap." Kujo's mother pondered and thought very seriously.
"Where's Shenye?" Kiyono's mother suggested.
"I think it's better to call him Katsutsugu." said Kujo Miki.
Kujo's mother raised her head and asked, "Is it taken from our ancestors Kujo Yorikatsu and Kujo Yoritsugu?"
"Yes." Kujo Miki nodded.
"Very domineering, very good, very good." Kujo's mother seemed very satisfied.
The domineering name "Meiji" was definitely given by her.
"Then let's name the second child Shen Ye!" Qingye's mother proposed again unwillingly.
It seems that she really likes the name 'Shinba'.
By the way, Kujo Yoshikatsu and Kujo Yoshitsugu were two shoguns during the Kamakura shogunate period.
As the sky gradually darkened, many ladies wearing gorgeous kimonos arrived one after another.
As Watanabe Toru adjusted his numb knees and swallowed the fourth yawn that was about to roll to his mouth, he saw Kiyono Rin walk in from the corner of his eye.
After she finished the wind band activities early, she should have gone back to take a shower and change her clothes. At this time, she was wearing a light blue kimono with a large snow-white swallow embroidered on it.
Her long hair, as black and shiny as 0.5mm lead powder, was tied up high at the back of her head and fixed with a jewel-studded hairpin.
Toru Watanabe stared at her thin waist which was tightened by the belt.
Qingye Rin glared at him obliquely, then went to greet the ladies respectfully.
Well, actually he was just looking at how well she tied her belt, there was absolutely no other intention.
The Qixi Festival party is boring. No, it should be the wives’ Qixi Festival party that is boring. They eat festive and summer-relief food, write Japanese poems, and talk about the tea ceremony, flower arrangement, and incense ceremony.
Watanabe was completely overwhelmed.
Kujo Miki is a terrifying woman. She can talk to the ladies about anything, whether it is waka, tea ceremony, flower arrangement, or incense ceremony.
He turned his attention to the equally bored Kiyono Rin.
From the conversation just now, she should know something about Japanese poetry, tea ceremony, etc. However, because of her cold personality, she doesn't seem to be very popular among the ladies.
Watanabe Toru guessed that the main reason was that she could see whether others were lying, and she herself would not lie.
A harmonious atmosphere does not need such people.
For example, if one of the ladies here actually knows nothing about waka, wouldn't it be very embarrassing if she pointed it out to her in person?
Noticing Toru Watanabe's gaze, Kiyono Rin looked away from the pastries on the plate.
"Watanabe-san, please at least hide your obscene gaze." She warned in a low voice.
"Vulgar and obscene? I'm so sorry, but I'm in sage time now."
"When did the Sage become so cheap? Never mind. So, Mr. Sage, how long are you going to stare at my body?"
Watanabe Toru looked at Kiyono Rin meaningfully.
Good boy, unlike a certain perverted senior schoolmate and Queen Kujo who is not good at leg techniques.
"I'm not looking at your body, I'm looking at your destiny."
"lie."
"Fate tells me that your first child in the future, Kiyono-san, will be named 'Shinba'." Watanabe Toru vowed.
Kiyono Rin feels helpless about the lies that Watanabe Toru always tells that can be seen through in a second.
"Let's not talk about whether I will have a child. Even if I do, I won't give him a weird name like 'Shinba' like Kamen Rider 555."
"cold."
"Mother?" Qingye Rin looked at his mother's stern eyes in confusion.
Watanabe Toru laughed out loud.
When Kujo Miki glanced over, Watanabe Toru immediately stopped smiling and took a sip of the tea as if nothing had happened.
Mmmm, hot and scorching.
"There is no such thing as a genius. I just learn from my mistakes and apply what I have learned." Watanabe Toru blew gently, and beautiful ripples appeared on the tea.
Halfway through the party, Jiujo's mother suggested that everyone write down their Tanabata wishes on short notes and then hang the notes on the bamboo trees.
"What should I wish for?"
"How about not aging anymore?"
"Getting younger and younger?"
"I hope my child can share the work with his father as soon as possible, and I also want to have a grandchild."
“I hope that every year that follows will be as peaceful as this year.”
The ladies were chatting, and the three young boys and girls were also discussing something.
"Ms. Kiyono, how about making a wish to continue to be the top student in your grade?" Miki Kujo suggested kindly.
"That's good. Miss Kujo, can you make a wish to get first place in the exam?" Kiyono Rin responded with a smile.
The two men confronted each other with eyes that flashed with lightning.
"Watanabe-san, do you want to wish to get first place?" Kiyono Rin was still resentful about what happened just now, and her tone was hostile to him, spreading the flames of war.
"You can do this kind of thing on your own."
"Ah, you've been ranked third for five consecutive times, including the beginning of school, and you can actually say such things. I really admire your courage." Qingno Rin, who loves to tell the truth, mocked unceremoniously.
"Do you mean you can easily surpass me?" Kujo Miki's smile was very dangerous.
"Why do you two stand together against me? Isn't that weird?"
"By the way," he began to divert attention, "the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can only see each other once a year. Can they really fulfill human wishes?"
"The other party is a god. Even if he is in a difficult situation, he can still easily bestow blessings on humans. Just like me, even if I don't study much, I can still surpass Watanabe-san." Qingye Rin put her hand on her chin and responded casually while thinking about making a wish.
"…The last sentence is redundant." Watanabe Toru complained skillfully.
"Are you two too close to each other?" Miki Kujo looked murderous.
"How should I put it?" Qingye Rin picked up the pen and wrote on the note, "It's not good, nor is it bad. It can only be said to be average."
Because Kiyono Rin never lies, Kujo Miki didn't pursue the matter except to squint at Watanabe Toru for a while.
While Watanabe Toru breathed a sigh of relief, he also felt a little uncomfortable.
When he helped you some time ago, did you still call him a friend? Now he is just an ordinary friend?
Although he never asked for anything, Toru Watanabe still hoped from the bottom of his heart to become friends with this special person who never lied.
He could only blame himself for having unauthorized expectations and imposing his own opinions on Kiyono Rin. He deserved to be disappointed in the end.
It’s so sad, your name is self-sentiment.
Toru Watanabe looked at the lush bamboo in the center of the room.
We were clearly indoors, but there was a breeze coming from somewhere - maybe it was the air conditioner - that made the leaves rustle, giving me a cool summer feeling.
"Love Meiji till old age"
Anyway, the wish will never really come true.
Miki Kujo, who had no idea what privacy was, directly took the note from Toru Watanabe.
Seeing the wish written in regular script as if in a calligraphy book, she uttered a satisfied "hmm".
"What did you write?" Watanabe Toru asked her.
"Hang it up for me." Kujo Miki handed him her own note together with Watanabe Toru's.
"Squeeze Watanabe Toru dry"
"Missy! Is it really appropriate to write a wish like this?!"
"Are you shy? Or," Kujo Miki leaned in closer, pretending to whisper, and gently bit Watanabe Toru's earlobe, "are you thinking about what happened just now?"
Her toes moved in her white cloth socks.
“…”
"Hahaha, don't worry! The only ones who can see it are you and my mother."
“…”
My ears are itchy, and my saliva is very dirty.
"Cowherd and Weaver Girl, you guys don't have the time to fulfill the wishes of mortals, do you?"
While hanging the note on the bamboo leaves, Watanabe Toru whispered to Kiyono Rin: "Kiyono-san, let me test you on a question. Which two stars are the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl?"
"Hegu II and Vega I are bright stars in the Aquila and Lyra constellations respectively."
"Very good, Cowherd and Weaver Girl, listen to me, I already know your house number, if you dare to really make your wish come true, be careful that I will blow you up in my old age with a spaceship." Although he did not believe in superstition, just in case, Watanabe Toru still prayed silently in his heart.
After all, we have systems. What if there really are gods?
You must be on guard against the stars.
When Toru Watanabe sent warning letters to the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl twenty-five light-years and sixteen light-years away, Kiyono Rin's shy voice like a mosquito was heard.
"In fact, except for my mother, I have a bad relationship with everyone. So," the voice became smaller and smaller, "even though the relationship is ordinary, but in my heart, she is already second."
“…Oh, I see.”
Girls are such cunning creatures.
Also, you really don't have to be so honest! Saying something like this directly makes the listener too shy!
Watanabe Toru glanced at the note she hung up.
In neat and clear handwriting it reads:
"Forbid the whole world to lie"
'Is this guy a fool?'
However, Toru Watanabe breathed a sigh of relief.
Not to mention the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, even the Queen Mother cannot stop people all over the world from lying.
I definitely won’t be squeezed dry…right?
But for this matter, it seems that all Kujo Miki needs to do is think about it herself?
In short, you should still be on guard against women, so start eating nourishing foods tomorrow.
After writing the note, Kujo's mother organized a small fireworks display.
Everyone sat on the corridor, surrounded by various fruits and teas, and the fireworks lasted for a full fifteen minutes.
Very beautiful.
Thinking that the wind band would have training during the summer vacation and he had to stay in Tokyo anyway, Toru Watanabe decided to go to the summer festival to watch the real fireworks display.
"What are you thinking about?" Miki Kujo, who was sitting next to him, asked suddenly.
"Summer Festival." Watanabe Toru replied subconsciously.
He turned his head and looked at Kujo Miki's pretty face illuminated by the fireworks, and said with a proud smile: "I'm not bragging, I'm number one in the village at catching goldfish."
"Sentences like 'I'm not bragging...' are just bragging."
Watanabe Toru supported himself with his hands behind his back, stretched his body and complained, "Can you give your boyfriend some face?"
"No." Under the fireworks, Miki Kujo refused with a devilish smile.
