It's too difficult to fall in love with rewards

Chapter 29 29. He Said He Found Tengu

Kiryu Yuriko brushed her hair, which had been disheveled by the spring breeze, to one ear, and tilted her head to look at Tachibana Kiyoaki.

Those eyes sparkled, as if expecting his answer.

"I think that in Chinese families, love and marriage are divided into two different things." Ju Qingxian thought for a while and said decisively, "In traditional thinking, marriage and sexual relations are divided into synonyms. If it is not defined, it cannot be allowed. A relationship without marriage is equal to a relationship that cannot be married. Whether there is a sexual relationship or not, it will be regarded as infidelity and immorality."

"It's obviously two different things, isn't it?" Kiryu Yuriko asked him back.

"It's really two different things." Ju Qingxian nodded slightly, "Love, life partner, sexual relationship, pregnancy and childbirth, although these are closely related to each other, they should not be confused in general after all. Just like I have a good impression of Sister Kiryu, but I don't like her. It's not that I'm in love with you, and I don't want to have sex with you."

"what?"

Ju Qingxue was stunned.

"Haha..." Kiryu Yuriko laughed heartily, "You little brat has such a loud voice."

"Ah Qing, don't talk about these things." Ju Qingxue put her arms around Ju Qingxian's shoulders, and pressed hard.

She thought it was too strange for her younger brother to suddenly talk about marriage and having children with another woman who was about the same age as her when she was still a child.More importantly, I was still listening, how could my younger brother say that he had a crush on other older sisters!
Yuriko Kiryu laughed for a while, stretched out her hand with a reddish face, and rubbed Tachibana Kiyoaki's little head: "Sister, wait for you to grow up."

Tachibana tilted her head to avoid it.

He really hates irrelevant people touching his head.

"Do you not like Jun Tachibana?" He asked innocently.

Yuriko Kiryu also replied innocently: "My sister likes her brother-in-law very much."

Isn't it a bit stupid to pretend to be naive now... The two were complaining about each other in their hearts at the same time.

"What kind of person is Tachibana Jun?" Tachibana Qingxian asked her.

"A rather childish man, I'm not saying it's bad, it's just not to my taste." Yuriko Kiryu replied, sounding like a naughty girl.

"what?"

Ju Qingxue looked surprised.

"Lihua's family said that you have a harmonious relationship with him," she said.

"A harmonious relationship and liking are also two different things. Ms. Tachibana shouldn't be able to tell the difference, right?" Kiryu Yuriko gently lifted her feet, her toenails were painted in a striking light blue, "For the sake of the relationship between the two families , the two of us can't make the relationship too rigid, at least on the surface we have to give people the feeling of being respectful to each other."

"..."

For this kind of thing, Tachibana Qingxue has no personal experience.

"To a certain extent, Tachibana Jun's disappearance is equivalent to saving me." Yuriko Kiryu kicked her smooth calf protruding from under the skirt, "I don't hate him, but I don't like him at all, so I don't need to talk to him. Marriage is a great thing for me."

Ju Qingxue nodded and responded: "That's true..."

"That's right." Yuriko Kiryu was talking, and suddenly she hammered her thigh heavily, "In a Chinese family, even if the system is weird, you must abide by it. I really can't stand this kind of system. Falling in love, getting married, Reproduction and sexual behavior are completely left to my father, which is completely contrary to what I have learned and thought, and it is really annoying. Who is the most beneficial to this marriage, Qing just said..."

She looked at Tachibana Qingxian, then lowered her voice and continued.

"It's just beneficial to some men who are behind the times who cling to the remnants of the samurai society, that's all." While speaking, she fiddled with the family crest worn on her chest with her hands, the tone of her voice was not so much It is better to say that you are talking to yourself than to tell others.

One is the eldest son of the Tachibana family, and the other is the eldest daughter of the Kiryu family. No matter how you look at this marriage, they are well-matched.However, the disappearance of Tachibana Jun is well known, and the wedding that should have been held has been postponed indefinitely. Anyone with a discerning eye knows one thing: if Tachibana Jun is not found quickly, the marriage will definitely fail.

A gust of wind blew by, and in the pond in front of the three of them, there was a lively sound of water birds flapping their wings.

"Qing, thank you for what you said just now, it made me feel very happy." Kiryu Yuriko looked at the distance and smiled, "My own thoughts, um, how should I put it, are vaguely like marbled cream Like that. Listening to you swearing, it feels as if the marble patterns melted and turned into words...like that feeling."

While saying these words that only a literary girl could understand, she put her feet under the skirt together, stretched them out and hung on the water, shaking her head from side to side like a girl preparing for gym class.

The three sat side by side, silently looking at the western sky.

Tachibana Qingxue felt a little sympathetic to Yuriko Kiryu.

Generally speaking, it is impossible for the daughters of famous Chinese families to marry according to their own wishes.It is not uncommon even in Japan in the 21st century that the father and elder brother make the decision and are forced to marry "a stranger who has only met a few times".Chinese daughters want to get a marriage with real love, unless the person they like is from the same family, and if the other party can manage it safely and actively promote it, it is possible.

If the two fathers disagree, the situation will become very difficult.

The Tachibana family is one of the few families in Kamakura, and the Kiryu family is also a master of swordsmanship that has been passed down for hundreds of years. The two patriarchs have negotiated a marriage. I am afraid that there is no possibility of regretting the marriage except for the couple's own problems.

The sun was beginning to set behind the eaves.

The western sky turned a dull purple.

Tachibana Qingxue looked at Yuriko Kiryu's slightly melancholy side face, and felt a little unbearable, so she might as well not look for Jun Tachibana...

Why do you care so much about other people's marriage, take care of yourself first... Tachibana cast a glance at her sentimental sister, and asked Kiryu Yuriko in a formulaic tone: "When was the last time Tachibana Jun saw you?"

"Well, just before he went to Mt. Takao." Yuriko Kiryu stretched her waist, and her eyes fell back on him, "When he came to me, he was wearing very ordinary clothes, and he didn't have any equipment to climb the mountain. He said that if he can really find Tengu, he can persuade his parents to cancel his engagement with me."

Ju Qingxue frowned in thought.

Climbing without any equipment, the scope of going is naturally limited, and Tachibana Jun will not leave the area around Mount Takao Yakuoji.

"Has he contacted you again?" Ju Qingxian asked.

"Yes, it was the night he went to Mount Takao!" Yuriko Kiryu stared closely at Tachibana Kiyoaki, her black eyes flickering like fire, "He called me, just said something in the medicine I saw Tengu near the gate of Wangji Temple, and then I lost contact..."

It happened that there was a wind blowing from the water.

The exposed skin can't help but feel a chill.

Could it be that there really are tengus in this world... Tachibana Qingxue rubbed her arms as if warming herself, and fell into deep doubts.

(End of this chapter)