[Black Basket] Winter Cherry Blossoms

It coincides with the cherry blossom viewing season, and there are a lot of guests who come to Kagawa to book a flower viewing banquet. Among the many private rooms in the store, the one among the cherry blossoms is the largest. Only special VIPs in the store have the right to book. Tonight, it was booked by Hashimoto’s family The owner of the house used it to entertain the distinguished guests. Before the official dishes were served, there were invited geisha to perform songs and dances for the distinguished guests. Not in the mood to watch the show.

"It's really red and rainy. It's too early for you to come back to Kyoto for that matter, President." After the geisha's performance, Hashimoto Takaya sipped the tea in his cup while flipping through the documents on the table. Tonight's distinguished guests chatted.

"The Oikawa family has been doing a lot lately. I have to come back. I was surprised by your granddaughter. I didn't expect her to do such a thing for Seijuro." It turned out that he was entertained by the head of the Hashimoto family tonight. The guest is the leader of the alliance group and Akashi Seijuro's father, Akashi Shunji. He has been working in the head office in Tokyo for many years. If it weren't for the troubles with the Kawa family a few days ago, he would rarely come back to Kyoto.

"That child, like Xuezhi, always thinks of others, not of himself."

"She is stronger than Ms. Yukie." Thinking of the past, Akashi Shunji will inevitably feel embarrassed. More than ten years later, the cherry trees in Kagawa still bloom regularly, but the old figure no longer exists, which is why he has not been here for a long time The reason for Kyoto.

"No, she's not good enough yet, and she's far from the minimum standard I set." Although Hashimoto Takaya loves his granddaughter, he is merciless when it comes to strict teaching, and he will repeatedly ask her to practice until she reaches the qualified standard. until he is satisfied.

"If young people don't start training at an early age, it will be difficult for them to bear the burden on their shoulders when they become adults. Now Seijuro has basically reached the standard I set." He looks like a strict father, but he has always been proud of his son in his heart.

"President, you are too strict with him, you should spend some time getting along with him occasionally like the fathers of other families."

"You should know that I am alone in the center of the alliance, and the heavy work pressure makes me unable to spare any time to accompany him." Akashi Shunji said the truth. Intrigues, in a society full of intrigues, the alliance is like a bomb that will explode at any time. As long as one place is not handled well, the people in the center of the alliance may be swallowed by the surrounding danger.

"Your son is very good, there should be better girls suitable for him." Hashimoto also brought the topic to the point, "As long as you open your mouth, other families in the alliance will have good candidates, why don't you choose them? "

"Because I see in your granddaughter the future that the alliance needs, and Seijuro agrees with me, but the situation is slightly different in his eyes."

"Don't you think they met too early and developed too quickly?"

"Perhaps it is indeed very fast in the eyes of others, but these are tests for the two of them. How to deal with the relationship that develops too quickly is a compulsory course in their lives, and time is the best examiner. Will come together, time will give us a perfect answer."

"You seem to be very confident, so you are not afraid of another result if there is a deviation in the middle?"

Akashi Shunji drank tea leisurely, and replied with a smile: "My vision is unmistakable, and this time is no exception."

The two chatted around their respective heirs like this, and the time slowly came to the time when the waiter was serving the guests. After a while, there were waiters waiting outside the room with dishes in their hands. They only needed permission from inside to enter. Room.

"Excuse me, guest, may I serve you food now?"

"You came just in time, come in." Akashi Shunji replied in a deep voice.

"Yes."

After receiving the reply, the lead waiter gently opened the wooden door of the room, and entered the room with the others holding the dishes. At this time, Akashi Shunji also saw the face that resembled the old man.

"Welcome to Xiangchuan. I am Wakami and Saya Chuan. Please give me your advice." Putting the lionfish sashimi in his hand on the table, Saya greeted tonight's distinguished guests politely.

"After you finish serving the dishes, leave first. Without my permission, no one can enter the Sakura Room and Ran Room." In order to avoid interference during the interview, Hashimoto Takashi also greeted the people in the store in advance. Let idlers wait near the room for the meeting.

All the waiters who received the order left knowingly, leaving only Saya in the room. She looked at the middle-aged man next to grandpa. His striking red hair had already revealed his true identity to her. No wonder grandma felt uneasy. , the person who wants to see her tonight is actually Akashi's father.

"Nice meeting, Ms. Saya, I am Akashi Shunji. As you can see, since you already know my identity, you should understand why I am here." Quick and decisive has always been the style of the Akashi family, and Akashi Shunji is useless The courteous language of the opening, but straight to the center of the topic.

"Mr. Akashi, please tell me, Saya will know everything." As expected of a father and son, as a father, Akashi Shunji also has a strong deterrent aura. Saya just sat opposite him, and already felt that his body could not move. Being able to speak is a miracle.

"Then let me just say it straight. The recent troubles caused by Oikawa and Hashimoto's family have spread to Akashi's family and even caused troubles to Seijuro. How do you explain this?" Knowing that Saya was also one of the victims, Akashi Shunji still deliberately asked embarrassing questions in order to test her.

"This is all due to my personal reasons. I am really sorry for causing trouble to your son."

"If I want you to stay away from him, can you do it?"

"I can."

Saya's answer hit Akashi Shunji's arms, and a certain point he wanted to prove had been verified, so he continued to ask: "Why? You obviously like him very much, so you don't want to stay by his side forever?"

"Like it?" Sha Ye shook his head with a wry smile, "I don't know if that feeling is like liking, in fact, I'm very confused, knowing that I can't have that kind of feeling, I still made a mistake..."

"It seems that there are secrets that I don't know about."

"My mother told me before she died, don't live like her, let alone become a victim of political marriage, but as the heir of the Hashimoto family, I obviously don't have a third choice. When I become an adult, I will either get married on a blind date, or get married. Either way is not what I want, so what I can do is to keep the emotional blankness, and leave the only place in my heart to that one person until I die."

"Unexpectedly, Miss Xuezhi said such a thing to you."

"You know my mother?" Saya was very surprised. Yukie was her mother's name. She never thought that Akashi Shunji and his mother were old acquaintances.

"I met her a long time ago, we can be regarded as old friends." Thinking of the scene before the death of the deceased, Akashi Shunji couldn't help but sigh.

"So it's like this... As you asked before, I will definitely keep a distance from your son, so as not to bother him anymore."

"Miss Saya, don't lie in front of your elders. If you really don't like Seijuro, it is impossible to do such a stupid thing as diverting the target of hatred."

Saya was stunned on the spot, "You... how would you know..."

"The Akashi family has been monitoring the Oikawa family for a long time. I know all about the troubles over there, but I didn't expect you to use this trick to deal with the Oikawa family. If there is enough evidence this time, there will be a lot of trouble there. , don't you feel heartache? After all, there are your father and sister over there. "

"Can a man who wants to kill his daughter to take away his ex-wife's inheritance be called a father? A girl who wants to kill me and make me disappear from this world is also a sister? For me, I only have a mother, My father died very early, and now as long as I can protect the people around me, I don't regret everything I have done."

"That is to say, you admit that you like Seijuro?"

"I…………"

"You just need to answer yes or no." Akashi Shunji couldn't help lowering his tone a bit.

"Yes."

"Very good, if I want you to get engaged with Seijuro, would you like it?" This is definitely a joking question, and Akashi Shunji is looking forward to what kind of answer Saya will give, whether he is as excited as an ordinary girl Or will you sternly refuse?

"Excuse me for being rude, my junior. Can you please take back what you just said? Feelings are not a child's play. I hope you can respect your son's choice and don't force him to do things he doesn't want to do. If you really think about him, please let him control his own emotions. Life, don’t let him live like a puppet according to the life you arranged, and I don’t want to be the one who restricts his life, what he needs is a free life, not a political marriage.”

"It's interesting. No one in the league dares to speak to me openly. You are very courageous, but you forget the important point. Feelings are two-way. What you think in your heart is not necessarily what Seijuro really thinks in his heart. Maybe in You are right in terms of life, but in terms of feelings, some things are force majeure phenomena, and they cannot be changed after they happen. It can be said that the meeting between you and Seijuro was an accident among accidents. Even I think you met too much. It's early, but God destined you to develop like this, no one can interfere, and when you refused to admit your feelings for Seijuro, did you ask him personally?

"I…………"

"You may think that a relationship that develops too fast is very unreliable, but I think Seijuro didn't make fun of his feelings. If he didn't even have the initial affection, he would just forget about you instead of taking it to heart. Opportunities are sometimes fleeting things, and if you miss them, they are irreversible. Seijuro just saw the opportunity and caught you in time. Unlike me back then, the result of hesitation was lifelong regret. In the end, I could only watch Yukie die. "

"That's enough, father, senior sister is not Mrs. Xuezhi, please don't confuse the two of them." Suddenly, a familiar voice interrupted the conversation between the two, and then the door of the room was opened, and a red-haired boy Walked into the cherry blossoms.

"Seijuro, I haven't finished talking with Ms. Saya yet. You came too early." Shunji Akashi was not surprised by the appearance of his son. I have been listening to all the conversations on the other side of the door, and running out now should be the limit of my patience.

"Father, please let me finish the latter part by myself, I will not disappoint you."

"Forget it, the problems between young people should be resolved by you, and I will not ask any more. Mr. Hashimoto, let's go to Lan Jian to continue to drink. The old wine from that year should still be kept. It is too bad not to drink it. What a pity."

"Of course, that bottle of wine is still reserved for you." Hashimoto, who had been silent all this time, also looked at Saya, and told her softly: "Chairman Akashi and I went to Ranzawa to enjoy the flowers, and I will leave it to you to take care of it here." , you must treat your guests well, and you can't be negligent, do you understand?"

"Yes..." The Patriarch of the Hashimoto family's order cannot be disobeyed. Although Saya has vaguely felt Akashi's anger, she can only resign herself to stay in the room. As for what will happen later, she can no longer imagine.