true love

Before he knew it, he was stunned, and Suwa stood there in a daze, not moving.Makoto smiled slightly.

Suwa entered the room at Takamura's urging, and sat side by side with Makoto in front of the golden screen.Makoto's face is still fair and flawless at close range, and it is impossible to tell from the expression what Makoto is thinking.

The two picked up the wine glasses and performed a [-]-degree handover ceremony, which symbolized the ceremony of becoming a regular customer.

After the end, the staff left the room, leaving Suwa and Makoto behind.

Suwa didn't know what to say, so Makoto said with a smile.

"I want to tell you again: long time no see."

"Hey...I said you..."

Suwa finally spoke.

"It's been a long time since you said something! Do you know how surprised I am?"

"Really that surprised?"

Faced with Suwa's roar, Makoto was not affected at all.

"Of course!"

Seeing Makoto's nonchalant attitude, Suwa sighed deeply.

"Forget it, I'm relieved to see you so energetic."

"You too! Seeing that you are so energetic, I am deeply comforted."

"Speaking of which, can you tell me why you came to this place?"

"You're so rude, how can you call someone else's company 'this kind of place'?"

"Company? You..."

You Guo is not an ordinary company name at all.Suwa really wanted to say that, but tried his best to resist the urge to blurt out.

"Do I need to say more about this kind of thing..."

Makoto poured wine for Suwa and began to tell what happened after the kimono shop closed down.

"Perhaps you have also noticed before that the Gewu business has been in trouble since the period when your mother often came to visit, and eventually went bankrupt. In addition to our family owed money to the bank, we also borrowed a lot from the underground bank. Yes Isn't it stupid? If they closed the store decisively at the beginning of the business, they wouldn't end up with a lot of debt. But they stubbornly stick to the sign of the old store... and then they fell into the point of no return .”

After speaking, Makoto dramatically pressed the corners of her eyes with her sleeves.

"But, aren't you an adopted son? Why don't you..."

"If I ask my adoptive parents to cancel the adoption, maybe I can escape, but I have nowhere to go except the kimono shop. And they said that as long as I obediently obey their arrangement, the money borrowed from the underground bank will be cancelled."

The reason why Fujino didn't escape from that house was to save his adoptive parents, or was it because the owner of the katsuya shop didn't let him go?

"I was sold here when I was 15 years old, and I started receiving customers. This year is the third year. My situation is not uncommon in Huajianglou. There are many people who are forced to sell themselves because of debts. And selling internal organs Compared to it, being able to sell yourself to pay off the debt is considered good luck. Thanks to this beautiful appearance, the restaurant is willing to buy me and let me live a pretty good life here."

What Makoto said is right, there are indeed not a few people who sell themselves for debts.Although depraved into the world of mortals, Huajianglou is also considered the leading restaurant in the Yoshiwara area.There are indeed too many prostitutes who sell their bodies in comparison with those prostitutes who live on the banks of the river or at Oka (Note 3: Unlike Yoshihara, it is a private prostitution area that is not recognized by the public.).

However, even if you are in Huajianglou, can you really say that you are living a good life?No matter how big the restaurant is, the job you do is still selling yourself, and this will not change.

"I didn't expect you to be sold to Yoshihara after Katsuya closed down."

"I can't help it, I owe so much money..."

"If I had known earlier..."

"So what if you know?"

"Then I can save you sooner!"

"Get me out?"

"Of course, I can't let you stay here any longer. Anyway, I'll discuss it with the people in the restaurant tomorrow, and I hope we can quickly—"

Makoto opened her slender eyes and stared at Suwa intently, making Suwa suddenly at a loss for what to say.

"You mean...you want to redeem me?"

"Redemption?"

Suwa couldn't help repeating the unfamiliar word.

"Oh, so that's what happened."

I just want to take myself away from You Guo.

puff.Makoto suddenly laughed.

"What's so funny?"

Suwa frowned.

"I thought you were going to say something. You looked so serious that I almost took it seriously."

"I was serious."

"The problem is that you look like you don't care who the other person is."

"What's the meaning?"

"It doesn't matter, it's just how I feel."

After sighing, Makoto raised her head and looked at Suwa indifferently.

"Do you know what the so-called redemption means?"

"What's the meaning? Isn't it the meaning of letting the prostitute leave the brothel?"

Sure enough, I don't understand, Makoto murmured in a low voice.

"Redemption means redeeming the prostitute and taking care of him. I think...you don't love me so much that you want to take care of me for the rest of your life, right? Redemption must be proposed by someone who wants to love me for the rest of your life."

"This……"

Suwa himself knew that he didn't have that deep love for Makoto.

"But you might as well mention it..."

"I reject."

Makoto flatly rejected Suwa's proposal.

"For the matter of redemption, I also need to be mentally prepared. I must have the awareness to stay with that person for the rest of my life. To be honest, being taken care of by you will be a nightmare no matter how you think about it. It should be said that I have never even thought about it Bar."

Makoto's merciless statement made Suwa a little annoyed.Makoto's attitude just now was very rude, even more rude than before.Even if you want to express your inner thoughts, you should be more or less concerned about the other party's mood.

"I don't want to keep you either."

Suwa only wanted to rescue Makoto from Yoshiwara, but never thought of taking care of Makoto from now on.To be correct, he never thought about what to do after he rescued Makoto.

"So you don't need to be so exaggerated."

"I just want you to know that if you just casually say that you want to redeem me, it will be a kind of trouble to me."

Makoto rejected Suwa's kindness, and even found it troublesome.This made Suwa very angry.Maybe what Makoto said is right, but Suwa thinks that he really wants to do something for Makoto, not just talking casually.

"You and I……"

But just when Suwa wanted to refute, Makoto laughed.

"Others are talking seriously, why are you laughing?"

"It's nothing. It's just... I just thought that you don't even know how much it costs to redeem someone's body? You have to add the money I owe to the restaurant. Although he was elected as a member of the council, his status has not yet been firmly established. I shouldn’t be able to pay such a large amount of money, and it may take another ten years to see if I can afford it. However, if it’s ten years, my prostitution period will have passed long ago.”

After finishing speaking, Makoto laughed uncontrollably.

The blunt and rude words made Suwa very angry, but seeing Makoto showing a beautiful smile in front of him, Suwa found it difficult to lose his temper with Makoto.Even because of Makoto's casual attitude, the atmosphere has become much more relaxed.

"You bastard...you actually look down on me?"

"Can you afford it?"

"You don't need to worry about money, I will find a way."

"Huh? Are you really rich?"

Makoto lowered her head and lowered her eyes, with a gentle smile on her mouth.

"I can't let the customer who just became a regular customer today spend so much money. Even if we are old acquaintances, our friendship is not good enough for you to pay so much for me. What's more, it's such a large sum of money. I hope you can stop thinking about it."

Hearing Makoto's serious refusal, Suwa felt an inexplicable heartache.Their friendship is not worth Suwa's sky-high price-maybe Makoto's words are right, but Suwa is still a little lonely.

"Besides, I haven't done anything illegal, and prostitution is one of the jobs that make money. I plan to treat it as a job, and just do my duty to the end of the term. I don't really want to leave here early."

Also, even if I want to leave, I don't want you to redeem me.Makoto added.

"yes?"

"but……"

Makoto said.

"I am very grateful for your kindness, thank you."

Makoto bowed her head to Suwa.

"..."

Suwa became more and more unhappy, and drank his wine sullenly.

As soon as the wine glass was empty, Makoto raised her white hand to pour the wine for Suwa.Suwa, who was still angry, was unconsciously attracted by those hands. He thought of Makoto in the past. Were Makoto's hands as slender as they are now?No... the hands holding the chess pieces are more plump and lovely than now.

Why did Makoto decide to continue selling herself in Hanaolou without any concern? No matter how Suwa thought about it, she couldn't think of a reason, and why was she able to sleep with so many men without any concern?

"Then...why did you write to me?"

"letter?"

"Didn't you write to me because you wanted to get out of here?"

Makoto's letter didn't say that, but Suwa thought that Makoto wrote that letter to ask him for help.As Makoto said, the friendship between the two of them was not very good, but Makoto chose to write to herself.

"what……?"

Makoto opened her eyes wide and tilted her head. I don't know if it was Qingcheng's gesture to charm the guests. His expression made Suwa think it was too cute.

"Why do you understand my letter to you that way?"

"What's the meaning?"

"If I really wanted to ask for help, I should have written the letter earlier, instead of sending this letter three years after I started receiving customers."

Makoto's words are not without reason.

(hateful……)

In this way, he who was worried about Makoto looked extremely stupid.However, this also means that what happened to Makoto was not so bad that Makoto wanted to escape, and she should breathe a sigh of relief.

(Is it a blessing in misfortune?)

Suwa took another sip of wine