To the eternal you

"Is it praying...?"

Granny Chun's gentle voice came from the other side of the bed.

"Come in quickly, my mother-in-law just fell down, but that child Huai refused to let me go to the Great Palace Pavilion, saying that he would wait for you to come or something."

There is a faint scent of incense in the house, the simple wooden furniture is neatly arranged, there is a stack of papers that have been reviewed on the table, as well as two wooden stick needles and a small piece of candle stump that is about to burn out on the lamp.

The girl gave a muffled hum, stepped forward, opened the curtain, and found Granny Chun lying on the bed with a kind expression on her face.

"Good boy...let me see you."

She took the girl's hand and watched her turn sideways, with red eyes as if she was about to cry at any time.

"Grandma Tsubaki..."

"You've been wronged, come... Help the mother-in-law to get up, and let the mother-in-law hug you."

The girl endured her soreness, but bent down and hugged her gently, as if she was wrapped in warmth.

"Qi grew up...became sensible."

The mother-in-law just patted the girl on the back softly, and her originally weak appearance became more energetic. She stood up and hugged the girl well into her arms.

"But... I don't want to grow up." The girl's voice of grievance made her feel distressed.

Grandma Chun smoothed her silky long hair, rubbed her little head, and her voice became more and more gentle.

"Yeah... Qi, everyone is like this. When I was young, I hoped to grow up and do what I wanted to do."

"But when I grew up, got my first job, and the responsibilities of the family fell on one person, the shackles gradually restrained my youthful dreams."

"When I get older, even at the age of my mother-in-law, when I see you children, I will recall the past. What if I chose another path at that time?"

"But it's too late at this time, fantasies will only be fantasies, so the hopes of the past fall on my own children."

She looked at the girl rising from her arms.

"The former Grand Imperial Palace... I have restrained myself for too long, so long that I can't remember the last time I had a drink with her."

Qi raised his head subconsciously and looked at the old Granny Chun.

"She is a highness who is stubborn and unwilling to admit defeat. She was obsessed when she was a warrior... Perhaps now, her expectations for Qi you have far exceeded what she thought."

"It's too early... Much earlier than I thought... How does His Highness think of you?"

Grandma Tsubaki said a little confused.

The girl who heard the words just lowered her head dejectedly.

"Mom said she hated me, maybe Qi was just a puppet in her mind from beginning to end."

"A slightly favored doll, but selfishly longing for her mother to understand her true thoughts."

The pity in Granny Chun's eyes deepened.

"No, please."

The wrinkled and callused hands held the girl's cheeks, and looked at him with gloomy eyes.

"That's a lie. That Highness will never hate you. It's like an awkward child who asks for a gift but fails to get it. When you give it to her later, even if you want it again, you will show that you don't care or say Hateful candor."

She smiled softly.

"Now she is just lost... staying in place, afraid to move forward, hoping that the light will always envelope her."

"To her, you are the lamp that illuminates the darkness."

The girl bit her lip, feeling somewhat hopeful about Granny Chun's comforting words.

"Some people, that's exactly the case. They obviously care about the person they like, but they insist on pretending that they don't care, or acting like a deliberate prank."

"Such behavior is naive, but their intentions are not complicated. They just want to get your attention, but they are too embarrassed to speak."

Granny Chun patted Qi's little butt lightly, motioned the dazed girl to stand up, and took out the smoky purple scarf that had already been knitted.

"It's like what my mother-in-law is doing now. They can obviously take it out or tell you that they want to give you a gift, but they prefer to distance themselves from you to let you pay attention, and then give it to you awkwardly."

The touch of the scarf is very soft, the color is light but natural, and the dense but neat arrangement is pleasing to the eye.

"The more you like it, the more awkward it becomes, and the more you don't mean it. If you told her at that time, I would hate you too! Presumably you will see His Highness flustered and even crying."

"Can a god like mother cry?"

Granny Chun was taken aback by the girl's innocent words, and then she gently pinched her face.

"A cheerful and cute little god like you will cry, let alone His Highness who is not as strong as he appears."

She still vaguely remembered that it was a day of heavy rain, the rain was violent, and the sound of thunder was chaotic, after that night.

That gentle adult stopped expressing his emotions actively, and was cold and unwilling to get involved with anyone.

It's like changing someone.

At that time, a friend who worked with Granny Tsubaki once said so.

But Granny Chun could tell that His Royal Highness was not the gentle adult in the past, and she must be more likely to be a sister.

After that, there was an awe-inspiring and invincible cherry tree on the land of Inazuma. Grandma Tsubaki once visited the cherry tree and found a certain answer.

The fact is just as she guessed.

"Everyone has it when they cry, but not everyone can break free from that emotion."

Grandma Chun's gaze became even more doting.

"Qi is still a child in my opinion, so mother-in-law will not force you to become that kind of existence. If you want to cry, mother-in-law will always open this place for you."

"...Thank you, Grandma Tsubaki."

For some unknown reason, the girl's feeling of sadness dissipated a lot.

Maybe it's because I want to be more reliable in front of this gentle old man, not to mention... just like Granny Chun said, if you are blindfolded by sadness, you will only miss more.

"Okay, my mother-in-law has talked a lot, can I pray for you to peel oranges for my mother-in-law this time?"

"Mother-in-law can peel as much as she wants~"

After the girl got in a good mood, the swaying hair tail was very playful, which made Grandma Tsubaki's eyes narrowed with a smile.

Later on, Qi offered to cook a meal for her mother-in-law. Although Huai's eyes were a little hesitant, Grandma Chun still nodded in agreement.

White jade scallop soup, the ingredients are simple, only one white radish, eight scallops, two chicken skeletons, plus a few mushrooms.

The radish boiled like warm jade feels like a steady stream of heat rising up after one bite. The slowly boiled chicken skeleton and shiitake mushrooms are suitable for flavor, and the special scallops brought as a tribute from Haizhi Island are even more beneficial to the body.

The girl moved around like a bee in the kitchen, steaming rice, and some recovery dishes. These are the detailed recipes she found in the book, and she has also undergone many trainings.

Huai was still in disbelief when it was served.

Is this really that culinary idiot?

She made the food that made the little raccoon eat it before, and made her stomach upset for two or three days.

But because Grandma Chun was here, although she was embarrassed to mention it, it was the first time she took the initiative to grab food.

To the surprise of the girl, the other party took off the mask.

It is completely different from the scarred face and vicissitudes of eyebrows in the imagination. Huai's cheeks are fair and heroic, very beautiful and neutral, with a faint shadow of Mitsuyo, but the pair of hanging eyes can distinguish the two very well, and the coldness and sharpness of the two are different. There are two feelings.

Mitsuyo's face is softer and more beautiful, even if he looks at people with this kind of gaze, it will not be too scary, it is more like Miss Gaomen's arrogance.

Because of Huai's own temperament and face, he only needs to be a little stricter to feel a substantive sense of oppression.

"Why are you looking at me?"

Putting down the bowl, Huai, who still had rice grains on the corner of his mouth, asked in surprise.

"Because Huai is very beautiful, I want to take a closer look. After all, such opportunities are rare, right?"

The girl lowered her head in embarrassment, and took a small sip of the soup.

"Hahaha, Mr. Qi will be misunderstood by Huai if he always says such flattering words."

Grandma Chun looked at the two children tenderly.

"Mother-in-law!"

Unexpectedly, Huai Xian blushed and said.

Qi is the same as always, smiling softly.

"Being liked by the people is also the job of Inori as the Great Gosho-sama~"

"Does Qi have someone he likes?"

Grandma Chun filled some soup and looked at her curiously.

"..."

The girl hesitated for a moment, then shook her head.

"Mom said I can't like anyone, so I'm probably going to keep doing this."

"But it doesn't matter, just like human beings will experience many things in their life, whether it is family affection, friendship, love, preferences, favorite food, heartfelt wishes, promises to be fulfilled, curiosity about the unknown, scenery that they want to see with their own eyes, Things you want to change, etc.”

"I like these very much, but as the master of Gojianming, Lord Ogosho, I can't be bound by these things."

Looking at the steaming carrot soup in front of her, the girl showed a slightly lonely smile.

"Because, this is something that my mother doesn't want."

PS: The main reason for offering rewards is that it is not easy to measure. Now the average daily recommended votes are about 500.

PS: Is it too crazy for the author to say that one update with one thousand votes is too rampant?Am I really qualified to ask for so much?Will it be embarrassing if no one votes?But if it is driven low, it seems to be no different from my normal update. In this cycle.