Chapter 18 Section five

On the night of Axiu's wedding, Mochi patted the man's shoulder under the window of Ohara's house, where the light of the lively banquet leaked out. "Are you Mr. Seiki?" Maoqi asked calmly.The man was taken aback and stood still, Mao Qi put his hand on his. "You don't have to run away." The man looked at Mao Qi quietly, and soon he whispered: "Why do you know I'm Seiki?" "It's nothing, because it's the only possibility. Miss Axiu also said, you will definitely come. Have you looked carefully at the appearance of the child's bride?"

Hearing what Moshichi said, Sekichi opened his eyes wide and said: "Sleeve?...No, why do I have to watch the Oharaya's wedding?" "Needless to say? Because you are Axiu's father!" Shikichi stared at Moshichi again, but after a while, he lowered his head tiredly and closed his eyes. "Don't worry. I won't tell." After Maoqi finished speaking, he leaned back a little and looked at Shiji. "As expected of a father and daughter. Your face, in some places, is very similar to Miss Axiu." Seiki opened his eyes and looked at Moshichi with a surprised expression.Mochi laughed and said:

"It's very similar. Although it's just a feeling. However, the night I saw you for the first time, I always felt as if I had seen you." "I see. So you..." "You were involved in a fight and killed someone in a casino before, and you were exiled to an isolated island. It's a lie for Axiu to say that you were killed by robbers." Seiki nodded and said: "When someone wanted to adopt her, the village chief made up such a story for Axiu's future." "Axiu said that you are a very kind and good father, is this also a fabrication?"

Seyoshi smiled sinisterly, looked away and said to himself: "At that time, I not only gambled and drank, but also used the little money my wife earned from doing a side job to buy women for pleasure." "Since this is the case, I can understand the feeling that Axiu would tell a lie." Mao Qi let out a long sigh and said: "As a result, Zhudoupu adopted Axiu. Now she has grown into a beautiful and hardworking child." Shiji was silent. "When I was eighteen years old, I was lucky enough to meet a better marriage than this one. The husband-in-law is not only speechless, but the in-laws are also considerate people. They love Axiu like their own daughters. The rest are just formalities. It's just the wedding, the couple have lived together for a long time, and they are really happy."

As if responding to Moshichi, laughter came from Oharaya. "At this time, I didn't expect my father to come back." Mao Qi whispered in a monotonous and steady tone. "Although he was pardoned, the father has black tattoos on his hands, and he is an abominable father who has thoroughly tortured the mother and daughter before...Abominable, is it too much to say?" "When Axiu was eight years old, I was going to sell her to a hotel as a prostitute because of my debts. I was only eight years old. Of course, a guy who would do such a thing is abominable, right?"

The evening wind blew past the two standing men. "Father who came back, it would be fine if he didn't inquire about his daughter's residence and came to visit her." Maoqi said so slowly, Shikichi looked at Maoqi as if begging for mercy and said: "I didn't go to her directly. I pretended to have nothing to do in front of Ohara's house, and waited for Axiu to find me." Then, Seikita smiled happily from the bottom of his heart and said: "Axiu found me. She still remembers me. At that time, just like that, I was trembling with joy." After muttering to himself like a dream, Sekichi lowered his voice and said:

"But, when Axiu recognized me, his face was as pale as if he saw a ghost..." "You should have been mentally prepared for this before, right?" "Of course. I knew it would be like this. Boss, I... I just want to see Axiu and apologize to her face to face, saying that Dad is sorry for her. That's why I found Axiu's place." "Really?" Moshichi responded indifferently on purpose, causing Shikichi to be so nervous that he almost grabbed Moshichi's sleeve. He said: "Please believe me! I only have this thought in my heart, and I swear it's true. See Axiu, talk to her... Then I'm satisfied. I'm a guy like a trash, but, that trash experienced in the isolated island After living a hard life, I have changed a little bit. I have regained the fatherly heart of a decent man."

However, whenever Seiki appears near Oharaya, Osode always looks away coldly. Shiji, who wanted to see Axiu, and Axiu, who was restless and wanted to escape, just when the two continued to attack and defend each other without talking for a while, a murder occurred in Chushu Alley. At this time, Axiu found a way to convey his emotions to Sekichi without going to see Sekichi directly, and that was exactly the matter of cleaning the fallen leaves. I used to have a very kind father, but my father was killed... Axiu lied to people like this, let the word spread, and then yelled at Shiji every day by picking up the fallen leaves with a broom——I don't have my dad anymore, my dad is dead...

"I once saw Axiu girl sweeping fallen leaves with a broom. Now that I think about it, it shouldn't be just sweeping fallen leaves, right?" Moshichi asked as if talking to himself, and Shikichi also murmured: "Although I can't read, I can at least write my own name—typesetting with fallen leaves." The cold night air made her ears and nose tingle, Mao Qi whispered: "It's enough for you to see the scene performed by Miss Axiu once. Why did you keep wandering around here before Miss Axiu stopped cleaning the fallen leaves?" "Because Axiu used the murder as an excuse and started to do strange things like sweeping up fallen leaves. I thought that the murderer might take the opportunity to do bad things to Axiu. I was worried about this, so I wanted to stay by her side as much as possible. .”

Then, that premonition came true. The two fell silent, and listened carefully to the congratulatory night at Ohara House; to Osode's happiness. "It's over. I'm satisfied." Seiki slowly looked back at Moshichi with a smile on his face. "I'm going to leave Edo. Stay away from Osode and live my own life." "Maybe Miss Sleeve would like to see you. No, don't you think that perhaps she would like to see you even now?" After Mao Qi finished speaking, what Ah Xiu said to Wen Ci rang in his ears: "I am the kind of woman who is not qualified to accept consideration from others."

"That child is a considerate girl. Now that the father I hated so much before is back, I don't think she has been rejecting you without feeling heartbroken. Although she made up that kind of lie, you don't think that the sleeve girl is actually Is it painful?" "Absolutely not." "Really? Then let me tell you something. I, I heard what you just said from the cuff." Shiji opened his mouth and couldn't speak. "That night, you saved the child, and this time it was your turn to make up a lie, and left without revealing the truth. You didn't say you were her father, and you didn't ask her why she made up that lie, thinking coldly Drive you away. Therefore, the child also understands that you are not what you used to be, you have changed." Moshichi pushed the back of Sekichi who was standing still, and pushed him towards the alley. "Go and have a look. I heard that Miss Axiu wrote you a letter with fallen leaves." Shiji ran out like a rebound, and didn't come back for a long time. "chief." When at last he was seen coming out of the alley, he said with a trembling voice and tears in his eyes: "Boss, I am a happy man." "Let's talk about this when you see Miss Axiu." Shiji shook his head and said: "No need, really no need, the letter from Axiu is enough. If the child is willing to forgive me, I can live alone." Moshichi shouted behind Sekichi who stepped forward: "Hey, you, would you like to help me with something?" Seiki didn't look back, but slowed down a little. "You only need to ask 'Hui Xiangyuan Maoqi' around here, and you will know where I live. If you want, you can do it anytime. Come find me!" When Maoqi said "I'll wait for you" loudly, Shiji's figure had disappeared in the alley. Mao Qi stood there for a while, then turned back to Ohara House, and went back to her own home with Wen Ci who was eating banquet dishes in the kitchen. "That's it, my career as a buddy is over?" Wenci said to himself like singing. "Boss, Miss Axiu is beautiful. I have never seen such a beautiful bride."