December 31st, evening.
In Yoshiwara and Jiangcheng's room, the family of Lord Xinghaibo, Wanshiwu, Haruta, Miao, Nichirin, and Hyakuhana headed by Yue Yong were gathering together happily while drinking wine and watching the red. Bai Ge will celebrate the New Year.
"Be happy, brother Jiang Cheng..." Qingta persuaded Jiang Cheng, who was lying on the table with a look of despair, "It's New Year's Eve. This kind of day should be more happy."
"Haha..." Jiang Cheng's face was full of an expression that he was about to be fooled, "You kid won't understand. Since Christmas, adults have been forced to attend at least twelve hours of blind dates every day. My mood...ah, I really want to die..."
"Since you don't want to participate, wouldn't it be better to just refuse?"
"Shut up!" Jiang Cheng shouted in a low voice, making a silent gesture at the same time. Then he raised his head and glanced in the direction of Jiang Hua. He breathed a sigh of relief after realizing that he was not heard. "Anyway, you Shut up, as long as you endure it for one more day it will be over, Sister Jianghua will go back tomorrow night."
"Why is Brother Jiang Cheng so obedient only in front of his own sister?" Qingta curled her lips with a look of disdain, "The sister control complex is too disgusting."
"Hey, do you believe I'll throw you out now? You brat." Jiang Cheng threatened in a low voice with no expression on his face.
"Everyone! Today OTAKU wants to invite everyone to karaoke!" Gintoki, who was already drunk, pointed at Jiang Cheng and shouted to everyone.
Instantly, everyone in the audience cheered.
"Hey, when did I say this?" Jiang Cheng's forehead unconsciously popped up with a vein, "By the way, why are you here? I don't remember inviting you, right?"
"The House of Everything is a trinity!" Gintoki shouted drunkenly, then patted Jiang Cheng's shoulder, waved his hand to comfort him, "Hiccup~ And don't care so much, we are still so divided. Are you clear? When we were little, we didn’t even distinguish between shorts, burp~"
"No, I don't remember that I had such a childhood," Jiang Cheng complained expressionlessly, "You are the only one who can't tell the difference between shorts, right? Every time you hang out someone else's washed shorts, it's just casual You're the only one who wears it right away, right? Have you forgotten how many times Gao Zai fought with you over this kind of thing? By the way, why do you only focus on Gao Zai's high-end ones? Wearing shorts but turning a blind eye to the crotchless pants of the wig, you did it on purpose, right? It was definitely intentional, right?"
"I didn't forget..."
After hearing this, Jiang Cheng's pupils trembled violently, his eyes widened unconsciously, and he looked at Gintoki in disbelief.
"Haha, burp~" Gintoki burped again, then turned around and shouted to everyone again, "Hey! This OTAKU said he would treat everyone to a champagne tower ~ the Champagne King's champagne tower~"
"Hey! I never said anything like that!"
"Mommy, it's Karaoke Aru! It's the most fun thing to do at night on earth!" Kagura said excitedly to Jiang Hua beside her.
"Oh, really?" Jiang Hua smiled softly, "That's really what I'm looking forward to."
"Xinbaji, you are not allowed to touch the microphone today!" Kagura looked serious.
"Why?!" Shinpachi retorted with his eyes rolled, "I have been preparing for a year just for today!"
"What preparations?!" Jiang Chengbai complained crazily, "Are you sure that I will take you to karaoke on New Year's Eve?! By the way, have you been preparing since the beginning of the year?! Hey!!"
…
When everyone came out of the karaoke bar, it was already four o'clock in the morning.
"Ah, I'm going to die, my head is going to explode..." Jiang Cheng rubbed his head and murmured helplessly as he walked, "I really want to die..."
"Hahaha, Jiang Chengsang, you really drank too much." Shinpachi said with a smile while supporting Gintoki.
"Hey, this person has absolutely no consciousness at all. He's so angry. He's so angry!" Jiang Cheng said with an expressionless face as he narrowed his beady eyes, "Why can't you notice it at all? If you don't know, Go watch the Nine Soldiers Sanitation Daily Chapter again, you tone-deaf guy!"
As he said that, Jiang Cheng pointed to the Baihua people who were supporting each other, "Don't you know how lethal you are?"
"You should be Yixiang, too." Yue Yong on the side reminded lightly, "You two are not even close to each other."
"Huh? Really?" Jiang Cheng narrowed his eyes and looked confused.
"Anyway, today's consumption will be deducted from your game funds within half a year." Yue Yong gently exhaled a puff of smoke and said softly.
"It's too much!" Jiang Cheng became anxious in an instant, "Just a trip to karaoke can't cost that much, right? A month at most?"
"No, it also includes treatment fees for passers-by and waiters who went insane after hearing your singing."
"New Eight Chi!!"
…
Yoshihara, five o'clock in the morning.
Jiang Chengcheng sat alone on the roof, raising his head and quietly looking at the sky that had begun to dim.
"What a resemblance..." Gintoki's voice came from behind Jiang Cheng, "That lady is really... very similar to that person."
"Maybe..." Jiang Cheng smiled softly.
"The eyes of the two people... are almost exactly the same," Gintoki sat down next to Jiang Cheng. "The gentle, sad eyes that are incomprehensible are exactly the same as yours just now."
"Are you hungover?" Jiang Cheng turned away to look at Gintoki and chuckled softly.
"No, it's not a hangover." Gintoki looked at Jiang Cheng seriously, "Hey, you, what on earth..."
"I'm sleepy..." Before Gintoki could finish speaking, Jiang Cheng stood up and stretched, "Goodbye, Gintoki."
After saying that, Jiang Cheng jumped directly from the eaves.
Looking at Jiang Cheng's back downstairs as he turned and lazily left, Gintoki was silent for a while, then raised his head and looked at the sky with dull eyes.
[Perhaps, I have stayed here for too long...even Gintoki...] Jiang Cheng thought to himself as he walked, [But...it's not time yet, there is still a little bit...the last bit...]
…
Jiang Cheng did not go back to his room directly, but came outside Jiang Hua's room. He moved at the door and listened quietly to the sound of Jiang Hua flipping through the pages of girls' information and holding a pen and carefully reading one after another. Zhang's marking voice.
Just like that, half an hour passed before Jiang Chengcai slowly turned around and walked towards his room.
[This feeling is surprisingly good...] Jiang Cheng slightly curled his lips and thought to himself.
…
At ten o'clock in the morning, Jiang Cheng, who had just slept for three hours, was awakened by Kagura's noise.
"Do you want to continue today?" Jiang Cheng got dressed and came to the living room with a look of despair.
"No, we have to pay homage today! Little uncle!" Kagura, dressed in thick cotton clothes and ready to go, said to Jiang Cheng, "Hurry up, Aru! I'm waiting for you!"
"It's great, I finally don't have to attend that boring blind date." Jiang Cheng looked happy.
…
Although it is just an ordinary shrine, there were an unusually large number of people today. Jiang Cheng and others waited in line for nearly an hour to take pictures.
After Jiang Cheng and the others finished throwing coins, ringing bells, praying, and drawing lots, it was already past lunch time.
"Oh! I'm signing up!"
In a restaurant on the streets of Edo, Kagura looked at the lot she drew today and exclaimed.
"Me too!" Xin Baji said in surprise, "Maybe something good will happen to me today!"
"I feel like I can win a lot today!" Gintoki, who also got the top pick, said in surprise.
"Mommy and dad are competing too!" Kagura glanced at the lot in the hands of Jiang Hua and Xinghaibo Boss.
"Me too. Maybe I will be blessed by God this year." A Miao narrowed her eyes and smiled.
"Sister Kagura, so am I!" Haruta said excitedly, "That means the wish I just made will definitely come true!"
"Huh? That desire to be the roommate of that person named Xiaoli after school starts?" Jiang Cheng said ruthlessly, then curled his lips with disdain, "Really, what a precocious brat. Woolen cloth."
"Why do you know?!" Haruta shouted with a blush, "Did you peek at it secretly?!"
"Do you need to peek at something like that?" Jiang Cheng waved his hand and replied casually, "It's completely written on your face."
"Shut up! Now you sign OTAKU!" Haruta shouted angrily.
"Tch, I don't believe this kind of thing." Jiang Cheng casually threw the signature in his hand into the trash can.
"Yueyue, you...just like my uncle, you are all placing lots." Kagura glanced at the lot in Yue Yong's hand who was sitting next to Jiang Cheng.
"Did you get bad luck from that idiot?" Gintoki said casually.
Poof—(sound of kunai entering the brain) Phew—(sound of blood spurting)
Boom! (The sound of falling on the table.)
"Gin-san!" Shinpachi quickly pulled out the kunai from Gintoki's head.
"Yeah, yeah, it's auspicious to see bright red on the first day of the new year." Jiang Cheng narrowed his eyes with a smile on his face.
"It's not auspicious at all!" Shinpachi complained crazily while shaking Gintoki, "Maybe it's auspicious to other people, but for Gin-san it's hell red! Hey! Cheer up, Gin-san !”
"Sure enough... getting lucky is a lie." Gintoki rolled his eyes, his body still twitching from time to time, and murmured this.
…
In the afternoon, because there was only one afternoon left for Jianghua to return to Nolan, Kagura stayed by Jianghua's side throughout the afternoon, enjoying the last tenderness.
dusk.
"Hey, aren't you going? Aren't you your sister?" Yue Yong stepped into Jiang Cheng's door and looked at Jiang Cheng who was playing games in front of the computer and asked, "There are only the last two hours left. .”
"Don't treat people like they're dying," Jiang Cheng responded without looking back, "It's not just the last two hours. One day, no matter Jiang Hua sister. Or... everyone can be happy together. Living together. That's what I...have always wanted."
(End of chapter)