In the anime, who is not a childhood sweetheart?

Touka's voice came from outside.

Yuan Qianye had been brainstorming for several hours, so it was a good time to take a break.

He walked out of the room and came to the entrance, where he saw Touka sitting on the steps with her back to him, changing her shoes.

I took the schoolbag from her and put it in the living room for her. When I came back, she was already in the kitchen and had put on an apron.

"Will you cook today?"

Shihua opened the refrigerator and said, "Well, Mom has something to do today, and it has something to do with you."

"what happened?"

"Ms. Touma went to Mom's for a facial. We agreed to go to Dad's shop later when Mom gets off work."

Shihua took out a bunch of ingredients and placed them on the workbench. Seeing that her brother-in-law was silent for a long time, she looked back at him in surprise.

I saw him raise his eyebrows slightly, and his expression looked strange.

"what happened to you?"

“No, I just think it’s amazing.”

Gen Chiye explained that Saeko's father and Eriri's parents would be visiting the store tonight.

Touka couldn't help but laugh, "It all happened on the same day. It's quite a coincidence indeed."

Yuan Qianye picked up the celery and helped remove the fibrous parts that were hard to chew. "I'd better go to the store after dinner."

Touka thought about it and agreed, since they were his friend's parents after all.

After dinner, Gen Qianye left home at six o'clock. When he arrived at the store, Saeko's father had already arrived. He was having a good chat with his father and the atmosphere seemed good.

Soothing light music was playing in the store. Apart from him, the only other customers in the store were a young couple, who were flirting with each other in a seat by the window away from the bar.

After meeting, Yuan Qianye greeted him politely.

When Dokujima Daitaka saw him coming, he seemed even happier.

Yuan Qianye walked into the bar, washed his hands, and began to help his father wipe the wine glasses while also joining in the conversation between the two middle-aged men.

"Qian Ye, let me ask you, what is your future goal?" Dudao Dalong suddenly asked this question.

Gen Sanada also looked sideways at his son with concern. To be honest, from childhood to now, he and his son have never had an in-depth conversation about life. He also wanted to know the answer to this question.

"My ideal in life is to be like this in the future, where my family and friends can be happy and worry-free, and have peace and tranquility forever."

Gen Sanada was very pleased with these sound words.

But it made Daitaka Dudao stunned. After taking a sip of wine, he tried to reword it.

"Um, no, I mean, a more grand ideal. What is your life pursuit?"

"Life's pursuit... If possible, I hope to retire at 30, sleep in, and freely experience new things that I haven't experienced before."

Busujima Daitaka fell silent again. This time he finished his drink in one breath in frustration and asked Minamoto Sanada for another glass.

He sighed, and for some reason, he fell into recollection mode.

"I started practicing kendo at a very young age. Saeko's grandfather, my father, specially asked someone to make a small wooden sword for me so that I could wield it whenever I had nothing to do.

In this way, I first learned about kendo at the age of three, began to receive formal professional sword training at the age of five, began to show unparalleled talent at the age of seven, and officially started to participate in children's kendo competitions at the age of nine, and won the championship in the preliminary round.

As I grew older, I distinguished myself in various competitions, both large and small, and won numerous awards. People at that time called me the 'Rising Star of the Busujima Family,' 'The Strongest Sword on Earth,' and 'The Hexagonal Ultimate Dragon.'"

Minamoto Sanada couldn't help but nod, and Minamoto Chiye also exclaimed: "Mr. Busujima actually has such a past, it's really amazing."

Apart from the slightly embarrassing nickname, there is no other problem.

Dudao Dalong waved his hand slightly, not seeming to care: "It's just an empty reputation."

This is not what he wanted to say; this was just a prelude to what he was going to say next.

"Others think that I have won so many honors because I was born into a family of kendo masters. I have the excellent blood of a great kendo master flowing through my body, and I have a professional father who teaches me meticulously.

But they overlooked that my passion for kendo stems from my hard work every day, decades of perseverance, and three hours of daily communication with the bamboo sword and wooden sword.

I can say without exaggeration that the one who has stayed with me the longest is not my friends or my family, but kendo!"

At this point, Dokujima Daitaka's eyes gradually softened.

"Later, I met my beloved. She was in poor health and passed away when Saeko was very young. From then on, I raised and taught her alone. Following my beloved wife's last wishes, I hired a professional etiquette teacher for her, hoping that she would become an outstanding Yamato Nadeshiko in the future.

Saeko is very obedient and sensible. She will follow the study schedule I set for her, but after studying, she does not run to the park outside to play with others like other children.

She preferred to come to the kendo dojo I opened and quietly watch me and other students practicing kendo. It was also when she was eight years old that she formally asked me to let her learn kendo from me. That was the first time she asked me, her father, for help so formally.

I agreed to her request, and I thought that as a girl she would give up quickly because she couldn't bear the hardship, but what I didn't expect was that she persisted and showed better talent than me.

Even though her delicate palms turned red, peeled, and became rough from daily practice, she never gave up.

When it comes to kendo, she has an amazing ability to comprehend things, and she understands things quickly. She also has strong perseverance and a great character.

It is no exaggeration to say that if I had faced her now when I was the same age as her, I would have lost to her without a doubt.

The reason why I can beat her now is entirely due to the mature experience I have accumulated over the years, and my physical fitness as an adult is far superior to hers.

In the sport of kendo, which emphasizes competitive confrontation, technique is of course important, but physical fitness cannot be ignored. As a woman, Saeko is at a natural disadvantage in this regard.

If he were a boy, she would have achieved greater success than me in the future, and her future would have been limitless... but unfortunately, there is no such thing as an if."

The next moment, Dokujima Dalong's tone became fanatical, pointing directly at Yuan Qianye.

"And you, Yuan Qianye, you are different from us!"

Yuan Qianye subconsciously took half a step back. At this moment, the look in Dudao Dalong's eyes was so similar to the look in the eyes of those lustful men when they saw young women!

"If Saeko and I are considered geniuses blessed by the God of Sword, gifted with a certain talent for the way of the sword, then you are the chosen one pursued and fed by the God of Sword. What others strive for is easily attainable for you! Because you are the sword itself!"

No, why does this sound so weird...

Yuan Qianye blushed: "Uncle Dudao, you're exaggerating..."

"It's not an exaggeration at all. From the time you started kendo until now, at most, only one semester has passed. In such a short time, you've gone from a complete layman to winning the national championship.

Later on, he was able to gradually suppress Saeko and even fight with me. But until recently, he made me lose more than I won.

And I am the champion of all previous national kendo championships. Do you know what that means?"

It means that my "ghost brain" skill is really useful.

Yuan Qianye was a little helpless. Saeko said that her father was going abroad soon. It couldn't be that she was planning to try to adopt him as her adopted son before leaving, right?

At this time, Minamoto Sanada was also a little emotional because of what Busujima Daitaka said: "Mr. Busujima, is my son really that powerful?"

Busujima Daitaka nodded vigorously. "I can say without exaggeration that if he could participate in an adult kendo competition right now, he would be almost certain to win a place, and his chances of winning the championship would be around 60-70 percent."

Ah, this...

The old father looked at his son beside him with mixed feelings. Seeing Mr. Busujima's serious expression, he understood that he was not complimenting or exaggerating.

"Qianye, you are very talented, and this talent has reached an incredible level. Uncle can see that your sword skills are still insufficient in many areas, and some of your sword skills have minor flaws due to lack of training.

But even so, you can still use your physical fitness and reaction ability to make up for it when practicing with me or Saeko, and then find our flaws and defeat us in one fell swoop!

If I were to use an analogy, it's like... it's like you can anticipate our actions in advance, which is incredible."

Yuan Qianye also found it incredible when he heard this. His real ability could actually be accurately perceived by Dudao Dalong. He was truly worthy of the title of the strongest sword on earth.

"I'm sorry. I had a few too many drinks today, so I'm talking too much. Qianye, I just hope you can seriously consider this. If you concentrate on practicing kendo and want to make kendo your lifelong pursuit, then I can guarantee you with the name of the Busujima family that your future will be bright."

Some things don't need to be said so clearly, the three people present all understand.

Daitaka Dokujima truly cherishes talented people, and he sincerely wants to help and witness the rise of Yuan Qianye, the sword genius, as a senior.

But some things should not be said too much.

His expectations are his expectations, but what Yuan Qianye thinks and pursues are his own business and cannot be forced.

All in all, do your best and leave the rest to fate.

"We've almost had enough to drink. I'm going abroad soon and have several old friends to visit, so I won't bother you any more."

Busujima stood up and took out his wallet.

Gen Sanada hurriedly said no, and said he would treat everyone to dinner today.

But Dokujima Dalong turned a deaf ear to him and simply put a stack of ten thousand yuan bills on the bar, saying that his daughter would inevitably come here to bother him in the future, so this was just a deposit for her to drink juice and drinks in advance, and then he turned and left.

How is this possible? That's a thick stack of banknotes, at least hundreds of thousands of dollars. How long will it take to drink the juice?

Gen Sanada took the money and quickly went around the side of the bar to chase after him.

But Busujima Daitaka didn't look like he was drunk as he just said. He walked steadily and briskly, and disappeared at the corner of the street within three or five seconds. Minamoto Sanada was confused on the street for a moment and had to return to the restaurant in disappointment.

After returning, he handed the money to his son and said, "Go back to school and return this money to Saeko."

Yuan Qianye shook his head and didn't take it: "Forget it, although Saeko-senpai looks gentle, she is more opinionated than anyone else. Even if I give it to her, I guess she won't accept it. Besides, this money is nothing to the Busujima family. Just accept it as Uncle Busujima said."

While Gen Sanada was still struggling, the door of the bar was pushed open.

"excuse me."

"Welcome...Ah, Aunt Sawamura, Uncle Spencer, good evening."

"Ah~ Xiao Qianye, you are in the store too. If I had known this, I would have brought Eriri with me."

Eriri's parents arrived as expected.

Gen Qianye was not unfamiliar with these two people. After all, it was they who drove him and Eriri to Yukino's house.

For a while, he would often go to her house in order to learn Eriri's painting skills for free.

After meeting these two elders many times, I naturally became closer to them.

The two of them sat down at the bar at the warm invitation of Minamoto no Sanada.

Mr. Spencer handed over a box of tea bags from his hometown as a gift and congratulated him on opening the shop and becoming his own boss.

Gen Sanada took it with both hands and thanked him repeatedly. The gift was not expensive, what mattered was the thought behind it.

Mrs. Sawamura was still very talkative as usual, and the topic never ran out after she sat down.

Unlike Eriri, who becomes silent and inarticulate when there are many people around, she is the queen of control.

After she learned from the conversation that Yuan Qianye also knew some cocktail-mixing skills, she looked surprised, just like her husband.

I can only say that this couple is truly worthy of being a couple. They finished the drinks in front of them in one gulp with great tacit understanding, and said in a humorous tone that it was not that they did not believe it, but they just wanted to broaden their horizons.

Yuan Qianye had no choice but to take the cocktail glass from his father's hand and stand in the main seat.

After asking and getting the answer from Qianye that he didn't mind, Mrs. Sawamura picked up her phone, took a picture of his handsome cocktail-making process and sent it to Eriri.

Here, the Genji father and son were chatting happily with the Sawamura couple, and the two ladies came into the store while they were chatting and laughing.

Mrs. Sawamura recognized that one of the people entering the store was Qianye's mother, but Mr. Spencer recognized who the woman next to Qianye's mother was before they were formally introduced.

"That's... Touma Yoko!"

"Touma Yoko..." Mrs. Sawamura glanced at her excited husband with a gloomy look, then repeated the name carefully and remembered: "Is it the world-famous pianist?"

At this moment, Takanashi Junko and Touma Yoko approached. Mr. Spencer was not in a position to answer, but nodded quickly.

As soon as Touma Yoko saw Yuan Qianye, she smiled brightly, sat down directly in front of him, and ordered a glass of milk without hesitation.

Ever since Yuan Qianye saved her life, she had no plans to drink alcohol in the short term for the sake of her stomach.

With the introduction of Yuan Qianye, the Spencers and their husbands got to know Touma Yoko briefly.

Mr. Spencer didn't expect that the event originally planned for tonight would yield such a reward!

Talking about his experience of attending her special concert when he was in the United States last year, he said with great joy that he still remembers the concert. The real musical notes danced in his ears, which was an enjoyment like art!

And Touma Yoko is obviously a great social butterfly. She took the initiative to talk to others and expressed her surprise and gratitude just right. After realizing that the couple sitting at the bar was related to the Minamoto family, she also became very enthusiastic.

Mrs. Sawamura smiled in agreement, acting like a good wife and mother. Not to mention the fact that her husband was so excited with another woman in front of her, which made her a little jealous, she would just let him sleep on the sofa when she got home tonight.

What she was more curious about was how such a powerful person was related to the Yuan family?

Touma Yoko looks about the same age as herself, so does that mean her child is also friends with Qianye? But why have I never heard Eriri mention it before?

"...What a pity. After that, Ms. Touma, I didn't have time to attend your solo recitals due to my busy work." Mr. Spencer couldn't help but sigh.

Little did he know that his wife had increased his sentence of sleeping on the sofa from one night to three nights.