The next day, the morning before the Gion Festival Yamaboko parade, the kitchen of Kirino's old house.
Hearing her footsteps, Zonggu turned around and was stunned for a moment.
"You haven't slept, okay? The dark circles under your eyes have stained your glasses."
"..."
Hongzi moved her brown-lensed glasses down and glared at him.
"Only a little."
"Are these glasses specially bought to cover dark circles?"
"Only you would think so. Doesn't this color look good?"
"Hmm... not bad."
She pushed her glasses up again, walked to him, and stood for a while looking at the flames dancing under the cooking pot.
"Xian hasn't gotten up yet."
"Didn't Hongzi chat with her until the end last night? He should know when she would go to bed."
Last night, after Kirino Akane woke up, Soya handed her the phone and asked her to explain to Anko why they slept in the same room;
Then he went to sleep first.
This morning, he took back his dead cell phone from the sleeping Akane Kirino. After charging it, he discovered that the two sleep killers had been chatting for more than three hours.
"Thank you for getting up so early."
"It's not that late."
Hongzi curled her lips, "We just fell asleep while chatting and didn't hang up the phone."
"So that's it."
After standing for a while, she suddenly said: "Did Zonggu dream about something erotic last night?"
"..."
Zong Gu glanced at her and said, "No."
"real?"
"It's just sleeping in the same room."
"Why is it so casual to sleep with a girl of the same age?"
"Because this kind of thing is quite common for me. Not to mention the other girls in the children's welfare home, Ling and I have slept in the same room for seven or eight years."
"..."
Hongzi was speechless, and after a few seconds he said: "The bell doesn't count..."
It was true that Asagiri Suzu was not among his peers, but she obviously didn't expect this.
"Childhood sweethearts are different."
"Really, I think it's about the same." Zonggu said while looking at the cooking pot.
Hongzi hesitated to speak, but after a while he just said, "That's good."
"Go and wake Kirino up."
"Well. Why isn't Sugawara-senpai here today?"
She still hasn't forgotten half of the questions she asked last night.
"..."
Seeing Zong Gu looking over, she immediately said: "Go right away."
He turned down the flame and said, "Busy."
"Hey...don't you also take a holiday at this time?"
"My Jingzi has a sense of responsibility, right?"
"..."
After pinching his arm, Anko moved closer and looked into his eyes, "Did Souya and Sugawara-senpai make an appointment for the after-festival next week?"
"No."
"All right."
She didn't ask any more questions and was about to go upstairs to tell Akane Kirino to get up when Soya stopped her again.
He was holding a small bowl with a little soup in it.
"Have a taste."
Hongzi looked at him and didn't raise his hand to pick him up, but moved forward.
"..."
Sogu brought the bowl to her mouth.
“It tastes really good.”
"After excluding the feeding factor."
She smiled, licked her lips again, her eyes bright.
“It still tastes good.”
...
After breakfast, it was still very early, but the three of them went out in a hurry.
For no other reason than the fact that the Yamaboko Patrol starts at nine o'clock in the morning, and it still takes a lot of time to go to Kyoto and then get to the Shijo Karasuma Interchange where the Yamaboko Patrol starts.
After arriving at the station and squeezing into the tram, which was much more crowded than usual, Soya breathed a sigh of relief.
"There are so many people wearing yukata..." Kirino Akane muttered.
"I originally wanted to wear a yukata," Hongzi said, "but mom said that if we want to play for a whole day, we can't wear a yukata."
"Well, it will become loose after being worn for a long time. You have to find a place to adjust it, which is very troublesome."
"You can't walk fast wearing clogs."
"Unless it's the Xiaoshan Festival last night."
"yes."
The two of them were leaning against the car door, with Soya acting as a human shield wall facing away from them and not saying a word.
The tram stops and goes, but only people are getting on, but no one is getting off. It is getting more and more crowded. The only good thing is that there is no need to transfer.
After arriving in Kyoto, the three of them got out of the carriage as if they were running away, so as not to be overwhelmed by the crowd of people pouring out from behind them.
Kyoto Station was crowded with people, and the Yamaboko parade was about to begin. Whether it was the Karasuma Subway Line or the Keihan Electric Railway, it was the busiest time at this time, and there were long queues on the platform.
"There are so many people... Do you want to go out and take the bus? Although you may have to queue up." Kirino Akane looked at Soya.
"Get out."
He looked at his phone and said, "Suzuki is waiting for us outside near the Hachijoguchi bus stop at Kyoto Station. Does Kirino know which way to exit?"
"Hey...I know, go this way."
After walking out of Kyoto Station, Kirino Akane, who was familiar with the terrain, took Soya and Anko to the bus stop. From a distance, she saw Asagiri Suzu wearing a yukata.
"bell."
Soya came closer and looked at her black and red yukata with butterfly pattern, and suddenly felt something familiar.
"This yukata is so beautiful."
"..."
She lowered her head slightly, then raised her eyes to look at him, "I've prepared the car."
Following her finger, Zonggu saw a black limousine parked on the side of the road, with a middle-aged man in a suit standing next to him. He gave a slight salute and seemed to be the driver.
He turned around and saw that Akane Kirino and Anko, who were still very active before leaving the station, became a little cautious at this time.
"What are you still doing standing here? Quickly help the eldest lady get into the car."
"..."
Chao Wuling glanced at him, and the two girls immediately laughed, reaching past him and holding her hands.
After sitting in the car, the two of them were still studying her bathrobe.
"The material feels very high-end, and it feels really comfortable..."
"Ah, the goldfish buckle on the strap is so cute!"
Asagiri Ling let the two of them touch her body and nodded to the driver.
The car started smoothly, and the people in the car hardly felt anything.
Soya looked at the luxurious interior of the car, and when he turned his gaze back, Akane Kirino was holding Asagiri Suzu's yukata sleeve.
"What does the butterfly pattern on the yukata mean?"
Hongzi thought for a while, but was not sure, so she spoke to Wuling herself.
"Resurrection, transformation...immortality."
"..."
Zong Gu glanced at her, and the two girls were stunned for a while.
"Ah, by the way... 'Feather into a butterfly' means longevity..."
Chaogiri Suzu just nodded and looked at Sogu.
This kind of meaning is a hope for others, but it has become a reality for her...
He looked out the car window and said, "The roads in the Shijo Karasuma area are closed. Where can the car go?"
"Where do you want to go?" she asked.
After all, it was Soya's first time to participate in the Gion Festival. He wanted to see the process of the thirty-three yamaboko parade in Kyoto from beginning to end, so he naturally chose the intersection of Shijo-dori and Karasuma-dori as the starting point.
"good."
The road is closed, and even she can't break in, but she can send them as close as possible.
After driving smoothly for a while, the car stopped on the side of the road.
After getting out of the car, Chao Wuling said something to the driver. The latter kept bending down to listen and nodded.
Akane Kirino and Anko stood on their feet and looked into the distance. Soya waited for a while, then she came over and held his hand.
"Let's go."
"I remembered."
She raised her head, "What?"
"Last night..."
Zonggu squatted down and said, "The girl wearing the mask on Mantis Mountain is Suzu, right? The yukata is the same."
Chao Wuling nodded slightly, "The people from Tanglangshan Town invited me, so I went over and sat for a while."