Even though the neighbor's house next door was empty, Shangzi got up in the morning and after washing up, she went there to prepare breakfast and lunch for today.
Just like yesterday morning, during a busy break, she went upstairs to his room and opened the door.
Of course there is no one in the room.
After standing at the door for a while, she went in and sat on the edge of the bed, then lay down again and buried her face in his pillow. Read a book
Closing her eyes and breathing in his scent, Shangzi buried her face deeper.
"...Oops."
After a while, she suddenly woke up and hurried downstairs.
After preparing breakfast and lunch, Shangzi looked at the time and sent him a message before starting to enjoy breakfast.
Naoko: Good morning. Harumi, have you gotten up?
Chunhai: I’m up and eating the hotel’s breakfast buffet.
Naoko: I don’t have to go to school. I got up really early.
Chunhai: Guang woke up earlier, she woke me up.
"..."
Shangzi pursed his lips, turned his phone upside down, and lay down on the table.
On the other side of the dining table, where your gaze lingers, is an empty chair.
"Two days left..."
Buzz——
Naruse quickly picked up the phone, but Naoko just said that he was going out.
Naruse: Be careful on the road.
Shangzi:Okay.
"What's the news about Naoko?" Hikari Takigawa, who was sitting opposite, asked.
"Yeah." Naruse put down his phone and glanced at the breakfast in front of him. He had almost eaten.
"Would you like to bring one to Starfish?"
"There's nothing to bring here, so let her come down and eat by herself."
"I don't know if the starfish is awake yet."
"It's almost time to wake up."
After eating the last bit of food on the plate, Naruse wiped his mouth, stood up and said, "I'll go upstairs and call her."
Takigawa Hikaru bit her food and nodded.
After taking two steps, Naruse turned back and asked: "What is the number of Haixing's room?"
His room was far away from the two of them, and he didn't remember the specific number of their room.
"Next to my room is Haixing's room."
"...What's the number of Guang's room?"
She thought for a moment and took out the key from her pocket before confirming.
"Ah, it's 407. By the way, Haixing's room is 408."
Back upstairs, Naruse knocked on the door of room 408. It took a while before a response came from inside.
The voice was vague and low, Haixing had just woken up.
She came over to open the door, and when she saw that it was not Hikari Takigawa but him standing outside the door, her narrowed eyes suddenly widened a lot, and then she retreated behind the door.
"..."
Although the time was short, Naruse still saw the faint dark circles under Haixing's eyes, and naturally guessed that she slept late last night.
"Guang is waiting for you to have breakfast in the restaurant downstairs."
"...Oh."
The two of them were silent for a while. After a short period of silence, the gap in the door became smaller and smaller until it was completely closed.
Pat.
Hearing the footsteps outside walking away, Haixing left from behind the door.
When I came to the bathroom, I looked at my face in the mirror. Starfish came closer and closer, and immediately frowned after seeing it clearly.
"Wow... I really have dark circles under my eyes."
Hua Hua——
She turned on the faucet, took some cold water with her hand, and patted it on her face.
Water droplets slid down to her chin, and her fingertips stayed on her lips.
"Isn't this the same as saying clearly that I still care..."
......
After breakfast, Haixing and Takigawa Hikari went to the hotel to look for Takigawa Yue.
When the third-grade team was about to leave for Kiyomizu Temple, Naruse, who received the news, left the hotel and joined the two of them.
When he saw the starfish again, he was a little stunned because the dark circles under his eyes that he had seen in the morning had completely disappeared.
He didn't ask any more questions, but on the way to Kiyomizu Temple, he heard Hikaru Takigawa say that she borrowed some cosmetics for Haixing from the hotel, and he understood the reason.
——I probably used something like concealer to cover my face.
"Is this Qingshui Saka? There are many shops."
"You can basically buy souvenirs like Kiyomizu yaki, Kyo fans, or snacks like Kyo confectionery here."
Kiyomizu-dera Temple is not far away. It is about one kilometer from the hotel and can be reached on foot in ten minutes. On the way, you will also pass by commercial streets like Kiyomizu-Zaka.
"I want to buy something here." Looking at the dazzling array of shops, Takigawa Hikari decided to choose a gift to take back here.
"I'll buy it when I get back," Naruse said, "unless you want to carry your stuff around."
Hikaru Takigawa just said it, so naturally he wouldn’t buy it now.
After continuing to climb up the stone path for a while, we finally arrived at Kiyomizudera Temple. On the steps facing us was the Niomon gate with red and black tiles.
The third-year students called their names in the open space nearby. Naruse and the other three waited for a while. Takikawa Yue quickly came over to join them. She was accompanied by several girls in the same class.
"Let's go to the Dizhu Shrine first. I heard that the love prayers there are very effective. I want to draw a lot!"
"I want to try the love divination stone there, Yue, please come with me."
"Okay..."
Several senior students were very interested in the Chishu Shrine, so that became their first destination.
Passing by the brightly colored three-story pagoda on the way, several people couldn't help but stop and look at it for a while, and Naruse was even asked to help take a few photos.
Not far away is the majestic main hall of Kiyomizu Temple, and the Kiyomizu stage is covered by a dark brown curtain. It is said that it is undergoing temporary repairs recently and is closed to the public, which is very regrettable.
After bypassing the main hall, we finally arrived at the bottom of the steps of Dichu Shrine. After turning up two or three steps, we reached the interior of Dichu Shrine.
A stone wrapped with a thick rope stood in the middle of the road, and more than ten meters directly in front, there was an almost identical stone.
Judging from the text above, this is the love divination stone that one of the senior students is obsessed with.
"It is said that as long as you walk from one stone to that stone with your eyes closed, and there is no deviation, you will get a good match."
As she spoke, she walked to the stone, "Yue, Reiko, if I go astray, please remind me."
"Hey, can you still remind me?"
"This is allowed by the gods... Don't you also need the help of friends occasionally when you are in love?"
"But you don't even have a romantic partner now?"
"Shut up——"
Naruse did not stay here and walked inside again.
Dizhu Shrine is not that big, it can even be said to be relatively small, but it has an exquisite and interesting layout and rich content.
He walked around in front of several ancient buildings labeled as "Important Cultural Properties". When he turned around, Takigawa Hikaru was standing in the open space, groping around with his eyes closed and his hands.
And the love divination stone was five or six meters away from her.
"...This is too far gone."
After touching for a long time but still unable to find anything, Takigawa Hikari opened his eyes, looked around, and realized that he was ridiculously remote, so he just smiled.
"The eccentric force of the earth really does exist."
"Is that what happened?"
"Chunhai, let's try it too."
"I'm not interested."
"Try it."
Naruse had no choice but to go over, stand in front of the stone, looked at another stone more than ten meters away, and closed his eyes.
"Just keep going, if you bump into someone, I will warn you." Hikaru Takigawa said beside him.
Naruse responded, and then went straight forward based on his sixth sense. He stopped when he felt it was almost done, raised his hand and touched in front of him.
Pfft——
"..."
He opened his eyes, and in front of him was the third-year senior who had just tried it for the first time, but his original goal had long been left behind.
"It seems that my handsome brother in the first grade can't get a good match smoothly."
Naruse was silent for a moment, then looked back at the stone that he moved forward based on intuition but could not touch.
"It seems so."
"Ah..."
The senior sister was stunned, "It's just a joke, don't show such a resigned expression... If it doesn't work, just follow me."
Naruse smiled again.
"Sorry, I don't really like people older than me."
The senior sister raised her eyebrows, not satisfied with his casual perfunctory: "Maybe it's because of this reason that I missed a good match."
"No, that..."
Someone bumped into him.
Naruse turned around, and Haixing, who had just opened his eyes, stared at him blankly, his hands helplessly frozen in the air, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the love divination stone a few meters away.
"Sure enough, it's a problem with the geostrophic deflection!" Hikari Takigawa shouted from the other side.