The intersection suddenly opened up, and in the long flow of people that followed, an incision was made, and a boy and a girl, who were more dazzling than the lanterns, squeezed out one after another.
Aikawa Yusheng let go of his hand slightly, but the cold and slender fingers were still close to him.
"We have escaped." Without directly throwing away his hand, Aikawa Yusheng turned around and said, and then moved his eyes to the hands held by the two people.
——Aikawa Yusheng's fingers have been spread out, but only the girl's hand is still hanging in the palm, unwilling to let go.
Tianhe Xia Li seemed to be distracted, with a quiet smile on her face, and her beautiful eyes looked blankly at Aikawa Yusheng's face.
"We don't have to squeeze in anymore." Aikawa Yusheng had no choice but to repeat it again.
"Ah?" The girl came back to her senses after hearing this, "Is it over so soon?"
In response to Aikawa Yusheng's eyes, Tianhe Xia Li turned her head away guiltily, pretending not to know what he wanted to express.
But then, under his continuous gaze, she curled her lips, reluctantly let go of her hands, and folded them on her chest dissatisfied.
"Where are Miyazawa and the others?" Tianhe Xia Li stood on tiptoe on the lawn next to the aisle - the kind that is allowed to be stepped on. Looking at the crowds of people pouring out of the intersection, he remembered his good friends.
"On the left, toward the back." Taking advantage of his height advantage, Aikawa Yusheng saw them in the crowd.
"Pa!" The girl's sudden applause caught his attention.
"What's wrong?"
"Shouldn't we pursue sharing weal and woe?" Tianhe Xia Li looked at Aikawa Yusheng with an upright face.
"You continue." Aikawa Yusheng crossed his arms.
'I want to see what nonsense you are going to say' - this is what his expression said.
"So how can we just come out by ourselves? Now we are not crowding, but they are crowding, and my conscience is uneasy."
"Then?" Aikawa Yusheng looked at the girl sideways.
"So let's squeeze back quickly and get to them. You are in front, and we will squeeze out again like a train." Finally saying what she wanted to express, the girl stretched out her white and slender palms.
There are crystal water spots in the lines of the palm, reflecting the cold moonlight and dreamy colored light.
"Okay, I can answer your first question now." Aikawa Yusheng nodded, "We shouldn't share joys and sorrows. I can accept sharing joys and sorrows, and forget it."
"Why are you so cold and heartless? I really look down on you, thanks to everyone having such a good relationship with you." Tianhe Xia Li's face was full of real disappointment.
As for whether the content of disappointment is what he said, it is obvious.
"Okay, I'm sorry for what you said." Aikawa Yusheng straightened his collar and looked at Tianhe Xia Li's bright eyes. He continued: "Just stand here and don't move around. I'll bring you some classmates.
."
"?"
"What should I do if I get lost?" she asked.
"Didn't I say that? You are standing here, and the crowds here are not dense. Don't think you will be squeezed away." Aikawa Yusheng said with a smile on his face.
"Forget it, there's no need for you to squeeze back, they'll be out soon." Tianhe Xia Li said the exact opposite of what he just said with a very natural expression.
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"You guys are walking so fast." Miyazawa Mao supported her knees with her hands, leaned over slightly, panting heavily, and said to the two people on the lawn, "Aikawa-san's head is more conspicuous, I didn't notice it for a while.
, I saw that he was already very far ahead."
"My first wish for the Tanabata Festival: I hope that when I come back, there won't be so many people." Risa Sugai was standing aside, looking at the makeup mirror she carried with her, holding a compact on her face while touching up her makeup, "
My makeup was all smudged."
Tianhe Xia Li raised her eyebrows and silently prayed in her heart that her wish would not come true.
"My...my...my flesh has also been squeezed out." This is Takamatsu Junshan. He is not very good at sports. After such a 'high-intensity' exercise, he is exhausted.
He was even more miserable than Miyazawa Mao and almost sat on the ground.
"Takamatsu, I'm curious about how you got into the baseball club? I suddenly feel like I know the reason why Aikawa baseball is not famous." Aikawa Yusheng said with a smile. Koshien, known as the summer festival, has not been in Aikawa for several years.
Passed the line.
"This semester...semester...I've gained some weight again...fuck!"
"When you want to reward yourself in the future, you should go out for a half-hour run instead." Aikawa Yusheng stepped forward and said to him with a sincere expression.
"It's absolutely impossible. I, Gao Songjunshan, am known as Brother Rewards. If I don't get rewards, I'd rather die."
"Then by the time I graduate from college, you should have started your second life."
"Can I choose to travel through time? I want to travel to the world of "Restart Life of the Recovery Warlock"." Speaking of this, Takamatsu Junshan was no longer tired, and his eyes showed anticipation.
""The Recovery Warlock's Life Restarted", is it a new drama? Is it Danmei?" Miyazawa Mao caught the key words and came over curiously to ask.
"I don't know what this is at all, just ask him." Aikawa Yusheng said and left.
He really didn't know and hadn't seen it - but he noticed the expression on Takamatsu Junshan's face when he said this, and he roughly understood the nature of it.
It's better not to get along with each other.
Looking at Takamatsu Junzan who was hesitating, Aikawa Yusheng became more and more convinced that his decision was correct.
Taking a walk instead of resting, the group walked slowly for ten minutes and finally arrived at the entrance of Yoyogi Park.
The trees are hung with green light strips, and the entrance is paved with reflective material. Under the blue lights, it seems like a swaying blue river.
Occasionally there are small bells hanging on the branches, and they jingle from time to time in the gentle evening breeze, creating a dreamy background music.
It was indeed very beautiful. Aikawa Yusheng nodded appreciatively and then went in.
His arm was pulled, and he looked at Tianhe Xia Li doubtfully: "What's wrong?"
"What are you doing?" The girl looked at him in surprise.
"What am I doing? Aren't I going in?"
"Of course we have to take pictures now." Tianhe Xia Li said matter-of-factly, while pointing at the others.
As expected, Risa Sugai and Miki Yokoi had already taken out their mobile phones, opened the front camera and were sorting out their expressions - regarding this, there was also a Takamatsu Kimiyama who was also doing this.
Miyazawa Mao turned the camera towards herself and Amagasari with a smile. She was a conscientious wingman at all times.
"If you do the same thing as last time, Miyazawa, please!" The girl hugged Aikawa Yusheng's arm and said with a happy expression.
She was no longer wearing high heels, so she stood very steadily.
And Aikawa Yusheng, who no longer had worries in his heart, also felt the softness more truly.
"This time they are really pretending to be a couple! Great!" the girl said happily.
"Well...it doesn't matter, we just bought the same style." Mimicking Tianhe Xia Li's tone, Aikawa Yusheng said with an exaggerated expression.
The result of the poor imitation was a punch in the chest.
Thinking back on it, the girl's watermelon hairpin has not been returned to her yet. I only realized its existence when I was washing the dress and put the hairpin on the lower floor of the coffee table, where it is still placed.
Forget it, then I won’t pay it back.
"Aikawa-san, why don't you compete?" the cameraman Mao Miyazawa said.
"That's right, hurry up!" Tianhe Xia Li also urged.
"Yeah." Aikawa Yusheng, who was weak and helpless, made gestures.
The two simply took a few photos, and then handed their phones to passers-by. The eight of them took a photo together at the door, and then returned to taking photos in small groups.
So it was like an arrangement, just at the door, Aikawa Yusheng took maybe hundreds of photos with them.
The twenty minutes before the group's Tanabata Festival officially started passed like this.
It's not without its benefits. Aikawa Yusheng at least feels that his Yebi is becoming more and more proficient.
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Finally walking into the park and crossing the forest-like area, the group arrived at the main venue for the Tanabata Festival, along the river in the park.
The river bank is covered with trees decorated with light strips. At this moment, they are switching the color and brightness of neon like breathing. They are more like two bright rivers of light than the quiet river in between.
The slowly flowing river water also reflects the colors, the sparkling water surface ripples, and the trembling light adds to the dream-like feeling. You can only have such a feeling when walking by the river.
Occasionally, there will be a few crisp "dongdong" sounds, which may be the sound of something falling or the sound of a fish swaying its tail.
"The cloths sold here are of beautiful colors. Can everyone wait for me? I'll choose." Yokoi Miki stopped at the edge of a shop next to a small house, exclaimed softly, and then looked at everyone and said.
"sure."
"Guest, you have really good taste. The cloth here was used by the gods in ancient times," the stall owner said enthusiastically.
"Yokoi, are you actually interested in cloth? Can you make clothes? In the sewing class I took in junior high school, I never finished it during class time." Miyazawa Mao asked her with interest.
"I know a little bit, because I like to play with dolls, and I can make clothes for my dolls myself." Yokoi Miki said a little shyly.
"So awesome..."
Aikawa Yusheng and Tianhe Xia Li were not very interested in the topic of textiles, but were attracted by what the stall owner said.
The reason why the stall owner said this has been written on the introduction board of the hut next to it.
["Shed machine house"
In ancient island countries, a fasting activity was held during the Tanabata Festival. Girls were enshrined in weaving huts to welcome the coming of gods, pray for a good harvest in autumn, and drive away people's filth.
The selected girl was called the "Weaver Girl" and was locked in a weaving hut built by a river or clear water to weave cloth for the gods.
The loom inside is a "shed loom".
Price for Weaver Girl experience: 500 yen/five minutes. The loom can operate normally and the woven cloth can be taken away.
Provide professional camera shooting: 300 yen/photo, can be matched with photo frame: 2700 yen/piece]
The hut seemed to be a temporary building, relatively simple. There was indeed a loom inside, and there was also a shopkeeper who looked like the husband of the stall owner next door. Seeing Aikawa Yusheng and Tianhe Xia Li looking here, he
Come up enthusiastically:
"Two guests, do you want to experience the feeling of being a 'Weaver Girl'? Once you become a Weaver Girl, then the Cowherd will definitely appear."
Aikawa Yusheng didn't know how this shopkeeper became a shop owner, how could he ask a boy like himself "Do you want to experience the feeling of being a 'Weaver Girl'?", so he shook his head decisively and refused.
"I advise you not to experience it." At the same time, he whispered in the girl's ear.
"Why?" The girl who was originally moved subconsciously turned her head to look at Aikawa Yusheng. The distance that was already very close was just a little short of zero.
Aikawa Yusheng could feel the feeling of Tianhe Xia Li's hair brushing against his cheek, itching, but he remained calm and distanced himself slightly.
"Give me ten minutes, Cangmu, come here and take a photo for me!" A pair of passersby, a man and a woman, said to the boss during this gap.
So when the girl came back to her senses, she had already lost this opportunity.
"You can try it again in ten minutes," the store manager said to her.
"Ah, okay, thank you, but let's wait and see." Tianhe Xia Li nodded, and then followed Aikawa Yusheng who was already walking next to him.
"Why don't you let me experience it? Look, I've been jumped in line!" The girl followed with her arms akimbo and asked aggressively, "This is the opportunity to become a 'Weaver Girl' during the Chinese Valentine's Day. It's so beautiful, and it's not expensive.
Don’t you want me to meet the ‘Cowherd’? Say something, Mr. Cowherd!”
"It's beautiful, so the content above doesn't have anything to do with beauty, right?" There are many shops on the riverbank. The two of them walked to the mask stall opposite the cloth stall. Aikawa Yusheng took a look at it and shrugged after hearing the words.
"Girls who were enshrined to the gods had to fast, and the word 'lock' was also used, which meant that for a long period of time, the so-called 'Weaver Girl' could only be forced to do boring things like weaving in a small house.
thing."
"Isn't this a beautiful thing? It's simply a terrible punishment, isn't it?" Aikawa Yusheng asked back.
"If I were the Cowherd and knew that my Weaver Girl was doing this kind of thing in a place like this, I would have chopped it down with a big knife, smashed the shed machine, and burned down the hut."
Just like a boy in the second grade of junior high school, when Aikawa Yusheng finished speaking, he turned the mask into a knife and slashed through the air in front of him.
"When you say that, it seems to make sense." Tianhe Xia Li frowned and nodded, interpreting it from this perspective, it is indeed the case.
"Right, so I advise you not to be this 'weaver girl'. I think it's unlucky. I even suspect that you will meet a cowherd. It's all a mistake made by the shop owner."
Aikawa Yusheng put the Onimu mask on his face and looked at the effect in the stall's own mirror.
The belt on his back was pulled, and Aikawa Yusheng turned his head: "Do you want to wear it too?"
Tianhe Xia Li pursed her lips and looked straight into the clear and deep eyes behind the mask: "Then if I was locked in that kind of room, would you come to rescue me?"
"I thought I had to wear a mask." Aikawa Yusheng turned his head and continued to adjust the position of the mask, then asked: "You are so beautiful, you won't be willing to be sacrificed."
"No, the villagers will think that what they give to the gods must be the most beautiful. For the sake of food and the future, they won't care whether they part with it or not."
"Are you willing?" Onimu's mask felt that it didn't suit him, so Aikawa Yusheng chose a half-face fox mask.
"Of course not, otherwise I would ask you what to do."
"You have so many friends, there will be others who can save you." It felt quite appropriate. Aikawa Yusheng looked at the price of this mask.
"No, no, it doesn't matter, do you want to save me or not!!!" Tianhe Xia Li puffed up his cheeks and said angrily.
"Got it -" is a long drawl.
"I will definitely chop down that house in one minute."
With a slight laugh, Aikawa Yusheng took off the mask, hung the lanyard on the girl's ball, and said to the stall owner: "Boss, please give me two of these masks, thank you."
Taking off the mask on her head and holding it in her arms, the girl asked doubtfully: "Why do you have to wait a minute?"
"I have to get rid of the guards and the door lock first to let you out. It will take almost a minute. I can't knock down the house with you, right?"
"How could you ask such a question?" Aikawa Yusheng's eyes were filled with care and compassion, which made Tianhe Xia Li's teeth itch.
"What, now it's your turn to be a fool?" he laughed.