Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 305 Going to the Countryside

Soya woke up early the next morning.

Before going downstairs, he went to the next room to wake Akane Kirino.

"Well……"

The quilt was kicked aside, and the pajamas were lifted, revealing her flat belly.She closed her eyes, struggled with drowsiness for a few seconds, and turned over again.

"I want to sleep a little longer..."

"Then Ling and I will go to the countryside with Hongzi first." Soya didn't go in, but stood at the door, "After Kirino has had enough sleep, come here by bus."

"..."

Akane Kirino immediately regained consciousness, opened her eyes and said, "No."

She turned to look at the door, "I'll get up right away."

"Ah."

Soya went downstairs to prepare breakfast.

Chao Wuling came over and showed her side, indicating that she had gotten up.A moment later, Akane Kirino stood behind him.

"Still sleepy..." she yawned.

Adding chopped ingredients into the cooking pot, Zongya turned up the heat a bit, "It will take an hour or two in the past, and you can sleep for a while on the way."

"Ok."

He glanced back, her mouth was open, her long hair was sleeping a little messy.

"Go wash up first."

"Comb my hair."

"I'm busy."

Complaining was interrupted by a yawn, Kirino Akane covered her mouth, turned and left the kitchen.By the time she had breakfast, her curled hair had become much more subdued, and she was more energetic.

"Did you sleep late last night?"

"It's okay. When I was sleeping, there was still sound from Yuezi's side."

"...Who are you comparing with?"

When she mentioned Tsukuyomi, Soya also remembered to have a few words with him, and went upstairs after breakfast.

"Going out again?"

Tsukuyomi didn't even open her eyes, "Your summer vacation is really busy."

"I also want to be safe for a few days."

"Really." He opened it slightly, "I think you seem to be enjoying it."

"..."

Zongya pursed his lower lip, did not continue to speak, instead took out a few banknotes and slapped them on the computer desk.

"It's still the same as before. In the past few days, Mr. Yuedu can solve the problem of eating by himself."

Yuedu suddenly sat up, squinted at the amount of banknotes on the table, and then lay down.

"Be careful on the road."

Putting on their travel bags, the three of them went out together.

When they came to Yoshikawa's house, Hongzi's family had just had breakfast, and the Yoshikawa couple were packing things into the trunk of the car.

"Mr. Soya is here."

Soya lowered his head slightly, "I'm going to disturb you for a few days."

"No, where." Mrs. Yoshikawa looked at him with the usual expression, "Put your luggage here."

After saying hello, Akane Kirino gave him the luggage and went upstairs to find Hongzi. Soya and Chao Wuling put the travel bags in the trunk and stacked them neatly.

Asagiri Ling rarely came over. Although Mrs. Yoshikawa cared about Soya, she still shifted her attention to her.

"I really saw you, but I really can't remember when it was."

Mrs. Yoshikawa thought hard, only searching in the memory of recent years, and she would never have thought that she was her savior more than 20 years ago.

Chao Wuling didn't speak, and let her observe the memory, getting more and more entangled.

After a while, Akane Kirino and Hongzi came down from upstairs, and it was time to set off.

Yoshikawa and his wife sat in the front, Kirino Akane and Koko sat in the middle, Soya and Asagiri sat in the last row.

Putting on the seat belt, Soya raised his eyes and found that Hongzi was looking back at him.In the front passenger seat, Mrs. Yoshikawa also looked at them from the rearview mirror.

"How long will it take?"

"Eh... about two hours."

"It's far enough."

"Um……"

"I'm going to sleep for a while, and the two of you will keep your voice down when you chat."

Before Hongzi could say anything, Akane Kirino who was beside her also turned her head, "I want to sleep too."

"This is the best." Sogu waved his hand, and she turned around again.

Hongzi also turned around and leaned back on the seat.

Mrs. Yoshikawa turned around, "Are you wearing your seat belts?"

"It's on."

"Hmm, no problem."

After checking the seat belt on Asagiri Ling, Soya immediately said that there was no problem.

"Let's go then."

Starting from Yoshikawa's house, the car drove out of the alley, onto the national highway, and headed northeast.

At first, the excitement of the long journey hadn't passed, Akane Kirino chatted with Hongzi, and would look back to see if Soya was asleep from time to time;

After about ten minutes, she herself started to feel drowsy, and her words became significantly less.

After leaning her head on one side for a while, she raised her head again, only to wake up briefly after falling asleep for half an hour.

"Uh... are you here?"

"It's still early." Hongzi said.

She changed her position and continued to sleep.

Hongzi glanced at Zongya behind her again, and looked out the window, not knowing what she was thinking.

With a click, she suddenly unbuckled her seat belt, got up and sat on the other side of the back row facing the fog bell.

The Yoshikawas glanced back at the same time, "Hongzi, it's very dangerous."

"never mind……"

Hongzi sat down, fastened her seat belt again, and smiled at Soya and Chao Wuling who were looking at her.

"I can not sleep."

"Those who work normally can't sleep." Sogu looked at Akane Kirino in front of her, her head was tilted to one side, she seemed to be struggling, but she was sleeping soundly.

"Did Sissy go to bed late last night?"

"Who knows, it's quite early to go back to the room."

"Is that so..."

Hongzi nodded, there was nothing else to say for now, and Soya didn't bring up any new topics, and looked out the window again.

She leaned back and tilted her head to look at him for a while before she noticed that Zhao Wuling was staring at her.

"bell……"

The moment she noticed it, she wanted to cover it up, but soon felt it was unnecessary.

Ling should already know about it, Hongzi thought.

Thinking of what happened before, she became more determined. What she didn't quite understand was her attitude towards this matter.

Since they got to know each other, most of the time, Asagiri was like a bystander, staying out of the way, mostly indifferent to people and things other than Soya;

But when she was ambiguous with Zong Gu, she took the initiative to remind her to make a decision.

This seemed to be the only time she intervened, after which she fell back to her previous silence.

So at that time, Suzu just couldn't stand it, and wanted her relationship with Soya to return to normal soon?

After all, what kind of relationship is there between childhood sweethearts?
Zhao Wuling's attitude was as rare as her expression, Hong Zi couldn't figure out her attitude towards her feelings, and then began to think about her relationship with Soya.

There is no doubt that she has been loved by Soya to the extreme.It's just that Hongzi still can't see the essence of this preference.

And she seems to be even more unreserved towards Soya.

Hongzi soon realized that the two lived in the same room and grew up together.

"...Family relationship?" She said unconsciously.

Looking up at Wuling, her expression remained unchanged, and she asked her what the sudden words meant with her eyes.

"No, that..."

Zong Gu also looked back at her, then turned around again, Hong Zi swallowed her words.

"It's nothing."

She leaned over to Zhao Wuling's hair, took a few sniffs, and changed the topic: "Has Ling changed to a new shampoo? The scent seems to be different."

"Ah."

"It still smells good."

Soya looked over again, "I chose it."

"Eh?"

"The last time I went to the supermarket..."

Inexplicably, a new topic was started, and Hongzi continued to chat, keeping the thoughts just now in his heart.

Maybe she will ignore it, maybe one day she will suddenly remember it, she doesn't want to be distracted to think about it for the time being.

The chat between the two was intermittent, Zhao Wuling was always silent, and Kirino Akane was always asleep.After more than an hour, Mrs. Yoshikawa turned around and smiled at the three children: "It's almost here."

Hongzi looked out the window, "Ah, it's already here."

Zong Gu looked at the other side, the countryside was full of fields and green fields.The blue sky and white clouds, the rolling hills below extend to an invisible distance.The stream is gurgling beside the road, and the tall trees cover the sky from both sides.

"Wake her up."

Hongzi was taken aback for a moment, then understood, got up and sat back in his original position.

"Cy, we're almost there."

Akane Kirino was shaken awake, looked outside, stretched her arms and legs again, and let out a long moan.

"Sleeping so comfortably... It's just that my neck hurts a little, no, it's sore and painful."

"Heads are going to fall off."

She turned her head and smiled, "That Zongya has to catch it."

"very scary."

"You said it first."

Go straight along the stream, and after a few minutes, the car arrives near the foot of the mountain.The greenery on both sides became more dense, covering the sky. Mr. Yoshikawa slowed down and turned, drove into a small road, drove for another half a minute, and stopped in a yard.

"We're here."

The door opened, and the Yoshikawa couple got out of the car first, and greeted the old woman who went out to greet her, "Mom."

"That's my grandmother."

Hongzi looked at his three companions, "Let's get out of the car too."

"Uh-huh."

Akane Kirino jumped out of the car, and Soya got down from the other side pulling the chime bell, and then went to say hello together.

"Hello."

Mrs. Yoshikawa had already explained the identities of the three children, and the old lady at the door smiled at the three of them.

"welcome."

After saying hello, Soya went to the trunk to unload the luggage, and the Yoshikawas went down to carry the things for the old man, and asked Hongzi to take them to the room.

"There are also rooms downstairs, but the upstairs rooms have a better view. Let's live upstairs."

"Okay."

There was a creaking sound from the wooden planks of the stairs, several people went upstairs one by one, Hong Zi opened a door, "Here."

Akane Kirino walked into the room first, put down her luggage, and looked around.

"It really is a house in the country...just like my house."

"This house should be about 70 to [-] years old."

"Ah, that's more like it!"

She went to the window again, leaned out and looked around.When Hong Zi looked over, Zong Gu said, "Where is my room?"

"Which family are you the young master? There is no single room, and you live here too."

He ignored it, didn't put down the luggage in his hand, turned and went back to the corridor.

"The one next door?"

Hongzi followed and said in a low voice, "Can't you share a room with me?"

Sogu glanced at her, "I'm the young master, I'm not used to sharing a room with others."

Hongzi smiled, turned around again, and walked in front of him.

"This room."

She opened the door, and Soya followed her in. The size of the room was almost the same as that of the next door, and the interior layout was also similar.

He put down his luggage and went to the window to have a look. Akane Kirino poked his head and smiled at him.

"Go and have a look around, I seem to see a good place."

"it is good."

Back downstairs, it was still early, and the Yoshikawa couple were drinking tea, and it seemed that they would not leave until the afternoon.

"Mom, let's go around the neighborhood." Hongzi said.

"Don't go to the water."

"I'm not a child anymore."

"Anyway, be careful." Mrs. Yoshikawa looked at Soya, "Girls please ask Soya-kun."

He nodded, "OK."

"—Are you Hongzi's boyfriend?" Grandma asked suddenly.

Several people were stunned for a moment, Hongzi's face was slightly red, Zonggu was the first to recover: "No."

"Oh."

Grandma held the cup and smiled slightly, without saying much.

Hongzi pulled Akane Kirino, looked at Soya again, "Let's go."

After walking out of the room, Soya, who was at the back, could vaguely hear Mrs. Yoshikawa's words.

"Mom, you are too sudden..."

When he came outside, Kirino Akane, who had just arrived, walked in the front, following the route he observed upstairs, and walked towards the destination.

"Where are you going."

"I knew it in the past."

And the place she was going to was not far away, which was the creek they passed by when they came.

The water of the stream is clear and shallow, not covered by larger stones, probably not submerged to the knees, and it looks very clear.

Standing on the bridge two or three meters high, Akane Kirino looked down for a while, then suddenly jumped over the guardrail.Hongzi was startled, but Soya directly grabbed her arm.

She turned her head, looking more surprised than the two of them, "I won't jump."

Soya looked at the narrow footing beneath her. "It's not entirely up to you. Come back."

Akane Kirino didn't insist either, she stretched her arms and rolled over again.The action is smooth and smooth, but it is a pity that no one praises it.

"I want to go there."

She pointed to not far away, there was a section of steps on the bank of the river, which could directly go down to the water's edge, and there was a small platform underneath.

"Ah."

After crossing the bridge, Kirino Akane walked briskly and ran over first.

When the three of them walked down the steps, she had already taken off her shoes and walked into the stream.

"The water is so cold."

The stream near the platform was shallower, reaching only between her calves.

Zongya looked around, and the water became deeper in the middle of the river, but it seemed to be only about one meter, but it might actually be a little deeper.

The branches and leaves on both sides of the river are connected, but there is a gap here.The sun shines down, through the gurgling water, leaving swaying light spots on the bottom of the water.

A string of water drops fell, causing ripples on the surface of the water.

Zong Gu raised his eyes, and Akane Kirino raised his feet that were still dripping, and looked at him: "You guys come down too."

Take off your shoes and go into the water, the stream flowing down from the forest is very cool, enough to extinguish the heat that has not yet shown its power.Soya was standing in the water, Hongko walked by him and approached Akane Kirino.After walking a few steps into the water, he turned his head and stretched out his hand towards Wuling.

wow-

She followed into the water, took two steps, and stopped beside him.

Akane Kirino bent down and scooped up a handful of water, trying to splash it, only Hongzi took half a step back.

She smiled slightly, opened her hands, and the water returned to the stream from between her fingers, as if it had never left.

"It would be nice if I brought a swimsuit." She was a little regretful.

"There's no way to swim in such a shallow place," Soya said.

"In this kind of weather, it's very comfortable just to soak in it." Kirino Qian looked at the middle of the river, and then compared it to her chest, "I should be able to get here over there, and it's not too shallow. Is there a deeper place?"

Hongzi thought for a while, then looked upstream, "It may be deeper above. But I haven't played in the water here for a long time, and my impression may be biased."

Akane Kirino glanced at the corner of the river upstream, "Does this stream flow down from the mountain?"

"Ah."

"Where is the source?"

"I don't know. My sister used to look for it along the river, but I couldn't walk halfway, so I came back first... What are you laughing at?"

Soya smiled, "Did I laugh?"

"..."

She glared at him a few times, and Akane Kirino suddenly made up her mind, "Okay, then let's explore the source of this stream now!"

"Eh……"

"Not now." Sogu shook his head, "It's past ten o'clock, let's go in the afternoon."

"Ah, yes."

Kirino Akane changed her mind, but she still looked upstream frequently, still thinking about the afternoon's itinerary.

After playing by the water for a while, they returned to the shore and, led by Hongzi, took a stroll around the area.

There are not many residents around, and they are basically concentrated near the foot of the mountain.The farmlands are connected, most of which are planted with rice, and some fields are covered by white greenhouses. I don't know what crops are inside.

After a long circle, they stopped in front of the only canteen in the village.

"...That's it, we've finished our shopping." Hongzi said.

"It's like this in the countryside, and my grandmother's house is even more remote." Akane Kirino didn't care, she lowered her head and rummaged through the freezer, and finally chose a popsicle, "Soya, I want this one."

"Ah."

"450 yen." The old lady at the canteen smiled and looked at the children with strange faces.

Putting down five [-]-yen coins and taking the recovered fifty-yen, Soya opened the bag, took a bite of the popsicle, and felt the sweetness and coolness with the fruity aroma slowly melt in his mouth.

"Let's go back."

"Ah."

The sky was blue, and the sun was shining unobstructed, releasing heat as much as possible.

Biting a popsicle, Hongzi walked in front and took the people behind him back to Yuanqiao's house along the shortest path.

"Just right."

When she got nearby, Mrs. Yoshikawa came out of the house, saw a few people, and waved to them again.

"It's time to eat."

Hongzi responded, and there were several clicking sounds behind him.Looking back, Soya and Akane Kirino were hurrying to wipe out the popsicles in their hands.

"It's not in such a hurry."

She smiled, then took a big bite too.

"Hmm... so cold."

Zongya finished eating quickly, holding the remaining wood chips, ready to take them back and throw them away.

Zhao Wuling pulled him, and handed over half of the popsicle left in his hand.

"..."

When Hongzi turned her head, she happened to see him bent down and bit off a big piece of her popsicle, and said something in a low voice.

She was in a daze when Akane Kirino suddenly raised the piece of wood in her hand.

"I won the lottery! Another one!"

(End of this chapter)