Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 313 Watching the Sunrise

He went to put down the agricultural tools in the warehouse in the backyard, and sent the vegetables he dug back to the kitchen. When Hongzi came to the edge of the living room, Akane Kirino had already poured her a cup of barley tea.

"thanks……"

She sat down and drank most of it in one go.

"To see the sunrise?"

"Hmm? ... Hmm. Sue already told you."

Sogu looked at the sweat on the side of her face, "She just said that she was going to watch the sunrise on the mountain. Which mountain?"

"The one in the back." Hongzi raised his hand to wipe his face, then pointed behind him, "This is the highest mountain nearby, and it's not convenient to go too far away."

She thought of something again, and said, "Don't worry, there is another way up the mountain, so it's easier to walk, and you don't have to go up the creek."

"That's good."

"Soya agreed?"

"Ah."

Hongzi drank the remaining barley tea in the cup, "It's so rare, I thought you would say it was boring."

Soya smiled, "Watching the sunrise really isn't much fun, maybe I'll change my mind by tomorrow morning."

"That's not acceptable." Akane Kirino immediately objected.

"You don't want to sleep tomorrow morning." Hongzi also said.

The next day, early in the morning.

"Hongzi, it's time to get up."

Akane Kirino shook Hongzi under the blanket, but she had already changed and washed.

"what time is it……"

"It's past four o'clock now."

"It's so early..." Hongzi turned over, closed her eyes tightly, still feeling the glare from the light, and buried her face in the pillow again.

"It takes time to climb the mountain." Kirino Akane was full of energy, "If you go late, you will miss the sunrise."

Hongzi lowered her head, and it took a while before she made a sound: "Qian, let's go tomorrow..."

"Hongzi..."

"—Let her continue to sleep." Another voice sounded from the room, "The three of us went to watch the sunrise."

"..."

Hongzi turned around, opened his eyes, and narrowed them again, "When did you come here?"

Soya and Chao Wuling stood beside the quilt, looking down at her: "It's been a while. By the way, it was before Hongzi called 'Mom'."

She sat up all of a sudden, picked up the pillow, and tried to smash it, but put it down again quickly.

"Then call me sooner."

Hongzi muttered, but got up anyway.

After more than ten minutes, it was dark outside the house, and the stars in the sky could still be seen. The four of them were ready to set off after washing and tidying up.

"grandmother……"

The children were all paying attention to their movements, but the old man still got up, and he didn't know if he was woken up by them or because he had slept less.

"I made rice balls, let's eat them while watching the sunrise."

"Eh……"

After taking the rice ball from grandma, Hongzi handed it over to Zongya, and then she wanted to help her back to the room to rest, but she refused.

"The hot tea is also ready, in the kitchen."

Akane Kirino took the rice ball, and Soya went to the kitchen to fetch a thermos cup filled with hot tea.

"Be careful on the road." Grandma saw them off at the door.

"I see." Hongzi looked back at the old man in the coat, "Grandma, go on resting."

"it is good."

The old man came to the door until the children were nowhere to be seen.

It was not yet clear, and the four of them brought two flashlights, which were held by Akane Kirino and Hongzi respectively.

"Don't take random photos." Sogu reminded, "Others are still resting."

Akane Kirino looked at the road under her feet again, "Oh."

"Wang Wang!"

"Wow, there's a dog!"

"Tell you not to take random photos."

"Run!"

"What are you running..."

And Akane Kirino had already pulled Hongzi and ran out, and Soya could only pull Zhao Wuling to keep up, although she stopped after running not far.

Some villagers were awakened by the movement outside, and a few lights were lit in the dark village.

"Hurry up to the mountain."

Akane Kirino also calmed down, "Hmm..."

Passing through the village, there is a road up the mountain. Although the concrete is only paved to the foot of the mountain, the rest of the road is fairly flat. It is the main path for the villagers to go up the mountain. It is much easier to walk than the trail beside the mountain stream.

Hongzi walked in front, pointing the way, and Akane Kirino looked back at the houses she passed by.

"You said, will there be others on the mountain?"

"No. There are no young people in the village." Sogu looked at the flashlight dangling in her hand, wondering whether to take it back.

"Ok?"

"Only young people can be so idle."

"It's romantic."

"Whatever you say."

Passing through the village, there is only one road left in front of us, which twists and turns and climbs, connecting to a dark mountain forest not far away.

The rice balls prepared by Grandma Hongzi returned to her hand, and Soya carried the big thermos, walked for a while, and then changed hands.

"Let me help you hold it for a while."

"It's pretty heavy."

"It's okay." Akane Kirino took the thermos cup, her hand sank immediately, "Wow..."

"Let me get it."

"Need not!"

After leaving the village and walking for a while, the constant barking of dogs gradually subsided.

After walking through a bamboo forest, the concrete road under the feet also ends here.There is a path sandwiched between pine and maple trees on both sides, and the ground is covered with weeds, but it is still within an acceptable range.

Because of the mountain road, several people also wore long trousers.Akane Kirino was still holding the thermos, and the flashlight in the other hand was handed over to Soya, who would clear the way ahead.

"Just one way."

"Well, just go forward."

"Has Hongzi ever been there?"

"Not very far."

The mountain road is sometimes steep, sometimes gentle, with twists and turns.The vegetation on both sides was deep, and there were some unknown movements from time to time, and the four people got closer and closer.

Soya: "You stepped on my shoe again."

Hongzi: "Sorry..."

Kirino Akane: "Is there something following us..."

Hongzi: "Don't scare me."

Zhao Wuling: "..."

Walking along the road at the foot of the mountain for a while, passing through the most densely wooded section, the eyes are much wider, and the rest of the road is all upwards, leaving only steepness.

"It's time to start climbing the mountain."

"..."

Panting for breath, Hongzi took a look at Zonggu, and it took him a long time to hold back two words: "It's okay."

"I'll help you reduce some of the burden." He took the cloth bag containing the rice balls in her hand and opened them to look. "Grandma has prepared a lot of rice balls. Did I prepare them last night? I didn't even notice."

Hongzi shook his head, "I didn't notice either..."

Taking advantage of the time to talk, they rested for a while, and then they set off again, still led by Soya.

Tong Yeqian followed Hongzi, pushing her from time to time.

"I don't know what the top of the mountain looks like."

"Never... I've never heard anyone say that the scenery on the mountain is good... It should... It should be more ordinary."

When he was halfway up the mountain, Zonggu looked back, and the darkness had faded from the sky.The village below was still shrouded in a layer of gray mist, and its outline could not be seen clearly.

"Can you still walk?"

Hongzi was breathing heavily, and it took her a lot of effort to speak and raise her head, and it seemed that she had to spend a lot of effort even to stop, so she slowly walked around him.

"It's so weak," he whispered.

"..."

Annoyance suddenly arose in his heart, but he didn't have the strength to vent it out. Hongzi continued to climb up sullenly, and a touch of warmth suddenly appeared on his back.

She turned her head, and Soya pushed gently, "Don't stop, keep going."

"Um……"

"If it's a flat road, I can still carry you for a while. It's a pity that the mountain road is too steep and a bit dangerous."

Hongzi responded again.

It was not easy to push her forward, especially as she leaned her body on the hands behind her intentionally or unintentionally, becoming more and more lazy.

"Hey."

"..."

Hongzi stood firm and continued to walk up by himself.

Soya looked back at the two people behind him.

Up to now, Akane Kirino's words have become much less, and she is holding the thermos cup alternately with both hands, and she can still smile when he looks over: "I can still walk."

"yes."

Zhao Wuling looked the weakest, but also because of her petite body, it was the easiest to fight against gravity, and she didn't have to bear anything. At this time, her state looked similar to Kirino Akane.

"Keep going up." Zonggu glanced at the sky and then at the top of the mountain. This is an ordinary hill, only 400 meters high. "It's not that far away."

Nodding or responding, the three responded to him in their own ways.

After climbing for a while, Akane Kirino said: "In the past, we only went to see the sunrise on New Year's Day. After the first day of next year, let's go to see the sunrise too."

"New Year's Day? You think so far."

"Because I'm climbing a mountain. How about it?"

Soya didn't look back, "Where do you want to go?"

"Of course I'm going to Kyoto for New Year's Day, so why not go to Kiyomizu Temple?"

"There must be a lot of people who think this way, and it won't squeeze you to death."

Akane Kirino thought about it, and asked again: "Where does Soya think it is good to go?"

"Of course Fuyun Shrine."

"Fuyun Shrine..."

Hongzi glanced back, and after searching back and forth among the famous shrines in Kyoto in her mind for a while, she suddenly realized: "No."

It's not that Akane Kirino doesn't like the Fuyun Shrine of Sugawara's family, it's just that she wants to go to some bigger and more famous temples or shrines at the beginning of the new year.

"Then you and Hongzi go to Kyoto. I'm probably going to Fuyun Shrine to help."

Akane Kirino curled her lips, neither agreed nor asked him to accompany them, only said that she would make a decision at the end of the year.

After another 10 minutes of climbing, they finally reached the top of the mountain.

The sky was a little brighter than before. Taking advantage of the dim light between the sky and the earth and the flashlight, Sogu glanced around and found a building similar to an observation deck not far away.

"You should be able to sit down over there."

After resting for a while, Hongzi also recovered, "I don't know, I haven't come up before."

"Go and have a look."

A few people walked over and found that it was indeed a viewing platform, but it was quite simple, except for a three-to-four-meter-high platform, there was nothing.

After boarding the platform, guardrails were erected around it, and warning signs of [No Climbing] were hung.There are two pairs of benches in the middle for people to rest.

Looking at the horizon, Akane Kirino looked at it for a moment and said, "There is still a while before sunrise, let's have dinner first."

Sitting on the bench, Soya opened the cloth bag containing the rice balls. There were eight rice balls inside, two of each flavor, neither big nor small, just enough to eat.

"Great, salmon rice balls and plum rice balls are my favorite flavors."

"After all, this is a common hobby of Japanese people."

"what?"

"I saw it on a TV show, and a media outlet conducted a survey on Line: Regardless of men and women, the favorite flavors of onigiri are salmon, tuna mayonnaise, mentaiko, and prunes."

Kirino Akane bit the rice ball and nodded, expressing her approval.

"However, does Soya know which of these two flavors I like better?"

Sogu picked up the flashlight and took a photo of the two rice balls in her hand: "Dried plums."

Akane Kirino opened her eyes wide, "How did you guess that?"

"Because Akane always saves her favorites for later." Hongzi next to her said.

She laughed, "It was discovered."

"It's just the opposite of me." Hongzi licked the rice grains stuck to the corner of his mouth, "Eating your favorite food when you are most hungry is the best way to appreciate food."

"Really?" Akane Kirino thought for a while, "When I feel hungry, I don't pay much attention to the taste of food."

The two had their own ideas, and both felt that the other's words made sense, so they asked the third person's opinion.

"What do you think, Soya?"

"There is no difference, I eat faster." He sucked his fingertips and had already eaten the second rice ball.

"Ah, so fast!"

"However, if you have to choose..." Soya continued the topic just now, "I will eat my favorite first."

The corner of Hongzi's mouth curved, Kirino Qian looked at him: "Why?"

Zongya stared at the salmon rice ball in her hand, "Because sometimes the delicious ones are left behind, and may be snatched away."

Akane Kirino immediately moved to the other side and made a face at him.

"Boys are like that, so rude."

"That's right." Hongzi nodded.

He laughed at the two singing, picked up the thermos, opened it, poured a cup of hot tea, and took a sip slowly.

"It seems that there is only one cup." Hongzi said suddenly.

The so-called cup is just the lid of the thermos cup. When Soya realized this, he had already swallowed, and nodded after drinking the tea in the cup.

"I'm not very thirsty." Akane Kirino continued to eat the remaining rice ball, without thinking of anything more.

Hongzi didn't speak.

Chao Wuling didn't speak for a while, and she had already finished eating two rice balls at this time, looking at Zong Gu, "tea."

He poured half a cup of tea for her, "It's a little hot."

"Ah."

She took it and sipped it in small sips. It took a long time to finish the half cup of hot tea.

The distant sky became a little brighter again, Hongzi took a look and said, "It's almost time for sunrise."

"Well!"

Kirino Qian panicked, and then suddenly beat her chest, as if she was choking.

Hongzi patted her on the back, Soya poured half a cup of tea, but she swallowed the rice ball before drinking it.

"I was scared to death... I thought I was going to choke to death..."

Soya put down his teacup, "What's the rush?"

"It's about to rise!"

She got up and walked to the guardrail, looking at the sky.

"Looking at it like this, it will take at least a few minutes to get out." Soya said.

"Hush! Don't bother me - if you miss the moment of sunrise, today will be in vain." She stared at the place where the mountains and the sky meet in the distance, and blinked for a long time.

Soya shook his head, picked up the half cup of tea that had just been poured, and just brought it to his mouth, Hongzi grabbed the other half of the cup lid.

Looking at each other, she whispered, "I'm thirsty too..."

"..."

He gave her the half cup of tea.

After Hongzi finished drinking, he poured another cup of tea to cool down, then got up and walked to the guardrail.

Akane Kirino glanced at him quickly, "Suddenly a little nervous... Isn't it too strange?"

Soya laughed.

Hongzi and Chao Wuling also came over, standing beside her and him respectively, staring at the distant sky together.

"Have you decided what wish you want to make?"

"It's not a shooting star..."

About a minute or two later, the sky became brighter again, and the mountains in the distance were suddenly bordered by a white line, getting brighter and brighter.

Kirino Akane unconsciously held her breath and continued to stare.At a certain moment, a golden light suddenly appeared, and then thousands of rays of light bloomed at the same time, crossing the hills, casting infinite light.

"Sunrise!"

The rising sun revealed most of her head, and she suddenly recovered, "I almost said 'Happy New Year'."

Soya smiled, still looking at the immature Chaoyang, "Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year!" Kirino Akane happily cooperated, "Hongzi, Happy New Year!"

Hongzi was also infected by her smile, "Happy New Year."

Zhao Wuling put her hand on Soya's arm, quietly watching the sun that was about to break free from the earth.

She has seen the process of the world from darkness to light tens of thousands of times, and there are many of the world's most beautiful scenery. After today, when it comes to watching the sunrise, she will probably only think of the current scene.

The golden wheel in the sky rises slowly, dazzling but not dazzling, which makes people unconsciously fascinated by it.

Soya didn't look away until Chaoyang broke free from the ground and hung up in the sky.

"It's time to go back and eat Osechi cuisine."

"Haha."

Kirino Qian returned to the bench, saw a cup of tea, picked it up and drank it.

"Let's go back?"

"Ah."

In just a few minutes, the top of the mountain became much brighter, and the flashlight was no longer needed.

After coming down from the observatory, the four of them returned along the same path and found the intersection down the mountain very quickly.

"It's not easy going down the mountain, so be careful."

"understood."

Soya walked ahead, looking at the village below the mountain.The earth has just woken up, and the body is still shrouded in a faint mist that seems to be there.Early risers can already be seen in the fields, as small as rice grains.

"Do you want to continue sleeping after you get back?" Akane Kirino followed behind him, separated by Zhao Wuling, and Hong Zi was behind her. She and him were their "protection devices".

Soya tilted his head, "Do you feel sleepy?"

"Well...not sleepy now."

"Then let's talk when we get down the mountain."

The mountain road is steep, and the care you pay when going down the mountain is no less than when going up the mountain.After finally reaching the foot of the mountain, Hongzi felt his legs and feet were weak, and he needed to rest for a while no matter what he said.

"I'll be home soon." Zong Gu looked back at her.

Hongzi squatted on the ground and looked up at him: "You carry me on your back."

"I'll carry you on my back." Akane Kirino said.

"Eh……"

Hongzi was taken aback for a moment, but she had already squatted down in front of her.

"Come up."

She hesitated for a few seconds before climbing onto her back.

"thanks……"

Seeing this, Soya pulled Chao Wuling and continued walking.

"Hold tight."

"Ah."

After walking a few steps, Akane Kirino turned her head and smiled at Hongzi.

"I feel like Hongko is the one who is more attached to Soya, I can recite Hongko too, okay?"

　It's time to go to 618, and I'm going to change my computer. I've been looking at my notebook for the past few days, and at night I somehow start thinking about the content of the next book. My mind is so muddy that I can't sleep without taking some medicine.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)