Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 333 Qixi Festival
Kyoto, Gion Shijo Subway Exit.

The news that was sent was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no reply at all.Akane Kirino stood on the side of the road, staring at the phone for a while, but there was still no reminder that she had read it.

"What is Soya doing..."

She muttered, but a sudden force from behind almost knocked her to the ground.

"Feel sorry!"

The perpetrator hurriedly reached out, but she had already stabilized herself.

"I'm really sorry!"

"No...it's fine."

The attacker was a young male who appeared to be a college student with an apologetic expression on his face.At this time, the crowd was surging, and Akane Kirino knew that he didn't mean it, so she didn't say much.

Seeing that her face was not very good-looking, the man asked again: "Are you really okay?"

"Well, it's fine."

There was another girl next to him, holding his arm, bowing her head slightly when she looked at her, expressing apology.

The little accident lasted less than half a minute, and it ended with the two college students apologizing and walking away.

"That girl was quite cute just now... Yuichi didn't bump into her on purpose, did she?"

"Stop joking, didn't Masako see that I was hit by someone else..."

Going a little farther, the conversation between the two can't be heard.Kirino Akane didn't mind the collision just now, but she didn't understand why she kept staring at them.

When the other party merged into the crowd and was out of sight, she withdrew her gaze and looked in front of her.

"There are indeed a lot of people here..."

There was still no reply to the previous message.

She put away her mobile phone and looked left and right beside the Sijotong avenue.

There are several venues for the Tanabata Festival in Kyoto, such as the Kitano Kamiyagawa venue near Tenmangu Shrine, the Nijo Castle venue in Horikawa, the Bonfire Koji venue, the Umekoji Park venue, and the Miyazu City venue in the northern part of Kyoto Prefecture;
And she was alone, and she didn't want to run too far, so she chose the Kamogawa meeting place between Sanjo and Shijo Gion.

Following the crowd, I walked forward for a while and came to the Shijo Bridge. On the originally dim Kamogawa embankment, a string of lights were lit up at this time, which was a sasa of light composed of bamboo branches and LED lamp beads.

Standing on the bridge for a while, Akane Kirino took a few photos of the bottom, then switched the camera and took a photo of herself under the light.

Akane Kirino: [Image]
Akane Kirino: [Image]
Akane Kirino: [Image]
Kirino Akane: I'm on the Shijo Bridge.

Akane Kirino: [Image]
Kirino Akane: I came here in a yukata.

Messages were sent one after another, but none of them got his attention.

wow-

The water is turbulent, and the Kamogawa is running on its own, and it also brings coolness to the people on both sides of the river and on the bridge.Tong Yeqian felt an indescribable dryness in her heart, and for no reason remembered what her mother said before going out.

【"... Qian plans to go to Kyoto alone to attend the Tanabata festival? Isn't this asking for trouble? Don't come back crying when the time comes."】

Even if she was bumped and staggered as soon as she got out of the subway, she still felt that she would not be able to go back crying, but she did feel a bit like asking for trouble.

It's really not fun to wander around the festival alone without a companion by your side.

But it's all here...

Looking around on the bridge for a while, she decided to take a look at the shining lights on the embankment, and it would be nice if she could take a few close-up photos.

Go back to the bridge head, walk down the embankment amidst the crowds, and pass through the entrance of 【京の Tanabata】, next to which is a radiant Sassafras of Light.

Akane Kirino didn't stop, she followed the crowd and walked forward, stopping only when it was less crowded.

"Wow……"

The main body of Hikari Sasa is a bamboo, which is erected and fixed in a bundled way. The lower part is shaved clean, and the twigs with bamboo leaves are concentrated on the top.

A string of white LED lamp beads wraps around the bamboo branches from bottom to top, embellishing a dazzling light in the ambiguous night, like stars.

In addition, many colorful Tanabata short books have been hung among the bamboo branches, with various wishes written.On the Kamo River embankment, you can only hang short books purchased from the entrance, and the price seems to be [-] yen a piece.

The wind by the river blows the bamboo branches and booklets, and the shining lamp beads shake slightly, which also makes Akane Kirino feel better.

She took out her mobile phone and looked for the most suitable angle. Before she could press the shutter, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a couple sitting below from the corner of her eye, and they were looking up at her.

"..."

There are young couples sitting everywhere on the grass by the river, especially under the bamboo branches of the Sasa of Light. It seems that the lamp beads above their heads are not emitting light, but some kind of blessing that can make people immerse themselves in sweet love forever.

"that……"

The girl in the couple spoke, and looked at her mobile phone frequently, "If possible, please don't take pictures of the short book I wrote...I always feel a little shy."

"Eh... sorry!"

Akane Kirino was taken aback for a moment, but she quickly realized that she had no intention of taking pictures of the text in the short booklet.

"yes……"

She didn't say much, but judging from the expression on her face, it was obvious that she was still not at ease.

Akane Kirino had no choice but to find another place.

She walked on.

On one side is the Kamo River, and on the other side of the embankment are restaurants and restaurants, brightly lit.The temporary terrace Kamogawa built in summer is full of guests sitting on the beds enjoying the cool air, it is very lively, and there are smiling faces under the lights.

Looking up twice, Akane Kirino continued to walk forward, then stopped suddenly, and raised her head again.

"Eh……"

A young woman was lying on the railing of the terrace, holding a wine glass in her hand, and she was looking at her with a smile under the light.

The face on it was so beautiful that Akane Kirino was convinced at a glance that she had met the other person before, and it was only after a short while that she remembered her identity.

"It seems to be Soya and Suzu's teacher...Tachibana teacher?"

There was some distance between the two sides, Kirino Akane was not familiar with her, and the other party just smiled, and she couldn't be sure that the person she was looking at was herself, so she didn't stay for too long.

She lowered her head towards the top as a greeting.

After walking a little further, she looked back, and the beautiful woman by the terrace had disappeared.

"Sure enough, it's Soya's teacher... she's really beautiful."

Akane Kirino couldn't help but want to share with Soya the chance encounter at the riverside, but when she opened Line and saw a series of unread messages, her enthusiasm cooled down quite a bit.

"Hmph... must be visiting the Tanabata Festival over there in Sendai, I don't even have time to look at my phone."

Such speculation made her a little annoyed, and then a little depressed.

She didn't want to go any further.

Stepping on the sloping grassland, down to the river bank, watching the rushing dark river, Akane Kirino took a deep breath.

thump!
The paper net is already thin, and it will be broken even when it is soaked in water. The goldfish that was picked up just left the water surface, and they regained their freedom.

"..."

Holding the broken net, he pursed his lower lip towards Wuling, and a new paper net was handed over to him.

She took it, submerged in the water again, and suddenly lifted up when a small red goldfish swam above.

And this time, they couldn't even lift the goldfish out of the water.

Holding a large handful of fishing paper nets in his hand, Soya handed her a new pair without saying anything.

broken.

Broken again.

Didn't pick it up again...

A pair of paper nets for catching fish was [-] yen, and Asagiri used one and the other broke, so Soya simply bought a lot at once.

There was no harvest for a long time, and the two were still enjoying it. The owner of the goldfish stall also watched with a smile, while another little girl squatting next to her was in a hurry.

Another pair of paper nets burst in water, and she finally couldn't help it: "That's not how it was fished!"

He glanced at Wuling and ignored her.

Soya handed over a new pair of paper nets and gave her a pair too.

"Eh……"

She looked up, and Soya smiled at her, "What's your name?"

"My name is Huali..."

"Little Huali, teach me."

"Ok."

Chao Wuling also stopped, watching quietly.

And Huali deliberately turned her head to look at her, signaling her to pay attention to her movements.

"First of all, the paper film in the middle is very thin and cannot be completely immersed in water at once, as it will be easily broken."

"Only immerse the upper part." Precepts and deeds, she held the paper net, tilted it at an angle of about 45 degrees, and slowly cut into the water, "Put it into the water slowly like this, my sister said, the pig force of the water is the least... "

"Resistance." Soya corrected.

"Huh? Well, it's resistance... ah."

Because of his correction, the little girl raised her head slightly, and when she lowered her head again, she found that she had accidentally immersed the entire paper net in the water, and quickly lifted it up.

Soya handed over a new pair of paper nets.

After hesitating for a while, she didn't answer, "It's okay...the paper hasn't been torn yet."

Immerse half of the paper net in the water again, Huali quickly selects the target to be picked up, and moves the paper net slowly;
After driving the little goldfish to the corner of the pool, she supported the head of the goldfish with a hard frame outside the paper net, and picked it up again when half of the body was in the net.

"Fill it up...!"

thump.

"..."

Zhao Wuling laughed.

"It's almost there." She handed the paper net to Huali, "Do it again."

"Ok!"

After receiving the new paper net, Huali repeated the old trick, but this time she was much calmer and caught the goldfish smoothly.

Soya handed over the small bowl that had been idle for a long time, and caught the hard-won first fish.

He looked at Zhao Wuling who raised his head, "It's really not easy."

"Ah."

"Let's try again, too."

"it is good."

The technique taught by Huali is not 100% successful, but it is also much more reasonable than the previous random fishing. Zhao Wuling continued to try, replaced two new sets of paper nets, and finally succeeded in picking up a red and white net. Alternating small goldfish.

"It's picked up!"

Seeing her pick up the goldfish, the instructor Huali was both happy and relieved.

There was another goldfish in the small bowl, swimming erratically, shaking its beautiful tail.

After one success, Zhao Wuling also lost interest.She took the small bowl from Zongya and let him fish it.

Not to mention that he has been on the sidelines for a long time and has accumulated a lot of theoretical experience. His control of power is also much more delicate than Zhao Wuling.The paper net cuts into the water, moves towards the edge of the pool with almost no pause, squeezes the little goldfish that has nowhere to escape to the paper net, and then fishes it out of the water, the whole process is done in one go.

Chao Wuling held the bowl and then, with a plop, there was another goldfish in the bowl.

"It's amazing!" Huali exclaimed.

Soya smiled and looked at Zhao Wuling: "Do you still want to play?"

She shook her head.

"Then go to the next place."

"it is good."

Under Huali's surprised eyes, Chao Wuling dumped all three goldfish in the bowl back into the fish pond.

Neither of them had plans to raise fish.Even if there is, it is difficult to take it back so far, so it is better to let it go.

"gave it to you."

Zonggu bought dozens of pairs of paper nets at one time before, and now there are about half of them left, which are all given to Huali.

"Eh...thank you."

Leaving the goldfish stall where he had been lingering for a long time, Soya pulled Chao Wuling and followed the scent to a fried noodle stall.

After waiting for a while, the guests in front left, Sogu said, "Two servings of fried noodles."

"okay!"

The shovel collides with the hot iron plate continuously, and the aroma and heat rise together as the noodles are rolled.

After staring for a while, Soya looked left and right, and then looked around.

After nightfall, the whole street is closed as a pedestrian street, with various stalls for eating, drinking and having fun set up on both sides.The last day of the Sendai Tanabata Festival is also the busiest time. The only regret is that the fireworks festival has ended.

"The firework festival is during the eve of the festival." The eve of the festival was already a few days ago.

"Ah."

But the most indispensable thing in summer is fireworks and festivals. If you miss it here in Sendai, you can always meet it elsewhere.

"Brother, your fried noodles are ready."

After receiving two servings of fried noodles, Soya and Asagiri Ling avoided the crowd and walked to the side of the road.

This was the first food the two ate after they started visiting the festival. Perhaps it was affected by hunger, and the taste was better than expected.

"The taste is a bit heavy, but it tastes good."

"Ah."

It is also because of the first shopping, Sogu specifically asked for a smaller portion of fried noodles to leave stomach space for other delicacies in the future.

After eating fried noodles, the two merged into the flow of people and continued walking along the street.

In addition to fishing for goldfish, Sogu also saw stalls fishing for water polo or other small toys, and the content was similar with minor differences. He and Zhao Wuling didn't have much interest after experiencing it once.

As they passed the shooting booth, the two stopped again.

There are two rifles outside, and the shelves inside are filled with snacks, toys and other things, big and small, with a distance of about [-] centimeters from each other, and they can be taken away by shooting them down with a gun.

"Hey, brother, do you want to try?"

The stall owner looked at the two people who stayed there, "[-] yen for three rounds, [-] yen for six rounds, [-] yen for ten rounds, the grand prize is the latest model of gunpla."

As he spoke, he pointed to the box on the shelf.

Zongya glanced at it twice, "Such a big box is heavy when you look at it, can you really knock it down?"

"If you master certain skills, it's not too difficult." The stall owner said nonsense with a smile.

Ben came here to play, Sogu didn't hesitate and handed out a thousand-yuan bill.

"Fifteen rounds for a thousand yen, is that all right?"

The stall owner nodded and counted fifteen rounds of cork bullets to him.

Soya distributed five rounds of ammunition to Asagiri Ling, and then picked up the air gun, only to find that it was quite heavy.

"Is there a metal block in it..."

Loading and loading the gun, it took two hands to raise the gun towards Wuling, and it took a lot of effort to aim.

boom!
Pulling the trigger, the cork bullet flew through the gap in the shelf without touching anything.

She couldn't hold it and was not interested, she didn't fire the second shot, and returned the remaining four bullets to him.

"Too heavy."

"It's really hard to aim."

Having said that, Soya was able to hold the air gun flat with one hand, aim for a second or two, and press the trigger.

boom!
The flying bullet hit the Gunpla and made a muffled sound.

And the carton just wobbled a little.

"It's a pity, I almost won the grand prize." The stall owner said.

"Let's say that when I'm done with the bullets."

Soya loaded the second bullet, loaded it with a click, and aimed at another much smaller box under the Gunpla.

boom!
The box was shot down directly, and the stall owner picked it up and handed it to Chao Wuling.

It contains cookies.She opened the box, tasted it, and fed Soya another slice.

"Well, not bad."

Biting the biscuit, Soya continued to aim at the Gunpla, shooting one after another.

boom!
boom!
boom!
He was able to aim accurately, but it was very laborious to hold the heavy air gun all the time, and it was easy to miss with a slight shake of the muzzle.

The remaining [-] bullets were all fired, and [-] bullets were shot, and the gunpla that was shot one after another kept shaking, and the direction of the paper box also shifted, but it didn't fall.

Picking up the corked bullets on the ground, the shooting stall owner persuaded without changing his face: "It's a pity, I almost got the big prize."

"..."

Soya shook his head, then took out another thousand yen, "Another fifteen rounds."

"Ok."

boom!
Another bullet hit, and the Gunpla was still not deflected to the point where it would fall.

"—You'd better give up. There's something in the box, and it can't be shot down with the strength of this gun."

"..."

With the muzzle lowered, Soya turned his head to look at the figure that appeared between himself and Asagiri.The stall owner inside didn't respond to his words, let alone refute them, as if he didn't hear him.

And he didn't hear it.

"you saw it?"

"What?" asked the stall owner.

"I see." said the spirit body who looked like a high school student. "When preparing, I saw him stuff a piece of stuff into the box. It looked quite heavy, enough to support the box."

"It's okay." Zonggu responded to the stall owner, fired another bullet, and said in a low voice, "Then you go and push it for me."

The spirit body of the high school student looked at him, "That thing is quite expensive. What good will I do if I help you?"

Soya turned his gun.

"..."

"Just kidding." Under the tense eyes of the stall owner, Soya pointed the muzzle of the gun inward again.

"I just said it casually, but thank you for your reminder."

He stopped shooting at the gunpla that was the easiest to hit but hardest to take down, and instead aimed at other small objects, one by one.

When there were two bullets left, the high school student Spirit Body suddenly said, "If you can take me to Kyoto, I will help you."

boom!
"Go to Kyoto to participate in the Soul Festival?"

"You know that too? That's right."

"let me consider it."

Watching Soya muttering to himself, the shooting stall owner waited patiently, preparing to repeat the same line after he fired the last bullet.

And he suddenly smiled at him.

"..."

boom!
The carton shook slightly, and then fell backwards in disbelief on his face, landing on the rope net behind him.

Soya's smile remained unchanged, and he stretched out his hands and waited.

"It's so risky... I almost missed the big prize."

(End of this chapter)