Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 412 Christmas Presents
The next morning, the wind and snow that had been raging all day and night finally stopped.

When Soya woke up, it was past nine o'clock in the morning.

Fortunately, it is the weekend.

Holding Asagiri Ling in his arms, Hongko and Akane Kirino were sleeping behind their heads. The former had already woken up, Soya let her go and sat up on the bed.

Turning his head and looking out of the window, there was only a vast expanse of whiteness, as if everything was covered by snow without leaving any traces.

In contrast, the room is much messier.

Soya climbed out of bed, tidied up, went to the window and stood there for a while.

The sky is blue, the clouds are far away, and the white snow under the sun is dazzling.

It is a sunny day.

Chao Wuling also got out of bed, walked to his side, and looked at the white snow outside the window.

"The weather is great."

"Ah."

"The past two or three days seem to have been sunny, and there hasn't been such a heavy snow after that."

"Ah."

Even though he knew she wouldn't feel cold, and the air conditioner was on in the room, Soya took a piece of clothing and put it on her body.

"It's time to go to the mall in the afternoon... Well, it's time to make a list. The gifts for Mr. Dansheng, Hitomi, and Yoko have to be selected separately. As for the gifts for the remaining children, let Mr. Dansheng help distribute them."

He nodded towards Wuling, and looked at him for a while.

"What's wrong."

She looked at him, observing his state of mind.

She didn't know when the limit time was.

"Want to do it."

"..."

Soya lowered his head and smiled, kissed her without saying anything.

They are already very skilled with each other.

When she was half asleep and half awake, Hongzi opened her eyes and saw the two people by the window.

She watched silently for a while, and if she felt something, she turned her head and took a look. Akane Kirino woke up at some point and was also looking there.

"Good morning."

"Good morning!"

Putting on Soya's too long coat, Asagiri Ling left the room first.

Soya returned to the bed.

Signaling the two to move in, he climbed onto the bed from this side, got into the bed, hugged Hongzi and closed his eyes.

"Does Soya continue to sleep?"

"Are you going to get up?"

Kirino Akane hugged Hongzi from the other side, "Didn't you say you were going to the mall to buy Christmas gifts? It's sunny outside, right?"

"Yeah." Soya closed his eyes, "It snowed so much yesterday, the traffic may not be smooth, I plan to go in the afternoon."

"Hmm...Okay. Then I'll lie down for a while."

"Too crowded..."

Caught in the middle, Hongzi couldn't move.

Near noon, the three of them got up.

Going downstairs to wash up, Sogu wiped his face and looked at himself in the glasses, he was indeed not particularly energetic.

After the sun came out, the snow that had been cleared and piled up on the roof began to melt, and the snow water fell along the eaves, tick-tock, like it was raining.

Standing in a place out of the sun, Kirino Akane hugged her arms.

"It's so cold... colder than yesterday."

"Of course it's cold when the snow melts. You should wear two more."

After finishing lunch, the four of them went out together to pick up gifts at the shopping mall at Otsukyo Station.

"The sun shines on the snow, so bright." Akane Kirino stared at the snow-covered roof not far away as she walked, and then looked at the shadow, "My eyes are dazzled."

Sogu raised his arms, wrapped her head around her head, and covered her eyes with her hands, "Don't stare all the time, be careful that your eyes will be blinded by ultraviolet rays."

"Well."

She hugged his arm and let him guide her steps.

When we arrived at the station, after a whole morning of cleaning, the tram line was unimpeded.

After getting on the tram and stopping at Yasu Station, Soya glanced at the platform outside.

Chuqing after the snow, there are a lot of things to be busy at the shrine, and Kyoko has no time to go to the mall with them-of course, she herself is not very active.

When I came back, I would go to the power company and talk about the replacement of the shrine's line, Soya thought, taking advantage of the sunny weather these two days.

Drop drop-

The doors were closed quickly, and the tram continued to move forward, sending several people to Otsukyo Station.

After getting out of the car, he walked through the underground passage to the shopping mall. Standing in the lobby on the ground floor, Soya still had no idea what Christmas gift he wanted to buy.

Can only start with gifts for younger children.

"Toys, dolls, I'll go to the bookstore to pick up a few sets of comics later...it should be almost there."

Walking into the supermarket on the first floor, there were a lot of gifts to buy, Soya pushed a shopping cart, Kirino Akane and Hongzi each pushed a shopping cart.

Guided by the clerk to the toy section, Soya began to pick and choose.

Zhao Wuling followed him every step of the way, while Kirino Akane and Hongzi pushed the shopping cart to the shelf where various dolls were placed.

"Wow, what a big puppet bear!"

Kirino Akane took a fancy to a huge brown doll, "It must be very suitable to be placed on the bedside."

"It's too big, so it's not easy to mail..." Hongzi said, "And it's not easy to distribute. Unless every puppet buys such a big one, it will embarrass Soya's teacher."

"Ah, that's right, let's forget about it...Ah! That bunny in clothes is cute too...Amiya?"

Shuttle between the shelves, the two picked dolls of similar size as much as possible, and put them into the shopping cart when they saw the cute ones, anyway, Soya said he would pay the bill without considering the price.

The fluffy dolls are not too small, even if two shopping carts are filled, there are only twenty or thirty of them.

"Almost."

"Yeah. There are still many in Soya, and besides, there are not so many children in the Children's Welfare Institute..."

The two pushed the shopping cart back to look for Soya, but they didn't see him. After turning around for a while, they saw him and Zhao Wuling coming from the other side.

"How did you run over there?"

"I'm looking for you."

"I was talking with Hongzi over there."

"be lost."

Kirino Akane smiled slightly, pushed the cart to his side, and looked at the toys in the shopping cart.

"so many."

"I feel like I took everything that children would like." He also looked at the results of the two of them, "I bought so many, I will suffer later."

"Yeah, the post office here seems to be a little far away..."

"Go ahead and call a taxi. Maybe two or three."

"Uh-huh."

Under the slightly surprised eyes of the clerk and other customers, the three pushed three shopping carts of toys and dolls to the front desk to check out.

After filling more than a dozen shopping bags, Zongya took out his card and paid a six-figure sum. The supermarket sent a few staff members to help carry them, and offered to send the goods home.

"It's not necessary to send it home... help me to send it to the nearby post office."

"Okay. Shall we go now?"

"No, we have to go shopping again."

"Ok."

The presents that accounted for the main part were solved, and the remaining parts that needed to be selected separately still gave Soya some headaches.

"What Christmas gift should I give Teacher Dan Sheng..."

Saeko Dansheng is nearly fifty years old, so she can't give her any toys.And her style is simple, and accessories such as earrings and necklaces don't seem to be suitable.

"Then give something more practical."

Things like pots and pans appeared in Soya's mind, "For example?"

Akane Kirino tilted her head, "Clothes."

"..."

Soya was slightly taken aback, because he didn't have much confidence in his taste in women's clothing, this thought only flashed through his mind.

He had forgotten that they could help choose.

"Winter in Northeast China should be very cold, right? Although I stay indoors most of the time, but when I have to go out, I can give you a high-end down jacket."

"That makes sense. But I still have to ask the teacher about the size..."

"I know." Chao Wuling said.

So the four of them went to the second floor of the shopping mall and went to the down jacket store.

"Which color does Soya think is better?"

"Black or white."

"I know. Let's choose, Hongzi, and don't ask his opinion."

"..."

Soya didn't say anything, just followed behind Kirino Akane and Hongzi, watching them turn around and choose back and forth.

Saeko Tansu was thin and about the size of a certain female clerk in the store, so Soya asked her to help her try on clothes.

After choosing for more than half an hour, the two finally chose a long down jacket.

"This one looks very warm." Akane Kirino said.

Hongzi nodded, "And the shape is very good, not old-fashioned."

The female clerk in the down jacket also nodded because it was one of the most expensive down jackets in the store.

"Buy." Soya had nothing else to say.

After buying the down jacket, the gift for Saeko Dansheng has been selected, and the next thing to choose is the gift for girls of the same age as Hitomi and Yoko.

"Send skin care products, you can never go wrong. It just so happens that there is also a Matsumoto Kiyoshi store here."

"It's up to you to choose."

"At that time, it must be noted that Soya's girlfriend helped choose it."

"Ah."

After staying in the drugstore on the second floor for a while, Akane Kirino and Hongzi carefully selected several sets of skin care products that are widely applicable, and packed them together in sets after checking out.

"These bottles and cans are fragile, so you have to be careful when you mail them later."

"Ah."

It took half a day, and the gifts were finally selected. Several people were going to go downstairs, take the car arranged by Shangchao to the nearby post office, and send the gifts to the northeast.

As soon as he reached the elevator entrance, Zonggu suddenly noticed that the two figures in front of him looked familiar.

"Hongzi, look at those two people in front..."

Before he finished speaking, one of them looked back.

"..."

Their eyes met, and the other party also froze for a moment, then stopped.

"Soya?"

"Sister control."

Kinoshita General's face darkened, "Don't call me that outside."

And following him was naturally his younger sister Maho Kinoshita.

"What is Soya doing here?"

Soya picked up the various paper bags on the handle, "Buy something."

Walking up the elevator together, Masahiro Kinoshita turned around and said, "On Christmas Eve on the 24th, I'm going to hold a Christmas party at home. Many people have already accepted the invitation. Soya should know about it."

"Fushimi mentioned it to me."

"The answer is—"

"It depends."

"Come on." Kinoshita Maho grabbed the handrail and looked at him, "If Soya comes, I won't charge you for the drink."

"Then what about us?" Akane Kirino asked, "Hongzi, me, and Ling."

"..."

Kinoshita Maho didn't speak.

"Of course I don't accept it." General Kinoshita said, "However, don't tell others about this, or it will be quite troublesome."

"Great!"

Kirino Akane took Soya's arm, "Then let's go together. The drink fee is [-] yen, so four people can save [-] yen."

"Is this a question of money..."

The closing ceremony of the second semester was on the 24th, that is, Christmas Eve, and there was nothing else to do, so Soya did not refuse.

"OK then."

"Then it's settled. The time is after five o'clock in the afternoon. You can go home and change your clothes before coming back."

When they arrived at the lobby on the ground floor, the two sides separated, Zong Gu and others came to the supermarket, and were sent to the nearest post office together with more than a dozen bags of gifts.

Most post offices are closed on weekends. Fortunately, this one is the largest post office in Otsu and even Shiga, and the delivery service will not stop until [-] pm.

The staff of the supermarket also helped carry the gifts into the post office and piled them all over the floor.

Koko and Asagiri were looking at things, while Soya and Akane Kirino went to buy cardboard boxes for mailing.

"Hello, I want some cardboard boxes."

"Okay. What size cardboard box do you need?"

"biggest."

After a rough estimate, Soya ordered five cardboard boxes of the largest size, and then had to pack them himself.

After putting together the folded cardboard box, Asagiri was filling out the mailing form, and Soya and Akane Kirino stuffed the bought gifts into it.

Each carton can hold up to [-]kg of items, and billing is based on the size of the carton.

"Put the skin care products together with these furry toys, stuff them up, down, left, and right, so you won't be afraid of breaking during transportation... Ah, there's one more thing."

Kirino Akane went to ask for a few pieces of paper, wrote [this is selected by my favorite girlfriend with help], put them in the skin care product bag, and then stuffed them into the carton.

Soya smiled and said nothing.

Packed everything up and five cardboard boxes were just enough.

Paste the above list, and then go to the front desk to mail it. The journey is far away, and it is the largest carton box. The mailing cost is nearly [-] yen.

"I don't know how many days it will take to deliver...it should be delivered before Christmas, right?"

"Hopefully, the website seems to be able to track the location of the mail as well."

"Uh-huh."

The whole thing was over, and the time came to more than three o'clock in the afternoon.

"Go back. I have to go to the power company later."

"Does Soya know where it is?"

"Well, I checked it out earlier."

Taking the tram back, Soya got off at Moriyama Station three stops ahead of time, and the office of the power company closest to the shrine was right here.

After the request was made, the people from the power company said that due to the snowstorm, most of the electric workers were busy repairing the lines in various places, and it was estimated that it would take a week at the earliest to arrange for him to replace the lines.

"Ok."

Soya is not in a hurry, anyway, the power supply of the shrine has been restored, so there should be no problems in a while.

After leaving his contact information, he left.

After sitting back for a stop, he got off the car and went to the shrine to visit Kyoko.

The steps up the mountain have been completely cleaned, and there is still thick white snow on both sides.The branches cover the leaves, and the temperature is low. I don't know when all the snow will melt.

"It's better if it snows, so you don't have to go out." Noma Minami said, "You don't have to come to the shrine early in the morning to clear the snow. After clearing the snow, no one comes to worship."

"It's already turned into a snow disaster."

"That's what it says... hey."

Minami Noma shook his head, and changed the subject: "In a blink of an eye, another year will pass, and Soya escaped from Huangquan around this time last year."

"Yeah." Soya also felt a little emotional, "It's been a year."

"Thanks to you, we've had a pretty thrilling year."

Soya smiled.

"Thanks to Soya, we were able to save ourselves from danger again and again." Minami Noma patted him on the shoulder, "Let's continue to work together and get promoted and raise salary in the coming year."

"It's not even Christmas yet. It's too early for Ms. Noma to say such things. Let's wait until New Year's Eve."

On the Great Darkness Day, the last day of the year, on that night, Fuyun Shrine, like other large shrines or temples, will receive worshipers who come to Hatsune all night.

"It's a pity that we don't have a big bell like Enli Temple here."

"This is a shrine, why is the witch ringing the bell?"

"Let the gods take away troubles and bring luck." Noma Minami cast a sideways glance at him, "You carefree brat."

Soya looked up at the sky.

According to Chao Wuling, if the dark day has not found the trace of Da Lei, then what the god who appeared will take away is not his troubles, but his life...

(End of this chapter)