The Witch's Taste

Sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror for a while, she was about to change her shoes and start, but was stopped by Chen Ziang:

"The Izumo area is too remote, and the distance from the heat source of the city is also far away. It is cold all year round. Your clothes are too thin."

He put a coat on Xia Zili, and carefully wrapped her with a scarf so that her delicate neck would not be exposed.

Xia Zili felt a little shy in her heart, but she suppressed it and didn't say it. She just lowered her head silently, her eyelashes trembling slightly.

"Okay, let's go." Chen Ziang said.

He was about to go out, but Xia Zili stopped him again.

"The collar of your inner clothes is crooked." Xia Zili stretched out her hands, reached into his coat, and straightened the collar of the shirt inside, "You'll be much more handsome this way~"

Chen Ziang was also a little embarrassed, but he was much more immune to women, so he quickly suppressed his emotions.

The two boarded the taxi in the Izumo district, stared out of the window in the back seat, and were speechless for a while.

Xia Zili didn't dare to reveal her voice for fear of being recognized by the driver, so she just clasped her hands on her chest, feeling the heart beating fast inside.

The husband wraps his scarf around himself, and he adjusts his collar by himself, all of which have appeared in those dreams of married life.

At this time, doing it again according to the memory is like a dream come true, filling her heart with uncontrollable joy, joy, sweetness, and a heavy sense of happiness.

Chen Ziang next to him was silently reflecting, wondering if his self-control was a little weak.

If Yue Gong Suzuna is the kind of fox who actively teases you, then Xia Zili is a gentle and clingy cat.

Although she won't seduce you with passionate attacks like a fox, she will lie in your arms when you watch TV, meow when you stroke her, or gently rub against the palm of your hand... That is a more restrained, reserved and long-lasting love.

He didn't know how long he could hold on, but if he hadn't been captured by Yue Gong Suzuna, but had surrendered faster in front of Xia Zili, it would appear that what he had said to Suzuna before to "go on naturally" would all be perfunctory excuses and lies.

In essence, I still prefer other women.

Chen Ziang didn't want to hurt Ling Nai, and he didn't want to hurt Zi Li, but he realized that there was no better choice at the moment, so it seemed that he could only continue to procrastinate...

...until the day when I truly recognize my true heart.

Suddenly someone beside him pulled his arm.

Chen Ziang turned his head and saw Xia Zili pulling up her mask, mouthing something silently.

Seeing her delicate lips like cherry blossoms, I remembered the Wen Run who kissed me hard after being overwhelmed by her last night. Although she was not controlling her body, but...

Seeing that Chen Ziang didn't seem to respond, Xia Zili hesitated for a moment, then moved to Chen Ziang's side and whispered to him intimately:

"Look, Chen Ziang, it seems to be snowing outside."

Ru Lan's exhalation penetrated into her ears, bringing a tingling throbbing.Chen Ziang quickly turned his head to look out the window, only to see crystal clear snowflakes fluttering down.

Snowing.

179. Chapter 178 Izumo Shrine

Izumo Shrine is located in the Izumo District in the northwest corner of Jibei City.

Due to the continuous shrinking of urban heat sources in recent years, the Izumo District, which is the farthest from the hot lake, bears the brunt. The annual average temperature is decreasing, and both the population and funds are constantly leaving. Now it is basically half dead... It is estimated that in another ten years, it will be moved to the outskirts of ice and snow.

There are a lot of abandoned houses, cemeteries and landfills here, and the only thing worth visiting for tourists is the long-established and famous Izumo Shrine.

The shrine was built during the pirate colonial period, and it was the private property of the ancient priest family "Kikuchi". Its history is earlier than the imperial fleet that came here.

It is said that even the rebellious pirates at that time would respect the priests of Kikuchi.But the iron-blooded governor Shi Zhiqing didn't believe in the belief in the gods and Buddhas of the island people at all. After conquering the planet Takamahara, he forcibly took the Izumo Shrine from the Kikuchi family into public ownership and turned it into a scenic spot open to the public.

However, precisely because there is no suspicion of commercial operation at all, the Izumo Shrine has overwhelmed other temples, and is regarded by the island people as a model of "spirituality, accuracy, and sincerity".

For example, if you go to other temples to ask for lottery, in order to coax you to donate generously, even if you get a bad lottery, the monk will interpret the hexagram in a better way.There are even some temples that have no lottery at all, only the lottery, the lottery and the lottery.

But the Izumo Shrine is not privately owned by the family, and the practitioners inside are all established by the public, so they will give you a lottery normally. If you are good, you are good, and if you are not, you are not good... This attitude quickly established a better reputation, so that there was an endless stream of people who came to offer incense and ask for a lottery on the first day of the first lunar month.

Xia Zili walked up the stone steps. Since the outdoor temperature here was very low, most people wore hats and cotton masks, and many even had furry ear protectors, so her strict attire did not attract attention.

She happily climbed up the mountain steps, stepping up three or four steps at a time. Chen Ziang walked slowly behind, and soon caught up with Xia Zili, who was bending over and panting.

"There is still a long way to go." Chen Ziang said with a smile, "Save your energy and climb slowly."

"I... can't move anymore..." Xia Zili said weakly, "Give me a hand."

"How?" Chen Ziang immediately became embarrassed.

Back up?Princess hug?arm?

"I don't know." Xia Zili leaned her body against him and moaned, "I really can't take it anymore, help me."

Hearing that she was out of breath, it didn't seem like she was doing it on purpose, but she was really tired to the point of collapsing, and she had to rest for a while.

Chen Zi'ang looked up and saw that there was an endless stream of pilgrims climbing the steps.

If she continues to rest, I'm afraid she will finally climb to the entrance of the shrine, and the shrine has been closed to limit traffic.

He held her arm for fear that she would have no strength, and the princess hug was too ambiguous, so Chen Ziang could only sigh and say:

"I'll carry you."

"En." Xia Zili didn't hold back, so she wrapped her arms around Chen Ziang's, let him support her hips, and rested her chin on his shoulder.

Chen Ziang just felt like he had carried a big lump of cotton on his back... Tired or not, but it seemed a little ambiguous.

He tried his best to ignore the soft breath spraying on his neck, and accelerated the pace of climbing under his feet.

Just reach the gate of the shrine and everything will be fine!

"Chen Ziang." Xia Zili asked softly, "Will you be very tired?"

Her voice was soft, like a thousand fluffy kitten paws gently scratching Chen Ziang's heart.

Chen Zi'ang was a little numb when she asked him this question, he's still a good boy, right?Simply said in a muffled voice:

"If you recover and can walk by yourself, just tell me."

"Oh, I'm still a little tired." Xia Zili said quickly, hugging his neck even tighter.

"I can't breathe..."

"Oh oh oh." Xia Zili quickly loosened his grip, but still didn't let go.

In order to avoid wild thoughts, Chen Ziang tried his best to think in another direction.

If it was Suzuna Tsukimiya, what would she do?

Well, first of all, she will definitely say some sweet things, such as "Senior, do you still have strength?" "Would you like Suzuna to come and give you a kiss to cheer you up" and so on.

Xia Zili is not such a super lively and outgoing personality, so she will not attack frequently, but this does not mean that she is better than Yuegong Suzuna to deal with it.

"I'm resting." After a while, the girl behind suddenly said, "Put me down."

Feeling relieved, Chen Ziang put Xia Zili off his back.

In order to show that she had really rested, Xia Zili deliberately jumped up and down a few times, and said with a smile:

"Look, I'm resurrected with full blood!"

"Okay." Chen Ziang said helplessly.

You have rested, my strength has been exhausted by you.

"Do you want me to pull you this time?" Xia Zili stretched out his hand towards him.

"No need." Chen Ziang declined.

But this kind of refusal seems to be considered by her as a man's attempt to save face. Xia Zili just smiled and said "it's okay", then took Chen Ziang's hand and continued to climb the stone steps:

"There are so many people around now, let's not get separated."

Chen Ziang looked around. Indeed, there were a lot of pilgrims today. The mountain steps can be described as "shoulder to shoulder", but it would be an exaggeration to say that they would get separated if they didn't hold hands.

but……

There was a soft and warm touch in the palm of his hand, and he sighed inwardly as he looked at the torii gate of the shrine that was faintly visible above.

...Forget it, let's get to the top like this.

Passing through the torii of the Izumo Shrine, the two washed their hands in the flowing pool next to them, and then joined the queue waiting for incense.

On both sides of the queue, there are various stalls for lottery, lottery, incense, and snacks.

In the private temples of the island people, it is difficult to see this kind of messy booth arrangement, because they know that the real charm of religion lies in "style", and it is to persuade the big donors who value style to invest money, rather than to earn the meager incense money of ordinary people.

However, the Izumo Shrine is a scenic spot, so it doesn’t matter how many there are, as long as you pay the maintenance fee, you can set up a stall, which adds a lot of fireworks to the quiet shrine.

Xia Zili looked at one of the pancake stalls. The stall owner was spreading the cabbage and raw eggs on the dough, pressing it with an iron plate and frying it, and then sprinkled it with mayonnaise and shredded wooden fish.

She swallowed slightly, took a sneak peek at Chen Ziang next to her from the corner of her eye, and finally decided to wait until the line was up and make a wish before going to buy it—otherwise she would appear too impatient and make him think she was a glutton, which would be too embarrassing.

But why didn't Chen Ziang notice her pitiful little eyes hidden behind the sunglasses?

If Tsukimiya Suzuna was here, she would definitely ask directly, "Sir, do you want to eat okonomiyaki? I'll buy you one."

In order to take care of her face, Chen Ziang would of course agree.

Therefore, Tsukimiya Suzuna not only passed on her pig addiction to her senior, but also won the intimacy right to eat a share of food with her senior, winning directly.

It's just...it's not good to make Xia Zili hungry.

"I'm a little hungry." Chen Ziang looked at the pancake stand, "Okonomiyaki, would you eat it?"

"I'm not jealous." Xia Zili said hastily, "I'll take a seat here for you."

Chen Ziang went to buy pancakes, paid for them, and handed them to Xia Zili when he came back.

She took the steaming food, pulled off her mask, and ate in small bites.

As the taste of the sauce entered the mouth, a sense of fullness and satisfaction also emerged from the bottom of my heart... Then Xia Zili suddenly realized that Chen Ziang hadn't even eaten a bite yet!

"Here you are." She handed over the food.

"No need." Chen Ziang waved his hand and refused, "Suddenly I'm not hungry anymore."

Xia Zili:!

...Oops, I must be greedy for him to find out.

She silently took back the food, feeling a little shy and embarrassed for a while, and couldn't even raise her head.

180.Chapter 179 Layoffs

Finally reaching the end of the line, Chen Ziang put coins in the coin box next to him, and then took six more incense sticks and gave half of them to Xia Zili.

Xia Zili shook the rope in front of the shrine, causing the bell on the top to ring, which is said to be a notification to the gods.

Then she put the incense in her hand into the incense burner and began to close her eyes and make a wish.

Chen Ziang also stood beside her and did the same.

The two bowed slightly, then opened their eyes, looked at each other for a moment, and gave up their seats to the tourists behind them.

At the other end of the courtyard, there are wishing stones arranged neatly.

The four stones respectively represent "career", "health", "marriage" and "birth". Pilgrims can write their wishes on red paper, fold them, and throw them in the stone bowl in front of the corresponding stones, symbolizing the letter of blessing sent to the gods.

Chen Zi'ang looked carefully, and saw that the career and health stone bowls were already full, the marriage stone bowl was only half full, and the fertility stone bowl had almost no red paper.

"It seems that you can only vote for one." Xia Zili looked at the signboard next to the stone and read, "Multiple wishes will make the gods think you are too greedy, so the pilgrim can only choose the most urgent wish in his heart to write. Chen Ziang, which one do you want to choose?"

"Then let's do business." Chen Ziang didn't think about it.

There seems to be nothing else to ask for...

He picked up a piece of red paper, and originally planned to write "I hope there will be no more witches in the world", but then realized that if someone opened this paper, even if they couldn't understand what the witch meant, it would be an illegal leaking operation.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Ziang wrote:

"I hope that fewer people need to be saved."

Folding the red paper and putting it into the stone bowl, Chen Ziang looked back and saw Xia Zili folded his hands together, and he didn't know what wish he was making.

Then she folded the red paper in the same way and put it in the marriage stone bowl.

"What wish did you make?" Chen Ziang asked curiously.

"It won't work if you talk about it." Xia Zili declined.