Chapter 30: Staggered Fortunes [End of Volume 1]

- Boarding the boat and waiting for the wind, the moonlight is dark and hazy. If you want to go to the incense wheel, the mountains are tens of thousands of weights. ”

I've already bought the omamori, and Asuka Saito's mind is still full of the signature just now, like a proverb, constantly echoing in his head.

Asuka Saito doesn't quite understand the sentence, but the commentary on the back is somewhat understandable.

No matter how much effort is put in, the difficulties are always as difficult as a thousand mountains.

If what she thinks about is anything else that is only about herself, this so-called murderous sign will not matter to her - after all, she is negative by nature, and she really has things that she can't do well with so much effort, just lie down.

However, what Asuka Saito prayed for when she asked for a sign was her affair with Qiu Yang.

"Is that really fate?" She couldn't help but feel a little depressed. When I bought the omamori just now, on the one hand, it was a depressing effect, and on the other hand, I was between being with Tian Yuxi, and I was embarrassed to buy a romance omamori.

"Nope."

Asuka Saito's stubbornness came out again.

"Yoda-chan, you wait for me here for a while, I remembered that I had to buy some omamori for my family, and I just forgot."

"Okay, do you want me to accompany Azukasan?" It's a little strange with Tian Yuxi, she clearly remembers that Asuka's predecessor bought a family peace charm just now.

"No, no, I'll go and come back quickly." But by the time he reacted, the bird had already dropped this sentence and burrowed into the crowd.

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Before entering the hall, Qiu Yang gently washed his hands, and the biting ice water dispelled his sleepiness.

"I don't seem to have ever worshiped gods and Buddhas so devoutly, but I still respect foreign gods."

With such a wonderful idea, he threw 500 yen and folded his hands in prayer:

"I hope Azuka is all right, and of course, if everything is okay with me."

After praying for the blessing, he asked for a lot, as he would do every time he came to Sensoji Temple.

"Sueyoshi—" He rubbed the paper, a little depressed.

He has always felt that the end of the luck is the worst of all the signs, because the big luck is the big luck, and the murderous lot can burn the bad luck.

- Only Sueji is like a chicken rib, often saying something unpleasant, but he can't be tied up and burned, and it's really like a fish in his throat.

"——First damage and then benefit, like the erosion of the moon. The jade rabbit is waiting to be reborn, and the glory is full of room. ”

As a Chinese, he naturally tasted the deep meaning behind the signature. Unexpectedly, he felt that this Sueji's signature was not bad.

"No, Ji Tailai, is the room full of glory?"

Qiu Yang rubbed his chin and fell into deep thought.

"-Next, go to any place where there are fewer people, and go home." Even if he didn't meet by chance, he was suddenly a little relieved.

Hit sometimes has to come eventually, and you can't force it. He can only do his best and obey the fate of heaven.

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After buying the omamori, Asuka Saito felt that he had done his best to "do his best" today - burned the murderous sticks, prayed for his love affair with Qiu Yang super super piously, and bought the love omamori that is said to be super effective......

"If the gods are my companions, can I give me a message?"

She couldn't help but think so.

Walking through the crowd, Asuka Saito was on his way back to find Yoda, and was inadvertently bumped by a tall figure who suddenly came out of the way. Afraid of revealing his identity, the bird lowered the brim of his hat and tried not to make a sound.

"I'm sorry." The person who bumped into her whispered an apology and quickly disappeared into the crowd again.

- Wait a minute!

Hearing the man's voice, Asuka Saito was stunned for a moment.

- Wait a minute!!

Did the gods really manifest themselves? Or are you missing it too much and already having auditory hallucinations?

But even if it was an auditory hallucination, as long as there was the slightest possibility, she wanted to see him - there would be no tabloid reporters in such a crowded crowd, right?

But when she wanted to follow again, there was still the shadow of the big man just now! He has big steps, his legs are short and his steps are small, and he can't keep up, and he can't move forward because of the flow of people...

"What to do, what to do! Where have you gone! ”

Asuka Saito was so anxious that her tears fell uncontrollably, and she circled around Sensoji Temple like a frightened sparrow, looking around from time to time.

"Where will it go..."

Asuka Saito suddenly remembered that Qiu Yang, like himself, didn't like places with a lot of people—so, where are the least people now?

Rubbing his eyes, Xiao Bird quickly took out his mobile phone and searched for it, and then hurriedly ran towards the Medicine Hall.

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As soon as Nana Hashimoto returned home, she received a message from Mai.

"Nanasa's first New Year in Tokyo, the New Year's Eve of the Girls' Club! That's it, Nanamin! ”

Attach a selfie - everyone is wearing masks, but you can also see how happy you are from the crooked eyebrows.

"Hmm...... There are Mai Like, Nanasei, and Ichikuta Sauce, they get together like this, and they are not afraid of being recognized by fans and causing a commotion! ”

Nana Hashimoto was worried, but envious - although they all lived in Tokyo for most of the year, it was difficult to make up the time after graduation.

Mai is better as a full-time wife. Nanasse is an actress with a tight schedule; Yikuta is about to graduate, and he has shifted his focus and concentrated on making musicals; She herself has long been a 9-to-5 social animal.

In short, the time we can spend together is getting less and less.

She reopened the photo and ran her fingers over the faces of the people in the photo.

The Kaminarimon Gate in the background shines brightly in the winter sun.

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If time could be turned back, Asuka Saito would have followed the instructions of the sign.

- If you don't go to great lengths to find the person who just sounds a little like Qiu Yang, you won't step here:

As the side hall of Sensoji Temple, Yakushido is a low-key building, the courtyard is sluggish, and it has nothing to do with praying for blessings and worship, so naturally there are few tourists.

It is precisely because there are few tourists that as soon as Saito Asuka crossed the threshold, he immediately found the familiar figure.

- It's Qiu Yang, there is no doubt. He stood facing the opposite wall, separated by a small courtyard.

The bird's first reaction was that he didn't wear the scarf I gave him! Hum! The next time you see him, be sure to talk about him!

He was hesitating to rush forward, and with a lunge he embraced him, burrowed into the crook of his arm, poured out everything to him, and then said goodbye apologetically—but was it really good?

- If it's just a little contact, and it doesn't matter if you don't have anything to do with it in the future, right?

Thinking so, the bird walked over lightly.

It was only a little closer that she saw it, probably the last thing she wanted to see in twenty-three years.

This scene will often break into her dreams in the days to come.

A girl with medium and long hair stood in the shadows cast in front of Qiu Yang, raised her head and talked to him, looking a little shy. Fang Cai's whole person was blocked by Qiu Yang, and the little bird didn't see it.

- The girl seemed to be about the same height as her, and the two of them stood together, and in the eyes of Saito Asuka, they looked particularly proportionate and dazzling.

The girl was holding a picture book in her hand, covering the lower half of her face and not being able to see her facial features. Of course, Asuka Saito didn't want to look closely—almost the moment she saw the girl, she turned around and ran out of Yakushido almost in despair.

There were no tears, no expected heartache, just a numbness that had never felt before.

He was smiling.

Asuka Saito, who clearly saw Qiu Yang's expression, felt that everything was enough.

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Since getting the signature of the end of the day, Qiu Yang has fallen into philosophical meditation on life, and he is a little absent-minded when he walks on the road.

Walking in a daze in the crowd, and not knowing how many pedestrians he bumped into, he just apologized unconsciously and did not interrupt his thinking.

- He just wanted to find a quiet place to sit quietly for a while.

I have the impression that I have been to Sensoji Temple a few times, but I have never been to Yakushido, and I can't imagine that it is such a secluded place - a few bushes of bamboo, hidden by a few quiet white walls, there is a wonderful sense of birth.

He suddenly remembered that Asuka Saito had said that she liked to stand or sit against the wall—the sense of being grounded in the ground made her feel at ease.

At that time, Qiu Yang took over very sensitively and said, I can be your wall in the future, you can lean on me! - At that time, the two were separated, so he could say such love words without shame.

In the days of separation, Qiu Yang was always like this, and when he saw something, he would think of one or two things related to Saito Asuka.

The memory was so clear that he felt a sweet pain.

Suddenly, in the shadow of the bamboo bushes, he seemed to see a girl standing by the wall, leaning there quietly, gently raising one foot and swaying it from time to time.

- Is it yes, is it true?

The girl had been half-facing away from him, and he couldn't see it from a distance, and he stepped forward.

"Asu..."Qiu Yang almost whispered.

When the girl heard the sound, she looked a little alarmed, and hurriedly closed the picture book and turned around, her bent eyebrows and eyes with a little panic and timidity.

- Qiu Yang realized that he had recognized the wrong person, he shook his head, laughing at himself was really stunned, looking at everyone like Asuka-chan.

When he came back to his senses, he also saw the face of the girl in front of him clearly.

The moment he saw it clearly, Qiu Yang really felt that creation made people, and he was a little dizzy for a while.

- Even though he is wearing a mask, he still recognizes it at a glance after watching the video messages of Asuka Saito repeatedly in the past recently:

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"Nishi, Nishino Nanase-san?"

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[Volume 1: 2021 International Students End]