The weather in Tokyo hasn't changed much, but Qiu Yang seems to feel that he has adapted to such a cold.

- Adapted to the point where you can go out without wearing a scarf.

At last night's Red and White Song Party, he declined the invitation of the Shinoda siblings and watched the stage of Nogizaka alone in his room.

They performed new songs and a skewer of several big hits, including one by Asuka Saito.

He is the most special "fan", and he will not call, support, or wave a towel in front of the TV, but just sit quietly and stare intently at every frame of the shot.

After that, I also saw the stage of Seki 8 by chance, and Okura Tadayoshi-san, who I met by chance, was among them. Seeing the way he turned gracefully on stage and smiled charmingly, Qiu Yang really found it difficult to associate him with the middle-aged man who chattered endlessly in the izakaya, with no skin and no face.

"Is this the strong contrast between the idol on stage and off the stage?" He suddenly felt a little worried about whether he would be able to handle this "task" that seemed to be completed by wearing a mask.

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In the early morning of New Year's Day, because of the holiday, there are not too many people commuting in a hurry on the street. Most of the people gathered in twos and threes were also people with similar goals to Qiu Yang.

- Go to the first pilgrimage of the new year.

Walking through Higashi-Asakusa Street and near Kaminarimon, there were suddenly more people, and from time to time you could hear a few Chinese voices mixed in between.

"Sure enough, no matter what time it is, Sensoji Temple is crowded with people......

Thinking about Qiu Yang, who was avoiding the crowd early in the morning, he felt a little headache when he looked at the crowded Asakusa Pedestrian Street.

- In fact, Qiu Yang himself doesn't believe in gods and Buddhas, and he is not a local, so there is no need to follow the local customs and do the so-called "New Year's Ceremony".

It's just that when she chatted with Xiaotori before, she mentioned that this year is the first New Year when she moved to Asakusa, and she wants to join in the fun and go to the New Year's worship with Qiu Yang.

"—maybe try your luck."

Judging from his luck when he came to Tokyo, the luck of the chance encounter was not bad, and it also gave him a bit of extravagant hope.

Thinking so, he tightened his down jacket and stepped into the crowded Asakusa pedestrian street.

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"Asuka-chan, there are too many of them! Why do you have to come to Sensoji Temple to join in the fun..."

In order to fulfill the first agreement with Asuka's predecessors, he and Tian Yuki got up early in the morning and rushed to Sensoji Temple to meet up with Saito Asuka.

As a result, there are too many of them! Yoda, who was a little one, was wrapped up in the crowd and felt a little difficult to breathe.

Asuka Saito's situation was not much better, she took Yuki Yoda's arm and walked towards the square in front of the temple with some difficulty.

"I—I just moved to Asakusa, so I'm a little curious about the Sensoji temple that makes the news every year." Asuka Saito said with some humility.

She can't tell Tian Yuxi that she is here to seek a chance encounter.

It may not be possible to talk to you, or you may not be able to visit the shrine together, but if you can see it from a distance, it is better to be able to meet eye contact.

"But, didn't Azukasan move to Shinjuku recently?" It's a little strange with Yuki Tada, and it's quite far from Shinjuku.

"Eh, I'm not, what's that..."Asuka Saito was momentarily speechless, "yes! I'm here to ask for a guard and a lot! Nowhere else has it worked, I've never been there! ”

"That's it..."Yoda Yuki has never been to Sensoji Temple, and he has a little expectation in his heart, so he didn't pursue it.

Sensoji Temple's request for lots is a special kind of neon - it doesn't increase the number of lucky lots in order to please tourists. If you draw a bad lot, you will tie it to a wooden frame and burn it, which can be regarded as turning evil into good fortune.

Throw 100 yen into the box on the side of the stick, close your eyes, and reverently shake out a wooden stick with a number engraved on it. Then, go to the wooden box corresponding to the number and take out the signature.

"Ah, Azukasan, mine is Ji!" Yoda was a little excited to hold the signature, what she was thinking about just now was whether she could be qualified for the team's new single C position and other career problems, and this result was somewhat relieved to herself.

"——Intentionally exalted, Luma leads the future. has to meet an arrow in the clouds, and Zhilan is full of life. It's so obscure... But it should all look good! She turned back to Asuka Saito with joy, "How is Azukasan?" ”

When I turned my head, I saw the little bird pinching the signature paper, looking at the word "fierce" on the signature.

He was a little embarrassed with Tian Youxi, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Azukasan, don't worry too much! We just have to tie it to a wooden shelf and burn it! Every evil turns into good fortune, every evil turns into good fortune! ”

She took the bird's hand, and the bird was wooden, and let her pull it to the side of the wooden frame.

A small bow made of paper burned slowly on the wooden shelf, and wisps of green smoke rose.

Asuka Saito watched in amazement, until it turned black and carbonized, and then slowly came back to his senses as if he was relieved.

"Let's go, let's go to the main hall to pay our respects."

The bird said softly.

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"I hope my family is safe and happy, and I hope my friends will be well."

Nanami Hashimoto clasped her hands together and slapped her palms reverently, and a hollow echo was heard in the small shrine.

This year's New Year's Eve is the same as in previous years, and I visited the local shrine in Asahikawa with my brother and mother. This small ritual that does not move every year is the most important source of security that makes Nana Hashimoto feel stable and reassuring in her life.

If you insist on saying that there is anything different in such stability this year, it is probably in the period before the New Year's visit, the name "Qiu Yang" has been mentioned too much.

"Nanamin, was that young man still in Hokkaido last time? When will we invite him to our house for a meal? ”

"Nanamin, when you go back to Tokyo, remember to care more about Qiu Yangha. He didn't have any friends in Tokyo, so he was strangely lonely. ”

"Nanamin..."

In short, Qiu Yang is long and Qiu Yang is short. I really don't know what my mother has been tricked into, it seems that she really treats Qiu Yang as her own son.

Later, even Kenta began to ask himself:

"Sister, did you quarrel with that guy? Did he bully you? ”

When Nana Hashimoto was not asked like this, a mouthful of water almost didn't squirt out.

"What are you talking about? What a guy, what a bully. ”

"Sister, don't pretend." Kenta looked like "I know everything", "Recently, you have been staring at your phone with a sad face, I have never seen you like this before, most of it is Qiu Yang's problem." ”

"......" Nana Hashimoto was speechless.

Speaking of Qiu Yang's matter, it is indeed her heart.

originally thought that this incident had made Qiu Yang completely disappointed in herself - she had begun to blame herself and be sad, and she had lost such a sincere friend.

As a result, I didn't expect that when I was watching red and white with my family that day, I suddenly received a New Year's blessing from Qiu Yang:

"Hashimoto-san, Happy New Year! The previous thing was that I wasn't in a good mood and my attitude was so bad, I'm sorry. When the seniors return to Tokyo, I invite the seniors to an izakaya! ”

She had mixed feelings all at once, and tears were about to fall.

After replying with a crackling type, he looked up and met his mother's smiling eyes.

- Oops, it's annoying! Why did I start thinking about this guy again!

Nanami Hashimoto walked out of the temple as she shook her head to dispel the distractions in her head.

When she prayed for blessing just now, she was a little hesitant whether to help Qiu Yangsang and Xiao Feiniao's love blessing - listening to the news from Mai Xiang some time ago, it seems that Xiao Feiniao's love affair was caught by the operation, and it is no wonder that she can't contact her, it is estimated that it is difficult to take care of her.

I don't know if Qiu Yangsang knows the news, but she doesn't dare to meddle anymore.

- I still don't pray for them! Their business, they decide for themselves.

Nana Hashimoto didn't think so, careful not to let herself have any weak emotions.

The snow of Asahikawa has been falling all the time, just like her deepest, silent grievances.