Hieda Shrine is a shrine located in Nagata Town, Chiyoda-ku.

The group walked up the hill along the Nishisando to complete this year's New Year's greetings at the shrine.

My mother and uncle walked in the front in everyday clothes to lead the way, while Kamihara Rakuza walked behind with his three younger sisters and a sister-in-law.

Compared to the traditional antique shrines, Hieda Shrine is located in Chiyoda and is surrounded by various modern buildings, so the style of its periphery does not look uniform, which leads to Kamihara Raku's sight of the escalator when he climbs the stairs, and thinks that this is some kind of modern assembly temple.

However, modern shrines will use QR codes to collect incense money, and you can also pay with UnionPay.

He is really a monk who keeps pace with the times.

"Speaking of which, why do we have to come to this shrine to worship? Because it's so close to Tianhai's house? ”

Tianhai Jiu Liuli replied as he walked up the stairs: "It is true that there is this reason, but the more important reason is that it has become a habit to come here every year before. ”

"You and Qi Mingyue came here every year when we were young?" Kamihara asked curiously.

"Hmm."

Because it's New Year, there are a lot more people coming to the shrine than usual.

The higher I went, the more Kanhara Raku's impression of this shrine became, and the more it felt that it was similar to an antique shrine.

The shrine buildings that have left traces of time, the surrounding greenery, and the numerous red shrine flags that have been blown along the approach......

Many tourists are smiling during the walk, rendering the atmosphere of the New Year.

There are dozens of fiery torii gates that look like corridors up the stairs, and when you look up, you can only see a little light at the top.

"This place looks quite spectacular, but I always think I've ......seen it somewhere," Kamihara pondered, standing at the foot of the bluestone steps.

"Brother stupid! Of course, it's Senbon Torii. Suzu Kamihara eats the rice balls she bought on the road.

"That place is famous?"

Compared to Kamihara's doubts, Kamihara Suzu looked at him with an extremely skeptical look, as if to say [You don't know this?!] ]

Tianhai Jiuliuli opened his mouth at this time to explain:

Suzu refers to the Senbon torii gate of Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, where tens of thousands of torii gates stretch from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, forming a corridor that resembles a promenade. Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine in Kyoto should be one of the most famous shrines, right, my brother doesn't know? ”

"Tens of thousands of torii gates?"

"Well, there really are so many."

"I really don't know, I haven't even been to Kyoto."

Chatting all the way, I came to the gate of the Hizhi Shrine blessed with vermilion lacquer and gold lacquer, and the number of people here increased significantly.

The first thing most people who come here do is to throw a coin into the cash box and then fold their hands and pray to the gods for the New Year's resolution.

Wash your hands, pay homage, pray for blessings... That's pretty much how it works.

There's nothing worth talking about these things.,Besides.,The wishes of several sisters will be hidden more than one another.,Kamihara Le can't ask at all.,Only Konoyuki will casually say the wish - [I want to eat more fried ice cream].

How good is that!

Simple and unpretentious.

After the visit, you can draw a fortune lottery for free.

I lined up to draw lots, and when I got the number, I went to the wooden box lined up in a few rows on the side and took out the signature that had been written a long time ago.

"What's so good about this, aren't all the signatures in the shrine lucky?" Suzu Kamihara said uninterestedly.

said so, but when she saw the fortune bar drawn out by Kamihara, she couldn't help but be curious.

"Brother, how many lots did you draw?"

"Second sign." Kamihara replied.

"I came up and drew the second lot? So high? Brother, go and take it out to see if it's lucky! ”

"Aren't you not interested?"

"I'm curious~"

At the urging of his sister, Kamihara came to the wooden box, took out the small note inside, and took a look.

"Ah, it's Xiao Ji, it's not bad."

"I'll see, I'll see, let me see." Suzu Kamihara tugged at his arm.

"Oh, a poem." Kamihara showed her the paper that had been spread out.

[The moon is covered with floating clouds, and he is in a coma, fortunately he begs for the blessing of the Yin Gong, why not open his eyebrows]

Suzu Kamihara's brows were furrowed and loose, and she found that she couldn't understand at all, "How is it Chinese?" ”

"A poem, Chinese is not normal?"

"What do you mean?"

"I'll see... Well...... Literally, it's the light being blocked, and you're determined to do something, but you're dizzy....."

Shen Yuanle read it and found that this signature was really accurate.

It fits well with my situation some time ago.

But he was a little confused, and took the initiative to ask Qi Mingyue to help take a look.

"That's not how the signature is understood, you have to analyze it sentence by sentence, the first sentence is that you have a strong desire, but as it is, it seems that it can't be achieved yet. The second sentence says that you have a goal, but you lack the determination. The third sentence is that as long as you work hard for whomever you want, happiness will eventually come. The fourth sentence is to say that something pleasing will happen to you, and according to this good thing, it doesn't matter if you don't worry about the future...... Overall, it's a little good luck. ”

After hearing this, Kamihara frowned.

It's like... I really said myself!

Each one is right.

"Qi Mingyue, will you still unsign?"

"Aren't there just a few signatures? Just look at it online. ”

“......”

Feelings, not on-the-spot unsigning.

It's just where Qi Mingyue saw it before, and then wrote it down.

Shenyuan Ling ran over with the signature, "Mine mine, Qi Mingyue look at mine, the forty-fifth sign, it's Ji alas!" ”

"Intentionally exalt, Luma leads the future, has to meet an arrow in the clouds, and Zhilan is full of life."

Tianhai Qi Mingyue recited the note, as if searching for memories, and then explained calmly: "The first sentence is that you have been trusted and gained fame, through which you can accumulate wealth. The second sentence is to say that someone will be your guide in life. The third sentence says that you will be lucky by chance. The fourth sentence is to say that if you are surrounded by good people, your reputation will be known to the world and you will become happy. ”

I agree with the first three sentences. I don't like the last sentence. ”

Tianhai Qi Mingyue saw her thoughts: "Do you mean that your rabbit nest is out of trouble?" ”

Kamihara didn't want to talk to her about this, so she clasped her hands to her chest and didn't go over her fleshy face.

"By the way, have you smoked the snow?"

"Nope."

"Then go and smoke it, and let Qi Mingyue solve it for you when you draw it, and see if it's accurate."

"Sister-chan is taking your sister for Wikipedia?"

"You know a little bit of everything anyway, don't ask who you ask?"

"You admit I'm your sister?"

"Not really!"

Compared with the lively exchanges between several people, Shenyuan Le found that Tianhai Jiuliuli had always been a lonely person on the side, and he seemed very lonely. She had a feeling that she wanted to talk to a few people, but she was too embarrassed to intervene.

Even if she wasn't so familiar with Ah Ling before, there was Qi Mingyue who could communicate with her.

"Glass." Kamihara walked over and woke her up.

"Huh?" Tianhai Jiu Liuli came back to her senses, and she smiled at Kamihara.

In Kamihara's view, this is the smile she squeezed out, and she looks very lonely.

In this way, she couldn't help but let Kamihara take the initiative to stretch out his hand to her.

Tianhai Jiuliuli also observed the concern he took the initiative to convey to himself, and also tried to respond to his actions. The warmth transmitted from the middle of her hand more or less gave her a little warmth that she could hold tightly.

"What was Ruri thinking at this time? Just now I saw that you had been staring at the crowd in a daze. ”

"Does my brother want to hear the truth?"

"Of course."

A little brilliance flashed in Tianhai Jiu Liuli's smile, not so much a smile, but an expression that appeared because of confusion and loneliness.

"My brother knows, since I was a child, my parents have been very busy and basically have no time to take care of us, and Qi Mingyue and I have always been like abandoned by our family. The family didn't care about us at all because of the trouble between my father and them...... After Nanachizuki returned to Tokyo from her brother's hometown, I noticed that she had become different from before...... It always made me feel like she was alone, like she couldn't find anything.

"At that time, I didn't know that Qi Mingyue was thinking about you, brother, so for this reason, I wanted to be my sister, try to be strong, and try to be able to take care of Qi Mingyue, so I had a gentle and atmospheric image, and everyone liked me like this...... Now that I think about it, I'm actually pretending, pretending to be very strong by myself, so that everyone likes the fake me... A lot of times I think, if I take the mask off, will people still like me?

"My mother answered my question just before, and everyone was disgusted......

"So I'm like... I've always been alone, no one can share my sadness, no one can share my worries, no one can give me a place to relax......"

"I've always been alone..."Tianhai Jiu Liuli said in a calm tone, lowering his face. This made Kamihara, who had experienced loneliness from her, feel distressed and clenched her hand, so that she could feel a little bit of dependence from herself.

Jiu Liuli is very afraid of alienation, and he is also very lacking in someone to rely on.

This is what Kamihara Le summed up from what she just said.

This made Kamihara, who wanted to take care of her mood, come closer to her, held her hand, and said softly:

"It's okay, Jiu Liuli, I'm here now."

Tianhai Jiu Ruri raised his eyebrows and saw Kamihara Le's eyes staring at him. His eyes reflected his own appearance, and he held his hand tighter as if to reassure himself......

Tianhai Jiu Liuli can really feel the sense of security that can take care of himself from his body.

The kind of warmth that can hold yourself at any time and is willing to comfort yourself softly.

As if to confirm what he said to himself, Tianhai Jiu Liuli couldn't help but interlock his fingers, and on the way to stare at him, an urge to hug him suddenly appeared.

And the other party seemed to be able to sense his feelings, and soon took the initiative to hug him.

Such a tangible hug, the warmth of being paid attention to all over the body, made Tianhai Jiuliuli dazed when he was suddenly embraced, and his heart gave birth to a hot flow.

A warm emotion called liking.

Tianhai Jiu Liuli didn't care if there were tourists around to observe the two, responded to his hug, and closed his eyes.

Hugging so tightly, for a while, the corners of Tianhai Jiuliuli's eyes were even faintly touched.

"Okay, okay, don't be afraid of being lonely, if there is no one to talk to you, just tell me."

The more he said it so gently, the more he couldn't hold back the emotion called "like" in Tianhai Jiuliuli's heart.

"I like you so much..."

"Uh-huh, I know." Kamihara Le found that the other end and Ah Ling Zhixue were together, and the seven bright moons of the heavenly sea glanced at him.

I definitely saw myself hugging Jiuliuli.

But he didn't care, just continued to comfort Jiu Liuli:

"Ruri, today is the first day of the new year, be happy, okay?"

Hearing him say this, Tianhai Jiuliuli also knew that he should control his emotions.

She let go of him, and although the effect of her words was not immediate, it also improved slightly.

"How about I take you to ask for a sign? Then find Qi Mingyue to help you figure it out, haven't you been in a better relationship lately? She probably won't say anything disgusting to you. ”

"Hmm."

Tianhai Jiuliuli is now like a weak little girl, completely convinced + obedient to what he said.

Liuli drew the forty-eighth lot, which is also a small auspicious.

Shenyuan Le came to the front of Tianhai Qimingyue with Tianhai Nine Liuli and asked her to help answer it. Zhixue and Ah Ling ran to the side to buy food again.

After Tianhai Qi Mingyue finished answering normally, he set his eyes on his sister's face that was exactly the same as herself:

"It looks like my sister has been hurt a lot by me lately."

Tianhai Jiu Liuli's mood at this time also completely improved, and she replied: "... I understand the reason why Qi Mingyue is so alienated from me... I didn't blame you for saying those things... Those actions are the way they should be......"

"I don't understand my sister. But my sister must know that we can't leave room for feelings. ”

"I understand."

"So, what does my sister want to do? I listen. ”

As a bystander, Kamihara Le was on the sidelines, and he could really see that the relationship between the two sisters had eased a lot. It's all thanks to the fact that the band brings them together every day. After all, Qi Mingyue dislikes Jiu Liuli every day, and Jiu Liuli doesn't care about it again and again, which makes Qi Mingyue can't bear to treat her sister like that.

The twin sisters just looked at each other's faces.

After Tianhai Jiu Liuli heard that his sister was really willing to listen to him, Tong Kong also shrank.

She once again collected the emotions just now, and made her tone as normal as possible:

"There's no room for emotion. But we don't really need to bet everything in life on it, feelings are feelings, life is life, we can start to try to treat these emotions separately. ”

"Are you sure?" Tianhai Qi Mingyue's face was indifferent, "You must know that when I saw you and my brother hugging each other just now, my heart was panicked." ”

"Didn't my brother often go to Qi Mingyue before, and you asked about the band? It's okay to ask me... I feel bad when I see it. I'm the same, Seven Bright Moons......"

Tianhai Qi Mingyue closed her eyes, as if she was seriously thinking about something:

"Sister is trying to say, we are equal now? Because of equality, we can get along with each other to a certain extent. ”

"To put it simply, yes."

"My sister is very smart, so you should know that we are actually not equal now."

“......”

After a while.

Tianhai Qi Mingyue took the initiative to sigh and said: "That's it, I want my sister to promise me a condition, and if I agree, I will promise to try to get along with my sister in this way." ”

Tianhai Jiuliuli didn't speak, but in his heart, he couldn't help but want to ask if Qi Mingyue could really reconcile by himself?

In the eyes of Shen Yuanle, she should have acquiesced, or guessed the request that Qi Mingyue was going to make.

......

Tianhai Qi Mingyue continued: "That is, I want my sister to admit that I have the right to pursue, and my brother can seriously respond to my actions, instead of being like a mouse now, I have to be disgusted and disliked by my brother in everything I do." ”

Kamihara really feels like his emotional intelligence has become higher.

He could immediately understand Qi Mingyue's purpose in doing this.

Seven bright moons do this... In fact, it is already paving the way for some possibility in the future.

This even made Kamihara Le can't help but guess, can she really do it? Can you really put down your self-esteem and choose to live peacefully with Jiuliuli?

......

"I can say yes."

Tianhai Jiu Liuli knew what Qi Mingyue wanted.

Qi Mingyue's words just now were just a euphemism.

Generally speaking, she is nothing more than giving up her identity as a girlfriend, and the two will face off on an equal footing.

At the same time, this condition is not completely equivalent to giving up the identity of a girlfriend.

Because this also takes into account the feelings of Kamihara Raku. After all, feelings are not child's play, can Jiu Liuli's girlfriend be said not to be wanted?

What Tianhai Qi Mingyue wants is actually the right to act justifiably in front of her sister.

This is a condition that can be agreed to for Jiuliuli.

"But for Qi Mingyue, this won't have much effect, right?"

The reason why Tianhai Jiu Liuli said this came from the identity of Kamihara Le's boyfriend.

As long as he is still a boyfriend, he will definitely choose to take the initiative to avoid and avoid Qi Mingyue.

Qi Mingyue still can't get any benefits.

"This isn't something you're worried about, sister, sister might as well think about how to use her charm to keep the person she likes-"

Tianhai Qi Mingyue suddenly stopped talking.

She probably felt that if she continued to talk like this, she would quarrel with her sister again, so she simply stopped the topic.

"This is for my sister." Tianhai Qi Mingyue took something out of his waist bag.

"What is this?"

"New Year's greeting card with my New Year's wishes to my sister written on it."

“......”

Tianhai Jiuliuli took the big red card and was silent for a long time.

After a long time, he raised his head again and greeted the seven bright moons of the sky and sea:

"Seven bright moons... You've been preparing for a long time...? ”

"After all, my sister is my sister, and I still have to have a New Year's card... My sister won't have nothing to prepare for me...? ”

"I... I thought you wouldn't want to talk to me, so I put it at home..."

"That's the preparation," Tianhai Qi Mingyue touched out another one and handed it to Shen Yuan Le, "It's for you." ”

"Do I have it too?"

"You're a brother, of course you have, but this is a New Year's greeting from my sister."

"Oh, thank you then."

I'm ashamed to say that Kamihara didn't even think of such a thing as a New Year's greeting card.

Shen Yuan Le opened it and took a look, it seemed to be full of blessings written by Qi Mingyue, and the handwriting was quite beautiful and neat.

There are also some 10,000 yen bills.

Of course, they are not short of money, and these 10,000 yen bills are just a symbol of their hearts.

He was suddenly stunned.

Wait a minute, I'm an older brother, but I didn't prepare New Year's greetings for my sisters at all, what should I do?!

"Brother, it's not like he didn't prepare greeting cards and red envelopes for everyone, right?" Tianhai Qi Mingyue deliberately blocked her small mouth, and said teasing words like a little devil with an indifferent face.

Shen Yuan Le looked left at him, tangled for a while, and touched his nose:

“... Well, of course, I'm ready! I'm going to go home at night, and I'll send it when everyone is together, haha~"

"Then I'm really looking forward to it." The seven bright moons of the sky and the sea can see through it at a glance.

"Haha~ Promise, I promise to write to the satisfaction of all of you!"

......