Zongman: Unknowingly trapped in the hatchet

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On January 1th, the weather was clear and the early morning sun leapt over the treetops, casting faint shadows on the blue-gray cobblestone road.

The unbelievable warmth spread, and even made people question it for a while——

Does January belong to the bitter cold winter, or the warm spring that is yet to come but is about to arrive?

……

Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo.

A twelve-meter-high wooden torii stands at the entrance, and the dark brown wooden pillars still bear traces of being hacked by knives and axes.

Yui curiously reached out her hand to touch it, and sighed:

"It feels so amazing. How did people in the past make something this tall?"

"Of course it's through sweat and hard work. Could it be that the system adds points?"

Su Qing walked over holding Mahiru's hand, and the latter's eyes moved slightly with curiosity.

Having lived in this city for nearly twenty years, this was the girl’s first time here.

"System?" Yui tilted her head and said without thinking, "If I had a system, I would definitely increase my intelligence like crazy and surpass you in the next exam hehe."

"You already have the system, but you're still thinking about taking the exam? Can you be more ambitious..."

Su Qing glanced at Yui, his eyes vaguely revealing sympathy, then sighed and said.

"Tsk, then what do you want to do with the system?"

"Ignore the system and continue to live a normal life." Su Qing said lightly, without any ups and downs in his voice, as if he really had a system and really did it this way.

"Huh? You're obviously even more useless than me!" Yui's eyes widened as big as bells, her face full of disbelief.

Xiaoqing has a system, shouldn’t she take off on the spot?

For example, rubbing two bombs and one satellite or marching into the Milky Way...

"What weird things are you thinking about?"

"No, no!"

"Okay, stop arguing, I think both of your ideas are great."

Mahiru narrowed her eyes and smiled, thinking that the two of them bickering like this was quite interesting.

I just wonder in my heart, is the relationship between these two people good or bad?

To be honest, it was the first time she saw Su Qing like this, but if their relationship was not good, Su Qing would not even pay attention to her.

Yui didn't say anything, but snorted and turned her face to the other side. She saw Mahiru in her peripheral vision. Suddenly she thought of something and smiled evilly at Su Qing:

“Hey, let me tell you, many grooms can’t even find the bride’s shoes.

Basically, it's all given by the bridesmaids.

So...it's not too late for you to build a good relationship with me now!"

The girl crossed her arms in front of her chest with a smug look on her face.

Hehehe, since I met Xiaoqing, I finally found something to threaten him.

Xiaoqing, you don’t want to be unable to find shoes on your wedding day...

"Then why don't I just ask Mahiru not to ask you to be my bridesmaid?"

Yui's smile suddenly stopped, and she became confused and bewildered.

Are you human?

Mahiru, standing aside, covered her mouth and chuckled, but her fair face was mixed with a hint of embarrassment.

What’s wrong with these two people? Why are they suddenly discussing this?

But...Su Qing said she would get married after graduation.

Now the first semester of my sophomore year is over, so it has been about two and a half years.

It seems... really fast!

"I may not listen to you."

Mahiru snorted softly, but there was a smile in his eyes.

"Okay, then I'll listen to you. The result is the same anyway." Su Qing said as a matter of course.

Yui looked at the two of them. It seemed like they were showing affection, but also not like they were showing affection.

A little Pepsi-Cola oozing out of happy humans is enough to keep the sewer rats happy for a long time.

Seeing that the person she likes does not belong to her and has to be with someone else, it is impossible for Yui not to feel a little sad.

But what you think and what you do are always two different things. This is the most essential difference between humans and barbaric animals.

"Alright, alright, you two, if you keep trying to dodge in broad daylight, I'm leaving.

Come on, come on, I'll take you to draw lots and pray for blessings! ! "

Yui stood on the steps one or two meters higher than them, waving her hands enthusiastically, with a smile on her face as bright as the light.

Grandma, I still don’t understand what it means to love myself first.

But at this moment I want to wish them well.

Why doesn't Xiaoqing be with Mahiru?

Mahiru is such a good housewife, gentle and sensible girl, he should be with Mahiru!

Why shouldn't Mahiru be with Su Qing?

To her, he must also be an existence like light.

They should be together.

The girl's mind is pure, without any worldly dust, even her smile is pure.

Seeing Yui turned around, Mahiru secretly pulled Su Qing's hand and whispered:

"Actually, it would be fine if she and I came alone..."

"I'm worried about you two girls."

Mahiru was silent for a while, and knowing that the other party was talking about what happened last time with Shiina Sayo, she stopped talking.

……

Walking along the main approach to the shrine, Yui chattered away, sharing some interesting stories from her return home.

"But didn't you say on the line that you would be back tomorrow?"

Mahiru asked curiously.

"Hey? Did I forget to tell you? Because my dad had some urgent business at his company, so I called him back.

Otherwise I probably won’t be back until tonight.”

Yui explained.

"Oh...Is that so? That's a pity indeed." Mahiru blinked, "Is your father always so busy?"

"Yeah. Ever since I can remember, but he still always makes time to take us out to play."

Yui smiled, her tone quite proud.

Mahiru said nothing, and Yui realized something was wrong immediately.

Mahiru's family environment is not good, isn't she just opening her mouth close to her face?

So Yui quickly started to change the subject.

"Ah, but there are also some unhappy things when I go home, like my grandma always laughs at me for not being able to find a boyfriend.

She also said that if she found a boyfriend, she must bring him back to let her see him..."

"no!"

Su Qing's sudden voice startled the snow on the treetops, which fell down.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

Mahiru and Yui looked at Su Qing in confusion, but he remained silent.

Yeah, why not?

"Because you are stupid and can be easily deceived, so there is no need to rush to find it."

Su Qing returned to his previous state, as if what happened just now was just an illusion.

"You're the stupid one, you're the stupid one!" Yui thought something was wrong, but it turned out that he was talking about her again!

Good man, wait for her here, right?

She pouted in dissatisfaction, "Why are you saying exactly the same thing as my grandma?"

Her grandmother always says she is stupid, eh.

"But I also think that this kind of thing needs to be carefully considered, otherwise you will regret it."

Mahiru said seriously.

"Well~ that's true, but I probably won't have any thoughts of falling in love in the next few years~"

……

In the main hall, the thin ice in the water purification pool has melted into water, and the mountain spring water flowing out of the bronze dragon's mouth is tinkling in the stone trough.

The weather was warm, so the three of them followed the example of other tourists and used long-handled wooden spoons to scoop water to wash their hands.

Then we came to the Prayer Hall. A heavy painted horse stand was hung in front of the hall. The dark brown pentagonal wooden plaques collided in the wind, like thousands of wind chimes swaying.

It costs money to hang a wooden sign to pray for blessings.

Fortunately, the wave of worshippers had subsided on the 4th, and there were far fewer people coming than on New Year's Day. After a while, Su Qing came back with three wooden signs.

"What are you looking at?"

Su Qing walked towards the two girls and found that they were staring at the wooden signs in the same area.

"Hmm... these should be Chinese characters, right? We can only understand the general idea."

Mahiru half-knelt, looking up with a questioning look in his eyes.

"What are you looking at these for?"

"The main thing is that there are a lot of them like this here, and it's almost occupied. I'm just curious. Xiaoqing, do you know why?" Yui also asked.

"Let me see." Su Qing picked up a wooden sign and looked at it carefully, but when he saw the words on the sign clearly, his pupils suddenly shrank.

"So what is it?" Yui asked curiously.

Mahiru didn't say anything, but her expression remained the same.

“It says… [Sakura is the best].

This is a line spoken by a female character in one of my famous novels.

Those who wrote these are probably tourists from mainland China, probably wanting to commemorate the occasion.”

"Oh, so that's how it is."

The two girls suddenly realized that it was no surprise that it was a novel.

Girls rarely read novels, so it's normal that they don't know the answer.

Su Qing put the wooden sign back, but his dark eyes became deep as he thought.

Is it a coincidence?

Or is it a similar flower blooming in a parallel world?

These are beyond the current level of human exploration. Su Qing stopped thinking about them.

He handed the wooden signs to the two girls and asked, "Have you decided what to write?"

"Um...not yet."

Mahiru unexpectedly fell into deep thought. When she was thinking, she liked to frown a little, and her cute face unconsciously became serious.

When Yui finished writing with great concentration, she noticed that Mahiru was still hesitating with the pen in hand, so she asked tentatively:

"Mahiru-chan, you haven't written it yet?"

"Hmm... I don't know what to write for a bit." Mahiru raised her head and found that the girl had finished writing, so she asked:

"Can I...see what you wrote?"

“Sure, you’ll end up hanging here anyway.” Yui smiled and didn’t mind at all.

What she wrote roughly meant blessings for good health to Mom, Dad, Grandma, Yukino, Su Qing and Mahiru.

"Yes, a lot."

Mahiru spoke subconsciously, it turns out that blessings can be written for so many people?

"I've already paid the money, I can't let myself lose money, right?" Yui put her hands on her hips.

"That's right."

Mahiru nodded in approval.

After all, the people he wrote to were all relatives and friends, so it wasn't considered greedy.

"You can write about being with him forever or something like that?" Yui gave her opinion.

"No." Mahiru raised her eyes and glanced at Su Qing. The boy was still writing, and she didn't know if he could hear them talking.

Her cheeks blushed slightly, and she whispered deliberately, "I don't want to rely on prayers for things like that."

“Oh, is that so?” Yui scratched her head, thinking that it was indeed the case, “Sorry, I don’t have any good suggestions.”

"No, no, I think I should have thought of it."

Mahiru smiled and wrote on the wooden sign a message wishing the three of them good health.

"Is this a return gift? You forgot to bless yourself."

"Ah, it's true. I almost lost! Uuu, I'm really touched, Mahiru-chan."

Yui was in a good mood after hearing this.

"It's nothing." Mahiru shook her head, her eyes meeting Su Qing's.

"Has it been written?" he asked.