[Comprehensive] Did Zhixi watch pretty boys today?

Hong Jiaodong set the first destination of this trip at the prestigious Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto.

Kiyomizu Temple is located on the mountainside of Mount Otowa in the east of Kyoto. It is a scenic spot with a very long history. Every year at the end of October and the beginning of November, a large number of tourists rush here to enjoy the beautiful red leaves in Kyoto around it.

But it's still August.

In other words, their trip here this time is actually not the right time.

But Zhi Xi didn't care much.She just had a cold, so she was finally able to come out for a breath, and she was happier going anywhere than staying in the ward.Thanks to the fact that it is not a peak season, after climbing the long steps, you can see that there are very few tourists around the temple, walking around in twos and threes, occasionally stopping to take pictures together.

"Zhi Xi," Hong Jiaodong walked to the washing place near the door, "Come here and wash your hands."

"Oh."

Zhi Xi walked over in response, carefully observing his movements: first, scoop water with the handle of the spoon in the right hand and wash the left hand, and then in turn, rinse the mouth and wash the spoon in the back——the boom was done in one go, which made her feel a little Halo: "Jiao Dong, is it so particular about visiting the shrine?"

"...There are such rules."

Hong Jiaodong turned around, his brows softened, "Take your time, I'll teach you."

After washing their hands, they walked towards the temple, Zhixi stopped in front of the steps, looked up at the antique three-storied pagoda above, feeling a little emotional.

She had actually seen it.

In Kyoto 100 years ago.

At that time, the driver drove by, and from a long distance, Zhixi saw the three-storied pagoda, which was much more conspicuous in comparison. Compared with the current appearance, there have been some minor changes, presumably because it has undergone several repairs in the past 100 years.

Hong noticed her expression, "Zhi Xi?"

"It's nothing," Zhi Xi smiled and shook her head, following him, "I just thought of something."

There is a wooden box for throwing money in the temple. After throwing money, you can pull the red string in front of it and make a wish.Zhixi is more interested in these things that have the color of gods and legends. If the reason is investigated, it is probably because she is quite taken care of by a young man who is comparable to gods.

She took the coin in Hong Jiaodong's hand and put it into the box, then imitated the actions of the tourists just now, tugged the rope, put her hands together and closed her eyes.

After a few seconds, Zhi Xi opened his eyes, but the person beside him disappeared.

... Isn't this the wish she made just now? ?

There was a crisp bell ringing next to my ear.

The woman turned her eyes in surprise, and what she saw was a delicate and small bell, tied by a small colored rope, with hollow carvings in the shape of cherry blossom petals on it.

Hong Jiaodong pursed his lips, a little embarrassed, "I saw it on the road just now, you should like it..."

The voice got lower and lower.

Zhi Xi couldn't help laughing.

"Thank you, Jiao Dong, I like it very much."

She took it, and saw a small wooden sign tied to one end of the rope, with a wish similar to "All wishes come true" written on it.

"Jiao Dong wants to know what wish I just made?"

Zhi Xi tied the bell around her waist and winked at him.

"What is it?"

Hong Jiaodong asked subconsciously along with her words, and it took a second for her to react, "...Don't say it, it won't work if you say it."

"It can't be seen that Jiao Dong really believes in this."

He coughed lightly, and looked away suspiciously, "I didn't believe it at first, but then I met you."

"...Yes."

Zhi Xi thinks about it too, the way she descended into this world is not scientific at all.

At that time, I was so scared that I fell down.

After coming out of Kiyomizu Temple, the two had some disagreements on the next destination.

It was a disagreement, but in fact there were only a few words in the whole process: "Let's go to the Kawai Shrine next."

"What's that for?"

"...for a beautiful face."

Zhi Xi was startled, took a step back, and looked at Hong with complicated eyes: "You think I'm ugly."

"I didn't, I just...cough,"

The topic developed completely in another direction, and Hong was a little flustered, "...I thought you girls would care more about this."

He actually didn't believe in praying at those shrines—at least not before.

But thinking that girls like beauty, Hong felt that it would be good to take Zhixi to the Kawai Shrine to make her happier.

"Pretty or not, I don't care about that, Jiao Dong."

Zhi Xi took another step forward, put her face in front of Hong, and said seriously: "Look at my current face, in comparison, it's not as good-looking as before, right? But there's no such thing as appearance..."

She wanted to say that money is so important.

But the other party interrupted her.

"very nice."

"……what?"

"Zhi Xi is very pretty," he raised his eyes to look at her, word by word: "Always very pretty."

Today's sun is not strong, sprinkled on the ground through layers of leaves, revealing ambiguous shadows in the spots of light.Zhi Xi didn't have time to distance herself back, the two of them were so close that she could clearly see the shimmering light on Hong's eyelashes.

Suddenly, I became a little nervous.

She swallowed, pretending as if she suddenly remembered something, "I've always been curious about it, Jiao Dong, how on earth did you... recognize me?"

A moment of silence.

"Is it because of the eyes?"

Zhi Xi thought of the situation when he was recognized by other people before, and carefully made a guess.

"No, it's not... I don't know."

In fact, until now, Hong Jiaodong was still not sure what it was that allowed him to recognize her in the first place.

Is it the gaze?Is it sound? ... He thought about it one by one, but he denied it all.

It's just a kind of, intuition.

It seemed that somewhere in the dark, something kept hinting to him that the person in front of him was her.

Seeing the young man's expression, Zhi Xi knew that he was in a difficult situation - thinking about it, it was a mysterious thing, and it might not be easy to explain it clearly.

So he stretched out his hand and grabbed the hem of his clothes, "Jiao Dong, let's not talk about this, is there a shrine for luck around here?"

He came back to his senses, "Yes, yes, but,"

He pondered for a while, "Is there anything Zhixi wants to buy?"

"Ah."

"What is it?"

He bought it for her.

Zhixi Zhengse: "I want to buy a house."

boom:"……"

He could probably guess the reason why she wanted to buy a house, which didn't make him very happy.

But in the end, they searched the map, and the two went to the Yujin Shrine, which specializes in praying for money and prosperity, to worship.

Zhixi even bought an omamori.

The third stop is Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine in Shiga Prefecture, which is also the last stop of today.

Only an hour away by train from Kyoto City, Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine is located on the west bank of Lake Biwa, and the surrounding scenery is beautiful. The biggest feature is probably that there are few people. Even in the peak season, there are not many tourists, let alone now.

Zhi Xi followed Hong and walked slowly on the forest path for 10 minutes, suddenly a little confused.

—What on earth are they here for?

It has been heard before that during holidays or peak tourist seasons, the surroundings of various scenic spots will be crowded with tourists. At the end of the day, people may not see much scenery, but people are so tired that they can fall asleep.She was mentally prepared for this before coming here.

As a result, they visited two places in a row. Almost all the time, she and Hong walked on the road at a leisurely pace, occasionally seeing attractive places, and stopping to take a few more photos.

How do you feel that it is so suitable for retirement?

Zhi Xi took a cup of matcha from Hong and sipped it in small sips, the refreshing tea fragrance filled her lips and teeth.This is a hall specially designed for people to rest. Sitting cross-legged, drinking a cup of tea, and admiring the green trees of Cangshan Mountain outside, it is easy for people to forget the passage of time and immerse themselves in the beautiful scenery in front of them.

"If we come in November, the maple leaves will be all red."

The surrounding area was too quiet, so Hong Jiao Dong leaned closer to Zhi Xi's ear and whispered.

Zhi Xi thought about that scene, and she was yearning, "Then I will find the time to do it again in the future."

"Who are you coming with?"

"Jiao Dong really cares?" She squinted at him, her tone teasing, "I don't want to tell you."

"……Oh."

This conversation seems to be happening between primary school students, Zhixi will never admit that she brought the already grown-up Hong to the same naivety.The two didn't speak any more, and sat quietly for a while.

"What shall we have for dinner?"

Zhi Xi asked.

Hong turned his head, "Are you hungry?"

"A little."

"Let's go hungry first. I have no money after buying that bell." The man said nonsense seriously, "I'll go out later and ask if someone can take pity on us."

Zhi Xi: "..."

Zhi Xi: "You stay here, I'll use your photo to contact the rich woman outside, I heard it's quite profitable."

Hong glanced at her in surprise, as if he didn't understand where she learned this.He stood up and stretched out his right hand towards Zhi Xi who was still sitting cross-legged, "Let's go, let's go down the mountain."

Zhi Xi smiled and put her hand on it.

The two strolled around the surrounding courtyard slowly for half a circle, during which time they were hit in the chest by a bird that fell out of the nest, Zhi Xi was jealous for a long time, and kept talking about how the bird couldn't get along these days. Also look at the face.

Hong glanced at her without emotion, activated his personality to lift himself into the air, and put the little bird back into the nest.

When the man was doing this, Zhi Xi was below, looking up at him quietly.

Nice, she thought.

After such a long time, he is still the gentle boy who has kindness towards the world.

……

Zhi Xi sprained her foot on the stone steps going down the mountain.

She thought to herself that she walked very carefully, and Hong also half-stretched her hand behind her to support her, but she still accidentally stepped on the slippery moss. Fortunately, Hong reacted quickly and immediately grabbed her, left and right The ankle was still slightly sprained.

It hurt so much that she couldn't help taking a breath.

"Where did you hurt?"

Hong Jiaodong was very anxious, supported Zhixi's leg with one hand to prevent her from falling, squatted down, and caressed her ankle with the other hand, not daring to use much force: "Besides this, there are Where does it hurt?"

"...I'm fine."

Although she had seen him make a big fuss about her own affairs before, Zhi Xi was still a little stunned. In order to reassure Hong, she gently moved her ankle and said in a relaxed tone, "Look at Jiao Dong, it really doesn't hurt—at least It doesn't hurt much."

In fact, these words are a bit pretentious, just sprained, the pain is still quite painful, but compared with what she experienced before, it is like being bitten by a mosquito, almost nothing.

The young man fell silent suddenly.

Zhi Xi was a little puzzled, slowly touched the top of his hair with his left hand, and comforted him: "What's wrong? I didn't lie to you, Jiao Dong, get up, be careful of dizziness after squatting for a long time."

He hung his head, not looking at her.

a long time.

"before you……"

Zhi Xi didn't hear clearly, "What?"

He raised his head with a forbearance.

"Did you suffer a lot before...in a place where I can't see?"

The voice was extremely soft, as if afraid of breaking something.

This is the first time Hong asked her about the past.

This was the first time someone asked her if she had suffered a lot.

Zhi Xi didn't think about the past at first. The reason why the past is the past is because it was all in the past. Thinking about it can't change the status quo, and there is no need for that.

But now.

Now, when she is asked by the person in front of her—the person who knows her best in this world, with such an expression and tone, about her past experience——Zhixi suddenly feels very wronged .

She was so wronged that she didn't even have time to say anything, and the tip of her nose suddenly became sour.

She turned her head away very quickly, blinked her eyes hard, and forced back the liquid that had just started to brew.

When she turned back again, her tone became relaxed again: "It's okay, Jiao Dong, it's a trivial matter, and it's all over."

"I know,"

He looked at her steadfastly, his gaze never wavering, "But I feel distressed."