He seemed to have something to say, but in the end he just smiled at me, nodded and said, "Well, definitely."

When I came out of the restaurant, it was completely dark. Except for restaurants and convenience stores, all the shops in the nearby area were closed. In the distance, I could see the faint lights of the residential area, like countless sparks floating in the darkness.

There are very few pedestrians on the street, and the people I meet occasionally walk in a hurry, probably office workers rushing home.I walked ahead along the walking path, and Sawada slowed down and followed me, asked where I lived, and said he would take me back.

Just as I was about to answer, I suddenly caught a glimpse of a small shrine standing under the apartment building next to me, so I couldn't help but stop, turned around and walked towards it.

Sawada, who was following behind, called me strangely, so he had no choice but to follow: "What's wrong, Akutagawa-san?"

"There's a shrine here." I looked back at him, pointing to the inside of the torii gate, "I've been unlucky recently, so I just pray for good luck."

Sawada laughed lightly, but he didn't stop me, he just reminded me from behind: "It's very dark here, be careful where you step."

During the conversation, the two of them had already walked to the front of the cash box. I took out a coin from the bag by the light, and carefully threw it into the box when I saw that the face value was almost the same. I shook the bell above it twice, and clapped my hands twice. Silently recited "Please bless the luck value to rise".

After I bowed and got up, I realized that Sawada was still standing beside me, staring up at the shrine.I couldn't see his expression clearly in the night, but I felt that he seemed to be thinking about something important, so I subconsciously didn't make a sound.

After a while, he was the first to notice that I had finished praying, turned his head and asked, "Is it ready?"

I nodded: "What were you studying just now?"

He smiled, and said thoughtfully: "It's nothing, I'm just thinking... Can wishes really come true after praying like this?"

"Hmph, don't underestimate the shrines in Kyoto!" I raised my chin proudly, "As long as we sincerely make a wish, the gods will definitely help us. Of course, if we don't work hard, there is nothing we can do."

Sawada seemed a little surprised. Hearing this, he stared at me for a long time, and finally laughed and said, "Well, that's right. You can't do it if you don't work hard."

The evening wind of June in Kyoto brushed against his cheeks, and a beam of light came from nowhere, reflecting his crooked eyes and a relieved smile.I hesitated for a few seconds, pulled him up and pushed him back to the front of the cash box: "You can make a wish too! Sawada-kun is a good man, so the gods will make it come true for you!"

Sawada let out a "huh", but did not refuse.He looked back at me helplessly, then stood facing the cash box, took out a coin from his pocket, paused for a moment, and solemnly put it into it.

The coin hit the wooden railing and fell into the box, and the sound of the impact rippled through the darkness like ripples.Someone somewhere is playing folk songs, and the melodious singing is accompanied by the sound of insects in early summer, drifting into the distance amidst the sound of bells and clapping hands.

"I remember when I was young

you love to chat and i love to laugh

Once sat side by side under the peach tree

The wind is blowing in the forest, the birds are calling

somehow we fell asleep

How much do you know about flowers falling in your dreams"

Goal [-] meets unexpectedly

Sawada kept sending me back to the apartment. I didn't know until then that he lived near here too, but that place was between two stations, so he usually got off at the station behind, and I never Saw him around here.

But if you think about it carefully, this is the closest residential area to Zhibei and the National University, and there are many college students who rent houses.Sawada and his two companions are now sharing a relatively large three-bedroom apartment.

The two chatted all the way from the bus station to the downstairs of the apartment. I thanked him and was about to go upstairs. Suddenly, I heard him yelling from behind, so I had to stand on the stairs and turn my head back.

Sawada Tsunayoshi raised his head slightly, and the not-so-bright yellow light dyed his brown hair a warm color.He bent his eyes, subconsciously raised his hand and scratched his cheek: "It's nothing, I just want to say...Thank you for today."

I blinked, tilted my head inexplicably, and said strangely: "Thank me for what? I should be the one thanking you. It really helped me a lot to buy gifts with me."

"You picked a present for me too."

"Didn't the dinner that I agreed to invite become AA in the end..."

Both of them refused to give in, Sawada looked at me for a while, and finally gave up: "...Anyway, I had a good time tonight, so I won't bother you any more."

"Okay, okay, good night, let's play together later." I waved to him and trotted upstairs.

When I reached the floor where the apartment was located and looked down, there was no one downstairs.I was walking forward while looking for the keys in my bag, and when I was about to reach the door of the apartment, I looked up and was almost startled by the black figure standing by the corridor.

When the man saw me, he turned his head slowly, and his face that had been shrouded in shadow before was fully revealed by the light at the door.The juvenile's amber eyes were shining brightly, as if they were filled with dark pools of water.

He looked at me motionlessly, and I stared at him for a long while before remembering to ask: "It's late at night...what are you doing standing at the door? I'm scared to death by you..."

Zhenchai rolled his eyes, raised his arm in a gesture toward me, and replied, "Throw out the trash."

I glanced at the garbage bag in his hand, and curled my mouth: "How can I have time to throw out garbage..."

It was rare for him not to refute me, so he simply turned around and opened the apartment door: "Then go back." I responded and followed him in to change my shoes.Sitting on the porch, Tou casually asked, "Have you bought the gift yet?"

I sat next to him and took off my shoes and replied: "Yeah, someone doesn't want to accompany me but someone wants to accompany me~"

"The one who sent you downstairs just now?"

"Eh? Did you see it?" I turned my head in surprise, but Tou just glanced at me and strode into the living room: "I saw it when I went out. When did you know such a person?"

"What do you mean by 'such a person'? Sawada-kun is a good person! Oh, yes, the one I told you about before I accidentally bumped into him on the road and then came to return my school badge."

Hearing this, Toucai looked back at me, with a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth: "Oh~ that is the unlucky guy who was given a bento by you." He continued, "Compared to this, what gift did you buy for Xiaoyou?"

"Well..." I smiled mysteriously, took out the paper bag containing the gift and shook it in front of him, "I'll find out tomorrow~"

Early the next morning, we took the bus back to the orphanage.Because of the distance, I fell asleep in the car and arrived at the station when I woke up.

Since I left here before school started, I haven’t come back for another two months, but this place hasn’t changed at all. The church building surrounded by the courtyard wall still stands silently in the sun, and you can see the animals looking for food in the open space at the gate of the courtyard. Crows and doves.

The tall iron gate was open at this time, and there was no one in the front yard, so Tou and I walked around the church and entered the inner yard.As soon as we walked into the gate, we heard bursts of laughter. The mother nun who was standing at the gate was the first to see us, and greeted us with a smile on her face: "Just now I was thinking about when you will arrive, welcome back~ "

"Anyway, we can make it to the banquet, so don't worry~" I smiled and approached the nun mother, hugged her arm and shook her fawningly, "We are back, can we have the cake you made by yourself today?"

The mother nun raised her hand and patted my head, she couldn't help laughing and said, "I just know how to eat! Do you eat well when you live outside?"

"Of course, Tou and I take turns cooking every day!"

Hearing what I said, Tou sneered unbearably: "This guy's craftsmanship can't compare to mine."

"Xiao Tou too, don't work too hard." The nun mother looked at both of us with a smile and nodded, "You are all good children, take good care of yourself outside."

Tou replied helplessly and amusedly: "Don't worry, I've been living like this for a year anyway, and I'm used to it."

Only at this time can he smile so sincerely.

On the outside, his smile is like a mask. Although it cannot be said to be fake, it always makes people feel that there is something else behind it.But in the orphanage, facing the nun mother and other people, his smile can be regarded as truly colorful.

Probably because my eyes were too naked|naked, I turned my head to look at me strangely, and then asked the nun mother: "Where is Xiaoyou? Let's go get her the gift first."

"The child is inside." The nun mother replied, and she seemed to think of something, and then added, "By the way, Mr. Bai Lan is also here, and everyone is at his side."

Bai Lan is here?

Sure enough, hearing this sentence, Tou's eyebrows frowned all of a sudden.

But I know that although he has this expression every time he hears that Bai Lan is coming, he actually doesn't hate him at all.On the contrary, I always feel that Tou should like that guy quite a lot, but he has always been good at dealing with others, but he has nothing to do with Bai Lan, so he has a conflicting mentality-in a certain way, Tou is really a tsundere.

But he still went into the inner courtyard with me. From a distance, he saw a white-haired young man sitting under a tree surrounded by children. It was Bai Lan who hadn't seen him for a year.

I don't know his last name, I only know that he appeared in the orphanage in the first year of my country.At that time, he was just a high school student. For some reason, he came to Kyoto from Italy. When he was penniless, he happened to meet a nun mother who was out, and was taken back to the orphanage for a temporary stay.

He lived with us for a week, working and saving enough

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