I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 344 The Spiritual Rain Has Ended
Dong Ye Yu was stunned for a second when she heard this, and her eyes fell on Yu Zi's little face, but her gaze did not waver.

She seems to have changed a lot. Compared with her previous passive and avoidant attitude, she has now become more proactive.

But on second thought, her previous indifferent attitude was actually just about things that she didn't care about. When she really encountered people or things that she cared about, she would still try her best.

Higashino Yu suddenly remembered that night, when Miko was facing the criminals and was determined to protect Meowhime and the others, and her action to save Feiyi, which was completely unlike her usual weak appearance.

She is actually a girl who looks delicate but is very independent and strong in her heart.

Yuko in Dream Sword is indeed very similar to her in this respect.

Dong Yeyu pondered for a moment and explained seriously: "Of course, other shrines may be able to protect her, but I trust Inahohime-no-Mikoto and Haruhara-senpai more."

Then he added: "Of course, there is another reason that is related to the gift I am going to give you, Miko."

"Gift?"

"Yes, it is a very precious gift from a god. It is of great use to mortals and practitioners alike - both in terms of health and longevity."

"But it's a long story, we'll tell you at lunch."

As Higashino Yu spoke, he pushed open the shoji door of his room and could smell a faint scent of detergent and the unique fragrance of wooden houses.

The furnishings in the room were no different from when I left. The bed with a mosquito net was neatly made. I sat on the bed with my suitcase. The bedding was very dry, as if it had just been exposed to the sun, and had a sun-baked scent.

Higashino Yu sighed comfortably while lying on the bed. "It's great to have homes in Kyoto and Tokyo. Miko, I don't want to struggle anymore."

"Then stay at the shrine."

Miko lay beside Higashino Yu, her fair and slender legs swaying slightly, and she said in an ethereal voice: "Grandpa always said that he is too old to do the work of a priest. If Higashino Nissan feels tired, he can come to the shrine to be a priest."

Then I can't marry into the family?

Higashino Yu rejected this in his heart. Although it was indeed comfortable to stay in Iori's house, as a true Chinese, he still wanted to have a home that completely belonged to him.

Moreover, as he continued his training, he encountered many inconveniences under the watchful eyes of the gods in the shrine - even from Inaho-hime who had helped him many times.

It's not that you are suspicious or don't trust others. You should always be on guard against others, and don't think about testing people's hearts. As a practitioner who holds a treasure, you should have this awareness.

Moreover, I have already married into a woman's family once in my dream, so I might as well experience the feeling of starting my own business in real life.

Higashino Yu therefore politely declined.

"After I give you this gift, age won't be a problem for the time being. Besides, Grandpa Iori has been serving as Inaho-hime-no-Mikoto for so many years and he has no objection. He must have gotten used to him as a priest. A hasty change may make the god unhappy."

"Haruhara said she thinks Tono Nissan is pretty good."

When Miko said this, her eyes fell on Higashino Yu's face: "Don't you like living in Iori's house, Higashino Ni-san?"

Who did you learn how to put on this hat, Yuko?
Dong Yeyu's eyebrows twitched. It shouldn't be me. Have I ever accused anyone of this?

After thinking about it carefully for a while, I didn't think that I had ever set a bad example, so I stood up, opened the suitcase, took out all the items and clothes inside and put them away.

Yuzi's eyes never moved away.

Dong Ye Yu placed some books, paper and pens on the desk by the window under the girl's gaze.

Seeing that he had no intention of answering, Yu Zi did not continue to ask. She just got out of bed silently, picked up the few clothes of Dongye Yu in the suitcase, folded them and put them in the closet.

The cicadas outside the window kept chirping, and the voices of the tourists in the shrine seemed to come from another world. Through several layers of barriers, this room felt warm and leisurely. Even the sunlight was quiet, and the dust in the air, like broken golden spots, could be seen almost motionless.

Dongye Yu suddenly remembered the countless days and nights in the Dream Sword. He and the Yu Zi in the dream had probably gotten along in the same way. He sat at the desk and rubbed his forehead.

Why do normal schools always do this kind of 'trust in the wisdom of future generations' thing?
Irresponsible old man.

After complaining about the deceased teacher again, Higashino Yu looked at Yuko. He didn't want to make her sad, so he had to explain a few words.

So he pondered for two seconds.

"Of course I like it. In ancient China, a poet who was exiled to a foreign land once wrote, 'I wonder if Lingnan is bad, but I say, this is where my heart is at peace.' I feel very safe living in the Iori family. I regard this place as my home."

Miko folded the last shirt, put it in the closet, and walked over.

Dongye Yu habitually brought her a cushion and reached out to help her. Seeing this, Yu Zi was stunned for a moment, then lowered her brows, knelt on the cushion, and put her little feet in lace white socks under her buttocks.

"Then why don't you want to stay?"

Dong Yeyu didn't sit as properly as she did. He leaned against the table, supporting his cheek with one hand: "Because I have been wandering for too long, I want to have a home of my own. Although the Iori family is good, it is not my home after all."

Higashino Yu said with emotion. No matter whether it was Sunshine Garden or Iori family, although he met good people, as a Shenzhou person, he still wanted a house of his own, not for anything else, but to live comfortably.

Of course, if possible, it would be best to have a blessed place, like Hiiragi Kagami's home.

Otherwise, whether in Sunshine Garden or in Iori's house, I can't be too indulgent. No matter how close the relationship is, I still have to observe some etiquette.

It’s different at home. You can do whatever you want. Sometimes letting off some steam can help relieve stress.

During the three-month vacation after graduating from high school in my previous life, my parents went out traveling and I stayed at home. I turned on the air conditioner and played games naked during the day, and went out to find food at night by simply putting on some clothes.

Looking back now, it feels like those were the most carefree three months of my life.

Higashino Yu really wanted to replicate it again, but he obviously couldn't do that while living in Iori's house.

How embarrassing would it be if she bumped into Miko? Even if Miko didn't see it, it would be inappropriate if Mr. Iori and Grandma Tomoko saw it.

And regarding the emotional aspect, it has been decided that no matter what, Hiiragi Kagami Sanae will not be left behind. How can living in Iori's house achieve this goal?

In addition, I am a little confused about some of Yuko's questions.

Although he married her and had children with her in the Dream Sword and spent almost the same years as in the real world, the Miko in the Dream Sword had nothing to do with the Miko in real life. She was just a Miko created based on his own memories.

In real life, Miko may have some vague feelings for herself, but after all, she is just a junior high school student, at the age of falling in love for the first time, and may not really understand the meaning of lifelong companionship, the difficulties that will be encountered in the future, and the seriousness involved.

I have to wait until she is more mature before asking her if she really likes me - this way I can free up my hands to deal with convincing Hiiragi Kagami and Sanae. Otherwise, I have to convince three girls to accept me at once, which makes my scalp tingle just thinking about it.

When Miko grows up, he will tell her everything about Hiiragi Kagami and Sanae. Higashino Yu is not going to hide anything from the three of them.

After all, strictly speaking, the behavior of wanting it all can undoubtedly be said to be that of a scumbag, which is very unfair to each of them.

They are all very good girls and deserve the happiness of being alone together for the rest of their lives.

If it was just me or them who were in love with me, things wouldn't have come to this.

Unfortunately, I was unlucky enough to meet myself, and even more unlucky that I fell in love with myself, and even more unlucky that I also fell in love with them.

In that case, don’t even think about running away. Do you really think foxes are good people?

Higashino Yu has always felt that he is just a person with a bottom line and is definitely not a good person. According to the DND camp classification, he probably belongs to chaotic neutral.

Just as Yu Zi was about to say something, her eyes fell on Higashino Yu's face. She saw his expression and eyes, which were clearly no different from before. Somehow she felt a little scared and subconsciously shrank back.

"Hitsuno Nissan is thinking about something bad." Yu Zi said softly, her amber eyes staring at Higashino Yu.

Are you serious?

Dong Ye Yu was stunned at that time and touched his face subconsciously. I was just thinking about it in my mind and didn’t say anything.

Can this be seen?

Miko looked away: "Now it is confirmed that Dong Ye Ni San is indeed thinking bad things."

Dong Yeyu: ".Don't let your imagination run wild, kid. How has Yuzi's practice been going during this period?"

"Miko is not a child anymore, and Tono Nissan is only sixteen years old."

Yuzi pouted her lips slightly, picked up the small cushion and moved closer, then sat down beside the table and asked casually.

"I heard a nice name before, it's Lingyu. Does Dongye Nissan know the story behind this name?"

Spiritual rain?

When asked questions related to knowledge, Higashino Yu subconsciously activated his super memory, instantly capturing the allusion of the word in his mind and blurting it out.

"What's so difficult about this? 'The spiritual rain has fallen, and I order the servants to go.' It comes from the Book of Songs, Yongfeng, Dingzhi Fangzhong. It's usually -"

Dong Yeyu finally realized what was happening and shut up. This was the name he had given his daughter in the Dream Sword. How did Yuzi know that? Did she hear it from somewhere else? What a coincidence?

He looked at Yu Zi with some suspicion. She opened her eyes slightly, and her amber eyes seemed to have lost focus, as if she was distracted.

Is there a monster passing by?

Higashino Yu stretched his neck to look out the window, only to see Sanae in the room opposite trying to pack her suitcase with Sugida Natsuko, but the suitcase seemed to be getting more messy the more she packed it.

Yu Zi was stunned for a while, then came to her senses, curled up the corners of her mouth slightly, and continued speaking along the lines of what he was saying.

"It is usually a name given to girls, because Lingyu means timely rain, expressing intelligence and agility, and moistening all things."

How come it was exactly the same as what he had said to her in his dream? Dong Yeyu swallowed.

Miko held her cheeks with both hands, her amber eyes lost focus again, and her voice sounded like a whisper in a dream.

"I've also heard of a name called Ji Ling, it's a boy's name, and it's also very nice. Does Dong Ye Nissan know what it means?"

This time, without waiting for Dong Yeyu to answer, she spoke on her own.

"It has the same story as Lingyu. 'Ji Ling' means 'already fallen' in Chinese, which is the opposite of 'Lingyu'. It has the meaning of harmony between heaven and earth, and continuous blessings. It also carries the hope of the relatives who named the boy that he, as an older brother, can be like the rain and nourish his younger sister, and be steady and reliable."

When Higashino Yu heard this, he was stunned. How could Yuko know all this?
Seeing Higashino Yu's stunned look, Miko smiled and said, "In fact, not long after Higashino Nissan went to the training camp, Miko encountered a very magical thing."

No way? How could the Dream Sword be so powerful that it could pull a person based on the memory of the person being cast into the dream?
This is just a sword technique, not a magical power.

Higashino Yu felt incredible, but the fact that Miko knew these two names seemed to indicate that her experience in the dream sword also affected her.
"Is it a dream?" Dong Ye Yu asked.

"Did Tono Ni-san have the same dream?"

Higashino Yu did not answer. Seeing this, Yuko seemed to think of something and her porcelain-white face turned pink.

"I took the quilt from Dongye Nissan out to dry for a while. After I came back and laid it out, I felt a little tired, so I lay down on it and took a nap. It was a very long nap, so long that it felt like I had spent decades in a dream."

"In the dream, Miko was still in the shrine, but it was a little different. Her body had returned to normal, but the era she was in was in ancient times. It was a very strange dream."

"Nothing around me changed much. Soon, Tono Nisan came. However, Tono Nisan in my dream didn't know any magic, so he stayed in the shrine. We lived together in the shrine for many years and were very happy every day."

"Then I had another dream. I dreamt of a very scary ghost. An old man told me that Dongye Nissan must go to exorcise the evil ghost. I knew Dongye Nissan might be reluctant to let him go, so I woke up on my own initiative."

When Yu Zi said this, her clear and bright eyes stared at Dong Ye Yu's eyes.

"Tono Ni-san, we are married, right?"

Yuzi's eyes were so bright that they made people feel guilty. Dongye Yu looked away: "It doesn't count as a dream."

"Of course!"

Miko sat in front of Dongye Yu with a small cushion in her hand and said seriously, "If Dongye Nissan also had the same dream, then we have already had a wedding ceremony in front of the gods in our dreams. We have made a vow to the gods and cannot go back on it."

broken!

I was wondering why Yuko became more aggressive, it turns out she was waiting for me here.

Dong Yeyu felt it was a bit absurd. After thinking seriously for a moment, he persuaded: "Dreams can confuse people's thinking. In real life, Miko is still young. Maybe when she grows up, she will have different ideas."

Now the issue between Hiiragi Kagami and Sanae has not been resolved yet, and Miko is still young, so let's take it slow for now.

However, Yu Zi disagreed with what he said. She knelt upright in front of Dong Ye Yu with her petite body. There was a very serious look on her porcelain-white face, and her amber eyes were as bright as stars.

"Tono Nissan is only one and a half years older than Miko, and Miko has lived and grown up in the dream for many years. She is already an adult. Tono Nissan can't use this to evade me."

(End of this chapter)