My daily life in love is too contrary to my character.

"Wouldn't it be inappropriate to write only half of it? Do we really want to trouble the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to piece their wishes together themselves?"

"Write one down, and then make another one when we get to the temple, or just repeat the same one."

Shiraishi Hide, who had written "Speed ​​allows Shiraishi Hide to fall in love," was stunned upon hearing this. The others in his class were alright; they only had to consider two wishes at most. As for himself...

If all three groups come to make a wish, can a maximum of six wishes be made?

The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were already annoyed by their own names. Writing six wishes would be considered greedy, so Shiraishi Sawa decided to only write this one wish tonight, no matter how many times.

The Sumida River looked calm, but the current was actually quite rapid, though it wasn't apparent from a distance. After everyone had written down their wishes, they each bought some small trinkets for good luck, placed them on paper boats, and then threw them into the river together.

The bows of the paper boats were made of fluorescent material, making them particularly eye-catching as they drifted on the unlit river. The girls clasped their hands together, praying that their wishes would come true.

The boys secretly competed to see whose boat could go faster.

"See that? The blue light is at the very front, so mine is the fastest. Today, out of our three wishes, only mine will come true!"

"Are you blue-green colorblind? Green is clearly the fastest, mine is the fastest."

"I'm the fastest!"

"I'm the fastest!"

"You're both the fastest, stop arguing." Shiraishi Zexiu tried to mediate, but was met with merciless ridicule from the two.

"Shiraishi, you got what you deserved for being handsome, didn't you?"

"You don't understand. This is because the Cowherd is afraid that I will seduce the Weaver Girl, so he is deliberately messing with me. I will only make a wish to the Weaver Girl at the temple later."

Human beings cannot understand each other's joys and sorrows; Shiraishi Sawa Hide simply found them somewhat noisy.

He couldn't participate in this battle for the fastest man, not because he didn't want to be fast, but because he wasn't qualified, since his paper had just gotten stuck in a crack in the riverbank.

Seeing the two people's smirking faces, Shiraishi Sawa decided to stop placing notes on the gentle slope near the shore.

Chapter 109: Swearing an Oath Before Shakyamuni Buddha (Available for purchase this Friday, please enable auto-subscription, my friends!)

Since only Shiraishi Sawahide had passed through Senjuji Temple beforehand, he is now leading the way.

Once outside the Qixi Festival venue, the noisy and joyful sounds gradually subsided and disappeared, and the surroundings became quiet again, with only the sounds of classmates talking.

"There's a pit here, everyone be careful."

After jumping over a ditch, Shiraishi Sawah warned the people behind him.

Takeuchi Arisu and Maeda Shusuke walked at the very back, while the five girls in the middle linked arms and formed a row of 'roadblocks' until the path up the mountain was not wide enough.

Many lush, unnamed plants, including those that Hideaki Shiraishawa couldn't identify, had already extended their branches and shoots above the path.

Avoiding the moss and twigs, the group finally arrived at Senju-ji Temple.

Despite its prestigious name, Senju-ji Temple is not a grand temple; in fact, it appears rather dilapidated.

However, the incense offerings were exceptionally strong today, and the slightly elderly abbot stood at the entrance of the mountain gate, nodding and greeting each visitor who came.

The abbot has a large box of incense available for self-service; there is no need to pay for it, and the amount of money spent on incense is entirely up to the tourists themselves.

All eight people bowed to the abbot, and the abbot responded to them all.

Mie Wada, who expressed her desire to make a wish at the temple, was clearly a devout Buddhist. Upon seeing the temple, her expression became solemn and respectful, and everyone followed her instructions.

Each person took an incense stick and headed to the main hall, intending to first worship Buddha and then make a wish.

Inside the main hall are the Three Buddhas of the Three Worlds: Shakyamuni Buddha in the center, Bhaisajyaguru Buddha on the left holding a bowl in his left hand and a pill in his right, and Amitabha Buddha on the right.

The group knelt on prayer cushions, bowed their heads, silently prayed for blessings, and then bowed three times to the Buddha.

Shiraishi Sawa didn't believe in this and his prayers were rather perfunctory, but he noticed that Takanashi Yuuko was holding incense but staring blankly ahead.

"What's wrong, Takanashi?" Shiraishi Sawa asked in a low voice, moving his own futon next to Takanashi.

"It's nothing... I just think, what Buddha said about the cause of good people not receiving good rewards for doing good deeds is the result of doing too many bad things in their past life?" Takanashi Yuuko's eyes were somewhat confused.

“…” After a few seconds of silence, Shiraishawa Xiucai finally answered.

“I don’t know what terrible things you’ve been through. If you don’t want to talk about it, I won’t pry. It’s your right to keep your secret.”

But what I can tell you is that I firmly believe that a good person should receive good fortune in this life. Don't believe in Buddhist theories of cause and effect based on past and future lives. What do the things of other lives have to do with my life?

Although I am not a Buddhist, I swear before Shakyamuni Buddha, "Little Takanashi, if you ever experience anything bad, come to me, and I will definitely help you. I will help you get good fortune, or I will help you make bad people get their just desserts."

Takanashi Yuuko did not respond, and instead bowed earnestly to the Buddha once more.

"Thank you, Shiraishi."

"Of course, just remember to look for me." Shiraishi Sawa also bowed to the Buddha.

All eight of them went up to the incense box and put incense money before walking to their actual destination for the day: the central courtyard.

There were two trees in the courtyard. One was a Bodhi tree, which was quite tall. Shiraishi Sawa had to jump to reach its leaves. However, the group walked toward the other tree.

It was a golden banyan tree, its entire body—trunk, branches, leaves, and flowers—was golden. It wasn't a real, living banyan tree, but a bionic tree.

This tree is the wishing tree in Senju-ji Temple, and it is already covered with many wishing plaques, swaying gently in the summer evening breeze.

To create a Qixi Festival atmosphere, Senjuji Temple specially hung countless small white lights densely on the pergola next to the wishing tree, creating a feeling of a "celestial river".

Shiraishi Zexiu watched as a couple, each holding their own wishing plaque, walked towards each other from opposite sides of the 'Milky Way' before finally hanging their plaques together on the wishing tree, creating a truly ceremonial scene.

The group took a wishing plaque from the table in front of the little monk and began to write their wishes. Since the wishes here were to be publicly displayed and hung on the tree, Shiraishi Sawa decided not to write the same wish as before.

"To get rich quick through the ways of a gentleman!"

After finishing writing, Shiraishi Sawah slowly blew the ink dry, then stood on tiptoe and hung the wishing plaque on the highest branch of a tree where there were hardly any wishing plaques.

Before hanging up, Takeuchi Arisu came over to see Shiraishi Sawa Hide's wish.

"Shiraishi, you're really obsessed with money."

"And yours?"

“Mine is so high-class, look.”

The wishing plaque at Takeuchi Arisu reads 'World Peace'.

"So noble?"

"That's how noble it is."

Maeda Shusuke also came over and showed off his "want to be in a relationship".

Therefore, the two expressed their disdain for Takeuchi Arisu, who was hypocritical.

After all eight people had hung up their wishing plaques, they bowed to the young monk, threw in some incense money, and left the temple.

As he passed the spot where Yuko Takanashi had just hung up, Hideaki Shiraishi glanced at it and guessed that it must have been a wish for 'good deeds to be rewarded'.

"My friends and I are healthy and safe."

Shiraishi Sawa smiled and shook his head. Compared to Takeuchi Arisu's grandiose wish, he believed that this was Takanashi Yuko's true wish. Truly, Takanashi Yuko is worthy of the name.

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After everyone returned to the area below the Tanabata Festival site, Shiraishi Sawa checked the time: it was 6:30, and if they stayed here any longer, they wouldn't be able to complete their tasks.

"I'm going to spend some more time with my friends. You can all look around on your own for a bit. I'll come back later when I have time."

"We've spent less than twenty minutes with the president, over an hour with Takanashi, and we haven't spent a single minute with the troublesome fox. Let's focus on the fox first."

In this environment, not everyone is constantly checking their phone messages, so Shiraishi Sawah chose to call Ichiyo Ichiriki directly.

The call was answered after about ten seconds. There were shouts and conversations from tourists on the other end, who were probably visiting the festival.

"Moshi moshi, Shiraishi-kun, have you finished spending time with your lover?"

"No, I have to accompany the president later, so I'm just taking a moment out of my busy schedule to visit you now."

"I am the one who deserves love, but I don't get the love I deserve. The young lady's love is so humble to the core."

"No, I still love you more than you and your mother. Give me your address, I'll come find you."

"I can't give you the address if you ask me like that."

"Share your location with me, and I'll find you using the map."

"Okay, I'll hang up now."

Soon, Chiyo Ichiri's location was shared on LINE. Although Hideki Shiraishi was a bit directionally challenged, he had scouted the area yesterday and quickly identified it by looking at the map, then ran towards Chiyo Ichiri's location.

Get to their side as soon as possible, then mainly take good care of Ichirin Nao, and then run to Oki's side.

Soon, Shiraishi Sawa saw the backs of Ichiryu Chiyo and Ichiryu Nao.

She was so eye-catching. Even though she wasn't wearing high heels today, Chiyo Ichiyori, dressed in a light purple kimono, still stood out from the crowd, while Nao Ichiyori was half a head shorter than her.

Shiraishi Sawa approached stealthily, preparing to give the fox a startling fright.

By controlling the weight of his steps, Shiraishi Sawa gradually approached the two.

Shiraishi Sawah held his breath.

It wasn't to avoid being discovered, but rather...

A cylindrical object pressed against my waist, and a cool sensation traveled through my kimono to my skin.

A cold, androgynous female voice:

"Raise your hands and state your purpose."

Would you believe me if I said I'm a good person?

Chapter 110 The patriarch is surrounded by bodyguards

Regardless, this was the first time Shiraishizawa Hidehiko had been held at gunpoint, though it was unclear whether it was a real gun.

He sighed. He wasn't scared when he entered Chiyo, but he almost was.

Ignoring the continued questioning from behind, Shiraishi Sawa called out helplessly to the two people in front:

"Chiyo-san, Moshi Moshi, I'm behind you, please save me, your husband is dying."

The two turned around with slight surprise, and after seeing the situation clearly, Nao burst out laughing first.

Upon entering, Chiyo immediately stepped forward, smiling, and gave Shiraishizawa Hide a high five.