In the anime, cultivating a girlfriend starts from childhood

Many people wait in the temple all night long, praying for peace in the new year.

Sensoji Temple is located in Taito District, Tokyo. It is the only remaining "Edo-style" public recreational area in Tokyo.

It is the oldest temple in Tokyo, and its open environment has made the surrounding area a commercial district.

Ryosuke Hiratsuka stood in front of the money box.

First, I bowed slightly, then put a 10 yen coin into the coin box, and then pulled the rope to ring the bell.

Finally, we clapped our hands and prayed.

After I finished praying, I heard a cry from behind: "Ryosuke-kun!"

Ryosuke looked back and saw the Nishimiya sisters waving at him under a tree not far away.

"Noseko, Yuzuru, you are here too." Ryosuke smiled and greeted the two sisters.

The smile on Nishimiya Naoko's face is always so gentle, her eyebrows are curved, and she thinks secretly in her heart.

Nozomi is so lucky to see Ryosuke appear in front of her on the first day of the new year.

Nibutani Morika and Hiratsuka Shizuya finished their prayers and walked over to greet each other.

It wasn't long before Nibutani Morika revealed her purpose.

She said excitedly, "Hey, Ryosuke, let's go write ema."

Ryosuke frowned slightly when he heard this.

Writing ema prayers is a normal New Year activity.

But along the way, Morixia kept mentioning this activity, so he must have other ideas.

After a little thought, Ryosuke vaguely guessed the other party's purpose based on his understanding of Morika.

Many people will write their New Year wishes on ema and hang them in rows on ema racks.

Just like a wish wall, you can see other people’s content, but you can’t laugh at other people’s wishes.

"Okay, what about Sister Jing?" Ryosuke caught a glimpse of Sister Jing next to him looking uninterested, so he asked softly.

Hiratsuka Shizuka shrugged, sighed softly, and said helplessly: "Alas~ I don't believe in those things anymore. I'll wait for you at the door. When you're done, come out and find me."

None of her previous wishes had come true. It was better to rely on herself than to pray to God. She had given up completely.

After saying that, she waved her hand and left gracefully.

……

In the hut selling ema, Nibutani Morika bought several ema and handed one of them to Ryosuke.

She assured Ryosuke solemnly: "Take your time to write. We have already finished writing it. Don't worry, I will never peek."

After saying that, she took the Nishimiya sisters and walked out of the cabin without looking back, as if she had no interest in the contents of Ryosuke's Ema.

Just now, Ryosuke was just guessing, but now after hearing this, he completely understood what Nibutani Morika was going to do.

So after a little thought, he began to write on the ema.

As he put down his pen and looked up, another girl who was writing ema at the desk across the table caught his attention.

"Long time no see, Kato, are you here at Hatsumode too?"

"Oh, what a coincidence, Hiratsuka-kun." A faint curve appeared at the corner of Kato Megumi's mouth, and she replied lightly.

She inadvertently glanced at the contents of Ryosuke's ema and said calmly, "Hiratsuka-kun, is it really okay for you to write something like this on the ema? It's more appropriate to make a good wish on the New Year ema."

Ryosuke felt that what Kato Megumi said made sense. It was a rare New Year's prayer event and should be treated well.

He was about to buy another one when he was stopped by the girl across the table.

"I have an extra ema here. Do you want to use it?" Kato Megumi asked in a friendly manner as she placed a brand new ema on the table.

"Thank you, Kato." Ryosuke took the Ema and continued to write his wish, but this time he wrote it with his unskilled left hand.

The words written by the left hand are crooked, like those of an elementary school student who has just learned to write.

Ryosuke thought that Morika and the others were still waiting for him, so after he finished writing, he stood up and said goodbye to Kato Megumi.

"By the way, Kato, Happy New Year."

"Yeah, Happy New Year, Hiratsuka-kun." Kato Megumi responded softly.

Ryosuke nodded and turned to leave.

She looked at Ryosuke's disappearing back, then looked down at her ordinary kimono, feeling a little emotional.

Hiratsuka-kun is really amazing.

……

After hanging up the two ema, Ryosuke found Sister Jing, Morika and the others at the gate of Sensō-ji Temple.

"I'm fine, let's go."

At this moment, Nibutani Morika winked at Nishimiya Yuzuru, and then tugged at the corner of Nishimiya Shoko's clothes.

She frowned and said anxiously, "Oh no! I found something I forgot at the hut that sells ema. I need to go back and get it."

Nishimiya Yuzuru understood the look in Morika's eyes. This was the plan they had just discussed.

"Ryosuke-nii, I forgot something too."

After the two girls finished speaking, they turned around and trotted away.

Nishimiya Naoko stood there, pinching the corner of her clothes.

She is very conflicted now. She doesn't want to betray Ryosuke, but she also doesn't want to betray the alliance between Morika and Yuzuru, so she is caught in a dilemma.

Hiratsuka Ryosuke asked calmly, "Glass, do you know what Morika and the others are doing?"

Nishimiya Naoko raised her head and glanced at Ryosuke, biting her pink lips and nodded.

I'm sorry, Morika, I don't think I can lie to Ryosuke.

When she wanted to tell Ryosuke the truth, she heard his gentle voice.

"No need to explain, just follow them, otherwise it will be very difficult for Mori Xia and Yuzuru, right?"

When Nishimiya Naoko saw Ryosuke's gentle and considerate gaze, her heart gradually calmed down.

Nishiko bowed deeply to Ryosuke, then turned and trotted away.

Shizuka Hiratsuka noticed the unusual behavior of several people, narrowed her eyes slightly, and raised her eyebrows, "Ryosuke, do you know what those little girls did?"

Ryosuke looked at the backs and direction of the girls disappearing.

Finally, he turned around and smiled at Hiratsuka Shizuka beside him: "Probably, they will be back soon, we should wait for them here."

……

the other side.

The three girls were looking around, their movements stealthy.

"Morika, is it inappropriate for us to do this?" Nishimiya Naoko looked embarrassed. She was kind-hearted and would always subconsciously think about things from other people's perspectives.

Nibutani Morika approached Nishimiya Naoko, narrowed her eyes slightly, and made a voice full of temptation.

"Glass, aren't you curious about what Ryosuke wrote on the ema? That's Ryosuke's New Year's wish~"

Her tone was like that of the snake in the Garden of Eden that tempted Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit; her words were full of temptation.

Nishimiya Naoko recalled Ryosuke's gaze just now, and hesitation and struggle appeared on her face.

"Yes, sister, don't you want to know what Ryosuke's wish is? What if it has something to do with you?" Nishimiya Yuzuru also instigated.

Yuzuru's words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Let Glass start to have wild thoughts.

Will Ryosuke's New Year's wish have anything to do with me?

I'm really curious.

Anyway, the ema is hanging there and everyone can see it, so it should be okay for me to take a look, right?

Once the thought of peeking came into my mind, I could no longer suppress it.

Nishimiya Shoko accepted Morixia's suggestion, and the three of them sneaked towards the ema board together.

In front of the painted horse stand.

The shelves are filled with small painted horses and people's New Year wishes.

Nibutani Morika found a photo on her phone and told the other two girls, "This is Ryosuke's handwriting. Remember it. It's okay if you can't remember it. I made a small mark on the back of his ema and drew a flower."

"Sister Morixia is so amazing!" Yuzuru said with admiration.

Glass just stood there smiling quietly without saying anything.

As for Ryosuke's handwriting, she had memorized it by heart since elementary school and could find his words at a glance among a vast amount of text.

after a while.

"There are too many. It's impossible to find them like this." Senxia was a little discouraged.

After looking for a while, Glass found that among the many ema with their backs facing outwards, the small flower pattern was particularly eye-catching at the top of the ema stand.

She raised her head and pointed, "Senxia, ​​is that it?"

It is indeed difficult to search without a purpose. After having direction guidance, Nibutani Morika saw the target at a glance.

Morixia stood on tiptoe and stretched out her arms, but still couldn't reach it.

She thought about it for a moment, noticed Yuzuru Nishimiya next to her, and suddenly an idea flashed in her mind.

So he walked over to Nishimiya Yuzuru and whispered in his ear.

As she spoke, Yuzuru's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he nodded as well.

Nibutani Morika is not a powerless girl.

As the ace of the sports club, her physical strength is actually better than many boys of the same age.

So she squatted down, easily picked up Yuzuru and put him on her shoulders, "Yuzuru, go take down the ema, let's take a look at it together, and then hang it back for him after we're done."

When the height was sufficient, Yuzuru took off Ryosuke's Ema effortlessly and handed it to Morika.

The ema was facing up, and the three girls gathered together, waiting for the moment when the answer to the mystery would be revealed.

Their hearts were pounding at this moment.

Because the girls present all wanted to know what Ryosuke's New Year's wish was.

Morixia took a deep breath and looked at the other two girls.

"Are you ready? I'm about to flip over."

"Ok!"

"Ok!"

Morixia's hands were shaking, as if some big prize was about to be won, and she was extremely excited.

The ema was finally turned over, and the three girls saw the words on the front.

This was indeed Ryosuke's handwriting, but the content was very different from what the three of them had imagined.

Yuzuru turned his head, his shoulders twitching slightly, as if he was laughing.

When Glass saw the words on the ema, she smiled slightly. It was indeed very much like Ryosuke's style.

Only Nibutani Morika stood there in a daze, her pupils dilated and her mouth open in surprise.

There was only one simple sentence on the ema.

“Nibutani Morika, you’re… peeking at my ema, right?!”

Morixia was deeply shocked.

When did Ryosuke notice this? Did he know her to this extent?

In the end, she had no choice but to hang the ema back with Yuzuru.

He sighed softly and walked towards the door.

They didn't notice that there was another ema underneath.