Chapter 198 Favorite Gameplay (One More Chapter)
"My dear, why did you come just now? Everyone is about to go in."

Amemiya Iori saw Kiyomizu slowly walking towards the exit of the Buddhist temple and said anxiously.

Shimizu looked towards the group entrance of Kiyomizu Temple. Even though he had just seen it from a distance, he could see that a large group of students in uniform were beginning to move slowly.

However, the school has a rule that we must act in groups today. Shimizu Miki just searched around the Buddhist temple twice but didn't see Ayase Kotone.

I went out for a few minutes and lost the student union president. If I tell others about this, will anyone believe it?
Shimizu was thinking about how to explain when he heard Ayase Kotone's hurried footsteps behind him.

"Sorry, I'm late."

There was a hint of apology on Ayase Kotone's face, and her breathing was a little panting from running so fast.

"President Ayase, where have you been?"

"Sorry, I seemed to see an old friend down there just now, so I wanted to go say hello, but it seems I must have seen it wrong."

"Is that so? Well, let's go in first."

"Um……"

Ayase Kotone looked back with some concern.

Finally, at the urging of Amamiya Iori, several people followed the crowd and joined the queue.

……

The team led by Shimizu Ken and others barely caught up with the main group of other groups and entered the main hall.

There are some exhibits enshrined here, but due to the large number of visitors, you probably won't have the chance to touch them.

Then walk further ahead and you will reach the Kiyomizu stage.

Kiyomizu Stage is worthy of being the most popular attraction in Kiyomizu Temple. In addition to students taking commemorative photos, it is also crowded with ordinary tourists.

"Wow! So beautiful……"

Amamiya Iori leaned on the railing and exclaimed in admiration.

From this spot, you can enjoy the view of the mountains dyed green and the streets of Kyoto city.

Qing Shuijian couldn't help but imagine what the scenery before him would have looked like a thousand years ago?
If it were in the city center, it would be very different.

Kyoto is a city where things remain unchanged while things change with the times.

Of course, all of this content is written in the tourist brochure distributed to each student by the school.

Shimizumi somewhat understood why the school chose this place for the school trip.

While admiring the beautiful scenery in a trance, Amamiya Iori spoke up:
"Honey, let's take a picture!"

"Taking photos again?"

As soon as he said it, Qingshuijian realized that his words were a bit of a dampener.

After all, it is inevitable to take more photos when traveling. Some people even take photos wherever they go along the way, so what Amamiya Iori did is nothing.

As expected, Amamiya Iori pouted somewhat dissatisfiedly.

So, Shimizu immediately hugged Amamiya Iori, who was in a coquettish mode, to cheer her up.

All around them were students from the same school, gathering in groups of three or four and taking selfies with cameras, so just looking at the backs of Shimizu Mi and Amamiya Iori hugging each other, one would not notice anything unusual between the two.

But in public, such sneaky and intimate actions seem to give people a sense of excitement.

"My dear, it turns out that you like this kind of play."

"Don't talk nonsense."

"Eh, isn't that so?"

As she spoke, Amemiya Iori took Shimizu's hand, which was originally around her waist, and placed it on her plump buttocks.

Despite the noisy voices nearby, one can still feel the wonderful touch of the round ball, which makes people love it.

Amamiya Iori has straight shoulders, and the contrast between her slender waist and the curves of her hips creates a strong visual contrast, which always makes people want to take a second look and even want to touch her.

"I'm not kidding. My dear hand is already..."

Amemiya Iori suppressed her shyness but did not show any disgusted expression. On the contrary, love seemed to appear in her eyes and she let Shimizu Mizuki do whatever he wanted.

Amemiya Iori leaned on Shimizu Ken, gradually revealing an intoxicated expression. Shimizu Ken judged that if he continued to make trouble with her like this, it might be very dangerous, after all, there were many students around.

At this moment, someone happened to be walking towards them.

"Shimizu-senpai, could you please take a picture for me?"

Onodera Rin took out a small digital camera from her pocket, and Shimizu looked at Amamiya Iori who was standing beside her.

"It's fine if you just want to take a picture, but you have to keep looking at me."

If you keep looking at it like that, you won't be able to take a good photo, right?
"It's okay, it's okay. I won't compete with a senior for a boyfriend. After all, I'm not qualified."

Onodera Rin belittled herself nonchalantly, and at the same time looked happily at Shimizu and the others, and handed over the camera.

Shimizu Mi took the camera, took a few steps back, raised the camera and pointed the lens at Onodera Rin.

Onodera Rin quickly made an incomplete classic V-sign, and the next moment, the camera shutter made a "beep" sound.

"Thank you, senior."

"What's there to thank for this?"

That’s right, it was just taking pictures, there’s nothing to be thankful for.

"Wow, you take great photos, senior. Is this because you often help your girlfriend take photos, so you have developed this skill?"

After Shimizu returned the camera to Onodera Rin, she immediately looked at the photos and started praising them.

Digital cameras that allow you to take pictures and view them at the same time are indeed very convenient, and she seemed quite satisfied with it. At first, Shimizu Mi was a little worried that if the picture was not good, she would be asked to take another one.

At this time, Qing Shuijian suddenly turned around and said to someone behind him: "If you want to take a photo together, come over quickly."

Ishikawa Shinichi, who originally wanted to take the opportunity to slip away, stood there with stiff movements after being called by Shimizu Ken.

In fact, Shimizu had noticed Ishikawa Shinichi from the beginning, and he had been following behind and watching this side.

"That's... Ishikawa-senpai?"

Onodera Rin also noticed that side and waved hello.

"Xiao...Xiao Ye..."

Shimizu looked at Ishikawa Shinichi who couldn't even speak clearly and sighed:

"I just came here to take a photo together. Didn't you say before that you would ask her out on this school trip..."

Shimizu was just halfway through his words when Shinichi Ishikawa immediately interrupted him and said:

"I, I get it. It's just taking pictures. I'll take them."

It was difficult for Shinichi Ishikawa to refuse when asked like this in person. To be precise, he had no reason to refuse.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Shimizu-senpai."

"Ah."

After Onodera Rin walked up to Ishikawa Shinichi, Shimizu Miki raised his camera, pointed the lens towards the two of them, and prepared to press the shutter.

"If you don't get any closer, you might take pictures of other people..."

Qing Shuijian reminded him.

"That's it, okay then."

Hearing this, Onodera Rin took another step closer to Ishikawa Shinichi... Wait, is she blushing?
In the reflection of the sunlight, Onodera Rin, who was close to Shinichi Ishikawa, seemed a little embarrassed.

No, this guy might actually be a possibility.

"It's time to take the photo—"

The electronic sound of the camera shutter sounded again.

During the entire photo-shoot process, Shinichi Ishikawa's body was inevitably a little stiff.

On the contrary, the lively Onodera Rin kept posing in various poses. Fortunately, the digital camera has an autofocus function, otherwise most of the photos would have become blurry. Shimizu did not carefully check the photos he took, but left it to the two people to deal with.

After the main hall, Shimizu returned to the group and continued along the way to the shrine.

This shrine is located within Kiyomizu-dera Temple and is also a popular tourist attraction.

The God of Matchmaking here is quite famous, and many people come here to pray for their love to blossom and bear fruit.

Therefore, young people who come to Kiyomizu Temple to worship will never miss this place.

Not to mention the students who came for the trip, a large number of people gathered around the shrine, making a lot of noise and excitement.

After the worship, the next step is to buy amulets and draw fortune sticks.

Qingshui saw that there was nothing he wanted to buy, so he didn't waste a penny on it.

Although you can ask for a fortune, I feel that the real fun of that kind of thing is to see each other's fortune with friends. But there is an inexplicable sense of guilt for looking at other people's privacy.

Afterwards, Qingshuijian casually mixed in the crowd. Because the flow of people was larger than expected, many members of the group had already been separated.

But even so, the busiest place is still the lucky stone for love fortune-telling, and many girls line up to challenge it with great interest.

The love fortune-telling stones are two stones about ten meters apart. It is said that if you can walk from one side to the other with your eyes closed, your love will blossom and bear fruit.

In addition, if you rely on others to guide you, such as playing a game like splitting a watermelon blindfolded at the beach, it means that your relationship needs help from others.

Looking closely, there was a young woman in white on the field who successfully walked to the other side of the Love Stone, and the audience applauded and cheered for her enthusiastically.

As the girls waited in line, the boys would glance at them from time to time.

If I see a girl I like also trying to do a challenge, I will nervously anticipate: “Oh my god, she already has someone she likes… could it be me?”

Some boys were anxiously trying to find out the news, while some boys were standing nearby watching, looking like they also wanted to take on the challenge.

"Are you interested in trying it, dear?"

Shimizu was surprised that Amemiya Iori would say such a thing. After all, with their current relationship, there was no need to rely on this so-called divination stone to speculate.

"Oh, I was just joking, but there are people who are really interested."

Amamiya Iori pointed in a certain direction.

Then, Shimizu Mi saw Shimizu Reina with a serious expression staring straight at the love fortune-telling stone.

So serious.

Shimizu Mi had never seen such a serious expression on Shimizu Reina's face.

What's wrong with her?
This is a love fortune-telling stone. Rena Shimizu is so serious, could it be that she has a boy she likes?
"Yeah! I touched it in one go!"

Shimizu was thinking when he suddenly heard such a declaration, and then he saw Ishikawa Shinichi jumping happily in the envious and slightly jealous gazes of everyone.

When did this guy go up there?

Although Shimizu Ken is not a superstitious person, judging from Onodera Rin's reaction just now, perhaps this stone really is effective.

"Reina, come on, you can touch it in one go!"

Shimizu suddenly heard Amamiya Iori's encouraging voice again. He turned around and found Shimizu Rena walking onto the stage with her eyes closed.

Wait, when did she go up there?

The audience around her clapped and cheered, and Rena Shimizu was obviously nervous.

Shimizu Reina was not used to being stared at by too many people, so Shimizu Ken never expected that she would actually go up to challenge.

Could it really be because...

As a brother, Shimizu Miki naturally didn't want to see his sister being taken away by some pig, but if Shimizu Reina really had someone she liked——

While Shimizu was thinking about this, Shimizu Reina clenched her fists, closed her eyes, and walked slowly and stiffly towards the stone on the other side, like a newborn deer that was not yet familiar with its own body.

As a result, before taking two steps——

"It's over... I can't figure out the direction... I, how should I go, should I go forward..."

Her sense of direction is really bad.

"Reina, go straight!"

Watching from the sidelines as Amamiya Iori gave instructions to Shimizu Reina.

"No, no, a little further to the right..."

"No, it's too right. It needs to be a little further to the left."

Amemiya Iori was giving anxious instructions on the side, looking even more excited than Shimizu Rena herself, but such excessive guidance would often backfire.

"Left, left... what's on the left?"

As expected, Reina Shimizu, who was in tension and confusion, turned left and right, and couldn't even distinguish the most basic left and right directions.

Now Rena Shimizu is like a lonely boat lost in the vast ocean, spinning in circles with her eyes closed.

"What's the point of turning your head with your eyes closed?"

Laughter immediately broke out in the shrine and echoed for a long time.

"I, I can't do it anymore..."

Reina Shimizu stopped and gently covered her face with her hands, and tiny tears seemed to quietly seep out of the corners of her tightly closed eyes.

Honestly speaking, the fact that Rena Shimizu dared to walk up to him in such an occasion and endured so many people's gazes was already enough to make Shimizu Ken feel incredible, and now she is in such a situation again, which is really heartbreaking.

Qing Shuijian couldn't bear to watch it any longer and walked forward.

"Reina, behind me."

“…Brother?”

When Shimizu Reina heard Shimizu Ken's voice, she quickly wiped away the tears that were about to overflow.

Shimizu Reina was extremely confused by the instructions that were completely opposite to those of Amamiya Iori, but she followed Shimizu Mi's instructions without a doubt.

With her eyes closed, Reina Shimizu turned around and walked backwards in the darkness, groping anxiously in front of her with her hands.

If I do as my brother says, I will definitely be able to touch it successfully.

Rena Shimizu believed in Shimizu Ken's instructions without reservation. She could almost imagine the cool feeling she would feel when she touched the stone.

But suddenly, my fingertips felt something warm and a little elastic, and most importantly, very gentle...

The touch, which was completely opposite to the hardness of stone, made Shimizu Reina feel confused.

"Huh? This is..."

Shimizu Reina opened her eyes and found that what she touched was not stone, but Shimizu Ken's fingertips.

The tip of his index finger touched that of Shimizu, and the so-called divination stone was quietly left behind.

"..."

Because she was too surprised, Reina Shimizu tried to stand firm, but she was still a little dizzy after just regaining her sight, and her body was a little unbalanced.

Shimizu Ken reacted quickly, his five fingers sliding lightly into Shimizu Reina's fingers, tightly clasping them while firmly holding the petite body.

"Are you ok?"

"Um……"

Shimizu Reina replied softly, perhaps because of the direct sunlight, her body became hot.

"Really? Why would you go up there and touch the stone? What if you really fall down..."

Shimizu Reina said nothing, just listened quietly to Shimizu Ken's helpless complaints, and closed her eyes peacefully on his chest.

"..."

Shimizu Ken couldn't hear Shimizu Reina's whisper, but after saying this, Shimizu Reina finally realized something important.

She opened her eyes,
Behind the two of them, Amamiya Iori was watching the scene with great amusement.

(End of this chapter)