Chapter 173: Taking Photos with a Mask (Part )

It can be said to be a strange coincidence.

It can also be said that evil comes from the courage.

Zhuo was wandering among the crowd, following the force coming from that hand. Suddenly, he mustered up the courage to pull his hand away - and slid that small hand into his palm.

Then hold it.

I could clearly feel the little hand in my palm stiffen for a moment, and then try to pull away.

But I couldn't pull it away.

Then Ling looked back at him, and Zhuo pretended to be calm and looked up, not meeting his gaze: "...My mother told me."

Ling didn't say anything. He just stood there looking at him silently. Although his eyes were on his face, they were a little vague.

After a long silence, she quietly withdrew her gaze and continued walking forward.

Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief.

And suddenly, he squeezed the palm of the hand he was holding.

The girl in front obviously didn't notice it. She paused for a moment and couldn't help but use some strength on her hand that was being held. The strength was so great that it even hurt Zhuo a little.

Then the people behind him became much more obedient.

Ling suddenly realized that the person behind him was a bit mean.

A little bit deserving of a beating.

……

Zhuo was pulled by Ling and moved back and forth between the stalls, avoiding the crowd in this special way.

They walked one after the other without communicating.

After walking for a long time, the crowd gradually became sparse, the sky gradually darkened, and in the distance, fireworks rose into the sky, blooming with pink streamers, then dispersed to the surroundings and finally disappeared.

The fireworks display has begun.

Looks like I missed it.

Zhuo lowered his gaze and looked at the girl who was leading the way with him in front. He always felt that something was wrong.

I always feel like the two people's identities are reversed.

Shouldn't the boys hold the girls' hands and walk in front?

strange.

"Mr. Romanov."

"..." Ling said nothing and just walked on his own.

"Do you really know the way?" Utsunomiya Shuo questioned.

They were walking further and further off the track, and there was no one around them. Only the owner of the stall was left, looking at the stall and the strange duo passing by. The street lamps emitted a pale white light, and a black cat with green eyes was huddled on the wall, staring at the two of them.

"I don't know him." Zero replied calmly.

"..."

“But I drove the navigation.”

Zero continued walking, raised his free hand, and shook it with his back to the map. The map showed their location. The general direction was correct, but they were on the edge of the road.

However, to Utsunomiya Sho, it didn't look like navigation, but more like satellite positioning, with green light flashing.

There were few people on the street, and the stall owners were originally sitting there in a daze, bored. When they saw the two people passing by, they were stunned for a moment, glancing back and forth at their faces, and frequently looking at their holding hands.

Seems to think they are weird.

When everyone rushed to the beach, they were the only ones hanging around here.

"Classmate, do you want to take a photo?" An enthusiastic boss stood up and waved.

The two stopped and looked over.

The strange thing is that this is not a photo shop or a photo booth shop, but a mask shop.

There are a lot of hemp ropes hanging around the stalls, and various cartoon characters are displayed on the ropes, including Hello Kitty, Akagi Haruko, Masked Rider Hollow's mask, Uchiha Obito's mask from "Naruto", and various animal masks...

"Want to try it?"

Utsunomiya Shuo picked up a white fox mask to cover half of his face, leaving only his lips and chin exposed. He looked like a beautiful fox fairy in a mythological story.

It was just a decadent fox fairy, the kind that lived under the bridge and slept with leaves rolled up. He looked weathered and you could tell at a glance that his sleep quality was not very good and he looked listless. The boss smiled happily when he saw this. He said that taking photos here was very cheap and he made his money mainly by selling masks... Generally, couples who came here to take photos would be interested in masks.

The boss lowered his head, picked up the camera, checked it, and pointed it at them with a smile.

But there was no rush to take pictures.

"What's wrong?" Utsunomiya asked.

Because Ling beside him didn't look at the camera, but tilted her head and looked up at him. And her eyebrows were twisted into a ball, as if she was dissatisfied with something.

So the boss didn't take a photo.

"mask?"

She looked up at Utsunomiya Shuo, and while asking, she reached out to straighten his white fox mask - not straighten, she lifted half of the mask so high that her nose was exposed.

"I can't see it." Utsunomiya Shuo stood there without moving.

Even so, Zero's height seemed insufficient, so the mask could only be lowered to the level of his forehead.

"mask?"

Zero gave up and pulled his mask back into place before lowering his hand.

The boss who was watching put down his camera and stood there waiting.

The neon light above his head illuminated half of Zero's face, a delicate face without any emotion.

"Mask." Utsunomiya Shuo nodded.

"I mean why would you wear this?"

“…Isn’t it pretty?”

"..." Hearing this, Ling frowned and thought for a while, "Don't want others to see it?"

"almost."

The surroundings were very quiet, with only the occasional sound of gorgeous fireworks exploding in the distance, proving that the two were still a long distance away from the river.

The green-eyed wild cat was walking gracefully on the wall, following the two of them, and now it was lying on the wall with its eyes half closed.

Zhuo only showed the lower half of his face and looked down at Ling. His temperament improved a lot after wearing the mask, and he looked more like a beautiful boy than usual - some people are like this, very ordinary people, after wearing a mask or a respirator, they look very good when they are half-covered.

Zero stared at his face for a moment, then turned his head slowly.

"Is it inappropriate?" Zhuo asked.

Zero looked up at him again, "…I won't shoot anymore."

"why."

"do not like."

"……Oh."

Zhuo thought about it, then took off the mask, put it back on the stall, and continued walking towards the shore in the previous direction.

The wild cat with green eyes lazily got up and followed the two of them. There was a street lamp every few dozen meters, and the black cat's figure appeared in the light for a moment before disappearing into the shadows.

Utsunomiya Shuo walked in front and Zero walked behind.

The position is reversed.

He put his free hand in his pocket and walked leisurely. "Mr. Romanov, you are so slow."

Refers to taking photos.

Although it is a derogatory term, there is no dissatisfaction in the tone.

A gust of wind blew, and Ling's hair was messy. He tilted his head, revealing only the tip of his small nose. His eyes were hidden behind his hair and he glanced at Utsunomiya Shuo.

She paused, turned her head to look at Zhuo, and responded, "Miss Utsunomiya who lacks confidence."

"..."

Zhuo was choked.

There was silence for a long time.

"I think we're going to miss the most exciting part of the fireworks." Zhuo reminded.

"Then miss it."

(End of this chapter)