This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 479 - 315: Dog Food (8000 Words Target Achieved)_2

Chapter 479: Chapter 315: Dog Food (8000 Words Target Achieved)_2

Many people gathered around, foreigners, out-of-towners... people with various accents.

They came here to take photos.

Beichuan Si stood still, took out his phone, waited for the camera to focus, and then snapped a photo of the beautiful scenery of Lake Kawaguchi, sending it to Shen Gu Mirai.

Shen Gu Mirai had not replied yet, and he had no idea what she was doing now.

He shook his head, drank a sip of barley tea, and leisurely walked over to sit down on a bench.

Beichuan Si hadn’t been this leisurely for a long time, this time was a rare relaxation on a long holiday.

"Tomorrow I should return home early and do a big cleanup, and clear out the fridge too."

He meticulously planned his upcoming schedule.

Anyway, there was nothing pressing; doing a long-overdue cleanup seemed like a good choice.

But what after the cleanup?

Beichuan Si fell into thought again.

After a long while, he suddenly looked up at Shenzhu Shihui who was exclaiming excitedly at the beautiful scenery and asked, "Shenzhu, what do you think of me?"

Pause—

The figure of Shenzhu Shihui froze for a moment, her eyes incredulously turned towards Beichuan Si.

What happened? Why suddenly pose such a difficult question?

She should not have provoked Beichuan Si, right?

What should she respond at this moment? Brother Temple is the best in the world?

That didn’t seem right...

Then... Beichuan Master? Physically transcending spirits? Founder of the physical exorcism method?

Equally not right...

Shenzhu Shihui dared not speak for the time being, only stealing glances at Beichuan Si occasionally, not knowing what he ate wrong to suddenly ask her such a difficult question.

Beichuan Si rubbed his chin, squinted his eyes, and mumbled to himself: "I’ve noticed just now. Aside from Hui Li, Nakajima, Beichuan Divine Society, and various paranormal events, my hobbies are quite lacking, and my inner self is quite dull..."

He analyzed calmly and rationally, voicing all those thoughts that Shenzhu Shihui dared not express.

"Cough...actually, I think... Beichuan... you’re quite a nice person," Shenzhu Shihui managed to comfort him somewhat, though her words were slightly stammered.

"Do you think so?" Beichuan Si showed a somewhat surprised expression, continuing his steady analysis, "I thought you would secretly say I’m Beichuan Master, physically transcending spirits, and call me the founder of Beichuan’s exorcism method."

Can you read minds?!

Shenzhu Shihui’s mouth twitched.

I did think that, but did you have to say it all in one breath?

"Kelian, what do you think of me?" Beichuan Si turned his head to look at Nishijou Kelian, who was leaning against his collarbone.

Nishijou Kelian looked back in confusion.

Big eyes met small eyes.

After a while, Nishijou Kelian barely propped herself up and whispered a few words in Beichuan Si’s ear.

"I see." Beichuan Si revealed an understanding expression: "So that’s how you see me."

He didn’t reveal what exactly Nishijou Kelian had said, just stood up from the bench and walked leisurely towards the restaurant.

It was already noon, and it was about time for him to eat.

He walked towards the restaurant, took out his phone, and glanced at the message on it.

Shen Gu Mirai had sent a new message:

"Young lady dutifully obeys, please kindly send more photos to comfort my extremely idle heart."

She added a cute emoticon at the end.

Beichuan Si casually replied and then found a spot to order a meal.

The rest was quite simple.

Beichuan Si sent several photos to Shen Gu Mirai at each scenic spot he visited, and Shen Gu Mirai searched online for nice scenic areas nearby.

As they conversed back and forth, they ended up chatting until past six in the evening.

Beichuan Si set that aside, it was Shen Gu Mirai’s first time experiencing the charm of instant messaging apps like SNS and LINE.

At least she had never been so addicted to chatting with someone before.

Even when managing the support group for the Beichuan Divine Society, she had only played for an hour or two at most.

Like this, waiting for someone else’s messages and playing for six to seven hours...

"It’s my first time."

Shen Gu Mirai bid farewell to Beichuan Si on LINE, then put down her phone and looked at the snow-white ceiling.

She stared blankly for about three minutes, then Shen Gu Mirai covered her head again with a pillow and murmured indistinctly:

"Lake Kawaguchi... I really want to go there together!"

But no matter how much she wanted to go, it was not possible.

Beichuan Si initially went to Yamanashi Prefecture to exorcise resentful spirits; it certainly wouldn’t have been appropriate for her to tag along and call it a vacation.

But still...

A proper Golden Week, and she couldn’t see him at all.

What’s the point of spending Golden Week like this?

Shen Gu Mirai moved the pillow away, her pale pink cheeks unconsciously flushed with red.

"Mr. Temple..."

After a long while, she finally cheered up.

Regardless, she still had to eat.

It was already six o’clock now, and she hadn’t eaten lunch, so of course she was a bit hungry.

She made some seafood fried rice casually, then took off her apron, turned on the TV, and watched the program on it.

This activity continued until eight o’clock—

Strange...

Very strange...

Shen Gu Mirai fell into contemplation.

Before she had met Beichuan Si, how exactly had she spent her Golden Week in May?

Firstly... it should have started with a big cleaning.

First, she would clean the house thoroughly, since her parents’ master bedroom had been unoccupied, naturally it needed cleaning over time.

But what about after the big cleaning?

Shen Gu Mirai pondered again.

After the big cleaning... there seemed to be nothing else to do?

"Is this what it feels like to be alone at home..."

Shen Gu Mirai turned off the TV, took out her phone, and tilted her head as she looked at the photos Beichuan Si had sent her.

Beautiful sceneries were saved in the phone.

Looking at these sceneries and today’s chat records with Beichuan Si, it seemed as though the loneliness had been smoothed over a lot.

A maiden’s heart is always like this; melancholy comes unknowingly and leaves just the same.

She didn’t know what Mr. Temple was doing.

Shen Gu Mirai stared at Beichuan Si’s system default avatar, thinking deeply.

If it were Beichuan Si, he should have finished dinner and be preparing to take a bath now, right? It was already past eight o’clock, after all.

Her eyes shimmered, feeling somewhat lost: "I should probably take a bath and go to bed too."

The day had already ended.

What was she still expecting?

Shen Gu Mirai propped herself up, just about to clean up the dishes—

Ding ding ding ding...

A series of methodical ringing sounds echoed.

This was not the ringtone for incoming calls on her phone.

Shen Gu Mirai was a bit surprised, then she grabbed her phone and glanced over.

"Mr. Temple wants to start a video call with you, do you agree?"

"Video call?!" Shen Gu Mirai widened her eyes.

She swallowed, hastily took out a small mirror, checked her appearance several times to make sure there were no issues, then took a deep breath and pressed the confirm button.

It was quite dark on Beichuan Si’s side.

It seemed like only the streetlights were illuminating.

It was already this time, and Beichuan Si was unexpectedly not back at his hostel... this was indeed surprising.

Under the streetlights, Beichuan Si’s facial features had a deeper contour, giving him an appearance that was both refined and robust at a casual glance.

"Mr. Temple?" Shen Gu Mirai tentatively greeted.

"I’ve got something I want you to see," Beichuan Si nodded.

"Something... for me to see?" Shen Gu Mirai was puzzled but still looked carefully.

No use, it was too dark; even if there was something there, she couldn’t see it clearly at all.

Shen Gu Mirai shook her head, just about to give up—

A light shone through.

Shen Gu Mirai’s gaze was instantly drawn.

On the open mountain road behind Beichuan Si... a city’s night view was hidden.

The glittering lights of Yamanashi Prefecture were wrapped by mountains, bustling with traffic, radiating brilliance...

This dazzling scene captured Shen Gu Mirai’s eyes, and it took her a long while before she remembered to say something like:

"Mr. Temple... are you on the mountain?"

It couldn’t be such a magnificent night view if it weren’t from the mountain.

"Kawaguchiko Campsite."

Beichuan Si simply explained.

"That campsite, I remember it takes two hours even by bike..." Shen Gu Mirai opened her mouth.

She didn’t know what to say next.

"Is it beautiful?" Beichuan Si asked from the other end of the screen.

"... Yeah. It’s beautiful."

"Then there’s no big problem." Beichuan Si nodded again, then hung up the video call.

Another photo appeared on Shen Gu Mirai’s phone.

A grand and gorgeous nightscape, lights surging towards the distance...

Shen Gu Mirai stared at this night view for a long while, then reached out—

And set it as her line avatar.

She looked at her own avatar.

The more she looked, the more she started to giggle again.