I Am a Light Novel Master in Japan Chapter 858
Aoki Haruka nodded and said politely.
"So, did you and Miss Sawamura come to Sensoji Temple specifically to pray?" Li Yan asked doubtfully.
"It just happens that we are all here in Tokyo during this period. Moreover, if the person you are praying to is in Tokyo, it is best to pray at the most spiritual temple in the area."
Sayuri Sawamura said with a smile.
"Local people?" Li Yan thought to himself in confusion.
When Yinglili heard this, her expression became very strange.
"Ahem, um, Miss Kimura and the others are still lining up for us. Sorry, Otaku Li, we have to rush over now."
Ying Lili maintained her elegant ladylike attitude and said goodbye to Li Yan.
"Um?"
Sayuri looked at Eiri with some confusion.
"Then see you next time."
Li Yan looked at them, nodded in greeting, and said.
After Eiri said goodbye to Li Yan, she hurriedly took Sayuri Sawamura's hand and walked towards the long queue.
Naturally, Yinglili will not forget Li Yan's unique physique. This is only one of the reasons. There are two other purposes that she does not want Li Yan to know. One is that Sayuri takes her to pray for Yinglili [Carp Jumps over the Dragon Gate]. Coming here, the simple meaning is embarrassing enough. There is another purpose. If it is stated in the temple, it will not work.
Li Yan began to rejoin Tsurumi Rumi and the others in an open space. After weighing the locations of several shrines, they finally made an appointment to pray together in the inner shrine.
When waiting in line, Li Yan was the last one.
When it happened to visit, three people came forward to pray together. According to the number of people lined up in front, Li Yan happened to be the extra one, so he had to pray by himself.
"Okay, the prayer is over!"
Yui and others broke away from the crowd, breathed a sigh of relief, and announced excitedly.
"yeah!"
Kotonoha and Xiaoyuki cheered happily.
"You guys are really energetic." Nonoka said enviously.
Tsurumi Rumi felt that in front of her, Nonoka was also included in the elementary school student level, so she looked at her helplessly.
"By the way, Xiaoyao, I want to ask you something?"
At this time, Yui looked at Haruka Aoki, who said little, and asked cautiously.
Aoki Haruka was stunned and asked: "What's wrong?"
"Xiaoyao, the girls in the class have always said that you...your parents abandoned you, is it true?" Yui asked sadly.
Tsurumi Rumi and Nonoka were startled and looked at the two children.
Aoki Haruka was silent for a while and nodded.
Kotonoha and Xiaoxing showed expressions of sympathy and sadness. Sympathy between children is the simplest and most understandable.
"Sorry, did I ask too many unnecessary questions?"
Yui clenched her fists and said apologetically: "But Xiaoyao is my friend, so I must know about you, Xiaoyao."
"No need to apologize."
Haruka Aoki's face was calm, but there was an indescribable indifference, which was not the reaction a child should have. He said: "My mother is a cultist. She abandoned me a long time ago and ran away from home."
"..."
Tsurumi Rumi always felt that it would be better to cut off this topic.
"What about your dad? Where is your dad?"
However, the child's mind is not that complicated, so Xiaoxing directly asked the sensitive question.
"Hey, Xiaoxing!" Nonoka whispered to stop Xiaoxing from asking questions.
Aoki Haruka didn't mind, she said: "My father was killed after he abandoned me."
This sentence immediately shocked everyone around him.
"Being, killed? This is a homicide, an incident." Kotonoha looked at Xiaoyao in shock, blinked and asked, "Do you know who killed your father?"
When Haruka Aoki was asked this question, her eyes unnaturally glanced at the money box and the crowd at the prayer position.
The meaning is unclear, there is no hatred, and there is no emotion. It seems to be just a simple glance.
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pray.
Li Yan clapped his palms three times and prayed silently.
"I hope this year will go well, with good health and a successful career. Especially... I can fulfill my duties as a teacher and protect my students. Please, Lord God."
Li Yan closed his eyes and prayed silently.
The night wind blew Li Yan's bangs, and his tightly closed eyes seemed to be praying to the gods with their own determination.
He didn't know that at this moment, in other shrines, Sawamura Eiri and Sayuri were praying, Gabriel and Satania were praying, and on the roof of the shrine in the deep forest, two doll-like figures were praying. The girl also prayed to the shrine. At the shrine in Hitoyoshi City, Natsume, with the cat teacher standing on his shoulders, was praying. On the mountain road late at night, Kusanagi Ryuuki, who was still racing hard, prayed to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva...
Everyone also prayed for the same wish as Li Yan.
To a certain extent, this day and moment is the "Men's Day" that Li Yan has never spent.
Li Yan opened his eyes and quietly felt the reassuring night breeze. Starting tomorrow, his life will definitely go smoothly.
…
A week later.
The third grade office of Litangmen Primary School.
A letter titled "East District Tangmen Public Primary School's Supervision of Teachers' Morality" fell into Li Yan's hands.
All the teachers looked at the only foreign teacher in the school with different expressions.
"..."