"oh……"

Hongzi began to consider whether to come with him.

Although she really wanted to accompany him to the mall, the surprise when receiving Christmas gifts was also indispensable. She didn't want to know in advance what the Christmas gifts she would receive... But she had to choose for him.

Gifts, tomorrow will be together.

Should I come with him...or, come with Akane at a different time?

"Not for you." Sonoya added.

"……oh."

Hongzi responded, waved her fist a few seconds later and hit her.

After easily catching her fist, Zong Gu smiled, "Of course I will prepare Hongzi's gifts, but tomorrow I will prepare gifts for everyone in the Children's Welfare House."

"ah."

She was stunned for a moment, then blinked, "So that's it."

"Because I have to buy a lot of people's share, I probably can't get busy with it alone, and I don't know what to choose. You guys come and help me."

"Yes. Will you have to mail it then?"

"Um."

The tram was winding and snowing, and the return trip was also slow. Akane Kirino and Hongzi discussed what gifts to buy, while Kyoko and Asukiri listened.

When you arrive at Noshu Station, Kyoko gets off first.

"I called at noon to confirm that the power of the shrine has been restored. As for changing the overall route on the mountain, I have to go to the specific person in charge to discuss in detail. I plan to wait until the weather clears up before talking about it." Soya said.

Kyoko nodded, "Okay."

Looking at the wind and snow outside, he pulled her by the collar and hugged her again, "Be careful on the road."

"uh-huh."

He said goodbye to the few people in the car and waited for the tram to start again before Kyoko turned around and left.

Kyoko: I'm home.

Soya: If you want to go to the shrine, come back early.

Kyoko: OK.

After two stops, the four people got off the bus.

The familiar street scene was covered with snow, bringing a sense of freshness that was not usually seen. Zong Gu looked at the steps of the station for a while.

"I've told my mother that I'm back here." Hongzi said with her cell phone.

"Um."

Akane Kirino also notified her parents and received a reply to go home early.

There was snow all the way, and no one was involved in many places.

One step deep and the other shallow, the snow creaked, and returned to the old house with some difficulty. Soya stopped and Akane Kiriyo, behind him, bumped into him.

“Um…”

She lowered her head and closed her eyes, "Zonggu, I'm a little dazzled..."

"Let you stop staring at the snow."

Pulling her into the room, Akane Kirino adapted for a while before her eyes recovered.

Putting down her things, she grabbed Zong Gu who was taking off her shoes.

"What are you doing?"

"I want to play with a sled."

"You play."

"Come and pull me."

Zong Gu turned his head and looked at Hongzi, "Take your dog here."

"…The Alps are just a Shiba Inu, you can't pull it."

"How can I know if I don't try it?"

“It’s just that big!”

If he couldn't call the dog, Zong Gu had to play on his own.

There was no sled in the old house. Akane Kiriyo took out a small wooden drawer from the warehouse, hung a rope, and then sat in and asked him to drag it away.

"Fortunately, my butt is not big, so I can just sit in. Hongzi can't do it."

"Anime!"

After dragging her around the yard for two times, Zong Gu was a little gasping.

"Are you tired?"

"fine."

"Then let's go out for a walk."

“…”

Zonggu looked back at her, "You drag me when you come back."

"OK."

So when he moved to the gate of the yard, Zong Gu dragged her out.

"Just get here."

“Go a little further.”

After dragging forward for a while, Akane Kirino pointed ahead, "Go to the stone path and change people."

He took a breath, his teeth trembled due to coldness and his hands were panicked. Zong Gu regretted not wearing labor protection gloves just now.

"I should have used that thicker rope just now."

"Is it too thin...I feel that rope is a little old and may break."

"If you break it, you're fat."

Slap, a ball of snow hit his back.

The snow is still falling, and there is not a single person on the road.

Akane Kirino hugged her legs and hummed a song, dragged it by him, and looked up at the sky.

"Ah... there is someone in heaven."

"What are you saying?"

"It's true."

Zong Gu looked up and saw that there was indeed a Taoist figure floating in the air.

“…”

It's the month reading.

"It's Lord Yuedu."

"What is he doing there?"

"To find the big thunder."

"Stand high and see far?"

"Maybe." After staring at the Tsukido in the air for a while, Soya straightened the rope and dragged Akane Kirino to continue walking forward.

He understood that Yuedu must have discovered them a long time ago. No matter what he was doing, if there was a place where he needed him, he would have been there.

"I have a good idea," said Akane Kirino.

"What's the hell do you have?"

"It's a good idea!"

She threw a ball of snow and continued, "You ask Lord Yuedu to catch a few spirits to drag the sled. There are other things in the warehouse that can be used as sleds, so we can play together at that time."

“…”

Zong Gu shook his head speechless.

"If you oppress the spirits like this, they may mutate in the next second."

"Isn't Soya still there?"

"Don't think about it anymore. Don't bother Lord Yuedu."

"All right."
To be continued...