Chapter 233: Fate Divination
The time for the Hokkaido Representative Competition is getting closer and closer. This afternoon is a special performance for the violin group. In order not to disturb the violin group's special practice, Fujii Itsuki dismissed other groups from school early.

"Hiiragi-san."

Holding the cello, Hiiragi Rinka raised her hand cautiously, "Here."

"Second movement, third bar. Lead the students in the violin and bass group to play it again."

".Yes Yes."

Hiiragi Rinka walked carefully to the violin and bass group, took a deep breath, and placed the cello steadily in front of her. Her eyes were still timid, but after glancing at the members around her, she nodded slightly and signaled everyone to get ready in a weak voice.

"Everyone, pay attention to the rhythm. We must start together."

Rinka Hiiragi bowed to everyone and then sat in her own seat, looking at the music score and plucking the strings with the bow.

Fujii Itsuki closed his eyes and listened carefully for a while, until Akai Muzi beside him gently pushed him with her arm.

"Not bad." Akai Muzi looked at the bass group

"Well, it's good, but it still has some flaws."

After everyone finished playing, Fujii Itsuki opened his eyes, first gave encouragement to everyone who was looking forward to it, and then pointed out their shortcomings.

"The performance just now was good overall, but there are some areas that need attention," he said gently, "especially the transition part of the third bar, the double bass should follow the melody line of the cello more closely. Hiiragi-san, your bowing technique just now was a little soft and not strong enough, which made the expression of the entire part a little vague."

Hiiragi Rinka nodded, a little embarrassed, but immediately adjusted her posture.

Fujii Itsuki walked over to her side, gently lifted her arm, and demonstrated the correct usage:

"Here, you need to use a little more force on the bow and use more bow hair to rub the strings. This will make the tone deeper and resonate better with the double bass."

He then turned to the other violinists, "You guys are a little slow in transitioning between the second and third bars. Remember, there's a slight stretch in the rhythm in this section, but don't lose the overall continuity."

"Yes--"

Everyone agreed in unison.

Next was the violin group led by Matsumae Shinharu. Fujii Itsuki signaled her to get ready, and after she responded that she was ready, Fujii Itsuki asked them to play the first bar of the fourth movement on the violin.

The fourth movement is the finale, allegro, which is exciting, infectious, and has a certain lyrical quality.

As soon as Matsumae Shinchun stepped forward, her posture was as elegant as a princess, dazzling and brilliant.

Not to mention the other students in the back of the classroom, even the students from other parts who were waiting for their friends outside were peeking in towards the window.

"It's Kokoharu, Kokoharu-chan is here."

"Shh! Be quiet! Be careful, Mr. Fujii might get angry! Don't disturb anyone inside!"

Fujii Itsuki knew and could see that Matsumae Shinharu's musical accomplishments had been accumulated over more than ten years.

Come to think of it, she should be following the professor's footsteps, right? That's why she chose the violin.

When I was in the wind orchestra in college, I chose the violin under the influence of my professor, and then led everyone to win the national gold medal.

He still remembers very clearly the days when he was striving for the gold medal in the club.

Fujii Itsuki closed his eyes and listened.

After Xinchun and the others finished playing, Fujii Itsuki nodded silently.

The other students inside and outside the classroom were already excited.

"Kokoharu-chan plays even better than before"

“The technology has improved.”

"How can we catch up with this?"

When Matsumae Shinchun heard the praises from people around her, she smiled at everyone a little embarrassedly, quite politely.

It was this smile of hers that made the other female classmates blush.

Xinchun is the most popular child both in the club and in the class.

The reason is that she is gentle and generous to others. If you talk to her for a few words, you will be infected by her approachable temperament.

As her teacher, Fujii Itsuki naturally likes this child, Xinchun.

He is polite and talented. He will do his job well and has excellent interpersonal relationships with everyone.

What a good student.

Fujii Itsuki couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"So, when is the teacher going to have sex with me?"

"." Fujii Itsuki put down the green peppers from the supermarket.

"Teacher?" Matsumae Shinchun tilted her head beside him.

"Well," Fujii Itsuki was unable to speak, his eyes wandering, "Xinchun, we just got out of school, so please don't talk about this, okay?"

"Teacher, Xinchun isn't shy, so what are you afraid of?"

What are you afraid of?
I’m afraid that Jiuhuayue is following me!
I don't know whether she went back or not.

If she heard Xinchun say this to her blatantly, she would probably crawl to her bed and torture her again tonight!

Matsumae Xinchun looked ahead, and her gentle tone was full of the unquestionable spirit of a little princess, "If the teacher doesn't give me a clear answer, Xinchun will assume that the teacher has agreed to tonight."

"Later, later," Fujii Itsuki said quickly.

"How long is later?"

"At least you have to graduate."

"No." Matsumae Shinchun turned her face away.

"Don't refuse so decisively."

"Teacher, you saw it last night. Xiaoyue didn't do her duty and came to disturb your sleep late at night. I really couldn't stand it."

"So, Xinchun, the solution you've been thinking about all day is--"

"Of course! Only when you and Xinchun are married, can Xinchun legitimately go to your room and help you drive Xiaoyue away."

Why does this sound weirder the more I listen to it?

"If not, teacher, you are favoring Xiaoyue!"

"How could I?"

"Hmph" Matsumae Shinchun turned to the right.

"Xingchun." Fujii Itsuki turned to the right.

"Hmph" Matsumae Shinchun turned to the left again.

"Xinchun, how could I?" Fujii Itsuki turned to the left again.

Maybe it's because birds of a feather flock together, Xinchun actually has some of Xiaojiuhua's tsundereness.

She looks cute, but she is not easy to please.

But this matter is also my own fault. Who made me play both sides?

It was right for her to be angry. It would be wrong if she wasn't angry.

At this time, Fujii Itsuki received a text message from Jiuhuayue.

She said she was going to Sapporo to take modeling photos today and would be back later.

At the end of the message, I specifically reminded myself not to believe the slander of the "fox spirit"!

Please do not!

Otherwise she will be angry for a whole month!
"Who sent the message?" Matsumae Shinchun, who was selecting vegetables, suddenly turned around.

"Xiao Yue." Fujii Itsuki did not lie.

"What did she say?" Matsumae Shinchun did not take his phone away, but asked calmly.

"She said she'd be back later."

"Later? Then."

"Xinchun, no, no."

".There's nothing wrong with that. Teacher. You're just afraid."

When Matsumae Shinchun turned around angrily, she gave him a coquettish look.

When Fujii Itsuki saw her eyes, he felt a little itchy.

I don’t know if I should describe it this way.

Anyway, he felt that the neck that Xinchun showed in front of him was so beautiful.
I also want to peel off the sailor suit on her like peeling an eggshell.

Fortunately, Fujii Itsuki reacted in time and did not continue to think about it, but kept repeating "sin, sin" in his heart.

Who would have thought that at this moment the girl stood in front of him again, pulled him back, and motioned him to lower his head:
"teacher."

"what happened?"

"Teacher, lower your head, I have something to tell you."

Fujii Itsuki did as he was told, but he didn't expect the girl to kiss him on the cheek first, then gently pull his ear, and whisper shyly in his ear:
"Xinchun needs to go to worship today, but her aunt is not at home, so she needs an elder to help Xinchun bathe and change clothes."

"I'm afraid this isn't the excuse you're looking for."

".Teacher, when has Xinchun ever lied to you? The worship was real, and the bathing and changing clothes were also real." So the need for help from the elders was fake?

Matsumae Shinchun quickly returned to her normal self, looking at him with a dignified and virtuous manner, just a little shyly:
"Xiaoyue will be home late today, so does the teacher agree or not?"

"."

Fujii Itsuki still agreed.

After buying groceries and on his way home, he felt inexplicably a little excited.

Xinchun is a polite child, but she was very dishonest on the way home.

On the car ride back, she would always sit in the back seat, secretly twisting her fingers and playing with them carefully.

Fujii Itsuki really didn't know whether she was deliberately teasing him or not, so after getting off the car, he couldn't help but ask her.

Matsumae Shinharu blushed and stammered.

"Why don't you speak?"

".I'm embarrassed to tell the teacher this."

".? You pinch my fingers, there's nothing to be embarrassed about."

"Because...Because Xinchun was using a divination on the teacher just now."

"What divination?"

"."

"Come on, there's nothing shameful about this."

"That's right, the book in the shrine is called 'Mingyuan Gobu'." Matsumae Shinchun didn't want to say more after saying this.

Fujii Itsuki became more and more curious, "Xingchun, tell me, is it not possible?"

"Then Xinchun will just say what he has observed. Teacher, you are the 'Elephant of the Great Snake' plus the 'Elephant of the Firebird'."

"What do you mean?"

"."

"Interpretation, interpretation."

"No. No."

After that, Matsumae Shinchun was unwilling to say another word even if she was beaten to death.

Fujii Itsuki was really curious about what kind of divination could make this child so shy.

So they came to the living room, and Fujii Itsuki searched for it at night while she was cooking.

Sure enough, nothing was found.

That book should be a book handed down from the ancestors of Matsumae Shrine. Of course, there is not much information in it at night.

Xinchun is a shrine maiden of Matsumae Shrine, so there may be some clues in the documents of the Matsumae family.

He remembered that he had seen information about the Matsumae family in the library of Kyoto University, so he went to the official website of Kyoto University and, using his student identity, checked the university's database.

He actually found it.

Although the introduction is very short and was only mentioned in an ancient book, someone excerpted it.

It says above that "Mingyuan Yubu" is an ancient and sacred divination ritual.

Legend has it that it originated from the Okuninushi God in Shinto mythology, who is the god in charge of the earth, prosperity and human destiny. In ancient times, Okuninushi God gave a special revelation to a shrine maiden - the state of a man and his hands can reflect his connection with the world and reveal the direction of his future destiny.

This revelation was passed down and formed a unique divination technique called "Mingyuan Yubu".

According to the author, this divination number was established by ancient witches for women who had doubts in their hearts but were unable to speak out.

Women will bring their male partners to the shrine maidens, who will then tell the women some of the questions they want to know but are unable to ask through the length and thickness of the men's fingers, the shape of their nails, the thickness of their knuckles, the texture of their skin, etc.

When Fujii Itsuki saw the introduction later, he slapped himself in the face.

So, Xinchun was measuring her own size through her palm?

Can this be accurate?
Fujii Itsuki just didn't believe it. Suddenly he saw Xinchun's snow fox yawning and wagging its big tail on the sofa beside him.

By the way, this fox has become bigger, right?

Getting fat?
Also, why does Xinchun care about this?
Does she care about this?

Fujii Itsuki was really curious and also wanted to tease her, so he took the information he found to Matsumae Shinharu who was cutting vegetables and asked her seriously about it.

And ask her if she was just guessing something through her fingers.

Unexpectedly, Matsumae Shinchun blushed and pushed him away:

"Teacher, don't say that again."

"."

Fujii Itsuki finally understood, she really was.

He had no other questions, only curiosity:
"Then what are these 'image of the great snake' and 'image of the firebird' that you just mentioned?"

"."

"Say it."

"."

"Say it."

Matsumae Shinchun couldn't stand his repeated urging, so she said softly, "Teacher, if you really want to know, just look up the mythological background of 'Giant Snake' and 'Firebird' yourself. Don't...don't ask me."

"I'll check it out right away."

Fujii Itsuki returned to the computer and began searching for the two keywords "big snake" and "firebird".

This time it was easy to find.

The big snake, in legend, symbolizes strength and tenacity. The big snake lives in deep mountains and rivers. According to rumors from people who have seen it, the big snake is so big that it cannot be seen. It stretches from the ground to the sky, straight up, and towers into the clouds.

The Firebird symbolizes passion and vitality. The Firebird has flaming feathers that can set the earth and trees on fire wherever it flies. Because it is so dazzling, anyone who sees it can only see its color, which is purple and red.

Now, it was Fujii Itsuki's turn to be speechless.

"."

He quickly pressed down the laptop.

Then look up at the sky and take a breath.

In fact, there is no need to care about anything. Aren’t many things in ancient times like this?
Xinchun was just having a playful mood for a moment, out of curiosity.

Girls are naturally curious, so of course she was too shy to mention such things.

At this time, Matsumae Shinharu had finished cooking a soup. She walked into the living room and saw Fujii Itsuki standing by the French window, hesitating for a moment.

Then, I tried to start a conversation awkwardly, "Teacher, did you find out?"

"Ah."

"Then Xinchun was right in her divination, wasn't she?"

".That's right."

Matsumae Shinharu's face turned even redder.

Now she finally understood why Xiaoyue was pestering the teacher every day.

"Well, teacher, it's not recorded anywhere else, but the origin of life divination can actually be done by using the finger divination to predict the root divination, and then using the root divination to predict the life divination."

Matsumae Shinharu was obviously hesitant, and so was Fujii Itsuki's back.

"How about you let me tell your fortune?"

".How?"

"Naturally. Xinchun can only know your true appearance when she sees it with her own eyes. She needs to use her fingers to measure the distance with her own hands."

".Now?"

"Now. Now, it's OK. But the teacher has to hold on all the time, so that it can be seen."

Fujii Itsuki turned around and saw Matsumae Shinharu's charming and cute little face and teardrop mole. Just with this one glance, he didn't know if he was possessed or what, but by the time he reacted, he had already nodded.

On the other side, Yunohana Onsen.

"Hehehe~ Yesterday it was fish, today it's sushi, sushi again, sushi sushi~"

Yang Kui Chitose had already packed up the sushi for Brother Shu and Xiao Jiuhua, and was humming a song happily, preparing to leave.

"Then mother, I'm going to Brother Shu~"

"Slow down on the road!"

"okay!"

Chitose Yangkui walked out happily, smiling all the time, and got on the bus.

"Brother Shu~Brother Shu~Brother Shu can eat sushi again~"

(End of this chapter)