Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 108 Forget to study
Naruse was a little surprised to hear Hai Xing asking about how long Matsu Chiaki stayed in Tsumae this time.

He didn't hide it either, "Two or three days."

Only two or three days...

Time is too tight.

And the next few days are exams, how can she find the chance that he is not at home?

After recovering, Hai Xing found that she was still holding his arm, and quickly let go.

"……I see."

She walked to the bathroom, and Naruse couldn't help asking, "What's the matter with Starfish?"

She stopped at the door of the bathroom, hesitated, "It's something."

"What's the matter?" Naruse asked.

As far as he knew, the two hadn't seen each other since Matsu Chiaki left Tsuqian for Tokyo a few years ago.

And there shouldn't be any connection between them.

——If there is anything, it can only be the past.

"I have something to say to her..." Hai Xing avoided his gaze, "Alone."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly approached.

"..."

Behind him was the door of the bathroom, Hai Xing couldn't retreat, and stared at him with wide eyes.

Seeing her terrified look, Naruse took a deep breath, "What do you want to say to my mother?"

Hai Xing lowered his head, "It has nothing to do with you..."

"It has nothing to do with me? Then what else do you have to say to her." Naruse frowned even tighter, "Do you want to tell her about the past?"

"..."

Starfish opened his mouth, but did not deny it.

Then, she heard him sigh heavily.

"What exactly does Starfish want?"

"What about..."

"Even if you tell my mother... Tsk."

Naruse didn't want Matsuo Chiaki to know what happened between him and Haixing before.

He directly vetoed her plan, "You are not allowed to go."

Starfish suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"My mother won't want to see you either." Naruse said, "She will continue filming after she returns to Tokyo, so don't affect her emotions."

"..."

Hai Xing also understood how many hurtful things he had said before, but when he heard that Song Qianqiu didn't want to see her, his eyes were still red.

Seeing her look like she was about to cry, Naruse grew up.

"what on earth do you want?"

When they came back from Kyoto, wasn't the matter between them already over?

She also showed a willingness to accept it at that time.

Hai Xing raised her head, but she couldn't hold back after all, a tear slid down her cheek to the bottom and hung on her chin.

"I just want to apologize to her..."

Naruse was silent for a few seconds.

"……what?"

"Apologize to her for what I said before...I understand now that it was all my fault..."

She choked up, and the tears flowed more and more.

Naruse was a little dazed.

Are you sorry...

He never thought that one day he would hear the words of apologizing to Song Qianqiu from her mouth.

——Obviously he had treated her like that before, but she still refused to admit his mistake.

"You're not lying to me, are you?"

"..."

Hai Xing opened his mouth and cried directly.

"What the hell are you talking about, woo woo woo—"

"Hey……"

Naruse looked in the direction of the living room again, and had no choice but to cover her mouth first.

"Woo... um..."

She was still crying hard.

Tears kept flowing down, soaking the palms and filling the gaps between the fingers, just like when he beat her up and didn't want Song Qianqiu and Maki Seiichiro to find out.

It was only after she had no strength left from crying that Naruse let go of her hand a little.

"Don't cry, I'll let you go."

"..."

Haixing looked at him, Naruse let go of her palm, and she wiped it on her face.

"...Really?" Her voice was hoarse from crying.

"If what Starfish said is true."

"of course it's true……"

Naruse looked down at her, "Then you can go back with me later, and I will take you home later."

Starfish was silent for a moment.

"Can I go in alone?"

Naruse sneered, "You have a good idea, who knows what you will say."

She pursed her lips again, and was silent for a while before speaking again.

"tomorrow……"

"what?"

Hai Xing wiped his eyes, then sniffed again, "I'll go tomorrow."

"It's up to you. But when you're free, I'm free too."

She didn't speak.

The two of them stood in a silent stalemate for a while, the feeling from below reminded Hai Xing of why he came out.

"I'm going to... go in."

"Ah."

Turning around and opening the door of the bathroom, just as she went in, Naruse followed.

"..."

Starfish took a deep breath.

He just glanced at her and walked straight to the sink.

"Your saliva is all over your hands."

"..."

Going back to the living room, the three people who stayed here all looked over.

"Harukai has been gone for a long time." Takikawa Hikaru said.

Naruse sat down beside Naoko, "Think about life for a while on the toilet."

Mori Jian looked at him, "Has Starfish been waiting outside?"

"Well... almost."

As a result, Starfish did wait a long time outside the bathroom.

"Isn't it cold?" Shangzi squeezed to his side.

"Fortunately."

Naruse glanced at the draft in front of her, and he was still calculating the problem he was doing before he left.

"Is it stuck?"

"Ah... not at all." Shangzi smiled, "We were chatting just now."

Hikaru Takigawa, who was sitting opposite, even took out his mobile phone and played, "It's the last day before the exam, but I can't concentrate."

Mori Jian was more focused than the two of them, and he was still working on the questions, but he was also more relaxed than the previous two days.

"Just don't get distracted during the exam tomorrow."

"I know."

Naruse didn't say anything. In fact, the study session was mainly for Takikawa Hikaru and Hai Xing. They had no problems, and he couldn't concentrate either.

"Is Naruse's usual 'effort' in this state?" Mori asked.

"Almost." Naruse nodded, and tapped his fingertips on the table, "Most of the problems are solved in class, and there is actually not much to work on."

"That sounds really infuriating."

He smiled.

"Don't compare, just learn this kind of thing and do what you can do well."

"Ah, it's this kind of tone again, which makes people even more angry."

After a while, Starfish finally came back here.

Naruse glanced at her, he didn't cry for too long just now, and there was no obvious trace left.

Hikari Takigawa who was sitting next to him didn't notice it.

"Starfish's legs are so cold, let me warm them up for you."

"Um...thank you."

Starfish returned to the kotatsu, but failed to re-invigorate the atmosphere of the study session. What should be relaxed is still relaxing.

"Shall we gather again tomorrow night?" Takikawa Hikari asked suddenly.

Morimi took a slow breath and didn't speak.

Hai Xing glanced at Naruse, but was also silent.

"It's not necessary," Shangzi said.

Naruse looked at Takikawa Hikaru and Haixing, "Unless tomorrow's exam is so difficult that you feel dangerous, it is really unnecessary."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "Although it's a bit regrettable, I still hope that the exam will be easier."

Mori also forced a smile.

Topics continue to diverge, and no one cares about learning.

"Is udon noodles for tonight's extra meal?"

"Well. You're not hungry, are you? It's not even nine o'clock yet."

"No. If it's just udon noodles, I can also cook them. Let me do it later."

Naruse had no objection, but Shangzi said, "Let me do it."

Hikaru Takigawa got down on his stomach, stretched his hands across the table, and grabbed Naoko's hand.

"It will work this time."

Shangzi smiled: "Last semester's home economics class, that's what I said. In the end, only our group didn't eat."

"This...it should be successful this time."

"It's just cooking udon noodles, but you actually want to say 'it should be successful'... I dare not eat it after you cook it." Naruse said.

"It's too much!"

Hikaru Takikawa still didn't give up, "Let's decide by drawing lots."

"Stop playing."

"Please, this is the most important request in my life!"

Naruse raised an eyebrow.

"Okay, then let everyone draw lots."

"Well, it's okay..."

Hikaru Takikawa tore five small pieces of paper, drew four Xs and one 〇, then twisted them into a small ball and mixed them together.

"Come on."

The four looked at each other and each picked up a small ball of paper.

She opened the remaining one herself, and then lay back.

"..."

Naruse looked at the 〇 on the note in his hand, expressionless.

"Let me cook it," Shangzi said.

He shook his head and sighed, "I'll do it myself, just cook some noodles."

Hikaru Takigawa kicked him lightly under the kotatsu, "It's just cooking noodles."

"Tomorrow is just a test."

She stopped talking.

Sitting and chatting, it was around ten o'clock when Naruse got up to cook udon noodles.

As soon as the fire was lit, Morimi also came to the kitchen.

"I'm here to help."

　It's 10:30, let's cook some snail noodles...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)