Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 109 Darkness
The blue flame licked the cooking pot, beating faintly, continuously transferring its own heat to the iron utensils above and the clear water in it.

Two shadows shrouded over, and the flames at the bottom of the pot became more and more conspicuous.

"I say……"

Naruse stretched out his hand and roasted it near the flame, "It's just cooking udon noodles, do you need two people?"

"No need." Morimi also stretched out his hand, "But this is my kitchen."

Naruse glanced at her.

"By the way, I have something to ask Naruse."

"You have something to ask too?"

Morimi turned his head, "'Also'?"

"……whats the matter?"

She stared at him for a while, "Haixing seemed to be crying just now."

"..."

She could see it all, and Naruse didn't pretend that he didn't know anything.

"It's just a misunderstanding."

"What misunderstanding?"

"Haixing wanted to go to my house and apologize to my mother. I didn't understand it at first, and I didn't promise her."

"Apologize..."

Mori Jian also showed a bit of surprise, but he was not too surprised.

Naruse stared at the dancing flames, "It's been so long, I said I want to apologize for what I said before."

"Before..."

Morimi pondered for a while.

"Narase."

"Ok?"

"Do you still remember that there used to be a ramen shop next door to Haixing's house?"

"Well……"

Naruse thought for a while, "It seems to be there. But that store has moved away long ago, hasn't it?"

"Yes."

Mori nodded, "Before we moved out, the ramen shop was run by a single aunt who was the same age as our parents."

Naruse looked at her.

"Haixing mentioned it to me once before. After her mother passed away, that person came to her store frequently and stayed for half a day. Haixing has a good relationship with her.

And after Mr. Maki remarried with Haruhi's... well, with Naruse's mother, she never came here once. "

Mori also turned his head to look.

"Just before she moved away, she found Hai Xing and said something to her... Naruse thinks, what is she talking about?"

Naruse quickly frowned.

"My mother's bad words."

Sen Jian looked at him: "Even the cause of the death of Hai Xing's mother has been pushed to Miss Song."

"..."

He took a deep breath, widened his eyes, and remained silent for a while.

Many things in the past made sense at once.

"No wonder at that time, she always called my mother 'bad woman'... Is she an idiot, she can even believe such words."

Sen saw a bit of helplessness on his face, "Haixing is an idiot."

Naruse's face was sullen, and it took another half-hour before he opened his mouth.

"Does Morimi know where that person moved to?"

"I don't know." She looked over, "What does Naruse want to do?"

"The one who really needs to apologize is that person."

"She moved away earlier than Naruse, and she seems to have no relatives here, and there has been no news for a long time."

Naruse pursed his lower lip, feeling very regretful in his heart.

grumbling-

The water boiled.

"It's time to go down." Sen Jian said.

"Ah."

Naruse picked up the udon noodles and put them in the skillet.

"Baka!"

Morimi quickly squeezed him away, then took out the udon noodles that had been put in the packaging bag and threw them into the sink.

"Hiss...hot..."

"..."

Naruse also came back to his senses, and quickly turned on the tap to let her rinse.

"Are you okay?"

"I just wanted to ask this question, are you okay?"

Morimi rinsed his fingers under cold water, "What are you thinking?"

Naruse pursed his lower lip, and glanced at the unopened udon noodles in the sink.

"Some dark thoughts."

She sighed heavily, "Are you an idiot too?"

"Just now."

Naruse shook his head, expelling the dark thoughts in his mind, "Sorry, are your hands okay?"

"Just a little bit of hot water."

Morimi turned off the faucet, stared at his fingertips for a while, "No problem...what are you going to do?"

Naruse opened the back door, went outside and dug a ball of snow, squeezed it into a small ball and handed it to her.

"Pinch it."

"It's really all right..." Sen Jian couldn't laugh or cry, and stopped him when he was about to throw the snow ball, "Forget it, give it to me."

Holding the cold snow ball with her fingertips, she looked at the boiling water in the cooking pot, "Do you want me to come?"

"Need not."

Naruse picked up the udon noodles again, opened the package, took out the dough and put it down.

"Would you like to add something?" he asked.

"What can I add?"

"Eggs." Naruse glanced back, "You don't have any other ingredients at home, do you?"

"I'm kind of craving tempura."

"Where do you get the ingredients, you can make me into tempura."

Sen Jian smiled, turned and left the kitchen, "It's up to you."

She has been here for a long time.

Back in the living room, Shang Zi really looked over, and soon noticed the snow ball in her hand.

"I accidentally burned my finger." Morimi explained.

"Eh?" Several people looked over, "Are you all right?"

"It's okay, it's just a little bit of hot water."

The snow ball is cold and melts very slowly. She can't hold it for long, so she holds it alternately with both hands.

After a while, Naruse came over with two bowls of udon noodles.

"Eggs are added, it's really good." Hikaru Takikawa took a deep breath, "It's really fragrant."

Morimi looked at him, "Unfortunately, there is no tempura."

"It would be too happy to add tempura." Hikaru Takikawa smiled.

"Think beautifully."

Putting down the udon noodles, Naruse went back to the kitchen and brought two more bowls.

The two bowls of noodles just now have been distributed to Shangzi and Morimi, and these two bowls naturally belong to Takikawa Hikaru and Haixing.

"Be careful, the noodles are still a little hot just after scooping them up."

"..."

The sudden concern made Hai Xing stunned for a moment, she looked up at him, and Shang Zi also looked over.

Naruse didn't say much, and returned to the kitchen for the last time, bringing his bowl of noodles here.

Sitting back in the kotatsu again, several people gathered together and ate udon noodles.

"It tastes good."

"So in the future, as long as Shangzi and I are around, you don't have to think about cooking for yourself."

Hikaru Takigawa smiled and glared at him: "For the sake of udon..."

Naruse lowered his head to eat the noodles, then glanced at the starfish next to him.

After eating udon noodles, the last study session before the exam is almost over.

"Put the bowl there, I'll wash it."

Sen Jian was still holding the snow ball just now, which was slightly smaller than before, but also more rounded.

After sending a few people away, she went back to the upstairs room and put the snow ball out of the window out of the sun.

In the cold winter in Northeast China, this group of snow can last until next spring.

The companions had already gone far away, out of sight.

She closed the window, looked down at the red fingertips from the cold, and pressed them on her face again.

"hiss……"

She shivered from the cold and became more awake.

"Okay...it's still early, wash the dishes first, and then you can do the questions for another two hours."

When Morimi washed the dishes and returned to the kotatsu to continue working on the questions, Naruse and his party had already reached the door of Haixing's house.

It was still Naruse who went over and held up the shutter door for Hai Xing.

She got in and looked back at them, "Thank you...good night."

Naruse looked at her, "After school tomorrow, Hai Xing will go home with us."

She was startled for a moment, and soon thought of what he actually meant, showing hesitation.

"I'll go back to my upstairs room then." Naruse added.

"Eh……"

Hai Xing was a little puzzled by the change in his attitude before and after.

"That's it, good night."

"Good night……"

Naruse pulled down the shutter door, and beckoned Naoko and Hikari Takikawa to leave.

"What did Chunhai say to Haixing just now?"

"My mother is back, and she wants to say hello."

Separated from Takikawa Hikaru at the intersection, and then returned home, Matsu Chiaki was still awake, sitting in the living room.

"Welcome back. You must be freezing after walking so far."

"It's okay." Naruse thought for a while, went to sit down, and told her that Haixing would come over to apologize to her tomorrow.

Song Qianqiu was silent for a while.

"Apologize... Actually, I didn't care that much about what happened at that time.

But it's okay, I haven't seen that child in a long time, let her come over. "

After finishing speaking, she looked at Shangzi who was sitting quietly at the side again.

"It's really cold at night."

"Um……"

Song Qianqiu smiled slightly, "Can Shangzi stay here at night and sleep with me?"

(End of this chapter)