Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 111 Going Out to Eat
Back in the upstairs room, Naruse dropped his schoolbag, and then stuck it behind the door, listening to the movement below.

"Chunhai..."

Shangzi was a little helpless.

Naruse turned his head, "Shh."

"..."

Shangzi had no choice but to walk over, covering his right ear with one hand, and with the other hand, slid up the gap between his face and the door, covering his left ear as well.

He looked over and faced each other at close range, Shangzi's face turned slightly red.

"Didn't Chunhai tell Haixing that he wouldn't eavesdrop?"

"No, I'm just worried that she might say something strange..."

"No."

"……All right."

Recalling the scene before coming up just now, Hai Xing started to cry as soon as he saw Matsu Chiaki, and probably wouldn't say anything nonsense, Naruse was not at ease but left behind the door with nothing to do.

——The two people in the living room moved very little, and he couldn't hear anything even if he was close to each other.

He sat down at the desk, and Shangzi had nothing to do, so he turned around in front of the bookshelf.

Half a year after he came back from Tokyo, there were more and more books on the bookshelf, and the new ones were all bought from Morimi Kohonen.

"Auntie asked me to sleep here after she returned to Tokyo." She said suddenly.

Naruse froze for a moment, "Really."

Shangzi stood in front of the bookshelf, looking at him out of the corner of his eye, "I said it last night when I was sleeping."

"That's it."

Both were silent for a while.

"...is it too close?"

She talked endlessly, but Naruse felt as if his chest had been cut open for a moment, and everything inside could not be hidden.

"will not."

He turned to look at her profile.

"If Shang Zi wants to, he can sleep here...it's more convenient."

She didn't speak, just nodded slightly.

Naruse looked at her for a while.

"Shangzi..."

"Ah."

He paused, then stood up, "What book do you want to read, I'll help you find it."

Shangzi looked at him and smiled slightly.

"As long as it's recommended by Chunhai, it's fine."

He raised his hand to set up the bookshelf, "Do you understand everything?"

She grabs his arm.

"Ah."

When Naruse and Shangzi went downstairs again, Hai Xing's apology to Matsu Chiaki was over.

She lowered her head and snuggled up beside Song Qianqiu, and only sat up a little when she saw the two of them coming down.

Song Qianqiu looked over.

"Haixing apologized to me, and I also forgave her. Chunhai is not allowed to bully Haixing with this matter in the future."

"Ah."

Of course he was fine and didn't bother to bully her. At this time, he was more concerned about whether Haixing told her the specific form of "bullying".

And Song Qianqiu's face is full of love and affection for the former stepdaughter beside him, it seems that there should be no.

"Starfish, come have dinner with us today."

She glanced at Naruse first, then nodded, "Okay."

"Remember to say hello to Mr. Seiichiro."

"Uh-huh."

Song Qianqiu touched her head, and then asked Naruse: "How is today's exam, are you okay?"

"It's about the same as last time."

"Where is Shangzi?"

"It feels quite simple...but Chunhai said to be more careful, so I checked every exam many times, and I'm a little tired mentally." Shangzi laughed.

"Thank you." Song Qianqiu smiled at her, "Leave today's dinner to me."

Naruse immediately frowned.

"Boy over there, why are you frowning?"

"You understand for yourself."

"I'm not ready to do it myself."

"Now this season, there are almost no food delivery stores."

Song Qianqiu smiled, "So let's go out to eat by ourselves."

Naruse looked out the window, "It's already this time..."

"Well, so she should be here soon."

"Who?"

Song Qianqiu smiled mysteriously, but did not answer, and after a while, the sound of a car came from outside.

Naruse opened the door, a red car was parked outside, and a young woman was getting out of the car.

"Long time no see, Master."

"Miss Sato..." He was a little surprised.

It was Yoko Sato, Matsu Chiaki's assistant, who came, Matsu Chiaki didn't mention it, he didn't even know that the other party followed her to the Northeast.

"I haven't seen you for a few months, and I'm getting more and more handsome."

Miss Sato came over and patted his head with some effort.

"Why is your body growing rapidly? In two years, I won't be able to touch your head anymore."

Naruse lowered his head slightly, "Miss Sato is here this time too."

"Yes. It's rare to rest for a few days. As soon as I arrived here yesterday, I went to Lake Jushoda to relax." Miss Sato said, "It's really good, hot springs and ice sculptures."

Song Qianqiu also came out from inside, "Is there any problem over there?"

"It's been booked, and I'll be staying there tonight."

"That won't work, Chunhai and the others have an exam tomorrow, so they have to come back tonight."

"Eh—" Ms. Sato was obviously disappointed, "I'm looking forward to it."

"Then you send the children back and drive there."

"It took more than an hour to go back and forth..."

"Where are you going?" Naruse asked.

"A luxury restaurant at the foot of Mt. Rockwood." Ms. Sato said, "It's hard to make a reservation at this time, and I made a reservation after reporting Ms. Matsu's name."

Matsu Chiaki greeted the children to get into the car, and Ms. Sato was still persuading Naruse: "Stay overnight, I will take you to school tomorrow morning."

"Can you get up, my son is going to take the first grade exam tomorrow." Song Qianqiu sat on the co-pilot, "Hurry up and get in the car."

Ms. Sato had no choice but to drive up and passed the Zhenmu Hotel. Haixing went down to say hello to her father and came back soon.

"That's Miss Song's ex-husband."

"Ex-ex-husband."

"It looks pretty ordinary."

Song Qianqiu smiled calmly, "He is a good man."

She turned her head and greeted, "Starfish."

"Eh……"

Hai Xing sat in the middle, leaned forward, and was hugged by her.

"This is my baby girl, Yoko probably hasn't seen it before."

Stopping at the intersection, Ms. Sato turned her head and looked at her for a while, "It's so beautiful, it looks like you were born. Have you considered making your debut in Tokyo?"

"..."

Starfish was stunned.

"Leave her alone."

Naruse pulled Hai Xing back and sat down, "Miss Sato still only knows this compliment?"

"I'm serious."

Although there was not a single car on the road, Ms. Sato waited patiently for the red light.

"Young master, too. This condition is enough to make a debut. There is also the young master's girlfriend."

"..."

Shangzi was still in a daze, but when Naruse glanced at him, his face turned red.

"……Freeze said."

"Ah, shy."

"You're harassing a minor."

Miss Sato pouted.

Song Qianqiu sat aside and looked at the rearview mirror. The three children in the back seat looked in different directions with different expressions.

The starfish sitting in the middle has a particularly complicated expression.

Nearly half an hour later, the group arrived at the high-end hotel at the foot of Yanmu Mountain, Xuesenzhuang.

The sky had already darkened, and the surrounding trees were tall and densely forested, and the Yanmu Mountain, which was close at hand, could not be seen.

After entering the hotel, Ms. Sato performed her duties and took care of everything. Naruse was quickly taken to a huge room on the second floor of the hotel.

The window was open, and there was a vast snowy sea outside, and the hotel's lights could only illuminate a small area.

"There is a hot spring here." Miss Sato said, "Before enjoying the food, let's go to the hot spring for a while."

"Okay." Song Qianqiu greeted the children and went downstairs to soak in the hot spring.

"Here are the towels and bathrobes. Here, take them."

When it was Naruse's turn, Ms. Sato smiled slightly: "The young master wants to soak alone, it's okay."

"What's the problem?" Naruse took the towel and bathrobe and walked to the men's bath.

"Let's go in too."

Song Qianqiu pushed the two girls, "It seems that we are the only ones at this time, let's enjoy it."

After changing his clothes and washing his body, Shangzi put his hair up and sat in the hot spring pool surrounded by stones.

The hot spring pool is surrounded by walls on three sides, and the remaining side is connected to the private mountain forest. There are many snowflakes outside, which melt the moment they fall into the pool.

"so comfortable……"

She is still in the final exam today, and tomorrow will continue, but she came to such a far place to soak in the hot spring tonight...

Leaning against the edge of the pool, enjoying with his eyes closed for a while, Shangzi opened his eyes and looked at the other three people in the pool.

Song Qianqiu leaned against Haixing, chatting with her all the time.

After Hai Xing apologized, the two were like their own mother and daughter who reunited after years of separation, and they were extremely close.

This made her suddenly feel forgotten.

"Starfish will stay at my house tonight and sleep with my mother."

"..."

Shangzi pursed his lower lip.

"No...forget it." Hai Xing was stunned for a moment, but still declined.

"Ok."

Song Qianqiu didn't force it, "My bed is very big, it's no problem to sleep three people."

"Three people..." Hai Xing turned to look at her.

"There's still Shangzi."

Song Qianqiu beckoned Shangzi to sit down too, "It has nothing to do with anything else, it's just a little selfishness of mine."

(End of this chapter)