Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 123 Ichiyo Morimi's Melancholy
The colored light ball rotates slowly, and the light shines through the small hole, sweeping across the faces of the two people in the corner.

"I thought there would be the kind of waiter who would hang around the party with a lot of wine glasses on a plate." Mori Jian suddenly said, "It turned out not to be."

"How could there be such a waiter at the school's Christmas party..."

Naruse paused, then realized, "What do you want to drink?"

"whatever."

"Then have a drink."

He went and asked for two cups of hot milk.

"Thank you." Sen Jian took a sip, pursed his lips, and finally smiled a little, "It feels much warmer."

"Would it be cool to stay in this corner?" Having said that, Naruse didn't leave, and stood beside her.

"I want to be alone for a while."

"Then what party are you going to?"

"The quietness amidst the hustle and bustle allows people to know themselves more deeply."

"Are you confirming the gold content of the 'Second Grade' you got?"

"..."

She looked over, took a deep breath, and spoke after a while.

"I almost splashed this glass of milk on your face just now."

Naruse stood aside.

After calming down a little, Morimi asked, "How many points did Naruse score?"

Before the so-called "Top [-]" rankings were released, other than direct inquiries, it was impossible to know the scores of other students.

Naruse pondered for a moment.

"Can not remember?"

"No, you drink the milk first."

Sen glanced sideways, "How many points?"

Naruse had no choice but to report his own score.

"..."

She opened her mouth, and the expression on her face disappeared suddenly.

Holding the remaining half a cup of hot milk in his hand, but he couldn't feel the slightest temperature. All that echoed in his mind was the number just now.

"This kind of score... how did you do it?"

"This exam is relatively simple, and I am more serious."

When she heard the seriousness, she couldn't help but sigh deeply: "I'm serious too..."

Naruse didn't answer, looked ahead, raised his cup and took a sip.

Darkness enveloped the party venue, the crowd was shaking in the buzzing noise, and the night seemed to have fallen.

While scanning, he suddenly saw Shangzi who was staying with the Takikawa sisters.

The venue was dim, but the few people standing under the lights were quite conspicuous.

"I've passed... see Sen?"

She tugged at his uniform.

"What about the exact score?"

Sen Jian looked at him, "You should still remember the scores of each subject."

"..."

Naruse felt helpless, "Is there any point in asking this now?"

"I want to know," she insisted.

He had no choice but to tell her the specific scores of each subject.

"Full marks in mathematics, full marks in English, full marks in biology..."

Mori Jian involuntarily let go of his hand and murmured, "Although it's relatively simple, it's not so simple..."

Naruse looked at her, "As I said just now, I also take this exam seriously."

She pursed her lips tightly, frowned, and wanted to say something but didn't say anything.

Seeing her in this state, Naruse wanted to find Naoko, but he didn't take a step forward after all.

"What about Mori's score?" he asked.

She glanced at him, moved her lips a few times before opening her mouth.

"The gap is not that big."

Her expression softened a little, but her brows still lingered.

"Isn't there a big gap? That's right, looking from the top down is completely different from looking from the bottom up.

At this level, it is very difficult to improve a few points, let alone... more than 20 points. "

Naruse looked at her, "If you think it's too stressful to keep looking up, Morimi can occasionally turn around and look at the people below."

She looked at him, "I will only look up, and I will not seek satisfaction from people who rank lower than myself."

Naruse suddenly laughed, "Did Mori feel the same way when he saw the first place in the exam?"

"..."

She pursed her lower lip.

"I don't deny Sen Jian's self-motivation, but always being tense will affect the efficiency of learning, won't it?"

"But relax a little bit, and the people below will catch up..."

"—Why are you so nervous?"

Naruse couldn't help interrupting her, because she was so stubborn about studying that it gave him a headache.

"And even if you catch up, so what, this is not the most important exam.

Mori saw that he fell to ninth last time, so he won the exam again this time... Then what, is the first in the grade other than me? "

She pursed her lower lip, seemed to smile, and quickly turned her face away.

After a brief silence, she sighed softly.

"What is the number one in the grade other than you? Don't you feel embarrassed to use such a strange way of saying it?"

"...This is what Morimi said just now."

"Forget about it now."

Naruse rolled his eyes, "Forgot."

Morimi squeezed the disposable paper cup in his hand.

The tide comes, the tide goes out, and it keeps rolling.

A lot of irritability that couldn't tell the source and was entangled together disturbed her, but suddenly dissipated most of it out of thin air. She took a deep breath and looked away.

The party in the stadium is still going on without any impact.

Her problem has not been resolved, but she also lost the sense of oppression that was pressing on her heart just now.

——What he said just now had some effect after all.

Although he was the one who made her feel anxious all of a sudden.

"It's all because of Naruse..." She didn't look at him, "I became so strange."

"Don't use such strange expressions."

She took half a step back and leaned against the wall, losing focus of her eyes.

"When I saw that the result was the second in the grade, I thought I wouldn't pay much attention to it... I can't tell what I'm anxious about now, let alone whether it's right for me to relax at this time .”

Naruse glanced at her and drank all the milk in the glass.

"The real problem with Sen Jian is that he thinks too much."

"But I can't stop thinking about it. This is always what I care about the most...especially now that I just got my grades."

"Come to the party, isn't it just to let go of these things temporarily?"

"I told you that Starfish dragged me here."

Naruse looked at her, "If Mori sees that he doesn't want to, can Haixing pull you?"

"..."

A short silence is the foreshadowing of an explosion.

"So...it's all because Naruse suddenly came to talk to me, which made me think wildly for a long time-don't suddenly create pressure on people, it's obviously this kind of occasion, isn't it here to relax, you have to learn to read the air. I think You just want to come here to show off that you are the first in the grade. Ah, I understand, the first in the grade is to show off in front of the second in the grade, in order to have the highest sense of satisfaction. Anyway, you must be thinking..."

"Yes Yes……"

Naruse didn't bother to refute, and understood that she had accumulated a lot of pressure, and she would admit everything she said.

After venting, Morimi stopped.

"……that's it."

"What you have taught is."

After hearing his score, it was impossible to relax completely, but she didn't want to be immersed in the anxiety caused by the gap, so she decided to temporarily enjoy the party in front of her.

After all, it's all here.

And today is the last day of this semester.

"Did Naruse see a starfish just now?"

"No. Shangzi and Guang are over there."

Mori Jian glanced at the place he was pointing at, and belatedly realized something: "Shangzi would let you run around in this kind of situation."

"So I'm going to find her now."

"Are you leaving me?"

"Can't you come over together?"

She didn't move, she stared there in a daze for a while, then suddenly handed him the cup.

"Continued Cup."

Naruse took the cup and asked for another cup of hot milk.

"Thank you."

She took a sip, an undisguised smile on her face.

Not only because of the hot milk that warmed his cold body, but also because of the indescribable satisfaction brought by his obedience.

Although he won't always listen to her...

She looked at the girl under the light over there.

"Speaking of which, how did Shangzi do in the exam this time?"

"Grade 21."

"... Has it improved so much?"

"It's amazing."

Morimi pursed her lips.

　Thanks to the leader of the book friend rankiw, I will add more in a few days

　　
　
(End of this chapter)