Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 15 Departure
Maki's, it's dinner time.

Hai Xing buried her head in silence, with a cloud hanging over her brows, which did not dissipate until the meal was over.

Sitting across the dining table, Seiichiro Maki really couldn't figure out what his daughter was really thinking, so he missed his first wife who died of illness for many years more and more.

"I'm stuffed."

Hai Xing put down his chopsticks, got up and went back to his room.

"Haixing." Seiichiro stopped his daughter, feeling that he had to say something, "Haixing is angry?"

She denied it faster than turning her head, "No."

Sure enough, he was angry.

Seiichiro sighed inwardly, and intuitively guessed part of the reason.

"Is it because of the party over there?"

"..."

Hai Xing pursed her lower lip and frowned, "No... no, I'm not angry. Leave me alone."

"But didn't Haruhi come to invite you this afternoon?" Seiichiro looked at his daughter, "It was Hai Xing who refused."

Hai Xing turned around abruptly: "He didn't say—"

"Didn't you say anything?" Seiichiro was taken aback and asked quickly.

"..."

She opened her mouth and swallowed the words that came to her lips.

"leave me alone."

After leaving the last sentence, Hai Xing left the restaurant directly, went upstairs and returned to her room.

"starfish!"

She shut the door of her father's call and turned to face the dark room. She only felt that her chest was so tight that she couldn't breathe.

Turning on the light and opening the window, it was already dark outside, and she saw the light box of Morimi Kohonen shop diagonally opposite at a glance.

In the afternoon, that guy suddenly brought Yiye over and invited her to the party.

But he was just an invitation, and he didn't say that the woman who had been her stepmother for two years would leave here tomorrow.

"What should I do……"

Starfish lay down by the window, revealing her thoughts to the starry sky.

She wants to apologize to her.

Apologize for misunderstood her because I believed in the neighbor's gossip when I was young, apologize for my childish behavior of tit-for-tat, and apologize for my tolerance of her that I didn't understand until now...

She wanted to apologize to her stepmother alone, without anyone else, especially without that guy present, so she declined today's party invitation and planned to find another opportunity;

But it wasn't until her father accidentally mentioned it during dinner that she didn't know that the person she wanted to apologize to was leaving tomorrow...

Starfish lowered its head.

She is angry.

Angry at myself for not being able to work up the courage to go to the party knowing that my last chance was going to disappear.

After drinking the juice in the glass, Naruse shook his head at Naoko, expressing that there was no need to add more.

Tables are messed up, food is scarce, and the send-off party is drawing to a close.

"It's almost time to end." Shang Zi whispered.

"Ah."

Naruse nodded, glanced at the empty seat next to him, and looked at his mother's room.

After the party started, Song Qianqiu answered several calls and made more calls. Before returning to the "circle" in Tokyo, she had already revealed that she was busy as a well-known artist;

In order not to let her busyness affect the children's interest, she basically stayed in the room.

Another phone call ended, Matsuchiaki returned to the living room, and found Morimi and Takikawa sisters looking at him.

After sweeping the mess on the table again, she also understood.

"It's getting late, we should go back." Morimi got up first and said goodbye to her, and Takikawa Hikari helped Takikawa Tsuki to stand up.

Song Qianqiu showed a helpless smile, "I'm sorry, I've been on the phone and haven't been with you much."

All three shook their heads, expressing that they understood her busyness.

"I'm looking forward to Ms. Matsu's new drama!" Takikawa said.

Song Qianqiu smiled at her, "I'm also looking forward to the results of the entrance exam in June. When the time comes, be sure to send me a Line to let me know."

Takikawa Tsuki nodded repeatedly, with a happy face.

Sending the three of them to the door, Song Qianqiu said:

"The office sent someone to pick me up, and I have to leave tomorrow morning, and then I won't say hello to you - don't come to see me off, it's too early, I'd better sleep at home. "

"Okay..." Takikawa Yue's emotions fluctuated greatly, and tears were already in his eyes at this time.

Song Qianqiu looked at her, then at Takikawa Hikari and Morimi, and finally at Shangzi, still regretting Haixing's absence in her heart.

"Chunhai will ask you to take care of her."

"Don't say unnecessary words." Naruse began to urge several people to go back.

Song Qianqiu smiled, and continued: "Although Chunhai looks mature, in some respects, he is actually quite naive and awkward..."

"—Mori saw just now that he should go back to read books early, right?" Naruse interrupted her again.

Sen Jian pushed his glasses and looked at him without speaking.

Song Qianqiu smiled and shook her head, said no more, said goodbye to a few people for the last time, and asked Naruse to send them back.

Takikawa's house is very close, while Morimi's house is far away. When they came to the intersection, Takikawa Hikaru said that their sisters don't need to see them off, and just ask Naruse to send Yiye home.

"OK Bye Bye."

"Good night--"

Watching the Takikawa sisters go away, Mori looked at Naoko who was following, and then at Naruse, "Actually, I don't need to see them off either."

"Do you want to live near the bookstore?"

"Do not."

"Then give it away."

Seeing that there was no reluctance, Mori walked away.

Passing by her bookstore, she went in to say hello, and came out quickly, and saw Naruse looking at the real wood hotel.

"Starfish didn't come, Auntie seems a little regretful."

"It's fine if you don't come, don't worry." He looked away, "Let's go."

The three of them walked past the door of the Zhenmu Hotel, and when they got closer, they saw that the windows on the second floor were open, and they all kept silent with each other.

After nightfall, the streets become quiet.

The street lamp shrouded the whole body miserly, leaving the rest of the place to the moonlight.

The shadow follows closely, and occasionally when it fades, it will split into a deeper clone, appear quietly, and then disappear quietly.

"Is there really no need to send it?" Senjian said suddenly.

"What...you mean my mother? No need to give it away."

Naruse looked at the lonely lights in the darkness in the distance, which was Morimi's house, "I don't even know what time she will leave tomorrow morning."

"Just now it seems that someone will come to pick you up?"

"Probably an assistant. He came here from Tokyo to pick him up..."

He shook his head and didn't continue.

Mori looked at him, and he was more than happy to talk to him about the daily life of a star like Matsu Chiaki, which is a side that is difficult for ordinary people to get in touch with. She just caught a glimpse of Shangzi staring at her, and she stopped like this again. thought.

The three of them chatted without saying a word, and the road didn't seem far away.

When they arrived at Morimi's house, Naruse and Naoko said goodbye to Ichiyo, then turned and walked back.

"Yiye's home is really far away, everyone rarely came here before." Shangzi said.

Naruse responded, and memories of the past came out from the corner.

"But every time we play together, Yiye will come over. Although she is very inconspicuous, I don't remember her appearance at that time... Um, it seems that she always stays with Haixing?"

"Is it because the two stores are very close to each other?"

"maybe."

Shangzi looked at him, "It's like me and Chunhai."

Naruse looked at the moon, "Yes."

It was almost 10 minutes after the two of them got home.

Naruse said goodnight to Naruse and her son as usual, and then went back to her home to rest;
Matsu Chiaki was the same as usual, while applying a mask, she wandered around the living room with a script, and at the same time reminded Naruse to take a shower early.

After cleaning up the mess of the party and taking a shower, Naruse went back to his room and read the newly bought book in the afternoon, but found that he couldn't read it at all, so he lay down on the bed early.

The night in the country was extremely quiet, and he didn't need to concentrate on listening carefully. The sound of the neighbor opening the window was clearly transmitted to his room.

"..."

The feeling of lack of energy in the afternoon came back, and Naruse lay still, staring at the ceiling in the darkness.

After an unknown amount of time, he heard a much softer sound of closing the window.

Naruse closed his eyes, letting the sense of powerlessness overwhelm his body, thinking that he would fall asleep soon, but what awaited him was tossing and turning throughout the night.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't sleep, and at three or four in the morning, Naruse finally gave up.

He sat up, stared out the window for a while, and decided to get up when it was a little brighter, but he fell asleep within a few minutes after lying down.

When the next day came, he was even full of anger when he was woken up by Song Qianqiu.

In that moment, nothing is more important than sleep.

But he soon sobered up.

"Mom is leaving."

"Now?"

"Now."

Naruse went downstairs to see him off, his assistant, Ms. Sato, nodded to him with a smile, and then carried Matsu Chiaki's luggage to the car.

His mother let go of her arms, and the early morning wind made him a little cold.

"Chunhai's own life has only just begun."

Watching her get into the car, Naruse turned his head, and Naoko appeared behind him at some point, wearing an apron.

"Eat something, and then go to sleep."

He rubbed his stomach and yawned again.

"it is good."

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【Tokyo Return · End】

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