Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 161
Go straight along the access road, and you will find the vermilion gate.Reflecting the white snow, the colors of the shrine buildings are also more vivid.

Naruse didn't have time to appreciate it, so he went straight through the building door, and then stopped to look around.

Going up a flight of steps, you will find the worship hall of Iwakiyama Shrine, and on the right hand side is a snow-covered path leading to the next shrine.

Mori Jian came out of the worship hall, stood on the steps against the flow of people, and looked at him below.

The two are looking for starfish.

"Not here."

"That's the way to go." Naruse looked at the path on the right, the footprints on the snow were messy, and nothing could be seen.

"If she comes in." Sen Jian looked outside the building door.

Before entering the gate of the building, there is another road leading to the left, and many people go there.

"I'll go look outside."

She walked down, took out her mobile phone and looked at it, "I still don't reply to the message... What did you say to her?"

"I do not like her."

"..."

Sen Jian's footsteps stopped, and the worshiper behind couldn't dodge and bumped into her.

Naruse reached out to support her.

"Ah, sorry." The man stopped and apologized, "Are you all right?"

"fine."

She quickly stood still, broke away from Naruse's hand, and stared at him for a few more seconds.

She didn't say anything after all.

"I'll go look outside."

"Ah."

Passing through the gate of the building, Morimi squinted his eyes, and saw the three people who were still walking towards this side on the access road from a distance.

The snow was deep, and Takigawa Hikaru supported his sister and Shangzi, but couldn't get up fast.

She looked back again, but Naruse was no longer in sight.

Taking a deep breath, Mori Jian looked for the path on the other side.

On the side road leading to the end of the shrine, Naruse kept walking among the worshipers in twos and threes, searching until he came to the Inari Shrine at the end of the path.

The fox statues on both sides have been covered by snow, but there are still no starfish among the worshipers who folded their hands and bowed.

On one side of the path is the courtyard wall of the worship hall, and on the other side is a sea of ​​trees and a sea of ​​snow made up of towering trees soaring into the sky. She didn't seem to come here either.

Naruse could only turn around and look elsewhere.

Walking back along the side of the road, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a series of footprints that deviated from the road.

"..."

The footprints on the snow lead to the sea of ​​trees.

A solitary string, hard to spot, but conspicuous once noticed.

Naruse raised his head, the overlapping giant trees blocked his sight, and he couldn't see too far.

He took a breath, followed the footprints and walked in, hoping that she would be at the end of this series of footprints, but he didn't really want to be alone with her again.

"..."

After not walking far, Naruse didn't know how to describe his mood when he saw Haixing's back.

Naruse: I found it.

Mori see: where?

Naruse: I'll talk about it later.

She was sitting behind a big tree, seemingly in a daze.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, she turned her head and took a look. When she saw him, her eyes lit up first, then dimmed quickly.

Naruse stopped by the tree, "What are you doing?"

"...nothing."

"Where are you going?"

Starfish looked down at the snow on the ground.

"Not going anywhere."

Keeping her head on, she didn't even think about where she was going to go, but suddenly found that the road came to an end, so she simply turned into the sea of ​​trees.

After walking a few steps, she faintly felt that if she continued walking, she would definitely get lost in this icy and snowy jungle, so she stopped.

She also saw the news of Senjian and wanted to be alone for a while, but she didn't expect him to find her so soon.

She didn't even have time to sort out her mood.

And after he said a few words, he stopped talking, and both of them remained silent.

Hai Xing wondered if he was also waiting for her to speak.

After a while, he suddenly took a few steps forward and sat down next to another tree opposite, facing her.

Looking around, around, and even the broken sky above his head, Naruse looked at her again, "Let's talk again."

This is far more suitable for intimate conversations than the back seat of a bus.

Starfish looked at him and hugged his knees.

"...What do you want to talk about?"

"Talk about how you like me."

"..."

She pursed her lower lip, hugged her legs tightly, and gradually shrunk her body into a ball.

"What else is there to talk about?"

"There is really nothing to talk about. I... like Shangzi. There is no result between you and me."

"..."

Starfish stared down at the snow on the ground.

"But if Haixing doesn't give up, it will be a trouble for me."

She grabbed a handful of snow and threw it.

"—I've already given up on it!"

Bai Xue flew away, he just squinted his eyes, and patted his body a few times.

"I thought so too when I came back from Kyoto."

She stared at him.

"But the actual situation, Haixing knows better than me."

Naruse paused.

"Or do you think that after we reconcile, this matter can start again?"

Hai Xing couldn't answer, because she couldn't remember when she rekindled her hope.

Is it after the so-called reconciliation, or during the earlier study session?
He suddenly sighed.

"I've been hurting you before and now, but can't I let you give up?"

"……what do you want to say in the end?"

Naruse looked at her, "I've made it very clear: don't embarrass me anymore."

"..."

"What should I do, so that Hai Xing will give up completely?"

Starfish fell silent.

Do you give up...

She couldn't imagine herself really giving up on liking him.

Even if my heart was broken like snow just now, even if it was all a lie before.

As long as he looked at her, she wanted his eyes to stay on her.

Unless, she will never see him again.

"unless……"

Naruse is not afraid of her asking for conditions, but he is afraid that she will remain silent, "Unless what?"

"Unless I die."

"..."

He was silent for a while, then stood up suddenly, walked up to her, and stared at her without saying a word.

"...for what?"

"How long do you think it will take for someone to die here before being discovered?"

"..."

Starfish moved back.

He knelt down, raised one hand, and slowly reached for her neck.

She couldn't retreat very quickly, and his hand stopped in front of her neck.

"Aren't you going to do it?"

Naruse looked up at the sky, closed his eyes again, and sighed deeply.

"Don't be silly."

In the cold darkness, a cool and soft hand came up and pulled his hand to her neck.

"..."

He opened his eyes, stared into her eyes for a while, and exerted a little force on his hands.

"Why can an idiot like you grow up healthy until now."

"I don't understand either...um..."

There was a little suffocation in the neck.

She closed her eyes, held his hand, and continued to exert force.

"Suddenly remembered...well...the first time you kissed me...you strangled my neck."

Breathing gradually became difficult, and he suddenly let go of his hand.

thump--

There was a muffled sound on the snow.

"You idiot . . . made us both miserable."

(End of this chapter)