Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 168 The Day the Mirror Opened
Waking up in the morning, Hai Xing washed up and was ready to go out to Naruse's house.

"Haixing, do you want to go there today?" Seiichiro Maki asked from the kitchen when he heard his daughter come down.

"Well... I'm going to play."

"I cooked Kagami Mochi." Seiichiro said.

"Ah." Hai Xing froze for a moment.

In recent days, she has been running to his house every day and has nothing to do. She has lost the sense of time.

No wonder there was a bang bang bang bang bang sound from downstairs just now. It turned out that they were breaking the mirror cake.

Has it come to the opening day of the mirror...

School will start in a few days, have you persisted for so many days?
She didn't know what she was insisting on, but if she suddenly decided not to go, she would feel like giving up.

And she wasn't about to give up.

Seiichiro looked at his daughter, "It's already cooked, do you want a piece?"

"To eat."

After going to the kitchen to eat a piece of boiled mirror cake, Haixing went out.

When passing by Morimi Kohonen, someone stopped her, "Starfish."

"One leaf..."

She has been staying at Naruse's house for the past few days, facing Naruse and Shangzi all day long, in contrast, she is far away from other friends.

Not to mention the Takikawa sisters who went to Morioka's grandmother's house, the last time she saw Morimi seemed to be a week ago.

"Good morning."

Mori Jian came out of the store and turned his head to the other side of the county road, "Where are you going?"

"Um……"

Hai Xing nodded while paying attention to her expression.

Over the past week or so, she has gradually gotten used to Naruse's indifferent confrontation and Shangzi's calm gaze, and she can already pretend not to care about the two people's direct resistance or silent inquiry.

But suddenly facing Yiye, she still didn't know what attitude she would have.

She also didn't know how much Yiye knew now.

But Mori's expression was calm, Haixing couldn't see anything, "Haixing seems to have been staying at Naruse's house recently."

"Um……"

She came closer, and cast her eyes straight behind the lens: "What is Starfish doing over there?"

After looking at each other briefly, Hai Xing looked away first.

"Nothing... just stay with everyone."

Although the so-called "everyone" is only two people.

"Just staying at his house?" Morimi continued to ask.

"Yes."

"Aren't you boring?"

"It's okay..." Hai Xing pursed her lower lip, no wonder she wasn't bored.

Sen Jian looked at her for a while, testing her attitude one last time.

"why?"

"Eh……"

Hai Xing looked at her and hesitated for a while, "Because... there is nothing to do recently, and staying at home is boring."

Seeing that she still avoided talking about the real purpose, Morimi sighed softly.

"I see."

Seeing the disappointment and helplessness flashing across her face, Hai Xing suddenly felt uneasy.

"One leaf..."

"School will start in a few days." Senjian quickly adjusted his mood, at least on the surface, "It won't be boring by then."

Starfish looked at her and nodded slowly.

"That's it, nothing else." Senjian smiled at her.

"Then I'll pass..."

"Ah."

Just a few steps away, Hai Xing suddenly heard her say behind her:

"If you're really bored, you can actually come to me...if you're just bored."

She turned her head, but Senjian just waved her hand, then turned and went in.

"..."

Hai Xing stood there for a while, then walked towards Naruse's house.

It was Shangzi again who came to open the door.

"Good morning."

With her long hair draped behind her, she greeted with a smile, and let her in sideways.

"excuse me……"

Haixing glanced at Shangzi's pajamas, and could tell that she had just woken up.

——I came a little too early.

"We just woke up. Chunhai is preparing breakfast, Haixing should sit down for a while." Shangzi said, raised his arms again, and stretched his waist. The pajamas on his chest were stretched more and more full, and the buttons were tight.

Haixing pretended not to see it, turned half a circle in the living room, turned and went to the kitchen.

Naruse was holding a knife, cutting or chopping something.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
Starfish came a little closer, and under the knife edge, it really was a mirror cake.

Bang!
He raised his knife and slashed hard, and cut out a small piece of the mirror cake that had been divided into four.

"It's just been left for more than a week, how could it become so hard..." Naruse complained as he cut it with great effort.

"It's been two weeks," said Starfish.

He turned his head and glanced at her, shook the knife in his hand, "Stay away from me."

Starfish took two steps back, then turned around again, took another small piece of mirror cake, and continued to cut it with great effort.

Naruse was not relieved until the whole Kagami Cake was cut into suitable small pieces.

Putting the mirror cake into the oven, while waiting, he turned his head to take a look, saw that she was still standing in the kitchen, and asked, "Do you like mirror cake?"

Hai Xing looked at him and replied, "It's average."

"I've been eating mirror cakes all day today—my family has finished eating mirror cakes, as well as Shangzi's. Those who don't like mirror cakes can go home now."

"..."

She pursed her lips, moved her footsteps twice, but still didn't go out.

Throwing the mirror cakes into the oven to heat up, Naruse then cooked red bean soup.

Ding--

After waiting for a while, I turned on the oven, and the originally hard mirror cake was baked until it swelled and became soft, faintly browned, and exuded a faint aroma.

Fill up a bowl of thick red bean soup, soak the hot mirror cake in it, and the breakfast for the three of them is ready.

When Shangzi came over for breakfast, he was still in his pajamas, but his hair was combed together and hanging on one shoulder.

"Light seems to be back today."

"She has been in Morioka for several days."

"It seems to be having a good time."

The red bean soup was sweet and greasy, Hai Xing took a bite of the mirror cake and swallowed it slowly.

After breakfast, the three of them returned to the living room, repeating the idleness that had lasted from yesterday, the day before, and even from the first day of the first lunar month until now.

At noon, the lunch is still red bean soup bubble mirror cake.

Starfish was a bit bored, but he came here to eat and drink, so he couldn't say anything.

And the mirror cakes of the two families added up, the three of them ate twice, and there was still a lot left. She began to think about whether it would be better to go back early at night.

In the end, Naruse himself couldn't stand it anymore.

"Do you have to finish eating the mirror cake?"

Starfish also looked over expectantly.

Shangzi smiled, "Mirror Cake is the residence of Lord Nian Shen, it's better to eat it up, it will bring good luck."

He was a little helpless, "Let's eat differently that night."

"uh-huh."

Starfish also quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

After two o'clock in the afternoon, Hikari Takikawa came to the door.

"I'm back."

She smiled at Naruse who opened the door, holding some special products brought back from Morioka.

"Well, Starfish is here today."

After entering the door, she saw Starfish sitting on the sofa, and she gave her one of the special products, "It just so happens that this is for Starfish."

"Thank you..." Hai Xing took it.

"I don't know if Yiye is at the bookstore, if not, it will take a long trip."

"As for Yiye, I stayed at the bookstore in the morning. I don't know if she is still there now." Hai Xing said.

"It's okay, I'll find out when I go and have a look."

Takikawa Hikari didn't intend to stay for long, delivered the gift, chatted for a few more words, and prepared to leave.

"Does Starfish want to go back together?"

"I……"

She didn't know how to explain her reason for staying, she subconsciously glanced at Naruse, and he looked at her too.

"..."

He was waiting for her to nod.

"I'm not going back."

"Really." Takikawa Hikaru smiled, didn't care, and left after greeting the three.

When she came to Morimi Kohonen, she glanced inside and found that Yiye was still here.

"Great."

"Hight..." Mori Jian pushed his glasses, "Have you come back?"

"Well, I came back at noon." Hikaru Takikawa lifted the paper bag in his hand, "This is a special product for Ichiyo."

"Thank you."

Sen Jian took it over and looked at it, and then asked, "Where is Sister Yue, have you come back together too?"

"Yeah, Yue is studying at home. After returning, she has entered the state of preparing for the exam wholeheartedly." Takikawa Hikaru said.

Morimi took a deep breath, "As soon as school starts, there will be a common exam, and there is not much time left."

"Yeah...huh?" Hikaru Takikawa leaned over the counter, and suddenly noticed that there were books and notes in front of her.

"Yiye is also studying."

Mori nodded.

"If you study, why don't you go home?" Takikawa asked, she remembered that she rarely studied here because she couldn't keep her focus all the time.

Sen Jian smiled, "Because I guess the light will come over."

"Really." Takigawa Hikaru also laughed, "Then I won't disturb your study, let's go back first."

"Hmm... wait a minute."

Morimi stopped her, "Is it just from Naruse's house?"

"Yes."

"The starfish is still over there."

"That's right. Speaking of which, has Haixing stayed at Chunhai's house these days?"

Sen Jian was silent for a while, then shook his head again, "I don't know."

Takikawa Hikaru didn't ask any more questions, and greeted Mori Miki who heard the movement, and went back.

Seeing her daughter staring outside in a daze, she regained her composure and quickly lowered her head to read a book. Mori Jianshu said, "I'm here, Ichiyo should go home."

She didn't speak, but shook her head, then put away the book and notes.

Stretching, she picked up the idle book that was set aside, but looked outside.

"Let's start again tomorrow."

At dinner, Shangzi put the last bit of Broken Mirror Cake into the pot and cooked it with the sliced ​​meat. It tasted quite good.

Both Naruse and Haixing ate a lot, and the latter also drank a lot of broth, and collapsed on the sofa after eating, unwilling to get up.

"Go home and lie down." Naruse ruthlessly chased people away, "I'll take you back."

"Wait a little longer...it's good."

She propped herself up feebly, leaning against the sofa, trying to make herself more comfortable.

Naruse glanced at her, "You don't want to stay overnight, do you?"

Shangzi didn't speak, but looked over, waiting for her answer.

"Who wants to stay overnight." Hai Xing quickly denied it, but her heart moved involuntarily.

During this period of time, she basically would go home after dinner, and it would not exceed seven o'clock at the latest.

The night time was completely reserved for him and Shangzi.

And the night long ago was always the time when he and she got closer to each other with their own concerns after hurting each other during the day...

Hai Xing glanced at his profile.

When the thought comes together, it grows uncontrollably and crazily.

It's just that she has personally rejected it just now, and now she needs an opportunity to reconfirm.

He won't give her a chance.

She looked at Shangzi again.

"I want to take a shower here."

Shang Zi looked over, and after another two or three seconds, he said, "Does Starfish want to take a bath?"

"Hmm. Can I?"

"Of course. I'll get the water..."

Naruse interrupted her, "Can't you go home and wash?"

"Can't you wash it here?" Hai Xing asked back.

"No."

"why?"

"Because this is my bathroom."

"Chunhai..." Seeing that he couldn't give any clear reason to object, Shangzi sighed inwardly, "I'll go and drain the water first."

It was fruitless to stop her, and when she left the living room, Naruse turned to look at Hai Xing: "What do you want to do?"

"bath……"

"and then?"

"..."

Starfish looked aside and said nothing.

Naruse took a deep breath, "Don't even think about staying overnight."

"why not?"

"Just now you said that you didn't want to stay overnight."

"..."

Starfish was speechless.

And Shangzi also quickly returned to the living room, "Starfish can go to wash."

"thanks……"

Starfish got up and went to the bathroom.

Naoko sat down beside Naruse, watching TV.

After a while, she leaned forward.

"It seems that I forgot to bring the pajamas for Starfish..."

"She doesn't stay overnight."

She nodded slightly, her body became more relaxed, "Yes."

After a while, Hai Xing, who took a bath, put on her own clothes and returned to the living room.

"I've finished washing..." She combed her hair, looked at Naruse and Shangzi respectively, "I should go back."

Naruse was a little surprised that she changed her mind so quickly, but of course she would not object.

"I'll take you back."

She nodded.

Putting on his coat and going out, Naruse walked in front, and she followed behind.

"When did it start snowing..."

Before reaching the intersection, he suddenly found that Hai Xing hadn't followed.

Looking back, she was squatting on the snow with her head buried in her arms.

Naruse walked back a few steps, and before speaking, he heard her sobbing deeply.

"..."

He pursed his lower lip, took a silent breath, and stood aside.

After a while, the sobbing gradually subsided.

"Has Shangzi started to hate me too..."

"No."

After rubbing it on her arm a few times, she raised her head and wiped it on her face again.

"I won't come tomorrow."

Naruse looked at her, "Yes."

"..."

She was silent for a while, the wind and snow kept hitting her face.

"I don't know what to do anymore."

Naruse looked at the lights at the intersection, black and white pieces of snowflakes shuttled non-stop under the lights, appeared suddenly, and disappeared in the blink of an eye, connecting into invisible lines, chaotic.

"Don't think about the impossible, just pretend nothing happened, and you'll be fine in a few days."

"..."

She lowered her head and hugged her knees, "How can you say 'as if nothing happened' so easily... Ah, you don't like me."

She wiped her eyes, "I should have understood a long time ago... No, I have understood it a long time ago."

It's just that I haven't been willing to accept it.

Starfish bit her lip to keep her voice from trembling too much.

"It turns out that at that time, I was really wrong..."

Naruse looked over, "What?"

She shook her head lightly, the movement was so small that it was almost invisible.

"I don't like you anymore."

"..."

Naruse took a deep breath of the cold air soaked in the wind and snow, only feeling stagnant and tingling pain in his chest.

"Well, it should have been like this..."

Snapped!
A ball of snow hit him right in the chest.

The sudden outburst almost used up all her strength, Hai Xing trembled and calmed down for a while, and then took a few deep breaths.

"……sorry."

Naruse didn't speak, just patted his clothes.

She tried to get up, but fell to the ground again, struggled a few times before standing up, and did not hold the hand he extended.

"I am going home."

"Ah."

The two walked forward again.

Walking out of the intersection and turning into the county road, it was only six or seven o'clock, and there was no one on the road.

The footprints of the two of them extended to the entrance of the real wood hotel.

"arrive."

"Ah."

"Thank you for sending me back." Hai Xing turned her head and supported a smile at the corner of her mouth, "Good night."

"Good night."

When she got home, Naruse turned back too.

He lowered his eyes and followed the footsteps he had come back all the way back, when suddenly several calls came from the wind and snow.

"... Naruse... Naruse!"

He turned his head and narrowed his eyes, "Sen Jian...you haven't gone back yet."

"I was just about to go back. When you and Hai Xing came over, I was standing at the door, didn't you see?"

Naruse took a deep breath and regained his energy, "I didn't pay attention."

"..."

Sen Jian looked at him for a while, "What's wrong?"

"a little cold."

"Eh?"

"No, nothing..."

He looked at her, "You want to go home? Do you need me to take you. "

Mori opened his mouth.

"Isn't it too far away?"

"It's still early."

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