Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 217 Exhausted
About 15 minutes later, the taxi arrived near Yoyogi Park. Naruse leaned forward and guided the driver to the downstairs of the apartment.

"arrive."

He pushed Shangzi and Haixing, and the two got out of the car with their tired bodies, and took out the things in the trunk.

After paying the fare, Naruse got off the bus and took most of the shopping bags from Naoko.

Seeing the taxi's door automatically close and restart, she asked, "How much?"

"What... the fare, more than 4000 yen."

"so expensive……"

Naruse looked down at the big and small bags in his hand.

"..."

She bumped him lightly with her arm, "It's not the same thing."

Naruse smiled.

"Anyway, I don't have the strength to squeeze the tram... let's go up first."

Dragging the two of them into the apartment, into the elevator, and back to the upstairs room, neither Matsu Chiaki nor Miss Sato came back.

"I haven't sent a message until now, I'm probably still busy with filming. Don't wait for them."

"Is it okay?"

"If it's late at night, they'll have dinner on the way."

"Ok."

After sitting on the sofa for a while, Shangzi felt that his legs were extremely heavy and he couldn't lift them up.

"I'm here to prepare dinner..."

"Let me do it." After shopping for the same afternoon, Naruse focused on the two of them most of the time, and he was more energetic at this time, "What do you want to eat?"

"Want to eat..."

Shangzi thought for a while, then turned to look at Haixing, "What does Haixing want to eat?"

"..."

She opened her mouth and shook her head again.

"do not know?"

"No... I don't want to eat anything. I just feel so tired..."

Saying that, she fell to the side.

"My legs are so sore... my body is so heavy..."

Looking at Haixing, Shangzi smiled at Naruse, "I feel the same way."

"not hungry?"

"Hungry...but don't want to eat."

Naruse felt a little helpless, and had no other choice, "Let's rest for a while."

He also sat down.

The two slumped on the sofa, looking at the "trophy" randomly placed on the ground.

"It seems that I was brainwashed as soon as I arrived in Ginza... my mind is full of the voice of 'buy, buy, buy'." Shangzi said softly.

"Who made it the most prosperous commercial street in Japan?"

She smiled, tilted her body, and leaned forward.

"It cost a lot of money..."

"It's all on my mother's head."

"No..." Shangzi shook his head, "Forget about eating, drinking, having fun and traveling, these are things I want to buy myself."

Naruse didn't say much, he turned his head to look at her for a while, and then his eyes fell on Hai Xing lying beside him.

"starfish?"

no response.

Taking his arm, Shangzi slanted to that side, took a look, then thought about getting up but didn't have the strength, and was pulled back by Naruse.

"Fell asleep."

Naruse shook his head, brought over the thin blanket on the sofa, and asked Naoko to cover her.

After sitting for a while, he stood up, "I'm going to cook some udon noodles. You should be able to eat it, right?"

Shangzi nodded.

"Shouko, do you want to take a bath first?" Naruse asked again.

She looked at him, "What if I fell asleep in the bathtub..."

"Then let's go after eating."

He went into the kitchen and got ready.

After staring there for a while, Shangzi stood up with support, and packed up the things she bought.

Carrying all the big and small bags back to the room, back to the living room, starfish is still asleep.

Shangzi walked into the kitchen, "Have you also prepared some for starfish?"

"Ah."

"She seems to be in a deep sleep."

Naruse stared at the cooking pot, "Then drag her back before she falls into a deeper sleep."

Shangzi smiled, but didn't go out, just watched from the side.

After a while, when the udon noodles were almost cooked, she returned to the living room and pushed the starfish on the sofa.

"Starfish, eat something."

"Well……"

"The udon noodles are already cooked."

"I will not eat……"

She dragged the blanket and covered her face, "I want to sleep..."

She soon became silent again.

"..."

Naoko looked back at Naruse at the kitchen door.

He shook his head, "Let her sleep, let's eat first."

"Ok."

Two bowls of udon noodles were brought, and the two sat down at the dining table and started eating.

"How about it."

"The noodles are neither hard nor too soft, and the texture is just right."

"I just added some chopped green onions, isn't it too bland."

"not bad."

"There are still yesterday's leftovers in the refrigerator, let me bring them here."

"Okay."

After eating a large bowl of udon noodles, both of them became more energetic.

buzz-

Naruse glanced at the news.

"My mother is coming back."

"Is this time over, then dinner..."

"It'll be done on the way. Well, I'll tell them."

After dinner, after sitting down for a while, Naoko went to take a bath, and Naruse washed their dishes.

Back in the living room, the starfish on the sofa was still sleeping deeply.

"Sleeping like a coma... Are you so tired?"

Naruse sat beside him, lifted the blanket and took a look.

Feeling the light, the curled up girl frowned slightly, and her lips moved, but she quickly regained her composure.

The blanket hid the rise and fall of her breathing, and her face was half-hidden by her loose blond hair, like a delicate doll.

There was no one else in the living room, and she was unconscious, and he stared at her undisturbed for a moment.

"..."

He sighed silently as he looked away.

When Shangzi came out of the shower, Naruse had already returned to his room, playing with the computer.

"Is Chunhai going to wash?"

"Later, my mother and the others are coming back soon."

"Okay." She wiped her hair and sat on the bed, looking at him from behind.

After another half an hour, Matsuchiaki and Ms. Sato finally went home.

"I am back……"

"Welcome back."

Shangzi came out to greet her, and Song Qianqiu lay on her body, "I'm really tired today...it smells so good, has Shangzi taken a bath yet?"

"Uh-huh."

Miss Sato came in, holding a packaged small cake in her hand, "Master."

"Thank you." Naruse took it and put the cake in the refrigerator.

Lie on Shangzi's body for a while, Song Qianqiu moved to the sofa, only then did he find that there was still a person lying under the blanket.

"starfish?"

"Asleep."

"Why did you fall asleep here?"

"Too tired." Naruse said.

"Ah, that's right...you are going to Ginza this afternoon."

Song Qianqiu touched her ankle, "Did you buy a lot?"

"Almost, I think they wish they could move the entire Ginza home."

"..."

Shangzi glanced at him, blushing a little.

Song Qianqiu smiled and sighed again, "I haven't gone shopping in Ginza for a long time."

"Miss Song, we went there last week." Miss Sato reminded.

"..."

Song Qianqiu was silent for a while, and stared.

"A week is a long time!"

"Ok."

Sitting on the sofa and chatting for a while, seeing that Haixing still didn't wake up, she gently pushed her twice.

"Haixing, go back to your room and sleep."

"Well……"

"Why can't this child wake up... Chunhai, you carry her in."

"I can't hold it."

"hurry up."

"..."

Naruse walked over and poked Haixing's face a few times.

Snapped!
She opened his hand, turned over and continued to sleep.

Shangzi sighed lightly.

"Let's take it in, I'll make the bed."

Naruse bent down and hugged Haixing up.

Back in Matsu Chiaki's room, Shangko had pulled off the quilt, and Naruse carefully put down the girl in his arms, and covered her with the quilt.

"..."

Naoko pulled the quilt off Haixing's face and glanced at Naruse.

"Who told her to hit me just now?"

"Okay..." She pushed him out and back into the living room.

Ms. Sato had already gone to take a bath, Matsu Chiaki was lying on the sofa, exhausted.

"The filming went smoothly in the morning. In the afternoon, there was a long line of about 5 minutes. I always felt that the emotional connection was not very good. I filmed back and forth and kept shooting. It's all dark...fortunately, it's an indoor scene."

Naruse pursed his lower lip and sat next to her, "Thank you."

Song Qianqiu smiled, and called Shangzi to sit on the other side, holding the two children with both hands.

"Although it was really hard work, the moment of taking the last shot also gave me an indescribable sense of satisfaction... For this moment, I can take thousands of times again."

Naruse just nodded, Matsu Chiaki didn't say anything else, leaned on him, held Naoko tight on the other side, closed his eyes and rested.

She didn't open her eyes until Miss Sato came out of the bath.

"Ah, yes...I sleep in Yoko's room at night."

She stood up and smiled at Shang Zi, "After a day of shopping, Shang Zi and Hai Xing should also have a good rest."

"it is good……"

Matsu Chiaki went to take a shower, and when she came out, Naruse followed.

And when he came out of the bath, Shangzi was already lying down on the sofa.

"Still awake?"

She closed her eyes, "Fall asleep..."

After a brief silence, Shang Zi's mouth curled up as his body was hugged.

"I'm very tired today too."

"Then let's rest together."

"Ah."

Carrying Shangzi back to the room and putting him down, Naruse straightened up when she grabbed her hand again.

"Good night."

"Good night."

Glancing at the sleeping starfish, he closed the door and left.

It wasn't so crowded when the two of them slept together. After pressing down the quilt for Haixing and adjusting his posture a little, Shangzi fell asleep on his head.

Time flows silently in the darkness.

The exhaustion accumulated all day swept over, Shangzi couldn't resist, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Hai Xing suddenly opened his eyes.

"I'm so hungry..."

(End of this chapter)