Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 24 Cafe Part Two

The rain outside the window has been raining for more than an hour, and the momentum has eased a little, but it still hasn't stopped.

Sitting on the second floor of the cafe, Starfish couldn't leave without an umbrella, and ordered another cup of coffee.

She wasn't bored either, and she even started counting as the girls lined up to "date" her ex-stepbrother.

This is the fourth one...

No, this was only the fourth one she saw.Who knows how many girls he met here before she came here.

And her thoughts also changed from being surprised at first to now just wanting to know what he was doing.

Screen a girlfriend out of these people?
Judging from the fact that the girls came over in a line without colliding with each other, it seemed possible.

The second cup of coffee also ran out, Hai Xing looked at the rain outside the window, thinking about whether to order another cup, and a piece of cake by the way.

"—Then I'll go back first."

After chatting for more than ten minutes, the fourth girl was about to leave.

Starfish lowered its head and listened to the movement over there.

"It's raining so heavily, Huaze, be careful on the road."

"Yeah. Thank you, Naruse-san. I feel very happy chatting with you."

"hehe, me too."

Then there was the sound of footsteps getting closer.

When she went downstairs, Hai Xing looked up and found that Naruse took out his notebook again and recorded something in it.

Hai Xing guessed that it was a multi-faceted evaluation of girls, such as appearance, personality, and figure.Among the boys in Class E, it is said that there is a mysterious handbook covering all girls in the entire grade.

After the fourth girl left, nearly 10 minutes passed, but the fifth girl still did not appear.

Is that all?
But it was really late, not to mention it was still raining outside.

It seems that the rain will not stop for a while, what should she do...

Looking back from the window, Hai Xing suddenly trembled, like a frightened rabbit.

——Naruse turned around at some point and was looking at her.

"..."

Seeing her reaction, he smiled briefly, with a look of helplessness on his face.

"It's been an hour, why are you still here?"

"..."

It turned out that he had already found her.

Hai Xing couldn't care less about being surprised, she just felt that her cheeks on both sides became hot instantly, and then she became a little angry.

"I want you to manage."

She wanted to leave here now, but the heavy rain stopped her, and she had nowhere to go.

"Haven't you passed the make-up exam yet?" Naruse asked suddenly.

"..."

Starfish gritted his teeth, even if he had nowhere to go, he couldn't stay here anymore!
She got up quickly, took her schoolbag, turned and went downstairs.

Only halfway down, she saw that the bottom was full of people, and it seemed that they were all stopped here by the heavy rain.

She went downstairs in a hurry, the movement was not small, suddenly a dozen eyes all gathered on the stairs, staring silently.

"..."

It was raining outside, so I couldn't walk, and Haixing couldn't stay on the first floor while being watched, so he turned around and went up again.

Naruse, who had already turned around, looked back and said nothing.

Starfish returned to its original position and began to sit dry.

Except for the clerk who was soon dismissed, no one came up.

There was no communication between the two remaining people, and the second floor was so quiet that only the sound of rain could be heard.

Just like that, another ten minutes passed.

Closing the pen cap, Naruse stared at the notebook, thought for a while, and closed the notebook too.

Today's harvest is not small, he is ready to go back.

Just looking at the time, he found that there were still four or ten minutes before the next bus bound for Qingliu arrived.

"It's so troublesome...the rain hasn't stopped."

Turning around and seeing Hai Xing, Naruse froze for a moment, then remembered her going back and forth just now.

"You haven't passed the make-up exam yet?"

Starfish was stunned and furious.

It wasn't enough for this person to sarcasm once just now, there is no end to it!

"If you don't pass, you will be in trouble. Have you brought the test paper, let me see it." Naruse said again.

"what?"

Starfish was stunned.

"Anyway, there's still some time."

Naruse looked out the window, only hoping that the time spent casually would not be prolonged by the heavy rain.

Hai Xing looked at him, and remained silent for a long time. After he spoke again, he held the schoolbag coyly and took out all four make-up exam papers.

Looking over, Naruse raised his eyebrows.

"Why?" Hai Xing stared at him closely, with a bad tone.

He smiled, didn't say much, and asked, "What is the standard for passing the Jingao exam?"

"You don't even know this?... If the average score is more than half, it is considered a pass."

"What about the specific scores of these subjects?" He asked again.

After being tortured for so many days, Hai Xing remembered clearly and told them all.

Naruse didn't say anything, and scanned the four test papers in his hand, and took out the history of Japan.

"You can remember that Oda Nobunaga is the 'Sixth Heaven Demon King', and it shouldn't be difficult to remember that his political policy is 'Tianxia Buwu'."

Starfish looked down at the table, "There are so many names, who remembers them clearly?"

"If you can't remember anything, then Haixing will never be able to pass the Japanese history."

She pursed her lips, thinking that he had said a completely useless nonsense.

"You feel that there are too many names and events to remember, and it is entirely because you have only a vague concept of Japanese history as a whole."

Naruse looked at her, "Does Starfish think that the names of Oda Nobunaga, Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen, and Tokugawa Ieyasu are being called around, and suddenly the Warring States Period is over, and then it is suddenly the Meiji Restoration."

Hai Xing raised his eyes, looked at him, and quickly moved away.

"Is it not?"

"of course not."

Naruse smiled, dipped his finger in the unfinished coffee, and drew a zigzag line on the coffee table.

"History is a long river from far to near, and there must be a reason for every turn."

He drew a few more dots on the line.

"This is the Meiji Restoration, this is the Edo period, the Warring States period, the Northern and Southern Dynasties period... If the purpose is only to pass the exam, then just remember where the river turns, who and what things make it Turn around, and that's about it."

Starfish was stunned for a while, then looked at him again.

"Did you bring the book on Japanese history?"

She dug out Japanese history from her schoolbag and handed it to him, but he pushed it back.

"What are you doing to me? The book is here, try to draw a 'river' by yourself first."

She looked at the winding river of coffee in front of him, and nodded slowly.

Watching her take out her notebook and flipping through Japanese history in a daze, Naruse checked the time and realized that she could have another cup of coffee.

"Would you like another cup of coffee?"

Starfish was startled, then shook his head.

Regardless of the fact that she has already drank two cups of coffee, the current atmosphere seems a bit strange...

Naruse didn't say much, got up and went downstairs.

Hai Xing continued to flip through the history of Japan, and suddenly his eyes fell on the notes on the opposite side.

"..."

The notebook that probably contained his evaluation of the girl he "dated" today.

She hesitated.

If you just take a quick look, you shouldn't be noticed...

If it was something else that had nothing to do with it, she put it back right away.

Hai Xing turned his head to look, but there was no movement on the stairs, so he quickly picked up the notebook and flipped through it.

[Suzuki Kazumi:
friendly.

Shangzi's friend.

The original intention of joining the handicraft club is to communicate. 】

……

[Yamamoto Haruka:

neutral. (doubtful)

Passionate about paper art, not concerned about the interpersonal relationship in the club. 】

[Sugiyama Ritsuko:
neutral. (doubtful)

Minister of Handicraft Society.

Know Shangzi's situation. (doubtful)

He once reminded the ship, Takahashi and others to restrain themselves. (doubtful)

There is a plan to let Shangzi take over. (doubtful)

Pay attention to community. 】

……

[Qianjia on board:
disgust.

There are many targets for Shangzi, and the reason is unknown. (Appearance? Evaluation?)

Learn about Shangzi's life experience.

I don't want Shangzi to take over the Handicraft Club. 】

[Tomoyo Takahashi:
disgust.

Often against Shangzi. (envy?)
Witnessed secretly cutting into pieces Naoko's puppet left in the club room. (Private, cannot be disclosed.)]

……

"..."

The more Hai Xing looked at it, the more surprised she became. Is this a survey conducted specifically for the friendliness of Shang Zi among the members of the Handicraft Club?
It turns out that a good old man like Shangzi is in such a bad situation in the club.

She was distracted by the shock, and even forgot about her current situation, until she suddenly realized that something was wrong beside her.

Starfish turned her head and slowly raised her gaze.

Naruse looked at her calmly.

"Is there anyone you know in here?"

(End of this chapter)