Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 252
After taking a shower, Naruse sat on the sofa, while listening to the TV, added a few makeup artists pushed by Matsu Chiaki.

She had already greeted him in advance and explained the purpose of his visit for him, saving him the trouble of explaining. After a brief greeting, Naruse asked questions that could not be answered on the beauty school's website.

After chatting with them for a while, Song Qianqiu sent another makeup artist.

Mom: Ms. Onishi graduated from Tokyo mode and has five years of working experience.

Mom: Do you still need it?

Naruse: No need.

She recommended a total of four makeup artists to him, from four different famous beauty schools, and there is no need to have more.

Mom: [OK]
After saying hello to Onishi-san who just added as a friend, Naruse switched back to the chat with the previous makeup artist and glanced at the other party's reply.

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Another message from another makeup artist lady came over.

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"..."

The phone vibrated constantly, and Shang Zi sat beside him, not knowing how many times he looked at him.

"There's a lot of news about Chunhai."

"Yeah." He just responded, and continued to tap on the screen with his fingertips without looking up.

"..."

Shang Zi puffed his mouth.

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Ms. Yamada: But as far as I know, there are less than five classmates who learned makeup with me back then, and now they are really on the road of professional makeup artists, including me.

Naruse: Is it because you didn’t get a professional qualification certificate?

He continued talking, then paused suddenly.

"..."

Two bare feet stepped on his thigh lightly.

He looked over and saw that Shangzi had already lay down on the sofa, with his head turned towards the TV, seemingly unintentionally.

He touched her instep, and another message came.

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Ms. Yamada: Although the advanced qualification certificate is really difficult to test, when looking for a job, the actual makeup ability and makeup experience are more important.

Ms. Yamada: Most companies value work experience.

Naruse: But when you just graduated from beauty school, no one had work experience, right?

Ms. Yamada: If you just stay in school honestly, that’s right.

Naruse: That is to say, during school, you can actually participate in the work of a makeup artist?

Ms. Yamada: Naruse-kun is so smart.

Naruse: Ms. Yamada, please explain it to me carefully.

He continued to recover while feeling a slight increase in the force on his leg.

He put down one hand and shook her ankle, "Is Shang Zi bored?"

"...No."

"Ah."

"..."

Seeing that he had no other reaction, Shangzi turned over.

"Hasn't Chun Hai finished talking yet?"

"It's almost here... The questions I want to know have almost been asked."

"Oh."

She put both feet up.

After a while, after chatting with the last makeup artist lady and expressing his thanks, Naruse checked the time and realized that he had chatted with them for more than an hour after he came out of the bathroom.

Putting down the phone, he held the white and tender feet on his thighs.

"It's over."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Shangzi looked at the ceiling, shook his feet, and didn't look at him.

"It's not hard work, it's just chatting for a while and asking some questions."

"Isn't it hard to chat with four people at the same time?"

Naruse pursed his lower lip, "It's okay."

Shangzi finally looked at him.

"Is there any harvest in Chunhai?"

"It's so rewarding. After chatting for a while, it has subverted an ordinary high school student's naive fantasy about the workplace and work-I will never work in the future."

"...How could it be such a harvest?"

Naruse smiled and held out his hand to her, "I'm just kidding."

Shangzi looked at him, held his hand, and sat up under his guidance.

Moving her feet off his lap, she leaned on his shoulder again.

"Is it difficult to be a makeup artist?"

"Well. After all, it's a service industry, and it's still doing things in other people's faces. The requirements are quite strict."

"What are you trying to do..."

"Well, daub daub... Anyway, there are quite a lot of things to learn. It is said that in the first year of entering the beauty school, you have to learn painting first, as well as etiquette."

Shangzi let out a breath slowly.

"It's been hard work."

The two watched TV absently for a while, and Naruse picked up the phone again.

Shangzi glanced at him, saw that he clicked on the chat of one of the makeup artists, and asked, "Any questions?"

"No. I'm going to watch it again and sort it out."

"Can I see it?"

She leaned to the left, and he switched to his left hand to hold the phone.

Pulling the chat record to the top, he scrolled down while reading, and cut out from time to time, continuing to fill in the content in the form that he started making in the afternoon.

It is difficult for Shangzi to focus only on the content of his chat with the makeup artist.

"so many……"

"I only have a superficial understanding of the makeup artist industry, so I asked more questions."

"I'm talking about the contents of Chunhai's form."

"The form... fill in more comprehensively now, and the starfish will have fewer problems by then."

Shangzi raised his eyes and looked at him: "How much does Chunhai plan to do for Haixing?"

"She chose her own direction, and I just helped her find a clearer goal in this determined direction."

"Haixing's life and future...has it been handed over to Chunhai?"

"...It's too heavy to say that."

She lowered her head and leaned on his shoulder.

"But isn't that what Chunhai is doing now?"

Naruse put down the phone, was silent for a while, and said:

"I just think it's nice to find a clear path in life in the midst of all this chaos.

If it can really help Haixing, this process may help others in the future, such as Shangzi...even myself. "

Shangzi pursed his lower lip, but did not speak.

"I won't make decisions for Haixing. What I'm doing now is just collecting some online and offline information and integrating them together.

When the time comes, give her this form and let her choose by herself.As for how far she can go, it has nothing to do with me. "

Naruse paused.

"Making decisions about other people's lives and futures... I can't bear such a heavy responsibility, and I don't want to take it."

"..."

Shangzi was silent for a while, and slowly grabbed his arm.

"Can my life be handed over to Chunhai?"

He was startled and smiled.

"So, it's too heavy..."

Shangzi didn't speak, just looked at him.

"..."

Seeing the expression on her face, Naruse quickly restrained his smile.

The heaviness has never been so real and strong, and the pressure on his chest is heavy, and he can't open his mouth to agree.

Along with his silence, Shangzi's eyes became more and more disturbed, and his lips were also tightened.

She regretted it almost the moment his smile faded.

It was a tacit understanding between each other for a long time, but now she took the initiative to break this point.

"Kidding……"

Naruse grabbed her hand.

"can!"

"..."

Shangzi opened his mouth and looked up at him, speechless.

Naruse couldn't say anything more.

Her anxiety prompted him to speak subconsciously, but he didn't know what to say next.

He likes Shangzi, and Shangzi also likes him, but life is not limited to the feelings between each other, and Shangzi probably wants to express more than that.

How is he going to take charge of her life?

When the questioning that had been avoided for a long time finally caught up, Naruse suddenly realized that it was already too heavy for him to look directly at.

【"Life is so long, isn't it just wasted?"】

What Song Qianqiu said when he had a heart-to-heart talk with him the night before suddenly resounded in his mind.

He is already vaguely prepared to "waste" a period of life, but Shangzi's life must not be involved with "waste".

Does he want to plan a perfect life route for Shangzi just like choosing a school for Haixing?
——Isn’t that what the Hua couple did at the time?
"Is it really too heavy?" Shang Zi asked suddenly.

Naruse looked at her.

"Then...it's just the life before high school graduation, can you entrust it to Chunhai?"

"..."

He looked at her for a while, and suddenly realized that he might be thinking too much.

She's just upset.

Uneasy about being in a different class and being separated from him, uneasy about paying too much attention to Hai Xing's affairs all night.

She just wanted a little reassurance and comfort from him.

"Feel sorry."

"Eh..." Shangzi was stunned.

【“...don’t be afraid to fail—even if you fail, it’s better than never starting.”】

"I'm sorry for making Shangzi uneasy..."

Naruse paused for a moment, clearly feeling that his impulse at this moment came from his heart, not all from his mother's distant encouragement.

"No, I want to say, I like Shangzi."

(End of this chapter)