Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 254 Coquetry
Coming out of the bathroom, Morimi shook off the drops of water on his hands, and waited in the corridor outside.

Looking out of the rainy window, she let out a soft breath.

After a while, Ogasawara came out of the bathroom, yelled "no" several times, and lightly bumped her shoulder.

"Let's go."

"Yeah." She followed up.

"What's wrong with Yiye, she's been absent-minded all morning."

"I'm broken in love."

"……Eh?"

Ogasawara stopped.

Sen Jian took a few steps and looked back at her, "I'm just kidding."

"Yiye's joke was so serious, it scared me."

She smiled.

"so?"

"I'm thinking about the school."

"Don't you want to go?"

"No... I think, now is really a good time to sign up."

Back in the classroom, several people who had finished their bento were still sitting or standing around her and Naruse's seats, continuing to chat.

And both Naruse and Naoko looked the same as usual, no wonder the other two didn't know anything.

Of course she wouldn't bring it up - it would be bad if it made Hai Xing cry.

"It's okay, starfish, sit down."

Returning to the seat, holding down the starfish who was about to get up, Morimi stood by the window, looking at the continuous rain outside.

"When it rains, it feels much colder again."

She raised her head and looked at the lingering dark clouds in the sky.

"Yes."

The three stayed here until the bell rang for the end of lunch break.

"I'm going back." Takikawa Hikaru walked the fastest, after all her classroom was upstairs and in the corner, the furthest away.

Shangzi and Haixing also got up respectively, carrying bento boxes, ready to return to Class C.

Sen Jian looked back at the hidden couple, and they just looked at each other and smiled, as usual.

Back in her seat, she looked out the window again.

The rain did not stop.

After the evening shift meeting in the afternoon, Morimi left directly with Ogasawara.

Naoko came over to say hello to Naruse, and then went to the handicraft club.

And he went to the staff room first, greeted the former teacher who was more familiar with him, and asked her to help him print some things with the printer in the staff room.

Zhong Yuanxue readily agreed, and inevitably saw the printed content.

"A beauty school in Tokyo? Is Naruse-san interested in this... I really can't tell."

"No, it's for others."

Using the time during the break after class during the day, he has already filled in the contents of the form.

After thanking Zhongyuan Xue, Naruse went directly to the repair department, but Haixing was waiting at the door again.

He remembered that when school was over yesterday, Shangzi asked her to go to the handicraft club to help.

"I'm going, Shangzi said I can come over..."

"Is that so?" Hearing what Shangzi meant, Naruse didn't say much, and opened the door of the department room to let Haixing in.

When he was seated, she sat down directly beside him.

"Is that so?"

She had already seen the few pieces of paper he was holding in his hand.

"Well. Take a look at Starfish, basically everything you can think of is listed on it."

"All right."

She took the chart and immediately flipped through it.

"Wow, it's so complicated..."

"Didn't you already see it yesterday, although it was not complete at that time."

The tough paper rattled under her gentle shaking, "What I see on the phone is completely different from the feeling of printing it out and holding it in my hand."

"Then you can compare slowly. Don't rush to make a decision, this matter is related to your fate for many years to come."

After finishing speaking, Naruse opened his schoolbag, took out a book and read it.

Hai Xing looked at him, she didn't know why, she always felt that his attitude towards her today was much more alienated than yesterday.

I hope I'm just being overwhelmed...

She looked at the documents in her hand again.

On the top is the information of Yamano Beauty College, which is also the closest one of the four schools to Matsu Chiaki's apartment, in Shibuya District.

"Wow, is the employment rate of mountain graduates [-]%... eh? What does the 'actual situation to be considered' in the brackets behind mean?"

"It's literally."

Naruse didn't raise his head, "Although they all successfully entered the beauty industry when they graduated and achieved a 100% employment rate, there are not many people who can really keep doing it."

"Oh……"

Starfish continued to watch.

"During the admission interview, I will ask about the motivation for applying, the reason for choosing Yamano, and my views on the future... Ah, the beauty school also has regular exams... It turns out that you can live in a student dormitory... Wow, the rent is not cheap. .”

Hai Xing muttered while flipping through the book, except for Naruse's response at the beginning, he remained silent afterwards, as if he had completely immersed himself in the book.

After about 15 minutes, she put down the chart in her hand, wanted to rub her eyes, but stopped abruptly, closed her eyes and took a rest.

"My eyes are dazzled... Which school should I choose?"

Naruse didn't speak.

She stretched out her hand and waved it in front of his eyes, and only then did he react.

"All the information has been sorted out and handed over to you. You can decide according to the situation."

"That's what I said..."

She flipped through the four charts back and forth, "Because it's too detailed, I don't know how to choose."

"Either choose what you like, or eliminate what you don't like, you decide the standard yourself."

"If you want to exclude annoying content, these four schools have to be excluded, because there are regular exams, haha..."

Naruse didn't smile.

"..."

Hai Xing had been observing his reaction, couldn't help curling his lips, and remained silent for a while.

"I feel that these four schools are actually similar..."

"They are all beauty schools, of course there will not be much difference, but the difference lies in their respective characteristics. These are the places you need to compare - I have marked them all." Naruse said.

"Have you written down the information of these four schools?" Hai Xing asked.

"almost."

After all, every sentence above was summed up by him based on the information on the official website or the actual experience of his alumni.

Haixing got closer, "Then which school do you think is the best?"

He looked at the book in front of him, "I don't know."

"You have memorized it all..."

"But I'm not the one who wants to be a makeup artist. These four are all top beauty schools. I don't have any inclinations, so I can't compare them."

Hai Xing puffed up her mouth, "But I can't decide either, why don't you choose for me."

Naruse was silent for a moment.

"Then is it meaningful for me to sort out these materials?"

"At least let you know about these four schools very well, I listen to you..."

He looked sideways, and her words stopped suddenly.

He looked away before the smile on her face disappeared completely.

After a while, Starfish could speak.

"...Why are you angry?"

Hearing something wrong with her voice, Naruse looked over, her eyes were already red.

"What do you think."

"I have no idea!"

"I thought Hai Xing was serious about being a makeup artist, but it turned out that he wasn't. I feel like my efforts for the past two days have been wasted."

She opened her eyes wide, "I'm serious..."

"You're just being serious about acting like a baby!"

Naruse raised his voice all of a sudden, took another deep breath, and suppressed the inexplicable irritability.

"It's not okay to let me make the decision. I've already said that this is a decision that will affect the direction of your life for many years to come. You can only make the choice yourself."

"It's okay, I believe you..."

"Don't trust me!"

"..."

Hai Xing opened his eyes wide and stared at him blankly.

She didn't understand why the more trust she showed, the angrier he got.

Because she was just relying on him, Naruse looked at her and thought.

But this dependence cannot last long.

Because its roots had been left behind by him and her, along with the past...at least in name.

And her flirtatious attitude towards the future really made him angry.

Obviously she has found such a clear direction.

"Only the decision you make will allow you to choose to continue when you suffer and suffer setbacks in the future..."

Before he finished speaking, Hai Xing had already grabbed the documents on the table and ran out of the department room.

"..."

Putting his hands on his face, Naruse let out a deep breath.

(End of this chapter)