Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 277 Starting with Shangzi

After coming out of the bath, Naruse wiped his hair and went back to the living room, taking a sip of water first.

Sitting on the sofa again, he touched his girlfriend's ankle.

"Did you fall asleep again?"

"Fell asleep."

He scratched the sole of her foot.

Shangzi retracted his foot, straightened it again, stepped on his leg, and the other foot followed suit.

"Chunhai pinch for me."

"Go take a shower first."

"Squeeze it and then wash it."

"Wash it before pinching."

The two bare feet lifted up, and then fell down feebly.

Naruse could only pinch her calf.

"Well……"

Shangzi hummed lightly.

"Shangzi is becoming more and more good at acting like a baby."

"...Don't Chunhai like it?"

"No." He bent down and gently bit her ear from behind, "I like whatever Shang Zi does."

"Well……"

Shangzi flinched, turned over again, and hugged his neck, his eyes were soft and moist.

The two kissed for a while.

"I'm going to take a shower first..."

"Ah."

Sitting up straight again, he picked up the towel and continued to wipe his hair. Naruse picked up his phone and looked at it again, only to find that there was an unread message.

[Yiye withdraws a message]

Putting down his phone, he continued to wipe his hair.

In the blink of an eye, it was Friday afternoon. After school, Naruse came to the restoration department as usual.

And with him, there are Takikawa Hikari and Starfish.

During lunch, Takigawa Hikaru said that after school, she would talk to him about learning how to drive at the teaching school tomorrow, but when she came here, she talked about irrelevant topics.

He took the initiative to ask, Takigawa Hikaru said again: "Let's talk about it later when we eat."

"...Come to eat again."

"It's really ugly. At worst, we pay for it ourselves."

"'us'……"

Looking at the starfish who was nodding beside him, Naruse felt a little headache.

"I'm going on a date with Shangzi today."

"Bringing friends with you will give you a completely different feeling."

"Of course it's different. Isn't it the same as usual when you are with you? Is that still called a date?"

"Didn't it be agreed yesterday?"

"Where did you say it?"

Hikaru Takikawa looked at him, "Harukai didn't refuse yesterday."

"I didn't agree either."

"Yiye said that when Chunhai didn't directly refuse, it usually meant that he could agree."

"...that four-eyed girl." Naruse gritted his teeth.

"Harukai and Shangzi have spent enough time together alone, so let's have dinner together today. We will pay for our share." Takikawa Hikaru continued.

"After dinner, what else does Hikaru want to do?" Naruse looked at her.

She smiled slightly, "Tomorrow is the weekend, so you can do whatever you want at night. Go to karaoke and sing for two hours first~"

"It's six or seven o'clock after dinner, and we're going to sing, don't you want us to go home at night?"

"Dad works overtime tonight, and he won't be back until after ten o'clock, just enough for him to take you."

Naruse was silent.

It's the weekend, and he doesn't mind everyone going out to relax together, but he is just worried that Shangzi will feel uncomfortable because the time of dating is taken up.

"Shangzi's words have already been agreed." Takikawa Hikari said suddenly as if he had seen through his thoughts.

Naruse was taken aback, "Have you asked her?"

"I went to Class C first, and then came to Class A to look for Chunhai."

He sent a message to Shangzi, and soon got the same reply.

"OK then."

Seeing that he agreed, Takikawa Hikaru was very happy, "Sure enough, it's as Ichiyo said, as long as you convince Shangzi first."

"..."

Naruse frowned.

Another leaf...

He has been dating Shangzi for almost two weeks, what exactly does she want to do?
She is not a single-minded fool like Haixing, and he has already said enough clearly what should be said.

And this morning, when we met at the bus platform, she stared at him for a long time without saying a word, and didn't say anything when asked.

It can't be for the starfish...

He glanced at Hai Xing again, and said subconsciously: "Do you have any plans with Sen Jian?"

As soon as he asked, he thought about how to make her not care when she asked back, but she actually nodded.

"I'm going to teach Yiye how to ride a bicycle tomorrow."

"Eh?"

Naruse froze for a moment.

"what?"

"It's just a bicycle... Yiye said that she can't ride, so I'm going to spend the weekend teaching her."

"Ichiyo wants to learn cycling?" Takikawa Hikaru obviously just heard about it.

"Yeah, isn't Yiye's house a little far away? If you know how to ride a bicycle, it will be much more convenient for you to travel between the bookstore and your home." Hai Xing said, "I ride my bike from home in the morning, and I put the bike in the bookstore after school. Ride back again."

"That's true."

Hikaru Takikawa nodded, and then smiled again, "If Hai Xing alone is not enough, I can also help."

"It's just learning to bike, it's not that troublesome."

Naruse glanced at her.

"Have you forgotten how badly you fell when you first learned how to cycle?"

"..."

Hai Xing pursed her lips, but the corners of her lips could not help but curl slightly.

They learned to bike together - while still living together.

He learned it the day he touched the bicycle, and spent the rest of his time taking care of her.

And she stumbled, and it took almost a week before she barely learned it.

During that time, the two of them pushed the car out in the morning, went to a nearby open space to learn how to drive, and came back with the car at night—she couldn’t ride it, he had just learned it, and he didn’t dare to ride a car to take people with him, so he could only take the car with him. She—it can be regarded as a period of time during which they lived together in a rare way that they got along fairly harmoniously both on the surface and in reality.

Even though he fought hard before, at least during that time, he still had a lot of patience with her, but now...

Before the mood became sad, Hai Xing quickly pulled away from the memory, and then said:
"Yiye is smarter than me, so he should learn faster."

"Is Guang smarter than you? She can learn it right away."

"..."

Hikaru Takikawa blinked, and after two seconds, he turned his head and looked over again.

"Chun Hai isn't praising me, is it?"

"do not think too much."

Naruse took a breath, and then said: "Since she wants to learn, then Hai Xing should teach her well."

"Uh-huh."

After that, Hai Xing and Hikari Takikawa stayed at the restoration department until after school, when Shangzi came over from the handicraft club.

Hikaru Takikawa glanced at the news and said, "Ichiyo said she finished class around [-]:[-], let's find a place to eat first."

"Ah."

After leaving the school, the four of them walked around and came to the vicinity of Tsumae Station.

There are also many places to eat here. After walking around for a while, when passing by an izakaya, Takikawa Hikaru proposed to go in and have a look. The reason is that the store is more lively and the price is also affordable.

"Although we can't drink alcohol yet."

"Then go have a look."

The environment in the izakaya is not bad, and there is a private room isolated from the outside hall, so the four of them decided to have dinner here.

"Yiye is about to finish class, you guys go ahead and order, I'll pick her up."

"Ah."

Hikaru Takikawa went to pick up the people, and the three of them continued to order, and then came to the private room.

"Although it's not the first time I've come to an izakaya, sitting in a private room still feels like an adult," Shangzi said.

Naruse smiled and sat down beside her.

"Although it's just a one-sided feeling, the izakaya doesn't dare to sell us alcohol."

"You're still wearing Tsudaka's uniform after all."

Hai Xing sat across from the two of them, fiddled with the phone with his head down.

A while later, Hikari Takikawa came with Morimi after class.

Opening the sliding door of the private room, she looked at the three people inside, and then looked back at the hall outside, "You really know how to choose a place."

"Haha, not bad."

Hikaru Takikawa pushed her in and closed the door behind him.

The two sat down beside Haixing.

"Have you ordered a drink?" Naruse asked.

"It's over."

Morimi threw his schoolbag on the tatami and piled it with their schoolbags, took off his coat, and pulled his tie to loosen it a little.

"It feels a bit like an office worker who drinks after get off work." Hikaru Takikawa smiled.

She smiled too, stretched her waist again, and relaxed her body and mind.

"Hmmm—do you want to have a drink like an office worker?"

Hikaru Takikawa responded positively to her dangerous remarks, "Is it okay?"

"No." Naruse said immediately, "I watched you come in, even if you take off your uniform, they won't sell you alcohol."

"You actually said to take off your uniform, it's obscene."

"..."

Naruse ignored her and continued to touch Naoko's leg under the table.

After a while, the drinks ordered by several people were delivered to the private room first.

"Wow, the starfish is iced. Isn't it cold?"

"well enough……"

Several people raised their glasses and collided together.

"cheers--"

(End of this chapter)