Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 33 Delusions
Seeing his final score, Hai Xing squeezed the test paper in his hand and almost shouted.

Passed!
She passed the make-up exam!

To get rid of the make-up exam that has tortured her for a whole week, the first thing Hai Xing wants to do is to contact her friends.

"Nanazi, where are you? I passed the make-up exam!"

There was a lot of noise on the other end of the phone, and with the sound of music, they seemed to be in a karaoke private room.

"Everyone - Haixing said she passed the make-up exam."

"Hey, did you just pass?"

"Hahaha, that idiot!"

Starfish is not angry at being ridiculed by her friends like this. Poor academic performance is a common situation among hot girls, and the lethality is not as lethal as laughing at each other's blond hair like dry grass.

"Starfish...is that the girl on the far right in the photo you guys took together earlier?"

Amidst the noisy laughter, Hai Xing seemed to hear a completely unfamiliar male voice.

Is it Nanazi and the others' new friends?

"Hey, where are you?" she asked again.

The other end of the phone suddenly became quieter, and when Nanazi spoke again, her voice was much clearer than before, and she seemed to have come out of the private room.

"Haixing should be able to tell, we're in the karaoke at the station."

"Which private room? I'll come over now..."

"It's too late."

"Eh?" Starfish was taken aback.

"The starfish moves too slowly, let's see what time it is now. Everyone is about to disband, so let's come out to play tomorrow."

Looking at the sky outside the corridor, dusk was approaching, Starfish couldn't hide his disappointment, "Okay."

"Bye."

"bye……"

beep--

Starfish put away the phone.

Disappointment is disappointment, no matter what, she finally broke free from the quagmire of the make-up exam, and it would not be too late to play again tomorrow.

Haixing cleared up her mood and returned to the classroom, only to find that Morimi Kazuyo hadn't gone back yet.

"How is it?" Senjian asked directly, as if he was waiting for her.

Hai Xing was a little moved, and waved the test paper in his hand, "Passed!"

"all?"

"Well, all of them!"

Sen Jian pushed down his glasses, and then showed a smile, "That's good."

"Thank you, see you Sen." Hai Xing understood that she was able to pass the make-up exam in one go today, thanks to her dedicated tutoring last weekend.

To her thanks, Morimi just nodded.

"Oh right, today's duty..."

"I've already done it for you."

Hai Xing opened his mouth, and solemnly thanked her again.

When she lowered her head, she didn't see the disappointment flashing across Sen Jian's face.

For friends who grew up together, shouldn't this little thing be right?
She could feel that Haixing's gratitude to her was out of sincerity, but she could even feel the sense of distance in it.

— Gratitude, but keep it at arm’s length.

It's like how ordinary students feel when they face a respected teacher.

Mori Jian admitted that he was a little serious when he was tutoring her two days ago, but that was entirely because Hai Xing was in a mess in terms of learning ability and attitude.

She was inevitably a little depressed, and because she couldn't express such emotions, she became even more depressed.

"It's getting late, it's almost time to go back."

"Yeah, that's right."

Sen Jian had already packed his things and left with his bag.

Hai Xing returned to her seat and dawdled for a while, then suddenly caught a glimpse of her waiting at the door, straightened her chest and speeded up the cleaning.

Witnessing all this, Morimi felt another surge in his heart.

"Awaited……"

"Let's go."

The two left the school together, and when they passed the coffee shop, Hai Xing glanced inside unconsciously.

It was not too early, and there were not many student customers left.

All the way to the bus platform, Mori was stunned, and then glanced at the starfish beside him.

And the latter pursed his lips, noticing the two sitting there before her.

"Shangko, Naruse."

Mori said hello.

Naruse looked over, then glanced at the starfish behind her, and understood in his heart, "Thanks for your hard work."

Sen Jian hummed.

Hai Xing stood at the corner of the platform, nodded to Shang Zi, and only gave Naruse a corner of his eye.

He ignored her, too.

"Going back so late, is it because you have been busy in the club?" Mori asked Shangzi.

"No." Shangzi smiled, "Sitting with Chunhai in the coffee shop for a while, I accidentally missed the bus."

Seeing that she was happier missing the bus than catching it, Mori understood that this was just a rhetoric.

"yes."

Looking at the two people sitting side by side, a thought suddenly came to her mind:
These two people, wouldn't they be living together now, in a deeper sense.

The last time I had a party at Naruse's house, Sister Takikawa was ignorant and focused on the food or Matsu Chiaki, but she heard a lot of unexpected content in the casual chat.

For example, in the past four years, Shangzi has actually kept in touch with Naruse;

Another example is Song Qianqiu's plan to let Shangzi, who lives next door, move here directly...

For her, most people's thoughts are obvious, but in Shangzi, all she can see is the shadow of Naruse.

It seems that it has been like this ever since Shangzi changed his surname to this flower.

The distance between the two had already approached infinitely close to zero, and it was only natural for them to get closer to each other.

After all, the adults of the two families are not around, and both of them are in the thriving puberty...

After staring at Shangzi and thinking wildly for a while, Morimi came back to his senses, and suddenly found that Naruse was looking at him.

"What's wrong?"

"This is what I want to ask, what's wrong with Sen Jian, your face seems to be red."

"..."

Shang Zi also looked over, Mori Jian raised his hand and pushed down his glasses, covering half of his face.

"You read it wrong."

He just mentioned it casually, without saying anything, and looked in the direction of the bus.

Shangzi stared at her reddened ears twice more, but only smiled.

Lifting the bag on his shoulder, Morimi turned around, facing the two of them sideways.

that's terrible……

It's all because she opened the few sensual novels that she received in the store before, causing her to unconsciously start thinking about the plots in the books just now.

Shangzi, I'm sorry...

Mori Jian silently apologized to the delusional heroine in his heart, and then was surprised by his state.

Is she anxious?

The brain uses delusion without authorization to relieve stress.

Sen Jian turned his gaze, and his eyes fell on Hai Xing beside him.

No, it was just a certain expectation before, which finally came to nothing.

A presumptuous expectation.

"..."

Starfish froze for a moment.

Did she hear wrongly, did Senjian just look at her and sigh?
why?
Didn't the make-up exam pass?

"—the bus is coming." Someone on the platform reminded me talkatively.

"It's finally here." Hai Xing turned her head and said to Sen Jian, watching her expression by the way.

"Yeah." Mori Jian just nodded, her calm face was the same as usual, as if the sigh just now was really her illusion.

The bus wobbled away from the city and headed for Soma.

On the way, Aoyagi got off the bus, and only the four of them were Naruse.

Haixing walked forward without looking back, followed by Morimi, then Naruse and Naoko.After crossing the intersection home, neither of them made a turn.

Mori slowed down a little, "Are you going to the supermarket?"

"Ah."

"I have something to buy too."

"Yeah." Naruse still nodded.

Returning to her own hotel first, Hai Xing looked back at the three of them who continued to walk forward together, and suddenly felt a tightness in her chest.

(End of this chapter)