Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 35 Faction
After the evening class meeting, it was time for school to leave.

After saying hello to Naruse, Shangzi hastily packed up his things and prepared to go to the department room.

Next week is the cultural festival, and the club has become more and more busy.

Before going downstairs, she ran into Hikari Takikawa at the corner of the stairs.

The latter moved her head upstairs more anxiously than she went downstairs, stepping over two or three steps in one step, the two of them almost bumped into each other.

"……Light."

"Shangko! I'm sorry, I'm sorry~"

Hikaru Takikawa was standing on the lower steps of the corridor, and he was able to look at her at eye level, "I forgot my phone in the classroom."

"I see." Shangzi grabbed the handrail, "But be careful when going up the stairs."

"I see." Hikaru Takikawa smiled slightly, "Is Shangzi going to the club?"

"Ah."

Those who went upstairs continued to go upstairs, and those who went downstairs were suddenly stopped before they had passed the corner of the stairs.

"Shangzi—"

Shangzi turned her head, and before she could see clearly, Takikawa Hikaru had already come in front of her, as if she was stepping on a skateboard, and under the skateboard was not a corridor, but a smooth slope.

When she opened her mouth, she lowered her voice, and she naturally leaned forward, "I heard from my friend that Shangzi has encountered some troubles at the handicraft club recently."

"..."

Shangzi looked at her in surprise.

"Are you okay?" Takikawa Hikari asked.

Shang Zi shook his head, "It's fine."

Hikaru Takikawa thought about it, and then said: "If there is any misunderstanding, I know quite a lot of people, so I can say a few words for Shangzi."

"Thank you."

Shangzi stood up straight, then bent over her again, and when he looked up again, there was still the smile she couldn't be more familiar with.

"I can feel Guang's kindness. If there is a need, I will definitely come to Guang for help."

Takikawa Hikaru also smiled, "That's good."

The two said goodbye again.

Watching Hikari Takigawa disappear above the stairs, Naoko also continued downstairs.

"Even the light noticed...has the trouble gone too far recently?"

Go down to the second floor, walk through the connecting corridor between the main building and the auxiliary building, and come to the department room of the handicraft club. As soon as she entered the door, more than a dozen eyes shot over at the same time.

Some gazes were full of kindness, either gently or warmly greeting her.

"Shangzi is here."

"Good afternoon~"

"Shangzi Shangzi, come and see me..."

Some eyes were full of undisguised malice, with both disgust and disdain, but they kept entangled with her and refused to let go.

"Look, Minister Shangzi of the Handicraft Society is here, everyone get up and bow—"

Takahashi Tomoyo waved to the left and right, signaling them to do what he said, but he sat still and raised his eyebrows at Shangzi who was looking over.

"You don't need to bow, just shut up. People who don't know it will think it's a cloaca."

Rina Ogawa squinted at her, then ignored her and took Shangzi's hand.

"..."

Takahashi Tomoyo turned cold all of a sudden, and then quietly asked the first-year girl next to him what the cloaca meant.

"Well, senior sister... I don't know either!"

Shangzi didn't care about the movement over there, said a few words to Ogawa Rina, and then came to his seat and sat down.

The gazes that converged gradually decreased, but still not completely disappeared, Shangzi sighed in his heart.

The closer we got to the cultural festival, the more turbulent the handicraft society became.

The various factions that used to be divided due to different hobbies have basically been actively or passively integrated into the two new camps in the past half a month;

One faction is the "Takahashi Clan" headed by her, and the other is naturally the "Takahashi Clan" headed by Takahashi Tomoyo who is the most active in this matter against her.

I don't know when, the rumors that she will take over as the next minister have intensified, and Takahashi Tomoyo, who is dissatisfied, has become more unconcealed in his malice towards her, and this has naturally aroused more intense resistance from "this flower family" .

The handicraft society has not yet been divided, and it has already been divided.

Of course, although the struggle is fierce, it is limited to words and attitudes.

What has changed is the atmosphere in the club, but what remains unchanged is that all members of the craft club still have to work together for the cultural festival.

Withdrawing her thoughts, Shangzi took out the fabric she had brought, and began to sew the task that was suddenly assigned to her last week-sew some small animals for the paper apple tree as a foil.

A figure approached slowly and stopped beside her.

Shang Zi looked up, "Minister."

"How is it?" Ritsuko Sugiyama gestured to the puppet in her hand.

"By the end of this week, it can all be done."

"Really. This matter is very important, but you should also pay attention to rest."

"Ok."

She didn't stay for long, and soon walked to another handicraft department member, and then said the same thing.

Shangzi looked at her twice more before he lowered his head and continued.

In this turmoil, only Ritsuko Sugiyama, the current head of the handicraft society, has always been neutral, and he rarely speaks to the bad words on both sides, as if preparing for the cultural festival with all his heart;
As for her taking over as minister, no one has ever publicly asked in the community, and Ritsuko Sugiyama has never publicly given any clear answer.

"Shangzi—"

Suddenly a girl from the other side of the department called her, "Come here and have a look at this."

Shangzi got up and went over, picked up the fabric in her hand and looked at it.

"It feels good."

"Yeah. I'd like to use this fabric for the torso, what do you think?"

"Okay. This kind of fabric seems to have good elasticity..."

"Hello." Tomoyo Takahashi, who was sitting two or three meters away, suddenly turned around.

Shangzi gently tugged at the fabric without even lifting his eyelids.

"Hey, this flower is called Ni."

Only then did she look over, "Senior Takahashi."

Takahashi Tomoyo turned around halfway, with his arms resting on the strangely shaped tabletop in the back seat.

"Has your concubine not been here for a long time? Could it be that she was found out last time dating more than a dozen girls, so she didn't have the face to come here?"

Shangzi lowered his head halfway, and looked at the girl who called him over, "Did you also buy this kind of material from that fabric shop in Tashirocho?"

Being ignored by her like this, Takahashi felt angry, and suddenly raised his voice:

"Hey, I'm talking to you!"

Shangzi glanced at her, "I don't understand what senior sister is talking about."

"Pfft."

From nowhere came an uncontrollable snicker.

Boom!
Takahashi slapped the table and stood up.

"Isn't it because there are rumors that you are going to be the minister, so you became arrogant without authorization? Even the seniors are ignored."

The whole handicraft club was silent, and their eyes focused on her and Shangzi successively.

"I didn't take seniors seriously."

"Then why didn't you answer my question?"

"As I said, I don't understand what Senior Sister is talking about."

"you……"

"—Tomoyo."

Ritsuko Sugiyama, who had been on the sidelines for a long time, finally spoke, "Stop making trouble, time is very tight now."

Takahashi Tomoyo turned his head and stared at her for a while, then gradually calmed down.

"Minister, I heard that you plan to let this flower be the next minister of the handicraft society, is it true?"

"..."

Annoyance flashed across Sugiyama Ritsuko's face for a moment.

"I never said anything like that."

After her words fell, there were whispers from the entire department.

"yes."

Takahashi Tomoyo seemed to have foreseen such a result long ago, and gave Shangzi a smug look.

She still didn't look at her, but fell silent, clutching the piece of fabric tightly in her hands.

"The next minister of the Handicraft Association should be jointly elected by the next members of the Handicraft Association."

Ritsuko Sugiyama looked around the room, and finally her eyes fell on Naoko.

"—And that's next year's event. The current focus, do I need to emphasize it again?"

Except for Takahashi Tomoyo who responded with a strange tone, no one spoke.

Ritsuko Sugiyama walked around the room again, then left.

"Just use this." Shangzi put down the cloth in his hand and said.

"Shangzi..." The girl looked at her worriedly.

"It's okay." Shangzi smiled slightly.

After returning to her seat and sitting for a while, the phone vibrated, she glanced at it, and suddenly wanted to laugh.

After sorting out her mood, she got up and prepared to leave the department room.

"Shangzi." Ogawa Rina held her back.

"Sister?" Shangzi lowered his body, "I'm going to the bathroom."

Rina Ogawa looked at her again before letting go.

"You can't hide in the toilet and cry alone."

"What did senior sister say..."

"Go!" Rina Ogawa patted her buttocks.

When I came to the bathroom, Ritsuko Sugiyama was waiting inside.

"This flower, do you want to be a minister?"

"..."

After a long silence, Shangzi nodded.

"I'm going to be a minister no matter what."

Her tone was flat, but it contained amazing determination, and the silent person became Ritsuko Sugiyama.

"but not now."

Shangzi smiled slightly.

"Yes, Minister."

"Although just now..." Sugiyama Ritsuko paused, "When necessary, I will stand by this flower. I can guarantee that this flower will smoothly become the next head of the handicraft society next year."

Shangzi smiled, but did not speak.

"But now—especially right now, the Handicraft Society still needs 'peace', do you understand?"

"I think the minister should tell Sister Takahashi this sentence."

"I will." Ritsuko Sugiyama looked at her and said, "But, this flower...can't you avoid her?"

"Did the minister tell me not to come to the department?" Shangzi asked back.

"Do not……"

Ritsuko Sugiyama hesitated for a moment, but said, "I mean, the attitude that Hana had before is very appropriate."

"You can bear it if you can..." Shangzi whispered.

Ritsuko Sugiyama wanted to nod, but she held back.

Compared with the previous two weeks, Kokaka Naoko is like a docile child who has suddenly reached the rebellious stage. He ignores all kinds of provocations, and occasionally even picks out the loopholes in the other party's words to retort. Even Takahashi and the others also Aroused even more anger - "this flower family" has become more united in this situation - the whole community is in dire straits, and she very much suspects that her previous hints have had the opposite effect.

After a brief silence, Shangzi nodded.

"I'll be careful."

Shangzi looked at her, "For the upcoming cultural festival."

Hearing this, Ritsuko Sugiyama breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart.

Sure enough, she was right about the person, this Hua Shangzi, like her, cared about the overall situation and was worthy of entrustment.

"Well, for the cultural festival."

(End of this chapter)