Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 469 Psychological Effects
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The water in the bathtub slowly simmered.

When we returned to the room after dinner, the sky had completely darkened, and the lights of Hikone Castle were also turned on. Using modern lighting, the ancient castle could be seen by people from far and near at night.

"It is said that one of Naomasa Ii's intentions in building Hikone Castle was to monitor the whereabouts of the Emperor of Kyoto. If there had been the current lights 400 years ago, looking at Hikone Castle, the Emperor would probably have stayed up all night every night."

Naoko laughed, "How can you see from here in Kyoto... You can't see clearly from the other side of Lake Biwa. Okay, close your eyes."

Naruse looked away, closed his eyes again, and let his girlfriend apply shampoo on his head and rub it.

“I feel like the shampoo in this hotel doesn’t smell very good.”

"Really...I feel pretty good."

"It's not that it smells bad, it's just that the smell is a bit too strong."

"Well...a little bit."

Shangzi stuck to his back, gently rubbing his head with both hands, and teasing his body intentionally or unintentionally.

"Don't move your hands... there are a lot of bubbles, don't open your eyes."

"It's almost ready to be rinsed."

"Ah."

Naoko turned on the shower head, held it to his head, and quickly rinsed away all the white foam.

After wiping a handful on his face and opening his eyes again, Naruse stood up and asked Naoko to sit down.

"Hey, I haven't washed my body yet..."

"Wash Shangzi's hair first, and then we'll wash it together later."

"Ok."

Wetting his long black hair, he applied shampoo and rubbed it with his hands.

"Well……"

Naoko closed her eyes and raised her head slightly, enjoying her boyfriend's service.

"Is it so comfortable?"

"Yes... Every time I have my head massaged by Chunhai, I feel very comfortable, so comfortable that I almost fall asleep."

"I know what to do after graduation."

Shangzi smiled and puffed his lips again.

"No... Harumi can only wash my hair."

"Ok."

Naoko's long hair is relatively thick, so it is not easy to wash it. After struggling for a while, Naruse felt that he was sweating a lot.

"Long hair is really hard..."

"Just get used to it."

"It's time to flush, close your eyes."

"Good~"

Naruse rinsed and fiddled with it, and it took a lot of effort to completely rinse the foam from his hair.

"It's considered clean."

"It's hard work."

Naoko tied up her washed hair and was about to stand up when Naruse held her down and asked her to continue sitting. Then he squeezed some shower gel and smeared it on her body.

"I can wash my own hands here... um... hands..."

By the time both of them sat in the bathtub, it was already half a day later.

Naruse leaned on the bathtub, and Naoko leaned on him, both of them were a little weak.

Looking at Hikone Castle outside the window, Naoko calmed down for a while, slowly turned around in the water, and changed his position to lie on his chest.

"I'm going back tomorrow."

"It's been so long since I've been out, it's time to go back."

"Um……"

Naoko looked away and looked at him again, "In a few days it will be Bon Festival, and Harunami will be back for a year."

Last summer, he returned to Tsumae from Tokyo during the Bon Festival.

In a blink of an eye, a year has passed.

Naruse was stunned for a moment, and then nodded slowly.

"Obon Festival, will Naoko's parents come back?"

"I don't know, there's no news yet."

"I don't know when my mother will come back."

"I'll tell Harumi in advance."

The two of them enjoyed and rested. They soaked for almost half an hour before coming out, and then went to sit on the terrace downstairs.

At night, it's much cooler on the terrace.

There are drinks nearby for you to drink as you like, and there are quite a few tenants here enjoying the cool air while admiring Hikone Castle at night.

Seeing her boyfriend secretly opening a bottle of beer, Shangzi quickly stood next to him and paid attention to the sights around him.

"Chunhai..."

"It's okay. We can be third-year college students at Beijing University. Why don't we drink some beer?"

"You don't look like a college student anymore."

"Don't worry, no one will care."

He poured a large glass of cold beer and returned to his seat on the terrace without anyone noticing. As expected, no one noticed.

Even if someone was staring at him, their eyes were mostly on his face.Shangzi poured himself a glass of milk and took a big sip after sitting down to replenish the water he had lost.

"I feel so comfortable sitting here drinking milk while enjoying the night breeze and admiring the castle next to me..."

She lowered her voice slightly and said, "It would be better if only Harumi and I were here."

Naruse smiled and looked at the other guests on the terrace.

There are a little more people at night...

Looking at the nearby moat below, Naoko said casually: "In the summer, the restaurants and restaurants next to the Kamogawa River in Kyoto will also set up summer beds. It feels similar to this, right?"

["...Sure enough, we should come here in the summer...let's do it again next summer."]

What Takigawa Hikaru said in Kyoto last year suddenly came to mind, and Naruse pursed his lower lip.

"No, that's still quite a bit different."

Shangzi looked over and blinked, "Really?"

"Yeah. The moat is a pool of stagnant water, how can it be compared with the flowing Kamogawa River?"

Naruse took another sip of beer and stood up, "Naoko, just go and take a look."

Shangzi was stunned, "Eh..."

"Sure enough, it's a bit shameful to come to Kinki but not go to Kyoto for sightseeing."

Naruse pulled her up and said, "Let's go for a walk around the Kamogawa River. When you feel hungry after walking around, you can go to the cooling bed next to you and have a late-night snack, and then come back."

Shangzi glanced at the time, "It's already past eight o'clock..."

"Yeah, so let's just take a taxi there. It will take about a little more than an hour."

Naruse didn't give her a chance to speak, "If I don't go today, I will be restless every day for the rest of the summer vacation, regretting why I didn't go to Kamogawa in the summer. Maybe one day, I can't help but Came here by plane again.”

"..."

Shangzi smiled, a little helpless, but didn't say much.

"Okay, just go."

Naruse went to the front desk to say hello, then went back to the room to change clothes. When he went downstairs, a taxi was already waiting at the door of the hotel.

An hour and 15 minutes later, the two arrived at Gion Shijo;
We walked along the Kamogawa River to Demachiyanagi, crossed the bridge, and then walked from Demachiyanagi back to Pontocho. Another two hours passed;
Then he sat down on the bed of the Kamogawa River under the night light, looking at the gurgling Kamogawa River next to it and the pedestrians walking underneath. It was already late at night, and the Shijo Bridge was still brightly lit. Naoko had a dreamlike feeling.

"It's a worthwhile trip."

"uh-huh."

Reality and dreams were intertwined. When Shangzi opened his eyes again, it was already the morning of the next day.

I looked at my boyfriend next to me, he was still asleep.

They didn't come back until almost two o'clock in the morning last night, and took another shower before going to bed.

Raising his hands to grab the ceiling that was out of reach, Shangzi straightened his body and stretched.

"It's time to go home."

After Naruse also woke up, the two of them left the hotel more than ten minutes before check-out.

Following the direction they came from, they first returned to Mihara, then took the Shinkansen from Mihara back to Nagoya. After eating something, the two of them quickly took the bus to Komaki Airport.

After finally getting on the plane back, Naruse breathed a sigh of relief.

"Going back."

"Yes." Shangzi grabbed his hand and looked out the window again, "Bye, Nagoya."

Naruse also squeezed her hand.

After a while, the plane took off, carrying the two people away from the central land where they had stayed for more than ten days.

After more than an hour of flight, the plane landed at Aomori Airport.

Then I got in the taxi and when I got back to my door, it was almost 03:30.

Click, take out the luggage, close the trunk, and the taxi leaves quickly. Naruse lifts the two heaviest suitcases first, while Naoko is still looking for the keys.

"If you can't find it, just use the spare key to open the door first."

"Eh……"

Naoko was stunned, stopped looking for his bag, and bent down to move the flowerpot at the door, "Didn't Harumi put away the spare key?"

"Totally forgot."

"Maybe the house has been emptied."

"That's great. I've long wanted to buy a new set of furniture."

She turned back and glared at him, then picked up the key and opened the door.

"..."

But standing at the door, she seemed to be frozen, motionless.

"Has it really been evacuated?" Naruse came up and bumped her lightly with his shoulder.

Shang Zi frowned, his eyes scanned everywhere in the room, and the tip of his nose twitched slightly.

"It feels like something is not quite right... I can't explain it, but I just feel like this..."

Naruse also glanced at it, and it was clearly the same as before leaving.

"Psychological effect."

"Nah."

"Yes."

　Thanks to the leader of the book friend [Cat King_maizi].

　　So tired.After taking a look, it turns out that my buddy was already on vacation at this time last year. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)