Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 470 A Heavy Gift

Back upstairs, looking at the open windows in the room and the curtains swaying slightly in the wind, Naruse began to doubt his judgment.

Before leaving, he had closed and locked the upstairs window himself - even if it hadn't been locked, it wouldn't have been left open like it was now.

Has anyone really come in?
Naruse walked to the window. Below was the edge of the yard, and opposite was Naoko's home. He turned around again and looked at his room.

Everywhere is the same as it was before he left, and no changes can be seen.

Or is it that because he always checks the doors and windows before going out, his memory of closing all the doors and windows before this trip is actually not true, but a fabrication made by his subconscious?

For example, he completely forgot about the key under the flower pot at the door.

This was a small thing that made it difficult to pay too much attention to. After leaning against the window for a while, Naruse still couldn't think of anything, so he turned around and closed the window.

After taking just a few steps, he turned back and reopened the window.

He has returned home and the room needs ventilation.

Take out everything in the suitcase, hang the clean clothes directly in the closet, and throw the clothes that need to be washed aside. In addition, there are many trivial things such as souvenirs.

Naruse was tidying up, and after a while, Naoko also went upstairs to his room.

Glancing at the open window, she didn't think much, just assumed it was him who opened it, and walked around the room.

"Are the passbooks, seals, bank cards and other things still there?" Naruse asked.

"Still..."

Shangzi walked to the bed and sat down, looking at the opened suitcase and some things temporarily placed on the bed, and couldn't help but look at other places in the room.

Perhaps it was because her boyfriend came up first and "destroyed" the scene. Although there was still a vague feeling that someone else had intruded, it was not as strong as when she opened the door downstairs just now.

"Harumi probably hasn't told anyone the location of the spare key."

"of course not."

"Not even light?"

Naruse shook his head, "I don't think there is any need for me to tell others the location of the spare key."

"I think so too..."

His eyes lingered on the bed, especially his pajamas, for a while. Shangzi resisted the urge to lie down and smell it now, and said:

"Next time you go on a long trip, bring the spare key with you."

Naruse didn't take it seriously, but nodded quickly.

"Don't think too much."

"Um……"

"Clean up first."

"it is good."

Things that needed to be washed were washed, things that needed to be changed were changed, and things that needed to be given away were put aside for the time being to be sorted and sorted. The two of them worked for a while, and it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon.

"Let's go to the supermarket to buy some ingredients for dinner." Shangzi said, "By the way, bring the things to Haixing and Kazuye, and then get back the part of the things that were sent back before."

"Ah."

The two went out and first came to Morimi's bookstore.

Even though Naoko was right next to him, Morimi couldn't hold back the smile on his face when he saw Naruse.

She couldn't hold it back anymore, and the only thing she could do was to turn this smile to Shangzi.

"Welcome back."

"..."

Naoko was stunned for a moment by the sincere smile on her face, and most of the resistance that had arisen out of thin air from the moment she stepped into the bookstore suddenly disappeared.

"Long time no see, Kazuyo."

She returned the smile, and then took the souvenir from her boyfriend, "A gift for Kazuyo."

"Haven't you already sent a lot of gifts back? Why are there still more?"

"We've been to a lot of places these days. When we saw something we liked, we couldn't help but buy it." Shangzi smiled and said, "Please accept it."

Morimi took it, opened it, looked at it, and thanked the two of them.

"Have you just come back?"

"I've been home for almost an hour. I packed up before going out." Shangzi said and asked, "Is Haixing at home?"

"She should be here, she was staying here with me more than half an hour ago, and she just came back not long ago." Morimi said.

Shangzi looked at her boyfriend, "Then let's go there first?

"Ah."

"We're going to Haixing's house first."

Morimi also nodded, and when Naoko turned around, he turned his attention to Naruse.

Until now, they haven't spoken.

"..."

After looking at each other briefly, still speechless, he quickly turned around and followed his girlfriend.

Watching the two of them walk out of the bookstore, Morimi picked up the souvenirs that had been put aside, opened them and flipped through them.

"The gift is quite exquisite..."

A specialty of Takayama City?

Did he choose it, or was it Shangzi?They returned home and packed up for an hour before going out. Did they notice anything?

Confusing thoughts kept flashing through his mind, and Morimi walked around the counter again and walked to the door to take a look.

In front of the hotel not far away, Monk Naruse happened to walk in.

"Harumi is back."

Looking at the two children walking in, especially the former, Maki Seiichiro had a smile on his face, "I spent a lot of time out playing this time."

"Yes."

Naruse handed over what he was carrying, "This is a little gift for Mr. Seiichiro and Haixing."

Seiichiro's emotion was the same as Morimi's. He said that they were sending gifts back in batches outside, but he didn't expect that they would say something like this after they came back.

"I asked Haixing to come down."

The starfish upstairs had already heard their voices.

"……You're back."

After staring at Naruse for a few times, Haixing remembered that Naoko was still there, and moved his eyes to see that she was also staring at her.

"Long time no see, Starfish."

"Shangzi...welcome back."

Naoko was not completely indifferent to her lack of concentration just now, but the target was Haixing, but at this level, she couldn't get angry.

"Harumi and I brought some gifts to Haixing."

"Eh, is there anything else?"

"Ah."

Naruse also spoke: "Did you give Morimi's part of the gifts that were sent to her before?"

"Give it."

"Keep Starfish's share, and I'll take back the rest."

"it is good."

She turned around and went in to get the gift, and Shangzi followed her, "Let me share it."

Watching the two of them go in, Naruse stayed outside and chatted with Haixing's father.

"Where has Harumi gone?"

"It's almost the places along the 'Shoryu Trail', starting from Nagoya... Nakasen Road... Matsumoto... Takayama..."

Following Haixing into the room inside, Shangzi was in a trance when he saw the express boxes stacked together.

Did they buy so many gifts?

That's right, because he didn't have to take it back himself, he showed no restraint when choosing souvenirs.

Especially the two days when his mother was there...

"They're all here," Haixing said. "Kazuye took some of them and repeated them. He said he would divide the rest when you guys come back... I bought a lot."

Shangzi smiled at her, then knelt down and distributed the gifts.

"What is Haixing busy with during this time?"

"Me? Just like usual, basically doing nothing."

"Where's the original driver's license? Have you got it?"

"We haven't gone to class yet... It's too inconvenient to go there by bus. Kazuha said we'll wait until Harumi and Hikaru come back and can take us there by bike."

"..."

Naoko turned to look at her, but Haixing's face was innocent.

After all, these were indeed Morimi's original words and true plan, and he had no intention of hiding it from her.

"That's right...it's too inconvenient. Just get the original driver's license."

After all, Naoko didn't say much and continued to share their gifts.

Although she didn't pay for it, she generally knew who the things should be given to, and they were almost divided quickly.

After putting the gifts that should be taken away back into a large cardboard box, Shangzi picked up the box and suddenly sank down.

Haixing quickly offered his hand, feeling a little surprised in his heart.

It’s not very heavy either…

When she raised her eyes, Shangzi was staring directly at her.

"The spare key to the door is missing."

"..."

Starfish's heart skipped a beat and he forced himself to continue looking at her.

"What key?"

"Didn't Harumi tell Haixing?"

"No." Haixing denied with the most genuine reaction.

After looking at her again, Naoko smiled slightly.

"It's okay, I'll go back and look for it myself."

(End of this chapter)