Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 53 Hot Springs
The water vapor rises, lingers on the open-air hot spring pool, and permeates into a lingering fog.

The surrounding tall walls completely shielded the bathing pool, and all that could be seen was the sky. Although it was a little monotonous, it also provided enough sense of security for the girls soaking in it.

Leaning against the huge stone in the middle of the hot spring pool, looking at the slightly yellowed clouds in the sky, Shangzi let out a breath slowly.

"so comfortable……"

wow-

There was a sound of water, and a figure gradually approached, coming around from the other side of the stone.

"Shang Zi~"

After confirming her identity, Suzuki Kazumi sat down leaning on her shoulder, "It really is Shangzi. Why are you hiding here alone..."

Before she could finish speaking, her gaze swept over Shangzi's chest, and she froze suddenly.

"so big."

"...Hemei."

Perhaps due to the effect of the hot spring, Shangzi blushed a little, and raised her hand to cover her chest.

Although the relationship between the two was good, it was the first time that they met so frankly. Hemei's eyes were fixed and she couldn't look away, "How did you do it..."

"what?"

"It's so big... how do you usually hide it?"

"... didn't hide it on purpose."

"It's completely invisible in the clothes! Can I touch it?"

"Hemei..." Shangzi felt helpless.

After staring for a while, Kazumi blinked.

"It still feels great."

"...don't say any more."

"Okay." She looked away with some difficulty, and then raised her hand to stir the hot spring to distract herself.

"It's really comfortable to soak in the hot spring here."

Shangzi also lowered his arms slowly, "Yes."

"By the way, when I came here, I heard that another hot spring hotel nearby has mixed baths."

"yes."

"Shangko and Naruse..."

"How could it be possible to go there?"

"Shy."

"バカ." (ba ka)

The hot spring was just a topic for a while, and the two soon chatted elsewhere.

And as other girls came here, the number of people in the hot spring pool gradually increased.

"That's Koizumi from class D. I met her after chatting with her in music class before. I didn't expect her figure to be so good...ah, she's here."

"Because Kazumi's staring is too explicit."

"Hey, I'll go over there and say hello."

"Ah."

Hemei got up and went over, Shangzi watched her off, and then looked up at the sky.

Let's go out after soaking for a while, she thought.

"Youxiang, come here."

"Wow, this rock is so big, it's already boiling hot."

"But it's so comfortable when it's hot..."

A few unknown girls sat down beside him, one of them glanced at Shangzi, was taken aback for a moment, then turned around and moved closer to his companion.

"so big……"

Again.

Shangzi was helpless, got up and moved to another corner of the hot spring pool, where there was a smaller rock, which could also block the line of sight a little.

And a girl who was sitting there heard the movement, turned her head to look at her, and narrowed her eyes again.

"Shangzi."

"Eh?" Shangzi noticed the other party's identity, "So it's Yiye."

Sen Jian took off her glasses and put her hair back into a bun, surrounded by white mist, she didn't recognize her for a while.

She glanced at the partition between the male and female baths, "So, Naruse is next door?"

"Yeah." Shangzi smiled and sat down beside her.

"Did Starfish recommend you to come here?"

"starfish?"

"Isn't it?"

Mori Jian looked at her, "Haixing said that the hot spring pool here is relatively large, and the sulfur smell is not strong, so she recommended me to come here—she didn't take part in the hike, and just soaked in the hot spring here by herself."

"Chunhai and I didn't see her." Shangzi shook his head and said, "Is the starfish all right?"

"It seems so."

"That's good."

Mori Jian didn't intend to talk much, and the conversation between the two of them stopped here for the time being.

Leaning against the wet and hot rock behind her, her body gradually relaxed, and her eyes slowly closed.

She failed the exam and her ranking dropped sharply. She had already accumulated a lot of pressure, and just climbed the mountain for two hours. At this time, her mental and physical fatigue poured out and quietly melted in the scorching spring water.

Because she was so comfortable, she became more relaxed.The moment before her consciousness was about to dissipate, she suddenly woke up.

"..."

And the body has tilted uncontrollably, falling to the side.

"Ah." Shangzi looked at Morimi who was leaning on his shoulder, "Ichiyo..."

"Feel sorry."

She quickly sat up straight, her face turned to the other side, her ears were flushed, "I accidentally fell asleep."

"nothing."

Shangzi smiled, and then moved towards her, resting on her shoulder.

"It should be because I was tired from climbing the mountain just now. Besides, Yiye looks a little tired these days."

Sen Jian pursed his lower lip, without denying it.

"Is it because of this exam?"

"probably."

"Yiye is too serious."

After waking up, although she had relaxed again, the drowsiness was gone forever, and she sat up straight again, "Because the target is still far away."

Her goal is Kyoto University, and Shangzi remembers it clearly, "But if you keep tense, you will be farther and farther away from your goal."

Mori sighed.

"I understand. It's just..."

It's just that I still can't accept such an ugly failure for a while.

She didn't continue talking, and was silent for a while, and found that Shangzi was still looking at her, his gaze was as warm as the spring water soaked in it at that moment, and she shook her head again.

"I'll adjust. Thanks."

Should be able to adjust it...

Shangzi smiled slightly, "Just relax now."

"Ah."

"By the way, did Haruhi say something when we were at the aquarium this morning? Yiye seems to be angry."

"..."

Is it a temptation after relaxation?
How much does Shangzi like that guy...

Sen remained calm when they met, "He's showing off that he got the first place in the grade."

"Hehe." Shangzi laughed, looking a little proud, "Chunhai is very good at studying."

"..."

Sen saw Wang Tian.

She is also very good at it.

After a while, she said, "I couldn't see it at all before."

"Because Chun Hai didn't want to express himself that much at that time."

"Performance?"

Shangzi just smiled, without explaining, but continued to ask: "Is it only for showing off?"

Is the trial not over yet...

"I have nothing to talk to him about." Mori Jian looked at Shangzi and said, "I only have one goal, and I won't be distracted."

Shang Zi was stunned for a while, then held her hand with both hands, and said solemnly: "Come on, Yiye."

"I will."

After sitting for a while, Shangzi got up and left the hot spring pool first.

Seeing her back from clear to blurry, and then completely invisible, Morimi also retracted his gaze, leaning against the stone and lying down again.

"How many years have passed..."

She looked down at the surface of the water, her feet intertwined underwater deformed and swayed in the turbulent waves, like a vague memory of the past.

Probably when she first met Naruse, Shangzi already fell in love with him.

So are starfish.

If it is light... it is probably no exception, it is just a liking in another sense.

Morimi scooped up a handful of hot springs with his hands and poured them over his shoulders.

At that time, she was thin, timid, and inconspicuous, and because of this, she could hide in a corner where no one was paying attention, and calmly observe others.

At that time, she could easily see through the thoughts of most of her peers. Even now, she can guess with a little observation.

So she can be sure: Shangzi's love for Naruse, after so many years of accumulation, has overflowed to the point of being a bit heavy.

"If that's the case, why don't you just date him directly... If it was Shangzi, he wouldn't refuse."

It was foggy and hazy.

"Those two people, is there any reason why they can't communicate?"

After thinking about it for a long time, Mori Jian couldn't come to the conclusion that he could not pick out the thorns, but he came back to his senses, because he had been thinking about this kind of thing, and his spirit was relaxed a lot.

"Hmm - let's go out after soaking for a while."

She stretched.

"anyway……"

Mori Jian lowered his head to look at his chest, raised his hands from the water, and flaunted them in the air, as if he was holding something huge.

"Has Shangzi grown to that level...it's really hidden."

(End of this chapter)