Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 55

Shangzi's parents came back from the research institute.

After saying hello to Konoka and his wife, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, Naruse returned home, and after a while, Naoko also came here, rummaging through the refrigerator for the ingredients she needed.

"There's nothing in the house."

"Why don't you prepare dinner at my house, and let your uncles and aunts come over when you're done. The kitchen over there hasn't been used for a long time."

"It's okay." Shang Zi said.

Naruse loosened his tie, "Then I'll help."

"Need not."

She finally looked away from the refrigerator, "I'm busy. Dinner is ready, I'll come over and call Chunhai."

Naruse looked at her for a while, then looked at the window that was just opened, and the sunset was spreading in the sky.

"whatever."

From the moment he found out his parents came back, something was wrong with Shangzi.

There was a sense of disorientation that many things happened at once, and she couldn't handle it.

Although she herself is still covering up.

"Shangzi."

"Ah."

"Aren't uncle and aunt very busy, why did they come back a day early?"

Shangzi's three-way meeting is scheduled for the day after tomorrow. According to the original plan, the couple will come back tomorrow.

"It was said that he took the time to solve part of the work at the research institute, and then rushed back...Mom and Dad only arrived home half an hour earlier than Chunhai and me."

"What a rush."

"Um……"

In front of the refrigerator, Shangzi paused for a while, "In order to concentrate on the three-way talk the day after tomorrow."

"yes."

Naruse still feels the same as he did many years ago. Although he is not at home most of the time, he is always very serious about Naoko's affairs.

"I'll go first." After closing the refrigerator, Shangzi picked up the ingredients, "Chunhai..."

"Take your time, I'm not hungry yet."

She nodded and went home first.

Naruse returned to his room upstairs to find his phone blinking.

Guang: Haixing and Yiye still didn't agree.

"Sure enough, did you go to persuade them?"

And the two of them didn't agree.

Naruse: Don't force yourself.

Not long after, Takikawa Hikaru sent a reply.

Guang: I will try again after Haixing has passed the make-up exam.

"..."

Is that guy going to make up another exam?

Naruse shook his head, and then thought of Morimi who also failed the exam in a sense.

Naruse: Did Morimi go to juku?

When he and Shangzi came back, they did not meet them at the bus platform.

Light: It seems so.

Naruse: Wait until she is admitted to the first place in the grade again, and then invite her.

the other side.

buzz-

In the classroom of the Sasaki Juku, Morimi turned a deaf ear to the vibrations coming from the schoolbag until he solved the problem in his pen.

After untying it, she recalculated it again, and after confirming that the process and the answer were correct, she put down the pen in her hand.

Looking up, there are still four or five minutes before the end of the problem-solving time given by the school teacher.

In the classroom, other students in different uniforms were still bowing their heads to answer, Morimi glanced around quietly, and his confidence was suddenly shaken.

After checking again and putting down the pen, she remembered that she had received a message on her phone.

Guang: Haruhi said that Yiye would agree if he was admitted to the first place in the grade again, is it true?
"..."

that guy...

Mori gritted his teeth.

"—Over there, has the topic been made yet?" The teacher on the podium noticed her small movements.

"Yes."

Morimi immediately put away the phone, and the teacher also came down, apparently coming to check.

She lowered her head again, checking her answer for the third time.

At around six o'clock in the evening, Naoko came over and called Naruse, who was writing his hiking experience, to have dinner.

"Writing a lot. Almost finished?"

"Almost, just the end...'What a fun day!'"

It wasn't until he reached the stairs that Shangzi smiled belatedly.

"A diary of a primary school student?"

Walking behind, Naruse stared at the small piece of skin exposed at the back of her neck, and then glanced away.

"What's for dinner?"

"Well, there is Chunhai's favorite..."

When they came to this Hua's house, they were sitting in the living room with a bunch of things on the table in front of them.

"Father, mother, let's eat first." Shangzi shouted.

"Ah good."

Toru also tidied up a little bit, got up and came over, and Kazuko still held a document in his hand.

Naruse walked over, only to realize that it was Naoko's report card.

Other things on the table are various reference books including university application guides.

The laptop was turned on, and on the screen was a form that was half-produced, and there was a network diagram below it. Naruse glanced at it, only to see that one of the branches was music, and next to it was painting.

What is it analyzing?

"Chunhai is here." Zuo Kazuko also noticed him, put down the report card, "Let's eat first."

"it is good."

When the two came to the restaurant, Huache was already seated.

"Mom." Shangzi pulled out the chair and waited aside.

"The dinner is so sumptuous, it looks delicious."

"Thank you."

Konoka Sawako went over to sit down, Shang Zi was about to pull out the chair for Naruse, he did it himself, and sat next to Konoka Toruya.

The meal for four people was served, and Shangzi was the last to sit down.

"I'm gonna start now."

Perhaps it was because the parents seldom went home, Shangzi prepared a much richer dinner than usual.The couple were also full of praise for their daughter's cooking, and Shangzi responded with a smile, and the family looked happy.

Naruse hasn't had dinner with Toka's family for many years, but after all, they are neighbors who have known each other for many years, so it won't be embarrassing at this time.

What's more, he doesn't feel embarrassed now.

"..."

Sensing the gaze from the other seat, Shangzi raised his eyes to look at Naruse, and he calmly picked up a piece of tamagoyaki and put it in his mouth, as if he had just glanced inadvertently.

The rice bowl was bottomed out, and Huache was about to serve the meal, but Shangzi suddenly put down the bowl and chopsticks and stood up.

"Dad, let me come."

"Huh? No need, I myself..."

Shangzi has already taken the job from him.

Looking at his daughter who was going to serve the meal, Kotoka also sat down again.

"Shangzi's culinary skills are really getting better and better, and I want to have another bowl." Zihua Zuohezi said with a smile.

"You're welcome."

"I will continue to study the three aspects of the discussion later. If you eat too much, it will affect your thinking."

"It's okay." The husband smiled, "Eat another bowl, and Shangzi will be happy too."

"Ok."

Kazuko Hana got up and prepared to serve rice, and Shangzi also came back here, seeing this, he immediately quickened his pace, while handing over the rice to his father, while holding down his mother, he took the rice bowl from her.

"I'll go to Sheng."

Hana Sawako didn't insist either, "Okay, thank you for your hard work."

"No." Shangzi went to the kitchen again.

The couple looked at each other for no reason, their smiles were hesitant to speak.

Naruse saw it and said nothing, just lowered his head and drank miso soup.

"Mom." Shangzi returned quickly, put the rice in front of her mother, and sat down to continue eating.

After a while, Naruse put down the bowl and chopsticks.

"I'm stuffed."

Shangzi looked at him.

"Don't worry about me, just keep eating."

"Ah."

Naruse came to the living room alone, picked up the documents on the table and glanced at them casually, but couldn't look away again.

Presented here are almost all the records that Shangzi left in school from childhood to adulthood.

Learning situation, test scores, club activities, interpersonal communication...

Looking at the form on the laptop screen again, he suddenly understood:
The couple seemed to plan to analyze all Shangzi's past circumstances and analyze the most suitable life path for their daughter.

There is also a piece of paper next to it, with some handwritten questions on it, and the number is quite a lot. It seems that they are going to ask about the content of being a teacher during the three-way interview.

I really care...

Naruse couldn't help being a little envious, and took another deep breath to get rid of this emotion before it fermented further.

He put down the documents in his hand.

The Hua couple are very attentive to their daughter, and Shangzi has lived up to this deep affection, and has taken good care of her parents when they come back.

Even a little too thoughtful.

Thoughtful is not like a family affection, but a kind of politeness.

"What is this guy thinking about..."

Naruse had a headache.

No matter before he came back or after living together, Shangzi seldom mentioned his parents, and he didn't realize this until today.

He knows that she occasionally thinks too much about some things, and likes to hide her thoughts. If she doesn't talk about it, it's hard for him to guess her real thoughts.

What annoyed him even more was that he himself had the same problem, even worse.

But Shangzi can always guess.

Her silence and company were silent choices made after finding out everything about him.

Naruse was stunned for a while, and when he recovered, Konoka and his wife had already returned to the living room.

"Ah." He got up and prepared to give up his seat.

"It doesn't matter, Chunhai can just sit here." This Huache also sat next to him, "It's a surprise."

Naruse glanced at the information on the table, and smiled, as a tacit consent.

"Because in terms of future choices, Shangzi only said that he wanted to go to Tianjin University with Chunhai, and nothing else, so we can only use this method... as long as we can help her a little, after all, going to university is just the beginning Woolen cloth."

"It will help her." Naruse looked at the form, "It looks very rigorous and comprehensive."

"I hope so." The couple looked at each other and smiled, remembering another thing.

"By the way, Shang Zi said that Chun Hai has something to ask us, what is it?"

Looking at the documents piled on the table, Naruse was silent for a while, then smiled.

"It's nothing. I'm just a little curious about the work of my uncle and aunt in the research institute, and I want to hear you chatting in person."

　Happy Women's Day to all female compatriots!
　　Another Friday, probably.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)